On 7/26/17 8:33 PM, Mark Linimon via cctalk wrote:
I emailed IBM regarding a license to do research with
IBM redid all their websites a few years ago, and finding information
about systems older than Power7 has become ... challenging.
They're ... uh, not going to respond to you. IMHO.
On 5/11/18 6:45 AM, Michael Thompson via cctalk wrote:
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 13:08:51 -0400
Subject: Re: Sparc Laptops
I have a pretty cool DEC 486 laptop. I am unsure if they made a Pentium
laptop before they were bought out.
http://www.vintagecomputer.net/digital/DECpc_433SLC/
The Storageworks cabinets I worked with were all either LVD or SE
SCSI, no HVD. All of the RZ26 and some of RZ28 and RZ29 disks that I've
seen were 50-pin, the rest 80-pin. I don't recall any 68-pin
Storageworks drives.
Then again, my knowledge of that whole ecosystem is VERY anectdotal
Sorry, hit send half-done.
The cans are easy to open, and a bit of care will prevent damage to
the electronics.
The internal connectors are all Mylar ribbon cables and the IDC and
Molex connectors are VERY tight. This means that you'll need to use a
putty knife or screwdriver to pry
On 10/19/18 12:18 PM, Daniel Seagraves via cctalk wrote:
On Oct 19, 2018, at 10:34 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk
wrote:
Here is a great example of why the keyboards and terminals are getting
separated
Keyboard fetishists are vermin; They are destructive and have no redeeming
qualities, and
On 10/20/18 10:41 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
> From: Al Kossow
> The quality of modern keycaps is poor.
> These guys are after mechanical boards with double-shot keytops.
There's something I'm still not quite grasping.
I can see two reasons for people liking the old
On 7/25/19 5:07 AM, Plamen Mihaylov via cctech wrote:
I know it was a short lived, but anyone has the installation cd or iso
image?
I was actively involved with AIX as an IBM contractor till 2010 and as a
hobbyist user since then. I've never heard even a rumor that such media
exists, much
On 6/15/19 2:19 AM, Peter Turczak via cctalk wrote:
In preparation of moving, I dug out a IBM 6150 PC-RT from my basement.
This was my first proper computer as a child, which was donated to me by
a local company that upgraded their CAD system. So it would be
interesting to bring it back to life.
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
On 11/16/19 12:04 AM, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote:
well irc seems to be broken on windows 10 for me
Windows 10 is actually the first Windows in which IRC is correctly
supported.
1. Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux.
2. Get the (free) Linux distribution of choice from the MS Store.
3.
On 3/4/20 8:01 PM, Jacob Ritorto via cctech wrote:
Wonder why I can't make(1) rogue on my 11/83, 2044KW, latest patch
release from sms.
[16] root--> make
ld:/usr/lib/libcurses.a(refresh.o): text overflow
*** Exit 4
Stop.
[17] root-->
I'm going on 15-years-ago recollection
When I worked for Texas Instruments in '83, we used 30ga 24K gold
wire... I use plain wire-wrap wire for board repairs, and from the
looks of most of my pre-1990 circuit boards, that's period correct.
The only issue I'd have with that 3M tape would be cutting it narrow
enough to fit.
On 6/10/20 5:10 PM, Jules Richardson via cctech wrote:
That is crazy. To buy something to "mark to market" the price real
high ... you would still have to pay the crazy eBay fees.
Yeah, it's weird. Mind you I was doing some poking around and A4000
desktop/tower parts prices seem to
On 6/10/20 11:05 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
I found AmigaKit.com in the UK, are there any Amiga vendors left in the US? I
need to order some parts, and not only do I not remember who I used to use in
the US, I assume they’re gone.
Zane
I haven't dealt with them but there's Amiga On
On 11/12/20 10:42 AM, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote:
Looking for an Amiga 8375 Agnus IC (Amiga 600, Amiga 500 Plus.) NTSC is
what I have now but the PAL version might work.
So say we all, man, so say we all.
Doc
On 11/16/20 10:47 AM, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote:
Ethan
I probably have one. More likely to be NTSC than PAL - I'll look. What
do they go for, these days?
