[cctalk] Re: Logic Analyzers - HP/Agilent 16700B or 1670G?

On Sun, 20 Aug 2023, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 8/20/23 12:43, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: On Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 12:05 PM John H. Reinhardt via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: Hello all. I looking around for a Logic Analyzer for doing (mostly) DEC QBus/UniBus stuff. Being the

[cctalk] Re: VCF and System Source Computer Museum swap meet this weekend

System Source 338 Clubhouse Road Hunt Valley, MD 21031 On Tue, 18 Jul 2023, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: Is that somewhere in Maryland? On Tue, 18 Jul 2023, Mark G Thomas via cctalk wrote: Hi, I am curious if anyone here might be planning on attending.

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

On Thu, 18 May 2023, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: On May 18, 2023, at 3:09 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: My advice: buy an old desktop computer. Buy a standard PC floppy drive (a dual drive if possible to give both 3.5 and 5.25 support). Hmmm. a modern laptop for connecting to

[cctalk] Re: windows reports contents of previous floppy

On Tue, 31 Jan 2023, Tony Jones via cctalk wrote: On Tue, Jan 31, 2023, 3:39 PM Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote: This is not the forum to ask MS Windows questions. Chris. Can I ask you stop and consider if you really need to post/reply. Not every thought that enters ones head needs to be

[cctalk] Re: [SPAM] LINC-8 sells for $2,150

A smaller one. On Wed, 18 Jan 2023, Bill Degnan wrote: Didnt they already have a LINC? B On Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 12:15 AM Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote: No, it went to the System Source museum in Huntsville, MD. On Tue, 17 Jan 2023, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: So it must have

[cctalk] Re: [SPAM] LINC-8 sells for $2,150

Correction: Hunt Valley, MD. On Wed, 18 Jan 2023, Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote: No, it went to the System Source museum in Huntsville, MD. On Tue, 17 Jan 2023, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: So it must have gone to the LSSM. It did not go to kennett classic. Maybe the "com

[cctalk] Re: [SPAM] LINC-8 sells for $2,150

No, it went to the System Source museum in Huntsville, MD. On Tue, 17 Jan 2023, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: So it must have gone to the LSSM. It did not go to kennett classic. Maybe the "computer church" in Parkesburg bought it. BIll On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 10:35 PM Wayne S via cctalk

[cctalk] Re: Using Gesswein board with RQDX3

On Wed, 21 Dec 2022, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk wrote: I am trying to do the above. ZRQC comes up and says four drives of unknown type. Has anybody done this?  I figure there must be a configuration that needs to be done, but found nothing in the documentation to do it. Have you tried

[cctalk] Re: Win2K+3 on a Dell Poweredge 2600

ed, 21 Dec 2022, Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote: I don't see any relevance at all to this list. Q: How long will it be before it IS on-topic? A: As soon as someone creates a list for such things. Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old

[cctalk] Re: Win2K+3 on a Dell Poweredge 2600

On Wed, 21 Dec 2022, Chris via cctalk wrote: This beast was given to me by a neighbor. Dual socket 604. Windows 2003 in some RAID configuration. I understand (or used to understand) RAID levels somewhat. But iinm he tells me the OS is "split" over 6 scsi drives. Not getting this, but I don't

[cctalk] Re: what is on topic?

On Tue, 20 Dec 2022, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: On Dec 20, 2022, at 2:27 PM, Chris via cctalk wrote: Specifically as pertaining to old/vintage/classic/retro compuing discussion, what exactly is on topic? On top of my head as a for imstance I have some questions pertaining to Windows 2003

[cctalk] Holmes Engineering CP/M

I'm still looking for a copy of CP/M for the Holmes Engineering VID-80 board for the TRS-80 Model III. A manual would be helpful, as well. Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

[cctalk] Re: Minicomputer front panel.

On Fri, 23 Sep 2022, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: From an over-the-top perspective as the 360/91 and 360/195 panels were, would it be fair to say that SAGE held first place in this category? Yep! We could even single-step. :-) http://q7.neurotica.com/Q7/ Mike Loewen

[cctalk] Re: Minicomputer front panel.

