Netronics VID-64 terminal board

I was wondering if anyone out there had documentation for this.  I got one with a homebrew computer I'm trying to revive.  Netronics documentation seems to be extremely scarce, which is odd given how popular it is. Brad

Vector Graphics PROM/RAM Board?

Does anyone have experience with the Vector Graphics PROM/RAM card...like this one. http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/s100c/vector/promram.jpg (This is not my card...mine is not jumpered in upper right.) I have some documentation with mine and two PROMs loaded in A0 and A1 (VIMON loaded on them),

Re: Vector Graphics PROM/RAM Board?

> Does anyone have experience with the Vector Graphics PROM/RAM > card...like this one. > http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/s100c/vector/promram.jpg > (This is not my card...mine is not jumpered in upper right.) > I have some documentation with mine and two PROMs loaded in A0 and A1 >

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

It is a typo .. should have been 50 Upside down on the basement floor http://petelancashire.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=7885 waiting to be mounted. I do not have a the original IBM 360 aluminum name plate, but got one of eBay, in not so good shape, plans are to have a new one done at a local

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item

I have an Ultrix daemon mouse mouse pad Don't know if that qualifies as unique or not based on all the other cool stuff that has flown by... Warner On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 8:02 PM, Tom Watson wrote: > Most unusual: > > I've got a complete card deck of Witran for the IBM

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

On 1/15/17 8:58 PM, Jeff Woolsey wrote: > Burroughts E1400 deskside unit for the accounting machine. It's 1966 > vintage, and has a couple core planes. I have the printset, too. It > makes a dandy table, and hasn't seen any moving electrons (or holes) for > 30 years. The local museum refused

New: IBM 5285

My latest acquisition, an IBM 5285 kinda-computer/kinda-terminal: https://goo.gl/photos/pTVhWc7mYukBeQjAA Basically, a System/[34|36] era terminal with a local CPU and a couple 8" floppies crammed in. I received no disks or docs with it, but there are manuals, product releases and other docs

Re: What is the most prized possession in your collection?

Johannes, Woohoo! Beautiful hardware, nice pictures! Marc From: cctalk on behalf of Johannes Thelen Reply-To: "cctalk@classiccmp.org" Date: Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 9:42 AM To: "cctalk@classiccmp.org"

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own? [Tek 4132]

On 01/17/2017 01:50 PM, geneb wrote: I used to work on a 727 flight simulator that used a Varian 620 to generate the visuals. The display was capable of addressing 1024 points of light and that's how the runways and airport outline were drawn. Pretty neat stuff. Here's some pics of the

WTB: DEC M8310

I am looking to buy a (preferably working) DEC PDP-8/e M8310 board. I have one that isn't working correctly. Mine is repairable, but it will be an easier repair with a working one on hand to compare results and pinpoint the problem. What have you got? Please contact me directly to discuss.

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

Last year I picked up some documentation on the PDP16 family. Does anyone have any hardware, docs, software or knowledge on it? I have not had much time to look at it since I got it, and want to see how it compares to my PDP14 items. On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 5:49 PM, Ethan Dicks

Re: any thoughts where this might be?

> From: Adrian Graham > the island airbase is Johnston Atoll I was thinking that didn't look like Diego Garcia (which is an atoll), but rather Johnston Island. (Well, I guess technically its name is Johnston Atoll, but since it doesn't have the 'circular' above-water of the 'classic'

MU5 Software

With all this talk on the list recently about rare machines, here is a really long shot. I am interested in MU5, a research computer built at the University of Manchester in the 70s, which I know for a fact no longer exists. However, I would like to find any software, in any form, for it. Does

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own? [eBay warning]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 5:48 PM, Mark Linimon wrote: > > Does anyone collect Varian minis? > > Oddly I was shown this eBay ad when looking at Al's latest post. Don't > know if anyone else spotted it. > > Machine looks nice but far, far, out of my price range: > >

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own? [eBay warning]

sorry, I see that someone else had already posted this. I'm only about 100 messages behind on the list. mcl

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own? [eBay warning]

> Does anyone collect Varian minis? Oddly I was shown this eBay ad when looking at Al's latest post. Don't know if anyone else spotted it. Machine looks nice but far, far, out of my price range:

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own? [Tek 4132]

I had a DG Nova (guess one could call it a Nova 1) Loaned it to who I though was a friend, he vanished one day. The Nova showed up at a local surplus store but even though I had proof it was mine, I had the release letter from the company I worked for and got it from, he would not even sell it to

Re: any thoughts where this might be?

