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by allisonp＠world.std.com

through my parents Record collection and found a record that is Moog mus < It was something I was looking for, as it was so unusual that I remembe < when my dad brought it home over 20 years ago. < < Anyway I was wondering if anyone knows anything about what kind of hardw < was used for this? Most of the early Moog work was done an ANALOG synths using multitrack recording as most were not polytonic machines. Names of people who did commercial work were Wendy Carlos, Iaso Tomita and Claude Denjean to name some in my collection (Vinyl). The classic was Switched on Bach, Carlos. Some had primitive sequencers but it would not be until the late 70s that the computer->synth connection would start to really get out of the lab. Allison

27 years, 10 months

More Moog

by fauradon＠pclink.com

Since we're on the subject: I have a small synth that was sold at Radio Shack (Tandy) that is labelled "Mini Moog Music" Are there any relation to the Moog we're talking about or did they only used the name for marketting? Francois ------------------------------------------------------------- Visit the desperately in need of update Sanctuary at: http://www.pclink.com/fauradon

27 years, 10 months

HP 700/44 terminal to get rid of

by rhblake＠bbtel.com

I'm really wondering if you guys are talking about the same thing I am here but I have a perfect condition HP 700/44 terminal with rs232 and current loop connections on back, with keyboard. I believe it's monochrome amber and emulates different systems. This is the last (and best) of the batch I had for sale. I'd like $15 plus shipping for this one. Also still have the Visual 102 terminal with keyboard in breat condition, $10 plus shipping - but a little heavier. The DEC VT 220 is spoken for and the DEC 100 is due to get gutted next week.- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Russ Blakeman RB Custom Services / Rt. 1 Box 62E / Harned, KY USA 40144 Phone: (502) 756-1749 Data/Fax:(502) 756-6991 Email: rhblake(a)bbtel.com or rhblake(a)bigfoot.com Website: http://members.tripod.com/~RHBLAKE/ ICQ UIN #1714857 AOL Instant Messenger "RHBLAKEMAN" * Parts/Service/Upgrades and more for MOST Computers* --------------------------------------------------------------------

27 years, 10 months

Moog (on topic, too...)

by allisonp＠world.std.com

< I hope it wasn't too obscure! I had an exhibit in the 1980 one which wa < called the "Personal Computer Arts Festival". The music was the first da < visual art the second. For your interest, the music program was: Electronic music was a popular application in the 76-82 timeframe before midi caught hold. It was activly followed and robotics was another group. Allison

27 years, 10 months

PDP Boot Loader

by Anthony.Dellett＠Staples.com

My girlfriend and I have a PDP with a Charles River Data Systems RL02 clone. Anyone know a boot loader for this puppy? (Funny thing is, Charles River Data Systems is less than two blocks from my office, noone there knows anything about the drives :) Tony

27 years, 10 months

Followup on the new Imsai

by Anthony.Dellett＠Staples.com

Well, I finally got it. Took it apart and found that whomever owned it previously already mounted a power switch in the back and runs all the AC voltage thru there. There is alot of corrosion on the ICs in the front panel, I'm going to need to spend some time cleaning everything up there. One switch and two switch covers are broken but those are easy to replace. Four of the 100 pin card edge connectors need to be replaced (two are just way too loose and corroded, the others are broken). Everything else seems to be fine (the power supply is okay and supplying the proper voltages). Now all I gotta do is order all these parts and enough S-100 cards to complete a CP/M system and I'm all set. Wish me luck! Tony Dellett

27 years, 10 months

Moog (on topic, too...)

by ddameron＠earthlink.net

At 08:58 AM 7/27/98 -0400, Allison wrote: >Electronic music: > >One item I reported I had was not from PCC-77 but instead an obscure >event known as the Philadephia Computer Music Festival in 78. That was an >effort of Creative computing. It featured music from: > I hope it wasn't too obscure! I had an exhibit in the 1980 one which was called the "Personal Computer Arts Festival". The music was the first day, visual art the second. For your interest, the music program was: Hal Chamberlin, High quality music synthesis outside of real-time using microcomputers. Laurie Speigel, Computer Composition systems. Rob Moore, The Apple orchestra. Joe Wilson, Computer control of an analog synthesizer. Steve Levine, A collection of computer music experiments for the hobbyist. Bill Mauchly, A discussion of timbre in computer music synthesis. Roger Meyers, A synopsis of computer music composition and techniques >from MUSIC 5 to the Synclavier. Rebecca Mercuri, Digital sound research at RCA. Kevin Doren, The Crumar gwneral development system; a large scale digital synthesizer. Jon Bondy, The Casheab 32 voice synthesizer for the S-100 bus. Stuart Newfeld, A disk based music editor and four voice synthesizer for the S-100 bus. Ellen Lapham, Charles Kellner, The Alpha Syntauri computer music keyboard. Cliff Ashcraft, Frank Covitz, Enhanced software for music synthesis using the 6502. AB Computers, The visible music monitor. The evening concert was by: Laurie Spiegal, Hal Chamberlin, Rob Moore, and Frank Covitz & Cliff Ashcraft. Hal C. played (in real time, of course) Bach's T. and Fugue in D minor from a 12.5Mb file, a lot of floppy swapping. -Dave

27 years, 10 months

FW: Fellow wants to buy a VS3100

by kyrrin＠jps.net

Check this out. If you want to make a quick $90 on any VS3100's you've got, this fellow's looking. I only have one left, so I'm hanging onto it for now. Attachment follows. -=-=- <snip> -=-=- On Tue, 28 Jul 1998 13:57:17 -0700, in comp.sys.dec you wrote: >>From: Eric DeArment <ejd(a)efn.org> >>Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.sys.dec.micro >>Subject: WTB >>Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 13:57:17 -0700 >>Organization: Oregon Public Networking >>Lines: 17 >>Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95.980728135255.14513A-100000(a)garcia.efn.org> >>NNTP-Posting-Host: garcia.efn.org >>Mime-Version: 1.0 >>Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII >>Path: blushng.jps.net!news.eli.net!news.fiber.net!news-stk-2.sprintlink.net!news-west.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-peer-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.idt.net!enews.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!news.cs.uoregon.edu!news.efn.org!garcia.efn.org!ejd >>Xref: blushng.jps.net comp.sys.dec:2338 comp.sys.dec.micro:272 >> >>I'm looking for a VAXstation 3100 with ULTRIX installed. I don't need a >>kb, mouse or monitor, since I already have a vt220 that I can use, but I >>will need one of the special cables that you need to hook up the terminal >>up to the computer. >> >>I don't have that much money (I've allocated about $140 for this), so I'm >>looking for something that I can buy for around $90 or so. >> >> Thanks >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------ >>| , | Eric DeArment | >>|"An Fhirinne in aghaidh an tSaoil." | | >>|"The Truth Against the World." | ejd(a)efn.org | >>------------------------------------------------------ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Sysop, The Dragon's Cave (Fido 1:343/272) http://table.jps.net/~kyrrin -- also kyrrin [A-t] Jps {D=o=t} Net Spam is bad. Spam is theft of service. Spam wastes resources. Don't spam, period. I am a WASHINGTON STATE resident. Spam charged $500.00 per incident per Chapter 19 RCW.

27 years, 10 months

Dual floppy drive

by mbg＠world.std.com

I recently got one of those combo drives -- the one with both a 5.25" and a 3.5" floppy built in. It is the Teac FD505... I currently have a Teac FD-55GFV (RX33) on my RQDX3 at home... is anyone familiar with the two drives? Can I replace eht RX33 with the combo drive and get it to work? I've already tried simply using it as distributed... and the controller (sorry, its the RQZX1 controller, not RQDX3) sees the two drives. But when I try to access either, they get directory read errors on disks I know should work... Any help appreciated... Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | Internet (work): gentry zk3.dec.com | | Unix Support Engineering Group | (home): mbg world.std.com | | Compaq Computer Corporation | addresses need '@' in place of ' ' | | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (603) 884 1055 | required." - mbg | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

27 years, 10 months

mac os stuff WAS: Re: Zenith Data Systems laptop

by kroma＠worldnet.att.net

>You might try ftp.apple.com. Don't know if they have macos there, but >they certainly have all the 8 bit operating systems. They seem to have a >policy of releasing OSs for no-longer-supported platforms, so maybe they'd have >older versions of MacOS. > Try ftp://dev.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/US/Macintosh/S ystem -- Kirk

27 years, 10 months

Qbus music boards

by mbg＠world.std.com

>>>ard(a)p85ug1.demon.co.uk >If it's any help, the AY-3-8912 is the AY-3-8910 with only 1 8 bit I/O >port rather than 2 (and the AY-3-8913 has no I/O ports). The sound >registers are identical. > >I'm sure I've got pinouts of all 3 devices, and descriptions of the >registers if you need them. I'm interested in whatever information you can provide... I've had this for awhile, but have had no documentation or even code to drive it, so I couldn't figure it out. I worked with the MicroPower/Pascal people way back when they worked on the star wars cantina demo, but I never had a doc set for the board... Any help MUCH appreciated... Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | Internet (work): gentry zk3.dec.com | | Unix Support Engineering Group | (home): mbg world.std.com | | Compaq Computer Corporation | addresses need '@' in place of ' ' | | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (603) 884 1055 | required." - mbg | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ k

