[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory
On Thu, Oct 20, 2022, 23:29 George Rachor via cctalk wrote: > I remember a bubble memory card being advertise for the Apple ][ but never > saw one. > > Were they ever made? > Yes. I have the Helix Labs card.
[cctalk] Re: 14 DZ11's for sale/whatever
The performance of the DZ11 is not good. It did an interrupt for every character, just like a DL11. The Able DMAXes blocked until a carriage return and then did a DNA, IIRC. Not sure about the DH and DHV11 - its been a long time. We used Able DMAXes on the Canadian NAPLPS system, named Telidon, but that was back in the 1200/300 baud days! However for vintage computer purposes, that's probably not a concern. cheers, Nigel Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept! Skype: TILBURY2591 On 2022-10-29 14:37, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: On Sat, Oct 29, 2022 at 6:14 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: Being lazy admittedly but can these be used for single serial interfacing? They will not emulate a DL11 or any similar single serial port. You don't have to use all 8 ports on the DZ11 card but you still need the right software driver. That said,it would be a pity to scrap these. Surely all Unibus cards are getting hard to find now. -tony Bill On Sat, Oct 29, 2022, 11:01 AM Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: I have a box here of 14 DZ11 Unibus 8 line serial port interfaces. And I have no clue why I have them. Anyone need some? Otherwise I'll Ebay/recycle them. CZ
[cctalk] Does anyone have a copy of DAEMON Tools Ultra 4.x install file(s)?
Hi, Does anyone have a copy of DAEMON Tools Ultra 4.x install file(s)? I just purchased a lifetime license based on the documentation on their site. The problem is that they don't have 4.x available for download. I just need the install files and I'll use my personal license. N.B. I need this to work on an ancient Windows XP system that I'm messing with as part of retro computing. -- Grant. . . . unix || die
[cctalk] Re: 14 DZ11's for sale/whatever
Sure. Oh in terms of price, I'd expect the standard fare: Donate an amount of money to your local soup kitchen plus shipping cost. That way someone benefits from them and they don't just go to gold scrappers. C On 10/29/2022 4:05 PM, Wayne S via cctalk wrote: Can i post your this info to the cccmp discord? I’m sure you’ll get a few tesponses. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 29, 2022, at 11:37, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: On Sat, Oct 29, 2022 at 6:14 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: Being lazy admittedly but can these be used for single serial interfacing? They will not emulate a DL11 or any similar single serial port. You don't have to use all 8 ports on the DZ11 card but you still need the right software driver. That said,it would be a pity to scrap these. Surely all Unibus cards are getting hard to find now. -tony Bill On Sat, Oct 29, 2022, 11:01 AM Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: I have a box here of 14 DZ11 Unibus 8 line serial port interfaces. And I have no clue why I have them. Anyone need some? Otherwise I'll Ebay/recycle them. CZ
[cctalk] Re: RDI BriteLite IPX keeps going to white screen
The value of the control might be marked on the board too so you could use that as a guide. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 29, 2022, at 13:15, Wayne S wrote: > > One thought is that the brightness control might be heating up and changing > value. You can check the controls easily with a ohm meter. Check ohms across > the control when cold, disconnect ohm meter and plug in the machine until it > goes white. Then disconnect and measure across the control again. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 29, 2022, at 13:05, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> >>> >>> Is there any kind of brightness control? Does it work at all when the >>> screen goes white? >> >> There are brightness and contrast controls, but they don't seem to do >> anything >> even when the screen is working properly. (Note that this could simply be an >> issue with the physical controls themselves rather than the display >> controller.) Likewise, when the screen goes white, turning down the >> brightness >> (or upping the contrast) does nothing; the screen remains blank bright white. >> The CCFL backlight is unchanged and fully illuminated. >> >> -- >> personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ >> -- >> Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com >> -- I thought his Markov chain needed oiling. -- Mark J. Blair >> - >>
[cctalk] Re: RDI BriteLite IPX keeps going to white screen
One thought is that the brightness control might be heating up and changing value. You can check the controls easily with a ohm meter. Check ohms across the control when cold, disconnect ohm meter and plug in the machine until it goes white. Then disconnect and measure across the control again. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 29, 2022, at 13:05, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk > wrote: > > >> >> Is there any kind of brightness control? Does it work at all when the screen >> goes white? > > There are brightness and contrast controls, but they don't seem to do anything > even when the screen is working properly. (Note that this could simply be an > issue with the physical controls themselves rather than the display > controller.) Likewise, when the screen goes white, turning down the brightness > (or upping the contrast) does nothing; the screen remains blank bright white. > The CCFL backlight is unchanged and fully illuminated. > > -- > personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ > -- > Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com > -- I thought his Markov chain needed oiling. -- Mark J. Blair > - >
