Re: Displaywriters in Chicago

On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 11:24 AM, Al Kossow wrote: > Is there anyone out there that can save these? > > http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?56313-IBM-Displaywriter-printer-(5215-or-5218)-needed > > I'm primarily interested in archiving the software. Did anyone win this

Re: FTGH (you come get): VAXstation 100 terminals

On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 1:56 AM, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote: > I picked these up as part of an estate liquidation, but I don't have a > Unibus setup to run them off, and they are large and taking up space. They > now need to be gone. The condition is unknown but they

ViaNet?

I recently ran across a manual and disks for a PC networking product called ViaNet. It was marketed by Western Digital and targeted toward Arcnet, although it looks like it worked with Ethernet and other topologies. There isn't a lot of info out there about it but there are a few pieces in the

Re: Thousandth data book uploaded to bitsavers

On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > As of this morning, there are now over a thousand data books on bitsavers, > and well over four > million pages in all of the pdfs there. Huzzah! I don't think there's anyone else doing these, and certainly

Re: Xerox stores

On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 8:13 AM, william degnan via cctalk wrote: > And don't forget about the IBM Product Centers, bought out in the late 80's > by NyNex. They sold IBM business products including copiers, typewriters, > Displaywriters, System 36 accessories, printers and

Apple Turnover

Searching the depths of the basement collection, I ran across a 15-odd year-old acquisition, the Apple Turnover board by Vertex Systems. It's an ISA card from the IBM PC/XT era that fits between the floppy controller and floppy drive, allowing the PC to read Apple // DOS and Apple CP/M formatted

Re: IBM S/36 stuff available free

On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 6:25 PM, Gary McGill via cctalk wrote: > I retired from S/3x consulting many years ago and am now just cleaning out > my office storage. I have a complete set of S/36 manuals and more magazines > and diskettes than I want to count. I am fine with

Re: Ford-Higgins Powerframe QBUS Docs

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 6:38 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 4/25/17 1:46 PM, Jason T via cctalk wrote: >> It has a combo fixed-disk/cart drive that their docs >> call an RC40. > > Amcodyne 7110 Arapahoe Interesting! I've never heard of

Ford-Higgins Powerframe QBUS Docs

I have scanned the manuals that came with my Ford-Higgins Powerframe machine. It is a QBUS PDP-11/73 machine in what looks a whole lot like a DEC BA23 enclosure. Not sure if it's a clone or a licensed rebadge. The CPU board is DEC, the memory is a Clearpoint P/N 3325/300 (size unknown) and the

Announcing: VCF Midwest 12!

We did this nerd-fest thing at this hotel last year and no one complained (much), least of all the hotel, so I think we're up for another go. The TWELFTH edition of the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest is happening September 9th and 10th, 2017 in lovely Elk Grove Village, Illinois, mere minutes

Eunice BSD on TK50

I have here a shipping box, a shrink-wrapped TK50 tape and various docs for Wollongong Group's "EUNICE BSD," which I take to be a BSD Unix-like environment for VMS. I can't find a copy of either the docs nor the bits online. I will take care of scanning the docs. I would like to send this tape

Re: Eunice BSD on TK50

On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 3:56 PM, Jason T wrote: > I have here a shipping box, a shrink-wrapped TK50 tape and various > docs for Wollongong Group's "EUNICE BSD," which I take to be a BSD And for your entertainment, a very early Usenet post on the software:

Re: Old Soviet PDP-11-type DVK-3 computers available

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 4:40 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > I received the following email from Michael Veselov. Please address > your inquiries directly to him at mihail.vese...@gmail.com: Seems quite a few of us did. The machines are very interesting (PDP-11

Re: Anyone remember ZOSO disks?

On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 12:30 PM, Amardeep S Chana via cctalk wrote: > Back in the 80's I had some archive disks (maybe SIG/M or CPM/UG or maybe > something else?) which had files on the disk named like ZOSO.022 (for disk > #22) which was the Star Trek basic game disk. I'm

Re: VCF Midwest: 6502 Badges!

