[cctalk] Re: Experience using an Altair 8800 ("Personal computer" from 70s)

At 07:50 AM 5/24/2024, Henry Bent via cctalk wrote: >Surely the code written for Traf-O-Data, before Altair BASIC, counts as a >commercial product; I'm not sure what definition of "published" you're >using here. They didn't sell Traf-o-data, did they? I thought it was a tool they used to analyze

[cctalk] Re: C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89

At 01:32 PM 5/22/2024, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: >His and his wife >Gwen's (god rest her soul as well) personal collecting and the museum at >DEC was the basis for the Boston Computer Museum, which effectively went >west and became the Computer History Museum. He was quite sensitive about

[cctalk] Re: What to take to a vintage computer show

At 09:52 PM 5/1/2024, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >In the early days of the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga, (and I may have the two >reversed in the following anecdote), Atari had a nice display of a bouncing >checkered beach ball. Amiga had almost nothing. >But, the second day, everybody except

[cctalk] Re: Death of Mitnick

At 02:05 AM 7/20/2023, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: >On Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 8:35 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk >wrote: >> Too bad, but on the other hand, John Draper turned 80 this year. >> Probably a better role model. >> >> --Chuck > >Oh, god, no. Chuck's only saying that because he wasn't

[cctalk] Re: long lived media (Was: Damage to CD-R from CD Sleeve

At 08:54 AM 1/17/2023, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > To pick one example, I have an 1990s era Dell laptop that no longer passes > POST (it gives a "beep code" failure that I haven't been able to cure). I > would like to get whatever is on its hard disk, but that has a proprietary > interface

[cctalk] Re: Old Silicon Valley poster

At 03:30 PM 12/12/2022, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: >$700 for a C64? Egads, you've been watching too much bad cable TV. Hmm, not really. My memory was a little off... it was a C-128D system from my warehouse that sold a year ago for almost $700. - John

[cctalk] Re: Old Silicon Valley poster

At 09:53 AM 12/12/2022, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: >No wonder the prices on vintage computer stuff has been going through the >roof on eBay over the past couple years. If you spent $1,000 on a Commodore 64 system in 1985, that's about $2,800 in today's dollars, courtesy of inflation. A

[cctalk] Re: Old Silicon Valley poster

At 01:20 AM 12/12/2022, John Herron via cctalk wrote: >I haven't found the episode yet but this is their website with what I >assume is the poster. >https://gspawn.com/products/apple-computer-poster-map-of-silicon-valley-in-1990-price-check. >They are asking $799.00. That is a similar style, but

[cctalk] Re: Old Silicon Valley poster

At 12:37 PM 12/11/2022, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: >Having a good hi Def scan would indeed be nice. >Having this thing show up on pawn stars probably helped kick the price up.Ed# Again, I wanted the San Francisco episode you mentioned and I don't see this poster there. Can you point to it? -

[cctalk] Re: Old Silicon Valley poster

At 07:18 PM 12/10/2022, steve shumaker via cctalk wrote: >If there's that much interest, it might be worth taking to a FedEx shop and >getting a high quality wide format scan. Their web site locator didn't specifically let me find which offices can do large format scanning. It also didn't say

[cctalk] Re: Old Silicon Valley poster

Well, she went for $810 to a map dealer in London, and he had to pay about another $200 for the eBay global shipping program and duties. I asked one of the other losing bidders about what I had here and why it was popular... he said "Dealers are collecting them and trying to sell them at

[cctalk] Re: Old Silicon Valley poster

At 02:07 AM 12/5/2022, you wrote: >Watch PAWN stars do America WITH CHUM LEE ETC. . The SF. Episode that ran. >That poster was in it I believe I don't see it. I see a guy with sci-fi posters at 38:00. https://play.history.com/shows/pawn-stars-do-america/season-1/episode-3 Does anyone

[cctalk] Re: Old Silicon Valley poster

At 01:20 AM 12/5/2022, Alexander Huemer via cctalk wrote: >It would be cool if those could be scanned before disappearing >somewhere. Yes, I have considered that. I have an Epson V850 Pro flatbed. I'd need to scan it carefully in pieces and then use some kind of stitching tool. I use

