On 11/13/18 2:37 PM, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote:
Fred Cisin wrote:
Opened to public at 10:00 AM, by which time, the vendors had been buying
each others stuff for quite a while. "It's worth getting a vendor table,
just for the early admission!"
That's true for just about any
There's a blue-and-black grid, and an all-black grid, at least with Sun
mice. Mice that work on one won't work on the other. At least with the
blue-and-black grid, spacing didn't seem to matter -- I've got three sizes
of spacing, all three work with the mice that support it.
Not sure if it
On 11/13/2018 10:28 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 at 17:12, Jon Elson via cctalk
wrote:
Well, how DID they make panels?
Letraset? :-)
Yes, thanks, that was another brand of this technology!
Jon
here's one
https://www.ebay.com/itm/192719727693
do you know if it needs a original coarse or fine grid pad?
I'm surprised you don't have any Sun optical mice kicking around.
When I upgraded my first TRS80 from 4K to 16K, it was with 4116s from
Godbout.
The next time that I went in there, he had packaged up a whole bunch of
4116s into groups of 8 with a piece of paper giving directions for TRS80
installation.
Ok that i what I remember too
The first one was great
I went later one time years later and yea the feel had changed...
the 2ed had no stacks of New varian 620 front panels and chassis!
surplus and duck...
wonder if he still has the 59 el camino?
http://vcfed.org/wp/2018/11/13/r-i-p-bill-godbout-79/
:(
I have the combo unit including solder. I do not have any other experience
with any high-end ware but I can say that this unit does all I need and
does it well.
On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 7:17 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On 11/13/18 7:38 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk
All this yammering about fancy desoldering gizmos harkens back memories of
a "desoldering station" consisting of a hot soldering iron ... made of a
hefty amount of copper (the kind you put in a pit of fire to heat up!) and
a long, skinny screwdriver, or two, used to _very_ gently pry up ICs from
"Computer Swap America" run by John Craig. Santa Clara County Fairgrounds
344 Tully Roadnice El Camino(s?)
Opened to public at 10:00 AM, by which time, the vendors had been buying
each others stuff for quite a while. "It's worth getting a vendor table,
just for the early admission!"
On
YES! John Craig!
Thank you for the brain refresh!
how many shows a year does he do?
Ed#
In a message dated 11/13/2018 3:15:02 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
ci...@xenosoft.com writes:
> computer fair in as I remember San Jose California … I believe it was
> at the fairgrounds
On 11/10/18 10:47 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote:
Today I picked up a Rainbow 100. The seller bought it new for a
specific need and he says that it had been sitting in his barn since
'84. It looks like it was a dry barn because things look pretty clean
for the most part aside from a
At 10:11 AM 13/11/2018 -0600, you wrote:
>On 11/12/2018 08:51 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
>>
>> IFF DEC used a commercial font, then it should be possible
>> to find it.
>>
>> But, it is extremely likely that they did NOT use a
>> commercial font, and either had their graphics art people
On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 10:32 PM Tomasz Rola via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 07:12:49PM +0100, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech
> wrote:
> > On 11/10/18, 6:49 PM, "Rico Pajarola" wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > I have tried to print my own mousepad, but the mouse only
Fred Cisin wrote:
> Opened to public at 10:00 AM, by which time, the vendors had been buying
> each others stuff for quite a while. "It's worth getting a vendor table,
> just for the early admission!"
That's true for just about any hamfest/swap meet, isn't it? Buy stuff right
out
of
computer fair in as I remember San Jose California … I believe it was
at the fairgrounds … (Fair was run by a pleasant guy (was his name
Craig or? Can someone clarify?)
"Computer Swap America" run by John Craig. Santa Clara County Fairgrounds
344 Tully Road nice El Camino(s?)
Opened to
On 11/13/2018 03:46 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 4:08 AM Eric Smith wrote:
>>> It is remotely possible that there's an undocumented "format" command
>>> in the protocol. However, I've heard multiple people claim that
>>> special firmware was required.
>> I spent
A BILL GODBOUT TALE C- Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC
BEWARE THIS NARTIVE WANDERS>…
A very old friend Bill Godbout of the s100 computer days and my first real
commercial buyer of any large quantity of surplus electronics material from me
when I went into the early part of my computer store
I believe that a mini version of the VAX 9000 consisting of the main CPU
rack can be set up for display, plus photos / posters of a full setup in
the background. Add a terminal or two and we can demo the 9000 without
breaking the bank. I did not check but even a few drives would suffice to
demo
> Any chance someone could write it up?
Pending approval and editing, I will release some video footage I took
on my Youtube channel, Uniservo. No people, no discussion, just a
walkaround of the hardware exhibits. There was real 4K video being
shot (terabytes of it!) by professionals, but I do
Mark J. Blair (NF6X) has a git repo with various TU58 firmware
disassemblies here:
https://gitlab.com/NF6X_Retrocomputing/tu58firmware
On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 1:47 PM Ethan Dicks via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 4:08 AM Eric Smith wrote:
> > I spent some time reverse-engineering the firmware. There is only one
> > undocumented opcode, decimal 10, and I haven't yet figured out what it
> >
On 11/6/18 1:22 AM, erik--- via cctech wrote:
> Yes, lot of metal inside those Rolms. Although all Aluminium, they
> are veeery heavy and I always wondered how many of them also have
> been used in airborne applications, where weight is an issue ;-)
One of the more interesting problems we
On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 07:12:49PM +0100, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech wrote:
> On 11/10/18, 6:49 PM, "Rico Pajarola" wrote:
>
>
>
> I have tried to print my own mousepad, but the mouse only works in
> the y direction on it.
