Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 09/16/2017 03:47 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: Worst case, if I can't resurrect the PC, I'll probably throw an Arduino on it and use modern Open Source tools for driving it (the LMC box has a DB25 with all the step and direction and endstop signals on it for Mach3 or Grbl or whatever).

Subject: Re: RIP Jerry Pournelle - Firsts:

2017-09-16 Thread Murray McCullough via cctalk
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:22:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Cameron Kaiser To: bill.gunshan...@hotmail.com, cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: RIP Jerry Pournelle - Firsts Message-ID: <20170915.v8fmmw5r7405...@floodgap.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >> I used to

Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 09/16/2017 03:21 PM, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote: > Yes I agree they both appear to be simple machining jobs. As a substitute for > drill rod... I'm unclear why the recommendation has been for "drill rod" (i.e.tool steel) for the parts that essentially hold the parts to a hinge together.

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-16 Thread Ken Seefried via cctalk
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Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
Paul and others said >> On Sep 16, 2017, at 4:10 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> >>> On Sep 16, 2017, at 9:52 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk >>> wrote: >>> does anyone have any spare "pivot bushings" for the DEC H9xx series

Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 39, Issue 15

2017-09-16 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
> On Sep 15, 2017, at 11:52 AM, Fred via cctalk wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Sep 2017, cctalk-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote: > > >> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 18:40:10 -0700 >> From: Ian Finder >> Subject: WTB: IBM 7060 aka MP3000 >> >> I'm looking for a

Re: Alto 5-Key Keyset pictures

2017-09-16 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
Al said: > I had to fix a key on CHM's keyset today, so I shot a bunch of pictures while > it was apart > http://bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/alto/Alto_5-Key_Keyset > > They spent a lot of money on this. There are two castings of the same > material as the keyboard > and monitors, and two injection

Thin Client as Graphics Terminal

2017-09-16 Thread Douglas Taylor via cctalk
The other day I bought an HP thin client (HP T5530) and had planned to use it for my prom programmer.  The thin client has a parallel port and will boot to dos so I thought that would be perfect. When I reloaded the HP OS software into flash memory and booted the client up I noticed there was

Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 09/16/2017 01:47 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: > >> This sort of project would be perfect on this wee lathe > You'll still need to center-bore the hole through the thing, which, > while not hard,

Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 09/16/2017 01:47 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: > This sort of project would be perfect on this wee lathe. The pins > would be trivial (just need to grind an HSS cutting bit with the > profile you described), and the bushings not much harder (ordinary bit > for the main diameters and the

Alto 5-Key Keyset pictures

2017-09-16 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
I had to fix a key on CHM's keyset today, so I shot a bunch of pictures while it was apart http://bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/alto/Alto_5-Key_Keyset They spent a lot of money on this. There are two castings of the same material as the keyboard and monitors, and two injection molded parts for the

Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: does anyone have any spare "pivot bushings" for the DEC H9xx series cabinets (H950, H960, etc)? (These are the short pieces with a conical top which fit over the hinge pins, at the bottom.) >>>

Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Sep 16, 2017, at 4:10 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk > wrote: > > >> On Sep 16, 2017, at 9:52 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk >> wrote: >> >>> does anyone have any spare "pivot bushings" for the DEC H9xx series >>> cabinets (H950, H960, etc)?

Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Sep 16, 2017, at 9:52 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk > wrote: > >> does anyone have any spare "pivot bushings" for the DEC H9xx series >> cabinets (H950, H960, etc)? (These are the short pieces with a conical >> top which fit over the hinge pins, at the bottom.) >> ...

Wanted: Parsytec SCSI-T or BBK-S4.

2017-09-16 Thread Andrew Back via cctalk
Hello, I'm looking for a Parsytec SCSI or SBus to Transputer link adapter. Buy or possible swap for something else interesting. Also wouldn't say no to a Partsytec X'Plorer, should anyone be looking to part with one (or two). Cheers, Andrew

RE: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Henk Gooijen via cctalk
Van: Noel Chiappa via cctalk Verzonden: zaterdag 16 september 2017 15:52 Aan: cctalk@classiccmp.org CC: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu Onderwerp: Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed > does anyone have any

Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> does anyone have any spare "pivot bushings" for the DEC H9xx series > cabinets (H950, H960, etc)? (These are the short pieces with a conical > top which fit over the hinge pins, at the bottom.) > ... > I could also use some more of the pins (particularly the kind with the

RE: BitNET (Was: RE: RIP Jerry Pournelle - Firsts)

2017-09-16 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
Hi Bill and Dave, I have fond memories of BITNET in a university environment in the early 1990s on VM/CMS and on VAX/VMS. Some years ago, I went searching on the web for information about it and found almost nothing. It was as if it had been erased from history. I did find a single website

RE: BitNET (Was: RE: RIP Jerry Pournelle - Firsts)

2017-09-16 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
Hi Bill, That's a complex topic. Basically, a BitNet connection was an IBM RSCS link..., At the low levels that's BiSync. Real BiSync hardware is rare(ish) but the Hercules Mainframe emulator does support bi-sync over IP so physically its possible. At the networking level, whilst the

RE: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Henk Gooijen via cctalk
Van: Noel Chiappa via cctalk Verzonden: zaterdag 16 september 2017 01:04 Aan: cctalk@classiccmp.org CC: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu Onderwerp: DEC H9xx rack parts needed Hi, does anyone have any spare

Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 39, Issue 15

2017-09-16 Thread Fred via cctalk
On Fri, 15 Sep 2017, cctalk-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote: Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 18:40:10 -0700 From: Ian Finder Subject: WTB: IBM 7060 aka MP3000 I'm looking for a small s390 machine to do some learning with. If you have one for sale, please contact me off-list. I