RE: IBM Series/1

2019-08-05 Thread Jay West via cctalk
I used to run a system at Anheuser-Busch in the late 80's, ISTR it was a 4331, 4341, or 4381. Under VM/370, It ran SMI's (Systems Management, Inc) Pick/370 OS. IBM terminals could attach direct or via an establishment controller, but dumb serial terminals could connect via the series/1's which

RE: Box of HP 1000 series MUX cards - 12040

2019-07-09 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Guy wrote... Wow. Way to make everyone interested in restoring HP 1000 systems (me included) hate you. I'm thrilled that he took the time to post them here before they hit the shredder. Thanks Jesse, much appreciated!

vax stuff

2019-07-08 Thread Jay West via cctalk
2 PrintServer 17 2 PrintServer 17 high-capacity (1500 sheet) paper trays 3 PS17 Maintenance kits (220 V) 2-4 PS17 Toner cartridges 2 LS17 Toner cartridges 1 MicroVax 3100 1 InfoServer 1000 1 vertical SCSI storage rack

RE: Pleas ID this IBM system....

2019-05-21 Thread Jay West via cctalk
No modern datacenter that I have seen still uses a raised floor *OTHER THAN* about 3 inches for a ground plane. There is a reason for that... the old idea of forced cooling under the floor and mixing power & data cables there has been found to be a truly bad idea. Power in most any modern

RE: Tape Storage Rack WAS: RE: 1/2" tape storage.

2019-04-09 Thread Jay West via cctalk
I have two of the authentic tape racks, the ones that held tapes by the snap closure on the flexible plastic ring. Both are about 65 to 70 inches tall. One is about 2 feet wide and I will be keeping that. The other is about 5 or 6 feet wide and should go to a good home. Both are in good

RE: Mounting HP7970e 9-Trk 1/2" Tape Drive

2019-02-07 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Brent wrote... There's no way you're angling a regular shafted screwdriver in there to adequately tighten screws. One could undo the catch that limits the angle of swing, but I still don't expect it's going to swing far enough to get the frame out of the way, let alone the PCBs and motors still

RE: Mounting HP7970e 9-Trk 1/2" Tape Drive

2019-02-06 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Chuck wrote... -- The HP disk array rack is a pretty standard 19" EIA rack, with some extra slots for mounting the disk drive slides. Looking at the 7970, without the mounting kit, it's a standard 19" wide. The right side flange has holes for mounting; the left side (the side with the

RE: Mounting HP7970e 9-Trk 1/2" Tape Drive

2019-02-06 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Chuck's retension levers any chance this is on thingiverse or would you be willing to send me the .stl file so I can 3dprint my own? :) I have not looked at my 7970's in quite some time, but I had thought the previous discussion was for mounting the 7970's in an HP rack. Not all later HP

RE: Mounting HP7970e 9-Trk 1/2" Tape Drive

2019-02-05 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Brent wrote... --- The right side of the drive (should) have little pieces of 1/8" thick aluminum glued at the back of the rack-mount holes to match the thickness of the left-side bracket, to make the drive seat parallel to the face of the rack. In my (limited) experience

RE: Mounting HP7970e 9-Trk 1/2" Tape Drive

2019-02-05 Thread Jay West via cctalk
I'm sure there is a post in the archives about this... There is a special custom HP bracket on the left. It is a heavy piece of steel - and it MUST be, due to the weight and movement (swing out) of the unit. I'm used to finding ways for one person to do a two man job when mounting things in

OT Parts houses & scrappers

2019-01-26 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Kudos to Jesse for working with me offlist, I feel I've gotten a good deal. I appreciate the offers to help purchase, very much, but I got this taken care of directly with Jesse and I'm happy. We have to understand, as others pointed out, that if no one speaks up for stuff at a price that can

RE: HP board "gold recovery" garbage

2019-01-23 Thread Jay West via cctalk
for just that one board. -Original Message- From: William Donzelli [mailto:wdonze...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 4:38 PM To: Jay West ; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Cc: Chris Hanson Subject: Re: HP board "gold recovery" garbage Why not offer t

