I have an interest in this too can I use ot to load focal to our pdp-8?
links? details?
Thanks Ed#
In a message dated 7/5/2017 9:51:48 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:
Hello Phillip,
This is hastily prepared but I am interested in purchasing a OMNI
Hello Phillip,
This is hastily prepared but I am interested in purchasing a OMNI to USB
interface.
Is the list still open?
Barry McMahon
Sent from my iPad
Thanks, Peter!
Here it's way not as bad as on the Linux Kernel mailing list... I once came up
with some nice additions to the ftdi usb serial driver. Reaction was something
like "Do it right! Now!" The "right" was only a question how the thing should
be controlled from the system's perspective
> On Feb 20, 2017, at 06:24, Holm Tiffe wrote:
>
> Why is that nice? This way the pcb company has your "sourcecode".
> Besides of that where is the real difference to going to
> "File->Plot", Select "Gerber" and push the "Plot" Button?
>
> That can't really be to difficult...
In every PCB tool
Philipp wrote:
I am so sorry that I use Eagle!
Please let us stop this discussion. It's just a tool. And KiCAD is
another tool. I currently use Eagle and that's it.
I'm with Philipp on this.
Every time someone posts to the list to offer some piece of hardware they
are developing, our resp
Paul Koning wrote:
>
> > On Feb 17, 2017, at 2:35 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> >
> > ...
> >> From: Guy Sotomayor Jr
> >
> >> In terms of community supplied libraries, Eagle has those too and I've
> >> found that by and large they are junk (it's easier/quicker for me to
> >> create a part on my o
On 02/20/2017 02:30 PM, Holm Tiffe wrote:
As I wrote two minutes ago: Perhaps I've gone too far by seeing KiCAD
too close to the Arduino thing. I know at least one clever guy using
KiCAD as well.
Thanks for the flowers :-)
Haha, I thought of someone outside of cctalk...!
But.. you're welcome
Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
>
> > I don't have a problem with your arduino related point of view,
> :)
>
> > but I'm
> > sure you never heard from the push and shove router that kicad implements?
> I admit: you're right.
>
> > (take a look at youtube!)
> > If you have used it once, egale would loo
I am so sorry that I use Eagle!
Please let us stop this discussion. It's just a tool. And KiCAD is
another tool. I currently use Eagle and that's it.
On 02/19/2017 04:28 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Feb 19, 2017, at 5:22 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
... and I only grudgingly use Fusion 360 because there's no viable 3D CAD/CAM
competition that I know of in its very low price range.
A while ago I went looking for 3D CAD again, after giving up on Tur
> On Feb 19, 2017, at 2:28 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
>
>
>> On Feb 19, 2017, at 5:22 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
>> ... and I only grudgingly use Fusion 360 because there's no viable 3D
>> CAD/CAM competition that I know of in its very low price range.
>
> A while ago I went looking for 3D CAD aga
> On Feb 19, 2017, at 6:36 AM, Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
>
> ...
> Wen I first encountered eagle it was running under DOS. No windows. Don't
> remember if there was a schematic editor. And not much to click.
Yes, it had schematic editor, board editor, and the same half-assed autorouter
it stil
> On Feb 19, 2017, at 5:22 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
> ... and I only grudgingly use Fusion 360 because there's no viable 3D CAD/CAM
> competition that I know of in its very low price range.
A while ago I went looking for 3D CAD again, after giving up on TurboCAD in
disgust. Found FreeCAD (htt
> On Feb 19, 2017, at 9:01 AM, Holm Tiffe wrote:
> Nevertheless, I don't think that I want to push you to use KiCad,
> but you _really_ should change your attitude about it. This isn't really
> playing stuff for kids anymore..
I previously paid about $1,500 for the top tier of Eagle for use at h
Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
>
> >
> > For sure there are many things still todo for the KiCad people, but this
> > nose high attitude "thats vor arduino people only" is the wrong thing
> > for sure.. (german saying: Hochmut kommt vor dem Fall)
> Haha, you probably got me wrong. I never even tried ou
On 17.02.2017 23:47, Charles Dickman wrote:
What I am wishing for are Omnibus and Unibus adapters to an FPGA.
I also thought about that. As a lab tool I'm totally fine with plugging
anything into my 8 or 11.
This could be done much easier for the Unibus than for Omnibus!
