[cctalk] Re: LCM STL Files for 3D Printing of DEC PSU Chassis

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

I’ve needed to modify STL files so I import them into TinkerCAD, an online
basic CAD environment, then export the STL out for printing.

//m

On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 at 6:03 pm, Christian Corti via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Oct 2024, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 12:25?PM Anders Nelson via cctalk
> >  wrote:
> >> I'd like to suggest that anyone distributing 3D models for 3D printing,
> >> please include a STEP file. STLs are mesh based (at least that's how
> they
> > If you are using a tool that generates STEP files that sounds great
> > but I do all of my design in OpenSCAD so you get STLs from me.  Any
> > STEP files would have to come out of a converter.
> > I do recommend if you use OpenSCAD, please publish the source files
> > with the STL.
>
> This is what I wanted to write, too.
> I don't know STEP files, and while I can import STL files into the slicer,
> I can't modify them, just position and scale.
>
> So yes, *if* someone publishes 3D models e.g. on Thingiverse, _include_
> then sources! OpenSCAD is a great tool.
>
> Christian
>

[cctalk] Re: LCM auction pre-notice

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

…catering to rich idiots.

//m

On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 at 10:33 AM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 13, 2024, 1:28 PM Brent Hilpert via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> > Just received a message from a friend mentioning stuff from the LCM is to
> > be in a Christie’s auction in Aug-Sep.
> > Online auction, viewing in Seattle by appointment.
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.christies.com/auction/firsts-the-history-of-computing-from-the-paul-g-allen-collection-23618-nyc
> > <
> >
> https://www.christies.com/auction/firsts-the-history-of-computing-from-the-paul-g-allen-collection-23618-nyc
> > >
> >
> > This appears to be just an upcoming auction advisory, there’s very little
> > info.
> >
> > "CDC-5000 and Cray 2 will be offered alongside their miniaturized
> > predecessors in the Altair 8800 and Apple-1"
> >
> > CDC-5000 ?
> > predecessors ?
>
>
> It's Christie's. They're basically idiots.
>
> Sellam
>

[cctalk] Re: BASIC

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

In ‘81 FORTRAN77 was the first language I learnt, but it was BASIC that
started my IT career. I was writing programs at Griffith University for
various lecturers and research staff. This was before the uni even had a
dedicated Computer Science Degree.

If it wasn’t for BASIC, I’d probably be a High School teacher. What a
career change.

//m


On Thu, 2 May 2024 at 9:34 AM, KenUnix via cctalk 
wrote:

> Anyone interested in a flavor of BASIC try my version of BWaterBasic  for
> Linux, Windows and DOS
> athttps://yeolpishack.net/repos/KenUnix/BwBasic
>
> It's pretty fast. Full source and DOCs are also there.
>
> Ken
>
> On Wed, May 1, 2024 at 7:05 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 1 May 2024, Mike Katz wrote:
> > > I'm sorry but the original BASIC as run on the Dartmouth Time Sharing
> > System
> > > was compiled.
> >
> > I wasn't around Dartmouth, and my first experiences with BASIC were all
> > interpreted.
> >
> > I had run a trivial program in it on a Silent 700 connected through a
> > phone line, long before I got my first personal computer (TRS80).
> >
> >
> > Thank you for the details of the history.
> >
> >
> > When Microsoft introduced "BASCOM" (their BASIC compiler), my first uses
> > of it were primarily to make my source code less easily accessible to
> > would-be infringers. :-)
> >
> >
> > --
> > Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com
> >
>
>
> --
> End of line
> JOB TERMINATED
>

[cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

As a denizen of the antipodes I’ve heard about VCFSoCal, but maybe I’m more
into the socials.

Maybe VCF(etal) should be also sending notifications through email lists
and boards.

Hoping anyone local(ish) to VCFSoCal can get there and have a great time.

M.

