Re: A Mystery

On 10/10/17 3:17 PM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote: On 10/10/17 14:26, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: It's a VAXstation II/RC backplane, it was sold cheaper and crippled by DEC to prevent adding more cards to it.  That was my first VAX, and I think I still have mine. Zane The /RC was

Re: More videos of VCF's Univac

Here it is loading/running memory tests and Wumpus. :) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_e5fSxflvrzeovlnioDfQR86zJOLPQ-D Fun. Would love to see more Wumpus, but turn the camera 90 degrees. Was it written in FORTRAN? Machine code? Feasible to port other games of the vintage? I

Re: More videos of VCF's Univac

nice job.  How many 1219-B's are still running in the world any more? None that I know of...

RE: Tektronix 4050E01

Okay so I went down to the shop annd... Yeah still doing what it did before. Repair guy thought the flash when he turned it off meant the screen was ok. He did say he checked the display board thoroughly and replaced a bad IC - otherwise everything looked good there. So we had a poke

Re: Does anyone need any before I list them on eBay?

Hi Paul, I'd be interested in the M7504 if it's still available! On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 10:32 PM, Paul Anderson via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I'm still trying to sell some extra Q-bus boards before I list them on > ebay, and I would rather they found a happy home here. > >

Re: Does anyone need any before I list them on eBay?

I'm still trying to sell some extra Q-bus boards before I list them on ebay, and I would rather they found a happy home here. Shipping is a flat $10 within the US for as many as you want. Please ask for overseas shipping. If you need any others, or have a "wishlist" please contact me off list.

Re: Oddball 7-track tapemark?

Nevermind--I found a label that identifies them as 7094 tapes. Thanks, all. --Chuck

Re: A Mystery

i aparently would put pennys in the floppy drivers of my parents rainbow 100 when i was a kid for some reason On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 8:31 PM, Chris Elmquist via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Same kid that put oatmeal in the VCR? > > https://youtu.be/25abPjKr06U > > > On October 10,

Re: A Mystery

Same kid that put oatmeal in the VCR? https://youtu.be/25abPjKr06U On October 10, 2017 8:07:47 AM CDT, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: >I have in my possession a back plane from a BA23. > >Somebody has put glue in the last three slots. > >Can anybody explain that? >

Re: Oddball 7-track tapemark?

On 10/10/2017 04:24 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > CDC end of record or end of file marks are not tape marks. They are data > blocks (very short ones). Indeed. A file mark is 17 octal with even parity, regardless of the data parity (odd in this case). The puzzling thing is the 00 octal

Re: Oddball 7-track tapemark?

> On Oct 10, 2017, at 6:43 PM, Charles Anthony via cctalk > wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 3:29 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> Gang; >> >> I'm running some old (>50 years) 7 track tapes and I've come across an >> oddball tapemark.

Re: Oddball 7-track tapemark?

On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 3:29 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Gang; > > I'm running some old (>50 years) 7 track tapes and I've come across an > oddball tapemark. Instead of 17 octal with a 17 LRCC and even parity, > I"m getting 17 00 17 - and the 00 is in the

Oddball 7-track tapemark?

Gang; I'm running some old (>50 years) 7 track tapes and I've come across an oddball tapemark. Instead of 17 octal with a 17 LRCC and even parity, I"m getting 17 00 17 - and the 00 is in the correct (for the tape, odd) parity. I don't know what system wrote this. Does this ring any bells

Re: More videos of VCF's Univac

On 10 October 2017 at 07:00, Evan Koblentz via cctalk wrote: > Here it is loading/running memory tests and Wumpus. :) > > https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_e5fSxflvrzeovlnioDfQR86zJOLPQ-D Wonderful -- but I do wish the camera operator had held their phone on its

RE: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

I had some DEC branded daisy wheel printers years ago, but they are long gone now. There was also an LA75 and and LA210, IIRC. Cindy -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jon Elson via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 11:02 AM To:

Re: A Mystery

On 10/10/17 14:26, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: It's a VAXstation II/RC backplane, it was sold cheaper and crippled by DEC to prevent adding more cards to it. That was my first VAX, and I think I still have mine. Zane The /RC was (apparently) for "Reduced Connectivity" or some such. The

Re: What's the matter with kids today (Was: The origin of the phrases

On Tue, 10 Oct 2017, ben via cctalk wrote: I get a new LOVE SEAT (only size that fits in my apartment) but nobody wants to sell 1/2 a cray. Maybe check with Tony Cole? a few decades ago, he was parting out some Crays.