In fact I first
On 18.02.2017 04:07, Jay Jaeger wrote:
On 2/17/2017 10:01 AM, Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
On 02/17/2017 01:02 AM, Jay Jaeger wrote:
First of all THANKS. I hope this works out.
?!?
The thanks was for your effort. The hope that it works out was to say
that I hope that you decide to make som
For sure there are many things still todo for the KiCad people, but this
nose high attitude "thats vor arduino people only" is the wrong thing
for sure.. (german saying: Hochmut kommt vor dem Fall)
Haha, you probably got me wrong. I never even tried out KiCAD - because
I had no idea why I shou
On 19.02.2017 12:15, Holm Tiffe wrote:
In my opinion the learning step from using a fancy Arduino library to
understanding/modifying/writing another is too big.
In BASIC it started with little things like peek and poke.
There was no hidden C++ :-)
Agreed.
I'm used some of the "shields" for a
I don't have a problem with your arduino related point of view,
:)
but I'm
sure you never heard from the push and shove router that kicad implements?
I admit: you're right.
(take a look at youtube!)
If you have used it once, egale would look a lot like
copy-and-paste-maker-arduino-blinky-b
Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
>
>
> On 17.02.2017 17:21, Kyle Owen wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 10:01 AM, Philipp Hachtmann
>
> > KiCad has no affiliation to Arduino; in fact, it's being heavily maintained
> > by CERN.
> But wherever I (!) look, in my part of the universe, a strongly biased
On 17.02.2017 17:55, Jon Elson wrote:
On 02/17/2017 10:01 AM, Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
The CPLD you had on the last board, XC9572XL is a bit long in the tooth,
perhaps? Would you expect to use that one again, or a newer chip?
I will use it again. It was already old when I decided to use it.
On 17.02.2017 17:21, Kyle Owen wrote:
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 10:01 AM, Philipp Hachtmann
KiCad has no affiliation to Arduino; in fact, it's being heavily maintained
by CERN.
But wherever I (!) look, in my part of the universe, a strongly biased
and personal view, I see only those Arduino
On 2/17/2017 10:01 AM, Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
>
>
> On 02/17/2017 01:02 AM, Jay Jaeger wrote:
>> First of all THANKS. I hope this works out.
> ?!?
>
The thanks was for your effort. The hope that it works out was to say
that I hope that you decide to make some more and sell them, which seems
On 02/17/2017 01:35 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> From: Jon Elson
> I'm most concerned about the reliability of the design rules check
> ...
> If these checks miss errors, I REALLY don't want to use the package.
I'm not quite sure what's covered here, but I have used the check
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
> I don't remember precisely, but I think you can export libraries from
> Eagle in some sort of text form.
That was possible with Eagle 5 (and probably earlier), but is no longer
necessary since Eagle 6, as the native file formats (schematic,
Philipp,
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
> On 02/17/2017 01:02 AM, Jay Jaeger wrote:
>> In short, ways that folks could take your basic board and make it
>> possible to do other things with it could increase the value of the
>> board enormously.
I tend to agree with J
Alan Hightower wrote:
>
>
> Being a long time Eagle user, I'll chime in too. Most responses from
> KiCAD advocates miss the mark on the fundamental issue. Sure the
> features are converging and I have no doubt KiCAD will catch-up. It has
> already surpassed Eagle in many feature areas. But peop
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 2:05 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
>
> I don't remember precisely, but I think you can export libraries from
> Eagle in some sort of text form. If that's true, then it would be SMOP to
> write a KiCAD library importer. The key question is whether the library
> semantics are com
> On Feb 17, 2017, at 2:35 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>
> ...
>> From: Guy Sotomayor Jr
>
>> In terms of community supplied libraries, Eagle has those too and I've
>> found that by and large they are junk (it's easier/quicker for me to
>> create a part on my own
>> ... While I haven't seen a lot o
> From: Jon Elson
Dave Bridgham and I have been using KiCAD for our stuff, and we're pretty
happy with it.
Here are a few bits: this is just data, I'm not trying to convince anyone to
use it - the points about 'complex tools one is already very used to' are
very good ones.
> I'm most con
Being a long time Eagle user, I'll chime in too. Most responses from
KiCAD advocates miss the mark on the fundamental issue. Sure the
features are converging and I have no doubt KiCAD will catch-up. It has
already surpassed Eagle in many feature areas. But people who routinely
spend dozens of ho
> On Feb 17, 2017, at 9:16 AM, Holm Tiffe wrote:
>
> Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
>
> [..]
