Re: OT: Argh--my old faithful HP16C is failing!

[Tony Duell via cctalk]

On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 4:39 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
 wrote:
> On 12/02/2017 05:18 PM, Paul Berger via cctalk wrote:
>> A good source of replacement displays is from 12C of the same vintage,
>> there was lots of them produced and they can often be obtained for a
>> reasonable cost.  If you you look in the archives of the forums on
>> hpmuseum.org you will find advise on what to look for for a suitable
>> replacement.  I have done the surgery myself and it is not too difficult.
>
> That's good to know.   Yes, the ground seems to be littered with used
> 12Cs; I wasn't sure if the LCD was compatible.   I"ll do some reading.

I am pretty sure the orginal fault is the liquid crystal material leaking
out of the display. At rest the liquid crystal twists the plane of polarisation
of light through 90 degrees, when the electric field it applied then the
molecules line up and it doesn't twist the plane of polarisation. The
display has a polarising filter on each side, arranged at 90 degrees to
each other. So at rest light passes with no problems, when the
field is applied you are effectively looking through crossed polarisers
so it's dark.

Of course if the liquid crystal leaks out you are looking through
crossed polarisers with nothing between them so you get a black
display.

The other Voyagers (10C, 11C, 12C, 15C) of the same vintage
should use the same display. But more recent 12Cs do not as
far as I know. You have to get one that uses 3 button cells, not
the version using a lithium cell.

There are at least 2 versions of the construction of the old
Voyagers. Initially the electronics was assembled on a
flexible PCB fitted to a plastic frame. The LCD was clamped
onto that. There was a tail on the flexible PCB that connected
to the keyboard (normal PCB heat-staked to the top case)
with a zebrastrip connector. Later on, it was all on one
PCB heat-staked to the top case. I've seen 16Cs of both
constructions and as far as I know the display are the
same. But if yours is the later version you will have to
cut the heat stakes to get the PCB out to replace the
display and re-attach it afterwards.


-tony

Re: OT: Argh--my old faithful HP16C is failing!

[Chuck Guzis via cctalk]

On 12/02/2017 05:18 PM, Paul Berger via cctalk wrote:
> A good source of replacement displays is from 12C of the same vintage,
> there was lots of them produced and they can often be obtained for a
> reasonable cost.  If you you look in the archives of the forums on
> hpmuseum.org you will find advise on what to look for for a suitable
> replacement.  I have done the surgery myself and it is not too difficult.

That's good to know.   Yes, the ground seems to be littered with used
12Cs; I wasn't sure if the LCD was compatible.   I"ll do some reading.

Certainly less expensive that getting the 16C clone from the guy in
Switzerland.


Thanks,
Chuck

Re: Ebay listings from potomacstore

[Jon Elson via cctalk]

On 12/02/2017 08:08 PM, Randy Dawson via cctalk wrote:

I considered the Tektronix 4051 hardcopy unit, but my search turned up zilch 
for the paper (3M Dry Silver type)


Price is right, the printer looks great, but no source for the paper that I can 
find.



Oh, man!  That stuff hasn't been made since about 1974 or 
so, and was absolutely HORRIBLE stuff then.
The thermal developer emitted nasty smells and filled the 
whole unit with white crystals.  The paper turned brown 
after a few weeks exposure to room lights.  So, good for 
short-term copies only.


Jon

Re: Ebay listings from potomacstore

[Randy Dawson via cctalk]

I considered the Tektronix 4051 hardcopy unit, but my search turned up zilch 
for the paper (3M Dry Silver type)


Price is right, the printer looks great, but no source for the paper that I can 
find.


randy



From: cctalk  on behalf of systems_glitch via 
cctalk 
Sent: Saturday, December 2, 2017 7:36 AM
To: Mattis Lind; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Ebay listings from potomacstore

I know a few of us have bought from them before, my experiences have been
positive. I think the last thing I bought was a Teletype Model 33 ASR that
fell on its face, seller made a pretty good deal as it was local pick-up
and essentially it was a parts bucket at that point.

Thanks,
Jonathan

On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 7:28 AM, Mattis Lind via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> There is a seller "potomacestore" that lists a number of items in various
> condition.
>
> A HP9866A. very nice if you have the HP9830A but no printer!
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/401341724680
[http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/401341724680-0-1/s-l1000.jpg]

VINTAGE HP 9866A Uppercase 5x7 Dot Matrix Printer for HP 9830A Calculator | 
eBay
www.ebay.com
Designed For use with HP 9830A Calculator. Uppercase 5x7 dot cell matrix. Print 
speed of 250 lines per minute. Evaluated and Non-Functioning, R2/Ready for 
Repair: The equipment must be evaluated prior to sale to ensure that the resale 
value will exceed the cost of repairs, and that the equipment is capable of 
being repaired. | eBay!


