Anyone have one of these? QDP-300

This looks like a very nice system. I'm not sure I ever heard of it, but today's Sharktank (computerworld) has a fun story about it. Even better extra points if you have the said system in your collection. System (from link in article):

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

On 01/13/2017 06:42 PM, Antonio Carlini wrote: On 14/01/17 00:06, Jon Elson wrote: I eventually got a MicroVAX-II to replace it, and, yes, that DID have a cache to speed up the memory, but it was quite a difference. I'm reasonably sure that the uVAX II did not have a memory cache. It did

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Antonio Carlini wrote: > > I'm reasonably sure that the uVAX II did not have a memory cache. It did > have a translation lookaside buffer and some (small) amount > of instruction pre-fetch though. > Digital Technical Journal, Number 2

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

On 14/01/17 00:06, Jon Elson wrote: I eventually got a MicroVAX-II to replace it, and, yes, that DID have a cache to speed up the memory, but it was quite a difference. I'm reasonably sure that the uVAX II did not have a memory cache. It did have a translation lookaside buffer and some

Re: What is the most amount of money you've spent on a computer or computer-related item?

On 01/13/2017 05:14 PM, Kyle Owen wrote: I'd be interested in seeing some pictures of your photoplotter, if you have a chance. Now with the idea of direct toner transfer with modern laser printers, I can see bringing a darkroom into it as being a bit of a hassle. See

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

From: "Rick Bensene" - A Tektronix 4132 Unix workstation using a National 32016 CPU and a 4.2bsd port called UTek Gee, how does it perform? I built a clone of a Logical Microcomputer Co. 32016 Multibus system and got it working. But, it was glacially slow! I did

Re: What is the most amount of money you've spent on a computer or computer-related item?

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 4:24 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > >>> I have a laser photoplotter I built a long time ago to make circuit > board artwork. It does 1000 x 1000 DPI via a raster process, wrapping the > film around a drum. After moving all the conversion software over to

Re: What is the most amount of money you've spent on a computer or computer-related item?

On 2017-01-13 7:24 PM, Jon Elson wrote: On 01/13/2017 12:16 PM, Al Kossow wrote: On 1/13/17 10:05 AM, Toby Thain wrote: AUD $25,000 for a Linotype L100 PostScript imagesetter (used). I have a laser photoplotter I built a long time ago to make circuit board artwork. It does 1000 x 1000

Re: What is the most amount of money you've spent on a computer or computer-related item?

On 01/13/2017 12:16 PM, Al Kossow wrote: On 1/13/17 10:05 AM, Toby Thain wrote: AUD $25,000 for a Linotype L100 PostScript imagesetter (used). I have a laser photoplotter I built a long time ago to make circuit board artwork. It does 1000 x 1000 DPI via a raster process, wrapping the

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

From: "Rick Bensene" > > - A Tektronix 4132 Unix workstation using a National 32016 CPU and a > 4.2bsd port called UTek Those seem quite rare now, especially if it works. You should preserve an image of UTek if possible. Any chance you have the install media? KJ

Re: PAL video in the states

On 13/01/2017 20:51, "Tony Duell" wrote: >> Just looked at the pics of someone servicing one, I'll go looking for the >> manual :) > > It's actually not too bad to work on. The 2 main PCBs (deflection one side, > video processing on the other) are on fold-out frames. And

Re: What is the most amount of money you've spent on a computer or computer-related item?

On 2017-01-13 5:19 PM, Paul Koning wrote: On Jan 13, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Toby Thain wrote: On 2017-01-13 3:17 PM, Paul Koning wrote: On Jan 13, 2017, at 1:05 PM, Toby Thain wrote: ... AUD $25,000 for a Linotype L100 PostScript imagesetter

Re: What is the most amount of money you've spent on a computer or computer-related item?

