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2019-11-13 Thread Electronics Plus via cctalk
http://matthieu.benoit.free.fr/databooks.htm Looks like a fellow in France wants to give away/trade a lot of documentation. https://www.intel-vintage.info/ https://www.intel-vintage.info/intelotherresources.htm Note the Copyright says no copyright, take what you need freely. There is a LOT of

RE: Xref

2019-11-13 Thread Electronics Plus via cctalk
Thanks Al! The archived version is available for free here https://archive.org/details/ArcherSemiconductorReferenceGuide1984 Cindy -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Al Kossow via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 11:02 PM To: cc

Re: Xref

2019-11-13 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
https://www.biblio.com/cart.php?bid=9512792 On 11/13/19 7:11 PM, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote: > A complete guide to semiconductor replacement and > substitutions from the makers of PHOTOFACT(R) service documentation.

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Chris Osborn via cctalk
On Nov 13, 2019, at 5:07 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > What do you need to do to use an acoustic modem with a cellphone? > You can get a "retro" handset for a cellphone, that will fit the rubber cups, > but, will it work? Yes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQqWHLZjOjA -- Follow me on

Xref

2019-11-13 Thread Electronics Plus via cctalk
Does anyone have a copy of this, or something similar? Prefer digital format, if possible. Jameco Part number 159791 $29.95 61140 SEMICONDUCTOR CROSS REFERENCE on CD-ROM Enhanced Version A complete guide to semiconductor replacement and substitutions from the makers of PHOTOFACT(R) service docu

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2019-Nov-13, at 5:22 PM, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote: > ... I can simply connect 2 modems to each > other via a POTS phone cable, attach each modem via serial cable to a > different laptop, and set one to Listen and the other to Answer via > HyperTerminal. This will work for some modems,

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 11/13/19 5:25 PM, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote: And here my problem is that I have the old modems, but I can't test them because I no longer have a land line. ~chuckle~ Is there any way to test an internal or external modem without anything except broadband or cellular connections?

RE: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
A "telephone line simulator". On Wed, 13 Nov 2019, Electronics Plus wrote: A young gent (about 22 yrs old) reminded me of HyperTerminal on XP. Since I have stacks of old working XP laptops, I can simply connect 2 modems to each other via a POTS phone cable, attach each modem via serial cable to

RE: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Electronics Plus via cctalk
-Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Fred Cisin via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 7:08 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: RE: Question about modems On Wed, 13 Nov 2019, Electronics Plus via cctalk w

Re: WANTED: iSBC-202 microcode image

2019-11-13 Thread dwight via cctalk
The 3000 parts were bit slice processors. There were only a few instructions involved in there execution. Much of the action was on in the code as you'd think of a typical uP. In other words, there were not specific I/O instructions causing various actions. In may cases, just having the processo

RE: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Wed, 13 Nov 2019, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote: And here my problem is that I have the old modems, but I can't test them because I no longer have a land line. Is there any way to test an internal or external modem without anything except broadband or cellular connections? I know I can't

RE: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Electronics Plus via cctalk
The case presented is an true corner case. Usually modems can be set for rate, bits, and parity that matches the target system. AS modem became more sophisticated (26/33/56k) they were easily set and I just a few I have. Older 300/1200/2400 baud modems like DEC DF02/03 had switch settings lik

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Jim Brain via cctalk
On 11/13/2019 3:41 PM, Nigel Johnson via cctalk wrote: No. While each end might be able to communicate with the local modem in command mode using different parameters, when they are in connected mode the modems will not convert anything, just pass the exact format along. So if one end is expect

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread allison via cctalk
On 11/13/19 4:16 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > On 11/13/19 1:31 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >> But, stuff like commands to the modem didn't need much of that, and >> needed to be able to communicate in spite of wrong parameters.  It >> made sense for a modem to recognize a command, even

