On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 3:54 PM, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove
captainkirk...@gmail.com wrote:
That article is quite neat, I must say. I always thought that the logo was
only Helvetica, but it's interesting to see what it really is.
The only reason I know about the article was due to Google, but
On Jun 18, 2015, at 4:42 AM, Jonathan Katz j...@jonworld.com wrote:
There is a Postscript doc out there with the DEC D I G I T A L logo
in blocks. That may be a start.
http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200712/ancient_history_the_digital_logo.html
The logo up to then had been the
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On Jun 18, 2015, at 4:42 AM, Jonathan Katz
On Jun 18, 2015, at 10:55 AM, Rod Smallwood rodsmallwoo...@btinternet.com
wrote:
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My favorite story was one I know to be true. The story was that Ken Olsen
drove a Pinto (cheap amercian car) and parked with everyone else.
Sure enough there was this tatty Pinto parked in the main car
On Thursday, 18 June 2015, Pontus Pihlgren pon...@update.uu.se wrote:
The article pointed to by URL above specifically state that it isn't.
/P
Yeah, I realized that once my phone's *bleep* internet actually loaded the
page... about two minutes after I sent the mail.
That article is quite
On 18/06/2015 14:58, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote:
Did you get a chance to see both of the flightworthy Lancasters together
last year? I didn't since I'm not in the UK and the time that FM213 was
over in the UK intersected with my university terms.
Sadly not, I've only ever seen one at a
On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 07:20:51AM -0700, Chris Osborn wrote:
On Jun 18, 2015, at 4:42 AM, Jonathan Katz j...@jonworld.com wrote:
There is a Postscript doc out there with the DEC D I G I T A L logo
in blocks. That may be a start.
On Thu, 18 Jun 2015, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
I suppose it's this one:
http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/still-image/dec/pdp-1_online/dec.flip_flop_201.102633142.lg.jpg
I recall seing a better version of the logo in some manual on bitsavers or
similar. Can't find it now.
I have
On Jun 18, 2015, at 7:25 AM, Pontus Pihlgren pon...@update.uu.se wrote:
I suppose it's this one:
http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/still-image/dec/pdp-1_online/dec.flip_flop_201.102633142.lg.jpg
I found that one a couple of times but it just looked like a rectangle to me,
not
On Thu, 18 Jun 2015, Chris Osborn wrote:
I have a copy laying around as PostScript.
I?d love to get a copy!
Let me find it.
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On Thu, 18 Jun 2015, Chris Osborn wrote:
I have a copy laying around as PostScript.
I?d love to get a copy!
http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200712/ancient_history_the_digital_logo.html
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On 18 June 2015 at 06:06, Pete Turnbull
On Jun 18, 2015, at 9:18 AM, Peter Cetinski p...@pski.net wrote:
My son is stationed at Beale AFB (where the SR-71s were originally based)
and 7963 is on static display there. I've been up to it (you can actually
*touch* it!) They are wicked cool looking and *big*. They also have a
My son is stationed at Beale AFB (where the SR-71s were originally based) and
7963 is on static display there. I've been up to it (you can actually
*touch* it!) They are wicked cool looking and *big*. They also have a
static display of the drone which could be launched from the back
On Jun 18, 2015, at 12:26 PM, Guy Sotomayor g...@shiresoft.com wrote:
On Jun 18, 2015, at 9:18 AM, Peter Cetinski p...@pski.net wrote:
My son is stationed at Beale AFB (where the SR-71s were originally based)
and 7963 is on static display there. I've been up to it (you can actually
On Jun 18, 2015, at 8:54 AM, Mike Stein mhs.st...@gmail.com wrote:
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On Jun 18, 2015, at 2:32 PM, Chuck Guzis ccl...@sydex.com wrote:
I went to the website, but still can't figure out what this has to do with
chocolate…
Here’s the answer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droste_effect
It’s a bit obscure unless you are Dutch and over 45 or so years old.
What is the difference between an RK06 and 07 ?
Is it capacity?
Yes, in particular number of cylinders. Both have 3 heads and IIRC same number
of sectors.