On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 at 8:33 am, Fred Cisin via cctalk 
wrote:

> >> First time I am hearing of this. Are details up on the vcf site?-Ali
>
> On Thu, 25 Jan 2024, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
> > Forgive me, I should not have assumed everyone already knew about it.
> > February 17-18 at the Hotel Fera Event Center in Orange, California.
> > https://www.vcfsocal.com/
>
> California VCF's tend to not be announced here!
>
> Last august, I missed VCF West, because I didn't hear about it in time.
>
> --
> Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com
>

[cctalk] Re: Magazine no longer in print

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

Yes, me too. I try to buy a year’s issues, if I can, so I can read them
monthly, just like “in the good old days".

//m

On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 at 12:09 pm, Tarek Hoteit via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> Such progress should never stop. I keep buying old magazines (creative
> computing, compute!, Byte, Omni, and more) via eBay and randomly pick one
> to read each day. It is  always a great feeling to read the actual
> magazines as if it were the eighties (or late seventies)
>
> Regards,
> Tarek Hoteit
>
> > On Apr 21, 2023, at 6:59 PM, Murray McCullough via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >
> > I read today that “Maximum PC” is no longer in print just in digital.
> Past
> > issues are available in digitized format but it’s not the same as
> reading a
> > magazine while in bed! Our hobby is changing. Well, progress must not be
> > stopped…
> >
> >
> >
> > Happy computing.
> >
> >
> >
> > Murray  🙂
>
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[cctalk] Re: Magazine no longer in print

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

You could print it on one of those old 2D printers that uses sheets of dead
tree flesh as a substrate.

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On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 at 12:04 pm, Fred Cisin via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Apr 2023, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote:
> > I read today that “Maximum PC” is no longer in print just in digital.
> Past
> > issues are available in digitized format but it’s not the same as
> reading a
> > magazine while in bed! Our hobby is changing. Well, progress must not be
> > stopped…
> > Happy computing.
> > Murray  🙂
>
> Ah, but who decides what is "progress"?
> (and, if it is "progress", then what is "congress"?)
>
>
> A "tablet" is not the same as a dead-tree edition,
> but we have to get used to it.
>
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[cctalk] Personal Calculator “Entertainment”

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

Another recent acquisition is for all your handheld calculator enthusiasts.

From 1975 here is “How To Entertain With Your Pocket Calculator”

Click to:
https://archive.org/details/htewypc

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[cctalk] Systron-Donner Block Programming

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

If anybody is interested in Systron-Donner Corporation, this booklet on “Block
Programming For Physical Systems” was in a recent acquisition.

Available at: https://archive.org/details/bpfps

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Re: Old Apple II game manuals and the Internet Archive

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

David, simple solution is to scan (to 600dpi tiff) the pages, and zip them
and then change the *.zip to *.cbz (Comic Book Zip) and upload.  You could
add a simple cover page listing the titles.

The Book-op process on the IA will produce the downloadable PDF and online
display page/images.

I'd also be happy to also copy the zip/cbz you create and reload as
individual metadata for each of the titles.

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On Tue, 2 Nov 2021 at 07:33, David Williams via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> While clear out storage spaces I have come across binders of photocopies
> of lots of old Apple II game manuals. I've checked online for those that
> have been scanned already and will toss those. Before I toss the rest which
> I haven't found online, I'd like to scan them and upload to the Internet
> Archive to save them. Most of these are one page with a few 2-4 pages. What
> I'm wondering about is the best way to upload them after scanning. Do each
> individually, which adds a lot of entries to my small upload page (which I
> suppose isn't a big deal) or zip them up and upload the one file and make
> sure the metadata is properly set to identify each manual in the zip. Or
> some other method? Suggestions? Thanks, David Williams
> www.trailingedge.com (http://www.trailingedge.com)
>

Re: GE 600 film...

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

For those concerned that the videos only stay up for lunch, here is the
link to all their current and previous uploaded content:

https://www.youtube.com/user/theavgeeks/videos

The GE600 segment was very interesting.

