That’s pretty cool, I’ve never seen anything like that. Is ftp.update.uu.se still online? It at least used to have an archive of PDP-8 stuff, including the DECmate. I’m not sure if it has what you need. I can’t help, my DECmate’s are III’s.
Zane > On Oct 16, 2017, at 6:42 PM, william degnan via cctech > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anyone have spare OS/8 for DECmate disks, RX02? (copies originals does > not matter). > > I have a lot of RX01 disks, not sure if I have any RX02's, but I'd offer to > trade what I can or pay a fair price. I may need a VT278 to the pedestal > drive cable. I have a candidate cable that may work, but it's hacked up > (split) and may not from a DECmate, just found in in the DEC cable bin. > Not sure how rare the disks and/or cable are. I also need a CPU card RAM > module if anyone has one. The VT278 appears to work ok without the last > RAM pod/module in the back of the CPU card, but eventually I'll probably > want a full 32K. It may be required for DECmate OS/8. > > I realize It may be possible to make disks, working on that. I know that > RX02 is a format difficult to reproduce without effort, so I assume the > shortest path is to find someone with a working DECmate, RX02 disks, and > willingness to make a copy using the native system. I would be happy to > pay a fair price or trade stuff. I don't have a RX02 drive controller > card other than the DECmate CPU card, otherwise I'd make the disks myself. > I may be able to make a disk using imagedisk, looking into that, but I have > read that this is not easy. I have more to research on the subject. > > Here are some photos of the DECmate I am working on. > http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=699 > > Bill
