Re: DEC Computer Lab for sale

2021-05-29 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
> While the mini-banana makes a passable (though expensive) modern > substitute, I believe the originals were hollow crimp-on taper pins, > #42107 or #42279. Really? I have loads of taper pin patch cables. I should try one out. The sockets just loom too big for taper pins. -- Will

Re: DEC Computer Lab for sale

2021-05-29 Thread Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk
On 5/29/2021 5:58 PM, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote: Who's idea was the mini-banana anyway? I do not think it was General Radio. Pomona? I recently came across some dual mini banana adapters (for someone without correct context that would be very confusing) but they have no makers marks.

Re: how to make use of daisy wheel printer

2021-05-29 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 5/29/21 6:42 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > On Sun, 30 May 2021, dwight via cctalk wrote: >> I had a Brother daisy wheel that would do a single step of the stepper >> and a second strike, for bold. You need to have the right esc >> sequence. Just about every printer is different until HP

Re: DEC Computer Lab for sale

2021-05-29 Thread Mike Stein via cctalk
Any way to get a Discord invite? On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 10:58 AM William Donzelli via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Over on the Discord, I have posted a DEC Computer Lab H-500 for sale. > Needs cosmetic help, but will be priced accordingly. > > Offers? Off list... > > -- > Will >

Re: how to make use of daisy wheel printer

2021-05-29 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Sun, 30 May 2021, dwight via cctalk wrote: I had a Brother daisy wheel that would do a single step of the stepper and a second strike, for bold. You need to have the right esc sequence. Just about every printer is different until HP had a standard( pscl5 as I recall ). Prior to the HP PCL

Re: how to make use of daisy wheel printer

2021-05-29 Thread dwight via cctalk
Hi Chris I had a Brother daisy wheel that would do a single step of the stepper and a second strike, for bold. You need to have the right esc sequence. Just about every printer is different until HP had a standard( pscl5 as I recall ). Dwight From: cctalk on

Re: DEC Computer Lab for sale

2021-05-29 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
Who's idea was the mini-banana anyway? I do not think it was General Radio. Pomona? I recently came across some dual mini banana adapters (for someone without correct context that would be very confusing) but they have no makers marks. Sort of like GenRad 274 stuff but half sized in every

Re: DEC Computer Lab for sale

2021-05-29 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 10:58 AM William Donzelli via cctalk wrote: > Over on the Discord, I have posted a DEC Computer Lab H-500 for sale. > Needs cosmetic help, but will be priced accordingly. I already have one, but it has no wires and a reasonable substitute has not come to light despite

Re: DEC Computer Lab for sale

2021-05-29 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
Whatever that is? Sent from the all new AOL app for Android On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 10:59 AM, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote: The ClassicCMP Discord. -- Will On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 1:54 PM Brent Hilpert via cctalk wrote: > > On 2021-May-29, at 7:58 AM, William Donzelli via cctalk

Re: DEC Computer Lab for sale

2021-05-29 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
The ClassicCMP Discord. -- Will On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 1:54 PM Brent Hilpert via cctalk wrote: > > On 2021-May-29, at 7:58 AM, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote: > > Over on the Discord, I have posted a DEC Computer Lab H-500 for sale. > > Needs cosmetic help, but will be priced accordingly. >

Re: DEC Computer Lab for sale

2021-05-29 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2021-May-29, at 7:58 AM, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote: > Over on the Discord, I have posted a DEC Computer Lab H-500 for sale. > Needs cosmetic help, but will be priced accordingly. > > Offers? Off list... As I am aware of it Discord is a software package. What does "Over on the

Re: DEC Computer Lab for sale

2021-05-29 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
Manual is here: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/handbooks/Digital_Computer_Lab_Workbook_1969.pdf On 5/29/2021 7:58 AM, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote: Over on the Discord, I have posted a DEC Computer Lab H-500 for sale. Needs cosmetic help, but will be priced accordingly. Offers? Off

Re: DEC Computer Lab for sale

2021-05-29 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
Here is Lab book correct linkhttps://archive.org/search.php?query=H500+logic Enjoy!ED# Sent from the all new AOL app for Android On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 9:37 AM, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: Smecc has an extra one of these  DEC labs... May be missing patch cords but in nice shape we would

Re: DEC Computer Lab for sale

2021-05-29 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
Smecc has an extra one of these  DEC labs... May be missing patch cords but in nice shape we would sell or trade... I think bitsavers  or one of the other has manual  Off list. Please Here is history  on Kab unit and interesting commentary  of manual writer!

Re: how to make use of daisy wheel printer

2021-05-29 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 5/29/21 12:38 AM, Tony Duell wrote: > I have a printer which consists of a Diablo 630 chassis with a dot > matrix head. A Sanders 700. It takes little ROM cartridges for the > fonts (alas no downloadable fonts sor graphics mode) and does up to 8 > passes to produce almost daisywheel quality

Re: how to make use of daisy wheel printer

2021-05-29 Thread Richard Loken via cctalk
On Sat, 29 May 2021, Christian Groessler via cctalk wrote: Were there Unix versions of WS? Or any other solution with Unix? I prefer the ability to log in from remote. I think Gnu troff and/or ghostscript should have a suitable driver. Old drivers are rarely deleted even years after they

Re: how to make use of daisy wheel printer

2021-05-29 Thread Christian Groessler via cctalk
On 5/29/21 2:11 AM, Christian Groessler via cctalk wrote: Operating system is unixish (Linux/NetBSD/FreeBSD). MS-DOS would work, too. Maybe something like (g|t)roff? Ok, so Wordstar should work. I think I have version 5 or 6 for DOS. Were there Unix versions of WS? Or any other solution

DEC Computer Lab for sale

2021-05-29 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
Over on the Discord, I have posted a DEC Computer Lab H-500 for sale. Needs cosmetic help, but will be priced accordingly. Offers? Off list... -- Will

Re: how to make use of daisy wheel printer

2021-05-29 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 8:26 AM Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > I pretty much left the world of daisywheel printers when the first HP > Laserjet broke onto the scene. Beautiful output--and so much faster > and quieter! ) Agreed, although I'd love an HP9871 for my HP9830, just to see that

Re: how to make use of daisy wheel printer

2021-05-29 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 5/28/21 11:29 PM, Lawrence Wilkinson via cctalk wrote: > On 29/05/21 2:40 am, Fred Cisin via cctech wrote: >> Wordstar had some "drivers" for proportional spacing. >> I kinda doubt that there are practical Windoze drivers. > > Yes. I seem to recall that Wordstar had fairly sophisticated

Re: how to make use of daisy wheel printer

2021-05-29 Thread Lawrence Wilkinson via cctalk
On 29/05/21 2:40 am, Fred Cisin via cctech wrote: Wordstar had some "drivers" for proportional spacing. I kinda doubt that there are practical Windoze drivers. Yes. I seem to recall that Wordstar had fairly sophisticated support for printers, though you would probably still have to configure