Re: WTB Metcal workstand

2019-09-25 Thread Doc Shipley via cctalk
On September 25, 2019 9:03:23 PM CDT, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > >> On Sep 25, 2019, at 6:58 PM, Alexandre Souza via cctalk > wrote: >> >> Dear sirs >> >> I'm looking for a metcal MX500 (so you know what handpiece I have) >workstand. Also, cheap tips and a new handle, mine is broken and

RE: HP vintage boards being sold as scrap

2019-09-25 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
At 04:46 PM 25/09/2019 -0500, you wrote: >If enough people want them, and someone gets a winning bid, then they can >come to me and I will repackage and ship them for the actual cost of >postage. > >Cindy Thanks for the kind offer. Where are you, relative to the seller? I can see a problem

WTB Metcal workstand

2019-09-25 Thread Alexandre Souza via cctalk
Dear sirs I'm looking for a metcal MX500 (so you know what handpiece I have) workstand. Also, cheap tips and a new handle, mine is broken and fixed up man times I don't know if this request is apropriate on this list, but who knows? =) Thanks Alexandre PS: I know there are some on epay...

Re: WTB Metcal workstand

2019-09-25 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
> On Sep 25, 2019, at 6:58 PM, Alexandre Souza via cctalk > wrote: > > Dear sirs > > I'm looking for a metcal MX500 (so you know what handpiece I have) workstand. > Also, cheap tips and a new handle, mine is broken and fixed up man times > > I don't know if this request is apropriate on

RE: HP vintage boards being sold as scrap

2019-09-25 Thread Paul Birkel via cctalk
-Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Guy Dunphy via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 1:57 AM To: Electronics Plus; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: HP vintage boards being sold as scrap ... This is going

Re: simh, professional 350, 380

2019-09-25 Thread emanuel stiebler via cctalk
On 2019-09-24 23:22, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: > On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 6:29 AM emanuel stiebler via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> I saw an old version from 2006 as "xhomer" which emulates the >> professional 350. Was there anywhere a version, which emulates the 380 > > > I

Re: Wanted: Scan of RF modulator article in Sept. 1978 Radio Electronics

2019-09-25 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Just for the record, I have the physical copy, glad I dont have to worry about scannin. B On Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 1:04 AM Wayne S via cctalk wrote: > Look here. > > > https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Electronics/70s/1978/Radio-Electronics-1978-09.pdf > > > > > >

Re: simh, professional 350, 380

2019-09-25 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Sep 25, 2019, at 2:35 AM, emanuel stiebler via cctalk > wrote: > > On 2019-09-24 23:22, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 6:29 AM emanuel stiebler via cctalk < >> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >>> I saw an old version from 2006 as "xhomer" which emulates the

Re: DJ11 Maintenance Manual available

2019-09-25 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 3:12 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > What is missing, however, is an engineering manual with the schematics. > > Well, the M7820's will be the same as in the DH11. The M7285 and M7279 are > DJ11-specific, though. > > I was going to say that 'does anyone even

Re: DJ11 Maintenance Manual available

2019-09-25 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Pierre Gebhardt > there seems to be a copy of the maintenance manual in the unibus-folder > on bitsavers: EK-DJ11-MM-003_DJ11_Maint_Man_Aug76.pdf Argh! I looked in that folder, but didn't see it! (And Manx says its not online, either.) > Would be worth checking the

Re: Cleaning an old keyboard

2019-09-25 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 9/25/19 3:00 AM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: This is documented in NASA's official history of Project Mercury, for which it was invented. could you post a pointer to the document where this appears?

Re: Cleaning an old keyboard

2019-09-25 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Al Kossow >> This is documented in NASA's official history of Project Mercury, for >> which it was invented. > could you post a pointer to the document where this appears? If the reference is to: Lloyd S. Swenson, James M. Grimwood, Charles C. Alexander; "This New

RE: HP vintage boards being sold as scrap

2019-09-25 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
At 02:29 AM 25/09/2019 -0400, you wrote: >I contacted the seller and was able to work out a very reasonable deal to >purchase a selected subset for my future needs. Oh, is that why the price dropped $50? Because some of the boards sold? So really the seller still has the same inflated idea of

Re: Cleaning an old keyboard

2019-09-25 Thread Pete Turnbull via cctalk
On 24/09/2019 07:30, Philip Belben via cctalk wrote: PS I wish people wouldn't say WD40 is not a lubricant. It is. The problem is that it is quite a heavy grease - suitable for (say) door hinges - but when it comes out of the can it looks like a fine oil I do wish people wouldn't say WD40 is

