RE: DG/UX install media
Alan, I have an archive of Aviion documentation and DG/UX 4.30 in a bz2 file. The total amount of the archive is about 62 MB. I can upload the archive if you have a ftp site. Martin > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of alan-- > - via cctalk > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 11:05 AM > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: DG/UX install media > > Does anyone have install media for DG/UX targeted for M88100 CPUs > (specifically Aviion)? Any version > > Thanks, > > -Alan
Heathkit H9 schematics wanted
Hi to all! I'm looking for a good scan of the Heathkit H9 schematics. A set of photos, if the document is to large for scanning, would also work for me. Regards Rolf
More CRAY, ETC
I sorted about 15 or so more of CRAY and other supercomputer items today. Among other things were a bunch ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software and a ton of Parallel Computing booklets. There were probably 20 or more full CRAY folders. Also 6 or so CRAY "gifts", like a key fob, a semi circular blade and other items. He is not sure if he is going to keep them, and I have no idea what kind, if any offer I should make. There are probable 15 boxes of research papers, and he went to conferences almost everywhere. I figure I might get it all moved by Friday, then I'll have to go through it. Paul
Re: RA60 head #4
On 9/25/2018 3:39 PM, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: I could use a RL02 or RL01 head as a trade if someone is interested. I have two boxes which if I remember right have a pair of RL01 heads. They were pulled from a RL01 drive that I converted to a RL01 1/2 (swap heads, electronics, etc. to make it into a mostly-RL02.) So, two heads, original boxes, great condition. Boxes say 70-15637-00 and 70-15637-01 part numbers but I'm pretty sure that these are the pulled RL01 heads. Interested? Free for shipping, as I have no use for them.. -Rick
Re: Cleaning out again
> From: Mark Tapley > I'm interested in one of the DECServers but Bill says it's big > enough to be in the "pick up only" pile. ... drop it at a Pak/n/Ship or > equivalent to get it headed my way. PakMail will go pick stuff up. If several people get together, they could make only one trip to Bill's, which might reduce the cost. Noel
Re: DG/UX install media
I too am very interested in this - I just picked up an AViiON on eBay and I’m excited to restore it but have seen precious little in the way of OS images or manuals and the like Sophie > On Sep 26, 2018, at 1:05 PM, alan--- via cctalk wrote: > > Does anyone have install media for DG/UX targeted for M88100 CPUs > (specifically Aviion)? Any version > > Thanks, > > -Alan
Re: Cleaning out again
> On Sep 26, 2018, at 9:19 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > wrote: > > > > Here's a list of stuff I need to cull from my collection. > … > DECServer 200 > MC 3 > Desktop enclosure for DECServer 200 MC 1 … > There will be more to come. Other A/D D/A modules. Eventually > may get to the bigger stuff but then it would be pickup only as I > would never try to ship a box, not even the desktop ones. :-) All, I’m interested in one of the DECServers but Bill says it’s big enough to be in the “pick up only” pile. If anyone ends up headed his way to pick up something, I would sure appreciate it if you would grab one of these (and the desktop enclosure, if it’s still available) and drop it at a Pak/n/Ship or equivalent to get it headed my way. I’m in San Antonio, TX 78254. If this looks like it’ll happen, let me know and I can send checks or transfer PayPal to you and Bill respectively for shipping and acquisition costs plus whatever trouble is appropriate. Thanks in advance, - Mark
DG/UX install media
Does anyone have install media for DG/UX targeted for M88100 CPUs (specifically Aviion)? Any version Thanks, -Alan
Re: Cleaning out again
Here's a list of stuff I need to cull from my collection. Offering it here first. Make an offer. Plan on shipping being USPS "If it fits it ships" pricing. MODULE Description QTY NUMBER M9202 UNIBUS connector 3 G7273 NPG AND BUS GRANT CONTINUITY 5 M7556 Mininum load module +5V 1A -15V 375mA, 11/84 M9060 LOAD MODULE M9400-YE Headers and 240-ohm terminators (18-bit bus only) M9400-YE (can be used with M9401 as a Qbus extender) M9400 (Handle broken model unknown) M9302 UNIBUS TERM 2 M9401 Mirror-image connector used at other end of cable M9401 to M9400 to join 2 backplanes. M8739 LESI-to-UNIBUS interface for RC25, TU81 M8061 RLV12 RL01/RL02 disk control A026 16-channel, 12-bit Analogue-to-Digital plus A026 2-channel, 12-bit Digital-to-Analogue Converter DECServer 200 MC 3 Desktop enclosure for DECServer 200 MC 1 There will be more to come. Other A/D D/A modules. Eventually may get to the bigger stuff but then it would be pickup only as I would never try to ship a box, not even the desktop ones. :-) bill
Re: Which Operating System for my DCC-116 E / Entrex 480 / Nixdorf 620 / Data General Nova 1200 clone ?
