On Sun, 2019-01-06 at 12:00 -0600, [email protected] wrote: > Send cctalk mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctalk > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of cctalk digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: ELTRAN THE COMPILER ANY DOCS? (NOT THE SEMICONDUCTOR > STUFF!))) (Chuck Guzis) > 2. Re: ELTRAN THE COMPILER ANY DOCS? (NOT THE SEMICONDUCTOR > STUFF!))) (Chuck Guzis) > 3. Re: ELTRAN THE COMPILER ANY DOCS? (NOT THE SEMICONDUCTOR > STUFF!))) (ED SHARPE) > 4. off topic - capatob - saratov2 computer Russsian pdp8? HELP > (Dr Iain Maoileoin) > 5. Re: ELTRAN THE COMPILER ANY DOCS? (NOT THE SEMICONDUCTOR > STUFF!))) (ED SHARPE) > 6. Re: PDP-11/45 RSTS/E boot problem (Fritz Mueller) > 7. uc04 + scsi2sd ? (Jacob Ritorto) > 8. Re: uc04 + scsi2sd ? (Richard Cini) > 9. KD11-E/EA microcode flow diagrams (Noel Chiappa) > 10. Re: KD11-E/EA microcode flow diagrams (Fritz Mueller) > 11. Re: PDP-11/45 RSTS/E boot problem (Jerry Weiss) > 12. Re: uc04 + scsi2sd ? (Jerry Weiss) > 13. Re: PDP-11/45 RSTS/E boot problem (Fritz Mueller) > 14. ISO - 386 or 486 system or cplt mobo (drlegendre) > 15. Re: ISO - 386 or 486 system or cplt mobo ([email protected]) > 16. SMECC on the hunt for Monarch hp 150 poster do U have one? > or a hi res clean scan? (ED SHARPE) > 17. Re: uc04 + scsi2sd ? (Al Kossow) > 18. Re: uc04 + scsi2sd ? (Josh Dersch) > 19. Re: PDP-11/45 RSTS/E boot problem (Tony Duell) > 20. Re: PDP-11/45 RSTS/E boot problem (Jerry Weiss) > 21. Re: OT? Upper limits of FSB (Curious Marc) > 22. Re: PDP-11/45 RSTS/E boot problem (Fritz Mueller) > 23. Re: PDP-11/45 RSTS/E boot problem (Tony Duell) > 24. Re: PDP-11/45 RSTS/E boot problem (Fritz Mueller) > 25. Re: ISO - 386 or 486 system or cplt mobo (devin davison) > 26. Re: off topic - capatob - saratov2 computer Russsian pdp8? > HELP (Bob Smith) > 27. Re: off topic - capatob - saratov2 computer Russsian pdp8? > HELP (Grant Taylor) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 10:10:04 -0800 > From: Chuck Guzis <[email protected]> > To: Fred Cisin via cctalk <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: ELTRAN THE COMPILER ANY DOCS? (NOT THE SEMICONDUCTOR > STUFF!))) > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Okay, I think I found the reference to it. > > It turns out that it was a high-school student's project entered in > the > "Fourth Annual Computer Programming Contest for Grades 7 to 12'. To > quote: > > "The 1966 winner was William J. Elliott, a 12th grade student at West > High School in Minneapolis. His project, ELTRAN, is an algorithmic > language compiler system for the UNIVAC 422 computer. Until the > development of ELTRAN, no compiler existed for the computer." > > See PDF page 10 here: > > http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/computersAndAutomation/196701.pdf > > --Chuck > > P.S. One of these days, I'm going to host a course on "how to use > Google". > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 10:17:52 -0800 > From: Chuck Guzis <[email protected]> > To: Chuck Guzis via cctalk <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: ELTRAN THE COMPILER ANY DOCS? (NOT THE SEMICONDUCTOR > STUFF!))) > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Since it was a 53-year old high-school project, I doubt that you're > going to find much on it. However, see the post by Steve Schweda > here: > > https://community.hpe.com/t5/Operating-System-OpenVMS/Left-shift-by-more-than-32-bits-gt-undefined-in-DEC-C/td-p/5054212 > > He may actually have some familiarity with ELTRAN and know where some > documentation exists. > > --Chuck > > > > > On 1/5/19 10:10 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > Okay, I think I found the reference to it. > > > > It turns out that it was a high-school student's project entered in > > the > > "Fourth Annual Computer Programming Contest for Grades 7 to > > 12'. To quote: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 18:21:53 +0000 (UTC) > From: ED SHARPE <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ELTRAN THE COMPILER ANY DOCS? (NOT THE SEMICONDUCTOR > STUFF!))) > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > (COME ON SOCRATES ...? DO YOUR? THING!) > > In a message dated 1/5/2019 1:49:38 AM US Mountain Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > no is compiler a small one only 2 do loops allowed...ed# > Sent from AOL Mobile MailOn Friday, January 4, 2019 Chuck Guzis via > cctalk <[email protected]; [email protected]> wrote:On 1/4/19 8:42 > PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:> Would be? interesting when you find > it.> Not necessarily "tiny"> Remember WATFOR??? (very impressive!) > I guesss not too many numerical methods types hwere, but ELTRAN is > asubroutine in the EISPACK linear programming set.? Yes, it's all > FORTRAN: > > From the subroutine: > cc? ? this subroutine is a translation of the algol procedure > elmtrans,c? ? num. math. 16, 181-204(1970) by peters and wilkinson.c? > ? handbook for auto. comp., vol.ii-linear algebra, 372-395(1971).cc? > ? this subroutine accumulates the stabilized elementaryc? ? > similarity transformations used in the reduction of ac? ? real > general matrix to upper hessenberg form by? elmhes. > --Chuck > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 18:36:56 +0000 > From: Dr Iain Maoileoin <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: off topic - capatob - saratov2 computer Russsian pdp8? HELP > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Off topic, but looking for help and/or wisdom. > > If you visit https://www.scotnet.co.uk/iain/saratov < > https://www.scotnet.co.uk/iain/saratov>/ < > https://www.scotnet.co.uk/iain/> you will see some photos and wire- > lists of work that I have started on the front panel of a Capatob 2. > > I plan to get the switches and lights running on a blinkenbone board > with a PDP8 emulation behind it. (I already have an PDP11/70 front- > panel running on the same infrastructure) > > I have been struggling for over a year to get much info about this > saratov computer (circuit diagrams etc). So I have started the > reverse engineering on the panel. > > Does anybody know anything about this computer? online or offline it > would be much appreciated. > > Iain > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 19:17:56 +0000 (UTC) > From: ED SHARPE <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: Re: ELTRAN THE COMPILER ANY DOCS? (NOT THE SEMICONDUCTOR > STUFF!))) > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Chuck! Many thanks! > Update on? 422 UNIVAC? docs . .? some kind? ?people have mailed in? > docs and? ?things? they have? found related to this? 422 UNIVAC ...? > things are? shaping up! Many? thanks? ?to? all? these? folks- > > I? fear ever putting power to this? thing... so? may? parts to go? > POP... I have a nice large? Variac.....? ?suggestions? > Ed > > In a message dated 1/5/2019 11:18:00 AM US Mountain Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > Since it was a 53-year old high-school project, I doubt that you're > going to find much on it.? However, see the post by Steve Schweda > here: > > https://community.hpe.com/t5/Operating-System-OpenVMS/Left-shift-by-more-than-32-bits-gt-undefined-in-DEC-C/td-p/5054212 > > He may actually have some familiarity with ELTRAN and know where some > documentation exists. > > --Chuck > > > > > On 1/5/19 10:10 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > Okay, I think I found the reference to it. > > > > It turns out that it was a high-school student's project entered in > > the > > "Fourth Annual Computer Programming Contest for Grades 7 to 12'.? > > To quote: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 12:58:44 -0800 > From: Fritz Mueller <[email protected]> > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PDP-11/45 RSTS/E boot problem > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > On Jan 5, 2019, at 8:07 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > From: Fritz Mueller > > > All the CPU, FPU, KT11, KW11, and RK11 MAINDECS are passing just > > > fine. > > > > Don't forget Vonada Maxim #12: > > "Diagnostics are highly efficient in finding solved problems.? > > Well, there?s wisdom there, for sure! :-) > > Last night I also managed to put a new RSTS image, sysgen?d with the > non-overlapped DK driver, on a different physical pack. It behaved > exactly the same way on the real hardware (looping, counting up > errors) on boot. > > So I think now overlapped vs. non-overlapped DK driver is not the > issue, and media and image transfer fidelity are not the issue. A > memory or MMU problem would be consistent with what has been seen so > far, so I may bark up that tree a little more today. > > Paul, any additional suggestions for things to look at in ODT to try > and wring out more information on the specifics of the fault? > > I did get some MACRO CRC-16 sub-routines coded up last night while > waiting for various transfers, so I think I?ll go ahead and finish up > the standalone CRC dumper utility today. > > Lastly, a 5V-tolerant USB FIFO breakout board is supposed to show up > in the mails today. If that works out as simply as I hope to > interface with a DR11-C, I should have a much better way to blast > bits on and off the machine soon. > > cheers, > --FritzM. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 17:46:33 -0500 > From: Jacob Ritorto <[email protected]> > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <[email protected]> > Subject: uc04 + scsi2sd ? > Message-ID: > < > CAHYQbfABUeqYRHVCDGFJW=AWwEmP85aCn5GUNeeVvbxKVNw=o...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hey all, > Anyone know whether the Emulex UC04 works with the sd2scsi? I just > bought a uc04 and it won't talk to any of my old scsi disks, seems to > think > there's supposed to be a "controller" in between :\ yuck. > > thx > jake > > P.S. While I'm at it, anyone know how to get UC04 to talk to directly > to > plain scsi disks and tapes instead of these lunatic ESDI controller > bridge > things? > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 22:51:54 +0000 (UTC) > From: Richard Cini <[email protected]> > To: Jacob Ritorto <[email protected]>, "General Discussion: > On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: uc04 + scsi2sd ? > Message-ID: > < > c8cace9e45eb766d.e58c2e33-fdbf-42c3-836d-a38b62c94...@mail.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > > > > I use it with a UC07. Not sure what the difference in the > controllers is thought. > > > > Get Outlook for iOS > > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 5:46 PM -0500, "Jacob Ritorto via cctalk" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hey all, > Anyone know whether the Emulex UC04 works with the sd2scsi? I just > bought a uc04 and it won't talk to any of my old scsi disks, seems to > think > there's supposed to be a "controller" in between :\ yuck. > > thx > jake > > P.S. While I'm at it, anyone know how to get UC04 to talk to directly > to > plain scsi disks and tapes instead of these lunatic ESDI controller > bridge > things? > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 18:35:38 -0500 (EST) > From: [email protected] (Noel Chiappa) > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: KD11-E/EA microcode flow diagrams > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > The copy of the KD11-EA engineering drawings (in the 11/34A Field > Maintenance > Print Set, MP-00190) on Bitsavers is missing most of the pages that > hold the > microcode flow diagrams. I have a set of the KD11-EA FMPS (MP-00192), > which > does have all the missing pages, which I can eventually scan. > However, in the > interim, the 11/34 Field Maintenance Print Set Vol. 2 (MP-00082) on > Bitsavers > has a complete set of microcode flow diagrams for the KD11-E (pp. 15- > 40 of the > PDF), and they are almost identical to the KD11-EA diagrams. > > The only difference I can see (I compared page by page, to see if > each page > had the same microinstructions on it) is that on sheet 17; the last > microinstruction for RTI/RTT has been moved from 002 -> 744. (The > actual > microinstruction contents seem to be the same.) > > I don't know whyo the changed address; I originally thought that > perhaps they > had to re-do the IR Decode ROMs when they added floating point, and > they > needed the original location to handle the start of the floating > point > microcode, but that doesn't seem to be the case. > > Noel > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 16:04:29 -0800 > From: Fritz Mueller <[email protected]> > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: KD11-E/EA microcode flow diagrams > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > On Jan 5, 2019, at 3:35 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > The only difference I can see (I compared page by page, to see if > > each page > > had the same microinstructions on it) is that on sheet 17; the last > > microinstruction for RTI/RTT has been moved from 002 -> 744. (The > > actual > > microinstruction contents seem to be the same.) > > That?s interesting... So what?s at 002 now? Maybe something new was > required there by micro branch/fork logic, so the original contents > had to be moved? > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 18:06:48 -0600 > From: Jerry Weiss <[email protected]> > To: Fritz Mueller <[email protected]>, "General Discussion: On-Topic > and Off-Topic Posts" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PDP-11/45 RSTS/E boot problem > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > On 1/5/19 2:58 PM, Fritz Mueller via cctalk wrote: > > > On Jan 5, 2019, at 8:07 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > From: Fritz Mueller > > > > All the