On Fri, 23 Sep 2022, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Earlier this spring. I posted about it, and the general opinion was that a HP1000 wasn't really worth anything so I just gave it to someone. That's not the general consensus, at all. There are several HP mini fans on this list, and even

[cctalk] Re: TVI-921C

On Wed, 14 Sep 2022, Jonathan Katz via cctalk wrote: I have a TVI-921C at the museum. I power it on and it beeps continuously. One long, solid tone that does not stop until I power it off. How do I start diagnosing this? Check the power supply voltages. Mike Loewen

[cctalk] Re: VCF Swap Meet October 8, 2022 @ InfoAge

Is there a spreadsheet for things vendors are bringing to the swap meet? Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

Holmes Engineering VID-80

Does anyone have the CP/M software for the Holmes Engineering VID-80 board for the Model III? Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

Re: The TRS-80 Journey Continues

On Thu, 5 May 2022, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: Although TRS-DOS didn't (until 6.0?, when TRS-DOS became rebranded LDOS), the after-market OS's supported DS and 80 track. I don't remember how you needed to tell the OS that you had DS or 80 track. But, once the OS knows, then the 55GFR,

Re: The TRS-80 Journey Continues

On Thu, 5 May 2022, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 5/5/22 13:34, Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote: On Thu, 5 May 2022, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: Next step... Apparently mu original Tandon floppy has bought the farm. Does anyone know what the jumper setting are for a TEAC FD

Re: The TRS-80 Journey Continues

On Thu, 5 May 2022, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: Next step... Apparently mu original Tandon floppy has bought the farm. Does anyone know what the jumper setting are for a TEAC FD-55GFR-149 for the TRS-80 4P? I tried the usual (like for a DEC RX-33) but that didn't fly. Every sector

Re: The TRS-80 Journey Continues

On Wed, 4 May 2022, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 5/4/22 14:35, Bill Degnan wrote: Bill, I searched for "montezuma 2.2 hard drive install" on Google: https://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/manuals/montezuma_micro_hard_disk_support_for_cpm_2-2.pdf I have been through the

Re: PCI floppy controller

On Thu, 21 Apr 2022, Charles Dickman via cctalk wrote: Were there ever any floppy controllers for the (parallel) PCI bus? I Googled a bunch and haven't found any. I am trying to outfit a computer for the long haul that can run a bunch of older software in virtual machines and do things like

Re: Possibly going up to VCF, stuff I would like to sell/get to proper people pdp8/12/HP stuff

On Sun, 10 Apr 2022, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: On Sat, Apr 9, 2022 at 3:43 PM Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: I'm thinking about going up to VCF in Wall next weekend. Yes. There's a "consignment room" and you leave your stuff with labels and prices and there are volunteers staffing it to

VCF East 2022

Exhibitors wanted! Deadline to apply is April 1. Exhibits are NOT limited to the shows two main themes. "Ever wonder about the roots of today?s technological society? Did you spend Covid nostalgically playing old video games from the past on an emulator? Do you want to get hands-on

Re: gcobol

On 3/14/2022 6:53 PM, ben via cctalk wrote: Good question. Does any one have card reader hooked up to modern machine? paul Ben. On Mon, 14 Mar 2022, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: I have a serial Documation M-1000.  Not running at the moment, but adequate for such Two more M-600

Re: Seeking paper tape punch

On Feb 21, 2022, at 4:26 PM, Guy Fedorkow via cctalk cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: Greetings CC-Talk, I've been working on a low-budget project to help to introduce students to history of computing through material we have from MIT's 1950's Whirlwind project. The activity would have more

VCF East

Here's the official show flyer for VCF East, October 8-10. Please pass it around. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GsmXLA2vIsBFWTcmMJLZfq1OQlxmShBU/view Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology

Tandon Track 0 adjustment

What's the recommended method for adjusting the track 0 switch and track 0 stop on a Tandon TM100-2, if you don't have an alignment disk? I do have a scope. Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology

Re: CWVG

On Wed, 25 Aug 2021, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote: On Wed, 24 Aug 2021, Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote: > > Back in the 2007 time frame, Andrew Lynch had written a utility to read > Vector Graphic hard-sectored diskettes on a Catweasel board. Called > "CWVG", d

CWVG

Back in the 2007 time frame, Andrew Lynch had written a utility to read Vector Graphic hard-sectored diskettes on a Catweasel board. Called "CWVG", does anyone have a copy of the program? Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology

Re: ISO Laserjet I/II/III firmware

My workhorse printer is an HP 5Si/MX. I use it mostly for music and schematics, since it will do up to double-sided 11x17. You can still find NIB toner cartridges on Epay, as well as fusers and other parts. It's a beast. On Thu, 12 Aug 2021, Curious Marc via cctalk wrote: My LaserJet

LSSM quick update

The A/C is in and running! Tomorrow and Sunday we reassemble the exhibit floor and clean up the mess, just in time for the 60-person group tour on Monday. -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA Thanks to all who contributed to the new A/C!

