Re: What is this?

2018-11-23 Thread Jim Stefanik via cctalk
That sounds about right. I didn't immediately recognise it as such since the modules for my 3174 are a different style. But yes - that is likely correct. Here's a listing for one on eBay to compare against. https://www.ebay.com/itm/141671996971 From:

Re: Text encoding Babel. Was Re: George Keremedjiev

2018-11-23 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 11:44:23PM +0100, Tomasz Rola wrote: [...] > Just my wet phantasies about how such things work or might work. It > only requires one lousy admin to make it true, or a good one fired and > never to be heard from again. > > Perhaps asking your ISP could give you some clues.

Hitachi at 1964 Worlds Fair - Was Re: 1968 Hitachi HIDIC 100 Mini Computer

2018-11-23 Thread Jerry Weiss via cctalk
On 11/23/18 10:45 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: Sales Brochure scanned https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=587 Bill One of my earliest computer "game" memories, was at the Hitachi exhibit from the 1964 New York Worlds Fair. I remember a small single capsule that had a

Re: Text encoding Babel. Was Re: George Keremedjiev

2018-11-23 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 08:56:09AM +1100, Guy Dunphy wrote: > Resend, just in case that screen-cap image attachment fails. It is also here: > http://everist.org/6F2a/cctalk_rcvd.png > > >Will require > >some way to compare mailboxes in search of pattern in missing > >emails... Which may or may

Re: Text encoding Babel. Was Re: George Keremedjiev

2018-11-23 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
Resend, just in case that screen-cap image attachment fails. It is also here: http://everist.org/6F2a/cctalk_rcvd.png >Will require >some way to compare mailboxes in search of pattern in missing >emails... Which may or may not be obvious... which will lead to more >puzzles... oy maybe I should

Re: Text encoding Babel. Was Re: George Keremedjiev

2018-11-23 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
At 06:54 PM 23/11/2018 +0100, you wrote: >On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 11:55:18AM +1100, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: >[...] >> >> I see them because I'm using an old email client - Eudora 3 (1997.) >> I stick with this specifically _because_ it doesn't understand UTF-8 >> or any other non-ASCII

Re: 1968 Hitachi HIDIC 100 Mini Computer

2018-11-23 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 23/11/2018 19:03, Jason T via cctalk wrote: On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 12:43 PM Bill Degnan wrote: I did, link at bottom Got it. OCR'd and posted here: http://chiclassiccomp.org/docs/index.php?dir=%2Fcomputing/Hitachi The text on the title page goog-lates to "Thunder calculator for eye

Re: 1968 Hitachi HIDIC 100 Mini Computer

2018-11-23 Thread Jason T via cctalk
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 12:43 PM Bill Degnan wrote: > > I did, link at bottom Got it. OCR'd and posted here: http://chiclassiccomp.org/docs/index.php?dir=%2Fcomputing/Hitachi The text on the title page goog-lates to "Thunder calculator for eye control", which is certainly clear to me... j

Re: 1968 Hitachi HIDIC 100 Mini Computer

2018-11-23 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
I did, link at bottom On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 1:27 PM Jason T via cctalk wrote: > On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 10:46 AM Bill Degnan via cctalk > wrote: > > > > Sales Brochure scanned > > https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=587 > > Please do scan the whole thing when you are able.

Re: Text encoding Babel. Was Re: George Keremedjiev

2018-11-23 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 07:01:17PM +0100, Liam Proven wrote: > On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 at 18:54, Tomasz Rola via cctalk > wrote: > > > > Turn off trashing mails with Unicode in Subject and see if this solves > > a problem? > > *Loud laughter in the office* > > Well _played_, sir! Well, that was

Re: 1968 Hitachi HIDIC 100 Mini Computer

2018-11-23 Thread Jason T via cctalk
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 10:46 AM Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > > Sales Brochure scanned > https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=587 Please do scan the whole thing when you are able. I can OCR the Japanese text (or Acrobat can, at least...I'll have no idea what it says :) j

Re: Text encoding Babel. Was Re: George Keremedjiev

2018-11-23 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 at 18:54, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: > > Turn off trashing mails with Unicode in Subject and see if this solves > a problem? *Loud laughter in the office* Well _played_, sir! -- Liam Proven - Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk - Google

Re: Text encoding Babel. Was Re: George Keremedjiev

2018-11-23 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 11:55:18AM +1100, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: [...] > > I see them because I'm using an old email client - Eudora 3 (1997.) > I stick with this specifically _because_ it doesn't understand UTF-8 > or any other non-ASCII coding, especially in the header, and hence > simply

Re: George Keremedjiev

2018-11-23 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 07:20:25PM -0500, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: > wrong not everybody sees it this is the only list serve problems... > I suppose modern email programs either do not see or know what to do > with the characters... please consider using the delete key and not > reading things

1968 Hitachi HIDIC 100 Mini Computer

2018-11-23 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Sales Brochure scanned https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=587 Bill

Re: George Keremedjiev

2018-11-23 Thread Kevin Anderson via cctalk
These ? characters often show up for users like me who read via the e-mailed digests. Kevin Anderson

Re: What is this?

2018-11-23 Thread Patrick Finnegan via cctalk
It looks like a memory module out of an IBM 3174 Establishment Controller. Patrick Finnegan On Fri, Nov 23, 2018, 10:48 Paul Koning via cctalk > > > On Nov 23, 2018, at 6:13 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 at 01:49, Donald via cctalk >

Re: What is this?

2018-11-23 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Nov 23, 2018, at 6:13 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk > wrote: > > On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 at 01:49, Donald via cctalk wrote: >> >> Don't think it is IBM. Apparently high temp ICs due to the heat sink >> housing. No idea what it is. >> >> http://www.myimagecollection/part > > No idea,

Re: Text encoding Babel. Was Re: George Keremedjiev

2018-11-23 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 12:12:32PM +0100, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 at 01:55, Guy Dunphy via cctalk > wrote: [...] >> Also I have it configured to dust-bin any incomimg mail containing UTF-8 >> chars in the Subject header. Avoids a lot of time-wasting. > That's

Re: What is this?

2018-11-23 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 at 01:49, Donald via cctalk wrote: > > Don't think it is IBM. Apparently high temp ICs due to the heat sink > housing. No idea what it is. > > http://www.myimagecollection/part No idea, because that's not a valid URL -- it has no TLD -- and you can't send attachments to the

Re: Text encoding Babel. Was Re: George Keremedjiev

2018-11-23 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 at 01:55, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: > Also I have it configured to > dust-bin any incomimg mail containing UTF-8 chars in the Subject header. > Avoids a lot of time-wasting. That's English-language cultural snobbery. I'm a native Anglophone but I live in a non-English

Re: George Keremedjiev

2018-11-23 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Thu, 22 Nov 2018, Robert Feldman wrote: BTW, we went through this about 6 months ago. Someone pointed out the strange characters in Ed's posts. No change resulted from that, however, and I doubt this thread will cause any change. Yup, Ed is resistant to any form of advice. He could just