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 12:58 AM, Ed via cctalk wrote: > cant go to the show but would like a built one > my soldering hands are poor in age.Ed# Ed - Lee Hart's contact info is on his page. I don't know what sort of time he has before the show but you might ask him

Re: VCF Midwest: 6502 Badges!

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 12:30 PM, Vince Mulhollon via cctalk wrote: > I'd reject a refund if one is proposed, since I can't go to the show, toss > my $5 in the "round of beer" fund for the badge team. Lee tells me that an hour or so on the phone with PayPal resolved the

Re: Vcfmw/ECCC any chance of streaming/telecommuting?

On Sep 9, 2017 00:43, "Sam O'nella via cctalk" wrote: Figured I'd wait until it's too late ;-) is anyone thinking of streaming talks or for brownie points a Commodore mud chat, etc? 8-bit audio stream? I see some previous talks have been uploaded to YouTube

VCF Midwest: Photos and Videos

The 12th VCFMW has come and gone - and it was good! Great talks and displays, a functional badge, record attendance and (virtually) no smoking hardware! Photo galleries and videos are being posted at our Past Events page here: http://vcfmw.org/past.html New this year are some

VCF Midwest: 6502 Badges!

I am pleased to announce that the 12th year of the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest will feature a commemorative battery-powered "badge" computer, based on a real 65C02 microprocessor! The brains behind this creation are none other than our perennial guests Lee Hart, Daryl Rictor and Josh

Re: VCF Midwest: 6502 Badges!

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 10:01 AM, systems_glitch wrote: > Just a note, looks like your checkout is hitting US orders for $5 shipping > ($40 total) on the deluxe kit). I still think that's totally reasonable. The page is Lee Hart's. Not sure if he's on this list (you

VCF Midwest: (Not Even) One Week to Go!

Hello vintage computer fans! According to the official vcfmw.org counter, we have just shy of five days to go until the 12th annual Vintage Computer Festival Midwest opens. Of course, the planning and work to make the show happen started months ago and we are in "cram mode" now as we make our

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Computer-Warehouse-for-sale-100s-of-Vintage-Computers-Keyboards-More/192286567641 > > selling off an entire warehouse of vintage items. Any clue who these folks > are? I think

VCFMW: A Note About Hotel Rooms

Haven't booked your room yet? Tuesday is the last day to get the special VIN rate! Check vcfmw.org for details and a link. Also, I have a note from the hotel regarding room reservations that have not been confirmed with a payment method (credit card, etc). As of 8/31 we have 13 bookings in this

Western Peripherals docs scanned

I've never even heard of this company. Three tape drive manuals scanned and posted, two that weren't on bitsavers and one that is a newer version: http://chiclassiccomp.org/docs/index.php?dir=%2Fcomputing/WesternPeripherals Enjoy. -j

Re: FFS: Kennedy 9100 Op/Maint Manual

You got it. I'll reply privately with details. On Nov 25, 2017 13:05, "Todd Goodman via cctalk" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hi Jason, > > I'd like it if still available. > > Thank you! > > Todd > > > On 11/25/2017 12:28 PM, Jason T via cctal

FFS: Kennedy 9100 Op/Maint Manual

This one is already on Bitsavers but if you'd like a nice original copy with the fold-out schematics and color cover, I'll send it to you for the cost of shipping from 60070. The manual is in fairly good shape, bent a bit near the spine and the glue is starting to crack. Still an essential

Re: Altair Peripheral Emulator

On Nov 29, 2017 17:15, "Toby Thain via cctalk" wrote: > On 11/29/2017 1:47 PM, drlegendre . via cctalk I didn't have as much luck with Windows Photo Viewer. While it does support multipage TIF, it seemed to hang after a few pages. Irfanview is a pretty solid

Re: TI NaturalLink Disks and Docs

On Nov 16, 2017 21:16, "Jason T" wrote: I have the original manuals, along with some other Professional Computer manuals that were already on Bitsavers, free for shipping if anyone wants them. They're not light. Oops, forgot to mention location. I'm in the USA, near

