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  • Category: Computers
  • Founded: Jan 17, 2005
  • Language: English
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28216 Dave Ross
csixty4_dot_com Send Email
Nov 24, 2012
11:59 pm
Jim Brain's stuff is good, and you can expect him to be around to support it. Zoom Floppy is pretty much the standard for reading 15x1 disks on a modern...
28217 Jeff Jonas
jeff_s_jonas Send Email
Nov 25, 2012
12:58 am
... It was also covered by BoingBoing: http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/1951-digital-computer-restored.html citing Wikipedia: ...
28218 Jeff Jonas
jeff_s_jonas Send Email
Nov 25, 2012
1:11 am
And most useful to us: the bottom right column links to the programmer&#39;s manual and flowcharts! http://www.computerconservationsociety.org/witch.htm...
28219 William Donzelli
toober00 Send Email
Nov 25, 2012
1:11 am
... Yes, those used in that specific machine are, but not all Dekatrons are decimal. The phone company used some of the oddball types due to some of the...
28220 Kyle Owen
kylevowen Send Email
Nov 25, 2012
4:56 am
Alright, I have removed one GE SSL-22 from my Intellec's front panel. Here's an album with pictures of the LED in comparison to other (seemingly more common)...
28221 Evan Koblentz
ekoblentz Send Email
Nov 25, 2012
6:31 am
Fun times! Nine people: Me + Alise; Sridhar + Roopa; Chris L. + Kim; Brian C., Dan R., Jeff B. .... and lots of tobasco sauce....
28222 Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce Send Email
Nov 25, 2012
3:12 pm
... yea, it was great seeing all of you again !! I'll post the pic soon...
28223 midatlanticretro@yaho... Send Email Nov 25, 2012
3:26 pm
MARCH frequently asked questions -- updated Feb. 27, 2012 1. What is MARCH? MARCH is a user group for people who enjoy collecting, restoring, using, and...
28224 Richard Cini
racinijr Send Email
Nov 25, 2012
4:42 pm
Bill -- I constructed the cable and began testing the drives. They work sometimes but not all the time. I'm getting a lot of "not ready" errors and some ...
28225 B. Degnan
billdeg Send Email
Nov 25, 2012
8:24 pm
what type of controller are you using? ... <midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com> ... sometimes ... which ... <midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com> ... ...
28226 Richard Cini
racinijr Send Email
Nov 25, 2012
8:40 pm
CompuPro Disk 1. The CBIOS was originally configured for 1.2mb 5.25" (double sided) drives, emulating an 8" system. I have a bit of work to do this week to...
28227 B. Degnan
billdeg Send Email
Nov 25, 2012
10:02 pm
I have been through the process of putting replacement 850's on that very system and drive controller card, but not with 800's. Bill ... ...
28228 Richard Cini
racinijr Send Email
Nov 25, 2012
11:05 pm
Bill -- Would you mind sending me a copy of your CBIOS off-list? I would like to compare the 8272 register configuration and setup to mine. Rich -- Rich Cini ...
28229 Jeffrey Brace
arkaxow Send Email
Nov 26, 2012
1:53 am
Today was superslow. Only one visitor who got the rush tour from Fred. So I worked on getting the keyboard for the MARCH Commodore PET cleaned. I disassembled...
28230 Mike Loewen
mloewen16823 Send Email
Nov 26, 2012
2:31 am
... How about something like this? http://store.caig.com/s.nl/it.A/id.1626/.f?sc=2&category=41 Mike Loewen mloewen@... Old Technology...
28231 B. Degnan
billdeg Send Email
Nov 26, 2012
4:22 am
... Jeff, There are threads here and there about repairing these keyboards, such as on vintage-computer.com and probably classic cmp. I would check there....
28232 Dave McGuire
purringdave Send Email
Nov 26, 2012
6:48 am
... Reading through this thread, one thing that occurred to me is that you might want to check the step rate that you're running to ensure it isn't too fast...
28233 Jeffrey Brace
arkaxow Send Email
Nov 26, 2012
6:59 am
From: Mike Loewen Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 9:31 PM ... Sounds Great Mike ! I will order the 226 gram bucket and put it on *your* tab ;) Jeff Brace...
28234 Rich Cini
racinijr Send Email
Nov 26, 2012
11:07 am
Dave -- that indeed is one of the things I have to fix (8ms versus 6ms) in addition to SSSD versus DSSD. Rich Cini Sent from my iPhone...
28235 reini1976 Nov 26, 2012
1:33 pm
... I have MS Lan Manager 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2 (and some 1.x-Version) Is it interesting for you? With best regards reini1976...
28236 joshbensadon Nov 26, 2012
2:15 pm
... The mind is split up into Static RAM, Dynamic RAM, ROM and some Vacuum Tubes. You obviously had that memory sent to STATIC RAM. Lately, my memory has...
28237 Mike Loewen
mloewen16823 Send Email
Nov 26, 2012
2:25 pm
... ... and don't forget: WORM (Write Once Read Maybe) WORN (Write Once Read Never) otherwise known as "In one ear and out the other". Mike Loewen...
28238 Dave McGuire
purringdave Send Email
Nov 26, 2012
3:44 pm
... Well put! I've been having the same problem. ;) -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA...
28239 billdeg Send Email Nov 26, 2012
5:10 pm
There's a huge lot of later Cromemco stuff Ebay - 230887694828 The shipping is $700, but if you're local you can probably pick up relatively cheap. Not quite...
28240 Neil Cherry
linuxhomeaut... Send Email
Nov 26, 2012
5:40 pm
... I bet they want the $700 even if you pick up. I've seen that trick many times to get the prices up. I always check the S+H because of that. -- Linux Home...
28241 Evan Koblentz
ekoblentz Send Email
Nov 26, 2012
5:59 pm
... No, it says that fee is eliminated if you pick it up; it's in the Q&A part toward the bottom of the auction page. MARCH owns a Z2H. We'd love to have an...
28242 billdeg Send Email Nov 26, 2012
8:31 pm
... Note there is nothing historical in this lot, but it would be good for MARCH's Z2H if someone wanted to restore it. These are very easy to work on if...
28243 B. Degnan
billdeg Send Email
Nov 26, 2012
9:05 pm
... MARCH's Z2H if someone wanted to restore it. These are very easy to work on if you're looking to get into S-100 stuff. The old original Cromemco Z1 is...
28244 joshbensadon Nov 26, 2012
9:40 pm
Speaking of fleeting memories... I can't remember for sure the correct naming of uploading or downloading. Please let me explain my question by case scenario....
28245 Justin Jernigan
jus10j Send Email
Nov 27, 2012
1:47 am
... The BBS is the host. You are either downloading from it (receiving) or uploading to it (sending). In my BBS days -- terminal programs were labeled as send...
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