test-drb July 2016

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190 participants
243 discussions

by fritzm＠fritzm.org

I have a nice VT52, but it sits on the floor right now... I would dearly love to track down one of the old roll-around pedestals for it (as pictured here: http://cdn4.static.ovimg.com/m/04jldl). Didn't happen to see one in the warehouse by any chance, did you Todd? :-) cheers, --FritzM.

8 years, 11 months

DEC RRD40 CD-Rom Drive caddy

by brendan＠mcneill.co.nz

Greetings The DEC RRD40 CD-ROM drive requires a DEC caddy to insert and remove CD?s from the drive. Does anyone have a spare caddy they could sell/post to me? Details of caddy in this document link below, however if you don?t know what it is you are probably unlikely to have one. http://www.carelife.com/manuals/RDD40_Optical_Drive_Owner_Manual.PDF <http://www.carelife.com/manuals/RDD40_Optical_Drive_Owner_Manual.PDF> Many thanks Brendan --------------//---------------- brendan at mcneill.co.nz +64 21 881 883

8 years, 11 months

ISO HP 2392 terminal and VT100 keytops

by aek＠bitsavers.org

Well, I accidentally ordered two VT100 tubes, so this weekend I tried to restore the one I have, only to discover the keyboard is missing 3 keytops ("</,", PF2, and PF4). If someone has one in their spares pile (missing other keytops..) in the US, I could use them. Also, I'd like to try to find an HP 2392 terminal with or w/o keyboard if someone has a spare.

8 years, 11 months

Seeking RL02 cable transition connector

by ethan.dicks＠gmail.com

Asking for a friend... ;-) An old buddy of mine picked up a PDP-11/73 at auction and we just went over it tonight - cleaned out some spilled toner from some careless stacking in a warehouse, and looked over the RL02 on top and it all seems complete and good to go, except... the connector on the I/O bulkhead was broken off (the ears and screws remain) and the BC06R 40-pin cable is sticking out. The drive-to-drive cable is there and looks intact, but there's nothing at the CPU end to clamp it to. These get brought up from time to time as people refurb 1980s PDP-11s and such - The easiest place to get these from is dead RL02 drives, since there are two off them on the back of each drive. Does anyone have a loose one to sell? Also as mentioned from time to time, the part number seems to be obscure and buried, but it's a component in a C-AD-7012415-0-0 "transition bracket assembly", which appears to be this 40-pin ZIF connector attacked to a rack-mountable metal bracket. All he needs is the plastic bit, but if it comes attached to a bracket, then that's OK too. Yes, I know we can get him operational with a long 40-pin cable. I'd just like to replace the one missing bit. Thanks! -ethan

8 years, 11 months

How to execute arbitrary code on a Nintendo

by echristopherson＠gmail.com

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/07/how-to-beat-super-mario-bros-3-in-les… -- Eric Christopherson

8 years, 11 months

DEC items to either pick up, ship or drop off at VCF midwest

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Greg Stark > It doesn't seem reasonable to me for you to request buyers provide you > with a list of what they would be interested in It might seem more reasonable if you'd seen his basement... :-) Noel

8 years, 11 months

Looking for the numpad "/" key for an apple extended keyboard II

by ian.finder＠gmail.com

If you have one, please ping me. mine met a work accident today. -- Ian Finder (206) 395-MIPS ian.finder at gmail.com

8 years, 11 months

DEC boards at recycler

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Devin Davison > I have a spare unibus chasis and am have been looking for a cpu card > for a while. Umm, those CPUs are all QBUS CPUs, not UNIBUS. Was your "unibus" a typo for 'QBUS'? If not, all those CPU boards are, alas, of no use to you. > The memory boards M8067, real time clock M7856, and serial card M8043 > are of interest. Likewise most of these boards are QBUS, the M7856 being the only UNIBUS one. Noel

8 years, 11 months

Reproduction micros

by barythrin＠gmail.com

I haven't built or marketed anything myself but i believe if i understood ?correctly from several folks who have that vga was a cheaper choice due to licensing costs for dvi or hdmi at the time.? Not sure if vga is past that point or open but when keeping home brew kits cheap for us hobbyists every dollar counts. It would be interesting maybe as a Wikipedia page (thought there was one) to show which projects were out there and preferably which are still active. ?A shrinking but understandable issue when buying ?im batches with personal money in hopes that theyll sell eventually.

8 years, 11 months

DOS code in CP/M? Revisited...

by barythrin＠gmail.com

<snip hopefully> I thought it had said CP/M code in DOS? Revisited..." Sometimes I really think I'm dyslexic. > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Evan Koblentz > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 10:45 PM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: DOS code in CP/M? Revisited... > > Did MS-DOS use code copied from CP/M? > Get ready for mind blown moment. ... ;-) you were right both times! {Insert dramatic ground hog clip}

8 years, 11 months

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