RE: Importing a PDP-8 from Canada
(*Perk*... I'm in Saskatchewan!) Jim -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Paul Anderson via cctalk Sent: Monday, July 31, 2017 8:12 PM To: Michael Thompson ; General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Importing a PDP-8 from Canada I have a truckload coming in from Saskatchewan Canada within the next few weeks. Where is yours located? Is it just the 8 box or cab? I can get it to VCFMW it that helps. Paul On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 7:15 PM, Michael Thompson via cctech < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > The RICM has an opportunity to get a PDP-8/M (built in Maynard, MA) > that is in Canada. I remember that there was a discussion on the > procedure here, but I can't find it with Google. > > Can you either point me to the discussion, or tell me what the > procedure is? > > -- > Michael Thompson >
RE: Importing a PDP-8 from Canada
As long as any improvements were done in Canada using Canadian parts, it wouldn't matter anyway. Canada is a signatory to NAFTA, and Canadian goods (with rare exceptions) are duty-free to the US. If you have any doubt, call the border station where you plan to import the goods, tell them what you are doing, and ask them what they need and if there will be any issues with taxes, duties or import permits. My guess is that none of this would apply to something made within Canada or the US being imported for a museum. Jim -Original Message- From: cctech [mailto:cctech-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Marc Howard via cctech Sent: Monday, July 31, 2017 9:46 PM To: william degnan ; General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Importing a PDP-8 from Canada https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/375/~/duty-on-u.s.-made-goods-returning-to-the-u.s . Kinda echos my experience. Unless the PDP-8 has been "improved" I don't think you'll have any problems.
RE: Landfill?
-Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Fred Cisin via cctalk Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2018 3:51 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Landfill? Is there ANY interest in Courier 56K V.92 modems? === If a person is going to dabble with modems, these are as good as it gets. If you don't mind shipping, and you're just looking for compensation for shipping costs and packaging, I'd take a couple (assuming you're .us or .ca), but there is still a little demand for these. There is nothing better. (There are a few more interesting modems, like acoustic coupler modems and some of the Telebit stuff, but for practical usage, a v.92 v.Everything Courier is top of the heap.) Jim
RE: Pair of Portmaster II's
If shipping to Regina, SK wouldn't be objectionable, I'd take one of these off your hands. I've wanted one for awhile. Jim -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Diane Bruce via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 1:57 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Pair of Portmaster II's I have two Livingston PM-11's (http://portmasters.com/faq.html) and I haven't needed either of these in a long time. Is anyone interested in them? Diane -- - d...@freebsd.org d...@db.net http://www.db.net/~db
Re: Pair of Portmaster II's
Apologies, Diane - I've just been waiting to hear back from you as to what shipping might cost: Jim MacKenzie 165 Coldwell Road Regina, SK S4R 4K7 If you can let me know, I can make a decision. No rush. Jim
RE: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!
And happy Thursday to all the non-Americans :) (Stuck at work today :( :) ) -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of ED SHARPE via cctalk Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2018 11:34 AM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: HAPPY THANKSGIVING! HAPPY THANKSGIVING! 2018! Sent from AOL Mobile Mail
RE: RSS Feeds
Here are mine. The hashed-out ones seem to be on hiatus or have disappeared. This is from my podget configuration file. jim@hobart:~/.podget$ grep -i computer serverlist http://floppydays.libsyn.com/rss Computers Floppy Days http://www.cyberears.com/podcasts/podcast_6067.xml Computers Chicken Lips Radio http://www.cyberears.com/podcasts/podcast_6066.xml Computers Next Without For http://www.cyberears.com/podcasts/podcast_5982.xml Computers Retro Computing Roundtable http://retrobits.libsyn.com/rss Computers Retrobits #http://www.edbbspodcast.com/feed/podcast/?podcast_series=podcast Computers Electric Dreams #http://spritecastle.com/feed/ Computers Sprite Castle http://feeds.feedburner.com/AmigosPodcast?format=xml Computers Amigos http://www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com/?feed=podcast Computers The History of Personal Computing http://PressPlayOnTape.podbean.com/feed/ Computers Press Play On Tape Jim -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Parker via cctalk Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 10:34 PM To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Subject: RSS Feeds I'm looking for some reliable RSS feeds (I appreciate they seem to be coming rare these days) to do with classic computers, preferably with a TRS-80 flavour but I'm not going to be precious about it. Google didn't seem to produce too many and those it did were either not there anymore or broken or monumentally out of date. If anyone can point me any where I'd be most grateful. Thank you Kevin Parker 0418 815 527
RE: Raspberry Pi write cycles
-Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Adam Thornton via cctalk Sent: Friday, August 9, 2019 3:44 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Raspberry Pi write cycles I did have a case where the Pi I was using as secondary DNS/DHCP and as the secondary backup server (using USB spinning disk) destroyed its SD card. But then it turned out not to be the load at all. No matter what I ran on that Pi, it would corrupt its SD cards in a matter of weeks (the symptom was that the fourth bit of some bytes would just stick on). I assume it was just something broken in the Pi itself. === The usual cause of this is an insufficiently beefy power supply. Every Pi that I ever had that ate SD cards ceased the habit when I put a better supply on it. Jim
