VAX in action

I was just speaking with a guy who works in the physics department at work (A large State University) . He was looking for a 68pin SCSI card for some purpose, which I was able to find for him in my pile-o-stuff. It turns out he's trying to revive one of their VMS machines which didn't come

Re: DEC Alpha 3000 Model 600

On 09/20/2015 05:41 PM, Rod Smallwood wrote: I'm pleased to be able to report the successful installation of OpenVMS 8.3 - Alpha on my 3000 M600 It now runs Dec Windows on the graphics screen and a terminal on the serial port. TCPIP works and I can get to my local network OK. Now to find a

Seattle free teletype??

Check out the 3rd picture http://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/zip/5340655886.html Someone go get this -- I'm stuck at work with no car at the moment --Jason

Re: Re-inking printer ribbons

On 12/13/2015 10:17 AM, william degnan wrote: I have found that most vintage ribbons can be replaced with new ribbons for new devices. Worst case you may find the right width but you'll have to re-thread to fit the vintage spindle. Just have to match the width. I recently bought new ribbons

Re: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

On Wed, 30 Dec 2015, Ian S. King wrote: I've had CL in Seattle for years with minimal disruptions. Nothing compared to my friends/colleagues with ComCrap. I agree, I'm just north of Seattle, in Lake Forest Park. With CL DSL I'm stuck at 5MB/800K. Honestly, the 800K uplink is the real

Re: Seasons greetings

On Thu, 24 Dec 2015, Murray McCullough wrote: To all readers/followers of this website - for those who love classic/vintage computers - I want to wish all the best of the holiday season no matter what your beliefs. In this day of political correctness it is simply to acknowledge Mother

Re: Re-inking printer ribbons

On 12/14/2015 04:28 PM, Mike wrote: On 12/14/2015 08:13 PM, Jason Howe wrote: On 12/13/2015 10:17 AM, william degnan wrote: I have found that most vintage ribbons can be replaced with new ribbons for new devices. Worst case you may find the right width but you'll have to re-thread to fit

Re: Remember the old "Choose your own adventure books" By D & D! ! !

On 12/21/2015 10:17 PM, Jason Howe wrote: On 12/21/2015 04:46 AM, Mike wrote: Has any of you took one of them old choose your own adventurer books and coded it into a text RPG in basic? if so how well did it work as soon as I get all my Commodore 64 setup on CHRISTmas day that is the first

Re: Remember the old "Choose your own adventure books" By D & D! ! !

On 12/21/2015 04:46 AM, Mike wrote: Has any of you took one of them old choose your own adventurer books and coded it into a text RPG in basic? if so how well did it work as soon as I get all my Commodore 64 setup on CHRISTmas day that is the first thing that I am going to start working on. The

Re: Pine (was: Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 17, Issue 20)

Demonstrating reading your work mail (hosted by gmail) on a VMS system via pine is totally worth the speechless responses. --Jason On 11/20/2015 11:39 AM, Eric Christopherson wrote: On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: Am I the only one left using Pine!?

Re: old friend is slimming down the warehouse

Can't wait to see! A real VT-100 would be a prized possession. Not sure how to get it to Seattle though. I see too many horror stories about shipping terminals. --Jason On 06/24/2016 07:39 AM, Todd Killingsworth wrote: Heh. No, guys - I've not bought the whole building! I've got the

Re: Usenet News Servers

On 03/05/2016 07:27 AM, Mouse wrote: What news servers do people round here recommend? http://www.eternal-september.org/ Am I the only one who finds it amusing (in a dark-humour kind of sense) that someone asked after news servers and got pointed to a web server? Oh believe me, the irony did

Re: Usenet News Servers

On 03/05/2016 04:53 AM, Robert Jarratt wrote: My ISP appears to have stopped updating the newsgroups it hosts. What news servers do people round here recommend? http://www.eternal-september.org/ Text only, no binaries. --Jason

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

On 09/06/2016 04:31 AM, Rob Jarratt wrote: Some of us find them useful or interesting. I agree. The volume of these eBay emails is not high. It would be another matter if there were really a lot of these emails, but as it is I find them useful/interesting. Regards Rob Same here. I

Re: Components available

On 09/06/2016 08:59 PM, Mark Linimon wrote: On Tue, Sep 06, 2016 at 06:16:23PM -0700, Al Kossow wrote: There is also a Unicomp 18 bit minicomputer, paper tape reader, and FFT processor circa 1972 in the garage (6ft rack) with full documentation. I think it would be a damned shame if this went

Re: Components available - the rest of the story

Have they thought about other museums, like the LCM up here in Seattle? I'd be happy to volunteer to go get it and bring it back North. --Jason On 09/09/2016 08:39 AM, Mark J. Blair wrote: On Sep 9, 2016, at 00:59, curiousma...@gmail.com wrote: I might be interested, as I already have two

Re: Atari 1400XL for sale...

Indeed. I dream of what a 1450XLD with a fully populated 1090 XL might have been... I also remember seeing the 815 Dual disk drives in an Atari catalog when I was a kid and being struck with the wants. Only much later did I learn that they're similarly unobtanium. --Jason On 09/29/2016

Re: DEC 3000 model 400 memory

On Tue, 4 Oct 2016, Cody Swanson wrote: A generous list member gifted me a DEC 3000 model 400 early alpha system. This is my first alpha and I'm excited to play around with VMS and Tru64 however he warned me that it was having some memory issues when he retired it several years ago. It

Re: Blue top DEC cabinet -- cheap

This item has been claimed. --Jason On October 25, 2016 2:04:49 PM PDT, Jason Howe <ja...@smbfc.net> wrote: >Sorry, This is in Seattle, WA. > >--Jason > >On Tue, 25 Oct 2016, Jason Howe wrote: > >> Hey All, >> >> Surplus at work has this right no

Blue top DEC cabinet -- cheap

Hey All, Surplus at work has this right now: http://archives.smbfc.net/uploads/retrocomputing/deccab/ I'm happy to go pay for it and hold it if someone is interested and able to pick it up quickly. --Jason

Re: Blue top DEC cabinet -- cheap

Sorry, This is in Seattle, WA. --Jason On Tue, 25 Oct 2016, Jason Howe wrote: Hey All, Surplus at work has this right now: http://archives.smbfc.net/uploads/retrocomputing/deccab/ I'm happy to go pay for it and hold it if someone is interested and able to pick it up quickly. --Jason

RE: Wang 2243 drive enclosure

On Tue, 8 Nov 2016, Rick Bensene wrote: Jason Howe wrote: Are there any Wang people on this list? I came across a Wang 2243, which is an enclosure w/ 3 8-inch floppy drives in it for $75 in the local surplus shop. Jim Battle might be interested: http://wang2200.org. He's got a keen

Re: Wang 2243 drive enclosure

On Tue, 8 Nov 2016, Brent Hilpert wrote: On 2016-Nov-07, at 10:06 PM, Jason Howe wrote: Are there any Wang people on this list? I came across a Wang 2243, which is an enclosure w/ 3 8-inch floppy drives in it for $75 in the local surplus shop. Is there a demand for something like

Wang 2243 drive enclosure

Are there any Wang people on this list? I came across a Wang 2243, which is an enclosure w/ 3 8-inch floppy drives in it for $75 in the local surplus shop. Is there a demand for something like this whole or is the value in the drives? I've been wanting to mess around with some 8-inch

IBM 370 Hard Drive

Came across this in the local craigslist today: http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/sop/5820161303.html I don't know if this is of interest to the Big Iron IBM guys, but if there's any interest from folks not in the Seattle Area, I'm happy to help faciliate. --Jason

Re: IBM 370 Hard Drive

-10-14 7:42 PM, Jason Howe wrote: Came across this in the local craigslist today: http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/sop/5820161303.html I don't know if this is of interest to the Big Iron IBM guys, but if there's any interest from folks not in the Seattle Area, I'm happy to help faciliate. -

Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

On Mon, 17 Oct 2016, geneb wrote: On Mon, 17 Oct 2016, Peter Cetinski wrote: On Oct 17, 2016, at 11:58 AM, emanuel stiebler wrote: Hi all, anybody has any experience with that: http://www.drem.info/ The device may be great, but their website is a script-laden

Re: Unsticking a Seagate ST-419 head

On Thu, 20 Oct 2016, william degnan wrote: On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 4:25 PM, Jason Howe <ja...@smbfc.net> wrote: On Thu, 20 Oct 2016, Mike Stein wrote: I've got several ST251-1s that spin up just fine, no funny noises, but then do a bunch of back-and-forth seeks and shut down

Re: Unsticking a Seagate ST-419 head

On Thu, 20 Oct 2016, Mike Stein wrote: I've got several ST251-1s that spin up just fine, no funny noises, but then do a bunch of back-and-forth seeks and shut down again. It's the usual, "they worked fine the last time;" any ideas what the problem is and if there's anything that can be

Re: Gaming on old systems (was Re: Twiggys [was: Re: ka... ching!])

On Mon, 10 Oct 2016, Ethan Dicks wrote: I am actively seeking lists of favorite games on all platforms prior to 1995. ... If you've played anything in the past 3 years, I'd especially like to hear about it since that speaks to enjoyment and replayability. If you like it, someone here will

Re: Teletype 43

No eye rolling here. I'd have picked it up too! I would love to get my hands on hard-copy terminal. (Still kicking myself for not grabbing a free DecWriter III several years ago). --Jason On 05/22/2017 10:44 AM, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: OK, go ahead and roll your eyes at me, but I was

Re: Teletype 43

I'm in Seattle and am very tempted by this --Jason On 05/22/2017 11:04 AM, Pete Lancashire via cctalk wrote: If someone in the Pacific NW would like to have one, I'm in Portland and go to Seattle from time to time. Would like to at least see of it can find a home

Re: FTGH clear-out at Mesa Electronics, Richmond, CA, USA

Gah! This is what I get for ignoring this list for a couple days. I'd love to grab those DEC 3000's for spares. I'm in Seattle and a trip to Cali isn't in the cards right now. :( --Jason On 05/21/2017 07:36 PM, Steven M Jones via cctalk wrote: Sorry, forgot - Alphas! Two DEC 3000 model

Re: DEC Alpha 3000 and OpenVMS 8.4

Hi Camiel, Is there a solution for Hobbyists to get the VSI 8.4 Alpha release? Last time I checked/inquired it seemed like there was uncertainty about it.  And from what I understand the standard HP Hobbyists License PAKs won't be of much use on a VSI system. Thanks, Jason On 10/13/2017

Re: DEC Alpha 3000 and OpenVMS 8.4

I have 8.4 running on a DEC 3000 as well.  SSH works fine for me.  I think I have a 4GB system disk and have all kinds of extra software installed.  It's currently on the shelf, so I can't tell exactly how much space I'm using -- but erm, I'd look for at least a 4GB drive ;) I've wanted to

Free Not really old software

All, I picked up a big lot of stuff this past weekend.  Amongst the pile of quite desirable Apple items (Feb '84 Macintosh!!!) were versions of "Canvas" graphics software for Windows.  Boxed versions of Canvas 3, 5 and 6. Free if anyone wants it.  Comes with training material on VHS tapes!

Re: Computing from 1976

On 01/01/2018 05:15 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: The machine I'm typing this on has a 1.4GHz single-core CPU, and _most_ things run on it just fine - but going to many Web sites is now painful, since the 'obligatory' HTTPS (another hot button, one I'll refrain from hitting right now,

Re: Swap clarification (Was: bill was my first "real" computer comoany customer"

On 11/13/18 2:37 PM, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote: Fred Cisin wrote: Opened to public at 10:00 AM, by which time, the vendors had been buying each others stuff for quite a while. "It's worth getting a vendor table, just for the early admission!" That's true for just about any

Re: Bogus "account hacked" message

On Tue, 8 Jan 2019, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: What's easier to do: 1) Go find and repeatedly scrape mailing list archives for sending email addresses. 2) Subscribe one email address to the same mailing lists and have the messages delivered to you where you can have an automated

Re: More old stuff incoming

Indeed. Just this year, we pulled our Pentium Pro box off our museum shelf and did a fresh install of NT4 for a faculty member and their scientific instrument. --Jason On 12/18/18 5:48 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: On Dec 18, 2018, at 2:51 PM, ben via cctalk wrote: I would take a

Re: 1983 UBC PDP-11 Unix tools distribution

On Thu, 7 Mar 2019, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: I'm sure there are. Usenix threw out the copies of their tapes that were given back to them to preserve. Oof, that reads like a punch to the gut. --Jason

Re: FW: [GreenKeys] DURA Selectric ASR terminals free

I've been looking for a Selectric terminal for some time.  Sadly, I'm not really in driving distance to Carson City. --Jason On 12/14/19 11:19 PM, Dave Wade via cctalk wrote: I wonder if there is any interest here... -Original Message- From: greenkeys-boun...@mailman.qth.net On

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

One of the machines I have still has it's permanent license (along with the pretty paper license) for the OS.  It's all the auxiliary packages you need to do anything useful that are going to be the headache. --Jason On 3/7/20 9:27 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: On Mar 7, 2020, at 9:07

Re: Living Computer Museum

On 5/29/20 2:31 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: On 05/29/2020 03:05 PM, Rich Alderson via cctalk wrote: Just to make sure everyone knows that we haven't lost our minds: Nothing is going in the skip/dumpster/e-waste recycling bin.  It's a long pause, that's all. Well, that's a relief, at

Re: Compaq Smart Array 3200 Controller as a SCSI Controller

On 7/14/20 10:47 AM, Ali via cctalk wrote: This may be a bit too new for this list but I thought what the heck - maybe one of you Compaq/DEC/HP guys would know: Is there any reason a Smart Array controller can't be used as a simple SCSI controller? I.E. No array, just using it to drive a tape

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

Agreed, this sounds like a ton of fun to implement. --Jason On 7/14/20 6:45 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: I’d love details on this! This sounds vaguely like a game I played on a Harris Minicomputer in the late 80’s. Zane On Jul 14, 2020, at 12:03 PM, Henk Gooijen wrote: If I am

Re: DS10 Alpha question = Sata Drive card?

On 6/11/20 11:32 AM, Bob Smith via cctalk wrote: Correct. One of he BSDs or Linux bb On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 2:24 PM Zane Healy wrote: On Jun 11, 2020, at 11:19 AM, Bob Smith via cctalk wrote: Can anyone recommend a SATA card that will work with a DS10 Alpha, and which OS supports

Re: OpenVMS Community License

On 7/28/20 9:39 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctalk wrote: Not supported, sure, but it will probably work just fine. When we released 8.4-2L1 I tested it on DEC 3000 AXP and DEC 4000 AXP systems, and it ran fine on those. Kind regards, Camiel Vanderhoeven  VMS Software, Inc. R Department

Re: Way off topic: posting to the list using default Samsung Android Mail Client

On 11/10/20 3:45 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: Proper old-fashioned internet-standard email is totally unknown to the authors of modern email clients, such as for phones etc. Hell, even Gmail borked the display of plain text emails a while back. I started getting questions like, "What

Re: Writings on AI from 17 years ago....

On Sun, 2021-05-23 at 21:34 -0400, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > Anyone know if the LCM will be open Considering there is no staff as they were all laid off and have now all found other jobs, I'd guess that's a hard no. They'd basically need to spin up from 0 again -- considering Vulcan shut

Re: Women of Computing

I'm curious what your definition of 'woke' is, because it seems grossly misapplied in this instance. --Jason On 12/4/21 10:20, Chris Long via cctalk wrote: Great.not. Why do we need woke Lego? -Original Message- From: cctalk On Behalf Of Zane Healy via cctalk Sent: 03 December