Re: Another weird paper tape

2018-12-24 Thread Kyle Owen via cctalk
On Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 15:16 Fred Cisin via cctalk THEN, you insert that message a few characters at a time between words in > Ed's posts. He has cleverly been steganographically relaying the hidden > message for a while. > Maybe the real data has to be read between the holes...! Here's the tape

Re: Another weird paper tape

2018-12-24 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
It's probably encrypted SETI data. You need to analyze the subtle hidden patterns of the differences between the 80h's THEN, you insert that message a few characters at a time between words in Ed's posts. He has cleverly been steganographically relaying the hidden message for a while.

Re: Another weird paper tape

2018-12-24 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
as is ERMA!   eD# In a message dated 12/23/2018 5:59:30 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:   On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 4:52 PM Al Kossow via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > On 12/23/18 4:13 PM, Kyle Owen via cctalk wrote: > > > USA. It is indeed 7 tracks wid

Newbie Punch Tape Questions

2018-12-24 Thread Columbia Valley Maker Space via cctalk
Ok - not so much of a newbie - fed punch tape into a reader for a PDP8 when I attended tech school back when the earth was cooling I have my hands on a PDP8a and a Remex reader. They both seem to function OK with basic tests. I would like to try to read a Mylar punch tape to see if there i

Re: Another weird paper tape

2018-12-24 Thread Patrick Finnegan via cctalk
On Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 09:46 Will Cooke via cctalk > Perhaps I'm just showing my ignorance, but if these are 7 track tapes, > shouldn't the max value be 7f? Am I missing something? > > > On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 6:24 PM Kyle Owen via cctalk < > > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> The 8th channel

Re: Another weird paper tape

2018-12-24 Thread Will Cooke via cctalk
> On December 24, 2018 at 10:24 AM Bill Degnan via cctalk > wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 10:22 AM Bill Degnan wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 6:24 PM Kyle Owen via cctalk < > > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > >> I have another paper tape...this time, it's 7-channel. >

Re: Another weird paper tape

2018-12-24 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 10:22 AM Bill Degnan wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 6:24 PM Kyle Owen via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> I have another paper tape...this time, it's 7-channel. >> >> I dumped it and found that it has very, very little data on it. >> >> Tape image here:

Re: Another weird paper tape

2018-12-24 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 6:24 PM Kyle Owen via cctalk wrote: > I have another paper tape...this time, it's 7-channel. > > I dumped it and found that it has very, very little data on it. > > Tape image here: > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kCiSiNuPvAPzBG0XCqBJiBoPhjmyvU21 > > Here's some of the

flashx20 - Floppy and screen for the Epson HX-20

2018-12-24 Thread Norbert Kehrer via cctalk
I now also added graphics support to flashx20. The commands to draw dots and lines available in Epson BASIC can now be used to create high-resolution pictures in different resolutions and up to 8 colors on the screen of the Windows PC connected to the HX-20. The graphics screen is shown in a s