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by Ken Seefried

I have some 8-bit ISA 53c90a based SCSI controllers labeled "SCSI HB A8". Mine are made by "Advanced Information Concepts", but apparently they were also made by "Control Concepts". Unfortunately, mine don't have the BIOS chips installed. I have a picture of the card with a chip installed labeled "Ver-3.02 CCI 0991", so I know an 8k or 16k boot prom existed. Does anyone have such a card that they'd be willing to dump a prom image from (or let me borrow it to dump). KJ

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Mexico’s SNIPE system?

by Jonathan Katz

A bit of an odd one…. I’m trying to figure out what type of computers ran Mexico’s infamous SNIPE electoral vote system in 1988. I have an LA Times article from 1994 talking about how the NEW system was RS/6000-based. But this was a system built in 1987-1988. Narcos Mexico had a pretty re-creation but I didn’t spy any brand names. Any ideas? I figure there may be photos or press releases from that time but my Google-fu (and español) is weak. -Jon +44 7792 149029

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Seeking Z180 Assembly Programmer

by Sellam Abraham

When I was at the VCF SoCal last weekend I met a gentleman who was looking for someone with Zilog Z180 assembly language experience. He says he needs someone to rewrite code in what sounds like some kind of terminal server product he sells(?) to convert the protocol it uses from Televideo format to ANSI (because Televideo is getting harder to support). This gentleman said he has a modest budget for the project. Let me know if you might be particularly qualified and interested and I'll put you in touch with him and you can go from there. Sellam

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Turbo Prolog

by Just Kant

Has anyone used it or something contemporaneous? Is it at all applicable to any degree to today's approach to AI/machine learning tasks? I would like to perhaps eventually create a game, probably not chess, lilely something simpler. The old expert system modeling paradigm seems to have largely if not entirely fallen out of favor. From what I'm reading though TP seems to be geared for that.

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Re: Turbo Prolog

by Win Heagy

I bought a copy at a mall in Nashville TN some 30+ years ago. I was working at an airline at the time and was interested in the crew scheduling problem, as well as all things AI related. I never got too far using Prolog on that particular problem. I found the disks and manual like 13 years ago and made a short video and put it on youtube. Turbo Prolog was pretty speedy even on old hardware. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svcxu0xiH34 Win

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Another blast from the past...

by Bill Gunshannon

So, here I was binge watching a scifi series called "Night Sky", which sadly was not renewed, but I digress... In one of the episodes two of the characters go to see a man who apparently is a monitor for something having to do with the devices that teleport people all over not only earth but other planets as well. He has this workbench covered with computers that look like mostly PC's but some could be Suns or other real computers. And many displays with really cool graphics. And sitting in the middle of all of this is ------- An IMSAI-8080. :-) Front panel is clearly visible in a number of scenes. Of course, with the program being canceled one has to wonder, did it go back into a prop warehouse somewhere or just the nearest dumpster? :-( bill

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VCF SoCal

by Sellam Abraham

I'll be attending VCF SoCal on February 17-18 in Orange (California) in the capacity of a presenter (on a panel and a solo presentation). Is anyone else planning to attend the event? Sellam

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@r.stricklin about VMS TK50 images

by Hans-Ulrich Hölscher

Hi, I tried several times to contact you directly via bear(a)typewriiten.org, but no success, so I'm trying it this way now: Could you please provide the images for the following software from your collection: - AQ-KZ18B-BE VAX/VMS V4.7A BIN TK50 - AQ-JG62A-BN MicroVMS V4.5 BIN TK50 - AQ-JT80A-BN MicroVMS V4.5B BIN TK50 I'm a collector of DEC hardware and software and I like to complete my "OldVMS collection". You know it's like stamp collecting - you always want the complete set ... Let me know if there is anything I can do for you! Regards Ulli The VAXorcist

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FTGH: (3) Qualstar 1260 9 track tape drives pertec interface

by js＠cimmeri.com

2 units working when properly stored a few years ago. 1 unit, parts unit. Must take all 3. Tested successfully only with a PC and a VAX. Located in Frederick, Maryland, USA

