ATT terminal keyboards?

2015-06-26 Thread Ethan Dicks
Hi, All, I just picked up a couple of ATT terminals, a 730+ and a 5620 Blit terminal. The 730+ powers on, passes self-test and probably would work great if I had a keyboard for it. The 5620 lights the CRT but doesn't appear to work outside of presenting a huge green dot the size of the raster.

cctech cctalk mail filtering algorithm

2015-06-26 Thread Al Kossow
I subscribe to both lists. From examining the mail headers, here is a mail filtering algorithm that seems to deal with duplicate posts showing up from the other group. Create a cctalk and cctech saved mail folder in this order: put msgs with To header of either cctalk or classiccmp into cctalk

Re: Northtop Flying Wing, inflight computing

2015-06-26 Thread Noel Chiappa
On 2015-06-26 12:47 AM, Robert Ollerton wrote: Im pretty sure there is a book on this, perhaps from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. As it so happens, within arm's reach of where I'm sitting I have what is probably the book you refer to: Gary R. Pape, John M. Campbell,

RE: XH558 - was Re: using new technology etc

2015-06-26 Thread Robert Jarratt
-Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of ANDY HOLT Sent: 26 June 2015 08:54 To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: XH558 - was Re: using new technology etc From my local paper: The last flying Vulcan bomber

Re: ATT terminal keyboards?

2015-06-26 Thread Ken Seefried
From: Ethan Dicks ethan.di...@gmail.com I just picked up a couple of ATT terminals, a 730+ and a 5620 Blit terminal. Some people have *all* the luck. I read on one of the several FAQs that I can use an ATT 4410 terminal keyboard with the 730+. It's been a long time, but I'm pretty sure the

Re: Austin Goodwill computer works

2015-06-26 Thread David Williams
On 26/06/2015 22:45, jwsmobile wrote: Any word where such items as the PDP8/s and such stand? If the recent example of the Apple 1 donation is any indication the people that are doing the selling are probably not getting the best for their dispersion of the collection. In the Apple case

Re: Austin Goodwill computer works

2015-06-26 Thread COURYHOUSE
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Re: Persci 299 with unknown Persci dual S-100 cards?

2015-06-26 Thread Santo Nucifora
Last night I was able to read the EPROMs on the second of the two Persci cards and embedded in the code was the string ERSCI 1170 V F.2-5. I'm strongly suspecting it's proof that both cards make up a PerSci 1170 controller :) I have the four 2716 EPROMS dumped in the files area of my site at

Re: UNIBUS extension card/cable sets

2015-06-26 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: tony duell So every other wire on the 40-conductor flat cables should be ground - that's even better than the classic BC11A, where almost every other line is, from what I can see, simply left floating (which is better than nothing, but not as good as grounding them,