>
> A weird Tektronix 8 inch drive thing. The drive resembles the Memorex 651
> drives, but could something else. But what is it? The photos are not very
> good.
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/192119338523
[http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/192119338523-0-1/s-l1000.jpg]

Vintage Tektronix Computer Dual 8 Inch Floppy Drive | 
eBay
www.ebay.com
Did not have test media or interface to conduct further tests. Key functions 
tested Potomac eCycle is certified to the R2/RIOS standard which was created 
specifically for the Electronics Recyling industry to promote Environmental, 
Health and Safety. | eBay!


>
>
> A decent looking Tektronix 4112 terminal:
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/401325451012
[http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/401325451012-0-1/s-l1000.jpg]

VINTAGE Tektronix 4112A 15 In. Computer Display Terminal w/RS-232C Interface | 
eBay
www.ebay.com
RS-232C Interface. Evaluated and Non-Functioning, R2/Ready for Repair: The 
equipment must be evaluated prior to sale to ensure that the resale value will 
exceed the cost of repairs, and that the equipment is capable of being 
repaired. | eBay!


>
>
> And some other HP, tektronix stuff.
>

Re: OT: Argh--my old faithful HP16C is failing!

[Paul Berger via cctalk]

A good source of replacement displays is from 12C of the same vintage, 
there was lots of them produced and they can often be obtained for a 
reasonable cost.  If you you look in the archives of the forums on 
hpmuseum.org you will find advise on what to look for for a suitable 
replacement.  I have done the surgery myself and it is not too difficult.


Paul.


On 2017-12-02 9:11 PM, Alexandre Souza via cctalk wrote:

Chuck, probably the LCD is gone south. But would the thisplay be the same
of contemporary HP calculators (11/12)?

2017-12-02 22:31 GMT-02:00 Chuck Guzis via cctalk :


Today, I picked up my trusty HP16C that's been with me through thick and
thin and noticed a black splotch extending across about half the
display.  This is with the power off.

Is the LCD display failing?  Can it be repaired?   This thing has been a
a sidekick of my for a very long time and I'd hate to see it go.

Anyone know?

--Chuck

Re: OT: Argh--my old faithful HP16C is failing!

[Alexandre Souza via cctalk]

Chuck, probably the LCD is gone south. But would the thisplay be the same
of contemporary HP calculators (11/12)?

2017-12-02 22:31 GMT-02:00 Chuck Guzis via cctalk :

> Today, I picked up my trusty HP16C that's been with me through thick and
> thin and noticed a black splotch extending across about half the
> display.  This is with the power off.
>
> Is the LCD display failing?  Can it be repaired?   This thing has been a
> a sidekick of my for a very long time and I'd hate to see it go.
>
> Anyone know?
>
> --Chuck
>

PDP8 ALGOL

[Charles Dickman via cctalk]

I have been looking at the available software for the PDP8,
particularly languages. I see there was an ALGOL. The source is
archived on Bitsavers and dbit.

There is some information here:
http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/ALGOL/algol60impl/

Has anyone played with this before? Is there any additional
information on how to use it?

-chuck

C64's still managing building systems

[Kevin Parker via cctalk]

I spotted this article in one of my tech news feeds - it makes a couple of 
references to C64's still managing building systems.
Rationale "it isn't broken".

 

May be of interest to some list members.

 

https://www.commercialrealestate.com.au/news/many-commercial-property-companies-still-underestimate-the-impact-of-technology-study/

 

There's also a link in the above article to an older article (and a video) 
about a Commodore Amiga running the heating system for 19
schools for 30 years which may also be of interest.

 

http://woodtv.com/2015/06/11/1980s-computer-controls-grps-heat-and-ac/

 

 

 

Kevin Parker

P: 0418 815 527

 

 

OT: Argh--my old faithful HP16C is failing!

[Chuck Guzis via cctalk]

Today, I picked up my trusty HP16C that's been with me through thick and
thin and noticed a black splotch extending across about half the
display.  This is with the power off.

Is the LCD display failing?  Can it be repaired?   This thing has been a
a sidekick of my for a very long time and I'd hate to see it go.

Anyone know?

--Chuck

RE: Can anyone identify what this board is/does?

