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I've not hunted for anything much new on text usenet groups in ages. However I ran across a reference to a mailman mail list from 2006 call sun at home. Then stumbled across something call os.solaris.at-home. I presume that may be comp.os.solaris.at-home ? Anyone have a pointer to stable

Re: Directory of old computer collectors

On Mon, 22 May 2017 16:29:22 -0400 william degnan via cctalk wrote: > can you send a link to the people who are on the list so they can see > their listing? I personally don't mind as long as any record that > includes me personally does not include my email address or

RE: Teletype 43

You probably need a null modem cable. As a test try linking 4+5 (rts/cts) and 6+8+20 (dsr/cd/dtr) on the tty plug/socket. (25 way pins) Then when the terminal brings dtr up (data terminal ready) it also brings up dsr (data set ready) and cd (carrier detect) so it looks like the modem is

Re: Directory of old computer collectors

On 5/22/2017 11:06 PM, Lyle Bickley via cctalk wrote: On Mon, 22 May 2017 16:29:22 -0400 william degnan via cctalk wrote: can you send a link to the people who are on the list so they can see their listing? I personally don't mind as long as any record that includes

Re: Directory of old computer collectors

Hi I don't think I'm on this list, and I prefer not to be. Thanks, Pontus. On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 08:19:35PM +, steven stengel via cctalk wrote: > Hi, > In the past, I requested the email address and home city of old computer > collectors to a compile a list for my own purposes. > Over

Re: FTGH clear-out at Mesa Electronics, Richmond, CA, USA

On Tue, 23 May 2017, Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk wrote: Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 14:35:52 +0100 (BST) From: Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk Reply-To: Maciej W. Rozycki , "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" To:

Re: FTGH clear-out at Mesa Electronics, Richmond, CA, USA

On Sun, 21 May 2017, classiccmp--- via cctalk wrote: > Mesa has to vacate these offices by the end of the month. They're super > nice people, just trying to avoid anything involving a scrapper. Please > dig up that thread and have another look (sorry, traveling). > > Link to some photos I took:

Re: Teletype 43

On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 12:57 AM, Jim Brain wrote: > On 5/22/2017 8:41 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: >> Do you have a "traffic light"? I find them invaluable for diagnosing >> handshaking and TxD/RxD swaps. > > Yep. constant low on TX. Not a positive sign. > It's

Re: KDF 8189 processor board foobared (ebay warning)

> From: Jim Stephens > The fellow responded and as I had suspected had never seen anything > this old before and had thought that the parts were separable. > ... > Also he is going to hopefully share photos of the entire pile and I'll > try to help him market the parts in

Re: OT: Mercury (Was: BBS software for the PDP 11)

On May 22, 2017, at 9:38 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > ...I'm not sure if "mercury" batteries contain metallic mercury or mercury > salts. Metallic mercury is actually pretty much harmless, even though > bringing a thermometer into a US school can cause a major

RE: OT: Mercury (Was: BBS software for the PDP 11)

I have a hard time getting my head around Dr. Wetterhahn's poisoning. How many molecules of the toxin could have possibly entered her body? How many molecules does it take to kill or fatally disable a cell? After it does its damage, does the molecule become available again to do more damage?

Re: Fixing flakey floppies

Warner...get rid of old grease and replace if you have it, like an early MAC Apple drive benefits from. Might help Bill Degnan twitter: billdeg vintagecomputer.net On May 23, 2017 8:13 PM, "Warner Losh via cctalk" wrote: > Greetings, > > I have three flakey floppies. I

Re: Fixing flakey floppies

Old grease where? I'm not familiar with this issue... Warner On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 6:16 PM, william degnan wrote: > Warner...get rid of old grease and replace if you have it, like an early > MAC Apple drive benefits from. Might help > > Bill Degnan > twitter: billdeg >

Fixing flakey floppies

Greetings, I have three flakey floppies. I wonder if they are worth fixing. Two are TEAC FD-55FRs. One appears to not report the INDEX mark, the other works well until around track 35 or so then fails... The third floppy is a 1.2 MB YD-380. It won't reliably move the head... I've tried cleaning

Re: Kryoflux or Catweasle

I just bought Kryoflux last month to read some Venix disks. https://webstore.kryoflux.com/catalog/ is a good place to start. Once I got a working floppy, and understood the output of dtc, I've been loving mine. I'd recommend buying a known good floppy drive of the appropriate flavor if you don't

Re: Directory of old computer collectors

I will post anything you want me to, just tell me. email is not necessary, a link or website will do fine as well.The map is intended to be a method to see who's where for assistance, trading, meet-ups, etc.There's hundreds of people here, but few know where each other live, I suppose.

