[cctalk] Re: Don Lancaster has passed away at 83

2023-07-01 Thread John Robertson via cctalk
On 2023/07/01 1:10 p.m., Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: Don Lancaster passed away on June 7. https://gilaherald.com/obituary-for-don-lancaster/ I hope his website is well preserved: https://tinaja.com/ Sellam web.archive.org has many copies archived:

[cctalk] Re: Don Lancaster has passed away at 83

2023-07-01 Thread KenUnix via cctalk
I would call him a legend in electronics... On Sat, Jul 1, 2023 at 7:33 PM Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > On 7/1/23 15:10, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: > > Don Lancaster passed away on June 7. > > > > https://gilaherald.com/obituary-for-don-lancaster/ > > > > I hope his website is well

[cctalk] Re: Don Lancaster has passed away at 83

2023-07-01 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 7/1/23 15:10, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: Don Lancaster passed away on June 7. https://gilaherald.com/obituary-for-don-lancaster/ I hope his website is well preserved: https://tinaja.com/ Wow, another legend!  Yes, there is a lot of good stuff there. Jon

[cctalk] Don Lancaster has passed away at 83

2023-07-01 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
Don Lancaster passed away on June 7. https://gilaherald.com/obituary-for-don-lancaster/ I hope his website is well preserved: https://tinaja.com/ Sellam

[cctalk] Re: IBM 5120/5110-3 casual notes / 8" disks question

2023-07-01 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Sat, 1 Jul 2023, Steve Lewis wrote: Ok, so I grabbed some DS/DD 3M 8" disks - I assume I can "MARK" them (reformat). But so far no luck. I never had disks on the 5110, so still learning about them on the 5120 - I assume they still need to be "MARK" just like the tapes are? You must

[cctalk] Re: IBM 5120/5110-3 casual notes / 8" disks question

2023-07-01 Thread Steve Lewis via cctalk
Ok, so I grabbed some DS/DD 3M 8" disks - I assume I can "MARK" them (reformat). But so far no luck. I never had disks on the 5110, so still learning about them on the 5120 - I assume they still need to be "MARK" just like the tapes are? Here is a short video I made of the 5120 disk drives I