Cheers
Robert
Hello Robert,
Did you find this? Eager to get back to repairing the A600. It has
kicked my butt for a long time. A
I know this is a long shot, but I'm asking anyhow.
I'm looking for the Ops Manual for a Winsystems single-board system.
Model: SAT-V40
P/N: 400-0186-000
The SAT-V41 model is essentially the same board, so I'd settle for
docs for that. There are references (from 2012) to SAT-V41.PDF,
Not at all a waste. I have that page bookmarked.
Doc
On 1/27/21 11:51, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
> Are the power connectors on the DEC PDP-11 backplanes (e.g. DD11-DF
> 15pin and 6pin) Molex or other?
> Are they still commonly available?
On 3/5/21 10:51, Nigel Johnson via cctalk wrote:
Speaking of badges, I have a BA23 that doesn't have one. It was an 11/73
but that badge is gone, and I am trying to repair an 11/93 to go in there.
Does anybody have a spare 11/73 badge for the BA23 that could be used as
a model for a printed
On 8/22/21 19:16, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote:
Bitsavers has 6.3 (thank you Al) but I'm trying to push my luck and find
8.1 for this XP421CH Xterm. Anyone know of where it can be found?
Well
There's this:
http://bio.gsi.de/DOCS/NCD/www.technogoths.demon.co.uk/tekxp400/node3.html
On 8/26/21 19:22, Charles Dickman via cctalk wrote:
Has anyone tried to compile the sources? succeeded?
I'm not even going to try, but I think the actual low-level formatter code
is missing. Was curious if anyone else noticed that too.
I always thought that the service diagnostics were the
On 7/13/21 14:30, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote:
Hi folks,
Powering up with nothing attached apart from an MMJ/H8571 cable I get
nothing on the console, I'm using PuTTY via a genuine COM1 port on a PC
which is one level above what I used last time I powered the machine up
(FTDI USB adapter to
Hi, Chris,
Where are you, and how long is that cable? I believe that I have a
spare that's around 18".
As luck would have it, I'm moving, and today I'm sorting and culling
the graphics cable tub anyway. If I have a spare I'll save it out.
Doc
On 12/4/21 12:37, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote:
OK, Boomer.
There's really no call to be nasty about it.
To those of us who are baby boomers, that usage is extremely offensive.
Doc
On 7/23/21 18:35, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
On 7/23/21 2:11 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
Some further questions BELOW to complete the distribution media database:
}:-)
1) Which ones were available on 5.25"? (and how many disks?)
A) "360K"?
B) "1.2M"?
C) "1.4M"?
On April 12, 2022 8:34:10 PM CDT, Ryan Eisworth via cctalk
wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>I'm looking for a keyboard and mouse for a Mega ST. Please contact me if you
>have either available. I'm in Texas, USA, 77833.
>
>Best,
>Ryan
I have a mouse, and am in Texas.
On 11/6/23 19:33, Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote:
Has anyone successfully glued back the plastic sheet to the aluminium
plate? If yes, what type of glue did you use and how exactly did you do the
operation?
Any suggestions, advice or tips?
Thanks and best regards
Tom Hunter
3M markets
On 10/20/22 20:15, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote:
Sigh...
Yet another American seler who doesn't understand how simple overseas
shipping is.
Oh, we understand, we really do. We also get really tired of strangers
asking us to lie, on paper, to foreign government agencies.
We understand
On 10/10/22 11:33, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 at 08:20, Kevin Parker via cctalk
wrote:
Problem is my GoogleFoo can't find any diagrams, illustrations etc on how
the internals are put together
What? I am *amazed*. I don't know how you could _not_ find the info.
There
On 8/4/2022 4:07 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
On 8/4/22 2:12 PM, Doc Shipley via cctalk wrote:
This becomes an actual showstopper when the most recent hardware
platform that will run the most recent Linux kernel to support DECNet
becomes impossible to maintain.
I'm not convinced
On 8/2/2022 2:12 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
I'm trying to understand how many installations are actually using
DECnet in Linux / how big the potential problem is / will be.
