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by oltmansg＠gmail.com

> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Ethan O'Toole" <ethan at 757.org> > To: Murray McCullough <c.murray.mccullough at gmail.com>, "General > Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 11:11:49 -0400 (EDT) > Subject: Re: Coleco & Atari > > old? 1983. Coleco ADAM, my favourite, and Atari 600XL, not so much. I > still > > have my ADAM. No not why. But isn?t this why we all belong to > classiccomp. And > > $600. How quaint! BTW(sorry), it had an update on CP/M called CP/M Plus. > > Gosh, I miss those old days. > > Oh man, the Atari 8bit is second to the Adam? IIRC the 800XL and Floppy > Drive cost less than the Coleco Adam kit. You didn't get a daisy wheel > printer, but you got better sound and a much larger library. > > I grew up on the ColecoVision, neighbor had the Atari 5200. I used to say > the ColecoVision was better when younger but now I have to say I think the > Atari 5200 is better. > > Have yet to own an Adam, but I always thought of the Adam as something of > a failure? There was a large number of them that shipped DOA or close to > DOA as well due to power supply issue (in the printer) ? > > > The ADAM was a well-designed system with a great set of launch software hobbled by a rollout/gamble for the Christmas buying season that didn't pay off. If they had a proper release to work out the manufacturing issues they would have been a lot more successful I think. Nevertheless, any system in the wild you come across should work just as well as any other vintage machine by this time. It's my favorite machine pre-Amiga/ST/IIgs/Mac.

6 years, 5 months

And yet another batch of IBM big iron one Ebay Germany..

by jos.dreesen＠greenmail.ch

an IBM 4331 for 1000 Euro b.i.n. seems OK to me, if I was in that sort of thing ! See? https://www.ebay.de/itm/IBM-grosrechner/184010116585 and his other offerings... Jos

6 years, 5 months

[cctalk] First transistors

by w9gb＠icloud.com

Jack Ward would be happy to include in the museum collection. http://semiconductormuseum.com/Museum_Index.htm Helped Jack over a decade ago, to document the usage of transistors in Explorer I. He did oral history interview with Dr. George Ludwig before he passed in 2013. http://semiconductormuseum.com/Museum_Index.htm#ORAL_HISTORIES gb

6 years, 6 months

IBM 1500 [was RE: Vintage Computer Warehouse Liquidation]

by RichA＠livingcomputers.org

From: William Donzelli Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2019 6:45 PM > PICTURES! PICTURES! PICTURES! >> I have been unable to find anything about the 4505 display station. Does >> anyone know any details about this item? It resembles an IBM 2260, but the >> keyboard is not built-in, as in the 2260. > I think it may be for an IBM 1500, the educational system based on an 1130. The 1500 I worked with at the University of Texas School of Education was based on an 1800 (which is of course the same architecture as the 1130, but in highboy industrial cabinetry rather than a desk. Coursewriter II and APL\1500 for the educational software, FORTRAN II and assembler for background tasks. Rich

6 years, 6 months

a bunch of decus pdp-8 writups

by aek＠bitsavers.org

https://archive.org/details/manuals_hack42?and%5B%5D=addeddate%3A2019-10%2A… who knows if they've already been scanned

6 years, 6 months

Vintage Computer Warehouse Liquidation

by tsraguso＠gmail.com

This is a picture of the IBM 4505 display station. https://photos.app.goo.gl/iQXPGLS8zdD3JHyF8 Thomas Raguso

6 years, 6 months

IBM 2321 Data Cell

by peter＠vanpeborgh.eu

Hello again everyone! This is my regular visit to CCTECH trying to find an example (or two) of this weird and wonderful piece of IBM mass storage for my ancient computer collection. For a description, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_2321_Data_Cell . Hope springs eternal, thank you for your patience, peter

6 years, 6 months

Can't contact Dave McGuire AK4HZ

by elson＠pico-systems.com

Dave McQuire keeps emailing me about the CAMAC controller boards, but he obviously is not getting my replies. Anybody know how to contact him? Thanks, Jon

6 years, 6 months

Coleco & Atari

by c.murray.mccullough＠gmail.com

I came across an old copy of Popular Science on yesterday, forthwith I know not how, that had a story of two vintage/old/retro/classic-computers. How old? 1983. Coleco ADAM, my favourite, and Atari 600XL, not so much. I still have my ADAM. No not why. But isn?t this why we all belong to classiccomp. And $600. How quaint! BTW(sorry), it had an update on CP/M called CP/M Plus. Gosh, I miss those old days. Happy computing all. Murray ? <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

6 years, 6 months

Philips mini computers

by nico＠farumdata.dk

Hi all, Back in the 70's and 80's Philips had a quite popular series of mini computers called P800, which also branched out to the PTS series and possibly other. Could I be lucky to find other list members interested in these products? I know of a few, but there surely must be others. I'm trying to collect what is left of the documentation. 73, Nico

