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01:49 PM
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Rant / Survey - Dusk Sun in eyes while driving
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It doesn't. They are stuffed into pitted olives. That's why they're called 'pimiento-stuffed olives'. ...
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Yesterday,
09:23 AM
Al Kossow
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Not mine... AL Lowe is selling his collection including source code.
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Vintage Computer Auctions
All of the auctions have disappeared, including the one that closed at 10K Nothing to see here, folks.
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December 8th, 2018,
09:31 AM
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Morrow MDs
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Interesting, mine is sn 1186 so they went to the screwless design later and eliminated one of the fans. I suppose it didn't matter, since they...
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45 replies | 1986 view(s)
December 7th, 2018,
03:21 PM
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Floppy Disk Self-Defense
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If some perv were attacking you, which would you grab off your desk? Scissors Letter Opener Red Swingline Stapler Floppy Disk
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December 3rd, 2018,
01:39 PM
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What is the best storage media?
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Fixity checking -- yes https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/files/2014/02/NDSA-Checking-your-digital-content-Draft-2-5-14.pdf Compression -- NEVER
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December 3rd, 2018,
01:37 PM
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What is the best storage media?
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A friend of mine just sent me this link from Seagate...
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December 2nd, 2018,
07:59 AM
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Tek 4051 Display Board issues
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Use a 6802 if you have any so you don't have to deal with the two phase clock.
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December 1st, 2018,
12:27 PM
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Tek 4051 Display Board issues
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this one looks complete https://www.ebay.com/itm/223253064598
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November 30th, 2018,
04:43 AM
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A new G888 manchester read/write module
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DEC
The last time I did this for DEC/LINC tapes I used a TU56 with internal G888s and a FIFO attached to a PCI parallel port card on a Macintosh G3 The...
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November 29th, 2018,
01:44 PM
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Data General Nova 1230
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Minis and Mainframes
Dave McGuire is local to you http://q7.neurotica.com/LSSM/
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November 29th, 2018,
12:48 PM
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A new G888 manchester read/write module
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In particular the TC-12/TC-08/TC-11 where the preamps are in the controllers, not at the drive, and the preamp and limiter are high gain. In the...
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November 29th, 2018,
09:51 AM
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A new G888 manchester read/write module
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You might try moving the G888s to their slots inside the TU56 and re-cable
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November 29th, 2018,
09:13 AM
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Tek 4051 Display Board issues
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No, those are both for Tek development systems You want a 4907 I think Monty is working on a GPIB floppy replacement You could also check...
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November 29th, 2018,
08:29 AM
Al Kossow
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Data General Nova 1230
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Minis and Mainframes
Where are you? Don't try to power any of it up Here is what I found for the Computek Actual pictures would be helpful.
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November 25th, 2018,
06:38 PM
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Makefiles: yes or no for small projects?
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By the X-MP era most people were running UNICOS
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November 25th, 2018,
11:59 AM
Al Kossow
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IBM 3191 terminal with Model F 122 for sale
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You have a 3191, not a 3179
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4 replies | 251 view(s)
November 25th, 2018,
06:33 AM
Al Kossow
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Ferguson Big Board
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CP/M and MP/M
nope. it would be an intelligent disk controller with a microprocessor thanks for checking
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November 24th, 2018,
04:17 PM
Al Kossow
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3270 Terminals
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MTX (Memorex/Telex) bought the coax product line from AT&T You probably have a AT&T 6591 terminal. You may also have the establishment controller....
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November 24th, 2018,
12:17 PM
Al Kossow
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Morrow MDs
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General Vintage Computer Discussions
I have one. I guess I should list it on eBay now that the MD-3P is up I dumped the hard disk about a year ago, so it probably still works.
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45 replies | 1986 view(s)
November 24th, 2018,
12:16 PM
Al Kossow
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Morrow MDs
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Nope. I should have taken a picture of the front tabs on the shell that go into the frame while I had it apart. The front slots keep the shell from...
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45 replies | 1986 view(s)
November 22nd, 2018,
09:57 AM
Al Kossow
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Morrow MDs
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General Vintage Computer Discussions
the pictures and dumps of the firmware are up now under http://bitsavers.org/pdf/morrow/md3p the guides holding the cards are pretty bad as well...
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45 replies | 1986 view(s)
November 21st, 2018,
08:24 PM
Al Kossow
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Morrow MDs
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General Vintage Computer Discussions
I got the shell off of the MD3-P, what a mechanical disaster The shell goes together without screws There are two plastic cylinders that swage...
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45 replies | 1986 view(s)
November 21st, 2018,
10:33 AM
Al Kossow
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Ferguson Big Board
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CP/M and MP/M
thanks! did you end up with any Sperry UTS 30 or 40 parts/boards?
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November 21st, 2018,
06:14 AM
Al Kossow
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Ferguson Big Board
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CP/M and MP/M
Was the controller board still in the univac drive system? I've been looking for one for a while, and if it's still there it is useless with a BB
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November 20th, 2018,
09:29 PM
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George Keremedjiev
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third, counting Paul Allen I was in Boseman about a year ago, but got into town about an hour too late to stop in
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