[cctalk] VCF Midwest Hotel Booking Opens 3/8

Hello classic computing fans! The new website for VCF Midwest is up at https://vcfmw.org. Who knows the design inspiration without asking a (Commodore) friend?? Apologies if it doesn't render well on your device. I don't have your device! Room booking for the show will open this afternoon

[cctalk] Re: PDP/11 Available in Denver Area

We have a couple parties interested in the Denver 11 and one pursuing. I will post it it becomes available again. J On Fri, Feb 16, 2024, 01:19 Jason T wrote: > Hello - I was contacted recently by a non-collector who is cleaning out > their parents estate. They have what they describe as a

[cctalk] PDP/11 Available in Denver Area

Hello - I was contacted recently by a non-collector who is cleaning out their parents estate. They have what they describe as a PDP-11/23 system with various accessories (maybe terminal, printer, docs, etc?) which they would like to see go to a collector, rather than a scrapper. As I am not

[cctalk] Re: VCFMW vendor tables

On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 11:45 AM Tom Uban via cctalk wrote: > I have heard of Discord, but have not had a need to use it. Odd that > https://vcfmw.org/ does not > have an obvious link for Discord if it is where we are expected to find > useful information. Would I > need to have a Discord

[cctalk] Re: Late '70s DEC manual covers [niche!]

On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 1:58 AM Paul Flo Williams via cctalk wrote: > During lockdown I was having some fun redrawing old DEC manual covers > with Inkscape, specifically terminal and printer manuals from the late > 1970s. I've attached a montage of four that I printed out so I could > stick it

[cctalk] Next Week: VCF Midwest!

Hello vintage computing fans across the country and around the globe (that's right - we're international!) The 17th Vintage Computer Festival Midwest is coming up in just two weeks! The hotel is sold out (months ago!), the tables are all booked (and then some!), now all we need is YOU! View over

[cctalk] Next Week: VCF Midwest

Hello vintage computing fans across the country and around the globe (that's right - we're international!) The 17th Vintage Computer Festival Midwest is coming up in just two weeks! The hotel is sold out (months ago!), the tables are all booked (and then some!), now all we need is YOU! View over

[cctalk] Re: VCF Midwest?

On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 4:20 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > Is there going to be one this year? Absolutely! And a VCF Midwest as well, near Chicago on September 10-11, 2022: http://vcfmw.org -jt

Re: ISO: Canon Scanner Driver

On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 3:42 PM Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: > Just manually edit that URL with the desired filename: > > https://downloads.canon.com/cpr/software/scanners/300350DRIT_V11.exe That's it! I didn't think to substitute the filename I was after into the URL for the other models'

Re: ISO: Canon Scanner Driver

On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 3:48 PM Travis Pierce via cctalk wrote: > > I was able to download it from here. > https://www.canon-europe.com/support/products/document-scanners/digital-microfilm/ms300ii.html?type=download=tcm:13-1364408=all=en That is the package for the MF300-II, the USB one.

ISO: Canon Scanner Driver

In order to further the effort of scanning and preserving ALL of the things, I picked up a Canon Microfilm Scanner 300 for $cheap. It has a SCSI interface and doesn't work with anything past Windows XP, but that's not a problem. What is a problem is that Canon's link to the XP driver is a big 4

Re: Shows in next few months

Thank you for mentioning VCF Midwest! Here's another local show. Despite the narrow niche, it keeps growing every year: The 29th Annual “Last” Chicago CoCoFEST https://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest November 6-7 Elk Grove Village, IL -j On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 10:46 AM Andrew Diller via cctalk

Re: WordPerfect for VMS

On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 8:45 PM Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > > Strange question, does anyone happen to have the keyboard overlays for the > VAX/VMS version of Word Perfect that they can photograph, or better yet scan? > I have the manuals, and the green, red, and blue stickers on the VT >

VCF Midwest 16 Date Announcement

Hello computer friends - all of us down in VCF Midwest Planning Bunker have decided: VCFMW16 planning must commence! To not do so would surely set up for failure, if and when conditions continue their current upward trend and we get the OK to gather again in unlimited numbers. So...we're going

