test-drb February 2018

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by aek＠bitsavers.org

https://www.ebay.com/itm/311965565048 The same seller has a VT180 and some variant of the VT100 with an expansion board I don't recognize Interesting thing about the blank board is it says "VT-11X" on it and it looks like it would have been an 8-bit CPU looking at the string of DRAMs on it.

7 years, 2 months

Good Electronic/computer stores SF area

by dj.taylor4＠comcast.net

I haven't been in the San Francisco area in about 30 years. I remember a number of used computer/electronics stores back then, can't remember any names except Weird Stuff Warehouse. Are there any stores that are worth a visit? What about outside of the SF area? Doug

7 years, 2 months

DECwriterIV/LA100s and large DEC monitors available, Cambs UK

by binarydinosaurs＠gmail.com

Hi folks, Clearing out some of the larger DEC pieces I have, does anyone want these before I offer them to the Centre For Computing History? They?d need to be collected from Cambridgeshire, or I can deliver them if the distance is reasonable. I kind of need the space quickly too. Usual caveat as working-when-last-powered-up :) 3x LA100-CA with keyboards VRT19 with video cable, last powered up in Dec 2014 VR319 mono VXT monitor VR261 mono workstation monitor VXT1200 VXT1000 Alpha 3000-400, maybe 2 if I can find the 2nd one. Cheers, ? Adrian/Witchy Binary Dinosaurs - Celebrating Computing History from 1972 onwards w: binarydinosaurs.co.uk <http://binarydinosaurs.co.uk/> t: @binarydinosaurs f: facebook.com/binarydinosaurs

7 years, 2 months

FS: Livingston Portmaster 2e

by kevin.bowling＠kev009.com

This one is fully upgraded to 30 serial ports. Just shoot me an offer, I'll probably say yes Regards, Kevin

7 years, 2 months

who is in this picture? (VCF 199x)

by wayne.smith＠charter.net

Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 04:21:40 -0600 From: Michael Lee To: cctech at classiccmp.org [2] Subject: Re: who is in this picture? (VCF 199x) Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed ***Sorry to be picking up this thread so late - I'm behind in my reading - but I have a bunch of pictures that I took at this show here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/AysFbl8Dhv4qn23V2 I believe that's Pavl Zachary... Photo from 2004 VCF West 7: https://www.flickr.com/photos/geekmuseum/2908317855 [4] On 1/30/2018 3:55 PM, Bill Degnan via cctech wrote: > https://retropopplanet.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/vintage-computer.jpg [5] > > I was not at this particular VCF out in California in the later 90's when > this photo of a DEC exhibit was taken; the original picture from vintage.org > is no longer hosted. > > Does anyone have a copy of the old vintage.org exhibit/photo archive? > > Bill I believe that's Pavl Zachary... Photo from 2004 VCF West 7: https://www.flickr.com/photos/geekmuseum/2908317855 [6] On 1/30/2018 3:55 PM, Bill Degnan via cctech wrote: > https://retropopplanet.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/vintage-computer.jpg [7] > > I was not at this particular VCF out in California in the later 90's when > this photo of a DEC exhibit was taken; the original picture from vintage.org > is no longer hosted. > > Does anyone have a copy of the old vintage.org exhibit/photo archive? > > Bill Links: ------ [1] mailto:mikelee at tdh.com [2] mailto:cctech at classiccmp.org [3] mailto:2a444223-cd25-8686-c836-88313baacd66 at tdh.com [4] https://www.flickr.com/photos/geekmuseum/2908317855 [5] https://retropopplanet.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/vintage-computer.jpg [6] https://www.flickr.com/photos/geekmuseum/2908317855 [7] https://retropopplanet.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/vintage-computer.jpg

7 years, 2 months

Intel 8085 - interview?

by spacewar＠gmail.com

At some point I read an article or a transcript of an interview with an Intel employee (or former employee) who had been involved with the design of the 8085, describing how he had specified additional instructions over those of the 8080, and they had been implemented in the silicon, but then the decision was made to not document any of the new instructions other than RIM and SIM. I no longer recall which Intel employee that was, and can't find the article or interview. Does anyone else remember that, and perhaps have a copy? Eric

7 years, 2 months

How to enable USB drives in both Windows 98SE AND MS-DOS 7.1.

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Terry Stewart > http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2018-02-05-USB-in-MS-DOS-and-Win98… > Hopefully the article will be useful to others who might want to do > this. Hi, can I appeal to you (and everyone else who writes up these kinds of notes) to put this stuff on the Computer History wiki? When things like this get placed in the CCTalk archives (for which there is no search system other than Google), or on people's personal sites (ditto) - and I have in the past BTDT for both of these, myself - it's probably going to be hard to find them amidst all the other dross that a Google search typically produces, a couple of years down the road. With the CHWiki, we stand a chance of filtering out the useful information and making available, and _organizing_ all this stuff so that it's possible to find relevant information when it's needed... And no, I don't have time to upload all this stuff myself - I have too much other stuff I'm trying to work on! :-) So, please - let's get organized! Noel

7 years, 2 months

power cord end

by tdk.knight＠gmail.com

anyone know of a power cord designation simlar to nema 13 but smaller its used on a roland R8 has round pins has a power brick between it and te ain power plug https://electricdenimstudios.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Roland-R8-MKII-… http://www.vintagesynth.com/sites/default/files/2017-05/roland_r8mkii_rear_…

7 years, 2 months

OpenVMS software repositories?

by healyzh＠avanthar.com

What sites still exist that have VMS software? I know the about the OpenVMS Freeware CD?s from HP VMS Engineering. http://h41379.www4.hpe.com/openvms/freeware/collections.html As an example, I?ve found part of the old DECwindows archive, but it looks like that site is basically gone. Zane

7 years, 2 months

Final reminder! VCF Pacific Northwest is this weekend

by cctalk＠snarc.net

Helloooooooooooooo cctalkers. We've been planning this for almost a year and now it is time for the inaugural Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest, this weekend (10am-5pm both days) at Living Computers: Museum+Labs in Seattle. There will be all the usual goodness that you expect from a Vintage Computer Federation event: computer museum tours, incredible exhibits, amazing venue, interesting presentations, consignment booth, food, tours of the nearby Connections Museum, and you can pick up a snazzy VCFed mousepad or coffee mug. :) If you live within a day's drive then you owe it to yourself to check out this show! All the details are at www.vcfed.org and don't forget to use #vcfpnw in social media posts. And of course, if you see me there then please come say hello. I love meeting Internet people in person. Special thanks to our supporters: LC:ML, Hackaday, ACM, and the IEEE History Center. -Evan ________________________________ Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation a 501(c)3 educational non-profit evan at vcfed.org (646) 546-9999 www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation

7 years, 2 months

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test-drb February 2018