For some reason the misbehaving TC01 controller on the PDP-8/I at the
RICM decide work yesterday. Possibly due to the low temperature in the
RICM warehouse. We took advantage of the situation and formatted and
tested five DECtapes.
Following the procedure in Appendix-A of the 4k Disk System Monitor
System Disk System manual, we ran the DEC-D8-SBAF-PB 4k Disk System
Monitor System Disk System Builder. We told it that the 8/I system
does not have any disks or a high-speed paper tape reader. The System
Builder wrote the Monitor, Loader, Command Decoder, Directory, and
Storage Allocation Block Maps to the DECtape. We were able to enter
the DECtape bootstrap program and boot the 4k monitor.
The next installation step is to add programs to the DECtape. We
continued with the procedure in Appendix-A.4. When the console
displayed an ^ we entered a CTRL-P and then told the terminal emulator
to send DEC-D8-PDAD-PB Disk System PIP-DF32 tape image. After sending
about 1,500 characters the 8/I started echoing the characters from the
tape image on the console and the command processor tried to use the
input as commands. Somehow, after receiving 1,500 characters the 4k
monitor switched from paper tape input mode to command mode.
I am not sure if this configuration can be duplicated on one of the
emulators. If someone could try the monitor installation and
subsequent loading of programs from a real "Teletype" it would be
interesting to see if it works. If it does work, then maybe we need to
add the reader control circuitry to the 20mA/RS-232 converter that we
are using to connect a PC to the PDP-8/I.
Any advice would be appreciated.
--
Michael Thompson
the epson 4490 does a nice job and has inserts.. i shoot medium frormat
btw...
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
> At 3:11 PM -0500 12/9/12, steve shumaker wrote:
>
>> On 12/9/2012 1:34 PM, Joost van de Griek wrote:
>>
>>> On 9 dec. 2012, at 18:14, steve shumaker<shumaker at att.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> please explain what you mean by "scanning them wet"....
>>>>
>>>>
>>> <http://youtube.com/#/watch?v=**sMnxWknF4SM<http://youtube.com/#/watch?v=sMnxWknF4SM>
>>> >
>>>
>>> .tsooJ
>>>
>>> the link didn't help (doesn't link to anything specific) but it did
>> prod me into doing a google. interesting! Been scanning stuff at fairly
>> high res for years but never heard of that technique before. makes sense
>> though.
>>
>>
>> steve
>>
>
> Rather than wet, here is the route I plan to get once I finally upgrade my
> Epson 2450. It's also part of why I'm waiting for Epson to release what I
> really want. When you factor in the price of both the scanner and the
> mounts I need, it will be an expensive setup.
>
> Zane
>
>
> --
> | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator |
> | healyzh at aracnet.com | OpenVMS Enthusiast |
> | | Photographer |
> +-----------------------------**-----+------------------------**----+
> | My flickr Photostream |
> | http://www.flickr.com/photos/**33848088 at N03/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/33848088 at N03/> |
> | My Photography Website |
> | http://www.zanesphotography.**com<http://www.zanesphotography.com> |
>
>
I have a sizeable number of Intersil 0.3" 14-pin DIP ICs (plastic package)
with a part number "3-200-5" and a 1978 date code.
Google turns up about 500 hits - all of them those obnoxious Chinese sites
none of who have the chip or any data about them.
How do folks work around all the "we find you chip fast, enter RFQ here"
web sites?
Steve
--
It's been a long while since my last post, and I should have cleaned up before
moving rather than after. But I have a pile of monitors and external SCSI
boxes that I'm not interest in keeping. Is there any interest or should these
go to the recyclers.
Apple monitors these came with the 2e all the way upto the LC's I think I
only need to keep one or two so there are several spares
Also older CGA and VGA monitors
a few older terminals
a pair of IBM PC 500 servers
and 3 AS/400 9404s
--
Collector of vintage computers http://www.ncf.ca/~ba600
Ive opened an Etsy store for all the vintage apple and computer items I
have for sale. Makes it easier that way, Everyone can shop at their
leisure. If you dont like the price you see just let me know.
