Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

> On Oct 30, 2019, at 10:11 PM, Charles Anthony via cctalk > wrote: > > Thank you. We are currently simulating the comms front end at the API > level, but there is a lot of interest in doing it at the h/w level. > > -- Charles Unfortunately I sent all my Honeywell documentation up to LCM

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

> On Oct 30, 2019, at 4:10 PM, Charles Anthony > wrote: > > > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 4:01 PM Zane Healy > wrote: > > I rebuilt the system recently, and now the error seems intermittent. I will > say, that backing up my directory of files, and restoring it

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

> On Oct 30, 2019, at 3:50 PM, Charles Anthony > wrote: > > I would think that Multics is well inside the cctalk purview. There are > several Multics knowledgeable people lurking on this list, and if we can't > answer a question, we know people who can. Ask away... Awesome! On my first

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

> On Oct 30, 2019, at 2:35 PM, Charles Anthony via cctalk > wrote: > > For the dps8 emulator, I wrote (for expediency) the I/O code to complete > immediately. When the CPU executes an I/O instruction, the I/O is completed > and the interrupt posted before the next instruction is executed. As

Re: Coleco & Atari

> On Oct 27, 2019, at 6:34 AM, Murray McCullough via cctalk > wrote: > > I came across an old copy of Popular Science on yesterday, forthwith I know > not how, that had a story of two vintage/old/retro/classic-computers. How > old? 1983. Coleco ADAM, my favourite, and Atari 600XL, not so

Re: VT420 drawings

Thank you! I don’t need it now, but since I standardized on VT420’s years ago, it’s nice to have. Zane > On Oct 21, 2019, at 6:37 AM, Mattis Lind via cctalk > wrote: > > I got heaps of documentation from an ex-DEC field service engineer. > > Among them there were a VT420 print set. I

Re: Free to a good home: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 workstation / server (Seattle, WA)

> On Oct 18, 2019, at 1:45 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk > wrote: > > for anyone who got this from Josh > Jim Stephens loaned me a huge stash of documentation that I've been uploading > to > http://bitsavers.org/pdf/honeywell/series60level6/ Any chance you have any DPS-8 or GCOS-8 documentation

Re: Yahoo Groups going away

Thanks for the link! Groups are already jumping ship. The popular destination seems to be groups.io, which has some good features. Zane Sent from my iPod > On Oct 17, 2019, at 1:51 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk > wrote: > > A bit off topic, but I figure a number of us are interested in this

Re: fix? Repair? or leave alone? http://rcade.camden.rutgers.edu/2020symposium.html

> On Sep 27, 2019, at 11:23 AM, allison via cctalk > wrote: > > This topic has gotten far more words and attention than the poorly > written mental spew that pretends to be intellectual. If I were > grading their work it would be a D- and a fail is less significant. > > The scam is eating

Re: WTB Metcal workstand

> On Sep 25, 2019, at 6:58 PM, Alexandre Souza via cctalk > wrote: > > Dear sirs > > I'm looking for a metcal MX500 (so you know what handpiece I have) workstand. > Also, cheap tips and a new handle, mine is broken and fixed up man times > > I don't know if this request is apropriate on

Re: Cleaning an old keyboard

> On Sep 23, 2019, at 4:24 PM, Kevin Parker via cctalk > wrote: > > I resurrected an old keyboard and mouse I like. Not wishing to gross anyone > out but it looks like over time there was a build-up of oil etc from my > hands etc and over time being stored away its turned to a really almost

Re: Update: Received my 50lb Datapoint 2200 computer from Austria via regular post.

Not only a happy shipping story, but one that involves international shipping?!?! Is that screen burn-in or something worse. I saw the photo’s before I read that line below, and my instant thought was Ew! Zane > On Sep 23, 2019, at 2:36 PM, steven stengel via cctalk > wrote: > > Found

Re: Vintage Computer Warehouse Liquidation

> On Sep 22, 2019, at 12:40 PM, Thomas Raguso via cctalk > wrote: > > Piles of VT100s > Even more VT220, VT320 > The DEC terminals are not yet for sale, since I have not yet found the > keyboards. Is it just VT100/220/320, or are there other models? Any DEC WPS keyboards (especially for a

Re: Tektrionix VAXBI board and DC100 training tapes?

