Re: BIG ol tektronix scope 555 - need it gone - make an offer

2018-12-11 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
At 08:34 AM 11/12/2018 -0800, Marc wrote: >That's a beautiful old scope setup. I have a friend who collects this >stuff but he is very low budget and on the opposite side of the country >like me. Heh. How about 'no budget, and opposite side of the world'? Do I win?

Re: BIG ol tektronix scope 555 - need it gone - make an offer

2018-12-11 Thread Marc Howard via cctalk
That's a beautiful old scope setup. I have a friend who collects this stuff but he is very low budget and on the opposite side of the country like me. Marc On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 6:15 AM Paul Koning via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On Dec 11, 2018, at 7:59 AM, Toby Thain via

Re: Genrad 2511 Vibration Control System

2018-12-11 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
At 03:37 PM 11/12/2018 -0800, you wrote: >> Does anyone have a list of remaining sellers of original paper manuals? >> Especialy for instrument >> lines including Tek, HP, GR, etc. > >Dave at Artek Media/Manuals is a good resource. He's managed to find a couple >hardcopy manuals for me that no one

Re: Genrad 2511 Vibration Control System

2018-12-11 Thread Aaron Taylor via cctalk
On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 08:43:52AM +1100, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: > At 09:33 AM 11/12/2018 -0800, you wrote: > >I hadn't noticed this before, but Tucker Electronics closed this past summer > >:-( > >who used to be a good source for manuals. > > Does anyone have a list of remaining sellers of

Re: BIG ol tektronix scope 555 - need it gone - make an offer

2018-12-11 Thread Norman Jaffe via cctalk
I was doing something similar, on a PDP8/L driving a Tektronix scope with a camera attached, using code written in Focal - University of Washington, 1972. I learned a great deal about font generation, given that the code had to trace out each letter shape via X, Y coordinates... From: "cctalk"

Re: Genrad 2511 Vibration Control System

2018-12-11 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
At 09:33 AM 11/12/2018 -0800, you wrote: >I hadn't noticed this before, but Tucker Electronics closed this past summer >:-( >who used to be a good source for manuals. Oh no! Not them too. http://www.manualsplus.com is gone. And they dumpstered most of their huge warehouse full of manuals, des

Re: BIG ol tektronix scope 555 - need it gone - make an offer

2018-12-11 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Dec 11, 2018, at 3:30 PM, Toby Thain wrote: > > On 2018-12-11 9:15 AM, Paul Koning wrote: >> >> >>> On Dec 11, 2018, at 7:59 AM, Toby Thain via cctalk >>> wrote: >>> >>> On 2018-12-11 1:17 AM, devin davison via cctalk wrote: The line about being used with an early computer as a

Re: BIG ol tektronix scope 555 - need it gone - make an offer

2018-12-11 Thread Toby Thain via cctalk
On 2018-12-11 9:15 AM, Paul Koning wrote: > > >> On Dec 11, 2018, at 7:59 AM, Toby Thain via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> On 2018-12-11 1:17 AM, devin davison via cctalk wrote: >>> The line about being used with an early computer as a display caught my >>> eye. How would it be used as a display, what

anyone seen this 11/70 panel on epay?

2018-12-11 Thread Adrian Stoness via cctalk
iust noticed this apear on ebay if anyones looking for a 11/70 front panel https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-DEC-PDP-11-70-DataSystem-570-Computer-Front-Panel-Console-Bezel/323586750740?hash=item4b5745f914:g:V-AAAOSwWXFb55rt:rk:1:pf:0

Re: Genrad 2511 Vibration Control System

2018-12-11 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
Another collector in the area had the basic service manual for the 2515 which is now up under http://bitsavers.org/test_equipment/genrad/25xx I'm working on postprocessing the softwar manual this morning There is a second volume 2515-0102 which contains the schematics. I hadn't noticed this befo

Re: BIG ol tektronix scope 555 - need it gone - make an offer

2018-12-11 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Dec 11, 2018, at 7:59 AM, Toby Thain via cctalk > wrote: > > On 2018-12-11 1:17 AM, devin davison via cctalk wrote: >> The line about being used with an early computer as a display caught my >> eye. How would it be used as a display, what kind of graphics capability >> would it have? is

Re: DG Nova 4 for pickup on Lon Gisland

2018-12-11 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
I had one of those quite a few years ago. The desk comes apart fairly easily. The main unit is just a standard shorty 19" rack. -- Will On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 10:34 PM Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: > > I'm about an hour drive away and somewhat interested, but I don't have > space for the desk

Re: BIG ol tektronix scope 555 - need it gone - make an offer

2018-12-11 Thread Toby Thain via cctalk
On 2018-12-11 1:17 AM, devin davison via cctalk wrote: > The line about being used with an early computer as a display caught my > eye. How would it be used as a display, what kind of graphics capability > would it have? is there an interface for the thing for the pdp 11 or a > modcomp? Those are t