On Mon, 4 Sep 2023 18:03:26 -0400
Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
> On 9/4/2023 4:23 PM, James B DiGriz via cctalk wrote:
> > I can see some similarity of the 900 series CRU I/O to the Inmos
> > Transputer serial links, but I've never heard of them referred to as
> >
9/4/2023 11:27 AM, James B DiGriz via cctalk wrote:
> > I'm interested, the ATS-960 automated test system in particular. I
> > think that's what was with the Applicon I mentioned.
> >
> > jbdigriz
> >
> > On Mon, 4 Sep 2023 14:22:53 +0200 (CEST)
> >
I'm interested, the ATS-960 automated test system in particular. I
think that's what was with the Applicon I mentioned.
jbdigriz
On Mon, 4 Sep 2023 14:22:53 +0200 (CEST)
Christian Corti via cctalk wrote:
> I won't give up my hopes, but it seems that this system is
> practically extinct and tha
On Sat, 26 Aug 2023 14:27:05 +0200 (CEST)
Christian Corti via cctalk wrote:
> I guess not many have survived but I want to ask if someone/some
> place has software (papertapes, ...) for the Texas Instruments 960
> minicomputers. We have a 960B but at the moment, it is pretty much
> useless. I cou
On Thu, 9 Feb 2023 11:09:58 -0500 (EST)
Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote:
> > The address is very suspicious, as it does not seem like a very good
> > website name, and ends in .shop, which valid shops in our hobby
> > rarely if ever use.
>
> Problem is all the .com addresses are squatted on now
On Thu, 9 Feb 2023 08:31:35 -0600
Eric Moore via cctalk wrote:
>
> The address is very suspicious, as it does not seem like a very good
> website name, and ends in .shop, which valid shops in our hobby
> rarely if ever use.
>
Yeah, "bryanipad.shop" is definitely...strange.
Only registrant inf
On Sat, 7 May 2022 19:05:49 -0700
Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote:
> These things must be cursed by G-d. I've landed three. Two had bad
> lower boards (the ones with the bubble memory and the main 9980 MCU)
> already. The third had a bad print mechanism. I replaced the printer
> mechanism, but th
On Thu, 18 Nov 2021 07:23:40 -0600
Daniel Seagraves via cctalk wrote:
> > On Nov 18, 2021, at 12:53 AM, Jim Carpenter via cctalk
> > wrote:
> >
> > Is anybody able to access these sites? I just get redirected to
> > Google.
> >
> > Jim
>
> Quite simply, Tom got mad, took his ball, and went
On Sat, 6 Nov 2021 13:54:57 -0500
David Williams via cctalk wrote:
>
> Yeah I figured cleaning of one sort or another would only delay the
> inevitable. I can open it up and look at the cord attachment but
> thought I'd see if anyone knew or had anything showing it before I
> went to that tro
On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 01:05:45 -0700
Curious Marc via cctalk wrote:
> Yes, I have ruined a few printouts using the isopropanol method ;-) .
> On that subject, can anyone recommend a source for the thermal paper
> used in the Silent? Marc
>
I found this link:
https://www.adorablesupply.com/items/m
On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 23:36:27 -0700
"CuriousMarc" wrote:
> It may very well have the double head. It's not dropping any
> characters at 1200. I am surprised. That's 4x the expected speed!
> Here is another sighting of a Silent 703 working at 1200 bauds:
> https://ronsapartment.blogspot.com/2018/06
On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:35:50 -0700
CuriousMarc via cctalk wrote:
> I recently acquired a TI Silent 703 on ePay and just fired up. It
> worked right away. But I expected it to work at 300 bauds as
> advertised, and to my surprise, it clocked at a the head turning
> speed of 1200 bauds! Did they ho
On Thu, 19 Aug 2021 06:23:45 -0700 (PDT)
geneb via cctalk wrote:
> I have a CDC 9427H drive ( https://i.imgur.com/Wn87MRb.jpg ) that is
> absolutely desparate for a new home. It's quite likely over 80lbs,
> so shipping would be problematic. I'm in Graham, WA.
>
> It's free, it's lonely, and i
On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 13:10:43 -0400
Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 10:48 AM Al Kossow via cctalk
> wrote:
> > I suspect interest in emulating them will die out once they get
> > past the 68000 models.
>
> I may still have a II, and I definitely still have at least one
On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 07:44:27 -0700
Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> On 8/12/21 7:25 AM, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
> > One step behind
> > the wrecking ball or the recycling dumpster as the case may be.
>
> Yup. I started saving Laserwriter bits when their was originally
> some interest in emul
On Wed, 11 Aug 2021 22:57:16 -0700
Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> There has been some work going on emulating early Laserwriters in
> MAME and I was wondering if anyone still has boards or firmware dumps
> from Laserjets.
>
> It seems most have been scrapped.
>
> "nobody collects printers"
>
I
Not directly useful for part number interchange, but schematic and
mechanicals for the 3T series switching regulators here:
http://www.rknorman.co.uk/Boschert%20PSU%20Circuit%20diagram.pdf
On Sun, 8 Aug 2021 04:26:30 -0700
Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> On 8/7/21 9:48 PM, r.stricklin via cctalk w
On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:31:55 -0800
Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> On 2/22/21 12:29 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote:
> > On Sun, 21 Feb 2021, Al Kossow wrote:
> >> Not very often you see paper tape software for them
> >
> > Unfortunately I haven't found *any* software for the 960, yet.
