On 1/22/2016 2:54 PM, Mattis Lind wrote:
Short: R27 in my VT100 PSU is hot and smelling. Why?
Long: I think it has been 20 years since I powered up this VT100 so I did
it carefully. Used a Variac and a bench supply. It switched just fine and
delivered the steady 5V out when the input was at appr
On 1/18/2016 10:51 AM,
martin.heppe...@dlr.de wrote:
this machine has a 98204B video board (intended to work with a 35721 monitor,
which I don't have). I have not yet found the specs for its composite signal.
It's around 25khz. The 98204B is
normally used with the 35721 or 35731
640x400
On 1/18/2016 12:46 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
Longevity of tapes was very spotty.
Some expensive, name-brand tapes just
disintegrated after a few years.
Others have held up amazingly well.
Yeah, I think even among the same brand
/ model. Like I've heard bad things
about Black Watch before t
On 1/18/2016 11:33 AM, Jon Elson wrote:
There was a tape sold by a few
manufacturers (I think 3M's was called
Black Watch) that had a coarse black
matte finish on the back side. A
problem with some drives which had
fast rewind speeds was that air was
trapped in the tape wind, and then
on
On 1/17/2016 1:40 PM, tony duell wrote:
Incidentally, another reason I am not
too keen on using an emulator is that
I suspect there could well be logic
faults in the CPU and if I am not
careful I will just have a long list
of unsolved problems, whch can be
somewhat disheartenng...
Yeah,
On 1/1/2016 2:52 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 01/01/2016 11:24 AM, j...@cimmeri.com
wrote:
Oh, don't feel too bad. I've only
got 3.0/1.0 via Comcast cable on
this semi rural small mountain I live
on. But, I'm happy with it
given my bill is $59 / month with
basic TV servic
On 1/1/2016 1:28 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
...
So maybe I'll get out of the 1.5/0.800
"Neanderthal" service one of these
days. I hope my story helps out other
CL customers.
--Chuck
Oh, don't feel too bad. I've only got
3.0/1.0 via Comcast cable on this semi
rural small mountain I live
On 12/29/2015 2:08 PM, Jules Richardson
wrote:
I've wondered occasionally what
happened to ghetto blasters - despite
finding other audio equipment of the
time every once in a while, I don't
think I've seen one anywhere in over
25 years. Were they exceptionally
fragile or something, and so
On 12/16/2015 4:58 PM,
m...@markesystems.com wrote:
Yep. Among the things that I have
given away (to Goodwill, or possibly
Salvation Army) - all in running
condition:
- A complete HP-1000 system: A600
processor with internal hard drive,
serial card + 8-port serial mux, all
floppies,
On 12/11/2015 9:33 AM, Kevin Anderson
wrote:
I used to be an ardent bottom-poster like this list requires, but then I was
given one very good reason to switch that I believe is valid and persuasive --
bottom posting (and even inline posting), I understand, is a very royal pain in
the arse f
Well, for one, I wanted to answer
because I understand the need to
maximize income from a sale, and happen
to own the same equipment they're selling.
No one here has to buy this system or
pay any more than they want to, so I
don't see any abuse occurring.
You use the word "profit" but th
On 12/8/2015 9:36 AM, Jay West wrote:
Noel wrote.
-
So I know someone who has a working 11/34
...
list it as a whole with a firm number in mind that it must sell for (or
better). If t
Ugh... Could this thread get any more
offensive to people's knowledge..
On 12/2/2015 11:13 AM, Tony wrote:
Mathematically, circumference is PI
times diameter or 3.14159. times
the diameter.
On 12/2/2015 11:06 AM, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Wed, 2 Dec 2015, Paul Koning wrote:
Actually, it's
. . / . - - - . . - . . .
On 11/16/2015 9:00 PM, drlegendre . wrote:
Guess you'll have to forgive those of us in the "Classicmp enthusiast"
group that don't overlap into the "HAM operator" group.
I for one had no idea that a member's location could be pinned-down (to
within shippin
On 11/14/2015 11:25 PM, Ian Finder wrote:
It seems to me that Paul Koning's attitude will lead retrocomputing to die. We
can't all own computers that can do interesting things with front-panel
programming alone.
