[cctalk] Re: TI 960

On Mon, 4 Sep 2023 18:03:26 -0400 Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > On 9/4/2023 4:23 PM, James B DiGriz via cctalk wrote: > > I can see some similarity of the 900 series CRU I/O to the Inmos > > Transputer serial links, but I've never heard of them referred to as > >

[cctalk] Re: TI 960

2023 11:27 AM, James B DiGriz via cctalk wrote: > > I'm interested, the ATS-960 automated test system in particular. I > > think that's what was with the Applicon I mentioned. > > > > jbdigriz > > > > On Mon, 4 Sep 2023 14:22:53 +0200 (CEST) > > Christian Corti

[cctalk] Re: TI 960

I'm interested, the ATS-960 automated test system in particular. I think that's what was with the Applicon I mentioned. jbdigriz On Mon, 4 Sep 2023 14:22:53 +0200 (CEST) Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: > I won't give up my hopes, but it seems that this system is > practically extinct and

[cctalk] Re: TI 960

On Sat, 26 Aug 2023 14:27:05 +0200 (CEST) Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: > I guess not many have survived but I want to ask if someone/some > place has software (papertapes, ...) for the Texas Instruments 960 > minicomputers. We have a 960B but at the moment, it is pretty much > useless. I

[cctalk] Re: Store with "vintage" computers and parts

On Thu, 9 Feb 2023 11:09:58 -0500 (EST) Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote: > > The address is very suspicious, as it does not seem like a very good > > website name, and ends in .shop, which valid shops in our hobby > > rarely if ever use. > > Problem is all the .com addresses are squatted on

[cctalk] Re: Store with "vintage" computers and parts

On Thu, 9 Feb 2023 08:31:35 -0600 Eric Moore via cctalk wrote: > > The address is very suspicious, as it does not seem like a very good > website name, and ends in .shop, which valid shops in our hobby > rarely if ever use. > Yeah, "bryanipad.shop" is definitely...strange. Only registrant

Re: Looking for Silent 700 Model 765 lower board

On Sat, 7 May 2022 19:05:49 -0700 Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote: > These things must be cursed by G-d. I've landed three. Two had bad > lower boards (the ones with the bubble memory and the main 9980 MCU) > already. The third had a bad print mechanism. I replaced the printer > mechanism, but

Re: What happened to control-data.info and controlfreaks.org?

On Thu, 18 Nov 2021 07:23:40 -0600 Daniel Seagraves via cctalk wrote: > > On Nov 18, 2021, at 12:53 AM, Jim Carpenter via cctalk > > wrote: > > > > Is anybody able to access these sites? I just get redirected to > > Google. > > > > Jim > > Quite simply, Tom got mad, took his ball, and went

Re: TI-99/4a Monitor power cord

On Sat, 6 Nov 2021 13:54:57 -0500 David Williams via cctalk wrote: > > Yeah I figured cleaning of one sort or another would only delay the > inevitable. I can open it up and look at the cord attachment but > thought I'd see if anyone knew or had anything showing it before I > went to that

Re: Overclocked TI Silent 703 at 1200 bauds?

On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 01:05:45 -0700 Curious Marc via cctalk wrote: > Yes, I have ruined a few printouts using the isopropanol method ;-) . > On that subject, can anyone recommend a source for the thermal paper > used in the Silent? Marc > I found this link:

Re: Overclocked TI Silent 703 at 1200 bauds?

On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 23:36:27 -0700 "CuriousMarc" wrote: > It may very well have the double head. It's not dropping any > characters at 1200. I am surprised. That's 4x the expected speed! > Here is another sighting of a Silent 703 working at 1200 bauds: >

Re: Overclocked TI Silent 703 at 1200 bauds?

On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:35:50 -0700 CuriousMarc via cctalk wrote: > I recently acquired a TI Silent 703 on ePay and just fired up. It > worked right away. But I expected it to work at 300 bauds as > advertised, and to my surprise, it clocked at a the head turning > speed of 1200 bauds! Did they

Re: CDC drive needs a home! (FTGH!)

On Thu, 19 Aug 2021 06:23:45 -0700 (PDT) geneb via cctalk wrote: > I have a CDC 9427H drive ( https://i.imgur.com/Wn87MRb.jpg ) that is > absolutely desparate for a new home. It's quite likely over 80lbs, > so shipping would be problematic. I'm in Graham, WA. > > It's free, it's lonely, and

Re: ISO Laserjet I/II/III firmware

On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 13:10:43 -0400 Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: > On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 10:48 AM Al Kossow via cctalk > wrote: > > I suspect interest in emulating them will die out once they get > > past the 68000 models. > > I may still have a II, and I definitely still have at least one

Re: ISO Laserjet I/II/III firmware

On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 07:44:27 -0700 Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > On 8/12/21 7:25 AM, John Foust via cctalk wrote: > > One step behind > > the wrecking ball or the recycling dumpster as the case may be. > > Yup. I started saving Laserwriter bits when their was originally > some interest in

Re: ISO Laserjet I/II/III firmware

On Wed, 11 Aug 2021 22:57:16 -0700 Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > There has been some work going on emulating early Laserwriters in > MAME and I was wondering if anyone still has boards or firmware dumps > from Laserjets. > > It seems most have been scrapped. > > "nobody collects printers" >

Re: Early '80s Motorola Semiconductor Reference - anyone?

