On 5/19/2024 11:14 AM, Tarek Hoteit via cctalk wrote:
A friend of a friend had a birthday gathering. Everyone there was in their
thirties, except for myself, my wife, and our friend. Anyway, I met a Google
engineer, a Microsoft data scientist, an Amazon AWS recruiter (I think she was
a
With the VA dropping Vista what happens to that army of Mumps
programmers they had? Can't see much call for them in the IT
world today. Seems like a worse fate than COBOL Programmers.
bill
On 5/8/2024 10:30 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
On May 8, 2024, at 10:25 AM, Harald Arnesen via cctalk
wrote:
Paul Koning via cctalk [07/05/2024 19.31]:
(Then again, I had a classmate who was taking a double major: math and music
composition...)
Mathemathics and music is not a
On 5/6/2024 2:28 PM, Wayne S via cctalk wrote:
> You do need a very strong magnet. I’ve put 3.5 floppies on top of
> a mag tape demagnitizer ( not technically called that, but you know
> what i mean) and it had no effect at all. I could still read them fine
> in my pc. I surmised that the
On 5/3/2024 10:13 AM, KenUnix via cctalk wrote:
Steve,
Where would you fit the Tandy Model 100 in here? Ultimately it supported a
disk drive,
ran basic and also sported an expansion box that included video support and
a floppy.
Ultimately, so did the TRS-80. At least Model I, III and 4.
On 5/2/2024 9:27 AM, geneb via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, 2 May 2024, Will Cooke via cctalk wrote:
Some may find this interesting. Microsoft has released the source for
MS-DOS versions 1.25, 2, and 4.
https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS
I think the most interesting thing about this is that
On 5/1/2024 8:04 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 5/1/24 16:51, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
APL was incredible. I was amazed. I was immediately able to do a few
simple things that were useful for my boss and myself, and writing
simple programs within hours. Its matrix arithmetic was
On 5/1/2024 7:51 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
What would our world be like if the first home computers were to have
had APL, instead of BASIC?
Maybe not instead of BASIC but I had APL on my TRS-80.
bill
On 4/27/2024 7:43 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
Magazine cover january, and into 1975 the revolution. So I'd say all
year. Not one specific date
I had that magazine. Wish I hadn't thrown it away oh so many
years ago.
But even at that, nothing for me to celebrate. I couldn't afford
On 4/23/2024 8:06 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
Did the Dimension 68000 (a multi-processor machine) have Z80 and 6502?
What about the Tandy 16 and 6000. M68K and Z80.
bill
On 4/22/2024 2:30 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Apr 22, 2024, at 2:09 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
wrote:
Following along this line of thought but also in regards all our
other small CPUs
Would it not be possible to use something like a Blue Pill to make
a small board (small enough
Following along this line of thought but also in regards all our
other small CPUs
Would it not be possible to use something like a Blue Pill to make
a small board (small enough to actually fit in the CPU socket) that
emulated these old CPUs? Definitely enough horse power just wondered
if
A README in the root of 2.11 says:
The following manual pages are NOT in 2.10BSD but ARE in 4.3BSD:
and one of them is drum.4
so, I guess we need to look at a 4.3BSD system to find out what
drum they are talking about. I have a feeling this is a device
that works on the VAX but is actually
On 4/15/2024 9:45 AM, Jonathan Chapman via cctalk wrote:
Well, I can submit a correction, but does anyone remember /dev/drum? I
don't recall that in V6m or V7 Unix, I guess I could fire one of them up
and see
There's at least references to /dev/drum in 2.11BSD, I forget if it was in the
One last shot.
I have an RX Floppy disk unit. Worked fine until one
time the last time I had it hooked up and after about
an hour it just stopped responding. All I get now is
the well known click-click on init and then nothing. I
am sure it is repairable either by troubleshooting or
just
On 4/10/2024 6:54 AM, Martin.Hepperle--- via cctalk wrote:
Did you compile in memory or to disk? If you have little RAM, it might be
advantageous to compile to disk, creating a .COM file.
And the winner is
It's been so long since I used Turbo anything I had forgotten
that option. It
On 4/8/2024 5:00 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Mon, 8 Apr 2024, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
I'm having bit of fun with my various CP/M systems but I ran into
what I see as an interesting problem. I got Turbo Pascal on two
systems. A TRS-80 model 4P running Montezuma Micro CP/M and a TRS
On 4/8/2024 5:17 PM, Gavin Scott via cctalk wrote:
On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 2:19 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
wrote:
I'm having bit of fun with my various CP/M systems but I ran into
what I see as an interesting problem. I got Turbo Pascal on two
systems.