Re: Compuserve

On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 6:46 PM John Foust via cctalk wrote > > From '85 until '94 or so, I saved my transcripts from visiting > CompuServe, PeopleLink, Delphi, Genie, BIX, the Well, etc. > This is an incredible archive on its own. Are you willing to share the source files? I'd enjoy just

Re: interesting manual find - usermanual.wiki

On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 7:38 PM Randy Dawson via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Ran across this, give it a try. > > There are tons of old (and new) manuals in there. > > Randy Strange site, no indication who runs it. It looks like a search engine but they appear to host all of the

Re: Compuserve

On Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 05:41 Tomas By via cctalk wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anybody know if the old Compuserve discussion forums are > available anywhere now? > > I'm specifically interested in the ones about HP Palmtops and cc:Mail. > As far as I know, nothing was saved. It was a massive loss

Re: Vintage Computer Federation Swap Meet 11/7/2020

On Thu, Nov 5, 2020, 06:39 Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > > (And, the guy getting the sandwich had the better deal, IMHO > > > > It's hard with mobile gmail to trim, but regardless I agree! > > Bill "meatball sandwitch" Degnan > > P.S. As a funny I asked for a meatball sandwitch in exchange for

Virtual VCFMW Schedule Posted

Hi folks - we're doing this thing! The schedule is up, with links to the individual videos being filled in by tomorrow evening: https://mailchi.mp/222b57fb03dc/virtual-vcfmw-schedule-posted The videos will be presented in sequence using YouTube's "Premiere" function, which means there will be a

Re: Bitsavers down?

On Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 02:16 Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote: > What happened to www.bitsavers.org? > It has been down for at least the past 24 hours. > I can still ping the website, but http requests time out. > The bitsaver domain name here in Australia resolves to 208.77.18.144 > You may have

Virtual VCF Midwest!

So we're all stuck inside with no fabulous midwestern computer festivals to go to, so let's try to do this thing online. You produce the videos, we'll show them on the VCFMW Youtube channel using their "Premiere" feature to create a full day of classic computing presentations, along with a live

VCF Midwest Cancellation

We regret to announce... There will be no VCF Midwest this year. The conditions imposed upon us by the CoViD-19 pandemic and related government regulations, as well as a depressed expected turn-out figure, will make it impossible for us to host an event of the size and quality our dedicated fans

Re: Any fun SunWindows/SunView stuff?

On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 2:19 PM Chris Hanson via cctalk wrote: > Were there any fun SunView applications or hacks back in the day? > > Other than the demos, the only stuff I currently have is emacstool (built as > part of emacs 18.59) and the PLATO client (which I haven’t actually built > yet).

Re: OT - FTGH - U-Matic Tapes

On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 11:49 AM Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote: > I have a umatic deck and capture hardware if you wanted them converted. I was going to offer the same but my plate is pretty full right now. If Ethan can do it, I'd be happy to see them online. And I know that Ethan's got a

Re: HP DesignJet 600 plotter

On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 12:07 AM Tom Uban via cctalk wrote: > > I have an HP DesignJet 600 plotter available free for pickup in NW Indiana. > It worked the last time I needed it, sometime in the last 8 years. Do you know if it's the C2847A or C2848A? One is big; the other is even bigger.

Re: Free: USENIX publications (Computing Systems and late 90s ; login:)

On Fri, Nov 29, 2019, 16:59 Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: > > and ;login: (late 90s). The content is available online, but some people > like the printed versions. > Is this known for sure? Good scans?