> On Sep 19, 2019, at 12:45 PM, Mattis Lind via cctalk > wrote: > > An ex DEC engineer offloaded some stuff that he had found in his attic. > > https://i.imgur.com/413NSSL.jpg?1 > > It came together with a tektronix 1241 Logic Analyzer. > > Someone that can tell more about it? I don’t

Re: [Simh] VAX + Spectre

It might be worth asking on comp.os.vms as well, it’s one of the few USENET groups that seems to still be active. Zane > On Sep 17, 2019, at 6:55 AM, Paul Koning wrote: > > "Spectre" is one of two notorious bugs of modern CPUs involving speculative > execution. I rather doubt that VAX is

Re: Toshiba "laptop"

> On Sep 4, 2019, at 10:34 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: > > On 9/4/19 8:50 AM, Diane Bruce via cctalk wrote: >> Toshiba T6400DX > > > That's the orange plasma-display one, right? > > I suspect there will be several interested collectors over at vcfed.org. > > --Chuck I’m not sure,

Re: Raspberry Pi write cycles

> On Aug 23, 2019, at 12:30 PM, John Klos via cctalk > wrote: > > Any Pi processor newer than the original ARM1176JZ should run NetBSD pretty > well. My 900 MHz Pi 2 runs NetBSD/vax almost as fast as a VAXstation 4000/30 > (VLC), which is about 5 VUPS. An original Pi or Pi Zero should be

Re: Current MANX location

> On Aug 21, 2019, at 7:46 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk > wrote: > > So I'd use it as a 'first stop', but don't depend on the negatives to > be accurate - do a Web seach if it pans out. In the case of the ALL-IN-1 documentation, it was sort of a “Last Stop”. I’ve found some at archive.org,

Re: Current MANX location

> On Aug 20, 2019, at 9:28 PM, John H. Reinhardt > wrote: >>> Anyway... What version of the ADA manuals are you looking for? VSI has >>> some for an Alpha Version 3.5 that they scraped off the HP site before they >>> disappeared. I have some older VAX ConDists that might have ADA >>>

Re: Current MANX location

> On Aug 20, 2019, at 5:16 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk > wrote: > > On 8/20/2019 1:51 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >>> On Aug 20, 2019, at 11:43 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk >>> wrote: >>> >>>> From: Glen Slick >>>>

Re: Current MANX location

> On Aug 20, 2019, at 11:43 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk > wrote: > >> From: Glen Slick > >> This? > > Yes; thanks! > > I don't know it didn't show up in my Web searches - I tried a number of > different things, no luck. > > > Also, http://manx.classiccmp.org/ (which is the medium-old URL

Re: Tape History - Freeman Reports

> On Aug 19, 2019, at 12:11 PM, Tom Gardner via cctalk > wrote: > > I'm sure some of us all remember Freeman Reports as the chronical of the > tape industry well into this century. Ray Freeman and his partner and > successor Bob Abraham published these reports from at least 1983 until 2007 >

Re: I'm sharing a toy

> On Aug 7, 2019, at 10:18 PM, Adam Thornton via cctalk > wrote: > > https://mvsevm.fsf.net > > Currently, the TOPS-10 guest account (42,42) and the Unix v7 account dmr have > no passwords. > > Please treat the dmr account respectfully. > > I will get to account requests…eventually,

Re: I'm sharing a toy

> On Aug 8, 2019, at 4:29 PM, Frank McConnell via cctalk > wrote: > > On Aug 7, 2019, at 22:18, Adam Thornton wrote: >> >> https://mvsevm.fsf.net >> >> Currently, the TOPS-10 guest account (42,42) and the Unix v7 account dmr >> have no passwords. >> >> Please treat the dmr account

Re: AIX 5L/ia64 media?

> On Jul 25, 2019, at 3:07 AM, Plamen Mihaylov via cctalk > wrote: > > I know it was a short lived, but anyone has the installation cd or iso > image? I was curious about why this would exist, so googled it. It looks like it was only a Beta Release from 2001, it was never a real product.

