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by Bill Gunshannon

Here's a question for all our Computer Museum curators. Have any of the old GEAC Library systems ever been salvaged and put into a museum? They were curious boxes and I think would make a nice addition to a collection. bill

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Microcom S-64 8085 system

by Wouter de Waal

Hi all I re-discovered some eurocards I found in a box at a swapmeet long ago. It looks like a complete 8085 system. Lots of RAM, 2K EPROM, I/O, FDC. The strange thing is that the EPROM is mapped at F800, the code in there looks like 8085 code, and looks like it wants to live at F800. And there's RAM at 0000. The DIN41612 A/C 64 pin bus has provision for 16 bits data. Pics here http://retro.co.za/8085/Microcom/ Anyone maybe have more information on this? I'm curious. W

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Soviet tube/transistor/IC spec source

by Shoppa, Tim

For those working with ex-Soviet equipment from the 60’s and 70’s here’s a remarkable resource: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-C13-6925b02fb6dcaa88935be001eb55… I am astonished that I found it in this in the US National Bureau of Standards (today NIST) archives 😊 Tim N3QE

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The World Wide Web

by Murray McCullough

30 years ago the World Wide Web came into public existence. It has enabled cctalk to flourish. Murray 🙂

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Possible DC012 Control Chip Fault on a VT100

by Rob Jarratt

I have my faulty VT100 now passing the RAM test, but it is still not producing any output to the screen. Looking at the DC012 chip it seems to be permanently asserting the interrupt line and not generating any DMA HOLD REQUEST signals. It seems that all the clock inputs are running (DOT CLK, CHAR CLK, VERT RESET). Unless there are other clock inputs not shown on the schematic, I think this suggests that the DC012 is faulty. Does anyone know of any other reason why the DC012 might behave this way? Anyone have a spare DC012 chip? I have posted a bit more detail here: https://robs-old-computers.com/2023/10/01/vt100-ram-fault/ Thanks Rob

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Re: Microcom S-64 8085 system

by Wouter de Waal

Hi Tony and all >It might have run CP/M (which will run on an 8080, and therefore on an >8085). That needs RAM at location 0000 [1]. I know of CP/M, I even used CP/M (on my Apple) but I did not know it needs RAM at 0000. That's kind of strange, since everything that ran CP/M (OK, everything -80) has vectors at 0. I guess there was a reason behind it. I see the CPU board has a jumper "F000/F800" so I guess it does something to map that address to 0 after reset. W

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Documentary on the SKALA computer of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

by Sellam Abraham

This is a pretty interesting documentary describing the computer (SKALA) that ran the Chernobyl nuclear complex. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbaptQh2AM4 Sellam

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Shelves / Rails for DEC Racks Questions

by Jay Jaeger

I have some open slots in some of my racks. I do have some old DEC rails, but I have a fair amount of equipment, from both DEC and other manufacturers, for which those rails are not suitable. Does anyone have any specific recommendations for shelving? (where equipment could just be slid on top of, if the equipment isn't too wide - some pieces are very close to 19 inches all by themselves, and were designed for front cantilever style mounting.) Would also be interested in specific recommendations for the following: DEC VR14 (I have one on a PDP-12 with proper rails, but have another to mount and don't have proper rails for it) HP 88780 (Perhaps a shelf is the best bet for these?) JRJ

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VCF Swap Meet - Wall, NJ - Oct. 28, 2023

by Jeffrey Brace

Same place as last year in the big parking lot across from Brookdale and down the street from InfoAge Science and History Museums. We have Southern Monmouth County Firehouse museum selling food and drinks in the middle. This is a fundraiser for both museums (VCF and Firehouse museum) which are both part of InfoAge. All the info is here: https://vcfed.org/vcf-swap-meet/ Thanks! Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner VCF Mid-Atlantic Event Manager Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Re: Free Fujitsu M2444 6250 BPI tape drive

by Len Shustek

The drive is saved from the landfill! It was picked up by a classic computing fan at noon this morning. (And yes, it is Pertec-compatible.)

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