Re: My first 10BASE5 network segment

2016-08-25 Thread Warner Losh
On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 11:16 PM, tony duell wrote: >> >> You will need to terminate the coax. >> >> (terminator)-. . . >> (terminator). > > He said he has connected a 47 Ohm resistor at each end of the > coax. That's close enough

Re: My first 10BASE5 network segment

2016-08-25 Thread Pete Lancashire
You will need to terminate the coax. (terminator)-. . . (terminator). Typical installations would use "N" connectors. For example http://tech.mattmillman.com/projects/10base5/ The cable segments on each end should be (at least about 3 feet) before the

Re: Million-dollar vintage computer

2016-08-25 Thread Evan Koblentz
Wow, how extraordinary a price for such a boring (in terms of design if not impact), well-understood, easy-to-replicate computer. You can be sure it wasn't a vintage computer enthusiast as much as a business enthusiast who got it... :) Sorry I'm such a hater, I've just never understood the Apple

Re: Million-dollar vintage computer

2016-08-25 Thread Evan Koblentz
The pre-production Apple 1 auctioned via CharityBuzz and displayed at VCF West closed just now for $1,210,000. Blows away the old record of $900-something. Amazing!!! I've been informed that the price was $815,000, not $1.21M. Sorry for the mistake.

Re: Million-dollar vintage computer

2016-08-25 Thread Evan Koblentz
The pre-production Apple 1 auctioned via CharityBuzz and displayed at VCF West closed just now for $1,210,000. Blows away the old record of $900-something. Amazing!!! Over on the Vcfed forum Evan reports: The pre-production Apple 1 sold via CharityBuzz and displayed at VCF West closed today

Re: Million-dollar vintage computer

2016-08-25 Thread COURYHOUSE
I can not wait to get back to the back of some of the rooms I have not been in for 20 to 30 years where I would stash away anything that looked like a single board computer... who knows... there may be gold in them thar stacks! #Ed In a message dated 8/25/2016

Re: Million-dollar vintage computer

2016-08-25 Thread COURYHOUSE
In a message dated 8/25/2016 4:10:31 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, billdeg...@gmail.com writes: On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 6:57 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: > > > Over on the Vcfed forum Evan reports: > > > The pre-production Apple 1 sold via CharityBuzz and displayed at

Re: Million-dollar vintage computer

2016-08-25 Thread jim stephens
On 8/25/2016 3:48 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: On Thu, 25 Aug 2016, couryho...@aol.com wrote: so, what was the vcf's take? In the consignment section at VCF, they took 15% I think he is referring to as a donation. Not sellers premium. thanks Jim

Re: Million-dollar vintage computer

2016-08-25 Thread william degnan
On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 6:57 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: > > > Over on the Vcfed forum Evan reports: > > > The pre-production Apple 1 sold via CharityBuzz and displayed at VCF > > > West closed today at $815,000. > > > > > > So, which is it? > > > > I would be curious to

Re: Million-dollar vintage computer

2016-08-25 Thread Cameron Kaiser
> > Over on the Vcfed forum Evan reports: > > The pre-production Apple 1 sold via CharityBuzz and displayed at VCF > > West closed today at $815,000. > > > > So, which is it? > > "A creative accountant could make a good living off of simple > discrepancies!" What is this, Superman III? --

RE: MicroVAX II Console Garbling Characters

2016-08-25 Thread Rob Jarratt
> > Unfortunately I spoke too soon. When I tested it again a bit more > extensively, it suddenly stopped working. I am going to have to solder in > some wires to pins 2 and 3 and see if that helps. > Removing and then resoldering J3 (the smaller of the two ribbon cable connectors) seems to

Re: Million-dollar vintage computer

2016-08-25 Thread Fred Cisin
On Thu, 25 Aug 2016, couryho...@aol.com wrote: so, what was the vcf's take? In the consignment section at VCF, they took 15%

Re: Million-dollar vintage computer

2016-08-25 Thread Fred Cisin
On Thu, 25 Aug 2016, Ian Finder wrote: Sorry I'm such a hater, I've just never understood the Apple 1 thing very much. Perhaps one could get a good trade-in price to trade it in for an Apple][

Re: Million-dollar vintage computer

2016-08-25 Thread Fred Cisin
The pre-production Apple 1 auctioned via CharityBuzz and displayed at VCF West closed just now for $1,210,000. Blows away the old record of $900-something. Amazing!!! Over on the Vcfed forum Evan reports: The pre-production Apple 1 sold via CharityBuzz and displayed at VCF West closed today

