RE: Cctalk subscription disabled

Yes, Adrian is correct – known for some time but my time/focus has been elsewhere. Addressed yesterday, should make gmail less fussy. J From: cctalk On Behalf Of Tom Hunter Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 7:06 AM To: Adrian Stoness ; cctalk-ow...@classiccmp.org Cc: General Discussion:

RE: testing

: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Subject: RE: testing ACK -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of jwest--- via cctalk Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2022 5:29 PM To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Subject: testing Test test -- This

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RE: Getting files from HP 3000 tapes (was: Re: HP 2000 TSB and FORTRAN)

Ed wrote... It is solved when I have a tape drive at our physical location to restore our tapes to our system buy US. Perhaps in the interest of saving history for everyone else, you could meet in the middle (figuratively) with a less inward-looking mentality? Unless you're

RE: HP 2000 TSB and FORTRAN

David wrote... The manual says it was known as OSMI 2000 FORTRAN and was a "series of programs written in the BASIC language which run short FORTRAN programs" on an HP 2000 BASIC system. Anyone heard of this before? I still have a

RE: Vt131 4 sale in St.Louis

No, that's not my stuff  Sure appears to be a collector, wonder who. J

RE: Terminal Emulator

I had mentioned SecureCRT, it is my daily use ssh client. But if we want to focus on more vintage software, my favorite terminal emulator is ProComm Plus, made by Datastorm. As it happens, the two original authors/owners wrote it while living in my area (university). I grew up using that one,

RE: Terminal Emulator

Zane wrote... A few years ago, I looked at ZOC v7, and others. I opted for SecureCRT, and use it on my Mac and my iPad. Though the Mac version is well over $100. It seems to have about the best DEC Terminal emulation I could find on the Mac, and it supports keyboard mapping. --

RE: Programming Bipolar PROMs

Jon wrote... I can do them with the Data I/O 29B and UniPak 2B. Some of the other UniPaks can handle them too. They are one of those devices that most of the newer commercial programmers can't do. I wouldn't call the Data I/O really affordable, though. -- Same, I use a data i/o 29B for

RE: unknown rack PSU ("PPI 1247-000-91 ADDS")

ADDS also got into the minicomputer market, I believe the series was called "MENTOR" which was a Pick Systems OS clone. Link to a pic?

RE: Discord (was: DEC Computer Lab for sale)

There was an incorrect link posted, and then a few moments later the correct link was posted. So ignore the first one and use the second one. If you use the first one, you'll join my MOHAA gaming discord, probably not what you want heh I will check the 2nd one to make sure it is still valid,

RE: DEC PDP-11/45 backplane +5 ECO

Noel wrote... > PS: I wonder how many people here have -11/45's? ISTR one other, but > they aren't common. Tony replied... I do. -- I have a dual bay 11/45 with RL02, RX02, BA11 expansion, and an early 3rd party (CSI?) linktape. All restored, tested, and working with spares and

RE: eBay sellers

You probably already did it in your initial contact with him Noel, but I would think the thing that would make it stand out and make him change it - tell him a PC05 doesn't connect to a PDP8, it goes with something completely different (a PDP11 ofc, correct?). Given that the title says its for a

RE: TSX

Re: http://tsxplus.classiccmp.org in order to get the approval of S to host their product and manuals, we had to agree to some specific conditions to make them available to the public. Please use http://tsxplus.classiccmp.org as the company-sanctioned distribution point. The archive apparently

Electronics Plus

In case this link only made it to discord, I'm (re-?)posting here. Cindy has been extremely helpful and generous and giving of her time to all in this hobby. It is a very worthy cause. https://www.gofundme.com/f/electronics-plus Not too much more to hit their goal. Lets see if we can

RE: Pinging Jay West

Replied yesterday. Will reach out today too  -Original Message- From: cctalk On Behalf Of jim stephens via cctalk Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2021 5:05 PM To: Paul Koning via cctalk Subject: Pinging Jay West Sent out a request via multiple channels to you WRT a local STL system.

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Test, please ignore.

APE - ALTAIR peripheripheral emulator

Anyone know who did/does the Altair peripheral emulator (not to be confused with the other APE, for Atari)? Originator give me a ring on email or via discord please  J

RE: Gateway Electronics Sale this Saturday from 9am to 4pm

Ditto. Would love an email for Doug...

