Re: Did anyone see Vintage Tech Hunters on Discovery Canada yet?

2018-11-09 Thread Mike Stein via cctalk
- Original Message - From: "Jason T via cctalk" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2018 6:13 PM Subject: Re: Did anyone see Vintage Tech Hunters on Discovery Canada yet? >... I don't even know what a show about "us" would look like.

Re: DEC Alpha Bug Check Crash

2018-11-09 Thread Douglas Taylor via cctalk
On 11/9/2018 12:59 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: On 11/08/2018 11:09 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: I hadn't started this DEC Alpha 3000-300 since last summer, and booted it up so I could load the new PAK's the other day. The result was that it completes almost the entire OpenVMS

Re: DEC Alpha Bug Check Crash

2018-11-09 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 11/09/2018 05:38 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote: I hadn't started this DEC Alpha 3000-300 since last summer, and booted it up so I could load the new PAK's the other day. The result was that it completes almost the entire OpenVMS startup, but then crashes with the following:

Re: Did anyone see Vintage Tech Hunters on Discovery Canada yet?

2018-11-09 Thread geneb via cctalk
On Fri, 9 Nov 2018, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote: For those who haven't seen it, here's a 3 minute Starbucks promo shot with TPUG in Toronto that gives you an idea of what it might look like ;-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPM9oA72iQw That's just too awesome. :) g. -- Proud owner of

CBIS Network OS

2018-11-09 Thread Patrick Finnegan via cctalk
I saw a copy of this pop up on ebay, and was wondering if anyone had a copy / more information about it? It seems to be another networking OS for CP/M systems like Televideo's TS-806 & 816. Thanks, Pat

Re: ISA sound and video cards, and PCI? AGP?

2018-11-09 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
> That's interesting, my local recycler sells boards to me at $1-$3/lb > depending on some notion of scrap metal content, so I'm usually looking at > around $2 per card (untested). I wonder if it's one of those things where > there's a huge amount of regional variation? Age of the boards,

Re: DEC Alpha Bug Check Crash

2018-11-09 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
I hadn't started this DEC Alpha 3000-300 since last summer, and booted it up so I could load the new PAK's the other day. The result was that it completes almost the entire OpenVMS startup, but then crashes with the following: %SET-I-INTSET, login interactive limit = 64, current interactive

Re: ISA sound and video cards, and PCI? AGP?

2018-11-09 Thread Jules Richardson via cctalk
On 11/8/18 12:48 PM, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote: The problem with trying to get these any cheaper is that the gold value, by the pound, exceeds what I think an untested card should go for. They want to charge me $7-10 PER CARD, and that is untested. Then I have to pay shipping, and labor

Re: RS6k 7012/320H woes

2018-11-09 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 11/08/2018 12:21 PM, Benjamin Huntsman via cctalk wrote: I use a DEC DECConnect system on mine... I have a DB25 to MMJ on the RS/6000 side, and a DB9 to MMJ on the other. Plus you can swap out the MMJ adapters on either end of the cable to talk to whatever you need. I highly recommend them

Re: NeXT Monitor Problem

2018-11-09 Thread Toby Thain via cctalk
On 2018-11-09 10:00 a.m., Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > I don't know a lot about these but I heard you should just replace all of > the caps, even things that look like they might be caps, with the largest > caps you can find. Just stuff them in there. You don't need solder, just > use a glue

Re: Did anyone see Vintage Tech Hunters on Discovery Canada yet?

2018-11-09 Thread Pontus Pihlgren via cctalk
On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 05:13:20PM -0600, Jason T via cctalk wrote: > On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 3:54 PM Pontus Pihlgren via cctalk > wrote: > > And they walked tight by his VT05 :) > > And I'd have told them to keep walking! :D > But really, it's a video games/kitchy electronics > show;

Re: Did anyone see Vintage Tech Hunters on Discovery Canada yet?

2018-11-09 Thread Eric Christopherson via cctalk
On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 6:54 AM Ethan via cctalk wrote: > > You can watch the second episode on the Discovery Canada website as well. > > I just watched both. Very nice on the credits by the way. > > I tried to watch it on the drive home from work today. Youtube video had a > strike (takedown)

Re: NeXT Monitor Problem

2018-11-09 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
I don't know a lot about these but I heard you should just replace all of the caps, even things that look like they might be caps, with the largest caps you can find. Just stuff them in there. You don't need solder, just use a glue gun. There is a pretty cool suction cup in there you can use to

Re: DEC Alpha Bug Check Crash

2018-11-09 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 11/08/2018 11:09 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: I hadn't started this DEC Alpha 3000-300 since last summer, and booted it up so I could load the new PAK's the other day. The result was that it completes almost the entire OpenVMS startup, but then crashes with the following: