Re: HP Draftmaster RX pen plotter needs love

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm going in. I found test points on the power supply/motor driver board as detailed in Chapter 12 of that manual. +5v, +12v, +15v, +42v and +85v are all there (and all .4v high or so) But there is no -12v. That seems relevant. The capacitors all look OK to the

Re: more on lisp compilers

ons 2016-11-09 klockan 19:52 -0700 skrev Richard Loken: > So last week there was some conversation about lisp compilers and an > expressed interest in old VAX lisp comilers. Co-incidently, I was rooting > through the morgue at work on semi legitimate business and found > VAXlisp 2.2 copyright

Re: Paper tape carriers and paper tape

Tom Moss said: > On 11 November 2016 at 15:42, Paul Koning wrote: > >> Is punch tape still made? I would guess so, for old CNC machines >> perhaps. That's typically roll tape, not fanfold. >> > > There's a British supplier that recently had another run made, although >

Re: Paper tape carriers and paper tape

On 11/11/2016 3:05 PM, Dave Wade wrote: Not seen one of those for ages, These days, at least in the UK, Credit Cards seem to come attached to a standard letter with a blob of sticky stuff... Dave Image of manual credit form here: http://www.shipnfast.com/jpgs/2plbigpic.jpg 3-1/4 x

HP Draftmaster RX pen plotter needs love

I acquired a working HP Draftmaster RX (HP part # 7596B). An awesome machine, 36" roll feed and 8 pens, complete with several pen carousels, user manual, and hundreds of working pens. I was very excited to make a splash in the art world with this thing. I did get it to perfectly draw a 3 color

RE: Paper tape carriers and paper tape

Not seen one of those for ages, These days, at least in the UK, Credit Cards seem to come attached to a standard letter with a blob of sticky stuff... Dave > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of jim > stephens > Sent: 11 November 2016

Re: Paper tape carriers and paper tape

The machine that is used where I'm referring to cuts from a roll about 2 cards wide. The system also has to be able to merge up to four sheets together per form as the real product is for the full size credit card forms that one uses with either NCR paper, or with carbon. They can handle

Re: Paper tape carriers and paper tape

CHM has one, and a collection of printing cylinders http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102670869 On 11/11/16 2:03 PM, Ian S. King wrote: > Somewhere I have a photo of the machine that IBM used to make punch cards. > It's in a small museum in Endicott, NY. It did indeed take a

Re: Paper tape carriers and paper tape

On 2016-11-11 6:03 PM, Ian S. King wrote: On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 1:56 PM, jim stephens wrote: On 11/11/2016 8:53 AM, Al Kossow wrote: On 11/11/16 7:42 AM, Paul Koning wrote: No one is making new 80 column punched card stock either. No stock, or no cards? I would

Re: Paper tape carriers and paper tape

On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 1:56 PM, jim stephens wrote: > > > On 11/11/2016 8:53 AM, Al Kossow wrote: > >> >> On 11/11/16 7:42 AM, Paul Koning wrote: >> >> No one is making new 80 column punched card stock either. >>> No stock, or no cards? I would think that one of the

Re: Paper tape carriers and paper tape

On 11/11/2016 8:53 AM, Al Kossow wrote: On 11/11/16 7:42 AM, Paul Koning wrote: No one is making new 80 column punched card stock either. No stock, or no cards? I would think that one of the paper manufacturers would be putting out postcard stock of the right specifications. This has

Re: Looking for terminals again

On Monday, November 07, 2016 17:22:22 Brian Adams wrote: > The interest in video terminals has been awoken again, and I am again > searching for one. I like the look/size of the VT220s, very nice and > compact! > > > Anybody have extra DEC or IBM terminals in Toronto (Canada) ? I’m probably >

RE: more on lisp compilers

> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Richard > Loken > Sent: 10 November 2016 02:52 > To: Classic Computer List > Subject: more on lisp compilers > > So last week there was some conversation about lisp compilers

RE: Paper tape carriers and paper tape

On Fri, 11 Nov 2016, Dave Wade wrote: There are no suppliers, and the NOS stuff is all gone. No one is making new 80 column punched card stock either. No stock, or no cards? I would think that one of the paper manufacturers I tried to get some made. Supplier could not source any card of

RE: Paper tape carriers and paper tape

> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Paul > Koning > Sent: 11 November 2016 15:43 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: Paper tape carriers and paper tape > > > > On Nov 11,

Re: Paper tape carriers and paper tape

On 11 November 2016 at 16:53, Al Kossow wrote: > This has been discussed for several years here. No one is making paper > stock to IBM card stock specification Did all punch card manufacturers use the same stock though? I vaguely recall ICL cards feeling somewhat smoother?

Re: Paper tape carriers and paper tape

you can still buy rolls from Western NC http://www.westnc.com/paper-tape-rolls.html it ain't cheap On 11/11/16 7:49 AM, Tom Moss wrote: > On 11 November 2016 at 15:42, Paul Koning wrote: > >> Is punch tape still made? I would guess so, for old CNC machines >> perhaps.

Re: Paper tape carriers and paper tape

On 11/11/16 7:42 AM, Paul Koning wrote: >> No one is making new 80 column punched card stock either. > > No stock, or no cards? I would think that one of the paper manufacturers > would be putting out postcard stock of the right specifications. This has been discussed for several years

Re: Paper tape carriers and paper tape

On 11 November 2016 at 15:42, Paul Koning wrote: > Is punch tape still made? I would guess so, for old CNC machines > perhaps. That's typically roll tape, not fanfold. > There's a British supplier that recently had another run made, although it's on a roll.

Re: Paper tape carriers and paper tape

> On Nov 11, 2016, at 10:32 AM, Al Kossow wrote: > > There are no suppliers, and the NOS stuff is all gone. > No one is making new 80 column punched card stock either. No stock, or no cards? I would think that one of the paper manufacturers would be putting out postcard

Re: Paper tape carriers and paper tape

There are no suppliers, and the NOS stuff is all gone. No one is making new 80 column punched card stock either. That is why a box of fanfold sells for 25$ and up on eBay, even more if it is has the DEC logo. On 11/10/16 5:36 PM, Charles Dickman wrote: > And where can I get new fan-fold paper