Seeking Terry Gulczynski

2015-10-23 Thread dave
Has anyone heard from Terry Gulczynski (http://stack180.com/) since October 12? I've been waiting for him to tell me it's okay to send him a P112 kit for assembly and testing. Now I'm worrying that something may have happened to him. He lives in Daytona Beach, Florida. -- David Griffith

Re: KIM Uno /PiDP-11 plans...

2015-10-23 Thread dave
On Thu, 22 Oct 2015, Oscar Vermeulen wrote: Hi, Oscar is already working on another very promising product. [..]He will also pay a visit to my "museum" to take a few measurements. Sorry, can't say more I'll leave that up to Oscar. Perhaps he want to stay "below the radar" until that project

Re: Seeking Terry Gulczynski

2015-10-23 Thread dave
On Fri, 23 Oct 2015, d...@661.org wrote: Has anyone heard from Terry Gulczynski (http://stack180.com/) since October 12? I've been waiting for him to tell me it's okay to send him a P112 kit for assembly and testing. Now I'm worrying that something may have happened to him. He lives in Dayt

Dowalert tape recorder thingy

2015-10-28 Thread dave
Has anyone here ever used a Dowalert back in its heyday of the early 1980s? For those who don't know, a Dowalert is a device that resembles a tape-driven telephone answering machine. Dow Jones had an idea of broadcasting stock information over FM radio to this device for later perusal by s

Micro-Altair tape interface

2015-11-02 Thread dave
As I finally complete my Micro-Altair kit from Briel Computers, my thoughts turn to the question of how I can get an audio tape interface working on this machine. I understand that the MITS tape controller is essentially a serial port with a simple modem bolted on the rear. The Micro-Altair

usb-to-parallel port solutions

2015-11-05 Thread dave
Can somone recommend a good USB-to-parallel port solution that will easily work with Linux? -- David Griffith d...@661.org A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

Re: usb-to-parallel port solutions

2015-11-05 Thread dave
On Fri, 6 Nov 2015, drlegendre . wrote: On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 8:08 PM, Chris Elmquist wrote: On Friday (11/06/2015 at 01:51AM +), d...@661.org wrote: Can somone recommend a good USB-to-parallel port solution that will easily work with Linux? FT245?? https://www.sparkfun.com/produc

PT-210 Serial Board

2015-12-06 Thread dave
A few years ago I entered the schematics and laid out a design for the serial board option for the TRS-80 PT-210 printing terminal using gEDA. I found the schematics in a hardcopy of the service manual[1]. I revisited the project a couple of days ago and reentered the schematics into Kicad.

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread dave
On Wed, 9 Dec 2015, Mike Stein wrote: - Original Message - From: "Fred Cisin" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2015 10:05 PM Subject: Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!! "Top posting

Re: TOP POSTING

2015-12-12 Thread dave
When I post from home, I usually have a sig that refers to top posting fouling the order in which people normally read text. Regarding Android, I was talking about a specific mail client that makes it easy to bottom-post. On December 10, 2015 4:44:09 AM PST, Rod Smallwood wrote: >Er nope it j

Making a serial board for Briel Altair Micro

2015-12-13 Thread dave
After fiddling around with my Briel Altair Micro, I've come to desire more than just the console serial port. To that end, I read up on the 16550A UART, line drivers, line receivers, and schematics for other implementations of serial ports. I came up with this: http://661.org/tmp/altairmic

Seeking keyboard for Compaq Portable

2015-05-22 Thread dave
Does anyone here have a spare keyboard for a Compaq Portable? -- David Griffith d...@661.org A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

RE: Seeking keyboard for Compaq Portable

2015-05-22 Thread dave
I've tried actuating the pads by hand. I'm told that's supposed to work. It doesn't. On Fri, 22 May 2015, Randy Dawson wrote: Hi Dave, Did you try replacing the decayed conductive foamies under the keys? This was a keytronic design, and I think my search began with

