Re: PDP 11/24 - A Step Backwards

2022-03-27 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Sun, Mar 27, 2022 at 7:49 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > On 3/27/22 05:17, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 11:12 PM Rob Jarratt via cctalk > > wrote: > > > >> Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, the PSU > >> repair is under

FTGH: DEC Networks & Comm Buyer's Guide, Letterprinter 210/LA50 manuals

2022-03-27 Thread Toby Thain via cctalk
Hi, Digital Networks & Communications Buyer's Guide 1987 April-June Also some DEC Letterprinter 210 and LA50 Printer manuals, ask for a list. For postage from Toronto Canada. --Toby

YouTube on the History of DEC

2022-03-27 Thread Robert Feldman via cctalk
A friend who used to work as a software trainer for DEC sent me the following link (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uIqlMfSCs0E), which points to an hour-and-a-half-long YouTube video from June 2021 about the history of DEC. It is a Zoom presentation from the Maynard Public Library done by a

Re: PDP 11/24 - A Step Backwards

2022-03-27 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 3/27/2022 11:49 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 3/27/22 14:48, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Bigger question is who repaired the power supply "under warranty"? My guess would be whoever fixed it this last time and warranted it. bill I have an Alpha DS-20 retired Feb 2021

RE: PDP 11/24 - A Step Backwards

2022-03-27 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Rob Jarratt > today I went back to it to check things a bit more carefully. All the > power outputs of the PSU appear nominal. > ... > Presumably, whatever the part is, it is stopping the CPU working, > because previously the CPU did appear to show some activity,

Re: PDP 11/24 - A Step Backwards

2022-03-27 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 3/27/22 14:48, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Bigger question is who repaired the power supply "under warranty"? My guess would be whoever fixed it this last time and warranted it. bill

FreHD

2022-03-27 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
Here's one for the memory banks. I have a number of TRS-80's. Back when they first came out I bought a couple of the FreHD Hard Disk Emulators made by Fred Vecoven. They worked great and made life a lot easier. Then, I had reason to put everything away for a long rest. I just pulled them

Re: PDP 11/24 - A Step Backwards

2022-03-27 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Bigger question is who repaired the power supply "under warranty"? On 3/27/2022 2:38 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 3/27/22 05:17, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 11:12 PM Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on how you look at

Re: PDP 11/24 - A Step Backwards

2022-03-27 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 3/27/22 05:17, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 11:12 PM Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, the PSU repair is under warranty, which means I can't do it myself without invalidating the warranty, so I will have

Re: PDP 11/24 - A Step Backwards

2022-03-27 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 11:12 PM Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: > Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, the PSU > repair is under warranty, which means I can't do it myself without > invalidating the warranty, so I will have to send it back. I don't know if > the

Re: PDP 11/24 - A Step Backwards

2022-03-27 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 9:20 PM Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: > Can anyone suggest what else the CPU might need? Or is it LTC? > I would check the ACLO and DCLO signals. These are both high (pulled up by the bus terminator) for normal running, a PSU can pull them low if it detects loss of mains