[cctalk] Re: RDI BriteLite IPX keeps going to white screen
> Is there any kind of brightness control? Does it work at all when the screen > goes white? There are brightness and contrast controls, but they don't seem to do anything even when the screen is working properly. (Note that this could simply be an issue with the physical controls themselves rather than the display controller.) Likewise, when the screen goes white, turning down the brightness (or upping the contrast) does nothing; the screen remains blank bright white. The CCFL backlight is unchanged and fully illuminated. -- personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com -- I thought his Markov chain needed oiling. -- Mark J. Blair -
[cctalk] Re: 14 DZ11's for sale/whatever
Can i post your this info to the cccmp discord? I’m sure you’ll get a few tesponses. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 29, 2022, at 11:37, Tony Duell via cctalk > wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 29, 2022 at 6:14 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk > wrote: >> >> Being lazy admittedly but can these be used for single serial interfacing? > > They will not emulate a DL11 or any similar single serial port. > > You don't have to use all 8 ports on the DZ11 card but you still need > the right software driver. > > That said,it would be a pity to scrap these. Surely all Unibus cards > are getting hard to find now. > > -tony > > > >> Bill >> >>> On Sat, Oct 29, 2022, 11:01 AM Chris Zach via cctalk >>> wrote: >>> >>> I have a box here of 14 DZ11 Unibus 8 line serial port interfaces. And I >>> have no clue why I have them. >>> >>> Anyone need some? Otherwise I'll Ebay/recycle them. >>> >>> CZ >>>
[cctalk] Re: RDI BriteLite IPX keeps going to white screen
Is there any kind of brightness control? Does it work at all when the screen goes white? Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 29, 2022, at 12:56, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk > wrote: > > >> >> This usually means the timer of the pulse width modulation circuit is >> changing. >> If it’s an RC type circuit, probably the resistor is heating up and changing >> value. If it’s a ic that controls the PWM then check out the IC and the >> components that connect to the control pin. > > That's an interesting thought. It's almost certainly an IC, though I don't > know > the details of the panel (though it looks like it's off-the-shelf, not > RDI-custom). I suppose I could start with what's in the cooling airflow zone. > My worry is if I found the marginal part(s) I'm not sure how I could easily > fix > it (with my luck it won't be a discrete part). > > -- > personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ > -- > Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com > -- A penny saved is stupid. > --- >
[cctalk] Re: RDI BriteLite IPX keeps going to white screen
> This usually means the timer of the pulse width modulation circuit is > changing. > If it’s an RC type circuit, probably the resistor is heating up and changing > value. If it’s a ic that controls the PWM then check out the IC and the > components that connect to the control pin. That's an interesting thought. It's almost certainly an IC, though I don't know the details of the panel (though it looks like it's off-the-shelf, not RDI-custom). I suppose I could start with what's in the cooling airflow zone. My worry is if I found the marginal part(s) I'm not sure how I could easily fix it (with my luck it won't be a discrete part). -- personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com -- A penny saved is stupid. ---
[cctalk] Re: 14 DZ11's for sale/whatever
On Sat, Oct 29, 2022 at 6:14 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > > Being lazy admittedly but can these be used for single serial interfacing? They will not emulate a DL11 or any similar single serial port. You don't have to use all 8 ports on the DZ11 card but you still need the right software driver. That said,it would be a pity to scrap these. Surely all Unibus cards are getting hard to find now. -tony > Bill > > On Sat, Oct 29, 2022, 11:01 AM Chris Zach via cctalk > wrote: > > > I have a box here of 14 DZ11 Unibus 8 line serial port interfaces. And I > > have no clue why I have them. > > > > Anyone need some? Otherwise I'll Ebay/recycle them. > > > > CZ > >
[cctalk] Re: RDI BriteLite IPX keeps going to white screen
