Re: Fwd: ibm 29 (keypunch?)

If was not a 5K mile round trip I could use it to merge together with the one I have to make one good working unit. On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 6:56 AM, Toby Thain wrote: > Hi, > > Phil emailed me out of the blue -- I'm not interested but anyone on the list > want his 029

FS: PDP-8 Music System paper tape set

I have a set of paper tapes for the PDP-8 comprising a Music System. There are 8 tapes in a DEC paper tape carrier, all in splendid condition. A couple photos: http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q427/Sellam_Abraham/20170124_144624_HDR_zps1lrtjaum.jpg

RE: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Tony Duell > Sent: 16 February 2017 06:29 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and >

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

>> and 5 bit stuff almost unheard-of. > > > In the US, common for hams, not common for computers. Maybe they were > common for computers in the early 1960s. I think at one time radio amateurs (at least over here) had to use 5 bit ITA2 machines for RTTY. It may even be to this day that RTTY

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 7:22 AM, Tony Duell wrote: > Over here, the only Teletypes we generally see are Model 33s. Even the > Model > 35 is very uncommon, In my experience, it's the same in the US: the model 33 has always been MUCH more common than the 35. Every model

Re: How I came to vintage computers

That's fine, Philipp (at least for me). Thanks for share this with us. Kind Regards Sergio Pedraja 2017-02-14 23:28 GMT+01:00 Philipp Hachtmann : > Hey folks, > > after my OmniUSB-thread has gone down the teleprinter way... I'll start a > new thread. > > Did you now how I came

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 10:02:55AM -0500, Ethan Dicks wrote: [...] > This is a peripheral. USB OTG doesn't apply, and USB-A would be > "inappropriate". Pretend this is an inkjet printer. What plug would you > expect to find on that? Choose your own facile answer: a) None, printers have

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 11:50:40AM -0800, W2HX wrote: > Don't laugh I'm not laughing, if anything I'm jealous :) > http://w2hx.com/x/New%20Shack/0224151752b.jpg > > > > From: ben > Sent: Feb 14, 2017 1:54 PM > To: General Discussion:

Re: Mystery QED board

On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 06:29:54PM -0800, Josh Dersch wrote: > On 2/14/17 5:55 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > >Does anyone know what the QED board (4th image) in this eBay lot: > > > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/322414100718 > > > >is? The large chip looks like a J11 chip. However, the only QED PDP-11

Re: Mystery QED board

> From: Josh Dersch > Sorry, typo. Ah, no wonder I couldn't find it... :-) The memory card (?) - the hex board leaning up against the wall in the middle - does look a lot like the MS95 memory card from the manual (three horizontal DuPont headers at the top, two vertical ones at the

Re: Yale renames Calhoun College for Grace Hopper

On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 11:46 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: > On Tue, 14 Feb 2017, Ken Seefried wrote: > >> I'd be fascinated at a justification for this opinion that squared >> with "John C. Calhoun’s legacy as a white supremacist and a national >> leader who passionately promoted

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

On 02/15/2017 12:45 AM, Alan Hightower wrote: Not sure if you are aware, but FYI - Malcolm MacLeod with some involvement from Kyle Owen, Jack Rubin, and others ported your code to a ATF1508 CPLD with a minimal test board. Oh, ah! I looked into their github and the README.md. There is a copy of

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

Perhaps I was unclear. It is not a direct port. It was inspired by your board during a road-trip to VCF-E to make an easier-to-assemble design. There is obviously no FT245 support. And just about any implementation of logic responding as a KL8E would look very similar. The code is available

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

Hi, On 02/15/2017 04:24 PM, Alan Hightower wrote: Perhaps I was unclear. It is not a direct port. It was inspired by your board during a road-trip to VCF-E to make an easier-to-assemble design. Ah, ok. There is obviously no FT245 support. And just about any implementation of logic responding

Re: Ted Kaczynski was RIGHT!

On Wed, 2/15/17, jim stephens wrote: > I saw her speak twice... I got to hear her speak once when I was a freshman in college before I really knew much about who she was. Yet there were still several things she said that have stuck with me ever since.  Years later I was

Re: Ted Kaczynski was RIGHT! - was Re: Yale renames Calhoun College for Grace Hopper

Besides, Kaczynski was Harvard, not Yale.

Re: How I came to vintage computers

Thanks for sharing. That was a delightful origin story. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Ted Kaczynski was RIGHT!

I also attended one of her lectures in my distant youth and was similarly impressed; an exceptional person indeed, especially considering the culture and politics of the day. m - Original Message - From: "Chuck Guzis" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

Hi, On 02/15/2017 03:16 PM, couryho...@aol.com wrote: there are one of the Siemens teletypes that print tape and has a dial on the front from Germany I have seen very compact nice unit used for telex I would love to have. It's the t68d. Exists in very different versions. With paper

Re: Ted Kaczynski was RIGHT!

