On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 at 19:30, Grant Taylor via cctalk
wrote:
> Most of the Palm users I knew, myself included, used their Palm largely
> stand alone. Almost all of us backed up (synced) our device to our
> computers as a backup in case of device corruption. Some of us did use
> Palm Desktop as
On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 at 19:58, Sophie Haskins via cctalk
wrote:
> A while back I uploaded a few minutes of the "ElectroPaint" screensaver
> captured from an Indy w/ a framegrabber. If that's your thing, it's here:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl3mF-wKWgg
Reminds me of William Latham's
On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 at 19:55, Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
>
> I used my Palm(s) completely stand-alone.
> I did not "synchronize" them with PC, other than a token backup to confirm
> process. And I never used it as a peripheral to the PC.
> I did transfer a few files back and forth between Palm
On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 6:50 PM CuriousMarc wrote:
>
> >The clock chip seems to be a normal digital watch/clock chip. The inputs to
> >it are essentially the 'set' buttons, the outputs are the 7 segment lines and
> >digit strobes. But I have not found a data sheet on it anywhere.
> Tony, looks
> From: Systems_Glitch
> I believe the big difference was in the current-supplying capability on
> the +15V rail -- 1A vs. 4A.
Ah, thanks for the tip.
I have an H742, so I was exable to examine it, and the 5409730 (difference
details on that below). The transformer may also be
On 06/05/2019 06:05 PM, Stan Sieler via cctalk wrote:
Hi,
I think someone was looking for tape seals for 9 track tapes, a few weeks
ago.
If they can contact me offline, I have about 20 of varying sizes for
shipping cost or local pickup.
My experience with them is that the seal bands are quite
I have a few of these that need to be tested. I am certain they have not
been plugged in for many years.
Is the anything special I need to do before I just plug them in and turn
them on?
Cindy Croxton
Electronics Plus
1613 Water Street
Kerrville, TX 78028
830-370-3239 cell
>The clock chip seems to be a normal digital watch/clock chip. The inputs to
>it are essentially the 'set' buttons, the outputs are the 7 segment lines and
>digit strobes. But I have not found a data sheet on it anywhere.
Tony, looks like you are absolutely right, this would be a garden variety
>
> I wondered if it's actually a digtal watch chip (2.5V could have been a couple
> of mercury cells in series, LED watches were not uncommon back then).
>
> In which case it would not normally have come in a 0.6" wide DIP. Perhaps
> normally it was a bare chip directly mounted on the watch
On 6/7/19 8:25 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
> On 06/05/2019 06:05 PM, Stan Sieler via cctalk wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I think someone was looking for tape seals for 9 track tapes, a few weeks
>> ago.
>>
>> If they can contact me offline, I have about 20 of varying sizes for
>> shipping cost or local
Another failure category that I've experienced with very old IBM reels
is that the "blue back" ones can have a tendency to come apart; that is,
the rear flange separates from the front.
The "blue" ones are a bit different in attachment from the "brown" ones
in that the two halves are held
On 06/07/2019 01:06 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 6/7/19 8:25 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
My experience with them is that the seal bands are quite long-lasting,
but the black ends that snap in tend to crack after a while. These
small parts could likely be reverse engineered and
Wow, I wasn't aware that the ODT console needed memory to run. Checking on
my board, it looks like the 4kw was disabled. I plugged in my 32kw module
with my M8017-AA, and it fired right up to ODT without a hassle. Seems that
was the issue all along.
On Fri, Jun 7, 2019, 3:08 PM Noel Chiappa
> From: Mister PDP
> Wow, I wasn't aware that the ODT console needed memory to run.
It was news to me too! (And apparently to most others here too?)
I was going to look at those confusing bus cycles, using an only slightly
mis-addressed console, and wanted to first check that that
On 06/07/2019 06:19 PM, Mister PDP via cctalk wrote:
Wow, I wasn't aware that the ODT console needed memory to run. Checking on
my board, it looks like the 4kw was disabled. I plugged in my 32kw module
with my M8017-AA, and it fired right up to ODT without a hassle. Seems that
was the issue all
I missed the part of the thread about the memory being disabled. I think
the 11/05/10 is the only PDP-11 with a few registers on the CPU that you
can run short routines. I also like the built is console SLU.
Paul
On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 9:18 PM Jon Elson via cctalk
wrote:
> On 06/07/2019 06:19
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