Two more P112 kits left

2015-06-04 Thread dave
I have two more P112 kits left. One is a board with parts. The other adds an old SCSI enclosure. Once these are gone, it'll be a long time before I offer complete kits again. The price is $190 for the kit alone and $210 for the kit with chassis (shipped in the US). The chassis is identic

Re: Front Panel Update

2015-06-08 Thread dave
On Tue, 9 Jun 2015, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: There are so many versions. The blue and green are my favourites. The chocolate 11/70 requires special mention. Here are some examples I've collected. http://www.update.uu.se/~pontus/slask/front_paneler/ Are these pictures of panels you own? I procu

ISO: Sun lunchbox vertical stand

2015-06-12 Thread dave
Last year or so someone offered up one or two vertical stands for Sun lunchbox chassis. I put my hand up for one and never heard more about it. Might that original person still have the stands? Does anyone else have some stands available? -- David Griffith d...@661.org A: Because it fouls

Re: Megaprocessor - built from individual transistors

2015-06-23 Thread dave
On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Phil Budne wrote: If I were going thru the trouble, I'd want build a TX-0 clone! I think it would me more interesting to build a replica of a pdp-8 straight-eight using significantly-reduced flip chips with surface-mount parts. -- David Griffith d...@661.org A: Becaus

Re: Megaprocessor - built from individual transistors

2015-06-24 Thread dave
On Wed, 24 Jun 2015, ben wrote: On 6/24/2015 12:10 AM, d...@661.org wrote: On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Phil Budne wrote: If I were going thru the trouble, I'd want build a TX-0 clone! I think it would me more interesting to build a replica of a pdp-8 straight-eight using significantly-reduced flip

8/e panel

2015-07-03 Thread Dave
efore drilling the full-size holes. Any suggestions? Thanks again for the effort you have put into these beautiful panels! Dave

Re: Computing history at CERN - Re: what IBM system is this?

2015-07-04 Thread dave
On Sat, 4 Jul 2015, Toby Thain wrote: On 2015-07-04 7:37 PM, simon wrote: found in the archives of CERN, this image is beautiful! but what IBM system is this. https://cds.cern.ch/record/1847692 There's a pretty prominent "7890" on those cpu(?) cabinets. Is it the IBM-compatible Siemens 7890

Re: Front Panels Sample layout.

2015-07-19 Thread Dave
(On Sunday, July 19, 2015 4:14 AM, simon wrote:) > ours is visible on flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/simski/15171396948/ Nice.  That's identical to the 8m panels I have, except the the 'f' instead of the 'm'.  I like the separation of the LED rows on the

Mysterious S100 SRAM card

2015-07-24 Thread dave
Can someone identify this S100 SRAM card? I can tell that it's a 16K SRAM board made up of MM2114 chips. Virtual beer to the first person who guesses where I found it. -- David Griffith d...@661.org A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting suc

Re: Mysterious S100 SRAM card

2015-07-24 Thread dave
On Fri, 24 Jul 2015, d...@661.org wrote: Can someone identify this S100 SRAM card? I can tell that it's a 16K SRAM board made up of MM2114 chips. Virtual beer to the first person who guesses where I found it. Whoops! How about if I show you the picture? https://www.flickr.com/photos/32548

Larry Niven's Altair

2015-07-24 Thread dave
An Altair 8800 that once belonged to Larry Niven is up for auction. Larry Niven has long been a member of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (www.lasfs.org). This group has existed since 1934 and was the starting point for many science fiction and fantasy authors. Larry Niven is one of t

Re: Mysterious S100 SRAM card

2015-07-25 Thread dave
On Sat, 25 Jul 2015, drlegendre . wrote: On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Brent Hilpert wrote: On 2015-Jul-25, at 8:33 AM, Bill Sudbrink wrote: Dwight wrote: Dave, you were going to tell us where you found it? Dwight Probably in Larry Niven's Altair? Indeed, it's in one of

