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by martin＠meiner.ch

Hello guys. I recently acquired for a mere 25 EUR a nice ASR33. Aside of needing a thorough cleaning and greasing, it seems to be pretty much working fine!? But I wouldn't write here if I wouldn't need your help:? The ASR33's carriage has a spring that gets tighter as you type. And upon CR, the spring will bring the carriage back to its original left position. There is a mechanism, similar as a piston and a cylinder, which acts as a "bumper" or stopper. My problem is that this stopper, while not showing any signs of usage, seems too tight. If the carriage is all the way to the right, the spring will be strong enough to overcome the "too tight stopper". But if only a few words were typed followed by CR, the force is not strong enough to bring the carriage to its left home-position. Of course I could take down some of the piston's diameter to overcome the problem. But this doesn't seem right.? Anyone out there also had a problem with this stopper being too tight to bring the carriage to its home position and how to overcome it?? Thanks for any advise on the issue.?Martin?

11 years, 7 months

DEC printsets on line

by j＠ckrubin.us

I've digitized several early PDP-8 related printsets and placed them online in a public Dropbox folder. Circumstances did not allow direct scanning of the documents - they were photographed and then post-processed to produce .pdf files. Conditions were less than optimal and the resultant files are quite large but hopefully these files will be of use to those who need them. The files are: 779 Power Supply 832 Power Controller PDP-8/I Printset DM01 Printset KW8I Printset TC01 Printset TU55 Printset The files are located at: http://tinyurl.com/PDP8I-docs Best, Jack

11 years, 7 months

Merry Christmas

by shadoooo＠gmail.com

Hello Folks, Merry Christmas! Andrea

11 years, 7 months

A bit of Hacker History

by silent700＠gmail.com

It's taken me far too long to get these things prepped and posted, so why not a holiday release? Some historical reading for your post-meal time on the sofa: http://silent700.blogspot.com/2014/12/is-this-something.html The tl;dr version: I was given some message board dumps from one of the original hack/phreak scene BBSes, covering a portion of its short run in 1980-1. That led to obtaining some more, which I've cleaned up and compiled into a PDF. I feel they're an invaluable insight into the "state of things" back then, not to mention just a fun read. Some familiar names in this lot...perhaps even some we know...? Happy $holiday(*) and enjoy... -j

11 years, 7 months

A bit of Hacker History

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Jason T > I was given some message board dumps from one of the original > hack/phreak scene BBSes ... That led to obtaining some more, which I've > cleaned up and compiled into a PDF. Thank you for saving, and making available, this valuable historical data. Noel

11 years, 7 months

Last call for free VAX 6610, VAX 7760, Alpha GS60e

by binarydinosaurs＠gmail.com

Folks, These machines are still available in Newmarket UK, I'd like to save them even if it means me hiring my own truck next week. Paging Jim Austin, got room for them in York? Cheers, -- adrian/witchy Owner of Binary Dinosaurs, the UK's biggest home computer collection? www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk

11 years, 7 months

Best of Season

by Arno_1983＠gmx.de

Hello everybody, Happy Holiday (Christmas, Kwanzaa, Chanukka, Yule, Newtonsday...) to all my fellow listmembers. Hope you can enjoy a few holidays and have some (perhaps also classic computer related) fun. My best wishes also for the upcoming year 2015. Yours sincerely, Arno.

11 years, 7 months

Delivering a computer in 1957

by sellam＠vintagetech.com

Neat photo: http://twistedsifter.com/2014/12/delivering-a-computer-in-1957/ -- Sellam ibn Abraham VintageTech ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintagetech.com Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. The truth is always simple. * * * NOTICE * * * Due to the insecure nature of the medium over which this message has been transmitted, no statement made in this writing may be considered reliable for any purpose either express or implied. The contents of this message are appropriate for entertainment and/or informational purposes only. The right of the people to be secure in their papers against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated.

11 years, 7 months

Hosting large files Was: DEC printsets on line

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: steve shumaker > I'm looking at posting a large spreadsheet for the list to use and am > looking at options I'm happy to host any large files related to the list's focus. Noel

11 years, 7 months

Okidata 182

by fast79ta＠yahoo.com

I was recently playing around with my old ML 182. Due to it's oki rom, it has some what limited use, as even windows 3.1 doesn't support it. There is an IBM rom for the printer mentioned as a kit (310-324-01), that will turn it into an IBM graphics printer. Does any one have, or know where to find this rom image? Thanks, and merry christmas everyone.

11 years, 7 months

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