PDP 11/03 for sale (re-post with corrections, updates)

2017-05-16 Thread Sellam Ismail via cctalk
I posted for sale last week a "LSI 11" system which I've since had help properly identifying as an 11/03. I never called it an 11/34 but my photobin indicated it was, and some people were confused, so my apologies. The updated information is in the replies to the original ad (link below), along w

For Sale: Commodore PET 4032-12

2017-05-16 Thread Sellam Ismail via cctalk
I have for sale a very nice condition (inside and out), working Commodore PET 4032 for sale. Details and photos here: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?57791-Commodore-PET-4032-12&p=460843#post460843 Thanks! Sellam

Re: xv and VMS

2017-05-16 Thread Richard Loken via cctalk
On Wed, 17 May 2017, David Griffith via cctalk wrote: I ask because I've been scraping together patches for xv and collecting them into a Github repo[1]. I've finished adding all the patches collected by Greg Roelofs, patches from OpenBSD, and now I'm working on eliminating unsafe calls like

Ethernet 1973/1974

2017-05-16 Thread Shoppa, Tim via cctalk
Al just recently put this up on Bitsavers, November 1974 drawings for the first 2.94MHz Ethernet transceiver: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/xerox/alto/ethernet/Ethernet_Transceiver_Electrical_Characteristics.pdf Neat to see the 15 pin AUI to Thicknet transceiver (well, a lower bandwidt

Re: On Topic?: Hamvention

2017-05-16 Thread Jerry Weiss via cctalk
> On May 16, 2017, at 7:11 PM, Ben Sinclair via cctalk > wrote: > > On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 6:14 PM, Jim Brain via cctalk > wrote: > >> Is anyone going to Hamvention this weekend? >> > > I'll be there, for the first time! I don't know what to expect with the > flea market, but am hoping ther

Re: xv and VMS

2017-05-16 Thread David Griffith via cctalk
On Tue, 16 May 2017, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote: Is anyone out there using X11 on VMS and the xv image viewer? Yes. Why do you ask? I ask because I've been scraping together patches for xv and collecting them into a Github repo[1]. I've finished adding all the patches collected by Gr

Re: On Topic?: Hamvention

2017-05-16 Thread Ben Sinclair via cctalk
On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 6:14 PM, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: > Is anyone going to Hamvention this weekend? > I'll be there, for the first time! I don't know what to expect with the flea market, but am hoping there may be some computing things available. I've found a few treasures at other hamfes

Re: xv and VMS

2017-05-16 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg via cctalk
> The motion carries. > > Retirement as an attempt to gain more free time just doesn't work. You people obviously don't know Richard. He will hrumph and blunderbuss his way through local space-time until reality bends to his requirements. Also, the word "free" is never a descriptor of "time" i

On Topic?: Hamvention

2017-05-16 Thread Jim Brain via cctalk
Is anyone going to Hamvention this weekend? I am trying to finalize trip details, and wondering if anyone else is going (or lives near there) Was considering taking an RV, but still considering options. Jim -- Jim Brain br...@jbrain.com www.jbrain.com

Re: Old Soviet PDP-11-type DVK-3 computers available

2017-05-16 Thread Jason T via cctalk
On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 4:40 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > I received the following email from Michael Veselov. Please address > your inquiries directly to him at mihail.vese...@gmail.com: Seems quite a few of us did. The machines are very interesting (PDP-11 clones from Elektronika), how

Old Soviet PDP-11-type DVK-3 computers available

2017-05-16 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
I received the following email from Michael Veselov. Please address your inquiries directly to him at mihail.vese...@gmail.com: -- Hello! We have 3 old Russian computers ДВК-3 and we want to sell them. There are photos h

RE: xv and VMS

2017-05-16 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
The motion carries. bill From: Jay West [jw...@classiccmp.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 5:16 PM To: 'Bill Gunshannon'; 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Subject: RE: xv and VMS 3rd -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cct

RE: xv and VMS

2017-05-16 Thread Jay West via cctalk
3rd -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Bill Gunshannon via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 2:28 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: RE: xv and VMS I'll second that. bill __

RE: xv and VMS

2017-05-16 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
I'll second that. bill From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Cameron Kaiser via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 12:37 PM To: rllo...@telus.net; cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: xv and VMS > I am now retir

Re: xv and VMS

2017-05-16 Thread Richard Loken via cctalk
On Tue, 16 May 2017, Cameron Kaiser wrote: Retirement as an attempt to gain more free time just doesn't work. I have already learned that in only four months. -- Richard Loken VE6BSV: "...underneath those tuques we wear, Athabasca, Alberta Canada : our heads are naked!"

Re: xv and VMS

2017-05-16 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> I am now retired so maybe I will find > the time to get all that software glued together. Retirement as an attempt to gain more free time just doesn't work. -- personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com

Re: xv and VMS

2017-05-16 Thread Richard Loken via cctalk
On Tue, 16 May 2017, David Griffith via cctalk wrote: Is anyone out there using X11 on VMS and the xv image viewer? Yes, I am. My Alphaserver 4100 is down at the moment since I had to move it and it has been waiting four months for me to put it back together. XV works fine with VMS and there

Re: xv and VMS

2017-05-16 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
> > Is anyone out there using X11 on VMS and the xv image viewer? > Yes. Why do you ask? > -- > David Griffith > d...@661.org > > A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in