OT: Trying to fix my account

2017-11-11 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
Sorry for the spam - I'm trying some ideas to see if I can figure out why I don't get cctalk/cctech messages anymore (for about a month now). -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversati

Is it really that quiet out there?

2017-10-20 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
I haven't seen any list messages since the 16th. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Principal Investigator, "Refl

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

2017-10-16 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
Phasing to create SSB at a pair of 6146 power level. > > I home brew on HF though 432... > > Allison > My FT-817 (5 watts) has no problem reaching from the West Coast of the US to the East with SSB - IF the band is open. Most recently I've found 40m to be open most often (at least whe

Re: HP 9845 complete system on auction in Sweden

2017-09-25 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
ll the newer adhesives hold up better? We hope so. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Principal Investigator, "Re

Re: HP 9845 complete system on auction in Sweden

2017-09-25 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
onster shipping and customs > headache. > Marc > > > I have one of these with pretty bad screen rot, and I'm not sure if my HPIB controller is working right - but the system itself runs pretty well. One of my local collector friends has developed an approach to pull the face shie

Re: Alto 5-Key Keyset pictures

2017-09-20 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
t a lot of money on this. There are two castings of the same > material as the keyboard > and monitors, and two injection molded parts for the keys and the four > spacers betwen the microswitches. > > > -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-11 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
I¹m looking for some FORTRAN code that would typically have run on > this kind of computer so I can show people what this kind of system was > used for. > > Congratulations! I've been too busy to do any restorations, so for now I live vicariously through people like you. :-) -- Ian

Re: EMA Links on a G104 Sense/Inhibit board

2017-08-23 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
n the prints, which are available on BitSavers. That's where I found it last time I did this. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design

Re: pdp-8/e restoration.

2017-08-07 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
RS232 on M8650 needed a jumper E-M on board or plug. > > > So now to check out that rim loader stuff. > Its in C but I can get round that problem. > > > Rod > > -- > Wanted one pdp-8/i rocker switch leaver to copy. > > For verily, LINCtape begat DECtape, and

Re: pdp-8/e restoration.

2017-08-07 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
both a terminal session and a papertape image reader/punch. N.B.: much PDP-8 software likes 7E1, but PTR/PTP is 8N1. ISTR that even when I fiddled with SLU settings, I couldn't get away from 7E1 for some of the diagnostics. Of course, I've slept since then. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS

Re: Visual 1050

2017-08-07 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
sions of these I believe. > > > > "MULTI" not milti :-) > Gary, if you're not in too much of a hurry I'd be interested in driving up to Bellingham and picking it up. :-) -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Disserta

Re: pdp-8/e restoration.

2017-08-04 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
or the run lamp. > The reason to make it glow > dimly when off is to reduce the filament thermal shock when turning on and > off. This makes the bulbs > last a lot longer. The run lamp does not flicker in operation so not > necessary on that one. > > -- > Doug Ingra

Did you use a Xerox Alto? Know anyone who did?

2017-07-31 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
Jay for permission to post this. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tri

Re: Whole IBM System/34 available in unknown condition

2017-07-25 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
le System/34? > >> > >> > >> Not mine, but I have contact details. The scrapper wants $800 for it > local pick up. > >> > >> > >> Let me know today, please. > >> > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> > >&

Re: Cipher F880 with S100 interface card on local CL

2017-07-10 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
CPLD altogether. > > --Chuck > > > FWIW: once upon a time I hooked up a TX-8 to a DOS PC with a network card, ran MS LANMAN client, and had a networked F880. I wrote a small RMT interpreter for it, too. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School &

Re: Cipher F880 with S100 interface card on local CL

2017-07-08 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
if you're interested (I'm in Eugene, OR) > > --Chuck > S-100?!?!?!? I have a couple of those drives. I don't have anything with S-100, but isn't there a SS-50 adapter to S-100? I'd love to have just the interface card. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information

Re: Monitors for ADM3 and ADM3a parts or replacement whole unit?

2017-06-30 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 12:26 AM, <couryho...@aol.com> wrote: > Ian we are in Arizona! > Ed# > > All, Ed and I are talking privately and I think I have him covered. FYI -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.ed

Re: DEC LK201 Keyboards for VT220 terminals etc.

2017-06-30 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
No worries. I have a box of the things myself, waiting for me to try > to fix up my 3 VAXstation 4000VLCs. Any spares -- including 2 of the > VAXstations -- will be heading for eBay. The snag is that they're now > in Czechia. :-) > > > Bummer - I've been wanting a VLC for a while. Wr

Re: Monitors for ADM3 and ADM3a parts or replacement whole unit?

2017-06-30 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
to another static > display early system? > > It is a beauty save for the missing monitor parts.. > Advice Hints? > > thanks Ed# > > > > > -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why th

Re: DECstation 220 - Out of Ideas?

2017-06-24 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
u measure the current and its direction on the P82C206 pin? That's my troubleshooting thinking given that I don't have it in front of me. :-) I hope this is helpful -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Wh

Re: DEC MINC in center Germany

2017-06-16 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
get a copy of the Mincbasic and RT11 disk? willing to > pay to get it for our Mincs. > > thanks > Jim > > -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Cons

Re: DEC archives

2017-06-14 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
-level documentation for my VAX 6000-660 for some time. I'd part with significant organs to obtain printsets of power supply elements. Al? And it looks like I'm burning the bulk of my PTO on my daughter's high school graduation and installation at university. :-) I might have to put this on t

Re: Micral N (1974) for sale

2017-05-31 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
house website > https://www.rouillac.com/fr/news-1252-le_micral_n_premier_micro_ordinateur > > Starting price : 20 K€. > > Good luck ;-) > > I sure hope it goes to a good home - but unfortunately it won't be mine. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The

Re: Any PDP11s for sale in the UK?

2017-05-30 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
say that you're more likely to find an 11/23 or perhaps an 11/03, the latter being a less-capable version of the former. The 11/73 is fairly powerful and valued, and less available. The 11/34 is a Unibus machine, and I've not seen one that wasn't rack-mounted. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS,

Re: Something for the P3 you have in your back yard

2017-04-30 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 10:52 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Military-IBM-Computer-/201911842662 > > https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/an-uys-1.htm > > Does this come under the category of 'home def

Re: Large Scale Systems Museum announcement

2017-04-21 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
of our facilities on the Facebook page. > > Please feel free to forward this message to anyone whom you think > might be interested. > > Thanks, > -Dave McGuire > President/Curator, LSSM > > -- > Dave McGuire, AK4HZ >

Re: If C is so evil why is it so successful?

2017-04-12 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
t; Noel >> >> PS: There probably is something to the sports car analogy, but I'm not >> going >> to take a position on that one! :-) Interesting side-question though: is >> assembler more or less like a sports car than C? :-) >> > All computer computer language

Re: Microcomputer and misc for sale

2017-04-05 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
l see if people are still interested and what they are > willing to offer. > > --Devin > -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Thr

Re: Z-8000 something on eBay

2017-03-23 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
igh performance controller. > > Can prove me wrong, but I'm guessing some sort of controller. > thanks > Jim > All of those connectors make me think it's some sort of comm controller. FWIW. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.

Re: Introducing the UUCP/Usenet Project

2017-03-21 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
e pre-web days and it worked fine. > > --Chuck > There's a VMS version, too. So many choices -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narr

Re: Univac I memory tank

2017-03-14 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
to be residuals. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribun

Re: Wildly hopeful eBay seller

2017-02-27 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
ll a ridiculous price.) > > - Josh > > > It'll probably show up again as a regular auction when this guy realizes he's on e-crack. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Construct

Disassembly of a DG One?

2017-02-11 Thread Ian S. King
, but there is no obvious way to remove it. I don't like to just force things, for obvious reasons. Thanks to anyone with some advice. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: C

Re: OT: RANT (Was: [cctalk-requ...@classiccmp.org: confirm 38290c8a992491eda604beff5a06ff20cd7e85f5]

2017-02-03 Thread Ian S. King
On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 5:55 AM, geneb <ge...@deltasoft.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2 Feb 2017, Ian S. King wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 4:24 PM, geneb <ge...@deltasoft.com> wrote: >> >> On Thu, 2 Feb 2017, Ian Finder wrote: >>> >>> WTF did I ju

Re: Logic Analysers

2017-02-02 Thread Ian S. King
-- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org> Value Sensitiv

Re: OT: RANT (Was: [cctalk-requ...@classiccmp.org: confirm 38290c8a992491eda604beff5a06ff20cd7e85f5]

2017-02-02 Thread Ian S. King
. Geeks collect hobbies. > > ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment > A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. > http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_! > -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.ed

Re: OT: RANT (Was: [cctalk-requ...@classiccmp.org: confirm 38290c8a992491eda604beff5a06ff20cd7e85f5]

2017-02-02 Thread Ian S. King
ly failed at that. > Sorry. > > Fred, you have to turn it up to 11 - after all, consider your competition these days in the domain of absurdity. -- Ian (the other one - we are everywhere) -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Disser

Re: Visible LINCtape Tracks

2017-01-31 Thread Ian S. King
*62*(6), 1042-1057. Underneath the abstractions there are physical phenomena - such as magnetic domains on a tape. Cheers -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociote

Re: nice looking Series/1

2017-01-30 Thread Ian S. King
ty its in the US and I would not > have room... > > Dave > > Well, someone did. :-) I wasn't going to make a road trip to Connecticut for it. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conver

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

2017-01-10 Thread Ian S. King
dryer power, which I do have. That's one of the (many) projects on my post-dissertation list. With six processors and a half-gigabyte of RAM, I've been told this is probably the most built-out VAX 6600 remaining. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <h

Re: Polycorp Poly repair (b)log

2017-01-09 Thread Ian S. King
ctual digital electronics, and how much was power, video and sometimes drives. I brought a TeleVideo TPC-1 back to life a few months ago, and your restoration brings back memories (some of them cringeworthy). -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <

Re: GMAIL accounts suspended.

2017-01-09 Thread Ian S. King
Consulting West Inc. > http://bickleywest.com > > "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero" > -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociot

Re: Unknown keyboard

2017-01-07 Thread Ian S. King
> Thanks, > > Kyle > I recall having one of those, many years ago - and I had/have no idea where or what it came from. But it was definitely the same keyboard, I remember the unique hex pad. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu

Re: PDP-6s at MIT

2016-12-23 Thread Ian S. King
Alderson at LCM had ITS running on a KS-10 (from MIT!), but I don't know what the current status might be. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrati

Re: ADM-3A Lower case ROM issue

2016-12-13 Thread Ian S. King
n on the board - ISTR there's another chip that needs to be added, some simple TTL logic. I converted mine several years ago without problems - but that was with the original ROM. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertat

Re: VAX expert 'needed'

2016-12-08 Thread Ian S. King
> He's often very busy - try sending him a reminder. > > Noel > I've emailed him, too. He does travel a lot. I'll be slow in adding content - an upcoming publication, teaching next quarter and a dissertation in process take up most of my time - but I do have a VAX 6000-660. :-)

Re: RE: Base 64 posts to the list

2016-12-04 Thread Ian S. King
On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Jonas Otter <jo...@otter.se> wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion. My delivery was set to MIME, I have changed it > to plain text. Hopefully that will solve the problem. > > What? No format flame war? What's this world coming to? -- Ian S. King

Re: Thinking about acquiring PDP stuff

2016-11-29 Thread Ian S. King
t to add something, it's not as easy as plugging a card into a backplane. The 8/I requires wirewrap work. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrati

Re: SWTPC 6800 issues again

2016-11-28 Thread Ian S. King
If possible, use a scope, but even a good DVM will tell you if you're maintaining voltage. And if the filter cap is the original, just replace it - they have a limited lifespan. I bought one from Digi-Key for $19. Hope that helps -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Inform

Re: for sale/trade: big list of both old and (relatively) new, deadline: end of November (ideally)

2016-11-25 Thread Ian S. King
aandam. >> > > The items are located in a residential area in Leiden (in the province of > Zuid-Holland / South > I was just in Leiden last week! Of course, I was flying, so I would have been constrained on what I could carry -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Informa

Re: Thanksgiving Day

2016-11-24 Thread Ian S. King
n ''adversity" (we had emergency lighting and the bar maid brought out numerous candles) and made this one of the best Thanksgiving experiences I've ever had. And all my computer work (document editing) was local. All good! -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Informati

Re: A computer collection in NL

2016-11-16 Thread Ian S. King
art, near Philips headquarters > city Eindhoven. > All I ask, if possible, is that I get a business card from you ;-) > > greetz, > - Henk > Hi Henk, Well, I'm in The Netherlands, but not 'in the southern part' - rather, I'm in Leiden at an academic workshop. Oh well,

Re: Collection of stuff in Austin (ebay warning) listed before

2016-11-13 Thread Ian S. King
hy - you have to wonder what it looks like inside. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda

Re: Paper tape carriers and paper tape

2016-11-11 Thread Ian S. King
on. >> >> >> Somewhere I have a photo of the machine that IBM used to make punch cards. It's in a small museum in Endicott, NY. It did indeed take a roll of paper made to IBM specs and produce the flat punch cards many of us know and some subset of those, love. It hadn't been run in

Re: more on lisp compilers

2016-11-10 Thread Ian S. King
5-1 stuff, there seems to be an entire distro > there plus a lot of layered products. These are reduntant, my employer's > last VAX is now sleeping in my basement. That TK50 drive works on my VAX 4000/300 as well -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http

Re: DEC DELQA - seems not to work. Anyone got a spare? [SOLVED]

2016-11-07 Thread Ian S. King
o have helped :) > > Joe Zatarski > > >>>>* I must be doing something wrong running the test manually, though - > *>>>>>>>* d/w/p 2000192c 2000 > *>>>>* Just leaves 2000 in the VAR register, permanently. > *>>>>* --Toby &g

Re: VAX Common Lisp

2016-11-04 Thread Ian S. King
ribution CD sets from at least Jan-1990 to May-1993 > according to this link: > > http://de.openvms.org/spl.php?product_name=LISP=full > > I don't have any CONDIST sets that old myself to take a look. > I don't recall how old my CONDIST is but I'll try to give it a look-se

Re: VAX Common Lisp

2016-11-04 Thread Ian S. King
through any special hoops to get it. In fact, I had both Common Lisp and 'Standard' Lisp installed. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrativ

Has anyone here seen a 8H070 external floppy?

2016-11-01 Thread Ian S. King
device, in which case I'm probably out of luck trying to find its driver -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archiv

Re: For sale 128K Core RAM Industrial PDP 11/40 Massbus System

2016-10-31 Thread Ian S. King
11/20', which is almost certainly a later naming as the -11 line grew. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Arch

Re: For sale 128K Core RAM Industrial PDP 11/40 Massbus System

2016-10-31 Thread Ian S. King
t; > Unix? Probably a complete brain fart by me - but I thought Unix > > required a machine with separate I/D spaces and the 11/40 wasn't one > > of them? > > > > If I'm wrong that will be of some assistance to me actually :-) > > > I've run 6th Edition on

Re: Old versions of Emacs

2016-10-21 Thread Ian S. King
can excavate it; the tapes had some > dropouts, which may have made the dump (a straight 'dd' of a 4.3 > filesystem) > unreadable. > > Noel > I would love to have an Emacs I could run on my Pro-380. Then I can do some real work with it. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.

Re: Altair, IMSAI, SWTPC, etc. for sale in Philly

2016-10-20 Thread Ian S. King
d tuition... so I'll just play with my SWTPC 6800 for now. (Oh, I want a 6809, too.) -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Desi

Re: VTServer/etc for V6 Unix

2016-10-18 Thread Ian S. King
ite, and not completely obvious so you have to hunt a bit. Cheers -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist

Re: MASSBUS disk emulator (Was: Unibus controller for MFM disks)

2016-10-17 Thread Ian S. King
I've made some inquries, stay tuned On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Pontus Pihlgren <pon...@update.uu.se> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 12:16:10PM -0400, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > > From: Ian S. King > > > > > When I left in 2014, LCM's Massbu

Re: Reasonable price for a complete SOL-20 system?

2016-10-15 Thread Ian S. King
t the > college had already dumpstered ALL of "that junk" from his office. > > Please tell me that said institution has since been burned to the ground. "That junk", indeed. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.ed

Re: Twiggys [was: Re: ka... ching!]

2016-10-10 Thread Ian S. King
On Sun, Oct 9, 2016 at 6:07 PM, Brad H <vintagecompu...@bettercomputing.net> wrote: > > > Original message -------- > From: "Ian S. King" <isk...@uw.edu> > Date: 2016-10-09 5:08 PM (GMT-08:00) > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topi

Re: cctech Digest, Vol 28, Issue 4

2016-10-10 Thread Ian S. King
mputer Museum about perhaps making you an offer. We're in Seattle, so it's a quick roadtrip to pick up. Just FYI, I'll contact you privately to let you know what consensus we reach. Thanks -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissert

Re: New acquisition. Ploycorp Poly 1. New Zealand school computer

2016-10-09 Thread Ian S. King
second system rather than using it as a parts beast - I think the daisy-chain connection of machines is a fascinating historical aspect. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociot

Re: Twiggys [was: Re: ka... ching!]

2016-10-09 Thread Ian S. King
On Sun, Oct 9, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Brad H <vintagecompu...@bettercomputing.net> wrote: > > > Original message -------- > From: "Ian S. King" <isk...@uw.edu> > Date: 2016-10-09 2:30 PM (GMT-08:00) > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topi

Re: Twiggys [was: Re: ka... ching!]

2016-10-09 Thread Ian S. King
ent system services available. One very useful system is the one that can read S-records from the serial input, allowing you to easily transfer programs onto the machine. If you want to grok the 6800 in fullness, there are online scans of Motorola's programming manual for the device. Another great r

Re: TPC-I back in one piece (was Re: TeleVideo progress)

2016-10-09 Thread Ian S. King
Fine by me! My intent was to see the information shared. I've been helped by the experiences others have shared here and elsewhere, so I'm glad to return the favor. :-) On Sun, Oct 9, 2016 at 8:55 AM, Noel Chiappa <j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote: > > From: Ian S. King >

Re: Twiggys [was: Re: ka... ching!]

2016-10-08 Thread Ian S. King
hing I thought was interesting. I've never been a gamer, but always played games down in the kernel. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Throug

Re: Twiggys [was: Re: ka... ching!]

2016-10-08 Thread Ian S. King
a non-collector acquaintance just a few minutes ago who asked whether I was going to sell my TeleVideo TPC-I now that it works. For a moment I thought he'd lapsed into a foreign language -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Disser

TPC-I back in one piece (was Re: TeleVideo progress)

2016-10-08 Thread Ian S. King
On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 8:20 PM, jim stephens <jwsm...@jwsss.com> wrote: > > > On 10/2/2016 6:23 PM, Ian S. King wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I've posted looking for help with a TeleVideo TPC-1, and I've heard a lot >> of crickets >> > I saw your

Re: Magnetic media FTGH!

2016-10-08 Thread Ian S. King
. > > There are three Microsoft-branded floppies: > > Microsoft Mouse Setup/Mouse Menus 1 > Microsoft PaintbrushProgram/Mouse Menus 2 > Microsoft PaintbrushUtilities Disk > > and two that don't fit any of the above: > > -- >

Re: Blue Origin launch (Was: uVAX system (mostly) that Ian King was interested in)

2016-10-05 Thread Ian S. King
On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 1:38 PM, John H. Reinhardt <johnhreinha...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > On 10/5/2016 3:34 PM, jim stephens wrote: > >> >> >> On 10/4/2016 7:47 AM, Ian S. King wrote: >> >>> Jon >>>> > >>>> >Sorry f

Re: mc68010+mc68451 Unix source?

2016-10-04 Thread Ian S. King
a segmented mmu, so you wouldn't use it for demand > paging. the normal way you use it in unix is setting up segents for > text, data, and bss > > > > I remember reading the spec sheets for a MMU of that type - for the 6809! That was one versatile little processor. -- Ian S. King, MS

Re: uVAX system (mostly) that Ian King was interested in

2016-10-04 Thread Ian S. King
On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 6:25 PM, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: > On 10/02/2016 08:23 PM, Ian S. King wrote: > > Back in July we corresponded about a uVAX system that was less than > complete that you had expressed interest in. I sent a private email, but > didn'

TeleVideo progress

2016-10-02 Thread Ian S. King
ordered an exact, tested/guaranteed working replacement from ePay, and I'm going to have everything working to spec before I snap this thing back together. Yes, I'm having fun. :-) -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-01 Thread Ian S. King
ars/pounds/euro for X, so can I." I think few people actually look at *completed* sales, i.e. what people really paid for something. On one hand, it's a shame stuff ends up on ePay where it becomes the target of 'feeding frenzy' behaviors - but it's not going to the scrappers, which is good.

Re: ISO: VAXBI hardware

2016-09-21 Thread Ian S. King
- any suggestions for mass storage? I have a KDB50 (T1002, T1003 > > set), but SDI drives are getting harder to find. > > I still owe you a list and/or picture from my external SDI<->ESDI box, > but, yeah, SDI drives aren't getting more abundant. > > > I assume VAXBI

Re: Linux at 25

2016-09-14 Thread Ian S. King
> Remember, it's going to be the Internet of Pwned Things before too long. >> >> Busybox is the first big lawsuit over GPL as well, wonder if these folks > complied with the various restrictions. > > thanks > jim > > And technology is always better when the lawyers

Re: Subjects, Topics and Threading

2016-09-14 Thread Ian S. King
ion about vintage hardware and software - it was so, well, meaningful. We haven't had a good food-fight here in... days! -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical N

