nice find
On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 11:34 PM, Tomasz Rola via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> What the subject says. For control & analog aficionados.
>
> http://blog.presentandcorrect.com/27986-2
>
> source: https://lobste.rs/s/ziu1uu/collection_soviet_control_rooms
>
> --
> Regards,
>
What the subject says. For control & analog aficionados.
http://blog.presentandcorrect.com/27986-2
source: https://lobste.rs/s/ziu1uu/collection_soviet_control_rooms
--
Regards,
Tomasz Rola
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On Jan 13, 2018, at 1:09 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk
wrote:
> Ah; the dual-wide plug-in connector soldered onto the back kind of threw me a
> bit!
Yeah it’s a bit weird, but mine has that too. It’s a pass-through, and It
turns out, handily, that that you can plug in a
Bill, you're talking about the seller, yes?
That's fantastic! I totally missed the MiniFrame auction altogether. A
completed listings lookup found it: http://ebay.to/2DwNamo
I'm VERY glad that you have that!
Previous to you mentioning this, I've only been aware of one MiniFrame
(I've
On 1/13/18 7:06 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
> I'm just wondering if anybody here did (or knows who) bought this one.
no, but I bought his miniframe, which is very clean.
I used my mfm emulator to image the disks, I haven't had time yet to see what
condition
the cartridge tapes are
Notice it has an AT mouse!!
bill
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I'm just wondering if anybody here did (or knows who) bought this one.
http://ebay.to/2DaRr13
Even though these were all manufactured by Convergent Technologies, this
one is actually BRANDED by Convergent, as their model S/50.
And there's software included here. I tried to buy myself, but just
On 01/13/2018 05:40 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> All of this reminds me of a trick that I witnessed on a Model 40 running
> DOS/360. Some guy wrote a chained CCW set with a TIC back to the
> beginning of the list of CCBs that rang the bell on the 1052 operator's
> console and locked the
On 1/13/2018 3:24 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> (I'm unaware of any punch-card attacks, but trojans were possible when
> people used prior subroutines).
Depends on what you mean "attack". CDC 6000 SCOPE had two PP programs
(which could be invoked via user control card).
One was
Although reduction in sneaker-net has virtually eliminated boot-sector
spread.
On Sun, 14 Jan 2018, Tapley, Mark wrote:
I never made that connection before! Glad you toed me.
There had already been some reduction. The first PCs with a hard disk
would always attempt to boot from floppy
On 1/13/2018 3:24 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
(I'm unaware of any punch-card attacks, but trojans were possible when
people used prior subroutines)
When I was using cards with our campus 360/50 MVT system and you could
submit probably anything, a friend in EE (we were squatters in the CS
On 01/13/2018 11:28 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
On 1/13/18 9:04 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
I don't know what you are talking about with Mylar on both sides. They were
conventional magnetic tape, a clear mylar
film with oxide applied to one side.
the actual spec is here:
On Jan 13, 2018, at 5:24 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
> Although reduction in sneaker-net has virtually eliminated boot-sector spread.
I never made that connection before! Glad you toed me.
On Sat, 13 Jan 2018, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote:
I wrote about Spectre and Meltdown recently: INTEL took its time to inform
the world! Did it inform the world back in earlier days about potential
flaws? Not to blame INTEL only: What about Zilog, etc.? Or did pre-Internet
era protect us
That one is going to go for an insane amount of money:
Hello,
I'm searching a source of good tape for a TU80 and a TU81 I have.
I acquired some media from eBay, but all of that suffers of sticky problem
and is unusable.
Anybody has some to sell, or for give an advice of a seller of proven good
tape?
I wish prefer a seller in EU or UK, but even
> From: Fritz Mueller
> Definitely an RK11-C
Ah; the dual-wide plug-in connector soldered onto the back kind of threw me a
bit!
> And it would make sense with the diablo and the RK05 in there.
Right, but I wonder if the RK05 is on the same controller as the Diablo, or if
the PDP-8
On Jan 13, 2018 11:36 AM, "Paul Koning via cctalk"
wrote:
> On Jan 13, 2018, at 1:22 PM, Dave Wade via cctalk
wrote:
>
> ...
> It delayed telling the world to allow time for OS providers to apply
fixes. This is now standard and the delays are
On Jan 13, 2018 11:22 AM, "Dave Wade via cctalk"
wrote:
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Murray
> McCullough via cctalk
> Sent: 13 January 2018 18:09
> To: cctalk
> Subject: Spectre &
On 1/13/2018 6:20 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
So why are reels of DECtape selling for unbelievable prices on eBait?