Heres the link to the store. Ill be continually adding items, and hope
to have at least 100 items listed by the weekend
http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageAppleNMore
Thanks
Steve
I have a limited number of IBM 5151 monitors for sale. This is the
classic green screen monitor that shipped with the basic IBM PC 5150.
Condition is adequate. They are dirty but I will clean them up before
shipping out. Will test for basic functionality. No burn-in or other
problems, but no warranty either.
The price is $30 each plus shipping.
First come, first served.
Please contact me directly via e-mail.
Thanks!
--
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Dear CC Talkers and VCF Fans:
The Vintage Computer Festival is currently securing funding for
operations and storage of the VCF Archives for the next 6 months. As
such, the VCF is conducting a limited sale of select items of the VCF
Archives.
As the VCF Archives pretty much contains everything, and due to current
time restraints, the sale will be held as such: contact me (Sellam) with a
wish list, and I'll indicate which of your requested items I could offer
with a description and offer price. We can haggle out a deal from there.
As my funding needs surpass my ability to deal with many small
transactions, I am necessarily limiting the sales to items of a value of
at least $250. This does not mean I will attempt to jack up the prices,
but I would prefer to make single transactions that have a value of $250
or more.
I apologize for the unorthodox nature of this sale but I am in an
unorthodox situation and this is the surest way I know to raise the funds
necessary to secure the archives.
Please e-mail me with your wish lists directly.
Thanks!
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Sellam Ismail VintageTech
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Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap...The truth is always simple.
Hi! John Monahan and I have been working on an SVGA display compatible
S-100 board and it is almost ready to go.
While it is not SVGA register compatible it does allow for an economical
SVGA compatible display for your S-100 system.
http://s100computers.com/My%20System%20Pages/Lava-10%20Board/LAVA-10%20Board
.htm
http://n8vem-sbc.pbworks.com/w/browse/#view=ViewFolder¶m=S-100%20LAVA
Some additional discussion here on the vintage-computer.com forum
http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?30687
A viable PCB manufacturing order is at least 20 orders just to pay for the
boards, tooling, shipping, etc.
There are approximately 12 "firm" PCB requests and as soon as this project
is viable I will make the manufacturing order.
Thanks and have a happy holidays!
Andrew Lynch
PS, if cash and/or paypal is an issue, we can make trades for certain
computer parts, electronic components, tools, metals, coins, unused gift
cards, shipping materials, scrap, etc. Please let's discuss!
I prefer sequence numbers punched in columns 72 to 80, along with a line or lines drawn on the top edge of the deck. With sequence numbers, you could use unit record equipment to re-order them.
-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Goodman [tsg at bonedaddy.net]
Received: Friday, 07 Dec 2012, 4:56am
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts [cctalk at classiccmp.org]
Subject: Re: Fan Fold paper tape
* Mike Loewen <mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us> [121207 07:31]:
> On Thu, 6 Dec 2012, Dave McGuire wrote:
>
> > On 12/06/2012 11:01 PM, mc68010 wrote:
> >>> I may try to grab this box of paper tape. -Dave
> >>
> >> Please grab it tightly. All I can think of looking at those pictures is
> >> what it must be like if that all came out of the box. The horror !
> >
> > That's been happening to me with big programs since I was in my teens,
> > man. I'm used to it. I find the re-folding to be very relaxing. ;)
>
> Do you also find sorting dropped boxes of punched cards to be relaxing?
> :-)
I do, as long as there was a diagonal line drawn across the top of them
before they were dropped.
Todd
What drew me to it was the .20 cent listing fees.. They only take a 3.5
percent cut of your final value. Pictures are free and you can list as
much as you want. The listings last 3 months too which makes it even
better.
Feel free to chime in your thoughts on my pricing. Im listing a ton of
vintage apple.
It's too late now to tell that mad Ozzie Dave not to tear it down. But
here's the video for those so inclined (and by the way, Teardown Tuesday is
great fun each and every week!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBjoWMA5d84
Be sure and lookout for the Official Australian Safety boots.
