test-drb May 2018

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by decguy＠songdog.eskimo.com

I have some Amiga documentation gifted to me a long time ago by an Amiga enthusiast. Now that I'm moving and downsizing, it has to go. Free for shipping, USPS media mail. AmigaDOS User's Manual - paperback book --------------------------------------- "This manual describes the various AmigaDOS, [sic] and its commands." Errata to the AmigaDOS User's Manual - photocopy ------------------------------------------------ Amiga Hardware Manual - photocopy --------------------------------- "... provides information about the Amiga graphics and audio hardware ... tutorial on writing assembly language programes to directly control the Amiga's graphics and hardware." INTERFACING TO THE 68K BUS CONNECTOR ON THE AMIGA Designing Hardware for the Amiga Expansion Architecture Drawings of the Expansion Boards for the Amiga ---------------------------------------------- A packet of photocopy documents and schematics.

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Nekochan has been shut down :(

by mazzinia＠tin.it

I didn't see it being mentioned here on cctalk :( http://archive.is/dJgyQ but I'm hearing some refugees saying that the chances of the site going back online are not looking good

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I ran across this strange modernistic? Data General ...odd?

by michael.99.thompson＠gmail.com

> > Date: Mon, 21 May 2018 21:01:59 -0400 > From: Michael Thompson <michael.99.thompson at gmail.com> > Subject: Re: I ran across this strange modernistic? Data General > ...odd? computer? > The RICM has one, but it is not on the WWW site. > > Michael Thompson > > I put a picture of the one at RICM here: http://www.ricomputermuseum.org/Home/equipment/data-general-desktop-generat… Going from left to right: QIC tape drive, dual floppies, disk drive, card expansion, CPU, and power supply. We have the monitor, keyboard, and printer for it too. Next time I am in the warehouse I will take pictures of the serial/model number tags of everything. -- Michael Thompson

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Original CAD code in the wild?

by paul＠mcjones.org

Randy, Although there are people interested in collecting historic software (especially source code), I don?t know of a central place to discuss it. I?ve collected the original IBM 704 Fortran/Fortran II compiler, the original IBM 709x Lisp II interpreter, and various other things (see http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects). As you build up your collection of CAD-related source code, I would encourage you to offer copies to the Computer History Museum (http://www.computerhistory.org/artifactdonation/) for long-term preservation. Paul McJones http://www.mcjones.org/dustydecks/ On May 21, 2018, Randy Dawson <rdawson16 at hotmail.com> wrote: > For a while I have collected bits of legacy CAD, most recently Martin Hepperle sent me what I believe is the last version of Hank Christianson's MOVIE.BYU, a FORTRAN based 3D modeling and animation system. > I also have experimented with the original Berkley SPICE, also written in FORTRAN. > ... > My question is, did any of the source code for these systems, Applicon, Auto-Trol, Calma, ComputerVision, thousands of lines of primarily FORTRAN ever make it out, where we could read and study this original body of mathematical geometry done on computers? > > I know we are primarily a hardware group here, but where is the interest in the software discussed? > > Randy

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Original CAD code in the wild?

by paul＠mcjones.org

Also, the computer history museum has a listing, so someone might be interested in getting the original code running on an emulator: http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102726903 > On May 26, 2018, at 10:00 AM, steven at malikoff.com wrote: > > I don't know if any source is still available, but for a long time I've been fascinated by Ivan Sutherland's Sketchpad running on the TX-2: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USyoT_Ha_bA > > Since Sutherland's technical report is also on the web (https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-574.html) I reckon it would make for a great 3rd-year Computer Science graphics assignment, to replicate Sketchpad using a high level language. A look through the report shows the use of rings, linked lists, recursion, storage considerations, maths, graphics and so on (only needing to replace the light pen with the mouse of course) which could be a fascinating exercise for a student. Yes there are already Sketchpad-named apps and Sketchpad-like programs, but I'm not sure if there is a near-100% faithful recreation of that original program as demoed in the film out there. > > Steve.