[Tom Gardner via cctalk]

My understanding is that DZU made disk storage subsystems including both drives 
and control units and that many if not all into the 1980s were copies of IBM 
disk storage products.

The recollection is that IBM 2314 era SCU used a form of TROS where words were 
strips of film that punched a hole a one or a zero at each transformer (core) 
location to route the current around or through a core.  The 2841 may have had 
the same technology.  This could be done relatively easily in the field.

At Memorex they used wire rope as TROS for the same function as I think did 
other PCMs.  This was smaller and allowed faster clocks than film strips but 
was difficult but not impossible to field upgrade.  Next generation SCUs went 
to writable control store's loadable from FDD's.

So this might be a 2314 era TROS so its date could be early 70s given first PCM 
2314's SCUs didn't ship until the early 1970s so I have a hard time thinking 
the Russian system beat US capitalism :-)
But if they copied the 2841 and it used TROS then it could be late 60s

Tom

-Original Message-
From: Tony Aiuto [mailto:tony.ai...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2017 8:45 AM
To: Brent Hilpert; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Can anyone identify what this board is/does?

On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 11:05 PM, Brent Hilpert via cctalk < 
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> On 2017-Dec-01, at 7:12 AM, Tony Aiuto via cctalk wrote:
>
> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/263005049078
> >
> > EBay listing for a "Soviet Magnetic Ferrite Core Memory Board". It 
> > looks like 20 something gigantic cores and a lot of diodes. I am 
> > guessing it is some kind of ROM, but it doesn't look like a rope 
> > memory. And maybe the cores are not cores at all, but some sort of 
> > inductor. I've not seen this before.
>
>
> That's very funny.
> It looks to be a core rope memory that hasn't been programmed.
>

I think that is the most likely case.


>
> Other organisations might be possible, but it looks like a 
> pulse-transformer type of core-rope, where the cores are just for 
> ordinary induction, not switching/memory cores.
>
> - the matrix of black what-look-to-be diodes would be 
> data-wire isolation diodes
>
> - the little brown 'stools' are wire routing posts
>
> - you can see the mulit-turn sense windings (bluish) already 
> present on the cores
>
> - above the cores are the sense amplifiers or 1st stage 
> thereof
>
> - there is one wire through all the cores, perhaps a test wire 
> for core and sense amp response
>
> Each data-wire would start at one of the solder pins in the pin matrix 
> on the left, weave through the cores to encode the data, turn back 
> 180, then 90 degrees around one of the stools to drop down and 
> terminate at the solder pin by an isolation diode.
>
> There would be another board for decoding the address to 1-of-x and 1-of-y.
>
> I didn't count precisely but it looks like it would be 256 words of 20 
> bits.
>
> That might be a date code of 6847 on a cap (or is it 6B47?), so 
> perhaps earlier than the listing-stated 1981.
>
> Actually, it kind of hints at it in the description: "With out 
> Firmware ROM wire (empty slots)"
>

Ah, you read the description. I just looked at the title and saw "with the 
firmware". My addled brain made the leap to a external firmware, which made no 
sense. "firmware ROM wire" would be a clear case for rope memory.

On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 11:32 PM, Charles Anthony  wrote:
>
> The last picture has "???-5". Some googling takes us to
> https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%97%D0%A3
>
> "DZU is a factory in Stara Zagora , a major producer of magnetic disk 
> storage devices (hard drives and floppy disks) during the rise of 
> computer production in Bulgaria in the 1970s and 1980s, century. Today 
> it is part of VIDEOTON Holding ZRt., Hungary [1] ."
>
> The article says it was a disk drive factory, but maybe...
>
> -- Charles
>

Given the cleanliness of the board and other things the seller is offering, my 
guess now is that this NOS from the DZU plant.


Thanks, everyone.

SOL-20 and Helios-II in Louisville

[Brian Marstella via cctalk]

Hope this isn't too far off topic, but noticed a SOL-20, Helios-II, and
several disks available in Louisville via Craigslist. Can't afford more
stuff this year myself but price doesn't seem too bad. i don't know the
person that has it, just found it as I was searching.

https://louisville.craigslist.org/sys/d/processor-technology-sol-20/6391107432.html

Regards, Brian.

Re: Nova 50 year celebration...

[Liam Proven via cctalk]

On 2 December 2017 at 17:58, Bruce Ray via cctalk  wrote:
> Yup (again) - a personal invitation has been sent to Mr. Kidder.
>
> Note that his book was about the MV, 10 years and 2 DG computer generations
> after the Nova.

