(Virtual) VCF West is this weekend - tune in!

2020-07-26 Thread Michael Brutman via cctalk
Join us on August first for a virtual VCF event! We can't safely meet in person so we are going to do what we can online. The good news is that you can tune-in via YouTube and ask questions of the presenters via email, enabling anybody in the world with a modest Internet connection to

Re: chaos and the LGP-30

2020-07-26 Thread Jecel Assumpcao Jr via cctalk
Jay Jaeger wrote on Sun, 26 Jul 2020 19:24:24 -0500 > So, either he mis-entered something, or possibly the result of a > different state of a random number generator somewhere? He dumped the full state of the simulation to paper with six digits after the decimal point even though the internal

Re: chaos and the LGP-30

2020-07-26 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
On 7/25/2020 8:26 AM, Will Cooke via cctalk wrote: > The LGP-30 has been discussed here (often fondly) a few times so I thought > this might be of interest. Adds a bit of fame to the little guy that I > wasn't aware of. > > I was reading the wikipedia web page on chaos theory and found this

Re: Broken VT510

2020-07-26 Thread Gregory Beat via cctalk
As noted, in another reply, the DEC VT-5xx terminal series was mfg. by ADDS. Boundless Technologies (former ADDS) shutdown sales a few years ago. They will service & supply parts, as long as inventory of proprietary parts exists. http://www.boundlessterminals.com/ Boundless Technologies 1916

Re: Broken VT510

2020-07-26 Thread Tom Hunter via cctalk
Hi Paul, These are generic Taiwanese terminals with a DEC badge. They were made by "ADDS" - later renamed to "Boundless Technologies". Both IBM and DEC got their low-end terminals manufactured by them. Once you open it you will probably find the actual manufacturer's name on the PCB and then you