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by vintagecomputer＠bettercomputing.net

Okay, I have it all dialed in now! With that iffy memory board swapped out, the system works beautifully. I did have some trouble loading Altair BASIC but after looking at a video of someone running it I discovered an extra line that appeared to be in the Altair patch file and also a couple of memory addresses that were altered. Once I did that, the prompts came up and it let me enter a program! The only problem was for some reason Hyperterminal was cutting off a column or two - so instead of the OK prompt I had O. I figured that was probably just Hyperterminal, so I switched the system back to 110 baud, loaded Altair BASIC, and then switched to the CT-1024. It worked perfectly! Pretty magical being able to use this software I've only seen demonstrated in videos on vintage hardware! Can't wait for the day I have a real Altair and teletype. I'm going to hunt around for more S19 files. I'd also like to learn more about how to program this thing (I assume in assembly). And then another thing on my wish list would be to have both the MP-S and MP-C cards working together in a way that I could use one to load and save stuff off to my PC terminal and the other for actual terminal interface. Thanks again for the help and suggestions!! Brad

9 years, 5 months

Identify HP Pods

by radiotest＠juno.com

While going through some bags of probes that I recently acquired I found two of these HP pods that do not bear HP model numbers, just the company name and logo: http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/ONAAAOSwBahVJjOo/$_57.JPG as well as the clips used with them: http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/7aEAAOSwENxXlk5E/s-l1600.jpg They appear to be pods for an HP logic analyzer, but they are not the HP 16xx series analyzer pods with which I am familiar. Can anyone identify them? Dale H. Cook, GR / HP Collector, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA http://plymouthcolony.net/starcity/radios/index.html

9 years, 5 months

50 yrs. of Star Trek!

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

You bet it does! My friend Jim Early explained to me how it was used on the Bell Solar Batteries ( solar cells) for TELSTAR Ed Sharpe PDP-8 SN18 In a message dated 9/9/2016 7:55:19 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, dpi at dustyoldcomputers.com writes: On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote: > On Thu, 8 Sep 2016, Murray McCullough wrote: > And use so much transparent aluminum. > Transparent aluminum exists. It is called sapphire. Sapphire is the crystalline form of aluminum oxide. If you recall, Apple was thinking of using it for the touch screen face of the iphone. -- Doug Ingraham PDP-8 SN 1175

9 years, 5 months

50 yrs. of Star Trek!

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

yep! In a message dated 9/8/2016 10:46:36 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, pete at pski.net writes: > On Sep 8, 2016, at 1:31 PM, Christian Liendo <cliendo at gmail.com> wrote: > > The only "computer" related thing I can think of is the scene from > Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, where Scotty works on the Macintosh > trying to show transparent aluminum. > > In my own humble opinion it is one of the best scenes ever from a Star > Trek movie or show. ?Hello, computer!?=

9 years, 5 months

50 yrs. of Star Trek!

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

you mean when he picks up the mouse and says.... hello computer into it? yea I fell outta my seat! Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 9/8/2016 10:31:59 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cliendo at gmail.com writes: The only "computer" related thing I can think of is the scene from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, where Scotty works on the Macintosh trying to show transparent aluminum. In my own humble opinion it is one of the best scenes ever from a Star Trek movie or show.

9 years, 5 months

VC8E Option

by kylevowen＠gmail.com

Charles Dickman's site shows a VC8E screenshot with text: http://www.chdickman.com/pdp8/spacewar/ However, unless I'm missing something, I don't actually see what would've drawn the characters. A little digging on Bitsavers shows there was a VC8E driver. http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/bits/DEC/pdp8/papertapeImages/russ.ucs.i… Even in this, I don't see any sign of a character lookup table or the like. Where would all of this have been created? Thanks, Kyle

9 years, 5 months

50 yrs. of Star Trek!

by c.murray.mccullough＠gmail.com

What role did Star Trek play in the rise of small computers that are so ubiquitous today? This science fiction series prognosticated many things but how many actually happened or am I expecting too much from a television show of 50 years ago? Happy computing! Murray

9 years, 5 months

DEC, non DEC at VCF

by useddec＠gmail.com

The following is a partial list of things I plan on bringing to VCF tomorrow. I plan on being there by noon, and will return home Saturday night. If you have any interest, flag me down. If I have time I?ll try to grab some 8 boards. Thanks, Paul M3106 DZQ11 M3107 DHQ11 M7081 LA120 LOGIC BOARD M7504 DEQNA M7546 M7677 11/84 M7846 RX11 M7940 DLV11 M7944 MSV11-B M7946 RXV11 M7955 MSV11CD M7957 DZV11 4 LINE M8012 BDV11 M8013 RLV11 M8014 RLV11 M8015 KPV11-A M8017 DLV11-E M8021 MRV11-BA M8027 LPV11 M8029 RXV21 M8043 DLV11-J M8044 MSV11-DD M8053 DMV11 M8959F 64K M8059K128K M8067F 64KW M8067 128KW M8186 11/23 CPU M8189 11/23+ CPU M8190-A KDJ11-BF M9047 GRANT G7273 GRANT PDP8-E no cards VT52, untested 2 computer automation naked minis-never used mini 4 9 full cards can't see model of the other one, but i think it is a 4 or 5 card 2 motorola M-4408 NIB, bought new from Carroll Touch, a local company that made early touch screens for plato. Nova 3 no boards, nice clean Kennedy 9610, very clean

9 years, 5 months

WTB: GRiDcase 3 screen or entire GRiDcase 3 or 1520 with small plasma for parts

by ian.finder＠gmail.com

Mine just died, an entire row driver went out. I just bought this thing! :( -- Ian Finder (206) 395-MIPS ian.finder at gmail.com

9 years, 5 months

Unicomp Minicomputers [WAS: RE: Components available]

by t.gardner＠computer.org

See http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/unicomp/UNICOMP_Brochure_19 70.pdf Unicomp became Spectra Data became Gilmore Industries and then ??? Art worked for Unicomp Tom -----Original Message----- From: Mark J. Blair [mailto:nf6x at nf6x.net] Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 2:50 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Components available I am not at all familiar with Unicomp minicomputers, and I'd love to see pictures of this one. I'm sorry that I'm not closer to the machine, but it sounds like heroic rescuers are already lined up to keep it from getting scrapped. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

9 years, 5 months

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