Re: Tek 4051 users and replacement for the 405x QIC Tape
On Tue, 3 Oct 2017, Randy Dawson via cctalk wrote: I think he has a few of these left. The big problem is the RAMPACK plastic cases are recycled from old ROMPACKs and these are in short supply. I googled "tektronix rampack" to see what they looked like. That would be absurdly easy to 3D print. If someone has one they can loan out, I'd be happy to design a printable version and a few test shells for folks to play with. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Tek 4051 users and replacement for the 405x QIC Tape
On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 9:12 AM, Randy Dawson via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > I think he has a few of these left. The big problem is the RAMPACK > plastic cases are recycled from old ROMPACKs and these are in short supply. > > > He is looking for a 'Toaster' too. Can we get a count of active 405x > users out there, and start a group effort to build, swap, restore 405x > hardware? > > Were you looking to start a list? A group? A megathread? Proud owner of a few 4051s and a basket case 4054 reporting in here. I think Bob R. on the list had done a printable version of the ROMPACK cases. It may be worth asking him about it, he might be willing to provide an STL file.
Tek 4051 users and replacement for the 405x QIC Tape
One of the Ex-Tek's, Micheal Cranford has designed a modern FLASH based RAMPACK for the tape drive, and filled it with most of the known BASIC games. More significant, Micheal has written FASTGRAPHICS, a replacement for the BASIC vector draw functions; 100x increase in performance, in addition to the ability to draw non-store vectors. I think he has a few of these left. The big problem is the RAMPACK plastic cases are recycled from old ROMPACKs and these are in short supply. He is looking for a 'Toaster' too. Can we get a count of active 405x users out there, and start a group effort to build, swap, restore 405x hardware? (I got an original Kraft joystick, and starting that project from the schematics on bitsavers.) Randy
