Re: IBM 9331-011 8" External Floppy Drive - eBay 183038271095

On 02/01/2018 06:13 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > On Thu, 1 Feb 2018, Ali via cctalk wrote: >> Anyone know how easy it is to adapt one of these to work with an IBM >> PC compatible class machine? I have one sitting around here somewhere >> and if I recall correctly the drive is a bog std.

Re: Interest in Teac FD235J drives and FC-1 boards?

I wouldn't mind a couple of FC-1 but I bet the price would be much more than I can afford. bill From: cctalk on behalf of Chuck Guzis via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 2:00 AM To: Fred Cisin via

Re: Ethernet cable (Was: Sun3 valuations?)

I hope they all weren't on that yellow cable. @60 devices on a single collision domain would likely not have worked very well. I also can't believe you used Ethernet RG8 for ham radio. I read the spec and even tried some (I had reels of that stuff at one time) and found it way too lossy even at

Re: Ethernet cable (Was: Sun3 valuations?)

That's what I get for cutting and pasting from a Google search. Sorry... bill From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org> on behalf of Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 2:22 PM To: Grant Taylo

Re: Ethernet cable (Was: Sun3 valuations?)

ble for reading. bill From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org> on behalf of Grant Taylor via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 2:13 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Ethernet cable (Was: Sun3 valuations?) On 01/23/2018 12:09 PM

Re: Ethernet cable (Was: Sun3 valuations?)

lk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 1:54 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Ethernet cable (Was: Sun3 valuations?) On 23/01/2018 16:48, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > On 01/23/2018 09:10 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> If you didn't locate the transcei

Re: Ethernet cable (Was: Sun3 valuations?)

Vampire taps. Now there's a blast from the past. Somewhere around here I still have my toolbag which still has my tap drill for installing those taps. bill From: cctalk on behalf of Al Kossow via cctalk

Re: Ethernet cable (Was: Sun3 valuations?)

If you didn't locate the transceivers on those black marks you would have had terrible performance as that affects collisions. Timing (among other things like grounding) was very important with that version of ethernet hardware. bill From: cctalk

Re: Sun3 valuations?

It's nice to see all the interest. I gave all my Sun stuff (except one UltraSPARC) to a museum several years ago and I hope they are still happily plugging away. bill From: cctalk on behalf of Pete Lancashire via cctalk

Re: Sun3 valuations?

My guess is it will cost you about $25 a pop to get rid of them. They can not be sent to the landfill as they pre-date RoHS by quite a bit. bill From: cctalk on behalf of Kevin Bowling via cctalk Sent:

Re: Apollo Software

bill From: Toby Thain <t...@telegraphics.com.au> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2018 11:00 AM To: Bill Gunshannon; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Apollo Software On 2018-01-21 10:22 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > Is there any interest or v

Apollo Software

Is there any interest or value in copies of SR7.0 "Aegis" or should I just scratch them and add them to my other 8" disks? (Yes, I used to have an Apollo in my house!! Made a great heater during those long cold winters.) bill

Re: Sold on eBay: Convergent Technologies S/50 a.k.a. Unix PC, AT 3B1 Unix Workstation

Notice it has an AT mouse!! bill From: cctalk on behalf of AJ Palmgren via cctalk Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2018 10:02 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Sold on eBay:

Re: DECtape madness

So, where were all these people when I was trying to clean out my old house a couple years ago? I threw out piles of tapes of various formats because I couldn't find anyone to take them for postage. I also threw out piles of other stuff (some of it old DEC and Sun kit) after offering it on eBay

Re: Large discs

Do they also guarantee there will be a device capable of reading it in 1000 years? bill From: cctalk on behalf of Mazzini Alessandro via cctalk Sent: Friday, January 5, 2018 4:01 PM To: 'Paul Koning';

Re: Miss categorized DEC box on ebay

Further comment. Notice the difference in height compared to a standard DEC box of that style. Also notice he is holding up the #150 box with his fingers. Remind me never to arm wrestle that guy. Personally, I don't think it is a DEC system at all. bill From:

Re: Miss categorized DEC box on ebay

mp.org Cc: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu Subject: Re: Miss categorized DEC box on ebay > From: Bill Gunshannon > At best, it's a third part QBUS box. I assume that was 'third party'? No, that's a real DEC front panel. They could have put that on an off-brand chassis, but I would _guess