>
> there were 2 versions of that mousepad, and the symptom of
I saw a brief positive post on Facebook, but nothing else.
Any chance someone could write it up?
Also, were there any announcements re. licensing etc?
Steve
---
Stephen Merrony
Dec may have used a customized font. You could recreate it fairly easily using
a font utility like Fontographer (my favorite... Really easy to use) or Font
lab.
They allow you to take a font that you like and modify the different glyphs to
your taste.
Wayne
> On Nov 12, 2018, at 12:04 PM,
http://vcfed.org/wp/2018/11/13/r-i-p-bill-godbout-79/
Evan Koblentz, director
Vintage Computer Federation
a 501(c)3 educational non-profit
e...@vcfed.org
(646) 546-
www.vcfed.org
facebook.com/vcfederation
twitter.com/vcfederation
I communicated with the person who posted on alt.folklore.computers. The
person is a close relative of Bill's; thus, the information about his
tragic passing is true/confirmed.
The person added, "He was living in Oreville, California and perished in
his home on Thursday, Nov. 8. ... Bill was
Here is a GoFundMe started by Bill's son:
https://www.gofundme.com/godbouttuckcampfirerelieffund
Carmiel you lucky dog!
How come you get TWO Titan's, all I want is ONE.
I had one for about a year after it came out. I convinced their sales to park
it in my office next to NASA JSC while we both were entertaining customers.
I did some visualization work using Dore' and AVS.
recently, I
On 11/10/18, 6:49 PM, "Rico Pajarola" wrote:
I have tried to print my own mousepad, but the mouse only works in the y
direction on it.
there were 2 versions of that mousepad, and the symptom of using the wrong one
was that the mouse would only move in one direction.
There was another
Amazing rescue! Hope nothing breaks.
On 11/8/18, 3:55 AM, "cctalk on behalf of Evan Koblentz via cctalk"
wrote:
The VCF museum took delivery of a VAX 9440 today.
It arrived in two 28-foot trailers. Here's our forklift driver beginning
to unload the first truck:
That is a behemoth!!
Did you ger that huge powerforming thingy that goes
with it?
I'm told that we got * everything *.
Are you crazy enough to atempt a power-up?
Yes.
Hello everyone,
A week ago, I took possession of a second Ardent Titan graphics supercomputer,
and unlike the other Titan, this one is almost complete. There is one tiny bit
missing, and that is a mouse pad. The mouse used with this systems is a Mouse
Systems M4 variant (M4Q), and it does
Just picked up an IBM System/36 5362 tonight. It is in pretty good
physical condition with just a few minor scratches - other than needing
a thorough cleaning. It has 2 60 MB hard disks in the unit. Not sure
of the RAM capacity. Missing the the mode hard key.
A few of us tried to get it
"drrt1...@gmail.com" posted on AFC this morning that Bill died in the
Camp fire in Northern California on Thursday.
Has anyone else heard about this?
Google has no mention. Yet.
How can we confirm?
I emailed (on behalf of VCF) the person who posted it there but haven't
yet heard back.
Guys,
I'm about to finish another project:
"UniBone" - a Linux-to-UNIBUS bridge, based on the BeagleBone Black.
It is supposed to be a development platform for device emulation.
At the moment it can emulate memory, emulate an RL11 controller with 4
RL drives attached, and act as UNIBUS
The question is probably, could they afford the power bill? We have a bunch of
Crays and CDCs at the Computer History Museum, and if they were operational,
we'd probably have to take up a special very-large-hat-passing collection
http://vcfed.org/wp/contribute/
:)
Amazing rescue! Hope nothing breaks.
Right now I'm just happy no * people * broke when it was delivered!
Unloading it from two 28-foot trailers required five people, two pallet
jacks, and a forklift.
You will need the keyboard. Those terminals usually don't come up without
it. Good news tho if the keyboard has been nicked, the protocol is
compatible-ish with PS/2. I have successfully used $generic_ps2_keyboard
with the right plug for it. Make sure to not hit the Windows key (or any
other 'new'
Congrats on that amazing find.
On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 5:24 PM Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech <
cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
>
>
> A week ago, I took possession of a second Ardent Titan graphics
> supercomputer, and unlike the other Titan, this one is almost complete.
>
On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 7:12 PM Camiel Vanderhoeven <
camiel.vanderhoe...@vmssoftware.com> wrote:
> On 11/10/18, 6:49 PM, "Rico Pajarola" wrote:
>
>
>
> I have tried to print my own mousepad, but the mouse only works in the y
> direction on it.