Re: Looking for Silent 700 model 787 manual

On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 9:18 PM, Chris Elmquist via cctalk wrote: > Yes indeed. I have several of those, model 745 as one example, and it > is a DA15 for which I have the pinout and made a cable for hooking to > various old micros here. Is that posted/can you post that

TI NaturalLink Disks and Docs

I have imaged disks and scanned docs for an old software authoring tool from Texas Instruments, "NaturalLink". It runs on early IBM PCs and was included with some docs I was given for the TI Professional Computer, an almost-PC clone. There are a number of ads and articles about NaturalLink in

Re: Computing Pioneer Dies

> I'm harly a member of the "ENIAC/Mauchlyite crowd" (in fact, I used to not > have a good impression of them at all), but I thought Haigh et al made a > pretty good case. Here's Prof. Haigh speaking on ENIAC at VCFMW last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O0pKPzJjEY

Re: offering: computer, A/V and optical equipment, plus books and more, to be cleared out around mid-December

On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 10:50 PM, em gee via cctalk wrote: > I also created another overview of what I have up for sale: < > http://bit.ly/2ifO5xE> (Which I'll be updating.) I have to ask: what generated that chart? That's a creative way to display a list of items.

Announcement: VCF Midwest 13!

Summer is almost here and that means it's time to get it in gear and start planning our next Vintage Computer Festival Midwest. Astute readers will note that this announcement comes many weeks later than in past years, but rest assured there is still plenty of time remaining to make your travel

Re: old vintage stuff for pretty cheap

On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 12:48 PM, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote: > https://www.acrosups.top/vintage-computing-c-29/ > > Don't pay attention to where it says Old Price. > > Click on the item and see the discounted price. I smell an unfresh fish here. Most of the items

Re: HP 9816 logging and skyline software -- any interest?

On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 9:27 PM, Dave via cctalk wrote: > Hi Folks! > I have documentation for some forestry software, that came with my HP9816 > machines. I am not sure, but I may have a tape or disk to go with it. > It's called "MSAP", for Multispan Skyline Analysis

Re: New TestFDC Results Registry

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 9:46 AM, systems_glitch via cctalk wrote: > I'd been trying to reach Dave Dunfield with new TestFDC results since > apparently August with no results. So, I wrote a new TestFDC registry into > my site: > >

Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 10:44 AM, Mark G Thomas wrote: > I think you want this: http://files.markgthomas.com/dl/adaptec/EZSCSI40.IMD > (This URL is temporary.) Ahh I didn't realize it was just the EZSCSI disk. Grabbed it just in case, as I don't know which version(s) I have.

Re: SuperTerm Maintenance Manual

On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 12:01 PM, Mike Norris via cctalk wrote: > Do you know were or how is the best place to send the scan (sorry this is my > first post)? First post and already bottom-posting - off to a fine start! Please do scan the manual if you can't find an

Re: Epson DECTalk IC

On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 3:12 PM Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote: > I've got a serial port DECTalk Express. Works great except for the battery > pack. No, you can't have it. That's the DTC03 and it's an acceptable substitute for those of us who can't find a DTC01 for under $300. I've wanted an

Re: Fairly Extensive Singer/Friden "System Ten" Computer System for Rescue

While I'm not claiming the system, I've let Rick know that I'm close to it and willing to help facilitate a rescue of at least some of the lot.

Re: FPUIB: OMG Will it never end? Magazines available free or postage

On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 7:54 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > (Box A33) ... Hi Fred - have any of these magazines been claimed? If so, what's left?

Re: VCF Midwest seller's experience?

On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 2:30 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > me too, I am going to try to fly out this year D T!

Re: VCF Midwest seller's experience?

On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 1:45 PM John Foust via cctalk wrote: > I'm thinking of reducing my collection by bringing items to VCF Midwest. > I attended once six or seven years ago. > > Of course a great deal depends on what I'm selling, so I'll build a list. > > Possibles include Micro PDP-11,

Re: VCF Midwest seller's experience?

