Re: Oddball question: really small terminals

I think you want a Minec 1000. but it's a very rare beast. It talks 3270 and VT100. https://www.flickr.com/photos/zachetus/535850501/ /P On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 02:54:41PM +1300, Mike Ross wrote: > For reasons too abstruse to explain in detail I'm on the lookout for > terminals that are,

RE: Oddball question: really small terminals

> > For reasons too abstruse to explain in detail I'm on the lookout for > terminals that are, physically, really small - especially serial and > coax 3270, and possibly twinax 5250. > > Yes you could do things with small laptops and PDAs with PCMCIA cards > and adapters and software - I know a

RE: Couplers for Sun DB13W3<->VGA DE15 adapter

> I'm wondering what I can put between the two to keep the cable from > disconnecting from the adapter. Some searches seem to indicate I want > some 4x40 (or 4-40) female-female (coupling) nuts; does this seem > correct? The normal thread for the jackscrews on a D connector is indeed 4-40 UNC.

Re: The Internet & our hobby

On 2015-10-24 19:53, Fred Cisin wrote: > Well, it is not correct when we then include that it is 43 years old... > Internets using TCP/IP is a bit over 30 years old, but not over 40. On Sat, 24 Oct 2015, Noel Chiappa wrote: Good point! {Does a little math in his head...} 43 years, that

Re: Ping!

Seens the tcp route was misguided :) PS: Pong from Brazil! :D --- Enviado do meu Apple IIGS (pq eu sou chique) Meu site: http://www.tabalabs.com.br Meu blog: http://tabajara-labs.blogspot.com - Original Message - From: "Oscar Vermeulen" To:

Re: Oddball question: really small terminals

On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 10:35 PM, Mike Ross wrote: > > This is along the right lines, although it's a TCP/IP network device > without serial or 3270 ports for direct connection, and it doesn't > have a screen: > > http://www.axel.com/uk/id_M75.html > I have a couple of AX3000

RE: Commodore and Atari

Where are you located ++ Kevin Parker ++ -Original Message- From: cctech [mailto:cctech-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Croxton Sent: Saturday, 24 October 2015 11:48 AM To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Subject:

Ping!

Jorg, >> I forgot to ask for your private email on VCFB, so I use this public channel. Ah -- beg your pardon! >>Can you sell me a PiDP8, so I can port my Blinkenlight Api Server to the >> platform of the upcoming 11/70? Absolutely not. That would be ethically impossible. I can, however,

RE: Commodore and Atari

Texas -Original Message- From: cctech [mailto:cctech-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Parker Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2015 8:19 PM To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic Posts' Subject: RE: Commodore and Atari Where are you located ++ Kevin Parker ++

Re: tool for installing pin in PCB extractors?

- Original Message - From: "Chuck Guzis" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2015 1:20 AM Subject: Re: tool for installing pin in PCB extractors? On 10/24/2015 09:49 PM, Eric Smith wrote: What

Re: Oddball question: really small terminals

On Oct 24, 2015 8:54 PM, "Mike Ross" wrote: > But really I'd prefer a compact all-in one solution; a one-piece > terminal. Any suggestions? I'm open to both LCDs and *small* CRTs. > Preferably colour! > First thing that comes to mind are the Informer terminals. They had

RE: PROMs and EPROMs, specifically 2332/2532/2732

> Further digging into available eproms that the programmer can read reveals > it CAN read 2532s, specifically the MCM2532 which the datasheet tells me has > the same pinout as the 2332. I still get "reverse insertion error" so I'm > guessing my PROMs are toast. As others have said, normally when

Re: Couplers for Sun DB13W3<->VGA DE15 adapter

4-40 is the correct size. I would remove the jack screws on one side and replace with sockets. If you use standoffs the screws May bottom out too soon. Joe > On Oct 24, 2015, at 5:47 PM, Eric Christopherson > wrote: > > I have a Sun machine with a 13W3 framebuffer

Re: Substituting DSHD for DSDD disks (or DS2D if you prefer)

On Sat, 24 Oct 2015, Fred Cisin wrote: Are we really running short of "720K" floppies? I thought that AOHell had sent out enough snail spam with disks to supply us forever! Indeed, but the quality of those diskettes was dreadful. --

Re: Substituting DSHD for DSDD disks (or DS2D if you prefer)

This list seems to me to be populated with "build your own" types, so make your own degausser. Decades ago I repaired the tape eraser at the TV station I worked at. Once I saw how it was built I built my own. Take a transformer (something about 100 watt or more) pull the laminations out (the

Re: Common Maxtor MFM drive failure mode -- any ideas?