Re: Scanning docs for bitsavers

On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 2:01 PM Paul Koning wrote: > Another problem with bilevel scans is that, on some machines at least, they > can be very noisy. That's what I saw on the copier/scanner at the office. > For good scans I use gray scale scanning, with post-processing if desired to >

Re: Scanning docs for bitsavers

On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 10:12 AM Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: > My recommendation: use a proper multi-function copier (the big copiers) > that can also scan to network. I currently use our big Konica-Minolta > bizhub 754. Although it'a b/w copier, it can also scan in color. This These are

Re: Discord

On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 8:43 PM Tony Aiuto via cctalk wrote: > What would make the concept OK is if there was a federated > identity system, such that I could post on any discord server with > an identity based on the root one I registered at. This way I could > have a single global identity.. >

Re: SOT - Grab first and ask questions later

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 3:41 PM Kevin Parker via cctalk wrote: > things I suspect) and the machine was a write off. I suspect finds by other > list members have been even more "interesting" > > http://koken.advancedimaging.com.au/index.php?/albums/interesting-finds/ It's never a bad time to

Re: getting your data from yahoo

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 1:53 PM Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > It's retriving around 5 messages/sec. Going to take a while to > get the 10 groups I've been following. I've had good success with this one for just messages

Re: Original DEC logo in PostScript

On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 1:46 PM Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote: > This news must have done the rounds back in 2007 though, because I have the > file in question (declogo17.ps) on my Mac already…hmm... 2007 is about right:

Re: DIBOL manual

On Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 1:47 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > There's a DIBOL self-instruction book on bitsavers: > > http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp8/dibol/DEC-08-WDRA-D_DIBOL_Programming_A_Self-Instruction_Manual_Sep1970.pdf A few years ago I scanned a bunch of application manuals from a

Re: Able document at VCF Midwest

On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 12:05 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > There was an Able Computer document at VCF Midwest, and through a > miscommunication, it wound up on the 'free' pile. Did anyone here get it? > If so, I'd like to try and get it scanned in, and made available. Do we know where the

VCF Midwest 14 Videos

The videos are up! The last of the VCF Midwest 14 Talks videos, shot in glorious 4K and lovingly edited by the intrepid Trixter, have been rendered and posted to our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/vcfmidwest Check out the Talks you missed this year and in years past, as well as select

Tandem Minicomputers

Well I said no more computers I can't lift, but exotic systems keep finding me. So today we pulled a Tandem CLX out of a basement, along with a few boxes of docs, 9-track tapes and random odd and ends: https://photos.app.goo.gl/m2N7RKN3JXcmVTUC8 There's such as thing as "so obscure that no one

VCF Midwest 14 Wrap-Up

Hello all - VCFMW14 has come and gone and we're left with lots of photo galleries, a few videos and hopefully fond memories for all. It was a new venue this year and an unprecedented (and unexpected - seriously we filled the place) turnout. Wheels are in motion toward doing it again next year but

Wang PC Available in Seattle Area

I have been contacted by a gentleman in the Seattle, WA area who would like to put a Wang PC240 system into the hands of a collector rather than see it scrapped. The system includes the custom Wang keyboard (with extra function keys and Wang "EXECUTE" key!), a 20MB half-height Seagate drive and

Re: VCF Midwest 14 Talks and Talkers

On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 12:38 PM Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 at 19:28, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk > wrote: > > > > Especially the > > > > "Notice: Undefined index: currentpage in /var/www/vcfmw.org/footer.html on > > line 34" > > > > at the bottom. I felt right at home ;)

VCF Midwest 14 Overflow Hotel Block Open

Hello vintage fans! This is exactly the kind of problem a growing show wants to have, but it's a problem nonetheless. The Clarion Inn hotel attached to our show venue is FULL for Saturday night 9/14. There may be a few rooms left for Friday 9/13, but that doesn't do you a whole lot of good if

Re: Scanning Results

On Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 12:43 Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 8:09 AM geneb via cctalk > wrote: > > > On Mon, 22 Jul 2019, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: > > > > > So for the moment, I have to keep all my scans local (but accessible). > > > > > No you don't. Uploading

Re: Scanning question (Is destruction of old tech docs a moral crime?)

