[cctalk] Re: Microinterfaces Corp Run/CPM/Z80 Software?

On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 7:36 PM Christopher Satterfield via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Was wondering if anyone had one of these and/or maybe had the software > floppy kicking around? It's an ISA card with a Z80 + RAM to shove into an > ISA slot for CP/M compatibility. Of course,

Re: Cctalk subscription disabled

On Wed, May 11, 2022, 4:06 PM Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Jay, > Thanks for that, I hope its fixed, > Dave > G4UGM > > > -Original Message- > > From: cctalk On Behalf Of jwest--- via > > cctalk > > Sent: 11 May 2022 13:18 > > To: 'Tom Hunter' ; 'Adrian

Re: RP/M2 by Micro Methods Inc

On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 9:52 PM David Griffith via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > I found a copy of RP/M2 for the IBM PC by Micro Methods Inc. with manual > and some floppies, 8" and 5.25". According to the manual, this was a > CP/M compatible operating system. Doing a web search

Re: Seeking Zenith Data Systems Z183-92 documentation

On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 1:50 PM JP Hindin via cctalk wrote: > > Good afternoon all; > > I picked up a ZDS Z183-92 laptop over the weekend alongside a Kodak > Diconix 150 portable inkjet printer. > > The prior owner doesn't think he ever had a power supply for the Z183, > although he discovered

Re: Vintage computing spots in Chicago?

On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 8:30 AM John Herron via cctalk wrote: > Made the mistake of not defining that path early on so mostly personal/home > computing. But anything I find interesting or historically interesting > often finds a way home. I think my largest sets are Commodore and > Tandy/radio

Re: A plethora of DEC manuals

On Wed, Nov 6, 2019 at 1:59 PM Electronics Plus via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > https://www.manualslib.com/brand/dec/ Ah yes, the good old DEC DesignJet. -- Eric Christopherson

Re: Archiving information, was Re: ADM-3A question

On Thu, Aug 15, 2019, 7:38 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > Anyway, the whole 'how do we find the info' is a part of why I started > working on CHWiki, once I discovered it - in addition to the usual > advantages > of wikis (good for collaboration, good for adding stuff incrementally), it >

Intergraph 751 system free to good home, but act quickly

There's an Intergraph 751 system (VAX architecture apparently, including hard disk, printer, and two rebadged DEC racks full of who knows what) free to a good home in southern Wisconsin. Appears to be in not-great shape. Unfortunately, it's been on Craigslist for a while and it sounds like the

Re: VENIX on Rainbow (was Re: Wanting to get my first classic computer)

On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 9:09 PM Ethan Dicks via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 8:47 PM Cameron Kaiser via cctalk > wrote: > > > Interesting. I have VENIX on a Professional 350 (it was one of the > > > machines I had on display for VCF East). I haven't tried

Re: Missing posts in archive and no Subject: line

On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 1:19 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > So, a couple of posts yesterday did not show up in the date archive: > > http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/2019-June/date.html > > which is how I read the list. They are: > > Software for Fairy

Re: Kids these days...

On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 11:44 AM William Donzelli via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Well, you said you pointed out the RFC to them... > > Did the page not smell fishy to you? > > -- > Will > It looked/sounded like typical IoT marketing speak to me :) > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at

Re: Palm usage was Re: Modems and external dialers.

On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 2:40 PM Eric Christopherson < echristopher...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 12:45 PM Cameron Kaiser via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> Not sure if this counts as "connected" but I used Palm Desktop itself for >> my personal scheduling. I never

Plua - Offlist reply (Re: Palm usage was Re: Modems and external dialers.)

On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 12:45 PM Cameron Kaiser via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > ...I was never a big fan > > > of PalmOS, TBH. Too limited for me as a former Psion user, and the > > > Palm devices were always very tied to a PC -- they were meant to be a > > > way to take your

Re: Post?