Re: Probs w. M3119 CXY08 MUX on VAX VMS 7.3

2015-08-19 Thread dave
. Speaking of which, I have one copy of the KMC-11A Programmer's Guide if anyone needs it or would like to scan it? Dave (KMC-11 Tools Developer, RSX and VMS) PS: I used ALGOLW on MTS in one of my ECE classes because we could represent processor registers and operations using bit arrays/ve

piggybacked TSOP memory chips

2015-09-13 Thread dave
Someone on #classiccmp showed pictures of a DDR SDRAM module with piggybacked TSOP memory chips. I've never heard of doing this with surface-mounted devices. http://imgur.com/a/CGk8h -- David Griffith d...@661.org A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is

Spare Time Gizmos Life game LED tool

2015-10-05 Thread dave
I've acquired an unpopulated board for a Spare Time Gizmos Life game. Does anyone here who've made one still have an LED tool you don't need that you can pass along. How about a design file for making one myself? I tried asking this on the Spare Time Gizmos list and nobody replied. -- David

Re: Harris RTX-2000 - Re: High performance coprocessor boards of the 80s and 90s

2016-04-24 Thread Dave
n.  I wonder if it ever got scanned and placed on the net. Come to think of it, I think I have one of these chips lying around, but no software.  I think MPE still supports this chip with their forth compiler system, but it's expensive.   I wonder if anyone has anything non-commercial that would run on it. Dave

Hazeltine 2000 Manuals

2016-06-16 Thread Dave
Thanks for any info! Dave

Re: HP Series-80 computers - PRM-85 board case? ... maybe!

2016-06-20 Thread Dave
I'm interested as well. Dave On Monday, June 20, 2016 2:16 PM, "alexmcwhir...@triadic.us" wrote: On 2016-06-20 11:34, Pete Plank wrote: >> On Jun 20, 2016, at 6:20 AM, martin.heppe...@dlr.de wrote: >> >> I read in this list that there are more peo

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

2017-01-12 Thread Dave
e working option 100 (standard) PSU's for a working Option 200 PSU, but I was unable to repair my one faulty unit in time for his USA trip, and then my two working Option 100 supplies both crumped out.  And then, Jon's tragic and untimely passing. (Moment of silence.) Dave.

HP 2647F cable

2017-02-25 Thread Dave
only see an "Autoplot/47" disk among the included floppies.  Is this likely to contain the BASIC as well, or am I missing a disk?  I'd be interested in any software anyone may have for this machine. Thanks! Dave

Re: HP 2647F cable

2017-02-25 Thread Dave
> I wonder if this kryoflux supports this format. . .  I got a kryoflux from > another hobbyist but never tried it out. Obviously, Teledisk supports it, if it's in the HPmuseum archive.   I suppose Imagedisk does as well. Dave

Re: HP 2647F cable

2017-02-25 Thread Dave
these drives: http://www.hp9845.net/9845/tutorials/tapedrives/ Dave

RE: server for terminals

2015-10-07 Thread Dave G4UGM
Cindy, I have forwarded this to the Hercules (Mainframe Emulation) list. I don't suppose there are any takes, but there might be... Dave > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Cindy > Croxton > Sent: 07 October 2015 18:

RE: WTT: My Amiga Mouse for your Atari ST Mouse!

2015-10-10 Thread Dave Wade
They were switchable. There are some USB adaptors on Ebay... Dave G4UGM > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Zane Healy > Sent: 10 October 2015 01:18 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject:

RE: TV Typewriter Cover Unit location?

2015-10-13 Thread Dave Wade
Several folks produce custom keytops. I found these:- https://keycapsdirect.worldsecuresystems.com/products/inventory they might want to produce a retro layout for you... Dave G4UGM > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Brad >

RE: New logo: Vintage Computer Federation

2015-10-14 Thread Dave Wade
generation computers ... 1st generation Valve Computers like the Bendix , Pegasus, EDVAC, Manchester MK1, CSIRAC were just "Computers" and don't conform to the above classes Dave

RE: Fair price and ways to find a teletype

2015-10-15 Thread Dave Wade
l used 5-level Creed teleprinters as output devices. As I am sure I have said before, Mercury and Pegasus actually output 5-level tape on a high speed punch which was then feed into a storage bin under the counter, and then read on a slower reader connected to the Teleprinter. So physical buffering... Dave G4UGM

