Woot! I finally got my HP 7970E (yeah, a year in the making!), HP 88780, and
Overland Data OD3201 9-track tapes all working at the same time. One on
HP-IB, one on SCSI-1, and one on Parallel Port interface. Only my ever
finicky Qualstars got jealous and decided not to play ball. Here is a family
vi
On 10/13/2015 11:14 PM, Randy Dawson wrote:
Hi Brad,
I want to answer this, because it is going to entail a lot more than you expect.
An ASR 33 cost me 1,700 from great guy Wane Durkee, teletypeparts.com.
He refurbished the whole machine, a complete work-over and it is beautiful.
He made a
Hi Brad,
I want to answer this, because it is going to entail a lot more than you expect.
An ASR 33 cost me 1,700 from great guy Wane Durkee, teletypeparts.com.
He refurbished the whole machine, a complete work-over and it is beautiful.
He made a custom case to ship it to me.
This is a very d
On 14 October 2015 at 00:25, Brad wrote:
> I only ever see teletypes for sale on ebay, only in the US, and of course I
> don't bite because of shipping costs, plus usually people ask insane prices
> for them. I am wondering what a reasonable price should be for a unit with
> a paper tape reader,
I've been watching a lot of vintage computer videos put up by enthusiasts
(thanks so much for that). I have been really fascinated lately by the
Altair and teletypes, paper tape readers and so on. Just watching one
fellow load BASIC into his Altair. you just felt the history and the
connection to
I might have prints for the rk11, and RK11 and RF11 on fische, when I can
find them
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Noel Chiappa
wrote:
> > From: Henk Gooijen
>
> > I will probably download everything ... in my experience, websites
> > with "/~/" in it seem to disappear after "s
I have two backplanes, some boards somewhere ,but no panels, at least yet.
Also a Diablo 30 or 31.
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Henk Gooijen
> wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Henk Gooijen
> wrote:
> >> I'd love to get one co
Thanks for the manual :) Much appreciated.
No diagram but lots of other useful information.
On 14-Oct-15 2:46 PM, Nigel Williams wrote:
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Jonathan Chote
wrote:
I know it exists out in the wild somewhere, but I can't find a copy
myself. It's for a VT100 clone te
On Oct 13, 2015, at 1:22 PM, tony duell wrote:
The Versatec electrostatic plotters are not the same as the VT52
printer, they are
yet another process. WIth those the paper passes between a set of
electrodes that
build up a charge image on the paper. I beleive the paper is specially
treate
Looks good Evan... Yea the ADM 3 a classic indeed!
Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)
In a message dated 10/13/2015 7:13:24 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
cct...@snarc.net writes:
Cctalk'ers,
Vintage Computer Federation -- the new 501(c)3 non-profit that now runs
the MARCH
On 10/13/2015 9:08 PM, Evan Koblentz wrote:
WELL-- The ADM3 is now finally iconic. Or maybe it was iconic already.
Yah, that represents us old computer guys pretty well
Glad you like it!
I have a mid-2000s VCF West t-shirt that shows the front of an ADM3 on
front, and the back of the termina
WELL-- The ADM3 is now finally iconic. Or maybe it was iconic
already. Yah, that represents us old computer guys pretty well--
almost no one born after 1990 will know what it is!
:-)
Why not a TTY? That could still could be mistaken as more modern
computer at a glance.
ADM3-style termin
On 10/13/2015 8:13 PM, Evan Koblentz wrote:
Cctalk'ers,
Vintage Computer Federation -- the new 501(c)3 non-profit that now runs
the MARCH museum, and which will soon make some major expansion
announcements -- has a very cool new logo. Here's a preview:
http://www.snarc.net/vcf-logo-preview.png.
WELL-- The ADM3 is now finally iconic. Or maybe it was iconic already. Yah,
that represents us old computer guys pretty well
Glad you like it!
I have a mid-2000s VCF West t-shirt that shows the front of an ADM3 on
front, and the back of the terminal on back. Clever.
On 10/13/2015 8:42 PM, N0body H0me wrote:
WELL-- The ADM3 is now finally iconic.
Or maybe it was iconic already. Yah,
that represents us old computer guys
pretty well-- almost no one born after
1990 will know what it is!
:-)
Why not a TTY? That could still could be mistaken as
more modern com
Do you remember Carrol Touch terminals made in the area? I just picked up 2
still in the box!
