Re: Bitcoining on a 1401

2015-06-01 Thread Sean Caron
That explains ... I've got a handful of miscellaneous SMS cards, actually, that I got from my dad; he probably picked them up from some electronics scrap back when he was in high school or when doing his undergrad probably for the same reason as you may have done; to salvage parts from...

Re: PDP-12 Restoration at the RICM

2015-06-01 Thread Cory Heisterkamp
Michael, Sounds like you're making some real progress. Next time you're near the ASR33, check the rubber hammer for the print cylinder. These have a tendency to self destruct and in doing so, destroy the cylinder itself...and they can go at anytime. There's a fellow on the Greenkeys that has

Re: PDP-12 Restoration at the RICM

2015-06-01 Thread Michael Thompson
We spent some time on the console Teletype that came with the PDP-12. The platen was nearly impossible to move, so the Line Feed did not work. We removed the platen, and found that the plastic in the bearing area had swollen and was binding. We sanded, cleaned, and lubricate the bearing surface

Apple I gets tossed out for recycling

2015-06-01 Thread Tom Sparks
Have people seen the news a Apple I gets tossed out for recycling the recycler is going to give her $100,000 half of the $200,000 http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/31/apple-i-tossed-out-for-recycling/ http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/31/apple-1-steve-wozniak-recycling -- tom sparks

Re: Panaplex display history

2015-06-01 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-06-01 18:07, tony duell wrote: Thinking about it, I seem to remember seeing some picture of an 11/70 with bulbs as well, but all 11/70 machines I've seen or worked on had LEDs, so I suspect they might have had bulbs initially as well. DEC used little modules containing an LED and

Re: Panaplex display history

2015-06-01 Thread Pete Turnbull
On 01/06/2015 17:07, tony duell wrote: DEC used little modules containing an LED and series resistor that were the same size as the bi-pin T1+3/4 bulbs used earlier. In a CPU panel you had to clip out the pre-heat resistors, for obvious reasons. My 8/e is like that, although I think some 8/e's

Re: 8-bit Computer TV Channel Use

2015-06-01 Thread Mark J. Blair
On Jun 1, 2015, at 17:43, Chris Osborn fozzt...@fozztexx.com wrote: The color on the hi-res screens looks pretty good, but the vertical lines through the blocks on the lo-res screens isn’t quite right. The bottom 4 lines of text having color bleeding is normal, even on an Apple color

Re: 8-bit Computer TV Channel Use

2015-06-01 Thread Mark J. Blair
On Jun 1, 2015, at 17:43, Chris Osborn fozzt...@fozztexx.com wrote: Do you happen to have an old CRT TV around with composite input that you can hook up and compare to, just for yourself? I’ve got an Amdek Color I and Apple IIc Color Composite here that I’ll try to take some sample pictures

Distribution panels (cab kits) for DZV11/DZQ11

2015-06-01 Thread Noel Chiappa
Hi, all, I'm looking for distribution panels (cab kits) for DZV11s/DZQ11s - or that wierd cable with the DB25 connectors on one end which substitutes for a cab kit, the BC11U - for the DZV11/DZQ11. (The part number for the distribution panel is 70-19964-00.) (I'm pretty sure the cabkit, which is

Re: 8-bit Computer TV Channel Use

2015-06-01 Thread Chris Osborn
On Jun 1, 2015, at 5:24 PM, Mark J. Blair n...@nf6x.net wrote: I received the $19 composite video to HDMI converter that I ordered from Amazon, tested it a bit with my Apple //c, and posted pictures of the results here: http://www.nf6x.net/2015/06/cheap-hdmi-converter-with-apple-c/

Re: 8-bit Computer TV Channel Use

2015-06-01 Thread Mark J. Blair
On Jun 1, 2015, at 19:31, Chris Osborn fozzt...@fozztexx.com wrote: This one looks exactly like yours, but it’s even cheaper! I wonder if it’s the same? http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009A6PJKQ When you get it, we can compare pictures of their innards. Mine has a PCB with blue soldermask.

Re: 8-bit Computer TV Channel Use

2015-06-01 Thread Chris Osborn
On Jun 1, 2015, at 7:03 PM, Mark J. Blair n...@nf6x.net wrote: Now I'm even more curious about the reports I've heard about having trouble with video conversion, since the first cheap converter I tried seemed to work OK with an Apple //c. Color is always the problem with converters. The