>>
>>> You might consider KiCAD as an alternative to Eagle. It works pretty
>>> darned well.
>> Why should I? If you look at the board's size you probably see that it
>> cannot be made using the free versi
Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
[..]
>
> > You might consider KiCAD as an alternative to Eagle. It works pretty
> > darned well.
> Why should I? If you look at the board's size you probably see that it
> cannot be made using the free version. I own a paid Eagle 7 license. Why
> should I throw that aw
On 02/17/2017 10:21 AM, Kyle Owen wrote:
KiCad has no affiliation to Arduino; in fact, it's being heavily maintained
by CERN. I don't suppose you've had a need to being an Eagle guy, but have
you tried out KiCad before? With the licensing model Eagle has just moved
to, alternatives like KiCad su
On 02/17/2017 10:01 AM, Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
The CPLD you had on the last board, XC9572XL is a bit
long in the tooth,
perhaps? Would you expect to use that one again, or a
newer chip?
I will use it again. It was already old when I decided to
use it. It has 5V tolerant inputs.
It se
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 10:01 AM, Philipp Hachtmann
wrote:
>
> Why should I? If you look at the board's size you probably see that it
> cannot be made using the free version. I own a paid Eagle 7 license. Why
> should I throw that away? Started to use Eagle as a child. Have my own
> libraries and
On 02/17/2017 01:02 AM, Jay Jaeger wrote:
First of all THANKS. I hope this works out.
?!?
It looks like you have a JTAG connector on there - please keep that.
Of course - it's needed for initial programming.
The CPLD you had on the last board, XC9572XL is a bit long in the tooth,
perhaps?
First of all THANKS. I hope this works out.
Some thoughts:
It looks like you have a JTAG connector on there - please keep that.
The CPLD you had on the last board, XC9572XL is a bit long in the tooth,
perhaps? Would you expect to use that one again, or a newer chip?
An area with place to moun
On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
>
> The LA36 was an excellent machine. Unlike the LA30, with its atrocious
> keyboard
> and a print mechanism that jammed about every 20th carriage return.
I have to disagree with that. The LA36 is horrible. There is a major
design misfeature.
On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 3:30 AM, Eric Smith wrote:
> I'm told that Teletype models 15, 19, and 28 were very common here. I've
> mostly seen models 15 and 28. I've only once seen a mdoel 32 (ITA2
> five-level version of model 33).
I'm helping restore a Model 19 with a friend (he's a WW II re-enact
> On Feb 16, 2017, at 12:40 AM, Eric Smith wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 7:22 AM, Tony Duell wrote:
>
>> Over here, the only Teletypes we generally see are Model 33s. Even the
>> Model
>> 35 is very uncommon,
>
>
> In my experience, it's the same in the US: the model 33 has always been
I wrote:
> The FCC order authorizing Amateur Radio use of ASCII went into effect in
> March of 1980, but at the moment I can't track down a copy of the actual
> order.
>
Found it. "Deregulation of Part 97 of the Rules Regarding Emissions
Authorized in the Amateur Service", Third Report and Order
On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 11:29 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
> I think at one time radio amateurs (at least over here) had to use 5 bit
> ITA2
> machines for RTTY.
Same here.
> It may even be to this day that RTTY implies that, and
> that ASCII is classed as 'data'.
The FCC order authorizing Amateur
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Tony Duell
> Sent: 16 February 2017 06:29
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
>
> Subject: Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and
> rea
>> and 5 bit stuff almost unheard-of.
>
>
> In the US, common for hams, not common for computers. Maybe they were
> common for computers in the early 1960s.
I think at one time radio amateurs (at least over here) had to use 5 bit ITA2
machines for RTTY. It may even be to this day that RTTY implies
On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 7:22 AM, Tony Duell wrote:
> Over here, the only Teletypes we generally see are Model 33s. Even the
> Model
> 35 is very uncommon,
In my experience, it's the same in the US: the model 33 has always been
MUCH more common than the 35. Every model 35 I actually saw in serv
They are really neat looking! Phillipp!
http://www.radista.info/tt_units/teleprinter_T-68d.jpg
Yes I like the colors! what is the weight!
Anyone heading to western US with large suitcase soon? (grin!)
Another one our favorite sortta cute teletypes we like here at the SMECC
museu
Always good to review what the terms of each is. Newcomersmay not
understand completely.
Same with photo usage and video and music usage - there are various
terms of usage for these media types.
Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)
In a message dated 2/15/2
On 2/15/2017 7:16 AM, couryho...@aol.com wrote:
there are one of the Siemens teletypes that print tape and has a dial
on the front from Germany I have seen very compact nice unit used for
telex I would love to have. shipping on teletypes from overseas is
expensive though.
If one
Hi,
On 02/15/2017 03:16 PM, couryho...@aol.com wrote:
there are one of the Siemens teletypes that print tape and has a dial
on the front from Germany I have seen very compact nice unit used for
telex I would love to have.
It's the t68d. Exists in very different versions. With paper
Hi,
On 02/15/2017 04:24 PM, Alan Hightower wrote:
Perhaps I was unclear. It is not a direct port. It was inspired by your
board during a road-trip to VCF-E to make an easier-to-assemble design.
Ah, ok.
There is obviously no FT245 support. And just about any implementation
of logic responding
Perhaps I was unclear. It is not a direct port. It was inspired by your
board during a road-trip to VCF-E to make an easier-to-assemble design.
There is obviously no FT245 support. And just about any implementation
of logic responding as a KL8E would look very similar. The code is
available unde
On Wed, February 15, 2017 15:12, Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
>
>>> I could swap something for a nice creed machine.
>>
>> I suspect they're more common in the UK than elsewhere. They were used
>> by the Post Office
>> for the Telex service, for example.
>
> I know. Here everything is full with Siemen
On 02/15/2017 03:40 PM, couryho...@aol.com wrote:
I have not heard of 40 mil loop here on ttys... generally 20 mil or
60 mil. - At least what I have encountered. Is the 40 mil. standard in
Europe?
I have not heard about 60mA - at least not in the Telex network.
All mechanical 5 ste
I have not heard of 40 mil loop here on ttys... generally 20 mil or
60 mil. - At least what I have encountered. Is the 40 mil. standard in
Europe?
Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)
In a message dated 2/14/2017 2:24:15 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
hac...@hachti.d
On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
>> I suspect they're more common in the UK than elsewhere. They were used
>> by the Post Office
>> for the Telex service, for example.
>
>
> I know. Here everything is full with Siemens and Lorenz.
> Je aussi voudrais avoir une machine de
there are one of the Siemens teletypes that print tape and has a dial
on the front from Germany I have seen very compact nice unit used for
telex I would love to have. shipping on teletypes from overseas is
expensive though.
If one was local ad inn really nice shape we wou
I could swap something for a nice creed machine.
I suspect they're more common in the UK than elsewhere. They were used
by the Post Office
for the Telex service, for example.
I know. Here everything is full with Siemens and Lorenz.
Je aussi voudrais avoir une machine de Sagem...!
are wonde
On 02/15/2017 12:45 AM, Alan Hightower wrote:
Not sure if you are aware, but FYI - Malcolm MacLeod with some
involvement from Kyle Owen, Jack Rubin, and others ported your code to a
ATF1508 CPLD with a minimal test board.
Oh, ah! I looked into their github and the README.md.
There is a copy of
On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 10:02:55AM -0500, Ethan Dicks wrote:
[...]
> This is a peripheral. USB OTG doesn't apply, and USB-A would be
> "inappropriate". Pretend this is an inkjet printer. What plug would you
> expect to find on that?
Choose your own facile answer:
a) None, printers have *sockets*;
eral Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and
> react!
>
> On 2/14/2017 6:27 AM, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> > FWIW, Mini-B connectors are on their way out, nor USB OTG compliant.
> > Though agreed that
On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 9:27 PM, Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
> I!
>
> WANT!
>
> A!
>
> CREED!!
>
> Completely missing on my side.
Not sure if you are aware, but FYI - Malcolm MacLeod with some
involvement from Kyle Owen, Jack Rubin, and others ported your code to a
ATF1508 CPLD with a minimal test board. I believe the longer term plan
was to make a full featured community project from it, but it's stalled
a bit atm. You ca
From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of W2HX [w...@w2hx.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 4:19 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: RE: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react
On 14.02.2017 23:44, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I have an older JTAG adapter that has, IIRC, a 2x5 header plug
If you get it working with Xilinx SW, then it's good.
You'll need an adapter...
On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 5:33 PM, Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
>> What does it take to post-program the CPLD?
>
> The board has a programming header. So after soldering it's no problem.
Perfect.
> You need a JTAG programming adapter that can be used by the Xilinx tools
> (impact).
> I use this one:
>
On 14.02.2017 22:36, W2HX wrote:
Two or three of my machines can be seen working in the movie Operation Valkyrie
with Tom Cruise :-)
Interesting! One of my TTYs was in The Good Shepherd
Wow :-)
What does it take to post-program the CPLD? SMT package aside, if
it's possible to install some flying wires going off to a device
programmer, which programmers would be able to load the CPLD in the
first place?
The board has a programming header. So after soldering it's no problem.
You need
>Two or three of my machines can be seen working in the movie Operation
>Valkyrie with Tom Cruise :-)
Interesting! One of my TTYs was in The Good Shepherd
On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
> But I don't know yet how I will preprogram the CPLD.
What does it take to post-program the CPLD? SMT package aside, if
it's possible to install some flying wires going off to a device
programmer, which programmers would be able to load
>The 45 baud machines do NOT run on 20mA. They usually run on 40mA :-) 20mA is
>the domain of model 28, 32, 33 etc.
14's, 15's 19's, 28s are generally 60mA 120VDC signaling. My 28s have speed
select for 60 WPM (45.45 baud), 75 WPM (56.9 Baud) and 100 WPM (74.2 baud). 100
WPM is very fast. It i
On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 4:22 PM, Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
>>> PS: Add a 45.5 baud serail port. Control everything with a 5 level
>>> TTY. :)
>>
>> Dirty casual. 20mA current loop or nothing.
>
> The 45 baud machines do NOT run on 20mA. They usually run on 40mA :-)
The M19 is 60mA at 100VDC... t
On 14.02.2017 20:27, Tony Duell wrote:
Personally I _do_ care about lead free solder. I won't have it.
I don't want it, too.
The
fact that part
of this board comes pre-assembled with that horrible muck means I won't
even consider buying one.
You will get a fresh board, no problem! ENIG go
I!
WANT!
A!
CREED!!
Completely missing on my side. And.. I always mix up numbers. I have
(several of each) Lorenz lo15 (m
On 14.02.2017 22:18, geneb wrote:
On Tue, 14 Feb 2017, ben wrote:
On 2/14/2017 6:27 AM, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
FWIW, Mini-B connectors are on their way out, nor USB OTG compliant.
Though agreed that they are flimsy... Why not just a type A or
something? Easy, big, and robust.
Why not mini
fun on the one hand but officially run by
my small business on the other hand.
The CPLD and board design are not secret...
Kind regards
Philipp :-)
From: Philipp Hachtmann
Sent: Feb 14, 2017 11:54 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
stuff won't be
very useful :).
Eugene W2HX
-Original Message-
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Tony Duell
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 2:57 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB inte
On Tue, 14 Feb 2017, ben wrote:
On 2/14/2017 6:27 AM, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
FWIW, Mini-B connectors are on their way out, nor USB OTG compliant.
Though agreed that they are flimsy... Why not just a type A or
something? Easy, big, and robust.
Why not mini and regular?
Ben.
PS: Add a 45.5 bau
On 14.02.2017 20:09, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I'm restoring a Model 19 teletype with a friend, so I happen to _need_
a 45.5 baud serial port that spits 5-level Baudot...
A model 19?
I have some model 28 ASR and KSR (ASCII), and of course 33. And some
Lorenz Lo15 which are license built model 15s.
> From: Tony Duell
> Personally I _do_ care about lead free solder. I won't have it. The
> fact that part of this board comes pre-assembled with that horrible
> muck means I won't even consider buying one.
Gee, Tony, why don't you tell us what you _really_ think! :-)
Noel
On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 7:50 PM, W2HX wrote:
> Don't laugh
>
> http://w2hx.com/x/New%20Shack/0224151752b.jpg
Why should I laugh? They look beautiful.
Incidentally, in those pictures of my PDP8/e that I posted the
link to last week you can see a the corners of a couple of
teleprinters in one of t
Personally, i don't care about lead free solder. I am quite happy with lead. Is
there a rohs requirement for small production, non profit, prototyping project?
On Tue, 14 Feb 2017, Tony Duell wrote:
Personally I _do_ care about lead free solder. I won't have it. The
fact that part
of this board
Don't laugh
http://w2hx.com/x/New%20Shack/0224151752b.jpg
From: ben
Sent: Feb 14, 2017 1:54 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!
