Re: DEC banner panel

On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 9:51 PM, allison wrote: > Sounds like the banner plate for my 11T (Qbus 11 in a 50inch rack) the > banner holder was such that it could slid in from the end if you took > off the plastic end stop. It has the PDP-11 in in the older reds scheme > on

Re: DEC banner panel

> Hi Tony. Are you talking about the banner for the main system? Or the second > rack? I assume the main rack. My system will fit in a single H960 (It's the PDP8/e processor, RK05, RX01, TU56 and PC04). FWIW, my 11/45 is a 2-rack system and I only have 'main rack' logo panels for it. I know the

Re: DEC banner panel check your filter for the hi res images from scanner

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 5:31 AM, wrote: > may times my aol ends in the bucket. if someone can pass this to Rod and > Tony This got to me, as did the scan of the logo panel, -tony

Re: DEC banner panel

or print it on thick photo paper on a really large printer and glue it in the plastic header for the rack. - Ed# In a message dated 12/26/2016 11:10:12 P.M. US Mountain Standard Tim, ard.p850...@gmail.com writes: On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 10:48 PM, Rod Smallwood

Re: DEC banner panel

I just sent Rod and Tony 8M metal sign Hi Res check your bad mail folder my AOL ends up there often Rod cam change my 8m scan to say 8E or 8 whatever! so funny... I found this behind a console radio today - I had not seen it in over 20 years It used to be on one of my H-960s

Re: DEC banner panel

On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 10:48 PM, Rod Smallwood wrote: >> That's going to be 'fun'.. I can see myself making rollers and a frame to >> hold them. And then tryng to get a bit of sheet aluminium, cut it, round >> the corners etc. >> >> -tony > > I'm a bit better

Re: DEC banner panel

Re- the PDP-8 one I just scanned..On the plastic thing on H-960 these metal logo plates stick right into the front into the recess with gummy stuff on the back of the metal. Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 12/26/2016 10:56:12 P.M. US Mountain

Re: DEC banner panel

On 12/26/2016 04:14 PM, Tony Duell wrote: > On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 9:07 PM, Paul Koning wrote: >>> On Dec 26, 2016, at 4:03 PM, Tony Duell wrote: >>> ... >>> I hadn't realised that they were printed on aluminium. Ouch!. I also >>> don't know

Re: LINCtape/DECtape Head Alignment

From: Michael Thompson: Monday, December 26, 2016 10:08 AM It would be really convenient to have one of the Amphenol 133-022-03 connectors from a G851 Relay module on our amplifier so it would plug directly into the head cable. Does anyone have a DEC G851 module that we could remove the

Re: DEC banner panel

> Thanks for the offer. But as yet I don't have a picture. I don't even > know that the banner existed. > All I've seen (and got) are the PDP11 ones. I _assume_ there was one > for PDP8 systems, but > assumptions can be dangerous. Hi Tony. Are you talking about the banner for the main

Re: DEC banner panel check your filter for the hi res images from scanner

may times my aol ends in the bucket. if someone can pass this to Rod and Tony thanks Ed#

Re: DEC banner panel

ok Tony and Rod let me know if pic gets though in other message later I can try to scan in 11x 14 scanner? when you get the art cleaned up SMECC museum would like hi res copy too! i have a few minutes till next post atomic holocaust movie comes on let me go try the scanner

Re: DEC banner panel

On 27/12/2016 01:17, couryho...@aol.com wrote: Tony yes we have one with markings stating and for a 8M that fits in the plastic thingis at the top of H-960 It is in the usual orange pdp-8'ish colors. Odd! Just found it today in my house behid a old radio console. Do you need a

Re: DEC banner panel

Tony yes we have one with markings stating and for a 8M that fits in the plastic thingis at the top of H-960 It is in the usual orange pdp-8'ish colors. Odd! Just found it today in my house behid a old radio console. Do you need a pic? Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC In a

Re: DEC banner panel

On 26/12/2016 22:28, Tony Duell wrote: On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 10:21 PM, Rod Smallwood wrote: As soon as the girls get back from the Christmas break I'll have a word. THanks Needless to say this is hardly urgent. Heck the complete 8/e system will take

Re: DEC banner panel

On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 10:21 PM, Rod Smallwood wrote: > As soon as the girls get back from the Christmas break I'll have a word. THanks Needless to say this is hardly urgent. Heck the complete 8/e system will take time to get sorted out, and that's not

Re: DEC banner panel

On 26/12/2016 20:09, Tony Duell wrote: On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 8:07 PM, Rod Smallwood wrote: If you have a picture I'll see what I can do Thanks for the offer. But as yet I don't have a picture. I don't even know that the banner existed. All I've seen (and

Re: Transporting an LGP-30

Christian Corti writes: > If you tell me its serial number I can eventually tell you who > was/were the previous owner(s) ;-) "Underhill Engineering Co Ltd" painted on the top in the eBay pictures (if you squint) is a bit of a giveaway! They have a nice page

Re: DEC banner panel

On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 9:07 PM, Paul Koning wrote: > >> On Dec 26, 2016, at 4:03 PM, Tony Duell wrote: >> >>> ... >> I hadn't realised that they were printed on aluminium. Ouch!. I also >> don't know how they are fixed to the plastic header panel,