RE: Gateway Electronics (was Al Lasher's electronics closing.)

Aek wrote... > Wasn't there a big place in KC just of I70? > At the end they were selling on eBay. > > I remember going there a couple of times, multi-story building you had to > drive down into the river valley to get to. Sorry, drawing a blank on that one. Bet Jim knows There were a few

RE: Gateway Electronics (was Al Lasher's electronics closing.)

Jim wrote... I tried to remember the guy who always remembered me (only got there yearly for quite some time), I think it was Doug. Someone correct me if not. It was Doug. He always recognized me and said something the moment I walked in the door. Then again, I was there about once a week for

RE: Gateway Electronics (was Al Lasher's electronics closing.)

Truly sad I don't think theres a store anywhere that I've spent more time in. I used to just sit in there for hours bs-ing with the owner. I wonder if "electronics exchange" on the Rock Road is still operational... J

RE: DG Nova panel font?

Gene: > Nova 3: https://i.imgur.com/w4VI9Wo.jpg Nova 3 : Recognize the mustards but all the bezels I ever saw were white? J

paging Jerome Fine

Anyone know if Jerome Fine is still around and/or a good email address?

RE: Shipping via USPS Los Angeles is STALLED

Bill D wrote: -- I have a vintage computer sitting in the LA USPS since 9/17, with no further updates. -- Just a few weeks ago I ordered a vintage fuel pump for an heirloom garden tractor restoration I'm doing. It came from ohio via ebay, and I had a couple phone conversations

domains available (FTGH)

Over the years I've snagged a few domains related to classic computing with the best intentions of doing something with them. I have not, so I will be letting the following expire: decvax.org dgeclipse.org dgnova.org hp1000.org hp2000.org pdp11.org rt-11.org You can of course wait to

RE: michael Holley?

/. Anything you can do to preserve and host the material at swtpc.* is much appreciated! Mike= --- I had written: -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of jwest--- via cctalk Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2019 1:03 PM

swtpc, mikeholley, early computer stores

Contacts have been made to secure disposition of Bill Dawson and Mike Holley's site/contents. As part of that effort, I pointed swtpc.org to what used to be swtpc.com (and also swtpc.org). So if you go to swtpc.org you can traverse both sites. But that is not why I'm posting.. So in doing this

RE: michael Holley?

I need advice on a path forward then. From emails I got from Michael, Bill Dawson gave him authority over both swtpc.com and swtpc.org. Originally, Bill Dawson had swtpc.com but Michael was managing/uploading much of the content there under the mholley subdirectory (www.swtpc.com/mholley). Michael

michael Holley?

Anyone have good contact info for Michael Holley?

RE: Herbert Schildt C code from books

I thought starcastle was mostly a Saint Louis area thing. Lady of the Lake is on my playlist. -Original Message- >He shoulda stuck to being the keyboardist for Starcastle; he was actually good >at that!

RE: More DECnet/E items

-- Nice. I looked at fixing RT11 RTS applications like MACRO, but that's not possible because the RT11 date format stops in the early 21st century (5 bit year field). Perhaps RT-11 has created a solution, but if so I don't know it. -- It was my understanding that Jerome Fine did

RE: Hp 21mx loader rom set

Grant wrote Hi all, i am looking for a loader rom set for my 21mx and does not seem to be around at the usual places, I am hoping to find a leed. Here is what i am in need of. 12992L consisting of 12992-80011 91740-80070 91740-80071 91740-80072 there is a set of

FW: RSTS/E has just had its 50th Birthday...