On Oct 24, 2015 6:36 PM, "Josh Dersch" wrote: > > > To add insult to injury, one of the heads is loose (the glue holding it on dried up and it fell off after the impact of running off the platter) so this drive is basically toast. At least now I can kind of see how one takes

Re: PROMs and EPROMs, specifically 2332/2532/2732

On 25/10/2015 08:27, "tony duell" wrote: >> Further digging into available eproms that the programmer can read reveals >> it CAN read 2532s, specifically the MCM2532 which the datasheet tells me has >> the same pinout as the 2332. I still get "reverse insertion error"

Re: Oddball question: really small terminals

On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 8:36 PM, tony duell wrote: >> >> For reasons too abstruse to explain in detail I'm on the lookout for >> terminals that are, physically, really small - especially serial and >> coax 3270, and possibly twinax 5250. >> >> Yes you could do things

RE: Oddball question: really small terminals

> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mike Ross > Sent: 25 October 2015 09:19 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: Oddball question: really small terminals > > On Sun, Oct 25,

RE: Substituting DSHD for DSDD disks (or DS2D if you prefer)

> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Steven > Hirsch > Sent: 25 October 2015 13:08 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: Substituting DSHD for DSDD disks (or DS2D if you prefer) >

Speaking of switches... Altair?

I started playing with something I haven't touched in ages; my Altair 8800. So far so good... https://www.facebook.com/tmfdmike/videos/1020256179225/?l=8958556876818218770 One thing: I really need three or four new switches to replace bent or broken ones: the lower ones with the large metal

Re: tool for installing pin in PCB extractors?

I use slip joint pliers. Just push the pin through. It's harder getting them out;-) Joe > On Oct 25, 2015, at 12:49 AM, Eric Smith wrote: > > What tool does one use to install the metal pin into a plastic PCB > extractor, e.g., the Bivar CP-36 or Keystone 8642? > > I

Re: PROMs and EPROMs, specifically 2332/2532/2732

On 25/10/2015 02:19, "Mike Stein" wrote: > Probably a silly question, but I assume that if > you're using a 28-pin socket you are inserting it > aligned at the end *opposite* pin 1, with pin > numbers offset by 2 (ie. 2x32 pin1 is 2764/256 pin > 3, etc.)? > Hi Mike,

Re: HP2100 top card connectors

On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 7:35 PM, William Donzelli wrote: > On the HP 2100 series machines (and possibly 1000s?) - those top of > the card connectors - are they the 2 x 24 contact on 0.156" centers > types? > > -- > Will I have a couple of EDAC 305-048-500-202 connectors

Re: Substituting DSHD for DSDD disks (or DS2D if you prefer)

On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Eric Christopherson < echristopher...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 25, 2015, Joseph Lang wrote: > > This list seems to me to be populated with "build your own" types, so > make your own degausser. > > Decades ago I repaired the tape eraser at the TV station I

Re: NeXT Cube - powers on briefly then off again

I should make clear that for what I'm saying below, I was NOT testing supplies on their own, but was indeed testing a complete cube with the logic and hard drives hooked up- just with no MegaPixel display attached. And the point stands- Without a reasonable dummy load for the display itself,

Re: Retro Reproduction 2

Hello Noel Yes Console and if my memory serves me well (which it usually doesn't) programmers console. Who's doing the PDP-8 switches? Rod On 25/10/15 22:33, Noel Chiappa wrote: > From: Rod Smallwood > Just refresh my memory. C+K are the what I would call PDP8 type?

