Re: PDP8 ALGOL

2017-12-05 Thread Michael Thompson via cctalk
> > From: Charles Dickman > Subject: PDP8 ALGOL > > I have been looking at the available software for the PDP8, > particularly languages. I see there was an ALGOL. The source is > archived on Bitsavers and dbit. > > There is some information here: > http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/ALG

Re: NeXT hardware about to be recycled in Texas

2017-12-05 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On 6 December 2017 at 00:28, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote: > > Also on one of the Facebook groups. I expect the owner is completely > drowning in "give me your cool stuff!" messages by now and about ready to > pitch the whole lot into a river. That'd be me, I'm afraid. I hope it worked. --

Re: NeXT hardware about to be recycled in Texas

2017-12-05 Thread Jules Richardson via cctalk
On 12/05/2017 04:51 PM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: I also saw it on the craigslist discussion on vcf, which got more attention. Also on one of the Facebook groups. I expect the owner is completely drowning in "give me your cool stuff!" messages by now and about ready to pitch the whole lo

Re: NeXT hardware about to be recycled in Texas

2017-12-05 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 12/5/2017 6:23 AM, Mark Linimon via cctalk wrote: On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 01:51:25PM +, Jonathan Katz via cctalk wrote: Totally on the wrong continent but this needs to be saved!!! Looks like there are already several users on Twitter who have stepped up. (I would have drive up from A

Re: Playing with HP2640B

2017-12-05 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2017-Dec-05, at 1:20 PM, Brent Hilpert via cctalk wrote: > On 2017-Dec-05, at 1:08 PM, Mattis Lind wrote: >> 2017-12-05 20:44 GMT+01:00 Brent Hilpert via cctalk : >>> On 2017-Dec-05, at 9:14 AM, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: >> Does the 27S82 have any equivalents that I could look up inst

Re: Playing with HP2640B

2017-12-05 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2017-Dec-05, at 1:08 PM, Mattis Lind wrote: > 2017-12-05 20:44 GMT+01:00 Brent Hilpert via cctalk : > >On 2017-Dec-05, at 9:14 AM, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: > > >> Does the 27S82 have any equivalents that I could look up instead in the > >> device list? > > >FWIW, 27S82 is listed in the 19

Re: Playing with HP2640B

2017-12-05 Thread Mattis Lind via cctalk
2017-12-05 20:44 GMT+01:00 Brent Hilpert via cctalk : > On 2017-Dec-05, at 9:14 AM, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: > > > > Looking more into this document revelas that it covers three boards > > 02640-60009, 02640-60088 and 02640-60112. > > > > Now I had the idea of dumping the character ROM as wel

Re: Playing with HP2640B

2017-12-05 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2017-Dec-05, at 9:14 AM, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: > > Looking more into this document revelas that it covers three boards > 02640-60009, 02640-60088 and 02640-60112. > > Now I had the idea of dumping the character ROM as well. But what is a AMD > 27S82? I cannot really find a datasheet on

Re: Playing with HP2640B

2017-12-05 Thread Mike Loewen via cctalk
On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, Mattis Lind wrote: 2017-12-05 16:51 GMT+01:00 Mike Loewen via cctalk : On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, Mattis Lind wrote: 2017-12-05 16:26 GMT+01:00 Mike Loewen via cctalk : On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: While going through the HP2640B I found two boards which

Re: Playing with HP2640B

2017-12-05 Thread Mattis Lind via cctalk
2017-12-05 16:51 GMT+01:00 Mike Loewen via cctalk : > On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, Mattis Lind wrote: > > 2017-12-05 16:26 GMT+01:00 Mike Loewen via cctalk : >> >> On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: >>> >>> While going through the HP2640B I found two boards which I cannot find >>> relev

Re: Playing with HP2640B

2017-12-05 Thread Mike Loewen via cctalk
On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, Mattis Lind wrote: 2017-12-05 16:26 GMT+01:00 Mike Loewen via cctalk : On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: While going through the HP2640B I found two boards which I cannot find relevant schematic and description for, the 02640-60009 Display Memory Access Mo