6 years, 6 months

ck703 - ge g11 first transistor -- prototypes of first bell transistors pt contact and grown junction and solar cells and more and mroe and more

by couryhouse＠aol.com

ck703 -? sylvania first sold transistor? ge g11 ge's? first transistor -- prototypes of first? ever produced bell transistors pt contact and grown junction and solar cells drop me a note OFFLIST t many many treasures? including ingots, slabs, slices and? steps? of? item manufacture?Any one interested in these to accompany your commuter collection???? ==thanks highest? and best use a plus? drop me a note OFFLIST thanks e#

6 years, 6 months

Philips mini computers

by fjkraan＠xs4all.nl

Hi, Some manuals are available at: http://electrickery.xs4all.nl/comp/divcomp/doc/index.html There is a simulator (and more manuals) at: http://www.theoengel.nl/P800/p800sim.html Greetings, Fred Jan

6 years, 6 months

Looking for Silent 700 parts

by charlesmorris800＠centurytel.net

I'm still looking for a Silent 700 printhead with all the pixels working. And three keyswitches (or a complete keyboard, doesn't have to be all there or working). thanks Charles -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

6 years, 6 months

Vintage Computer Warehouse Liquidation

by tsraguso＠gmail.com

Update #3: I have found many examples of rare IBM gear from the 1960s inside the warehouse. These include: 8x IBM 029 keypunch keyboard Boxes of IBM keypunch parts 2x IBM 552 Interpreter 1x IBM 083 Card Sorter 1x IBM 4505 Display Station I have been unable to find anything about the 4505 display station. Does anyone know any details about this item? It resembles an IBM 2260, but the keyboard is not built-in, as in the 2260. I am taking offers on the items listed above. Thomas Raguso

6 years, 6 months

VCF PNW: 2nd call for Exhibits, Speakers and Volunteers

by mbbrutman＠brutman.com

Just a friendly reminder ... VCF PNW 2020 will be on March 21st and 22nd at Living Computers:Museum+Labs in Seattle, Washington. We are looking for exhibits, speakers and volunteers. Presenting an exhibit or speaking at the event takes a little time but it is not difficult. And the reward is that you get to share something that you are passionate about with like-minded people, usually over 1000 of them. Exhibits range from small homebrew machines all the way up to high dollar bigger-iron. (I didn't say big iron because we have not had anybody move anything in with a forklift yet.) Pictures from previous years and details on what to expect can be found at http://vcfed.org/vcf-pnw . Volunteering is pretty easy too; we usually just need a few extra hands to do setup, teardown, and some minor tasks. In between you get to enjoy the museum and the event. If you have special skills we'll put those to use too. If you are thinking of traveling from outside of the region there is plenty to do in Seattle while you are here. Local attractions include the Connections Museum, the Pacific Science Center, MoPOP, the Boeing factory tour, Mr. Rainier, etc. Victoria, British Columbia is also a short distance away. See a more complete list at https://goo.gl/3emMWH . Five months seems to be the distant future but we all know how quickly it will pass. If you are mildly curious or have a question don't be shy - I'm happy to explain the event in more detail. Regards, Mike mbbrutman at brutman.com or michael at vcfed.org

6 years, 6 months

Jacquard Systems

by aek＠bitsavers.org

https://www.ebay.com/itm/372814919055 I'm surprised there is any interest in these. I bought some docs/sw on eBay years ago for one of these and have never run across anyone that had a system.

6 years, 6 months

Yahoo Groups going away

by paulkoning＠comcast.net

A bit off topic, but I figure a number of us are interested in this older "social media" mechanism. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/yahoo-is-deleting-al… So if you subscribe to any Yahoo groups, or value any of that content, be sure to archive it before your friendly telco sends ALL of it to the bit bucket. paul

6 years, 6 months

Lear Siegler terminal

by sales＠elecplus.com

I recently purchased one of these, and it arrived in rather sad shape. It does power on. Is there anyone out there who would give it a good home? The housing is cracked in 2 places, and a lot of the key caps got lost before it arrived at my door. Make offer if interested. I will pack it well for shipping, or it can be picked up. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OvlRYmr1sC9xvZPAImedqUl7nh11Rs_K Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus 1613 Water Street Kerrville, TX 78028 830-370-3239 cell sales at elecplus.com -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

6 years, 6 months

FTGH Decstation 5000

by trash80＠internode.on.net

FTGH Decstation 5000 * Decstation 5000/125 - also houses a CD drive * 2 Expansion storage boxes - one has a tape drive and the other one has a floppy drive. * 2 very large and heavy RGB Digital monitors - one has both Digital and Sony branding on the back of it. I haven't dug the other one out as it's in a corner and is dam heavy but it looks the same as the other one. * A box of spares including a keyboard, two mice, a CD drive, some cables, a couple of CPU's, three genuine HDDs and a big bag of RAM I've never powered it up - it was a rescue - I believe it was a server at a TAFE college in Adelaide, South Australia. I am located in south western Victoria (Australia) Kevin Parker 0418 815 527