[cctalk] Old Silicon Valley poster

I'm cleaning out my warehouse bit by bit, and started selling posters on the eBay. I have two of these: https://www.ebay.com/itm/334649989332 I sold one of these posters last week for $95+20 s/h. I listed the second one and the buyer of the first one submitted an offer for $300 and then

[cctalk] Re: Great Vintage Computer Heist of 2012

At 09:15 AM 10/18/2022, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote: >>Own your land. >>Museum or individual. > >You never own your land. They can always take it. Far more probable than someone taking your property? Wanting to give it up. Needing to give it up. Or your death, and then someone else wants and

[cctalk] Re: 8" floppy diskette storage cases

At 09:16 AM 10/11/2022, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: >Yes, eBay charges the seller the same commission on shipping as it does for >the item price, and the taxes charged to the buyer as well. A year or so ago, I tried to figure out how to even see a detailed breakdown of eBay's costs and

[cctalk] Re: Minicomputer front panel.

At 06:29 PM 9/23/2022, Mike Katz via cctalk wrote: >Unfortunately there are some collectors who are also resellers so they buy >entire lots, keep what they want and sell the rest on eBay at high prices. Storage space isn't free, even if the mortgage is already paid. - John

Re: cleaning up edge connectors

At 03:45 PM 4/28/2022, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >>>If neither of these is doable or practical, what are people >>>doing to clean up these connectors? >>Anent that, here's an oldie but goldie: >>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqr-ZmDHR8U > >Now that was cool. But, somehow I doubt it is

Re: interesting DEC Pro stuff on eBay

At 12:27 PM 4/20/2022, Paul Koning wrote: >Maybe a different guy, since Pro development was in the late 1970s to early >1980s. Perhaps his son? Or the guy returned to DEC, or listed his career differently on LinkedIn for other reasons? It's not a common name. - John

Re: interesting DEC Pro stuff on eBay

At 01:40 PM 4/19/2022, Bjoren Davis via cctalk wrote: >Looking at the photo I see the name "Dave Iacobone". I wonder if he is still >around and remembers that board. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-iacobone-0a11436/ At DEC from 1993 to 1996, now at iRobot. - John

Re: idea for a universal disk interface

Magnetic visualizers also discussed here: http://qicreader.blogspot.com/p/track-visualization.html - John

Re: idea for a universal disk interface

At 08:45 PM 4/13/2022, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >It certainly seems that it would be THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE, with an extreme >budget, to build a high resolution device similar to the 3M Magnetic Tape >viewer, . . .

Re: Does anyone/museum test disk packs?

At 08:25 PM 3/16/2022, John Herron via cctalk wrote: >I was visiting a new thrift store and saw a disk pack they had. I joked >that mine are just fun display/conversation pieces. Wait you bought it, right? Was it $2? - John

Sun stuff in MA, USA

https://www.reddit.com/r/vintagecomputing/comments/t6mqgh/my_dad_who_recently_passed_has_a_bunch_of_sun/ - John

Re: Seeking paper tape punch

At 08:24 PM 2/21/2022, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote: >Consumer-grade CNC stencil cutters are fine at cutting plastic sheet and >should be ok with film stock. >My ptap2dxf (latest version 1.3) will produce output to cut tapes for ... Meaning the Cricut kind of device? Clever! So it works for

Re: Classic sale/give-away Jefferson, WI USA

At 01:25 PM 9/18/2021, Jay Jaeger via cctalk wrote: >Nearby, in Madison but, unfortunately, essentially out of room. 8( Darn, I was hoping you'd want some... >I suggest listing the S100 stuff on the S100Computers Google Group. Would be >happy to assist, given a list of stuff, in getting it

Classic sale/give-away Jefferson, WI USA

Given the hot real estate market, I've received an unsolicited offer to purchase my office building and I'd like to accept it. This means disposing of a great deal of classic computer stuff in the next 30 days. I need to let go of what isn't sparking joy, as they say these days. At least I

Re: Extremely CISC instructions

At 04:13 AM 8/24/2021, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote: >move.b ([0x12345678, %pc, %d0.w*8], 0x9abcdef0), ([0x87654321, %sp], %a0*4, >0x0fedcba9) And which language and compiler case was this aimed at? Wasn't that a primary driver for complex CISC instructions? That if it happened often

Re: ISO Laserjet I/II/III firmware

At 12:57 AM 8/12/2021, you 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. There were software updates for the firmware and I imagine they were a

