Re: AIX documentation

2017-03-13 Thread geneb via cctalk
On Sun, 12 Mar 2017, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: On 3/12/2017 3:15 PM, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote: I have a number of binders that have pretty thorough AIX documentation, but the trouble is, there are from security classes that were taught by private companies. Am I legally allowed

Re: sourcing Atmel 29Cxxx series flash roms

2017-03-13 Thread geneb via cctalk
On Mon, 13 Mar 2017, David Griffith via cctalk wrote: I'm almost out of Atmel 29C256 flash roms. I use these primarily for P112 boot roms. I'd like some more because I still have P112 boards to sell... and I want them for other projects. Mouser, Digikey, and Jameco don't have it anymore.

Re: AIX documentation

2017-03-13 Thread geneb via cctalk
On Mon, 13 Mar 2017, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > From: geneb > A lot of /completely irrelevant/ technicalities, especially considering > the material in question is a physical object, not software. Doesn't matter. The various matters I raised (copyright, restricted rights, trade

Ardent Titan

2017-03-13 Thread Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctalk
Last Friday, I finally received a shipment of 1980's minisupercomputers from the US that I've been working on since September. One of the systems is an Ardent Titan, which to my knowledge was the first (mini-) supercomputer to come with an integrated high-end graphics subsystem (1280x1024@60Hz,

Fwd: [rescue] Major Clearout (UK LN11) - REDUX

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Re: AIX documentation

2017-03-13 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: geneb > A lot of /completely irrelevant/ technicalities, especially considering > the material in question is a physical object, not software. Doesn't matter. The various matters I raised (copyright, restricted rights, trade secret, and ownership) apply to printed

Re: Old Honeywell uPAC parts looking for a new home

2017-03-13 Thread william degnan via cctalk
thanks. I have the DDP-516, which I think is older than what became the H316. It's fuzzy as to which modules worked with the variants of the DDP-516 vs. H316. Bill On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 11:39 PM, Todd Pisek via cctech < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > The uPAC modules have been claimed. >

Re: AIX documentation

2017-03-13 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: geneb > This entire conversation is completely absurd. Perhaps. But she did ask "Am I legally allowed to resell these?" - which is rather a different question from 'If you were me, would you just go ahead and sell these?' (My answer to the latter question, BTW, is 'Yes.') Yes,

RE: AIX documentation

2017-03-13 Thread geneb via cctalk
On Mon, 13 Mar 2017, Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk wrote: Folks, Well I recently retired and was asked to return all training materials to my employer. I refused as the contracts included in the front of the books clearly stated that these were licenced to me personally not to whoever paid for

RE: AIX documentation

2017-03-13 Thread geneb via cctalk
On Mon, 13 Mar 2017, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote: All that being said, the entire contents of the binder is obviously a photocopy! Sellable or not? Of interest or not? Sellable. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.

Re: sourcing Atmel 29Cxxx series flash roms

2017-03-13 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 03/13/2017 02:23 AM, David Griffith via cctalk wrote: I'm almost out of Atmel 29C256 flash roms. I use these primarily for P112 boot roms. I'd like some more because I still have P112 boards to sell... and I want them for other projects. Mouser, Digikey, and Jameco don't have it

Re: sourcing Atmel 29Cxxx series flash roms

2017-03-13 Thread dwight via cctalk
Didn't mention what package? Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Jon Elson via cctalk Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 9:39:54 AM To: David Griffith; gene...@classiccmp.org; Discussion@ Subject: Re: sourcing

Re: Looking to re-home some NeXT hardware

2017-03-13 Thread Tapley, Mark via cctalk
On Mar 12, 2017, at 9:12 PM, Santo Nucifora via cctalk wrote: > Thanks to Chris, I have given the equipment a new home. Pics have been > taken of the two NeXT Cube boards in question and pics of the motherboard, > for good measure. I've made a post on the NeXT computer

Re: sourcing Atmel 29Cxxx series flash roms

2017-03-13 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 12:23 AM, David Griffith via cctalk wrote: > > I'm almost out of Atmel 29C256 flash roms. I use these primarily for P112 > boot roms. I'd like some more because I still have P112 boards to sell... > and I want them for other projects. Mouser,

Re: AIX documentation

2017-03-13 Thread Mark Linimon via cctalk
On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 08:32:41PM -0600, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: > One of the tenants of the ProCD case tenets? You must have renters on your mind again. That NM place maybe? mcl

sourcing Atmel 29Cxxx series flash roms

2017-03-13 Thread David Griffith via cctalk
I'm almost out of Atmel 29C256 flash roms. I use these primarily for P112 boot roms. I'd like some more because I still have P112 boards to sell... and I want them for other projects. Mouser, Digikey, and Jameco don't have it anymore. What are you guys doing to get these and equivalent

MOVIE.BYU - progress

2017-03-13 Thread Randy Dawson via cctalk
Thanks group for the links to the source. These have passed thru many copies, and somehow have embedded control characters and such, but I am successful so far at the cleanup: I pull the source into a fortran knowledgeable editor, I am using "blocks" When the editor stops in the file, I

