Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-02 Thread Pontus Pihlgren
On Sat, Oct 01, 2016 at 11:12:02AM -0700, Chuck Guzis wrote: > On 10/01/2016 08:27 AM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote: > > > O, I see.Now that makes sense -- Thanks, Al.But, like > > airplanes and boats, this looks like only a rich person's game. > > Looks like it's time to get out of this r

My H316 environment

2016-10-02 Thread Philipp Hachtmann
Hi folks, if you're interested... I have made available my Honeywell H316 environment. Consists of all you need to run the machine and more. Contains software to split and rearrange libraries. The Fortran IV compiler SOURCE. The assembler. Scripts that run compiler and assembler transparentl

pinouts for LH Research Super-Mite and Mighty-Mite-A sense connectors

2016-10-02 Thread Al Kossow
I'm working on documenting these supplies, since there seems to be almost nothing on them on the web of use. There is a list of what is on the 9 pin molex on the SM, but no actual pinout. Same for the 15 pin D on the MMA, but at least there are enough pictures around to be able to assume the sen

Re: TeleVideo progress

2016-10-02 Thread jim stephens
On 10/2/2016 6:23 PM, Ian S. King wrote: Hi all, I've posted looking for help with a TeleVideo TPC-1, and I've heard a lot of crickets I saw your FB posting, good job, and chirp chirp. I've ordered an exact, tested/guaranteed working replacement from ePay, Those were common drives, but b

Re: HP 9000 Model 550 sold on eBay

2016-10-02 Thread Al Kossow
I was offered to CHM before it went up on eBay. I couldn't justify getting it because we just accepted a model 520 with disk subsystem. Many working systems passed through Crisis Computer. They are still in use in parts of the government, which is probably why it went for what it did. On 10/2/16

HP 9000 Model 550 sold on eBay

2016-10-02 Thread Glen Slick
I was wondering if this item would attract much attention. http://www.ebay.com/itm/262642624725 Sold for $787 this evening. I don't know anything about these systems. Looks interesting, but this bit of text didn't sound too encouraging: "The 550s have not held up particularly well over time. As of

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-02 Thread Fred Cisin
On Sun, 2 Oct 2016, Brad H wrote: I have been keeping a registry of key machines.. Apple IIs and Altairs and such.. whenever a serial number is available I try to record it.  Ive only seen one or two come up twice.. and I think one was the vintagecomputermuseum guy.  I'll keep keeping tabs and

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-02 Thread Brad H
I have been keeping a registry of key machines.. Apple IIs and Altairs and such.. whenever a serial number is available I try to record it.  Ive only seen one or two come up twice.. and I think one was the vintagecomputermuseum guy.   I'll keep keeping tabs and see just for fun if stuff is

TeleVideo progress

2016-10-02 Thread Ian S. King
Hi all, I've posted looking for help with a TeleVideo TPC-1, and I've heard a lot of crickets - apparently this isn't a commonly held machine. :-) But I've made progress with it, which I want to share. When I first got it, the display would light up and ask me to insert a floppy. Doing so woul

RE: ka... ching!

2016-10-02 Thread Jay West
AK wrote... --- Thats been a joke at hamfests for decades :-) --- I honestly didn't know that. I hadn't been making a point of going to hamfests in the past decade, as I wasn't a ham and most classic gear wasn't really showing up at them anymore. But recently... KE0FJW, so I'll have to st

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-02 Thread william degnan
On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 4:29 PM, TeoZ wrote: > There are also the type of people who get into a hobby and buy all kinds > of gear then get bored and ditch it a few years later. > > -Original Message- From: Jon Elson > Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2016 3:32 PM > To: gene...@classiccmp.org ; di

Re: 11/35 on eBait

2016-10-02 Thread william degnan
On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > So there's another 11/35 up on eBait: > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/142135416325 > > 10-1/2 'desktop' cabinet. It does have the semi-mythical KE11-F, from what > I > can see. Not sure what the group of 4 quad cards is (none of the pictures > s

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-02 Thread TeoZ
There are also the type of people who get into a hobby and buy all kinds of gear then get bored and ditch it a few years later. -Original Message- From: Jon Elson Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2016 3:32 PM To: gene...@classiccmp.org ; discuss...@classiccmp.org:On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-02 Thread jim stephens
On 10/2/2016 12:32 PM, Jon Elson wrote: On 10/02/2016 12:50 PM, Al Kossow wrote: On 10/2/16 10:15 AM, Jay West wrote: I have a new theory. No new machines are ever found, we all just keep trading ownership of them amongst ourselves, sometimes with the same machine coming back years later!

