Look at thrift/corporate surplus stores, and get a Correcting Selectric II - quite possibly the finest typewriter made. While you're at the surplus store, get a box of the ribbons (both typing and correction). Niether my dad nor myself have had to replace a belt yet, and he has a CSII from his office that dates to 1978. Excellent feel to the keyboard, good action response (typewriters are like pianos in this respect, some are good, some bad).
Hi all,
A few months ago I found an advertisment for a second-hand logic
analyzer in a paper for used lab equipment. It was advertised as a
stand-alone device for EUR 375 or something in that range. I decided to
take the risk and ordered it.
Some weeks later I got an email from the company that wanted to sell it
stating that the device was defect and could not be repaired. I replied
asking whether or not I could buy it for a small amount, say 25 euro.
They replied I got and so I did. However, shipping was 85 euro but I
still aggreed.
It is a logic analyser by the German company "Kontron Messtechnik". It
came with lots of probes and even special probes including software and
manuals for particular processors such as 8085, 8088 and 8051. It also
came with a box full of disks, some saying "CP/M", so it might run on CP/M.
Does anybody has any info on this piece of equipment? Schematics would
be very cool obviously.
On the other hand, if someone could use it, I'd be glad to sell it for
the same price as I got it for. I have a pretty nice logic analyzer that
connects to a PC, so no real need for this machine other then its
historic value. It _is_ old: at least 20 years as the software and
documents have dates like 29.1.85. All documentation is in German by the
way.
Regards,
Bert
> After a little searching, I found that Windows doesn't install the
> ANSI.SYS driver when it is installed, and without this, DOS cannot
> interpret the ESC codes.
Just FYI:
This will work on Win9x but not on Windows 2000 or XP (or Vista).
On the NT product line, ANSI.SYS works in the MS-DOS emulation
subsystem only, and doesn't work for 32-bit console applications.
So, if you install simh on Windows 2000 or XP, you'll need to use
a telnet application.
Brian
Hi All,
I've been trying to install NetBSD 2.0 on the SimH VAX emulator, but the
install text shows up as control codes, rather than correctly spaced and
formatted.
What have I done wrong?
Thanks
Jim.
Please see our website the " Vintage Communication Pages" at WWW.G1JBG.CO.UK
ISTR somebody recently mentioned soldering battery leads to two legs
of a Dallas CMOS clock chip. Does that ring any bells?
I'm fiddling with a Compaq SLT/286 whose Dallas module is very dead.
I'd like to fix it.
Doc
Some news related to this current thread on "housing collections" -- I'm
currently preparing the 2006 edition of the Computer Collector Newsletter's
Guide to Computer Museums. The 2005 edition sold out back in the fall.
The guide should be ready within a month or so from now. It will be more
substantial than last year's edition, but will still cost just a few dollars
(to cover my time invested and the actual publishing.)
Please contact me OFF LIST if you're aware of any small local museums that
haven't been previously publicized (even ones that are just under
construction or in the planning stages.)
Thanks,
- Evan
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Computer Collector Newsletter:
>> http://news.computercollector.com
Mid-Atlantic Retro Computing Hobbyists & Museum:
>> http://www.marchclub.org
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/midatlanticretro/
The SOL-20 has powered up, but the keyboard is sorta FUBARed. The
LEDs work, but none of the keys do. I pulled the keyboard, and shorted
a couple row & column drivers, and the keystrobe strobed. I ended up
removing the PCB from the key assembly, and determined that pads inside
the keys are shot to hell.
They look like they should be mylar coated or silvered Kapton discs
with a foam backing. The foam is mostly decayed, and there's virtually
no silvering left on any of the discs. They few that do have only the
slightest fragments. I assume this is supposed to be conductive,
because pressing a disc against the PCB pads doesn't trigger a key,
while touching the PCB with my finger does.
Can these be rebuilt, or are replacement switches available?
--jc
I have four printers that were used on the Commodore 64 and will
probably work fine on other machines. They are dot matrix printers.
They are rather old and I am unable to test them but have been told
that they worked the last time they were used.
They are FREE for the taking but they must be picked up in Spring
Hill Florida. I will not ship them
Commodore MPS-801 Printer
Commodore MPS-802 Printer (have two of these)
Juki 6100 printer
Hello,
I've been contacted by a gentleman who has three (3) IBM System 34s
along with documentation, line printers, and terminals in Lexington,
Kentucky. My personal interest tends toward Hewlett-Packard equipment,
so if anyone is able to make the trip to Kentucky to rescue these, send
me an e-mail off list and I'll put you in touch with him.
The equipment is free, but I don't think he's interested in shipping anything.
Cheers,
Dan
www.decodesystems.com/wanted.html
There was a thread on this on COMP.OS.CPM. Also, there is a lot of
information on this on Jim Battle's web site.
The last known source of replacement foam pads for Keytronics keyboards ...
they may still be available ... was:
Mike Stephens
Mil-Key Corp.
10406 E 6th Ave
Spokane, WA 99206
509-891-6425
m-corp at qwest.net
There was a discussion on comp.os.cpm from a guy who successfully made his
own replacement keypads, he even prepared a PDF showing how it was done
(complete with photos). It's possible, but it's a LOT of work.