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On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 at 09:05, Michael Mulhern  wrote:

> Thanks for the link.  I've saved it to watch later.
>
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>
> On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 at 08:22, ED SHARPE via cctalk 
> wrote:
>
>> Does this stay up online forever ? It us great!  Thanks for sharing!   Ed#
>>
>> Sent from the all new AOL app for Android
>>
>>   On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 12:09 PM, William Sudbrink via cctalk<
>> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:   Some really nice GE 600 mainframe
>> computer footage, including manufacturing,
>> just went up here:
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vHCxwXTkXk
>>  &t=2470s
>>
>>
>>
>> For those not familiar, A/V Geeks is a really neat channel, showing all
>> kinds of vintage films for an hour
>>
>> at lunch time (East Coast US) each weekday.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bill S.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Re: GE 600 film...

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

Thanks for the link.  I've saved it to watch later.

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On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 at 08:22, ED SHARPE via cctalk 
wrote:

> Does this stay up online forever ? It us great!  Thanks for sharing!   Ed#
>
> Sent from the all new AOL app for Android
>
>   On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 12:09 PM, William Sudbrink via cctalk<
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:   Some really nice GE 600 mainframe
> computer footage, including manufacturing,
> just went up here:
>
>
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vHCxwXTkXk
>  &t=2470s
>
>
>
> For those not familiar, A/V Geeks is a really neat channel, showing all
> kinds of vintage films for an hour
>
> at lunch time (East Coast US) each weekday.
>
>
>
> Bill S.
>
>
>
>
>
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>

Re: scanning a ton of documentation

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

Confirming IA will derive off PDF as well as CBZ to generate OCRed PDFs.

//m

On Fri, 24 Sep 2021 at 7:33 pm, Christian Corti via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Sep 2021, Al Kossow wrote:
> > On 9/22/21 1:51 PM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote:
> >> Hasn't worked for me in the past ...
> > guess I picked a bad day to stop sniffing glue
>
> Don't get me wrong, but I had written some emails in the last years
> offering stuff for bitsavers (downloadable from our FTP site). They never
> made it into the archives.
>
> Christian
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Re: Scanning Suggestions (Bookmarks & Colour)

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

I have been scanning to 400 and 600 dpi TIFF and using scantailor-advanced
to post-process. Where manuals have had colour highlighting I’ve had good
results selecting indexed colour as the output type for those pages.

Unfortunately pathetic rural internet connection means I’ve only been
pushing optimised PDFs to the internet archive, but all original and
processed scans are kept and backed up.

I’m not just doing manuals, but whatever I find interesting in my library
at them time.

So far I’ve only done 500+ in the last 12 months, but it’s also therapeutic
for me as well as for sharing.

For your education and/or reading pleasure
https://archive.org/details/@jongleur

Cheers

Michael.

On Sat, 28 Aug 2021 at 8:05 am, Antonio Carlini via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> On 27/08/2021 22:10, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> > On 8/27/21 2:05 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
> >
> >> For material such as the RSX manuals you mentioned, the tool needed
> >> is a compression algorithm that handles color with hard edges
> >> faithfully.  Basically that means a lossless compression scheme.
> >> That should be fine, since pages like that should compress very well,
> >> at least if the scan has been touched up just a bit to make the page
> >> background reasonably pure white.
> >
> > Ethan worked on a filter a long time ago for DEC manuals. J David
> > Bryan's work was mentioned recently.
>
> I did see it, but it didn't look like a cookie-cutter recipe. I'd be
> happy to be proved wrong though. What I don't want to have to do is
> manually process each page (beyond having to decide which to scan in
> colour). I would be looking for an algorithm or process that I can just
> point at scanner data for a page and have it spit out the optimised PDF
> page. I'm sure that will appear at some stage, but I don't think it
> exists yet. The RSX-11M/M-PLUS Error Logging Manual, for example, has
> somewhere between 20 and 50 pages with colour present. I can pick those
> out and re-scan them and I can relatively easily merge those pages with
> the original B&W scan, but if I have to manually examine each page, I'll
> never make it to whatever manual is in my list after that one :-)
>
> >
> > It is trivial to add page bookmarks with Eric Smith's tumble with the
> > -b %F option
> >
> Thanks, I'll look into tumble.
>
>
> Antonio
>
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Re: Early Programming Books

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

I recently scanned my copy of "Electronic Computers: Principles and
Applications" by TE. Ivall (1956) and there is a chapter on "Programming
Digital Computers".  It is more of a general overview, rather than any
machine specifics.

https://archive.org/details/electronic-computers/page/183/mode/2up

The book also covers analogue computers for any interested.