Re: nut bars? ;)

2015-10-15 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
On 10/15/2015 02:44 PM, Jay West wrote: ... In some cases, nut bars are very preferable... I think we have plenty of those around here :D -- --- Dave Woyciesjes --- CompTIA A+ Certified IT Tech - http://certification.comptia.org/ --- HDI Certified Support Center Analyst - http

Re: nut bars? ;)

2015-10-15 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
On 10/15/2015 04:01 PM, geneb wrote: On Thu, 15 Oct 2015, Dave Woyciesjes wrote: On 10/15/2015 02:44 PM, Jay West wrote: ... In some cases, nut bars are very preferable... I think we have plenty of those around here *bars*, not *bags*! :) No, it's "...*ba

RE: Contents of DEC 8" floppies

2015-10-16 Thread Dave Wade
If memory serves me correctly PSI is the X.25 packet switching software. If it exists I would like a copy, assuming I can get the matching version of VMS... Dave > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mark J. > Blair > Sent

RE: Fair price and ways to find a teletype

2015-10-16 Thread Dave Wade
l version of the 33... So yes they were used, but perhaps not as the only input device... Dave Wade G4UGM > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Brad > Sent: 16 October 2015 07:20 > To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and

RE: Contents of DEC 8" floppies

2015-10-16 Thread Dave Wade
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Johnny > Billquist > Sent: 16 October 2015 09:07 > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Contents of DEC 8" floppies > > On 2015-10-16 08:14, Mark J. Blair wrote: > > I have some unused 3M blank pr

RE: Contents of DEC 8" floppies

2015-10-16 Thread Dave G4UGM
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Johnny > Billquist > Sent: 16 October 2015 11:38 > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Contents of DEC 8" floppies > > On 2015-10-16 10:08, Dave Wade wrote: >

RE: Atari Unix

2015-10-17 Thread Dave G4UGM
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Liam > Proven > Sent: 17 October 2015 13:05 > To: Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Atari Unix > > Apparently efforts are underway to get this unreleased product working. > > I belie

RE: Atari Unix

2015-10-17 Thread Dave G4UGM
-Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Liam > Proven > Sent: 17 October 2015 15:19 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: Atari Unix > > On 17 October 2015 at 16:01, wrote: > > I was always under the impress

RE: Atari Unix

2015-10-17 Thread Dave Wade
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mark > Linimon > Sent: 17 October 2015 17:30 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: Atari Unix > > On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 03:26:53PM +0100

RE: "Farm" slang terms

2015-10-18 Thread Dave Wade
o as a disk > farm--but I don't think the usage was standard. > > --Chuck I seem to remember that as well, but from earlier as you say. Looking at Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenna_farm I can see that Antenna Farms is an older term, dating back to at least 1950, but of course as antenna's are usually in fields.. Dave G4UGM

RE: PDP2011 board

2015-10-23 Thread Dave Wade
entity and then connect it to a higher level entity, but looking in the help this isn't true. I also struggled with this when I was building a "Baby Baby" as I wanted to have different types of output device and have conditional synthesis but this does not appear to be supported. > > > Don > > > Dave Wade G4UGM

RE: Model 28 Teletype on ebay

2015-10-23 Thread Dave Wade
Model 28 and I understand they're > pretty bulletproof once you have them working. I'm just not sure if this > would work, and if this particular one is ASR or what, because it mentions a > reperforator and from what I read 28s that came with that had a tape reader > also? See above. > > > > Brad > > > Dave G4UGM p.s. some had a 28 free for collection on the Greenkeys list some time ago... >

RE: KIM Uno /PiDP-11 plans...

2015-10-23 Thread Dave G4UGM
20 as FPC6120 kits are even more un-obtainium than the switches Dave Wade G4UGM > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Noel > Chiappa > Sent: 23 October 2015 12:49 > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Cc: j...@mercury.lcs

RE: KIM Uno /PiDP-11 plans...

