Hey everyone,
My better half recently turned this on and also a podcast with the
creator/director. They mentioned they visited "someone" with a working
VAX 11/780 to get b-roll footage for the movie. Which one of us was
it? :D
In all seriousness, it would be fun to try and get a vintage copy of
the PROMIS software running on something (I assume it was VAX/VMS in
its original incarnation, but many other screenshots show
SNA/greenscreen implementations.)
Cheers, all!
--
-Jon
+44 7792 149029
I looked up the Jan. 1975 issue of Popular Electronics in the Copyright Office's Periodicals Digest. It was published on Nov. 19, 1974 if you are looking for an actual anniversary date.
-W
> On Saturday, April 27th, 2024 at 07:14, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <
> cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> > > Magazine cover january, and into 1975 the revolution. So I'd say
> > > all
> >
> > I had that magazine. Wish I hadn't thrown it away oh so many years
> > ago.
>
> This one?
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.org/details/197511PopularE
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>
> The Doctor [412/724/301/703/415/510]
> WWW:
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> j4q8uUguY!jsVD6bkUUnjpF4d8AeRUKyiCW6qk8LAqFsjdYW5cjAK-kOsMp32O4FfrPI5l
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> Don't be mean. You don't have to be mean
>
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://vintagecomputer.net/altair-poptronics.c…
(Jan and Feb)
>Fairly sure you could find something to run Doom >that uses less than 1.7MWBut what's the point of buying this monstrosity if not to play Doom? It is like SEVEN years old. ;)
I came across an article that said CP/M came out in April 1974. I remember
using this OS in the microcomputer world in the late 70’s; early 80’s. It
came from PL/M, (Programming Language for Microcomputers) later renamed
CP/M(Control Program for Microcomputers). I’m not sure what its legacy is
though as far as I can recall it was wrapped up in litigation for quite
some time. It was used in the 8-bit world but not sure what it's role was
in the early PC world!
Happy computing,
Murray 🙂
I had not realized the IBM 360 was 60 yrs. old this month. I worked on such
a computer in the late 60s in Toronto. What one could do with 8 Kbytes of
ram was remarkable!
Happy computing
Murray 🙂
Hello everyone
I need your help to identify an issue on my Diablo Model 40 Series. I
don't know where to look, it's so vast !
Here's the problem:
When RUN is activated, the drive begins its spin up and simultaneously
deploys the heads (normal) but instead of stabilizing them, the Head
Positioner receives a burst of reverse/forward micro signals. The heads
"vibrate", this creates an audible frequency "BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR", and
it is infinite, the heads are never loaded and the drive never reaches
READY.
At first I thought that perhaps the track zero sensor was defective or
something of the same order but when I disengage RUN mode, the drive
unloads the heads and they should be in a fixed position, here they
continue to reverse/forward but more slowly than in RUN mode.
Because the heads continues to mess around even in unload mode, this a
priori excludes alignment problems.
Here is a video of that issue:
https://youtu.be/HzzxLnSdEOg
Other information, if I cut the power while the drive is in RUN mode, it
does not do an emergency retraction of the heads, related problem?
I was hoping for a power supply problem but all the voltages and even on
the main board cage seem ok (with a multimeter).
If one of you had already encountered this problem of lack of head
stabilization and continuous reverse/forward on this type of drive?
Thanks !
Dominique
Some may find this interesting. Microsoft has released the source for MS-DOS versions 1.25, 2, and 4.
https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS
Will
Grownups never understand anything by themselves and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them,
Antoine de Saint-Exupery in The Little Prince
Hi Don !
Good suggestion, these microswitches are used to indicate that the heads
are completely retracted.
Unfortunately, that would have been too simple, both microswitches work
perfectly :-/
On 30/04/2024 19:43, D. Resor wrote:
> What is the purpose of the two microswitches seen in the upper right
> of the video view?
>
> Could one or both of those be intermittent? Have they been tested for
> continuity/intermittence with an analog VOM?
>
> Don Resor
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dominique Carlier via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 8:47 AM
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
> Cc: Dominique Carlier <dce(a)skynet.be>
> Subject: [cctalk] Diablo Model 40 Series - Disturbed head positioning
>
> Hello everyone
>
> I need your help to identify an issue on my Diablo Model 40 Series. I
> don't know where to look, it's so vast !
>
> Here's the problem:
> When RUN is activated, the drive begins its spin up and simultaneously
> deploys the heads (normal) but instead of stabilizing them, the Head
> Positioner receives a burst of reverse/forward micro signals. The
> heads "vibrate", this creates an audible frequency
> "BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR", and it is infinite, the heads are never loaded
> and the drive never reaches READY.
>
> At first I thought that perhaps the track zero sensor was defective or
> something of the same order but when I disengage RUN mode, the drive
> unloads the heads and they should be in a fixed position, here they
> continue to reverse/forward but more slowly than in RUN mode.
> Because the heads continues to mess around even in unload mode, this a
> priori excludes alignment problems.
>
> Here is a video of that issue:
>
> https://youtu.be/HzzxLnSdEOg
>
> Other information, if I cut the power while the drive is in RUN mode,
> it does not do an emergency retraction of the heads, related problem?
> I was hoping for a power supply problem but all the voltages and even
> on the main board cage seem ok (with a multimeter).
>
> If one of you had already encountered this problem of lack of head
> stabilization and continuous reverse/forward on this type of drive?
>
> Thanks !
>
> Dominique
>
All —
I mostly lurk on the list now, but I am looking for a manual for the Lomas LightningOne 8086 CPU board. There doesn’t seem to be a good archive of manuals for the Lomas boards (and what’s out there is only partial). I have a project I’m working on with Lomas boards so looking to collect info, etc.
Thanks!
Rich
--
Rich Cini
http://cini.classiccmp.org
All —
I lurk mostly on the list now, but I’m looking for a copy of the manual for the Lomas LightningOne 8086 CPU card and schematics. It doesn’t seem to be anywhere on-line so if someone has a copy they’d be willing to scan, it’d be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Rich
--
Rich Cini
http://cini.classiccmp.org
