test-drb December 2014

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179 participants
207 discussions

by simski＠dds.nl

hello all, I'm in the process of repairing our 101 but i hit a solid wall finding out whats wrong with it. are there people with a working copy who could do some measurements on their copy? Unfortunately i have no schematic of the electronics, only the mechanics and PSU. I have made a crappy video of the scope trace of the delay line input and i'm very interested in a video of a working machine's delay line. :-) The video is here: http://youtu.be/llpwjGeldt0 and a partially repairlog is here: https://hack42.nl/wiki/Repair_Olivetti_Programma_101 als scematics are welcome as well. :-) -- Met vriendelijke Groet, Simon Claessen drukknop.nl

9 years, 2 months

PET/CBM Book available

by nospam212-cctalk＠yahoo.com

I have a spare copy of the PET/CBM Personal Computer Guide Second Edition by Adam Osborne & Carroll S. Donahue published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill available. If you are interested make me an offer. David Williams www.trailingedge.com

9 years, 3 months

RK05 classic computing trivia question

by ard＠p850ug1.demon.co.uk

Based on some boxes of stuff I unpacked today... How could you quickly distinguish an RK05F spare head from a normal RK05 spare head? -tony

9 years, 3 months

Anyone have a spare DECstation in europe for a developer?

by abs＠absd.org

Bj?rn Johannesson has been working on the VAX framebuffer and keyboard code in NetBSD to get X running on the LCG equipped machines (like the VAXstation 4000/VLC and 4000/60). He's expressed an interest in looking at some issues in the DECstation X11 code, but doesn't have access to an appropriate machine. On the offchance, would anyone know of a little DECstation which might appreciate a new lease of life as a development box? :) Bj?rn is in Sweden, but I've heard that for the appropriate remuneration there are companies which will transport computers across oceans in (relative) safety :-p David

9 years, 3 months

RDI laptop for sale (commercial listing)

by linimon＠lonesome.com

So I triaged this unit the other day and now my company has listed it on eBay. It didn't come with the power brick so we couldn't test it; if you have one of these with its brick and need a spare, this is for you :-) http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rdi-Ultrabook-Sun-167MHz-or-200MHz-UltraSPARC1-256M… mcl

9 years, 3 months

HP 16500A Breakout and Missile Command

by cruff＠ruffspot.net

On Sun, 28 Dec 2014 07:55:58 -0800 Al Kossow wrote: > > Also, if someone has one, I'm interested in getting a first-generation 500A CPU > card (the one with DIP DRAMs) since I'd like to get a good picture of it. I have one also from my 16500C upgrade, if you need one.

9 years, 3 months

Italians around?

by shadoooo＠gmail.com

me, if you need!

9 years, 3 months

HP 16500A Breakout and Missile Command

by aek＠bitsavers.org

Oh well, didn't quite get it in time for Christmas. http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/bits/HP/16500/16500A/16500A_Games.zip There is an imagedisk image and extracted files from the LIF volume.

9 years, 3 months

OT: Physical Book Prices

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Charles Dickman > a book that was pure computer geek porn: "Core Memory" by Mark Richards > & John Alderman. ... I went looking on Amazon for it. The price is $172 > for a new hardcover and $78 for a used hardcover. > This is ridiculous. For anyone who wants a copy, I just ran across a copy on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/161534172515 going for a more reasonable amount ($29, no bids at the moment). The sale ends today (8:15PM EST). Noel

9 years, 3 months

Weekly Classic Computer Trivia Question (20141226)

by dpi＠dustyoldcomputers.com

This one is seemingly easy. On the front panel of the original PDP-8 (straight 8), how many lights are there? There is a pretty good picture of one on Wikipedia if you feel like sneaking a peek. Doug Ingraham PDP-8 S/N 1175

9 years, 3 months

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