2015-10-23 Thread Dave Wade
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jay West > Sent: 23 October 2015 14:19 > To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' > > Subject: RE: KIM Uno /PiDP-11 plans... > > Dave wrote... >

RE: The Internet & our hobby

2015-10-23 Thread Dave Wade
reports, e.g. http://www.pcworld.com/article/112719/article.html Dave > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of rod > Sent: 23 October 2015 18:44 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: The Internet &

RE: Retro Reproduction.

2015-10-23 Thread Dave Wade
On the Vintage Computer Forums some one has produced replacement keys for his TV Typewriter using rubber moulds and casting resin. It looks shiny and dyes are available... ... but you might have to machine the hole in the end for the shaft to go into.. Dave > -Original Mess

RE: The Internet & our hobby

2015-10-23 Thread Dave Wade
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Diane > Bruce > Sent: 24 October 2015 00:01 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: The Internet & our hobby > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 10:22:42PM +, ANDY HOLT wro

RE: Oddball question: really small terminals

2015-10-25 Thread Dave Wade
gt; Yes you could do things with small laptops and PDAs with PCMCIA cards Having read you want Color I would see if you can get a NeoWare thin client with TN3270 support. My only gripe is that I have not found a way to get one of my Nokia 3270 keyboards to fully work with them. Dave

RE: Substituting DSHD for DSDD disks (or DS2D if you prefer)

2015-10-25 Thread Dave Wade
omeone had boxes of these they were willing to sell recently and there was no take up. I would say they are being trashed because no one has space and have moved to floppy emulators. Dave

RE: Oddball question: really small terminals

2015-10-26 Thread Dave G4UGM
e gives nothing for scale, but > there > is a picture of one on a Google pictures collection that shows it on a desk > with > a regular keyboard and LCD screen, and you can see how small the thing > really was. > > Jon Televideo made small terminals, PT102 and "Personal Terminal". I found a pic here:- http://s11.photobucket.com/user/ballsandy/media/Computer%20related/100_2308.jpg.html but there are more about if you google Dave

RE: Honeywell "Teletype"

2015-10-28 Thread Dave Wade
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of jwsmobile > Sent: 28 October 2015 08:08 > To: Classic Computer List (cctalk@classiccmp.org) > Subject: Re: Honeywell "Teletype" > > On 10/28/2015 1:05 AM, jwsmobile wrote: > > > > I'm curious. This

RE: Massey Dickinson - help identify

2015-10-29 Thread Dave G4UGM
Any ideas what the legends say. Could be some sort of trainer. Lots used analog simulation.. > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Nick Allen > Sent: 29 October 2015 22:29 > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: Massey Dickinson - help iden

RE: Massey Dickinson - help identify

2015-10-29 Thread Dave G4UGM
Well I guess you could use it for many things. It looks like one paper tape reader or perhaps punch, I think there are 60 lamp drivers, a few AND gates, lots of OR gates. A counter. Delay circuits and memories. So a Trainer is possible... Dave G4UGM > -Original Message- > From:

RE: IBM cluster for auction

2015-10-30 Thread Dave Wade
ay at present. If it had been an iSeries or zSeries then it could be of interest... > Pax > > -- > Paxton Hoag > Astoria, OR > USA Dave

RE: "Demystification" is just as important as "Abstraction" in "Computer Science" (Was: Know any Fortran

2015-10-30 Thread Dave Wade
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of ANDY > HOLT > Sent: 30 October 2015 21:22 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: "Demystification" is just as important as "Abstraction" in > "Computer Science" (Was: Kn

RE: "Demystification" is just as important as "Abstraction" in "Computer Science" (Was: Know any Fortran

2015-10-30 Thread Dave Wade
ion" in > "Computer Science" (Was: Know any Fortran > > >>> They literally refused to understand that a dataset could exist that > >>> would be too large to fit into memory. > On Fri, 30 Oct 2015, Dave Wade wrote: > > About a year ago, I was aske

