... Not at all. There are old jukes, but not all jukes are old, and if it's got DLTs in it, it's not terribly old at all. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New...
28555
Brian Schenkenberger,...
VAXman@...
Dec 10, 2012 11:00 pm
... It'd be vintage only I were a part of the display. ;) -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COM "And though it seems...
28556
Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 10, 2012 11:03 pm
... I do. And I'm trying. Hard. ;) ... Not to production print shops they're not. Two complete, functional Linotype Model 6 typesetters were scrapped up...
28557
Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 10, 2012 11:05 pm
... Hey, we could do that! ;) It was great meeting you, by the way. I have a feeling very large swaths of time will just disappear the next time we hang...
28558
joshbensadon
Dec 11, 2012 12:27 am
... I bought a copy for my dad. It was interesting to see Albert Einstein at a keyboard. There's a shop here in Toronto that deals in them. They are for the...
28559
Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 11, 2012 1:09 am
... Seems a bit odd to me that they'd be using them in production, for anything other than "rustic" stuff (like my print-shop-running local friend) due to the...
28560
joshbensadon
Dec 11, 2012 2:20 am
... I can't account for what is cheaper in those countries, I'm just repeating what I heard by the owner. He's not just selling whole machines but on going...
28561
Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 11, 2012 2:30 am
... That's awesome! ... Recorded for future reference. Thanks! -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA...
28562
joshbensadon
Dec 11, 2012 2:43 am
... If you ever do need to order from them and would like to save on shipping, please don't hesitate to ask me. I drive by that part of town on a monthly...
28563
Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 11, 2012 2:58 am
... I will absolutely keep that in mind. Thank you! I don't think I'll get the Linotype anytime soon, if I'm lucky enough to get it at all...but I am trying....
28564
s100doctor
Dec 11, 2012 3:07 am
... http://www.eugeneleeslover.com/VIDEOS/fire_control_computer_1.html It looks like the site linked above is a primary Web source for WWII and later Naval...
28565
s100doctor
Dec 11, 2012 3:15 am
... I'll follow up privately on this. Herb...
28566
William Donzelli
toober00
Dec 11, 2012 3:41 am
... I think some of these are originally from the Historic Naval Ships Association. There is a group of us ship geeks that are also trying to save and archive...
28567
B. Degnan
billdeg
Dec 11, 2012 4:06 am
I helped rescue a linotype for the System Source vintage computer collection vintagecomputer.net/linotype/ I had to disassemble to get into my car, took five...
28568
Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 11, 2012 4:15 am
... You...what?! ... Holy crap you had me going for a minute there!! -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA...
28569
B. Degnan
billdeg
Dec 11, 2012 4:52 am
... I helped move to System Source in Baltimore years ago. The owner, Dave Roswell I believe got a week's training on the thing to operate it. You can visit...
28570
Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 11, 2012 4:57 am
... I've really gotta make it down there soon! -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA...
28571
evan@...
ekoblentz
Dec 11, 2012 5:04 am
... Bob....
28572
B. Degnan
billdeg
Dec 11, 2012 5:47 am
... Computers - General- Navy Computer- linotype ... Sorry..talking to Dave about Bob, not Dave about Dave, my mistake!...
28573
joshbensadon
Dec 11, 2012 6:19 am
... That must have been a lot of fun. Did you have to make many notes on how things were disassembled? I was just a kid when I went with my dad to move one of...
28574
Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 11, 2012 4:29 pm
... Uhh, yeah. You got snookered. ;) ... It's good stuff! -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA...
28575
Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 11, 2012 6:40 pm
... Sounds great to me! Definitely bring the AUI cables; I am short of those. Bringing along those HSZs would be fun, but since I'll already be putting a VAX...
28576
joshbensadon
Dec 11, 2012 7:55 pm
... Umm, yeah. I had a good laugh about the 5 car trips, knew something was wrong, perhaps Bill didn't know what a Linotype was?. Then I saw on the last line...
28577
Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 11, 2012 8:10 pm
... Oops. ;) ... Yep. ... It's a tough crowd. ;) -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA...
28578
joshbensadon
Dec 11, 2012 8:13 pm
Well, I finally got an 8" Floppy drive working. Wrote code to format, read, write, xmodem upload & download to the Floppy disk. I made up a CP/M disk, don't...
28579
Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 11, 2012 8:21 pm
... Yes, CP/M can optionally skew sectors. CP/M uses a data structure known as a "disk parameter block" to describe a disk format. It includes an optional...
28580
B. Degnan
billdeg
Dec 11, 2012 8:27 pm
... wrong, perhaps Bill didn't know what a Linotype was?. Then I saw on the last line of his post that he did put it into an 18 wheeler truck. So I kind of...
28581
Neil Cherry
linuxhomeaut...
Dec 11, 2012 8:29 pm
... I can leave you guys with a Cisco AS500 (does DEC LAT, X25 and telnet). It has 80 ports on it. Also I have a few AUI to 10BaseT I can leave for you with...
28582
Neil Cherry
linuxhomeaut...
Dec 11, 2012 8:32 pm
... I think I worked with one once (or part of one). It handled the photos for the AP and we had to interface to it. 25v dc +/- centronics interface. I was...
28583
Jason Howe
mechanicjay
Dec 11, 2012 9:02 pm
A coworker is cleaning up his office and produced from a dusty corner, a box of envelopes, containing microfiche, of the VMS 3.3 source listing dating from...
