RE: Original DEC logo in PostScript

2019-11-03 Thread Bob Yates via cctalk 



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   Markeplace (Allentown, PA) 18 bit? (Guy Dunphy)
3. Re: Cheap minicomputer (Tracor-Northern 1610) on Facebook
   Markeplace (Allentown, PA) 18 bit? (ED SHARPE)
    4. Re: Original DEC logo in PostScript (Stefan Skoglund)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 13:37:02 -0400
From: Chris Zach 
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Cheap minicomputer (Tracor-Northern 1610) on Facebook
Markeplace (Allentown, PA) 18 bit?
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Indeed. I was thinking since it was a 16 bit bus but 18 bit switches
that it might be an 11/35 or 11/40 inside there. Interesting.

On 11/2/2019 11:35 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:

On 11/02/2019 03:32 AM, cctalk--- via cctalk wrote:

Has anyone seen this?? It looks like an 18-bit machine.


https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/736222363558907/

At least at one time, these things contained PDP-11's.? The CPU at the
bottom sure looks like a PDP-11,
I'm thinking it might actually be a Cal-Data CPU (PDP-11 clone) with a
custom logo.

Jon



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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2019 08:39:47 +1100
From: Guy Dunphy 
To: Chris Zach , "General Discussion: On-Topic
and Off-Topic Posts" 
Subject: Re: Cheap minicomputer (Tracor-Northern 1610) on Facebook
Markeplace (Allentown, PA) 18 bit?
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Well, it's sold. I hope someone here hought it, and will post some better pics 
and details.

If it had been near to me I'd have bought it instantly. A rack, a Tektronix XY 
display,
a rack drawer, blanking panels, some neat mysterious instruments, two 8" floppy 
drives,
and a probable PDP-something all for $45?
Bet the various items are on slide rails too. How rare is it to get both parts 
of
workable slide rails? Here in Oz, virtually unheard of. Separating slide halves 
and losing
one half seems to be a near universal syndrome with people who part out test 
equipment.

Guy (Australia)


At 01:37 PM 2/11/2019 -0400, you wrote:

Indeed. I was thinking since it was a 16 bit bus but 18 bit switches
that it might be an 11/35 or 11/40 inside there. Interesting.

On 11/2/2019 11:35 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:

On 11/02/2019 03:32 AM, cctalk--- via cctalk wrote:

Has anyone seen this??? It looks like an 18-bit machine.


https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/736222363558907/

At least at one time, these things contained PDP-11's.?? The CPU at the
bottom sure looks like a PDP-11,
I'm thinking it might actually be a Cal-Data CPU (PDP-11 clone) with a
custom logo.

Jon



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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 22:56:01 + (UTC)
From: ED SHARPE 
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Cheap minicomputer (Tracor-Northern 1610) on Facebook
Markeplace (Allentown, PA) 18 bit?
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heck just the empty? rack? with? drawer is? worth that - -Yes Guy I know about 
the anguish of half sets of rack? rails - we have that in Arizona also!? ?Ed#? 
?SMECC
In a message dated 11/2/2019 2:40:15 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:

Well, it's sold. I hope someone here hought it, and will post some better pics 
and details.

If it had been near to me I'd have bought it instantly. A rack, a Tektronix XY 
display,
a rack drawer, blanking panels, some neat mysterious instruments, two 8" floppy 
drives,
and a probable PDP-something all for $45?
Bet the various items are on slide rails too. How rare is it to get both parts 
of
workable slide rails? Here in Oz, virtually unheard of. Separating slide halves 
and losing
one half seems to be a near universal syndrome with people who part out test 
equipment.

Guy (Australia)


At 01:37 PM 2/11/2019 -0400, you wrote:

Indeed. I

Re: Original DEC logo in PostScript

2019-11-03 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk 
>
>
> No I didn't. I did a little bit of searching but didn't find anything
> except the convertio.co site, which I am reluctant to try unless someone
> knows it to be safe. If anyone knows of a way to get this to a TrueType
> font that would be nice. I know so little about fonts, I wonder if there is
> a way to manually convert it to TrueType, are there any free tools for
> creating fonts?
>
> Regard
>

 What true type font is closest?
Bill

>

RE: Original DEC logo in PostScript

2019-11-03 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk 



> -Original Message-
> From: Stefan Skoglund 
> Sent: 03 November 2019 13:37
> To: r...@jarratt.me.uk; Rob Jarratt ; General
> Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts ; 'Jason T'
> 
> Subject: Re: Original DEC logo in PostScript
> 
> tis 2019-10-29 klockan 17:48 + skrev Rob Jarratt via cctalk:
> > I know next to nothing about PostScript and fonts, is it possible to
> > convert this to a font that can be installed on Windows? I found a
> > site that says it converts it (convertio.co), but I am suspicious of
> > free sites like that.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Rob
> >
> 
> did you solve your problem ?
> 
> Either way doing RTFM - .pfm is binary encoded .afm.
> 
> I did a simple drawing with the font in a ps and exported to pdf.
> 
> 

No I didn't. I did a little bit of searching but didn't find anything except 
the convertio.co site, which I am reluctant to try unless someone knows it to 
be safe. If anyone knows of a way to get this to a TrueType font that would be 
nice. I know so little about fonts, I wonder if there is a way to manually 
convert it to TrueType, are there any free tools for creating fonts?

Regards

Rob

Re: Original DEC logo in PostScript

2019-11-03 Thread Stefan Skoglund via cctalk 
tis 2019-10-29 klockan 17:48 + skrev Rob Jarratt via cctalk:
> I know next to nothing about PostScript and fonts, is it possible to
> convert this to a font that can be installed on Windows? I found a
> site that says it converts it (convertio.co), but I am suspicious of
> free sites like that.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Rob
> 

did you solve your problem ?

Either way doing RTFM - .pfm is binary encoded .afm.

I did a simple drawing with the font in a ps and exported to pdf.

RE: Original DEC logo in PostScript

2019-10-29 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk 
I know next to nothing about PostScript and fonts, is it possible to convert 
this to a font that can be installed on Windows? I found a site that says it 
converts it (convertio.co), but I am suspicious of free sites like that.

Regards

Rob

> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk  On Behalf Of Jason T via cctalk
> Sent: 29 October 2019 04:34
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> 
> Subject: Re: Original DEC logo in PostScript
> 
> On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 1:46 PM Adrian Graham via cctalk
>  wrote:
> > This news must have done the rounds back in 2007 though,  because I have
> the file in question (declogo17.ps) on my Mac already…hmm...
> 
> 2007 is about right:
> 
> https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200712/ancient_history_the_digital_logo.h
> tml

Re: Original DEC logo in PostScript

2019-10-28 Thread Jason T via cctalk 
On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 1:46 PM Adrian Graham via cctalk
 wrote:
> This news must have done the rounds back in 2007 though,  because I have the 
> file in question (declogo17.ps) on my Mac already…hmm...

2007 is about right:

https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200712/ancient_history_the_digital_logo.html

Original DEC logo in PostScript

2019-10-28 Thread Adrian Graham via cctalk 
Hi folks,

An interesting article on adafruit about the digitalisation (hem) of the 
original hand drawn DEC logo, including the PS file itself - 
https://blog.adafruit.com/2019/10/28/the-digital-equipment-corporation-dec-logo-ancient-digitalization-found-dec-logo-nedbat/
 


This news must have done the rounds back in 2007 though,  because I have the 
file in question (declogo17.ps) on my Mac already…hmm...

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