Re: Vintage Computer Warehouse Liquidation

2019-09-25 Thread Jules Richardson via cctalk
On 9/24/19 7:02 AM, Electronics Plus wrote: Computer Reset was in Dallas. This one is in Houston. Totally different animal. Thanks for the clarification - they're not too far, and this guy posted photos of a few items on Facebook which appeared to have been taken in a small garage - so there

RE: HP vintage boards being sold as scrap

2019-09-25 Thread Paul Birkel via cctalk
-Original Message- From: Guy Dunphy [mailto:gu...@optusnet.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 6:07 AM To: Paul Birkel; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: RE: HP vintage boards being sold as scrap At 02:29 AM 25/09/2019 -0400, you wrote: >I contacted the

Re: Vintage Computer Warehouse Liquidation

2019-09-25 Thread Mark Linimon via cctalk
On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 06:43:43AM -0500, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote: > Thanks for the clarification - they're not too far Not too far??? I take it you've never driven Interstate 45 :-) What it lacks in miles it makes up in aggressive driving ... mcl

Re: Vintage computer store hints in Minneapolis?

2019-09-25 Thread Jules Richardson via cctalk
On 9/23/19 10:22 AM, JP Hindin via cctalk wrote: I also rolled through The Ax-Man... for 3 hours because I'd never even heard of the place before and was absolutely astonished at what I'd found. Despite getting to Minneapolis a few times a year, I've never been for exactly that reason - my

Re: Cleaning an old keyboard

2019-09-25 Thread Pete Turnbull via cctalk
On 25/09/2019 16:29, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: If the reference is to: Lloyd S. Swenson, James M. Grimwood, Charles C. Alexander; "This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury"; SP-4201; NASA; Washington; 1966 It is indeed in that. My copy isn't to hand and if it's not

Re: Cleaning an old keyboard

2019-09-25 Thread Will Cooke via cctalk
Maybe here? https://ia600208.us.archive.org/4/items/thisnewoceanhist00swen/thisnewoceanhist00swen.pdf > On September 25, 2019 at 2:11 PM Pete Turnbull via cctalk > wrote: > > > On 25/09/2019 16:29, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > If the reference is to: > > > > Lloyd S. Swenson, James M.

Re: HP vintage boards being sold as scrap

2019-09-25 Thread John Foust via cctalk
At 02:00 PM 9/25/2019, Brent Hilpert via cctalk wrote: >On 2019-Sep-25, at 3:07 AM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: > >> Does anyone else recognise some of the other boards? What, isn't anyone going to speculate on the value of the gold here? :-) - John

Re: HP vintage boards being sold as scrap

2019-09-25 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2019-Sep-25, at 3:07 AM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: > Does anyone else recognise some of the other boards? There is a stack of IO interface boards, including HSTs, for the HP 2100/1000 series there. Lower-right stack in this pic, 7 boards, boards have one red and one grey handle:

Re: HP vintage boards being sold as scrap

2019-09-25 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
At 12:00 PM 25/09/2019 -0700, you wrote: >On 2019-Sep-25, at 3:07 AM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: > >> Does anyone else recognise some of the other boards? > > >There is a stack of IO interface boards, including HSTs, for the HP 2100/1000 >series there. > >Lower-right stack in this pic, 7

Re: DEC RP04 service manual available

2019-09-25 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 24/09/2019 20:14, Rich Alderson via cctalk wrote: Yes, and having the RP04 manual scanned would probably be long term helpful. Rich It's probably not related but I do have EK-RWP04-MM-001. Is the RWP04 related to the RP04?

Re: DEC RP04 service manual available

2019-09-25 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 3:23 PM Antonio Carlini via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > It's probably not related but I do have EK-RWP04-MM-001. Is the RWP04 > related to the RP04? > An RWP04 subsystem includes an RP04 drive and an RH70 Massbus Interface for a PDP-11/70.

Re: HP vintage boards being sold as scrap

2019-09-25 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
At 02:59 PM 25/09/2019 -0500, John wrote: >What, isn't anyone going to speculate on the value of the gold here? :-) The seller would seem to have been pulling rare boards from many old machines, probably scrapping the systems (since they would have been more saleable with the boards installed)

Re: HP vintage boards being sold as scrap

2019-09-25 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
> What, isn't anyone going to speculate on the value of the gold here? :-) Why bother? Everyone's opinion is completely accurate. -- Will

RE: HP vintage boards being sold as scrap

2019-09-25 Thread Electronics Plus via cctalk
If enough people want them, and someone gets a winning bid, then they can come to me and I will repackage and ship them for the actual cost of postage. Cindy -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Guy Dunphy via cctalk Sent: Wednesday,