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
>
> > On Oct 13, 2015, at 1:22 PM, tony duell wrote:
> >
> > The Versatec electrostatic plotters are not the same as the VT52
> printer, they are
> >
the old logo also had this terminal, or something very close. Nothing
better than the ADM3 IYAM and YCAM.
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 10:48 PM, Connor Krukosky wrote:
> Born 1997 and I know what it is :)
> Then again my two main projects at the moment is a DG Nova 4 with the Disk
> Subsystem (5mb f
Born 1997 and I know what it is :)
Then again my two main projects at the moment is a DG Nova 4 with the
Disk Subsystem (5mb fixed platter and 5mb removable RL style pack) and a
PDP 11/23 with a Cipher tape drive.
So I might be in the 'almost' exception category ;)
-Connor K
On 10/13/2015 10:
WELL-- The ADM3 is now finally iconic.
Or maybe it was iconic already. Yah,
that represents us old computer guys
pretty well-- almost no one born after
1990 will know what it is!
:-)
> -Original Message-
> From: cct...@snarc.net
> Sent: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 22:13:08 -0400
> To: cctalk@clas
Cctalk'ers,
Vintage Computer Federation -- the new 501(c)3 non-profit that now runs
the MARCH museum, and which will soon make some major expansion
announcements -- has a very cool new logo. Here's a preview:
http://www.snarc.net/vcf-logo-preview.png. Hoping everyone likes it!
- Evan
On 10/13/2015 7:04 PM, Jay Jaeger wrote:
> On 10/13/2015 5:08 PM, Jay West wrote:
>
> More to follow related to my hardware and software inventory, but I just
> got called to dinner.
>
> JRJ
>
Jay (West): FYI, my Nova 4 has the later "Eclipse" series hard drive and
the DSDD soft sectored floppy
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Jonathan Chote
wrote:
> I know it exists out in the wild somewhere, but I can't find a copy
> myself. It's for a VT100 clone terminal called the Visual 100 - from around
> 1982.
>
I scanned the reference manual if you haven't found it elsewhere, has a
small amou
On 10/13/2015 2:47 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Henk Gooijen
> wrote:
>> I'd love to get one complete RK11-C ... anybody? :-)
>
> I have an RK11-C but it did not come with a panel. Also, I've never
> attempted to fire it up, so I'm sure it needs a round of
> cleani
On 10/13/2015 07:32 PM, Michael Thompson wrote:
Tracks 1 & 2 look fine. We swapped the probes for track 2 & 3 just to make
sure that it wasn't a logic analyzer problem. A 'scope connected to the
differential signals shows the same track 3 glitches. The glitches were
present with the TU55 and th
>
> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 18:29:11 +
> From: tony duell
> Subject: RE: PDP-12 Restoration at the RICM
>
> > We swapped the TU56 and TU55 drives between the PDP-12 and the PDP-8/I.
> We
>
> Does the TU55 work correctly on the 8/I ?
>
Yes, it works perfectly. It even worked OK after we put it
On 10/12/2015 01:58 PM, tony duell wrote:
This may be forgotten knowledge - or perhaps more likely, something that
was never known in the first place - but are there any typical failure
modes of ST506/412-type drives (beyond the obvious mechanical damage
between heads and platters)?
For the ge
On 10/13/2015 5:08 PM, Jay West wrote:
> Pictures of the S/130 system I'm building up are at
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/131070638@N02
>
> I think the last I posted here... the cpu was up and running, that was the
> first piece I refurbished. I took everything out of the rack and cleaned
> tha
This was in an IBM 5150 (original PC)? I'm still confused. The 1410A is a
bridge board that presents an MFM drive as a SASI (pre-SCSI) device. What
SCSI bus adapter is that machine fitted with?
On Tue, 13 Oct 2015, Jules Richardson wrote:
Indeed, that and the 5150's PSU wasn't capable of runnin
> From: Ethan Dicks
> I only ever saw one other RK05F in the wild, FWIW.
I only ever saw one, also.
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Henk Gooijen wrote:
>> I remember (just) one RK11-C passing by on eBay .. at least 8 years
>> ago. It sold for ~ $50 (IIRC).
> That's
will add it to my list as I go though arrivals here Carl. thx---
Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)
In a message dated 10/13/2015 2:42:55 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
carl.clau...@gartner.com writes:
I have a Perkin Elmer VT disk drive (Vanguard I) which due to the
Hey everyone,
I know it exists out in the wild somewhere, but I can't find a copy
myself. It's for a VT100 clone terminal called the Visual 100 - from
around 1982.
