Re: pdp-8/e restoration.

2017-08-07 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > On 08/08/2017 00:01, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > >> On 8/7/2017 3:50 PM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: >> >> >>> >>> One other thing - I have a working TU58. >>> The two cassette drives in a box

Re: Avoiding Shorts While Testing a DIN Plug

2017-08-07 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2017-Aug-07, at 3:43 PM, James Hamilton via cctech wrote: > Hello all, > > Is there any good advice on avoiding shorts while testing a male DIN plug > with a multimeter? I'm trying to test my C64 power supply, but I'm very > nervous about accidentally shorting it in the process. > a few

Re: pdp-8/e restoration.

2017-08-07 Thread Ed via cctalk
I did not know of Kevin's site.. Great stuff there. Ed# In a message dated 8/7/2017 2:41:24 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: On 07/08/2017 18:37, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: > So to-morrow connect up a terminal that will do 110 baud and try an echo

Re: pdp-8/e restoration.

2017-08-07 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On 8/7/2017 3:50 PM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: On 07/08/2017 22:52, Ian S. King via cctalk wrote: On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: On 07/08/2017 18:37, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: So to-morrow connect up a terminal that

Re: pdp-8/e restoration.

2017-08-07 Thread Rod Smallwood via cctalk
On 07/08/2017 22:52, Ian S. King via cctalk wrote: On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: On 07/08/2017 18:37, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: So to-morrow connect up a terminal that will do 110 baud and try an echo test. Next part is

Re: pdp-8/e restoration.

2017-08-07 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 07/08/2017 18:37, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: > > So to-morrow connect up a terminal that will do 110 baud and try an echo >> test. >> >> Next part is interesting. There should be a way to fake a

Re: pdp-8/e restoration.

2017-08-07 Thread Pete Turnbull via cctalk
On 07/08/2017 18:37, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: So to-morrow connect up a terminal that will do 110 baud and try an echo test. Next part is interesting. There should be a way to fake a reader / punch and feed in tape images. There is. Look on Kevin McQuiggin's site:

Re: Convex documentation online (C220 arrived)

2017-08-07 Thread Mark J. Blair via cctalk
> On Aug 7, 2017, at 12:13 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven > wrote: > > That would have been the CPU cabinet for the C240 (which is twice as wide > as the C220¹s CPU cabinet. The C240¹s CPU consumes - i.e. converts to heat > - about 20 kilowatts of power, so that

Re: Convex documentation online (C220 arrived)

2017-08-07 Thread Dennis Boone via cctalk
> That would have been the CPU cabinet for the C240 (which is twice as > wide as the C220^1s CPU cabinet. The C240^1s CPU consumes - > i.e. converts to heat - about 20 kilowatts of power, so that would > indeed have created a hotspot in a computer room. It will surely > create a hotspot in my

Re: Convex documentation online (C220 arrived)

2017-08-07 Thread Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctalk
On 8/6/17, 7:31 PM, "cctech on behalf of Mark J. Blair via cctech" wrote: >Wow! I fondly remember the air exhaust from the power supply cabinet of >the Convex C240 as being the warmest spot in the UCI computer room at >6AM, when

Re: VCF?

2017-08-07 Thread dwight via cctalk
It's over now. I came away with about 3 times as much stuff as I when with. I've not seen any photos posted yet. For those that do post photos I recommend adding xiiw as a single word. It will make searches easier. Dwight From: cctalk

Re: pdp-8/e restoration.

2017-08-07 Thread Rod Smallwood via cctalk
On 07/08/2017 17:05, Philipp Hachtmann via cctalk wrote: On 04.08.2017 09:24, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: Hi List Hi Rod! I looks like I have at last got a KK8-E CPU set to continue getting my 8/e back running again. It looks that you have one more set stored in my facility

Re: Visual 1050

2017-08-07 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 9:06 AM, william degnan via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > dumping the firmware and character generator would be a good thing to > do > > as well > > > > > > > > There are milti versions of these I believe. > > > > "MULTI" not milti :-) > Gary, if

Re: Visual 1050

2017-08-07 Thread william degnan via cctalk
> > > > > dumping the firmware and character generator would be a good thing to do > as well > > > > > There are milti versions of these I believe. > > "MULTI" not milti :-)

Re: pdp-8/e restoration.

2017-08-07 Thread Philipp Hachtmann via cctalk
On 04.08.2017 09:24, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: Hi List Hi Rod! I looks like I have at last got a KK8-E CPU set to continue getting my 8/e back running again. It looks that you have one more set stored in my facility in Hannover!!! I became feeling more and more bad about

Re: pdp-8/e restoration.

2017-08-07 Thread Philipp Hachtmann via cctalk
On 04.08.2017 17:23, Doug Ingraham via cctalk wrote: On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 1:24 AM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: 1. Should the run light glow dimly? Without looking at the schematics I can't tell you if they bothered to put the resistor in there to make it

Re: Visual 1050

2017-08-07 Thread william degnan via cctalk
On Aug 7, 2017 11:55 AM, "Al Kossow via cctalk" wrote: > > > > On 8/7/17 7:08 AM, william degnan via cctalk wrote: > > > I agree. I keep meaning to archive my software > > > dumping the firmware and character generator would be a good thing to do as well > > There are

Re: Visual 1050

2017-08-07 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 8/7/17 7:08 AM, william degnan via cctalk wrote: > I agree. I keep meaning to archive my software dumping the firmware and character generator would be a good thing to do as well

Re: Visual 1050

2017-08-07 Thread william degnan via cctalk
On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 8:33 AM, allison via cctalk wrote: > > > On 8/7/17 1:43 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > >> On 08/06/2017 04:16 PM, Gary McGill via cctalk wrote: >> >>> I have an Visual 1050 computer (CPM based) with screen and keyboard. >>> Probably works but I

Re: Visual 1050

2017-08-07 Thread allison via cctalk
On 8/7/17 1:43 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 08/06/2017 04:16 PM, Gary McGill via cctalk wrote: I have an Visual 1050 computer (CPM based) with screen and keyboard. Probably works but I have not tried it yet. Will likely uncover boot disks, and other software. Anyone interested to

RE: Sperry UTS 40 on Ebay - Statesboro, Georgia (part of Operator's Guide FFS)

2017-08-07 Thread Electronics Plus via cctalk
I have the keyboard for a UTS-40 here. If you get a terminal that has been shipped, BEFORE you plug it in, take off the back cover and examine the connectors. These are not screwed together in the back; the circuit boards just press together and will come apart at the back corner if the monitor

Re: RL drive bulkhead connector

2017-08-07 Thread Ulrich Tagge via cctalk
Each drive has this adapter internally at the flat ribbon cable, so if you have a spare drive you could think about using them. I have done this also, but my drive was damaged by water, so it was ok for me to cannibalize the adapter. It's also possible to go direct from the controller to the