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

2021-03-12 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
 the teletype ink printer suffered the  same  problems      ed#In a message dated 3/12/2021 8:43:18 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:  > As a history nod: the late Carson Kan of HP Labs was the one who suggested > that the inkhead be a disposable & user replaceab

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

2021-03-12 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
ABSOLUTELY no promises. Next week, I will be going where I think that I remember seeing a box with one or more of them. At one time, I had several, including ONE paper feeder, and MAYBE a battery. Recently, I did see the cartridge "humidor"! I think that all of mine were "Centronics" paralle

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

2021-03-12 Thread Stan Sieler via cctalk
Fred tempts me from the garden: "does that mean you want one?" It's only one ... it's easy ... try it Argh...I was hoping I wouldn't be asked that, because I couldn't decide. ... ... ok... I think I'd be interested in having one that would work with an Omnibook (but have no interest in the

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

2021-03-12 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
Does that mean that you WANT one? (or more) There were several slightly varying models. There was a detachable paper feed bracket, that is rarely with it. Do you want some OLD cartridges (to clean out and try to refill?) -- Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com On Fri, 12 Mar 2021

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

2021-03-12 Thread Stan Sieler via cctalk
Bingo, David nailed it! (The HP DeskJet Portable) Thanks! Stan On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 11:31 PM wrote: > 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 > cct

Re: Any info on a Western Peripherals DC-230 disk controller?

2021-03-12 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Hm. I have a Q bus controller for a Diablo 44 which is the 5mb removable, 5mb fixed using an RL01 type pack. It emulates 4 RK05's. Same edge connector but only one of them. C On 3/12/2021 6:44 PM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: On 3/12/2021 3:02 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: Any ideas

Re: Looking for gnupro for BeBox BeOs PowerPC

2021-03-12 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 3/12/21 10:56 AM, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote: I am looking for cygnus gnupro for powerpc BeOS, to be able to make ports. I have a version of gnupro in gopher://gopher.floodgap.com:70/1/archive/be-power/dev but while it runs on my BeBox it is a cross-compiler for i586, so this

Re: Any info on a Western Peripherals DC-230 disk controller?

2021-03-12 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 3/12/2021 3:02 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: Any ideas what this disc controller is? https://www.ebay.com/itm/PDP-11-Backplane-Western-Peripherals-DC-230-Disk-Controller-DEC-Digital-PDP/353417412426 Can't find much about this on the 'net, other than that it was a controller for Diablo

Any info on a Western Peripherals DC-230 disk controller?

2021-03-12 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
Any ideas what this disc controller is? https://www.ebay.com/itm/PDP-11-Backplane-Western-Peripherals-DC-230-Disk-Controller-DEC-Digital-PDP/353417412426 Can't find much about this on the 'net, other than that it was a controller for Diablo/Pertec style drives -- no idea if it's an RK11 clone or

Re: Looking for gnupro for BeBox BeOs PowerPC

2021-03-12 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> I am looking for cygnus gnupro for powerpc BeOS, to be able to make ports. I have a version of gnupro in gopher://gopher.floodgap.com:70/1/archive/be-power/dev but while it runs on my BeBox it is a cross-compiler for i586, so this is probably not what you want. I do my development with

Re: DECtape ancestry

2021-03-12 Thread Bob Smith via cctalk
THanks Al! I forgot about that chapter of Tom's ..worked for him for a few years, Fantastic Boss, and one helluv an engineer. bb On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 9:23 PM Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > On 3/11/21 6:18 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > On 3/11/21 6:16 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > >>

PDP-8 Backplane on eBay

2021-03-12 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
There's a PDP-8 (/E or /M) backplane (presumably OMNIBUS) on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/0-slot-Backplane-H1919-9216/402735040240 (The number is given incorrectly in the title; it's actually 'H9191'.) Noel

Re: Classic browsing and duckduckgo

2021-03-12 Thread david raingeard via cctalk
wrong mail... Le ven. 12 mars 2021 à 16:06, Tomasz Rola via cctalk a écrit : > On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 09:11:34AM +, U'll Be King Of The Stars via > cctalk wrote: > > On 12/03/2021 06:47, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: > > > Today I noticed that duckduckgo redirects my classic browsers to > >