Re: DEC banner panel

> On Dec 26, 2016, at 4:03 PM, Tony Duell wrote: > >> ... > I hadn't realised that they were printed on aluminium. Ouch!. I also > don't know how they are fixed to the plastic header panel, my plastic > panel is 'empty' and I don't see any adhesive residue. Maybe some >

Re: DEC banner panel

On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 8:55 PM, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote: >> Was there a yellow/brown one for PDP8 systems? > > Yes, I have one sitting on my PDP-8/e system. Just like the PDP-11 OK, at least I am not asking for something that never existed :-) > panels, they’re “printed”

Re: DEC banner panel

Yea, that is a weird set of colors. I’ll see if I can take a picture of mine today and figure out where to post it. TTFN - Guy > On Dec 26, 2016, at 12:34 PM, Al Kossow wrote: > > It exists > > http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102666173 > > I don't know

Re: DEC banner panel

> On Dec 26, 2016, at 10:54 AM, Tony Duell wrote: > > I am starting to fill a spare H960 with my PDP8/e system. Starting as > in cleaning > up the rack, sorting out the power controller, etc > > This is a somewhat odd question for me as I don't normally care about >

Re: DEC banner panel

On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 8:07 PM, Rod Smallwood wrote: > > If you have a picture I'll see what I can do Thanks for the offer. But as yet I don't have a picture. I don't even know that the banner existed. All I've seen (and got) are the PDP11 ones. I _assume_ there

Re: DEC banner panel

On 26/12/2016 18:54, Tony Duell wrote: I am starting to fill a spare H960 with my PDP8/e system. Starting as in cleaning up the rack, sorting out the power controller, etc This is a somewhat odd question for me as I don't normally care about such things, but I might as well try to get it

Re: The Dick Smith System 80, as sold to New Zealanders

In a message dated 12/26/2016 3:14:49 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, te...@webweavers.co.nz writes: Over this Xmas break I've grabbed some time to add a few bits and pieces to my Dick Smith System 80 website. Some on the list might find this stuff interesting, hence the post. For those

LINCtape/DECtape Head Alignment

The RICM is working on the skew adjustment on a TU56 tape drive on a PDP-12. We only see a 5mV signal from the head, so when we flip the tape over we will only see 1mV. This is below the capabilities of my 'scope. The DEC skew adjustment procedure talks about using a DEC amplifier to boost the

DEC banner panel

I am starting to fill a spare H960 with my PDP8/e system. Starting as in cleaning up the rack, sorting out the power controller, etc This is a somewhat odd question for me as I don't normally care about such things, but I might as well try to get it right... Anyway, I have one of those

Nova system in Houston

http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?55474-Found-an-Entrex-setup-I-have-no-idea-what-to-do-with-it I hope to God someone can save the whole system. People who gut systems for the core memory boards REALLY piss me off.

Re: The Dick Smith System 80, as sold to New Zealanders

On 2016-12-26 10:49 AM, Geoff Oltmans wrote: Those are some eye watering prices for sure. What was the average household income at that time? Sent from my iPhone Best guess I could make in 10 minutes of googling was $150-$200 average wage per week in 1981 ($7800-10400/year) based on

Re: Transporting an LGP-30

On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Christian Corti < c...@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote: > On Sat, 24 Dec 2016, william degnan wrote: > >> Here are my notes on the LGP 30 >> http://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=596 >> > > There are several errors in those notes: > > You

Re: The Dick Smith System 80, as sold to New Zealanders

Those are some eye watering prices for sure. What was the average household income at that time? Sent from my iPhone

Re: Transporting an LGP-30

> > They really looked at this thing to be a personal computer. This was > some may claim by some definition the *first* personal computer. > > > > Note I am being very careful not to call this "the first personal computer", but it's certainly a personal computer and it was one of the first

Re: Transporting an LGP-30

On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 10:37 AM, Christian Corti < c...@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote: > On Fri, 23 Dec 2016, Cory Heisterkamp wrote: > >> I recently became the owner of an LGP-30, supposedly in 'working' >> condition. However, the machine is roughly 2000 miles from me and will need >> to

Re: Transporting an LGP-30

On Fri, 23 Dec 2016, Cory Heisterkamp wrote: I recently became the owner of an LGP-30, supposedly in 'working' condition. However, the machine is roughly 2000 miles from me and will need to be transported by freight. Before it's palletized, are there any special precautions I should take to

Re: Transporting an LGP-30

On Fri, 23 Dec 2016, Cory Heisterkamp wrote: Yep Chuck, this is the CA machine. I was surprised it never reared its head on classiccmp the past few days. -C If you tell me its serial number I can eventually tell you who was/were the previous owner(s) ;-) Christian

The Dick Smith System 80, as sold to New Zealanders

Over this Xmas break I've grabbed some time to add a few bits and pieces to my Dick Smith System 80 website. Some on the list might find this stuff interesting, hence the post. For those who might not know, Dick Smith was a colourful Australian entrepreneur (and helicopter pilot), who pioneered a