Re: WTB: Amiga 8375 Agnus IC (NTSC or PAL) or Amiga 600 motherboard

Ethan I probably have one. More likely to be NTSC than PAL - I'll look. What do they go for, these days? Cheers Robert On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 10:43 AM Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote: > > > Looking for an Amiga 8375 Agnus IC (Amiga 600, Amiga 500 Plus.) NTSC is > what I have now but the PAL

Re: Kennedy 9800 - Power-up tips?

I'm under caffeinated and not really with it yet, having recently gone semi nocturnal, so you'll want to double check this with someone who's actually awake. That said, variacs aren't a universal panacea and can sometimes be harmful rather than helpful. My disorganized memory is offering TVs as

Re: pull-out console tables Re: General Automation SPC 16 on eBay

On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 5:31 PM Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote: > >One other interesting thing I recall with the SPC-16 was that it had a < >1RU-high pull-out > table for putting a manual on when toggling. IIRC this is the grey panel/bar > immediately > below the console as shown in the eBay

Re: IBM MST extender cards

On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 11:29 PM Mark Linimon via cctalk wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 10:16:34AM +1000, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote: > > That wire wrap tool is identical to one my dad had in his CE toolkit > > I ... should take it from this that people don't just *own* these anymore?

Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

Looks like a Kennedy 9000 series, with the sliding panel and all. On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 12:53 PM Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: > > Does anybody here recognize the make and model of this tape drive? > > https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7_mfdfUIAMcTly.jpg > > -- > Mark J. Blair, NF6X >

Re: ATEX PDP-11 For Sale in Houston

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 7:48 PM Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > > > Wasn't the /34 all TTL? I'm pretty sure that my 11/34 is. That was a large part of its appeal to me. I should get back to it, when I have a minute... -- Robert

Re: Free: 2x DEC Alpha workstations - 164LX and XP1000

Hi Arun If the DEC Alpha workstations are still available I may be able to take them, thanks. I live in Amarillo but have a brother in law who lives in San Marcos and works in Austin - I'm sure that he's be willing to pick them up for me and hold them until I'm next down that way. Let me know,

Re: OT Parts houses & scrappers

I spoke with Mike, last year, around the time they were closing their doors. I'm fuzzy on the details, now, but dimly recall something about them possibly trying to hold on to much of the stock, despite losing the warehouse, with the possibility of reopening in some shape or form. With that said,

Re: Old HP stuff

If we're making a list, I need an HP 8120-4098 interconnect cable for 9836C to monitor. I'm also looking for a keyboard for a 9816, but that's a much longer shot... Thanks -- Robert On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 8:54 AM Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote: > > Thanks for all the replies! Based on the

Re: Looking for HP 1000 A990 backplane jumper board and memory frontplane

I remember you mentioning wanting one of those when I got my 1000 A900 kit, Glen. I don't have a spare but I'd be willing to take some photos and measurements of mine, if that might help somebody to make one. -- Robert On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 2:31 PM Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: > > I have an

Re: Advice requested on proper disposal of Seagate ST3000DM001 disk drives

If my memory of O Level chemistry classes is anything to go by, the idea was that you used a piece of Magnesium ribbon to ignite it. I don't recall Manganese Dioxide being part of the recipe. On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 10:20 PM Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: > > Anyone have advice on making thermite?

Re: Got a kidney!

Not being very active on this list, I hadn't realized that you needed one. I'm delighted to hear that you got one and wish you a full and speedy recovery. -- Robert On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 2:14 PM, Daniel Seagraves via cctalk wrote: > Got the call yesterday. Transplant operation was a success.

