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1990 Era computer room

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

hp drives yes... data printer no... correct name is data products and a neat printer if you were just printing the first 20 col zone I remember something about this model banging it out at 800 or 1000 lpm at full 80 col it was 300 LPM ( This was the first formal sale our computer company had was to sell a used one of these to a consultant / programmer that did stuff on apple II systems ... I t had one bad hammer coil and he moved it to col. 80 and swapped the good one into the mid field he used the thing for years... we were to later have one of these that came in with a HP 2000 system and it served us well until replaced by a 600 LPM Data Products line printer as we wanted to print wider than 80 col. OK another odd thing - note tapes but lack of tape drives. If only we could see what was in the rest of the room! Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 6/22/2015 1:49:38 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, jws at jwsss.com writes: On 6/22/2015 9:16 AM, Douglas Taylor wrote: > I saw this newpaper photo on ebay, item 191606970872, where these 2 > big wigs are proudly standing in front of their computer system > looking over some printout. > > The actual computers in the picture don't look familiar to me, can > anyone ID them? > > Doug The printers look like Data Printer 80 column printers. Can't tell about the systems, but they appear to have what look like analog meters on the panels, which is interesting.

11 years, 1 month

Front Panel Update A and B panels

by pbirkel＠gmail.com

Can anyone recommend suitable rotary switches for either the A (vertical) or B (angled) configuration? On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Rod Smallwood < rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com> wrote: > Hi Guys > I am off to Friedrichshafen for a few days and will be back > on 1-JUL-2015. > > The next two batches of front panels will be: > > 8/e Type A > > 1. Old switch position markings (1 and 6 vertical) > > 2. Line around switch Area > > 3. Vertical lines between groups of three lamps > > 4. Holes for switch shaft and lock predrilled > > > 8/e Type B > > 1. New switch position markings (1 and 6 angled) > > 2. Line around switch Area > > 3. Vertical lines between groups of three lamps > > 4. Holes for switch shaft and lock predrilled > > Price as before > > > $95.00 + $15.00 Shipping > > Rod Smallwood > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

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Computers ... ARMY COMPUTERS! early & beastly with Friden What is it?

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

Computers ARMY COMPUTERS! early & beastly with Friden What is it? I had a chance to buy these photos so I did! Be fun to find the people and talk to them! What ever this thing is I guess I need to devote a page on it! Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org/) http://www.smecc.org/teleprinters/milita1dgdddf_small.jpg http://www.smecc.org/teleprinters/milita2_small.jpg

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PLATO Empire source?

by mouse＠Rodents-Montreal.ORG

Back in the late '70s, I played a game called -0empire- on a PLATO system hosted, IIRC, at UIUC. Reading http://www.daleske.com/plato/empire.php, the best match to my memory is Empire IV (IIRC, the 0 prefix indicates that the lesson was installed system-wide, rather than being a relatively meaningless part of the name), and http://www.daleske.com/plato/empire-control.php says, inter alia, "You are welcome to look at the source code under Open Source Commons.". However, it appears my search-fu is too weak to _find_ that source code. So my question for the collective wisdom here is, anyone know where I might be able to find it? /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mouse at rodents-montreal.org / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B

11 years, 1 month

1990 Era computer room

by dj.taylor4＠comcast.net

I saw this newpaper photo on ebay, item 191606970872, where these 2 big wigs are proudly standing in front of their computer system looking over some printout. The actual computers in the picture don't look familiar to me, can anyone ID them? Doug

11 years, 1 month

Computers ... ARMY COMPUTERS! early & beastly with Friden What is it?

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

yea know about friden.. but that tape drive and all the massive cabinets next to guy and friden??? In a message dated 6/24/2015 1:26:17 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, nico at farumdata.dk writes: Hi ED I only know Friden as the makers of the Flexowriter. It was something like a Teletype, but with many more characters. It was used heavily in the typesetting industry /Nico ----- Original Message ----- From: <COURYHOUSE at aol.com> To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>; <General at classiccmp.org>; <Discussion at classiccmp.org>; <On-Topiccctalk at classiccmp.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 10:13 AM Subject: Computers ... ARMY COMPUTERS! early & beastly with Friden What is it? > > Computers ARMY COMPUTERS! early & beastly with Friden What is it? I > had > a chance to buy these photos so I did! Be fun to find the people and > talk to them! What ever this thing is I guess I need to devote a > page on > it! Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org/) > > http://www.smecc.org/teleprinters/milita1dgdddf_small.jpg > > http://www.smecc.org/teleprinters/milita2_small.jpg -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. SPAMfighter has removed 1412 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len Do you have a slow PC? Try a Free scan http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen

11 years, 1 month

Printer ribbons [Was: Re: 1990 Era computer room]

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

you re ink the old ribbon... used to do that with tty ribbons.... the 14 inch line printer width...... messy but doable.... I remember having to make a dried ribbon a bit juicer one time strung it between to poles in the parkinlot and sprayed I think it was a litte wd-40 on it.... an rolled her back up! I was lucky when I had computer business... printer would come in with extra ribbons I would keep a few for shelf stock... in 13 years never had to buy any.... It was the absolute filters I always had to be buying new! only once did I get a drive with a couple extra new ones Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 6/24/2015 1:20:05 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, pontus at Update.UU.SE writes: On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 10:14:00PM -0700, jwsmobile wrote: > The only reference I could find that separated them are to google > for the printer ribbons. I find a lot of the companies who list > ribbons don't purge their databases of even the most ridiculously > old products, and they list models. > I just experienced the same thing with my newly found DATASAAB D16. Google turns up three worthwhile mentions and whole host of ribbon resalers. I kind of assumed that the printer ribbon was the same as something else and still awailable. Assuming I am wrong, what should I do to get a printer ribbon with fresh ink? /P

11 years, 1 month

1990 Era computer room

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

the only one that did the hi speed reduced cols was that table top 80 col one for dataproduicts that I know of. our larger ones did not. by the way that small dataproducts also had a floor pedestal that made it a tall tower and you could open door for paper box... http://www.smecc.org/hewlett_packard/hewlet10.gif you can one of ours here.... form eons ago this photo was all stuff for parts sale we have rooms for off this stuff.... wish we have more of it left ed sharpe In a message dated 6/23/2015 10:13:56 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, jws at jwsss.com writes: Also I don't recall the Data Products ever scaling as fast by restricting columns. At least our 2230, 2260 and 2290 UC only and 96 character set printers didn't. Got the same speed regardless of the columns on those Data Products printers. They were drum, as were the Data Printers, but apparently the hammer logic vs. the line feed was not coupled as far a speeding up with fewer columns. Thanks jim

11 years, 1 month

HP 2113e Battery resistor

by marc.verdiell＠gmail.com

Thanks David. My go to place for batteries is http://www.all-battery.com/. They are in the Valley, very cost effective, associated with Tenergy I believe. I receive my batteries in one or two days usually. Always had very good luck with them, and they have all possible cells in all possible grades and finishes, from cheap Chinese to premium brand name, complete with data sheets. I might put NiMH batteries instead, but they have the original format NiCd: http://www.all-battery.com/ni-cdbatteries.aspx They also have Li-Ion that I use to restore battery packs for older portables (usually doubling the capacity while I am at it). Marc ------------------------------------------- "J. David Bryan" <jdbryan at acm.org> said > Now if I can find similar cells I will be able to reconstruct the pack > inside the same shell. Ni-Cds are still available from Allied Electronics, Mouser Electronics, and others, although they are declining in availability compared to a few years ago. ------------------------------------------

11 years, 1 month

[RANT]False Beeprog. AGAIN.

by alexandre.tabajara＠gmail.com

Some years ago, I wrote about a clone of the Beeprog (made by Elnec) I bought here locally in Brazil. Now, seems chinese are cloning the Beeprog PLUS (!!!) I got a Beeprog+ in the used market here in Brazil. Asked for Elnec warranty, since the programmer was manufactured in (month)11(year)2012. It all went well up to the serial number. It was made past the stop manufacture date. It stopped manufacturing in 07/2012. Seems I got another hot potato on my hand :'( Pay atention on that! --- Enviado do meu Apple IIGS (pq eu sou chique) Meu site: http://www.tabalabs.com.br Meu blog: http://tabajara-labs.blogspot.com

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