By his definition, I have committed a lot of "theft" in my days to restore
sys
On 11/13/2015 5:45 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
Hey all --
Now that I have my PDP-11/05 running nicely,
What did you end up doing to arrive at
that functionality? Did I miss some emails?
I'm curious what others are
running on small systems like this -- until this point I've only played
with
On 10/6/2015 9:43 PM, Ali wrote:
Pretty simple--basically, it draws the tape over a carbide or ceramic
blade and scrapes loose surface oxide off; pads wipe both sides of the
Chuck,
Thanks for the explanation. So then you would use this on tape w/o data or w/
data that does not need to be reta
On 10/5/2015 10:24 AM, Henk Gooijen wrote:
=
Sorry for the delayed answer, I don't
have email available at work -:/
I have one M930 in slot 3 position
A-B, because that is the termination
for the processor. I am pretty sure
(not 100%) that I also have an M930
in slot 9 position A-
On 9/27/2015 2:56 PM, tony duell wrote:
The plan is to get it to work with the 8kW core memory, M7800 connected to
a good old teletype and PC05 paper-tape reader / punch and then run paper
tape BASIC on it or other paper tape software.
The problem is that I am lacking in the M7810 board. Sin
On 9/8/2015 12:28 AM, Marc Verdiell wrote:
Thanks for the answers everyone, I am writing everything down...
Marc
Nice to hear that people are still *writing* things down...
- J.
On 9/5/2015 8:02 AM, Mouse wrote:
I think it where much more helpful to answer things like "Sorry don't
know, never had todo with that", vs. simply saying nothing at all,
leaving the man that looks for help alone.
As a bystander, I would much rather see silence than some forty or
fifty "sorry
On Fri, 4 Sep 2015, j...@cimmeri.com wrote:
culture re what is offensive. His
remarks did not bother me because
they were "typically German." Maybe
me saying that will offend Holm...
lol...
On 9/5/2015 5:40 AM, Christian Corti
wrote:
Hey, they weren't "typi
On 9/4/2015 5:41 PM, Johnny Billquist
wrote:
On 2015-09-05 00:31, Holm Tiffe wrote:
Let me live the rest of my time like
a child playing with old computers,
that's exactly why we are here;
nothing else matters.
I know that people trying to help,
trust me, I'm doing that in other,
cases
run Unix V1
I am very interested in the MEM11
for this exact reason. I have a
PDP-11/20 that I'd love to do this
with. [Ethan Dicks]
You could also try Mini-Unix on your
11/20, which might support a wider
range of devices. [Jay Jaeger]
Very interesting. Does Guy's MEM11
provide wh
On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Jay Jaeger wrote:
On 9/1/2015 10:01 AM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
run Unix V1
I am very interested in the MEM11 for this exact reason. I have a
PDP-11/20 that I'd love to do this with.
You could also try Mini-Unix on your 11/20, which might support a wider ran
On 8/31/2015 12:56 PM, et...@757.org wrote:
"3.5 million of the 4 million
produced were sent back to the
company as unsold inventory or
customer returns. Despite sales
figures, the quantity of unsold
merchandise, coupled with the
expensive movie license and the large
amount of returns, ma
On 8/30/2015 1:08 AM, Guy Sotomayor wrote:
The MEM11 is a multi-function memory
board for Unibus based PDP-11
computers. It contains:
* 128KW memory
* Emulates console ROM & boot ROMs
* 2 SLUs (DL11s)
* KW11K
* KW11P
* KW11L
* KW11W
* RF11 (emulating up to 8 RS11 disks)
* KE11
G
On 8/19/2015 11:52 AM, Jason Scott wrote:
In closing, I might ask you to consider taking your sweet time getting
this stuff online. There are still some manual dealers out there. Let
them handle the decline of their business in whatever way they see
fit. All of them know it is just a matter of
On 5/28/2015 1:05 PM, emanuel stiebler wrote:
On 2015-05-28 12:00, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Thu, 28 May 2015, jwsmobile wrote:
I saw this article over on the Hercules group, and was amused.
http://www.righto.com/2015/05/bitcoin-mining-on-55-year-old-ibm-1401.html
Is the bitcoin output anywhere
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