Re: Large Scale Systems Museum

progress? Good Luck, Pontus On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 06:56:49PM -0400, Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote: https://www.mact.io/ Hi folks! We've been away from Facebook for awhile, but we've been staying busy here. Now that things are starting to get back to normal from the disruption of Covi

Large Scale Systems Museum

https://www.mact.io/ Hi folks! We've been away from Facebook for awhile, but we've been staying busy here. Now that things are starting to get back to normal from the disruption of Covid19, we're doing tours again, and we're getting our volunteer work days rolling again, restoring

Re: Bendix G-15 and Control Data 160 console on ebay

On Wed, 6 Jan 2021, Van Snyder via cctalk wrote: I hope it ends up in a proper museum and hopefully it can be displayed in running condition. The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA has one, but it's not in operating order.I don't know whether they have a mag tape drive. The VCF

Re: personal history of personal computers

Andy Molloy had a Canon Cat at VCF East in 2006. Unfortunately, it smoked. http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/VCF-East2006/dscn4151-f.jpg On Mon, 4 Jan 2021, dwight via cctalk wrote: There was a little known 68K machine. It was the Canon Cat. Although, it was generally not intended as a

Re: Rod Coleman's personal history of founding, building & running SAGE

I also had the opportunity to visit the UGC, but after operations had moved aboveground. The followup to SAGE, the AN/FYQ93 (ROCC, SOCC, JSS) equipment was still in place, but powered down. This was in 2007. I had previously worked on both SAGE and the ROCC at McChord AFB as a computer

Re: Regional accents and dialects (Was: The best hard drives??

Why don't you guys take this to another list, where someone might actually see its relevance? Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

Re: Vintage Computer Federation Swap Meet 11/7/2020

I remember that one. I traded you a sandwich for a TRS-80 Model II. :-) On Tue, 3 Nov 2020, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: Fun fact - we *did* have a swap meet when we were MARCH, in Wilmington, in the mid-late 2000's. We rented a hall and there was a pretty big crowd. I don't have any

Re: Morrow MD3 terminal emulation.

On Wed, 29 Jul 2020, Jeffrey S. Worley via cctalk wrote: I've got a Morrow Microdecision 3 on the bench and gather it often shipped with the MD-60 terminal, but for the life of me I can't find what emulation that terminal uses. Lacking the native terminal, what emulation should I be using?

Re: Future of cctalk/cctech

Dave McGuire hosts mailing lists on neurotica.com. On Tue, 16 Jun 2020, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: I'd prefer not seeing it on google groups. Although we all know Google will be around forever, the recent shafting by Yahoo makes me think a member with a good server would be a lot more

Re: LK201 emulation

On 2020-05-17 17:13, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: Gentlepeople, I've been having problems with broken LK201s, so as a workaround I created an adapter that connects to a standard PC USB keyboard and makes it look like an LK201. It's based on an Arduino (specifically, Adafruit Trinket M0,

Re: Bob Davis and old computer stuff

Unfortunately, those blurry cell phone pictures are almost useless. I did spot what appears to be an M-class HP 21MX system in DSC_0249.JPG. Someone should rescue that one. On Sat, 25 Apr 2020, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Ok, I've uploaded pictures to https://www.crystel.com/bob/

Re: Scanning docs for bitsavers

On Wed, 27 Nov 2019, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > From: Jay Jaeger > CCITT Group 4 lossless compression That's very good indeed. I scan text pages in B+W at slightly less resolution (engineering prints I do higher, they need it), but compressed they turn out to be ~50KB per page, or

Re: 50 yrs. ago today

On Tue, 29 Oct 2019, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote: The first inter-computer communication happened 50 years ago today. L. Kleinrock part of that historic moment, said, and I paraphrase here, ARPANET was the instrument that was to enable computers to talk to each other remotely. He sent

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote: OK, thanks. Is there a sheet somewhere that I can use to decode all of these part numbers? TTFN - Guy On Aug 12, 2019, at 4:25 PM, Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote: Sorry, I mistyped. 12746A is a 64KB (32KW) memory module. On Mon, 12 Aug 2019, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

