Re: [Scottish] processors

2006-11-15 Thread William Anderson
Gordon JC Pearce wrote: > Claudio Calvelli wrote: > [snip] > >> Any use for a PDP-11/73? I haven't switched it on in years but it >> does work. > > What's in it? Oh god, you woke the beast ... ;) -- _ __/| William Anderson | Tim: Your cheese game is strong. \`O_o' neuro at well dot com

Re: [Scottish] processors

2006-11-15 Thread Andrew Back
On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Gordon JC Pearce wrote: I believe RSX-11M may speak DECNet over a serial port. DDCMP perhaps: http://telecom.tbi.net/ddcmp.htm Andrew PS. A loving home can be found for any surplus Q-Bus goodness :o) ___ Scottish mailing list

Re: [Scottish] processors

2006-11-15 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
Claudio Calvelli wrote: No other removable media... but I am thinking it may be possible to install a DEC o/s using a pdp-11 emulator (with any emulated removable media which may be necessary) but making the emulator access the real pdp-11's MFM disk during install - I do have a MFM controller f

Re: [Scottish] processors

2006-11-15 Thread Claudio Calvelli
Gordon JC Pearce wrote: > I believe RSX-11M may speak DECNet over a serial port. That would be useful, I could use the VAX as a gateway to the pdp-11. Unfortunately, it won't boot from DECnet over the serial port (I've just tried) although it claims it can boot from DECnet over Ethernet and over

Re: [Scottish] processors

2006-11-15 Thread Georgia Thomson
quite a collection you have there, though, why do you have the A1200 hard drive in the acellerator bay? I have an SGI box and a sun box looking for a home if you want to expand the collection... also an HP9000, but it's a big um HUGE and power hungry. On 11/15/06, Alistair J. Ross <[EMAIL PROT

[Scottish] Glasgow Green Map Project

2006-11-15 Thread hannah clinch
Hello, I am in the process of developing a Green Map project for Glasgow. The project aims to make Glasgow a more sustainable city through the creation of a locally focused web based Green Map and a series of thematic paper based maps on issues such as recycling and reuse, transport, food..

Re: [Scottish] processors

2006-11-15 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
Claudio Calvelli wrote: Any use for a PDP-11/73? I haven't switched it on in years but it does work. Apologies I meant PDP-11/53 (actually very similar) What's in it? /me goes looking inside the PDP-11 KDJ11-D/S CPU board with a 15MHz CPU, 1536 (count 'em) kilobytes of RAM, two serial port

Re: [Scottish] processors

2006-11-15 Thread Claudio Calvelli
> > Any use for a PDP-11/73? I haven't switched it on in years but it > > does work. Apologies I meant PDP-11/53 (actually very similar) > What's in it? /me goes looking inside the PDP-11 KDJ11-D/S CPU board with a 15MHz CPU, 1536 (count 'em) kilobytes of RAM, two serial ports (http://home.all

Re: [Scottish] processors

2006-11-15 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
Claudio Calvelli wrote: Claudio- The 8088 was the 16 bit chip, indeed, but it had an 8 bit adress bus. The 8086 was superior to the '88 because it was a true 16bit cpu, incorporating a 16bit address bus. The 8087 complements it to provide real (floating point) calculations. Yes, tha

Re: [Scottish] processors

2006-11-15 Thread Paul McClung
I still have an old IBM PS2 Model 60 lying in my mothers garage. This thing has been dropped from the third floor and has been in a fire and still refuses to die. They just dont make them like that anymore. Claudio Calvelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Claudio- > > The 8088 was the 16 bit chi

Re: [Scottish] processors

2006-11-15 Thread Claudio Calvelli
> Claudio- > > The 8088 was the 16 bit chip, indeed, but it had an 8 bit adress bus. > > The 8086 was superior to the '88 because it was a true 16bit cpu, > incorporating a 16bit address bus. The 8087 complements it to provide real > (floating point) calculations. Yes, that's what I mea

Re: [Scottish] processors

2006-11-15 Thread Alistair J. Ross
Claudio- The 8088 was the 16 bit chip, indeed, but it had an 8 bit adress bus. The 8086 was superior to the '88 because it was a true 16bit cpu, incorporating a 16bit address bus. The 8087 complements it to provide real (floating point) calculations. I'm showing my love for all things

Re: [Scottish] processors

2006-11-15 Thread Claudio Calvelli
> I'm also looking to give a home to any 286, 386 and 486 chips you have lying > around. I've just dug out a 486DX4 - I'll take it to the next meeting if I manage to be there. Might be able to find a 386/20 somewhere. I should also have a 8086+8087 (not 8088... the real 16 bit version) but I can'

Re: [Scottish] processors

2006-11-15 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
Kyle Gordon wrote: You should've seen the inferno on top of his birthday cake :-) Kyle Next birthday I'm 0x21 so you should be able to get away with six candles, and only light two... Gordon ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk h

Re: [Scottish] processors

2006-11-15 Thread Kyle Gordon
I have a P100 and P200MMX here. Both are kept aside for you. Kyle On Tuesday 14 November 2006 21:13, Georgia Thomson wrote: > Hi everyone. just checking if any of you have any of the following > processors lying in your boxes o' bits. myself and a friend are doing a > similar project and are co

Re: [Scottish] processors

2006-11-15 Thread Kyle Gordon
You should've seen the inferno on top of his birthday cake :-) Kyle On Tuesday 14 November 2006 22:21, Mitchell Hagerty wrote: > Damn Gordon you are old! But you are correct, its the XT that had the > 8088. :) > > Mitch > > On Nov 14, 2006, at 10:06 PM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote: > > Mitchell Hagert

Re: [Scottish] processors

2006-11-15 Thread Georgia Thomson
On 11/14/06, Mitchell Hagerty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey Georgia, Don't count out the 8088 and 80186, You can find an 88 in IBM ATs (often recycled as electric gate controllers) and the 186 was primarily used in printers. Find a printer from the mid-80's you've probably found a 186. Good h

Re: [Scottish] processors

2006-11-15 Thread Georgia Thomson
i can give you a 166 for your smoothwall box, in exchange for the 150... On 11/14/06, willie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tuesday 14 November 2006 21:13, Georgia Thomson wrote: > Hi everyone. just checking if any of you have any of the following > processors lying in your boxes o' bits. myse