Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

2017-02-20 Thread Philipp Hachtmann
Thanks, Peter! Here it's way not as bad as on the Linux Kernel mailing list... I once came up with some nice additions to the ftdi usb serial driver. Reaction was something like "Do it right! Now!" The "right" was only a question how the thing should be controlled from the system's

DISSPLA fortran source anyone?

2017-02-20 Thread Randy Dawson
The scientific graphics software package, written By Ian Hirscholn. Later sold to Coumputer Automation. He ported it to the PC later, with his company ISSCO. They also made a neat bitslice machine to run it, the Portable Graphics Mainframe, I had one for a bit, I was their rep. Anybody have

RE: Sun E10000 Historical Enquiry

2017-02-20 Thread Steve Hatle
Original Message Subject: Re: Sun E1 Historical Enquiry From: Jonathan KatzThere was a guy who I used to talk to who was on one of the Sun lists and was based in the top-tier hardware development/software development out of San Diego, and then later he moved east, but I

RE: DATARAM DR-118 docs?

2017-02-20 Thread W2HX
Just some more details on this. Here is the DR-118A for the 8/a. Hex version http://www.ebay.com/itm/DATARAM-DR-118A-CORE-MEMORY-BOARD-DR118A-/351926961139?hash=item51f07b43f3:g:~mEAAOSw2xRYRvDW and here is the manual to the "A" Again, I'd love to find the docs on the "E" version

Re: Free to a good home: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 workstation / server (Seattle, WA)

2017-02-20 Thread Kevin Owens
do you still have this ? thanks Kevin

RE: DATARAM DR-118 docs?

2017-02-20 Thread W2HX
From what I have seen, yes. There is a Hex version of this board for the 8/A. the product for the E was a 2 board set. Each pair of boards had 16k X 12 bit. So two pair of boards are required. I have two pair but have some stuck bits I need to figure out. -Original Message- From:

Re: DATARAM DR-118 docs?

2017-02-20 Thread Doug Ingraham
On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 10:09 PM, W2HX wrote: > Hi folks, > > Looking for documentation on the DATARAM DR-118 16Kx12 core memory for > PDP-8/e. I have the documentation on the DR-118A which is for the PDP-8/a. > It is probably similar, but would love to find the right version. >

Re: Sun E10000 Historical Enquiry

2017-02-20 Thread Jonathan Katz
On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 4:53 PM, JP Hindin wrote: > All this talk of favourite machines and getting into the hobby has gotten me > amped up to work on my E10k. The E10k was always the "coolest" machine for > me - largely due to the timing of my entry into the industry.

3D scans and sounds

2017-02-20 Thread Lars Brinkhoff
Hello, I'm grateful that there are plenty of pictures of classic computer. However, I want more. 3D scans and sound recordings. Has anyone attempted to do that?

LGP-Resto Update

2017-02-20 Thread Cory Heisterkamp
For those curious about the status of the LGP-30 restoration, I’ve got a blog up with the latest. http://radar58.com/LGP30/ The power supplies are stable, the blower unit was overhauled and new bearings installed, all the modules have been recapped. I had a noisy bearing in the memory drum,

Sun E10000 Historical Enquiry

2017-02-20 Thread JP Hindin
Greetings to all; All this talk of favourite machines and getting into the hobby has gotten me amped up to work on my E10k. The E10k was always the "coolest" machine for me - largely due to the timing of my entry into the industry. I recently read Tracy Kidder's Soul of a New Machine and

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

2017-02-20 Thread Mark J. Blair
> On Feb 20, 2017, at 06:24, Holm Tiffe wrote: > > Why is that nice? This way the pcb company has your "sourcecode". > Besides of that where is the real difference to going to > "File->Plot", Select "Gerber" and push the "Plot" Button? > > That can't really be to

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

2017-02-20 Thread Peter Coghlan
Philipp wrote: I am so sorry that I use Eagle! Please let us stop this discussion. It's just a tool. And KiCAD is another tool. I currently use Eagle and that's it. I'm with Philipp on this. Every time someone posts to the list to offer some piece of hardware they are developing, our

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

2017-02-20 Thread Holm Tiffe
Paul Koning wrote: > > > On Feb 17, 2017, at 2:35 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > > > ... > >> From: Guy Sotomayor Jr > > > >> In terms of community supplied libraries, Eagle has those too and I've > >> found that by and large they are junk (it's easier/quicker for me to

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

2017-02-20 Thread Philipp Hachtmann
On 02/20/2017 02:30 PM, Holm Tiffe wrote: As I wrote two minutes ago: Perhaps I've gone too far by seeing KiCAD too close to the Arduino thing. I know at least one clever guy using KiCAD as well. Thanks for the flowers :-) Haha, I thought of someone outside of cctalk...! But.. you're welcome

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

2017-02-20 Thread Holm Tiffe
Philipp Hachtmann wrote: > > > I don't have a problem with your arduino related point of view, > :) > > > but I'm > > sure you never heard from the push and shove router that kicad implements? > I admit: you're right. > > > (take a look at youtube!) > > If you have used it once, egale would

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

2017-02-20 Thread Philipp Hachtmann
I am so sorry that I use Eagle! Please let us stop this discussion. It's just a tool. And KiCAD is another tool. I currently use Eagle and that's it.