Re: Miss categorized DEC box on ebay

That's a lot to pay for a box that might have nothing in it at all. At best, it's a third part QBUS box. bill From: cctalk on behalf of Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2017 1:27 AM

Old DEC PROM Images

I am trying to bring some of my old PDP-11's back to life. Does anyone have or know of a source for PROM Images? I need the images for the M8189 (11/23+) and would also love to get the images for my DECTalk. bill

Xerox 820

The 820 is spoken for. Let's see what I find next. bill

Xerox 820

Any interest in a Xerox 820 board that never had it's construction completed? It's amazing the stuff I find digging through my boxes of junk. bill

Re: Visicalc Addendum

Is that like the notion that we have Stallman to thank for Open Source software? bill From: cctalk on behalf of Geoffrey Oltmans via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 2:07 PM To: Fred Cisin;

Re: OT: the death of shortwave / Re: Hallicrafters S-85

And to keep it in the classic vein it should be done on AM.  bill - KB3YV From: cctalk on behalf of sandy hamlet via cctalk Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 8:53 PM To: Ben Sinclair; General Discussion,

RE: formatting MFM drives on a IBM PC

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Fred Cisin via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 7:53 PM To: Ali; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: formatting MFM drives on a IBM PC > >

BitNET (Was: RE: RIP Jerry Pournelle - Firsts)

While all this talk of the ARPANet is cool and brings back some fine memories, what about BitNET? Anyone here remember it? Any chance someone has a copy of the source for a BitNET Node? I have seen UUCPNet and DECNet revived. It might be fun to bring

RE: RIP Jerry Pournelle - Firsts

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Al Kossow via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2017 3:40 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: RIP Jerry Pournelle - Firsts On 9/15/17 12:36 PM, Chuck Guzis via

RE: RIP Jerry Pournelle - Firsts

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Geoffrey Oltmans via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2017 2:27 PM To: Jim Brain; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: RIP Jerry Pournelle -

RE: Rainbow Disk Imager

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Rod Smallwood via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 12:02 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Rainbow Disk Imager Hi I have a

RE: EBAY - DEC RX01/02 floppy disks - Andromeda Systems and AED utilities

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Mark Darvill via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 11:34 AM To: N0body H0me; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: EBAY - DEC RX01/02 floppy

RE: pdp-8/e restoration.

I have found that metal PS/2 keys work as well, if your are not insistant on historical purity. I, personally, have always prefered functionality over appearance. bill From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Ian S. King via cctalk

RE: 2.11BSD on two RL02 drives? Probably not, but...

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Aaron Jackson via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2017 2:32 PM To: cct...@classiccmp.org Subject: 2.11BSD on two RL02 drives? Probably not, but... Hi all, I will soon be

RE: Importing a PDP-8 from Canada

From: cctech [cctech-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Michael Thompson via cctech [cct...@classiccmp.org] Sent: Monday, July 31, 2017 8:15 PM To: cctech Subject: Importing a PDP-8 from Canada The RICM has an opportunity to get a PDP-8/M (built in

RE: Sperry UTS 40 on Ebay - Statesboro, Georgia

Report him to ebay. bill From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Al Kossow via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2017 12:00 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Sperry UTS 40 on Ebay - Statesboro, Georgia On

RE: PDP-11: DR11-C to FPGA or 1284?

31, 2017, at 11:30 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > Well, I'm confused now. What do 16 bit paralel and ethernet have to do with > each other? Nothing, directly; confusion created by poor quoting on my part, probably! The goal is a higher

RE: PDP-11: DR11-C to FPGA or 1284?

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Fritz Mueller via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Monday, July 31, 2017 1:52 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: PDP-11: DR11-C to FPGA or 1284? > On Jul 31,

RE: 8mm cinemax type film players (almost OT)

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of ANDY HOLT via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2017 3:11 AM To: Henry Bond; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: 8mm cinemax type film players

RE: Sperry UTS 40 on Ebay - Statesboro, Georgia

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Pete Lancashire via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 5:58 PM To: General Subject: Sperry UTS 40 on Ebay - Statesboro, Georgia No association with the seller, just

RE: DecWindows on remote display

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Richard Loken via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 9:06 PM To: Cameron Kaiser Cc: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: DecWindows on remote display On Wed, 26 Jul 2017,

RE: Looking for PDP-11/44 / BA11-A rack slides.