Bernd,
Greetings! I have a mysterious ISA card and after researching, I found an old post from 2007 which contained a conversation you were having regarding an Opus ISA
SparcCard.? I'm curious if this is what I currently have.
Do you happen to know of any online information about getting this working?? I was going to recycle it but it seems a shame if it is a bit of history and of unique functionality.
Any help is most appreciated and thank you!
Paul Anderson
Greetings everyone,
I just wanted to bring the following 2 items to the lists attention. I'm
surprised I've seen no discussion about the record setting prices from the
recent Auction Team Breker sale last week where an Apple I sold for about
$640,000 and an Altair 8800 reached $16,000. WOW! Does anyone have any
insights to these? Do you think these prices were due to auction excitement
or new global interest in the value of collectible computers?
http://acn.liveauctioneers.com/index.php/auctions/auction-results/8714-apple
-1-computer-sells-for-640000-at-auction-team-breker
I have a bootable 100MB RSX-11M image in SIMH
that I'd like to blast onto a Zip disk and boot through my
CQD-220. I'm running a build on SIMH that's essentially
identical to my machine, so it should be straightforward,
but when I try to boot my disk, I get a "not bootable"
response from the ROM (the activity light on the Zip
drive does flash momentarily, so I know something is
going on, but it doesn't look like it's taking enough time
to actually seek anything (and when I boot through the
bootstrap provided by the CQD-220 ROM, I get a HALT
at 000002, which tells me it's probably getting all zeroes).
I know at least some of you boot your -11s off of Zip disks,
probably with similar cards. What am I missing? As far
as I can tell, the SIMH disk image format is a headerless
binary blob, but it doesn't look like I'm getting to the point
where that even matters yet.
- Dave
I wonder if that was originally from Tri-Valley Growers.? a very large agricultural Co-op based in Modesto (nearby) that went bankrupt in 1999.? They were heavy VAX and later alpha users and would show up fairly regularly at BAYVAX meetings back in the day.? Not sure about the graphics thing though, can't remember them talking about that, but it's been a while.? Just for fun I googled for "tri valley growers vax" and was surprised to see how many people out there have that on their resumes.? Pretty fertile ground for computer people as well as fruit.
Regards, Jim
I like to run an older Cisco multibus router with my old computers, just to keep it
all 'vintage' and I'd like to find a spare router if anyone has one. Any of the older
Cisco 'multibus' AGS routers would be of interest. I'm in the UK, but would pay
for postage from overseas. Thanks.
For anyone resident in the UK and missed it, this program is a "must watch":-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01p65b7/Britain_on_Film_The_Joy_of_Te…
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I stopped by Free Geeks in Portland Oregon tonight and they had a nice
condition Heath Z-19 terminal for $60. I didn't have the extra cash to
buy it but thought I would post it here. The cosmetic condition of the
terminal was very good. I looked inside and it appears complete and it
is just a terminal. I did not power it up.
Paxton
--
Paxton Hoag
Astoria, OR
USA
I'm now ready to take orders for P112 kits from people who didn't get
onboard the Kickstarter project. For a complete kit (board and all parts
that solder or plug into it), the cost is $200 to addresses inside the US
-- $215 outside the US. If you want one (or more) please email me with
your Paypal address so I can make up a proper invoice. Alternatively, I
will accept check and money orders.
If you want Terry Gulczynski to build and test the kit for you let me know
and I'll get that set up. If you're outside the US and want this service,
you can pay the inside-the-US price. I'll ship the kit to Terry. He'll
charge you for his services and ship you your board. If you want to order
a GIDE board at the same time, he can do that too for you. He'll also
sell you the GIDE board by itself if you want to build it all yourself.
--
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?
>
> > > idiots with too much disposable income.
> On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, Dave McGuire wrote:
> > ...or, playing devil's advocate here, rich people with a much better
> > idea of an item's value than this (notoriously over-the-top cheap) crowd.
>
> How do I find those guys? I have a lot of crap^H^H^H^H valuable items
> that they should buy!
>
I'll bet they'd love to buy lots of R at RE gold plated IEC to BS1363 power cords.