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On Sun, 20 Jun 2021 at 18:44, Paul Birkel via cctech 
wrote:

> I know of two early computer (in the stored program sense) programming
> books.
>
>
>
> 1951: Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer
> (Wilkes, Wheeler, & Gill)
>
> 1957: Digital Computer Programming (McCracken)
>
>
>
> What others were published prior to the McCracken text?
>
>
>
> Excluded are lecture compendia and symposia proceedings, such as:
>
>
>
> 1946: Moore School Lectures
>
> 1947: Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating
> Machinery
>
> 1951: Proceedings of a Second Symposium on Large-Scale Digital
> Calculating Machinery
>
> 1953: Faster Than Thought, A Symposium On Digital Computing Machines
>
>
>
> These were principally about designs for, and experience with, new
> hardware.
>
>
>
> I'm curious about texts specifically focused on the act of programming.
> Were there others prior to McCracken?
>
>
>
> paul
>
>
>
>

Re: Living Computer Museum

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

I live in hope for the tag “for now”.  It’s always my first place to visit
when I fly in to the west coast.

//m

On Thu, 28 May 2020 at 9:58 am, Bill Degnan via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 7:36 PM William Donzelli via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> > > They've been closed to visitors since early March I think.
> >
> > A lot of smaller museums are going into hibernation. Most are
> > confident they will reopen sometime in the future, but well past the
> > points that they are allowed to by government order.
> >
> > It is unfortunate for the paid staff.
> >
> > --
> > Will
> >
>
> Makes no sense, I am sure it's only temporary.  The artifacts are not going
> anywhere, but there is always so much to do, this is a great time to retool
> and prepare to re-open a-fresh
> b
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RetroChallenge RC2019/10 is now open

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

Greetings all, I’ve now taken over custodianship of the RetroChallenge and
would like to extend an invitation to any who are interested in joining in
this October.

Entry details at:
http://www.retrochallenge.org

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Re: Pioneers of computing

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

Talking of calculators, my first full time job was selling HP calculators
and Apple computers which was appropriate, but not necessary for my second
full time job as a calculator. Yes my job title was calculator, where I did
actuarial calculations on insurance products for variations.

So I went from selling them, to being one :)

//m

On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 at 9:43 pm, Bill Degnan via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 11, 2019, 4:50 AM Brent Hilpert via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> > On 2019-Mar-10, at 5:16 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> > > On 3/10/19 2:18 PM, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote:
> > >> Historians, though not all, credit this development as the
> > >> beginning of the electronic-computing revolution that was truly
> > underway by
> > >> the mid-70s.
> > >
> > > Scotty, more power to the Reality Distortion Field!
> >
> >
> > It's not an out-to-lunch suggestion.
> >
> > The digital pocket calculator was the first mass-market digital
> electronic
> > device to be put in the hands of the consumer.
> >
> > Yes, all of us here know there were digital computers and other digital
> > electronic devices around many years before,
> > but the digital pocket calculator has a significant place at the
> > beginnings of the transition to the ubiquity of such technology in
> everyday
> > life,
> > as opposed to being behind-the-scenes in business, labs, and industry.
> >
> > One can argue the transition would have happened without the
> > pocket-calculator market -
> > just how influential it was in driving the innovation can be debated -
> but
> > the historical fact is it was there,
> > and a large market in the context.
> >
>
> Reading this thread...
>
> >
> Not sure why this suddenly became a thing to debate, but I will add that
> the multifunction function 1960s calculators were called "desktop
> computers" by publishers then
>
> https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread_record.cfm?id=536
>
> Also, I did an talk at HOPE on the subject of the how the early handheld
> calculator class fit into the development of micro computers a few years
> later. The talk was my take on the subject anyway.
>
> Bottom line, one should avoid putting the modern 2019 definition a
> microcomputer/personal computer into what people were talking about in the
> mid 60s into the 70s "small/personal/microcomputer".
>
> Also, the significance of the single chip vs multi chip or single board
> CPU...is independent of the intended use or capacity/capabilities of the
> computer they went into.  Over time the significance of a "single chip" CPU
> will fade.  Modern computers no longer rely on this approach anyway, it was
> only a blip in time that "single chip cou"  mattered as much.
>
> My opinion of course
>
> Bill
>
> Bill
>
> >
>
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Re: Interest in a DiscFerret?