Re: 360 Technologies selloff

I just called, looking for a cable. Mike said they were selling the building and the plotter side of the business, but it sounded like the HP side might be coming back in some shape or form. -- Robert

Re: Lots of old DEC stuff

When I click on the link I don't get taken to any particular ebay seller. Rather, I get a general ebay search for "DEC", from all sellers. The results include both items that are relevant to vintage computing and items that are completely unrelated to it. Robert On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 1:18 PM,

Re: HP 9000-236 (9836CU) video cable.

no removable media. I don't know about the 200 series - my 9816 has no keyboard and I haven't even begun to think about solving that problem. Robert On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 12:07 PM, Tony Duell <ard.p850...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 5:56 PM, Robert via cctalk

HP 9000-236 (9836CU) video cable.

My latest score is an HP 9836CU (so, color with a 68010 CPU and HP-UX support) with a 98625A disk interface. I got the matching monitor, but I didn't get the video cable. Googling turns up that it's a very proprietary interface, but I could find nothing about the cable. It's a 15 pin D-sub at

Re: Personal Communications

> Mazzini Alessandro wrote: > Ehm > > Where are the messages ? Must be a mail client issue. I saw them, along with two attachments to boot. Robert

Re: Next 'stack' of computers to go, IBM p7's - not classics this time

> Noel Chiappa wrote: > > https://www.pakmail.com/ I'll second Noel's point about Pakmail. I used them to send a big AS/400 to Canada once. They charged $200 for the 250 mile round trip to collect it, plus crating & freight. In fact, if Mark doesn't go for it I may be tempted... Robert

Re: Pertec P4010 pictures, Maybe was 2 long lost Systems needs OS

Damn, but that's pretty! Looks like the FDD is 5.25"? I see that you, like I, are a frequent purchaser of Harbor Freight furniture dollies. Everything big and heavy, that doesn't have its own wheels, goes on one. That lets me move them around the workshop. It's a bit like Tetris, except you're

Re: FTGH: Unknown extender card

On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 6:40 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > A couple of people have replied privately telling me it's for a Motorola > EXORbus/EXORciser. Wasn't EXORbus keyed? I don't see a keyway in the photo. Robert

Re: HP 1000 system in Europe

Some more info would be nice. Also, a word of caution. I have two HP 1000/A900 systems and I gave myself a hernia last weekend, moving them. Robert On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 7:49 AM, GerardCJAT via cctech wrote: > NICE system !! > > I would have love it but hadn't room

Re: Shipping a Flexowriter

+2 for Pak Mail. I used their Plainview TX franchise, last year, to send an AS/400e, with expansion chassis, all the way from Texas to Canada. They came and collected it (a 250 mile round trip), built a crate for it and sent it LTL freight. The recipient was happy. On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 2:38

Looking for info on some Olympia CP/M machines - ETX I, ETX II & EX 100

This week, I scored four Olympia boxes - an ETX I, an ETX II and two EX 100s. Googling has not been very fruitful. I have established that the ETX II and the EX 100 are CP/M machines, SSDD 48 tpi 5.25" and DSDD 48 tpi 5.25" respectively and have seen one assertion that the ETX II is S-100 based -

Re: Good Electronic/computer stores SF area

Weird Stuff Warehouse? On Jamaica or Caribbean, iirc. On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 10:02 AM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: > On 2/6/2018 9:13 PM, Mark Linimon via cctalk wrote: >> >> On Tue, Feb 06, 2018 at 04:50:02PM -0800, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: >>> >>> but I've been

Re: OpenVMS software repositories?

If it's of any interest, I recently found a copy of WordPerfect 7 for OpenVMS. I'd be happy to upload an ISO, if one isn't already available everywhere. On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 9:30 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > >> On Feb 7, 2018, at 7:22 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk

Re: Is it really that quiet out there?

The last one that I received was October 20th. Robert On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 2:27 PM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: > Last one of those was a couple weeks ago. Then there were a bunch of backed > up ones. > > List has been steady and in real time (from what I've

Re: C64 to a good home

I recently bought a ZoomFloppy from here: http://store.go4retro.com/zoomfloppy/ I got the version with an IEEE488 conector, for use with a PET, but it also supports the serial interface used on the C64. On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 9:11 PM, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote: >>

Re: HP 7970E - interest to split?

