I got a Apple cube here as part of a larger haul, at some point someone
placed a bit of tape on the clear polycarbonate case, the tape is long
gone but the yellow glue remains.
Am unsure about the hardness of it, if I could use sugar cubes to
rub it off, anyone knows a scratch free way to get it off ?
Regards
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Jacob Dahl Pind | telefisk.org | fidonet 2:230/38.8
Like many, I used an HP 2000 TSB system in high school to first learn
about programming. Wanting to learn more than just BASIC, I soon
discovered there was a program on the system that let you write and run
FORTRAN programs. All these years later I can't remember anything more
than that and haven't seen anything more on it since then until recently.
While clearing out my storage space I came across an old binder with a
photocopy of a manual. Looking though it I soon realized it was from my
high school computer class and described the system for running FORTRAN.
So now I have a name at least and a copy of a manual, but haven't yet
found anything more and hope that someone here might be able to shine
some light and supply more about it.
The manual says it was known as OSMI 2000 FORTRAN and was a "series of
programs written in the BASIC language which run short FORTRAN programs"
on an HP 2000 BASIC system. Anyone heard of this before?
Thanks.
David Williams
www.trailingedge.com
Last week, Ken Gielow passed away. He was the author of the Z80DIS
disassembler,
which was both interactive and used a form of "artificial intelligence" to
cleverly disassemble Z80 code.
I have numerous requests for pickup.
What is the most fair way dealing with this? First come first serve?
I need to have removed by Christmas.
>From memory, I can state what is in the photos.
1 - Alphaserver DS20E
1 - Alphaserver DS20
1 - Alphaserver 1000
1 - Alphaserver 1000A
2 - Compaq XP1000
1 - Alphaserver 1200
1 - Alphaserver 400
4 - non functional Decserver 700's ( bad ps)
2 - Decstation 500
2 - Alpha PC workstation
TZ series tape inits
BA 350 series drive racks
I also have VMS CD media and maybe True64
Call me at 7-2-4-9-9-1-6-9-8-3
Did the 4004 chip start our interest in microcomputing? It is 50 today.
Classic computing begins earlier but for the masses, if they could be
called that in the early seventies, this was it. I hesitate in calling it
the first microprocessor as pc'ers will object.
Happy computing all.
Murray ?
Hi all
Trying to get rid of some boxes of ephemera, including this one:
https://imgur.com/a/dm1vR
Note that the software media is not included.
Location: Toronto Canada
--Toby
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It certainly didn't have market penetration in USA!
I did once have, and implemented in XenoCopy, a sample disk from an Okidata if800 model 20, which seemed to be the same as a BMC if800 model 20 (if one more alternate name might help you find information). I hadn't heard the Sumicom badging.
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I also had a disk for Oki (don't know if same model) with the Microsoft Stand-Alone BASIC, instead of CP/M.
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Unfortunately, the model 20 was a different architecture all together. I have begun looking into Japanese museums. Maybe there is more documentation and data in its country of origin.
We were cleaning the basement yesterday and I came across some Xerox stuff from the 1980's. For the 860 there
are program listings and disk format documentation. For the 820 I have BIOS listings and service manuals for
the monitor they used.
Ny company happened to work with RX here in Finland and I wrote routines to convert from X860 to WordPerfect.
Also from the typewriters.
--
Med v?nlig h?lsning
Anders Gustafsson, ingenj?r
anders.gustafsson at pedago.fi | Support +358 18 12060 | Direkt +358 9 315 45 121 | Mobil +358 40506 7099
Pedago interaktiv ab, Nygatan 7 B , AX-22100 MARIEHAMN, ?LAND, FINLAND
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very quiet today on here
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2021, pleasefixthisbrick via cctech wrote:
> I seem to have the only one in America, and I am trying to find documentation > on it.? I have already backed up ROM's and it's custom CP/M build.?? I am > looking for in depth documentation that I can reference to get this machine > functioning and accessible online.? Hoping to set up a BBS on it.
?
It certainly didn't have market penetration in USA!
I did once have, and implemented in XenoCopy, a sample disk from an Okidata if800 model 20, which seemed to be the same as a BMC if800 model 20 (if one more alternate name might help you find information). I hadn't heard the Sumicom badging.
?
I also had a disk for Oki (don't know if same model) with the Microsoft Stand-Alone BASIC, instead of CP/M.
?
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
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very quiet today on here
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Cisin , General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Sent: Nov 11, 2021 1:25 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Does anybody have documentation or know about the OKI IF800/300 a.k.a. Sumicom System 830
?
On Thu, 11 Nov 2021, pleasefixthisbrick via cctech wrote:
> I seem to have the only one in America, and I am trying to find documentation > on it.? I have already backed up ROM's and it's custom CP/M build.?? I am > looking for in depth documentation that I can reference to get this machine > functioning and accessible online.? Hoping to set up a BBS on it.
?
It certainly didn't have market penetration in USA!
I did once have, and implemented in XenoCopy, a sample disk from an Okidata if800 model 20, which seemed to be the same as a BMC if800 model 20 (if one more alternate name might help you find information). I hadn't heard the Sumicom badging.
?
I also had a disk for Oki (don't know if same model) with the Microsoft Stand-Alone BASIC, instead of CP/M.
?
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
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The remains of my DEC computer lab. Need to have removed by christmas
https://photos.app.goo.gl/b7QL7fNY14WJ7TPDA
Contact me at danieldsnyder-----at----gmail-----.----com
Located in western PA near Pittsburgh
On Thu, 11 Nov 2021, pleasefixthisbrick via cctech wrote:
> I seem to have the only one in America, and I am trying to find documentation
> on it.? I have already backed up ROM's and it's custom CP/M build.?? I am
> looking for in depth documentation that I can reference to get this machine
> functioning and accessible online.? Hoping to set up a BBS on it.