Re: PC floppy disk sets avaialble free

At 11:23 AM 8/9/2021, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: >sometimes I wonder why I even bother putting this s*it up Well, actually... it said "Pathworks V5.1 (35 disks) plus LAN Mgr Setup." So is it 5.1 or is it the 4.1 you have on Bitsavers? An ISO of a 5.1 CD is at

Re: Help reading a 9 track tape

At 11:45 AM 8/6/2021, Jay Jaeger via cctalk wrote: >On 8/5/2021 2:57 PM, Len Shustek via cctalk wrote: >> > On Aug 5, 2021, at 8:39 AM, Jay Jaeger via cctech >> > wrote: >> > I know Paul well (we were contemporaries at U. WI). Where did Paul work at UW-Madison? I don't recall him. I was on

Re: Ian Hirschsohn - DISSPLA, Superset Inc. and sad news

At 12:56 AM 7/31/2021, Randy Dawson via cctalk wrote: >As some here know, I collect some dusty deck fortran graphics. We have >MOVIE.BYU up and running! (Thanks Douglas Taylor and Emanuel Steibler). Once I was in the business of making 3D file format translators, and I still have code that runs

Re: What's left of the Houston Museum stuff

At 02:01 PM 7/23/2021, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: >like a friend said, we are all just delay lines for the dump How about "temporary caretakers who will pass these things along to someone else who also cares?" - John

Re: core matt repair

At 12:13 PM 7/20/2021, pspan via cctalk wrote: >I worked at a company called DMA located in Amery Wisconsin during the 80's >and 90's that did do core mat repair. And why were they in Amery, WI - a very small town? - John

Re: Who has a working Terak?

At 10:50 AM 6/19/2021, you wrote: >off topic, but since Teraks came up >does anyone have boot disks for the later Calcomp Teraks that have an NEC 7220 >graphics color graphics board? I have one 8600 color (Q-Bus add-on, separate box) system I inherited from a Terak founder. His estate didn't

Who has a working Terak?

One of the original UCSD Pascal team contacted me, asking if any of my Teraks are still working. Sadly, they don't. I seem to remember hearing on the list that someone had re-capped and re-socketed their Terak, and that it's working. He wants to get video of an original, working Terak to

MITS 300/55 Business System

Fellow wants to unload it, located in Lansing, MI USA. 80 meg HD. https://www.reddit.com/r/vintagecomputing/comments/o2qggk/altair_8800a_with_500_pound_hard_drive/ - John

Re: Vintage Computer Museum eBay Sales

At 03:59 PM 6/17/2021, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: >When I first crossed paths with this guy I sent him a message about some item >he had listed correcting his claims about it. Don't recall that. Is there some reason we're not naming names here? Are they known? >And a Museum doesn't imply

Re: Looking for VAXSET Software Engineering Tools for VMS 4.x

At 12:03 PM 4/17/2021, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >Do you have access to a Record Store that deals in used CDs? I know one of >our local ones used to have a machine for resurfacing CDs, at the time, I >didn’t need to make use of the service. Another option might be used Video >Game

Re: Lisa Source Code

At 02:27 PM 4/8/2021, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >By the way, does anyone know the structure of an ".ITI" file The context is a WORM file system, or a particular OS, or an app environment? - John

Re: Lisa Source Code

At 08:52 PM 4/6/2021, Lyle Bickley via cctalk wrote: > I converted them to Unix end of line conventions and spaces for >Pascal tabs after recovering the files using Disk Image Chef, OK I'll bite. Googling for quote Disk Image Chef doesn't turn up much beyond this press release (which is all

RE: Hard To Believe This Person Is Serious

At 12:41 PM 3/26/2021, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >Q: what does "FURBISH" mean? M-W says "to make lustrous" and "to give a new look to." "Refurbish" is "to brighten or freshen up." At Dell Outlet, for example, I think they call a computer "refurbished" even if it never left the warehouse -

Re: [GreenKeys] OT FTGH Xerox 820

At 09:59 AM 3/11/2021, Tom Uban wrote: >I am interested if this is not already spoken for. I'm sorry, I forgot to include the giver's email. "John, W9DDD" Contact him directly. - John