Re: dBase IV for VAX/VMS (was WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS)

> On Jul 20, 2019, at 10:20 AM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk > wrote: > > Lotus 1-2-3 had AL-IN-1 integration (at least that's what the announcement of > it's retirement suggests. It sounds like Lotus developed and sold it and > Digital just advertised it. The retirement happened in 1995. It

Re: dBase IV for VAX/VMS (was WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS)

> On Jul 18, 2019, at 8:58 PM, Eric Dittman via cctalk > wrote: > > On 7/18/2019 12:26 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >> On a related note, was there ever a copy of dBase III or dBase IV for >> VAX/VMS? I know there was a version of Lotus 1-2-3. > >

Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

> On Jul 18, 2019, at 12:12 AM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk > wrote: > > I've no idea where it came from but I do have a licence PAK for WordPerfect: > 7-NOV-1991 to 2011. > > You could just run with a date in the past ... seems somehow apropriate :-) Oddly enough, mine ran from August 1991

Re: WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS

> On Jul 17, 2019, at 7:54 PM, Jason T via cctalk wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2019, 21:50 Grant Taylor via cctalk > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> This crossed my radar earlier today. I figured that someone on the >> CCTalk mailing list might be interested in it. >> >> Link - Vintage 1995 Novell

Re: List search option?

> On Jun 15, 2019, at 8:17 PM, Guy Dunphy wrote: > > At 07:32 AM 12/06/2019 -0700, you wrote: >> >>> On Jun 12, 2019, at 7:13 AM, jesse cypress-tech.com via cctech >>> wrote: >>> >>> Is there a list search option on the archives? As in if I wanted to find >>> a relevant thread for part

Re: List search option?

> On Jun 12, 2019, at 7:13 AM, jesse cypress-tech.com via cctech > wrote: > > Is there a list search option on the archives? As in if I wanted to find > a relevant thread for part number ABC123 I could search that somewhere? A better question might be, is there a complete archive of the

Re: Process accounting - did anyone ever use it?

> On May 30, 2019, at 2:08 PM, Charles Anthony via cctalk > wrote: > > On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 10:31 AM Grant Taylor via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> (Credit the Quotas thread for prompting this.) >> >> Did anyone ever use process accounting? Did they actually bill >>

Re: Damaged LTO tapes

> On May 24, 2019, at 8:28 PM, Aaron Taylor wrote: > > On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 02:29:09PM -0700, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >> Anyone have any experience on how hard it is to damage an LTO tape. I mean >> damage them to the point they split at the seam. > >

Damaged LTO tapes

Anyone have any experience on how hard it is to damage an LTO tape. I mean damage them to the point they split at the seam. Zane

Re: VMS versions

> On May 6, 2019, at 3:48 PM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk > wrote: > > On Mon, May 6, 2019, 5:17 PM Zane Healy wrote: >> >> It would be nice to see this through 8.4-2L1 (I think that’s the latest >> version). >> >> Zane >> > > There used to be an article about OpenVMS release history,

Re: VMS versions

> On May 6, 2019, at 1:47 PM, Ray Jewhurst wrote: > > And I already have 7.1 and 7.3 so I am getting close. Now to compile a list > up to 5.4 then hopefully find a way to fill the gaps. > > Ray It would be nice to see this through 8.4-2L1 (I think that’s the latest version). Zane

Re: VMS versions

> On May 6, 2019, at 11:55 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk > wrote: > > >> On May 6, 2019, at 11:12 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> >> >> On 5/6/19 10:47 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: >> >>> Wow! There were revisio

Re: VMS versions

> On May 6, 2019, at 11:12 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk > wrote: > > > > On 5/6/19 10:47 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > >> Wow! There were revision notes (is that the correct term?) > I have AA-LA97C, AA-LB22(A-C) which are the release notes for 5.0 -> 5.4 > and the 5.4 SPD. I'll see about

Re: VMS versions

> On May 6, 2019, at 8:55 AM, Ray Jewhurst via cctalk > wrote: > > Does anyone know if there is a comprehensive list of changes from version > to version for VMS? Wikipedia's list only shows the models that were > introduced and I am more interested in the evolution of features. If anyone >

Re: Wilson Labs WBC-3000 (was Re: Q Bus front panel)

> On May 3, 2019, at 12:13 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk > wrote: > On 5/1/19 4:11 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > >> I did decide to get the Wilson Labs RL01 emulator he just listed. > > Put up some pics. The electronics weren't at all what I was expecting >

Re: Honeywell Terminals?

oun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Zane Healy > via cctalk > Sent: Friday, May 03, 2019 1:01 PM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Honeywell Terminals? > > Out of curiosity, how common are Honeywell terminals like would

Honeywell Terminals?

Out of curiosity, how common are Honeywell terminals like would have been used on a DPS-8? Zane

Re: Modern Rack Rails in Classic Racks?

> On May 1, 2019, at 10:11 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk > wrote: > > Moving from Ohio to Texas in 2017 I gave away two DEC tall racks (36U?). > Rebuilding here in my converted bedroom office I bought an open 4 post rack > off Ebay that lists as 27U but has about 29U of usable space

Re: What do to with an Internet-connected PDP-11?

> On Apr 29, 2019, at 5:40 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk > wrote: > > I've been thinking it would be neat (strange?) to have HTTP client/server > running over DECnet instead of TCP. Object number would be 80, of course. > > On Ultrix it seems this should be quite easy, given that it has

Re: Modern Rack Rails in Classic Racks?

> On Apr 29, 2019, at 4:10 PM, Warner Losh wrote: > On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 5:05 PM Zane Healy > wrote: > >> On Apr 29, 2019, at 1:52 PM, Warner Losh > > wrote: >> >> While it might not be useful for all applications, I've gone down to

Re: Modern Rack Rails in Classic Racks?

> On Apr 29, 2019, at 1:52 PM, Warner Losh wrote: > > While it might not be useful for all applications, I've gone down to the > hardware store and purchased "angle iron" and cut it to length. I then drill > a whole through it in a couple of places and bolt it to the rack. It's not as >

Re: Modern Rack Rails in Classic Racks?

> On Apr 29, 2019, at 10:24 AM, Paul Koning wrote: > >> On Apr 29, 2019, at 1:19 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> ... >> My next question is, what options are there for putting a shelf in a >> standard rack? My google-fu seems to be

Re: Modern Rack Rails in Classic Racks?

> On Apr 29, 2019, at 7:18 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk > wrote: > >> From: Zane Healy > >> How safe is it to put modern rack rails (HP) in a classic DEC Rack? > > May I ask why you're doing that? Are you trying to mount modern units > in an old rack? > > If you're trying to mount old

Re: Modern Rack Rails in Classic Racks?

> On Apr 27, 2019, at 3:31 PM, Steve Malikoff via cctalk > wrote: > > Zan said >> How safe is it to put modern rack rails (HP) in a classic DEC Rack? The DEC >> racks have small holes, while the new HP racks, IIRC, have big square holes. >> It looks like the rails will work, they just

Modern Rack Rails in Classic Racks?

How safe is it to put modern rack rails (HP) in a classic DEC Rack? The DEC racks have small holes, while the new HP racks, IIRC, have big square holes. It looks like the rails will work, they just won’t clip flush. Zane

Re: Sun SS2 SBus memory expansion parts

It’s possible to make the cable yourself, that’s what I did for my SS2. Sounds like I need to dig through my Sun cards, I think I have a second 501-1823. Zane > On Apr 25, 2019, at 7:39 PM, Chris Hanson via cctalk > wrote: > > I have the 32MB memory expansion card for my SPARCstation 2

Re: Tape Storage Rack WAS: RE: 1/2" tape storage.

> On Apr 8, 2019, at 9:34 PM, Ali via cctalk wrote: > > While on the subject of tape storage anyone know if it is still possible to > get desktop/table top wire bins to hold tapes in canisters and/or reels? Not > that I have that many tapes or anything like that. This would be more for >

Re: Opening old DEC files

> On Mar 22, 2019, at 12:59 PM, John Foust via cctalk > wrote: > > At 02:54 PM 3/22/2019, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >> Years ago, there was a program for the Mac that would convert a TON of >> different file formats. Trying to figure out what that was, &g

Re: Opening old DEC files

> On Mar 22, 2019, at 3:48 AM, Bill Degnan wrote: > > > > > > On 3/21/2019 2:50 PM, Curt Vendel via cctalk wrote: > >> I have many DEC files that I’ve recovered from old VMS backups to a PC. > >> > >> Many are Word-11, ALL-IN-1 WPS and VMS Mail MAI files. > >> > > > Word-11 will be

Re: Opening old DEC files

> On Mar 21, 2019, at 6:13 PM, Jay Jaeger via cctalk > wrote: > > On 3/21/2019 2:50 PM, Curt Vendel via cctalk wrote: >> I have many DEC files that I’ve recovered from old VMS backups to a PC. >> >> Many are Word-11, ALL-IN-1 WPS and VMS Mail MAI files. >> >> They don’t open well in

Re: 2.11 BSD on an 11/93 with an CMD SCSI Module

> On Mar 13, 2019, at 10:15 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > wrote: > > Anybody had any luck with this configuration? > I used VTServer to install it and everything works fine > except for the very last step. It installs completely > and boots from within VTServer with ra(0,0,0)unix. I >

Re: VAX 4000-100 Free to a good home

> On Mar 12, 2019, at 2:54 PM, Chris Hanson via cctalk > wrote: > > On Mar 12, 2019, at 11:23 AM, Kenneth Moser via cctalk > wrote: >> >> I have one, with some disks and other misc gear. Headed for the dump if I >> cannot find a home. Would prefer to find a home for my old friend... >

Re: DECnet License for older VAX VMS

Prior to v5.0, VAX/VMS didn’t use LMF, so as Antonio pointed out, you need a license tape. While I saw these online a few years ago, I didn’t download them at the time, and they don’t seem to be online anywhere. Years ago, I got a MicroVAX 3 system running VAX/VMS 4.6 from an RD53. It booted

Re: Craigslist Apple 512K Lisa Computer

> On Mar 3, 2019, at 10:35 AM, Ray Arachelian via cctalk > wrote: > > On 03/03/19 12:58, Marvin Johnston via cctalk wrote: >> I just ran across this and while I'm not interested, someone on the >> list might be. >> >>

Re: Free: 2x DEC Alpha workstations - 164LX and XP1000

For anyone that isn’t familiar with the XP1000, it’s seriously worth rescuing. It’s a Compaq system with an Alpha 21264 CPU in it. Basically it is something like a DEC PWS 433au/500au/600au. Good for both OpenVMS and Tru64. I know they made at least a 500Mhz and 667Mhz version (I have

Re: PDP-11 disk image question

> On Feb 16, 2019, at 10:04 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > wrote: > > OK, as usual, I hac caused confusion and didn't get my point across. > > let's try with a detailed explanation of what I did that didn't seem > to work. > > First, my hardware. I have a PDP-11/93 with a CMD SCSI

Re: PDP-11 disk image question

> On Feb 16, 2019, at 9:10 AM, Lyle Bickley via cctalk > wrote: > > Bill, > > On Sat, 16 Feb 2019 13:55:10 + > Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > >> So, I used SIMH to do an install of a complete OS on >> an RA81 disk. I would like to move this to a real disk >> and try it on a real

Re: PDP-11 ID page, a few images needed

>> From: Paul Koning > >> Was the 11/74 ever shipped? > > I don't think so. (Well, I vaguely recall rumours of a couple going out on > beta-test; too busy to chase down where I saw that.) > > Noel According to my recollection some PDP-11/74 systems were shipped up to a power company in

Re: PDP-11 ID page, a few images needed

> On Jan 24, 2019, at 8:44 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk > wrote: > >> Don't forget the quad-height /73 board, it's much nicer than the >> dual-height boards. > > That's the KDJ11-B, no? That's there. Okay, I obviously missed it. >> Is a /44 really worth that much now?!?! > > Hey, one

Re: PDP-11 ID page, a few images needed

Don’t forget the quad-height /73 board, it’s much nicer than the dual-height boards. Is a /44 really worth that much now?!?! Zane Sent from my iPod > On Jan 23, 2019, at 2:37 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk > wrote: > > In response to a request a couple of years back from Cindy, I've been

Re: EmuVR & videogames & monitors...