Re: Retro Reproduction 2

Hi Noel That sounds good. Just refresh my memory. C+K are the what I would call PDP8 type? I think the PDP-8 type are a basic slide switch with a U shaped bracket to hold the pivot pins on the lever. One type is is a biased type and the other just a change over. So far everything is

Re: Quantum Link (Q-Link)

Perhaps it's out of the (very nice) web page's scope, but I don't see a mention of the modern-day partial recreation of QuantumLink that some Commodore enthusiasts use today. Eric Christopherson There is a television show running on television now called "Halt and catch fire" and I

Re: NeXT Cube - powers on briefly then off again

No- if it works with the standard display, the supply is fine. Now that that's clear, I recall some cube supplies would do this without a load for a display- I used to test them by triggering the power-on pin, and seem to remember this behavior occurring if I didn't have a big-ass resistor

Re: Oddball question: really small terminals

On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 3:19 AM, tony duell wrote: > [HP Palmtops, 95LX etc] >> Oh those look pretty good; I love the terminal emulator in ROM; >> doesn't even need an OS, switch it on and it works; that's one of the >> things I'm after. Shame about the rather nasty

Re: NeXT Cube - powers on briefly then off again

On 2015-10-25 5:28 PM, Toby Thain wrote: Hi, After a few years I wanted to try my Cube with the soundbox/VGA splitter configuration for the first time. (I have the fading phosphor N4000A so have been keen to have an alternate video solution.) However, all is not well. Using the keyboard power

Re: NeXT Cube - powers on briefly then off again

I would replace the electrolytic capacitors in the power supply before going further. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 25, 2015, at 15:38, Toby Thain wrote: > >> On 2015-10-25 5:28 PM, Toby Thain wrote: >> Hi, >> >> After a few years I wanted to try my Cube with the

Re: Oddball question: really small terminals

"physically really small" means different things to different people. It 45 years ago, a "mini-computer" was considered to be "really small". So small that they gave it a special name to refer to how tiny it was. Sony tried to call their Vaio "ultra-portable", which was rather laughable

Re: NeXT Cube - powers on briefly then off again

On 2015-10-25 8:56 PM, Toby Thain wrote: On 2015-10-25 8:42 PM, Ian Finder wrote: No- if it works with the standard display, the supply is fine. Now that that's clear, I recall some cube supplies would do this without a load for a display- I used to test them by triggering the power-on pin,

Re: Quantum Link (Q-Link)

Originally I thought it was basing it on Comnet or Compuserve but after reading these comments, I now think Quantum Link makes more sense. They are doing a good job portraying the various personalities, especially the disfunctional ones. On Oct 25, 2015 7:38 PM, "Fred Cisin"

Re: Oddball question: really small terminals

On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 8:43 PM, Mike Ross wrote: > > Well I had forgotten I had pretty much what I was looking for in the > Corestore collection already! > > http://www.corestore.org/terms.jpg > > Two terminals the size of small pizza boxes using external VGA > displays. On

Re: HP2100 top card connectors

On 10/25/2015 7:35 PM, William Donzelli wrote: On the HP 2100 series machines (and possibly 1000s?) - those top of the card connectors - are they the 2 x 24 contact on 0.156" centers types? -- Will Most of them are. The first two boards have a pair of finer pitched connectors. The memory

Re: Substituting DSHD for DSDD disks (or DS2D if you prefer)

On 10/25/2015 09:19 PM, Eric Christopherson wrote: Also, do I always need to cover one hole on a 3.5" HD disk when using it in an HD-capable drive? Or does the disk or the OS notice it's been formatted as DD and then treat it accordingly? In *most* applications, the extra hole in the HD

Re: Oddball question: really small terminals

On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 4:29 AM, Jon Elson wrote: > On 10/24/2015 08:54 PM, Mike Ross wrote: >> >> For reasons too abstruse to explain in detail I'm on the lookout for >> terminals that are, physically, really small - especially serial and >> coax 3270, and possibly twinax

Re: PROMs and EPROMs, specifically 2332/2532/2732

On 25/10/2015 17:19, "John Robertson" wrote: >> Hi John and others, >> >> Thanks for that. I removed the diodes and wired 2332 (21) to 2372 (24) >> leaving the A11 swap in place, the programmer complained about pin 18 >> missing. The adapter in front of me is now wired like

Re: Quantum Link (Q-Link)

On Sun, 25 Oct 2015, et...@757.org wrote: There is a television show running on television now called "Halt and catch fire" and I think they are basing it around Quantum Link as part of the story. It's not historical but a period drama or something. and Compaq? I liked the part about IBM

Re: NeXT Cube - powers on briefly then off again

On 2015-10-25 7:21 PM, Ian Finder wrote: I would replace the electrolytic capacitors in the power supply before going further. Well, the problem disappears with the standard setup. You still think caps could be at issue with the splitter setup? What's your detailed thinking? --Toby

