Re: Vintage computing events in Germany [Was: Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015]

2015-11-05 Thread Stefan Skoglund (lokal
tor 2015-11-05 klockan 07:33 + skrev rod: > Hi Anke (I'll use English for the benefit of rest of the list) >    I would love to hear about any vintage computer shows > anywhere in Western Europe. >    Please add my name to your mailing list. >    Whilst a lot of us are

RE: Vintage computing events in Germany [Was: Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015]

2015-11-05 Thread Jay West
Anke wrote > If there is any interest, I can post announcements for those events in > advance. Anke - please feel free to post any classic computer related events on this list!! J

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-11-05 Thread Al Kossow
On 11/5/15 8:46 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > now that I have the better picture, let me see what I can turn up. Got it! It's the _bottom_ indicator panel from an RP15 disk controller - from a PDP-15. I think that's the only DEC controller I've ever seen with _two_ indictor panels on it! And n

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-11-05 Thread Noel Chiappa
> now that I have the better picture, let me see what I can turn up. Got it! It's the _bottom_ indicator panel from an RP15 disk controller - from a PDP-15. I think that's the only DEC controller I've ever seen with _two_ indictor panels on it! And no, the one in the back is not the other RP1

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-11-05 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: Johnny Billquist > They could be from a PDP-11 or PDP-8 as well. Not _impossible_ (since the RP11 does have one row of 36 lights - no doubt because it can be used to read packs written by PDP-10's - it's the shift register for reading the bit stream off the drive) but I'd say less

RE: Vintage computing events in Germany [Was: Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015]

2015-11-05 Thread Dave Wade
f-Topic Posts > > Onderwerp: Re: Vintage computing events in Germany [Was: Re: VCF-Berlin, > > 2015] > > > > On 5 November 2015 at 15:03, Liam Proven wrote: > > > On 4 November 2015 at 22:34, Anke Stüber wrote: > > >> Hi, > > >> >

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-11-05 Thread Al Kossow
On 11/5/15 4:51 AM, Vincent Slyngstad wrote: The tags say DEC PDP-10 - tape controller, 1973 retrocmp.com, c-c-g.de They are both disk controller panels. The one marked tape controller has "sector word count" in the upper right

RE: Vintage computing events in Germany [Was: Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015]

2015-11-05 Thread Rik Bos
> -Oorspronkelijk bericht- > Van: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] Namens Liam Proven > Verzonden: donderdag 5 november 2015 15:05 > Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Onderwerp: Re: Vintage computing events in Germany [Was: Re: VCF

Re: Vintage computing events in Germany [Was: Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015]

2015-11-05 Thread Liam Proven
On 5 November 2015 at 15:03, Liam Proven wrote: > On 4 November 2015 at 22:34, Anke Stüber wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 09:24:04PM +0100, Anke Stüber wrote: >>> […] Classic Computing 2015 […] >> >> btw, there are more vintage computing events in and around Germany that >> I don't r

Re: Vintage computing events in Germany [Was: Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015]

2015-11-05 Thread Liam Proven
On 4 November 2015 at 22:34, Anke Stüber wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 09:24:04PM +0100, Anke Stüber wrote: >> […] Classic Computing 2015 […] > > btw, there are more vintage computing events in and around Germany that > I don't recall being mentioned on the list, like Classic Computing[

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-11-05 Thread Vincent Slyngstad
From: Rich Alderson: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 11:18 AM 4 rows of lights, but do not match: RP10C disk controller DF10C DA28-C RC10 Since they're narrow, they're probably something from a KA-10 system, but I have no idea what. A higher resolution picture: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/

Re: Vintage computing events in Germany [Was: Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015]

2015-11-04 Thread rod
Hi Anke (I'll use English for the benefit of rest of the list) I would love to hear about any vintage computer shows anywhere in Western Europe. Please add my name to your mailing list. Whilst a lot of us are American Not all of us are (I'm English) and so

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-11-04 Thread rod
Hi Anke Vielen Dank für Ihre E-Mail Ja, ich hätte jedoch gerne bei der Show ich Ersatz des vorderen Panels für PDP-Computern Rod Smallwood On 04/11/15 20:24, Anke Stüber wrote: Hi, On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 02:38:28PM +, rod wrote: Why would they keep such an event hidden? I'm sorry for n

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-11-04 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-11-04 20:18, Rich Alderson wrote: From: P Gebhardt Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 8:08 AM Noel Chiappa wrote: Anyone know what the two indicator panels on top of the large blue box in the center of this one: ftp://jhoppe.ddns.net/vcfb2105/content/TB8A3377_large.html are? T

Vintage computing events in Germany [Was: Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015]

2015-11-04 Thread Anke Stüber
Hi, On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 09:24:04PM +0100, Anke Stüber wrote: > […] Classic Computing 2015 […] btw, there are more vintage computing events in and around Germany that I don't recall being mentioned on the list, like Classic Computing[0] (usually in Germany, varying cities) and VCFe/CH[1] (Swit

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-11-04 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: Rich Alderson > I've .. eliminated the following possibilities: Using the decsystem10 System Reference Manual (3rd Edition, August '74), I can additionally eliminate: Only 2 rows of lights: DC10 (picture here doesn't have 5 rows, per below?) > Only 3 rows of lights: > M

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-11-04 Thread william degnan
Lee Felsenstein did a talk. https://media.ccc.de/v/vcfb2015_-_41_-_en_-_medientheater_-_201510031730_-_opening_the_door_to_cyberspace_-_lee_felsenstein#video&t=10 On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 3:24 PM, Anke Stüber wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 02:38:28PM +, rod wrote: > > Why would they