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-02 Thread Fred Cisin
On 10/2/16 10:15 AM, Jay West wrote: I have a new theory. No new machines are ever found, we all just keep trading ownership of them amongst ourselves, sometimes with the same machine coming back years later! Thats been a joke at hamfests for decades :-) On Sun, 2 Oct 2016, Jon Elson wrote: It

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-02 Thread Fred Cisin
On 10/2/16 10:15 AM, Jay West wrote: I have a new theory. No new machines are ever found, we all just keep trading ownership of them amongst ourselves, sometimes with the same machine coming back years later! On Sun, 2 Oct 2016, Al Kossow wrote: Thats been a joke at hamfests for decades :-) N

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-02 Thread Jon Elson
On 10/02/2016 12:50 PM, Al Kossow wrote: On 10/2/16 10:15 AM, Jay West wrote: I have a new theory. No new machines are ever found, we all just keep trading ownership of them amongst ourselves, sometimes with the same machine coming back years later! Thats been a joke at hamfests for decades :

RE: ka... ching!

2016-10-02 Thread Rob Jarratt
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jay West > Sent: 02 October 2016 18:15 > To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' > > Subject: RE: ka... ching! > > > Js wrote... > -- > Ok, you just gave a bunch of reason

11/35 on eBait

2016-10-02 Thread Noel Chiappa
So there's another 11/35 up on eBait: http://www.ebay.com/itm/142135416325 10-1/2 'desktop' cabinet. It does have the semi-mythical KE11-F, from what I can see. Not sure what the group of 4 quad cards is (none of the pictures show the numbers clearly) - maybe an RK11-D, if we can believe the ta

Re: Datapoint

2016-10-02 Thread william degnan
I have a 3300 (with power supply issue) and I have the book/read it. Bill Degnan twitter: billdeg vintagecomputer.net

Re: Datapoint

2016-10-02 Thread Al Kossow
On 10/2/16 10:11 AM, Brent Hilpert wrote: > There's a Datapoint 1800 on ebay right now. No one loves printers, or terminals. Just their keyboards.

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-02 Thread Al Kossow
On 10/2/16 10:15 AM, Jay West wrote: > > I have a new theory. No new machines are ever > found, we all just keep trading ownership of them amongst ourselves, > sometimes with the same machine coming back years later! > Thats been a joke at hamfests for decades :-)

RE: ka... ching!

2016-10-02 Thread Jay West
Js wrote... -- Ok, you just gave a bunch of reasons why they're even more worthless than I originally thought, and why people bidding on them have clearly lost their marbles. :) I think it's called supply and demand :) Both ebb and flow over time, so from time to time the st

Re: Datapoint

2016-10-02 Thread Brent Hilpert
On 2016-Oct-02, at 7:04 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > So I just bought, and have been avidly reading: > >Lamont Wood, "Datapoint: The Lost Story of the Texans Who Invented the > Personal Computer Revolution" > > and I was wondering what other people thought of it. > > (For those who aren't

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-02 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 10/02/2016 06:35 AM, Al Kossow wrote: > > > On 10/1/16 11:49 PM, Tomasz Rola wrote: > >> BTW, the "ching" aspect does not have much spell for me. > > The sound of a mechanical cash register, like at the start of Pink > Floyd's "Money" Or the closing strains of Stan Freberg's "Green Christma

Re: Datapoint

2016-10-02 Thread Al Kossow
On 10/2/16 8:57 AM, Al Kossow wrote: > Ted Nelson worked for them for a while. > > http://hyperland.com/TNvita 1981-82: Chief designer of office software, Datapoint Corporation, San Antonio, Texas. TN's "Vortext" design (December 1981) is adapted as Datapoint's next-generation text system

Re: Datapoint

2016-10-02 Thread Al Kossow
On 10/2/16 7:04 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > Any collectors of early Datapoint machines out there on the list? I have a 2200 with screen rot (don't they all) Not a lot of activity, CHM has some machines, I've archived some cassettes and floppies along with docs. Some work was done on simulation.

Re: Datapoint

2016-10-02 Thread Mattis Lind
2016-10-02 16:04 GMT+02:00 Noel Chiappa : > So I just bought, and have been avidly reading: > > Lamont Wood, "Datapoint: The Lost Story of the Texans Who Invented the > Personal Computer Revolution" > > and I was wondering what other people thought of it. > > (For those who aren't fami

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-02 Thread Tomasz Rola
On Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 06:35:15AM -0700, Al Kossow wrote: > > > On 10/1/16 11:49 PM, Tomasz Rola wrote: > > > BTW, the "ching" aspect does not have much spell for me. > > The sound of a mechanical cash register, like at the start of > Pink Floyd's "Money" The sound of uniform metal pieces pou

Datapoint

2016-10-02 Thread Noel Chiappa
So I just bought, and have been avidly reading: Lamont Wood, "Datapoint: The Lost Story of the Texans Who Invented the Personal Computer Revolution" and I was wondering what other people thought of it. (For those who aren't familiar with it, his thesis is in the sub-title. He reckons

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-02 Thread Al Kossow
On 10/1/16 11:49 PM, Tomasz Rola wrote: > BTW, the "ching" aspect does not have much spell for me. The sound of a mechanical cash register, like at the start of Pink Floyd's "Money"