On 17/01/2017 20:02, "Al Kossow" wrote: > www.ebay.com/itm/351959392585 Off topic but the island airbase is Johnston Atoll - http://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2010/04/isolated-and-abandoned-military-airb ase-johnston-atoll/ -- Adrian/Witchy Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator

Re: any thoughts where this might be?

On 01/17/2017 12:53 PM, Al Kossow wrote: > and more than you ever wanted to know about what it was used for > http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord=html=ADA379709 Anent that, we had, in my division at CDC, quite a few people who'd put in time at Kwajelein, where there is/was apparently

Re: 8085 IO ports

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 7:15 PM, Adrian Graham wrote: > On 17/01/2017 16:53, "Tony Duell" wrote: > >> Z80, PDP8, P850, etc) you have special I/O instructions accessing I/O >> devices. >> The address spaces are totally separate, I/O location 0

Re: any thoughts where this might be?

and more than you ever wanted to know about what it was used for http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord=html=ADA379709 On 1/17/17 12:34 PM, Charles Anthony wrote: > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 12:30 PM, Charles Anthony < > charles.unix@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item

I don't own one yet, but I believe there is an IBM or UNIVAC mainframe or obscure mini computer somewhere in the bowels of these old DuPont office buildings in nearby Wilmington, Delaware. ...where are they all now?I only need one IBM 360, UNIVAC, PDP 6, something like that so I can join into

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 6:58 PM, Alan Frisbie wrote: > I just joined this list, so I'm not sure which of the items I own > would be considered by this group to be rare or unusual, but here > goes... Don't I remember you from vmsnet.pdp11 or comp.sys.dec? > DEC RKV11D

RE: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item

From: "Jay West" Was it possible to configure an Access system with a mix of a 21MX and 2100? (I'm not challenging the assertion; it just never occurred to me...) According to the documentation - specifically "no". Both

Re: any thoughts where this might be?

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 12:30 PM, Charles Anthony < charles.unix@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 12:02 PM, Al Kossow wrote: > >> http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/rgkAAOSw-0xYfg9p/s-l1600.jpg >> >> from >> >> www.ebay.com/itm/351959392585 >> >> > I think: > >

Re: any thoughts where this might be?

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 12:02 PM, Al Kossow wrote: > http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/rgkAAOSw-0xYfg9p/s-l1600.jpg > > from > > www.ebay.com/itm/351959392585 > > I think: Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.

Re: any thoughts where this might be?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Garcia#/media/File:Diegogarcia.jpg On 1/17/17 12:02 PM, Al Kossow wrote: > http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/rgkAAOSw-0xYfg9p/s-l1600.jpg > I thought it looked familiar. One of those places I looked at on the big Google Earth display we have in the CHM lobby.

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

> On Jan 17, 2017, at 12:58 PM, Alan Frisbie wrote: > > I just joined this list, so I'm not sure which of the items I own > would be considered by this group to be rare or unusual, but here > goes… > Hi Alan, Nice to see you on the list. If memory serves me

any thoughts where this might be?

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/rgkAAOSw-0xYfg9p/s-l1600.jpg from www.ebay.com/itm/351959392585

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own? [Tek 4132]

> On Jan 17, 2017, at 2:50 PM, geneb wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Jan 2017, Jon Elson wrote: > >> On 01/17/2017 11:09 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote: >>> I find it curious that what seems to be collected in the minicomputer >>> area seems to be gear of major brands. >>> Does anyone

Re: 8085 IO ports

On 17/01/2017 18:22, "allison" wrote: >> The transport motors move fine but the head unit itself is badly rusted >> around the edges. I also don't know what capacitance the ex-caps are since >> they're that badly damaged but that's info I can hopefully get from the >> other

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own? [Tek 4132]

On Tue, 17 Jan 2017, Jon Elson wrote: On 01/17/2017 11:09 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote: I find it curious that what seems to be collected in the minicomputer area seems to be gear of major brands. Does anyone collect Varian minis? I had a Varian 620F a long time ago. It was a whole bunch of