Re: [GreenKeys] OT FTGH Xerox 820

Richardson, TX I assume. At 09:42 AM 3/11/2021, John, W9DDD wrote: >I have a Xerox 820 (rev 2 -II?) that will go to it's happy hunting grounds >soon unless there is interest. > >Pictures if interested, part it out if it gets to that point. > >(On topic to the extent it makes room for more

Re: Spelunking the places where files are not

At 03:16 AM 3/8/2021, Tor Arntsen via cctalk wrote: >Linux distros come with a standard tool to do some of that, >'testdisk'. From the overview: I'm familiar with the various undelete tools for Windows and Linux. Such tools may not exist or make sense for older file systems. Entire files would

Re: Spelunking the places where files are not

At 07:55 PM 3/6/2021, John Foust via cctalk wrote: >And I guess I hadn't thought of that case where the file system >named the number of bytes in the file and that the unused ends >of blocks could also contain stuff, too. Is there a name for those bytes? An interesting analysis of &qu

Re: Spelunking the places where files are not

At 07:20 PM 3/6/2021, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >The data forensics folks are at least 20 years ahead of you, John! >They're interested in *everything* on disk, active or not. Yes, I've looked at some of the high-end tools and once wondered about a career in data forensics. I've had a few

Fwd: [TUHS] A stack of PDP-11 field maintenance print sets

> >From: John Floren >Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2021 14:51:40 -0800 >To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society >Subject: [TUHS] A stack of PDP-11 field maintenance print sets > >I've been hauling around a pile of DEC Field Maintenance Print Sets >for PDP-11 components for over a decade now, intending to see

Spelunking the places where files are not

After thinking about disk imaging tools like Greaseweasel, I started thinking about tools that would grab and examine the unused portions of disks. It's obviously file-system dependent. At one level we know of "undelete" tools that could piece together recently deleted files and restore them

Re: digital group's Richard Bemis

At 10:23 PM 3/3/2021, Brad H via cctalk wrote: >I am working on a 30 minute historical video about the digital group. For >source material there isn't a ton of stuff out there unfortunately and much of >the account of what happened to the company comes from the late Dr. Robert >Suding. In his

Fwd: [GreenKeys] Teletype 33 KSR free in Knoxville, TN, USA

The guy posted today, saying they're still available... - John >From: >To: >Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2020 18:23:31 -0500 >Subject: [GreenKeys] Equipment Available > >I have the following available for pickup in the Knoxville TN area, it from >the estate of an old ham buddy that's now in the nursing

Re: Flip-Chip selloff (Al Kossow)

At 04:01 PM 2/3/2021, you wrote: >and I won't go into how disgusted I am with eBay's new seller payment system >they forced everyone into on the first of the month. A few months ago I sold on eBay some servers and NAS stuff for a client. I thought it would be easy to see the detailed financial

Re: Greaseweazle

At 03:37 PM 2/3/2021, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >"Reasonably quickly" is a relative term. I've got samples here that I >had to cogitate over for a year. >Admittedly, these were items that were sui generis, but "quickly" was >not in the picture. Well, there's the balance between novice

Re: Greaseweazle

What I'm hearing is that these microcontroller standalone devices don't give any feedback on the reading process. Couldn't they be more tightly coupled to a PC so the raw data could be displayed immediately and analyzed reasonably quickly? Certainly they could send all the samples over USB

Re: Greaseweazle

At 08:32 AM 2/2/2021, geneb via cctalk wrote: >On Mon, 1 Feb 2021, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: >>and it is the software and the knowledge of what you need to do when >>recovering media in volume these guys have no clue about > >How about helping out instead of bitching from the sidelines? I was

Re: Greaseweazle

At 07:54 PM 2/1/2021, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: >The workflow of 'squirt across a bitstream from the whole disk, let the PC >chew on it and maybe it's right' is fundamentally wrong >It may work on clean media but you are guaranteed of getting garbage after the >head clogs at some point during

Re: Greaseweazle

At 06:15 PM 2/1/2021, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: >On 2/1/21 4:13 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >>any moderately capable >>modern MCU can do the job. > >and it is the software and the knowledge of what you need to do when >recovering media in volume these guys have no clue about What aspects

Re: Greaseweazle

At 04:58 PM 2/1/2021, geneb wrote: >I've got one (F7+ Lightning version) and I've used it with 5.25" and 8" disks. > I've got plans to use it with 8" disks, but I've not done it yet. You'll need >to get the FDADAP from here: http://www.dbit.com/fdadap.html in order to use >it with the GW.

