Related, since it hasn't been mentioned on this list.
Tom Hunter just got a release from CDC for the use of CDC software for
non-commercial use,
so any CDC tapes out in the wild are going to be of great interest.
On 8/10/16 6:22 AM, asw...@t-online.de wrote:
> Now I do have a big pile of CDC, DE
If anyone goes there would you PLEASE look for a Qume 201 and Televideo 965
keyboard for me
On 8/10/16 4:25 PM, Jay West wrote:
> I'm reposting this because I set the time on the classiccmp server
> incorrectly (forgot to add 12). Just in case the important post below showed
> up earlier in folks
http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/software/tapeutils/
On 8/10/16 8:22 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
>
>> On Aug 10, 2016, at 9:22 AM, asw...@t-online.de wrote:
>>
>> I successfully took a (factory new) DEC TSZ07 SCSI tape drive into operation
>> using a Sun SS20 and a Linux box.
>>
>> Now I do have a big p
On 8/11/16 6:43 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> I don't know if this could be
> recovered with most SCSI streamers, which don't allow density changes
> except at BOT.
>
I've not been able to figure how to do that out on any of the drives I've tried
One of the highest projects I have in the queue is getting one of John's
M4 9914V drives with 18 track MR heads running in my new lab at CHM.
On 8/11/16 8:52 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> Indeed, Much, if not all, of the early 1604/160A/3000/6000 stuff is
> going to be 7-track clear through the 1970s
On 8/11/16 9:21 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> On 08/11/2016 07:36 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
>> One of the highest projects I have in the queue is getting one of
>> John's M4 9914V drives with 18 track MR heads running in my new lab
>> at CHM.
>
> I've always wondered
On 8/11/16 9:21 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> Suppose someone found a box of
> tapes from an old Honeywell Datamatic mainframe.
http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/X660.86
we actually got a full reel a couple years ago, but there aren't any pictures
of it yet.
it's HEAVY
ing for years to get the schematics for a 9914 or 9914V (they aren't
inlcuded in the service manual).
On 8/12/16 12:29 AM, emanuel stiebler wrote:
> On 2016-08-11 20:36, Al Kossow wrote:
>> One of the highest projects I have in the queue is getting one of John's
>> M4 9
On 8/12/16 12:06 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> But what drive was used to write
> this (DEC) tape is a mystery.
>
DEC didn't sell a whole lot of different 1600/6250 drives.
TU78 was probably the most common.
and.. as I was writing this I remembered that it was possible to switch
densities on that d
On 8/12/16 10:14 AM, emanuel stiebler wrote:
> On 2016-08-12 10:27, Al Kossow wrote:
>> physical is a .1 grid of square pins coming off of a flex cable to the head
>> stack.
>> electrical is you supply a bias current and directly read magnetic flux with
>> an opa
On 8/14/16 3:55 AM, Rob Jarratt wrote:
> I have a Rainbow 100+ with a working hard disk. I want to image the disk
> before it fails and then emulate the Rainbow. The disk is an RD51 and
> appears to have 4 partitions on it.
>
MAME supports it. It was a bear to get working correctly.
If it's running MS-DOS, you should be able to find/write something to do a raw
image
dump out the serial port.
That reminds me, I need to image some Rainbow floppies I have.
I would think someone would have already written this in the MS-DOS world.
On 8/14/16 8:54 AM, Al Kossow
On 8/14/16 12:04 PM, Ian Finder wrote:
> No need for wikis or CMSes or any of that junk.
>
Such things are useful, Richard's RSS feed of bitsavers, for example
but they can be added later.
I am a VERY strong believer in keeping the content flat and not dynamically
served, so that it can be rs
http://www.ebay.com/itm/172299367709 (kb)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/172290512799 (pcb)
I think it may be a Courier. I bought the pcb, which has "C8080" on the sn label
so I'm guessing it's Courier. Quite unusual with build-in modem. Will be dumping
the eproms soon, hopefully some text strings in the
On 8/14/16 2:35 PM, couryho...@aol.com wrote:
> I am looking for the old green terminals we used to call green frogs
we got one a couple years ago
http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102716411
No manufacturer in the proms, just "C-8080 KEYBOARD/DISPLAY TERMINAL" in the
setup code.
The modem appears to be Bell 202 1200 half-duplex.