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Mattis Lind via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 7:22 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Looking for PDP-11/44 / BA11-A rack slides. I

RE: Run/Stop switch from a Soviet S/370 clone

a Soviet S/370 clone On 23 July 2017 at 15:17, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > It wants me to create an account. I am certainly not going to give them > a bunch of personal information just to see a picture. As you wish. It's a Yahoo site -- any Y

RE: Run/Stop switch from a Soviet S/370 clone

It wants me to create an account. I am certainly not going to give them a bunch of personal information just to see a picture. bill From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Liam Proven via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Saturday,

RE: Repurposed Art (ahem...)

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of ben via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2017 10:45 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Repurposed Art (ahem...) On 7/18/2017 2:11 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > On

RE: Repurposed Art (ahem...)

I would think it would be worth more in its original condition. bill From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of E. Groenenberg via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2017 9:03 AM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject:

RE: Xerox stores

Like the Tandy Comuter Stores. I never saw a Color Computer in any of them that I visited. Some Model 4's and mostly Model 12's , 16's and later 6000's. bill From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of william degnan via cctalk

RE: Depressing article

PR black eye? I doubt it. Who, other than the people here, is ever going to hear about it? bill From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Al Kossow via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 11:06 AM To:

RE: Depressing article

Many, many years ago I acquired a bunch of Terak micros from a storage locker. It was being leased by my employer and no one had been tracking what was stored there. One day a beancounter showed up, questioned the monthly payment and instructed us to "clean it out". I got the Teraks. But,

RE: Xerox stores

I still have an unpopulated Xerox-820 motherboard floating around here somewhere. They were popular with ham radio operators for BBSes and later with early KA9Q TCPIP systems. bill From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Chuck Guzis

RE: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Fred Cisin via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2017 4:37 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: RE: File recovery help needed (Alabama) >> Let's

RE: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Ed via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 2:13 AM To: ci...@xenosoft.com; cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: File recovery help needed (Alabama) with a Packard Bell w/' Win

RE: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Mike Loewen via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 12:48 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: File recovery help needed (Alabama) On Thu, 22

RE: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Mike Loewen via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 7:12 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: File recovery help needed (Alabama) On Thu,

RE: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Warner Losh via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 7:04 PM To: Fred Cisin; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: File recovery help needed

RE: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Fred Cisin via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 5:39 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

RE: RL02 Cables

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Aaron Jackson via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Monday, June 19, 2017 2:10 PM To: cct...@classiccmp.org Subject: RL02 Cables Hi everyone, Sorry for all the RL02 emails. I am wondering if

RE: BBS software for the PDP 11

to as LED lights are avaialble. I still have flourescent lights, but as they die I will be replacing them with LED as well. bill From: Alfred M. Szmidt [a...@gnu.org] Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 8:12 AM To: Bill Gunshannon; GeneralDiscussion: On-Topic

RE: FTGH clear-out at Mesa Electronics, Richmond, CA, USA

Too bad I'm on the wrong coast. I would love and RS68K or two. :-( Even a Decstation!! bill From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of classiccmp--- via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2017 10:31 PM To:

RE: BBS software for the PDP 11

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of jim stephens via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Friday, May 19, 2017 3:46 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: BBS software for the PDP 11 On 5/19/2017 5:13

RE: BBS software for the PDP 11

, 2017 at 11:39:27AM +, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: [...] > But, seriously, just how many households do you think have made the move to > LED lighting? The amount of energy wasted in the average house, especially > those with wives and children (your wife never forget to turn off he

RE: BBS software for the PDP 11

, 2017 at 12:25:44PM +0200, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> The plate on the back of my 11/93 says 345 Watts. That's about a fifth what >> your >> wifes hair dryer draws. Or slightly more than 3 100 wa

RE: BBS software for the PDP 11

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of geneb via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 4:23 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: BBS software for the PDP 11 On Thu, 18 May 2017,

RE: BBS software for the PDP 11

, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > As for power, if you have a wife and/or kids, a PDP-11's power > consumption is not even above the noise floor in your electric bill. > (Unless your trying to do it with RA disks!!) I used to have an 8250 with four RA-81s and a TU-81+. The power b