Re: Million-dollar vintage computer

2016-08-25 Thread jim stephens
On 8/25/2016 2:05 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote: On 08/25/2016 01:24 PM, couryho...@aol.com wrote: so, what was the vcf's take? On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 12:18 PM, Evan Koblentz wrote: The pre-production Apple 1 auctioned via CharityBuzz and displayed at VCF West closed just

Re: Million-dollar vintage computer

2016-08-25 Thread ethan
so, what was the vcf's take? My take is.. I think someone needs to start buying Crays for a one million dollars since that's about what $200,000 houses cost in my area of the USA. LOL. I assume it's value is strictly because of the Steve Jobs worship. It seemed kind of odd to me

Re: Million-dollar vintage computer

2016-08-25 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 08/25/2016 01:24 PM, couryho...@aol.com wrote: > so, what was the vcf's take? > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 12:18 PM, Evan Koblentz > wrote: > >> The pre-production Apple 1 auctioned via CharityBuzz and displayed >> at VCF West closed just now for $1,210,000. Blows away

My first 10BASE5 network segment

2016-08-25 Thread Joseph Zatarski
Tuesday night, I got a small 2 node thicknet segment going between my DEC VXT2000 and my laptop. I took a quick demo video, https://youtu.be/A5T2GlAN2N4 The hardware setup is as follows: I have a twisted pair (10BASET) to AUI converter (a Lantronix LTX-C) (not to be confused with a 10BASET MAU)

Re: Million-dollar vintage computer

2016-08-25 Thread COURYHOUSE
so, what was the vcf's take? In a message dated 8/25/2016 12:49:29 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, ian.fin...@gmail.com writes: Wow, how extraordinary a price for such a boring (in terms of design if not impact), well-understood, easy-to-replicate computer. You can be sure it wasn't a

Re: Million-dollar vintage computer

2016-08-25 Thread Ian Finder
Wow, how extraordinary a price for such a boring (in terms of design if not impact), well-understood, easy-to-replicate computer. You can be sure it wasn't a vintage computer enthusiast as much as a business enthusiast who got it... :) Sorry I'm such a hater, I've just never understood the Apple

Million-dollar vintage computer

2016-08-25 Thread Evan Koblentz
The pre-production Apple 1 auctioned via CharityBuzz and displayed at VCF West closed just now for $1,210,000. Blows away the old record of $900-something. Amazing!!!

RE: MicroVAX II Console Garbling Characters

2016-08-25 Thread Rob Jarratt
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ethan > Dicks > Sent: 25 August 2016 18:12 > To: r...@jarratt.me.uk; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: MicroVAX II Console Garbling Characters >

Re: MicroVAX II Console Garbling Characters

2016-08-25 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Rob Jarratt wrote: > Just a bit more info on this. > > I tried cleaning up the corrosion, and that briefly seemed to make a > difference, but then I realised the problem persisted. I looked again and > realised that the corrosion

RE: MicroVAX II Console Garbling Characters

2016-08-25 Thread Rob Jarratt
> It turns out the problem was the cab kit. I replaced it with a spare and the > machine worked great. On closer inspection I found some corrosion and > possible evidence of a previous battery leak, so I am going to take it apart, > check it and clean it up. > > The other thing that made me

Re: MicroVAX II Console Garbling Characters

2016-08-25 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 4:08 AM, Rob Jarratt wrote: > It turns out the problem was the cab kit. I replaced it with a spare and the > machine worked great. On closer inspection I found some corrosion and > possible evidence of a previous battery leak, so I am going to

Re: RQDX3 disk image for Gesswein's MFM emulator

2016-08-25 Thread Charles Dickman
Sorry if my request was unclear. I was asking for the disk data image for an MFM disk hardware emulator. On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 5:30 AM, Mattis Lind wrote: > 2016-08-24 22:48 GMT+02:00 Charles Dickman : > >> I am looking for an RQDX3 compatible disk

Re: RQDX3 disk image for Gesswein's MFM emulator

2016-08-25 Thread Mattis Lind
2016-08-24 22:48 GMT+02:00 Charles Dickman : > I am looking for an RQDX3 compatible disk image for Dave Gesswein's > MFM disk emulator. I don't have a functional disk to image and the > ZRQCH0 won't cooperate. > I just read this:

RE: MicroVAX II Console Garbling Characters

2016-08-25 Thread Rob Jarratt
> -Original Message- > From: Paul Koning [mailto:paulkon...@comcast.net] > Sent: 24 August 2016 17:59 > To: r...@jarratt.me.uk; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: MicroVAX II Console Garbling Characters > > > > On Aug 24, 2016, at