RE: "Demystification" is just as important as "Abstraction" in "Computer Science" (Was: Know any Fortran

2015-10-30 Thread Dave Wade
tware to get the best out of the hardware would sure > spoil that business model. > Why? Hardware hasn't really got much faster over the last four years. More CPU's have been added. In hardware terms anything that runs XP well will run anything later. There might be missing drivers, but in general its not a spec problem. > Regards, > Peter Coghlan. Dave Wade G4UGM

RE: "Demystification" is just as important as "Abstraction" in "Computer Science" (Was: Know any Fortran

2015-10-31 Thread Dave Wade
action" in > "Computer Science" (Was: Know any Fortran > > On 10/30/2015 05:18 PM, Dave Wade wrote: > > Why? Hardware hasn't really got much faster over the last four years. > > More CPU's have been added. In hardware terms anything that runs XP > &

RE: "Demystification" is just as important as "Abstraction" in "Computer Science" (Was: Know any Fortran

2015-10-31 Thread Dave Wade
action" in > "Computer Science" (Was: Know any Fortran > > On 10/31/2015 04:00 AM, Dave Wade wrote: > > > SSE2 isn't exactly "leading edge" technology. It dates back to P4 in > > 2001 so is actually older than the XP. > > Also whilst XP

RE: Front panels

2015-10-31 Thread Dave Wade
compatible with modern FPGA and Raspberry PI and you get 16 lines per chip that can be set as in and out. You can cascade up to four chips on a 4-wire interface as these can be addressed by a 2-pin address input. Very Nice Dave G4UGM > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctal

RE: IBM z890

2015-11-03 Thread Dave Wade
t then maybe you can't IPL from > > a > SAN at all which I wouldn't be surprised at. I think all IBM > > > > -Connor K > > Check the OS defaults of the SAN networking software layer. My instinct is > AIX might play a part here. I seem to remember that IBM OS's need a SAN that will talk ESCON or FICON and will resent emulated 3390 disks. http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246497.pdf might help Dave

RE: Vintage computing events in Germany [Was: Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015]

2015-11-05 Thread Dave Wade
Me too On Nov 5, 2015 5:12 PM, "Rik Bos" wrote: > > > > -Oorspronkelijk bericht- > > Van: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] Namens Liam Proven > > Verzonden: donderdag 5 november 2015 15:05 > > Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Onderwerp: Re: Vintage co

Re: Fw: new message

2015-11-12 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
On 11/12/2015 06:40 PM, wulfman wrote: dont open this link. On 11/13/2015 8:26 AM, kateli...@trouts.org wrote: Hey! New message, please read <http://in2itshop.com/speaking.php?6lpk9> kateli...@trouts.org Why not? -- --- Dave Woyciesjes --- ICQ# 905818 --- CompTIA A+ Certif

Re: Fw: new message

2015-11-12 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
On 11/12/2015 09:11 PM, wulfman wrote: On 11/12/2015 7:04 PM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote: On 11/12/2015 06:40 PM, wulfman wrote: On 11/13/2015 8:26 AM, kateli...@trouts.org wrote: Hey! New message, please read <http://in2itshop.com/speaking.php?6lpk9> kateli...@trouts.org dont ope

Re: Fw: new message

2015-11-13 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
On 11/12/2015 10:25 PM, Jay West wrote: Apologies, not sure how that got through. Maybe a listmember got address-book-malware. Will see if the headers reveal anything that is easy to spot. J No worries. I know enough not to click on suspicious stuff like that... -- --- Dave Woyciesjes

Re: Could someone make the list do the [cctalk] thing in the subject line?

2015-11-17 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
... Please don't bring it up again Just setup a filter to shuffle CC stuff to it's own folder, then nuke it from there... -- --- Dave Woyciesjes --- ICQ# 905818 --- CompTIA A+ Certified IT Tech -http://certification.comptia.org/ --- HDI Certified Support Center Analyst -http://www.Th

Re: Could someone make the list do the [cctalk] thing in the subject line?

