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by enricolazzerini＠interfree.it

Hi at all, in the newsgroup comp.os.cpm, more than 10 years ago, there has been a little discussion about the varying of SBC Ferguson BigBoard 1. Below i indicate where to find all topics availabe also at this address: http://elazzerini.interfree.it/FERGUSON BIGBOARD's Daughters.doc The folks were: Alastair S. Preston, bill_h, David Tweed, Don Maslin, Holger Petersen, Max, O. Alan Jones, Paul Lenz, and Scott Marti. I'm interested to know better those SBC varying: schematics, layout, pictures, EPROM listing, experiences, and so on to try to assemble those info in my website: http://elazzerini.interfree.it even with link to other materials across internet. Here you can find the entire discussion in word format in my website. Those SBC were: - JLS Computers (aka Vidtek). produced in Toronto similar to SBC BB1 supported through the Micro/Access online BBS system; - California something or other name: Bill Sigmund and another fellow who got Ferguson to 'fix' most of the shortcomings of the original BB and the Xerox 820 from the SBC BB1; I'm interested also to get contact with who have or had BBII came with VARBIOS and ZCPR3... Twente Digitaal in the Netherlands. Some info seems to be on a magazine called Computing Now!, the Canadian computing magazine. Is anybody who could help to find some issues (already scan on internet)?? At this moment I prefer to leave out from my searches the Kaypro and the Xerox 820 already WELL documented on Internet. Bigboard motherboard 1 O. Alan Jones 8 Feb 1998 2 David Tweed 9 Feb 1998 3 timolmst 9 Feb 1998 4 Don Maslin 9 Feb 1998 5 Alastair S. Preston 9 Feb 1998 6 bill_h 9 Feb 1998 7 Paul Lenz 11 Feb 1998 8 bill_h 12 Feb 1998 9 Max 13 Feb 1998 10 bill_h 13 Feb 1998 11 Don Maslin 13 Feb 1998 12 Paul Lenz 14 Feb 1998 13 Alastair S. Preston 12 Feb 1998 14 Max 13 Feb 1998 15 Max 13 Feb 1998 16 Holger Petersen 10 Feb 1998 Thanks for any kind of support. Regards Enrico - Pisa - Italy

15 years, 10 months

LCD TVs for classic computers

by brianlanning＠gmail.com

I'm thinking of heading over to frys this weekend to pick up an LCD TV for use with a few classic computers and maybe classic gaming consoles. I'd like something that will have good image quality for use with things like Amigas and c64s. I'd like to avoid things like submarining mouse pointers, ghosting around letters (ringing?) and aspect ratio problems. A VGA port would be nice also. Bonus for being able to use the NTSC frequencies when the signal is coming from the VGA port so I can attach the amiga right to that. Obviously, I'd want a composite and svga input also. Even coax would be useful in case I pick up a 2600 or colecovision. Can anyone suggest a make and model that has all of this? brian

15 years, 10 months

PDP-11 card set M-215

by wdonzelli＠gmail.com

I have a set of cards installed in a PDP-11/24 I am readying for sale, and I can not ID them. They are a pair of quad heights, linked by a ribbon cable, and the etch says M-215 INTERFACE. The logo is a B with eight arrows coming out, sort of forming a square. The logo looks familiar, but I just can not place it. There is a place for an external cable or two to connect. Any ideas? M215? There is also a mystery hex height CDC card in this thing - possibly the mythical Unibus Cyberchannel card. -- Will

15 years, 10 months

Nice HP 250 system on eBay

by john_a_s2004＠hotmail.com

Search for item 200305540332. The listing includes some very clear photos, including terminal, desk, manuals and floppies. I hope it works! Regards, John _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now

15 years, 10 months

cctalk Digest, Vol 81, Issue 67

by ken＠seefried.com

On 5/28/2010 1:01 AM, Eric Smith<eric at brouhaha.com> wrote: > > On 05/27/2010 10:30 AM, Dave McGuire wrote: >> > Especially by it's being an attached processor, nearly all Cray-1 >> > software (save for things like libraries) would be specific to whatever >> > front-end system was in use. > Not usually. The operating system needs to know a little bit about > what's connected to the I/O channels (including the front-end systems), > but user-space software, including applications, normally relies on > operating system services from COS or UniCOS running natively on the > main CPU. Application software didn't normally interact directly with > the front-end systems any more than than application software on IBM > mainframes interacts with the mainframe's service processor. The > front-end systems were there to boot and manage the system and provide > I/O services for the operating system. Usually when sites upgraded from > a Cray-1 to an XMP they didn't have to change their application software > at all, even though the front end was completely different. Eric is correct, at least in my experience on the XMP-48 that was at PSC. VAX/VMS front ends were used to edit programs and submit them to to the Cray (running COS), and some time later the results would return. I sent code to someone else on a different front end, and as I understand, all he had to do was mod the script to submit the jobs for the local toolset. No changes to the code. KJ

15 years, 10 months

SuperPet add on board

by rborsuk＠colourfull.com

Hi All, I was chasing some links this morning when I got wondering if anyone reverse engineered / upgraded the superpet add on board for the 8032 PET? 8032 PET's are pretty common and it would be pretty cool to get an upgraded add on board to turn it into a Superpet. Maybe with an SD slot on it or a networking port. Rob Rob Borsuk email: rborsuk at colourfull.com Colourfull Creations Web: http://www.colourfull.com

15 years, 10 months

Anyone off to VCF-UK?

by roger.holmes＠microspot.co.uk

> Waiting for people to volunteer will not get you the right people at the > right time. But how do you find them? > If you have a system that needs fixing then find somebody who > has experience and will help. Don't waste their time with travel to BP or > anywhere else. Can't do that with Germanium giants like mine, anyway the volunteer would need 700 square feet to install it and then wire wrap tens of thousands of connections to get back to where it was when it left its home. > Get it in a vehicle and deliver it and collect it when done. And another three months to reassemble it. > > The two major issues most restorers have are space and transport. Agreed. > They would > save more systems if they had the right transport and space to work. So if > you want to be a working computer museum get yourself a big van and some > hefty volunteers. Then make friends with known restorers. Horse trade parts > they may need for their work on your systems. Don't be afraid to exchange > items in storage for something a collector ahs and you would add to your > display. The old 'the donor wouldn't like it' excuse is nonsense. Well if I do eventually donate my mainframe it will be on the proviso that it remains my property until I die so that they cannot do that even if the machine is in storage in the hanger in Dorset. If I didn't mind it being messed with I could sell it for a lot of money myself. Spare parts I donate with the machine are a slightly different matter, provided they are swapping for things to be used on my machine. I am still amazed at the price of punched cards on eBay. I've got enough we make notes on them and that horrifies some people, but I bought 110,000 of the for 11 pounds back in the late '70s, though I did break the suspension on my father's Daimler transporting them. Roger Holmes ICT 1301 5 ton / 13kVA mainframe from 1962

15 years, 10 months

p112 thoughts

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

After getting another inquiry about the P112 kits, I started wondering how many people would be interested in putting down money for a pre-order before I actually order the parts and boards. That's partially the way it ran for the run of 100 I did a few years ago. More recently, I made an expensive mess running a prepaid group order for FP-6120 toggle switches, so I'm bit shy about taking preorders again. If anyone out there has deep pockets to help me finance something like this, I'd be glad to get the help. I could use the business too. Unless and until I get a new job, this is probably the only way I can get P112 kits made. See me at 661.org if you have any questions. -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu 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?

15 years, 10 months

Cray-1 resurfaces in pieces on eBay • The Register

by woyciesjes＠sbcglobal.net

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/24/cray_1_gate_module_ebay/ I'm kinda surprised nobody bid on this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CPU-module-Cray-1-Serial-No-1-1st-supercomputer-/2606… Item number: 260600179087 Item location: Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Maybe someone from Bletchly should try contacting the seller about putting it on display? And here's the other: http://cgi.ebay.com/Super-Rare-CRAY-1-GATE-CPU-Board-2-planes-LAST-ONE-/140… Item number: 140408191311 Item location: Jupiter, Florida, United States Then again, they probably aren't worth that much, are they; since they are only a small part of the Cray.... -- --- Dave Woyciesjes --- ICQ# 905818 --- AIM - woyciesjes --- CompTIA A+ Certified IT Tech - http://certification.comptia.org/ --- HDI Certified Support Center Analyst - http://www.ThinkHDI.com/ Registered Linux user number 464583 "From there to here, From here to there, Funny things are everywhere." --- Dr. Seuss

15 years, 10 months

Anyone off to VCF-UK?

by classiccmp＠philpem.me.uk

Hi guys, Just out of curiosity, is anyone planning to attend the UK Vintage Computer Festival this year? The one that's running on the 19th and 20th of June at Bletchley Park? I'm toying with the idea of booking some time off work and going down on the train for either the Saturday or the Sunday; I'd rather like to see the talks by Sophie Wilson and Tony Sale, although it'd be nice to meet up with a few of the UK-based classiccmp'ers as well. The mailing list is fine, but it'd be nice to put names to faces :) I also figure the "VCF Flea Market" might be a good way to get my sticky paws on some 8-inch floppy drives, discs and possibly an MFM hard drive and controller pair or two. I still don't have a working 8in drive to test the DiscFerret with... Speaking of which, I could be persuaded to bring the current "circuit test" prototype down with me, though booking a table will probably be a real pig at this late stage, and I'm willing to wager it's probably going to be too expensive for my budget anyway (I'm saving my last ?150 to get a run of prototype PCBs made!)... Cheers, -- Phil. classiccmp at philpem.me.uk http://www.philpem.me.uk/

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