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

AppleII have a look at AppleSauce to USB connect an Apple Disk][ to a Mac
to flux read the diskettes.

If you’re not Mac interested, maybe someone could do them for you. I would,
but I’m in Sydney , AU.

//m

On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 at 1:26 pm, Guy Dunphy via cctalk 
wrote:

> At 03:39 PM 9/01/2019 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >I had the bug to do something similar.. then I found SuperCard Pro.
> >It's closed hardware but the USB protocol is fully documented.  Because
> >if that, it's almost a perfect commodity turn-key hardware bridge to raw
> >flux-level transitions - in or out.  It's $100 and in-stock.  One could
> >always build custom hardware, but you'd wind up with something very
> >similar in hardware and protocol design.  What's your time worth?
> >
> >The heavy lift is always in software.  There is an open-source Amiga
> >disk image utility package that has turned into something more
> >flux-level generic called Keirf Utilities.  And the built-in software is
> >also descent.  But since the USB protocol is documented, the hardware
> >capabilities can be extended by anyone.
> >
> >-Alan
> >
> >
> >On 2019-01-09 15:12, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> >> On 1/9/19 12:05 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen via cctalk wrote:
> >>> Less finished (ok, unfinished) project
> >>
> >> Just what the world needs, more half-baked floppy reading hardware
> >> and no software, just like the stupid thing on hackaday.
> >>
> >>
> https://hackaday.com/2019/01/08/preserving-floppy-disks-via-logic-analyser/
> >>
> >> Universal joy through the reinvention of the wheel (badly)
>
>
> Has anyone used a DiscFerret, to actually extract files from say, Apple II
> disks
> and HP LIF disks?
>
> The website- https://discferret.com/wiki/DiscFerret
> It seemms like the project is dead since 2013, was only ever for Linux,
> and never included software
> that understands various old floppy formats. Is that right?
>
> My neads (using DOS, WinXP or Win7) are:
>
> * At the moment I'm attempting to restore my old, heavily modified  Apple
> II to working condition,
>   and then archive all my old Apple II files on floppies to PC. Part of a
> project to document a
>   bunch of projects I did in my 20s, 1970s t0 1980s.
>   The intro article is here:
> http://everist.org/NobLog/20181001_missing_wave.htm
>   Another article is in progress, about the restoration and doco of all
> the mods I did on my Apple II.
>   After it's working and old files extracted, then an article about my
> hacking Apple DOS 3.2 to
>   get higher data density. The old thermal printer listings are faded to
> illegibility, so I'm
>   really hoping the floppies are still readable.
>
> * Also I have some old HP equipment that uses HP-format floppies. LIF?
> They're not DOS compatible.
>   A HP 1630G logic analyzer with 9121 GPIB dual floppy drive, and a HP
> 8 data generator.
>   For both machines I have old floppies containing critical  utilities
> (including a bunch of
>   disassembly utilities for early processors) that I really want to back
> up on PC and put online.
>
> There's sentimental and historical interest with both, and practical need
> with the HP gear.
>
> But, I have little experience with data recovery from old floppies. Long
> ago I did have a PC ISA
> bus card for extracting bit transition images from floppies, but I can't
> find it.
> Just now starting to look for what's available. Hoping for something that
> just works, as I have
> way too many projects already.
>
> I do have boxes of old drives, 8" 5.25" and 3.5", most densities.
>
> What other all-formats floppy R/W and data recovery tools do people here
> know of?
> Comments of their functionality?
>
> Guy
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Re: Want/Available list