Re: offering: computer, A/V and optical equipment, plus books and more, to be cleared out around mid-December

2017-12-05 Thread MG via cctalk
Hello, Op 5-dec-2017 om 16:40 schreef Jason T via cctalk: On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 10:50 PM, em gee via cctalk wrote: I also created another overview of what I have up for sale: < http://bit.ly/2ifO5xE> (Which I'll be updating.) I have to ask: what generated that chart? That's a creative way

Re: offering: computer, A/V and optical equipment, plus books and more, to be cleared out around mid-December

2017-12-05 Thread Jason T via cctalk
On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 10:50 PM, em gee via cctalk wrote: > I also created another overview of what I have up for sale: < > http://bit.ly/2ifO5xE> (Which I'll be updating.) I have to ask: what generated that chart? That's a creative way to display a list of items.

Re: Playing with HP2640B

2017-12-05 Thread Mattis Lind via cctalk
2017-12-05 16:26 GMT+01:00 Mike Loewen via cctalk : > On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: > > While going through the HP2640B I found two boards which I cannot find >> relevant schematic and description for, the 02640-60009 Display Memory >> Access Module and the 02640-60088 Display

Re: Playing with HP2640B

2017-12-05 Thread Mike Loewen via cctalk
On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: While going through the HP2640B I found two boards which I cannot find relevant schematic and description for, the 02640-60009 Display Memory Access Module and the 02640-60088 Display Timing Module. Anyone has more info on these? The manual

Re: Playing with HP2640B

2017-12-05 Thread Mattis Lind via cctalk
I have now dumped the firmware from the HP2640B terminal. Since the EA4900 ROMs are not much like normal EPROMs in regards to pinout and supply voltages I resorted to use a logic analyzer to dump the contents of the ROM simply by parsing out the ROM accesses while the terminal did the selftest. It

Re: NeXT hardware about to be recycled in Texas

2017-12-05 Thread Mark Linimon via cctalk
On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 01:51:25PM +, Jonathan Katz via cctalk wrote: > Totally on the wrong continent but this needs to be saved!!! Looks like there are already several users on Twitter who have stepped up. (I would have drive up from Austin myself -- even though I need *less* stuff.) mcl

Re: NeXT hardware about to be recycled in Texas

2017-12-05 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
Totally on the wrong continent but this needs to be saved!!! On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 12:56 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > https://twitter.com/tapbot_paul/status/937465839888093184/photo/1 > > I don't know if anyone is in the area to rescue this... > > -- > Liam Proven

Re: DR-DOS

2017-12-05 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On 17 November 2017 at 14:30, Liam Proven wrote: > I hope this is vintage enough. > > I've been playing around some more with my projects to create VMs / > bootable USB keys with PC DOS 7.1 and DR-DOS. Status update: I now have a working VirtualBox VM with DR-DOS 7.01-06, the last stable version

Re: Vidar large format scanner available

2017-12-05 Thread Ed via cctalk
opps yepper large... a pity not close.. Ed In a message dated 12/3/2017 5:44:03 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: 36". It is NOT a flatbed. On Sun, 3 Dec 2017, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: > how large is it? thx ed# > > Sent from AOL Mobile Mail > > On

Re: offering: computer, A/V and optical equipment, plus books and more, to be cleared out around mid-December

2017-12-05 Thread em gee via cctalk
Thank you for the interest, today I'll personally reply to those who showed interest. (My apologies, I didn't find the opportunity during the weekend.) I also created another overview of what I have up for sale: < http://bit.ly/2ifO5xE> (Which I'll be updating.) - MG

NeXT hardware about to be recycled in Texas

2017-12-05 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
https://twitter.com/tapbot_paul/status/937465839888093184/photo/1 I don't know if anyone is in the area to rescue this... -- Liam Proven • Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • Google Mail/Talk/Plus: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven • Skype/LinkedIn/AI