Re: I hate the new mail system

2017-03-13 Thread Tor Arntsen via cctalk
On 9 March 2017 at 10:50, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: > On Thu, 9 Mar 2017, Tor Arntsen wrote: >> >> I did an strace and I can confirm that the Linux 'whois' client that I >> used from those various sites sends '-T dn' (or actually -T dn,ace) >> >> write(3, "-T

Re: help needed installing USB to Serial Cable for ADTPro

2017-03-13 Thread Joe Giliberti via cctalk
Bingo! Thanks man! On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote: > On 12/03/2017 20:57, "Joe Giliberti via cctalk" > wrote: > >> The bootstrapping option is grayed out in ADT so I can't do that. I >> don't have access to my usual

Re: AIX documentation

2017-03-13 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
> This entire conversation is completely absurd. On Mon, 13 Mar 2017, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: Perhaps. But she did ask "Am I legally allowed to resell these?" - which is rather a different question from 'If you were me, would you just go ahead and sell these?' (My answer to the latter

RE: AIX documentation

2017-03-13 Thread Electronics Plus via cctalk
Well, I look at it this way. I have old copies of OS that have been opened and prob registered somewhere, like old Sun and Solaris. Even Microsoft stuff was never a problem, although I would not go so far as to pull license stickers off recycled computers. Never got in trouble for selling those.

No food/drinks in the terminal room, was Re: Looking for Apollo Workstations for TV show

2017-03-13 Thread Steven M Jones via cctalk
On 03/13/2017 14:09, js--- via cctalk wrote: > > ... except > some of the actors have a penchant for putting food or beverages on top > of various units which -- I don't know about you -- makes me fidgety. In other words, the same penchant -- and response -- as when these units were new... Some

RE: Looking for Apollo Workstations for TV show

2017-03-13 Thread W2HX via cctalk
Please all be careful here. Myself and a friend lent some beautiful Teletype Model 28's ASRs and KSRs with special reperfs, etc. My friend, the real TTY expert, accompanied the machines on set of a TV pilot ("GOOD GIRLS REVOLT "). When they were returned to him, all three of his machines were

Fwd: Looking for Apollo Workstations for TV show

2017-03-13 Thread Oldcomputers via cctalk
Get your systems on TV! Begin forwarded message: > From: Olivia Tanner > Date: March 13, 2017 at 11:45:13 AM PDT > To: st...@oldcomputers.net > Subject: Fwd: Looking for Apollo Workstations > > Hello Steve, > > I am working on an AMC TV series called "Halt & Catch Fire"

Re: I hate the new mail system

2017-03-13 Thread ben via cctalk
What did you do? 99% of all my cctalk is now in my spam filter.

Re: Looking for Apollo Workstations for TV show

2017-03-13 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
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 still, it's worth getting the right guarantees in

Re: help needed installing USB to Serial Cable for ADTPro

2017-03-13 Thread David Schmidt via cctalk
On 3/13/2017 1:00 PM, cctech-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote: Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 16:57:54 -0400 From: Joe Giliberti To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Subject: Re: help needed installing USB to Serial Cable for ADTPro

Re: sourcing Atmel 29Cxxx series flash roms

2017-03-13 Thread allison via cctalk
On 3/13/17 12:39 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: On 03/13/2017 02:23 AM, David Griffith via cctalk wrote: I'm almost out of Atmel 29C256 flash roms. I use these primarily for P112 boot roms. I'd like some more because I still have P112 boards to sell... and I want them for other projects.

Re: Fwd: Looking for Apollo Workstations for TV show

2017-03-13 Thread devin davison via cctalk
Wonder if they would ship my crimson just to get it on the show... Would be cool. I have Indy's but you can get those for the cost of shipping... On Mar 13, 2017 4:42 PM, "Oldcomputers via cctalk" wrote: > Get your systems on TV! > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From:

Re: Looking for Apollo Workstations for TV show

2017-03-13 Thread js--- via cctalk
On 3/13/2017 3:24 PM, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote: 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

Re: Looking for Apollo Workstations for TV show

2017-03-13 Thread Toby Thain via cctalk
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: help needed installing USB to Serial Cable for ADTPro

2017-03-13 Thread Adrian Graham via cctalk
On 12/03/2017 20:57, "Joe Giliberti via cctalk" wrote: > The bootstrapping option is grayed out in ADT so I can't do that. I > don't have access to my usual tools for the next few days, so I can't > loop the pins > I've replied on FB but for completeness and historical

Re: Looking for Apollo Workstations for TV show

2017-03-13 Thread devin davison via cctalk
Would not blow up my crimson, but indys are not exactly valuable. kinda cool if they blow it up. Wish i had that cdc mainframe from die hard before that encounterr with the bullets --devin On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Be sure to

Re: Looking for Apollo Workstations for TV show

2017-03-13 Thread Toby Thain via cctalk
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: Looking for Apollo Workstations for TV show

2017-03-13 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
> If it says "Earth is destroyed, the programmers failed" You appear to have no clue what "Halt and Catch Fire" is.

Re: Looking for Apollo Workstations for TV show

2017-03-13 Thread Toby Thain via cctalk
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

2017-03-13 Thread dwight via cctalk
The director can and do make changes to props. Even insured, one may still find significant damage to equipment loaned to any of the entertainment business. You'll get payed what ever the insurance company figures is far. A better way to deal with it is to have a deposit an what the terms are