2015-11-17 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
er a very rigid enforcement. (Sorry, Jay, I know you already put a lot of effort in and don't have time for this :-)) Could we just agree to let Jay make the decisions on such trivia? Yes, let the benevolent (guy who should act like) dictator call the shots... :) -- --- Dave Woyciesjes --- ICQ

Re: Could someone make the list do the [cctalk] thing in the subject line?

2015-11-18 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
On 11/17/2015 08:56 PM, Jay West wrote: On Tue, 17 Nov 2015, couryho...@aol.com wrote: DO NOT THINK I CAN MAKE THE AOL MAIL FILTER THAT WAY.. Shark Jumped Aae!!! -- --- Dave Woyciesjes --- ICQ# 905818 --- CompTIA A+ Certified IT Tech -http

Re: ICL Quattro

2015-11-21 Thread Dave Wade
Might be worth trying the UK tnmoc guys. They have lots of ICL docs. Sorry its cryptic but travelling with limited web access On Nov 12, 2015 12:51 PM, "supervinx" wrote: > Hi! > I found an ICL Quattro desktop computer. > It looks in good shape, I had to repair only the PSU. > Powering it up,

Re: Fw: new message

2015-11-21 Thread Dave Wade
Most browsers can be hijacked via DNS or IP address stealing. Thats how much public access wifi works. Any attempt to access any page diverts to a login page. On Nov 14, 2015 12:05 AM, "Chuck Guzis" wrote: > On 11/13/2015 09:29 AM, ben wrote: > > Windows new feature ... Auto Click >> Sigh. >> > >

Re: A Selectric printer...

2015-11-22 Thread Dave Wade
There are a couple of Yahoo groups for Selectric Typewriters and some have the docs for the IO selectrics. On Nov 22, 2015 6:51 PM, "Mike Ross" wrote: > I have an I/O Selectric device which is badged as, and was originally, an > IBM 2970 Reservation Terminal. > > For better or worse, it was one o

Re: HTTPS and man-in-the-middle - was Re: new message

2015-11-22 Thread Dave Wade
For outbound TMG needs a browser plugin. For inbound its usual to terminate the SSL on the TMG firewall and then TMG opens a new SSL session to the backend web server. For this to work TMG needs to have a copy of the certificate including the private key. Wildcard certs are commonly used with TMG b

Re: A Selectric printer...

2015-11-22 Thread Dave Wade
Sorry I am in India and just have the mobile at present. Try http://groups.yahoo.com/group/golfballtypewritershop/ But not sure if URL is OK. list of groups please!?! neat! Ed# In a message dated 11/22/2015 9:05:14 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, dave.g4...@gmail.com writes: There a

Re: Pine

2015-11-23 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
a connectivity issue with Yahoo and your mail vanishes until it returns. Yahoo offers POP, but I believe that they want their palm crossed with silver for it. True? I thought Yahoo was free either way? -- --- Dave Woyciesjes --- ICQ# 905818 --- CompTIA A+ Certified IT Tech -http://certi

RE: papertape repair tape or kit wanted

2015-11-29 Thread Dave Wade
end. Not spent anything on E-Bay for a month... ... a month in China also works well.. Dave G4UGM > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Noel > Chiappa > Sent: 29 November 2015 14:29 > To: cctalk@classic

RE: papertape repair tape or kit wanted

2015-11-30 Thread Dave Wade
> > I have a box of the repair material somewhere, but I suspect the > adhesive would be useless with the material. Better to manufacture your > own with Williams suggestion, or a simpler one like mine. BTW, we only > used this method with tapes to be read on an ASR33. We didn't have high > spe

RE: Oberon and the OberonStation (retro-style FPGA computing)

2015-12-02 Thread Dave Wade
Spartan 3E inputs can be made 5V tolerant with a series resistor... http://www.xilinx.com/support/answers/19146.html Dave G4UGM > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of William > Maddox > Sent: 02 December 2015 08:32 &g

