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A very left field question, but many moons ago I wrote some software using Nescape IFC. For those with long memories that was an early GUI library for Java that predates Swing.
For no reason at all I'd like to get this software running again, but noticed that I probably need a 3rd party library that was produced by Indius. These IFC add ons provided a fantastic grid and tree component.
The software was I believe finally released with a GNU license in the 00s but despite searching on archive etc I've not been able to find it.
Does anyone by any chance have an archived copy ?
Netscape IFC was quite a big thing when it was released by the way, and many books were written about it. It was also bundled with Netscapes browsers in the day, so available wherever they were installed.
I believe the team that created IFC went on to make Swing, which is in many ways similar, but added a lot of bulk which at least in the early 00s made things slow.
Thanks
Ian
Hi all,
I'm dreaming to build sometimes my own Bit Slice CPU (when I have spare time)
and I have collected several IC's in the last years for this purpose.
Today a small antistatic bag with 4x IDT49C402BG84 and two IDT 49C410J
fell in my hands while I was sorting some stuff.
I know what they are and what they could do, they are able to help me
to build a Bit Slice CPU w/o very large PCB's connecting hordes of 2901 etc.
Besides of that they are CMOS and should draw much less power.
But I have a problem with the 49C402: All datasheets that I could find
until now, don't have the pinput auf that nice PGA84 package, there are
DIP68, LCC/PLCC68 G68 or PG68 and QE68 "Cerquad" pinouts listet in every
datasheet, but I have 4 chips in a PGA84 housing...
This ebay page has pictures: https://www.ebay.com/p/10020043211
I don't have anything todo with the seller.
Can anyone help finding the pinout?
The chips itself don't seem to that seldom...
Kind Regards,
Holm
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Hello all,
I'm curious, does anyone have any documentation on the CP11 card punch
option? From the '91 Edited Option Module List and various iterations
of the "Field Guide to QBUS and UNIBUS Modules" that it's:
1. A card punch,
2. A UNIBUS device, and;
3. It uses the M7824 board.
I'm most particularly interested in if anyone has any programming
information on it.
Best regards,
Christian
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you might also want to have a look at
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For testing , I have used a regular EPROM mounted on an external PCB and connected it with a ribbon cable to the ROM drawer. There are ribbon cable - DIP connectors with thin pins, which can be used without destroying the sockets inside the ROM drawer.
You should not use normal pin headers as these pins are too thick and will damage the sockets. Unfortunately, many replacement solutions use such headers.
You can buy individual, thin pins, but these are relatively expensive (e.g. at Mouser).
The height of a replacement should be similar to a normal EPROM, so a thin PCB with a flat SMC Flash RAM might be a viable solution. This will also require a programming adapter.
On the other hand, 128 KB capacity is still rather limited - e.g. Turbo-C header files are too large to fit into one EPROM, even if compressed by removing comments and whitespace.
However, it should be possible to link software over two 128K modules, as was obviously done with Word Perfect in the days (see the Portable Paper). This linking requires some modification of the FAT entries in the image files, which I have not yet tried.
Martin
Do you need to print on multi-part carbon or NCR forms? Do you need a
dot-matrix impact printer?
I have a Star Micronics SB-10 dot-matrix impact printer.
It has a parallel interface. My late brother was using it so I assume
it still works. None of my computers have a parallel port so I can't
test it.
Printer, cable, manual, spare ribbon, original shipping packaging.
If you want it, it's yours for the price of a PDF shipping label, 20" x
20" x 10" 30 pounds.
Hello everyone!
I'm new to the list, but am posting here on the suggestion of Chuck Guzis. I'm a curator at the Computer History Museum, and am trying to identify a vendor who could potentially work with us to recover data from a set of TK50 and TK25 tapes that came to us in an archival collection. Any pointers would be much appreciated. I can be reached directly at dbrock(a)computerhistory.org
Thanks in advance for your time,
David
Trying to experiment with TCP/IP (and, to a lesser extent, OSI and BNet cluster) networking on a Convergent/Unisys CTOS system (SuperGen SG3600). Am experiencing several anomalous results and would love to have a chat with someone who has real experience with this… if some such person is on the list.
Thanks!
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