PDP 11 repairs in progress

2019-01-15 Thread devin davison via cctalk
Hello, ive been reading on the list here for a while. I'm usually in the background not seen much, I figured i would give a status update on my pdp 11/34 system. I have been moving quite often for work over the past couple years, and still have not gotten my machine running since picking it up

Relating to 386 / 486 motherboards wanted

2019-01-15 Thread devin davison via cctalk
About a week ago, "drlegendre" posted looking for some 386 and 486 boards. I said i had some, but was quickly overwhelmed with work and have not had time to post back till now. Should anyone else be interested, I'm putting a link to some pictures of what 386 and 486 boards i have. Some have

Obscure IBM trivia T-shirt

2019-01-15 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
https://www.zazzle.co.uk/ikf4084i_c_t_shirt-235922162936523884 In the 1970s I got a catalog from a T-shirt company named "Outer products" and this one was in it. I had to look it up in the OS/360 "Messages and Codes" manual. It's a real code, and it fits. I never did try to reproduce it,

DEC VR150 CRT Monitor

2019-01-15 Thread Douglas Taylor via cctalk
I have one of these and would like to get it working correctly, but can't find any info on it from the internet. It has a date code of 1989 and was built in Yokahama Japan, by who I don't know. Does anyone know who DEC had build there CRT monitors back then? Are schematics available? Doug

Re: 3850 media

2019-01-15 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
Peter, was that what you were looking for? =] -- Anders Nelson +1 (517) 775-6129 www.erogear.com On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 10:38 PM cctalk via cctalk wrote: > I believe someone was looking for these recently. > > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-3850-media-cartridge-1970s-vintage/123591889131 >

Enjoyable blog post about a retro writing tool: the Amstrad NC100

2019-01-15 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
https://tantobieinternettattler.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-amstrad-nc100-portable-perfection.html I have one of these myself -- my piece about it (and some its kin) is here... https://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2011/11/10/portable_writing_tool/ -- Liam Proven - Profile: