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ebay: Are these PDP-8 boards?

by aek＠bitsavers.org

It is the controller for an RF-08 disk (RS08) I expect it will go for a LOT of money at the last second.

16 years, 4 months

Available: Compaq Deskpro 386/20e Manuals/Diskette

by brg123＠tiscali.co.uk

Hi Dave, I am looking for a set up/diagnostic diskette for my compaq 386/20e and yours seems to fit the bill. Since I am in the UK I can send ?s, euros or buy some dollars to send if you will let me know the cost of item and shipping/handling. Regards Brian.

16 years, 4 months

cctalk Digest, Vol 51, Issue 95

by mike＠brickfieldspark.org

> Message: 4 > From: Philip Pemberton <classiccmp at philpem.me.uk> > Actually, I've been working on a similar thing... > The software is called ISIS, http://isistest.philpem.me.uk/. Ok a lot further advanced than I had envisaged. I had seen it for vintage computers and components but since posting the website and seen a few replies about the individual cataloging what they had, it seemed the initial catalog work was the p.i.t.a. My intention was to post pages of who had what with a search facility, and let them contact each other. > Message: 16 > From: Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk> > Actually, how well would a freecycle-type list for classiccmp.org work? > For some reason the casual offered/wanted model tends to suit me a lot > better than itemising everything I have and deciding which bits I > definitely know I don't need now and won't ever need (somehow, I'm a lot > better at getting rid of stuff when I know in advance I have a taker for > it) It was getting rid of some household bits that gave me the idea and its possible this would be better served by a listing in Freecycle. My problem with that is that Freecycle seems to be a fast turnover system with "I have this" or "I want that". In the vintage computer / component area I though this challenge response system might be too restrictive (possibly). Although some work to set up initially, I thought a central repository of parts where you could search for bits when needed and then email the owner might work better. Those individual "Fred" & "Mike" pages could be set up for Fred to upload his own data as a text file used to generate the "Fred" page with a bit of coding, that way each member of the system could change it as and when they had time. More comments / suggestions ?.

16 years, 4 months

New thread - Unwanted / Available parts

by mike＠brickfieldspark.org

I'd recently come across a few Ic's that I have spare and rather than bin them would prefer to pass them on. Next idea was what about a central point for members/people to look and see who has what. So I came up with this -> www.soemtron.org/partsavailable/index.html <- its an idea, would it be usefull ?, or not. There are possibly better ways. Comments please, I'd be happy to run it, but am also prepared to be shot down in flames if it already exists or is not wanted. The emails on those pages are live. Many thanks, Mike

16 years, 4 months

My Mercedes CRAY connection

by rdawson16＠hotmail.com

I bought a Mercedes ML500 today, and going thru the paperwork, I see the original owner was Dr. Steven Chen. Wow, is this THE Steven Chen, designer of the CRAY X-MP???!!! I dont know, but being a big supercomputer fan and onetime user (CDC 6600 at NASA JSC, and later my own Stardent/Ardent's, and a few silly -g's too) I kind of hope so. If not, the perhaps its just Steven Chen, the founder of U-Tube. Either way, my first ride today was enhanced thinking who had this wonderful machine before me. Randy _________________________________________________________________ Your smile counts. The more smiles you share, the more we donate.? Join in. www.windowslive.com/smile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_Wave2_oprsmilewlhmtagline

16 years, 4 months

Does anyone have an EagleCAD library with the TIL-311 hex display?

by ethan.dicks＠usap.gov

Hi, all, I am starting a new project and was disappointed to find that the default EagleCAD libraries don't have the TIL-311 hex display already entered (or at least not that I can find). If anyone happens to have that part in a library already, it would save me entering it in. Also... if you've read this far, does anyone know off the top of their head what the TIL part number is for the *decimal* version of the TIL-311 as well as any version with an embedded counter (TIL-307? TIL-309?) I remember these parts were discussed on the list sometime back, but the specific part numbers escape me at the moment. I know I can get TIL-311s new for about $15 each, and NOS and pulls for $2-$3 each. I'm curious about the other versions in the hopes that with lower demand comes lower prices on the used market. I have enough TIL-311s on hand to do what I want, but that doesn't leave me many spares. Thanks, -ethan -- Ethan Dicks, A-333-S Current South Pole Weather at 25-Nov-2007 at 03:00 Z South Pole Station PSC 468 Box 400 Temp -32.6 F (-35.9 C) Windchill -32.6 F (-35.9 C) APO AP 96598 Wind 0.0 kts Grid 171 Barometer 678.8 mb (10674 ft) Ethan.Dicks at usap.gov http://penguincentral.com/penguincentral.html

16 years, 4 months

My Mercedes CRAY connection

by evan＠snarc.net

I once bought a car whose previous owner was "Morgan Freeman" ... not the actor but a short, young, white girl. But I can't think of any way this reply is on-topic. Sorry, Jay! -----Original Message----- From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> Subj: Re: My Mercedes CRAY connection Date: Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:04 pm Size: 320 bytes To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> On 30 Nov 2007 at 20:06, Randy Dawson wrote: > Wow, is this THE Steven Chen, designer of the CRAY X-MP???!!! Why does this bring to mind a certain Seinfeld episode having to do with Jon Voigt? I know two Steven Chens and neither has anything to do with Cray, although one is a retired programmer. Cheers, Chuck

16 years, 4 months

Teaching kids about computers...

by classiccmp＠memory-alpha.org.uk

Hi, >....relative times of the Beeb and the 6809-based System >CPU board? I would have thoguht the Beeb could have been >designed to use the 6809. I must admit I was disappointed at the time that they didn't choose the 6809 for the Beeb, though not entirely surprised given their past history. Surprising too that Acorn never produced a 6809 second processor. Did any third parties like Torch ever make one? TTFN - Pete.

16 years, 4 months

Teaching kids about computers...

by classiccmp＠memory-alpha.org.uk

Hi, > There was a Cobol for Z80-basied systems, mostly CP/M, but it >wouldn't suprise me if it was ported to the TRS-80 too.... It was certainly available for the Model III. >....but there's a Z80 version of BBC Basic (Sinclair Z88, I think, >and certainly the Tetung Einstein).... I'm pretty sure it was also available for the Torch Z80 CP/N processor....put it this way, I had the manual for it but not the disc.... :-( TTFN - Pete.

16 years, 4 months

Amiga TV Out

by RodSmallwood＠mail.ediconsulting.co.uk

Hi I'm sure that I heard that some Commodore systems could do TV out and were in fact used to produce CGI stuff for 'Babylon Five" Does anybody know which ones and could they do PAL or just NTSC? Rod Smallwood

16 years, 4 months

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