If anyone can help me track the circuit diagram down, and/or any other
information too, I'd be very greatful.
If payment is re
On 10/12/2015 07:09 AM, Steven Hirsch wrote:
On Mon, 12 Oct 2015, Devin Monnens wrote:
Ok, correction to previous message. It's a Xebec 1410A with 1.0 Firmware.
Should be MUCH easier to find now that we have the correct model number!
This was in an IBM 5150 (original PC)? I'm still confused.
Pictures of the S/130 system I'm building up are at
https://www.flickr.com/photos/131070638@N02
I think the last I posted here... the cpu was up and running, that was the
first piece I refurbished. I took everything out of the rack and cleaned
that up well, and the cpu has been remounted there.
Y
I have a Perkin Elmer VT disk drive (Vanguard I) which due to the
acquisitions of the time, was Interdata and became Wangco and Cipher. Looking
for a manual especially schematics.
I have an IBM 9347 (9 track tape drive) which uses IPI-3 for its interface. If
I can get schematics for the dri
Yep, I was the one that scored that SYM-1 and accessories for $40 :)
Pictures at https://www.flickr.com/photos/131070638@N02
Just arrived, have yet to power it up as I'm busy with DG projects (next
email!) :)
J
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Henk Gooijen wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Henk Gooijen
> wrote:
>> I'd love to get one complete RK11-C ... anybody? :-)
>
> I have an RK11-C but it did not come with a panel.
>
> Now you know where you can leave it behind for a good old retirement :
> On Oct 13, 2015, at 12:39 , tony duell wrote:
>
> [Aluminium coated paper printers]
>
>> Even Radio Shack had one of those! But not for long. Crumpling the paper
>
> How did the original TRS-80 screen printer work -- the one that plugged into
> the
> expanison bus and read out video RAM?
-Oorspronkelijk bericht-
From: Ethan Dicks
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 9:47 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: H960 logo panel
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Henk Gooijen
wrote:
I'd love to get one complete RK11-C ... anybody? :-)
I have an R
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Henk Gooijen wrote:
> I'd love to get one complete RK11-C ... anybody? :-)
I have an RK11-C but it did not come with a panel. Also, I've never
attempted to fire it up, so I'm sure it needs a round of
cleaning/deoxit and to be sleuthed for defective ICs.
-ethan
[Aluminium coated paper printers]
> Even Radio Shack had one of those! But not for long. Crumpling the paper
How did the original TRS-80 screen printer work -- the one that plugged into
the
expanison bus and read out video RAM?
The 'Quick Print II' (or some very similar name) was a Radio Sha
I had a little Comprint printer in the 1970s/1980s that used something
sort of like this. The paper was aluminum coated, thus conductive. The
On Tue, 13 Oct 2015, tony duell wrote:
That is how the Sinclair ZX printer works and also things like the Axiom
EX820. Spark (about 80-100V IIRC) to al
On 10/13/2015 11:43 AM, Brent Hilpert wrote:
TMK these were generally referred to as electrographic printing.
This sort of scheme goes back to at least the 40/50s for fax
machines: http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~hilpert/e/deskfax/index.html There
the metalisation is on the back of the paper.
Similar te
On 2015-Oct-13, at 8:25 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
>> On Oct 13, 2015, at 11:19 AM, Jay Jaeger wrote:
>> On 10/13/2015 12:02 AM, tony duell wrote:
>>> ...
>>> It appears to be electrolytic. You have to keep the paper damp (there is a
>>> wick
>>> inside that you put water on. The paper goes between a
Interesting. If you're ever inclined to post a photo I would be most
interested. It would confirm a few theories I have about what Don was using
at the time. This whole project began in part because I wanted to have one
of these and thought I'd never see one come up for sale, given how hard it
i
From: Paul Koning
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 7:55 AM
>> On Oct 12, 2015, at 9:16 PM, Rich Alderson >
>> wrote:
>> ...
>> The M tracks are longitudinally encoded (6-bit values chosen such that
>> they read the same as NRZ backwards and forwards for DECtape, 4-bit
>> values for LINCtape) to pr
-Oorspronkelijk bericht-
From: Noel Chiappa
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 7:48 PM
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Cc: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu
Subject: Re: H960 logo panel
> From: Henk Gooijen
> I have probably all PDP-11 models (except the PDP-11/50)
> ...
