Re: Early Univac Commercial

2019-09-20 Thread Paul Berger via cctalk
On 2019-09-20 12:52 p.m., Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 9/20/19 8:16 AM, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote: Isn't there also one that's a "help wanted" for programming positions? I seem to recall that they didn't say anything about professional training or experience, just things like "do

Re: PBXes at home

2019-09-20 Thread Steven M Jones via cctalk
On 09/19/2019 19:27, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote: A number of years ago I picked up a Lucent Merlin Legend system. ... Around 2000 I picked up an expanded Nortel Compact ICS (CICS) with voice mail unit - might be the last thing I bought from a NetNews post. That was 8 analog CO lines and

MicroVAX 3100 ROMs

2019-09-20 Thread Adam Thornton via cctalk
My MicroVAX 3100 gets stuck in boot with the leftmost 4 LEDs on, which indicates it's executed some instructions from ROM. That in turn may indicate that the ROMs are corrupt. From http://gentiane.org/~miod/machineroom/machines/digital/vax/3100-30/bare_mobo.jpg it looks as if the ROMs are a pair

Re: analog computer - texas

2019-09-20 Thread John Herron via cctalk
Not bad. Ended up going for $215. I couldn't tell condition from pics but hopefully someone enjoys and shows it off some time. On Fri, Sep 20, 2019, 4:04 AM Mark Linimon via cctech wrote: > I'm local. OTOH I have $ problems right now so I can't promise > to go over there, pick up stuff, and

Re: PBXes at home

2019-09-20 Thread Ethan O'Toole via cctalk
5ESS? Hmmm, you must have a pretty BIG home, no? Not really, and most of the space is filled with arcade and pinball machines :-) But it is my understanding that a 5ESS could be widdled down to two racks. And it's not like I would keep it forever. Apparently the management platform that

Re: PBXes at home

2019-09-20 Thread Michael Thompson via cctalk
> > Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 22:27:23 -0400 (EDT) > From: Ethan O'Toole > Subject: PBXes at home > > A number of years ago I picked up a Lucent Merlin Legend system. > > -- > : Ethan O'Toole > I have a little Merlin 410 PBX at home, with the Conference and Music on Hold plug-in modules. --

Re: Early Univac Commercial

2019-09-20 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
Yea, I recall having to take that test. I almost didn’t because my degree is EE but then they realized I was applying for SW positions. Go figure! ;-) Worked there for 17+ years. TTFN - Guy > On Sep 20, 2019, at 8:52 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: > > On 9/20/19 8:16 AM, William

Re: PBXes at home

2019-09-20 Thread Patrick Finnegan via cctalk
Switches like that usually are pretty scalable. Purdue's SL-100 / DMS-100 that handled about 40,000 lines at its peak was similarly sized, and spread across 4 facilities on campus. However, for only a small number of lines, you could get away with maybe just a dozen cabinets worth of stuff. I

Re: PBXes at home

2019-09-20 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 9/19/19 7:27 PM, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote: Where does one find a working 5ESS for home? 5ESS? Hmmm, you must have a pretty BIG home, no? I've had a tour of a 5ESS and it was QUITE big, like 50K square feet at least, not counting the battery room and the cross connect frames, or

Re: Early Univac Commercial

2019-09-20 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 9/20/19 8:16 AM, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote: > Isn't there also one that's a "help wanted" for programming positions? > I seem to recall that they didn't say anything about professional training > or experience, just things like "do you have a logical, ordered way of > thinking?" I

Re: analog computer - texas

2019-09-20 Thread Mark Linimon via cctalk
I'm local. OTOH I have $ problems right now so I can't promise to go over there, pick up stuff, and pack and ship it for free. I do have a bid in on the biological sample cases. (OK, it's a joke, but I do have one in on a rack) mcl

RE: Early Univac Commercial

2019-09-20 Thread William Sudbrink via cctalk
Isn't there also one that's a "help wanted" for programming positions? I seem to recall that they didn't say anything about professional training or experience, just things like "do you have a logical, ordered way of thinking?" Bill S. -Original Message- From: cctalk

Re: KiCad pcb file

2019-09-20 Thread systems_glitch via cctalk
Paul, Sure! Always good to have more contacts in industry. Thanks, Jonathan On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 8:57 PM Paul Anderson via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I know someone out west who makes boards for DEC systems. If you want , > I'll look for his contact info this weekend. > > Paul