Re: OT: Mercury (Was: BBS software for the PDP 11)

> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Wetterhahn > > http://i.imgur.com/0dXdc.jpg > > > > Karen Wetterhahn spilled a drop of a Mercury compound on her latex > > glove, and died of it 10 months later. > > I have a hard time getting my head around Dr. Wetterhahn's poisoning. How > many

Kryoflux or Catweasle

Anyone know of where these can be had now days? thanks jim

Re: Fixing flakey floppies

On Tue, 23 May 2017, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: Greetings, I have three flakey floppies. I wonder if they are worth fixing. Two are TEAC FD-55FRs. One appears to not report the INDEX mark, the other works well until around track 35 or so then fails... The third floppy is a 1.2 MB YD-380. It

Re: Teletype 43

On 5/23/2017 1:07 AM, dave.g4...@gmail.com wrote: You probably need a null modem cable. I had one (and used it), but not all null modem cables are evidently the same :-) I soldered up a loopback as you suggested, and the unit dropped into DATA MODE on startup. I then played with the signals.

Re: Fixing flakey floppies

On 05/23/2017 05:40 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > On Tue, 23 May 2017, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: > In addition to cleaning the heads, look at the parts that slide when the > head moves. The old grease is probably in bad shape by now. With a > little solvent (WD-40 is NOT a solvent),

Re: Teletype 43

On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 9:20 PM, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: > On 5/23/2017 1:07 AM, dave.g4...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> You probably need a null modem cable. > > I had one (and used it), but not all null modem cables are evidently the > same :-) I soldered up a loopback as

Re: OT: Mercury (Was: BBS software for the PDP 11)

On 05/23/2017 01:57 PM, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote: I have a hard time getting my head around Dr. Wetterhahn's poisoning. How many molecules of the toxin could have possibly entered her body? How many molecules does it take to kill or fatally disable a cell? After it does its damage,

Re: Teletype 43

On 5/23/2017 8:49 AM, Ethan Dicks wrote: Not a positive sign. Dodged a bullet. Model 43 needs RTS, DTR, AND DCD to be active to drop into DATA MODE. Initial null modem cable does not connect DCD to DTR. Small fail. I'll have to mark that cable. Now, to decide how best to present this

RE: OT: Mercury (Was: BBS software for the PDP 11)

Thanks for the reply. I would never dream of "messing with it." Even reading the NEJM article, it still amazes me to think of the Mercury "bouncing around" in her body for almost a year before she finally passed. It also "went through" the back of her hand without making some awful lesion. 1.3

Re: OT: Mercury (Was: BBS software for the PDP 11)

On 5/23/2017 5:56 PM, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote: Mercury "bouncing around" in her body for almost a year before she finally passed. It also "went through" the back of her hand without making some awful lesion. 1.3 grams?! I've always gone with the mental crutch that a paper clip

Re: Teletype 43

On 5/23/2017 10:45 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote: Back in the day, there was a re-inking product, the Mac Inker. I have a Re-inker, though not exactly like the Mac Inker, but the Model 43 has a built in "Mac Inker"-like inking system. It's a small loop of ribbon with a large felt round ink pad in the

Re: Kryoflux or Catweasle

I don't think Indivudual Computers make the catweasle any more. They never released a 64bit Windows driver for it. On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 10:19 AM, jim stephens via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Anyone know of where these can be had now days? > > thanks > jim >

Re: OT: Mercury (Was: BBS software for the PDP 11)

> The Wikipedia article on Dr. Wetterhahn seems to indicate > this went a lot slower than we were told in the seminar. > Not sure who to trust, there. The NEJM article seems to say it was also not a precipitous decline. -- personal:

Re: Directory of old computer collectors

Hi Jim, add me to your list. I am in Thousand Oaks, CA (Los Angeles area). I have a Tektronix 4051 vector graphics computer running, just BASIC games at the moment. I have a Compaq Model 1 with the PC-IDE flash setup, running Autocad, Versacad, Dr. Halo, Turbo-C, MS-Fortran. I am in