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

Ok, I’m jealous. 10m down. Looks like I’ll have excavate a sub-bunker
beneath the 8BitBunker.

I’ll check out your site later.

//m

On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 at 9:23 am, Carlo Pisani via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> > I guess I might as well ask, since I've been wondering: What does the
> name
> > "downthebunker" mean?
> > Is it a reference to something? I'm not even sure how a bunker could be
> gone "down"
>
> the computer room is located 10 meters underground in a room which
> looks like a mini bunker. But it's not relevant, it's just a name for
> a website.
>
> > And why the .xyz TLD? I don't know much about it
> > but it always looks really sketchy to me.
>
> When you put a server to the internet you have an IP and you want to
> be reached by an URL you have to pay someone for the service. We found
> a cheap service offering a domain, and the "xyz," is what they offered
> for the lowest price possible (10 euro/year) since dot com and dot org
> cost more money (50-100 or more).
>
> We already pay for the electricity and we are not hosting any
> advertising service, thus .. a cheap domain is what we consider "good"
> for us.
>
> What is really worrying is the number of spammers attacking the
> server(1) and the fact that people are not seriously using a resource,
> sometimes for the reason that we are obliged to declare the GPDR
> agreement, or for the reason, we are not offering HTTPS.
>
> Some of these guys are on facebook where they claim the platform is
> even more difficult to be used for the purpose of discussing things
> rather than ... watching a gallery of pics
>
> And some of them still want a bazaar, sort of (person-to-person) way
> to sell/buy/trade retro computer stuff, but then they only go to the
> eBay, complaining that it's too expensive for both the seller and the
> buyer (due to the money you have to give to eBay, I guess).
>
> That's the time it was, funny and weird at the same time.
>
> (1) this caused a few services to be dropped, e.g. we needed to drop
> the MessageWall because it was bombarded by spam and trolling.
> MessageWall was implemented in PHP by us and it was not so robust,
> therefore we are now limiting the usage and offering a chat channel on
> Discord which is more robust and managed by others.
>
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Re: Want/Available list

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

Aren’t bunkers under, beneath, below?

For me I go DOWN to the 8BitBunker, as it downstairs, carved back into the
sandstone under the house, and capped with a concrete slab. Can’t get too
much more down and/or bunkerish than that ;)

//m

On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 at 8:55 am, Eric Christopherson via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 2:03 PM Carlo Pisani via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> > ok, I give up.
> > a forum with a bazaar should be more appropriate
> > frankly this mail list looks like spam, and it's going irritating
> > since it's difficult to follow and to handle
> >
> > but I am really tired to repeat myself about the
> > http://www.downthebunker.xyz/ project
> >
> > probably in 2019 we will definitively close it to new members, and that's
> > all.
>
>
> I guess I might as well ask, since I've been wondering: What does the name
> "downthebunker" mean? Is it a reference to something? I'm not even sure how
> a bunker could be gone "down" (unlike in the case of, say, a street, a
> beach, the block, etc.). And why the .xyz TLD? I don't know much about it
> but it always looks really sketchy to me.
>
> --
> Eric Christopherson
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Re: Australian Computer Museum - HELP

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

The last I’d heard is that it all was packed into containers for “temporary
storage”, while a new Sydney site is investigated.

//m

On Mon, 20 Aug 2018 at 8:26 am, Guy Dunphy via cctalk 
wrote:

> At 04:16 PM 19/08/2018 -0400, you wrote:
> >What ever happened about this? I figure the bulldozers must have arrived
> by
> >now?
> >
> >   Noel
>
>
>
> http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1112-vintage-computer-warehouse-diving/?all
> (photos)
>
> I live 11 km from there. Last week there was no sign of demolition yet.
> I'll try to get a date for when it
> will actually be knocked down, and go take photos. For closure.
>
> Guy
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Re: Linux Journal - the early years

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

Hi, I’d be interested in the first 25 issues.

I’ll send you my NV address

Cheers,

Michael.

On Tue, 29 May 2018 at 2:30 am, Guy N. via cctalk 
wrote:

> Is Linux "classic" enough?  If you think not, please ignore this email
>
> I started with Linux kernel version 0.12 (not a typo), which I believe
> was the first version that was self-hosting.  I subscribed to Linux
> Journal from its beginning.
>
> Is there any collector value or interest in old issues of Linux Journal?
> I have a continuous run for "several" years, beginning with the very
> first issue.
>
> Anyone interested?  As many as you want could be yours for the cost of
> shipping (USPS Media Mail).
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Re: Apple ][ PS

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

I've used this one.
http://store.reactivemicro.com/product/universal-psu-kit/

Michael.

On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 at 6:09 am, Shoppa, Tim via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> Local friend has an Apple ][+ with fried and cooked PS PCB. I used to
> replace a capacitor and/or diode when the PS's would do the
> I-can't-start-click-click but it feels like for this one, I'm gonna need a
> bigger boat.
>
> 20+ years ago, complete aftermarket power supply replacements for Apple ][
> were still available from Jameco and other suppliers. Maybe $40 ballpark.
>
> I recall the ones I bought from Jameco in the 80s and 90s  were Meanwell
> brand, probably the first Meanwells I ever saw.
>
> A quick web search doesn't find these today.
>
> Does anyone know of any drop in replacements still available?
>
> Taking the original aluminum shell and mounting some cheapo Meanwell
> supplies in it seems feasible but I remember some precautionary note about
> the rail sequencing for 4116 DRAM.
>
> Tim N3QE
>
>
> Sent from my VAX-11/780

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Re: Wanted: small composite CRT monitor

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

Keep an eye out for a Night Owl 7" LCD Security monitor. It has dual
composite inputs and is a great companion for my //c and is also
exceedingly convenient for taking to meet ups. Much easy to lump around
than a CRT.

Michael.

On Wed, 23 Aug 2017 at 8:57 am, Pete Lancashire via cctech <
cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> Does it have to be a CRT ? There a quite a few small LCD displays that take
> NTSC
>
> -pete
>
> On Aug 22, 2017 3:51 PM, "John Ames via cctech" 
> wrote:
>
> > I picked up an Apple IIc this past weekend and I want to set it up
> > with a small monitor on my desk at work. Unfortunately, I seem to have
> > gotten rid of the small composite monitor that I know I had at one
> > point, so I don't have a good spare monitor that isn't a bit too large
> > for my workspace. I've been poking around looking at some options, but
> > I'm still waiting to find a decent one in my area, and if I'm going to
> > order online, I'd rather do it with people I can trust to actually
> > test the dang thing before selling it and pack it properly.
> >
> > In short, I'm looking for a small NTSC CRT monitor or portable TV in
> > the 7-12" range. I'm not stuck on aesthetics, but it would be nice to
> > have something that would sit nicely atop the IIc. I wouldn't mind an
> > actual Apple monitor, but I don't want to pay APPLE MAC IPHONE STEVE
> > JOBS L@@K prices; otherwise, I'd be happy with any suitable composite
> > video monitor, color or monochrome. If you happen to be within
> > reasonable driving distance of Folsom, CA, I'd be glad to pick it up
> > and save the trouble of shipping. Anybody got one to spare?
> >
> >
>
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Re: This Is Such An Exciting Listing!

[Michael Mulhern via cctalk]

Comment to follow.

On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 at 9:14 am, Rob Jarratt via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182707649701
>
>
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