Sent from my iPod On Jan 17, 2019, at 3:54 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: >> From: Chuck Guzis > >> Maybe paper is obsolete and I'm just behind the times. > > You and me both... :-) > >Noel Paper is an archival medium, I have books that are over 200 years old, and photos that

Re: PDP-11 Memory

> On Jan 11, 2019, at 4:55 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk > wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 7:11 PM Adrian Graham via cctalk > wrote: >> It’s going back severalteen years now but I’m pretty sure I built a Micro 73 >> into a BA123, it’s a CD22 backplane after all. I still have all the cards

Re: Harris Mini's (was: WTD: 9 track open reel for PDP-11)

d to look it up to confirm 81, the 48bit system > they carried on when they bought the original company that had made > them and the Vulcan OS. Not a bad scientific and instrumentation > machine. What was the original company Datacraft or something? > bob > > On Fri, Dec 28, 201

Harris Mini's (was: WTD: 9 track open reel for PDP-11)

> On Dec 27, 2018, at 11:30 AM, Kyle Owen via cctalk > wrote: > > I have a bunch of tapes from some Harris minicomputer that I'd like to > digitize at some point. I finally got around to digitizing the paper tapes. > > Thanks! > > Kyle Any clues on what? In the late 80’s I used a Harris

Re: More old stuff incoming

> On Dec 21, 2018, at 9:25 PM, ben via cctalk wrote: > > On 12/21/2018 8:09 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > >> For the DPS-8, there really is only one option, and sadly GCOS-8 isn’t >> available, only Multics. Still it’s pretty cool to finally be able to use &g

Re: More old stuff incoming

> On Dec 21, 2018, at 5:20 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk > wrote: > > On 12/21/18 3:30 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >> I’m afraid I’ll have to agree with Jim here. When talking about Retro >> Gaming, in most cases, the Raspberry Pi, while better than not

Re: More old stuff incoming

> On Dec 21, 2018, at 8:51 AM, Grant Taylor via cctalk > wrote: > > On 12/21/18 1:07 AM, Jim Manley via cctalk wrote: >> no, emulators will not cut it > > Would you please expand upon that? > > Are you saying that things like a Raspberry Pi running RetroPi (I think > that's the name) don't

Re: Public buy/sell/trade

As someone that actually has to worry about such things, it’s *GDPR* (Global Data Protection Regulation), not GPDR as you keep writing. And yes, it’s a PITA for businesses and websites, but I for one wish we had something similar in the US. Zane > On Dec 21, 2018, at 7:58 AM, Carlo Pisani

Re: Want/Available list

> On Dec 20, 2018, at 6:27 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk > wrote: > > On 12/20/18 6:59 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >> Websites are a huge inconvenience or imposition, email lists are not. > > I like Usenet too. > > I really like all three to be the same

Re: Want/Available list

> On Dec 20, 2018, at 5:07 PM, Chris Hanson via cctalk > wrote: > > I often find it fascinating that people talk about email lists as if they’re > some huge inconvenience or imposition. Just set up rules to file them to > their own mailboxes, read them when you feel like it, they work

Re: More old stuff incoming

> On Dec 20, 2018, at 4:55 AM, John Foust via cctalk > wrote: > > At 02:07 PM 12/19/2018, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >> The Epson V850-Pro does pretty good at 8x10, and produces scans capable of >> being printed at about 30”x40”. I *WISH* I could sca

Re: OT RE: 3D printer $179.99 (today ONLY) (Was: 8-Update

> On Dec 19, 2018, at 5:34 PM, Paul Koning wrote: > > > >> On Dec 19, 2018, at 8:07 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> >>> On Dec 19, 2018, at 4:32 PM, Jim Manley via cctalk >>> wrote: >>> >>> BTW, he