Re: TEST

2015-12-09 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
On 12/09/2015 10:27 AM, Mike wrote: Tihis is my first post to the group I just want to make sure that everyone can see this and that I have it setup right please reply if yall can see this. Nope. Can't see it. You failed... ;) -- --- Dave Woyciesjes --- ICQ# 905818 --- Comp

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
> On Dec 9, 2015, at 9:08 PM, Adrian Stoness wrote: > > on my phone it doesnt show the quoted text it hides it till i send or i > would just delete the stuff out... > > and my computer it seems to hide the stuff >> >> The iPhone does show what you are replying to, and it's quite easy to get

Re: TOP POSTING

2015-12-10 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
On 12/10/2015 05:39 AM, Joseph Lang wrote: On Dec 9, 2015, at 9:16 PM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote: On Dec 9, 2015, at 9:08 PM, Adrian Stoness wrote: on my phone it doesnt show the quoted text it hides it till i send or i would just delete the stuff out... and my computer it seems to hide

Re: TOP POSTING

2015-12-10 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
On December 9, 2015 1:58:00 PM PST, Jay West wrote: Please make an effort not to top-post :| J Hear! Hear! For you Android users, K9-Mail makes bottom-posting easy. -- --- Dave Woyciesjes --- ICQ# 905818 --- CompTIA A+ Certified IT Tech -http://certification.comptia.org/ --- HDI Certified

RE: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-11 Thread Dave G4UGM
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mouse > Sent: 10 December 2015 01:32 > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal > of a lifetime!!! > > >> All the email clients I have are

RE: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-11 Thread Dave Wade
It does not make sense for the ply to come at the end. It's a total waste of time having to re-read all the unnecessary crap many times just to get to a one sentence reply. > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of tony duell > Sent: 10 Decembe

RE: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-11 Thread Dave Wade
, Dave G4UGM > wrote: > > > > I have searched high and low for a decent e-mail client for Windows. > > All the ones I have tried suck in some way. Outlook will no longer let > > me post in-line on HTML mails. FreeBird won't look at calendars. Em is just > &

RE: TOP POSTING

2015-12-11 Thread Dave Wade
more plug-ins > > On 12/11/2015 11:47 AM, Dave G4UGM wrote: > > > >> -Original Message- > >> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of > >> Mouse > >> Sent: 10 December 2015 01:32 > >> To: cctalk@cl

Re: TOP POSTING

2015-12-12 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
On 12/11/2015 05:57 PM, Dave Wade wrote: , Dave G4UGM wrote: However, I used to use and like Thunderbird and still do on Linux and Mac. Thunderbird is a PITA. In order to get buttons that let you go to the next message you need several plug-ins... Uh, no you don't. RIght-

Re: TOP POSTING

2015-12-12 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
On 12/11/2015 05:58 PM, Dave Wade wrote: -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of wulfman Sent: 11 December 2015 19:26 To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: TOP POSTING Thunderbird has calendars now. Only with

RE: TOP POSTING

2015-12-12 Thread Dave Wade
underbird BUT ITS STILL AN ADDON THAT HAS TO BE SEPARATELY ENABLED and Configured. I can't some much searching find any info on using Lightening either with live.com or google calendars. Outlook syncs automatically with live.com calendars, and it took 5 minutes of googling to get it to display my liv

RE: What did computers without screens do?

2015-12-14 Thread Dave G4UGM
rtant job of all, printing line printer pictures. So Christmas Trees, Father Christmas, Sleighs and Reindeer, Best wishes for Birthdays, Weddings and retirements Dave G4UGM P.S. I noted one Christmas at Newcastle University after the file space had been cleaned up and the Christmas Prints

RE: Display-less computing

2015-12-15 Thread Dave Wade
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keypunch#/media/File:Hand-operated_Card_Punch- 2.jpg I think the one I own is labelled > Let's not forget the System/3 96-column cards. BA8421 (sort of like 7-track > mag tape), with a really wacky way to combine the columns to make 8-bit > bytes. > > Univac, of course, had their own system with their double-45 column system, > round holes and all. > > --Chuck Dave G4UGM

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