RE: HP board "gold recovery" garbage

2019-01-23 Thread Jay West via cctalk
OMG no, that hurts more than just my heart because: That top board on the stack is a 12922, part of that 3 board mux set for TSB. I sure wish I had some spare cash at the moment. The ebay seller lists as "Cypress"? Pushing them out for gold? -Original Message- From: cctalk

RE: Hewlett-Packard 3000, 9000, Itanium (HP-UX & MPE/iX) Servers, Storage Arrays, Replacement Parts, Maintenance, & Disaster back-ups

2019-01-22 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Grant wrote... --- Conversely "Hay everybody, check out what we have for sale this week!" is not so cool. -- I've dealt with Jesse before, at least I tried to. I needed a particular board that he had (part of a 12920 mux set) that has almost no commercial value. That

OT RE: Bogus "account hacked" message

2019-01-09 Thread Jay West via cctalk
-Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of John Foust via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2019 6:33 AM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Bogus "account hacked" message At 08:56 PM 1/8/2019, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: >I currently have

RE: Want/Available list

2018-12-20 Thread Jay West via cctalk
This is not a peeing contest. Not concerned about who started it nor who said something last. Everyone drop the angst, keep it amicable. J

RE: Project sonoko, x11 xterm home-made

2018-12-20 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Carlo, I apologize that this list is difficult to follow and looks like spam to you. I'm not sure how to help you if that is your position. I do suggest that you and Al work things out off-list so that things stay amicable here ;) J -Original Message- From: cctalk

OT RE: 3D printer $179.99 (today ONLY) (Was: 8-Update

2018-12-19 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Fred wrote... In addition, how hard would it be to 3D print some parts to turn it into a PLOTTER? --- I have not seen or done the below myself. But I have heard that there are plenty of conversion kits out there for 3d printers to do: As fred asked... https://tinyurl.com/y9d7sbwt Also... PCB

RE: 3D printer $179.99 (Was: 8-Update

2018-12-19 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Gene wrote... For what you're going to use it for, that's a good choice. I wouldn't recommend it as a printer though. ;) (The design isn't bad, but it's not a very newbie-friendly printer.) - Gene, you're just sore that the $175 ender 3 is comparable to a Prusa i3 Mk3 that costs

Off-Topic : RE: 3D printer $179.99 (Was: 8-Update

2018-12-19 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Fred wrote >> If you are seriously considering getting one, consider: >> https://www.woot.com/category/computers?ref=w_gh_cp_5 >> That offer is for 24 hours! I've had dual time-sinks the past year, a 3d printer and a high end drone :) The 3d printer I got was the creality ender 3 that is

RE: Old HP stuff

2018-12-19 Thread Jay West via cctalk
I could probably use one more period-correct HP rack if someone has one they need to go away. The HP mint gray ones, not the more modern beige/cream/white. J

RE: cctalk/cctech

2018-11-27 Thread Jay West via cctalk
>>> I think it's time for cctech to die. >>> >>> >> I agree! >> >> > Not die so much as one become an alias of the other. I actually use > them both, depending on the nature of my question. Someone should run > a set of tests. It was decided and announced long ago that cctalk and cctech

OTsorta : Old phone system(s) avail

2018-10-17 Thread Jay West via cctalk
I know some of our members are into phones... I am tossing the following in a skip to go to a recycler. I'd rather not ship the units, but am willing to pull any boards if someone needs them. Toshiba Strata DX Toshiba CIX200 Toshiba CIX40 The will be sent off to recycler Monday or

RE: PDP-11 in russia?

2018-10-03 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Digital Equipment Corporation 1975 – 1985 Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Holm Tiffe via cctalk Sent: 02 October 2018 18:01 To: Jay West; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: PDP-11 in russia? Jay West via cctalk wrote: > Someone has contacted me about a pdp

RE: PDP-11 in russia?