Aha, fair enough. My apologies -- I can only blame brain-fade. I
thought it was the Nova.

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Re: Nova 50 year celebration...

[Bruce Ray via cctalk]

Yup (again) - a personal invitation has been sent to Mr. Kidder.

Note that his book was about the MV, 10 years and 2 DG computer 
generations after the Nova.




-

Bruce Ray
Wild Hare Computer Systems, Inc.
Boulder, Colorado USA
b...@wildharecomputers.com

...preserving the Data General legacy: www.NovasAreForever.org

On 12/2/2017 6:04 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:

On 2 December 2017 at 02:48, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
 wrote:


Did you invite Ed de Castro?  He's still around.


What about Tracy Kidder? :-)

Re: Can anyone identify what this board is/does?

[Tony Aiuto via cctalk]

On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 11:05 PM, Brent Hilpert via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> On 2017-Dec-01, at 7:12 AM, Tony Aiuto via cctalk wrote:
>
> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/263005049078
> >
> > EBay listing for a "Soviet Magnetic Ferrite Core Memory Board". It looks
> > like 20 something gigantic cores and a lot of diodes. I am guessing it is
> > some kind of ROM, but it doesn't look like a rope memory. And maybe the
> > cores are not cores at all, but some sort of inductor. I've not seen this
> > before.
>
>
> That's very funny.
> It looks to be a core rope memory that hasn't been programmed.
>

I think that is the most likely case.


>
> Other organisations might be possible, but it looks like a
> pulse-transformer type of core-rope,
> where the cores are just for ordinary induction, not switching/memory
> cores.
>
> - the matrix of black what-look-to-be diodes would be data-wire
> isolation diodes
>
> - the little brown 'stools' are wire routing posts
>
> - you can see the mulit-turn sense windings (bluish) already
> present on the cores
>
> - above the cores are the sense amplifiers or 1st stage thereof
>
> - there is one wire through all the cores, perhaps a test wire for
> core and sense amp response
>
> Each data-wire would start at one of the solder pins in the pin matrix on
> the left, weave through the cores to encode the data,
> turn back 180, then 90 degrees around one of the stools to drop down and
> terminate at the solder pin by an isolation diode.
>
> There would be another board for decoding the address to 1-of-x and 1-of-y.
>
> I didn't count precisely but it looks like it would be 256 words of 20
> bits.
>
> That might be a date code of 6847 on a cap (or is it 6B47?), so perhaps
> earlier than the listing-stated 1981.
>
> Actually, it kind of hints at it in the description: "With out Firmware
> ROM wire (empty slots)"
>

Ah, you read the description. I just looked at the title and saw "with the
firmware". My addled brain made the leap to a external firmware, which made
no sense. "firmware ROM wire" would be a clear case for rope memory.

On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 11:32 PM, Charles Anthony  wrote:
>
> The last picture has "ДЗУ-5". Some googling takes us to
> https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%97%D0%A3
>
> "DZU is a factory in Stara Zagora , a major producer of magnetic disk
> storage devices (hard drives and floppy disks) during the rise of computer
> production in Bulgaria in the 1970s and 1980s, century. Today it is part of
> VIDEOTON Holding ZRt., Hungary [1] ."
>
> The article says it was a disk drive factory, but maybe...
>
> -- Charles
>

Given the cleanliness of the board and other things the seller is offering,
my guess now is that this NOS from the DZU plant.


Thanks, everyone.

RE: Can anyone identify what this board is/does?

[Rick Bensene via cctalk]

This is a wire rope ROM, but it is unpopulated, meaning that there are no wires 
strung through the cores to encode anything.
The little pegs located below the cores are for routing the wire.
The diodes are all for address selection, and the circuitry above the cores is 
the sense amplifiers to take the small current induced in the "secondary" 
winding around the core and amplify it to a level usable by the rest of the 
logic.  It is a 20-bit wide word.  I didn't take the time to try to figure out 
how many words that there are, but I'd suspect something on the order of 256 to 
512 words could be stored.
To program it, thin magnet wire would be soldered to pads at the outputs of the 
address decoding (one pad for each "word"), and then threaded through (or not) 
each of the 20 cores to encode 1's and 0's, and then mass terminated on another 
pad.
The threading operation would be tedious.  Generally there would be a special 
needle-like tool that would be used to thread the wire for each word.
Definitely an interesting piece.