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Re: SOCAL VCF

by Smith, Wayne

> Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2024 20:12:15 -0800 > From: "Ali" <cctalk(a)ibm51xx.net> > Subject: [cctalk] SOCAL VCF > To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'" > <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> > Message-ID: <059c01da62e9$d2b6ac60$78240520$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > So did anyone go? How was it? I never heard back from the organizers regarding the ticketing situation despite my, and Sellam's, best efforts so I skipped it. Hopefully, the event went better then the organization and the next one will have the bugs ironed out. > > -Ali I have been to around 10 VCFs, but not since VCF West XI in 2016. I drove down on Sunday morning and enjoyed it. There were some very interesting exhibits, many of which were video game/console or adjacent (e.g., Commodore SX-64) oriented. There was some great emulation work on display as well. Of note was what was not there. No IBM, no HP, no S-100, almost no big iron (a static Data General machine was the exception), and almost nothing pre-1980. The facility was quite nice, including the presentation room. The consignment table looked pretty picked over by the time I got to it. There was a guy in the consignment area with a small table selling comic books and he also had some Funkos. I wish I had actually known about the show prior to two weeks before so I could have at least thought about putting together an exhibit. Hopefully the show will continue! ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 23:03:43 -0800 From: "ShowRunner(a)VCFSoCal.com" <ShowRunner(a)VCFSoCal.com> Subject: [cctalk] Re: VCF SoCal To: Sellam Abraham <sellam.ismail(a)gmail.com> Cc: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Message-ID: <7D28E49F-BB8E-4049-9056-5265721253FE(a)VCFSoCal.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Thanks Sellam. Tickets can be purchased at the door. I’m sorry they’re having trouble. We’ve got a constant stream of ticket purchases coming through. Perhaps try another browser or on their mobile? Micki > On Feb 16, 2024, at 2:26 PM, Sellam Abraham <sellam.ismail(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Micki. > > I'm passing along this message from Ali. Can you please help him? > > I checked the website and verified that there is no obvious way to contact anyone in the organization for regular communication. Forgive me if I overlooked something. > > Thank you. > > Sellam > > > On Fri, Feb 16, 2024, 1:25 PM Ali via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: >> > > One last question: >> > > >> > > Do kids get in free? If so what is the age cutoff? It looks like >> > > tickets are needed for everyone but figure I would check just in >> > case. >> > > >> > >> > Never mind... Important to read all the WAY to the END. LOL. Kids >> > 12 and under are free! >> >> >> Anybody successfully buy tickets? I tried and I get an error that check out isn't working and to contact them. Of course like all good sites they provide absolutely no way to contact them. If anyone has contact info that would be great or if anyone knows that tickets can be purchased at the door? Otherwise hard pass here. No way I am driving to the OC, in possible SoCal rain traffic, without something a bit more solid.... >> >> -Ali >> ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 01:26:07 -0600 From: Steve Lewis <lewissa78(a)gmail.com> Subject: [cctalk] Re: SOCAL VCF To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Message-ID: <CACG-qZxqciMv2=SZFEqnYxbSS4KfntQHym+eKzGrvT3tYLgZ2w(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I was able to make it, and the weather turned out very fair. Here is my summary review of the two days. Sorry about the ticket issue - I was able to get an online ticket the day before the event without issue. VCF SoCal 2024 — voidstar <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://voidstar.blog/vcf-socal-2024/__;!!AQdq3… > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://voidstar.blog/vcf-socal-2024/__;!!AQdq3… -SteveL On Sun, Feb 18, 2024 at 10:11 PM Ali via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote: > So did anyone go? How was it? I never heard back from the organizers > regarding the ticketing situation despite my, and Sellam's, best > efforts so I skipped it. Hopefully, the event went better then the > organization and the next one will have the bugs ironed out. > > -Ali > > > > > ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 00:20:02 -0800 From: "Ali" <cctalk(a)ibm51xx.net> Subject: [cctalk] Re: SOCAL VCF To: "'Steve Lewis'" <lewissa78(a)gmail.com>, "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Message-ID: <000301da630c$70d69780$5283c680$@net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >I was able to make it, and the weather turned out very fair. > >Here is my summary review of the two days. Sorry about the ticket issue - I was able to get an online ticket the day >before the event without issue. Steve, Thanks for the excellent write up and the great pictures. It looks like it was a fun, and packed, event. Sorry I missed it. Hopefully I can make it next year. Yeah, I am not sure what the problem was with the tickets and I didn't know if there was going to be tickets available at the door so I opted to skip out on the 55 mile drive. I did finally hear back from Micki. Unfortunately, she didn't reply back to me directly and instead sent a reply to the list which I did not receive until tonight (Sunday) at 2300. It just wasn't meant to be this time around. LOL! -Ali End of cctalk Digest, Vol 504, Issue 1 **************************************

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