Re: OT: looking for help remembering name/info about security bug

2022-01-11 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
Heartbleed? On Tue, 11 Jan 2022 at 20:00, Hauke Fath via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, 10 Jan 2022 22:04:33 -0800, Stan Sieler via cctalk wrote: > > It may have been that either the routine wasn't getting called when it > > should, or that the programmer misinterpreted what the return value > meant.

Re: Who/what is Molecular Electronics Branch Electronic Technology Division

2022-05-12 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2018/11/102740473-05-01-acc.pdf ?? On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 3:08 AM ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: > > Were did you find that reference. Gavin? > > Sent from the all new AOL app for Android > > On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 5:02 PM, Gavin Scott w

Sparcbook 3000XT

2022-07-04 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
Hello everyone! I managed to snag a Tadpole 3000XT Sparcbook! However, it is missing the battery and power adapter. Does anyone have these spare? Thanks! -- -Jon +44 7792 149029

[cctalk] COMAL language in the UK?

2022-09-07 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
This is a query which came into TNMOC, but I'm wondering if there are people here who can assist. From: Date: Thu, 1 Sept 2022 at 22:05 Subject: Comal 80 in Great Britain Hey there, my name is Mikkel, I am working on a book about a series of danish micro computers where the history of the progra

[cctalk] TVI-921C

2022-09-14 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
All, I have a TVI-921C at the museum. I power it on and it beeps continuously. One long, solid tone that does not stop until I power it off. How do I start diagnosing this? -- -Jon +44 7792 149029

[cctalk] Re: Intel's i860, Cray-On-A-Chip

2022-09-23 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
> > IIRC the Intel IPSC (Inter Personal Super Computer) put a ton of these in parallel. It ran some kind of Unix and there has to have been a gcc port. https://www.vaxbarn.com/42-repair/756-ipsc-860-repair > > I believe (I'll have to check) that in the Osborne-McGraw-Hill/Intel > i860 book ther

[cctalk] Re: Sun Fire V100 CPU not coming up on poweron

2022-10-17 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
Have you checked the PROM versions between the broken system and known-good system? I'm wondering if the broken system has a buggy PROM that just can't handle there are no fans? On Sat, Oct 15, 2022 at 6:39 PM Alexander Schreiber via cctalk wrote: > > Hi, > > I've got Sun Fire V100 that I'm prett

[cctalk] Whitechapel Computer Works

2022-11-04 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
Hi everyone! I'm curious; other than Wikipedia what do we know about Whitechapel workstations? Do any of us have some working in our collections, with software, disk dumps, etc? Cheers!

[cctalk] Re: Old Silicon Valley poster

2022-12-05 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
Fry's also used to publish these maps, if this is what I think it is. On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 2:56 PM Richard Cini via cctalk wrote: > > I think this is pretty cool map; I've seen different versions too in > publications like Computerworld and EE Times (long ago of course). I wonder > if an inte

[cctalk] Re: A UK Vintage Computer exchange buddy?

2022-12-05 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
*waves frantically* What do you need? On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 6:02 PM Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote: > > Hello, > >I have looked at vintage UK computers on Facebook Marketplace and the > like. The people usually will not post, especially to me in the USA. They > are normally looking for loca

[cctalk] Re: Chatgpt : I had a retro dream

2023-02-07 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
I know of people who've already done a CLI setup, so this next step isn't that far off. On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 10:52 AM Cedric Amand via cctalk wrote: > > I had a dream ; that someone makes a small telnet to chatgpt gateway (using > azure chatgpt API possibly ?) So that we could telnet our retro

[cctalk] Vermont Research Solid State Storage

2023-03-25 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
Hi everyone! Does anyone have documentation for a Vermont Research K2 Solid State Storage device? Looks like it emulates a CDC Lark. But it may also be configurable for other devices? Thanks! -- -Jon +44 7792 149029

[cctalk] Current Loop Schematics

2023-05-02 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
Hi everyone! I'm working on a project where I need to build an RS-232 to Current Loop adapter. I've seen some schematics on-line and the parts list seems pretty small, but does anyone have a specific set of instructions and schematics that they trust? Or does anyone in the UK have a spare adapter