27 years, 10 months

Linux world domination

by franke＠sbs.de

> Someone mentioned staroffice. Do they still offer 3.x for download? I > couldn't find it anywhere, though Caldera is selling 4.0 for $20. Where > is the website? I thought it was www.stardivision.com. Normaly it is www.stardivision.de/.com but .com doesn't work. Staroffice 4.0 (SP3) Non-Comercial is availabe via http://support.stardiv.de/service/Download/SO40_Final/Linux/so40linux.asp or for 78 Mark as CD direct from them via https://support.stardiv.de/VertriebSecure/onlineshop/src/linux.asp these are at least the pages I know (if you need help for the forms, just ask). Compared to the downloadtime tis price is still ok. Gruss H. -- Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut HRK

27 years, 10 months

PDP Boot Loader

by Anthony.Dellett＠Staples.com

Oopsie... Sorry... PDP-11/23 (i even called her at work cause I couldn't remember wether it was the 23 or the 34) Tony :) > -----Original Message----- > From: Christian Fandt [mailto:cfandt@servtech.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 1:58 PM > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > Subject: Re: PDP Boot Loader > > > At 12:35 28-07-98 -0400, you wrote: > >My girlfriend and I have a PDP with a Charles River Data Systems RL02 > >clone. Anyone know a boot loader for this puppy? > > > >(Funny thing is, Charles River Data Systems is less than two > blocks from > >my office, noone there knows anything about the drives :) > > Tony, tell us what PDP model it is! (PDP-11/23 or -11/44 or > PDP-8/E, or > etc. etc.) > > Regards, Chris > -- -- > Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian > Jamestown, NY USA > Member of Antique Wireless Association > URL: http://www.ggw.org/freenet/a/awa/ >

27 years, 10 months

Linux world domination

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

Someone mentioned staroffice. Do they still offer 3.x for download? I couldn't find it anywhere, though Caldera is selling 4.0 for $20. Where is the website? I thought it was www.stardivision.com. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

27 years, 10 months

A few different things

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

Was there a puck with this? I have a Summasketch something-or-other, and I want to know how the puck works, pinout, etc. >(1) SummaSketch II Tablet > $40 > >rob > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

27 years, 10 months

Moog (on topic, too...)

by mbg＠world.std.com

> Somewhat more back on topic , Megan let slip that you designed an >interface for the "Mark 11". Would it a major undertaking to build an A-D >converter to take the VCO off an analogue synth and convert it to MIDI >or to sample or record it ? And my ST is over 10 years old !! : ^ )) Actually, the 'MK10' stood for 'Music Kludge - 10' and apparently consisted of something attached to the accumulator lights (which the software flashed on and off at the appropriate fequencies). We called our board the MK11-B (Music Kludge - 11, revision B). The Rev A was my initial circuit which was one SGC driven by a DR11C on the pdp-11/10 I have at home. Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | Internet (work): gentry zk3.dec.com | | Unix Support Engineering Group | (home): mbg world.std.com | | Compaq Computer Corporation | addresses need '@' in place of ' ' | | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (603) 884 1055 | required." - mbg | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

27 years, 10 months

Moog (on topic, too...)

by mbg＠world.std.com

Allison, we have to get together... I also have one of the Qbus sound cards... Megan

27 years, 10 months

NeXtStation TurboColor

by Anthony.Dellett＠Staples.com

I been in yer shoes. The color NeXT Station used either a proprietary keyboard/mouse interface or ADB versions. I'm not sure how to figger out which is which but the guys at http://www.deepspacetech.com/ would, plus, they carry the other stuff you're gonna need to get the sucker up and running (like the OS). Tony > -----Original Message----- > From: Anthony Eros [mailto:Anthony.Eros@digital.com] > Sent: Sunday, July 26, 1998 7:21 PM > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > Subject: NeXtStation TurboColor > > > I picked up a NeXtStation TurboColor box today at a hamfest. > A kid had > just bought 3 monitors, 4 boxes and a small stack of manuals and sold > me the extra system box for $25. No memory or hard disk and > (of course) > no monitor, cable, keyboard, mouse or software. > > Does anyone have experience with these systems? Any tips on getting > the pieces needed to get it running? > > -- Tony >

27 years, 10 months

Apple Prototype Keyboard

by Anthony.Dellett＠Staples.com

They start most items at 1000. I know where you can get an imagewriter printer in a clear plastic case with serial #1000. Tony > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Owad [mailto:tomowad@earthlink.net] > Sent: Saturday, July 25, 1998 6:22 PM > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > Subject: Apple Prototype Keyboard > > > I just acquired two Apple prototype keyboards. The > keyboard is very > small with no frame and only 58 keys. They hvae stereo-type > connectors > on them, as oppose to ADB, and I have an adapter box to hook > them up to a > Mac Plus (and they do work, btw). > According to my "AppleDesign" book, they are "Cassie" keyboards, > co-designed by Mannock and Esslinger for the SnowWhite Project. Does > anyone have any further information on these keyboards? And how do > things like this get outside of Apple? I'm under the > impression Apple > doesn't exactly give this kind of stuff away. > > On the back the keyboards read: > > [logo]apple > apq > Development Engineering > PROTOTYPE > S/n# Model# > 1012 > (the other says "1032") > > Does Apple start numbering at '1' or '1000'? > > The keyboard, btw, is obviously a prototype. The whole thing > seems quite > flimsy and the keys are all angled slightly differently. > > Tom > > -- > Sysop of Caesarville Online > Client software at: <http://home.earthlink.net/~tomowad/> >

