[cctalk] Re: VCFMW

2023-09-02 Thread Paul Anderson via cctalk
I am located about 2 hours south of Chicago, by Champaign, where 1-72, I-57, and I-74 meet. I also forgot to mention I found a box of new punchcards and several plotter pen holders. On Sat, Sep 2, 2023 at 3:27 AM Paul Anderson wrote: > I've started pulling parts for people who have requested

[cctalk] Re: SDF Interim Computer Festival

2023-09-02 Thread Mark Huffstutter via cctalk
I have only just now joined the outfit, I was unaware of the event until Tarek (Thank You!) posted it. I certainly cannot speak for the actual organizers, but this would be My take. After having many great years Of membership in the truly spectacular Living Computer Museum that the late

[cctalk] Re: Friden (was Silly question about S-100 and video monitors)

2023-09-02 Thread ben via cctalk
On 2023-09-02 8:01 a.m., Will Cooke via cctalk wrote: On 09/02/2023 8:50 AM CDT Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote: On Fri, Sep 01, 2023 at 04:32:57PM -0600, ben via cctalk wrote: [...] I think that way has been for a while. Having a hard time finding a 68B50 Unicorn Electronics has the

[cctalk] Re: Friden (was Silly question about S-100 and video monitors)

2023-09-02 Thread ben via cctalk
On 2023-09-02 7:50 a.m., Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote: On Fri, Sep 01, 2023 at 04:32:57PM -0600, ben via cctalk wrote: [...] I think that way has been for a while. Having a hard time finding a 68B50 on ebay. All the modern serial devices (I can buy) seem to be serial interfaced. Sigh. I see

[cctalk] Re: SDF Interim Computer Festival

2023-09-02 Thread Tarek Hoteit via cctalk
I believe it is an early experiment unlike the well established VCFs. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tarek Hoteit ta...@infocom.ai +1 360-838-3675 https://infocom.ai > On Sep 2, 2023, at 8:58 AM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk > wrote: > > Why "Interim"? > > Sellam > > On Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at

[cctalk] Re: SDF Interim Computer Festival

2023-09-02 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
Why "Interim"? Sellam On Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at 7:25 PM Tarek Hoteit via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > FYI, SDF retro computing and home brew exhibition is scheduled for > September 30 to October 1 in Seattle WA . Link to the exhibit is at > https://sdf.org/icf/ and https://icm.museum/

[cctalk] Re: Friden (was Silly question about S-100 and video monitors)

2023-09-02 Thread Will Cooke via cctalk
> On 09/02/2023 8:50 AM CDT Peter Corlett via cctalk > wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 01, 2023 at 04:32:57PM -0600, ben via cctalk wrote: > [...] > > I think that way has been for a while. Having a hard time finding a 68B50 Unicorn Electronics has the 68B50 for $7.99

[cctalk] Re: Friden (was Silly question about S-100 and video monitors)

2023-09-02 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Fri, Sep 01, 2023 at 04:32:57PM -0600, ben via cctalk wrote: [...] > I think that way has been for a while. Having a hard time finding a 68B50 > on ebay. All the modern serial devices (I can buy) seem to be serial > interfaced. Sigh. I see the 68B50 on AliExpress, and they're probably even

[cctalk] Re: Silly question about S-100 and video monitors

2023-09-02 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 9/1/2023 11:45 AM, dwight via cctalk wrote: My first computer was a Poly-88. I had no monitor and no keyboard. I read and understood the instructions about finding a TV that used a transformer power supply. Many newer TV's of that day were not using a transformer for the main supply. I

[cctalk] Re: Silly question about S-100 and video monitors

2023-09-02 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Fri, 1 Sep 2023, wrco...@wrcooke.net wrote: My favorite is Votrax (speech synthesizers) being a division of Federal Screw Works. We have one attached to our lab8/e :-) Christian

[cctalk] Re: Friden (was Silly question about S-100 and video monitors)

2023-09-02 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Fri, 1 Sep 2023, Rick Bensene wrote: The machine was able to be implemented with so few transistors because the microcode word was quite wide, and was designed so that it was sequentially interpreted as the bits streamed out of the delay line, so not all that many flip flops were needed.

[cctalk] VCFMW

2023-09-02 Thread Paul Anderson via cctalk
I've started pulling parts for people who have requested them and keep finding things I had forgotten. A few things of possible interest include: PDP-8A parts including backplanes, most CPU boards, 128K, MM board MM8-AA/AB 8-E boxes and boards DECMATE Rainbow, and PRO systems and parts A few