test-drb

test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

101090 discussions

by dave＠661.org

I have an LA12 that's mising the "DATA/TALK" key. Does anyone have or know of a junked LA12 keyboard from which I can take that key? Failing that, would a VT100 key physically fit? How about 3D-printing the key? -- David Griffith dave at 661.org A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

11 years, 5 months

Working Commodore 65 on eBay

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Glen Slick >> "jwsmobile" <jws at jwsss.com> wrote: >> Mr. 544 feedback is being trolled by 0 and 1 feedback idiots. > Ended at just under $23K USD Interestingly, although the winning bidder was pushed up an extra 1K by one of those feedback-1 trolls, there were a couple of real bidders right underneath them. So that price is _basically_ real; three people all felt it was worth roughly that. It's so bizarre, the way some stuff is in such demand, and other stuff is basically totally unwanted. I told this guy: http://www.ebay.com/itm/221685737714 there was no way he'd get that much for that set of cards, and he was like 'but some of this old computers stuff is going for a ton of money'. I was like, 'For things which are in short supply, and in demand, yes; neither of those is true of M8044/M8045's....' (Although for them, it's understandable; there are plenty of higher-density QBUS memory cards going for not much.) Noel

11 years, 5 months

proper chemical / glue for 11/45 switch repair?

by anders＠abc80.net

> Message: 27 > Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:24:13 +0000 > From: tony duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > Subject: RE: proper chemical / glue for 11/45 switch repair? > Message-ID: > <A8192EF71C5C4946A240D25EDC8F9448027B4533 at EXMBX16.thus.corp> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > >> An -11 owner would be able to say for certain, but the old model >> airplane solvent glue was methyl chloride. It's also in a lot paint >> stripper as well. "Tenax" model glue is a name that comes to mind. > > In the UK, dichloromethane (same stuff) is sold under the brand name > 'Plastic Weld', It is _by far_ the best way of mending plastics that it > will > disolve. And I think DEC front panel toggles fit into that category. > > That said, trying to glue the pivot pins back on to the toggle is going > to be (IMHO) a waste of time. The area is just so small. Personally, I > would > drill through the toggle (make sure it's in the exact right direction) and > put > a metal pin through. > > -tony It has been done! I did it on my switches on the old 8/L. http://www.abc80.net/zz/pdp8/DSC_9858.JPG http://www.abc80.net/zz/pdp8/DSC_9864.JPG http://www.abc80.net/zz/pdp8/DSC_9865.JPG I used the core from a copper wire 1,5mm2 since the diameter turned out to be perfect. /Anders

11 years, 5 months

Working Commodore 65 on eBay

by glen.slick＠gmail.com

On Feb 13, 2015 9:58 AM, "jwsmobile" <jws at jwsss.com> wrote: > > > On 2/13/2015 8:01 AM, Geoffrey Oltmans wrote: >> >> I presume I can't be the only one watching this eBay auction in disbelief. >> I'm wondering if this is a museum or not. Presumably a private collector >> would not have such deep pockets, but you never know! >> >> Over $13k USD and still a little less than 2 days to go! >> > Ultra-rare-Commodore-65-C65-DX64-prototype-working-serial-22 > > http://www.ebay.com/itm//171673209321 > > Mr. 544 feedback is being trolled by 0 and 1 feedback idiots. One has to wonder. > > I wouldn't use this auction as a reference in an appraisal. > > Jim Ended at just under $23K USD (?20,050)

11 years, 5 months

proper chemical / glue for 11/45 switch repair?

by jacob.ritorto＠gmail.com

Hi, One of the bit flip switches on my 11/45 front panel is broken. It snapped off cleanly at the pivot where the plastic meets the metal. The remnants of the two little plastic switch handle leg tips are still there, in the metal switch housing. The fracture is clean and is such that they would fit perfectly back onto the main hunk of the switch plastic, like new, if l could find the right compound to get the pieces to re-meld into each other. I guess model airplanes used to employ this sort of melding technique I'm describing in their construction, right? But I have no idea of the chemistry involved -- whether pdp11 switch plastic is compatible with that sort of glue. I don't think I want something that just adheres, non-porously to the bits because that would interfere with the operation of the switch pivot point and there's no room for inaccuracy / spurting glue gobs in there. The fracture is essentially _at_ the pivot. So my question: are these pdp11 switches the right sort of plastic for this meld repair I'm describing? If so, what's the chemical that I'd need to make this happen? Plain old model airplane glue? thx jake

11 years, 5 months

SC40 (pictures)

by b4＠gewt.net

(sorry for delay, been busy!) Evidence of having saved: http://i.imgur.com/gatos9o.jpg http://i.imgur.com/oBEvLP8.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ZmLpwhV.jpg http://i.imgur.com/KYl73d8.jpg Pardon any mess! -- Cory Smelosky http://gewt.net Personal stuff http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects

11 years, 5 months

FYI

by info＠leehao.com

Dear Friend, I am writing this mail in confidence . I am looking for a trust worthy person and I decided to contact you because you and the deceased customer has the same surname. My name Lee hao and I work in Private Banking Division of Bank of Communication Hong Kong and 9years ago I opened and managed account for an individual Ryan with a financial portfolio of USD$9,000,000.00(Nine Million United States Dollars)which he wished to invest and have spun around in the growing market in mainland China at that time. we made various investment opportunities and this hide high return and with sometimes getting back return as high as %0.02 of funds total quarterly. This ran until last quarter in 2009 when he instructed me he had URGENT investments in Hong Kong which requires cash payment and that I liquidate funds principal(9M) and have monies available to him in Hong Kong which we did. We made contact with a reputable bank in Hong Kong at that time(Bank of China) and they agreed to receive the money for a fee and make cash available to our client. I went ahead with the transfer request and that was the end of it. However Bank of China send us memo end of 2010 informing us the money was not claim since that time and that they only inform us about this because after a certain amount of years and money not claim government confiscate money as unclaimed funds. Further to this an enquiry was carried out and it was discovered that Ryan was involved in automobile accident in Chengdu, Sichuan Province Mainland China in 2010 and died as a result of his injuries sustained. on further enquiry we also discovered he died intestate without a known next of kin to the funds in Bank of China as his wife and only known relation had died some years earlier before making investment with my bank. This is what I propose: Since you share the same last name as the late Ryan you stand in as next of kin and with my exclusive access to his file and the preparation of legal documents I make you the beneficiary to the funds in bank. I painstakingly work out all modality how this should work without no one get into trouble now or in the future when all concluded. I know this might be a bit heavy for you but trust me on this for you do not have to have known him for provided you have same last name and with the arrangement I have in place I assure you this would work. Nobody get hurt as this lifetime opportunity for me to secure a better future for my family as I retire soon and with all my years in the banking sector very little to show for. Finally I do understand you may be skeptical about this considering the fact you do not know me and we not have previous dealing. Rest assure this is a known practice in the banking industry here in Hong Kong/mainland China as this happens every time the only other alternative is money revert back to the States enriching already wealthy corrupt government officers. I send you this letter not without a measure of fear as to the consequences of this if my actions are discovered and I beg you do not betray my confidence in this matter for I know nothing ventured is nothing gained. If you are able to render your genuine assistance please get back to me immediately via, email. I look forward to executing this business deal with you. I ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard this mail. I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message and forget I ever contacted you. Do not destroy my career because you do not approve of my proposal. You may not know this but people like me who have made tidy sums out of comparable situations run the whole private banking sector. I am not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against good conscience, this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I make this move. Such opportunities only come ones' way once in a lifetime. I cannot let this chance pass me by, for once I find myself in total control of my destiny. These chances won?t pass me by. I ask that you do not destroy my chance, if you will not work with me let me know and let me move on with my life but do not destroy me. I am a family man and this is an opportunity to provide them with new opportunities. There is a reward for this project and it is a task well worth undertaking. I await your response. Best regards Lee Hao Email: leehao44 at hotmail.com <mailto:leehao44 at hotmail.com>

11 years, 5 months

imitation game movie

by elson＠pico-systems.com

Forgive me if I missed earlier discussion, but has anybody seen the Imitation Game movie, ostensibly about Alan Turing? There certainly were some real howlers in there, like the bit where Turing single handedly decides what info they would share with the British government, so as not to alert the Nazis that the Enigma code was broken! Also, there is only one instance of the Bombe, while it is pretty well known they had a set of 350 of them at Ft. Meade running 24 hours a day. And those were the NCR Bombes, running at 1800 RPM, insted of the one in the movie going clunk-clunk-clunk. Some other papers seem to indicate there were another 350 Bombes at Bletchley. It only makes sense for there to be a big array of NCR Bombes, not the slow British-built ones, but with all the ships being sunk, how could they be sure such a shipment could make it across the Atlantic? These things were critical national resources, so I just can't image the US shipped a batch of them to Britain. (Also, there is the security issue of how to keep prying eyes off the Bombes while being shipped.) Also, they have Turing building the Bombe with his own hands. Various descriptions have hundreds of people at Bletchley wiring the rotors and doing much of the other work. The Bombe parts must have been made in machine shops across England. At the end of the movie, they sort of imply by a confusing flashback that Turing tells the whole story of the code cracking work at Bletchley to the police officer. It is well documented that he never revealed anything to anybody about what he did there. Any comments? Jon

11 years, 5 months

Looking for DEC FlipChips - M100, M102, M633

by j＠ckrubin.us

I've recently acquired a TC08 controller to interface a set of TU55 drives to my PDP-8/I. My 8/I has the earlier Negibus I/O configuration and the simplest (at least in terms of number of cards required) solution for interfacing is to convert the Posibus TC08 to a Negibus TC08N. This requires swapping out a few positive logic interface cards for the corresponding negative logic equivalents. I'm looking for the following cards and quantities: M100 - qty 3 M102 - qty 2 M633 - qty 4 Please let me know off-list if you have any of these items available for sale or swap. If you do have an M102 but don't want to get rid of it, I'd be very happy just to have clear photos of the card, front and back. Vince Slyngstad has already prepared Eagle layouts of the M100 and M633 but lacks adequate info to recreate the M102. Thanks! Jack

11 years, 5 months

Any PDP8 for sale..?

by martin＠meiner.ch

Being bitten by "vintage computer restoring" bug, I am long time looking for a reasonable condition PDP8, preferably a PDP8/L.? Is there such a machine out there looking for a new home or can someone point me to a possible selling-place other than eBay? EBay has hardly any, and just a few weeks ago I unfortunately missed one. Any help or hint is highly appreciated...

11 years, 5 months

Jump to page:

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

test-drb