Re: IBM PC Connecting to DECNET

I think Decnet can run over a serial connection (rs-232) if you have Decnet software. It’s not medium dependent. I got it to work years ago from vax-to-vax. I’m not aware of any pc decnet software although I haven’t looked much into it. Should work over ethernet too. Do you have any Decnet pc

Re: Alphastation 200 login (Wayne S)

I should have specifically said it’s Windows Nt. Issue is that it’s an Alpha so can’t use the usual software to change or remove the password unless there’s an Alpha version. Best suggestion so far is to use a version of Unix that runs on Alpha and rename the SAM file. Sent from my iPhone

Re: Retro networking / WAN communities

Totally forgot about ARPANET. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 12, 2022, at 11:47, Will Cooke via cctech > wrote: > >  > >> On 04/12/2022 12:42 PM Wayne S via cctech wrote: >> >> >> Thanks for the info about IMP. >> But now i’d have to qu

Re: DECTape head problem

Searched a lille bit for Western Magnetics. Here’s a site that has some surplus heads, even a western magnetics onebut probably not the correct one. There is a corporate charter record for Western Magnetics in Minnesota dated 1964. Maybe this is the same company. There’s also a tape head from

Re: DECTape head problem

:07, Paul Koning wrote: > >  > >> On Feb 8, 2022, at 2:53 PM, Wayne S via cctech wrote: >> >> Since so many audio tape players and computer magtape units were made it >> would stand to reason that there has to be a stash somewhere of tape heads >&g

Re: DECTape head problem

nt in half and double the read amplitude and >> just use one track for the affected channel. >> >> Marc >> >>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 12:33 PM Wayne S via cctech >>> wrote: >>> >>> I’ve often wondered if the tape heads from con

Re: DECTape head problem

I’ve often wondered if the tape heads from consumer tape devices such as cassette or 4-8 track tape players could be used or be made to be used as replacements. Anybody ever try that? Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 7, 2022, at 11:51, Michael Thompson via cctech > wrote: > >  >> >> >> From:

Vt131 4 sale in St.Louis

VT 131 for sale at auction in St. Louis. It’s local pick up only which means they won’t ship. Some other interesting stuff too. I have no affiliation to the seller. https://www.estatesales.net/marketplace/items/579633 Sent from my iPhone On Oct 26, 2021, at 11:34, Toby Thain via cctech

Re: Linearizing PDF scans

> On Aug 17, 2021, at 05:12, Liam Proven via cctech > wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Aug 2021 at 23:21, Wayne Sudol via cctech > wrote: >> >> Out of curiosity, is there a reason you do not use Acrobat for creating >> pdfs? > > I have been making PDFs for at least 20 years now, probably more. >

Re: Linearizing PDF scans

I asked because i was curious if what you wanted to do could not be done in Acrobat. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 16, 2021, at 15:16, J. David Bryan via cctech > wrote: > > On Monday, August 16, 2021 at 14:20, Wayne Sudol wrote: > >> Out of curiosity, is there a reason you do not use

Re: VT340 Emulation

We tried to use Reflection 240 on IBM PS/2 machines circa 1990. IIRC, it installed easily w/o needing special drivers. For the most part it worked as advertised. We didn't really need Regis graphics so we never tested that out. It's problem was that it was really slow on PCs, much slower than

RE: Raised Floors

Interesting. The arguments I’ve heard from a few data center builders/managers is that the main factor in how a DC is built is that can the business be insured against catastrophic loss. It has to meet all fire codes and has to be reasonably resistant to unforeseen catastrophes, like flooding

Re: VMS 8.4 Alpha Hobbyist disk images

Notice: Downloaded this from the link and Norton says it is a virus. PUA.InstallCore Sent from Outlook From: cctech on behalf of Mark Wickens via cctech Sent: Friday, February