If it's an old version of TP
I'm having bit of fun with my various CP/M systems but I ran into
what I see as an interesting problem. I got Turbo Pascal on two
systems. A TRS-80 model 4P running Montezuma Micro CP/M and a TRS-80
Model II running Pickles & Trout CP/M. I tried to compile the version
of Kermit written
On 4/4/2024 3:49 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 10:20 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
Not really sure I want to get rid of them yet, but what do Apple II's
go for nowadays? I have an Apple II with 2 Disk II's and a languag
On 4/4/2024 2:39 PM, Zane Healy wrote:
On Apr 4, 2024, at 8:05 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
wrote:
7 - 230M Carts (one labeled RSTS V10)
Is the RSTS/E disk something that needs to be preserved?
Not by me. And I created it. Not sure if it was from an 11/44,
11/73 or 11/23
Not really sure I want to get rid of them yet, but what do Apple II's
go for nowadays? I have an Apple II with 2 Disk II's and a language
card. I also have an Apple IIe with three external disk cards and
2 3.5" drives and 3 5.25" drives. It also has a Microsoft Soft Card
for running CP/M.
On 4/4/2024 11:05 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
One more list before I give up.
Anybody interested in Iomega drive?
I have:
2 - 90 Pro
2 - 150 Multidisk
and somewhere here I have a 230M but I haven't come across it yet.
To go along with them I have:
4
On 4/4/2024 11:36 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 4/4/24 08:05, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
One more list before I give up.
Anybody interested in Iomega drive?
I have:
2 - 90 Pro
2 - 150 Multidisk
and somewhere here I have a 230M but I haven't come across
One more list before I give up.
Anybody interested in Iomega drive?
I have:
2 - 90 Pro
2 - 150 Multidisk
and somewhere here I have a 230M but I haven't come across it yet.
To go along with them I have:
4 - 90M Carts
3 - 150M Carts (one labeled Windows NT)
On 4/2/2024 1:47 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
Absolutely, by all means go right ahead.
As you pointed out, the NEC absolutely requires bonding all ground rods. And
Roger Block spells out in quite some detail why this is important in his books.
Come to think of it, apart from bonding
On 4/2/2024 11:01 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
On 4/2/24 00:03, Just Kant via cctalk wrote:
Accordimg to certain individuals on this list, going back a few years,
electronics/computers can be damaged due to an electrical storm,
presumably very intense activity, even while off. Go look
On 4/1/2024 7:12 PM, Rick Bensene via cctalk wrote:
And still works! Built to withstand an atomic bombardment.
Except for the EMP. It'll theoretically render such devices nice looking,
well-built scrap.
The old completely vacuum-tube-based, discrete component oscilloscope from back
in
On 4/1/2024 6:56 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Mon, 1 Apr 2024, Just Kant via cctalk wrote:
I have more then I need. All the working ones are HP w/color crts, and
as far as older, verifiably vintage tools (right down to the 680x0
processor in either) I have to admit I favor them as a
On 3/28/2024 7:29 PM, Alexander Schreiber via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 05:02:10PM +, Alessandro Mazzini via cctalk wrote:
Sorry if I intrude... now is no more possible to obtain hobbyist licenses for
vms ??
Not for OpenVMS/VAX, that stopped more than a year ago. IIRC
On 3/28/2024 3:08 PM, Doug McIntyre via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 01:47:03PM -0400, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
On 3/28/2024 1:25 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
On Mar 28, 2024, at 1:02 PM, Alessandro Mazzini via cctalk
wrote:
Sorry if I intrude... now is no more
On 3/28/2024 1:25 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
On Mar 28, 2024, at 1:02 PM, Alessandro Mazzini via cctalk
wrote:
Sorry if I intrude... now is no more possible to obtain hobbyist licenses for
vms ??
You can still get one for OpenVMS/x86.