27 years, 10 months

The Moog

by allisonp＠world.std.com

< I, too, have the Bermuda Triangle LP, but if I remember correctly I have < copies -- one pressed in pink vinyl and one pressed in blue. Mine was plan vinyl (black) a later copy. < As an aside, My personal favorite of the early synth years is Larry Fast < Synergy project. I have those too. Electronic realizations for a rock Orchestra. Allison

27 years, 10 months

S-100 bus termination

by allisonp＠world.std.com

< Originally, the Altair (S-100) bus did not define a need for termination < any kind. It was not until things on the bus started to speed up (usin < DMA and such) that anyone apparently thought about it. The altair bus was never specified, nor engineered. IF it were it would not have been built that way. It was more like people tried to makes them work and found the crashed often and without apparent cause. Other people found if the move the boards from one slow to another would make a program crash. Using an extender card crashed the system. Most all found as they added memory the system would get more or less stable. I was one of the early ones looking at the data lines mostly if horror with my scope. Of the handfull of computer people in the LI, NY area at the time I was one of the few with a scope. < Can't hurt. I will say however, I do seem to recall seeing a board or t < that would not run on a terminated bus, but that has been so long that < don't evem recall what it was. There were a few really badly designed boards that couldn't drive the bus at all well and tended to also aggravate the noise situation. Allison

27 years, 10 months

Zenith Data Systems laptop

by tomowad＠earthlink.net

Just purchased three Zenith Data Systems laptops at a Hamfest - my first IBM-compatible computers, believe it or not (always focused on the Apples & under-the-TV 8-bit systems). Needless to say, I don't know a thing about them. There are no power adapters. I have a 12v 300 mA adapter. Will that work with them? I hooked it up to all three systems - 2 of them didn't do a thing. The third "spins" up and I can hear a very faint wining noise from inside. The monitor, however, shows nothing (could this be due to too little amperage?). The computer gives a three-tone beep every 15 seconds or so (estimate) and beeps whenever I press a key. Anybody have any suggestions? Like I said, I don't anything about these, so any advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Tom -- Sysop of Caesarville Online Client software at: <http://home.earthlink.net/~tomowad/>

27 years, 10 months

Linux World Domination!

by franke＠sbs.de

>>> [Linux World Domination] >>> Y'know, once we get that user-friendly stuff happening, we're gonna >>> kick windows's ass. >>> User friendly + reliable + free = the next killer O/S. >>> Windows will simply have no way to compete and still turn a profit. >> One name: ApplixWare. Go find it and install it. That'll provide you >> with all the user-friendliness you want. > Yup. Redhat Applixware running under Caldera 1,2 with Redhad/Triteal > CDE. Beats the crap of my NT system at work with Office '97 in both > user-friendly and stable. IMAO of course. Ever tried KDE - IMHO the best attempt to get a whole desktop environment - and its public. (And try StarOffice as office suite -> you'll never think again about MS, especialy since SO is also availabe for Win3.1/95/NT _and_ OS/2). CCob: Ever tried (DR-)DOS and GEM ? _TONS_ of good old and some new soft! Gruss H. -- Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut HRK

27 years, 10 months

LCD & SVGA...

by poesie＠geocities.com

Is it possible to take a "standard" svga type lcd display and wire it to a typical SVGA video card? How does it differ inside a laptop that has both an external SVGA adapter and the internal LCD connection? I'd love to use some of these LCD displays I have in some systems. any info would be appreciated. -Eric

27 years, 10 months

Moog (on topic, too...)

by allisonp＠world.std.com

< I still have one prototyped at home... it allowed up to 9 voices < (three voices/chip, 3 chips) of sound, and 3 voices of percussion. I happen to have the DEC internal card for the Q-bus Ey-0105E-ms-101 (AKA Gigilo), uses two GI-AY-3-8912 sound chips. I also have some of the PDP-11 software to drive it. I don't have a schematic for it or the specs for the sound chips however I do have a few sources for the music play software (asm a upower pascal). I also have the honor of meeting Carlos in an old wherehouse and sound lab on Long Island back in 1973 when the company I was with was moving in to the facility. There was some amazing old junk left behind like old audio power amps with 807s and 813s... It was just down the block >from SUNY farmingdale. Allison

27 years, 10 months

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