> I need (1) of the 8/32 x 1 3/8 captive screws that are at either end of a
> unibus backplane to mount it to the chassis.
>
> I've looked online and not only are they expensive (~ $10.00/ea) but you
> have to order 5 of them at a time.
>
> I'm hoping that there's someone on the list that has one t
It's an interesting set of emotions to see another giant pass. Interesting
prices lol (the irony of some seeming high). Of course thanks for the post. I
think everyone went hush since it would mostly attract attention to anything of
bidding interest. Seems like some good stuff for museums thoug
I need (1) of the 8/32 x 1 3/8 captive screws that are at either end of a
unibus backplane to mount it to the chassis.
I've looked online and not only are they expensive (~ $10.00/ea) but you
have to order 5 of them at a time.
I'm hoping that there's someone on the list that has one to spare from
I have a 3.5-inch LIF format floppy with some HP BASIC .PROG files
which I can load on an HP 82321B Viper card running HP BASIC 6.2
Unfortunately the majority of the program lines appear to have been
SECURE'd. When doing a LIST or a SAVE the majority of the program
lines appear as just an '*' char
Heya gang,
VCF West is fast approaching and we're going to have to cut off exhibitor
registrations soon so I can craft and print the program, lay out the space,
etc.
So if you're planning to register an exhibit, please do it now! Even if
you're just thinking about it, please do it now! :)
We've
On 6/8/2017 11:12 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
But if you use air from a compressor, you need to both dry and filter
the output.
Definitely. The air is compressed from humid air, and over time will
come back more concentrated, and with tank crap mixed in as the air expands.
Dry nitroge
On 06/08/2017 09:42 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
> For blowing, canned air or dry nitrogen or the like is best.
> Breathing is not such a good idea. Air from a compressor may be ok
> if the compressor is oil-less (airbrush type), but workshop piston
> compressors put oil in the air and you d
> On Jun 8, 2017, at 8:23 AM, Philipp Hachtmann via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 06.06.2017 20:56, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
>> Agreed, and packs from the 2311, RP03, RK05 era are washable. In fact, I
>> remember a pack washing machine.
> Hm, hm.
> I successfully cleaned many RK05 packs f
> On Jun 8, 2017, at 3:22 AM, Mattis Lind via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> I happened to find a RS64 / RC11 combo (missing the PSU though). The
> previous owner was an ex DEC field engineer that himself got it in the
> beginning of the seventies. It is used but has the shipping lock on the
> motor axis.
On 06/08/2017 01:08 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote:
>
> I got two ECS modules, I put pictures of them on my FB album. I've also
> put them on our server right now, at
> ftp://computermuseum.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/cdc/ecs/
>
> The core planes are *huge*, about 4000cm² !
Thanks for tha
- Original Message -
From: "Fred Cisin via cctalk"
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2017 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: rectangular sense core vs. diagonal
> On Thu, 8 Jun 2017, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote:
>> Another reason why things were better
There'd be no desk, just dust.
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To: "cctalk"
Sent: Thursday, June 8, 2017 7:39:40 AM
Subject: Re: rectangular sense core vs. diagonal
On Thu, 8 Jun 2017, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote:
> Another reason why things were better in "The Good Old Days":
> While removing a (spring-
we have a couple 6 high cdc packs we need to keep one for show in tell
ed#
In a message dated 6/8/2017 5:20:24 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:
On 06.06.2017 20:26, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> On 6/6/17 6:10 AM, Philipp Hachtmann via cctalk wrote:
>>
On Thu, 8 Jun 2017, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote:
Another reason why things were better in "The Good Old Days":
While removing a (spring-loaded) microSD card from a tablet yesterday my
fingernail slipped and 32 Gigabytes of data shot out and disappeared
somewhere among the dust bunnies behind my
- Original Message -
From: "Christian Corti via cctalk"
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2017 4:08 AM
Subject: Re: rectangular sense core vs. diagonal
> On Wed, 7 Jun 2017, Paul Koning wrote:
>>> How is ECS constructed? I fooled with a
This is more like DRAM. There are bit lines and word lines.
All the address decoding is done outside the array.
No X Y partial addresses.
Instead of having one plain for each bit, the bits are all in the single plane.
Dwight
From: cctalk on behalf of Christia
On 06.06.2017 20:56, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
Agreed, and packs from the 2311, RP03, RK05 era are washable. In fact, I
remember a pack washing machine.
Hm, hm.
I successfully cleaned many RK05 packs from gooey foam and other
residue, even after a crash. But... I usually use 100% isopro
On 06.06.2017 20:26, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
On 6/6/17 6:10 AM, Philipp Hachtmann via cctalk wrote:
And I have cables and lots of spare heads: All submerged since Saturday. I most
probly won't try to recover the packs
If they really are that rare you may want to reconsider.
The cables h
Long time I don't hear this name. I loved packet radio. It saved me from
getting nuts when my father died and I had to move to a landline-less place
:(
73 de PU1BZZ :)
2017-06-08 7:46 GMT-03:00 David Griffith via cctalk :
>
> Does anyone know what happened to PacComm? The company was known mainl
Does anyone know what happened to PacComm? The company was known mainly
for ham radio TNCs. All of a sudden, their website was gone.
--
David Griffith
d...@661.org
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: Wh
On Wed, 7 Jun 2017, Paul Koning wrote:
How is ECS constructed? I fooled with a lot of it back in the day, but
never got a good look at the core planes.
I'd love to know. I never saw the insides of ECS. There are some
documents on Bitsavers but none that I have seen show the ECS memory
sub
I happened to find a RS64 / RC11 combo (missing the PSU though). The
previous owner was an ex DEC field engineer that himself got it in the
beginning of the seventies. It is used but has the shipping lock on the
motor axis.
Maybe the chances to get this working isn't that high especially since the
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