Re: Trivial to adapt C64 1902 monitor output to s-video?

The older 5-pin video connector did not provide the chroma signal. No need for lengthy discussions here; Google's your friend, lots of info on the web, e.g.: https://www.commodoreserver.com/BlogEntryView.asp?EID=F4B967500A894E10BE4A104C65DB541E m - Original Message - From:

Re: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

On 12/29/2015 03:03 AM, Kevin Parker wrote: May be of interest to some list members - appeared, of all places, in the property section of a local newspaper - the Commodore 64 gets a good mention But it's one of those new-fangled C64s, not the breadbin variety :( I've wondered occasionally

More videos!

Get your popcorn ready. Here are the videos from VCF East 9.1 (2014): https://t.co/Q1WXafon7D. A couple of ago we posted the VCF East 6.0 (2009) videos. Lots more are going online soon!

Re: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

Santa Ana, Ca goodwill store is full of what I think you are after. They also have a pretty well stocked electronics / computer section. Also online sales http://www.shopgoodwill.com/?adcode=ocgoodwill Thanks Jim On 12/29/2015 11:08 AM, Jules Richardson wrote: On 12/29/2015 03:03 AM, Kevin

Re: Trivial to adapt C64 1902 monitor output to s-video?

@Geoff, I've heard tell of such things, but never encountered a non-S-video C64 in all my years. And around here, all we ever see are the 'breadbin' type - the C-64C is quite rare. On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Geoffrey Oltmans wrote: > That's not universally true. I had

Re: M9301-YB Bootstrap/Terminator ROM dumps / listings?

2015-04-30 22:34 GMT+02:00 Noel Chiappa : > > From: Johnny Billquist bqt at update.uu.se > > > The per-device code are in separate PROMs that are used in both the > > 9301 and 9312. Those are the ones with the device code as constants > in > > the

Re: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

After the success of "That 70s Show", clueless producers decided to try moving forward a decade to "That '80s Show", which was a flop. I have a theory as to why it failed: the '80s were just too pathetic to parody. This is a fun bit - thanks for forwarding to the list! On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at

Re: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 3:56 PM, Jay West wrote: > There's just gotta be some way to tie this thread back to on-topicness. > > > But it is intriguing to see the computer as pop-culture artifact within a broader grouping of like artifacts. (You're welcome, Jay.) In my

RE: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

Dave wrote... --- (how do you display a thumbs-up sign in ASCII?) --- In this case: IanSKing++;

Re: Software for DEC MINC systems

On 12/29/2015 2:47 PM, Jay Jaeger wrote: > > I have had several folks express the desire for them. Over the day or > few days (we have a gathering coming up tomorrow, and not sure I will > get to it today, so it could be as late as next week), I will load them > up on my Google drive in a

Re: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

On Tue, 29 Dec 2015, Ian S. King wrote: After the success of "That 70s Show", clueless producers decided to try moving forward a decade to "That '80s Show", which was a flop. I have a theory as to why it failed: the '80s were just too pathetic to parody. The '60s were too much for TV. The

Re: The KGB, the Computer, and Me

On 12/28/2015 04:45 AM, Rod Smallwood wrote: > > I now expect to get a long list of weveseenits. Indeed! I remember seeing this on live TV many years ago. You can find it on youtube now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKxaq1FTac The book is really good too:

Re: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

On 12/29/2015 04:58 PM, Ian S. King wrote: I do have to say, though, that in the '80s many if not most phones had transitioned to touch-tone 'dialing' (what a delightfully archaic term!). Nit picked. -- Ian It was particularly amusing that in the heart of Silicon Valley in the 1980s,

Re: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

On 12/29/2015 09:05 PM, Jay West wrote: Dave wrote... --- (how do you display a thumbs-up sign in ASCII?) --- In this case: IanSKing++; :-D -- --- Dave Woyciesjes --- ICQ# 905818 --- CompTIA A+ Certified IT Tech -http://certification.comptia.org/ --- HDI Certified Support

Re: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

On 12/29/2015 07:58 PM, Ian S. King wrote: On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 3:56 PM, Jay West wrote: There's just gotta be some way to tie this thread back to on-topicness. But it is intriguing to see the computer as pop-culture artifact within a broader grouping of like

RE: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

There's just gotta be some way to tie this thread back to on-topicness.