RE: BBS software for the PDP 11

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Ali via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 3:58 PM To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Subject: RE: BBS software for the PDP 11 > As for power, if you

RE: BBS software for the PDP 11

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of jim stephens via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 1:53 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: BBS software for the PDP 11 On 5/18/2017 9:51 AM, Adrian Stoness via

RE: BBS software for the PDP 11

COSMAC Elf? :-) bill From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of geneb via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 1:45 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: BBS software for the PDP 11 On

RE: BBS software for the PDP 11

Do you have any idea how many PDP-11's were used by NASA for things like controlling deep space probes and putting men on the moon? A BBS is a vewry low demand task and could easily be handled by the smallest of the LSI-11 family. bill From: cctalk

RE: BBS software for the PDP 11

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Cameron Kaiser via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 2:13 AM To: rodsmallwoo...@btinternet.com; cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: BBS software for the PDP 11 > > > I

RE: BBS software for the PDP 11

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Rod Smallwood via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 1:21 AM To: Zane Healy; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: BBS software for the PDP 11 On

RE: BBS software for the PDP 11

Well, that would depend on the OS in use. There are BBS programs for Unix. I used one that came from one of the sources newsgroups decades ago and it worked really well (I never tried on a PDP-11 but there was nothing in it that would preclude this. I did it on a SYS III Xenix clone). BSD 2.11

RE: xv and VMS

The motion carries. bill From: Jay West [jw...@classiccmp.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 5:16 PM To: 'Bill Gunshannon'; 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Subject: RE: xv and VMS 3rd -Original Message- From: cctalk

RE: xv and VMS

I'll second that. bill From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Cameron Kaiser via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 12:37 PM To: rllo...@telus.net; cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: xv and VMS > I am now

RE: 110 Baud modem

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of dwight via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2017 4:17 PM To: Paul Koning; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: 110 Baud modem Rtty was fsk. You needed

Holmes Engineering DX-3D

Hey TRS-80 fanatics Anybody have any info on this controller? I have one but the controller chip is missing. And, I don't really know if it would work if it had one. But, if I could find out what the chip was and get one it seems this supported 8" drives as well as the usual 5.25". A

AT UnixPC

We have any people here with an interest in the UnixPC? I have one left here that I probably need to part with. It's a little dirty having spent 20-some years in an attic but I just powered it up and it works other than the hard disk. It's got 1Meg on the motherboard and no external cards. It

RE: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

eople say... Terry (Tez) On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 8:50 AM, allison via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 05/05/2017 03:39 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > >> > Terry is doing it for fun; we can't expect the others to. > > > > On Fri, 5 May 2017, Bill

RE: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

And, sometimes we just have fun. bill From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Fred Cisin via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Friday, May 5, 2017 3:55 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Extracting

RE: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts… On 5/5/2017 2:33 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > On Fri, 5 May 2017, Bill Gunshannon > via cctalk wrote: >> But I thought the problem was that >> most disk controllers can't do RX02. >> Everybody doesn't have a Catweasel or >&

RE: RE: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts… On Fri, 5 May 2017, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > But I thought the problem was that most disk controllers can't do RX02. > Everybody doesn't have a Catweasel or Cryoflux. That's right. Chuck's suggestion would require that so

RE: Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

on systems to easily handle sector reads from this format? OR the only hardware (other than "flux-transition") that can read such disks also probably runs the operating sytstem(s) that understand that file system! If suitable compensation could be negotiated and arranged, Allison or Bi

RE: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

, 2017 2:47 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts… On 05/05/2017 11:19 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote: > > Not really, in the event they would like them read and we know they > are RX02 there are a number of pe

RE: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

Not really, in the event they would like them read and we know they are RX02 there are a number of people here who likely could read them (myself being one of them!) I still think the best suggestion was the one about posting what's on the printed sheet that appears to be a directory listing.