Re: 8085 IO ports

On 17/01/2017 16:53, "Tony Duell" wrote: > Z80, PDP8, P850, etc) you have special I/O instructions accessing I/O devices. > The address spaces are totally separate, I/O location 0 has nothing to do with > memory location 0. On the 8085, an I/O instructon (IN or OUT) will

Joking, was Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

On 01/17/2017 10:58, Alan Frisbie wrote: > > ... getting rid of all the stuff > I accumulated over my almost 50 years in the computer industry. I > have three rental storage units full of stuff and the cost is > killing me! Is it OK to post ads on this list? No, no it isn't! Best you send me

Re: 8085 IO ports

> On Jan 17, 2017, at 1:22 PM, allison wrote: > > On 1/17/17 11:38 AM, Adrian Graham wrote: >> On 17 January 2017 at 02:14, allison wrote: >> >>> ... >>> >> The transport motors move fine but the head unit itself is badly rusted >> around the edges. I

RE: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own? [Tek 4132]

General automation - yes. I have a zebra 1750, 2820, and 3000. Microdata M6000 I have lots of DG gear as well... but that's starting to get sent out here and there :) J -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Guzis Sent: Tuesday, January

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

I just joined this list, so I'm not sure which of the items I own would be considered by this group to be rare or unusual, but here goes... Imlac PDS-1D graphics terminal, with the large screen and detached keyboard. Also a second one with the small screen and attached keyboard, but the

Re: 8085 IO ports

On 1/17/17 11:38 AM, Adrian Graham wrote: On 17 January 2017 at 02:14, allison wrote: snippage> That's the later 1983 version but its the book you want. Thanks, that was

Re: Varian, GA was: Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

let me see what I can get to on it. we got a ton of stuff from the stuff we bought in Germany On 1/17/17 10:00 AM, Bob Rosenbloom wrote: > I would really love to play with the 18/30 but have very little documentation > on it. No hardware docs at all. It's > compatible with the IBM 1800 and

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own? [Tek 4132]

On 1/17/17 9:09 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote: > Does anyone collect Varian minis? > I had a few 620's, the most interesting was the 18-bit version. No software to speak of for them. I even talked to the guy who ended up supporting them down in LA when Sperry spit them out. The only thing he had was

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own? [Tek 4132]

On 2017-Jan-17, at 9:13 AM, william degnan wrote: > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote: > >> I find it curious that what seems to be collected in the minicomputer >> area seems to be gear of major brands. >> >> Does anyone collect Varian minis? >> Or General

Varian, GA was: Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

On 1/17/2017 9:09 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote: I find it curious that what seems to be collected in the minicomputer area seems to be gear of major brands. Does anyone collect Varian minis? Or General Automation? Or any one of the many non-DEC, HP, etc. minis? Heck, I don't read much about DG minis

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item

I wouldnt be surprised if I were the only one with a Philips PTS mini, or rather a set of spares that can be combined into one. The PTS series is a swedish development, based on Philips P800 hardware, but with a lot of extra adapters so it could be used for banks, airlines, etc. BTW : I'm still

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own? [Tek 4132]

> On Jan 17, 2017, at 12:13 PM, william degnan wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote: > >> I find it curious that what seems to be collected in the minicomputer >> area seems to be gear of major brands. >> >> Does anyone

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own? [Tek 4132]

On 01/17/2017 11:09 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote: I find it curious that what seems to be collected in the minicomputer area seems to be gear of major brands. Does anyone collect Varian minis? I had a Varian 620F a long time ago. It was a whole bunch of wire-wrap boards. It sort of tried to work,

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own? [Tek 4132]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote: > I find it curious that what seems to be collected in the minicomputer > area seems to be gear of major brands. > > Does anyone collect Varian minis? > Or General Automation? > Or any one of the many non-DEC, HP, etc. minis?

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own? [Tek 4132]

I find it curious that what seems to be collected in the minicomputer area seems to be gear of major brands. Does anyone collect Varian minis? Or General Automation? Or any one of the many non-DEC, HP, etc. minis? Heck, I don't read much about DG minis on this list--and they were a major force.