2018-10-02 Thread Jay West via cctalk
in russia? On 10/02/2018 08:52 AM, Jay West via cctalk wrote: > I do have a phone number for them. I am not really familiar with > international dialing, but it starts: > > +79507. which my google-fu seems to indicate is Slovenia? > > I wouldn't call a Slovenian a Russian to hi

RE: PDP-11 in russia?

2018-10-02 Thread Jay West via cctalk
[mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Katz via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2018 7:47 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: PDP-11 in russia? On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 1:37 PM Jay West via cctalk wrote: > Someone has contacted me ab

PDP-11 in russia?

2018-10-02 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Someone has contacted me about a pdp-11 that controls a "measuring machine dea epsilon". It appears that they want to replace the pdp-11 with a "ibm" (I'm guessing a pc), and then they would give the pdp-11 as a gift. That is all the info I have. Are there any listmembers in Russia who

RE: pdp-11/34 extravaganza

2018-10-02 Thread Jay West via cctalk
This was claimed by the way.. -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jay West via cctalk Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018 2:02 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: pdp-11/34 extravaganza I was contacted about an 11/34 system available

pdp-11/34 extravaganza

2018-09-30 Thread Jay West via cctalk
I was contacted about an 11/34 system available. It appears to be not just a system, nor just a system in a rack, but pretty much a full installation and all the trimmings (printers, terminals, documentation, media, etc.). I am pretty sure some of the terminals will invoke interest at the very

VCFMW

2018-09-18 Thread Jay West via cctalk
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 feedback on the speakers and presentations, and I also noticed that the

RE: HP 7980 tape drives

2018-06-15 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Ed wrote... -- can use the hpib but some one would have to be on way to grand canyon and drop off.. --- You aware that your HP TSB systems wont speak HPIB? J

RE: old DEC stuff

2018-05-30 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Dominique wrote: $75 for one toggle switch ? $9,999.00 for a rusty PDP8L ? hem ... No - Mitch Miller is a really good guy, and very "collector friendly". He still sells to a lot of business clients, and those are the prices he can get for those in that market. However, if you

RE: Happy Armed Forces Day 2018

2018-05-20 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Fred wrote... d) The TRULY IMPORTANT issues will never be solved through the use of armed forces: big-endian V little-endian vi v emacs DEC V IBM CDC V IBM TRS80 V Apple Atari V Commodore IBM V Apple Android V IOS Linux V Windoze V MacOS number of buttons on a mouse You left off

list server maintenance

2018-05-06 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Back up, testing.

RE: Blog in portuguese - are updates allowed/wanted?

2018-04-25 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Definitely OK by me, does anyone object? Also don't forget www.tabalabs.com.br as well :) J -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Alexandre Souza via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2018 2:52 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and

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

2018-04-17 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Mark - if you don't find another good spot for it, I'd be happy to host it for free. Perhaps rsx.classiccmp.org or such. Best, J

RE: Speed now & then

2018-04-11 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Liam wrote... https://danluu.com/input-lag/ Hey thanks for that link... fun read! J

RE: CLASSICCMP vs. RackSpace or Gmail

2018-02-06 Thread Jay West via cctalk
I suspect I must be missing something. I haven't gotten a request/question from Zane or Jim about anything lately. As Doc said "Please state the nature of your emergency" :> Let me know what you need and I'll be happy to help. J -Original Message- From: cctalk

RE: Sneak peak: this year's VCF PNW/East/West shirt design

2018-01-31 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Gene wrote... > Just...no. Yeah, agreed. No. Fred wrote... >The "nuts" and "bolts" should be capacitors and chips. >The squared off U shaped object nearest on the desk >should be replaced by an Escher Fork (aka impossible >trident). >soldering iron and scope, instead of hammer. >maybe some magic

RE: Which Operating System for my DCC-116 E / Entrex 480 / Nixdorf 620 / Data General Nova 1200 clone ?

