[cctalk] Re: Philips P3800 key lock swtch

2025-04-10 Thread dwight via cctalk
Once you have the lock off you can take it to a locksmith and have a new made. That is what I did for my computer. Dwight From: Tony Duell via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 8:26 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Cc: Tony Duell Subj

[cctalk] Re: Philips P3800 key lock swtch

2025-04-10 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Thu, 10 Apr 2025, dwight via cctalk wrote: Once you have the lock off you can take it to a locksmith and have a new made. That is what I did for my computer. Dwight Tony has removed the lock. It is not a keyway that a regular locksmith would have the right blank!

[cctalk] Re: Philips P3800 key lock swtch

2025-04-10 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > Tony has removed the lock. > It is not a keyway that a regular locksmith would have the right blank! Certainly not in the UK. There are 2 types of 'lockswiths' over here. The ones that cut common house/car keys (and who for some odd

[cctalk] Paper Tape Reader Needed

2025-04-10 Thread Mike Katz via cctalk
I have acquired a bunch of PDP-8 and PDP-12 paper tapes and I need a reader so that I can archive them. Does anyone have a serial (RS-232) or USB reader or reader/punch that needs a good home or can be purchased for a reasonable price? Thank you, Mike         bit...@12bitsbest.com

[cctalk] Re: Philips P3800 key lock swtch

2025-04-10 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk
I have a good friend who is a "proper" locksmith, I could ask him if it would help? Regards Rob On 10 April 2025 19:43:16 GMT+03:00, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: >On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk > wrote: > >> Tony has removed the lock. >> It is not a keyway that a regul

[cctalk] Re: Philips P3800 key lock swtch

2025-04-10 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Apr 7, 2025, at 4:05 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk > wrote: > > On Mon, 7 Apr 2025, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote: >> > > Can you post a picture of what you can see? >> > Can't post photos here, >> Tony and I assembled a page of photos, which can be found here: >> https://yagi.h-net.org/phili

[cctalk] Teletype in Cleveland

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[cctalk] Re: Why I am not worried about AI taking over the world!

2025-04-10 Thread Adrian Godwin via cctalk
On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > > and turning the world over to AI before it works properly. > > It's not _going_ to work properly. There is no such thing as "AI" yet > and it is an unsolved question if there ever will be. > > I don't think that the lack of a usable

[cctalk] Re: Philips P3800 key lock swtch

2025-04-10 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM Walter Belgers via cctalk wrote: > > Hi, > > > On 8 Apr 2025, at 09:17, Adrian Godwin via cctalk > > wrote: > > Maybe Toool would be a good place to ask > > I've already sent a mail off-list. I am the former president of Toool and > organiser of LockCon for many y

[cctalk] Re: Philips P3800 key lock swtch

2025-04-10 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
Then there's impressioning, a technique very suitable to create a working key from a key blank. In the 1970s, I had to do a fair amount of that. But, Honda at that time had numbers on the keys. So, if the customer locked their keys in the car, with good eyes, you could look through the windo

[cctalk] Re: Why I am not worried about AI taking over the world!

2025-04-10 Thread The Doctor via cctalk
On Wednesday, April 9th, 2025 at 18:26, Brian L. Stuart via cctalk wrote: > Am I the only one that remembers how everyone was going to > be a "knowledge engineer" when expert systems were the be > all end all thing in the '80s? Nope, you're not the only one. I call myself a "knowledge worker

[cctalk] Re: Philips P3800 key lock swtch

2025-04-10 Thread The Doctor via cctalk
On Monday, April 7th, 2025 at 11:34, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote: > Tony and I assembled a page of photos, which can be found here: > https://yagi.h-net.org/philips_p3800_lock/ Thank you very much! That's very helpful. > Opine away! Yep, paracentric keyway. Annoying but not impossible.