Re: NeXT Cube - powers on briefly then off again

On 2015-10-25 8:42 PM, Ian Finder wrote: No- if it works with the standard display, the supply is fine. Now that that's clear, I recall some cube supplies would do this without a load for a display- I used to test them by triggering the power-on pin, and seem to remember this behavior

Re: Couplers for Sun DB13W3<->VGA DE15 adapter

On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 6:07 AM, Joseph Lang wrote: > 4-40 is the correct size. I would remove the jack screws on one side and > replace with sockets. If you use standoffs the screws May bottom out too > soon. > Could you explain that in more detail? I'm not aware of

NeXT Cube - powers on briefly then off again

Hi, After a few years I wanted to try my Cube with the soundbox/VGA splitter configuration for the first time. (I have the fading phosphor N4000A so have been keen to have an alternate video solution.) However, all is not well. Using the keyboard power button, the machine powers on for a

Re: Oddball question: really small terminals

On Oct 25, 2015 8:54 PM, "Jon Elson" wrote: > > On 10/25/2015 05:27 PM, Mike Ross wrote: >> >> >> A pull-out keyboard in the base? I have one too. Would be perfect if >> it worked, and I had half a dozen of them! >> >> > No, mine did NOT have a pull-out or fold-down kbd,

Re: PROMs and EPROMs, specifically 2332/2532/2732

On 10/24/2015 5:56 PM, Adrian Graham wrote: On 24/10/2015 19:18, "John Robertson" wrote: On 10/24/2015 5:43 AM, Adrian Graham wrote: Hi folks, PET4032 repair continues with all ROMs, video RAM and dodgy sockets removed thanks to a hot air gun. Holes cleaned and I have

Re: PROMs and EPROMs, specifically 2332/2532/2732

On 10/24/2015 5:56 PM, Adrian Graham wrote: On 24/10/2015 19:18, "John Robertson" wrote: On 10/24/2015 5:43 AM, Adrian Graham wrote: Hi folks, PET4032 repair continues with all ROMs, video RAM and dodgy sockets removed thanks to a hot air gun. Holes cleaned and I have

Re: AOL (Was: Substituting DSHD for DSDD disks (or DS2D

AOL was a good model for general consumers. also remembermany people used AOL before the www was all the rage so... you stay with something you have alreay learned.and AOL was accessible anywhere in the world for the most part whereas podunk mom and pop ISPs had local

RE: Olivetti M24 Bus Converter Card

Anyone have any ideas? If not I guess the UK card is cheap enough to take a chance anyway. Regards Rob From: Robert Jarratt [mailto:robert.jarr...@ntlworld.com] Sent: 24 October 2015 21:20 To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts (cctalk@classiccmp.org) Subject: Olivetti

Re: Substituting DSHD for DSDD disks (or DS2D if you prefer)

On Sun, 25 Oct 2015, Eric Christopherson wrote: Actually, in many areas of the US, they had local dialup numbers that connected to their service through Tymnet and/or Telenet, so long distance didn't apply. Maybe in rural areas those access points were still long distance, though. But AOL itself

Re: Substituting DSHD for DSDD disks (or DS2D if you prefer)

On 10/25/2015 01:07 PM, Eric Christopherson wrote: Actually, in many areas of the US, they had local dialup numbers that connected to their service through Tymnet and/or Telenet, so long distance didn't apply. Maybe in rural areas those access points were still long distance, though. But AOL

Re: Common Maxtor MFM drive failure mode -- any ideas?

> On Oct 24, 2015, at 14:22, Al Kossow wrote: > > On 10/24/15 11:40 AM, tony duell wrote: > >> Most likely those ICs are head switch/preamp devices and the servo head >> preamplifier. They are very likely to be custom. >> > > Silicon Systems was a common supplier in the

Re: Substituting DSHD for DSDD disks (or DS2D if you prefer)

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RE: Oddball question: really small terminals

[HP Palmtops, 95LX etc] > Oh those look pretty good; I love the terminal emulator in ROM; > doesn't even need an OS, switch it on and it works; that's one of the > things I'm after. Shame about the rather nasty looking monochrome LCD Actually, there is an OS -- MS-DOS -- and it's in ROM too.