Not directly useful for part number interchange, but schematic and mechanicals for the 3T series switching regulators here: http://www.rknorman.co.uk/Boschert%20PSU%20Circuit%20diagram.pdf On Sun, 8 Aug 2021 04:26:30 -0700 Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > On 8/7/21 9:48 PM, r.stricklin via cctalk

Re: TI 960

On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:31:55 -0800 Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > On 2/22/21 12:29 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Feb 2021, Al Kossow wrote: > >> Not very often you see paper tape software for them > > > > Unfortunately I haven't found *any* software for the 960, yet. >

Re: TI 960

On Sun, 21 Feb 2021 16:00:36 -0800 Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > On 2/21/21 3:59 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > I'm assuming these are 960s > > Not very often you see paper tape software for them > > Price is absurd for the mixed bag that is there > > > >

Re: Compuserve

On Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:44:45 -0600 John Foust via cctalk wrote: > At 09:56 AM 1/12/2021, James B DiGriz via cctalk wrote: > >I'm kicking myself right now because I had forgotten that archive.org > >hosts a web interface to an (incomplete) archive of the Compuserve > &g

Re: Compuserve

On Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:25:30 -0600 Jason T via cctalk wrote: > On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 6:46 PM John Foust via cctalk > wrote > > > > From '85 until '94 or so, I saved my transcripts from visiting > > CompuServe, PeopleLink, Delphi, Genie, BIX, the Well, etc. > > > > This is an incredible

ISO Technico info, pics, doc scans, etc.

Models SS-16, TEC-9900-SS, TR-9000-SS aka Technico/Rosse TR-9000-SS "Super Star", or any other. I think a couple of list members have indicated here or elsewhere in the past that they had SS-16's at least. Thanks for any help, jbdigriz

Re: Compuserve

On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 17:12:04 -0700 Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > On 1/10/21 3:03 PM, James B DiGriz via cctalk wrote: > > Fidonet echos. > > I have a copy of a friend's BBS from back in the early 2000's. > > I'm sure that there is a way to extract messages from

Re: Compuserve

On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:57:17 -0600 Jason T via cctalk wrote: > On Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 05:41 Tomas By via cctalk > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Does anybody know if the old Compuserve discussion forums are > > available anywhere now? > > > > I'm specifically interested in the ones about HP

Re: Care and feeding of some Lisp machines (TI Explorer and Xerox Star)

> From the CI403/CI404 manual > (http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ti/990/datacomm/2263897_9701B_CI403_Nov83.pdf): > You can try http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ti/990/datacomm/2263897-9701B_CI403_Nov83.pdf, too. It may work a little better. jbdigriz

Re: Care and feeding of some Lisp machines (TI Explorer and Xerox Star)

On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 15:35:50 +0200 Michael Engel via cctalk wrote: > Hi, > > for a planned exhibition, I am thinking of restoring two of the > machines to working state again that are in storage here for decades: > > - A TI Explorer ("Sperry" labeled) > and > - A Xerox Star (no idea if ours

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

On Thu, 12 Mar 2020 01:30:46 +0100 Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: > In a future, all corpos will belong to AIs. And I guess AIs will be > interested in discovering more about their, hum, ancestry. And they > will be able to track down all remaining shoe boxen with punch cards, > and use

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 20:06:04 -0400 Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > On 3/11/20 6:26 PM, Katherine Barto wrote: > > > > > >> On Mar 11, 2020, at 3:18 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > >> mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: > >> > >

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 18:18:14 -0400 Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: (Regarding TI SysV) > > I assume SysV means Unix SysV. Unless there has been a change > I have not heard about nothing newer than V7 has been released > for use by the holders of the Unix IP. I have a copy of that >

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 13:52:21 -0700 Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > On 3/11/20 12:59 PM, James B DiGriz wrote: > > In which case, why not a FOSS release? > > Bob Supnik got Unisys to release the sources to BTOS while he was > VP of engineering, but we've never been able to find a copy of them. >

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 08:08:43 -0700 Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > Release of Classic HP3000 died for the same reason from the same > company. > After HP bought TI's DSG lines, TI SysV was eventually turned over to a 3rd party, who has so far been unresponsive to my inquiries about possible

Re: ISO earl TI DSP kits

On Sat, 7 Mar 2020 14:38:39 -0500 David Gesswein via cctech wrote: > > I found around 70 disks for the TMS320C30 and TMS340x0. I can read > these Let me know your current desires for archiving such as IMD or > files, text label info or disk pictures etc. Do you want the TMS340 > graphics

Re: ISO earl TI DSP kits

I'm glad you've scanned those docs in, because I lost my hardcopies of TI docs some years ago. Don't ask. I don't have any of the EVM's or SDK's, and I'm on the lookout for the 9995-based 32010 evaluation board, but I do have have an XDS emulator for the 32010. Non-functioning, but it is

Re: Looking for TI 990/12 hardware reference manual ????

On Wed, 2 May 2018 18:56:42 + (UTC) Jerry Wright via cctalk wrote: > I have a later TI 990/12 system with a dead power supply. Looking > drawings or schematics andI believe there in the hardware reference > manual.  The one manual on bitsavers  under 990/10shows a

Re: Looking for TI 990/12 hardware reference manual ????

On Wed, 2 May 2018 18:56:42 + (UTC) Jerry Wright via cctalk wrote: > I have a later TI 990/12 system with a dead power supply. Looking > drawings or schematics andI believe there in the hardware reference > manual.  The one manual on bitsavers  under 990/10shows a

Re: Spectre & Meltdown

On Fri, 5 Jan 2018 11:18:53 -0800 Rick Bensene via cctalk wrote: Of course, update your OS as soon as updates are available, > as patches (which will likely slow your system down) are forthcoming > from Microsoft and various Linux trees. > You want to test those

Re: HEXTIr - TI HexBus SD Drive

On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 12:14:41 -0500 Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: > In case anyone has a fondness for niche tech... > > At VCF-SE this year, the TI folks had a great exhibit, and perusing > it I saw an unfamiliar machine, the TI CC-40 (Compact Computer-40). > While I was