> I am not going to di
> From: Henk Gooijen
> I will probably download everything ... in my experience, websites
> with "/~/" in it seem to disappear after "some" time :-/
True, but pages maintained by institutions are almost equally bad about
staying put! Many's the time I've clicked on a link, and the
You are correct Brad, access is from the bottom. The bottom is exposed,
not bottom cover.
> >
> >> On Oct 13, 2015, at 11:52 AM, tony duell
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> The only other terminal I worked
> >>> with that could do that was a Tektronix storage scope terminal
(4010
> >>> or 4014, IIRC). The Tek printer wasn't built-in, but it did take
a
> >>> scan of the live screen, so that was sim
> On Oct 13, 2015, at 1:22 PM, tony duell wrote:
>
> The Versatec electrostatic plotters are not the same as the VT52 printer,
> they are
> yet another process. WIth those the paper passes between a set of electrodes
> that
> build up a charge image on the paper. I beleive the paper is special
> That sounds correct. Versatec made printers that used that process, I used
> one
> (attached to the CDC 6500 at U of Illinois PLATO). Very nice for continuous
> roll
> full bitmap graphics.
The Versatec electrostatic plotters are not the same as the VT52 printer, they
are
yet another proc
OK here it is The paper is impregnated with potassium ferrocyanide. This
gives a yellowish color.
The paper is dampend to make it conductive. Passing a current through it
turns it blue (at least in the reference I saw)
I always thought it printed black.
Rod Smallwood
On 13/10/2015 17:20, Paul
I think the answer on the keytop thing may have been staring me in the face
this whole time. This is a blank key from my CT1024:
http://s1381.photobucket.com/user/unclefalter/media/20151013_092925_zpsigggkcl5.jpg.html?o=0
Although the photo is a bit difficult to make out because the key is blac
On 10/13/2015 10:52 AM, Brad wrote:
> Cool, Jay! Was your keyboard one of the 40 or so that Don re-assembled and
> offered? Or is it still in stock form?
>
Mine is "original", as ordered from wherever the article said to get
them, back in the 70's.
I think one or two of the round pieces got lo
I'm in the process of refurbishing an old model SPD Flexowriter (from
the 1950s.) When I
placed it in storage, all worked ok. The storage room was dry (though
not heated or cooled)
and there were no mice or other vermin involved in it's repose. However,
upon starting it
back up (and lubing eve
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 11:52 AM, tony duell wrote:
>> The only other terminal I worked
>> with that could do that was a Tektronix storage scope terminal (4010
>> or 4014, IIRC)
> IIRC the image was developed by heating the paper. I don't remember any
> liquids involved, but it's been a long time
On 2015-10-13 18:20, Paul Koning wrote:
On Oct 13, 2015, at 12:13 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
On Oct 12, 2015, at 23:42, Ethan Dicks wrote:
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 11:32 PM, Nigel Williams
wrote:
Has anyone ever seen one? I had an idea it used a silvered-paper and
burned it off? or am I mi
Nick thank you so much for that photo. This seems to c onfirm a few things I
didn't know about the prototype (not the cover unit we're talking about in this
thread) -- that Don's prototype boards must roughly conform to the SWTPC boards
you have there (if they are SWTPC, or did you make them fr
On 2015-10-13 16:54, Paul Koning wrote:
On Oct 12, 2015, at 9:16 PM, Rich Alderson
wrote:
...
The M tracks are longitudinally encoded (6-bit values chosen such that they
read the same as NRZ backwards and forwards for DECtape, 4-bit values for
LINCtape) to predefine blocks (cf. disk sectors)
On 10/13/2015 09:23 AM, Nick Allen wrote:
Here is a link to my TV Typewriter, you can see the mfg info for the
keyboard which was included. I know this isn't the keyboard you are
looking for, but is a period correct keyboard:
https://picasaweb.google.com/105518971733743859503/TVTypewriter?auth
Several folks produce custom keytops. I found these:-
https://keycapsdirect.worldsecuresystems.com/products/inventory
they might want to produce a retro layout for you...