Selling SGI Fuel

2017-04-19 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
I should post to Nekochan but I'm going here 1st. 600Mhz R14K SGI Fuel, 1G of RAM. 16G HDD. I threw in a soundcard that *should* work with IRIX but I'm not 100% sure. IRIX 6.5.30 seems to be loaded. I tried to build/load some of the Nekoware stuff at one point but ran out of time. Size and weight

Re: NeXT hardware about to be recycled in Texas

2017-12-05 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
Totally on the wrong continent but this needs to be saved!!! On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 12:56 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > https://twitter.com/tapbot_paul/status/937465839888093184/photo/1 > > I don't know if anyone is in the area to rescue this... > > -- > Liam Proven

[cctalk] IBM RT Graphics

2023-06-07 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
Hello! I have an IBM 6152 aka IBM RT system I rescued. (It may be a 6151?) I'm 90% sure it has colour graphics. The system does seem to POST correctly (according to the LED on the front) but the CRT is dead. I'm wondering if anyone has built an adapter to hook this to a VGA monitor. I'm a bit con

[cctalk] IBM/RT help

2023-06-27 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
Hey folks, Now that I'm done moving house I have time to wrench on the 6150. Before moving it worked; you'd power it on, the LCD status countdown would get to an OK value, but the CRT wasn't legible. I figured I'd be wrenching on the CRT. Instead, now when I power it on, it powers on for a second

[cctalk] Irix 5.3 ntpdate

2023-07-02 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
Hi everyone! I'm having a horrible time trying to find ntpdate pre-compiled for Irix 5.3 anywhere. Does anyone have a package/tardist? -- -Jon +44 7792 149029

[cctalk] Re: ICL / Digico

2023-07-24 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
We have a lot of ICL expertise at TNMOC. I can ask there. I know we have a lot of stuff. On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 8:11 AM Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: > > So, I was trying to contact "Pete" at vintage-icl-computers.com several > times during the last years. Obiously, the site and/or the perso

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

2024-02-01 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
> In the UK context, where there is on-line documentation of the ICL 2900 > series is a question I don't know the answer to > There is of course an operational ICL 2966 at TNMoC, Bletchley Park Given the whole Post Office/Horizon scandal and that it was ICL that had the contract as they were abso

[cctalk] Mexico’s SNIPE system?

2024-02-26 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
A bit of an odd one…. I’m trying to figure out what type of computers ran Mexico’s infamous SNIPE electoral vote system in 1988. I have an LA Times article from 1994 talking about how the NEW system was RS/6000-based. But this was a system built in 1987-1988. Narcos Mexico had a pretty re-creation

[cctalk] Netflix Series: American Conspiracy/Octopus Murders

2024-05-06 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
Hey everyone, My better half recently turned this on and also a podcast with the creator/director. They mentioned they visited "someone" with a working VAX 11/780 to get b-roll footage for the movie. Which one of us was it? :D In all seriousness, it would be fun to try and get a vintage copy of t

[cctalk] Re: Netflix Series: American Conspiracy/Octopus Murders

2024-05-06 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
Awesome! I figured I'd know someone involved. Did you actually get a vintage version of PROMIS running? They talk about it being so "revolutionary" in the documentary, but it just seems like any other database? On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 6:25 PM Patrick Finnegan wrote: > > My museum is in the credits

[cctalk] Re: Netflix Series: American Conspiracy/Octopus Murders

2024-05-06 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
It dates back to the early 1980s and seems to run on VMS. It was specialised software for law enforcement used to manage casework, but could also do some pattern matching. Almost like a "prehistoric Palantir" based upon what the documentary said. There was a large scandal involving the software, in

Re: IBM in TX

2019-01-11 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
I spy some Sun CRTs and that ATEX cabinet looks interesting. On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 5:49 PM Electronics Plus via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1xwq1JKaMPVXLXJwhocWf9qTogANG2iye > > > > This is the pic I was sent. Original msg should have said PS/1 and

Re: Mystery old computer & terminals on eBay UK

2019-02-27 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
Some google shows BCL=Business Computers Limited (potentially) Or maybe one of these: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:mBGDWqY-bzkJ:www.tnmoc.org/special-projects/lost-systems/bcl-molecular-computer+&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 11:13 AM Liam Proven via cc

Anyone familiar with these vintage touchscreens?