CPU, FPU, KT11, KW11, and RK11 MAINDECS are passing > > > > just fine. > > > Don't forget Vonada Maxim #12: > > > "Diagnostics are highly efficient in finding solved problems.? > > Well, there?s wisdom there, for sure! :-) > > > > Last night I also managed to put a new RSTS image, sysgen?d with > > the non-overlapped DK driver, on a different physical pack. It > > behaved exactly the same way on the real hardware (looping, > > counting up errors) on boot. > > > > So I think now overlapped vs. non-overlapped DK driver is not the > > issue, and media and image transfer fidelity are not the issue. A > > memory or MMU problem would be consistent with what has been seen > > so far, so I may bark up that tree a little more today. > > > > Paul, any additional suggestions for things to look at in ODT to > > try and wring out more information on the specifics of the fault? > > > > I did get some MACRO CRC-16 sub-routines coded up last night while > > waiting for various transfers, so I think I?ll go ahead and finish > > up the standalone CRC dumper utility today. > > > > Lastly, a 5V-tolerant USB FIFO breakout board is supposed to show > > up in the mails today. If that works out as simply as I hope to > > interface with a DR11-C, I should have a much better way to blast > > bits on and off the machine soon. > > > > cheers, > > --FritzM. > > > Along those lines if you have a spare disk pack, try putting > RT11(FB,XM) > on the machine and give it a workout.?? This would exercise the > machine > a bit more than MAINDECS, though not as much as RSTS. > > A few suggestions from my ancient history running RK11-C and a mix > of > DEC and Diablo Drives.? I regularly disassembled, moved cross > country > and reassembled PDP 11/34 and LSI 11/73 systems. I ran them in small > rooms which housed saltwater tanks containing sea creatures. > > * Given the age of this equipment, double check all the ground > connections between the cabinets, PDU's, drives, outlets and CPU. > * Carefully check for breaks or problems with drive cables and > terminators. > * I believe you need a terminator in the RK11-C if the second disk > bus > is unused. > * Try using the drive on the other bus if RSTS can be booted of > from DK4. > * Make sure you only have one LTC active if a DL11-W and a KW11 are > both in use. > * If you are not using a common PDU for the CPU, Drive and RK11-C > power supplies, make sure they all powered from outlets on the > same > phase. > * Don't leave the disk packs or drives near the tanks.? The squid > have > good aim and their ink isn't kind to electrical devices. > > ??? Jerry > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 18:27:15 -0600 > From: Jerry Weiss <[email protected]> > To: Jacob Ritorto <[email protected]>, "General Discussion: > On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: uc04 + scsi2sd ? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Hi Jake, > > I don't have a UC04, but its manual states its? Peripheral Interface > is > SCSI single ended.? The pinout is just like the UC07, except for > terminator power. > > ??? Jerry > > On 1/5/19 4:46 PM, Jacob Ritorto via cctalk wrote: > > Hey all, > > Anyone know whether the Emulex UC04 works with the sd2scsi? I > > just > > bought a uc04 and it won't talk to any of my old scsi disks, seems > > to think > > there's supposed to be a "controller" in between :\ yuck. > > > > thx > > jake > > > > P.S. While I'm at it, anyone know how to get UC04 to talk to > > directly to > > plain scsi disks and tapes instead of these lunatic ESDI controller > > bridge > > things? > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 16:44:51 -0800 > From: Fritz Mueller <[email protected]> > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PDP-11/45 RSTS/E boot problem > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hi Jerry, > > > On Jan 5, 2019, at 4:06 PM, Jerry Weiss <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Along those lines if you have a spare disk pack, try putting > > RT11(FB,XM) on the machine and give it a workout. This would > > exercise the machine a bit more than MAINDECS, though not as much > > as RSTS. > > Yup, I have previously had RT-11 running on this machine without > incident. > > > ? I believe you need a terminator in the RK11-C if the second > > disk bus is unused. > > Yep, got that in there. > > > ? Try using the drive on the other bus if RSTS can be booted of > > from DK4. > > Easy enough experiment to try; would need to re-jumper the G740 disk > selection flip chip in the RK11-C too, I guess? > > > ? Make sure you only have one LTC active if a DL11-W and a KW11 > > are both in use. > > Only a DL11-W in this system. > > > ? Don't leave the disk packs or drives near the tanks. The > > squid have good aim and their ink isn't kind to electrical devices. > > Ah, haven?t checked that one yet. I will carefully check my basement > for squid! > > --FritzM. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 19:42:10 -0600 > From: drlegendre <[email protected]> > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <[email protected]> > Subject: ISO - 386 or 486 system or cplt mobo > Message-ID: > < > CAFjrmd4Y27od8rxFBHcszAV4=kanscjyuvq31mn6cke7aq+...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I'm interested in finding a 386 or slow 486 machine or moboj ust for > playing DOS games. Does anyone have such a thing sitting around, > looking > for a home? > > Thanks in advance. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 15 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 22:02:21 -0500 (EST) > From: [email protected] > To: drlegendre <[email protected]>, "General Discussion: On-Topic > and Off-Topic Posts" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: ISO - 386 or 486 system or cplt mobo > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > On January 5, 2019 at 8:42 PM drlegendre via cctalk < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm interested in finding a 386 or slow 486 machine or moboj ust > > for > > playing DOS games. Does anyone have such a thing sitting around, > > looking > > for a home? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > I have a couple of 386sx motherboards with I think 1MB ram. I > thought I had a full 386 board with 8MB ram but I can't seem to find > it. Would one of those work for you? > > Will > > > "He may look dumb but that's just a disguise."? -- Charlie Daniels > > > "The names of global variables should start with? ? // "? --? > https://isocpp.org > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 16 > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2019 03:03:29 +0000 (UTC) > From: ED SHARPE <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: SMECC on the hunt for Monarch hp 150 poster do U > have one? > or a hi res clean scan? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Howdy? from the? ?desert? lands in Arizona!Early in the? HP DOS? PC? > campaign? there was the? monarch? butterfly poster used to advertise? > HP? 150 ... seeking to recreate? a duplicate? in a? corner of? the? > room our? little? hp 150? computer exchange inc? ?demo desk? area? > .... the? poster ( or a? print of it... )? ?is? needed! > What? great? fun we are? having...? got a? 2886a? (need paper feeder? > and receiver? little? flap? things that hung off? printer though)and > the? stake of? all the? '150' blue? box? ?software'? to have there > too? and other things? ? for the era...any other early poster > material? good? too... the monarch? one is? what? sticks in my? > brain... > OK? also the? HP Portable 110? came? along too... interested in Ad? > material for? it... have most of the hardware? to? look? ?interesting > I? think. > THANKS IN ADVANCE? ED SHARPE? ARCHIVIST FOR SMECC > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 17 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 19:55:49 -0800 > From: Al Kossow <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: uc04 + scsi2sd ? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > On 1/5/19 2:46 PM, Jacob Ritorto via cctalk wrote: > > Hey all, > > Anyone know whether the Emulex UC04 works with the sd2scsi? > > Nope. This card expects pre common command set disks with non- > embedded > scsi adapters. > > In a bad old days, you had to configure the scsi drive adapters > with disk geometry before you could use them, and the UC04 > does that for adapters like the Adaptec 4000. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 18 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 20:41:21 -0800 > From: Josh Dersch <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: uc04 + scsi2sd ? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > > On 1/5/2019 7:55 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > On 1/5/19 2:46 PM, Jacob Ritorto via cctalk wrote: > > > Hey all, > > > Anyone know whether the Emulex UC04 works with the sd2scsi? > > Nope. This card expects pre common command set disks with non- > > embedded > > scsi adapters. > > > > In a bad old days, you had to configure the scsi drive adapters > > with disk geometry before you could use them, and the UC04 > > does that for adapters like the Adaptec 4000. > > > Al's right; I'll add two things: > > 1) I've used a SCSI2SD in other systems that formerly used an > Adaptec > 4000/5000 controller with some success, but I was only ever able to > get > a single drive to work at a time; you may have similar luck with the > SCSI2SD if you configure it just right. > > 2) The SCSI2SD does currently have support for emulating some of > these > early controllers/bridges, but the Adaptecs aren't on the list yet > -- > however the SCSI2SD's creator has been open to feature requests in > the > past, and might be able to add support, and documentation for the > Adaptect boards is readily available.? (And the SCSI2SD firmware's > open > as well, so you can hack it in yourself if you have the time, etc.) > > - Josh > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 19 > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2019 05:17:50 +0000 > From: Tony Duell <[email protected]> > To: Fritz Mueller <[email protected]>, "General Discussion: On-Topic > and Off-Topic Posts" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PDP-11/45 RSTS/E boot problem > Message-ID: > < > cahkucczgcmugp4fd9akttngvfqwahvrxwghavsaiu3fhu2j...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 12:45 AM Fritz Mueller via cctalk > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > ? Try using the drive on the other bus if RSTS can be > > > booted of from DK4. > > > > Easy enough experiment to try; would need to re-jumper the G740 > > disk selection flip chip in the RK11-C too, I guess? > > No. One difference between the RK11-C and RK11-D is how it does drive > selects. > The RK11-C has 4 select lines on each cable, one is asserted at a > time. The RK11-D > has a 3 bit binary selection. There's a decoder in the RK05 (on the > G740 I think) that > is enabled when the drive is connected to an RK11-D. The RK03 is 1- > of-4 select > only which is why it works on an RK11-C and not on an RK11-D. > > So on the first drive connector of the RK11-C you get selects 0..3. > On > the second > cable you get 4..7. The drive is always jumpered for 0,1,2,3. If it's > jumpered as drive > 0 and you connect it to the first connector it's DK0. If it's > jumpered > as drive 0 and > you connect it to the second connector it's DK4. > > -tony > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 20 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 23:37:19 -0600 > From: Jerry Weiss <[email protected]> > To: Tony Duell <[email protected]>, "General Discussion: On-Topic > and Off-Topic Posts" <[email protected]>, Fritz Mueller > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PDP-11/45 RSTS/E boot problem > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > On 1/5/19 11:17 PM, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 12:45 AM Fritz Mueller via cctalk > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > ? Try using the drive on the other bus if RSTS can be > > > > booted of from DK4. > > > Easy enough experiment to try; would need to re-jumper the G740 > > > disk selection flip chip in the RK11-C too, I guess? > > No. One difference between the RK11-C and RK11-D is how it does > > drive selects. > > The RK11-C has 4 select lines on each cable, one is asserted at a > > time. The RK11-D > > has a 3 bit binary selection. There's a decoder in the RK05 (on the > > G740 I think) that > > is enabled when the drive is connected to an RK11-D. The RK03 is 1- > > of-4 select > > only which is why it works on an RK11-C and not on an RK11-D. > > > > So on the first drive connector of the RK11-C you get selects 0..3. > > On > > the second > > cable you get 4..7. The drive is always jumpered for 0,1,2,3. If > > it's > > jumpered as drive > > 0 and you connect it to the first connector it's DK0. If it's > > jumpered > > as drive 0 and > > you connect it to the second connector it's DK4. > > > > -tony > > I have used a Diablo drive with 1 of 4 selection on a third party > RKV11 > controller which was 3 bit binary. > It only worked as DK1, DK2 or DK4 for obvious reasons. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 21 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 21:40:10 -0800 > From: Curious Marc <[email protected]> > To: "Jeffrey S. Worley" <[email protected]>, "General > Discussion: > On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OT? Upper limits of FSB > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Interconnects at 28Gb/s/lane have been out for a while now, supported > by quite a few chips. 