test-drb January 2010

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HP Connect Membership for Hobbyist VMS Licence

by ddsnyder＠zoominternet.net

>From a posting in c.o.v. - DECUServe is now an official Hobbyist Chapter, and DECUServe subscribers now have OpenVMS Hobbyist benefits. DECUServe provides a friendly platform, primarily using the DEC Notes conferencing system, but also providing a full OpenVMS account. If you don't already have an account on DECUServe (aka Encompasserve aka Eisner.DECUS.org) -- registration is free. To register for DECUServe, just Telnet to decuserve.org (or eisner.decus.org), use username REGISTRATION, and follow the simple instructions. We do appreciate it if you supply true information - and we don't share that information. You will need your "DECUServe Number" to request Hobbyist licenses. You are told that number during the DECUServe registration process (please write it down). Or... To check your DECUServe registration details needed to request Hobbyist Licenses, you can just type $ HOBBYIST. DECUServe transmits membership information to the Hobbyist Program twice weekly. If you have recently registered on DECUServe, please allow time for that transfer and for loading into the Hobbyist database. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Jarratt" <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 5:20 PM Subject: HP Connect Membership for Hobbyist VMS Licence >A while back I joined at the most basic membership level of Encompass just > to get access to VMS hobbyist licences as I was not really interested in > any > other benefits. This used to be a free membership. Am I right that now you > need to pay $50 a year to be able to get a hobbyist licence? Is there some > way to avoid this charge? > > Regards > > Rob >

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Free for pickup - one more item

by ddsnyder＠zoominternet.net

One more item as shown in the photos. A NEC 8500 thimble writer with tractor and bin sheet feeder. Spare ribbons and thimbles as well as interface cartridges for serial and parallel ports.

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ISO HP-UX 9.10 install CD

by aek＠bitsavers.org

I need to get a system running to recover some data from some HPIB drives. Does anyone have one to spare, or an ISO image of it?

15 years, 5 months

IBM 026 weight

by wdonzelli＠gmail.com

I am looking for the overall dimensions and weight of an IBM 026 keypunch. Does anyone have this data handy? -- Will

15 years, 5 months

PDP-11 video, was Re: VSV11 on pdp11

by lynchaj＠yahoo.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org > [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Dave McGuire > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:54 PM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: PDP-11 video, was Re: VSV11 on pdp11 > > On Jan 21, 2010, at 12:52 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote: > > I have one 3rd party PDP-11 video card, and while most likely have > > RSX-11M > > software for it, I lack the means to actually hook it up to > > anything (or > > anything to hook it up to). > > I have a nice little dual-width Qbus board with a TMS9918 (classic > app-note circuit) on it. I've never messed with it, but I hope to > find time to someday. It'll be fun. > > -Dave > > > > > -- > Dave McGuire > Port Charlotte, FL [AJL>] Hi Dave! The next board we're making for the N8VEM project is an ECB "color graphics and sound" peripheral. The goal is MSX BIOS level compatibility. It probably won't be fully compatible with all MSX applications but should allow "well behaved" applications work that use the MSX BIOS. The board will have a TMS9918 for color graphics and AY-3-8910 for sound as per the MSX specification. We are considering some other items as well such as a SP0256-AL2 and/or CT5256A-AL2 depending on how the prototyping goes. So far, we've got three TMS9918 prototypes working. The board has a SRAM modification so no fussy 4116 DRAMs are needed. If you or anyone else is interested in helping develop and/or test a modern ECB TMS9918 board. Unfortunately, I've fallen woefully behind on my prototyping efforts as this week I got fully absorbed into this S-100 front panel board John and I are working on. John's got a prototype and I'm trying to make the PCB board. The schematic is done and the PCB has a layout but the trace routing is proving to be highly problematic. Thanks and have a nice day! Andrew Lynch

15 years, 5 months

Netframe

by alhartman＠yahoo.com

Back in the early 90's I worked for PC Technical Services in NYC. We sold and serviced Netframe systems. I became Netframe certified in 1990. Really nicely designed systems. I think they were bought by Dell at some point. Al

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IBM 026 weight

by roger.holmes＠microspot.co.uk

I had an 029 shipped across the atlantic last year. The 026 will weigh a bit more I think. I got the weight and dimensions for the carrier off of the original IBM spec on BitSavers. Of course if you could find the right search terms you might find Google could point you to a spec directly online. Roger On 31 Jan 2010, at 10:59, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote: > > Message: 20 > Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:06:11 -0500 > From: William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com> > Subject: IBM 026 weight > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > Message-ID: > <e1d20d631001301806k1d0f1526ubdf7b959d8c2e6e8 at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I am looking for the overall dimensions and weight of an IBM 026 > keypunch. Does anyone have this data handy? > > -- > Will

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General religious wars (was Re: Editor religious wars)

by ethan.dicks＠gmail.com

On 1/26/10, Christian Liendo <christian_liendo at yahoo.com> wrote: > Intel 8080 vs. 6502 vs. Z80 > > WGF (World Geek Federation) Three Way Mashup.. I remember 6502 vs Z80 back in the day, and in the S-100 world, there was plenty of 8080 vs Z80, but IIRC, there wasn't a lot of user overlap between those that might run an 8080 vs the 6502. I was a bit young for the S-100 era - I used an occasional machine when visiting family friends, but was myself solidly in the 6502 camp as far back as 1977 with the PET - it was what we could afford, so that's the way it went at my family's house. Perhaps it was different for the guys who had an 8080 machine and watched the 6502 gobble up the low-end market. I myself never heard anyone espousing the "obvious merits" of the 8080 in the late 1970s, but I can concede that I might not have hung around that crowd. -ethan

15 years, 5 months

ETH Lilith schematics online

by jdr_use＠bluewin.ch

I put my (reverse-engineered) ETH Lilith schematics in Eagle format online. ftp://jdreesen.dyndns.org/ftp/CAD If anyone is crazy and foolhardy enough to create new PCB's, then I want a set ! You'd want to do a bit of redesign though, at the very least modern DRAM's and a different diskdrive. Or do everything in a smallish FPGA... Jos

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Recurring subject: Goo removal

by cclist＠sydex.com

I was going through some of my old equipment and decided to see if my old DDS autochanger still worked. I powered it up and, after many whirring and "SCANNING" "LOAD 01" etc. messages, it gave me an ERROR 10. Upon opening up the unit, I discovered that the rubber rollers that manipulate the magazine as well those that actually feed the cassette had turned to black goo and spread it all over the place. Alcohol wouldn't cut the stuff, so I tried mineral spirits. Better, but no cigar. Lamp oil was even better, but I finally settled on Coleman Stove fuel. Not perfect, but at least I got things cleaned up. I'm probably not going to do the next step any time soon--replace the now-gone rubber feed rollers. I don't need the drive (although it can read DAT audio tapes, which is kind of interesting) as I have other DDS drives that work just fine. Maybe a rainy-day project when I'm looking for something to do. Does anyone have any preferences for a goo remover? I've heard that Ronson Lighter fluid also works well. --Chuck

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