Greaseweazle

https://github.com/keirf/Greaseweazle I heard about this today and I'm surprised I hadn't heard about it on this list before. Flux reading and writing from all sizes of floppy? Anyone here using one? I'd love to get it working for 8 inch, 5 1/4, 3 1/2 drives here in my shop. - John

Usenet and Google Groups

At 06:01 PM 1/30/2021, you wrote: >>>Which Henry was that? Henry Spencer perhaps? >>Yes, Henry Spencer (formerly of zoo.toronto.edu). >>N. > >Another blast from the past. I haven't seen anything of or spoken with him in >nearly 30 years. A legend, indeed, and one that only makes me upset

Re: Compuserve

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 web >forums. I think this is based on the archiveteam emergency scrape of >2017. Do you have a link to

Re: Compuserve

At 09:57 AM 1/11/2021, Ethan O'Toole wrote: >>So how could you organize all that into a web database and interface? > >Could you put a text front end on it that emulates the original CIS? I'd say the first step is defining a SQL database structure to hold it all, then the code to display it, and

Re: Compuserve

At 04:03 PM 1/10/2021, James B DiGriz via cctalk wrote: >There will have been pieces saved here and there, but mostly on floppies or >old, >failing hard disks or rotting tapes not stored safely, so if anyone >wants to archive them, they need to do it ASAP. From '85 until '94 or so, I saved my

Re: Keyboard storage, part 2

At 08:31 PM 1/4/2021, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: >Next, I ordered the Uline keyboard boxes. I had to get 25 of them and they are >not free Well, actually... neither are the "free" USPS boxes. *Someone* paid for them, and they're supposed to be used for shipping. - John

Re: misc stuff - free

At 10:37 AM 12/14/2020, Don Stalkowski via cctalk wrote: >Softech microsystems UCSD p-System 8" floppy disks: I would've paid for shipping these, if anyone is visiting to grab anything. I'm in Wisconsin. I'd at least want to know someone imaged them. - John

Re: Fire-Sale PDP-11 update (and request for parts)

At 12:41 AM 12/5/2020, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: >Thought you folks might be interested in a quick update on my folly here. > >At the beginning of November I drove down to the bay area to pick up the >two fire-damaged PDP-11 systems -- a PDP-11/70 and a PDP-11/45. (I also >made a few other

Re: Syquest druve owner in 541 area code? (Usa)

At 08:17 PM 11/8/2020, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > Thus came into my site, if you can help contact me privatelthanks >... >I have an old Syquest 5.25" removable cartridge (44MB) and am >trying to find a service that will get the graphics data off the cartridge >for me. If you have

Re: non-shunting jumpers?

At 01:30 PM 10/22/2020, you wrote: >I have seen surface mount 0.05 pitch >pin headers come from their manufacturer with protective caps, but I >haven't been able to find anything to apply to 0.1" pin headers that I >could by aftermarket. I'd use two jumpers. Hang one off one pin, hang the other

Re: [TUHS] Fwd: Choice of Unix for 11/03 and 11/23+ Systems

At 01:51 PM 9/30/2020, Noel Chiappa wrote: >I guess all this PDP-11 hardware detail isn't really on-topic for this list; I >should move it to Classic Computers, or something. I've got Riordan's udis[01..10].DSK disk images that I presume are similar to

Revived Terak 8510

Mine stopped working a decade or so ago. I have a dozen or so, but none are powering up any more. I seem to remember someone here who'd revived one. Did it mean replacing sockets, replacing caps? - John

Fwd: [GreenKeys] Teletype Model 28 Free, La Crosse, WI area

> >Subject: [GreenKeys] Model 28 Free >From: GARY WEBB via GreenKeys > >Model 28 with modem installed. Tape reader/reperf. Variable speed. Manuals. > Last used 20+ years ago. If no one wants it, soon will be in the local land >fill. Located in Onalaska, WI Phone 608-769-5633 NI9V

Fwd: [GreenKeys] Teletype 33 near Phoenix AZ

> >From: Joe Clanin >Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2020 04:56:27 -0500 >To: greenk...@mailman.qth.net >Subject: [GreenKeys] 28KSR, 26, 33 For Sale Near Phoenix, AZ > >I have no affiliation with the seller, just passing it along. > >28:Â

IBM and Calcomp gear rescue in Toronto area

https://www.reddit.com/r/vintagecomputing/comments/id17d2/i_need_vintagecomputings_help_in_the_early_1980s/ IBM 29 card punch IBM 2501 card reader IBM 3420 magnetic tape unit IBM 3803

Re: Circuit board trace repair...