I apologize to the list for having made the original post. I had the privilege of once meeting Dr. Hopper and was quite impressed. Again, I did not mean to start a kerfuffle. --Chuck

Re: Ted Kaczynski was RIGHT!

On 2017-02-15 11:30 AM, Mark Linimon wrote: now we've devolved into complete absurdity. mcl Missed the sarcasm? *I* didn't invent this imaginary anti-tech revolution... --T

Re: Fwd: ibm 29 (keypunch?)

Guess it's time I got off my butt and looked for those blank cards I promised you many months ago... See ya off-list. m - Original Message - From: "Ethan Dicks" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Wednesday,

Re: Ted Kaczynski was RIGHT!

> From: Toby Thain > Even if your argument weren't absurd and offensive Absurd and offensive is in the eye of the beholder. Can we please drop this topic? Thanks. Noel

Ted Kaczynski was RIGHT! - was Re: Yale renames Calhoun College for Grace Hopper

On 2017-02-15 8:33 AM, william degnan wrote: On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 11:46 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: On Tue, 14 Feb 2017, Ken Seefried wrote: I'd be fascinated at a justification for this opinion that squared with "John C. Calhoun’s legacy as a white supremacist and a

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

They are really neat looking! Phillipp! http://www.radista.info/tt_units/teleprinter_T-68d.jpg Yes I like the colors! what is the weight! Anyone heading to western US with large suitcase soon? (grin!) Another one our favorite sortta cute teletypes we like here at the SMECC

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

On 2/15/2017 7:16 AM, couryho...@aol.com wrote: there are one of the Siemens teletypes that print tape and has a dial on the front from Germany I have seen very compact nice unit used for telex I would love to have. shipping on teletypes from overseas is expensive though. If

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

Always good to review what the terms of each is. Newcomersmay not understand completely. Same with photo usage and video and music usage - there are various terms of usage for these media types. Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated

RE: Ted Kaczynski was RIGHT!

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Mike Stein [mhs.st...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 1:14 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Ted Kaczynski was RIGHT! I also attended one of her

Re: Ted Kaczynski was RIGHT!

On 2/15/2017 10:14 AM, Mike Stein wrote: I also attended one of her lectures in my distant youth and was similarly impressed; an exceptional person indeed, especially considering the culture and politics of the day. m I saw her speak twice, and at UMR we had a small enough group and she

Re: How I came to vintage computers

Indeed! It is fun to learn what got people interested in the history... and their replies are in some cases interesting history itself! Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 2/15/2017 10:03:05 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, n...@nf6x.net writes:

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

On Wed, February 15, 2017 15:12, Philipp Hachtmann wrote: > >>> I could swap something for a nice creed machine. >> >> I suspect they're more common in the UK than elsewhere. They were used >> by the Post Office >> for the Telex service, for example. > > I know. Here everything is full with

Re: Ted Kaczynski was RIGHT!

now we've devolved into complete absurdity. mcl

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

I could swap something for a nice creed machine. I suspect they're more common in the UK than elsewhere. They were used by the Post Office for the Telex service, for example. I know. Here everything is full with Siemens and Lorenz. Je aussi voudrais avoir une machine de Sagem...! are

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

there are one of the Siemens teletypes that print tape and has a dial on the front from Germany I have seen very compact nice unit used for telex I would love to have. shipping on teletypes from overseas is expensive though. If one was local ad inn really nice shape we

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Philipp Hachtmann wrote: >> I suspect they're more common in the UK than elsewhere. They were used >> by the Post Office >> for the Telex service, for example. > > > I know. Here everything is full with Siemens and Lorenz. > Je aussi voudrais

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

I have not heard of 40 mil loop here on ttys... generally 20 mil or 60 mil. - At least what I have encountered. Is the 40 mil. standard in Europe? Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 2/14/2017 2:24:15 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,

Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!

On 02/15/2017 03:40 PM, couryho...@aol.com wrote: I have not heard of 40 mil loop here on ttys... generally 20 mil or 60 mil. - At least what I have encountered. Is the 40 mil. standard in Europe? I have not heard about 60mA - at least not in the Telex network. All mechanical 5

Fwd: Fwd: ibm 29 (keypunch?)

Hi, Phil emailed me out of the blue -- I'm not interested but anyone on the list want his 029 keypunch in Ohio? --Toby Forwarded Message Subject:Fwd: ibm 29 Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:25:44 -0500 From: Phil Masturzo To:

Re: Fwd: ibm 29 (keypunch?)

On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Toby Thain wrote: > Hi, > > Phil emailed me out of the blue -- I'm not interested but anyone on the list > want his 029 keypunch in Ohio? Nice. I'm close and I've kinda wanted a newer keypunch. -ethan