On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 11:41 AM Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: > 600dpi. The file is 22MB vs 12MB, so that's worth it. The 1200dpi version > was almost 70MB which is starting to get a bit large for a 60 sheet > document. The sweet spot seems to be 600dpu, at least for this material. I don't know

Re: Scanning question

On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 6:31 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > A "paper shear" > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MWB1C2A > looks like a cheap hobby version. I own this model, or very nearly the same one (previous iteration from Peoples Paper Cutter Factory #7). It's no 2-ton mechanic shear but it

Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019, 21:50 Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > Hi, > > This crossed my radar earlier today. I figured that someone on the > CCTalk mailing list might be interested in it. > > Link - Vintage 1995 Novell WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS TK50 Tape Digital > DEC VAX > -

Re: Computer Reset shop, liquidation. (USA)

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 3:30 PM Ethan Dicks wrote: > Not strictly true - I have taken two CBM printers off the free pile in > the past 6 years. Also guilty. It had an IEEE PET interface, what was I supposed to do??

Re: Computer Reset shop, liquidation. (USA)

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 11:13 AM John Foust via cctalk wrote: > I've considered taking a truckful to VCF Midwest, but apparently > I'd need to make a big scary sign that says "If you don't take it now, > it's going to recycling" because I can't imagine that I'd be able > to give away half the

Re: 5 1/4 diskettes available

On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 6:21 PM Guy Dunphy wrote: > > So they are! Oops. Sorry! > Maybe they had a rush of orders, and it's not entirely my fault? > Or maybe the 89c price was a typo, and my order alerted them? The magic of automatic reactive pricing systems, I guess. I received my package from

Re: 5 1/4 diskettes available

> On 7/10/19 11:32 AM, Will Cooke via cctalk wrote: > > > https://www.bgmicro.com/4-pack-of-5-25-floppy-diskettes-with-sleeves.aspx > > They have hub rings, so they are probably 360K Weren't these 89 cents when this was first posted? Well they're $1.89 now. You're altering the market!

Re: sun microsystem manuals

On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 6:47 AM Guy Fedorkow via cctalk wrote: > > I have a small stack of Sun 3 Administrator, Networking and Diagnostic > manuals, from about 1990. Contact me if you think anyone would want them? > Thanks I have scanned as many Sun-3 era manual as I've gotten my hands on, but

Re: Email delivery protocols / methods.

On Fri, Jul 5, 2019, 16:05 Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > Here's pot stirrer for a holiday Friday afternoon: > > How many different protocols / methods can we collectively come up with > for how email can be transferred? > > I'm primarily thinking about between servers (MTA-to-MTA). But I'm

Re: Teletype 5620 schematics

On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 12:48 AM Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: > Thanks for posting this, Al. Seconded. I've got one with the keyboard and ladybug mouse. Worked many years ago - and I'll never know if it has stopped working if I don't plug it in again!

Re: Connecting LK250 to VAXmate

On Sat, Jun 15, 2019, 03:28 Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: > I recently acquired a VAXmate with an LK250 keyboard. The problem is the > keyboard came without the cable. It uses an 8-pin SDL connector and the > usual tiny MMJ-like connector at the keyboard end. I don't know the pinout > and I

VCF Midwest: Hotel Reservations Open

After long delay, we can finally share the location of this year's show! Room registration is open and awaiting your reservation. We've got a new venue this year and that means a new table layout, which we're hard at work on and will be posted Real Soon Now. Then we can start signing up

Re: Abandoned FACOM system in Italy?

On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 7:32 AM Evan Linwood via cctalk wrote: > The most interesting section is from 14:14: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrx1tK5xcAk I like how they stole all the raised floor tiles except those with 1000lbs of tape drive on them, making extraction of those drives extra

Re: Abandoned FACOM system in Italy?