RE: IBM 4331 Mainframe

From: Guy Sotomayor Jr [g...@shiresoft.com] Sent: Monday, May 1, 2017 1:57 PM To: Bill Gunshannon Cc: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: IBM 4331 Mainframe > On May 1, 2017, at 10:49 AM, Bill Gunshannon <bill.g

RE: IBM 4331 Mainframe

Just hope you don't have a head crash. Had one when I was at Ft. Ben Harrison (a long time ago, when the 4341 was just going into production. We had one of the first!) and it sounded like the building was coming down. Hate to think the effect it would have on your neighbors. :-) bill

RE: RA82 HDA

Did he come with a liftgate pickup truck? :-) bill From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Kirk Davis via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2017 2:49 PM To: shad; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic

RE: Large Sale of Vintage hardware in Paradise, CA

Cute, but I'm more curious about whatt he car was. :-) bill

RE: TRS-80 Model 12 versus 16B

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Peter Cetinski via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 10:47 PM To: Jim Brain Cc: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: TRS-80 Model 12 versus 16B

RE: Ford-Higgins Powerframe QBUS Docs

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Al Kossow via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 8:04 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Ford-Higgins Powerframe QBUS Docs nope. wonder if the 68k board was from

RE: Looking for TRS-80 Model parts (and/or someone in the Phoenix, AZ area)

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Jim Brain via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2017 11:43 PM To: couryho...@aol.com; cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Looking for TRS-80 Model parts (and/or someone in the

RE: TU-58 in simh

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Don North via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 10:13 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: TU-58 in simh On 4/21/2017 6:55 PM, allison

RE: Large Scale Systems Museum announcement

Dave, I don't even remember whatall you got from me but did any of make it into the museum? Would be great if I could make a trip out there to see it but I never know what is coming next. Just as a matter of curiosity, The University of Scranton (my former employer and Alma Mater) has static

RE: Did we miss the 20th anniversary of classiccmp?

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Noel Chiappa via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 10:51 AM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Cc: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu Subject: Re: Did we miss the 20th anniversary of

RE: Did we miss the 20th anniversary of classiccmp?

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Torfinn Ingolfsen via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 7:27 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Did we miss the 20th anniversary of

RE: cctech Digest, Vol 34, Issue 15

From: cctech [cctech-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Tim Mann via cctech [cct...@classiccmp.org] Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2017 8:13 PM To: cct...@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: cctech Digest, Vol 34, Issue 15 Brief comments on a couple of topics... I

MISE and M3SE

Well, now that I know there are TRS-80 afficianados here i wonder if there are any MISE/M3SE experts? I have both running here now and really like them. But, back in the "good ole days" I was priomarily a DOSPLUS user with a little NEWDOS80 once in a while. I was wondering if it is possible to

RE: TRS-80 curiosity

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Fred Cisin via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 10:54 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: TRS-80 curiosity On Fri, 14 Apr 2017, Bill

RE: TRS-80 curiosity

From: Peter Cetinski [p...@pski.net] Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 10:46 AM To: Bill Gunshannon; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: TRS-80 curiosity On Apr 14, 2017, at 10:36 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.

RE: TRS-80 curiosity

From: Camiel Vanderhoeven [camiel.vanderhoe...@vmssoftware.com] Does it look like the cable in this eBay listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Radio-Shack-TRS-80-Screen-Printer-26-1151-w-Sealed- Paper-Manual-EXTREMELY-RARE-/201867426619?

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

On 4/13/2017 9:07 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >>> Model I Hard Disk Adapter (40 to 50 pin): >>> http://prof-80.fr/interface-hd-modele-1-n-26-1132 > On Fri, 14 Apr 2017, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> Nope, it's none of those. > > Can you describe in

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

On 4/12/2017 10:13 PM, Scott Kevill via cctalk wrote: > Descriptions are in French, but Google Translate works well enough. > > Model I Buffered EI Cable (40 to 40 pin): > http://prof-80.fr/carte-tandy-1700077-c/buffered-ei-cable >

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

On 4/12/2017 11:45 AM, Alexandre Souza wrote: > Isn't this the buffered expansion cable? > No, the buffered Expansion Interface cable is 40 pin to 40 pin and very short. This is 3 feet long which would be a disaster for the EI. :-) bill

TRS-80 curiosity

So, I just picked up an MISE from Bartlett Labs (cause I really liked the M3SE I had) and decided to revive one of my TRS-80 MOdel I's. In my box of "stuff" I found an interesting ribbon cable the function of which I don't know. It is a 40 pin to 50 pin ribbon cable with a black box connecting

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