Re: Tektronix 8560 external hard disk connector [WAS: Re: The origin of SCSI]

On 10/8/17 3:14 PM, Christian Groessler via cctalk wrote: > On 10/07/17 03:06, Rick Bensene via cctalk wrote: > >> If I recall correctly, these machines used an 8" Micropolis hard disk drive. there are two versions. the 1981 8560 uses microp 1200, later ones have xebec 1410 and are sasi

DEC Emulation Website

While it’s still in need of a major update, the DEC Emulation website now has a new home. It’s now on my server, and realistically I should have moved it years ago. http://www.avanthar.com/healyzh/decemulation/decemu.html Believe it or not, I am planning to update the pages in the near

Re: Tektronix 8560 external hard disk connector [WAS: Re: The origin of SCSI]

On 10/07/17 03:06, Rick Bensene via cctalk wrote: If I recall correctly, these machines used an 8" Micropolis hard disk drive. These were most definitely not SCSI, or even SASI. They used a proprietary Micropolis parallel interface. The disk expansion connector, while looking like it might be

Re: Aaron Nabil & pdp-8.org

> On Oct 8, 2017, at 1:22 PM, Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk > wrote: > > I wrote to Aaron a couple of days ago, and mentioned Jay's offer to him. > > I did hear back from him -- he's aware of the problem and does have his site > backed up. > (He didn't volunteer any

Re: Aaron Nabil & pdp-8.org

I wrote to Aaron a couple of days ago, and mentioned Jay's offer to him. I did hear back from him -- he's aware of the problem and does have his site backed up. (He didn't volunteer any details about his plans, but I assume he's got things in hand.) Vince

FS: HP 1000 A990 in Europe

I've a HP 1000 A990 with HP 7912A integrated in one box. Running on RTE-A VC+ , it needs a new home . https://www.flickr.com/photos/hp-fix/albums/72157623014716127 If interested, please contact me off-list. The system is located

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

LQP02 On 08/10/2017 18:19, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. Zane -- Wanted one pdp-8/i rocker switch leaver to copy.

Re: OT: the death of shortwave / Re: Hallicrafters S-85

When I see something that is neat...I camp on it until I decide or have a friend put his hand on and stand in front. Yea... to many times turn around and then look down and someone else now has it... Ed# In a message dated 10/8/2017 9:52:59 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,

RE: (Classic Computers) HP 7970 1/2" 9-Track Reel-to-Reel Tape Drive

Talking to the direct interface should be much easier interface-wise. The added difficulty is that you are now responsible for formatting. The interface is well documented (look for 5952-5441_HP_7970E_Interface_Guide_May71.pdf), at least for the E. Marc From: Jack Harper

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

> > I'm sure DEC did NOT make the actual wheel motor assembly. Qume and Diablo were the two biggies in that arena. > > Probably because of patents and copyrights, you couldn't just make compatible daisy wheel font wheels, either. > > > > Jon > I had once a dec - branded OEM Diablo, I still have

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

> On Oct 8, 2017, at 11:00 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk > wrote: > > On 10/08/2017 12:31 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> On 10/08/2017 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >>> Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I >>> have an LA50

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

On 10/08/2017 12:31 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 10/08/2017 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. You mean like the LQP03 or LQP45? I don't know if DEC

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

Yea... so DEC sold them... but the mech was oem diablio? In a message dated 10/8/2017 10:51:39 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: our printers -- daisywheel type -- on wps-8system had a diablio mech as I remember... Ed# _www.smec.org_

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

our printers -- daisywheel type -- on wps-8 system had a diablio mech as I remember... Ed# _www.smec.org_ (http://www.smec.org) In a message dated 10/8/2017 10:35:55 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: > On Oct 8, 2017, at 10:31 AM, Chuck Guzis via

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

> On Oct 8, 2017, at 10:31 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: > > On 10/08/2017 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >> Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I >> have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. > > You mean

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

On 10/08/2017 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have > an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. You mean like the LQP03 or LQP45? I don't know if DEC made the basic mechanism, however. --Chuck

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

> On 8 Oct 2017, at 18:19, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > > Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have > an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. My brain is telling me LQP02 so yes, a daisywheel. I’ve not seen one for 30

Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. Zane

Re: OT: the death of shortwave / Re: Hallicrafters S-85

On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 10:20 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > There is a huge base of HF work being done along with real-time mapping > of HF and Tropo propagation, along with all the software defined radio > work. > > I'm a ham and pretty much only do HF, though I

Re: OpenVMS Hobbyist & HPE vs. HP

Is this the address I need to be looking for email from? Zane > On Oct 8, 2017, at 2:46 AM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk > wrote: > > > > > > On 08/10/2017 05:13, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >> Has anyone gotten any Hobbyist Licenses

Re: OT: the death of shortwave / Re: Hallicrafters S-85

On 10/8/17 7:42 AM, dwight via cctalk wrote: > Most hams today seem to be into 2 meter and not so much long range SW. > There is a huge base of HF work being done along with real-time mapping of HF and Tropo propagation, along with all the software defined radio work.

Re: OT: the death of shortwave / Re: Hallicrafters S-85

One wonder how many SW hams were active in the Caribbean. Most hams today seem to be into 2 meter and not so much long range SW. I would suspect it was still quite important. As a fun project, a number of years ago, I used a modem card with a DSP chip to decode radio weather fax. I used to DSP

Re: DECstation 5000/240 Alternative Console Weirdness

On Sat, 7 Oct 2017, Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: > I can get output on the alternative serial console, but no matter what I do > with the setenv console command, or installing/removing the video card, the > firmware console will not take input from the alternate serial console. > However if I

Re: OpenVMS Hobbyist & HPE vs. HP

On 08/10/2017 05:13, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: Has anyone gotten any Hobbyist Licenses lately? I’m trying to get them, and I notice that while I’m signing up at an HPE.com website, the initial email comes from an HP.com address. So far no luck getting