Re: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

On 12/29/2015 06:56 PM, Jay West wrote: There's just gotta be some way to tie this thread back to on-topicness. Nah, too far gone. Time to stick a fork in it... :) -- --- Dave Woyciesjes --- ICQ# 905818 --- CompTIA A+ Certified IT Tech -http://certification.comptia.org/ --- HDI

RE: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

Jules wrote -Original Message- I've wondered occasionally what happened to ghetto blasters --- They have just gotten facelifts. Here's one I use: http://www.boschtools.com/products/tools/Pages/BoschProductDetail.aspx?pid=P B360S And I must say... an awesome "tool",

Re: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

On 12/29/2015 2:08 PM, Jules Richardson wrote: I've wondered occasionally what happened to ghetto blasters - despite finding other audio equipment of the time every once in a while, I don't think I've seen one anywhere in over 25 years. Were they exceptionally fragile or something, and

Re: Software for DEC MINC systems

On 12/29/2015 2:08 PM, Mark Matlock wrote: > On Dec 29, 2015, at 12:00 PM, cctech-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote: > >> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 17:51:45 -0600 >> From: Jay Jaeger >> To: cct...@classiccmp.org >> Subject: Re: Software for DEC MINC systems >> Message-ID:

Re: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

Wrong, because "The Goldbergs" is doing very well. That 80's show sucked because of the actors and writing, like any show. -Pete > After the success of "That 70s Show", clueless producers decided to try > moving forward a decade to "That '80s Show", which was a flop. I have a > theory as to

Re: Software for DEC MINC systems

On Dec 29, 2015, at 12:00 PM, cctech-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote: > Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 17:51:45 -0600 > From: Jay Jaeger > To: cct...@classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Software for DEC MINC systems > Message-ID: <5681cb11.4090...@charter.net> > Content-Type: text/plain;

RE: 120V, 50HZ

If anyone is interested, I know where there are 3 or 4 unused PDP-8As that are 120/50. I ask about the configuration and am waiting for him to get back to me, but they seem to be 12 slot core boxes. Amazing the new 50 or so year stuff still out there. Paul

Re: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 12:30 AM, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove < captainkirk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On a Number 5 Crossbar, your DTMF was never converted to dial pulse > for the switch itself. The Touch-Tone Register would connect to a > digit translator that inputs the 2-of-5 binary code directly

Re: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

On 30 December 2015 at 01:25, Jacob Ritorto wrote: > okay, this is _really interesting_. Where can I read more? Another list member provided a good document archive, there's also Sam Etler's site which has other documents: I'll point you

Re: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

Interesting just brought the old magnavox ghetto blaster I had in the computer room at computer exchange inc... put 4 cells and a jumper to start it in half voltage for a while it lives! went to all 8 batteries... it peels plaster off the walls! but wait i go to the oldies station and

Re: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

Jacob Ritorto writes: > okay, this is _really interesting_. Where can I read more? In addition to the links already posted (Evan Doorbell's recordings are particularly good), can I also recommend Phil Lapsley's book "Exploding the Phone": http://explodingthephone.com/

Re: The KGB, the Computer, and Me

On 12/29/15 10:14 PM, Jon Elson wrote: On 12/29/2015 06:24 PM, Ray Arachelian wrote: On 12/28/2015 04:45 AM, Rod Smallwood wrote: I now expect to get a long list of weveseenits. Indeed! I remember seeing this on live TV many years ago. You can find it on youtube now:

RE: The KGB, the Computer, and Me

Thanks for the link! I spent a good hour - as is most always the case with Nova programs. Well told story and lots of vintage computers and telco gear in their natural environment! We should start a contest to name them all. Many are easy (for us that is). Here is a more obscure one that picked