On 2017-01-13 5:19 PM, Paul Koning wrote: On Jan 13, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Toby Thain wrote: On 2017-01-13 3:17 PM, Paul Koning wrote: On Jan 13, 2017, at 1:05 PM, Toby Thain wrote: ... AUD $25,000 for a Linotype L100 PostScript imagesetter

Re: PAL video in the states

>> [Sony PVM9044QM] >> >>> I bought one of those recently ostensibly as a monitor for my Apple ][s but >>> like you say it's capable of pretty much anything you can throw at it. >>> ukp25 too, bargain. >> >> You can get the service manual from elektrotanya, and believe me you >> need it! > > Just

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

I don't have any pre-80ies stuff at all, but some cool/rare/obscure 32bit machines. If I'd have to pick a single one, I'd say it's the Motorola PowerStack E100 running Solaris 2.5.1 for powerpc. Still looking for the sun compiler for that (one of these days I'll try to resurrect the gcc port, but

Re: What is the most prized possession in your collection?

Mine is the HP-2000 ... it was a game changer for me in the used computer business as it gave me a one company direction... from dealing in parts to keep it alive to having HP-3000 systems being an indy new HP dealer on PC products in the 80s into the 90s. On a more

Re: PAL video in the states

On 13/01/2017 18:02, "Tony Duell" wrote: > On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Adrian Graham > wrote: >> On 13 January 2017 at 15:49, Tony Duell wrote: > > > [Sony PVM9044QM] > >> I bought one of those recently ostensibly

Re: What is the most amount of money you've spent on a computer or computer-related item?

> On Jan 13, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Toby Thain wrote: > > On 2017-01-13 3:17 PM, Paul Koning wrote: >> >>> On Jan 13, 2017, at 1:05 PM, Toby Thain wrote: >>> ... >>> AUD $25,000 for a Linotype L100 PostScript imagesetter (used). >>> >>> Has a

Re: PAL video in the states

I use a TV tuner/video capture card (Hauppauge WinTV-D) and DScaler to display output from my PAL Commodore 128D either composite or Y/C. It works quite well actually. I did try a cheapy PAL/NTSC converter from eBay but any horizontal movement is terrible since it doesn't do any

Re: What is the most amount of money you've spent on a computer or computer-related item?

On 2017-01-13 3:17 PM, Paul Koning wrote: On Jan 13, 2017, at 1:05 PM, Toby Thain wrote: ... AUD $25,000 for a Linotype L100 PostScript imagesetter (used). Has a 68K computer inside it with Adobe ROMs. Communication via serial or AppleTalk. One of the first high

Re: PAL video in the states

On Fri, 2017-01-13 at 11:18 -0500, Paul Koning wrote: > > > Just yesterday I was looking at roughly the opposite question: how to > make a DVD (in the USA) that my sister in Holland would be able to > use.  The impression I got is that PAL DVD players will usually > accept NTSC DVDs, and modern

Re: PAL video in the states

On 01/13/2017 07:49 AM, Tony Duell wrote: Back in the day, a friend from the UK sent me a collection of VHS tapes and a PAL video player. I ordered a PAL-to-RGB demodulator kit from a small supplier and took the (analog) RGB output to my Mitsubishi Diamondscan CRT monitor. Worked just fine.

Re: PAL video in the states

> On Jan 13, 2017, at 1:05 PM, Tony Duell wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 4:18 PM, Paul Koning wrote: >> >> >> Just yesterday I was looking at roughly the opposite question: how to make a >> DVD (in the USA) >> that my sister in Holland

Re: What is the most amount of money you've spent on a computer or computer-related item?

> On Jan 13, 2017, at 1:05 PM, Toby Thain wrote: > ... > AUD $25,000 for a Linotype L100 PostScript imagesetter (used). > > Has a 68K computer inside it with Adobe ROMs. Communication via serial or > AppleTalk. > > One of the first high resolution PostScript

Re: What is the most amount of money you've spent on a computer or computer-related item?