At 05:33 PM 8/12/2020, Doc Shipley via cctalk wrote: >When I worked for Texas Instruments in '83, we used 30ga 24K gold wire... And these days, that's sold by the inch? - John

Re: [GreenKeys] Omaha craigslist - Teletype RO printer - what model?

At 12:56 PM 8/3/2020, Nick England wrote: >Looks interesting - I know nothing more >https://omaha.craigslist.org/sys/d/omaha-heathkit-h19-terminal-vintage-old/7170438478.html > >What model printer is that?

Teletype KSR 33 in portable hard-shell case

I'd like to know what to call this portable teletype 33. I have not yet found any ID tag. I'd love to see some original literature. Have not yet found another on the internets. The hard-shell lid is removable and has a nice compartment to hold the DA-15 to DB-25 serial cable and the AC power

Re: OpenVMS Community License

At 09:03 AM 7/28/2020, you wrote: >FYI...new VMS community license. > >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ2n2RlNVtw Titled "Failover Mechanism". Did you mean "VSI Community License Program" dated 7/28/2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCjFIASH87s

Re: Interested in Microport 286 System V?

At 01:18 PM 7/20/2020, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: >>>Bela Lubkin >>Waait. Is this somehow related to the Armory? > >I know Bela, and will be picking it up from him tonight I knew him back in the Amiga days, and just a few years ago I was looking at my class roster from Shorewood (WI)

Re: Fwd: Looking for BAD / Faulty core memory for a display piece

At 04:35 AM 7/21/2020, Gary Sparkes via cctalk wrote: >Anyone? even if it's physically broken You don't like the ones on eBay? - John

Re: A tool many of you may make find useful!

At 10:41 AM 6/25/2020, Dave Dunfield via cctalk wrote: >I originally wrote it for my own use, but it has proven SO useful that I took >a little time to clean it up and post it at my personal site.: Downloading http://dunfield.maknonsolutions.com/dos/sw/ddw2020.zip gets flagged by Windows Defender

Re: PDP-11 tape question

At 12:50 AM 6/24/2020, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >Thanks for straightening that out--all I know is that the tapes are from >an 11/70, which isn't much information, admittedly. A few months ago, I was re-rescuing some files that a friend had once read from a RSTS tape. He gave two sets of

Re: Future of cctalk/cctech

I'm most puzzled by the eager hosting volunteers who'd volunteer even before they have a full understanding of the job. Wouldn't you want to know how much time it might take you to administer the list, how much bandwidth it eats, storage, format of the archives, etc.? - John

Re: Amiga Vendors?

At 11:05 AM 6/10/2020, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >I found AmigaKit.com in the UK, are there any Amiga vendors left in the US? I >need to order some parts, and not only do I not remember who I used to use in >the US, I assume they’re gone. Geeze, we're not that old. You make it sound like

Re: Microsoft open sources GWBASIC

At 05:05 PM 5/29/2020, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >One reaason why you don't hear much about that is because the first version of >Microsoft Fortran for the PC wasn't real great. >It was written in Microsoft Pascal. Really! How does this connect to Microsoft's FORTRAN-80 for CP/M circa 1977?

Re: Microsoft open sources GWBASIC

At 10:59 AM 5/29/2020, Jecel Assumpcao Jr via cctech wrote: >The modern variation of the Turing Tarpit. At least they come to this >illusion honestly given that you even have people who think implementing >Forth in C is the way to go. What, are you saying that someone couldn't write some Perl or

Re: Living Computer Museum

At 08:04 AM 5/29/2020, Daniel Seagraves via cctalk wrote: >I’ve been just kinda skimming along in this thread, I’ve been busy; Just >wanna make sure I have everything down... "Anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac" - George Carlin - John

Re: Living Computer Museum

At 09:25 AM 5/28/2020, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >Nothing like asking people to jump thru hoops before you let them >do you a favor. :-) Much of the effort of running a thrift store is disposal of donated material that has no rapid resale value. - John

Re: DIY Paper Tape Punch - Mechanism diagram?