2018-01-16 Thread Jay West via cctalk
The 'other Jay' wrote... -- Diagnostics for DG systems are notoriously difficult to find. I have a few, in listing format. -- I have a full official DG-issued/labeled original diagnostic OS tape. I do believe it is at 800bpi

test

2017-12-01 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Test - no reply needed.

RE: Altair Peripheral Emulator

2017-11-29 Thread Jay West via cctalk
My fault for being hopelessly backlogged. I will have a website spot ready for the content by tomorrow morning. How about http://ape.classiccmp.org ? FreeBSD/Apache/MySQL/PHP ok? -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Richard Cini via cctalk

RE: Almost PDP 11/05 on Ebay

2017-11-21 Thread Jay West via cctalk
A guy recently contacted me that had an 11/05 for sale, stating his first preference was it go to a museum and if that failed, he wanted to sell it. I sure hope he's not parting it out on ebay Please don’t email me about it... if the museum he's currently talking to doesn't take it, I'll

RE: HP 2640 character set generation manual in the UK

2017-11-09 Thread Jay West via cctalk
And FYI... bitsavers is mirrored multiple places, so if it is at bitsavers, it's already got multiple sources.

RE: List Problems?

2017-11-07 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Yes, I am aware of the list problems. Yes, it went down a couple weeks ago and again about a week ago. The issue is that I've been migrating the classiccmp server VM from an old falling apart cluster to a new one. Rather than just migrate it, I decided to take the time to upgrade everything.

RE: PDP8.org

2017-10-28 Thread Jay West via cctalk
So either it’s a bug and will be fixed soon, or we have a very limited window to grab it before DNS propagates. As always - willing to host any classic computer related websites free of charge. Not trying to take aaron's site if he's still got it, just want to make sure it's preserved. J

RE: Contacting the list admin?

2017-10-27 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Got it covered.

RE: HP 21mx/whatever processor works with doublesided key... i forgot model#

2017-10-20 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Ed wrote... -- HP 21mx/whatever processor works with double sided key... (I forgot model#) -- Given the way you phrased it, the correct replacement for 'whatever' is M series. E and F never used the double sided key. However, even that is not entirely correct. Older M's used the

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

2017-10-17 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Us lowly technician license holders would love to participate :) J/KE0FJW

RE: Giving away my collection to someone just starting out in the hobby

2017-10-14 Thread Jay West via cctalk
If anyone has interest in Digital Aeon's (aka Steve Landon) "offer to get rid of his collection", please contact him directly off-list, and let's not continue this thread here. J

offlist RE: Looking for Nova 1200 guts

2017-10-11 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Crates of 'em. Not sure how many are 800 vs 1200 though... -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of jim stephens via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 6:42 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts

RE: More videos of VCF's Univac

2017-10-11 Thread Jay West via cctalk
VCF Univac 'project leader' wrote: "Remember that there is only 32K of memory in the machine." "only 32k"?? HP2K ran 32 users in 32K of ram, and did it quite well. J

RE: Paging Dwight Elvey, Jay West and other Nicolet 1080 owners... [re-send]

2017-10-10 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Sellam wrote... -- Dwight & Jay, I know you guys for sure have Nicolet 1080 minis. And I think there's someone else that has one, maybe more. -- My Nicolet was moved to another collector many years ago. I do not recall who for sure, but I think it was Dwight? Best, J

RE: Aaron Nabil & pdp-8.org

2017-10-06 Thread Jay West via cctalk
I was both stuck out of town as well as suffering a local mbox snafu so I did not see this thread. If anyone managed to save it, and the owner cannot be contacted/found, I'd be happy to host it (or at least house it if permission is not obvious). J

RE: (Classic Computers) HP 7970 1/2" 9-Track Reel-to-Reel Tape Drive

2017-10-04 Thread Jay West via cctalk
On 10/3/17 7:24 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > Al has a bunch of 7970 stuff on bitsavers, but not, I think (I could > be wrong) the manual specific to the B and C models. I do have a chunk of HP service manuals (pretty sure 7970 included) that are in electronic format but have never made