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Re: Retro Reproduction 2

> From: Rod Smallwood > I'm in the drawing stage for 11/45 11/55 11/70 (common blank size) I think the 11/40 uses that same blank, too (with less holes than the other ones, as it doesn't have the two rotary switches); dunno about the location of the power switch, someone who has an 11/40

Re: Oddball question: really small terminals

On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 3:19 AM, tony duell wrote: > [HP Palmtops, 95LX etc] >> Oh those look pretty good; I love the terminal emulator in ROM; >> doesn't even need an OS, switch it on and it works; that's one of the >> things I'm after. Shame about the rather nasty

Re: Oddball question: really small terminals

On 10/24/2015 08:54 PM, Mike Ross wrote: For reasons too abstruse to explain in detail I'm on the lookout for terminals that are, physically, really small - especially serial and coax 3270, and possibly twinax 5250. I had a thing that was apparently used in France and maybe Canada for

Fw: new message

Hey! New message, please read kateli...@trouts.org

Re: Oddball question: really small terminals

I wonder if - http://www.brielcomputers.com/wordpress/?cat=25 can be hacked to do Baudot at 60 wpm? Ed# In a message dated 10/25/2015 7:29:19 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, tmfdm...@gmail.com writes: These are the best bet I've seen for serial terminals so far:

Re: Substituting DSHD for DSDD disks (or DS2D if you prefer)

On 10/25/2015 7:07 AM, Steven Hirsch wrote: On Sat, 24 Oct 2015, Fred Cisin wrote: Are we really running short of "720K" floppies? I thought that AOHell had sent out enough snail spam with disks to supply us forever! Indeed, but the quality of those diskettes was dreadful. More the Service

Re: Oddball question: really small terminals

> > For reasons too abstruse to explain in detail I'm on the lookout for > > terminals that are, physically, really small - especially serial and > > coax 3270, and possibly twinax 5250. How small is "really small"? IBM made a terminal with a 5" screen for the 4704 banking systems.

Re: Substituting DSHD for DSDD disks (or DS2D if you prefer)

On Sun, Oct 25, 2015, Joseph Lang wrote: > This list seems to me to be populated with "build your own" types, so make > your own degausser. > Decades ago I repaired the tape eraser at the TV station I worked at. Once I > saw how it was built I built my own. Take a transformer (something about

How to revive my E450

Hi, I have an Sun E450 with 4 cpus installed that ran fine for a few years as a Solaris 10 box with ZFS boot. About 4 years ago I mothballed it and pulled the two boot drives out to store (ZFS was in a mirror configuration). This weekend I decided to see if it would come up again.

Re: Substituting DSHD for DSDD disks (or DS2D if you prefer)

Are we really running short of "720K" floppies? I thought that AOHell had sent out enough snail spam with disks to supply us forever! Indeed, but the quality of those diskettes was dreadful. On Sun, 25 Oct 2015, ben wrote: More the Service provided from the disk.? Blaming the medium for the

Re: Substituting DSHD for DSDD disks (or DS2D if you prefer)

On 10/25/2015 1:03 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: Blaming the medium for the content? Or, . . . if you were putting something like that onto disks, would you spring the money for high quality ones? I suspect the reason they failed was not service but a) PC's had games b) Ma Bell wanted a arm and a

AOL (Was: Substituting DSHD for DSDD disks (or DS2D

[AOL] On Sun, 25 Oct 2015, ben wrote: I suspect the reason they failed was not service but a) PC's had games b) Ma Bell wanted a arm and a leg for long distance connections. Some of their early efforts to COMPETE AGAINST the internet helped establish outfits like Netcom, and were a boost to

Quantum Link (Q-Link)

I received the email below, thought I'd pass it on... - Dear J West, I am writing to inform you about an article I have created about Quantum Link, an online service that was available in the US & Canada from 1985 to 1994. https://www.tinytickle.co.uk/quantum-link/ Quantum Link, originally

Re: Substituting DSHD for DSDD disks (or DS2D if you prefer)

On Sun, Oct 25, 2015, ben wrote: > On 10/25/2015 1:03 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: > > > > >Blaming the medium for the content? > >Or, . . . > >if you were putting something like that onto disks, > >would you spring the money for high quality ones? > > > I suspect the reason they failed was not service

Re: Quantum Link (Q-Link)

On Sun, Oct 25, 2015, Jay West wrote: > I received the email below, thought I'd pass it on... > - > Dear J West, > > I am writing to inform you about an article I have created about Quantum > Link, an online service that was available in the US & Canada from 1985 to > 1994. > >