-Rick
---
Rick Bensene, The Old Calculator Museum
http://oldcalculatormuseum.com


-Original Message-
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Tony Aiuto via 
cctalk
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2017 7:12 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Can anyone identify what this board is/does?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/263005049078

EBay listing for a "Soviet Magnetic Ferrite Core Memory Board". It looks like 
20 something gigantic cores and a lot of diodes. I am guessing it is some kind 
of ROM, but it doesn't look like a rope memory. And maybe the cores are not 
cores at all, but some sort of inductor. I've not seen this before.

Re: Ebay listings from potomacstore

[systems_glitch via cctalk]

I know a few of us have bought from them before, my experiences have been
positive. I think the last thing I bought was a Teletype Model 33 ASR that
fell on its face, seller made a pretty good deal as it was local pick-up
and essentially it was a parts bucket at that point.

Thanks,
Jonathan

On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 7:28 AM, Mattis Lind via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> There is a seller "potomacestore" that lists a number of items in various
> condition.
>
> A HP9866A. very nice if you have the HP9830A but no printer!
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/401341724680
>
> A weird Tektronix 8 inch drive thing. The drive resembles the Memorex 651
> drives, but could something else. But what is it? The photos are not very
> good.
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/192119338523
>
>
> A decent looking Tektronix 4112 terminal:
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/401325451012
>
>
> And some other HP, tektronix stuff.
>

Re: offering: computer, A/V and optical equipment, plus books and more, to be cleared out around mid-December

[Liam Proven via cctalk]

On 2 December 2017 at 14:20, em gee via cctalk  wrote:
> Is anyone perhaps interested in any of the following?
>
> It's essentially the remainder of some of my earlier offerings.
> I took the time to provide some details (that previously may
> have been missing)
>
> I intend to clear out the majority of it by mid-December
> (around the 15th), after that it will likely be hauled off
> to the recycler.

> - Logitech PS/2 trackball, barely used

Potentially.

>  Apple Macintosh serial & ADB adapters

> - Griffin iMate ADB to USB adapters, 2 available, one
>   includes the original packaging

Yes please!

> - multi-vendor internal and external SCSI cables,
>   several available

Argh, there is one kind I need badly, but they are in another city to
me right now. :-(

>  PCs and components
> - IBM-branded DDR2 RAM R-DIMMs (as kits), I believe 8GB
>   in total (I need to check), removed from a working IBM
>   x346 server at the time

Hmm. Would these work in an ordinary DDR2 machine?

> Everything is located in the Netherlands.

I'm in Czechia. Not _so_ far. May I circulate this list and your email
elsewhere, e.g. the FB Vintage Computer Club group? If you'd rather I
used a different email, what?

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offering: computer, A/V and optical equipment, plus books and more, to be cleared out around mid-December

[em gee via cctalk]

Is anyone perhaps interested in any of the following?

It's essentially the remainder of some of my earlier offerings.
I took the time to provide some details (that previously may
have been missing)

I intend to clear out the majority of it by mid-December
(around the 15th), after that it will likely be hauled off
to the recycler.


 tape drives and media
(pictures:  ,
 ,
 , 
,
 , 
)
-- Ultrium (Linear Tape Open)
- Hewlett-Packard StorageWorks Ultrium 920 (LTO-3) external
  half-height tape drive SCSI U320 LVD/SE with auto-termination
- Quantum LTO-3 internal half-height tape drive SCSI U320 LVD/SE
  with auto-termination
- Seagate Viper 200 LTO-1 external full-height tape drive SCSI
  U320 LVD/SE with auto-termination
- Hewlett-Packard, Quantum, Maxell, Fujifilm, Sony, etc.
  LTO-{1,2,3} data and cleaning tape catridges, many new and
  unused, many available (see pictures)
-- Digital Data Storage
- Hewlett-Packard StorageWorks DAT72 (DDS-5) internal tape drive
  SCSI U320 LVD/SE (possibly with auto-termination; not fully
  sure, need to check)
- Sony SDT-D11000 DAT40 (DDS-4) external tape drive, SCSI
  (LVD?/)SE
- Hewlett-Packard StorageWorks DAT160 (DDS-6) data and cleaning
  tapes, several tapes, nearly all new and unused
- Hewlett-Packard StorageWorks DAT72 (DDS-5) data and cleaning
  tapes, several boxes, 2~3, largely new and unused
- Hewlett-Packard, Compaq, Maxell, Fujifilm, Sony, etc.
  DDS-{1,2,3,4} data and cleaning tape cartridges, various
  types, many available (see pictures)

