[cctalk] Re: Making sense of VAXstation 100 ROMs

2023-02-07 Thread Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk
Paul Koning wrote: > Given 16 bit wide ROMs, I would expect the microcode width to be > rounded up to a multiple of that, so 64 bits, which means the expected > ROM size is 64k bits. That matches two of the ROMs you mentioned. I don't know if they are 16 bits wide. The two 68000 ROMs are 8 bit

[cctalk] Re: TK50/70 Repair

2023-02-07 Thread Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk
On 2023-02-07 22:54, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Hi Nigel! I have a fair bit of experience with TK's, including the TK50 and 70. I like them, they're quick units (with the TQK70 controller they can stream well), and they look really nice in a BA23 chassis. Optical sensors can be dirty, but

[cctalk] Re: TK50/70 Repair

2023-02-07 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Hi Nigel! I have a fair bit of experience with TK's, including the TK50 and 70. I like them, they're quick units (with the TQK70 controller they can stream well), and they look really nice in a BA23 chassis. Optical sensors can be dirty, but the biggest problem I have seen is in the

[cctalk] TK50/70 Repair

2023-02-07 Thread Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk
Fellow cyber-antiquarians: I have been fussing around with a TK70 for some hours now. It goes ready when powered up without  a cartridge, takes up the leader fine when a cartridge put in and the flat, but then dithers forwards and backwards, eventually flashing all its lights.  The only way

[cctalk] Re: Chatgpt : I had a retro dream

2023-02-07 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
How does ChatGPT say to do it?

[cctalk] Re: 3/16ths inch ink ribbon

2023-02-07 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
Wow. Now I know where to get ribbons for my old DEC printer if I want to use it again. Thanks all! paul > On Feb 7, 2023, at 1:06 PM, Eric Moore via cctalk > wrote: > > The ribbon was well inked, and the keypunch is printing beautifully, thank > you! > > -Eric > >> On Sun, Jan

[cctalk] Re: 3/16ths inch ink ribbon

2023-02-07 Thread Eric Moore via cctalk
The ribbon was well inked, and the keypunch is printing beautifully, thank you! -Eric On Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 6:47 PM Eric Moore wrote: > Thank you! I will let you guys know if it works out :) > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 5:36 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> On

[cctalk] Re: Making sense of VAXstation 100 ROMs

2023-02-07 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
Given 16 bit wide ROMs, I would expect the microcode width to be rounded up to a multiple of that, so 64 bits, which means the expected ROM size is 64k bits. That matches two of the ROMs you mentioned. paul > On Feb 7, 2023, at 12:25 PM, Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk > wrote: > >

[cctalk] Making sense of VAXstation 100 ROMs

2023-02-07 Thread Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk
Hello, I could use some help making sense of the VAXstation ROM images. A set is provided here: https://www.9track.net/roms/ The two .bin files are each one halfword of a 16-bit wide ROM for the 68000 display processor. I checked it, and it's fine. My problem is with the Bit Blit Accelator.

[cctalk] Re: Chatgpt : I had a retro dream

2023-02-07 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Tue, Feb 07, 2023 at 12:27:33PM +0100, Cedric Amand via cctalk wrote: > I've looked at the problem a bit, there are two issues to solve at first > glance ; (A) there doesn't seem to be a telnet server library in python, > so whatever you do you have to write your own telnet server, which is a >

[cctalk] Re: Chatgpt : I had a retro dream

2023-02-07 Thread Adrian Godwin via cctalk
Fortunately the hype cycle already seems to be on the down trend, as people realise it's not an efficient way to handle natural-language questions but is an extremely effective bullshit generator. It may get as far as replacing politicians and estate agents as the archetypal liar, which will hurt

[cctalk] Re: Chatgpt : I had a retro dream

2023-02-07 Thread emanuel stiebler via cctalk
On 2023-02-07 05:46, Cedric Amand via cctalk wrote: I had a dream ; that someone makes a small telnet to chatgpt gateway (using azure chatgpt API possibly ?) So that we could telnet our retro devices to the hype of the year, and get chtgpt answers in our TRS80, PDP and such. I'm not sure

[cctalk] Re: Chatgpt : I had a retro dream

2023-02-07 Thread Cedric Amand via cctalk
I've looked at the problem a bit, there are two issues to solve at first glance ; (A) there doesn't seem to be a telnet server library in python, so whatever you do you have to write your own telnet server, which is a bit more than just handling the sockets and newlines and of course (B) this

[cctalk] Re: Chatgpt : I had a retro dream

2023-02-07 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
I know of people who've already done a CLI setup, so this next step isn't that far off. On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 10:52 AM Cedric Amand via cctalk wrote: > > I had a dream ; that someone makes a small telnet to chatgpt gateway (using > azure chatgpt API possibly ?) So that we could telnet our

[cctalk] Chatgpt : I had a retro dream

2023-02-07 Thread Cedric Amand via cctalk
I had a dream ; that someone makes a small telnet to chatgpt gateway (using azure chatgpt API possibly ?) So that we could telnet our retro devices to the hype of the year, and get chtgpt answers in our TRS80, PDP and such.