DLT III tapes (TK85-K) and sticky-shed

2020-09-22 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
I've seen plenty of complaints (here and elsewhere) about TK50 cartridges being very difficult to read these days. I'm trying to read TK85-K (DLT III) cartridges and I'm experiencing problems. I've had tapes ripped (although I've found that data elsewhere). So now I'm being particularly

Amiga Roots, TRIPOS - Off Topic, was Re: Exploring early GUIs

2020-09-22 Thread null via cctalk
Forking this thread as we are now way off the original and very cogent topic, which I would like to see continued. (Very valid to ask about good emulations of early GUI systems like Apollo, LispMs, PERQ, Xerox D* etc) Peter’s mentions of TRIPOS (which was used on a Sage IV for Amiga Lorraine

Re: PSA to SparcBook 2 Users

2020-09-22 Thread null via cctalk
No, this applies only to Tadpole Series 2 and potentially Series 1 machines (although I have not observed the latter) Series 3(/3000) are completely different internally. Your SB3000 is safe- at least from this failure mode. > On Sep 22, 2020, at 11:02, Alan Perry via cctalk > wrote: > >

Re: PSA to SparcBook 2 Users

2020-09-22 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
You flush electronics with Indian Pale Ale? Too many TLAs. This isn't a problem on the model of SparcBook you sold me, is it? On 9/22/20 10:53 AM, Ian Finder via cctalk wrote: There is a 1000uf 10v cap on the main logic board just above the Bt display controller. It is leaking... a lot. (4/4

PSA to SparcBook 2 Users

2020-09-22 Thread Ian Finder via cctalk
There is a 1000uf 10v cap on the main logic board just above the Bt display controller. It is leaking... a lot. (4/4 samples so far) Go replace it, flush the area and scrub the with 99.9% IPA.

Re: Exploring early GUIs

2020-09-22 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 11:29:14PM -0500, Richard Pope via cctalk wrote: > The Amiga 1000 with AmigaDos and Workbench was released in late 1985. > AmigaDos is based on Unix and Workbench is based on X-windows. Er, no. The Amiga's operating system is a pre-emptive multitasking microkernel which