[cctalk] Good Inventory Program

2023-08-15 Thread Evan Linwood via cctalk
This is almost an impossible question to answer (!) but it might be worth mentioning Pimcore. This is an open source master data management tool, meaning that it supports both schema (data model) design and generation/design of UI elements via a reasonably decent management interface. It

Re: Future of cctalk/cctech

2020-06-17 Thread Evan Linwood via cctalk
I run a server farm of over 300 machines. Dedicating one to a mailing list at no cost is easy. The admin work well that’s life ha. K. Ah - now that's the spirit ! ;) Yes the infrastructure is the smaller part of the problem - tinkering with the software if it breaks is the thing. I'm up to my

Future of cctalk/cctech

2020-06-17 Thread Evan Linwood via cctalk
> With Jay retiring, what are the hosting plans for these mailing lists? Hi Al, I didn't know about Jay retiring or what that means for the list - i.e. does it need to find new infrastructure, new administraton/management, or both? I'm a relatively background person in the vintage computing

Re: Motorola app notes (Al Kossow)

2020-01-07 Thread Evan Linwood via cctalk
> did anyone copy the moto app notes that were once at > http://www.shrubbery.net/~heas/willem/PDF/Motorola/apnoteindex.html ? some of them are available at: http://archive.retro.co.za/archive/Motorola%20Appnotes/ plus a few more on this level: http://archive.retro.co.za/archive/

Re: IBM lifting tool

2019-05-28 Thread Evan Linwood via cctalk
> Their closest current product looks like the Genie Load Lifter. I saw the name also but didn't think to search :) - some great looking units there.

Re: IBM lifting tool

2019-05-28 Thread Evan Linwood via cctalk
> I bodged together my PDP-Lifter that's a nice piece of bodging!

Re: Abandoned FACOM system in Italy?

2019-05-28 Thread Evan Linwood via cctalk
Andrea (Brent & Glen) Nice work spotting the factory .. Needless to say, it might not even be possible to do anything, but hopefully someone takes an interest!

IBM lifting tool

2019-05-27 Thread Evan Linwood via cctalk
While I'm on a roll, I saw this one randomly also - seems to have been a topic of interest to the list not long ago? It's a bit short & limited in terms of load but might suit someone

Abandoned FACOM system in Italy?

2019-05-27 Thread Evan Linwood via cctalk
I'm guessing this could be known to others on the list, but I haven't seen it mentioned, so posting just in case. There doesn't seem to be mention of any recovery effort in the comments (that I could see). The most interesting section is from 14:14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrx1tK5xcAk

Subject: Data General Eclipse microcode manual

2019-01-10 Thread Evan Linwood via cctalk
Hi Peter, Bitsavers has an example for each of 16 & 32 bit Eclipse: http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dg/eclipse/014-50-00_Eclipse_WCS_microPgmg_Nov74.pdf http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dg/mv1/014-701003_MV1_microgramming_May83.pdf Did you work in this area much yourself? Rgds Evan

Re: Not really vintage computing, but just in case it's of interest to anyone..

2018-10-24 Thread Evan Linwood via cctalk
=utf-8 On 10/24/18 1:08 AM, Evan Linwood via cctalk wrote: > taken from the listing : > > "It was used ( I Believe ) to process Geophysical Seismic Data during the > exploration of Oil in Bass Straight. The circuitry is all NASA standard." > > https://www.gumtree.com

Not really vintage computing, but just in case it's of interest to anyone..

2018-10-24 Thread Evan Linwood via cctalk
taken from the listing : "It was used ( I Believe ) to process Geophysical Seismic Data during the exploration of Oil in Bass Straight. The circuitry is all NASA standard." https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/gosford/other-electronics-computers/vintage-computer-tape-drive/1194865314

Re: ISO 70's and 80's coax and twinax terminal docs/brochures

2018-09-20 Thread Evan Linwood via cctalk
> I've started to more aggressively archive material on old IBM and compatible > coax and twinax I'm not sure if this helps - they seem like they may be in the disposal chain though, might possibly be able to grab manuals if they come up?

Re: Multiflow Trace 14/300 close to being scrapped in Texas

2016-07-23 Thread Evan Linwood
Hi Mark, it wasn't myself either. Apologies (and to Brian, James and Jon) I was watching & wanting to respond but got hit by a wall of things, then noticed that someone had bid on it. Very glad to see it was acquired, and that Chris could confirm.

Multiflow Trace 14/300 close to being scrapped in Texas

2016-07-15 Thread Evan Linwood
Hi All, I noticed that the Multiflow race 14/300 system listed on eBay didn't sell recently. I don't have any personal background with these machines but it seems they could be both significant and rare? It's been sitting on eBay but I wasn't sure if it had slipped between the cracks somehow?

RE: Help needed please re possible loss of a Burroughs B7800 CPU

2015-08-17 Thread Evan Linwood
is sitting inside a public area of the Uni at Caulfield). Thanks very much again - Cheers Evan -Original Message- From: n...@retrocomputingtasmania.com [mailto:n...@retrocomputingtasmania.com] Sent: Monday, 17 August 2015 4:32 PM To: Evan Linwood; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic