Re: Getting out of the hobby

> On Oct 15, 2016, at 19:33, Cameron Kaiser <spec...@floodgap.com> wrote: > > I treat syphilis, in case anyone on this list requires that. Just wait until the hipsters discover syphilis, and the prices go through the roof on eBay thanks to opportunistic syphilis flippers. --

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

e after the seller and I either reach a deal or decide we're too far apart on price. Either way, this is fun! -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

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

ved stylish black walnut side panels, hopefully without too much lingering wharf smell. I don't know if the tale is true, but I have chosen to believe it. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

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

The gunstock wood origin story sounds more plausible, but less fragrant. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

.php?54511-Tandy-6000-HD-with-DREM-HD-Emulator -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Reasonable price for a complete SOL-20 system?

asonable price range for a complete-ish but not necessarily running SOL-20 system, I would appreciate that. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

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

ondition seems to be around $900. With extras > probably $1300? Thanks for your data point! That's not as expensive as I was worried it might be. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: WTB: Apple II Workstation Card

20-%20Front.jpg The plastic connector block mounts on the back of the IIe case through one of the DB25 cutouts. -- Mark J. Blair <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net

Re: WTB: Apple II Workstation Card

functionality of the AppleTalk II vs. Workstation Card products differ. I would blindly speculate that the AppleTalk II cards might have used the same AppleTalk connector box dongle that the earliest Macintosh computers used? -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: WTB: Apple II Workstation Card

money one will shake loose? > I'd pay $99 for one, but it would have to through a different channel than eBay. -- Mark J. Blair <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net

Re: WTB: Apple II Workstation Card

> On Dec 20, 2016, at 1:26 PM, Steve Hatle <sha...@nfldinet.com> wrote: > > That's more than I'd _like_ to pay, but I don't have a lot of data to > compare it with... Oh, I'd much rather pay $10 than $100, but I think the latter is more realistic. :) -- Mark J. Blair, N

Re: WTB: Apple II Workstation Card

right now. I might get on the waiting list for the text run, so I can play with one. But I'm still interested in playing with the vintage AppleTalk stuff, anyway. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

WTB: Apple II Workstation Card

After playing with my Apple IIe all weekend, my new obsession du jour is to network it with my vintage Macintoshes. So, does anybody have an Apple II Workstation Card available for sale or trade? Act now, before I get distracted by another shiny object! :) -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X &l

Re: Introducing the UUCP/Usenet Project

. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: DCC-116 E / DATA GENERAL NOVA 2/10 / Nixdorf 620 - Restoring and restarting

I do not have anything useful to say, but I liked your pictures and video. Congratulations on a successful first boot! -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: FTGH (you come get): VAXstation 100 terminals

it in? Or do I do the sane thing, and pretend I never saw this posting? :) -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: FTGH (you come get): VAXstation 100 terminals

e yet: If I get them, there will (eventually) be pictures, and maybe even a YouTube video. The very limited information that seems to be available online makes them even more interesting to me! Hmm, I would probably need to rig a Unibus expansion chassis for my VAX-11/730, since its card cage is ful

Re: Full immersion emulation

> On Mar 4, 2017, at 21:42, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: > > Oh, get a TU78, for sure! I would settle for either! -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Full immersion emulation

ppose anybody near southern California has an extra one I might adopt? :) -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Full immersion emulation

7 drive, and would like to have one in my collection. Clearly, I must be somewhat touched in the head. :) -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Full immersion emulation

> On Mar 4, 2017, at 1:22 PM, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: > > On 03/04/2017 03:13 PM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: >> For some reason, I fondly remember the scream of a DEC TU77 drive, and would >> like to have one in my collection. Clearly,

Re: Magtape write rings [Was: Re: Full immersion emulation]

That all makes perfect sense now. Thanks! -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Magtape write rings [Was: Re: Full immersion emulation]

s combinatorial function on the drive, and/or pass sensor status up to the formatter a combinatorial signal. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: The Name of the disk (Was: Disk imaging with IMD - question

t, but that's on my growing "one of these days" list. The drives had internal controllers and brains, and connected to the computer over an RS-232 interface. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Cipher F880 with S100 interface card on local CL

nd/or USB and/or network interface to get data and commands on and off, and driver stacks for all of that stuff. I could also get there with a Xilinx Zynq family device, but at 2x or more cost vs. a BeagleBone. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: tape baking

> On Jul 6, 2017, at 09:55, Al Kossow via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On 7/6/17 9:47 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: >> Maybe I could make a machine to allow me to unspool a TK50 tape while wiping >> on cyclomethicone and then re-spool

Re: tape baking

> On Jul 6, 2017, at 11:20 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > On 07/06/2017 11:09 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: > >> Did you apply it to the whole tape prior to reading it, or did you apply it >> in place on the

Re: tape baking

pulation. Maybe I could make a machine to allow me to unspool a TK50 tape while wiping on cyclomethicone and then re-spool it, perhaps by hacking up a drive mechanism. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: tape baking

printer art from Princeton quite > successfully. Oddly, nobody was interested in a copy of the files. Are they online anywhere? I wouldn't mind taking a look at them. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: tape baking

r setup. Oh, it's on my get-around-to-it list. I'll start out experimenting with that random tape that has already shed a lot of oxide. If I can get it to load and rewind without sticking to the heads and rollers, then I'll know I have the parameters worked out. -- Mark J. Blair, N

Re: tape baking

ny of > them depend upon first-character FORTRAN carriage control. I have downloaded the archive. I'll need to see if I have anything sitting around that understands the carriage control, or else hack up a quick script to convert the files to plain line-delimited text. Thanks! -- Mark J.

Re: tape baking

Data Products 2230 this weekend. Oooh, congratulations! I don't have a proper line printer yet, though I have a number of small dot matrix printers and I can print on wide greenbar with my LA120. I still hold out hope that I might find an LP32 someday to go with my 11/730. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Convex documentation online (C220 arrived)

able to get at least one Convex up and running > ConvexOS. That is really cool, and it sounds like you have all of your barn heating needs sorted out, too! -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Convex documentation online (C220 arrived)

for its designed purpose? :) -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Wanted: small composite CRT monitor

IIc. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Directory of old computer collectors

mail address and city are already all over the place, anyway. And while I'm here, thanks again for the items which you have helped move to my collection, and in one case through my collection to an even better home. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Fixing flakey floppies

, then I take them out and work some very light oil into them. So far, I have been able to get all of them spinning freely without needing to replace any of them. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Drive capacity names (Was: WTB: HP-85 16k RAM Module and HPIB Floppy Drive

t may be, compatible media for those drives commonly has "HD" printed on the box and molded into the diskette's plastic jacket. It's a useful term for identifying the compatible media. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: WTB: HP-85 16k RAM Module and HPIB Floppy Drive

ia for machines like my Amigas and early Macs. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: WTB: HP-85 16k RAM Module and HPIB Floppy Drive

ble IEEE-488 card for use with the HPDrive software. I'm curious about the open source hp85disk project, and might build hardware to work with it sometime. In any case, I'm interested in getting a 9122C drive. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

WTB: HP-85 16k RAM Module and HPIB Floppy Drive

items available for swap or sale? I'm located in southern California. Those two items are at the top of my HP-85 want list, but I might also be interested in other related bits such as the 82940A GPIO Interface, other compatible HPIB mass storage, etc. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.n

Re: WTB: HP-85 16k RAM Module and HPIB Floppy Drive

locational thing can be solved if you're willing to pack and ship. Do you have any idea what might be wrong with the second drive? -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: WTB: HP-85 16k RAM Module and HPIB Floppy Drive

> On Nov 14, 2017, at 10:57 PM, Ed Sharpe via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > you have me real curious,as to what is in that padded hp case.. What are you referring to? -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: WTB: HP-85 16k RAM Module and HPIB Floppy Drive

> On Nov 14, 2017, at 7:24 PM, Ed Sharpe via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > try 9121 drives!!!. ed! No, thanks. I'd like a 9122C drive. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: WTB: HP-85 16k RAM Module and HPIB Floppy Drive

> On Nov 14, 2017, at 20:11, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: > > wondervifcthec9122 drives,will work on 85? > I think I can guess what you meant to say there... :) I’ve ordered a PRM-85 (a modern reprogrammable ROM drawer replacement) which includes the HP-85B version of

Re: WTB: HP-85 16k RAM Module and HPIB Floppy Drive

> On Nov 14, 2017, at 20:33, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: > > ok back in my day.. I do not think 85 adressed modern drive of 1.44 meg..? so > that was what I was going on.. yes if you can use 1.44 do so.. older new > media hard to find... I am still new to this HP-85

Re: WTB: HP-85 16k RAM Module and HPIB Floppy Drive

> On Nov 14, 2017, at 20:44, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: > > remember too.. there were hpib 8 inch and 5 inch drives wish I had saved > some!!! Those would certainly interest me if I happen upon any at a price that I like. Same goes for an HPIB 9 track tape

Re: "Personal" Computers (Was: Details about IBM's early 'scientific' computers)

sibly apocryphal stories of computer users mistaking CD drive trays for coffee cup holders, I can't help but wonder if anybody has ever mistaken the metallic cartridge slot cavity of the Atari 400/800 for an ash tray with a flip-up lid. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: WTB: HP-85 16k RAM Module and HPIB Floppy Drive

I've also got a 9122C but I don't have the mass storage ROM so I can't use it > with my 85. Right now I'm using it with my 9000 series 300. I've just received my PRM-85, and it looks like I have leads on a couple of different floppy drives now. I'll be happy to share my experiences. -- Mark

Re: WTB: HP-85 16k RAM Module and HPIB Floppy Drive

es from other collectors soonish. Has anybody gotten around to sharing CAD models for a 3D-printable PRM-85 case yet, or shall I get to work on that task? -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: WTB: HP-85 16k RAM Module and HPIB Floppy Drive

ect, which is, of course, the best kind of correct. Well, if we're being pedantic, then we might also refer to the drives by their unformatted capacity, as HP themselves sometimes did: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOr81HpVQAAn-X5.jpg That makes them 2-Mbyte drives. ;-) -- Mark J. Blair, N

Re: RL02 Spinup fails

> On Nov 6, 2017, at 10:21, Aaron Jackson via cctalk > wrote: > > I based my terminator off Mark > Blair's RL02 to USB project: > > https://github.com/NF6X/RL02-USB/blob/master/pcbs/RL02-USB-terminator/RL02-USB-terminator.pdf Hi there! Just one warning: My project

Re: Dec-10 Day announcement from Living Computers: Museum + Labs

/785 although we have not yet tested it in this configuration. If somebody would like to sell me a Massbus-equipped 780 or 785 system, I can test that out for y'all. :) -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: CDC 6600 display character generation

burned me > after burning through the material of my slacks. This reminds me of every TV show and movie I've seen where consoles begin exploding on a space ship during a battle. All of this time, I thought that was entirely a Hollywood fabrication! -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Modifying microcode

ler to replace > the KLESI/U and RC25). Back around the early 1990s, a friend of mine had an 11/725 and an 11/730 in his apartment. One of then had a bad PROM chip, so he could only run one at a time. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: I ran across this strange modernistic? Data General ...odd?

> On May 26, 2018, at 9:38 AM, Bruce Ray via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > And 'yes', Novas and its derivatives are still used today... That's news to me, and it sounds quite interesting. Would you mind elaborating on that? -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X &l

Re: Thicknet/10base5 Test Segment: The Cable is In!

in the cable. -- Mark J. Blair http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: (OT) Re: Is This A Shill?

ing nobody notices, but there would always be a window of up to N minutes for other bidders to decide to increase their losing bid. It would end up as a a hybrid of proxy bid + live auction. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: TRS-80 Fragmentation

> On Apr 26, 2018, at 14:25, Geoffrey Oltmans via cctalk > wrote: > > TRS-80 Model II and 16, 68k based "business" machines The Models II and 12 were Z80 based machines. The models 16 and 6000 were the same Z80 based machines with 68k subsystems added via additional

Attaching SIMH devices without halting simulation?

J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Attaching SIMH devices without halting simulation?

machine they're being mounted on. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net <mailto:n...@nf6x.net>> http://www.nf6x.net/ <http://www.nf6x.net/>

Re: Attaching SIMH devices without halting simulation?

rs to work perfectly. I don't know what I did wrong when I tried that before. Thanks! -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Attaching SIMH devices without halting simulation?

hat's serving as a DECnet area router or a cluster disk server just to swap a tape or disk pack is not ideal. Anyway, the remote console feature appears to do exactly what I want. Yay! -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net <mailto:n...@nf6x.net>> http://www.nf6x.net/ <http://www.nf6x.net/>

Re: Attaching SIMH devices without halting simulation?

gt; the user's guide). Ah, yes, I think that's what I did. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: A walk through of my legendary warehouse sale in the 1990s.

> On Jan 20, 2018, at 18:26, Paxton Hoag via cctalk > wrote: > > This is a digitized HI8 tape of a walk through of an early Warehouse Sale I > ran from 1995 to 1998. There is a small sections of collectable computers > in the middle of the tape with a few others

Re: DECtape madness

> On Jan 13, 2018, at 08:52, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > wrote: > > So, where were all these people when I was trying to clean out > my old house a couple years ago? I threw out piles of tapes of > various formats because I couldn't find anyone to take them for >

Re: A couple of RL02 questions

and removing the shipping hook, so I can set stuff (such as a terminal?) on top of the system and then slide out the drive to change packs. Good luck! -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re:

> On Jan 27, 2018, at 10:23, Adrian Stoness via cctech <cct...@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > ipa as in beer? Isopropyl alcohol. Not very good for drinking; even store-brand vodka in plastic jugs is less harsh. :) -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: ultrasonic cleaning for disk heads

for it already. But since the RL02 drives use servo bursts on the media, do they require realignment after removing and replacing the heads? -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: ultrasonic cleaning for disk heads

that meant something to anybody on the list. I don't know anything about how to clean hard drive packs, and that's something I'd like to learn about. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: WTB Intel 7110 Bubble Memory Subsystem or Chipset

eed module are in the BPK72 manual. I've seen those instructions. As I understand it, I may need to do that to restore a module to operation if it's lost its seed. But if that has happened to either of the two modules in my firmware cartridge already, then it's all over. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: WTB Intel 7110 Bubble Memory Subsystem or Chipset

were made. I don't even know yet whether they were truly fielded, or if they failed to be selected to fill the role that they were presumably competing for. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: QSIC update and request

This looks pretty interesting! I think I've managed to miss previous discussion of it. I wonder if it might also be useful in any of the QBUS MicroVAXen? -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Pdp 11/34 System for sale in Riverside,ca

. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Pdp 11/34 System for sale in Riverside,ca

It looks lovely, and I live just outside the Riverside city limits. I'm awfully short on both money and indoor storage space right now, though. :( -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Pdp 11/34 System for sale in Riverside,ca

sk drive. Looks like somebody got a good deal, with a closing price of $32. I hope the pickup goes smoothly this weekend. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Oddball Terminals (Was: Re: VT100's)

ipment external to the terminal? -- Mark J. Blair http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Oddball Terminals (Was: Re: VT100's)

Thanks for digging that up! I had never managed to google up any details before. -- Mark J. Blair http://www.nf6x.net

Oddball Terminals (Was: Re: VT100's)

a long, long time ago. Does that old beast sound remotely familiar to anybody here? How hard should I kick myself for not keeping it? -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Oddball Terminals (Was: Re: VT100's)