Dave
G4UGM
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Brad
> Sent: 13 O
On 2015-10-13 12:06 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Oct 13, 2015, at 11:52 AM, tony duell wrote:
The only other terminal I worked
with that could do that was a Tektronix storage scope terminal (4010
or 4014, IIRC). The Tek printer wasn't built-in, but it did take a
scan of the live screen, so tha
Here is a link to my TV Typewriter, you can see the mfg info for the
keyboard which was included. I know this isn't the keyboard you are
looking for, but is a period correct keyboard:
https://picasaweb.google.com/105518971733743859503/TVTypewriter?authkey=Gv1sRgCJnp_Z-jtauDFQ#620516809880909040
> On Oct 13, 2015, at 12:13 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
>
>
>> On Oct 12, 2015, at 23:42, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 11:32 PM, Nigel Williams
>> wrote:
>>> Has anyone ever seen one? I had an idea it used a silvered-paper and
>>> burned it off? or am I mis-remembering.
>>
Hmm, that may com handy...
first I need a little time to build a 2114 tester from a sanguino
(arduino clone at hand)
On 12-10-15 20:30, Erik Baigar wrote:
Hi Simon,
just came accross, what might be helpful for you: I found
some pages with my spare 906 controller (unfortunatley not
working),
> On Oct 12, 2015, at 23:42, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 11:32 PM, Nigel Williams
> wrote:
>> Has anyone ever seen one? I had an idea it used a silvered-paper and
>> burned it off? or am I mis-remembering.
>
> I used one in the early 1980s but I never had to repair it. It w
> On Oct 13, 2015, at 11:52 AM, tony duell wrote:
>
>> The only other terminal I worked
>> with that could do that was a Tektronix storage scope terminal (4010
>> or 4014, IIRC). The Tek printer wasn't built-in, but it did take a
>> scan of the live screen, so that was similar. The paper was
>
Thanks Chuck. I assume being over 40 years it's unlikely we'll ever see these
keytops in the wild. Although I said that about TVT boards and then a set
showed up on ebay and slipped by me for $40. :)
Here's another shot of the keyboard in the original article:
http://www.swtpc.com/mholley
>
>
> I had a little Comprint printer in the 1970s/1980s that used something
> sort of like this. The paper was aluminum coated, thus conductive. The
> head was a high voltage electrode unit that burned away the aluminum
> layer. (I can't imagine any kind of deposition technology in that
> era..
> From: Rod Smallwood
> I could use the H960 its attached to!!!
Cold, dead, hands, etc, etc! :-)
But to be serious, those things are in really hot demand - I know Paul A
wants some more, I'd like a couple more, etc, etc. They aren't _that_
complicated - it shouldn't be impossible to get
-Oorspronkelijk bericht-
From: Nigel Williams
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 12:32 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: VT52s, VT61s lots of DEC and DG keyboards- return trip through
Maine, MA, NY, PA, OH, IN to IL
On 13 Oct 2015, at 7:15 PM, Rod Smallw
> The only other terminal I worked
> with that could do that was a Tektronix storage scope terminal (4010
> or 4014, IIRC). The Tek printer wasn't built-in, but it did take a
> scan of the live screen, so that was similar. The paper was
> silver-grey and I remember it coming out wet too. Everyth
Cool, Jay! Was your keyboard one of the 40 or so that Don re-assembled and
offered? Or is it still in stock form?
-Original Message-
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jay Jaeger
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 8:29 AM
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Subject: Re:
-Oorspronkelijk bericht-
From: Noel Chiappa
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 3:29 PM
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Cc: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu
Subject: Re: H960 logo panel
> From: Henk Gooijen
> yes, please take a nice picture of it! ... The higher the resolution
> the better!
OK,
On 10/12/2015 11:13 PM, Ali wrote:
Hello all,
I am trying to replace some rubber feet on a couple of items and it appears
the OEM used 3M Bumpons. I've been trying to find a source that will sell
small quantities but all I can find is one box minimum (which is a couple of
thousand!). I am willin
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
> There are all sorts of oddball printing technologies from back then. I
> remember
> one (from a lab instrument, not a printer or terminal) that used
> aluminum-coated
> paper, but the coating was on the back of the paper. The writing was d
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 11:16:54AM -0400, william degnan wrote:
> Did you ever speak with anyone at System Source (Bob) about their PDP 12?
> Maybe they'd be interested in collaborating. http://museum.syssrc.com/
I highly recommend everyone pull up the Univac 490 (1963) page and look
in the "gall
On 10/12/2015 5:12 PM, Brad wrote:
>
> I'm currently working on a replica of Don Lancaster's prototype TV
> Typewriter (pic here:
> http://s1381.photobucket.com/user/unclefalter/media/20151011_125748_zpssu7yy
> ujf.jpg.html?o=0 ) and I was wondering - does anyone know where the unit
> that appear
> On Oct 13, 2015, at 11:19 AM, Jay Jaeger wrote:
>
> On 10/13/2015 12:02 AM, tony duell wrote:
>>
>> ...
