Craig said
> I would like to have both the drives in my HP 9895A working. Since flat belts
> for old equipment are becoming nearly impossible to find, has anyone had
> success replacing a flat belt with a toothed? Either by reversing the belt
> or by also replacing the pulleys? Or by the
I don't know if any source is still available, but for a long time I've been
fascinated by Ivan Sutherland's Sketchpad running on the TX-2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USyoT_Ha_bA
Since Sutherland's technical report is also on the web
Bill said
> https://retropopplanet.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/vintage-computer.jpg
>
> I was not at this particular VCF out in California in the later 90's when
> this photo of a DEC exhibit was taken; the original picture from vintage.org
> is no longer hosted.
>
> Does anyone have a copy of the
Marc said
> Does anyone on the list have or have seen the stand that DEC sold with the
> VT52? I'm just curious; does the stand screw into holes on the monitor or
> does it just sit on top?
>
> From what I've seen before it just looks like an office chair base with a
> top that is the correct
Bill said
> Hi - COVID project I have been attempting to read some old Honeywell
> DDP-516 papertapes using the OP-80A or Teletype reader but it's inefficient
> and I don't want to damage the tapes. Does anyone have a reliable
> papertape reader for sale, or recommend one currently out there
> Here is the Ebay auction, I hope the manual is included assuming the 50-pin
> port is the output port.
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/GUARANTEED-GOOD-USED-FANUC-TAPE-READER-A860-0056-T020/392104833775?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
Perhaps try the IndustryArena CNC
Bill said
> I am looking for a video or photos that show how one removes the printer
> from the keyboard safely on an ASR 33. I need to get to the underside of
> the printer levers so I can re-align them. I am getting incorrect
> characters when I type over half of the keys. I can see that a
> On 10/19/2021 12:57 PM, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctech wrote:
>> I am trying to bring up an 11/23 system in a BA23 box, and the only
>> memory i have is an obscure Plessey one. The only identification is the
>> p/n 705920 with dash-100 in white ink. By counting the chips I make it
>> 4MB, but it
Adam wrote
>> On 11/19/21 9:33 PM, Steve Malikoff via cctalk didn't write:
>>
>> And what happens when you wake up one morning to find archive.org is
>> gone, too?
>>
>>
> Fundamentally, eventually we're all going to be indistinguishable
> mass-components inside the supermassive black hole that
shad said
> Hello,
> I'm a decent collector of big iron, aka mini computers, mainly DEC and DG.
> I'm often facing common problems with storage devices, magnetic discs and
> tapes are a little prone to give headaches after years, and replacement
> drives/media in case of a severe failure are
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