Guy on vcfed offering old IBM lamps

2020-05-03 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
He says "free for shipping". http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?74590-FS-new-(OEM)-IBM-computer-50s-60s-blinken-light-console-bulbs-1401-360 I couldn[t get him to post a photo. He says he also has a bunch of old transistors from the Endicott plant. FWIW, Chuck

Looking for old Suns

2020-05-03 Thread silvercreekvalley via cctalk
Hi, Every now and again I have a bit of time to mess with old computers - and usually for whatever reason - its Sun machines for me. I’ve had loads over the years, played with them and passed them on. Does anyone have anything old Sun wise available in the UK? I’d love to find an old VME bus

Re: Pdp cpus

2020-05-03 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 5/2/20 5:10 PM, Kevin Lee via cctalk wrote: Interesting stuff https://github.com/1801BM1/cpu11 Eric Smith's work on the WD CP1600 chipset's various microcode https://github.com/brouhaha/lsi11uc https://github.com/brouhaha/cp16sim https://github.com/brouhaha/wd9000uc

Re: Wanted, Papertape Reader for Archiving Tapes

2020-05-03 Thread dwight via cctalk
I've got a rebadged Remex someplace but it is intended for fan fold. It takes manual watching to deal with spooled tapes. It is a high speed optical with parallel. On spooled stuff, I'd set it up on a table with it hanging over the edge a little. Then I'd have a piece of scrap plywood as a

Re: Wanted, Papertape Reader for Archiving Tapes

2020-05-03 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
On Sat, May 2, 2020, 7:49 AM David Collins via cctech wrote: > I've pulled together details of the controller used with an HP2748 paper > tape reader to dump a bunch of tapes from the HP Computer Museum's > collection with the help of J. David Bryan. > > The details are at this link.. > >

Pdp cpus

2020-05-03 Thread Kevin Lee via cctalk
Interesting stuff https://github.com/1801BM1/cpu11