RE: (Classic Computers) HP 7970 1/2" 9-Track Reel-to-Reel Tape Drive

2017-10-04 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Re: 7970's with HP-IB support I had written…. I've never once seen that option in the wild though To which Ed# replied... YES! hp 30  series  3000  systems and 40  series  had   hpib  1600 bpi 7970e  in early days. Generally, there are far more 2100/21MX systems still around

RE: (Classic Computers) HP 7970 1/2" 9-Track Reel-to-Reel Tape Drive

2017-10-03 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Jack wrote > Question: I understand that most (all?) of the '7970 drives interfaced > through the HP-IB IEEE-488 bus. To which AEK replied -- wrong. full stop. -- Welcome to our nook of the net. The grizzled veterans are here, and there's quite a few HP 2100/21MX folks

RE: Joe Rigdon

2017-09-27 Thread Jay West via cctalk
I keep his pages online as he had a pretty huge amount of info and pictures. On more than one occasion over the years I have tried to locate him, and posted on the list about it. There have been no positive responses J

RE: HP 7970E - interest to split?

2017-09-25 Thread Jay West via cctalk
ED#WROTE What is really scarce is a 7 track 7970b! I have a 7970B (needs some repair) that I would LOVE to trade for a 7970E. J

RE: HP 7970E - interest to split?

2017-09-25 Thread Jay West via cctalk
I may be convinced to split it with you. I could always use another 7970E. I can't tell from the pictures if one is master and one is slave only though.. that would be key.

RE: HP 2108A key

2017-09-22 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Christian wrote --- In total, there are three different keys used on the 21MX, 1000M and 1000E/F. --- Ug... no. There are not 3 different keys used. And for the record, the 1000M and 1000E/F are *ALL* 21MX's, at least in the end. They are also all "1000's" in the end as well :> But

RE: HP 2108A key

2017-09-20 Thread Jay West via cctalk
No, that key won't work. The one Mike is looking for is dual sided key and controls a switch (off, on, standby, etc.). Yours the key is just a latch. I had a ton of those A machines, but guess I traded them all off. Wouldn't surprise me, I standardized on the newer power supplies and

RE: oh, this is great news!

2017-09-01 Thread Jay West via cctalk
There is supposed to be a rule inside mailman, that if the x-spam-score exceeds X (where X is I don't recall at the moment) it is deleted automatically before moderation. I'll check on why it made it. J

RE: Interest in Prime manuals?

2017-09-01 Thread Jay West via cctalk
If DB doesn't want them, I will save/store them. J

paging alexandre souza

2017-08-30 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Trying to reach alexander souza regarding his classiccmp hosted website, but no response. Anyone know if he has a new email address or something? J

More updates

2017-08-26 Thread Jay West via cctalk
For official bitsavers mirrors, rsyncd has been turned back on (it was off while bitsavers was migrated to the new classiccmp server, and during testing). If you host a bitsavers mirror and have any issues with rsync (you will, if you were using the IP instead of the host name) please let me know

Update

2017-08-25 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Emergency moderation mode is in effect. Your posts to the list will likely be delayed during this time. I'm sure it will return to non-emergency mode quickly. I've ended the previous thread. That's a bit of a shame, as many of the held postings in that thread were pretty interesting stuff that

RE: Why women were the first computer programmers

2017-08-24 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Posts <cctalk@classiccmp.org>; Jay West <jw...@classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: Why women were the first computer programmers but you admonish one publicly, and not the other that solicited the response. What am I supposed to read into that? M. On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 at

RE: Why women were the first computer programmers

2017-08-24 Thread Jay West via cctalk
I wrote... > I did not say sexism was ok. To which toby replied... >That is, indeed, the message you are sending No. It is not. It is what you are saying that I intend. And not that I have to explain myself but historically when anyone posts something I'd like to curb, I generally do it

RE: Why women were the first computer programmers

2017-08-24 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Seth, my wife is one of those engineers that you speak of. She has 30+ years at a 'well known global engineering company'. She has succeeded greatly and she has done so specifically by insisting that she be treated the same, not differently. She discusses the stance that you wrote below very