56Gb/s PAM4 is around the corner, and we run > 100Gb/s in the lab right now. Just sayin? ;-). That said, we throw in > about every equalization trick we know of, PCB materials are getting > quite exotic and connectors are pretty interesting. We have to hand > hold our customers to design their interconnect traces and connector > breakouts. And you can?t go too far, with increasing reliance on > micro-twinax or on-board optics for longer distances and backplanes. > Marc > > > On Jan 4, 2019, at 11:02 PM, Jeffrey S. Worley via cctalk < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Apropos of nothing, I've been confuse for some time regarding > > maximum > > clock rates for local bus. > > > > My admittedly old information, which comes from the 3rd ed. of > > "High > > Performance Computer Architecture", a course I audited, indicates a > > maximum speed on the order of 1ghz for very very short trace > > lengths. > > > > Late model computers boast multi-hundred to multi gigahertz > > fsb's. Am > > I wrong in thinking this is an aggregate of several serial lines > > running at 1 to 200mhz? No straight answer has presented on > > searches > > online. > > > > So here's the question. Is maximum fsb on standard, non-optical > > bus > > still limited to a maximum of a couple of hundred megahertz, or did > > something happen in the last decade or two that changed things > > dramatically? I understand, at least think I do, that these > > ridiculously high frequency claims would not survive capacitance > > issues > > and RFI issues. When my brother claimed a 3.2ghz bus speed for his > > machine I just told him that was wrong, impossible for practical > > purposes, that it had to be an aggregate figure, a 'Pentium rating' > > sort of number rather than the actual clock speed. I envision > > switching bus tech akin to present networking, paralleled to > > sidestep > > the limit while keeping pin and trace counts low.....? Something > > like > > the PCIe 'lane' scheme in present use? This is surmise based on my > > own > > experience. > > > > When I was current, the way out of this limitation was fiber-optics > > for > > the bus. This was used in supercomputing and allowed interconnects > > of > > longer length at ridiculous speeds. > > > > Thanks for allowing me to entertain this question. Though it is > > not > > specifically a classic computer question, it does relate to > > development > > and history. > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > Technoid Mutant (Jeff Worley) > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 22 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 21:45:39 -0800 > From: Fritz Mueller <[email protected]> > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PDP-11/45 RSTS/E boot problem > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > > On Jan 5, 2019, at 9:17 PM, Tony Duell <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 12:45 AM Fritz Mueller via cctalk > > > > > Easy enough experiment to try; would need to re-jumper the G740 > > > disk selection flip chip in the RK11-C too, I guess? > > > > No. One difference between the RK11-C and RK11-D is how it does > > drive selects. > > ... The drive is always jumpered for 0,1,2,3. > > Hi Tony, > > I?m speaking of the G740 at C13 on the RK11-C backplane, appearing on > sheet RK11-C-06 in the engineering drawings and described in the last > paragraph of section 3.2.5 in the RK11-C manual? > > On my RK11-C, this is jumpered to enable only drives 0 and 1; all > other jumpers are unpopulated. > > --FritzM. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 23 > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2019 05:51:18 +0000 > From: Tony Duell <[email protected]> > To: Fritz Mueller <[email protected]>, "General Discussion: On-Topic > and Off-Topic Posts" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PDP-11/45 RSTS/E boot problem > Message-ID: > < > cahkuccwiheajcd31qfd6ymeqvvdk8qm98artz9rtqy5ppmc...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 5:45 AM Fritz Mueller via cctalk > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I?m speaking of the G740 at C13 on the RK11-C backplane, appearing > > on sheet RK11-C-06 in the engineering drawings and described in the > > last paragraph of section 3.2.5 in the RK11-C manual? > > > > On my RK11-C, this is jumpered to enable only drives 0 and 1; all > > other jumpers are unpopulated. > > Ooops... > > Yes, you do have to fit the jumper there. Actually, is there a good > reason not to fit all > jumpers on that board? > > -tony > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 24 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 21:58:48 -0800 > From: Fritz Mueller <[email