On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 7:32 AM Evan Linwood via cctalk wrote: > 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 Oof, 5:30 is a tragic sight for any IBM

Re: Hayes Transet Manual and Software

On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 23:43 Jason T wrote: > One of my few remaining Holy Grail items, I got a Hayes Transet 1000 > this week. My three-part Hayes stack is now complete. > Another Transet just sold on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/382925076475 And this one has the 5.25" PC software disk

Re: VCF Southeast Photos

On Fri, May 3, 2019, 06:21 Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > > It looks to me like an Apple "live photo". > Google/Android's version of the same. In a couple cases (like the CM's LED panels) I used it intentionally to capture motion. In others, I had forgotten to shut it off :( I can/should go

VCF Southeast Photos

Last weekend I made an unannounced visit out to Roswell, GA to visit our brothers-and-sisters-in-hoarding at the Vintage Computer Festival Southeast. They were hosted by the new location of the Computer Museum of America, not yet open to the public. The show was a solid representation of the

Craigslist: RP05 drive cable in Indiana

No affiliation with the seller, just a strange item to come across randomly. Digital BC06S cable, which is mentioned in the manual for the RP05 and possibly others: https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwi/ele/d/multi-pin-digital-cable/6835150645.html The ad shows updated two days ago so they likely

VCF Midwest 14: Date Announcement

Hello everyone - since people have already been asking (we even had someone call the hotel to try to register - that's some refreshing pro-activeness), we can confirm the date of this year's Vintage Computer Festival Midwest will be: September 14-15, 2019 2019 will bring a NEW LOCATION which

Re: decgraphic brochures on eBay

On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 1:48 AM Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > Is anyone here bidding on them that intends to scan them? > I won't snipe them if that's the case The GT44 User Guide? Or is there another auction? That one is too many $ for me.

Re: Bellmac 8 Tutor on ebay

On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 7:47 PM ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: > > If any the group gets the bell mac we would love a scan or hi res > photo of that multi colored sheet. It would look nice printed in the > back of a display ofone of these units here.We have 3 of these

IDOL/VS Manual

I am preparing to scan this manual on the IDOL/VS database system, which was initially a product of "Systems Specialties" but was later purchased by MAI for their Basic Four systems. I can't find any documentation on this product on Bitsavers or anywhere else. If anyone is aware of this manual

Re: wanted back issues IEEE ANNALS OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING bound or unbound... dtop us a line off list please.

On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 6:35 PM Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: > > At 12:05 PM 29/12/2018 -0800, Al Kossow wrote: > >On 12/29/18 12:00 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > >> Stupid question, but doesn't IEEE CS already have these archived? > > > >of course they are > > > >we are speaking with

Re: WTD: 9 track open reel for PDP-11

On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 11:17 AM W2HX via cctalk wrote: > Does anyone have a (preferably working) 9-track drive that can be used with a > PDP-11 (like a pertec interface) for sale? Willing to drive anywhere from > Philly to Boston for one. A bit out of your range, but if we can figure out

Re: Vintage Radio Catalogs

On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 5:54 PM Columbia Valley Maker Space via cctalk wrote: > Is there a similar mailing list for vintage radio guys? These books I > have need a new home As the URL suggests, these guy(s) specialize in early radio history. They also do a ton of scanning and host their own

Re: Hayes Transet Manual and Software

On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 11:32 AM geneb via cctalk wrote: > I'm glad you scanned it - I've got a Transet 1000 with no manual or power > supply. I had only the vaguest idea of what it did. ;) > Seems no one does for sure. There are some old ads and some posts here and there (one from an ex-Hayes

Re: Hayes Transet Manual and Software

On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 10:12 AM geneb via cctalk wrote: > Jason, you can send it my direction for scanning if you like. I built a > book scanner a while back to handle all the Crescent Software manuals I I just watched your video on your DIY scanner - good work! I'll keep it in mind, but I

Re: 1968 Hitachi HIDIC 100 Mini Computer

On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 12:43 PM Bill Degnan wrote: > > I did, link at bottom Got it. OCR'd and posted here: http://chiclassiccomp.org/docs/index.php?dir=%2Fcomputing/Hitachi The text on the title page goog-lates to "Thunder calculator for eye control", which is certainly clear to me... j

Re: 1968 Hitachi HIDIC 100 Mini Computer

On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 10:46 AM Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > > Sales Brochure scanned > https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=587 Please do scan the whole thing when you are able. I can OCR the Japanese text (or Acrobat can, at least...I'll have no idea what it says :) j