On 1/13/17 10:05 AM, Toby Thain wrote: > AUD $25,000 for a Linotype L100 PostScript imagesetter (used). > > Has a 68K computer inside it with Adobe ROMs. Communication via serial or > AppleTalk. > > One of the first high resolution PostScript imagesetters. Put a lot of feet > of bromide

Re: PAL video in the states

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 4:18 PM, Paul Koning wrote: > > > Just yesterday I was looking at roughly the opposite question: how to make a > DVD (in the USA) > that my sister in Holland would be able to use. The impression I got is that > PAL DVD players wil > l usually

Re: What is the most amount of money you've spent on a computer or computer-related item?

tor 2017-01-12 klockan 20:35 + skrev Andy Cloud: > Hi Everyone! > > I know this is a bit of a personal question, so please feel free to ignore > this email! > > If you're willing to answer it would also be interesting to know what drove > you to spend as much as you did on that particular

Re: PAL video in the states

On 01/13/2017 07:38 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > From: William Degnan > some are made to handle both pal and ntsc automatically. ... not sure > if they still do all that for LCD tv's but why not? Well, one thing most LCD's don't handle is interlaced video, so that could be an

Re: What is the most prized possession in your collection?

On 01/13/2017 05:02 AM, Alexandre Souza wrote: We've talked about the most expensive, the most rare, the less usual... Now lets talk about what you love most <3 For me is the Apple IIe signed by Woz :D What is your most prized and loved possession? :) Well, the Honeywell Alert is rather

Re: PAL video in the states

On 01/13/2017 04:47 AM, Corey Cohen wrote: So I have a friend who is originally from the U.K. He has his old BBC micro from when he was a kid and wants to be able to use it here in the states. His parents threw out his old TV in the U.K. Is there a way to use a BBC Micro PAL version with a

Re: anybody have MOVIE.BYU?

On 01/13/2017 12:46 AM, Randy Dawson wrote: The famous Brigham Young University 3D graphics program, by Dr. Hank Christensen. I am looking for the fortran source, it should be 7 files: OH MY! I definitely had that at one time - a LONG time ago. I think it was on one of the DECUS tapes. I

Re: What is the most prized possession in your collection?

On Fri, 13 Jan 2017, Charles Anthony wrote: (The second reply was received in June 2014. On Jan 6 of this year, the ad hoc MCRB (Multics Change Request Board) approved MCR10021 fixing the bug.) I think this one is the most awesome yet. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007

Re: PAL video in the states

> On Jan 13, 2017, at 11:24 AM, Charles Anthony > wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 8:18 AM, Paul Koning wrote: > >> >> Just yesterday I was looking at roughly the opposite question: how to make >> a DVD (in the USA) that my sister in

Re: PAL video in the states

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 8:18 AM, Paul Koning wrote: > > Just yesterday I was looking at roughly the opposite question: how to make > a DVD (in the USA) that my sister in Holland would be able to use. The > impression I got is that PAL DVD players will usually accept NTSC

Re: PAL video in the states

On 13 January 2017 at 15:49, Tony Duell wrote: > On my workbench I have a little (9") Sony Trinitron monitor. It's the sort > of > thing that was used for moniitoring signals in a TV studio. It's a model > PVM9044QM. It can handle just about any TV rate video (US or UK >

Re: PAL video in the states

> On Jan 13, 2017, at 10:49 AM, Tony Duell wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Kurt K wrote: >> I have a number of systems that require PAL and I was looking on Ebay for >> dual >> NTSC / PAL monitors, and if necessary I can handle the

Re: What is the most prized possession in your collection?

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 3:02 AM, Alexandre Souza < alexandre.tabaj...@gmail.com> wrote: > We've talked about the most expensive, the most rare, the less usual... > > Now lets talk about what you love most <3 > > Two emails. While getting Multics up and running, I discovered a few bugs in

Re: anybody have MOVIE.BYU?

On 2017-01-13 03:23, Randy Dawson wrote: Ohhmygosh! I am reading and it looks like most of it is there, with some goofy stuff messing up the subroutine declarations, and binary inserted in places. You have wrecked my weekend. This gets me started with trying to build the thing. please let us

Re: What is the most prized possession in your collection?

We've talked about the most expensive, the most rare, the less usual... Now lets talk about what you love most <3 For me is the Apple IIe signed by Woz :D What is your most prized and loved possession? :) For me it's similar, IIGS signed by Woz! -- Ethan O'Toole

Re: PAL video in the states

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Kurt K wrote: > I have a number of systems that require PAL and I was looking on Ebay for dual > NTSC / PAL monitors, and if necessary I can handle the power conversion > requirements. > Any recommendations for a monitor that can work with

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual software item do you own?

