[cctalk] Re: 1974 No Name Terminal

2023-07-06 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Thu, Jul 6, 2023, 8:41 PM Mike Stein via cctalk wrote: > Conrac mainly made CRT monitor assemblies, so the actual terminal was quite > possibly made by someone else. > > It looks vaguely familiar; I'm surprised no one's recognized it. > Yea. Looks vaguely SABER like, but my only experience

[cctalk] Re: 1974 No Name Terminal

2023-07-06 Thread Mike Stein via cctalk
Conrac mainly made CRT monitor assemblies, so the actual terminal was quite possibly made by someone else. It looks vaguely familiar; I'm surprised no one's recognized it. m On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 6:13 PM Brad H via cctalk wrote: > Thanks Rod! > > I discovered an immediate problem I hadn't

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-06 Thread Doug Jackson via cctalk
Hi Everybody. It is important to keep everyone aware of phishing attempts, but it's also important to make sure when you send warning emails to simply delete the actual URL that the criminals provide so that nobody accidently clicks on something... Kind of like making sure that 400V capacitor

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-06 Thread KenUnix via cctalk
Okey Dokey Thanks. On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 7:30 PM Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > You should ignore it, just like all other criminal messages of that kind. > > paul > > > On Jul 6, 2023, at 7:16 PM, KenUnix via cctalk > wrote: > > > > Chuck, > > > > So what actions are we supposed to

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-06 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
You should ignore it, just like all other criminal messages of that kind. paul > On Jul 6, 2023, at 7:16 PM, KenUnix via cctalk wrote: > > Chuck, > > So what actions are we supposed to take?? > > I was going to go to the cloudflair link but got a message that this was a > dangerous

[cctalk] Re: BEWARE: Phishing

2023-07-06 Thread KenUnix via cctalk
Chuck, So what actions are we supposed to take?? I was going to go to the cloudflair link but got a message that this was a dangerous site! This link looks dangerous This link opens a site that is likely to be harmful Ken On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 6:39 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > Just

[cctalk] Re: 1974 No Name Terminal

2023-07-06 Thread Wayne S via cctalk
I’ve just pressed the 2 broken end together and measured the resistance end to end to get an idea of the resistance. Any old trimmer of suitable value should work as a replacement as the vdu is probably not going to be in a harsh environment anymore. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 6, 2023, at

[cctalk] Re: Don Lancaster has passed away at 83

2023-07-06 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
I am going throw out a Jim Butterfield too On Thu, Jul 6, 2023, 5:52 PM John Many Jars via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > More than anyone else (except maybe Gary Bitter) I owe my lifelong interest > in computers to this man. How very sad. What a loss. >

[cctalk] Re: 1974 No Name Terminal

2023-07-06 Thread Brad H via cctalk
Thanks Rod! I discovered an immediate problem I hadn't caught before.. two of the trimmer resistors had actually been broken right off two of their legs.. so that may account for strange/missing voltages. They are a CONRAC part 928237. The CRT is CONRAC too, but I still don't think this is

[cctalk] Re: 1974 No Name Terminal

2023-07-06 Thread Rod Smallwood via cctalk
I worked on VDU's as an engineer in the UK before joining DEC to sell volume VT100's in 1975 There's a mention of block on one of the cards so a block mode terminal. That means enter data and press a key to send the lot. The card cage could mean its emulating something. I'd test as many

[cctalk] Re: Don Lancaster has passed away at 83

2023-07-06 Thread John Many Jars via cctalk
More than anyone else (except maybe Gary Bitter) I owe my lifelong interest in computers to this man. How very sad. What a loss.

[cctalk] Re: VCF Southwest 2023 some highlights

2023-07-06 Thread Curious Marc via cctalk
Very nice writeup! Marc > On Jun 26, 2023, at 5:06 AM, Steve Lewis via cctalk > wrote: > > VCF SW was this past weekend near Dallas, Texas. > > Here are some highlights from my perspective. > > https://voidstar.blog/vcf-southwest-2023/ > > > Most photos you can click to enlarge (Edge has

[cctalk] Re: Is the list broken again?

2023-07-06 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 7/6/23 9:42 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote: Doesn't the list check addresses to see if the poster is a member? This has never been a good test. It really only works to reject blatant unwanted messages. It's trivial to lie and say that a message is from someone that it is not from. Both

[cctalk] Re: OT: Ham Radio

2023-07-06 Thread Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk
Where are you located? There is a number of groups all over the range of activities that hams do and in various social media. Please free to email me off list if you want to get more info. 73 de Nigel ve3id On 2023-07-06 12:33, Eric Moore via cctalk wrote: If you are specifically into RTTY,

[cctalk] Re: OT: Ham Radio

2023-07-06 Thread Eric Moore via cctalk
If you are specifically into RTTY, there is the greenkeys list. I am not a ham, but I collect and repair teletypes, so I am active on there. -Eric On Thu, Jul 6, 2023, 11:30 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > I know this is off topic, but I think there are a

[cctalk] OT: Ham Radio

2023-07-06 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
I know this is off topic, but I think there are a number of hams here. Looking to get back into it but have some questions. Now that the a**holes have completely trashed all the USENET ham radio groups where do hams go for the kinds of discussions that used to be there? bill

[cctalk] Re: Is the list broken again?

2023-07-06 Thread Ali via cctalk
> I doubt this will go thru either but other attempts to send to the list > are > > now getting rejected as SPAM. Doesn't the list check addresses to see > if > > the poster is a member? In short: no. The spam filters on the list are antiquated at best

[cctalk] Re: Is the list broken again?

2023-07-06 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Thu, 6 Jul 2023 at 15:42, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > I doubt this will go thru either but other attempts to send to the list are > now getting rejected as SPAM. Doesn't the list check addresses to see if > the poster is a member? I am hearing you loud and clear. -- Liam Proven ~

[cctalk] Re: Is the list broken again?

2023-07-06 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
I have a ham radio (in russian) On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 10:44 AM Adrian Stoness via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > i see u i hear u > > On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 9:42 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > > > > I doubt this will go thru either but other

[cctalk] Re: Is the list broken again?

2023-07-06 Thread Adrian Stoness via cctalk
i see u i hear u On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 9:42 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > I doubt this will go thru either but other attempts to send to the list are > > now getting rejected as SPAM. Doesn't the list check addresses to see if > > the poster is a member? >

[cctalk] Is the list broken again?

2023-07-06 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
I doubt this will go thru either but other attempts to send to the list are now getting rejected as SPAM.  Doesn't the list check addresses to see if the poster is a member? bill