On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 12:25 PM Marvin Johnston via cctalk wrote: > I'm not sure, but I suspect enough people might be interested that it > could be a 24 hour event, Fri night - Sun afternoon :). While we technically open up Saturday morning and Friday is for set-up and load in, Marvin is

VCFMW 13: Less Than a Month to Go!

Hello classic computing fans! We're entering the final weeks before the big event, and here is an update. If you're subscribed to the mailing list, you've already seen most of this (for review/sharing: https://mailchi.mp/e060dcbd1bfd/vcf-midwest-13-one-month-to-go). - Exhibits: Our exhibitor

Re: Fairly Extensive Singer/Friden "System Ten" Computer System for Rescue

On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 10:32 AM Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote: > Any update on this - has anyone picked up the system, or are there plans to > do so? Folks over at TNMoC are keen to know that it's been saved and is off > to a good home (sadly it's a bit unwieldy to arrange for it to be

Re: Teletype mod 40 PSU

On Fri, Sep 7, 2018, 23:08 Paul Anderson via cctalk wrote: > I have a teletype 40PSU101 I can drop off at VCFMW or mail, but is is a bit > heavy. > > If you have any interest, please contact me off list. > Is this for the Dataspeed 40 terminal? If so, I have two of those and one of them is

Re: Teletype mod 40 PSU

On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 2:09 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > Yup. The model 40 band printer was something that could do 150 lpm on > 14" tractor feed and could fit on a tabletop. Sold as a > Centronics/Dataproducts interfaced unit by several third-party vendors. > We had one hooked to an MDS

Re: Anyone have a HALstation 300 install CD?

> On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 09:21:28 -0700 > Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > I'm evaluating two that came in as a donation, and the donor didn't > have any passwords Al - I made ISOs of the media I had before giving away my HALstations in 2009. I will email you directly with a link. -j

New VCF Midwest Mailing List

Hello all - I have created a mailing list for VCF Midwest news and announcements. You may already get your show news here or on the forums, but it will be useful to us in the future to have as many interested people as possible listed in one place. So, if you'd care to take a moment to drop an

Re: Interest in Teac FD235J drives and FC-1 boards?

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 6:36 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > I've got a fellow with a stock of Teac FD235J (2.88) drives and about a > dozen bare Teac FC-1 SCSI boards. I'm interested, if the drives can be used for imaging 2.88 media (a la IBM, etc). Probably not so

Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 6:58 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote: > I could, but I guess by the time I’ve sourced a replacement I might as well > have bought an AHA-1522A instead, I have a couple of scouts out looking for > them as we speak :) The 1522A is a full pass for

Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 7:55 PM, Richard Cini wrote: > I use this card as a floppy/disk controller in a PC/AT that's used solely for > imaging. The controller is connected to two Seagate ST-2502N (442MB) hard > drives running MS-DOS 6.22. Works like a champ. Cables are

Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 8:18 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > Or, are you suggesting putting together an imaging machine that also handles > HDD, CD-ROM, some tape cartridges, etc.? Correct. Two key components in short supply when you have 11 classiccmp projects are

Re: MY COMPUTER LIKES ME when i speak in BASIC.

On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 5:47 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > "MY COMPUTER LIKES ME when I speak in BASIC" > > Don't anthropomorphize computers. > They hate it when you do that. Yes, you might anger them, and then they turn on you (or at least turn surly and

Re: Interest in Teac FD235J drives and FC-1 boards?

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 10:14 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > 2.8M runs at 1,000,000 bits per second. > Such controllers exist, but are not very common. > Can Catweasel/kryoflux handle that data transfer rate? Looks like no on the KF:

Re: Scanned paperback book "RSX A User's Guide"

On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 12:04 PM, Al Kossow via cctech wrote: > it is online now > > http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/rsx11/Pieper_RSX_A_Guide_For_Users_1987.pdf D'oh - I was already working on trimming up Mark's copy and OCRing it. I got the cover scans from him as

Re: IBM 6094-010 "Dials" protocol?

