Re: HP1000 A series servers, interface card, cables, and accessories.
On Sun, 17 Oct 2021 14:52:33 -0400 Jesse Dougherty via cctalk wrote: > I have A series servers, parts, interface cards, and probably any > accessory that you might need. If anyone is looking for any HP 1000 A > series hardware, let me know. I still have a few of these loaded A990 > boxes that I can do $1,700.00 each > > www.ebay.com/itm/384211227987 As a satisfied customer, I can vouch for Jesse's offer. I bought one of these systems over a year ago and it has performed flawlessly ever since. I've used it with multiple SCSI disks and GPIB disks (including HPDrive). Cheers, Lyle -- 73 NM6Y Bickley Consulting West https://bickleywest.com "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
Re: FTGH (-Shipping): Assorted 9 track tape media
On 2021-10-17 11:22 p.m., Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: On 10/17/21 9:09 PM, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote: Hi, Hi, I'd like to find homes for: 22 x 11" reels 5 x 9" 2 x 7" Most rated up to 6250bpi, a handful to 3200bpi. Some CONTROL DATA branded, rest mixed brands. All in decent condition. Is there anything on them that might be worth archiving? I'd chip in on shipping to someone who could archive the contents if need be. Nothing looks obviously like a software distribution or anything particularly interesting. --Toby
Re: FTGH (-Shipping): Assorted 9 track tape media
On 10/17/21 9:09 PM, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote: Hi, Hi, I'd like to find homes for: 22 x 11" reels 5 x 9" 2 x 7" Most rated up to 6250bpi, a handful to 3200bpi. Some CONTROL DATA branded, rest mixed brands. All in decent condition. Is there anything on them that might be worth archiving? I'd chip in on shipping to someone who could archive the contents if need be. -- Grant. . . . unix || die
FTGH (-Shipping): Assorted 9 track tape media
Hi, I'd like to find homes for: 22 x 11" reels 5 x 9" 2 x 7" Most rated up to 6250bpi, a handful to 3200bpi. Some CONTROL DATA branded, rest mixed brands. All in decent condition. Located: Toronto Canada, will post for cost of shipping by Canada Post (reimbursed PayPal). First come, first served, etc. --Toby
Re: HP1000 A series servers, interface card, cables, and accessories.
On Sun, 17 Oct 2021 14:52:33 -0400 Jesse Dougherty via cctalk wrote: > I have A series servers, parts, interface cards, and probably any > accessory that you might need. If anyone is looking for any HP 1000 A > series hardware, let me know. I still have a few of these loaded A990 > boxes that I can do $1,700.00 each > > www.ebay.com/itm/384211227987 As a satisfied customer, I can vouch for Jesse's offer. I bought one of these systems over a year ago and it has performed flawlessly ever since. I've used it with multiple SCSI disks and GPIB disks (including HPDrive). Cheers, Lyle -- 73 NM6Y Bickley Consulting West https://bickleywest.com "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
SMC*11E SMD Controller Information
Does anyone have information on a SMC*11E controller? Appears to be a two-drive SMD controller for Unibus (hex height module). Looking the connectors over, it looks like it'd probably drop into a MUD slot and use the SPC pins. Thanks, Jonathan
Re: MS-DOS 1.25 8" Disk Image for Displaywriter
Yep, the link below is the disk image of MS-DOS ported to the displaywriter. I have it booting fine, but my attempts to write a new disk from the greaseweazel with some dos software to try running is not going well. The tool I usually use to open DOS disk images and add files does not like that disk image, so looking for any tips on creating compatible images I can write with my greaseweazle. -Eric On Sun, Oct 17, 2021, 4:08 PM Bill Degnan wrote: > The Displaywriter is not natively DOS based, but I assume you know this > and that's not what you are saying. Instead someone internally at IBM or > otherwise ported DOS 1.25 for a non native system (the Displaywriter). > > On Sun, Oct 17, 2021, 4:40 PM Eric Moore via cctalk > wrote: > >> http://www.bitsavers.org/bits/IBM/Displaywriter/SSSD_20210926/MSDOS.IMD >> >> >>
Re: MS-DOS 1.25 8" Disk Image for Displaywriter
The Displaywriter is not natively DOS based, but I assume you know this and that's not what you are saying. Instead someone internally at IBM or otherwise ported DOS 1.25 for a non native system (the Displaywriter). In short I dont know of any IBM MS DOS 1.25 for Diplsaywtiter, at.least when I worked at IBM and they had Dipslaywriters in the Customer Center in Wilm., DE. Interesting. Coincidentally I did build a bootable 8" DOS disk just for the fun of it but it was DOS 6.22. The 80 vs 77 tracks issue came.up. Good.luck :-) Bill On Sun, Oct 17, 2021, 4:40 PM Eric Moore via cctalk wrote: > http://www.bitsavers.org/bits/IBM/Displaywriter/SSSD_20210926/MSDOS.IMD > > I have a copy of the disk this image was made from booted on my DW, and am > trying to load easywriter or a little basrun compatible basic program onto > an 8" disk with my greaseweazle. > > Not having much luck with the HxC software or winimage poking at that > image, or loading what I would think would be compatible DOS disks on the > DW. > > > Does anyone have some pointers on tools to help me read this image, and > make new images and add files? > > Thanks, > > -Eric >
Re: Computhink Eagle 32 - software, docs, info?