Re: OT RE: 3D printer $179.99 (today ONLY) (Was: 8-Update

> On Dec 19, 2018, at 4:32 PM, Jim Manley via cctalk > wrote: > > BTW, he cited his source for all of his knowledge as the WW-II era U.S. > Navy manual for casting metal, from back when sailors just made whatever > parts were needed. They had well-equipped and stocked shops on larger > ships

Re: OT - CNC - Re: 3D printer $179.99 (today ONLY) (Was: 8-Update

> On Dec 19, 2018, at 1:22 PM, Toby Thain via cctalk > wrote: > > Since talk has drifted to CNC, you can easily use this cheap North > American unit (Waterloo, Canada) for plotting -- it's one of their > demos. I'm tempted to get one for PCBs and other things. > > I'm not affiliated but the

Re: VueSCAN

> On Dec 19, 2018, at 1:31 PM, Ali via cctalk wrote: > > Does anyone know if old versions of VueSCAN worked on anything below XP > (e.g. Win 9x, 2K or even gasp 3.x)? Thanks. > > -Ali I’d recommend asking Hamrick, I think they only make the current version of their software available, and

Re: More old stuff incoming

> On Dec 19, 2018, at 1:09 PM, Toby Thain via cctalk > wrote: > > On 2018-12-19 3:59 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > I still have and use the first scanner bought by the CS Department >> On Wed, 19 Dec 2018, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >>> Pretty sure that's the one. Got stuff

Re: More old stuff incoming

I’d like an 8x10 enlarger, but I don’t regret passing on the Elwood that turned up in the area about a year ago. It was in *sorry* shape. I do regret missing a Zone VI 5x7 in November. My main enlarger is a 4x5 Beseler. For 4x5 I’m using Horseman, for 8x10 Deardorff, and for 11x14 I have a

Re: More old stuff incoming

The Epson V850-Pro does pretty good at 8x10, and produces scans capable of being printed at about 30”x40”. I *WISH* I could scan my 11x14 negatives. To be able to do well requires either a vintage flatbed, or better yet a good Drum Scanner. Realistically, I need a good Drum Scanner, which in

Re: More old stuff incoming

> On Dec 19, 2018, at 3:51 AM, Peter Corlett via cctalk > wrote: > > It's a nostalgia market, and the stuff that's peaking is when those who are > starting to hit their mid-life crisis are getting nostalgic for the stuff of > their youth. That's now the 1995-2005 era, and 16 and 32 bit

Re: More old stuff incoming

> On Dec 19, 2018, at 12:49 AM, ED SHARPE via cctalk > wrote: > > I wonder if I will face theses issuea with the cof ax scanner software and a > megabux retired scanner we were gifted.. .. thing Is bw only.. With old scanners, always look at what the I/O interface is, and see if it’s a

Re: More old stuff incoming

> On Dec 18, 2018, at 2:51 PM, ben via cctalk wrote: > > I would take a guess for custom hardware or software that never migrated to > Windows 13 or USB IIV. Ben. Being a photographer, I know there is a real market for this. Many high-end scanners will only work with older Macintosh or

Re: More old stuff incoming

> On Dec 18, 2018, at 11:36 AM, Electronics Plus via cctalk > wrote: > > I talked to a recycler today, who said he told his workers to throw out 2000 > Model F keyboards last week, but he doubts they did it. > > I also asked him about 8088, 2086, and 386 computers. He said they go > straight

Re: Orphan HP Alphaservers looking for a new home

> On Dec 18, 2018, at 11:01 AM, Grant Taylor via cctalk > wrote: > > On 12/18/2018 11:55 AM, Zane Healy wrote: >> My main box is now a Compaq XP1000/667, though I’m slowly moving everything >> to a virtualized cluster. > > Will you please share details about what you're hosting your

Re: Orphan HP Alphaservers looking for a new home

> On Dec 18, 2018, at 10:40 AM, Grant Taylor via cctalk > wrote: > > On 12/18/2018 10:28 AM, Zane Healy wrote: >> On Alpha’s, the SRM console supports both OpenVMS and Tru64, while the ARC >> firmware only supports WinNT. > > Wasn't it possible to switch between ARC and SRM on many Alphas?

