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Old Steam and Gas Engines Old Steam and Gas Engines
Posted by: Paleoferrosaurus

Video duration: 127 seconds

Various video clips of working antique steam and gas engines at the Pioneer Steam and Gas Engine Society in Saegertown, Pennsylvania. Video taken in July 2006 and July 2007 at annual shows.

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High Speed Paper Tape Reader High Speed Paper Tape Reader
Posted by: Paleoferrosaurus

Video duration: 148 seconds

A Siemens high speed paper tape reader connected to a G3 iMac loads paper-tape software and saves to disk.

Related: computer, paper, punched, reader, tape

Teletype Teletype
Posted by: Paleoferrosaurus

Video duration: 60 seconds

Model-33 ASR Teletype -- Connected to an iMac via a USB to Serial Converter & a homebrew RS-232 to current-loop interface.

Related: retrocomputing, rs-232, teletype

Fanuc / General Numeric Punch / Reader / Printer Fanuc / General Numeric Punch / Reader / Printer
Posted by: Paleoferrosaurus

Video duration: 123 seconds

Testing the read and punch functions of the Fanuc / General Numeric punch / reader / printer. Printer not tested due to lack of ribbon and paper. Oct. 18, 2008.

Related: cnc, computer, controls, numeric, old, paper, tape

Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad (Girard, PA) Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad (Girard, PA)
Posted by: Paleoferrosaurus

Video duration: 226 seconds

Light freight switching cars at EMMSCO Plastics in Girard, PA on November 8, 2008. B&LE 906, 902, & 907 deliver three covered hoppers of plastic pellets & pickup two empties. This is on the Erie Branch of the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad (now owned by Canadian National.) The locomotives are EMD SD-40T's.

Related: bessemer, erie, freight, girard, lake, pa, railroad, sd-40t, switching, train

Moving the Valley School (Ambient Sound) Moving the Valley School (Ambient Sound)
Posted by: Paleoferrosaurus

Video duration: 580 seconds

Moving the Valley School from East Cherry Hill Road to the Northwestern School District Campus, Harthan Way, Albion, Pennsylvania.

Related: albion, northwestern, pa, pennsylvania, school, valley

Arneman Road Fire Arneman Road Fire
Posted by: Paleoferrosaurus

Video duration: 101 seconds

Edinboro, Cambridge Springs, and Venango respond to a reported structure fire at 12397 Arneman Road.

Related: arneman, department, edinboro, fire, road

Balloon Flight - Knox PA Oct. 12 2006 Balloon Flight - Knox PA Oct. 12 2006
Posted by: Paleoferrosaurus

Video duration: 175 seconds

The Young Astronauts Club of Oil City PA flies a series of home-made model hot air balloons -- and as a surprise flies aboard a full-scale tethered balloon.

Related: astronauts, balloon, flight, students, young

GE / Decitek Paper Tape Reader GE / Decitek Paper Tape Reader
Posted by: Paleoferrosaurus

Video duration: 36 seconds

Demonstration of another high-speed paper tape reader loading a BASIC program. The program was the RSTS version of Star Trek from the Project Delta archives. Total read time was around 8k in one minute. Communication parameters are 4800 baud, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit. Interface is an RS-232C w/ null-modem connection to an iMac via a Keyspan USB to serial converter.

Related: computer, paper, tape

Red-Spotted Newt Red-Spotted Newt
Posted by: Paleoferrosaurus

Video duration: 119 seconds

Approximately 2 minutes of video depicting a Red-Spotted Newt. Filmed on location at Matthew's House on September 27, 2007

Related: matthew, mccabe, newt, red-spotted, salamander

More PDP-11 Tape Processing More PDP-11 Tape Processing
Posted by: Paleoferrosaurus

Video duration: 21 seconds

Display / Printing tape dump to determine contents...

Related: computer, electronics, magnetic, pdp-11, tape, vintage

9-Track Magnetic Tape 9-Track Magnetic Tape
Posted by: Paleoferrosaurus

Video duration: 90 seconds

Tape processing on an LSI-11 (PDP-11/03) using a Qualstar Streaming Tape Subsystem. Tape transport has a slightly bent capstan -- drive is very noisy and subject to severe tape jitter. Reading works only 75% of the time.
HOW TO HOOK THIS DRIVE UP TO A PC:
http://www.qualst ar.com/pan009.pdf
Best of luck, Folks!

Related: 9-track, computer, lsi-11, open, pdp-11, qualstar, reel, reel-to-reel, tape

Puppies Puppies
Posted by: Paleoferrosaurus

Video duration: 83 seconds



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Matthew\ Matthew's Tenth Birthday Party
Posted by: Paleoferrosaurus

Video duration: 67 seconds

Matthew blows out his candles for his first double-digit birthday.

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Punching a Paper Tape Punching a Paper Tape
Posted by: Paleoferrosaurus

Video duration: 60 seconds

Punching a paper tape using the Teletype Model 33. More "old school" computing.

Related: computer, paper, punched, tape, teletype

Old Lake Road Nature Walk (PA / OH) Old Lake Road Nature Walk (PA / OH)
Posted by: Paleoferrosaurus

Video duration: 153 seconds

A walk along Old Lake Road from the PA line west to the Pittsburgh and Conneaut Dock Company.

Related: conneaut, nature, ohio, pennsylvania, railroad, walk, woods

Valley School - WJET Community Salute Valley School - WJET Community Salute
Posted by: Paleoferrosaurus

Video duration: 60 seconds

WJET Community Salutes visits the Valley School in Albion, Pennsylvania.

Related: albion, museums, one-room, school, valley

Albion Carousel Albion Carousel
Posted by: Paleoferrosaurus

Video duration: 59 seconds

A WJET Community salute focusing on the Albion Borough Carousel. This spot aired in 2001.

Related: albion, borough, carousel, history, merry-go-round, park