Sorry, I mistyped. 12746A is a 64KB (32KW) memory module. On Mon, 12 Aug 2019, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote: Except that I don?t have a 12745A memory board, I believe it?s a 12746A which I think I saw was a 16K board. Thanks. TTFN - Guy On Aug 12, 2019, at 4:07 PM, Mike Loewen via cctalk

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

the panel on the front card cage, I saw that it only had 16K of memory. :-( I?ll see about firing it up and if that goes well (anyone have suggestions for this type of mini?) I?ll see if I find more memory and suitable peripherals. Thanks. TTFN - Guy On Aug 12, 2019, at 3:29 PM, Mike Loewen via

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

The original M-Series machines were the 2105A and the 2108A (9-slot), which sound like what you have. The early machines didn't say "M-Series" on the front panel, and had a different lock than the later models: http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/HP/2108A/HP2108A-8L.jpg (my model 2108A)

Re: STOP IT : "half-dollar"/"50 cent piece" Was: Recovering the ROM of an IBM 5100 using OCR

ENOUGH ALREADY! Surely there must be better lists to carry on this conversation. On Mon, 1 Jul 2019, dwight via cctalk wrote: Not every thing makes sense to go metric. Clearly bold sizes are better off in fractional sizes. Also for wrenches. I have to have 13, 14 and 15 mm wrenches.

Re: VCF Southeast Photos

On 1 May 2019, at 21:10, Jason T via cctalk wrote: Last weekend I made an unannounced visit out to Roswell, GA to visit our brothers-and-sisters-in-hoarding at the Vintage Computer Festival Southeast. They were hosted by the new location of the Computer Museum of America, not yet open to the

Re: Storage for 1/2" open reel tape

On Fri, 5 Apr 2019, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 4/5/19 2:58 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: On 4/5/19 3:20 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: See how each reel of tape hangs from a slot in a horizontal bar? Those white-and-black strips wrapped around the tapes are what I'm referring to

Re: 6809 Monitor

On Tue, 2 Oct 2018, tim lindner via cctalk wrote: Does anyone have source to a 6809 monitor program? I'm looking for something I can make work in a CoCo. Functionality I'm looking for is something that will let me read and write to memory. If you're up for a disassembly challage, there's

Re: Manual for Documation TM200 punched card reader

On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 Guy Dunphy wrote: Thanks for the link. So far I'd only tried google, assuming anything relevant on bitsavers would show up. It didn't, which is interesting. My search was only very brief though. I'd been doing an initial eval on the reader in the evening, then read the

Re: SAGE memory plane

On Sun, 16 Sep 2018, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/232927847019 https://secretsofcoldwarradar.omeka.net/exhibits/show/cold-war-radar-technology/item/4 can someone identify exactly what this box was called, when it was deployed, and what training manual they are

Re: Making a bootable LIF CD for the 9000/382

On Fri, 6 Jul 2018, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: Digging through some HP docs, CD-ROM boot was only possible on 8.0 and up. Does HPDrive simulate a 9144 or 45? HPDrive will emulate a 9144A. Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology

Re: IBM junk

On Fri, 22 Jun 2018, Donald via cctalk wrote: Collected stuff for over 10 years. Moving from 2300 sq. ft. to 1400. It had to go. Praise the computer gods I found someone that wanted it all. Did you get rid of the SAGE pluggable units, as well? JUNK283 - JUNK285 And the

Re: how fast were drum memories?

, and would power up in seven seconds or less. Surge current was around 115 amps? Paul On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 3:46 PM, Mike Loewen via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: On Thu, 10 May 2018, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 5/10/18 10:37 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 5/10/18 9

Re: how fast were drum memories?