On 8/14/16 2:31 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
> I think it may be a Courier. I bought the pcb, which has "C8080" on the sn
> label
>
On 8/14/16 10:14 PM, Steve Bez wrote:
My English commuter wrote that
Can someone remove this git off the list, please?
On 8/15/16 6:58 AM, asw...@t-online.de wrote:
> A 6085 can run Viewpoint, GlobalView and Lisp.
>
And Smalltalk-80 on the MPB 1, if we can figure out how to start it.
On 8/15/16 7:58 AM, william degnan wrote:
> I was checking bitsavers for CDC 6600 manuals.
they are under Cyber
>> http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/cdc/
>
> That's odd -- I thought there used to be CDC 6600 material here?
it's under Cyber
On 8/15/16 9:21 AM, william degnan wrote:
> one last commentlearning here, did not know the connection between
> cyber 70 and the 6600. Thanks
>
yes, it's confusing and you aren't the first person confused by it.
On 8/15/16 9:52 AM, Brad H wrote:
> I've tried nailing down what terminal it came from looking at hundreds of
> pictures but no dice.
thanks. The keycaps are quite unique.
from looking at the text in the eproms, it was some remote forms-based dialup
display terminal
On 8/15/16 9:52 AM, Brad H wrote:
> I've tried nailing down what terminal it came from looking at hundreds of
> pictures but no dice.
More research today. I'm pretty sure it was a Telex message preparation
terminal. They did have a 202
datacomm service.
Still no clue who might have made it.
On 8/16/16 6:59 PM, Brad H wrote:
>
>
> Neat. Any thoughts as to model year? Are these ASCII?
>
Date code range I see on the chips is 1977-79.
I dumped and decoded the font rom. The code is similar
but not quite ASCII. Alphanumerics seem to be in the
right place. I'll try powering it up
On 8/17/16 2:45 PM, Mike Ross wrote:
> I also have an odd box... it's pdp-8/L in style but housed several
> sets of boards for controlling multiple paper tape readers/punches
> IIRC... can't recall the DEC designator.
PR68, used in typesetting.
On 8/18/16 10:02 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> OK, I have identified the one on the far right as a VT15. (Crappy image from
> DEC documentation added to the page - can someone provide a better one?
we have one
http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102691234
i'll request access to it t
oh.. there's a cool picture of a PDP-15 here:
http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/gallery/ral/orig/r12588.jpg
On 8/18/16 1:57 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
>
>
> On 8/18/16 10:02 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>
>> OK, I have identified the one on the far right as a VT15. (C
apparently it isn't SCSI
http://oldcomputer.info/media/teac/index.htm
On 8/19/16 11:08 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> On 08/19/2016 09:24 AM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote:
>
>> Where might I find information on how to form SCSI command data
>> blocks so as to try the above commands? I sent just an "01" to
On 8/21/16 4:08 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> 8mm
> (Exabyte) drives have a pretty good chance of survival
nope, the transport has rubber rollers that crack, and
little rubber belts.
mm unix backups that weren't stored well. We'll see how
they do.
On 8/21/16 5:27 PM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote:
> On 8/21/2016 6:15 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
>>
>> On 8/21/16 4:08 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>>> 8mm
>>> (Exabyte) drives have a pretty good chance of sur
WHICH PDP-8?
Every implementation was slightly different.
Dig up the stuff written by Charles Lasner for the gory details.
On 8/23/16 12:31 PM, Scott Baker wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have written a PDP-8 VHDL model and I have it running in an FPGA
> https://github.com/scottlbaker/PDP8-SOC
>
>
On 8/26/16 8:37 AM, Eric Christopherson wrote:
> Years ago I bought two HP 9000/715s. I've barely done anything with them,
> so I don't remember for sure if they even came with keyboards. That unit's
> keyboards are supposed to be HP-HIL, and I know there was a breakout box to
> use a PS/2 *conne
and here are all the part numbers
http://www.ambry.com/hp-computer-model/9000/715/64.html
On 8/26/16 8:58 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
>
>
> On 8/26/16 8:37 AM, Eric Christopherson wrote:
>> Years ago I bought two HP 9000/715s. I've barely done anything with them,
>> so I
your test came through
On 8/28/16 9:19 AM, Jay West wrote:
> No response necessary - please ignore.