> On Jan 12, 2017, at 6:45 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote: >> ...Paul Koning >> A listing of RSTS-11 V0 > > If that's not already online in machine-readable form, we should get it > scanned and OCR'd. It's been scanned; the person who did the scanning has not yet posted it.

Re: PAL video in the states

I have a number of systems that require PAL and I was looking on Ebay for dual NTSC / PAL monitors, and if necessary I can handle the power conversion requirements. Any recommendations for a monitor that can work with Amstrad/Sinclair, BBC's, the Archimedes, and the like. I figure more than

Re: PAL video in the states

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 8:59 AM, Phil Blundell wrote: > On Fri, 2017-01-13 at 08:38 -0500, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > > From: William Degnan > > > > > some are made to handle both pal and ntsc automatically. ... > > not sure > > > if they still do all that for LCD tv's

Re: PAL video in the states

On Fri, 2017-01-13 at 08:38 -0500, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: William Degnan > > > some are made to handle both pal and ntsc automatically. ... > not sure > > if they still do all that for LCD tv's but why not? > > Well, one thing most LCD's don't handle is interlaced video, so

Re: PAL video in the states

> From: William Degnan > some are made to handle both pal and ntsc automatically. ... not sure > if they still do all that for LCD tv's but why not? Well, one thing most LCD's don't handle is interlaced video, so that could be an issue. Noel

Re: PAL video in the states

I used to have a little 13 in tv that could handle about anything I plugged into it, some are made to handle both pal and ntsc automatically. Ebay comes to mind, I am talking in the crt days, not sure if they still do all that for LCD tv's but why not? Bill Degnan twitter: billdeg

Re: PAL video in the states

On 13 January 2017 at 11:27, Phil Blundell wrote: > I imagine more or less any modern TV should be able to cope with the > 576i timings. If you plug the "composite" output (BNC connector) into > the CVBS input on your TV then you'd probably get a decent monochrome > image. The

Re: PAL video in the states

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Corey Cohen wrote: > So I have a friend who is originally from the U.K. He has his old BBC micro > from when > he was a kid and wants to be able to use it here in the states. His parents > threw out his old TV in the U.K. There was

Looking for Dr. Dobb's Developer Library DVD 6

Greetings all, I always figured I'd order one of the compilations of Dr. Dobb's Journal on CD/DVD One Of These Days... Then they went and stopped publication. While a lot of DDJ content is still online at drdobbs.com, I'd still like to pick up that DVD. So like the Subject says, I'm looking to

Re: PAL video in the states

On Fri, 2017-01-13 at 05:47 -0500, Corey Cohen wrote: > So I have a friend who is originally from the U.K.   He has his old > BBC micro from when he was a kid and wants to be able to use it here > in the states.  His parents threw out his old TV in the U.K.   > > Is there a way to use a BBC Micro

What is the most prized possession in your collection?

We've talked about the most expensive, the most rare, the less usual... Now lets talk about what you love most <3 For me is the Apple IIe signed by Woz :D What is your most prized and loved possession? :)

Re: anybody have MOVIE.BYU?

> On 13 Jan 2017, at 9:23 pm, Randy Dawson wrote: > I am reading and it looks like most of it is there, with some goofy stuff > messing up the subroutine declarations, and binary inserted in places. Wasn't sure how to interpret your statement, but just in case you

PAL video in the states

So I have a friend who is originally from the U.K. He has his old BBC micro from when he was a kid and wants to be able to use it here in the states. His parents threw out his old TV in the U.K. Is there a way to use a BBC Micro PAL version with a modern US LCD TV? Do some brands of

Re: anybody have MOVIE.BYU?

Ohhmygosh! I am reading and it looks like most of it is there, with some goofy stuff messing up the subroutine declarations, and binary inserted in places. You have wrecked my weekend. This gets me started with trying to build the thing. I had so much fun with it a long time ago, and I

Re: anybody have MOVIE.BYU?

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 5:46 PM, Randy Dawson wrote: > The famous Brigham Young University 3D graphics program, by Dr. Hank > Christensen. This? http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/bits/DataGeneral/nova/movie_byu.tap Fragment of text found inside the TAP, looks to be