29 Oct
2019
29 Oct
'19
7:15 p.m.
This link was posted on an Atari forum. I noticed a PDP 8 faceplate, a
UNIVAC keyboard, and some other seriously retro parts. Might want to
Hit this link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-n9AUXZAiVw0nvht-JhD4IN8DMZWrAW7YCsS7gv…
Jeff
9:23 a.m.
On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 02:21:07AM +0000, Mark Linimon via cctalk wrote:
Any hints about where in the world this is?
Rule zero: if a location isn't given, it it almost certainly in the USA. Most
Americans think that the world ends at the US border, so this is a very safe
assumption.
29 Oct
29 Oct
7:57 p.m.
New subject: Estate sale -- Univac Terminal Keyboard
Someone really wanted a keyboard for a Univac Terminal in the last year,
year and a half.? Added to subject line to maybe attract attention of
who was searching.
Someone in Europe though, IIRC?
thanks
Jim
On 10/29/2019 7:15 PM, Jeffrey S. Worley via cctalk wrote:
This link was posted on an Atari forum. I noticed a
PDP 8 faceplate, a
UNIVAC keyboard, and some other seriously retro parts. Might want to
Hit this link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-n9AUXZAiVw0nvht-JhD4IN8DMZWrAW7YCsS7gv…
Jeff
8:41 p.m.
On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 9:15 PM Jeffrey S. Worley via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
This link was posted on an Atari forum. I noticed a
PDP 8 faceplate, a
UNIVAC keyboard, and some other seriously retro parts. Might want to
Hit this link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-n9AUXZAiVw0nvht-JhD4IN8DMZWrAW7YCsS7gv…
Hopefully someone can snag that PDP-8/a faceplate. Those are not
trivial to find. Vince Slyngstad had to make a repo because the
originals are too scarce now.
I already have one. I have to say that it's fun to watch but I
haven't spent a lot of time punching the buttons.
-ethan
10:21 p.m.
I know 8 items are getting harder to find, but I didn't know they were that
hard to find.
I think I still have a few of each kind around here.
On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 10:41 PM Ethan Dicks via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 9:15 PM Jeffrey S. Worley via
cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
This link was posted on an Atari forum. I
noticed a PDP 8 faceplate, a
UNIVAC keyboard, and some other seriously retro parts. Might want to
Hit this link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-n9AUXZAiVw0nvht-JhD4IN8DMZWrAW7YCsS7gv…
Hopefully someone can snag that PDP-8/a faceplate. Those are not
trivial to find. Vince Slyngstad had to make a repo because the
originals are too scarce now.
I already have one. I have to say that it's fun to watch but I
haven't spent a lot of time punching the buttons.
-ethan
30 Oct
30 Oct
6:34 a.m.
On Oct 29, 2019, at 10:15 PM, Jeffrey S. Worley via
cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
This link was posted on an Atari forum. I noticed a PDP 8 faceplate, a
UNIVAC keyboard, and some other seriously retro parts. Might want to
Hit this link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-n9AUXZAiVw0nvht-JhD4IN8DMZWrAW7YCsS7gv…
Jeff
The Univac keyboard appears to be for a keypunch. I've seen keyboards that look just
like that (same distinct keycap shape) in a Burroughs mainframe shop, circa 1974.
paul
8:48 a.m.
On 10/30/19 6:34 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
The Univac keyboard appears to be for a keypunch. I've seen keyboards that look just
like that (same distinct keycap shape) in a Burroughs mainframe shop, circa 1974.
I've used one of the Univac keypunches when the 029 was still the
workhorse. Interesting in that you entered the data for a whole card,
then punched it all at once. I didn't much care for it as it lacked
the resounding "clunk" of the 029 as you typed.
In the case of the one I used, it was used as a remote punch/reader for
a CDC 1700 setup.
--Chuck
31 Oct
31 Oct
9:39 p.m.
weird key caps many times 0n key to tape machines!? Ed#
In a message dated 10/30/2019 8:48:47 AM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk at
classiccmp.org writes:
On 10/30/19 6:34 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
The Univac keyboard appears to be for a keypunch.? I've seen keyboards that look just
like that (same distinct keycap shape) in a Burroughs mainframe shop, circa 1974.
I've used one of the Univac keypunches when the 029 was still the
workhorse.? Interesting in that you entered the data for a whole card,
then punched it all at once.? I didn't much care for it as it lacked
the resounding "clunk" of the 029 as you typed.
In the case of the one I used, it was used as a remote punch/reader for
a CDC 1700 setup.
--Chuck
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