It certainly didn't have market penetration in USA!
I did once have, and implemented in XenoCopy, a sample disk from an
Okidata if800 model 20, which seemed to be the same as a BMC if800 model
20 (if one more alternate name might help you find information). I
hadn't heard the Sumicom badging.
I also had a disk for Oki (don't know if same model) with the Microsoft
Stand-Alone BASIC, instead of CP/M.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
I just received my UKNC from what was Czechoslovakia. Made in 1990 it
was dirty but otherwise in good shape. I need to install an alternate
power supply as the Soviet one requires 220volts and has a wierd plug.
Anyone know where one can find a disk interface for this machine? I
have such for several other vintage systems, which use CF cards, as
with my Atari 8-bits and Atari ST.
I gather there was a floppyface for the thing but that it is pretty
rare. Any help would be appreciated. RSX11 awaits this micro-PDP
compatible.
Best,
Jeff
Please excuse the hijack:
I have two Silent 700's, I think the 745 models with acoustic coupler
and 110/300 baud rocker switch. One I have fixed and it works great
(well, at least as far as that silvery thermal printout goes).
Unfortunately one has three bad keys and at least one missing column on
the printhead (yes, the head itself is bad). Does anyone have a junker
>from which I can buy three keyswitches and a printhead? :)
thanks
Charles
I recently acquired a TI Silent 703 on ePay and just fired up. It worked
right away. But I expected it to work at 300 bauds as advertised, and to my
surprise, it clocked at a the head turning speed of 1200 bauds! Did they
hot-rod it later in its product life? It says MODEL 703 at the back, part
no. 2310503-0010. I did not open it up yet. Is this a hardware mod? Is
there an internal switch that can toggle it between 300 and 1200?
Marc
Short question:
How do I transfer LINCtape images back to tape on a PDP-12? Ideally there
is some binary program to load via papertape to format a tape and recreate
it with data transfer over the console serial line.
Christian
I have a TI monitor that has a power cord that is becoming sticky and gummy and I'm looking at what to do with it. I figure the best solution is to probably see about replacing it with a new one. Has anyone ever looked at this monitor and the cord connection? Have any info on it? How difficult it might be to replace it? I haven't been able to find any doc or anything searching online but may just not be using the right keywords. Any other suggestions on dealing with the cord besides replacing it? Wrap it in something I suppose... Thanks in advance. David Williams www.trailingedge.com (http://www.trailingedge.com)
I am unable to confirm for sure the memory assignment process for I know
without a doubt how to set their page assignments. I can guess but that's
dangerous and inefficient. I want to test an unknown core stack, so I need
to know which RAM space I am testing.
I have a PDP 8e core stack with the following:
H121 8x12 core
G233E
G111C
Anyone know the process of assigning the RAM space on the boards?
Bill
Hello from Seattle everyone,
I'm new to the list. I recently bought a Zorba on Ebay, which was my first
machine as a kid back in 1985, dialing into BBSs and learning assembly and
basic. I put a lot of hours in on this machine and was very excited to
acquire one, even though the sale was 'as is'. I have some issues to
address, beginning with perhaps a faulty component on the video board
driving the crt.
While I'm an experienced programmer and have some rudimentary skills with
electronics, I'm going to be in bootcamp troubleshooting this board. I have
some help in my network of friends, but wanted to throw this out to the
list. Are there any Zorba owners who would be willing to trade
notes/advice with me on their experiences troubleshooting hardware issues
(or anyone else out there, for that matter :) )? Have you used the
composite video out to feed another monitor?
Detail on my first issue: the display appears to need the kind of
stabilization I _thought_ the horizontal and vertical hold adjustments
would provide, but it's not entirely stable. I have tried the composite
out, feeding it to a cheap composite->HDMI adapter, but that signal looks
like a blank screen in need of vert/horiz hold adjusting. Before I go much
further, I was hoping someone out there might be able to verify their use
of the composite out to an external display. I haven't found any detail on
what that signal should look like, other than it's 'composite' - maybe
someone with more expertise can tell me what assumptions I can make about a
composite signal.
Thanks for reading that long message - and glad to be a new member of the
list.
Ben
Does anybody have a wiring diagram?? I have one with two broken wires!
Or a photo of the BERG connector as long as the colour code is
consistent :-)
Thanks in advance,
Nigel
--
Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU
Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept!
Skype: TILBURY2591 nw.johnson at ieee.org
A few months ago, thanks to help from several people here, I converted
an SQ703 TMSCP controller to SQ706 MSCP.
I had problems trying to use it on the vax due to the complexity of
mapping Q-Bus registers under ODT, so put off trying until I got the
LSI-11/73 going.
Now I have a problem: It seems to run and recognise the controller as
SQ706 according to the on-board diagnostics, however it insists saying
it is at 777450, the TMSCP address.? Trying to change it gives me an
out-of-bounds message.
OK, I thought, I will just use it there.
Put it in to a running RT11 system and it shows up at 772150 and clashes
with an existing controller!
It seems that one of the PALs is maybe setting up the address!
Anybody else tried this?
cheers,
Nigel
Here's the fun:?
https://www(dot)bbc(dot)com/news/entertainment-arts-59089596
Maybe our vax computers will become popular once again!
--
Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU
Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept!
Skype: TILBURY2591 nw.johnson at ieee.org
I would like to use my tablet, Samsung Tab E model SM-T560NU, to connect
to my VAX and Linux computers.? There seem to be a large number of
'Apps' out there.? What is a good one to use?
The VAX doesn't have SSH only insecure TELNET.? Another can of worms,
SSH on the Vax?
Doug