2019-10-19 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
Hi! I saw this crop up on twitter and now I’m curious. Anyone familiar with these? Any idea what the backend was? https://twitter.com/newsfedora/status/1154813199054712833?s=21 -- -Jon +44 7792 149029

Re: Printers in Manchester UK

2019-11-13 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
I actually had a dream last night about a wide-format dot-matrix printer coming into my life. On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 3:59 PM Dave Wade via cctalk wrote: > Folks, > > > > Any one got any interest in any dot-matrix printers. Got a Panasonic wide > carriage, DEC narrow carriage, and a Tandy DMP200

Seiko Epson Robotics Controller Boards

2020-06-05 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
Hi everyone! My wife found some interesting VME-looking boards for sale on a surplus auction website. This is what we scored. Is there any interest for these here? 1x Main CPU SKP-220-3 4x Sub CPU SKP-221-3 (2 look good, one has a battery that exploded all over it, one labelled bad CMOS but had a

Re: Getting Sun Sparcstation 10 to recognize its graphics card

2018-01-10 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
SGIs did sync on green. Sun uses a dedicated signal. SGI trinitron-based (Sony OEM) monitors should handle both. If you boot your SS10 to the point where you think it is dead and then unplug/replug the keyboard it should bring you back to the “ok” prompt. Shows the system is still running OK withou

Re: Getting Sun Sparcstation 10 to recognize its graphics card

2018-01-10 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 7:54 AM, Rico Pajarola via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I assume it's just the screen staying blank. Note that using an SGI monitor > on a sun using a 13W3 to 13W3 cable will not work. There's 2 ways around > it: you can either use a 13W3 to BNC cable connected

Re: Foonlies

2018-01-31 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 7:03 PM, Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk wrote: > > Before I do anything rash, has anyone seriously tried to track down what > happened to the F1 and/or its software? When I asked about Flight of the Navigator many, many moons ago, I remember the F1 did the special effects for

Re: Password reset for ~1998 AIX on RS/6000?

2018-02-01 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
This may have the answer. AIX was certainly in version 4 at that point, so this should work. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1000366 On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 8:28 PM, Tapley, Mark via cctech wrote: > All, > I’m trying to resurrect an AIX workstation that may well contain

Northern Telecon ICs

2018-08-14 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
All, A buddy on twitter is trying to find out info on the following NT ICs. Info here: "Northern Telecom QMV271BY1 / NTOOR66C3A : Unknown device. Ceramic Pin Grid Array package with gold cap. Manufactured Week 33 of 1990. No further information known." https://twitter.com/Neko_Ed/status/10290348

Re: SPARCstation Voyager - Any history?

2018-08-15 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
At that point in time SUNW was silk-screening all kinds of code-name animals on their boards. The SS20 was code-named Kodiak and had a bear in the middle of the motherboard. Various sbus cards had the names of the QA people on them who QAd the card. Here, this page on the IPX shows your cat on the

Re: PDP-11 in russia?

2018-10-02 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 1:37 PM Jay West via cctalk wrote: > Someone has contacted me about a pdp-11 that controls a "measuring machine > dea epsilon". > Russia is a pretty big place. Any idea where? If we have list members in Ukraine versus Finland versus Romania it could make a huge difference

Re: PDP-11 in russia?

2018-10-02 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
IIRC +7 is Russian country code. Anything after that is probably a city or exchange. On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 at 14:04, Jay West via cctalk wrote: > Sorry, all I got was two sentences, a .ru email address and a +79 phone > number :) > > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@

SCSI2SD for HVD?

2021-11-20 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
Hey everyone! Has anyone been able to use a SCSI2SD setup where HVD is required? I know by default that isn't supported, but given we can get custom kits to solder, we could just change out one of the controller chips (optimistically?) Cheers! -- -Jon +44 7792 149029

Re: Looking for someone in London (UK) to read 2 9 track tapes

2021-12-02 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
I'm not an official volunteer there, yet, but we do have 9-track equipment. Right now most of it is on ICL-based hardware. On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 9:43 AM Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk wrote: > > Chuck, > I think TNMOC can read these tapes. > > https://www.tnmoc.org/ > > > Dave > > > -Original Me