RE: Why women were the first computer programmers

2017-08-24 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Several wrote... > You may feel free to remove me from this list. And > Likewise. And > That's it for me and this list. I did not say sexism was ok. Those that are reading that in to it - please click unsubscribe as you are obviously looking for an excuse to do so regardless. Or perhaps you're

RE: Why women were the first computer programmers

2017-08-24 Thread Jay West via cctalk
It was written... --- That's crude, ignorant, sexist, and wrong. --- The above statement sounds to me as being intolerant, hatespeech, and judgemental. Why do you think you have the right to determine that and apply labels to someone? The world has gone mad

RE: WTB: RX02 Floppy Disks

2017-08-02 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Eric (via AEK) wrote -- "RX02 format uses single-density address fields even for double density. The RX02 can "reformat" standard single-density into RX02 modified MFM format just by rewriting all of the data fields. It still can't low-level format a blank or MFM disk." So you

RE: Wang 2200 system for sale in St. Louis, Mo.

2017-07-21 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Jim wrote... -- Passing this along to the list. This looks like a very nice system. Via Steve Stengel. Craigslist listing says it is @ an American Legion post. Looks to be in north county, American Legion Post 444 on Old Jamestown Road.

Yet More Equipment Available - Codex 6745/PDP11/IBMS1??

2017-07-21 Thread Jay West via cctalk
I got the following email, not sure what to make of it.. I just happen to have a PDP11 you might be interested in It is a Codex 6745 I have 4 work stations the processor and the server I also have an IBM series one complete with all of the log books that go with it ,a beautiful

Equipment Available - Russian

2017-07-21 Thread Jay West via cctalk
So Mihail contacted me and he wants to get rid of (sell) 3 old Russian computers with documentation. Pictures at: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByRamH3wFb6SYU1kclZQNWxkQUU If anyone is interested, contact me off-list and I'll put you in touch with the owner. Best, J

Boards stripped from MRI available

2017-07-21 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Some guy contacted me saying he had pulled all the boards from an MRI machine that had a problem with the moving bed. Hr He gave me an excel spreadsheet of what appeared to be AD/DA stuff branded IMATRON, Dec boards (M8043, M8044DF, M8186), Distributed Logic MQ759 controller, some Computer

vintage apple collection

2017-07-13 Thread Jay West via cctalk
https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/sop/6209023826.html Not connected to the seller in any way, a friend of mine in phx just sent me the link as he knew I was "in to old computers". J

RE: Manual sought - Northern Telecom Spectron D101

2017-07-10 Thread Jay West via cctalk
John wrote... -- I saw your post online regarding the D-101 Datascope Manual. If you still have copy, I'm interested. Please let me know? Thank you. -- He must be referring to a post I had made... quite some time ago I was looking for manuals... I did find them. I'll reply to him directly

OT (was RE: CFL AND BBS software for PDP11)

2017-05-22 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Unless somehow the discussion of CFL bulbs revolves around front panel light replacement this thread needs to die. J

RE: xv and VMS

2017-05-16 Thread Jay West via cctalk
3rd -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Bill Gunshannon via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 2:28 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: RE: xv and VMS I'll second that. bill

test, please ignore

2017-04-26 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Don't need a response, please ignore. J

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

2017-04-21 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Pontus wrote... - You could argue that years are index starting from zero. Thus the 20-year celebration is next year and we have ample time to prepare. - That's a hilariously great idea for the rationalization and justification department *grin* J

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

2017-04-21 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Zane wrote... - I think it's safe to say that a list dedicated to computer history, forgot its own history. - I beg to disagree with the premise. Yes, there are quite a few people here that focus on the history and historical aspects of the hobby. But that doesn't mean the list is

RE: bitsavers rsync server down

2017-04-21 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Sam wrote… How does one back up a system like that? - Well, it’s rsynced to X mirror sites around the globe (where X is I forgot, but I believe around 8 or 10 sites). So one site going dark isn’t going to make the content go away – even if the dead site is the master site on classiccmp.