>
>
>
> J
>
replying, as per Jay's email to me
On 8/28/16 9:19 AM, Jay West wrote:
> No response necessary - please ignore.
>
>
>
> J
>
That would be a good thing.
Also, from the "I can dream, can't I?" department would be the drawings for the
HSC50 and 70
On 8/29/16 10:10 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
> I have somewhere a printout (on 11x17 size paper, roughly A3) of the Pro 380
> motherboard schematics. I haven't seen those elsewhe
ah.. I see
local pickup only now
fsck him
On 8/30/16 7:35 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
> It's back.
> He probably doubled the reserve.
> I bid the first time, I won't make that mistake again.
>
>
> On 8/30/16 7:26 PM, Ali wrote:
>> Well, looks like the seller cancelle
It's back.
He probably doubled the reserve.
I bid the first time, I won't make that mistake again.
On 8/30/16 7:26 PM, Ali wrote:
> Well, looks like the seller cancelled the bids and suddenly item is no
> longer available. Would like to believe it is a mistake but we all know
> better...
>
> -Al
Magnetorestrictive delay lines and a charactron.
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/rca/terminal/70_750/70-01-752-U_Model_70_752_Video_Data_Terminal_Maintenance_Manual_Oct73.pdf
We got one (no keyboard) a couple days ago with the manual. I'm still cleaning
it up. It had something nesting in it and
the ins
On 8/31/16 8:35 AM, Paul Berger wrote:
> it would be possible to have it generate 7 bit ASCII
> code by using an appropriately "programmed" interposer under the keys.
it does say the keyboard generates ASCII on pg 3-2 of the maint manual..
On 9/1/16 10:16 AM, Tom Gardner wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Looking for a PATA HBA (PCI, EISA or ISA) and if available an associated
> ATA/IDE drive preferably UDMA/33 but no faster than UDMA/100
>
there were some ISA PATA adapters in the pile of random boards in the back at
weird stuff
last time I look
Did anyone else get the original message from Pete?
The last message I got from the list was on 9-1-16 12:28PM from Jay, until
Austin's reply a few minutes ago.
On 9/2/16 9:49 AM, Austin Pass wrote:
> Hi Pete.
>
> I would very much like these documents, amd can collect (I'm in Huddersfield).
>
thanks. it may be a cctech vs cctalk issue then.
On 9/2/16 10:15 AM, Eric Christopherson wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
>
>> Did anyone else get the original message from Pete?
>> The last message I got from the list was on 9-1-16 12:28PM from Jay,
weird.. they are in the archive. must be my mail filters
http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/2016-September/date.html
On 9/2/16 10:26 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
> thanks. it may be a cctech vs cctalk issue then.
>
On 9/2/16 11:52 AM, Jules Richardson wrote:
> __Fujitsu boards:__
>
from 8" SMD disks
> __Cipher boards:__
>
from 1/2" streaming tapes
> __Emulex boards:__
>
T is normally tape and C is comm
so this all was probably from a system with smd disks, cipher tape, and emulex
comm mux
On 9/2/16 12:08 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
>> __Emulex boards:__
>>
>
> T is normally tape and C is comm
>
> so this all was probably from a system with smd disks, cipher tape, and
> emulex comm mux
>
>
here is a nice picture page of emulex boards
http://www.compsy.de/moduls/emulex.htm
This is why Alto restoration with one set of boards is extremely difficult.
The machine wasn't designed to be serviced. Almost everything has to work
before you can do anything, and there is a very high probability that in the
process of bringing it up you will corrupt the disk pack. Hopefully the
something of interest if you're in the Phoenix area
www.ebay.com/itm/291860761669
On 9/6/16 4:18 PM, Tom Gardner wrote:
> A friend of mine died recently; he was amongst many things an electronics
> tinkerer and has a closet full of small parts in bin cabinets (resistors,
> capacitors, ICs, transistors, hardware, etc.).
There is also a Unicomp 18 bit minicomputer, paper ta
On 9/6/16 11:55 PM, Don North wrote:
> Octal word 043127 decodes as ascii "FW", which is not a standard M9312 boot
> mnemonic. Probably a third party
> manufacturer custom boot prom.
>
It's probably for an SMS "FW" Floppy/Winchester.
That would be a good one to preserve.
http://bitsavers.org/
On 9/7/16 11:21 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
> That would fit the IBM 2315 if indeed it used one sector notch for each
> sector (it has 8 per track).
