Introducing the UUCP/Usenet Project

Hi all, as part of the upcoming 50th anniversary of Unix in mid-2019, a bunch of people are working to rebuild the mid-1980s uucp/Usenet network using (real/simulated) period-accurate systems. To make things easier, we are simulating the dialup lines too. Details of the (nearly) turnkey software

Re: Looking for article: microprogrammed DIY TTL calculator

On 3/20/2017 7:58 AM, Jacek Greniger via cctalk wrote: Hi, Two years ago I've found scans in PDF with the article (dated 197?, I don't remember) describing DIY TTL-based calculator. This was microprogrammed machine (if I remember correctly microproprogram was "stored" in the diode array). It

Re: Looking for article: microprogrammed DIY TTL calculator

On 2017-Mar-20, at 6:58 AM, Jacek Greniger via cctalk wrote: > Hi, > > Two years ago I've found scans in PDF with the article (dated 197?, I don't > remember) describing DIY TTL-based calculator. This was microprogrammed > machine (if I remember correctly microproprogram was "stored" in the diode

Re: Timesharing/multiuser BASIC for MC68K

On 3/20/2017 2:20 PM, Joseph Zatarski via cctalk wrote: More info on the hardware I'm using is available here: https://hackaday.io/project/6150-beckman-du600-reverse-engineering I have a copy of Diab and MQX that would run on it if you have the full docs. the 68332 was a nice micro that was

Looking for article: microprogrammed DIY TTL calculator

Hi, Two years ago I've found scans in PDF with the article (dated 197?, I don't remember) describing DIY TTL-based calculator. This was microprogrammed machine (if I remember correctly microproprogram was "stored" in the diode array). It has LED display and possiblity to calculate square root.

Re: Dore' on FreeBSD today

On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 3:37 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen via cctech wrote: > FWIW, Dore'[1] doesn't compile out of the box on FreeBSD 10.3-stable: > ./config/imake/imake -I./config/cf -DTOPDIR=. -DCURDIR=. > ./config/imake/imake: No such file or directory: Cannot exec >

Re: Timesharing/multiuser BASIC for MC68K

Nice! > On Mar 20, 2017, at 2:20 PM, Joseph Zatarski via cctalk > wrote: > > I just wanted to share a little project I've been working on, it's an > adaptation of Lee Davison's EhBASIC to become a timeshared multiuser BASIC. > There's still a bit more to do, but here's a

Timesharing/multiuser BASIC for MC68K

I just wanted to share a little project I've been working on, it's an adaptation of Lee Davison's EhBASIC to become a timeshared multiuser BASIC. There's still a bit more to do, but here's a video of it in operation: https://youtu.be/SAJpHiBPMcQ In that video, it's only running 3 sessions (I had

Re: Pair of Twiggys

On 15 March 2017 at 20:15, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: > Android runs a hacked BSD libc on top of a linux kernel. More than a bit of an oversimplification. Android has its own libc. It contains some portions from the BSD one, but is not a modified version.

Re: Pair of Twiggys

On 15 March 2017 at 20:05, geneb via cctalk wrote: > Why? The old nonsense still works! I gotta bring it out now and again to > keep the rust off and the joints moving freely. :) :-D > ITYM, "more buttons confuse those with cognitive delay". :) This isn't a great

Re: Looking for cassete basic rom code

On Mon, 20 Mar 2017, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: I need to study if there is a way to get push feed from interesting threads or such. I don't peruse much on sites anymore, and prefer to have an RSS feed or such and scan that with one liners or so. You can subscribe to threads or

Re: Looking for cassete basic rom code

On 3/20/2017 10:33 AM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/forum.php If I'm not mistaken the user "modem7" there runs http://www.minuszerodegrees.net and is a regular contributor on the Vintage Computer Forum. Will try that. Limited success with that forum. Not critical

Re: Looking for cassete basic rom code

On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 9:55 AM, jim stephens via cctalk > > > Would love to archive the entire site, it seems to have a lot of great well > organized information. > > Anyway at length someone might want to put the purpose of J18 (or one use of > it) in that page. > thanks > jim

Re: Pair of Twiggys

On 15 March 2017 at 18:50, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > Steve Capps was the only person on the original Mac team who worked at PARC. Larry Tesler Tom Molloy Bruce Horn Op cit -- http://www.mac-history.net/computer-history/2012-03-22/apple-and-xerox-parc/3 I may be

Re: Pair of Twiggys

On 15 March 2017 at 18:40, Josh Dersch wrote: > The Star introduced the concept of icons representing files (and other > things) in 1981. Smalltalk invented scrollbars (they were clumsier than > Apple's though) in the mid 70s. > > Also, don't forget that the Mac was designed

