Very nice - thanks! Lee C.
On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 1:31 AM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rich > > Alderson via cctalk > > Sent: 10 December 2017 08:22 > > To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' > > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > > Subject: Dec-10 Day announcement from Living Computers: Museum + Labs > > > > Happy DEC-10 Day! > > > > It is my honor to announce that we at Living Computers: Museum + Labs are > > releasing to the computing community our Massbus Disk Emulator and all > the > > associated software. This device connects via Massbus cables to the RH10 > and > > RH20 interfaces on KI-10 and KL-10 systems, to the RH11 interface on > KS-10 > > and small PDP-11 systems (including the front end 11/40 on the KL-10), > and > to > > the RH70 on the PDP-11/70. The MDE provides up to 8 emulated RP06 or > RP07 > > disks (represented by disk files in the format used by the SimH emulation > of > > these systems). > > > > We expect that it will also work with the RH780 on the VAX-11/780 and > > VAX-11/785 although we have not yet tested it in this configuration. > > > > The original MDE was designed by Keith Perez in 2005, and emulated up to > four > > RP06 drives connected to a KL-10. The current generation was a redesign > by > > Bruce Sherry in conjunction with the restoration of our > > DECsystem-1070 in 2012, and initially provided eight RP06 drives on the > RH10. > > It has undergone continual development, with associated software created > for > > us by Bob Armstrong, and is now being opened up for the use of the > relevant > > communities. > > > > To this end, we have placed the design files for the hardware and the > source > > files for the software to interface with it, along with our library of > Universal > > Peripheral Emulator routines, on public access repositories at Github. > The URLs > > for these repositories are > > > > https://github.com/livingcomputermuseum/MDE2 > > > > https://github.com/livingcomputermuseum/MBS > > > > https://github.com/livingcomputermuseum/UPELIB > > > > These are released under a very liberal license which will allow for free > use of > > the MDE by any interested party. > > > > Happy Dec-10 Day! > > > > Rich > > > > > > Richard Alderson, Sr. Systems Engineer > > Living Computers: Museum + Labs > > 2245 1st Avenue S > > Seattle, WA 98134 > > > > Cell: (206) 465-2916 > > Desk: (206) 342-2239 > > > > http://www.livingcomputerss.org/ > > All I need now is a PDP-10.... > > :-) > > > > -- Lee Courtney +1-650-704-3934 cell