On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 10:49 AM, Chris Elmquist via cctalk wrote: > Maybe there's some relationship to the SGI dial boxes?? I have an SGI > one but don't know anything about the IBM ones. They were built by > Danaher and Seiko and both SGI and Sun offered those models...

UNIX - An Open Solution

I recently came across an eight-volume set of comb-bound, A4-sized booklets titled "UNIX - An Open Solution", by Mick Farmer and Richard Murphy. In trying to uncover more info about them, I found Mick Farmer's old home page: http://www.plan7.co.uk/mick.html. The books are mentioned there with

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

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! But really, it's a video games/kitchy electronics show; they're not hardcore computer collectors. I don't even know what a show about "us" would look

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

On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 12:24 AM Ethan via cctalk wrote: > I tried to watch it on the drive home from work today. Youtube video had a > strike (takedown) so it's gone. The web site had IP geolocation and > rejected my phone. So looks like it's Canada only. Discovery is working a deal for a US

Re: Font for DEC indicator panels

On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 2:04 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > So, anyone happen to know the font used in DEC's indicator panels: > > http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/DECIndicatorPanels.html > > or, at least, a very close match? According to my notes, for the VCFMW8 shirts

Re: ISO 70's and 80's coax and twinax terminal docs/brochures

On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 11:00 AM Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > I've started to more aggressively archive material on old IBM and compatible > coax and twinax > terminals and was wondering if anyone has documentation scanned or squirreled > away that I don't > already have on bitsavers. Most

Re: VCFMW

VCFMW13 Talks & Presentations videos are up! Here's a YouTube playlist with all of them for this year: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE-Iywr9LQERoM2Iy6EeO9ln5SdFnmnsW

Re: WTD: 9 track open reel for PDP-11

On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 11:17 AM W2HX via cctalk wrote: > Does anyone have a (preferably working) 9-track drive that can be used with a > PDP-11 (like a pertec interface) for sale? Willing to drive anywhere from > Philly to Boston for one. A bit out of your range, but if we can figure out

IDOL/VS Manual

I am preparing to scan this manual on the IDOL/VS database system, which was initially a product of "Systems Specialties" but was later purchased by MAI for their Basic Four systems. I can't find any documentation on this product on Bitsavers or anywhere else. If anyone is aware of this manual

Re: Hayes Transet Manual and Software

On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 10:12 AM geneb via cctalk wrote: > Jason, you can send it my direction for scanning if you like. I built a > book scanner a while back to handle all the Crescent Software manuals I I just watched your video on your DIY scanner - good work! I'll keep it in mind, but I

Re: Hayes Transet Manual and Software

On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 11:32 AM geneb via cctalk wrote: > I'm glad you scanned it - I've got a Transet 1000 with no manual or power > supply. I had only the vaguest idea of what it did. ;) > Seems no one does for sure. There are some old ads and some posts here and there (one from an ex-Hayes

Re: Vintage Radio Catalogs

On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 5:54 PM Columbia Valley Maker Space via cctalk wrote: > Is there a similar mailing list for vintage radio guys? These books I > have need a new home As the URL suggests, these guy(s) specialize in early radio history. They also do a ton of scanning and host their own

Re: 1968 Hitachi HIDIC 100 Mini Computer

On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 10:46 AM Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > > Sales Brochure scanned > https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=587 Please do scan the whole thing when you are able. I can OCR the Japanese text (or Acrobat can, at least...I'll have no idea what it says :) j

Re: 1968 Hitachi HIDIC 100 Mini Computer

On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 12:43 PM Bill Degnan wrote: > > I did, link at bottom Got it. OCR'd and posted here: http://chiclassiccomp.org/docs/index.php?dir=%2Fcomputing/Hitachi The text on the title page goog-lates to "Thunder calculator for eye control", which is certainly clear to me... j

Vintage Datacomm Porn (SFW)

I have completed a scan of the December 1972 issue of "Communications News" and posted it to archive.org: https://archive.org/details/CommunicationsNewsV9N12/page/n0 Lots of great info and (mostly tiny) pics in here for fans of terminals, modems, early online networks and the growing data

Re: Bellmac 8 Tutor on ebay

On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 7:47 PM ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: > > If any the group gets the bell mac we would love a scan or hi res > photo of that multi colored sheet. It would look nice printed in the > back of a display ofone of these units here.We have 3 of these

Re: wanted back issues IEEE ANNALS OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING bound or unbound... dtop us a line off list please.