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 1:20 PM Lawrence Wilkinson via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On 29/05/19 7:07 PM, MEBA via cctalk wrote: > > Did my post for the HP printer get posted? I haven't seen it. > > > > > > > > Mark > > Some mail systems will not send you an email that appears to be

Re: Want/Available list

On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 11:40 AM Liam Proven via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 at 02:59, Zane Healy via cctalk > wrote: > > > > Websites are a huge inconvenience or imposition, email lists are not. > > Agreed. > > However, for a lot of younger people and those to

Re: Want/Available list

On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 2:03 PM Carlo Pisani via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > ok, I give up. > a forum with a bazaar should be more appropriate > frankly this mail list looks like spam, and it's going irritating > since it's difficult to follow and to handle > > but I am really tired

Re: Did anyone see Vintage Tech Hunters on Discovery Canada yet?

On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 6:54 AM Ethan via cctalk wrote: > > You can watch the second episode on the Discovery Canada website as well. > > I just watched both. Very nice on the credits by the way. > > I tried to watch it on the drive home from work today. Youtube video had a > strike (takedown)

Re: Fall cleaning - 9-track drives available

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 9:44 PM Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I have four 9-track tape drives, and a dirty DEC rack, that I need to > get rid of. > > Two of the drives are HP 7970B's. One has the door unattached. Then > there's a Kennedy 9100 800/1600 bpi drive. >

Re: AlphaWindows - Protocol Information?

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 11:57 AM Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > > On 9/5/18 5:17 AM, Martin Hepperle via cctalk wrote: > > In the 1990s a computer terminal standard "AlphaWindows" was proposed by > the > > Display Industry Association (DIA). > > Sort of X-Windows for the poor. > > Very poor...

Re: any data on death of Mark E Rorvig? - Microcomputers in Libraries etc

On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 3:01 PM, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: > Mark E. Rorvig , Denton, associate professor of library and information > sciences, 1995-2002. Rorvig was nationally recognized as a pioneer in the > field of information retrieval. From 1990 to 1995, while serving as an > adjunct

Re: old vintage stuff for pretty cheap

On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 1:26 PM, Mike Loewen via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >I was about to say something similar. Those items have been on Ebay > for years, some of them still up for auction, such as this: > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/192514501391?ViewItem==192514501391 > >

Re: Is This A Shill?

On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 5:20 PM, Hagstrom, Paul via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > On May 1, 2018, at 6:06 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > Personally, I find all of this hilarious. ebay has been shady for as > long > > > > as I have watched

Re: SPARCstation rescue giveaway (Was: Kei cars and motorcycles (Was: Rick Dickinson, ZX Spectrum designer, RIP))

On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 5:40 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I keep them all. Not counting the bad ones in the SS1 and 2, I have 7. > > I can send them to you. I don't mind pick up the shipping costs for > something small like that. But the $70 that is it going to cost

Re: Writing emulators (was Re: VCF PNW 2018: Pictures!)

On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 10:19 AM, Ray Arachelian via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 02/19/18 19:36, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote: > > whats invovled in makin an emulator? > > i have a chunk of stuff for the phillips p1000 > > Quite a lot actually. A single CPU system is difficult

Re: Writing emulators [Was: Re: VCF PNW 2018: Pictures!]

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 5:30 PM, dwight via cctalk wrote: > In order to connect to the outside world, you need a way to queue event > based on cycle counts, execution of particular address or particular > instructions. This allows you to connect to the outside world. Other

Re: PC-Letter "WUI" War over User Interface 1-1988

On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 10:36 AM, william degnan via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Here is an interesting article from early 1988 (probably written in min > 1987) that compares and contrasts GUIs of the day. Interesting that they > do not mention OS/2 by name, by this point it would

Re: Slightly OT: Computer internals book recommendations

Huw Davies wrote: > Sounds like either > > Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach by David Patterson and John > Hennessy > > Computer Organization and Design: the Hardware/Software Interface by David > Patterson and John Hennessy > > I see there’s a MIPS edition of the second book. My