6 years, 6 months

Anyone have a firmware dump for Teleray Series 10 terminals?

by ethan.dicks＠gmail.com

Hi, All, I was recently at the CompuServe 50th Anniversary event which included a tour of our old building at 5000 Arlington Center Blvd, where I worked in 2001-2002. The old data center is still in operation, being rented out by Expedient as a cloud hosting and co-location facility. One of the highlights of the tour is an old Teleray 10T they found when they moved in 9 years ago. They have it cleaned up and on display in their conference room. I did a little digging and quickly found the docs on Bitsavers (thanks as always, Al). What struck me was the appearance of the mainboard. I went up into my attic, and wouldn't you know, I _have_ one, labelled "Model 10C" - same board but (formerly) with special feature firmware to be a 10C. What I don't have is ROMs in the ROM sockets. :-( It's five ;places for standard 2708 EPROMs. From the memory map and some of the photos in the docs, not every model had ROM in "Position 5". It looks like all did have 4 EPROMs installed. I have blanks and I have a burner. What's not up on Bitsavers is the 10T or 10C firmware. Does anyone have anything like that? It looks like the keyboard is both easy and not easy to remanufacture. It's a raw matrix, attached via fat round cable and DB25. The Keyboard includes a 74154 to decode 4 bits to 16 lines and the returns are via 8 lines. On the Terminal side, the 4 bits map to the 6502's A0-A3 and the return lines map to D0-D7 (it appears at $0000-$000F in the memory map). 91 keys, 1 IC and a lot of diodes would implement a keyboard, as would an AVR microcontroller sitting on the 12 row/column lines, translating to/from a modern keyboard. The video appears to be standard 15.575KHz 1.0-2.5V mono video plus H. Sync and V. Sync. routed off the board via the power supply connector (+5V @ 3A, +/-12V @ 0.4A and a smattering of -5V for the 2708s). So the only thing I would really need is copies of 4 or 5 EPROMs and I think I could get this working with a replacement display and reimplemented keyboard. Anyone happen to have the firmware? Thanks, -ethan

6 years, 6 months

Vigra MMI-210 (VME DSP/audio card) documentation?

by cmhanson＠eschatologist.net

I just acquired a Vigra MMI-210 VME DSP/audio card that I?d like to get working. Does anyone happen to have manuals or know where I could find them? The Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive provides some programming information <https://web.archive.org/web/19970811215245/http://vigra.com/products/vme-au…> so if I can configure the card, I can make it do things. Unfortunately I have yet to find an installation guide. Since it?s a VME card, it has plenty of jumpers that will need to be properly set before it?ll actually work. Anyone have a source for more information, or another place to dig for it? -- Chris

6 years, 6 months

PDP-8/E MM8-E jumper settings

by pete＠dunnington.plus.com

I've lost track of where the jumper settings are documented for the MM8-E, and I've got five sets here that have all been changed one way or another. Can anybody remind me where to find the settings for the three EMA jumper links on the G111? I want to set at least one board set to the lowest bank. -- Pete Pete Turnbull

6 years, 6 months

Interdata extender board

by aek＠bitsavers.org

In case someone needs it. It is for a 70 series. https://www.ebay.com/itm/283652630301

6 years, 6 months

IBM 129 keypunch: How to remove the complete mechanics unit?

by p.gebhardt＠ymail.com

Hello all, I may get a 129 IBM keypuncher soon and was wondering, if for transportation- and weight-related reasons, the punch&read mechanics can be carefully removed with the cables from the rest of the sytem? >From the IBM documents, it seems that after removing the top cover from the table, the mechanics connected to two holders (one one each end) could be separated from the table by removing two screws and two bolts (one of each on every side) and deconnecting all cables down in the electronics cabinet. See for instance: UvA Computermuseum UvA Computermuseum Did anybody make any experiences with this? I am grateful for any suggestions and/or recommendations. Best regards, Pierre ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.digitalheritage.de

6 years, 6 months

Sun Ultra 1 PROM update to OBP 3.11.1 or better

by jacob.ritorto＠gmail.com

Hi, My pal Dave just gave me a very nice original Ultra 1 Creator! Found a nice 10000K 146GB disk and 1GB genuine X7004 Sun RAM from good old MemoryX and this store I'd never used before called DiscTech (great ecomm site and decent prices afaict), so this baby's shaping up to be a fantastic and affordable rescue! Alas, it seems some corporate best practices aficionado from the company that was entrusted with the care and feeding of Sun has unilaterally and unceremoniously "lost" all the old patch clusters for these machines. Anyone still have them? The particular one I need is the patch SUNWflell >from anytime after late 1997. This will allow her OpenBoot to play nice with 64-bit operating systems like Solaris and the Illumos-based Tribblix, OpenSXCE, etc, which I'm thinking will be extremely cool to see running on a 25 year old machine! thx much. jake

6 years, 6 months

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