This becomes an actual showstopper when the most recent hardware
platform that will run the most recent
On 8/5/2022 4:39 PM, Will Cooke via cctalk wrote:
Next week I will be in the Huntsville, Al, USA area for an entire day with no
commitments. Does anyone have recommendations on how to spend my day? I have
been to the space and rocket museum several times. Any computer museums or
displays,
On 8/5/2022 9:48 AM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
For fruit flies in kitchen put some apple vinegar in a cup, cover it
with saran wrap, make a few small holes in it with a knife and push the
wrap into the cup (not touching the vinegar) to make a dimple.
Works perfectly.
We use 2 parts
On 8/6/2022 5:02 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
For fruit flies in kitchen put some apple vinegar in a cup, cover it
with saran wrap, make a few small holes in it with a knife and push
the wrap into the cup (not touching the vinegar) to make a dimple.
Works perfectly.
We use 2 parts
On 1/7/23 13:02, George Currie via cctalk wrote:
Greetings all, it's "that time", the time I've finally accepted that I
no longer have the time/energy/space to devote to this
collection/restoration hobby that I've been able to enjoy for several
decades now.During this time, I've managed to
On 1/8/23 23:21, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
On 1/8/23 8:41 PM, Doc Shipley via cctalk wrote:
I avoid Disk Utility like the plague.
Doc, will you please elaborate on why you avoid the Disk Utility (.app)?
Short version is that the GUI Disk Utility hides too much of what
it's doing
On 1/24/23 15:22, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On 1/24/2023 12:14 PM, Steve Lewis via cctalk wrote:
To me, I'm somewhat concerned on the "health risk" of CRTs - I know there
is no direct evidence about it. But they're fundamentally like old radar
systems, using a directed beam.
Never mind
On 1/24/23 17:28, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
I know people seemed kind of turned off by the idea of GOTEK floppy disk
emulators,
but you do realize if you actually have the machine you are wanting to
make disks for
the GOTEK is a great way to do it. Put a GOTEK and a real drive on
On 1/21/23 11:35, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 1/20/23 22:11, Mike Stein wrote:
FWIW, I just received a Gotek last week and it uses an AT32F415.
Aw shucks, that's not inspiring at all. F4 core, but only 32KB of SRAM.
Probably is cheaper than the usual STM32F107.
The 2022 Goteks use
On 1/8/23 19:29, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
When reading old floppies, how often is it advisable to clean the drive? I
managed the first 3.5” floppies no problem, I’m using a USB Floppy Drive hooked
up to my Mac Laptop, I was able to image them using “Disk Utility”. The next
two floppies
On 11/8/22 15:27, David Collins via cctalk wrote:
With only a few exceptions, the museum's entire collection of HP hardware,
software and manuals has now been shipped from Melbourne, Australia, to
HPCA's archival company - Heritage Werks Inc, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The
equipment will be
On 2/26/23 15:16, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote:
Well, this is the second Tadpole laptop RAM module I've had go bad on me (one
in my PA-RISC PrecisionBook and now one in my SPARC UltraBook IIi). These are
the maroon-red 256MB or 512MB screw-in modules marked "Huxley Only" using a
custom
I got it, and vaxen.net is a private "virtualdomain" server running on a
private email server. None of that is necessarily complicated but it's
not your average Google Services mail domain.
Thanks for the work you're putting in!
Doc
On 4/20/23 19:32, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote:
Folks,
On 2/9/23 12:58, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
There are some older folks on the list, so this is a good time to talk
about internet safety.
. . . and maybe a [youtube?] tutorial on sucking eggs?
O, SNAP!!!
Doc, giggling uncontrollably
On 3/23/24 09:53, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
Yes. So Unix did have a shutdown procedure, and it was particularly critical
to do it and do it right. I remember when I first heard about Unix, when at
the U of Illinois -- some PDP11s in the Center for Advanced Computation ran it,
for
On 4/15/24 21:03, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote:
Bomar 901b My wife found in my stuff. Is this as scarce at it seems?s,?
My dad had one of those in '72-ish. IIRC he paid just under $400 for it.
It was a complete game-changer. His business sold cotton farming
implements, and Dad said that
On 4/20/24 13:16, Wayne S via cctalk wrote:
Who still uses the Z80 line for new projects? Wouldn’t it be easier and cheaper
to just use an Arduino or Raspberry Pi?
I dissected a dead coffee maker last week that has a current-design 8051
clone running the control board.
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