>> It appears to be electrolytic. You have to keep the paper damp (there is a
>> wick
>> inside that you put water on. The paper goes between a helical electrode on
>> a spinning drum and
Brad, I'm going to say that it will be impossible to identify the
keyboard used from a photo. The issue is that all sorts of computer
equipment used gray key bodies with white letters.
For example, here's a Control DD60 console display unit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDC_6000_series#/medi
On 10/13/2015 12:02 AM, tony duell wrote:
>
>>
>> Paul, if you come across any VT52s that have the built-in screen
>> printer could you take some pictures please.
>>
>> Has anyone ever seen one? I had an idea it used a silvered-paper and
>> burned it off? or am I mis-remembering.
>
> I have one.
Did you ever speak with anyone at System Source (Bob) about their PDP 12?
Maybe they'd be interested in collaborating. http://museum.syssrc.com/
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Paul Koning
wrote:
>
> > On Oct 12, 2015, at 9:16 PM, Rich Alderson
> wrote:
> >
> > ...
> > The M tracks are longi
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 03:51:14PM -0300, Jecel Assumpcao Jr. wrote:
> There are a lot of people who would like to buy people's votes
It's a good thing this does not happen in any other countries .
:-)
mcl
> On Oct 12, 2015, at 9:16 PM, Rich Alderson
> wrote:
>
> ...
> The M tracks are longitudinally encoded (6-bit values chosen such that they
> read the same as NRZ backwards and forwards for DECtape, 4-bit values for
> LINCtape) to predefine blocks (cf. disk sectors) for data.
More precisely: i
> From: Henk Gooijen
> yes, please take a nice picture of it! ... The higher the resolution
> the better!
OK, I scanned it (I prefer scanning to pictures, as there is almost
inevitably distortion when using a lens), at 300 dpi. The whole thing
wouldn't fit in my A3 scanner, but I got
> On 13 Oct 2015, at 7:15 PM, Rod Smallwood
> wrote:
> Its called a Hellschreiber http://
> www.nonstopsystems/radio/pdf-hell/hell-g5xb.pdf
Fixed URL:
http://www.nonstopsystems.com/radio/pdf-hell/hell-g5xb.pdf
Its called a Hellschreiber http://
www.nonstopsystems/radio/pdf-hell/hell-g5xb.pdf
Regards Rod
On 13/10/2015 06:20, Nigel Williams wrote:
Thanks Jos, Tony and Rod - you've neatly highlighted why I found the
screen printer so curious and fascinating, an oddball feature in the
terminal world and
unique keys? I am not sure of that Unless he lettered in CTL
looked like weird Mohawk data sciences keys or something I have
seen this type of keyboard before... or some other place in a scrap
environment post 1799. Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
In a message
> http://www.tgoldkamp.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=sj5023
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> http://www.tgoldkamp.com/3m-153-bumpon-153-protective-products-sj5780-
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Chris,
Thanks but the minimum order on those is 1000 at least.
-Ali
I remember getting a laugh at one product training. I got asked to name
a unique feature of the VT52.
My answer "Built in toilet paper dispenser"
On 13/10/2015 06:20, Nigel Williams wrote:
Thanks Jos, Tony and Rod - you've neatly highlighted why I found the
screen printer so curious and fascina
Come to think of now.. the keytops kind of resemble those on my CT-1024.
Similar height, same giant 0 key. My CT-1024 keys are black and lack the extra
'functions' marked on each key though. Maybe SWTPC was buying from Mechanical
Enterprises too. Reading closely from my magazine cover.. the
http://www.tgoldkamp.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=sj5023
http://www.tgoldkamp.com/3m-153-bumpon-153-protective-products-sj5780-black.html
On 10/12/15, Ali wrote:
>> Do they have to be 3M? i.e., Do you see anything close here?
>>
>> https://www.westfloridacomponents.com/RubberFeet.html
>
> Chuck
Yeah sorry.. wasn't clear on that one I guess. The cover unit is this guy:
http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/RadioElectronics/Cover_Sep73_640.jpg
I'm just curious if anyone out there knows what happened to it. Seems like the
kind of thing that would have been preserved. I very much doubt I'd be a
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