As of the past few days, that may not
On 3/28/2024 12:47 PM, Warner Losh wrote:
On Thu, Mar 28, 2024, 5:37 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote:
I know this is a real long shot but is there any chance someone
has a copy of the original distribution of the Amoeba O
I know this is a real long shot but is there any chance someone
has a copy of the original distribution of the Amoeba OS from
the University in the Netherlands? Searching the web finds only
the current version which runs on X86. I am looking for the
original which also ran on Sparc and (of
On 3/26/2024 9:15 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Mar 26, 2024, at 8:57 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
wrote:
On 3/25/2024 9:51 PM, Henry Bent wrote:
On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 at 20:14, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote:
Oops. I guess the fingers work a
On 3/25/2024 9:51 PM, Henry Bent wrote:
On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 at 20:14, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote:
Oops. I guess the fingers work as good as the memory. Sorry
about that. I've got about 20 of them. I know they haven't
been used
So, sorting thru stuff I came across this white elephant again.
I never found anything to positively identify it but I always
assumed it was some kind of buss extender. One board is fully
populated with chips and the other connected together with a
ribbon cable is totally passive.
But this
On 3/25/2024 6:19 PM, Henry Bent via cctalk wrote:
On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 at 18:05, Mike Stein via cctalk
wrote:
Is there a manufacturer's equivalent number for an RX-1DB?
I believe that Bill was referring to the RZ1DB, which is a 9.1GB Quantum
Atlas II.
Oops. I guess the fingers work
On 3/25/2024 1:49 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
In case it piques someone's interest, a number of the used disks
in the SB style carriers are 9GB RX1DB's . Even I had forgotten
that any of them were that big. Of course, the probably eliminates
their use on a PDP or VAX
In case it piques someone's interest, a number of the used disks
in the SB style carriers are 9GB RX1DB's . Even I had forgotten
that any of them were that big. Of course, the probably eliminates
their use on a PDP or VAX but they are still Ultra Wide SCSI if you
take them out of the box.
On 3/23/2024 11:16 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
Here's something operators of older systems might find useful.
Allied Telesis CentreCOM 210TS Twisted Pair Transciever
IEE 802.3 10 BASE-T (MAU)
I have 14 used and another 14 still in the box, never been opened.
Wow
Here's something operators of older systems might find useful.
Allied Telesis CentreCOM 210TS Twisted Pair Transciever
IEE 802.3 10 BASE-T (MAU)
I have 14 used and another 14 still in the box, never been opened.
bill
On 3/21/2024 9:19 PM, W2HX via cctalk wrote:
I just got a pdp-11 to boot and it seems to have rt-11 installed. How do I do
an orderly shutdown? Google has info on simh but this ain't that.
Thanks!
73 Eugene w2hx
Turn off the power switch. Unlike most other OSes people here
are
On 3/21/2024 6:52 PM, mark audacity romberg via cctalk wrote:
Why are you paying for postage as an eBay seller? Buyer paying postage is the
standard.
At sub $20 they aren't worth the effort. It would
cost more than that in postage.
And if the cost of shipping is more than the cost of
On 3/21/2024 2:02 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 10:58 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
Are Wacom CTE-430 tablets worth anything?
bill
Bill,
eBay is good for gauging interest and pricing out stuff like this. Recent
Are Wacom CTE-430 tablets worth anything?
bill
Time to dispose of some more of my stuff so it doesn't
end up in the trash when my widow has to clear the house.
Any interest in BA356-SBs? All with disks in them. And
I have a decent stack of used RZs in caddies. I even still
have 11 RZ28's still in the static bags. Would have to be
I have often wondered about the people we find in the various
DEC Processor (and other) books. Were they models in staged
photo-sessions or were these candid shots from DEC facilities
and if so, can anyone identify who they might be.
Looking thru some of the books again I came across an
On 3/10/2024 1:13 AM, Travis Pierce via cctalk wrote:
I definitely do. I rebuilt a Trace ST8000 last year and got it up and
running. I also built a 5.25" duplicator with 12 drives a few months
back. I'd love to find a commercial 5.25" duplicator.
Travis
On Sat, Mar 9, 2024 at 2:55 PM
So, here I was binge watching a scifi series called "Night Sky",
which sadly was not renewed, but I digress...
In one of the episodes two of the characters go to see a man who
apparently is a monitor for something having to do with the devices
that teleport people all over not only earth but
Back in the day when these disks were common I used to elicit
a good laugh from my boss when I got out my little mallet and
smacked the side of the drive. Stiction was the problem but a
good hammer fixes anything. And, no, I never had it damage a
disk. I guess it was all in the technique.