The ones in the post are from Bill Donzelli. I'd imagine he's happy. I
looked at acquiring another one, but they went way high as you pointed
out. My friend with some
On 1/13/2018 10:15 AM, Ali via cctalk wrote:
I'm going to disagree with Al, though - I don't think it's going to go
for that much, it's 'local pickup only'. That's going to severely limit
the bidder pool.
For us non DEC aficionados why is there potential for the system to go for
insane
On Jan 13, 2018, at 10:30 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk
wrote:
> that exposed backplane above it _might_ be an RK11-C...
Definitely an RK11-C — having recently restored one in my 11/45, I can see the
flying components on the backplane here are in just the right places.
> On Jan 13, 2018, at 08:52, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> So, where were all these people when I was trying to clean out
> my old house a couple years ago? I threw out piles of tapes of
> various formats because I couldn't find anyone to take them for
>
> On Jan 13, 2018, at 1:22 PM, Dave Wade via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> ...
> It delayed telling the world to allow time for OS providers to apply fixes.
> This is now standard and the delays are defined...
>
>
> On Jan 13, 2018, at 1:08 PM, Murray McCullough via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> I wrote about Spectre and Meltdown recently: INTEL took its time to inform
> the world!
Of course, and for good reason. The current practice has been carefully
crafted by the consensus of
> From: Ali
> why is there potential for the system to go for insane amounts of money?
I'm going to guess that Al had the GT40 in mind. (I wonder if that was named
after the car, BTW?) I don't see anything else there that's _that_ desirable -
the Diablo (aka RK02/RK03) is pretty rare,
> On Jan 13, 2018, at 12:28 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 1/13/18 9:04 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
>
>> I don't know what you are talking about with Mylar on both sides. They were
>> conventional magnetic tape, a clear mylar
>> film with oxide
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Murray
> McCullough via cctalk
> Sent: 13 January 2018 18:09
> To: cctalk
> Subject: Spectre & Meltdown
>
> I wrote about Spectre and Meltdown recently: INTEL took its time to
> I'm going to disagree with Al, though - I don't think it's going to go
> for that much, it's 'local pickup only'. That's going to severely limit
> the bidder pool.
For us non DEC aficionados why is there potential for the system to go for
insane amounts of money? Does it have some rare piece of
> I wrote about Spectre and Meltdown recently: INTEL took its time to
> inform the world! Did it inform the world back in earlier days about
> potential flaws? Not to blame INTEL only: What about Zilog, etc.? Or
Yes, of course it did. The famous Pentium FDIV bug comes immediately to mind.
Of
I wrote about Spectre and Meltdown recently: INTEL took its time to inform
the world! Did it inform the world back in earlier days about potential
flaws? Not to blame INTEL only: What about Zilog, etc.? Or did pre-Internet
era protect us computer-classic users? What about running emulation
On 1/13/18 9:04 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
> I don't know what you are talking about with Mylar on both sides. They were
> conventional magnetic tape, a clear mylar
> film with oxide applied to one side.
the actual spec is here:
On 01/13/2018 08:34 AM, David Bridgham via cctalk wrote:
So why are reels of DECtape selling for unbelievable prices on eBait? See,
e.g. here:
I had those on my watch-list and just shake my head at the astonishing
prices for the things.
I've wondered if you might not make DECtape tape from
So, where were all these people when I was trying to clean out
my old house a couple years ago? I threw out piles of tapes of
various formats because I couldn't find anyone to take them for
postage. I also threw out piles of other stuff (some of it old DEC
and Sun kit) after offering it on eBay
> So why are reels of DECtape selling for unbelievable prices on eBait? See,
> e.g. here:
I had those on my watch-list and just shake my head at the astonishing
prices for the things.
I've wondered if you might not make DECtape tape from 3/4" video tape.
I know that DECtape has mylar on both
So why are reels of DECtape selling for unbelievable prices on eBait? See,
e.g. here:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/372186744906
and here:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/372186745609
I can't believe there are hordes of TU55/TU56 owners out there who desperately
need media; so what is it? People who
> From: Paul Anderson
> I wonder what happened to the third rack...
And the TU-56...
I'm going to disagree with Al, though - I don't think it's going to go for
that much, it's 'local pickup only'. That's going to severely limit the
bidder pool.
Noel
wow
On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 1:42 AM, Paul Anderson via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> I wonder what happened to the third rack...
>
> On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 4:24 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org
> > wrote:
>
> > this is going to go for an insane amt of money
> >
> >
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