30 Dec
2002
30 Dec
'02
7:26 a.m.
In a message dated 12/30/02 1:13:16 PM Pacific Standard Time,
cisin(a)xenosoft.com writes:
Don't forget how significant a part of the culture
of the history of
computers is contained in all of those stupid line printer graphic
pictures of Snoopy ...
Ah Yes, The first thing I printed out with my Litton 1251 when I got it into
my living room in the mid 80s was a Snoopy calendar. All in punched tape.
Nice machine, wished I had kept it.
Paul Pierce has a Litton 1231 in his collection for when he gets his museum
started in PDX.
Punched tape, drum memory, console wi printer, Yum Yum...
Paxton
Astoria, OR
30 Dec
30 Dec
8:27 a.m.
Ah Yes, The first thing I printed out with my Litton
1251 when I got it into
my living room in the mid 80s was a Snoopy calendar. All in punched tape.
Nice machine, wished I had kept it.
Anybody have the text for this calendar?
Tom
Applefritter
www.applefritter.com
9:05 a.m.
New subject: Restoration Question
I have recently acquired a couple of build PC boards that are not solder
masked. There is some oxidation, ranging from minimal to mild (mild being
the not quite green, but a very hard oxide, as if the tin had reacted with
something else). Anyone got any good ideas on cleaning these? I'd like
something non-submersible, since one of the boards contains keyswitches.
I have plenty of experience cleaning unbuilt boards. Normally, I'd just
hit them with some super fine steel wool, or buff them with 20lb paper. And
I've repaired boards, but usually to get them working, not to restore their
aesthetic appeal.
I've considered using a baking soda solution and a stiff bristle brush.
This should neutralize any corrisive elements, and the baking soda might be
abrasive enough to remove the oxides without damaging the board. It would
wash off easily enough with water, and I could protect the switches during
that process.
Anyone got any ideas or standard procedures for this kind of thing?
--JOhn
9:24 a.m.
New subject: Restoration Question
Anyone got any ideas or standard procedures for this
kind of thing?
Do not use steel wool. When used with copper or aluminum, you will almost
certainly get pitting in the future, as the wool leaves very tiny slivers
of steel embedded in the metal. Best use brass or bronze wool for copper
circuit boards.
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org
9:42 a.m.
New subject: Restoration Question
My first question is why you want to clean them? Without refusing the
boards, you will never get back the shine that comes from a freshly
cleaned and fused circuit board. The second best thing might be to rinse
the boards in dilute muriatic acid to get at the oxide, and then brush
the board with a brass/horsehair brush. There is also something stronger
called SolderBrite that is also used to clean the tin-lead on circuit
boards after etching and before fusing. You might be able to get some by
talking nicely to a nearby circuit board house.
"J.C.Wren" wrote:
I have recently acquired a couple of build PC boards that are not solder
masked. There is some oxidation, ranging from minimal to mild (mild being
the not quite green, but a very hard oxide, as if the tin had reacted with
something else). Anyone got any good ideas on cleaning these? I'd like
something non-submersible, since one of the boards contains keyswitches.
I have plenty of experience cleaning unbuilt boards. Normally, I'd just
hit them with some super fine steel wool, or buff them with 20lb paper. And
I've repaired boards, but usually to get them working, not to restore their
aesthetic appeal.
I've considered using a baking soda solution and a stiff bristle brush.
This should neutralize any corrisive elements, and the baking soda might be
abrasive enough to remove the oxides without damaging the board. It would
wash off easily enough with water, and I could protect the switches during
that process.
Anyone got any ideas or standard procedures for this kind of thing?
--JOhn
31 Dec
31 Dec
6:04 a.m.
Tom Owad wrote:
Do you mean something like this BASIC program, which prints
the Snoopy image. Sometimes it was run followed by a run
of a calendar program.
10 PRINT
20 PRINT
30 PRINT
40 PRINT " XXXX"
50 PRINT " X XX"
60 PRINT " X *** X XXXXX"
70 PRINT " X ***** X XXX XX"
80 PRINT " XXXX ******* XXX XXXX XX"
90 PRINT " XX X ****** XXXXXXXXX XX XXX"
100 PRINT " XX X **** X X** X"
110 PRINT " X XX XX X X***X"
120 PRINT " X //XXXX X XXXX"
130 PRINT " X // X XX"
140 PRINT " X // X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/"
150 PRINT " X XXX// X X"
160 PRINT " X X X X X"
170 PRINT " X X X X X"
180 PRINT " X X X X X XX"
190 PRINT " X X X X X XXX XX"
200 PRINT " X XXX X X X X X X"
210 PRINT " X X X XX X XXXX"
220 PRINT " X X XXXXXXXX\ XX XX X"
230 PRINT " XX XX X X X XX"
240 PRINT " XX XXXX XXXXXX/ X XXXX"
250 PRINT " XXX XX*** X X"
260 PRINT " XXXXXXXXXXXXX * * X X"
270 PRINT " *---* X X X"
280 PRINT " *-* * XXX X X"
290 PRINT " *- * XXX X"
300 PRINT " *- *X XXX"
310 PRINT " *- *X X XXX"
320 PRINT " *- *X X XX"
330 PRINT " *- *XX X X"
340 PRINT " * *X* X X X"
350 PRINT " * *X * X X X"
360 PRINT " * * X** X XXXX X"
370 PRINT " * * X** XX X X"
380 PRINT " * ** X** X XX X"
390 PRINT " * ** X* XXX X X"
400 PRINT " * ** XX XXXX XXX"
410 PRINT " * * * XXXX X X"
420 PRINT " * * * X X X"
430 PRINT " =======******* * * X X XXXXXXXX\"
440 PRINT " * * * /XXXXX XXXXXXXX\ )"
450 PRINT " =====********** * X ) \ )"
460 PRINT " ====* * X \ \ )XXXXX"
470 PRINT " =========********** XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
480 PRINT
490 PRINT
500 PRINT "COMPLIMENTS OF THE COMPONENTS GROUP VIA THE LSI-11"
510 PRINT
520 END
Ah Yes, The
first thing I printed out with my Litton 1251 when I got it into
my living room in the mid 80s was a Snoopy calendar. All in punched tape.
Nice machine, wished I had kept it.
Anybody have the text for this calendar?
Tom
Applefritter
www.applefritter.com
6:46 a.m.
Do you mean something like this BASIC program, which
prints
the Snoopy image. Sometimes it was run followed by a run
of a calendar program.
I see. I thought it was a separate image for each month.
I found this 1981 Snoopy calendar, too, though I can't make the image
out. <http://www.textfiles.com/art/snoopy.untab>
Tom
Applefritter
www.applefritter.com
7:47 a.m.
Tom Owad wrote:
There may have been a program that did this.
Hundreds of calendar programs were written (and a few of
them even handled leap years, and a very few of them handled
leap years correctly).
Do you mean
something like this BASIC program, which prints
the Snoopy image. Sometimes it was run followed by a run
of a calendar program.
I see. I thought it was a separate image for each month.
I found this 1981 Snoopy calendar, too, though I
can't make the image
out. <http://www.textfiles.com/art/snoopy.untab>
It's just a <wide> ascii file with a calander for 1981 stuck on the end.
Easily viewed with a fixed font.
Tom
Applefritter
www.applefritter.com
I think that there were hundreds of snoopy pictures floating around.
You should be able to find many of them on the internet.
Some were much better than others.
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