That sounds very plausible, Mike. It's too far for me, but I bet somebody local could get both lots for $1000, by picking them up and saving them the hassle of crating etc. -- Robert On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, 25 Sep 2017,

Re:

Nope, but it doesn't hold a candle to "covfefe". When the POTUS butt-posts, you know you've been butt-posted! -- Robert On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 7:24 PM, Kirk Davis via cctalk wrote: > Well certainly not the first butt-post.. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 24, 2017,

Re: RIP Jerry Pournelle - Firsts

It's arguable that his daybook, Chaos Manor, was the first Blog. Very sad news. I still find myself instinctively clicking on the bookmark to his site, in the mornings. -- Robert On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 12:33 AM, Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk wrote: > Charles Dickman via

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

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 the business, or raise new funds. > His normal list of Altairs and such appear to have

IBM 5110 with 5114 & 5103 on Pittsburgh Craigslist

Not mine and way too far for me to go, otherwise I'd be all over it. Looks like the BASIC only version of the Model 2. https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/sys/d/vintage-ibm-5110-with/6234205659.html In other news, I have some disks coming for mine (thanks Chuck!), so should be resuming my efforts

Re: Whole IBM System/34 available in unknown condition

As Guy says, location will be the key to who, if anybody, can get it. I'd certainly be interested if it was withing a reasonable distance of me, though I'm not sure exactly where I'd put it... -- Robert On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 3:39 PM, Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk wrote: >

Re: Run/Stop switch from a Soviet S/370 clone

On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 1:52 PM, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: > I have no Flickr account and I can still see the pictures. As can I. I am running Noscript, though, so perhaps that is intercepting the login prompt. -- Robert

Re: IBM 5110 - Where does the character set live? And other questions.

OK, it's definitely the display board. The replacement board came Friday, I installed it today and all the characters are displaying correctly. The old board is now in the antistatic bag that the replacement came in. I say "old", but looking at the numbers following the part number (9522YG49 on

Re: IBM 5110 - Where does the character set live? And other questions.

On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 2:12 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctalk wrote: > Only the last bit to shift out of the register will have passed through > all flip-flops; numbering the flip-flops in such a way that the flip-flop > furthest away from the output is the first

Re: Through-hole desoldering (was Re: IBM 5110 - Where does the character set live? And other questions.)

On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 2:31 AM, Eric Smith wrote: > 2) vacuum desoldering gun: lots of people liked the Hakko 808, but it's > discontiued. The Hakko FR-300 looks like a reasonable replacement, and sells > for around $310. The drawback compared to the vacuum desoldering

Re: IBM 5110 - Where does the character set live? And other questions.

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 03:13 AM, Christian Corti wrote: > I hope this is also true in your case. According to your picture, the last > column of each character is missing. It could be an issue around the shift > register (e.g. the Display Data register, a latch,

Re: IBM 5110 - Where does the character set live? And other questions.

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 8:08 AM, Christian Corti wrote: > The characters are stored on the display interface card. I had a similar > fault in one of my 5110s, in my case it was a faulty TTL chip (IIRC a 74159 > demux). So, faulty support logic, rather than a

Re: IBM 5110 - Where does the character set live? And other questions.

On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 4:28 PM, Eric Smith wrote: > The Maintenance Information Manual (SY31-0550) has that information. The > most relevant pages are 3-3, 3.6, and 3-35 through 3-39. > > The character generator is the "Display ROS" on the display adapter card, > which is

IBM 5110 - Where does the character set live? And other questions.

Hi folks. I'm new here, but some of you will know me from the VCF forums, where I go by roberttx. I've recently picked up a 5110 (BASIC only), along with a 5114 floppy drive and a 5103 printer. It has all the mandatory cards, but no optional ones. It powers on, completes its self test and gets