Re: 8085 IO ports

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 1:15 AM, Adrian Graham wrote: > On 15/01/2017 14:38, "Tony Duell" wrote: > >> But do you know it''s not doing I/O. OK IO/M is never going into the >> right state for >> I/O, but what that _really_ means is that the 8085

Re: 8085 IO ports

On 17 January 2017 at 02:14, allison wrote: > > > > That's the later 1983 version but its the book you want. > Thanks, that was some light reading over lunchtime. The descriptions

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

On 01/16/2017 03:02 PM, Pete Lancashire wrote: Currently about the only thing remaining I would come close to being rare is a IBM 360/55 Front panel, spent $300+100 shipping in the early to mid 90's for it. Hmm, what's a 360/55? I know the 360/50 and the 360/65 quite well. Seems there is some

RE: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item

My rarest item is a Diehl Alphatronics a very rare combination of computer/calculator it's a same kind machine as the HP 9820A or some Wang calculators from the era (early 70ties). I also have the service manuals for this machine and some spares to keep it running. Other rare items in my

RE: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item

> -Oorspronkelijk bericht- > Van: cctech [mailto:cctech-boun...@classiccmp.org] Namens Glen Slick > Verzonden: dinsdag 17 januari 2017 4:32 > Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Onderwerp: Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item > > On Mon, Jan

Re: Soldapullt original vs III

> On Jan 16, 2017, at 10:00 PM, Eric Smith wrote: > > ... > Some people may be unaware that with temperature-controlled soldering > equipment, more wattage is almost always better. Yes. I've had a Weller WTCPS since college, serious money for a student but it's been

AW: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

A HP 1300A 13" XY Display (S/N 921-00913). This is the Product that Dave Packard gave the "HP Medal of Defiance" to Chuck House for (see his excellent book " The HP Phenomenon: Innovation and Business Transformation"). In Chucks own words: " The new applications for this display box were

Re: Close encounters of the CADR kind

Noel Chiappa wrote: > My memory of the CONS machine is that, like the Chess Machine, it was > a special purpose CPU hung off the AI PDP-10. (Or maybe the Chess > Machine was attached to MC? I forget.) Would that Chess Machine be the one called CHEOPS? And oh, since I may have

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item

Most unusual: I've got a complete card deck of Witran for the IBM 1620. Witran is an interpretive Fortran compiler (not even Fortran II) that was load & go. It was written in 1964. Somewhere I have a listing as well. Yes, it goes back a ways.

Re: 8085 IO ports

On 01/16/2017 08:37 PM, Adrian Graham wrote: > On 15/01/2017 16:59, "allison" wrote: > >>> I've thought of that which is why I'm chasing down details on the Viewdata >>> chip and the D8741A which I assume is being used as a keyboard controller. >>> There are also 3 modules on

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 07:39:00PM -0500, Michael Thompson wrote: > I have two Sun 386i systems. It has an Intel 386 processor and runs SunOS. > Not exactly a big seller for Sun. I met some of the designers at the Vintage > Computer Festival East 2.0 in Burlington, MA. I like this machine just

door hinges needed for hp racks

Vintage Computer Federation just got this: http://vcfed.org/evan/hpmini.jpg We have the left/right cabinet doors, but the cabinets are missing all of the hinges where the door pins sit. Does anybody have spares?

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

I have two Sun 386i systems. It has an Intel 386 processor and runs SunOS. Not exactly a big seller for Sun. I met some of the designers at the Vintage Computer Festival East 2.0 in Burlington, MA. -- Michael Thompson

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

On 2017-01-16 21:42, Chris Hanson wrote: > On Jan 12, 2017, at 12:12 PM, Leif Johansson wrote: >> >> I saved one of the MIT CADR top-of-rack plates (the one with the logo >> and a sticker from the lab on it). Me and peter recently discovered >> he saved the rest of the box. Will

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

Currently about the only thing remaining I would come close to being rare is a IBM 360/55 Front panel, spent $300+100 shipping in the early to mid 90's for it. I have a Tektronix 6130 that as an (ex) employee were were able to build at cost. The 6130 is pretty much the same as a 4132 Does a

RE: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

Greetings from Australia, 'Down Under' and the Australian Computer Museum Society Inc. Congratulations to Jay on his working HP-2000s. I bought my HP-2000f from Liverpool Hospital (NSW) in the early 1980s for either $5,000 or $10,000. A lot of money in those days - I had a crazy idea of

Re: Soldapullt original vs III

I've used Hakko vacuum de-soldering stations, and will agree that - at least for production work - they are superior. But most of my handwork and re-work has been with spring-loaded solder suckers, and here's what I've found. The full-size 'Soldapult' devices are probably the best of the bunch,