>
On Sun, 21 Feb 2021 16:00:36 -0800
Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> On 2/21/21 3:59 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> > I'm assuming these are 960s
> > Not very often you see paper tape software for them
> > Price is absurd for the mixed bag that is there
> >
> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/Texas-Inst
On Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:44:45 -0600
John Foust via cctalk wrote:
> At 09:56 AM 1/12/2021, James B DiGriz via cctalk wrote:
> >I'm kicking myself right now because I had forgotten that archive.org
> >hosts a web interface to an (incomplete) archive of the Compuserve
> >w
On Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:25:30 -0600
Jason T via cctalk wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 6:46 PM John Foust via cctalk
> wrote
> >
> > From '85 until '94 or so, I saved my transcripts from visiting
> > CompuServe, PeopleLink, Delphi, Genie, BIX, the Well, etc.
> >
>
> This is an incredible arc
Models SS-16, TEC-9900-SS, TR-9000-SS aka Technico/Rosse TR-9000-SS
"Super Star", or any other.
I think a couple of list members have indicated here or elsewhere in
the past that they had SS-16's at least.
Thanks for any help,
jbdigriz
On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 17:12:04 -0700
Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
> On 1/10/21 3:03 PM, James B DiGriz via cctalk wrote:
> > Fidonet echos.
>
> I have a copy of a friend's BBS from back in the early 2000's.
>
> I'm sure that there is a way to extrac
On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:57:17 -0600
Jason T via cctalk wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 05:41 Tomas By via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Does anybody know if the old Compuserve discussion forums are
> > available anywhere now?
> >
> > I'm specifically interested in the ones about HP Palmto
> From the CI403/CI404 manual
> (http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ti/990/datacomm/2263897_9701B_CI403_Nov83.pdf):
>
You can try
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ti/990/datacomm/2263897-9701B_CI403_Nov83.pdf,
too. It may work a little better.
jbdigriz
On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 15:35:50 +0200
Michael Engel via cctalk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> for a planned exhibition, I am thinking of restoring two of the
> machines to working state again that are in storage here for decades:
>
> - A TI Explorer ("Sperry" labeled)
> and
> - A Xerox Star (no idea if ours act
On Thu, 12 Mar 2020 01:30:46 +0100
Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote:
> In a future, all corpos will belong to AIs. And I guess AIs will be
> interested in discovering more about their, hum, ancestry. And they
> will be able to track down all remaining shoe boxen with punch cards,
> and use hobbyists
On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 20:06:04 -0400
Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
> On 3/11/20 6:26 PM, Katherine Barto wrote:
> >
> >
> >> On Mar 11, 2020, at 3:18 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
> >> mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote:
> >>
> >
On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 18:18:14 -0400
Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
(Regarding TI SysV)
>
> I assume SysV means Unix SysV. Unless there has been a change
> I have not heard about nothing newer than V7 has been released
> for use by the holders of the Unix IP. I have a copy of that
> somewh
On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 13:52:21 -0700
Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> On 3/11/20 12:59 PM, James B DiGriz wrote:
> > In which case, why not a FOSS release?
>
> Bob Supnik got Unisys to release the sources to BTOS while he was
> VP of engineering, but we've never been able to find a copy of them.
>
On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 08:08:43 -0700
Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
>
> Release of Classic HP3000 died for the same reason from the same
> company.
>
After HP bought TI's DSG lines, TI SysV was eventually turned over to a
3rd party, who has so far been unresponsive to my
inquiries about possible ho
On Sat, 7 Mar 2020 14:38:39 -0500
David Gesswein via cctech wrote:
>
> I found around 70 disks for the TMS320C30 and TMS340x0. I can read
> these Let me know your current desires for archiving such as IMD or
> files, text label info or disk pictures etc. Do you want the TMS340
> graphics proce
I'm glad you've scanned those docs in, because I lost my hardcopies of
TI docs some years ago. Don't ask.
I don't have any of the EVM's or SDK's, and I'm on the lookout for the
9995-based 32010 evaluation board, but I do have have an XDS emulator
for the 32010. Non-functioning, but it is interest
On Wed, 2 May 2018 18:56:42 + (UTC)
Jerry Wright via cctalk wrote:
> I have a later TI 990/12 system with a dead power supply. Looking
> drawings or schematics andI believe there in the hardware reference
> manual. The one manual on bitsavers under 990/10shows a older type
> of power supply
On Wed, 2 May 2018 18:56:42 + (UTC)
Jerry Wright via cctalk wrote:
> I have a later TI 990/12 system with a dead power supply. Looking
> drawings or schematics andI believe there in the hardware reference
> manual. The one manual on bitsavers under 990/10shows a older type
> of power supply
On Fri, 5 Jan 2018 11:18:53 -0800
Rick Bensene via cctalk wrote:
Of course, update your OS as soon as updates are available,
> as patches (which will likely slow your system down) are forthcoming
> from Microsoft and various Linux trees.
>
You want to test those updates before you apply them
On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 12:14:41 -0500
Jim Brain via cctalk wrote:
> In case anyone has a fondness for niche tech...
>
> At VCF-SE this year, the TI folks had a great exhibit, and perusing
> it I saw an unfamiliar machine, the TI CC-40 (Compact Computer-40).
> While I was investigating, the exhibito
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