Please copy cctalk/cctech on any responses to Peter. J From: Peter Dick Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2020 4:34 PM To: jw...@classiccmp.org Subject: RSTS/E has just had its 50th Birthday... Hi. I stumbled on your wonderful PDP11.ORG website. As I expect you know, RSTS was “born” on 11th

RE: Future of cctalk/cctech

Tony Aiuto wrote >It's time to adopt a platform that can handle modern mail. >Some may still choose a degraded experience, but everyone is entitled to their >own fetish. Yes, everyone is free to chose to use the list or the discord server or whatever is down the road years from now; but as

RE: Future of classiccmp

The period of me making decisions about the list is coming to an end, but based on all the posts I just caught up with here's some thoughts: I would be predisposed to handing it to someone that intends to continue the mailing list format. We already have a very active discord group (which works

Future of classiccmp

Al wrote: >With Jay retiring, what are the hosting plans for these mailing lists? Well at least for me, there's more to it than that  I retired from general work on 4/30/20. My consulting firm is going to be kept open on paper for a few years at least but I doubt I will be transacting much

RE: Facit N4000 Schematic

I would love to see copies of anything you've done Tony. I was unaware you were doing this, I am fairly certain I have full docs including service manual on the n4000. J

Macintosh Programmers Workbench?

Favor to ask: Would anyone have MPW running in some environment, such that if I give them a PEF file they could run dumppef on it and get the symbol table exports and such? The format is documented and I can write python to pull out what I need, but would be so much quicker if someone had MPW

RE: HP 41-CX

I'm very fond of my hp41c and still use it every day. When I had a minor problem with it, I sent it here and they did a fantastic job for what I considered a very reasonable price: https://vintagecalculatorrepair.com/ If you want to DIY and your issues are solely the battery compartment, see:

paging rik bos

Anyone seen Rik Bos around? I sent him some 12920/21 mux boards to repair, and he got to keep some but haven’t heard anything in a long time…. I may start playing with the HP2000 again soon 

RE: Discord

! On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 12:55 PM jwest--- via cctalk mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: I believe I sent the invite to my game channel, NOT the new classiccmp server. please use this instead: https://discord.gg/gV6PKYW -Original Message- From: cctalk mailto:cctal

RE: Help installing HP 2000 contributed library in simh

David wrote... Any other suggestions of interesting operating systems or software to try out besides TSB? Interesting development environments or uncommon or unusual languages tend to grab my interest. Not sure what all was available for the hardware. -- Yes.

RE: Fwd: Crypto AG

C'mon, lets keep the politics off-list please. -Original Message- From: cctalk On Behalf Of Jim Manley via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 3:08 PM To: Holm Tiffe ; Jim Manley ; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Fwd: Crypto AG On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at

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RE: Unidentified peripheral in Tektronix PDP-11/20 system

Looks like some type of chart recorder perhaps.

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RE: Discord

org. On Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 3:10 PM jwest--- via cctalk wrote: > Medal of Honor : Allied Assault

RE: Discord

I didn't think many people would show up. I was wrong.

RE: Discord

ubject: Re: Discord Hi Jay, What game are you working on? There are SO many WWII FPS games of that period ;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_video_games Cheers, Lyle -- On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 11:25:41 -0600 jwest--- via cctalk wrote: > Greetings folks > https://en.wi

RE: Discord

I believe I sent the invite to my game channel, NOT the new classiccmp server. please use this instead: https://discord.gg/gV6PKYW -Original Message- From: cctalk On Behalf Of jwest--- via cctalk Sent: Friday, November 15, 2019 11:26 AM To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off

Discord

Greetings folks The past few years I’ve become fairly focused on a particular old 1999/2000 ww2 fps computer game. Of course playing it but I’m also on the development team for the game (EA has given up on it, but we still put out new releases, maps, patches, etc.). As a result of that, I

RE: swtpc.com expired???

That's one of my IP's. I'm quite doubtful that the content is gone, only that the domain registrant perhaps let it expire? It's safe, please don't rape my bandwidth  J -Original Message- From: cctalk On Behalf Of Peter Corlett via cctalk Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2019 6:24 AM To:

RE: Nuke Redmond!

I'm fairly sure that the (near) future will be OSaaS, and you will be paying monthly for your Windows Vi... er... OS. Not just your office productivity and LOB software.

RE: fix? Repair? or leave alone? http://rcade.camden.rutgers.edu/2020symposium.html

Al wrote Welcome to the world of "Digital Humanities" scholarship. Agreed, that link was feel-good gibberish. *facepalm*

phone systems, old and less-old

I know some peeps here are phone pholks…..See www.ezwind.net/phonestuff One is an old “bell system western electric”. It seems to have a few 66 blocks just under the cover, a power supply, and some kind of modules that plug in. The other is a Nortel