On 10/17/21 2:18 PM, Joshua Rice wrote: I saw that exact thread, and was as intrigued as you. Looks like it didn’t have any graphics capability, but instead had a text-based terminal built in. Quite unusual to see such a basic machine with such a capable CPU. The Infoworld article claimed 80x25 text, but also 240x512 graphics, suggesting that it was pixel addressable. The overview on the 1000bit site also says Unix ability (which would be really interesting given that the machine is contemporary with first offerings from companies such as Sun and Masscomp), but I'm not sure how much trust to place in that claim. cheers Jules
MS-DOS 1.25 8" Disk Image for Displaywriter
http://www.bitsavers.org/bits/IBM/Displaywriter/SSSD_20210926/MSDOS.IMD I have a copy of the disk this image was made from booted on my DW, and am trying to load easywriter or a little basrun compatible basic program onto an 8" disk with my greaseweazle. Not having much luck with the HxC software or winimage poking at that image, or loading what I would think would be compatible DOS disks on the DW. Does anyone have some pointers on tools to help me read this image, and make new images and add files? Thanks, -Eric
HP1000 A series servers, interface card, cables, and accessories.
I have A series servers, parts, interface cards, and probably any accessory that you might need. If anyone is looking for any HP 1000 A series hardware, let me know. I still have a few of these loaded A990 boxes that I can do $1,700.00 each www.ebay.com/itm/384211227987 Thanks Jesse Cypress Technology Inc je...@cypress-tech.com
Re: Computhink Eagle 32 - software, docs, info?
> On Oct 17, 2021, at 4:33 PM, Jules Richardson via cctalk > wrote: > > > Hey all, > > Someone in one of the Facebook vintage groups that I'm in just picked up a > Computhink Eagle 32, an early-ish (appears to be circa 1981/82) 68000-based > machine with integral display and keyboard. I saw that exact thread, and was as intrigued as you. Looks like it didn’t have any graphics capability, but instead had a text-based terminal built in. Quite unusual to see such a basic machine with such a capable CPU. Here’s an imgur URL to the pictures, for anyone not in the facebook group: https://imgur.com/gallery/8cFyA7p Here’s the link to the facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/groups/vintagecomputerclub/posts/5038930992806893/ Cheers, Josh
Computhink Eagle 32 - software, docs, info?
Hey all, Someone in one of the Facebook vintage groups that I'm in just picked up a Computhink Eagle 32, an early-ish (appears to be circa 1981/82) 68000-based machine with integral display and keyboard. On the rear it has a 50-pin connection for floppy and a 34-pin connection for a hard disk, but they have no external peripherals for it, and also no software and documentation. It's quite possible that the floppy connection is simply Shugart; hard disk *maybe* SASI I suppose, skimping on the number of ground lines (in which case it likely ran an external bridge to ST412/506). Online searching shows up very little about this system; does anyone here happen to have one or know anything about them? This one seems to have a pair of 256KB memory boards fitted, but also (perhaps worryingly) an empty "video" slot - although CRT connections apparently route to the main system board, so there's a chance that there was just a video expansion option not fitted to this particular machine. Still, even if that's not an issue, without knowledge of drives and software it might forever remain in boat anchor territory... cheers, Jules