This usually means the timer of the pulse width modulation circuit is changing. If it’s an RC type circuit, probably the resistor is heating up and changing value. If it’s a ic that controls the PWM then check out the IC and the components that connect to the control pin. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 29, 2022, at 03:48, Peter Coghlan via cctalk > wrote: > > >> >> >> I've been trying to do a little work on the RDI BriteLite IPX I have here, >> but >> when it runs more than a few minutes the LCD just blanks out white. The >> machine >> seems to still respond to commands, so it seems like it's something with the >> display hardware. Even powered off and back on it won't go back to normal >> until >> I let it sit for awhile. >> >> I suspect heat is part of the issue and it certainly feels warm; there are >> two >> loud cooling fans inside, but with the case off and checking airflow the fans >> do seem to be working. Having the case off doesn't make the display any >> happier >> though. One fan is in the power supply and another fan is in the (LCD?) >> inverter board. Finger-checking large chips while in operation doesn't burn >> the >> skin. >> > > At one time it used to be possible to buy aerosol cans of "freezer" which were > supposed to help trace faults like this in televisions etc. Maybe it is still > available? I have read tales of success using it however I don't ever recall > it being any help to me. It may be that I didn't have any of the right sort > of faults. > > Regards, > Peter Coghlan. > >> >> Anyone familiar with this issue? I suppose I could look for a SPARCstation >> IPX >> to take the motherboard out of and replace this one with it, but it seems >> more >> like the problem is in the display, which is a custom part. >> >> -- >> personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ >> -- >> Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com >> -- Fish will never understand fear of deep water. -- Tanner Greer >> - >>
[cctalk] Re: 14 DZ11's for sale/whatever
Being lazy admittedly but can these be used for single serial interfacing? Bill On Sat, Oct 29, 2022, 11:01 AM Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > I have a box here of 14 DZ11 Unibus 8 line serial port interfaces. And I > have no clue why I have them. > > Anyone need some? Otherwise I'll Ebay/recycle them. > > CZ >
[cctalk] 14 DZ11's for sale/whatever
I have a box here of 14 DZ11 Unibus 8 line serial port interfaces. And I have no clue why I have them. Anyone need some? Otherwise I'll Ebay/recycle them. CZ
[cctalk] WTB: Kinetics/Shiva FastPath 4 or 5
All, I've been looking for a Kinetics or Shiva FastPath 4 or 5 for a while, without luck. Don't know why I didn't think to ask on the various lists! If anyone has one they'd like to part with, let me know off-list. Thanks, Jonathan
[cctalk] Re: RDI BriteLite IPX keeps going to white screen
> > I've been trying to do a little work on the RDI BriteLite IPX I have here, but > when it runs more than a few minutes the LCD just blanks out white. The > machine > seems to still respond to commands, so it seems like it's something with the > display hardware. Even powered off and back on it won't go back to normal > until > I let it sit for awhile. > > I suspect heat is part of the issue and it certainly feels warm; there are two > loud cooling fans inside, but with the case off and checking airflow the fans > do seem to be working. Having the case off doesn't make the display any > happier > though. One fan is in the power supply and another fan is in the (LCD?) > inverter board. Finger-checking large chips while in operation doesn't burn > the > skin. > At one time it used to be possible to buy aerosol cans of "freezer" which were supposed to help trace faults like this in televisions etc. Maybe it is still available? I have read tales of success using it however I don't ever recall it being any help to me. It may be that I didn't have any of the right sort of faults. Regards, Peter Coghlan. > > Anyone familiar with this issue? I suppose I could look for a SPARCstation IPX > to take the motherboard out of and replace this one with it, but it seems more > like the problem is in the display, which is a custom part. > > -- > personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ > -- > Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com > -- Fish will never understand fear of deep water. -- Tanner Greer > - >
[cctalk] Re: Great Vintage Computer Heist of 2012
On 10/29/22 01:06, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: Re below. why would they refuse cash? And vy the way, as soon as I had it, I offered it, but they refused the tender. If they accepted any amount from Sellam, they were on the hook for a lot of laws and regulations in the state. CA has some of the most extensive tenancy rules anywhere. From their treatment of Sellam, they broke them, but when you step into the legal realm, you get into another cesspool. Ruled by lots of money. If you can't pay rent, you usually can't afford the retainer for a good lawyer. I had a dispute to pursue about 7 years ago, and when I sought out a reasonable firm to handle it, the starting retainer was $25,000. No guarantees. So Sellam was between a rock and a hard place most likely. The way the landlord handled his collection was stupid, so I'm not sure I understand that either. I'm going only on the fact I know Sellam lost a huge collection. He has disclosed nothing to me. I'm reading in a lot from a loss I suffer from outright theft of my own in Riverside county. Mine involved criminal behavior, but again $$ rule. The Storage wars show and fad of doing such things as well as how tax sales are handled in the country is a total crock. The law breaks into a part of rights and the like and then equity. The rights part is pretty well defined. But those who want do screw you like tax collectors, storage unit owners can unfairly (my term) seize all assets you have on the property to satisfy the debt In the case of Storage units (not what Sellam had, he was a regular tenant) they seize the entire contents from you after a very short time of delinquency and sell it all and pocket the proceeds like they won the lottery. All sucks. Still sad he had his situation after all this time.
