Text art (Was: Found! Ge 115 computer brochure

2022-03-13 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
more like this: (Who needs VGA, if you have a non-proportional font?) (Text art, with a proportional font, is psychedelic) __ |--|--| __ __ __ | ___ | () | | 64X4 | 64X4 | || | | | |

Re: Found! Ge 115 computer brochure

2022-03-13 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
If you can switch to a non-proportional font (not easy with AOHell), you can make "ASCII Art". It's not just for soft-core porn. On Sun, 13 Mar 2022, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: A person that had this ge computer would know.   Anyway this listserv still rejects images still ? Sent from th

Re: Found! Ge 115 computer brochure

2022-03-13 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Sun, 13 Mar 2022, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: A person that had this ge computer would know.   Anyway this listserv still rejects images still ? Sent from the all new AOL app for Android Yes. They screw up the teletype.

Re: Found! Ge 115 computer brochure

2022-03-13 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
A person that had this ge computer would know.   Anyway this listserv still rejects images still ? Sent from the all new AOL app for Android On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 8:31 AM, Adrian Stoness wrote: Upload a scan would help On Sat., Mar. 12, 2022, 12:26 a.m. ED SHARPE via cctalk, wrote: F

Re: DECmate II disk image tooling?

2022-03-13 Thread Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk
On 3/13/2022 7:57 AM, David Schmidt via cctech wrote: Good point about the CP/M disk - actually it is read just fine with cpmtools with this diskdef: # PRO CP/M RX50 DZ format (Perhaps only 79 tracks should be used?) diskdef dec_pro seclen 512 tracks 80 sectrk 10 blocksize 2048 ma

Re: DECmate II disk image tooling?

2022-03-13 Thread David Schmidt via cctalk
Good point about the CP/M disk - actually it is read just fine with cpmtools with this diskdef: # PRO CP/M RX50 DZ format (Perhaps only 79 tracks should be used?) diskdef dec_pro seclen 512 tracks 80 sectrk 10 blocksize 2048 maxdir 128 skew 2 boottrk 2 os 2.2 end So I'm left with

Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 90, Issue 7 - Re: DEC H500 Digital Computer Lab

2022-03-13 Thread DI Gerhard Kreuzer via cctalk
Hi Tom, everything else ist more expensive than Chinese stuff, but quality .. I have to order parts at Mouser, so I will get 10 pcs. This will take 3 or 4 weeks, so stay tunes, I will report. With best regards Gerhard Zitat von Tom Hunter : Hi Gerhard,   Yes - these loo

Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 90, Issue 7 - Re: DEC H500 Digital Computer Lab

2022-03-13 Thread Tom Hunter via cctalk
Hi Gerhard, Yes - these look good but the price is much higher than what I paid. As I no longer work, modifying the cheap Chinese banana plugs was viable. If you still work and are time limited then the Pomona plugs may be the better option. It may be best to get a small number first to try before

Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 90, Issue 7 - Re: DEC H500 Digital Computer Lab

2022-03-13 Thread DI Gerhard Kreuzer via cctalk
Hi Tom, what do you think about this parts: Microsoft Word - D5936.doc (mouser.at)[1] Looks like 0.09" diameter. With best regards Gerhard Zitat von Tom Hunter : Hi Gerhard,   I used the following banana plugs:   https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002907717547.html   Please

Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 90, Issue 7 - Re: DEC H500 Digital Computer Lab

2022-03-13 Thread Tom Hunter via cctalk
Hi Gerhard, I used the following banana plugs: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002907717547.html Please note that only about 30% of the plugs I received were a good fit. The rest I had to modify. I had to remove the barrel shaped contact spring and compress it carefully to open it up to mak

Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 90, Issue 7 - Re: DEC H500 Digital Computer Lab

2022-03-13 Thread DI Gerhard Kreuzer via cctalk
Hi, I also have an H500 waiting for restoration. Maybe anyone can give better winfos about the plugs/connectors of the patch cables. I didn't have any, I have to make new. With best regards Gerhard Zitat von cctalk-requ...@classiccmp.org: Send cctalk mailing list submissions

Re: DECmate II disk image tooling?

2022-03-13 Thread Tom Hunter via cctalk
David, I have a working DECmate III I could try your images on. Tom On Sun, 13 Mar 2022, 4:20 am David Schmidt via cctech, < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I have some disks that look like they're from a DECmate II computer, > standard RX50K drives. The disk images all look like they're a mix o

Re: DECmate II disk image tooling?

2022-03-13 Thread Rick Murphy via cctalk
On 3/12/2022 3:20 PM, David Schmidt via cctech wrote: I have some disks that look like they're from a DECmate II computer, standard RX50K drives. The disk images all look like they're a mix of 12-bit (OS/78 or OS/278?) and 8-bit all on the same media. I can't convince PUTR to make sense of the

Re: DECmate II disk image tooling?

2022-03-13 Thread Ray Jewhurst via cctalk
I'm not sure what would be on the "System Disks“ but it's probably OS/78 or 278. As far as the CP/M disks and the 8-bit component of the disks, those are for the Z-80 expansion card which Simh does not emulate. Ray Get Outlook for Android

DECmate II disk image tooling?

2022-03-13 Thread David Schmidt via cctalk
I have some disks that look like they're from a DECmate II computer, standard RX50K drives. The disk images all look like they're a mix of 12-bit (OS/78 or OS/278?) and 8-bit all on the same media. I can't convince PUTR to make sense of the images, so I'm wondering if there is anything else out t