Re: DR-DOS

On Mon, Nov 20, 2017, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: > > > On 11/20/2017 4:27 PM, Liam Proven wrote: > > On 20 November 2017 at 18:57, jim stephens via cctalk > > wrote: > > > The archive.org snapshots may have had the blank images, but they also > > > seem > > > to have

Re: Ideas for a simple, but somewhat extendable computer bus

On Fri, Nov 17, 2017, ben via cctalk wrote: > On 11/17/2017 6:59 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > On 11/17/2017 05:34 PM, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: > > > > > It does not have to be fast.  I rather thought, "what is the simplest > > > multi-cpu shared bus that could be easily understood by

Slightly OT: Computer internals book recommendations

The fascinating discussion Jim just started on buses got me thinking again about a book I've been trying to track down for a while. While it's not necessarily classic-computing-oriented, it's not really about newfangled computers either; heck, I encountered it in 2003 or so, so it'd be pretty

TVTropes mention of a certain computer magazine

I was just wasting time with TVTropes and, on the page http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FandomBerserkButton, came across this quote: The editor of one early (late 1970s) British computer magazine persistently claimed that the difference between compilers and interpreters was

Re: Pine (was: Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 17, Issue 20)

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Richard Loken via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Sun, 22 Oct 2017, Sean Conner via cctalk wrote: > > By gum! Alpine does indeed translate the 'A' into a '?' and I never > noticed. It seems that my tiny mind simply translated the character > and

Re: Pine (was: Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 17, Issue 20)

On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 3:13 AM, Angel M Alganza via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hello: > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 01:39:32PM -0600, > (Yes, almost two years ago. I'm a bit behind with > my mail, LOL.) Eric Christopherson wrote: > > > I'm considering doing something that actually >

Re: HP 9845 complete system on auction in Sweden

On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 7:14 AM, Torfinn Ingolfsen via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Pontus Pihlgren via cctalk > wrote: > > Hi All > > > > There is a very nice looking HP 9845 with peripherals and documentation > > for sale in

Re: Rainbow Disk Imager

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > > On Sep 14, 2017, at 4:39 PM, Warner Losh wrote: > > > > ... > > I don't see where you read the first 2 tracks uninterlaced, and the other > > tracks interlaced? For DOS formatted disks, that's what's required. While >

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 1:47 PM, Robert via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 12:07 PM, william degnan via cctalk > wrote: > > I noticed that he had not been selling as much lately, I guess he ran out > > of the good stuff and needs to close out

Re: oh, this is great news!

On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 12:43 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 09/01/2017 10:26 AM, Kip Koon via cctalk wrote: > > What is it that is great news. This is all I received. > > > > Kip Koon > > computer...@sc.rr.com > >

Re: C64 to VGA

o find a simple small TV for this brave > C64 ;-) > > > > On 29/08/2017 03:39, Eric Christopherson via cctalk wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 28, 2017, Dominique Carlier via cctalk wrote: > > > The design of many games on C64 are made according to the rasterlines of > > > PA

Re: C64 to VGA

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017, Dominique Carlier via cctalk wrote: > The design of many games on C64 are made according to the rasterlines of > PAL/NTSC CRT, so I strongly do not advise using a flat screen 4/3 for a C64 > or an Amiga because the rendering is disastrous unless you add a rasterlines >

Re: nassa tapes destroyed but the family left to dispose of the computer?

On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 7:19 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzakkn/nasa- > destroyed-hundreds-of-mystery-tapes-found-in-a-dead-mans- > basement-apollo-era > > well, a metal scrapper contacted NASA, so I would imagine with him.

Re: ftp.compaq.com mirror

On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 2:19 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hi folks, > > Managed to rescue a Compaq Deskpro EN from the scrap pile at work today > and realised it has a proper floppy controller so I can install a 5.25” > drive. > > Trouble is ftp.compaq.com

Re: Repurposed Art (ahem...)

