I have the contrast control on the monitor of my Olivetti M24 which has
become unreliable, you only need to touch it and the display will disappear
completely. It doesn't look too hard to replace the rotary potentiometer,
but I was wondering if there is any way to "repair" it to keep the original
part. It looks like this:
https://1drv.ms/i/c/fc758a5a91b91301/ESPGlbvW5wxGpXPC5kXfzVMBTUUW96GThzDMqZ_
i8jq7tA?e=Ehmo1T
Thanks
Rob
We may have a half a dozen DECtapes, probably from the PDP-6 era,
perhaps with ITS with content...
Is there anyone, preferably in the MIT vicinity, who might have a
working DECtape drive and be willing to try to read the tapes?
Thanks
/guy fedorkow
Martin, Michael,
Thank you!
We don't have possession of the tapes yet, but, assuming that
happens, I'll try RICM to see if their machines are working again.
/guy fedorkow
On 11/1/2025 1:00 PM, cctalk-request(a)classiccmp.org wrote:
> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:22:48 -0700
> From: Martin Eberhard<mfeberhard(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: [cctalk] Re: reading DECtape
> To:cctalk@classiccmp.org
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> If you don't find a closer alternative, I have working DECtape drives on my PDP8e (in California), as well as software that allows me to upload an entire tape image as a binary file (via Xmodem protocol).
>
> I'd be available to do this sometime after November 11.
>
> Martin
>
> Typing mangled by iPhone
>
>> On Oct 31, 2025, at 10:53 AM, Guy Fedorkow via cctalk<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>>
>> We may have a half a dozen DECtapes, probably from the PDP-6 era, perhaps with ITS with content...
>> Is there anyone, preferably in the MIT vicinity, who might have a working DECtape drive and be willing to try to read the tapes?
>>
>> Thanks
>> /guy fedorkow
>>
>>
>>