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SOT: OCR errors PDF

by trash80＠internode.on.net

Hi guys - wonder if any OCR aficionado can help me out please. I'm trying to clean up some old computer docs. One of things I'm doing is running OCR over them, in particular Adobe's ClearScan which I really like for document clarity and small file sizes. A few of them are producing the error: Acrobat could not perform recognition (ocr) on this page because: ENU Most OCR errors relate to renderable text but I can't find an explanation for "ENU" Has anyone encountered this OCR error and can tell me what it means please. Thank you. Kevin Parker

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How to get rid of a DECwriter II?

by pbirkel＠gmail.com

Cross-post for the DEC Lovers here. -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 9:52 PM Subject: [GreenKeys] How to get rid of a DECwriter II? I'd sure like to get this thing out to make room for more Teletypes. Located in NW Arkansas. Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net> -----

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AW: cctalk Digest, Vol 44, Issue 24

by gerhard.kreuzer＠liftoff.at

ftp://ftp.irix.cc/pub/nekoware/ -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- Von: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] Im Auftrag von cctalk-request at classiccmp.org Gesendet: Freitag, 25. Mai 2018 19:00 An: cctalk at classiccmp.org Betreff: cctalk Digest, Vol 44, Issue 24 Send cctalk mailing list submissions to cctalk at classiccmp.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctalk or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to cctalk-request at classiccmp.org You can reach the person managing the list at cctalk-owner at classiccmp.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of cctalk digest..."

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FS: HP 2116C Manual Set

by sellam.ismail＠gmail.com

Ahoy HP Aficionados! I have for sale here one nice set of documentation for the HP 2116C. There are a total of three original HP binders, each with a multitude of individual documents, as follows: Binder No. 4 HP BASIC (April 1970) HP FORTRAN (April 1970) Small Programs Manual - SIO Teleprinter Driver (LP Compatible) (April 1970) HP ALGOL (April 1970) Symbolic Editor (April 1970) Binder No. 5 12597A-002 Tape Reader Interface Kit Operating and Service Manual (November 1970) 2748A Tape Reader Operating and Service Manual (October 1970) 12531C Buffered Teleprinter Interface Kit Operating and Service Manual (July 1971) Manual of Diagnostics - Alter-Skip Instruction Test (June 1970) - Memory Reference Instruction Test (June 1970) - Shift-Rotate Instruction Test (June 1970) - HP 2116B Low Memory Address Test and HP 2116B High Memory Address Test (January 1971) - Tape Reader Test (January 1971) - Computer Interrupt Diagnostic (June 1970) - HP 2116C Low Memory Pattern Test and HP 2116C High Memory PatternTest (September 1970) - Power Fail Interrupt (February 1970) - General Purpose Register Diagnostic (May 1971) - HP 2116 TTY Test (April 1971) 12566A Microcircuit Interface Computer Interface Kit (December 1968) Binder No. 6 2752A Teleprinter Operating and Service Manual (November 1970) Teletype Corporation Bulletin 310B Vol 1: Technical Manual, 33 Teletypewriter Sets: Receive-Only (RO), Keyboard Send-Receive (KSR), Automatic Send-Receive (ASR) Teletype Corporation Bulletin 310B Vol 2: Technical Manual, 33 Teletypewriter Sets: Keyboard Send-Receive (KSR), Receive-Only (RO), Automatic Send-Receive (ASR) Teletype Corporation Bulletin 1184B: 33 Page Printer Set (ASR, KSR AND RO) Parts I am asking $250 or best offer. As always, please respond directly via e-mail if interested. Thanks! Sellam

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Extracting and viewing the original Mac bitmap fonts today

by lproven＠gmail.com

https://medium.com/@bzotto/hidden-sheep-and-mac-typography-archaeology-efce… Complete with easter eggs, source code and samples on Github. -- Liam Proven ? Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? Google Mail/Hangouts/Plus: lproven at gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven ? Skype/LinkedIn: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 ? ?R (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053

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