[cctalk] Re: delphi, before 1990

On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 3:14 AM Steve Lewis via cctalk wrote: > Then I started thinking about "how were they even advertised? having lots > of phone numbers in different area codes would have been expensive, maybe > they only advertised in a few cities back in those days?" It would have been

[cctalk] Re: delphi, before 1990

On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 10:36 PM Steve Lewis via cctalk wrote: > Hey all, was Delphi accessible as a bulletin board before 1990? Yes. Wikipedia says it was launched in 1981. I know I accessed it in the mid '80s. > But for early 1980s, what as Delphi? Was it a telnet-sort-of-thing only >

Re: ISO: Canon Scanner Driver

On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 4:42 PM Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: > > > How about http://downloads.canon.com/cpr/software/scanners/300350INF.exe > > > ? > > > > Nevermind. Too small. Just the INF files. Sorry. :( > > Just manually edit that URL with the desired filename: > >

Re: ISO: Canon Scanner Driver

On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 3:36 PM Jim Carpenter wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 3:02 PM Jason T via cctalk > wrote: > > By any chance, does someone out there have this driver? The filename > > in question is "300350DRIT_V11.exe". You can google that name and en

Re: ISO: Canon Scanner Driver

On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 3:02 PM Jason T via cctalk wrote: > By any chance, does someone out there have this driver? The filename > in question is "300350DRIT_V11.exe". You can google that name and end > up either back at Canon's site or in Malware Hell ("just download this > Chrome plugin to

What happened to control-data.info and controlfreaks.org?

Is anybody able to access these sites? I just get redirected to Google. Jim

Re: Linux and the 'clssic' computing world

On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 2:39 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > > To my knowledge the Linux kernel was released to the public 30 years ago > > around this time. My dear friend swears by it and will never go back to > > Windows even though WIN 11 is much more secure than previous Windows > >

Re: Tymshare PDP-10 tapes

On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 11:16 AM Tony Aiuto wrote: > I'm building tito on a generic Debian linux (x86_64, debian 4.19, gcc 8.3.0) > so I doubt this is a portability problem. I'll try again next weekend. Linux jim-xubuntu 5.8.0-44-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 9 06:29:41 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64

Re: Tymshare PDP-10 tapes

On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 8:07 PM Tony Aiuto via cctalk wrote: > I think that is an artifact of the files being created with the wrong names. > For example, with tape 169249, after you skip the UFDs, tito -t prints > >(SYS).SHR1977-01-26 22:22 [1,4] >(SYS).LOW

Re: Origin of 'Straight 8' name

On 12/21/18 1:10 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 12/21/18 10:03 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: "Straight-8" seems to be a fairly modern name coming from collectors I never heard it called that before then. Anyone feel like doing a alt.sys.pdp-8 search for it by date? The PDP8-LOVERS

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

On 06/06/2018 12:19 AM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: On 06/05/2018 08:41 PM, TeoZ via cctalk wrote: I have 9 floppy disks for WRQ ReflectionX Windows V4.00 if anybody needs images. I would love images to mess with. I've played with some Sixel and ReGIS graphics and I'd like to see how

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

On 06/05/2018 08:07 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: I should have a copy of the program on diskette, I think its 4. I can't imagine this version of Reflection is that hard to find though. It was everywhere back during the days of use, like wordperfect 5. If there are requests I can image

Re: R: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

On 06/05/2018 07:23 AM, Mazzini Alessandro via cctalk wrote: So, more recent versions lost the ability to interact with older (niche now) hardware ? Interesting... I'm assuming you were replying to me... No. "Reflection 1", "Reflection 4", etc. are just product names, not version numbers.

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 5:35 AM Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: > please add smecc museum to the list. what a find this,will help for a > treminSal for our hp 3000 37.. thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC... Reflection 1 was the one for HP stuff. >

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

On 06/04/2018 09:09 PM, Alan Frisbie via cctalk wrote: To estimate postage, I am in Los Angeles, California. Since several people have already indicated interest, I will wait until the digest goes out tomorrow to give those people a chance. Then I will put the names in a hat and have my wife

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

(weighs 8 pounds).   Otherwise I will toss it in the recycle bin next week. Alan "Pack Rat" Frisbie I'll take it! How much for shipping to 02762? How would you like to be paid? Jim Carpenter 6 Munroe Drive Plainville, MA 02762

Re: Turbo Pascal v3.01a for CP/M...

On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:10 PM, geneb wrote: > I'm not after a generic Pascal. It has to be Borland's Turbo Pascal, v3.01a > for CP/M. So close. I have Turbo Pascal v3.00A for CP/M. Used it on my TRS-80 Model 4. Jim

Re: ISO: VAX-11/750

On Feb 4, 2016 01:30, "Mark J. Blair" wrote: > > > > On Feb 3, 2016, at 20:37, Lee Courtney wrote: > > > > Date on the 730 notice is Aug 2009 - I suspect it is long gone by now. :-( > > Where do you see that? The listing states: > > "Status: Open 2/1/16 -

Re: Anyone want a copy of DIGITAL ServerWORKS Manager ?

On Dec 15, 2015 16:36, "Glen Slick" wrote: > The main manual is already available online. I could image the CD-ROMs > from both boxes (not sure if they are actually different between the > two) and make that available to archive if it is not already archived > somewhere so

Re: Random question about a Byte Magazine Cover

On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 7:35 PM, Mark Wickens wrote: > > I think I found it: > > http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAxN1g3Mzg=/z/1AwAAOSwpDdVIqur/$_57.JPG > > Practical Computing March 1982! Great! How did you find it? Jim

MicroVAX 3100, DECservers, etc. available for a couple days

Just saw this on the rescue list. I *believe* the location would be North Carolina, US. E-mail them, not me. -- Forwarded message -- From: Lenore Ramm via TriLUG Date: Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 8:20 PM Subject: [TriLUG] Vintage Hardware (Everything Must Go NOW!)

Re: Chuck Forsberg died on 9/24. :(

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 12:44 AM, jwsmobile wrote: > His site www.omen.com seems to be unresponsive, but there are copies on > archive.org. There are some interesting tidbits that maybe should be > archived. Tek 4114 software to name one thing with download. Doesn't look like

Re: Z system pics

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Lyle Bickley wrote: > On Fri, 9 Oct 2015 14:34:50 -0500 > "Cindy Croxton" wrote: > >> More pictures have been uploaded. >> >> >> >> https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxqLDyoLYuCKZmNsZlo1U0JyVkE > > pictures work for

Re: Z system pics

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Cindy Croxton wrote: > > More pictures have been uploaded. > > > > https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxqLDyoLYuCKZmNsZlo1U0JyVkE > > You sure about that URL? I get: Google 500. That’s an error. There was an error. Please try again

Re: TSX Plus...

On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Earl Evans e...@retrobits.com wrote: Sorry guys, I dropped the ball on this. I've been doing a bunch of transitioning and ended up working on a number of other projects - and completely forgot about TSX. This discussion is prodding me to finish my half