Re: Logic Analyser Advice

2016-09-10 Thread Ian S. King
the DIP clip before you clamp the clip on the IC. There have been a couple of times I've had every single pod in play, each connected to one or even two DIP clips. -- Ian > > > > > Be very careful if you take a pod apart, there is a delicate ceramic > hybrid > > circuit

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

2016-09-09 Thread Ian S. King
t;>> limited by the size of the press. >>> >> >> Ah yes, but can you make in sheets 60 feet by 10 feet by 1 inch >>>>> thick and >>>>> withstand the pressure of 18,000 cu ft of water? :) >>>>> >>>> >> THAT woul

Re: Logic Analyser Advice

2016-09-09 Thread Ian S. King
ate part number for > these that I should look for. There seem to be quite a few items like this: > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291753390848, are these likely to be suitable > alternatives? > > > > Thanks > > > > Rob > > -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. C

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

2016-09-08 Thread Ian S. King
e is a very nice fellow and said he had no > objection. > > I noted Mike Loewen interviewed him about it some time later and did a > nice web page > about it. > > http://i.imgur.com/K9EZq.jpg > > http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alien/aaa.html > > https://savedparadigm

Re: Apple IIGS on epay - local pickup in Seattle

2016-09-06 Thread Ian S. King
bly get someone on the list to pick > it up > > > for you and ship it to you after you paid for the item and the > shipping. > > > > > > -Glen > > I didn't manage to win it, but Seattle Goodwill did tell me they would be > fine with having someone pick it up

Re: The huge lot that had the NIB 8" floppies is now on ebay

2016-09-06 Thread Ian S. King
a small effort to be made, it makes more sense for > > the sender to make it once than all the interested recipients to have > > to duplicate the effort. > > Excellent point. > > And the "eBay:" tag idea follow this principle too, I will note

Re: Power Supply capacitor physical size

2016-09-04 Thread Ian S. King
> >> old 16V cap with a similar-sized modern 25V cap? > >> > >> > > Similar size - then no problem! But, some new cap types are > > VASTLY smaller than the caps from 40 years ago. > > Hence my question, I'll stick with the same size but higher

Re: Front Panel Update - PDP-8/i

2016-08-16 Thread Ian S. King
PDP-8/i panels are now shipping. If you are quick with your > order we can ship to-morrow > > Rod (Panelman) Smallwood > > > -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Con

Re: Flex Disc options for the HP 9825

2016-08-15 Thread Ian S. King
er the protection device that already exists. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http

Re: R: HP to acquire SGI

2016-08-14 Thread Ian S. King
t;> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acquisitions_by_Hewlett-Packard >> >> >> If HP and Microsoft merged, would it put an end to computers? >> > > HP-BOX now runs all the games and windows* too. Ben. > * Game of upgrading every 9 months. > > Grab

Re: VAX file format conversion

2016-08-11 Thread Ian S. King
to be plug-and-play. I've also used old network hubs with BNC connectors to do thinnet networks - necessary for some of my machines. Oh, ISTR that a lot of VAXstations did have a button near the AUI and BNC connectors asking you to choose. Choose wisely, Grasshopper, and you shall be rewarded with pa

Re: Spam [was Re: still looking for that stuff?]

2016-08-11 Thread Ian S. King
millions (often with millions of customers) that is no longer > so. > "Every time you send a spam message, you kill a kitten. Think of the kittens. Unless you're a dog person - then think of the puppies." -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School

Re: VAX file format conversion

2016-08-11 Thread Ian S. King
ke a dealy after every > ... > > I've always just set the terminal emulator to a slow per-character rate and pushed it into the console. As long as VMS can process each line before the next one starts, you should be golden. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The

Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'

2016-08-03 Thread Ian S. King
Win 95 logo - not a sticker, part of the 'paint job' of the can! It's still full, too - I've never been a big a fan of Sapporo, it's obviously cooler as a 'complete' artifact, and by now that stuff in there must be incredibly funky -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Informatio

Re: the value of old test and repair equipment

2016-07-31 Thread Ian S. King
est to you guys? > > > > It depends entirely on the make and model of equipment. I always have a > > laundry list of stuff I am looking for - one of the reasons why I bring > my > > tablet to meets. > > > > Dale H. Cook, GR / HP Collector, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA

Re: more vintage computer stuff

2016-07-28 Thread Ian S. King
ton > > Electronics Plus > > 500 Pershing Ave. > > Kerrville, TX 78028 > > 830-370-3239 cell > > sa...@elecplus.com > > AOL IM elcpls > > > > -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissert

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