>
and 100 TPI
Original Diablo drives were also 100 TPI, and used silver colored heads, moving
to 200 TPI and the more
common white ceramic heads.
A
On 9/7/16 11:46 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
> TPI, as in "transitions per inch"?
>
tracks per inch
> I vaguely remember that the 1311 (20 sectors of 200 digits each per track)
> used silvery colored heads. I wonder if those are the same. They were
> pretty sturdy; one day when we had a hydraul
On 9/8/16 10:03 AM, Murray McCullough wrote:
> What role did Star Trek play in the rise of small computers that are
> so ubiquitous today?
The main thing that comes to mind is how often images or references to TOS
appear in mid-70's computing magazines.
On 9/11/16 9:08 AM, Warner Losh wrote:
> Most of the VME gear pre-dates folks putting it online on their web
> sites. This means that what exists is on paper and since there was
> never the fanatical devotion to preservation like the pdp-11 gear in
> that community, most of it is gone to the land
On 9/11/16 2:41 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> Hi, I'm looking for information on a semi-obscure Flip Chip; an M826 (sort
> sort of combination clock/counter). I can't find out anything about it.
> Apparently the M8xx Flip Chips were generally custom modules intended for
> a specific device, which is
on page 343 of 835 editedOptionModuleLst_Apr83.pdf
On 9/11/16 2:58 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
>
>
> On 9/11/16 2:41 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>> Hi, I'm looking for information on a semi-obscure Flip Chip; an M826 (sort
>> sort of combination clock/counter). I can&#x
On 9/11/16 11:23 PM, Brad H wrote:
>
>
> Definitely want one for my collection. Probably not too expensive now.
>
They make nice Kleenex dispensers.
On 9/12/16 9:30 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
>
>
> On 9/11/16 11:23 PM, Brad H wrote:
>>
>>
>> Definitely want one for my collection. Probably not too expensive now.
>>
>
> They make nice Kleenex dispensers.
>
>
http://www.cultofmac.com/62678/diy-powermac-g4-cube-tissue-dispenser/
:32 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> They make nice Kleenex dispensers.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> http://www.cultofmac.com/62678/diy-powermac-g4-cube-tissue-dispenser/
>>
>>
>>
> Why, why, why? sheesh.
>
On 9/13/16 6:19 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> One of the great things about vintage mechanical keyboards is that
> they can be acquired very cheaply indeed. ;-)
>
This posting must have been trapped in a time warp since 1996 :-)
I've been working on archiving documentation and firmware from micropr
On 9/12/16 11:35 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> After struggling with trying to find a good ftp facility for OS 9
As someone else mentioned, Fetch works pretty well.
I had just been using Appleshare until I switched to an Intel based
server which no longer supports the old protocol. There was a comp
On 9/13/16 9:25 AM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
> If you are not opposed to making a custom PCB to stuff with Cherry MX
> keyswitches, then you have a lot of freedom.
True enough. I have even bought some switches and non so great Cherry keyboards
to harvest keytops.
About 10 WY-30 keyboards in so-s
It may have gotten lost in the pre-move chaos. I just pinged him about
it again.
On 9/13/16 9:36 AM, Glen Slick wrote:
> On Sep 13, 2016 9:16 AM, "Al Kossow" wrote:
>>
>> I've been working on archiving documentation and firmware from
> microprocessor
>&
On 9/13/16 9:44 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> I'd mostly run the G3 under OS X 10.4 using XPostFacto, but I don't
> believe that the combo supports the old 400K and 800K floppy formats. I
> could have booted the G3 into OS X after I'd done the reading under OS
> 9.2, but that seemed to be the long w
On 9/13/16 9:53 AM, Ryan K. Brooks wrote:
> See Also RedHat and CentOS.No telnet, netstat, etc.
csh
though in the modern world I can see why clear text protocols
aren't shipped out of the box
There were nubus IRMA cards for 3270 fans
http://www.ebay.com/itm/290443334905
and the Apple Cluster Controller
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/apple/brochures/Apple_Cluster_Controller_and_Appleline_Sales_Reference_Guide_Jul84.pdf
I'm sure these were checkbox items.
There was a push in the late 80's bu
On 9/13/16 3:08 PM, jim stephens wrote:
> There is also the LU stuff that went on on SNA, which is a big steaming pile,
> and very few ever got that to work other
> than IBM.
