I don't know of any machine that will drive them other Tektronix
machines. However there is a Tektronix 4041 for sale on E-bay right
now. The last time that I checked, the price was still cheap. In case
you're not familar with it, the 4041 is shoebox sized computer that's
usually used as an HP-IB instrument controller. They have a 68000 CPU and
run BASIC. They don't have a screen or keyboard but use a terminal
instead. Once they're programmed they're usually run with no terminal
attached. They do have a very small LED display and a few keys on the
front in order to input Yes/No, numbers and other minimal
information. They also have a built in tape drive and can auto-load
programs in a stand alone mode.
Joe
At 09:29 AM 7/9/01 -0700, you wrote:
>I reciently inherited a rather stout Tektronix terminal. It sits in it's
>own stand and appears very solidly built. This machine is the classic
>green storage tube phospher (Remember Battlestar Galactica?).
>
>I used one of these in college many years ago and was wondering if there
>were any libraries for cpm era machines I might be able to use to drive
>the graphic modes of this ancient terminal.
>
>
>George Rachor
>
>=========================================================
>George L. Rachor Jr. george(a)rachors.com
>Hillsboro, Oregon http://rachors.com
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>Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 16:12:04 -0400
>From: "Michael L. Drew" <mldrew(a)drewtech.com>
>Subject: Re: SCSI Ethernet adapters (was: How much is a partial Lisaworth?)
>
>Hi!
>I am not sure that this is the same thing....
>
>I have 3 NuvoLink SC boxes.
>
>They have AUI,BNC and SCSI on the back...
Well, they are SCSI-to-Ethernet converters. Though, in terms of drivers,
they are totally different.
>From what I can see, there are the following families of SCSI-to-Ethernet
boxes:
Kinetics -> Cabletron
Compatible Systems -> NuvoLink SC -> Focus EtherSC
Dayna
Farallon / Sonic
Asante
What is somewhat interesting is that if you know the history of some of the
companies and how the rest of their product lines changed hands, then there
are at least two companies missing:
Cayman Systems
Shiva
For most of the Kinetics products, there are Cayman, Shiva, and Dayna
versions. The DaynaPORT SCSI-to-Ethernet adapter, however, has no
relationship to the Kinetics one. Personally, I've always wondered if it had
an ancestor product at Cayman or Shiva, but have never been able to figure
that out.
<<<john>>>
I got a lot more out of _eXisTenZ_, but maybe that's just because
Cronenberg's so talented and disturbing. Something about his biomechanical
aesthetic (a la Naked Lunch) and profound uneasiness (a la Videodrome)
really turns my crank.
-carl
"John Allain"
<allain(a)panix.com> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent by: cc:
owner-classiccmp@clas Subject: Re: ClassicCmp Survivor Series!
siccmp.org
07/10/01 03:47 PM
Please respond to
classiccmp
> We're just part of a simulation, being run in another universe. :)
<rave>
There was a movie called "The Thirteenth Floor" made in 1999
that had this as the basis, Computer simulations as all encompassing
alternate universes. In case you thought the movie sucked or,
further that is doesn't apply to the 10 year rule... It is based on
a story "Counterfeit World / Simulachron-3", published in, get this,
1964... and serialized for German TV in 1974 by Fassbinder.
Just in case you thought VR was a unique idea.
Galouye must've had something going, when you think of what
computers were actually doing in 64.
John A.
</rave>
I have a drive that is identified on the front as a TZ85
and on the top as a TK85-AX. The drive has a non-standard
interface one the back. The interface is a high-density
40-pin connector in two rows of 10.
Does anyone know what kind of connector is on this
drive?
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
Does anyone have the technical manual for the Navtel SuperTest 25 RS-232
breakout box? I need to know how to make it act like as a DCE. It's a
green metal box that's about 3 x 3"inches and about 9" tall.
Joe
"Clint Wolff (VAX collector)" <vaxman(a)qwest.net>@classiccmp.org on
07/09/2001 10:05:47 PM
Please respond to classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Sent by: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
cc:
Subject: ClassicCmp Survivor Series!
Don't be the first to get voted off the mailing list!!!!
1 Million '386 PCs for the last person to get voted off :)
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- M.S.
On July 10, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> The PIC is a Harvard Architecture machine (seperate instruction and data
> busses, typically different widths, as opposed to a Von Neumann architecture
> machine - code and data on the same bus). I think I remember reading that
> the 8X300-series is also H.A.
Yes, they're both Harvard architecture processors, but beyond that,
the PIC 16xxx architecture traces its lineage directly back to the
8X300 family.
-Dave McGuire
On July 10, Will Jennings wrote:
> Um, how are the 8X305 and the PIC related? Totally different companies, and
> the 8X300 (which the 8X305 is descended from), is older than the original
> PIC, to the best of my knowledge... PIC = General Instruments, while 8X300 =
> SMS, later bought by Signetics.. or the 2650 was the SMS chip, at any rate,
> it was a Signetics chip..
GI adapted the SMS/Signetics 8x300 for use as a peripheral interface
controller (PIC) to augment the poor I/O of its CP1600 processor. GI's
IC division was spun off to form Arizona Microchip Technology (sound
familiar?) in the mid 80's, producing EPROMs, EEPROMs, and..."PIC"
processors.
-Dave McGuire
I have a favor to ask, of anyone who is able and
feels inclined to help.
There was a CDC 9-track tape drive, said to be a model
696, of the old Cyber mainframe variety. This particular
model might even have been used on one of their non-Cyber
models, but at eighty bucks, I'd like to have it.
But it's in Clinton VA, and I'm in Louisville KY (or
thereabouts).
Is there a lister near DC who might be willing to
pick it up and hold it for, say, up to three years?
Responses off-list, preferred, but not required.
Thanks,
-doug quebbeman
