PDF of FP11-A FMPS available

2022-01-12 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
Just ran across this: http://wwcm.synology.me/pdf/MP00189%20FP11-A%20Field%20Maintenance%20Print%20Set.pdf which isn't available online in this form. (This appears to be a different scan from the one on the Maine Coon site, split up into several TIFF's, as it has the cover which that one doesn

Re: DEC 3000/600 Alphaserver problems

2022-01-12 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 1/11/22 5:17 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote: Thanks Jon. Here is a badly focused picture of the suspect components: http://www.beyondthepale.ie/cctech/p1010198.jpg WOW, I don't know what those are!  They look like big ceramic caps to me, but if they don't have any polarity marking,

Re: NEXT/LISP Mirror has viruses

2022-01-12 Thread Mike Katz via cctalk
I am looking for one or two 8" floppy drives, preferably Shugart compatible at a reasonable price. Does anyone have anything like this laying around, unused, in their basement, storage locker, garage, etc. I am looking to make a RX01 (and hopefully RX02) disk formatter and copier. Thanks,  

8" Floppy Drives needed

2022-01-12 Thread Mike Katz via cctalk
I am looking for one or two 8" floppy drives, preferably Shugart compatible at a reasonable price. Does anyone have anything like this laying around, unused, in their basement, storage locker, garage, etc. I am looking to make a RX01 (and hopefully RX02) disk formatter and copier. Thanks,  

Re: 8" Floppy Drives needed

2022-01-12 Thread Paul Berger via cctalk
Where are you located?  I have two full height single sided Shugart drives you could have for shipping.  I got them a few years ago for a project that I am no longer interested in.  They are used and I do not know if they are fully functional or not, but could do some basic testing if your are

Re: 8" Floppy Drives needed

2022-01-12 Thread Richard Loken via cctalk
I have, as far as I recall, a 8" single sided full height Shugart drive here that I swapped out of my Trash 80 Model II for a pair of half height DSDD drives many many years ago. I can send it to you for the cost of postage if it is of use to you. -- Richard Loken VE6BSV: "...unde

Re: 8" Floppy Drives needed

2022-01-12 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 12:16 PM Mike Katz via cctalk wrote: > I am looking for one or two 8" floppy drives, preferably Shugart > compatible at a reasonable price. > > Does anyone have anything like this laying around, unused, in their > basement, storage locker, garage, etc. > > I am looking to m

Re: DEC 3000/600 Alphaserver problems

2022-01-12 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
On Wed, 12 Jan 2022 at 11:02:47 -0600 Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: On 1/11/22 5:17 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote: Thanks Jon. Here is a badly focused picture of the suspect components: http://www.beyondthepale.ie/cctech/p1010198.jpg WOW, I don't know what those are!  They look like big

Re: DEC 3000/600 Alphaserver problems

2022-01-12 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
On Wed, 12 Jan 2022 at 11:02:47 -0600 Jon Elson wrote: On 1/11/22 5:17 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote: Thanks Jon. Here is a badly focused picture of the suspect components: http://www.beyondthepale.ie/cctech/p1010198.jpg WOW, I don't know what those are!  They look like big ceramic ca

Re: 8" Floppy Drives needed

2022-01-12 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 12:16 PM Mike Katz wrote: > I am looking to make a RX01 (and hopefully RX02) disk formatter Something that can format floppies for the RX01 can effectively format RX02 floppies, too. An RX02 drive can convert RX01-formatted floppies to RX02-formatted floppies.

Re: 8" Floppy Drives needed

2022-01-12 Thread Mike Katz via cctalk
A completely software driven controller could handle reading an RX02 disk it if it knows to expect it. There is a switch on the logic board inside the RX02 to indicate whether the drive should be RX01 or RX02 compatible On 1/12/2022 2:23 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > On Wed, Jan

Re: 8" Floppy Drives needed

2022-01-12 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 1/12/22 12:23, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > Given how arcane the RX02 format is (sector _headers_ are written in single > density; sector _data_ is written in double) I'd be pretty surprised if > anything except an RX02 can do it. True that--however, a flux transition-type controller, such

Re: 8" Floppy Drives needed

2022-01-12 Thread Mike Katz via cctalk
I am looking into the fluxengine system and a Raspberry Pi. On 1/12/2022 3:28 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 1/12/22 12:23, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: Given how arcane the RX02 format is (sector _headers_ are written in single density; sector _data_ is written in double) I'd be prett