I worked with the guy who did the Nubus token ring card. He originally used the
TI chip set, then had to switch to IB
On 9/13/16 1:29 PM, Mike Stein wrote:
> By any chance does anyone have (or know where I could find) a datasheet for
> an FDN303 LSI chip used in a number of floppy drives?
>
> Lots of tantalizing links in Google but the ones I followed all lead
> nowhere...
>
you're going to have a really t
On 9/13/16 4:30 PM, Mike Stein wrote:
> How about Falco? I've got four or five different models/versions here; do you
> want me to dump the ROMs? Doesn't seem to be much interest in Falcos but I
> guess I really should scan the docs one day anyway..
>
> They also used 4-conductor (straight-th
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_TfBbR6L0M
On 9/14/16 1:48 PM, ben wrote:
> 'ASK IDIOT BEN'
>
On 9/14/16 2:42 PM, Steven M Jones wrote:
> On 09/14/16 09:52, Dale H. Cook wrote:
>>
>> Please do not change the subject line in a thread.
> And what's so horrible about that?
nothing
It has taken twenty years to get to the point on cclk where the subject
line changes at all.
alt.folklore.com
On 9/14/16 10:32 PM, Sam O'nella wrote:
Any tips, tricks or
> warnings?
>
Take a cab. It's $25 and you'll be there in 15 mins off
traffic peak.
That's what I do when coming back
Public transit to SJC is a sick joke. Billions going
into BART and there are no plans to connect it to the airport.
On 9/15/16 10:29 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> Does anyone know of the whereabouts of a set of engineering drawings for the
> TMB11
http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102753063
just took a look at this
the TMB11 is a special widget for the small Kennedy 7" 800bpi tape drive
On 9/15/16 11:41 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
>
>
> On 9/15/16 10:29 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>> Does anyone know of the whereabouts of a set of engineering drawings for the
&
but we do have the TMA11 drwngs
http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102753071
On 9/15/16 12:38 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
> just took a look at this
> the TMB11 is a special widget for the small Kennedy 7" 800bpi tape drive
>
> On 9/15/16 11:41 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
&g
On 9/15/16 1:42 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> > From: Al Kossow
>
> > http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102753063
>
> Ah, excellent! Any chance those can be scanned at some point?
>
I'll try to take care of both this evening
On 9/15/16 3:46 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
>
>
> On 9/15/16 1:42 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>> > From: Al Kossow
>>
>> > http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102753063
>>
>> Ah, excellent! Any chance those can be scanned at some poin
On 9/20/16 11:59 PM, Christian Corti wrote:
> Here's a rough sketchup of what my decoder does:
>
> - Find the sync pattern (several 0x55)
> - Swap the bits in each byte (i.e. MSB<-->LSB)
> - Look for an address mark (clock pattern always 0x0E)
> - 0x70: ID address mark
> Calculate CRC16 (
HP300
On 9/21/16 10:24 AM, tony duell wrote:
> [HP9895 format deleted]
>
>> I wonder if this is the same format the Amigo used?
>
> Which was the Amigo?
>
> FWIW every 5.25" and 3.5" HP drive unit that I've seen (and the
> internal drives on the 9826 and 9836) use a Western Digital or
> compat
Just noticed this. Did anyone on the list buy it?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221674855740
for people that care, I'll be rescanning that series of HP manuals using my
long page
scanner at 600dpi. They are sitting on the pile next to the scanner right now.
I'm trying to decide if I want to attempt getting my 7970 with a dual 7/9 track
head
running this year.
On 9/22/16 8:43 AM, Noel
there is a better diagram on page 70 of
981-0251_ProgrammableLogicDiagramPackage_Sep90.pdf
under dataIO which gives the fuse number
On 9/22/16 4:23 PM, Glen Slick wrote:
> A Signetics PLS173 PLA has a total of 2178 programmable fuses:
>
> (32 AND gates for logic terms plus 10 AND gates for contr
On 9/23/16 1:54 AM, couryho...@aol.com wrote:
> Al - I have had them with 7 and with 9 but never lucky enough to get the
> dual headed one... yea... well worth putting online. do you have a link
> to any sales info on this?
It's in the configuration matrix in the service manual.
The 7/9
I had it on fiche, which I scanned this afternoon.
