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by ccth6600＠gmail.com

I have managed to completely disassemble the bad Osborne 1 keyboard - remove all key mechanisms (body, plunger, main spring and actuator spring), remove the 3 layer membrane from the aluminium backing board and separate all three membrane layers (bottom, spacer and top) - all without damaging or losing any bits. I then carefully cleaned off all adhesive and other sticky gunk from all layers using various solvents including water, isopropyl alcohol and white spirit. The silver tracks remained undamaged as confirmed with a multimeter. I then carefully reassembled the 3 layers, inserted and super-glued the keyboard mechanisms in batches, testing after each batch. I did not use any glue to reattach the 3 membrane layers so they are held together only by the keyboard mechanisms with their prongs protruding through the layers into the aluminium backing plate to which the prongs are super-glued. I sealed the edges around the membrane using Kapton tape to provide protection from dust etc. The tape also attaches the membrane edges to the aluminium backing plate. All keys except the "Alpha Lock" key work perfectly. It appears that I have damaged the address line 7 on the bottom membrane. I can live without "Alpha Lock" so I did not pull everything apart again to fix this un-important key. The conclusion is that membrane keyboards can be fixed if your life depends on it. It is absolutely uneconomic though. I worked about 30 - 40 hours on the keyboard alone. Working Osborne 1s sell for between US$100 and US$300 on Ebay. Regards Tom Hunter

5 years, 1 month

ISO: Keronix Omnibus 8K "E1" memory schematics / technical docs

by derschjo＠gmail.com

Hey all -- Got a nice 8KW omnibus core memory board here, designated the "E1" from Keronix, that almost works except that bit 1 is off in the weeds somewhere. Not a lot of information out there on Keronix hardware, anyone have any docs? The board came with a sheet describing the addressing configuration, but that's it. Thanks as always, Josh

5 years, 1 month

DEC PDP-8/E wanted

by couryhouse＠aol.com

All the 8 m and f I had when in comp. Biz in the 80s had the full front panel...?? guess I lucked out... Now,8a. Could cone either way into my shop though.... On Friday, November 20, 2020 Pete Turnbull via cctalk <pete at dunnington.plus.com; cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: On 20/11/2020 16:55, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: > > Go for a 8m or f? same omnibus and easer to lift as only onevnibuss panel!? - Also a switchmode PSU which is much lighter than the -8/E linear supply. But the -8/M normally has the minimal panel with the power key and minimal toggle switches. -- Pete Pete Turnbull

5 years, 1 month

Crypto Ancienne: TLS for the Internet of Old Things

by spectre＠floodgap.com

If you have an older pre-C99 system, I've backported a TLS 1.2 library to gcc versions as early as 2.5 as long as it has 64-bit ints (long long, usually) and stdarg.h. https://github.com/classilla/cryanc As a test, with a suitably agreeable (or confusable) browser, here are various period browsers visiting modern HTTPS sites through carl, the included demonstration application which can also act as a TLS proxy. The proxy is running on the same machine, no tricks! OmniWeb, at least two flavours of NCSA Mosaic and MacLynx are all demonstrated. https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2020/11/fun-with-crypto-ancienne-tls-for.html -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckaiser at floodgap.com -- Good software lets me sleep. -- Michael W. Lucas ---------------------------

5 years, 1 month

Systems Engineering Laboratories - SEL History

by mooreericnyc＠gmail.com

Hello, I have pulled together a website with links to resources and information on SEL, or Systems Engineering Laboratories. http://mnembler.com SEL was a computer manufacturer in the 60s and 70s which later was acquired by Gould and then Encore. They made many major innovations and were instrumental in the success of the Apollo program. The website is still a work in progress, but I did want to share it with yall. -Eric

5 years, 1 month

evil thing to ask but I need keystroke logger

by boris＠summitclinic.com

If it's a windoze system, modified a bare-bones keylogger about 10 years ago which records all keystrokes (can get time of key_press, key_release) and also monitors all mouse clicks as well as title of window clicked on. Can also record every mouse event which takes up a LOT of disk space. Just hooks keyboard and mouse events and works even on hospital systems which are fairly locked down. Written in VB6 and also wrote a program to either look at keyboard/mouse events over time or to dump text typed in. Has saved lots of work for me as windoze has a bad habit of crashing when I'm 20 minutes into writing a note and can get all keystrokes that were saved to disk during this time. Initially written to find out how much time I spent IFOK. Also has a stealth mode where keylogger window hidden and can be brought up with a key sequence and then need a password to stop it. Not very stealthy as can be easily terminated through ProcessExplorer. Could always use Wireshark to capture all packets exchanged while they're on computer. >I have kids that after corona are in lockdown, so they are on >computers all the time. >Supposed to be doing schoolwork, but no, feedback from the school is negative. > >Can I trap some traffic from these PC's and what software would you recommend? > >Randy

5 years, 1 month

evil thing to ask but I need keystroke logger

by rdawson16＠hotmail.com

I have kids that after corona are in lockdown, so they are on computers all the time. Supposed to be doing schoolwork, but no, feedback from the school is negative. Can I trap some traffic from these PC's and what software would you recommend? Randy

5 years, 1 month

Emails not appearing

by cctalk＠gtaylor.tnetconsulting.net

Hi, On 11/19/20 11:25 AM, Richard Milward wrote: > Yes, my latest message did show up today, I just saw it. > But I don't understand your "-cctalk / +direct" comment. I removed cctalk the mailing list that I received the email from. I then added you as a direct recipient. > I don't subscribe to the list, I get enough emails as it is! Did you send an email to the cctalk mailing list? If you sent to it and you aren't subscribed, perhaps your messages have been held for moderation. That would account for delay. > Thanks. You're welcome. -- Grant. . . . unix || die

5 years, 1 month

XpressWare v8.1 or above (software for Tektronix X11 terminals)

by francis.massen＠gmail.com

Hello, I have the NCDbridge v. 4.0 software, and could send you a copy. I am still looking for XpressWare, unable to find. I use for host a Raspberry Pi with TFTP (can not get NSF to connect..), the Tektronix kernel (os.350) and other stuff is in /opt/tekxp/boot on the host. Best regards, Francis Massen https.//computarium.lcd.lu

5 years, 1 month

Emails not appearing

by rsmilward＠frontier.com

I've sent a few things to this address, but they haven't shown up in the regular digests I get. How do I get something into the digest so other folks can see it? (Or does it have to be about DEC machines? Ha-ha!) Thanks! -- **Richard

5 years, 1 month

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