NOTE: I will pay a generous price for a few inches of papertape repair tape
if anyone has any! I am located in Landenberg, PA USAContact me
privately if you can help.
--
Bill
On Sat, 21 Nov 2015, Steven Hirsch wrote:
I purchased one of these units on eBay and it seems to be working - modulo a
few early-80s tantalum caps that went up in smoke.
The tester relies on an attached printer to record test results, which are
displayed only fleetingly on the front-panel dis
There were a few systems (such as CP/M) that optimized (or attempted to)
interleave depending on use. So, "boot" tracks were 1:1, "directory"
may have been 2:1 and user data 3:1.
Schemes varied widely. One or two even interleaved side-to-side in
addition to "skewing track-to-track. Obviousl
On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
> it physically laid out the 10 sectors as 0 2 3 4 6 8 1 3 5 7 9 so that
>>> when reading sequentially, you had half a disk rotation to get your act
>>> together to read the next sector. This turned out to be only a small
>>> performance win, and
it physically laid out the 10 sectors as 0 2 3 4 6 8 1 3 5 7 9 so that
when reading sequentially, you had half a disk rotation to get your act
together to read the next sector. This turned out to be only a small
performance win, and was a pita for interoperability,
On Sun, 29 Nov 2015, Tapley,
On Nov 29, 2015, at 12:13 PM, Warner Losh wrote:
> A similar thing was implemented on the old DEC Rainbow 100 (though
> I'm sure others). To give the software a chance to do some minor things
> while processing, it physically laid out the 10 sectors as 0 2 3 4 6 8 1 3 5
> 7 9
> so that when read
>
> So I owend up said I wired it. The answer came back oh if its a
> personal job it gets top prioriy.
> You can use what ever equipment you want and take whatever components
> you need.
> I often borrowed a scope ove the week end.
I know a chap who runs a small electronics company. He actively
When I joined DEC our field service guys would go out armed with a 745
Tektronix scope (wonderful piece of kit), tools, spare TTL, soldering
iron and so on. If you look at the boards from those days you could get
the components out and change them.
Flip - Chip Modules I love 'em.
At that time
> On Nov 29, 2015, at 1:13 PM, Warner Losh wrote:
>
> ...
> A similar thing was implemented on the old DEC Rainbow 100 (though
> I'm sure others). To give the software a chance to do some minor things
> while processing, it physically laid out the 10 sectors as 0 2 3 4 6 8 1 3
> 5 7 9
> so that
On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Jerome H. Fine
wrote:
> >Mouse wrote:
>
> Love that term, "bounce buffer" (I wrote a whole package to support
them in a packet switch I did) - I'm officially adopting it, right
now! :-)
Hey - anything that anyone writes is automatically copyrig
I'll open a new PayPal account once I get around to setting up an isolated,
dedicated bank account to link it to. It has already been inconvenient not
having one when trading with other collectors off eBay. I may open a new eBay
account in the future, too. But I don't plan to do either until nex
This has worked for me:-
https://www.greatrail.com/tours/kerala-southern-india-tour/?tlUrl=%2Fholiday
-destinations%2Fasia%2Findia%2F#GCJ6
just added a few days at the start and a few at the start to visit my son in
Qatar and some at the end to extend the trip into Mumbai for a few days at
the en
> On Nov 29, 2015, at 06:29, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>
>> From: Mark J. Blair
>
>> I'm taking an eBay vacation.
>
> Which 12-step program are you in to help with that? :-) I could use a good
> recommendation!! :-) :-)
It was a cold turkey program. When there was that kerfluffle about PayPal's and
On Nov 29, 2015 1:12 AM, "Bob Rosenbloom" wrote:
>
> On 11/28/2015 4:47 PM, william degnan wrote:
>>
>> Anyone have a source to purchase the tape to repair a papertape, or a kit
>> such as what they have here:
>>
>> http://physicsmuseum.uq.edu.au/paper-tape-repair-tool
>>
>> Thanks
>>
> You could
>
> Anyone have a source to purchase the tape to repair a papertape, or a kit
> such as what they have here:
>
> http://physicsmuseum.uq.edu.au/paper-tape-repair-tool
I have actually bought such hand punching kits in charity shops (thrift stores)
in
the UK -- but about 15 years ago. No, the one
> From: Mark J. Blair
> I'm taking an eBay vacation.
Which 12-step program are you in to help with that? :-) I could use a good
recommendation!! :-) :-)
Noel
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