On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 8:03 AM, E. Groenenberg via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > Re-purposed art or vandalism? > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/253015301943 > > Ed > -- > Ik email, dus ik besta. > > It (literally) looks like something out of Pee-Wee's Playhouse. -- Eric

Re: db9 requirements

On Jul 5, 2017 7:20 PM, "Henry Bond via cctalk" wrote: Good Evening all, hope your week is going well. I received a sparcstation 10 today and wondered if anyone knew which db25 cable to get to connect to my DEC vt, null modem, cross over, etc, etc. I'm also wondering

Re: Depressing article

On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 3:02 PM, Eric Christopherson < echristopher...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 9:25 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> >> https://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2017/07/nasa-computer-engi >> neer-basement/ >> >> of events that happened

Re: Depressing article

On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 9:25 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > https://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2017/07/nasa-computer-engineer-basement/ > > of events that happened two years ago that had to be obtained through a > NASA FOIA request > Another depressing recent

Re: Getting to NeXt Command prompt

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 12:00 AM, william degnan wrote: > > On Jun 20, 2017 12:36 AM, "Eric Christopherson via cctech" < > cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jun 19, 2017, william degnan via cctech wrote: > > > [Command + ~] is a system reset. I noticed it takes

Re: Getting to NeXt Command prompt

On Mon, Jun 19, 2017, william degnan via cctech wrote: > [Command + ~] is a system reset. I noticed it takes a little longer to Just out of curiosity: do you mean the shift key gets held down too? If not, it would write it as Command + `. > boot up from the command prompt that the regular GUI

Re: If C is so evil why is it so successful?

On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 12:23 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 04/13/2017 09:05 PM, Don North wrote: > > > I especially liked the Spanish language version of IITRAN: > > http://www.ak6dn.com/stuff/spantran.pdf > > > That does look like a TTY session. But the use

Re: APL and descendants - was Re: If C is so evil why is it so successful?

On Thu, Apr 13, 2017, Jecel Assumpcao Jr. via cctalk wrote: > Toby Thain via cctalk wrote on Thu, 13 Apr 2017 19:34:08 -0400 > > On 2017-04-13 6:54 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > > So, whence APL today? > > > > Still lives on -- Dyalog, J, K, etc. Recently discovered the #jsoftware > >

Re: I hate the new mail system

On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 4:44 AM, drlegendre . via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I was wondering why 99% of my cctalk shows up as "read mail".. =/ > > What a PITA, I can't tell what I have read from what I have not read - is > this part of the 'new' system? > You mean in Gmail? I don't

Re: Vintage Computer stuff on EBAY.DE

On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Eric Christopherson < echristopher...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, Martin. > > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 1:24 AM, Martin Meiner via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> Hello friends of vintage computing, >> >> As I need the space at home, I am parting from some

Re: Vintage Computer stuff on EBAY.DE

Hi, Martin. On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 1:24 AM, Martin Meiner via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hello friends of vintage computing, > > As I need the space at home, I am parting from some of my vintage gear. > They have all been listed on EBAY.DE. > Among others, there are two PDP11 V03

Re: I hate the new mail system

On Tue, Mar 07, 2017, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: > On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 2:48 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > And cctalk@... is neither responsible for the writing of the message nor > > does it belong to the author of the message. But replies should be

Re: Fluorescent lights (Was: Full immersion emulation)

On Mon, Mar 06, 2017, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > > On Mar 6, 2017, at 2:11 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk > > wrote: > > > >> From: Paul Koning > > > terrible fluorescent lighting. > > > >>> There's another kind? :-) > > > >> in fact you can get LEDs that fit

Quoting under the new mailing list system (was Re: Test)

On Mon, Mar 06, 2017, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote: > In a message dated 3/6/2017 5:18:52 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, > cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: I just noticed the above attribution introducing a quoted email; notice how it gives the email address cctalk@classiccmp.org but doesn't

Re: I hate the new mail system

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rich > > Alderson via cctalk > > Sent: 28 February 2017 21:23 > > To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and