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 11/13/19 2:41 PM, Nigel Johnson via cctalk wrote: No. While each end might be able to communicate with the local modem in command mode using different parameters, when they are in connected mode the modems will not convert anything, just pass the exact format along. So if one end is expectin

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Nigel Johnson via cctalk
No. While each end might be able to communicate with the local modem in command mode using different parameters, when they are in connected mode the modems will not convert anything, just pass the exact format along. So if one end is expecting 7E2 and the other is sending 8N1 there will be a 50

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 11/13/19 1:31 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: But, stuff like commands to the modem didn't need much of that, and needed to be able to communicate in spite of wrong parameters. It made sense for a modem to recognize a command, even with wrong parity, etc. Okay Now I'm thinking that t

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Wed, 13 Nov 2019, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: Are you sure that the parity stripping (for lack of a better description) was meant to translate things between modems? I would speculate that it was to transition from serial communications which inherently depend on those settings to TCP co

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
The following is based on my limited understanding. I could easily be wrong. Please correct me if I am. On 11/13/19 12:25 AM, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: Some time ago, Chris Osborn (FozzTexx) forked a copy of my project to fix some bugs and he also added in some parity code, which looks to

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
And, more than one different model! A bunch of yuears ago, Joe Campbell ("C Programmer's Guide To Serialo Communication", "RS232 Solution", etc, NOT the PBS Joe Campbell) told me that he was doing some consulting for Hayes, about setting up the standard for "Hayes Compatible"; it seemed that n

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Frank McConnell via cctalk
On Nov 13, 2019, at 10:41, Nigel Johnson wrote: > > > On 13/11/2019 13:36, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> There are other "oddball" combinations, such as 8E1 and 8O1, which sends >> a 9-bit data frame. You can see datasheets on some UARTs as well as MCU >> UARTs that support the 9 bit packet.

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 11/13/19 10:41 AM, Nigel Johnson via cctalk wrote: > > On 13/11/2019 13:36, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> There are other "oddball" combinations, such as 8E1 and 8O1, which sends >> a 9-bit data frame.  You can see datasheets on some UARTs as well as MCU >> UARTs that support the 9 bit packe

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Nigel Johnson via cctalk
On 13/11/2019 13:36, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: There are other "oddball" combinations, such as 8E1 and 8O1, which sends a 9-bit data frame. You can see datasheets on some UARTs as well as MCU UARTs that support the 9 bit packet. According to the diagram of the Smartmodem there is no UART,

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
There are other "oddball" combinations, such as 8E1 and 8O1, which sends a 9-bit data frame. You can see datasheets on some UARTs as well as MCU UARTs that support the 9 bit packet. Also, don't/doesn't TDD (5 level code) use 5E2 or some such. Same for Telex/TWX. --Chuck

Re: AED WINC08

2019-11-13 Thread Jerry Weiss via cctalk
On 11/11/19 12:27 AM, Eric Moore via cctech wrote: Hello, I have a working AED WINC08 drive, which is a winchester drive emulated to look like an RL02, along with the qbus controller card. https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_aedbrochurJan82_2107642/page/n1 The winchester drive itself is a fuj

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Nigel Johnson via cctalk
Not much in the manual.  I browsed it looking for anything about data bits and stop bits. Nothing. p1-2: ' Commands given to the Smartmodem must be ASCII coded at baud rates between 110 baud and 1200 baud. Once 'on-line', any code at any speed from 0 to 300 baud may be used.' p 9-1 'Do not s

Re: Looking for documentation for VAX-11/730 ENKCC Diagnostic

2019-11-13 Thread Fritz Mueller via cctalk
> On Nov 13, 2019, at 9:21 AM, Jay Jaeger via cctalk > wrote: > Sure. Works for me. There are, in all, likely well over 1000 fiche... > 3) I have several sets. Which of them would you want to scan? > > On 11/13/2019 12:02 AM, Josh Dersch wrote: >> >> If you're willing to send them out, th