Re: Classic browsing and duckduckgo

2021-03-12 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 09:11:34AM +, U'll Be King Of The Stars via cctalk wrote: > On 12/03/2021 06:47, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: > > Today I noticed that duckduckgo redirects my classic browsers to > > lite.duckduckgo.com and I can use the results. Cool! > > Right on! Thanks for the up

Re: Classic browsing and duckduckgo

2021-03-12 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 11:43:59PM -0800, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: [...] > > Tried with dillo and w3m. > > There's a compromise--google with a browser plug-in that removes the > redirection in google results. > > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-search-link-fix/ > > The

Re: Looking for gnupro for BeBox BeOs PowerPC

2021-03-12 Thread david raingeard via cctalk
check www.raingeard.fr 😅 I compiled apache and php to run on my nextstation mono turbo. I also have a mono, color, turbo mono, turbo color, and a nextcube Le ven. 12 mars 2021 à 13:41, Al Kossow via cctech a écrit : > On 3/12/21 4:27 AM, Al Kossow via cctech wrote: > > On 3/12/21 3:33 AM, david

Re: Looking for gnupro for BeBox BeOs PowerPC

2021-03-12 Thread david raingeard via cctalk
You are very right. I made two scsi disks, one with BeOS 5 and the other with BeOS 4.5 for my BeBox so It can be restored if needed. Hardware ecosystem preservation is a real mess... Le ven. 12 mars 2021 à 13:41, Al Kossow via cctech a écrit : > On 3/12/21 4:27 AM, Al Kossow via cctech wrote: >

Re: Looking for gnupro for BeBox BeOs PowerPC

2021-03-12 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 3/12/21 4:27 AM, Al Kossow via cctech wrote: On 3/12/21 3:33 AM, david raingeard via cctech wrote: Hello, I am looking for cygnus gnupro for powerpc BeOS, to be able to make ports. thank you I think this is where all the code wound up after Red Hat abandoned GNUpro https://sourceware.org

Re: Looking for gnupro for BeBox BeOs PowerPC

2021-03-12 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 3/12/21 3:33 AM, david raingeard via cctech wrote: Hello, I am looking for cygnus gnupro for powerpc BeOS, to be able to make ports. thank you I think this is where all the code wound up after Red Hat abandoned GNUpro https://sourceware.org/mission.html

Re: Looking for gnupro for BeBox BeOs PowerPC

2021-03-12 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 3/12/21 4:05 AM, david raingeard wrote: No, I don't even know who he is, sorry Seriously? He's one of the Cygnus founders and is a good guy

Re: Looking for gnupro for BeBox BeOs PowerPC

2021-03-12 Thread david raingeard via cctalk
No, I don't even know who he is, sorry Le ven. 12 mars 2021 à 12:41, Al Kossow via cctech a écrit : > On 3/12/21 3:33 AM, david raingeard via cctech wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am looking for cygnus gnupro for powerpc BeOS, to be able to make > ports. > > > > thank you > > > > have you tried con

Re: Looking for gnupro for BeBox BeOs PowerPC

2021-03-12 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 3/12/21 3:33 AM, david raingeard via cctech wrote: Hello, I am looking for cygnus gnupro for powerpc BeOS, to be able to make ports. thank you have you tried contacting John Gilmore?

Looking for gnupro for BeBox BeOs PowerPC

2021-03-12 Thread david raingeard via cctalk
Hello, I am looking for cygnus gnupro for powerpc BeOS, to be able to make ports. thank you

Re: Classic browsing and duckduckgo

2021-03-12 Thread U'll Be King Of The Stars via cctalk
On 12/03/2021 06:47, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: > Today I noticed that duckduckgo redirects my classic browsers to > lite.duckduckgo.com and I can use the results. Cool! Right on! Thanks for the update! > Tried with dillo and w3m. I'm looking forward to trying with Lynx. Andrew