Re: DEC 3000/600 Alphaserver problems

2022-01-12 Thread Richard Schauer via cctalk
On Wed, 12 Jan 2022, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote: They do have spikes of solder sticking out from the positive ends Yes, those are tantalum caps. The "hat" as I've always called it marks the positive end, and it should be part of the case, so it won't melt away in solder. These things ar

Re: DEC 3000/600 Alphaserver problems

2022-01-12 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
On Wed, 12 Jan 2022 at 19:30:58 +, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote: On Wed, 12 Jan 2022 at 11:02:47 -0600 Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: On 1/11/22 5:17 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote: Thanks Jon. Here is a badly focused picture of the suspect components: http://www.beyondthepale.ie/ccte

Re: DEC 3000/600 Alphaserver problems

2022-01-12 Thread Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk
On Wed, 12 Jan 2022, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > > Thanks Jon. > > > > Here is a badly focused picture of the suspect components: > > > > http://www.beyondthepale.ie/cctech/p1010198.jpg > > WOW, I don't know what those are!  They look like big ceramic caps to me, but > if they don't have any

Re: DEC 3000/600 Alphaserver problems

2022-01-12 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
On Wed, 12 Jan 2022 at 17:28:33 -0600 Richard Schauer via cctalk wrote: On Wed, 12 Jan 2022, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote: They do have spikes of solder sticking out from the positive ends Yes, those are tantalum caps. The "hat" as I've always called it marks the positive end, and it shoul

IBM Model C typewriter

2022-01-12 Thread Van Snyder via cctalk
I have an old IBM Model C typewriter. I can't bear to throw it away, even though it doesn't work well. The carriage doesn't advance, and the A key doesn't work. Do you know how to tune it up? If you want it, it's yours for the price of shipping. I'll probably take it to UPS and ask them to pack it

Re: The Portable C Compiler (pcc)

2022-01-12 Thread Tom Hunter via cctalk
Anders Magnusson clarified that the DG Nova architecture support has been added by him. It was not part of the original. It is also a work in progress so not quite usable as of now. I will try to make it work for simple single file C programs. Tom On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 5:59 PM Tom Hunter wrote

Re: IBM Model C typewriter

2022-01-12 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 1/12/22 5:49 PM, Van Snyder via cctalk wrote: I have an old IBM Model C typewriter. I can't bear to throw it away, even though it doesn't work well. The carriage doesn't advance, and the A key doesn't work. Do you know how to tune it up? If you want it, it's yours for the price of shipping. I

Re: IBM Model C typewriter

2022-01-12 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Pam Rogow WPM Typewriter Shop 6819 Greene St Philadelphia 19119 267-974-0792 www.wpmTypewriterShop.com On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 10:26 PM Grant Taylor via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 1/12/22 5:49 PM, Van Snyder via cctalk wrote: > > I have an old IBM Model C typewriter. I can't bear

Re: IBM Model C typewriter

2022-01-12 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 1/12/22 19:25, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > On 1/12/22 5:49 PM, Van Snyder via cctalk wrote: >> I have an old IBM Model C typewriter. I can't bear to throw it away, >> even though it doesn't work well. The carriage doesn't advance, and the >> A key doesn't work. Do you know how to tune it up

Re: IBM Model C typewriter

2022-01-12 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 1/12/22 9:06 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: Indeed there are. I only found one Usenet newsgroup free.typewriters and it only had one message int he last 2+ years. So not exactly what I would call active. Here's one that I'm subscribed to: https://groups.io/g/TYPEWRITERS That's a m

Re: IBM Model C typewriter

2022-01-12 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 1/12/22 20:16, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > That's a mailing list, not a newsgroup. > > But it is likely to be more active than the free.typewriters newsgroup. Picky, picky picky... The old Golf Ball Typewriter Shop list is long gone, and this was suggested as an alternative. --Chuck

RE: DEC 3000/600 Alphaserver problems

2022-01-12 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk
> > The hot tweezer sounds very nice but I think I'll stick with what I have for > now. These machines have other problems and won't ever do anything > useful unless I get the cache issues sorted out so I don't necessarily want to > invest in new tools for them to end up not getting them repaired