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Great article on Connor Krukosky
by Christian Liendo 24 May '16

24 May '16

http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/mainframe/stoprun/Stop-Run/Connor-Krukosky/

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] ADTPro help
by Kelly Leavitt 24 May '16

24 May '16

On May 24, at 2:48 PM David Ryskalcyk wrote: > On May 24, 2016, at 2:39 PM, Kelly Leavitt via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > > > > Win10 x64 and Mint x64 both. This was with a prolific usb to serial adapter on an older i7 machine and the same on an i5 dell laptop running Linux. > It's possible you have a counterfeit Prolific USB-serial adapter. Does it work with the latest Prolific drivers on Windows 10? The older fakes would produce a "Code 10" error; the newer ones may not. > >I've had success with FTDI and Silicon Labs, as well as genuine Prolific adapters, but the fakes are of varying quality and don't always work. It's a real one. This adapter works everywhere, it only seems to have problems with the Java lib. I use this in everything from Windows XP to my Rasperry PI. I purchased a dozen for the local radio club and still have a couple of my own. I used the same adapter several years ago with the same setup and didn't have this problem. This was under Windows 7 back when ADTPro was only verified to work under java32. Kelly

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] ADTPro help
by Evan Koblentz 24 May '16

24 May '16

>> I saw a note where ADTPro gets upset if the serial port is missing (you should >> see something from the dmesg command). > > Is your user account a member of the "dialout" group? It not, you will need to use sudo to access serial ports on Linux. > > David I'm not sure how to check, but my account = admin, so it should have full privileges to everything. Anyway I tried running adtpro as sudo from a terminal and got the same error.

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June workshop prize
by Evan Koblentz 24 May '16

24 May '16

My girlfriend handed me a bag today. She said it has a special prize inside for the first-to-smoke winner at the June workshop. Your guess is as good as mine!

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] ADTPro help
by Neil Cherry 24 May '16

24 May '16

On 05/24/2016 01:42 PM, Evan Koblentz wrote: >> Chris is correct Java cares about 64 and 32 bit os libraries. >> >> Evan do a" >> uname -a >> java -version > > Output: > > Linux evan-desktop 3.13.0-86-generic #131-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 12 23:32:41 UTC 2016 i686 > athlon i686 GNU/Linux > > Okay Linux is 32 bit, so it wants 32 bit libraries. Still need the java version: java -version What type of serial port are you using the PC's builtin serial, a usb serial or something else ? I saw a note where ADTPro gets upset if the serial port is missing (you should see something from the dmesg command). -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry(a)linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] June 11/12 Workshop - Who's Going? Whatcha working on?
by Brian L. Stuart 24 May '16

24 May '16

On Tue, 5/24/16, Dan Roganti via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > oh hey, I almost forgot, I still have the SVI-2000 robot arm if you want > something else for the HOPE exhibit or the NYC MakerFaire. > http://www.theoldrobots.com/images58/Robotarm-w1.JPG Now there's a blast from the past. Over 20 years ago there was a variant on that unit that had an RS-232 interface in the base. I got a loaner for a summer course I was doing. We drove it with a network of Sun workstations and had it playing Connect-4. Here's a little SIGCSE paper on the project: http://www.cs.drexel.edu/~bls96/robotics/p41-stuart.pdf BLS

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Huge favor please :)
by Evan Koblentz 24 May '16

24 May '16

Can anyone buy this for us? http://m.ebay.com/itm/282043737312

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PDP 11/40 update
by william degnan 24 May '16

24 May '16

I had written about how to expand the backplanes of an 11/40. Basically I am upgrading the system I have had for a while. I completed the work and I now have the system running with core memory rather than MOS memory. Just seems more authentic that way. I learned a ton about UNIBUS in the past two days if anyone wants to talk shop about them. I hope soon to boot RT11, still working on that, but closer now...closer... I got a lot of help, could not have done it without CCTECH DEC Heads. Very knowledgeable. b -- @ BillDeg: Web: vintagecomputer.net Twitter: @billdeg <https://twitter.com/billdeg> Youtube: @billdeg <https://www.youtube.com/user/billdeg> Unauthorized Bio <http://www.vintagecomputer.net/readme.cfm>

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VAX 11/780 CIB available
by Mike Loewen 23 May '16

23 May '16

Does anyone need a spare Console Interface Board (M8236) for their VAX 11/780? :-) Yours for the cost of shipping from 16803, but I won't say no to interesting trade items or pictures of dead presidents. Photos at: http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/VAX/0523161611a.jpg http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/VAX/0523161611.jpg http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/VAX/0523161612.jpg There are 4 (RAM?) chips missing from their sockets. I have no idea if that's significant. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East XII: Evan's "Trinity Challenge"
by Brian L. Stuart 23 May '16

23 May '16

On Sun, 5/22/16, Evan Koblentz <evan(a)snarc.net> wrote: > On 05/22/2016 10:55 PM, Brian L. Stuart via vcf-midatlantic wrote: >> On Sun, 5/22/16, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org wrote: >>> I volunteer to head the SAGE team. :-) Getting enough power might be >>> a problem. >> >> Yeah, that was the problem I had this year with team ENIAC. > > All those vacuum tubes in your laptop really soaked it up, huh? Indeed. They're packed in so tight. That poor little fan was running as hard as it could. Of course, carrying a tube-based laptop in my backpack is good exercise. :) BLS

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