On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 6:35 PM Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: > > At 12:05 PM 29/12/2018 -0800, Al Kossow wrote: > >On 12/29/18 12:00 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > >> Stupid question, but doesn't IEEE CS already have these archived? > > > >of course they are > > > >we are speaking with

Re: VCFMW

On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 12:45 PM Jay West via cctalk wrote: > Once again. Silent700 put together an incredible show for the Midwest > computer festival in Elk Grove. Every room that was rented was almost > overflowing most of the show, so I suspect attendance was great. I heard a > lot of good

Craigslist: RP05 drive cable in Indiana

No affiliation with the seller, just a strange item to come across randomly. Digital BC06S cable, which is mentioned in the manual for the RP05 and possibly others: https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwi/ele/d/multi-pin-digital-cable/6835150645.html The ad shows updated two days ago so they likely

VCF Midwest 14: Date Announcement

Hello everyone - since people have already been asking (we even had someone call the hotel to try to register - that's some refreshing pro-activeness), we can confirm the date of this year's Vintage Computer Festival Midwest will be: September 14-15, 2019 2019 will bring a NEW LOCATION which

Re: decgraphic brochures on eBay

On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 1:48 AM Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > Is anyone here bidding on them that intends to scan them? > I won't snipe them if that's the case The GT44 User Guide? Or is there another auction? That one is too many $ for me.

Re: Abandoned FACOM system in Italy?

On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 7:32 AM Evan Linwood via cctalk wrote: > The most interesting section is from 14:14: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrx1tK5xcAk I like how they stole all the raised floor tiles except those with 1000lbs of tape drive on them, making extraction of those drives extra

Re: Abandoned FACOM system in Italy?

On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 7:32 AM Evan Linwood via cctalk wrote: > There doesn't seem to be mention of any recovery effort in the comments (that > I could see). > The most interesting section is from 14:14: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrx1tK5xcAk Oof, 5:30 is a tragic sight for any IBM

Re: Connecting LK250 to VAXmate

On Sat, Jun 15, 2019, 03:28 Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: > I recently acquired a VAXmate with an LK250 keyboard. The problem is the > keyboard came without the cable. It uses an 8-pin SDL connector and the > usual tiny MMJ-like connector at the keyboard end. I don't know the pinout > and I

VCF Midwest: Hotel Reservations Open

After long delay, we can finally share the location of this year's show! Room registration is open and awaiting your reservation. We've got a new venue this year and that means a new table layout, which we're hard at work on and will be posted Real Soon Now. Then we can start signing up

Re: Teletype 5620 schematics

On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 12:48 AM Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: > Thanks for posting this, Al. Seconded. I've got one with the keyboard and ladybug mouse. Worked many years ago - and I'll never know if it has stopped working if I don't plug it in again!

VCF Southeast Photos

Last weekend I made an unannounced visit out to Roswell, GA to visit our brothers-and-sisters-in-hoarding at the Vintage Computer Festival Southeast. They were hosted by the new location of the Computer Museum of America, not yet open to the public. The show was a solid representation of the

Re: Hayes Transet Manual and Software

On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 23:43 Jason T wrote: > One of my few remaining Holy Grail items, I got a Hayes Transet 1000 > this week. My three-part Hayes stack is now complete. > Another Transet just sold on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/382925076475 And this one has the 5.25" PC software disk

Re: VCF Southeast Photos

On Fri, May 3, 2019, 06:21 Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > > It looks to me like an Apple "live photo". > Google/Android's version of the same. In a couple cases (like the CM's LED panels) I used it intentionally to capture motion. In others, I had forgotten to shut it off :( I can/should go

Re: Email delivery protocols / methods.