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Frank McConnell via cctalk
On Nov 13, 2019, at 6:40, allison wrote: > > On 11/13/19 9:17 AM, geneb via cctalk wrote: >> On Wed, 13 Nov 2019, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: >> >>> Did Hayes modem really do that? I thought most later modems self >>> detected parity and speed and thus would have switched both the comm >>> on th

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread John Labovitz via cctalk
On Nov 13, 2019, at 11:17 AM, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: > On 11/13/2019 7:47 AM, Alexandre Souza via cctalk wrote: >> Jim, its a long time I don't use it, but I've used other configurations >> beyond 8N1 and I remember when you put the modem in 7E1 it mirrored the >> configuration of the oth

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Jim Brain via cctalk
On 11/13/2019 5:31 AM, Nigel Johnson via cctalk wrote: I actually have an original Hayes 300 modem. Would it be any use if I could set it up for a a test, or would it need another genuine Hayes one to talk to for what you need? I looked at the SmartModem 300.  It looks like it completely detec

Re: Looking for documentation for VAX-11/730 ENKCC Diagnostic

2019-11-13 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
Sure. Works for me. There are, in all, likely well over 1000 fiche, maybe even more than 2000. Many fiche have multiple documents on them (e.g. module documents), some have more than one fiche to a document (e.g. diagnostic listings). All told, in their boxes and envelopes, 25lbs or more, so ma

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Jim Brain via cctalk
On 11/13/2019 7:47 AM, Alexandre Souza via cctalk wrote: Jim, its a long time I don't use it, but I've used other configurations beyond 8N1 and I remember when you put the modem in 7E1 it mirrored the configuration of the other side. If you had a vax with a 2400 7E1 port, you gotta have in the

Re: Printers in Manchester UK

2019-11-13 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctalk
I actually had a dream last night about a wide-format dot-matrix printer coming into my life. On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 3:59 PM Dave Wade via cctalk wrote: > Folks, > > > > Any one got any interest in any dot-matrix printers. Got a Panasonic wide > carriage, DEC narrow carriage, and a Tandy DMP200

Printers in Manchester UK

2019-11-13 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
Folks, Any one got any interest in any dot-matrix printers. Got a Panasonic wide carriage, DEC narrow carriage, and a Tandy DMP200.. Dave Wade G4UGM & EA7KAE

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread allison via cctalk
On 11/13/19 9:17 AM, geneb via cctalk wrote: > On Wed, 13 Nov 2019, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: > >> Did Hayes modem really do that?  I thought most later modems self >> detected parity and speed and thus would have switched both the comm >> on the serial port and the data sent to the other side i

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread geneb via cctalk
On Wed, 13 Nov 2019, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: Did Hayes modem really do that?  I thought most later modems self detected parity and speed and thus would have switched both the comm on the serial port and the data sent to the other side in the same parity (if the terminal was 7E1, the modem

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Alexandre Souza via cctalk
Jim, its a long time I don't use it, but I've used other configurations beyond 8N1 and I remember when you put the modem in 7E1 it mirrored the configuration of the other side. If you had a vax with a 2400 7E1 port, you gotta have in the terminal 2400 7E1 So, you gotta match the configuration

Re: Question about modems

2019-11-13 Thread Nigel Johnson via cctalk
I actually have an original Hayes 300 modem. Would it be any use if I could set it up for a a test, or would it need another genuine Hayes one to talk to for what you need? cheers, Nigel On 13/11/2019 02:25, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: I am the author of tcpser, a UNIX/Windows program that e

WANTED: iSBC-202 microcode image

2019-11-13 Thread F.Ulivi via cctalk
Hi everyone, I'm planning to expand my MAME-based emulation of Intel MDS-II systems with the support for double-density floppy disks. In particular, I'm thinking of emulating the isbc202 floppy controller because its architecture looks very interesting. This board was based on Intel's own 300