 computer components (multi-platform, cross-architecture)
- Hewlett-Packard-branded S2io/Exar/Neterion 10Gbit (10GBASE-
  SR) PCI-X NICs, including 850nm transceivers, supported on
  many platforms (including Windows, IRIX and OpenVMS), around
  5 available
- Hewlett-Packard, LSI, etc. PCI/-X adapters, e.g.: SCSI, FC,
  FC/SCSI duo (hybrid), etc. HBAs, NICs, IEEE-1394a (FireWire/
  i.Link) adapters and more, various types and (re)brandings

 software
-- operating system
- Hewlett-Packard OpenVMS (I64) Open Source Tools (2010)
  CD-ROM, in original sleeve
- Hewlett-Packard Tru64 UNIX V5.1B Documentation (2010)
  CD-ROM, in original sleeve
- Hewlett-Packard Tru64 UNIX NHD-7 (New Hardware Delivery)
  kit (2010), in original packaging (unopened), primarily
  intended for e.g. HP AlphaStation/AlphaServer DS15/A
- Compaq OpenVMS Alpha V7.2 (1999) CD-ROM, disc 1 of 2,
  in sleeve
- Compaq OpenVMS Alpha V7.2 & V7.2-1 System Crash Mandatory
  Update (1999) CD-ROM, in sleeve
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, NL (Dutch), licenses
  included, 2 available
- Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2b, NL (Dutch), OEM, only
  media (no license)
-- applications
- Frame (later Adobe) FrameMaker for SunOS/Solaris,
  advanced typesetting software, boxed with documentation
  and installation media
- Sybase Database for OpenVMS (Alpha), in original jewel
  case
- Syntax TotalNET Advanced Server for SunOS/Solaris(?),
  boxed
- VITec RasterFLEX (v4.0) for SunOS/Solaris, boxed
  (pictures:  ,
   , 
)
- Sega DreamKey, internet web browser software(?) for
  Sega Dreamcast, in original jewel case

 books (mostly English and some Dutch)
- various (see picture:  ), on
computing/
  computers, computer architectures (e.g. MC68000), the
  history of IBM, also computer graphics, covering software
  like Maya (v2.5), Houdini (v6~8) and LightWave 3D (v5.5~5.6),
  etc.

 computer input devices and other peripherals
- Wacom serial (perhaps also ADB and USB, need to check)
  digitizer tablets, in various sizes
- Logitech PS/2 trackball, barely used

 Cardbus adapters
- Sitecom USB 2.0, providing 2 ports
- SIIG IEEE-1394a FireWire

 Apple Macintosh serial & ADB adapters
- Keyspan Mac Serial Adapter (to USB)
- Griffin iMate ADB to USB adapters, 2 available, one
  includes the original packaging

 serial cables and converters
- DeLock, generic, etc. DB9, DB25 and conversion cables,
  including straight-through and 'null-modem' varieties,
  fairly large amount available

 SCSI, SAS/S-ATA and FC cabling
- multi-vendor internal SAS to S-ATA cables, several,
  including in unopened packages
- multi-vendor internal and external SCSI cables,
  several available
- multi-vendor internal and external SCSI terminators,
  mainly LVD/SE (incl. UW and U320) but also HVD, both
  active and passive, several available
- multi-vendor LC (LC to LC) fiber-optical cables
  (contact me about OM type), several available and in
  various lengths

 PCs and components
- IBM-branded DDR2 RAM R-DIMMs (as 

Re: Nova 50 year celebration...

[Liam Proven via cctalk]

On 2 December 2017 at 02:48, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
 wrote:
>
> Did you invite Ed de Castro?  He's still around.

What about Tracy Kidder? :-)

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Re: test

[em gee via cctalk]

Actually, I'm also having difficulty posting...  So hereby testing, too.

 - MG


2017-12-02 0:08 GMT+01:00 Jay West via cctalk :

> Test - no reply needed.
>
>

Re: Old DEC PROM Images

[Pete Turnbull via cctalk]

On 02/12/2017 09:11, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote:

2017-12-01 19:16 GMT+01:00 Bill Gunshannon via cctalk 

Re: Old DEC PROM Images

[Mattis Lind via cctalk]

2017-12-01 19:16 GMT+01:00 Bill Gunshannon via cctalk :

> I am trying to bring some of my old PDP-11's back to life.  Does
> anyone have or know of a source for PROM Images?  I need the
> images for the M8189 (11/23+) and would also love to get the
> images for my DECTalk.
>

Check here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20140723115846/http://www.dunnington.u-net.com/public/DECROMs/



>
> bill
>
>
/Mattis