At 07:18 AM 5/1/2020, Hugh Pyle via cctalk wrote: >I've cut Mylar tape with a Glowforge laser. It cuts very nicely but the >alignment is a major hassle, plus you can only cut ~15" of tape which >doesn't go very far. Not worth the effort. If you were to build a custom >linear drive it might

Re: tape baking

At 05:56 AM 4/28/2020, you wrote: >https://www.morressier.com/article/towards-understanding-thermal-remediation-degraded-archival-reeltoreel-audio-tapes/5e736c6bcde2b641284abb13 Lower right pic on "layers in contact" slide, looks like it was inverted... - John

Re: Fixed my pdt11/150

At 03:33 PM 4/26/2020, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: >So I've had a boat anchor pdt11/150 here for awhile. It's probably one of the >weirdest pdp11s ever built: An 11/03 CPU ish, six serial ports, ish, and a >pair of RX01 drives. I remember using one for a while in the early 80s. I kind of

Re: Another old phart trying to clean out the house

At 10:46 AM 1/13/2020, you wrote: >If there is anyone in the greater Chicago area (or anywhere else) who'd like >to drive over and take away anything from a carton to a carload of old stuff, >from docs to chips, please let me know. No inventory list, no shipping - just >a walk-through and carry

Re: RSTS emulation in a browser (now "FILMGR")

At 09:23 PM 12/15/2019, John Foust via cctalk wrote: >At 11:11 PM 12/13/2019, John Foust via cctalk wrote: >>Another RSTS question. One of my rescued tapes has only several >>files with the extension ".FLB" Compared to other files of the >>sets, these are relati

Re: RSTS emulation in a browser (now "FILMGR")

At 11:11 PM 12/13/2019, John Foust via cctalk wrote: >Another RSTS question. One of my rescued tapes has only several >files with the extension ".FLB" Compared to other files of the >sets, these are relatively large... up to a meg or so. I'd found some RAD-50 filen

Re: RSTS emulation in a browser (now "FILMGR")

Another RSTS question. One of my rescued tapes has only several files with the extension ".FLB" Compared to other files of the sets, these are relatively large... up to a meg or so. In a text file on another related tape, a manager wrote "Learn how to use FILMGR, which is invoked by DO

Re: RSTS emulation in a browser

At 02:04 PM 12/10/2019, Boris Gimbarzevsky wrote: >Downloaded files for previous PDP-11 emulator but couldn't get it to run. >Link to German site at bottom of your post works fine and Unix runs about same >speed that it ran on my 11/34 in 1983. Scary that coding a PDP-11 emulator in >an

Re: RSTS emulation in a browser

At 10:51 PM 12/9/2019, Jay Jaeger wrote: >No, not necessarily. A web server provides a content header based on >its own internal configuration. For local files, it is determined >locally, and so might be different. > >Also it is possible that there are some file references in there that >are not

Re: RSTS emulation in a browser

At 09:07 PM 12/6/2019, Jay Jaeger via cctalk wrote: >When I try and contact the site, it times out / can't connect, though I >did manage to get an index listing by leaving off the pdp11.html. I also saw the time­outs but a retry usually fixed it. >Not quite sure what you mean by trying to run it

RSTS emulation in a browser

Back in 2000, Jay Jaeger generously helped me read some old backup tapes from a RSTS V7.0-07 system. I'm not sure why I hadn't tried before, but I recently thought I could try to run those circa-1982 BASIC-PLUS and FORTRAN programs under emulation. And maybe even in a browser. There's a

Re: 3" disks Was: InfoWorld - May 11, 1992 (3" disk formats)

At 04:26 PM 12/2/2019, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >Thank you. >I haven't heard from Brett Glass in decades, since he moved to Idaho. He ran >the numbers and decided that the differential in market value between his >housing here and similar in Idaho was enough to support him for quite a

Re: First Internet message and ...

At 09:05 PM 11/26/2019, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >Video Toaster, while a niche product, really showed the advantages of Amiga. >Up until a few years ago, when the Cable TV system crashed, it would display a >"Guru Meditation Number"! >"But there HAS to be a Macintosh version!" >"OK, OK."

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