On Thu, 10 May 2018, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 5/10/18 10:37 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 5/10/18 9:29 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: One that comes to mind is the DEC RS04. It spins at roughly 3600 rpm (a hair less, so obviously a 2 pole induction motor running off 3-phase

Re: Old newsreader source code

On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 12:23 PM, Seth Morabito via cctalk wrote: I'm experimenting with setting up UUCP and Usenet on a cluster of 3B2/400s, and I've quickly discovered that while it's trivial to find old source code for Usenet (B News and C News), it's virtually

HP 3000/37 console

Does anyone know if a non-HP terminal will work as the console for a HP 3000 Series 37? The power-on self-test uses ENQ/ACK to speed sense, but the manual also implies that it will sense speed from a . On my 37, the TIC self-test passes up to the point where it talks to the terminal, but

Re: old vintage stuff for pretty cheap

I was about to say something similar. Those items have been on Ebay for years, some of them still up for auction, such as this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/192514501391?ViewItem==192514501391 The pictures are the same (what few of them actually display), and the pries are nowhere close

Re: Maxtor full-height 5.25" drives of death

On Fri, 9 Feb 2018, js--- via cctalk wrote: A tangential question out of curiosity: who here has 5.25" MFM drives they're extremely surprised are still working, and which model(s)? I'll start. I've quite a few MFM drives, but the ones that really surprise me are (2) Seagate ST-506, and (2)

Re: Modems & Xerox

On Thu, 1 Feb 2018, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote: I started accessing BBSs back in the early 70s with a 300 baud modem. From there it went to 1200; 2400; 9600; 28.8K and 56Kilobaud. All on dialup! Now at 5 Mbits/sec. here in Ontario. An American friend has 250Mb/s download. Yikes! The

Re: TESTFDC

On Sat, 27 Jan 2018, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote: Now where did I put that 8? drive... I'm using a Tandon 848 on mine. My pair are Tandons, they?re in a CPT8500 word processor which I?d also like to get going at some point. Any tips on coaxing them back into life? Nothing

Re: TESTFDC

On Sat, 27 Jan 2018, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote: I?d like to thank whoever it was who added the Abit K8V Pro/Winbond W83627HF with its test results to the TESTFDC page for writing SSSD disks. I?ve been trying to get a similar setup going for a fortnight now and last week found this

Re: HP 2108A key

On Tue, 16 Jan 2018, Tim Riker via cctalk wrote: On 09/21/2017 08:52 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: On Thu, 21 Sep 2017, Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote:   Mike Thompson at the RICM is going to look for a number on the key for their 2108A, this weekend. Ask if he can snap a few good close-up

Re: Playing with HP2640B

On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, Mattis Lind wrote: 2017-12-05 16:51 GMT+01:00 Mike Loewen via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>: On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, Mattis Lind wrote: 2017-12-05 16:26 GMT+01:00 Mike Loewen via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>: On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, Mattis Lind via cctalk wr

Re: Playing with HP2640B

On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, Mattis Lind wrote: 2017-12-05 16:26 GMT+01:00 Mike Loewen via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>: On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: While going through the HP2640B I found two boards which I cannot find relevant schematic and description for, the 02640

Re: Playing with HP2640B

On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: While going through the HP2640B I found two boards which I cannot find relevant schematic and description for, the 02640-60009 Display Memory Access Module and the 02640-60088 Display Timing Module. Anyone has more info on these? The manual

Re: HP 21mx/whatever processor works with doublesided key... i forgot model#

On Thu, 19 Oct 2017, Ed via cctalk wrote: Progress! HP 21mx/whatever processor works with double sided key... (I forgot model#) 2108A, perhaps? Now to replace the fuse holder on the back... that is mushed. So is the one on my 2108A. It has ... of all things 3 tty

Re: HP 2108A key

On Fri, 22 Sep 2017, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: On Thu, 21 Sep 2017, Sam O'nella wrote: Should be easy but my mobile google fu is failing. Didn't Jay and a few others know if a vintage computer key database/site somewhere? Would that possibly have or benefit from getting afterwards?

Re: HP 7970E - interest to split?

On Mon, 25 Sep 2017, Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: Hi there, here's an eBay auction for two HP 7970E tape drives that appear to function: http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-HP-7970e-DUAL-Tape-Drive-Cabinet-Reel-to-Reel-Player-/192204691239 I'm curious if anyone is looking for one of these

Re: HP 2108A key

Mike Thompson at the RICM is going to look for a number on the key for their 2108A, this weekend. Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/ On Thu, 21 Sep 2017, Dennis Boone via cctalk

RE: HP 2108A key

(more cards). I have an HP 2112B, and it has its key. See a photo at : http://webpages.charter.net/thecomputercollection/hp/hp2112b.htm The key is 1 1/2" long, and has the number 4T1427 stamped on it. JRJ On 9/19/2017 6:38 PM, Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote: Does anyone have a k

HP 2108A key

Does anyone have a key for a HP 2108A? This is one of the original 21MX M-series machines. The key is NOT the same as for the E and F-series machines. I already checked with Jay. Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology

4116 DRAM @ VCFMW

If any VCF Midwest attendees have some spare 4116 dynamic RAM, I could use a couple. Anything 200ns or faster should work. Please reply off-list. Thanks! Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology

Re: HP 7970B Capstan?

