Re: Howard Fullmer, Parasitic Engineering Altair Clock Fix Kit...

2020-02-21 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
Howard Fullmer created a "beefier" power supply, and other peripherals, for the Altair. Ed Roberts said that people selling aftermarket peripherals were "parasites", so Howard named his company "Parasitic Engineering" . . . He and George Morrow put out early proposals for standardizing S100.

Re: Parasitic Engineering Altair Clock Fix Kit...

2020-02-21 Thread Smith, Wayne via cctalk
> Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 17:26:26 -0800 (PST) > From: Fred Cisin > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > > Subject: Re: Parasitic Engineering Altair Clock Fix Kit... > Message-ID: > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > Howard Fullmer created a "

RE: Parasitic Engineering Altair Clock Fix Kit...

2020-02-21 Thread William Sudbrink via cctalk
I have an Altair with the power supply mod and a printed copy of the power supply instructions. I don't think the printed instructions are original. As a matter of fact, I think they are probably printed from deramps's scan. Mr. Ahl's "Saga of a System" mentions both the PS mod and the clock mod

RE: Parasitic Engineering Altair Clock Fix Kit...

2020-02-21 Thread William Sudbrink via cctalk
I really appreciate it! -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mike Douglas via cctalk Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2020 10:29 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Parasitic Engineering Altair Clock Fix Kit... I have an original paper man

Thinnet and Thinnet gear was Re: HP 9000 Series 360 Thin LAN

2020-02-21 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> > Thinnet is "just Ethernet." All you need is some sort of transceiver to > > connect it, and many old hubs have Thinnet ports right on them (my trusty > > 10baseT Allied Telesyn hub has such a port). > > I think I have the same model. It's an MR820TR. It's been in continuous service with me p

Re: HP 9000 Series 360 Thin LAN

2020-02-21 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Feb 21, 2020, at 1:47 PM, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk > wrote: > >> I am using an HP 9000 Series 360 with a "Thin LAN" coax card to run a >> piece of equipment. The LAN connection is not currently being used. I'm >> wondering if it's possible to connect it to a modern ethernet network?

Re: HP 9000 Series 360 Thin LAN

2020-02-21 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> I am using an HP 9000 Series 360 with a "Thin LAN" coax card to run a > piece of equipment. The LAN connection is not currently being used. I'm > wondering if it's possible to connect it to a modern ethernet network? > If so, what could I do with it? I found an adapter on Amazon. I would >

Westward

2020-02-21 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
Hi, I'm looking for information about Westward graphics workstations, especially for the 2019 (from about 1983) and the 2220 (about 1987). Christian