That’s it! The terminal I had was definitely the one in this picture: http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/terminal/vt02/vt02_1.jpg -- Mark J. Blair http://www.nf6x.net

Re: 8085 Dissasembly?

whether to use dismantler vs. learning how to add CDP1802 support to IDA. I'm leaning towards the latter, because IDA is so much fancier than dismantler is. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: new disassembler vs IDA (was Re: 8085 Dissasembly?)

y years since I actually disassembled 1802 code > that I'm not sure I still have the disassembler around. Well, you're welcome to use dismantler on CDP1802 code! :) -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Software for AN/UGC-144 Communications Terminal?

as a dumb terminal for RTTY use, and even happier if I can do anything fancier with it. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: IBM 6094-010 "Dials" protocol?

dard feature vs. something cobbled together locally. Good luck learning how to talk to it. I can think of a number of different applications in which a physical interface like that might be nice. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Identifying vacuum tube module

ed in some sort of teletype or facsimile equipment. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Rick Dickinson, ZX Spectrum designer, RIP

computers which I’m also curious about, since they’re not so common over here in the US. -- Mark J. Blair <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net

Re: desoldering (was Re: VAX 9440)

, make sure that it can drive both simultaneously. There are dual-output stations that have two outputs but can only run one at a time, as well as ones which can drive two irons at once. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: VAX 9440

What a majestic system! When I saw the teaser picture of the backs of racks on Twitter, I was assuming something in the 11/78x series. I don't know anything about the 9440 yet, so it'll be fun to read up on that. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Fall cleaning - 9-track drives available

I'm sure relieved that you didn't say "DEC TU77 drive" and "near Riverside, CA", because I lack spare cash, empty floor space, and impulse control! :) -- Mark J. Blair http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Fall cleaning - 9-track drives available

uses the same mechanism as my DEC TU81. My workshop is the exact same style of steel arch building as your hangar, but mine is a lot more full of junk than your hangar is! :D -- Mark J. Blair http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Advice requested on proper disposal of Seagate ST3000DM001 disk drives

that into lava. Then scoop out the contaminated lava and drop it into a singularity. Becase overkill is best kind of kill. Did I miss any steps? Oh, yeah: Play country music the whole time, to make it all more painful for the drives. -- Mark J. Blair http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Newbie Punch Tape Questions

first guess would be that a tape with CNC machine programming would contain G code, and look like cryptic ASCII text. I'm interested in hearing what you find. -- Mark J. Blair http://www.nf6x.net/

9-Track Magtape Drive ID

Does anybody here recognize the make and model of this tape drive? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7_mfdfUIAMcTly.jpg -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

collector and using some of the boards I accumulated for it in the 11/34A. I’m on the fence about that. -- Mark J. Blair http://www.nf6x.net

Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

the brown panel between the tape drive and computer be a filler panel, or part of the 11/34A? I don't know anything about the system configuration yet other than what can be seen in that picture. -- Mark J. Blair http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

vailable and > takes seconds > to install for a perfect fit. Thanks! That's bound to be helpful advice... if not now, then someday in the future. -- Mark J. Blair http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

anyway, I offered to help out by hauling for both of us in exchange for taking a skim off the top of the pile. It’ll be a busy weekend! -- Mark J. Blair http://www.nf6x.net

Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

> On Jun 1, 2019, at 15:27, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk > wrote: > > Congrats!! Should be fun to play with. I just picked up a Micro PDP-11/53 > which is about the biggest I can fit into my office/computer room. lol > Neat! I’d like to get a PDP-11 in that form factor someday.

Re: Kids these days...

about business stuff like that. Yesterday I saw a company car for a presumed IT service company called Telnet something or other. I don’t think I would rely on Telnet for my information security needs. -- Mark J. Blair http://www.nf6x.net

Re: Recovering the ROM of an IBM 5100 using OCR (among other things)

s of the tape. I don't recall seeing one of those in either of the computer rooms I worked in as a student back in the late 1980s. I would love to get my hands on one (or make one?) now. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X http://www.nf6x.net/

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