Re: The KGB, the Computer, and Me

On 12/29/2015 06:24 PM, Ray Arachelian wrote: On 12/28/2015 04:45 AM, Rod Smallwood wrote: I now expect to get a long list of weveseenits. Indeed! I remember seeing this on live TV many years ago. You can find it on youtube now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKxaq1FTac The book is really

Re: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

On 29 December 2015 at 20:15, Chuck Guzis wrote: > It was particularly amusing that in the heart of Silicon Valley in the > 1980s, Pacific Telephone still had many of its exchanges outfitted with > crossbar switches--with your shiny new touch-tone telephone, you could hear > the

Re: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

On 30 December 2015 at 01:34, Chuck Guzis wrote: > I'm not entirely sure, but I think the local stuff was type 4XB. At any > rate, I could punch in a DTMF number and listen for the dialing sequence to > be complete before the first ring could be heard. > #4/#4A crossbar is

Re: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 12:25 AM, Jacob Ritorto wrote: >> [lots of cool phone switching stuff] > > okay, this is _really interesting_. Where can I read more? To start, a document archive (the "Bitsavers of telephony") http://telephonecollectors.info and three mailing

Re: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

On 12/29/2015 09:30 PM, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: Those pulses depend on what kind of crossbar you were homing on, and where you were calling. I'm not entirely sure, but I think the local stuff was type 4XB. At any rate, I could punch in a DTMF number and listen for the dialing

Re: 10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

On 30/12/2015 05:30, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: On 29 December 2015 at 20:15, Chuck Guzis wrote: It was particularly amusing that in the heart of Silicon Valley in the 1980s, Pacific Telephone still had many of its exchanges outfitted with crossbar switches--with your

Re: The KGB, the Computer, and Me

Jon Elson writes: > Of course, I was interested in the topic, but Cliff Stoll writes very > well. it reads like a thriller. There's also the German film "23", which tells the same story from the hackers' end (although with less accuracy in terms of the computers used).

10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes

May be of interest to some list members - appeared, of all places, in the property section of a local newspaper - the Commodore 64 gets a good mention but I suspect list members might remember (or reminisce) over the other 9 too or as well.

Re: disassembling Western Digital microcode (PDP-11, WD16, Pascal Microengine)

On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 2:25 AM, Eric Smith wrote: > On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 2:10 AM, Paul Birkel wrote: >> Report back with your findings :->! > > OK. I'm really much more interested in the Pascal Microengine > firmware, but I'm starting with the LSI-11

Re: New Commodore 64 is Finally Here--For Real! PC MAG Snip

They sold some units of the c64x. I think there are still some on our local austin craigslist but like most folks said hardware isn't really interesting enough to me to justify the cost.   I cant remember where or who also produced a small (eepc? Or mini asus laptop running linux but badges

Re: Reinstalling SunOS 4.1.4 without CD drive

On Dec 27, 2015 10:35 PM, "Maciej W. Rozycki" wrote: > SCSI disks are most often shipped formatted with a pool of spare sectors > available beyond the nominal externally visible capacity, although the > firmware of many allows reformatting with the size of the pool

Re: The KGB, the Computer, and Me

On December 29 08:35 Brent Hilpert wrote: In 1985 I was setting up our new email system at CERN, and the email system had a security flaw that allowed the users' mail access passwords to be seen. This in of itself wasn't too big deal as there was little a hacker could do with it (only get access

Re: Trivial to adapt C64 1902 monitor output to s-video?

That's not universally true. I had a breadbin C-64 that only output composite video. All the C-64Cs do, but apparently an easy way to check on the older ones is whether the video connector is 5-pin or 8-pin. On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 7:33 PM, drlegendre . wrote: > The

Re: Trivial to adapt C64 1902 monitor output to s-video?

On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 8:33 PM, drlegendre . wrote: > The C-64 video output +is+ S-Video.. Wow, thanks. Guess I should've just tried it ;)