Hello AJ Thank you for your interest in my project ;-) Unfortunately I was stopped by some technical problems. As I was studying ways to create bootable tapes for my DCC-166 when it started to present troubles. It started with illegible characters (like a bad charset) on the only operational terminal I have. Despite this he continued to boot from the Diablo 44. Then I tried to reinstall from a bootable tape with DIDOS, the operating system of Nixdorf, and there it does not work anymore. Is it because the terminal is not properly working? Is it because there is a problem with the nine track tape? Is the disc of my Diablo 44 altered? Is it all problems are from a PSU problem? I do not know. I cleaned the tape drive, the disk platter, the heads, I clean all connectors (boards), checked what I could at the level of power supply. I still have not found the cause of the breakdown(s). I have not had the time yet but I am going to create a new topic on cctalk about this, unfortunately, I already feel that this troubleshooting will require knowledge beyond my skills. Well, we'll see ;-) Dominique On 25/09/2018 08:01, AJ Palmgren wrote: Dominique, Might you have any updates on your Nixdorf 620 / Entrex 480 system? I am quite interested, and it's been a while since I've seen any email with these keywords here, from you or anyone. Someday, it is my hope that I might take a tour of your system in Belgium, on my next trip to the region, if you would be open to this. I am quite fascinated by this rare dinosaur of a system. I have begun to archive your work, and everything else I've ever found about the Entrex 480 systems here: http://Entrex480.com Like your system restoration, it is a work in progress... Best always, AJ On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 9:52 AM Dominique Carlier via cctalk mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: I understand very well your concerns about sending by mail rare data on magnetic media. It's a pity that I live so far away (in Belgium), even if I have not finished to configure my machines, at the end I should be able to write anything on any media, and concerning magnetic tapes it will be from 500 to 6250 bpi. If one day you find in your stock a communication board for Nova 1200 that you do not use please note that I am a potential buyer. In the meantime, I have to find solutions to reopen all my old monsters to the outside world ;-) Dominique On 16/01/2018 15:19, Jay West via cctalk wrote: > The 'other Jay' wrote... > -- > Diagnostics for DG systems are notoriously difficult to find. I have a few, in listing format. > -- > I have a full official DG-issued/labeled original diagnostic OS tape. I do believe it is at 800bpi though. If I had an 800 bpi drive (everything I have is 1600-6250) I'd image it for everyone. > > I have a nice S/130 rack that I was almost finished restoring till Bruce Ray stopped responding. It's been sitting in my workshop for years now and I may have to just get rid of it. Next to it is a pile of about 8 nova 800/1200 cpus (all stuffed with boards) that I was going to start on next, but was waiting till the S/130 was done. I'd like to get done with them so I can move on to other machines that need to be restored... but may have to just move them out altogether. > > I'm wary of just sending the tape through the mail for imaging maybe I can find someone local with an 800 bpi tape drive and eric smith's tapeutils. > > J > > > -- Thanks, AJ Palmgren http://fb.me/SelmaTrainWreck http://SelmaTrainWreck.blogspot.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010931314283 https://www.linkedin.com/in/aj-palmgren-4a085516/