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-11-04 Thread Anke Stüber
Hi, On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 02:38:28PM +, rod wrote: > Why would they keep such an event hidden? I'm sorry for not announcing the event on the list. I didn't expect so much interest from people outside of Germany, especially with the Classic Computing 2015 happening at the same time in France

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-11-04 Thread Al Kossow
are? They look to be PDP-10 {something}, given what appear to be two rows of 36 lights on the bottom (although they are hard to see clearly), but I couldn't find a panel like that in my PDP-10 manual. I don't have time to go down this rathole right now. If you are sure they are off a 10, che

RE: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-11-04 Thread Rich Alderson
From: P Gebhardt Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 8:08 AM Noel Chiappa wrote: >> Anyone know what the two indicator panels on top of the large blue box in the >> center of this one: >> ftp://jhoppe.ddns.net/vcfb2105/content/TB8A3377_large.html >> are? They look to be PDP-10 {something}, giv

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-11-04 Thread P Gebhardt
> Anyone know what the two indicator panels on top of the large blue box in the > center of this one: > > ftp://jhoppe.ddns.net/vcfb2105/content/TB8A3377_large.html > > are? They look to be PDP-10 {something}, given what appear to be two rows > of > 36 lights on the bottom (although they are

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-11-04 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: William Degnan > Of note... Anyone know what the two indicator panels on top of the large blue box in the center of this one: ftp://jhoppe.ddns.net/vcfb2105/content/TB8A3377_large.html are? They look to be PDP-10 {something}, given what appear to be two rows of 36 lights on th

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-11-04 Thread william degnan
On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 8:03 AM, william degnan wrote: > >> >> Getting back to the point before this went seriously off-topic, are other >> non-VCF-members also unable to see these pictures on VCF? >> >> If so, would it make sense when posting things like this on VCF to use >> links instead of or

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-11-04 Thread william degnan
> > > > Getting back to the point before this went seriously off-topic, are other > non-VCF-members also unable to see these pictures on VCF? > > If so, would it make sense when posting things like this on VCF to use > links instead of or in addition to uploading and embedding them there? > > m >

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-11-04 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: "Jack Rubin" Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 10:13 PM Here are some of my photos from VCF-Berlin - http://tinyurl.com/vcfb-2015 . More narrative is at the Vintage Computer Forum - http://tinyurl.com/vcfb-vcfd . Enjoy - I certainly did! Jack - Original

RE: VCF nonsense (was: VCF-Berlin, 2015)

2015-11-02 Thread Jay West
This came up a few months ago here, and I asked for it to be taken to private email. Not sure why it resurfaced again (nor do I wish an explanation for it)... let's just keep this topic in private email please. J

Re: VCF nonsense (was: VCF-Berlin, 2015)

2015-11-02 Thread Mike Stein
m - Original Message - From: "Michael Brutman" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2015 4:50 PM Subject: Re: VCF nonsense (was: VCF-Berlin, 2015) And the last time you decided to litigate this topic here, I also told y

Re: VCF nonsense (was: VCF-Berlin, 2015)

2015-11-02 Thread Michael Brutman
rut...@brutman.com> > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic > Posts" > Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2015 12:35 AM > Subject: Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015 > > > Hi Mike, >> >> I'm not annoyed and I'm not blocking you from >> viewing anything.

VCF nonsense (was: VCF-Berlin, 2015)

2015-11-01 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: "Michael Brutman" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2015 12:35 AM Subject: Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015 Hi Mike, I'm not annoyed and I'm not blocking you from viewing anything. Tal

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-11-01 Thread Michael Brutman
relatives > in Berlin and nearby, and this would have been a > great excuse to finally visit them again. Maybe > next year... > > Will we see you at the World of Commodore this > year on December 5? > > m > > - Original Message - From: "Jack Rubin"

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-10-30 Thread Mike Stein
October 27, 2015 10:13 PM Subject: VCF-Berlin, 2015 Here are some of my photos from VCF-Berlin - http://tinyurl.com/vcfb-2015 . More narrative is at the Vintage Computer Forum - http://tinyurl.com/vcfb-vcfd . Enjoy - I certainly did! Jack

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-10-29 Thread rod
Ah Ha! So not just me. Liam too. Why would they keep such an event hidden? Perhaps there is a secret powerful group within the normal computer collecting community. Was it all done by encrypted email, secret signs, or special handshakes? Are the pictures real or were they done in a f

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-10-29 Thread Liam Proven
On 28 October 2015 at 08:58, rod wrote: > Well they managed to keep that quiet or I would have gone like a shot. > My wife and I go to Germany three or four times a year on holiday. > > I worked in Germany for a year (1969/70) and speak enough German to get > around. > > So I am totally hacked of

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-10-28 Thread Jörg Hoppe
Jack, in your forum you say "Joerg Hoppe took the picture above but unfortunately, I didn't manage to take one of him. He had a very impressive collection of (mostly) DEC front panels running in full blinken-light glory off SIMH on captive Beagle Bone controllers." Here's my gallery ... inc

Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-10-28 Thread rod
Well they managed to keep that quiet or I would have gone like a shot. My wife and I go to Germany three or four times a year on holiday. I worked in Germany for a year (1969/70) and speak enough German to get around. So I am totally hacked off that it was a secret closed show and so I never

VCF-Berlin, 2015

2015-10-27 Thread Jack Rubin
Here are some of my photos from VCF-Berlin - http://tinyurl.com/vcfb-2015 . More narrative is at the Vintage Computer Forum - http://tinyurl.com/vcfb-vcfd . Enjoy - I certainly did! Jack