The RK07 has narrower heads than the RK06. AFAIK the RK07 will not even read
an RK06 pack (I am not sure the servo will manage to
I went to the website, but still can't figure out what this has to do
with chocolate...
--Chuck
On Thursday (06/18/2015 at 07:50AM -0400), Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote:
Also typing on a phone sucks.
Phoning on a phone sucks too.
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Hi Christian,
I'm guessing by the CLLI code in your sig, you're maybe close to St.
Catharines, ON, CA?
If that's true, I just wanted to let you know that - IIRC - there is a
SR-71 on static display within a car trip of your location in Kalamazoo, MI
at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo. It's actually a
That bloody EDAC connector is not cheap. I ended up sourcing one for like
$60. On the other hand you can hunt around for scrap 50 conductor telco
No, but it is still available (easily) and it is very well made. Or at least
the ones I
have used are. The back shells are designed so you can fit
From: Chris Osborn
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 9:03 AM
That’s the modern Digital logo, not the DEC logo that looks like the plug-in
cards. I thought you had a ps of the original pre-1957 DEC logo.
Pre-1957??? That would be a good trick...
On Jun 18, 2015, at 11:15 AM, Rich Alderson ri...@livingcomputermuseum.org
wrote:
That’s the modern Digital logo, not the DEC logo that looks like the plug-in
cards. I thought you had a ps of the original pre-1957 DEC logo.
Pre-1957??? That would be a good trick…
I’m just going along
Altos ACS 8000 8500 board schematics/chapter from the 8000 hardware
supplement posted here:
http://vintagecomputer.net/altos/8000/
b
On Jun 18, 2015, at 10:31 AM, william degnan billdeg...@gmail.com wrote:
Altos ACS 8000 8500 board schematics/chapter from the 8000 hardware
supplement posted here:
http://vintagecomputer.net/altos/8000/
There’s a diagram there but no schematics. If you want the schematics for the
8500
On 06/18/2015 11:39 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
It’s a bit obscure unless you are Dutch and over 45 or so years old.
Ah, that explains it, thanks. I like Droste chocolate, but don't recall
seeing the recursive label. Land o' Lakes butter, however, I'm familiar
with.
--Chuck
What is the difference between an RK06 and 07 ?
Is it capacity?
Could this pack be used to align an RK07 ?
I ask because we have an RK07 at the Update Computer Club.
/P
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 08:53:22PM +0100, Jarratt RMA wrote:
I don't have an RK06 and I am not expecting to get one any
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 10:53:33PM +0200, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 04:53:01PM +, tony duell wrote:
I also think it is in the spirit of the computer - using what is available
to fix a problem at hand. I think the arduino was overkill when an attiny
(smaller,
I haven't opened the DECpc to check to see if it was an EISA QVGA card or
not.
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Sean Caron sca...@umich.edu wrote:
IIRC, they shipped that QVGA card you show on your Compaq P60 page with the
DECpc AXP 150, too, no? Man that thing was awful ... I always lusted
I could always use another RRD42; you're just looking to let go of them for
cost of shipping?
Best,
Sean
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Richard Loken
richar...@admin.athabascau.ca wrote:
Somebody said something recently about wanting an RRD-42 or two. I just
found two of them in my pile
Yes! I am totally with you; just being able to flip through the books and
peruse a broad swath of the vendor's product line, has the potential to
stir the creativity in a way that's hard to replicate with discrete PDF
datasheets for each component ... most vendors Web sites are a mess and
it's
On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 11:39:19AM +0200, Johnny Billquist wrote:
On 2015-06-18 08:16, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
I ask because we have an RK07 at the Update Computer Club.
I didn't know. When did we get one, and from where? We had one many
years ago that I dumped. We might still have the packs
On 2015-06-18 08:16, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
What is the difference between an RK06 and 07 ?
Is it capacity?
Yes. The RK07 is double the capacity.
Could this pack be used to align an RK07 ?
I don't think so. The RK06 and RK07 used the same design for the packs,
but the RK07 packs twice
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