On 2/14/2017 6:27 AM, Alf
On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 6:13 PM, W2HX wrote:
> Personally, i don't care about lead free solder. I am quite happy with lead.
> Is
> there a rohs requirement for small production, non profit, prototyping
> project?
Personally I _do_ care about lead free solder. I won't have it. The
fact that part
This is a peripheral. USB OTG doesn't apply, and USB-A would be
"inappropriate". Pretend this is an inkjet printer. What plug would
you expect to find on that?
On Tue, 14 Feb 2017, Chris Elmquist wrote:
A Centronics-style 36-pin Amphenol.
oh, sorry.
("blue-ribbon")
A DB25
Howzbout a DE-9
On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 1:53 PM, ben wrote:
> PS: Add a 45.5 baud serail port. Control everything with a 5 level TTY. :)
I'm restoring a Model 19 teletype with a friend, so I happen to _need_
a 45.5 baud serial port that spits 5-level Baudot...
-ethan
On 2/14/2017 6:27 AM, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
FWIW, Mini-B connectors are on their way out, nor USB OTG compliant.
Though agreed that they are flimsy... Why not just a type A or
something? Easy, big, and robust.
Why not mini and regular?
Ben.
PS: Add a 45.5 baud serail port. Control everything
On Tuesday (02/14/2017 at 10:02AM -0500), Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
> This is a peripheral. USB OTG doesn't apply, and USB-A would be
> "inappropriate". Pretend this is an inkjet printer. What plug would
> you expect to find on that?
A Centronics-style 36-pin Amphenol.
oh, sorry.
--
Chris Elmq
Topic Posts
Subject: Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!
Hi,
> I'm interested. How much did a board from the previous batch cost?
Was different. I first made a poll and sold a batch of boards in my
online shop for a certain price. It was somewhere about 10
On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
>> This is a peripheral. USB OTG doesn't apply, and USB-A would be
>> "inappropriate". Pretend this is an inkjet printer. What plug would
>> you expect to find on that?
>
> Haha :-)
> It is not an inkject printer!
Indeed, but as far as
What's wrong with USB-B?
Too big. Does not properly fit into the DEC board spacing. The rest is
just perfect.
I consider both Mini and Micro as not
mechanically reliable, i.e. I fear that the cable will unplug itself or
the mechanical strain will break the leads in the plug (I have too many
Hi,
I'm interested. How much did a board from the previous batch cost?
Was different. I first made a poll and sold a batch of boards in my
online shop for a certain price. It was somewhere about 105 EUR without VAT.
After I received the payment, I made the boards and delivered them (I
announce
This is a peripheral. USB OTG doesn't apply, and USB-A would be
"inappropriate". Pretend this is an inkjet printer. What plug would
you expect to find on that?
Haha :-)
It is not an inkject printer! But I actually have written a (very
limited) HPGL interpreter which controls a Calcomp 565/5
This is a peripheral. USB OTG doesn't apply, and USB-A would be
"inappropriate". Pretend this is an inkjet printer. What plug would
you expect to find on that?
A type B plug.
That is a very nice and robust part you linked to. Looks perfect
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Sent: Feb 14, 2017 10:03 AM
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Subject: Re: New batch of pdp8 OMNIBUS to USB interface! Please Read and react!
On Tue, Feb 14
On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 8:27 AM, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> FWIW, Mini-B connectors are on their way out, nor USB OTG compliant.
> Though agreed that they are flimsy... Why not just a type A or
> something? Easy, big, and robust.
This is a peripheral. USB OTG doesn't apply, and USB-A would be
"in
FWIW, Mini-B connectors are on their way out, nor USB OTG compliant.
Though agreed that they are flimsy... Why not just a type A or
something? Easy, big, and robust.
On 02/13/2017 05:34 PM, W2HX wrote:
Thanks for doing this project and I have signed up!
Thanks! The list already looks very good. I'll probably make 50 boards
this time!
Curious why mini
usb and why the exclamation points regarding "NOT micro?" Micro is so
common.
I don't like micro. That's
On Mon, 13 Feb 2017, Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
- the USB connector will be replaced by a mini (NOT micro!!) USB connector.
What's wrong with USB-B? I consider both Mini and Micro as not
mechanically reliable, i.e. I fear that the cable will unplug itself or
the mechanical strain will break the
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