[cctalk] Re: Great Vintage Computer Heist of 2012
Re below. why would they refuse cash? And vy the way, as soon as I had it, I offered it, but they refused the tender. of the building. The landlord doesn't get to keep a million dollars of property over $4,000 of missed rent. It is not lawful to liquidate any of the tenant's property to offset the debt, unless they go through a long and drawn out legal process. Sellam On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 2:11 PM Mike Stein via cctalk wrote: > Shoulda paid the rent. > > A sad tale indeed. > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 4:11 PM Sellam Abraham via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > The good news is that most of my best stuff was either already with me > or I > > was able to get out, including my two Lisa 1's, my (straight) PDP-8, and > > several other precious items. I long since sold off most of this to pay > to > > live, since at the same time they destroyed my collection they destroyed > my > > business (not to mention my life's work). > > > > I've gone on to build a new collection out of the old, one that is--like > my > > original collection--unrivaled anywhere on the planet. But this time > I've > > erected castle walls around it, surrounded by a moat filled with > > alligators. > > > > Sellam > > > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 11:58 AM Ryan de Laplante via cctalk < > > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > > I didn’t know you were able to recover 20% of the collection before > being > > > locked out again. I know losing any of it is terrible, but I’m > guessing > > > you prioritized the very best pieces of the collection when recovering > > the > > > 20%, such as your Lisa 1? > > > > > > I kept my collection in storage lockers for years. I kept moving to > > > larger and larger lockers, then eventually two large lockers, because > my > > > collecting got out of control. Prices kept going up every year and it > > was > > > a nightmare having to pay what I did just to store the collection. > > > Fortunately I was able to move to a house and relocated the collection > > to > > > the basement. Not everything could come home with me, so I sold the > > > remaining lower priority pieces to the first person who could clear the > > > locker over a weekend. I didn’t get much for it, but at least it > didn’t > > go > > > to a recycler. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 17, 2022, at 4:54 AM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk < > > > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > Long story very short: > > > > > > > > Landlords evicted me from their warehouse where my collection was > > stored > > > > and wouldn't let me back in. Had to go to court. Regained access > and > > > was > > > > able to pull out 20% of the collection before they locked me out > again > > > for > > > > good. Then sold the rest to computer recyclers, who proceeded to > > scatter > > > > it to the wind. > > > > > > > > Sellam > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 1:43 AM Ali via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> You had to ask..I was there 3000 years ago (or about 10 years > ago > > in > > > >> non Tolkien meme terms) and it wasn't pretty > > > >> Original message From: Tom Hunter via cctalk < > > > >> cctalk@classiccmp.org> Date: 10/17/22 1:31 AM (GMT-08:00) To: > > > "General > > > >> Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > Cc: > > > Tom > > > >> Hunter Subject: [cctalk] Great Vintage > Computer > > > >> Heist of 2012 Sellam Abraham referred to a "Great VintageComputer > > Heist > > > of > > > >> 2012". What was that about? Who stole what and where andwhy? > > > > > > > > > > > >
[cctalk] RDI BriteLite IPX keeps going to white screen
I've been trying to do a little work on the RDI BriteLite IPX I have here, but when it runs more than a few minutes the LCD just blanks out white. The machine seems to still respond to commands, so it seems like it's something with the display hardware. Even powered off and back on it won't go back to normal until I let it sit for awhile. I suspect heat is part of the issue and it certainly feels warm; there are two loud cooling fans inside, but with the case off and checking airflow the fans do seem to be working. Having the case off doesn't make the display any happier though. One fan is in the power supply and another fan is in the (LCD?) inverter board. Finger-checking large chips while in operation doesn't burn the skin. Anyone familiar with this issue? I suppose I could look for a SPARCstation IPX to take the motherboard out of and replace this one with it, but it seems more like the problem is in the display, which is a custom part. -- personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com -- Fish will never understand fear of deep water. -- Tanner Greer -