On 2/9/2024 5:08 AM, Steve Lewis via cctalk wrote:
There's a good chance I'll make it to the upcoming VCF SoCal coming up on
Sat. the 17th.
Some things I'm looking for:
- recently an associate of mine gifted me their original 1978 TRS-80 (Model
1). But not much in accessories. I have a
On 1/31/2024 8:30 PM, mark audacity romberg via cctalk wrote:
I suppose I should’ve specified “of the versions of BASIC I’ve ever heard
anyone talk about still using this century.” :P
Basic09 is probably still in use on OS9000.
VAX BASIC is still in use on VMS ALPHA and Itanium and is
On 1/31/2024 1:14 PM, mark audacity romberg via cctalk wrote:
BBC BASIC is the best BASIC there ever was, and I feel sad for those who have
never used it to see how powerful BASIC can be with proper structured
programming. It’s honestly like a different language.
Basic09? VAX BASIC?
On 1/15/2024 10:47 AM, Chris Elmquist via cctalk wrote:
On Sunday (01/14/2024 at 09:55PM -0600), Chris Elmquist via cctalk wrote:
There are a number of WWVB simulator projects out there that will transmit a
weak but usable signal to your clock after getting sync’d from ntp or GPS NMEA
time
Will Cooke and Jonathon Chapman explained it.
A change to the protocol that old clocks don't know about.
bill
On 1/14/2024 2:54 PM, Jonathan Chapman via cctalk wrote:
Bill,
If it's an older clock it's probably tripping over a timecode transmission
format/modulation change. I forget the exact details but changes were required
to my old 8085-based Spectracom receiver.
Thanks, that's probably it.
This is kind computer related but maybe more ham radio related
but I figure if anywhere, here is the place to find an answer.
I have a SkyScan ATOMIC CLOCK.
It is supposed to get its time from WWVB.
The antenna icon that is supposed to mean it is receiving
WWVB is on.
Your probably wondering
I am back to playing with RSTS/E 10.1 again and have a couple questions
if there is still anyone around with experience.
First: Is there a way to change the allowed length for passwords?
Second: Is there a way to make login take the assigned name rather than
the x,x format for logins? I
On 11/17/2023 8:52 AM, Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote:
Hi Bob,
I can't help with your search for 8/e front panels, but you mentioned
"green switch boards". I have a nicely restored DEC LAB-8/e with green
switch toggles. Do you have spare green switch toggles? I would love to
have one dark green
Is there anywhere I could go where people who are playing with
this system hang out? I used to have a couple of very early
Model 16's and ran Xenix on them. I also worked with a couple
of 6000's in a real production environment. Lately I got interested
again and found an emulator that does a
On 10/18/2023 10:00 AM, Henry Bent via cctalk wrote:
On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 at 09:56, hupfadekroua via cctalk
wrote:
Hello all,
does someone have a SCSI disc image of Ultrix 11 for a QBus based (11/73)
PDP11.
Ultrix-11 doesn't support SCSI disks, as far as I am aware. What hardware
are
On 9/29/2023 9:39 AM, Henry Bent via cctalk wrote:
I believe Bill is referring to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geac_Computer_Corporation
-Henry
On Fri, 29 Sept 2023 at 09:38, Bill Degnan via cctalk
wrote:
Are you referring to GE/PAC RTMOS?
On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 9:34 AM Bill
Here's a question for all our Computer Museum curators.
Have any of the old GEAC Library systems ever been salvaged and put into
a museum? They were curious boxes and I think would make a nice addition
to a collection.
bill
On 9/8/2023 5:07 PM, Zane Healy wrote:
On Sep 8, 2023, at 6:20 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
wrote:
On 9/7/2023 9:20 PM, Gavin Scott via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 4:49 PM ste...@malikoff.com steven--- via
cctalk wrote:
Here in Oz, VAX has been a popular brand of vacuum
On 9/8/2023 9:29 AM, Raymond Wiker via cctalk wrote:
On 8 Sep 2023, at 15:20, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
wrote:
On 9/7/2023 9:20 PM, Gavin Scott via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 4:49 PM ste...@malikoff.com steven--- via
cctalk wrote:
Here in Oz, VAX has been a popular brand
On 9/7/2023 9:20 PM, Gavin Scott via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 4:49 PM ste...@malikoff.com steven--- via
cctalk wrote:
Here in Oz, VAX has been a popular brand of vacuum cleaner for many decades. We
had one until recently.
https://www.vax.com.au/
On 9/4/2023 4:23 PM, James B DiGriz via cctalk wrote:
I can see some similarity of the 900 series CRU I/O to the Inmos
Transputer serial links, but I've never heard of them referred to as
Transputers. The 960 was called a "bit pusher", though.
