VTech Laser 3000 / Dick Smith CAT composite video pinout

2020-01-15 Thread Chris Pye via cctalk
Hi all. I know I could scope this out, but just wondering if anyone has the pinout for the VTech Laser 3000 / Dick Smith CAT (in Australia) composite video pinout. It’s not in the technical manual that I have, and can’t find it online. Thanks, Chris

Re: Found today

2019-06-01 Thread Chris Pye via cctalk
> On 2 Jun 2019, at 5:07 am, Warner Losh via cctalk > wrote: > > Found the Ultrix poster from 1984 I was asking about today when cleaning > out my truck: > > https://twitter.com/bsdimp/status/1134855890689855488 > > Warner I see that there is a Pro sitting on the desk, was there are

Re: Interest in a DiscFerret?

2019-01-10 Thread Chris Pye via cctalk
> On 11 Jan 2019, at 10:33 am, Guy Dunphy via cctalk > wrote: > > That's a very good point, thanks. Hadn't occured to me, but of course the > vast majority of Apple IIs ever sold used the 16 sector format. So that was > the target market. > Since almost all my A2 disks are DOS 3.2 13 sector,

Re: Interest in a DiscFerret?

2019-01-09 Thread Chris Pye via cctalk
> On 10 Jan 2019, at 12:26 pm, Guy Dunphy via cctalk > wrote: > > * At the moment I'm attempting to restore my old, heavily modified Apple II > to working condition, > and then archive all my old Apple II files on floppies to PC. Part of a > project to document a > bunch of projects I

Re: determing date on TI 99/4 computers.

2017-09-06 Thread Chris Pye via cctalk
Hi Ed Did you do any research on this at all? The beige one was later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_TI-99/4A Bill Cosby was their spokesperson. I can scan the advertising stuff that I have, but I’m pretty sure that it is all online somewhere. > On 6 Sep 2017, at 4:00

Re: ChipQuik Troubles

2017-07-05 Thread Chris Pye via cctalk
> On 6 Jul 2017, at 6:42 am, Rob Jarratt via cctalk > wrote: > > I bought some ChipQuik recently and managed to successfully remove a 74LS125 > with little trouble. Today I have come to trying to desolder another similar > sized chip, but try as I might I just cannot get

Re: Model M case screws

2017-07-02 Thread Chris Pye via cctalk
> > It was on a test-bench setup. Part of my job back then was calibrating > the stroke of cylinders to the 3-15 psi control signal. Plant air > (power supply for the cylinder) was around 50 psi, IIRC. Lucky it was just the pliers. Pneumatics can be rather dangerous at that pressure. > >

Re: Model M case screws

2017-07-02 Thread Chris Pye via cctalk
> On 2 Jul 2017, at 4:03 pm, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: > > I once got a pair of electrician's pliers caught between the yoke and > body of a 6" pneumatic cylinder. Snapped the handles right off, it did. > The local Sears store replaced the pliers without >