It should be up on the bitsavers mirrors by morning PDT under pdp11/xxdp
along with rev E of the XXDP+ users guide.
I'll probably also do the RX02 diags if I can find them for Don, though
he may have them on fiche.
The step and repeat fiche scann
to get the
file system doc up before the
mirrors pick things up at noon, but the contrast is poor and I'm still fiddling
with settings.
On 9/24/16 10:53 PM, Mattis Lind wrote:
> 2016-09-25 5:32 GMT+02:00 Al Kossow :
>
>> I had it on fiche, which I scanned this afternoon.
>>
http://www.retrocmp.com/tools/pdp-11-diagnostic-database
Didn't know about this. the TC11 fiche scans appear to be there as well
On 9/24/16 10:53 PM, Mattis Lind wrote:
> 2016-09-25 5:32 GMT+02:00 Al Kossow :
>
>> I had it on fiche, which I scanned this afternoon.
>>
ah, good then. I was sad that I went to the trouble of doing this when
it was already done.
On 9/25/16 11:46 AM, Mattis Lind wrote:
> 2016-09-25 19:37 GMT+02:00 Al Kossow :
>
>>
>> http://www.retrocmp.com/tools/pdp-11-diagnostic-database
>> Didn't know about this. t
Is it doing better on Intel M2FM now?
On 9/25/16 4:48 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
> fluxtoimd now successfully decodes HP M2FM double-density floppy
> format, as used by the HP 7902, 9885, and 9895, from either DiscFerret
> images or ZIP files of KryoFlux stream files.
>
> https://github.com/brouhaha/f
OK, I'll see what I can do. You left some Intel floppies of them out here, and
I've got some Amigo OS disks that are pretty important to image.
Guess I need to get the Diskferret set up ;-)
On 9/25/16 5:34 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 6:25 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
&
I picked up a 700/60, the ANSI version of the HP 700-series terminal and when I
took it
apart to clean, it had a VDC 1401DP31BE inside. I swapped the CRT into a 700/92
which
has a slightly different board, and a burned in amber tube, and it worked fine.
Also I noticed the 700/96 PCB is almost ide
On 9/25/16 9:35 PM, David Collins wrote:
> The 700 series service manual
Does anyone have a 700 (or 239x) series depot manual?
I have the earlier ones. I can't imagine many real service
manuals for the later HP stuff made it out into the wild.
700/92 has a slower dot clock and the pcb layout i
How would you suggest they do that? They have one disk drive.
This is the perennial problem with the Alto, it expects there is a network
so you can do things like network copydisk.
LCM solved their problem by having two machines, and building a 3 to 10mbit
gateway with a simulated file server.
C
On 9/27/16 8:21 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
> Also, if they have a Lyon optical mouse, they need to come up with a pad, I
> pointed
> them to a paper Dick wrote that shows the hexagonal pattern in enough detail
> to draw
> a new one.
>
http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/r
As common as this monitor is, I don't see a scanned copy of a manual on any
real site.
Anyone know of a copy?
I went ahead and bought a VM-4512 manual from Tucker to scan. At least that
will be around..
http://www.ebay.com/itm/291894250804
them some media, putting
it into normal sleeves, but I don't think they got very far.
On 10/1/16 7:54 AM, Adrian Graham wrote:
> On 01/10/2016 15:42, "j...@cimmeri.com" wrote:
>
>> On 10/1/2016 9:19 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/291894250804
&
Going price nowadays for a Lisa with Twiggys is pushing $20K
There are a lot of people that have all of the parts except the drives,
including the front bezel.
On 10/1/16 8:12 AM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote:
> Ok, you just gave a bunch of reasons why they're even more worthless than I
> originally
that's why someone thinks they can get $5k just for the bezel
www.ebay.com/itm/62204758
On 10/1/16 8:21 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
> Going price nowadays for a Lisa with Twiggys is pushing $20K
>
On 10/1/16 11:49 PM, Tomasz Rola wrote:
> BTW, the "ching" aspect does not have much spell for me.
The sound of a mechanical cash register, like at the start of
Pink Floyd's "Money"
On 10/2/16 7:04 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> Any collectors of early Datapoint machines out there on the list?
I have a 2200 with screen rot (don't they all)
Not a lot of activity, CHM has some machines, I've archived some cassettes and
floppies
along with docs. Some work was done on simulation.
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