Re: OT: Female Computer

2017-01-10 Thread Jochen Kunz
Am 10.01.17 um 09:08 schrieb Dave Wade: > Here they were ... > > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3311/3214242023_ca5f2425a2_o.jpg See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Computers -- tschüß, Jochen

Re: HP Series-80 computers - PRM-85 board case? ... maybe!

2016-06-21 Thread Jochen Kunz
Am 20.06.16 um 15:20 schrieb martin.heppe...@dlr.de: > So: if someone owning a 3D printer and a PRM-85 board is interested > in helping me to refine the design by making a test print I could > supply the STL files for upper and lower shells. I highly recommend to contact your local hackerspace: htt

Re: Monitor refresh rate query

2016-06-20 Thread Jochen Kunz
Am 17.06.16 um 17:36 schrieb Noel Chiappa: > The first couple of LCD's I plugged in, [...] > Finally I found one that _did_ give me the numbers, > and it said the retrace was 35.6 Khz / 44 Hz. [...] > So I finally found an old CRT monitor that worked - but now I have another > problem! It reports

Re: Building a PC - then & now

2016-01-14 Thread Jochen Kunz
Am 14.01.16 um 11:09 schrieb Dave Wade: > I would say we have more freedom now than ever before. Perhaps Ghz > mother boards are beyond most people, but other than that there are > folks building every sort of computer, other than perhaps valve > machines. There is the MUNIAC: http://www.cray-cyber

Re: HP 1663A Logic Analyzer keyboard

2015-10-22 Thread Jochen Kunz
Am 15.10.15 um 00:58 schrieb Ian Finder: > In fact I may need one for my HP 715. There are two variants of HP9000/715: The older versions like the 715/33 have HIL only. The newer like the 714/64 have HIL and PS/2. You _need_ that breakout box for the later to connect any keyboard or mouse. It is ju

Re: TK50/TK70 Info

2015-08-31 Thread Jochen Kunz
Am 28.08.15 um 06:39 schrieb Mark J. Blair: > I have very limited experience with this family of drives so far, but what > little I have is not good. Pictures: > > https://twitter.com/nf6x/status/617511461452013568 > > https://twitter.com/nf6x/status/617519989721923584 I had the exact same probl

Re: DEC RX02-PA?

2015-08-11 Thread Jochen Kunz
Am 10.08.15 um 00:06 schrieb Pete Turnbull: > There's an official DEC mounting kit to mount 2 x RX33 where you'd > normally find an RX50 in a BA23/BA123. It's basically two side plates, > to hold the upper and lower drives together. I basically did this to mount two EDSI half height disks in my BA

Re: This Hobby Is Actually Useful!

2015-08-02 Thread Jochen Kunz
Am 01.08.15 um 23:24 schrieb Robert Jarratt: > PS A related question. I struggled somewhat with the Weller Magnastat No. 8 > tip, when trying to solder leads to the ground plane, I could not get the > solder to stay molten very long. Wellers are notorious for this. I had to use various Weller irons

Re: 8-bit Computer TV Channel Use

2015-05-23 Thread Jochen Kunz
Am 23.05.15 um 18:11 schrieb emanuel stiebler: >> Advantage: >> - No obscure FPGA magic needed. >> >> Disadvantage: >> - No obscure FPGA magic needed. > > ? Depending on your personal preference FPGAs can be an annoying fight in an obscure HDL with proprietary tools running on Window$, or it can

Re: 8-bit Computer TV Channel Use

2015-05-23 Thread Jochen Kunz
Am 23.05.15 um 17:24 schrieb Mark J. Blair: > In the middle will be some FPGA to perform any necessary magic. What about the analogy of Software Defined Radio: Use only as much electronics as minimal necessary to get the input signal digitized by a high speed ADC. Maybe some cheap DVB-T USB thing c

Re: 54 TK50 tapes on eBay

2015-05-20 Thread Jochen Kunz
Am 20.05.15 um 21:11 schrieb Johnny Billquist: > Hmm. There might also be other issues when using a TZ30 as compared to a > TK50 here... I don't even remember how the TZ30 looks inside. There > might be rubber parts in there. No rubber. The tapes got stuck to the read-/write head. -- tschüß,

Re: 54 TK50 tapes on eBay

2015-05-20 Thread Jochen Kunz
Am 20.05.15 um 22:41 schrieb Jon Elson: > It largely depends on storage conditions. Sorry I can not afford a climate controlled cabinet. The tapes where stored in my "machine room", i.e. a normal bedroom in my flat. -- tschüß, Jochen

Re: 54 TK50 tapes on eBay

2015-05-20 Thread Jochen Kunz
Am 19.05.15 um 12:25 schrieb Johnny Billquist: > > Wow. That is definitely YMMV then. I've never seen that happen anywhere, > and I occasionally still work with TK50s. (Even professionally.) It was a TZ30 in a DEC3000 running NetBSD, IIRC. We tried several TK50 tapes and all of them exhibited the