>
> there were 2 versions of that mousepad, and the
On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 4:08 AM Eric Smith wrote:
> > It is remotely possible that there's an undocumented "format" command
> > in the protocol. However, I've heard multiple people claim that
> > special firmware was required.
>
> I spent some time reverse-engineering the firmware. There is
On 11/13/18 7:38 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote:
> Instead, I use two pencil-type irons, one in each hand, working under
> a stereo microscope. The tips are much better, and manipulating each
> tip independently provides great control of what's going on. Only
> drawback is that if you want to
> On Nov 13, 2018, at 12:12 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 11/13/18 8:58 AM, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote:
>
>> I am not aware of one, but I can hunt around. I'm also waiting on a
>> friend who might have an idea about the DX11 panel, which is a different
>> font from this
On 2018-11-13 10:21 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
> > From: Toby Thain
>
> > To get closer I'd need better images of the panels.
>
> Hi, I borrowed a DEC inlay from someone (a KA10 CPU bay) and scanned a chunk
> of it (as much as I could fit into my A4 scanner :-) at 200 dpi:
>
>
On 11/12/2018 1:30 PM, Patrick Finnegan via cctalk wrote:
On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 12:22 PM Jon Elson via cctalk
wrote:
On 11/11/2018 11:36 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote:
This is most likely correct. I re-installed the OS on a
different SD card/SCSI2SD device and got a successful
On 11/13/18 8:58 AM, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote:
> I am not aware of one, but I can hunt around. I'm also waiting on a
> friend who might have an idea about the DX11 panel, which is a different
> font from this one.
Wasn't the DX11 a Systems Concepts product?
On 2018-11-13 10:21 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
> > From: Toby Thain
>
> > To get closer I'd need better images of the panels.
>
> Hi, I borrowed a DEC inlay from someone (a KA10 CPU bay) and scanned a chunk
> of it (as much as I could fit into my A4 scanner :-) at 200 dpi:
>
>
On 2018-11-13 11:11 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
> On 11/12/2018 08:51 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
>>
>> IFF DEC used a commercial font, then it should be possible to find it.
>>
>> But, it is extremely likely that they did NOT use a commercial font,
>> and either had their graphics art
On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 at 17:12, Jon Elson via cctalk
wrote:
> Well, how DID they make panels?
Letraset? :-)
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On 11/12/2018 08:51 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
IFF DEC used a commercial font, then it should be possible
to find it.
But, it is extremely likely that they did NOT use a
commercial font, and either had their graphics art people
draw the characters as needed, or used reference
What a majestic system! When I saw the teaser picture of the backs of racks on
Twitter, I was assuming something in the 11/78x series. I don't know anything
about the 9440 yet, so it'll be fun to read up on that.
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X
http://www.nf6x.net/
On the topic of desoldering tweezers: I don't like them. I've done tons of
rework of components down to 0201 size. I consider 0201 to be difficult, but I
found that once I could work on 0201 components at all, 0402 suddenly seemed
easy to work with!
Anyway, the tweezers I've used had poor tip
> From: Toby Thain
> To get closer I'd need better images of the panels.
Hi, I borrowed a DEC inlay from someone (a KA10 CPU bay) and scanned a chunk
of it (as much as I could fit into my A4 scanner :-) at 200 dpi:
http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/jpg/KACPUPanel.jpg
I have a TC08
On 2018-11-13 8:38 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
>
>
>> On Nov 13, 2018, at 8:08 AM, Toby Thain via cctalk
>> wrote:
>>
>> On 2018-11-12 9:51 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
>>> [Top posted to avoid trimming information that might be useful to many]
>>>
>>> IFF DEC used a commercial font, then it
> On Nov 13, 2018, at 8:54 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>
>
>> On Nov 13, 2018, at 8:42 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Nov 13, 2018, at 12:11 AM, Steve Malikoff via cctalk
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> ...
>>> In Noel's case the originals are probably not at
> On Nov 13, 2018, at 8:42 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>
>
>> On Nov 13, 2018, at 12:11 AM, Steve Malikoff via cctalk
>> wrote:
>>
>> ...
>> In Noel's case the originals are probably not at hand, so there is obviously
>> no choice but to
>> recreate them. I can't help with
> On Nov 13, 2018, at 12:11 AM, Steve Malikoff via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> ...
> In Noel's case the originals are probably not at hand, so there is obviously
> no choice but to
> recreate them. I can't help with the font but it makes me think of the curved
> font on the front
> of the PDP-11
> On Nov 13, 2018, at 8:08 AM, Toby Thain via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> On 2018-11-12 9:51 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
>> [Top posted to avoid trimming information that might be useful to many]
>>
>> IFF DEC used a commercial font, then it should be possible to find it.
>>
>
> Another plan
On 2018-11-12 9:51 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> [Top posted to avoid trimming information that might be useful to many]
>
> IFF DEC used a commercial font, then it should be possible to find it.
>
Another plan of attack could be to find the corporate standards manuals
that applied during
On 2018-11-13 12:11 AM, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote:
> Guy said
>> Hmm, I posted to the list about this 3 hours ago, and it hasn't appeared yet.
>> Is there an extra vetting process for posts that include links to web sites?
>> I included various links to font searching sites, cleaned-up
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