Re: DEC manual typeface

On 2017-09-28 12:16 PM, Paul Koning wrote: > >> On Sep 27, 2017, at 9:38 PM, Toby Thain via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> >> wrote: >> >> On 2017-09-27 9:33 PM, Charles Dickman via cctalk wrote: >>> For those interested in all things DEC,

Re: DEC manual typeface

On 2017-09-27 9:33 PM, Charles Dickman via cctalk wrote: > For those interested in all things DEC, I found a typeface that is > very close to the typeface used in the old 60's and very early 70's > manuals. Google for "Function Pro Book font". If you mean:

Re: Why women were the first computer programmers

On 2017-08-24 6:11 PM, Jay West via cctalk wrote: > 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. That is, indeed, the message you are sending, with this weird 'reading into

Re: This Is Such An Exciting Listing!

On 2017-08-18 7:13 PM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182707649701 First time I've seen ebay used for trolling before -- I must live a sheltered existence... A-1 would click to zoom again --Toby

homebrew PDP-11 bus adapters - was Re: PDP-11: DR11-C to FPGA or 1284?

On 2017-08-01 10:26 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Fritz Mueller via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Monday, July 31, 2017 3:05 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts

ATX PSU breakout/adapters - Re: Cambridge Workstation woes - VMS 2691 PSU smoke

On 2017-07-30 12:18 PM, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote: On 07/30/2017 10:59 AM, Ian Frost via cctalk wrote: Any body any experience in fixing these old Acorn PSUs - or managed to source alternative modern supplies? There wasn't anything "special" about them, in that the outputs were

Re: VT320 Isn't working right

On 2017-07-23 7:27 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: All I have a DEC VT320 that powers up just fine, sees the attached keyboard, and I can enter the setup menu. However, when I attach it to my microPDP11 to use as a console nothing appears on the screen during power up (there is a boot rom

Re: Thousandth data book uploaded to bitsavers

On 2017-07-17 10:11 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: I'm not actively soliciting any donations for bitsavers currently because I already have a several year backlog Paper, digital, or either? --T On 7/16/17 7:44 PM, steve shumaker via cctalk wrote: find the ones you're missing.

Re: Depressing article

On 2017-07-14 11:13 AM, Doug Ingraham via cctalk wrote: The amount of data stored on 325 tapes would have been at most 58.5 gigabytes assuming 6250 encoding and single records over the length of the tape. Given the time frame I would guess that these were probably only 800 bpi and thus the max

Re: Where to send scans for publishing and preservation - Re: DEC archives

On 2017-06-17 8:32 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: On 17 June 2017 at 02:54, Jason Scott via cctalk wrote: Archive.org will take all your scans no questions asked. Mail me if you need assistance. Thanks for that -- it's good to know. But please can you bottom-post?

Where to send scans for publishing and preservation - Re: DEC archives

On 2017-06-16 1:40 PM, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 6:20 PM, Rob Jarratt wrote: I have therefore come to the conclusion that people don't want my scans (for whatever reason). And I am not going to waste my time scanning manuals as a

Re: DEC archives

On 2017-06-14 1:54 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 6/14/17 7:27 AM, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote: A thousand boxes are not at all accessible. They are trivial to access. You just have to cart your lazy asses to Fremont. No, _even on site_ 1000 boxes are very hard to access (compared

Re: DEC archives

On 2017-06-14 3:14 AM, emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote: On 2017-06-13 23:40, Mark Kahrs via cctalk wrote: In case you hadn't heard, the DEC archives at CHM are available and here's the PDF: http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/finding-aids/102733963-DEC/102733963-DEC.pdf

Re: gobs of stuff today from recovering a unit of mine.

On 2017-06-11 8:36 PM, couryho...@aol.com wrote: Yes if you are lucky enough to get one that is good. many good type office gear is being gotten rid of for a reason and many times is that it is used up! And a lot is as-new or perfectly okay. are win 10 drivers avail for this

Re: gobs of stuff today from recovering a unit of mine.

On 2017-06-11 7:41 PM, couryho...@aol.com wrote: Toby - We appreciate the offer but we do not ship things off-site to be scanned. Someday, if we fall heir to a fast scanner, things will happen faster here. Fujitsu make some very good ones. Around $100 on ebay (that's where I got mine,

Re: DEC terminals and classic server computing

On 2017-05-28 7:08 PM, Henry Bond via cctalk wrote: I have long had an interest in server tech and "technology with character" I finally took the plunge and got a DEC and I am looking for something of a similar vintage to connect it to. I have read about VAXstations, z80 based mainframes. This

Re: BBS software for the PDP 11

On 2017-05-19 9:10 AM, geneb via cctalk wrote: On Fri, 19 May 2017, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: On 18 May 2017 at 22:06, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: The plate on the back of my 11/93 says 345 Watts. That's about a fifth what your wifes hair dryer draws. Or

Re: BBS software for the PDP 11

On 2017-05-18 1:26 AM, John Wilson via cctalk wrote: On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 08:45:39PM -0400, devin davison via cctalk wrote: I have both a pdp 11/34 and 11/23 and am trying to find some bbs software to run. Preferably something that will run under an os and not monopolize the whole machine.

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

il 13, 2017 8:22:32 PM To: Jecel Assumpcao Jr. via cctalk Subject: 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

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

On 2017-04-13 6:54 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 04/13/2017 02:19 PM, Brent Hilpert via cctalk wrote: While one might argue the proliferation of BASIC on micros followed from BG/PA & SW/SJ, I'd say their implementations were following a trend rather than initiating it. BASIC was gaining

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

On 2017-04-11 8:38 PM, Charles Dickman via cctalk wrote: Google "worse is better". Richard P. Gabriel's phrase, I think. --T

Re: Scrounging - was Floating point routines for the 6809

On 2017-03-29 10:50 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: On 28 March 2017 at 18:58, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote: Maybe it has a slightly different connotation on this side of the pond; I don't think it would mean "borderline theft" for most people. I did Google it first!

Re: PreOwned machine privacy - Was: Acclaim Entertainment Indy (with data, emails, etc) on eBay

On 2017-03-28 6:51 PM, TeoZ via cctalk wrote: How do you feel about reading dead presidents personal letters? At some point personal information ends up being historic information. I am not a lawyer, but it almost seems like something that actual law should cover. *

Re: Floating point routines for the 6809

On 2017-03-28 11:23 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: On 28 March 2017 at 08:54, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: I need to scrounge around Hmm. That is not a possible usage of "scrounge" the way I know it. You can't scrounge something you already have. It doesn't mean

Unibus/QBus transceivers and drivers - was Re: PDP-11/20 in Iowa (x3)

On 2017-03-27 6:46 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 6:35 PM, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote: After seeing this modern memory board project for the PDP-8/e using NVRAMMs http://www.tronola.com/html/ram_for_pdp-8e.html I have a couple of those I

Portability of Fortran - was Re: Architectural diversity - was Re: Pair of Twiggys

On 2017-03-17 2:56 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 03/17/2017 11:41 AM, Paul Koning wrote: Not quite true. ALGOL was the first choice for a couple of architectures: Electrologica X8, and the Burroughs 48-bit mainframes. And I supposed you could claim that status for Bliss in the case of

Re: Fwd: Re: Architectural diversity - was Re: Pair of Twiggys

On 2017-03-17 3:19 PM, Rich Alderson via cctalk wrote: From: Chuck Guzis Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 11:27 AM On 03/17/2017 11:09 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: and, although we don't know when YOU were playing it, the march had been around half a century, so was probably playing on the

Architectural diversity - was Re: Pair of Twiggys

On 2017-03-16 5:09 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote: On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 6:55 PM, Toby Thain via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: On 2017-03-15 5:17 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote: Has anybody else noticed that the meaning of "portable code" seems to have morphed into &quo

Re: DEC frontpanel switch replica!

On 2017-03-15 8:30 PM, Philipp Hachtmann via cctalk wrote: Hi folks, this might be quite interesting for the folks that miss front panel switch handles! As some of you might know I'm currently working (a bit) on a new batch of Omnibus USB boards. And I have announced that there will be a kind

Re: Pair of Twiggys

On 2017-03-15 7:02 PM, Warner Losh wrote: On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 4:55 PM, Toby Thain via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: On 2017-03-15 5:17 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote: The whole idea of an "operating system" seems to have morphed into the notion of a user i

Re: Pair of Twiggys

On 2017-03-14 9:13 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 3/14/17 5:45 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: Judging by the eBay response, it looks like a replica (or counterfeit?) would be far more valuable than a usable substitute. I keep waiting to see how much a Macintosh version of the Twiggy

Re: Looking for Apollo Workstations for TV show

On 2017-03-13 4:15 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: If it says "Earth is destroyed, the programmers failed" You appear to have no clue what "Halt and Catch Fire" is. ...But if the TITLE of the show says "stuff catches fire" that's a pretty big warning right there. Seriously, though,

Re: Looking for Apollo Workstations for TV show

On 2017-03-13 4:15 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: If it says "Earth is destroyed, the programmers failed" You appear to have no clue what "Halt and Catch Fire" is. I googled. Still relevant. :D Anyway Paul's comment was meant generally. --T

Re: Looking for Apollo Workstations for TV show

On 2017-03-13 3:55 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: Be sure to ask what they will do with those devices. I've read some horror stories about people who provide stuff to moviemakers only to find out afterwards that they have been destroyed as part of the film. That may not apply here, but

Re: Borrowing a ADF scanner near Orangeburg SC next week?

On 2017-03-09 9:56 PM, Ian Finder via cctalk wrote: I'm going on an archiving trip to preserve a deserving piece of computer history, but it turns out the scanner I'm borrowing is overweight and united will charge $100-200 to check it each way. Before I buy one off amazon, I wanted to see if

NeXT in Toronto/Canada - was Re: Looking to re-home some NeXT hardware

On 2017-03-08 4:07 PM, Santo Nucifora via cctalk wrote: Hi Mark, Works for me or I can post. I am "snuci" on http://www.nextcomputers.org and have been a member for a little while. I have a couple of NeXTs already including only one that I've put on my site at Hi Santo I'm also a Cube

Re: Full immersion emulation

On 2017-03-01 7:55 PM, ben via cctalk wrote: On 3/1/2017 4:22 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 03/01/2017 11:46 AM, Tony Duell wrote: But presumably on an emulator there will be some kind of volume control. Or even unplug the speaker(s) if you want silence... But then, what of the

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