protected]> > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PDP-11/45 RSTS/E boot problem > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > On Jan 5, 2019, at 9:51 PM, Tony Duell <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Actually, is there a good reason not to fit all jumpers on that > > board? > > Looking at it, I was just wondering the same thing! > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 25 > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2019 01:53:34 -0500 > From: devin davison <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic > Posts" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: ISO - 386 or 486 system or cplt mobo > Message-ID: > < > CAOpB=UM9O-iJHzRjfgo805+qJ52OzjPPGmH1O=cyh9yq380...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I have a stockpile of them. Will get you pictures tomorrow. > > On Sat, Jan 5, 2019, 11:59 PM Will Cooke via cctalk < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On January 5, 2019 at 8:42 PM drlegendre via cctalk < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm interested in finding a 386 or slow 486 machine or moboj ust > > > for > > > playing DOS games. Does anyone have such a thing sitting around, > > > looking > > > for a home? > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > I have a couple of 386sx motherboards with I think 1MB ram. I > > thought I > > had a full 386 board with 8MB ram but I can't seem to find > > it. Would one > > of those work for you? > > > > Will > > > > > > "He may look dumb but that's just a disguise." -- Charlie Daniels > > > > > > "The names of global variables should start with // " -- > > https://isocpp.org > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 26 > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2019 09:08:03 -0500 > From: Bob Smith <[email protected]> > To: Dr Iain Maoileoin <[email protected]>, "General > Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" < > [email protected]> > Subject: Re: off topic - capatob - saratov2 computer Russsian pdp8? > HELP > Message-ID: > < > cahtnybw0gbxv+uprcwgmzzcnvmnplcif5lkg6wez_65w3yx...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > https://hapoc2015.sciencesconf.org/file/176702 > > gives a Little more history on Soviet copies of computers. > The timing of the production of the Capatob 2 seems to make it a > PDP8/L clone, not an M. What is called the 8 is really based on the > 5, > used 6-bit bytes, 12 bit words, and was Octal based - memory was the > most expensive part of the system at least through the early 70s, and > thus 12 bit words for double precision, 24bits, was a reasonable > approach for a scientific computer. > bb > > On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 1:37 PM Dr Iain Maoileoin via cctalk > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Off topic, but looking for help and/or wisdom. > > > > If you visit https://www.scotnet.co.uk/iain/saratov < > > https://www.scotnet.co.uk/iain/saratov>/ < > > https://www.scotnet.co.uk/iain/> you will see some photos and wire- > > lists of work that I have started on the front panel of a Capatob > > 2. > > > > I plan to get the switches and lights running on a blinkenbone > > board with a PDP8 emulation behind it. (I already have an PDP11/70 > > front-panel running on the same infrastructure) > > > > I have been struggling for over a year to get much info about this > > saratov computer (circuit diagrams etc). So I have started the > > reverse engineering on the panel. > > > > Does anybody know anything about this computer? online or offline > > it would be much appreciated. > > > > Iain > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 27 > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2019 10:42:15 -0700 > From: Grant Taylor <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: off topic - capatob - saratov2 computer Russsian pdp8? > HELP > Message-ID: > < > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > On 1/6/19 7:08 AM, Bob Smith via cctalk wrote: > > What is called the 8 is really based on the 5, used 6-bit bytes, 12 > > bit > > words, and was Octal based > > Is "byte" the correct term for 6-bits? I thought a "byte" had > always > been 8-bits. But I started paying attention in the '90s, so I missed > a lot. > > I would have blindly substituted "word" in place of "byte" except > for > the fact that you subsequently say "12-bit words". I don't know if > "words" is parallel on purpose, as in representing a quantity of two > 6-bit word. > > Will someone please explain what I'm missing that transpired before > I > started paying attention in the '90s? > > >
