Re: Looking for PDP-11/23+ parts for museum restoration

2020-11-10 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 9:44 PM Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 3:22 AM rice43 via cctalk > wrote: > > I believe he's just looking for a BA23 rackmount faceplate, an RL02 > > drive and a 3U blanking plate for those half-height PDP-11 cabinets > > The 5.25"-tall blank plate

Re: Soldering DB connectors

2020-11-10 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 1:47 PM Richard Milward via cctalk wrote: > Something that's always worked for me: when soldering a male DB > connector (DB9, DB25, whatever -- or really any male/pin style > connector), plug it into a mating female connector first. That will hold > the pins securely in

Looking for a boot disk or software...

2020-11-10 Thread geneb via cctalk
...for a Northern Telcom (Telecom?) Spectron Datascope 4000: https://i.imgur.com/qb4VTpO.jpg Fingers crossed that someone here knows where it can be had. Thanks! g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go

Re: Soldering DB connectors

2020-11-10 Thread Adrian Stoness via cctalk
now thats a pro tip On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 12:47 PM Richard Milward via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Something that's always worked for me: when soldering a male DB > connector (DB9, DB25, whatever -- or really any male/pin style > connector), plug it into a mating female connector

Soldering DB connectors

2020-11-10 Thread Richard Milward via cctalk
Something that's always worked for me: when soldering a male DB connector (DB9, DB25, whatever -- or really any male/pin style connector), plug it into a mating female connector first. That will hold the pins securely in place and prevent them from sagging in the plastic of the body if your

Re: Way off topic: posting to the list using default Samsung Android Mail Client

2020-11-10 Thread Angel M Alganza via cctalk
Hello, On 11/10/20 3:45 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > Proper old-fashioned internet-standard email > is totally unknown to the authors of modern email clients, > such as for phones etc. Most of them, yes. Then there is K-9 mail for Android, which almost makes me to not miss Mutt, when

Re: Floppy disk: one drive per face

2020-11-10 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 5:11 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > What, is this a question akin to γνῶθι σεαυτόν? Βρείτε σεαυτόν? I don't > think it would take a Delphic oracle to do that. Loving the classical references. -ethan

Re: Way off topic: posting to the list using default Samsung Android Mail Client

2020-11-10 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
On 11/10/20 3:45 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: Proper old-fashioned internet-standard email is totally unknown to the authors of modern email clients, such as for phones etc. Hell, even Gmail borked the display of plain text emails a while back. I started getting questions like, "What

Re: Way off topic: posting to the list using default Samsung Android Mail Client

2020-11-10 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Tue, 10 Nov 2020 at 11:31, Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk wrote: > > That is like asking how do you fix Windows/10 MAIL app. It’s the default, it > sends and receives mail. If you want something that works better and gives > you control then you switch to a supported app. > There is also Outlook

RE: Way off topic: posting to the list using default Samsung Android Mail Client

2020-11-10 Thread Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Ali via cctalk > Sent: 10 November 2020 00:28 > To: 'Liam Proven' ; 'General Discussion: On-Topic and > Off-Topic Posts' > Subject: RE: Way off topic: posting to the list using default Samsung Android > Mail Client > > > > Any > > >