old PDP/DEC PSU hardware question

2019-11-17 Thread Dr Iain Maoileoin via cctalk
I have a query out on VCFed, but I am not gettin gany interest. Neither did my 2015 request on a similar topic - must be the wrong forum. Advice please: where is the best place to get some troubleshooting tips on debugging a DIGITAL H7202B power supply? I have 2 supplies that are giving me

Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 61, Issue 17

2019-10-18 Thread Dr Iain Maoileoin via cctalk
Paul - I had a quick look at PLATO. I dont think it was like that. In this game when you set a movement direction and velocity you moved through the universe in that direction “forever”. There was not concept of “moves” or “turns”, it was very dynamic. Spasim looks much closer - but was that

Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 61, Issue 16 Message 11 - computer game

2019-10-17 Thread Dr Iain Maoileoin via cctalk
> > Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 12:55:09 -0400 > From: Bob Smith > To: Dr Iain Maoileoin via cctalk > Subject: Re: looking for a program - last gasp questions > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > are you thinking of

looking for a program - last gasp questions

2019-10-17 Thread Dr Iain Maoileoin via cctalk
Not star-trek I am trying to track down the source of a unix game . Years and years ago - 1980s - I was in the Computing Science Department at Strathclyde Uni.  and we had a bunch of BSD4 systems running on VAXen. I have memory of - but have never located - a curses based 24 x 80

Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 52, Issue 18

2019-01-18 Thread Dr Iain Maoileoin via cctalk
I have used Jorgs kit to get my 11/70 front panel running. There is NO NEED to split the cables - for manual circuit, nor is there in the new “cap” adaptor board. I *THINK* Jorg has many cables and many panels and the split is a throwback to some earlier work that I saw photos of. My (wire

off topic - capatob - saratov2 computer Russsian pdp8? HELP

2019-01-05 Thread Dr Iain Maoileoin via cctalk
Off topic, but looking for help and/or wisdom. If you visit https://www.scotnet.co.uk/iain/saratov / you will see some photos and wire-lists of work that I have started on the front panel of a Capatob 2. I plan to get

chasing down an old game

2018-12-09 Thread Dr Iain Maoileoin via cctalk
Many many years ago in a distant galaxy (called Strathclyde University Computer Science) we ran a game on the PDPs. It was great at testing out terminal line speed handing and debugging curses (well that is what we told the bosses). I remember the game as being called “search”. But since we