On Mon, 4 Sep 2017, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: I've got an HP 7970 tape drive here that's a little dicey on its reading (haven't tried writing yet). One thing that I noticed today was that the surface of the capstan is a bit powdery--wipe it with an alcohol swab and you get a lot of black

Re: SPARCstation 20 and dual CPUs

On Fri, 4 Aug 2017, systems_glitch via cctalk wrote: Indeed, you'll need 2.25R if you want to use some Ross HyperSPARC modules. I don't know if the ROM image is available on the Internet nowadays, but I've got a 2.25R ROM in one of my SS10s, I could dump it for you if you can't find it

Wanted: keyboard for HP 264x terminal

I need a keyboard, preferably working, for a HP 264x series terminal. Contact me off-list if you have a spare. I'm in Central PA. Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

Re: Repurposed Art (ahem...)

It wasn't the LIS collectors that did that, it was 20th Century Fox back in the '60s. I'm not aware of a single LIS collector that ever had access to a B205. Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology

Re: Through-hole desoldering (was Re: IBM 5110 - Where does the character set live? And other questions.)

On Thu, 13 Jul 2017, Peter Cetinski wrote: On Jul 13, 2017, at 1:23 PM, Mike Loewen via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: I used a Pace rework station in the USAF, vacuum desoldering and hot air - very nice, but pricey. Wow, where were you stationed? In the late 1

Re: Through-hole desoldering (was Re: IBM 5110 - Where does the character set live? And other questions.)

On Thu, 13 Jul 2017, systems_glitch via cctalk wrote: I've heard the Pace stations are *very* good. Never personally used one, they're above what I was willing to spend, even used! Thanks, Jonathan I used a Pace rework station in the USAF, vacuum desoldering and hot air - very nice, but

Re: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

On Thu, 22 Jun 2017, Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote: I was contacted by a faculty member at the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) who is looking for help in recovering files from some 5-1/4" diskettes. The diskettes are from the 1989-1892 time frame, and most likely contain WordPe

Re: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

On Thu, 22 Jun 2017, Sam O'nella wrote: The assumptions pouring in could use a quick follow up. Date joke aside, did they already try reading them? My guess would be yes hence the recovery request possibly needing flux or more advanced recovery. The gentleman with the disks does not have

Re: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

On Thu, 22 Jun 2017, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 3:39 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: CORRECTION: OpenOffice claims to READ WP files, but not SAVE to those formats. Which brings it all down to: "How do you read 5.25" MS-DOS disks?"

File recovery help needed (Alabama)

I was contacted by a faculty member at the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) who is looking for help in recovering files from some 5-1/4" diskettes. The diskettes are from the 1989-1892 time frame, and most likely contain WordPerfect files. If there's anyone in the area who would be

HP 13181 tape interface

The VCF museum at Infoage is looking for a HP 13181 board set to connect a 7970B tape drive to a 2117F processor. Does anyone have a spare set they'd be willing to part with? Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology

Re: Anyone remember ZOSO disks?

On Tue, 30 May 2017, Jason T via cctalk wrote: Looks like this guy was the original Caps-Lock Warrior (though likely out of technical necessity more than style). Thanks for posting this; I'd never heard of him. I think he was relate to the BOFH. :-) Mike Loewen

Bulk tape eraser

Looking for recommendations for a bulk tape eraser for SDLT and DLT IV tapes. Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

Re: Tandon TM-100-1 electronics repair

On Thu, 27 Apr 2017, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: Additionally, for a testing framework to poke signals through the drive for debugging during the repair, what's a good platform? A PC running MS-DOS? The TRS-80 Model 4 itself? Besides doing directories, are there any good bits of software

RE: Did we miss the 20th anniversary of classiccmp?

On Fri, 21 Apr 2017, Jay West via cctalk wrote: And yes, many are here just for the relationships and comradery that has developed over decades of the lists existence. But that being said... we should have had a party or something *grin*. We could have the party at VCF MW in September.