RE: Bitsavers size

2017-04-21 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Alexandre wrote... -- Is there interesting of having a "comunity backup" of bitsavers in Brazil? -- I just host the main repository and rsyncd to the mirrors. The site is 100% owned and maintained by Al Kossow. So you'd need to ask that question of Al as he's the one that decides

RE: bitsavers rsync server down

2017-04-20 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Gene wrote - One of these days you should post a list. :) - Ha! I Have, several times. I'm still wrapping up the datacenter migration. At this point, its down to loose ends and freebie/myhobbystuff :) The classiccmp server will be reloaded, a few much needed disks added... and there's

RE: bitsavers rsync server down

2017-04-20 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Ben wrote... Just how big is the server? Bitsavers that is publicly visible is around 275gb but there's some other bitsavers working areas. But the classiccmp server... has significantly more than that, due to all the classiccmp related websites and archives/repositories that are hosted

RE: bitsavers rsync server down

2017-04-19 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Did you perhaps change your IP address? Bitsavers rsync access is only allowed per specific IP addresses... -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jay West via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 10:19 AM To: 'Christian Corti' &l

RE: bitsavers rsync server down

2017-04-19 Thread Jay West via cctalk
That's my fault I'm still mopping up pieces from our datacenter move. I'll try to get it resolved today. -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Christian Corti via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 3:06 AM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org

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

2017-04-11 Thread Jay West via cctalk
I would suggest that the premise (“C is so evil”) of your question (“why is {C} so successful?”) is incorrect. No C is not evil, yes it is wildly successful. Now the ++ in C++…. THAT is evil ;) J From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Charles Dickman via

RE: Any faithful VT100 Emulators?

2017-03-22 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Ethan wrote... - I'm following this thread because I too want a decent terminal emulator that works with a variety of vintage text editors (that seems to be the torture test) but for Linux or OS X. Putty seems to be a repeat suggestion but it's not for my platforms. -- The most

RE: I hate the new mail system

2017-03-16 Thread Jay West via cctalk
It was written == This header change thing is A BIG MESS! Make it like before, PLEASE! It's just annoying, unusable (On my iOS devices, I can't find the original sender at all!) and completely unneeded. I'm losing fun using the list. -- We've been in the

server up

2017-03-12 Thread Jay West via cctalk
The server seems to be alive at the new IP, mail flowing, websites up.. Still checking a few things, but appears complete. J

server downtime

2017-03-11 Thread Jay West via cctalk
The classiccmp host will be going down tonight around 8pm. It should be back up by 2am tomorrow. This will affect the mailing list as well as any and all websites hosted by the classiccmp server. While we provide DNS for most of those websites, there are a few that still maintain their own

HP 9815A

2017-03-10 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Local electronics place has a HP 9815A for sale, the appearance from a 10 foot distance was "fair" or slightly less than fair condition. If someone is serious about it, let me know and I'll inquire further. J

list issue

2017-02-27 Thread Jay West
So sorry for the temporary email outage on the list. We're moving datacenters and one of my folks moved several front end mail processors - not realizing that the classiccmp server which stayed behind was still using them. Through the magic of a vpn tunnel between front end mx hosts and the

RE: Test

2017-02-27 Thread Jay West
Test received ;) -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Graham Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 6:34 PM To: Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Test Ezwind? -- Adrian/Witchy Binary Dinosaurs

RE: Wanted: AT 3B2 systems & software

2017-02-10 Thread Jay West
Years ago I picked up a pallet of 3b2's, there was probably four or five systems on that pallet. They were all given to a collector who isn't particularly active on this list. I can ask him if he still has them if this helps? J

RE: need (physical) key for Sun SPARCserver 1000e

2017-02-08 Thread Jay West
Bill wrote... > Got a picture of it? Jerry Replied >No, I do not See http://theor.jinr.ru/~sazonov/guide/sun/ss1000e.png J

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