I would certainly buy that desk and panel and get it back to phoenix!
who ever has it/ ended up with it please contact us off list.
Being that we are in the home of GE computer in the Metro Phx arrea we
strive to bring some of these things back for display...
It was sad watching them hack up all the off lease systems that came
back at apache street. I even saw some 210 225 etc etc stuff hacked
apart....
In a message dated 8/8/2016 2:28:35 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
aek at bitsavers.org writes:
According to the Computers and Automation census, the first delivery of the
440 T/S was Jul, 69. After the sale, it shows up in the census under
Honeywell
as the G440 T/S. It's a pretty rare machine. It dissappears in Mar '72
with no
known installations.
On 8/8/16 2:23 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
> and Honeywell bought the GE computer operation in 1970.
> I'd have to do more research to see if the 400-series was still
> being produced after the purchase.
>
> On 8/8/16 2:18 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 8/8/16 1:48 PM, william degnan wrote:
>>> Jim and Sherman (?),
>>>
>>> I checked and I don't have anything on the Honeywell 440 or anything
like a
>>> re-branded Honeywell sold by GE.
>>
>>
>> It is a GE 400-series control console
>> you can see the maint panel on page 281 of
>>
>> bitsavers.org/pdf/ge/GE-4xx/CPB-320_GE425-435_RefMan_Dec63.pdf
>>
>>
>>
>
absolutely wrong.
In a message dated 8/8/2016 1:48:56 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
billdegnan at gmail.com writes:
"General Electric"
printed on the back was due to the fact that they owned the Honeywell 440
and used it internally.
I am heading to VCF West after a stop over in San Fran today...I am looking
forward to meeting up with everyone. I will be there all day Friday as a
set-up volunteer, Sat and Sunday morning. I was at the last VCF before it
was called "West" ... it's been too long.
Bill
--
@ BillDeg:
Web: vintagecomputer.net
Twitter: @billdeg <https://twitter.com/billdeg>
No questions, and nothing of interest, but a quick story of success.
Not sure if PortMasters are on topic or not, but I picked a 20 port unit
up at VCF-SE #2 in 2014 and it has sat on my shelf for 2 years as I
tried to find a large block of time to get it working. Having never
used a unit in the past, I somewhat dreaded the learning curve.
Circumstances forced it to be moved, and I thought last night, instead
of just putting it back, I'd try to get it going. Grabbed a null modem
cable, gender changer, plugged into port 0, fired it up, started a term,
and almost immediately got to a prompt! A quick dload of the PortMaster
config guide, logging in as !root without a password, and I was in.
Some of it was luck (the Port 0 was in console mode, and my term just
happened to be at 9600 bps, 8N1), but having the docs easily accessible
and not requiring a special Windows App or some other nonsense was half
the battle. 20 minutes later, I had the unit configured to accept
incoming direct connections from old equipment, with my userid set to no
password with functionality to prompt for the server name upon login.
That was awesome.
On the other hand, after the 2e was up, I started investigating the AWAN
3883 Terminal Server I had lying here. Web sources and config guides
kept pointing me to a Windows App to configure, and it looks to need
adapters to connect to RS232 (not as big a deal, but still a irritant),
so I put it in my pile to give away.
Jim
--
Jim Brain
brain at jbrain.comwww.jbrain.com
We?re going to be recording a live episode of TRS-80 Trash Talk next Saturday, Aug 13th at 9pm EDT. If you?re into any of the machines from Tandy Radio Shack then stop by and join the fun.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1044642265619305/
I am up for some 100/102 talk! That unit is actually a big interest as
not only
are they vintage computers, but they fit in another of our displays,
"The tools of the journalist" . As a matter of fact we are looking for
another
to go in the display in our university's journalism college we have
offsite..
It does not need to work just look nice! There RS Computers were a
great tool to remotely post stories... and the 100 fit in any carry on
bag!
let us know if there is a unit you can share!
Ed Sharpe Archaist for SMECC _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)
In a message dated 8/7/2016 4:49:13 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
drlegendre at gmail.com writes:
What sort of stuff do you tend to cover? My interest in Tandy / RS machines
is mostly limited to the Model 100/102 machines, with which I have some
familiarity.
The Model 100 line are my "favorite" of the early pre-PC / DOS portables.
The dang things are just so friendly and usable.. and what kind of modern
laptop / netbook boasts a full-stroke keyboard and 30+ HR battery life?
They have some seriously practical features, and the small screen & RAM
space isn't really all that limited with the programming conventions and
ethos of that era.
On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Peter Cetinski <pete at pski.net> wrote:
> We?re going to be recording a live episode of TRS-80 Trash Talk next
> Saturday, Aug 13th at 9pm EDT. If you?re into any of the machines from
> Tandy Radio Shack then stop by and join the fun.
>
> https://www.facebook.com/events/1044642265619305/
>
>
Okay so.. I decided to try the MP-C board out, just for kicks. ?No change.
Then I decided to add one of the RAM boards.. the next one up in addresses. ?Got a little bit when I powered on. ?Added one of the old MPM boards.. one that has memory chips all piggybacked on one another. ?Now when I powered up, the system was sending four or five characters at a time, linefeed, four or five characters at a time, linefeed ad infinitum. ?I added the final MPM board.. zero.
So.. I think we do have some ram problems.. most likely. ?I'm thinking it would be easiest to concentrate efforts on the socketed RAM boards.. test all the RAM out. ?I'm going to read up on addressing and try to understand a bit better what is going on. ?I'm thinking maybe I need to reconfigure the addressing on one of the boards to match whatever that overstuffed MPM board is set to.
Until I get an oscilloscope.. fooling around is about all I can do here.
Sent from my Samsung device
-------- Original message --------
From: Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com>
Date: 2016-08-05 3:55 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: SWTPC 6800
On 08/05/2016 02:15 PM, Brad H wrote:
> I think I will have to figure out how to do that.? Additionally I
> have one of those PC based oscilloscopes on the way.? I don't know
> how to use them 100% but I'm about to learn I guess. :)
>
> I have one more question for you guys -- I have a few CT-1024
> terminals and would really like this system to work with one of
> those.? However, all of the CTs are quite delicate and are set I
> think for 7, E, 2 @ 110 baud via soldered jumpers.? I'm a bit
> reluctant to try pulling them apart to get in there and fix that.? Is
> there a way to change the parity, etc settings on the SWTPC to match
> the terminal?? Is it necessary?
Well, 110 bps is a bit on the slow side--great for teletypes, not so
much for video terminals.?? But you'll have to change the hardwired
jumpers--the UART used in the CT1024 is not software-programmable.
If this were my unit, I"d probably solder some pins into the pad holes
and then either use slide on jumpers or wirewrap to set the
characteristics.? That way, when changing things around, you won't be
stressing the PCB.
Something like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/10PCS-20CFemale-to-Female-1-Pin-Plug-Jumper-Cable-W…
Search on "female jumper wires"
--Chuck