Re: Aaron Nabil & pdp-8.org

The whois record for pdp8.org lists its DNS servers as ns.spiritone.com and ns2.spiritone.com. What is interesting is that neither of those entries are in the spiritone.com dns servers from my point of view. However DNSStuff can get A records for those queries. This means that they are providing

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

On 10/08/2017 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. DEC sold a number of printers of varying speeds. I think they may all have been drum printers, but there

Re: More videos of VCF's Univac

On Tue, 10 Oct 2017 01:00:34 -0400 Evan Koblentz via cctalk wrote: > Here it is loading/running memory tests and Wumpus. :) > > https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_e5fSxflvrzeovlnioDfQR86zJOLPQ-D Terrific!!! Passing this on the the PDP-1 and 1401 Restoration and

Re: More videos of VCF's Univac

On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 1:00 AM, Evan Koblentz via cctalk wrote: > Here it is loading/running memory tests and Wumpus. :) > > https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_e5fSxflvrzeovlnioDfQR86zJOLPQ-D Fun. Would love to see more Wumpus, but turn the camera 90 degrees. Was

Re: A Mystery

It's a VAXstation II/RC backplane, it was sold cheaper and crippled by DEC to prevent adding more cards to it. That was my first VAX, and I think I still have mine. Zane > On Oct 10, 2017, at 6:07 AM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk > wrote: > > I have in my possession a

Re: A Mystery

On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 6:07 AM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I have in my possession a back plane from a BA23. > Somebody has put glue in the last three slots. > Can anybody explain that? DEC sold a lower-priced, limited expansion MicroVAX II/RC, and rather than

A Mystery

I have in my possession a back plane from a BA23. Somebody has put glue in the last three slots. Can anybody explain that? Rod -- Wanted one pdp-8/i rocker switch leaver to copy.

RE: Paging Dwight Elvey, Jay West and other Nicolet 1080 owners... [re-send]

Sellam wrote... -- Dwight & Jay, I know you guys for sure have Nicolet 1080 minis. And I think there's someone else that has one, maybe more. -- My Nicolet was moved to another collector many years ago. I do not recall who for sure, but I think it was Dwight? Best, J

RE: The origin of SCSI [WAS:RE: The origin of the phrases ATA and IDE ]

> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jules > Richardson via cctalk > Sent: 10 October 2017 12:22 > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: The origin of SCSI [WAS:RE: The origin of the phrases ATA and > IDE ] > > On 10/09/2017 12:52

Re: More videos of VCF's Univac

nice job. How many 1219-B's are still running in the world any more? Bill On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 1:00 AM, Evan Koblentz via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Here it is loading/running memory tests and Wumpus. :) > >

Re: Several new items for sale

Sellam, how hard it is to get a lisa (2) keyboard? 2017-10-07 4:12 GMT-03:00 Sellam Ismail via cctalk : > I have listed several new items for sale on the VCFed forums. They are: > > Mentor Graphics 433 Workstation > http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?60031-Mentor-

Re: The origin of SCSI [WAS:RE: The origin of the phrases ATA and IDE ]

On 10/09/2017 12:52 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 10/09/2017 06:52 AM, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote: My understanding there is that true SASI supports just a single target, and so there's no selection phase like there is with SCSI (and SCSI provides an extra signal on the connector

Re: Looking for Gazelle disk image

I was able to locate a working copy between posting this and today. All images I had are on Bitsavers. Manuals will posted this evening. Rich Sent from Verizon/AOL Mobile Mail On Tuesday, October 10, 2017, Richard Cini via cctalk wrote: All – I’ve

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

On 10/10/2017 07:50, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. They sold some drum,

Re: The origin of SCSI [WAS:RE: The origin of the phrases ATA and IDE ]

On 9 October 2017 at 19:52, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > I'm not entirely sure about that--the PC Megastore contained both a disk > and a tape drive. So more than a single device. Did they have separately-settable IDs? Otherwise, LUNs, I'd think, but I'd also expect

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I > have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. > They sold some drum, chain, and band printers, but I think they were all

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

> On 8 Oct 2017, at 19:00, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > > On 10/08/2017 12:31 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> On 10/08/2017 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >>> Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I >>> have an LA50 or two,

RE: (Classic Computers) HP 7970 1/2" 9-Track Reel-to-Reel Tape Drive

Marc, On Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 11:48, CuriousMarc wrote: > Thanks, I wasn't aware of this subtlety. You're welcome. > But this is for the 7970E only, right? Right. > Can you boot a 21MX from a 7970B tape with the standard boot ROM? Yes. The boot ROM data transfer loop is just a

Re: OT: the death of shortwave / Re: Hallicrafters S-85

On 10/08/2017 02:47 PM, Ed via cctalk wrote: > When I see something that is neat...I camp on it until I decide or > have a friend put his hand on and stand in front. Yea... to many times > turn > around and then look down and someone else now has it... Ed# > > > > In a

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

On 10/08/2017 01:19 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have > an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. > > Zane > > LQP 01 and the 02 as well, Diablo daisy wheel... Then there the LP 25,26,27 band printers. So

Re: OpenVMS Hobbyist & HPE vs. HP

> On Oct 7, 2017, at 10:13 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk > wrote: > > Has anyone gotten any Hobbyist Licenses lately? I’m trying to get them, and > I notice that while I’m signing up at an HPE.com website, the initial email > comes from an HP.com address. So far no luck

Re: OT: the death of shortwave / Re: Hallicrafters S-85

On 10/08/2017 10:42 AM, dwight via cctalk wrote: > One wonder how many SW hams were active in the Caribbean. Most hams today > seem to be into 2 meter and not so much long range SW. The HF 3-30 mhz spectrum has propagation that makes long range possible at modest power. The Caribbean hams have to

RE: (Classic Computers) HP 7970 1/2" 9-Track Reel-to-Reel Tape Drive

Dave, Thanks, I wasn't aware of this subtlety. But this is for the 7970E only, right? Can you boot a 21MX from a 7970B tape with the standard boot ROM? Is your better boot ROM code available? Marc -Original Message- From: cctech [mailto:cctech-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of J. David

Re: Hallicrafters S-85

On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 2:39 PM, Ed via cctalk wrote: > We have various SW radios at SMECC but I was really touched to get > hold of a S-40B like I had in my youth. Now to put new power supply > capacitors in it and make it Fly. > > I imagine there are a

Re: OT: the death of shortwave / Re: Hallicrafters S-85

On 10/08/2017 11:20 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > On 10/8/17 7:42 AM, dwight via cctalk wrote: >> Most hams today seem to be into 2 meter and not so much long range SW. >> > There is a huge base of HF work being done along with real-time mapping > of HF and Tropo propagation, along with all

Paging Dwight Elvey, Jay West and other Nicolet 1080 owners... [re-send]

Dwight & Jay, I know you guys for sure have Nicolet 1080 minis. And I think there's someone else that has one, maybe more. Anyway, Dwight, remember the possible stash of interface boards that went with that Diablo 30? I think I found them ;) I have a whole box of boards for the Nicolet 1080

Re: Hallicrafters S-85

On 10/07/2017 12:05 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > So I have a Hallicrafters S-85 receiver which was my wife's father's, and just > arrived (he passed away, and they are cleaning out his basement): > > http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/jpg/tech/HallicraftersF.jpg >

Several new items for sale

I have listed several new items for sale on the VCFed forums. They are: Mentor Graphics 433 Workstation http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?60031-Mentor- Graphics-433-Workstation-quot-Wilma-quot=480063#post480063 Case parts for Apple Lisa

Looking for Gazelle disk image

All –     I’ve imaged all of the disks from VCF’s Gazelle and one disk is not recoverable. It’s a Seattle Computer Utilities disk, version 2.04. If anyone has an IMD image, or even just the files, can you contact me off-list?     Later today I will be posting all