Vintage Datacomm Porn (SFW)

I have completed a scan of the December 1972 issue of "Communications News" and posted it to archive.org: https://archive.org/details/CommunicationsNewsV9N12/page/n0 Lots of great info and (mostly tiny) pics in here for fans of terminals, modems, early online networks and the growing data

Re: Font for DEC indicator panels

On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 2:04 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > So, anyone happen to know the font used in DEC's indicator panels: > > http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/DECIndicatorPanels.html > > or, at least, a very close match? According to my notes, for the VCFMW8 shirts

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

On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 12:24 AM Ethan via cctalk wrote: > I tried to watch it on the drive home from work today. Youtube video had a > strike (takedown) so it's gone. The web site had IP geolocation and > rejected my phone. So looks like it's Canada only. Discovery is working a deal for a US

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

On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 3:54 PM Pontus Pihlgren via cctalk wrote: > And they walked tight by his VT05 :) And I'd have told them to keep walking! But really, it's a video games/kitchy electronics show; they're not hardcore computer collectors. I don't even know what a show about "us" would look

UNIX - An Open Solution

I recently came across an eight-volume set of comb-bound, A4-sized booklets titled "UNIX - An Open Solution", by Mick Farmer and Richard Murphy. In trying to uncover more info about them, I found Mick Farmer's old home page: http://www.plan7.co.uk/mick.html. The books are mentioned there with

Re: VCFMW

VCFMW13 Talks & Presentations videos are up! Here's a YouTube playlist with all of them for this year: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE-Iywr9LQERoM2Iy6EeO9ln5SdFnmnsW

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

On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 11:00 AM Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > I've started to more aggressively archive material on old IBM and compatible > coax and twinax > terminals and was wondering if anyone has documentation scanned or squirreled > away that I don't > already have on bitsavers. Most

Re: VCFMW

On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 12:45 PM Jay West via cctalk wrote: > Once again. Silent700 put together an incredible show for the Midwest > computer festival in Elk Grove. Every room that was rented was almost > overflowing most of the show, so I suspect attendance was great. I heard a > lot of good

Re: Teletype mod 40 PSU

On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 2:09 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > Yup. The model 40 band printer was something that could do 150 lpm on > 14" tractor feed and could fit on a tabletop. Sold as a > Centronics/Dataproducts interfaced unit by several third-party vendors. > We had one hooked to an MDS

Re: Teletype mod 40 PSU

On Fri, Sep 7, 2018, 23:08 Paul Anderson via cctalk wrote: > I have a teletype 40PSU101 I can drop off at VCFMW or mail, but is is a bit > heavy. > > If you have any interest, please contact me off list. > Is this for the Dataspeed 40 terminal? If so, I have two of those and one of them is

VCFMW 13: Less Than a Month to Go!

Hello classic computing fans! We're entering the final weeks before the big event, and here is an update. If you're subscribed to the mailing list, you've already seen most of this (for review/sharing: https://mailchi.mp/e060dcbd1bfd/vcf-midwest-13-one-month-to-go). - Exhibits: Our exhibitor

Re: Fairly Extensive Singer/Friden "System Ten" Computer System for Rescue

On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 10:32 AM Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote: > Any update on this - has anyone picked up the system, or are there plans to > do so? Folks over at TNMoC are keen to know that it's been saved and is off > to a good home (sadly it's a bit unwieldy to arrange for it to be

Re: VCF Midwest seller's experience?

On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 12:25 PM Marvin Johnston via cctalk wrote: > I'm not sure, but I suspect enough people might be interested that it > could be a 24 hour event, Fri night - Sun afternoon :). While we technically open up Saturday morning and Friday is for set-up and load in, Marvin is

Re: VCF Midwest seller's experience?

On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 2:30 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > me too, I am going to try to fly out this year D T!

Re: VCF Midwest seller's experience?