Re: Orphan HP Alphaservers looking for a new home

> On Dec 18, 2018, at 9:11 AM, Grant Taylor via cctalk > wrote: > > On 12/18/2018 09:08 AM, Tapley, Mark via cctalk wrote: >> Not to start a flame war, but I’m well aware VMS supports clustering pretty >> well, so I’m puzzled - does anyone know why the Product Description called >> out

Re: IF you need these old vintage parts, PLEASE grab them before the keyboard keids do!

> On Dec 18, 2018, at 6:47 AM, JP Hindin via cctalk > wrote: > > On Mon, 17 Dec 2018, Evan Koblentz via cctalk wrote: >>> https://www.elecshopper.com/vintage-computers.html I really would rather >>> these go to someone who needs them to complete a system than to the >>> destroyers of

Re: Orphan HP Alphaservers looking for a new home

> On Dec 17, 2018, at 4:49 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk > wrote: > > On 12/17/18 4:27 PM, Richard Loken via cctalk wrote: >> Anything >> Tru64 Unix does VMS does better. Anything Linux does Tru64 Unix does >> better. >> >> Have I made my bigotry clear? > > Spoken like a true VMS Jackass > >

Re: 8-Update

ere are several to choose > from) to produce GCode that uses the specifications of one's particular > printer so that the right GCode gets spit out. > > On 12/17/2018 3:26 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >> Are the files “platform independent”? I know very little about 3D pr

Re: 8-Update

Are the files “platform independent”? I know very little about 3D printing, but have been tempted to get a printer for a while now. Though I’m worried about what my kids wanting to use it. :-) Zane On Dec 17, 2018, at 1:12 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen via cctalk wrote: > > > FWIW, the

Re: Looking for a home for most issues of BYTE Magazine

> On Dec 14, 2018, at 11:54 PM, Randy Dawson wrote: > > Zane, your comments are appreciated. > > I have paid for subscriptions to ebooks that cost ~10 a month, and they are > OK for text, but when a schematic comes up, it sucks (scribd) you cant zoom > or increase the resolution. > I also

Re: Looking for a home for most issues of BYTE Magazine

> On Dec 14, 2018, at 1:22 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk > wrote: > >>> There exist some people who DISCARD materials once they have been scanned. >>> Some people object to calling that "preservation". > > On Fri, 14 Dec 2018, Zane Healy wrote: >> Aren’t these the same people that scan at such

Re: Looking for a home for most issues of BYTE Magazine

> On Dec 14, 2018, at 12:10 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk > wrote: > > There exist some people who DISCARD materials once they have been scanned. > Some people object to calling that "preservation". Aren’t these the same people that scan at such poor quality that only the text is “usable”, and

Re: VAX 9440

Outstanding, glad to hear these were saved. Zane > On Nov 8, 2018, at 1:09 AM, Paul Anderson via cctalk > wrote: > > Hi Evan, > > Beautiful catch! Congrats to everyone. > > Paul > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 12:09 AM Evan Koblentz via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> The VCF

Re: Did anyone see Vintage Tech Hunters on Discovery Canada yet?

> On Nov 8, 2018, at 9:17 AM, Electronics Plus via cctalk > wrote: > > In my experience, games written for CGA and 80286 do not do well on modern > equipment. You CAN play them, but they are really slow. The video and sound > still work on a Pentium III with PCI audio and PCI or AGP video,

Re: Did anyone see Vintage Tech Hunters on Discovery Canada yet?

> On Nov 8, 2018, at 8:52 AM, geneb via cctalk wrote: > > On Thu, 8 Nov 2018, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote: > >> >> Seriously? Vintage Sound Blaster cards are still so easy to come by! I pass >> them up all the time because they never sold well. >> > Take a peek on eBay sometime. ISA

<    1   2   3   4   5   6   >