Looked similar to me, too. I was just curious
On 9/4/2023 11:27 AM, James B DiGriz via cctalk wrote:
I'm interested, the ATS-960 automated test system in particular. I
think that's what was with the Applicon I mentioned.
jbdigriz
On Mon, 4 Sep 2023 14:22:53 +0200 (CEST)
Christian Corti via cctalk wrote:
I won't give up my hopes, but
On 9/4/2023 3:31 AM, Raymond Wiker via cctalk wrote:
On 2 Sep 2023, at 15:07, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
wrote:
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
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
On 8/17/2023 2:14 PM, John Herron via cctalk wrote:
I'm a little surprised noone mentioned Google sheets or something that's
cloud native? Probably only accessible from newer systems though but I've
debated it since it would be instantly accessible from phone also.
Why would you give all
On 8/5/2023 4:07 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
On Sat, Aug 5, 2023, 1:46 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 8/3/2023 3:45 AM, Joshua Rice via cctalk wrote:
I’d still prefer the IMSAI 8080 or SWTPC 6800 though.
While I have a couple Apple ]['s I
On 8/3/2023 3:45 AM, Joshua Rice via cctalk wrote:
I’d still prefer the IMSAI 8080 or SWTPC 6800 though.
While I have a couple Apple ]['s I really don't do much with them. Haven't
even turned one on since I retired from the University in 2015 and they
came home .
Wouldn't take an Apple
On 8/4/2023 1:39 PM, Hans-Ulrich Hölscher via cctalk wrote:
Has anyone tested Chris' images with real RX50s and a real PDP-11?
If not, could please someone try the MicroRSTS V2.1 images?
Which version of RSTS is MicroRSTS V2.1 equivalent to?
bill
On 8/4/2023 2:46 PM, Kelly Leavitt via cctalk wrote:
From: emanuel stiebler via cctalk
Sent: Friday, August 4, 2023 10:20 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Cc: jim stephens ; emanuel stiebler
Subject: [cctalk] Re: SCO on Virtualbox
On 2023-08-03 20:29, jim stephens
On 7/19/2023 11:23 AM, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote:
Hi,
I am curious if anyone here might be planning on attending.
https://museum.syssrc.com/artifact/events/3000/
I am heading up there with friends Friday night so we can get there
early Saturday.
Bringing some stuff to sell, nothing
I know this is off topic, but I think there are a number of hams here.
Looking to get back into it but have some questions.
Now that the a**holes have completely trashed all the USENET ham radio
groups where do hams go for the kinds of discussions that used to be there?
bill
I doubt this will go thru either but other attempts to send to the list are
now getting rejected as SPAM. Doesn't the list check addresses to see if
the poster is a member?
bill
On 6/28/2023 8:23 AM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
Meanwhile, on AUI cables: the difficulty with plugging a transceiver
into the Pro is that the Pro uses regular nuts, for a plug that
secures by screws. That's non-standard, since the AUI spec calls for
the "turret" and sliding latch type.
On 6/27/2023 8:44 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
More interesting is that All-In-One for the VAX comes on RX02 and
RL02 disks.
I wasn't aware that the VAX or VMS even supported RX or RL disks.
Sure. The 8600 and 11/730 used an RL02 as the boot/startup media.
Don't know the 8600.
On 6/27/2023 7:26 PM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote:
On 27/06/2023 21:17, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
> Different thing, I believe.
Gotcha. I'd find it funny and perfectly fitting if DEC had two
departments working on the same concept and coming up with completely
different, but
On 6/26/2023 10:07 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Jun 26, 2023, at 7:16 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
wrote:
On 6/25/2023 8:26 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 6/25/23 16:59, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
I have 3" and 1800 pages of possible PDP-11 applications. Trying to
On 6/25/2023 8:26 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 6/25/23 16:59, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
I have 3" and 1800 pages of possible PDP-11 applications. Trying to
guess what
application created those files is likely to be a study in frustration.
Does the
"customer&quo
On 6/25/2023 3:44 PM, Wayne S via cctalk wrote:
The file list says they were created in the 1986 time frame.