RE: Question about modems
-Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of allison via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 6:02 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Question about modems > Like RS232/432 signaling the art and science is getting lost to time and age. > I'd bet more than half here never used a modem or have not in more than > 15-20 years. That's probably true, but I maintain my nostalgia for modems and have a bunch, including real Hayes 300 and 1200 Smartmodems, a SupraFAXmodem v.32bis and v.FC (the former was my first fast modem; the latter is the one I really wanted in the day :) but I can't find a way to upgrade it to v.34), and a nice pile of USR v.Everything modems including an ISA internal, a few v.90 and one v.92 external, and a new-in-shrink HST 14.4. (HST works super well on modern VoIP lines compared to v.32bis and v.34, I find.) I even have a dialup console to one of the Linux boxes on my network. Can't say I need it. It's a bit of an indulgence. But it's there, and it works. I have a ham radio callsign too (VE5EV) and one of these years I intend to really experiment with packet radio, and eventually, AX25 TCP/IP networking over radio using packet modems. Jim
RE: Question about modems
-Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Fred Cisin via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 7:08 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: RE: Question about modems >What do you need to do to use an acoustic modem with a cellphone? >You can get a "retro" handset for a cellphone, that will fit the rubber cups, but, will it work? I have one of those handsets, and somewhere in the basement, a Radio Shack acoustic modem, so I could actually try it. I expect it would work, but would suffer from a lot of line noise because of how modern telephony works. My network routes calls via UMTS, not VoLTE. I've never done a VoLTE call, so perhaps it would be better. Jim
Xerox 820 PC
With permission, I’m forwarding this email about a Xerox 820-II that’s available in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. (I live in Regina, and know Steven.) Feel free to contact him directly. He’s also available by IRC; email me directly for server details. Jim From: Steven Brown [mailto:tuxst...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 10:01 PM To: buys...@losurs.org; Q&A LOSURS Subject: [LOSURS: buysell] Xerox 820 PC My dad worked at Xerox for over 20 years here in Regina. A former co-worker of his called him to see if he knew anyone who might be interested in taking ownership of a Xerox 820 he has. Still works apparently. Specs can be found here: https://oldcomputers.net/xerox-820.html He sent along the following information: " This is a xerox 820 II antique, black & white screen, 8” HD and a dual 8” floppy unit, has the 8 and 16 bit intel processors. If one was interested in playing with the old stuff. Tried to give it to Western Development museum but they only want stuff that relates to Saskatchewan. Oh yes it is a com base operating system " He mentioned it comes with a pile of software as well. Picture sent isn't very good but here it is: https://imgur.com/a/CzH5FHz If anyone is interested please let me know. If anybody knows of a person or institution who may be interested, please let me know. Regards, Steven Brown
RE: Xerox 820 PC
A 20 MB hard disk, and dual 8" floppies. Jim -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Al Kossow via cctalk Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2019 10:02 AM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Xerox 820 PC On 11/14/19 7:59 AM, Jim MacKenzie via cctalk wrote: > With permission, I’m forwarding this email about a Xerox 820-II that’s > available in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. (I live in Regina, and know > Steven.) someone should check if it has 5 or 8" floppies or a hard disk
RE: Commodore vic 20 poweroff
-Original Message- > On Wed, 16 Mar 2022, Diedrich, Bryce via cctech wrote: >> Just got a Commodore Vic-20. What is the safest way to power it off >> when I am done using it? In all seriousness, in the 8-bit days I always had everything on a power bar - computer, floppy drive(s) (if applicable), monitor, printer. I'd turn everything on and off with the power bar switch. I did the same on my Amiga, too. I'd leave peripherals I didn't always use, like the printer, turned off with their own power switch much of the time. This keeps the AC power off the supplies, saving a little electricity and protecting the devices against some surges, and saves wear and tear on the power switches. Power bars are cheap and easy enough to replace if needed. And it's convenient. Jim
[cctalk] Re: OT: Ham Radio
Just want to jump in that I'm also a CCer who is a ham. I'm on a couple of Facebook ham radio groups, and there are a few decent forums, but one of the best places to talk about ham radio is on the radio itself. If you can find a local repeater that enough hams monitor, it's not hard to get a conversation going about what to do next. 73 Jim VE5EV On 2023-07-06 10:49, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk wrote: Where are you located? There is a number of groups all over the range of activities that hams do and in various social media. Please free to email me off list if you want to get more info. 73 de Nigel ve3id On 2023-07-06 12:33, Eric Moore via cctalk wrote: If you are specifically into RTTY, there is the greenkeys list. I am not a ham, but I collect and repair teletypes, so I am active on there. -Eric On Thu, Jul 6, 2023, 11:30 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: I know this is off topic, but I think there are a number of hams here. Looking to get back into it but have some questions. Now that the a**holes have completely trashed all the USENET ham radio groups where do hams go for the kinds of discussions that used to be there? bill