On Fri, Jul 5, 2019, 16:05 Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > Here's pot stirrer for a holiday Friday afternoon: > > How many different protocols / methods can we collectively come up with > for how email can be transferred? > > I'm primarily thinking about between servers (MTA-to-MTA). But I'm

Re: 5 1/4 diskettes available

> On 7/10/19 11:32 AM, Will Cooke via cctalk wrote: > > > https://www.bgmicro.com/4-pack-of-5-25-floppy-diskettes-with-sleeves.aspx > > They have hub rings, so they are probably 360K Weren't these 89 cents when this was first posted? Well they're $1.89 now. You're altering the market!

Re: sun microsystem manuals

On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 6:47 AM Guy Fedorkow via cctalk wrote: > > I have a small stack of Sun 3 Administrator, Networking and Diagnostic > manuals, from about 1990. Contact me if you think anyone would want them? > Thanks I have scanned as many Sun-3 era manual as I've gotten my hands on, but

Wang PC Available in Seattle Area

I have been contacted by a gentleman in the Seattle, WA area who would like to put a Wang PC240 system into the hands of a collector rather than see it scrapped. The system includes the custom Wang keyboard (with extra function keys and Wang "EXECUTE" key!), a 20MB half-height Seagate drive and

VCF Midwest 14 Overflow Hotel Block Open

Hello vintage fans! This is exactly the kind of problem a growing show wants to have, but it's a problem nonetheless. The Clarion Inn hotel attached to our show venue is FULL for Saturday night 9/14. There may be a few rooms left for Friday 9/13, but that doesn't do you a whole lot of good if

Re: VCF Midwest 14 Talks and Talkers

On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 12:38 PM Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 at 19:28, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk > wrote: > > > > Especially the > > > > "Notice: Undefined index: currentpage in /var/www/vcfmw.org/footer.html on > > line 34" > > > > at the bottom. I felt right at home ;)

Re: Scanning question (Is destruction of old tech docs a moral crime?)

On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 11:41 AM Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: > 600dpi. The file is 22MB vs 12MB, so that's worth it. The 1200dpi version > was almost 70MB which is starting to get a bit large for a 60 sheet > document. The sweet spot seems to be 600dpu, at least for this material. I don't know

Re: Computer Reset shop, liquidation. (USA)

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 11:13 AM John Foust via cctalk wrote: > I've considered taking a truckful to VCF Midwest, but apparently > I'd need to make a big scary sign that says "If you don't take it now, > it's going to recycling" because I can't imagine that I'd be able > to give away half the

Re: Computer Reset shop, liquidation. (USA)

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 3:30 PM Ethan Dicks wrote: > Not strictly true - I have taken two CBM printers off the free pile in > the past 6 years. Also guilty. It had an IEEE PET interface, what was I supposed to do??

Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019, 21:50 Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > Hi, > > This crossed my radar earlier today. I figured that someone on the > CCTalk mailing list might be interested in it. > > Link - Vintage 1995 Novell WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS TK50 Tape Digital > DEC VAX > -

Re: Scanning question

On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 6:31 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > A "paper shear" > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MWB1C2A > looks like a cheap hobby version. I own this model, or very nearly the same one (previous iteration from Peoples Paper Cutter Factory #7). It's no 2-ton mechanic shear but it

Re: 5 1/4 diskettes available

On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 6:21 PM Guy Dunphy wrote: > > So they are! Oops. Sorry! > Maybe they had a rush of orders, and it's not entirely my fault? > Or maybe the 89c price was a typo, and my order alerted them? The magic of automatic reactive pricing systems, I guess. I received my package from

Re: Scanning Results

On Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 12:43 Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 8:09 AM geneb via cctalk > wrote: > > > On Mon, 22 Jul 2019, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: > > > > > So for the moment, I have to keep all my scans local (but accessible). > > > > > No you don't. Uploading

VCF Midwest 14 Videos

The videos are up! The last of the VCF Midwest 14 Talks videos, shot in glorious 4K and lovingly edited by the intrepid Trixter, have been rendered and posted to our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/vcfmidwest Check out the Talks you missed this year and in years past, as well as select

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