... There is nothing wrong with putting non-vintage hardware in a vintage machine IMHO. From a testing perspective new parts can be the key to diagnosing...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
May 5, 2007 5:17 pm
Who's Mike? ... From: Dan [mailto:ragooman@...] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 11:59 PM To: midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re:...
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Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
May 5, 2007 8:23 pm
Does anyone headed for VCF East this year have a smallish line printer with a standard parallel interface? Something that will handle wide fanfold paper?...
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Dan
ragoo_sauce
May 5, 2007 9:53 pm
oops, neural glitch that was supposed to be *Bob Applegate's *website [ My Corner of Cyberspace http://ragooman.home.comcast.net/ ]...
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Bob Applegate
bobk2ut
May 5, 2007 11:42 pm
... No offense was taken, I assure you! Bob/Mike/whatever ___________________________________ NOCC, http://nocc.sourceforge.net...
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Bob Applegate
bobk2ut
May 6, 2007 12:12 am
I meant non-vintage as-in using more current parts, such as any of the 64Kx8 RAM chips out there. I'd never resort to 2102s again! 2114s, maybe (1Kx4 bits)....
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Bryan Pope
b_ster42
May 6, 2007 1:38 am
... Hey... I just used a few 2114's to repair a couple of C= 4040 drives I have. :) ... There is quite a few people remaking vintage hardware using FPGA type ...
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Jim Scheef
jscheef
May 6, 2007 2:26 am
Andy, I hear what you are saying but documentation is the key to making things work and is often much harder to find than the hardware. As a museum we cannot...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
May 6, 2007 2:33 am
The good news is that starting this summer, building #9032 sections B & C - MARCH's area is in C - will become InfoAge-wide projects, not just individual club...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
May 6, 2007 2:17 pm
Mike, I had one, unsure what happened to it. I was selling it at the TCF, did not sell on Saturday. Unsure what happened to it on Sunday...anyone from TCF...
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Jim Scheef
jscheef
May 6, 2007 10:48 pm
Mike and Bill, I have the Tandy printer at my house in CT. It would not fit in either Herb's or Bryan's car. The two of you can negotiate off list. It is a...
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Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
May 7, 2007 12:58 am
... Actually, I already have a Xerox 1640 daisywheel printer, which uses the same Diablo Hytype II engine as the DWP-230. Mine self tests okay, and I just...
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Dan
ragoo_sauce
May 7, 2007 1:45 pm
I started designing a S-100 layout this past weekend to make some memory cards. I was going to try both, one with vintage components and one using new...
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B Degnan
billdeg
May 7, 2007 3:25 pm
Dan, Did you get your Altair 680 working? Bill ... -END-...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
May 8, 2007 12:07 am
Herb/Anyone else.. I have a 1977 Morrow Wunderbuss "Thinker Toys" S-100 Motherboard with a blown Zener diode near a 12+V position at the back of the board....
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
May 8, 2007 1:40 am
Fyi. ... From: Christopher McNabb [mailto:cmcnabb@...] Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 8:12 AM To: cctalk@... Subject: Tons of DEC stuff available in...
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Dan
ragoo_sauce
May 8, 2007 1:50 am
oh, I still have about 20 sockets left to replace, it's such an arduous task. Something I do in between my other projects. I'm hoping that I'll get it done...
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Dan
ragoo_sauce
May 8, 2007 3:33 am
I almost posted a lengthly explanation on the march group list before I noticed you posted the pic on cctech. The power supply in that circuit is a -12V not...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
May 8, 2007 12:26 pm
Dan, As always, thank you for your help. Bill...
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Herb Johnson
s100doctor
May 8, 2007 5:30 pm
Bill Degan posted here a request for zener diode information for a Morrow Wunderbus card; he said I did not have that manual listed. Bill also sent me a...
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B Degnan
billdeg
May 8, 2007 5:38 pm
Here is a pic of the effected area on the board: http://www.vintagecomputer.net/Morrow/wuderbuss_mb_s-100.jpg Bill...
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Herb Johnson
s100doctor
May 8, 2007 6:37 pm
... There was a recent discussion of MFM "emulation" in comp.os.cpm, where I participate. The discussion of "vintage" vs. "modern" design is also of interest...
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Herb Johnson
s100doctor
May 8, 2007 6:43 pm
... Shorted tantalum capacitors. They do that with age, short out and then try to conduct a few amps until they flame on. Literally. Schematic says....1 uFd...
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B Degnan
billdeg
May 8, 2007 6:54 pm
Herb, Thanks. I am learning more every day, thanks to you and others who reply to my questions so kindly. Bill ... -END-...
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Bob Grieb
bobgrieb
May 8, 2007 10:32 pm
Nice photo. Made me want to get some marshmallows... Do you have fire insurance? ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired...
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Jim Scheef
jscheef
May 8, 2007 11:07 pm
Herb, Words of wisdom! As you note there is more than one way to enjoy 'vintage' computing. Jim ... From: Herb Johnson <hjohnson@...> To:...
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Dan
ragoo_sauce
May 9, 2007 1:10 am
At my old job(Lucent), I had to troubleshoot across the 'pond' using a vnc server on a HP16500 analyzer (unix) and a Motorola processor emulator from Amsterdam...
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Dan
ragoo_sauce
May 9, 2007 1:43 am
Herb, I like all of the back stories on your website regarding the history of designing all the vintage microcomputers. That's something I always like to...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
May 9, 2007 1:49 am
... LOL...
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Dan
ragoo_sauce
May 9, 2007 1:01 pm
I posted a couple of pics and videos of MARCH online from TCF '07 http://ragooman.home.comcast.net/computers_tcf2007.html I hope you like them enjoy ! =Dan -- ...