On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 1:45 PM John Foust via cctalk wrote: > I'm thinking of reducing my collection by bringing items to VCF Midwest. > I attended once six or seven years ago. > > Of course a great deal depends on what I'm selling, so I'll build a list. > > Possibles include Micro PDP-11,

Re: FPUIB: OMG Will it never end? Magazines available free or postage

On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 7:54 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > (Box A33) ... Hi Fred - have any of these magazines been claimed? If so, what's left?

Re: Fairly Extensive Singer/Friden "System Ten" Computer System for Rescue

While I'm not claiming the system, I've let Rick know that I'm close to it and willing to help facilitate a rescue of at least some of the lot.

Re: Epson DECTalk IC

On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 3:12 PM Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote: > I've got a serial port DECTalk Express. Works great except for the battery > pack. No, you can't have it. That's the DTC03 and it's an acceptable substitute for those of us who can't find a DTC01 for under $300. I've wanted an

New VCF Midwest Mailing List

Hello all - I have created a mailing list for VCF Midwest news and announcements. You may already get your show news here or on the forums, but it will be useful to us in the future to have as many interested people as possible listed in one place. So, if you'd care to take a moment to drop an

Re: Anyone have a HALstation 300 install CD?

> On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 09:21:28 -0700 > Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > I'm evaluating two that came in as a donation, and the donor didn't > have any passwords Al - I made ISOs of the media I had before giving away my HALstations in 2009. I will email you directly with a link. -j

Announcement: VCF Midwest 13!

Summer is almost here and that means it's time to get it in gear and start planning our next Vintage Computer Festival Midwest. Astute readers will note that this announcement comes many weeks later than in past years, but rest assured there is still plenty of time remaining to make your travel

Re: old vintage stuff for pretty cheap

On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 12:48 PM, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote: > https://www.acrosups.top/vintage-computing-c-29/ > > Don't pay attention to where it says Old Price. > > Click on the item and see the discounted price. I smell an unfresh fish here. Most of the items

Re: Scanned paperback book "RSX A User's Guide"

On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 12:04 PM, Al Kossow via cctech wrote: > it is online now > > http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/rsx11/Pieper_RSX_A_Guide_For_Users_1987.pdf D'oh - I was already working on trimming up Mark's copy and OCRing it. I got the cover scans from him as

Re: IBM 6094-010 "Dials" protocol?

On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 10:49 AM, Chris Elmquist via cctalk wrote: > Maybe there's some relationship to the SGI dial boxes?? I have an SGI > one but don't know anything about the IBM ones. They were built by > Danaher and Seiko and both SGI and Sun offered those models...

Re: SuperTerm Maintenance Manual

On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 12:01 PM, Mike Norris via cctalk wrote: > Do you know were or how is the best place to send the scan (sorry this is my > first post)? First post and already bottom-posting - off to a fine start! Please do scan the manual if you can't find an

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

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 10:14 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > 2.8M runs at 1,000,000 bits per second. > Such controllers exist, but are not very common. > Can Catweasel/kryoflux handle that data transfer rate? Looks like no on the KF:

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

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 6:36 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > I've got a fellow with a stock of Teac FD235J (2.88) drives and about a > dozen bare Teac FC-1 SCSI boards. I'm interested, if the drives can be used for imaging 2.88 media (a la IBM, etc). Probably not so

Re: MY COMPUTER LIKES ME when i speak in BASIC.

On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 5:47 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > "MY COMPUTER LIKES ME when I speak in BASIC" > > Don't anthropomorphize computers. > They hate it when you do that. Yes, you might anger them, and then they turn on you (or at least turn surly and

Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 10:44 AM, Mark G Thomas wrote: > I think you want this: http://files.markgthomas.com/dl/adaptec/EZSCSI40.IMD > (This URL is temporary.) Ahh I didn't realize it was just the EZSCSI disk. Grabbed it just in case, as I don't know which version(s) I have.

Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 8:18 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > Or, are you suggesting putting together an imaging machine that also handles > HDD, CD-ROM, some tape cartridges, etc.? Correct. Two key components in short supply when you have 11 classiccmp projects are

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