25 Nov
2025
25 Nov
'25
12:05 p.m.
I have a Tek 8002a machine, ran before I stored it, Mouse piss damage to
the backplane repaired, but I want to replace the old linear supply. It's
been setting for 20 years. I have 200 disks, meta compilers and crazy
stuff. Not your moms computer, I think it was used at building 50,
considering all the well knoiwn local engineers names on the 8" disks.
I love the 14 seg hex leds and switch panel, blimking lights, The Alpha
micro supermini is cuter.
On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM Wayne S via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
I wish I knew what you guys were complaining about.
You can dowhatever you
want to your machine.
This thread sounds like a bunch of old guys complaining because they can’t
understand whats going on.
Get off my lawn!
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 24, 2025, at 20:28, Murray McCullough via
cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Jon Elson wrote:
“Was just too daunting and I gave up on it.”
I think this tells us why the ‘ownership’ of computers is the way it is
now! As another writer wrote recently, and I apologize for not
remembering
his name, says: “Rights to your own machine are
hobbled by legal
restrictions” and I’ll add security concerns. We live in a much different
world than what was in the 70’s and 80’s. Firmware plays an equal role as
access to root system isn’t possible; booting a computer was possible at
root level-not now; BIOS/UEFI are paramount these days and access to TPM
isn’t possible for average computer users. One’s computer must not be
susceptible to unauthorized individuals or even now it seems the owner.
Murray 🙂
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk <
> cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> Here's one: Cramer Intel 8080A Microcomputer
> https://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=819
> Wire-wrapped 8080 system built to compete in the Altair market, and
> flopped.
>
> " Cramer Electronics Incorporated started advertising this 8080 kit
> microcomputer, the "Cramerkit", in late 1975 for $495 (or was it $1495?)
> but none were delivered until the spring of 1976. The Cramerkit was
> designed by Microcomputer Technique Inc. and was shipped partially
> assembled. "
>
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM Jon Elson via cctalk <
> cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On 11/23/25 22:13, ben via cctalk wrote:
>>> Who has strange or one of a kind computers out there?
>>> I have a 18 bit homebrew (cpld) with 256Kb ram and just a
>>> bootstrap loader.
>>>
>> I built a 32-bit bit slice processor out of AMD 2903 and
>> 2910 parts. See:
>>
>> https://pico-systems.com/stories/1982.html
>>
>> I did write a micro assembler for it and ran a few test
>> programs. But, the work ahead of me (interfacing memory and
>> an I/O bus, writing 360 microcode and coming up with a
>> Pascal compiler and writing my own OS and editor, etc. was
>> just too daunting and I gave up on it.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>