Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>BTW, how are you getting on with that ASR-33? Need any more help? I can
>look up details for you, and attempt to describe the bits in question.
I found someone who was willing to xerox the service manual for me
at cost, approximately USD $4-8. Someone else wanted to sell me the
set for $20. Being a "millionaire cheapskate", I took the former,
assuming the latter would still be there if I needed it. :-)
Along the same line, if anyone has a spare current-loop to RS-232
adapter that would cost less than a new one, I'd love to get it.
I believe my Terak handles 20 ma, but I'd rather have a more generic
link from the ASR-33 to other computers.
>I was half -joking, don't worry. If I seriously considered that the ASR33
>was off-topic, do you think I'd type up and post sections from the repair
>manuals?
I very much appreciated that. Above and beyond the call of duty.
I joined the "Greenkeys" mailing list, a ham radio RTTY list. I described
my web page regarding old ASCII art, and one fellow sent me a box of
30-40 year-old RTTY ASCII art - pictures of President Eisenhower, etc.
Some is printed, some is Baudot 5-level tape, some 7-bit tape.
>Yes, that definition is very wide. It would allow mechanical
>calculators and things like that (anybody got strong views on keeping
>these off the list?).
As a teen, I remember disassembling a Freiden (?) calculator, and
finding a wire loop memory, several circles about a foot in diameter.
But the calculator collectors have their own lists, don't they?
- John
Jefferson Computer Museum <
http://www.threedee.com/jcm>
Received on Fri Mar 20 1998 - 09:06:14 GMT