So what Dec systems were running around then that required rsx11 ?
See my previous response. :-)
bill
On 6/25/2023 3:39 PM, Wayne S via cctalk wrote:
Pretty hard to tell from just the file names what app created them and looking
for (for example) .msl files sends you down different paths, like visual studio
( probably not), ImageMagick Scripting Language File, MAINSAIL Source Code, and
On 6/24/2023 7:39 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 6/24/23 12:38, Wayne S wrote:
Chuck, why not post the catalog snd we’ll all take a look?
Power of the internet!
Okay, I guess that's okay. Here's the data from the MFD:
https://icedrive.net/s/Q56ZY2Sv4g62Gi9vZ9jzNQ2CD6Bu
Since this
On 6/17/2023 10:42 AM, Henry Bent via cctalk wrote:
On Sat, 17 Jun 2023 at 10:31, Paul Koning via cctalk
wrote:
BSD 2.11 had TCP/IP.
Later versions of 2.9BSD had TCP/IP though the hardware support was pretty
limited. And you could probably use the present tense for 2.11BSD, it's
still
On 6/16/2023 3:51 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
On Jun 16, 2023, at 3:40 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
wrote:
On 6/16/23 12:02, ben via cctalk wrote:
Ken , Jobs and Wozniak need their fair share.
Graphics and file system buffers take up more
space than you expect.
I just transferred
Has anyone ever looked at using the P112 to read and write these classic
format floppies? I understand it can do 8" CPM floppies so that would imply
the controller has all the needed modes.
bill
On 5/5/2023 4:33 PM, ben via cctalk wrote:
On 2023-05-05 2:06 p.m., Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
On 5/5/2023 1:44 PM, ben via cctalk wrote:
On 2023-05-04 2:31 p.m., Mike Katz via cctalk wrote:
True but I don't miss 53K bps analog POTS modem speeds.
My Internet varies between 700Mbps
On 5/5/2023 1:44 PM, ben via cctalk wrote:
On 2023-05-04 2:31 p.m., Mike Katz via cctalk wrote:
True but I don't miss 53K bps analog POTS modem speeds.
My Internet varies between 700Mbps and 950Mbps. I don't miss analog
modem days in the least. There is no nostalgia there.
How ever the
On 5/4/2023 1:41 PM, Johan Helsingius via cctalk wrote:
Unfortunately my local ISP doesn't run a server any more. :(
Doesn't have to be local. I use a server in Berlin.
Back in the 80's I used to run the USENET (and UUCP)
gateway for Finland.
I used to run a server at the University
On 5/4/2023 10:35 AM, Johan Helsingius via cctalk wrote:
On 04/05/2023 14:59, geneb via cctalk wrote:
FidoNet is still a thing too.
So is USENET.
Julf
I was going to jump in and say this but you beat me to it.
I am involved in stuff on USENET all the time. Many groups have been
On 5/3/2023 7:58 PM, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote:
30 years ago the World Wide Web came into public existence. It has enabled
cctalk to flourish.
What did the World Wide Web have to do with mailing lists flourishing?
We had text based
discussions long before that in the form of
Thanks Dennis and Gene. That did the trick.
I tried to do that but it seemed all I changed was view but with your
suggestions I found the right button and am printing one of the odd
pieces right now.
Finally I can have enclosures for all these boards I run just sitting on
top of
the
Are there any 3D printing experts hanging around here? I need help.
I want to print things like a bracket to mount my FreHD in a disk bay.
Some other things, too. The problem is the STL file wants to print
these items
vertically instead of laying flat on the table. Needless to say by
On 4/7/2023 1:39 PM, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote:
> Yes, but I am pretty sure it doesn't have the ethernet. And I found
> a bargain on the Beaglebone Black Industrial.
It does have ethernet. They dropped the HDMI output. But the main
advantage is price, so if you already found a
On 4/7/2023 10:55 AM, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote:
> Does anyone here know if the Beaglebone Black Industrial is he same
> as the regular Beaglebone Black? I have a couple of the MFM Emulator
> boards to build and will need a couple Beaglebones for them.
They're supposed to be the
Does anyone here know if the Beaglebone Black Industrial is he same as the
regular Beaglebone Black? I have a couple of the MFM Emulator boards to
build
and will need a couple Beaglebones for them.
bill
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