Re: Classic browsing and duckduckgo

2021-03-11 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 3/11/21 10:47 PM, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: > Howdy, > > I more often than not use one of the old style browsers (lynx, dillo > etc). Using search engines with them was rather uncool (unusable links > in search results, wanting to load some bs or js, etc). For this > reason I type my search

RE: name/model of HP portable printer? (not HP 2225x) circa 1993

2021-03-11 Thread David Collins via cctalk
How about this... http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=311 David Collins www.hpmuseum.net -Original Message- From: cctalk On Behalf Of Stan Sieler via cctalk Sent: Friday, 12 March 2021 6:22 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: name/model of HP portab

name/model of HP portable printer? (not HP 2225x) circa 1993

2021-03-11 Thread Stan Sieler via cctalk
Hi, Does anyone remember the product name or number of the tiny HP portable printer (*not* an HP 2225 of any kind!) that probably came out about the same time as the HP Omnibook 300 (1993)? (My google-fu failed me.) IIRC, it was able to print on regular paper 8.5" wide, probably using a thinkjet

Classic browsing and duckduckgo

2021-03-11 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
Howdy, I more often than not use one of the old style browsers (lynx, dillo etc). Using search engines with them was rather uncool (unusable links in search results, wanting to load some bs or js, etc). For this reason I type my searches using mozilla and very rarely trying this with duckduckgo an

Re: [GreenKeys] OT FTGH Xerox 820

2021-03-11 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
On Mar 11, 2021, at 3:19 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > No idea where it might be at the moment. Haven't seen it since > my last relocation in 2014. > > bill I think I have a “Big Board” that’s suffered a similar fate. Though it could have potentially ended up at Paul Allens muse

Re: DECtape ancestry

2021-03-11 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 3/11/21 6:18 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 3/11/21 6:16 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 3/11/21 6:12 PM, Bob Smith via cctalk wrote: My recollection was the Linc was inspired by the Whirlwind. Whirlwind predates it by a few years. Tom Stockebrand is the connecting link between all

Re: DECtape ancestry

2021-03-11 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 3/11/21 6:16 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 3/11/21 6:12 PM, Bob Smith via cctalk wrote: My recollection was the Linc was inspired by the Whirlwind. Whirlwind predates it by a few years. Tom Stockebrand is the connecting link between all of these tape systems. I don't know if he was in

Re: DECtape ancestry

2021-03-11 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 3/11/21 6:12 PM, Bob Smith via cctalk wrote: My recollection was the Linc was inspired by the Whirlwind. Whirlwind predates it by a few years. Tom Stockebrand is the connecting link between all of these tape systems. I don't know if he was involved with the original Raytheon tape design for

Re: DECtape ancestry

2021-03-11 Thread Bob Smith via cctalk
My recollection was the Linc was inspired by the Whirlwind. Whirlwind predates it by a few years. AND of course the Linc inspired the PDP5 and PDP8. Of course some one correct me if this is wrong, but my sources were DEC when I worked there 1969-1980, stories with Don White and others, as well as m

Re: DECtape ancestry

2021-03-11 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Paul, Very interesting, thanks for sharing. Bill On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 7:54 PM Paul Koning via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I just read part of the Grant Saviers interview from CHM, where near the > end he gives a bit of history of DECtape. In particular, the fact that it > was d

DECtape ancestry

2021-03-11 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
I just read part of the Grant Saviers interview from CHM, where near the end he gives a bit of history of DECtape. In particular, the fact that it was derived from LINCtape though the format details are quite different. A question popped into my mind, prompted by having read Guy Fedorkow's pa

Re: [GreenKeys] OT FTGH Xerox 820

2021-03-11 Thread s shumaker via cctalk
On 3/11/2021 3:19 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 3/11/21 4:52 PM, s shumaker via cctalk wrote: Are you offering it up? No idea where it might be at the moment.  Haven't seen it since my last relocation in 2014. bill Steve On 3/11/2021 11:58 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote

Re: [GreenKeys] OT FTGH Xerox 820

2021-03-11 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 3/11/21 4:52 PM, s shumaker via cctalk wrote: Are you offering it up? No idea where it might be at the moment. Haven't seen it since my last relocation in 2014. bill Steve On 3/11/2021 11:58 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 3/11/21 10:59 AM, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote: I am

Re: [GreenKeys] OT FTGH Xerox 820

2021-03-11 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 3/11/21 3:06 PM, Tom Uban wrote: On 3/11/21 1:58 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 3/11/21 10:59 AM, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote: I am interested if this is not already spoken for. --tnx --tom On 3/11/21 9:48 AM, John Foust via cctalk wrote: Richardson, TX I assume. At 09:42 AM 3/11

Re: [GreenKeys] OT FTGH Xerox 820

2021-03-11 Thread s shumaker via cctalk
Are you offering it up? Steve On 3/11/2021 11:58 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 3/11/21 10:59 AM, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote: I am interested if this is not already spoken for. --tnx --tom On 3/11/21 9:48 AM, John Foust via cctalk wrote: Richardson, TX I assume. At 09:42 AM 3/11/

Re: [GreenKeys] OT FTGH Xerox 820

2021-03-11 Thread Tom Uban via cctalk
On 3/11/21 1:58 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > On 3/11/21 10:59 AM, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote: >> I am interested if this is not already spoken for. >> >> --tnx >> --tom >> >> On 3/11/21 9:48 AM, John Foust via cctalk wrote: >>> Richardson, TX I assume. >>> >>> At 09:42 AM 3/11/2021, John,

Re: [GreenKeys] OT FTGH Xerox 820

2021-03-11 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 3/11/21 10:59 AM, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote: I am interested if this is not already spoken for. --tnx --tom On 3/11/21 9:48 AM, John Foust via cctalk wrote: Richardson, TX I assume. At 09:42 AM 3/11/2021, John, W9DDD wrote: I have a Xerox 820 (rev 2 -II?) that will go to it's happy huntin

Re: [GreenKeys] OT FTGH Xerox 820

2021-03-11 Thread John Foust via cctalk
At 09:59 AM 3/11/2021, Tom Uban wrote: >I am interested if this is not already spoken for. I'm sorry, I forgot to include the giver's email. "John, W9DDD" Contact him directly. - John

Re: [GreenKeys] OT FTGH Xerox 820

2021-03-11 Thread George Rachor via cctalk
5.25 inch drive or 8 inch? George Rachor geo...@rachors.com > On Mar 11, 2021, at 7:48 AM, John Foust via cctalk > wrote: > > > Richardson, TX I assume. > > At 09:42 AM 3/11/2021, John, W9DDD wrote: >> I have a Xerox 820 (rev 2 -II?) that will go to it's happy h

Re: [GreenKeys] OT FTGH Xerox 820

2021-03-11 Thread Tom Uban via cctalk
I am interested if this is not already spoken for. --tnx --tom On 3/11/21 9:48 AM, John Foust via cctalk wrote: > Richardson, TX I assume. > > At 09:42 AM 3/11/2021, John, W9DDD wrote: >> I have a Xerox 820 (rev 2 -II?) that will go to it's happy hunting grounds >> soon unless there is interest.

Re: [GreenKeys] OT FTGH Xerox 820

2021-03-11 Thread John Foust via cctalk
Richardson, TX I assume. At 09:42 AM 3/11/2021, John, W9DDD wrote: >I have a Xerox 820 (rev 2 -II?) that will go to it's happy hunting grounds >soon unless there is interest. > >Pictures if interested, part it out if it gets to that point. > >(On topic to the extent it makes room for more Telet