Re: Looking for cassete basic rom code

On 3/19/2017 9:47 AM, Adam Sampson via cctalk wrote: http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/bios/bios.htm If anyone knows who owns the site, I have a small smidge for the reference page about Jumper 18 on the AT 5170 motherboard. It is set to make the motherboard memory decoder drop out half of

Re: Looking for cassete basic rom code

On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 12:11 PM, geneb via cctalk wrote: > On Sun, 19 Mar 2017, william degnan via cctalk wrote: > > Has anyone made a ROM that runs BASIC and allows use of the disk drive to >> save on an IBM PC? This always bugged me that if you forgot to insert >> your

Re: Looking for cassete basic rom code

On Sun, 19 Mar 2017, william degnan via cctalk wrote: Has anyone made a ROM that runs BASIC and allows use of the disk drive to save on an IBM PC? This always bugged me that if you forgot to insert your dos disk before the computer powered up that one could not enter a basic command to tell

Re: Looking for windows 1.x for HP-150 touchscreen Also looking for Touchscre...

Yepper ...sure... I know that... But we need the physical artifact or at lest the box and a real manual to lay in the display. remember 90 percent of what I have to do here is for the visual! thnx Ed# In a message dated 3/20/2017 2:55:35 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,

Re: Looking for windows 1.x for HP-150 touchscreen Also looking for Touchscreen II

On Mon, 20 Mar 2017, Ed wrote: Looking for windows 1.x for HP-150 touchscreen Also looking for Look at the obvious hpmuseum.net site, it's there. Christian

Looking for windows 1.x for HP-150 touchscreen Also looking for Touchscreen II

Looking for windows 1.x for HP-150 touchscreen Also looking for Touchscreen II drop me a line offlist. Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC In a message dated 3/20/2017 1:06:35 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: Probably you wanna say "original retail

CDC 1700 Fortran [Was: Architectural diversity - was Re: Pair of Twiggys]

On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 11:16:20AM -0400, John Forecast via cctalk wrote: > > I just released a new version of the CDC 1700 simulator for SIMH. This > is a one’s complement, 16-bit machine and the Fortran compiler is now > functional in 16KW of available space (a smaller version (12KW) was >

Re: FS: Microsoft Windows 1.0 in original retail package

Probably you wanna say "original retail package" :) 2017-03-19 21:54 GMT-03:00 Sellam Ismail via cctalk : > I have for sale a complete copy of Windows 1.0 (release 1.01) in the > original retail pricing. Please check out my ad on the VCF forums for > complete info: > >

FS: Heathkit ES-400 analog computer front panel

I have for sale a Heathkit ES-400 front panel (only). Please check out my ad on the VCF forums for full details: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?56811-Heathkit-ES-400-Analog-Computer-Front-Panel Thanks! Sellam

FS: Ampro Little Board P5x, Pro-Log M900 PROM Programmer, Documation D150 Card Reader

I have for sale the following items: Ampro Little Board P5x, a nice little late 90s development system: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?56809-Ampro-Little-Board-P5x-and-chassis Pro-Log M900 PROM Programmer, with a 4004 microprocessor inside

FS: Microsoft Windows 1.0 in original retail package

I have for sale a complete copy of Windows 1.0 (release 1.01) in the original retail pricing. Please check out my ad on the VCF forums for complete info: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?56814-Microsoft-Windows-1-0-in-original-retail-packaging-complete Thanks! Sellam

Re: LINCtape/DECtape Head Alignment

On 3/19/2017 1:07 PM, Michael Thompson via cctech wrote: >> >> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2017 21:46:21 -0500 >> From: Jay Jaeger >> Subject: Re: LINCtape/DECtape Head Alignment >> >> Curious: How are you measuring the signal from the head? Do you have >> an honest to gosh

Dore' on FreeBSD today

FWIW, Dore'[1] doesn't compile out of the box on FreeBSD 10.3-stable: tingo@kg-core1$ uname -a FreeBSD kg-core1.kg4.no 10.3-STABLE FreeBSD 10.3-STABLE #0 r310083: Wed Dec 14 21:00:13 CET 2016 r...@kg-core1.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 Result tingo@kg-core1$ make -f Makefile.ini

Re: LINCtape/DECtape Head Alignment

> > Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2017 21:46:21 -0500 > From: Jay Jaeger > Subject: Re: LINCtape/DECtape Head Alignment > > Curious: How are you measuring the signal from the head? Do you have > an honest to gosh differential probe, or are you using some other > technique? (If you have

Re: CF cards as storage - wear leveling

> > > I don't think anybody is actually using real CF cards anymore, they are > about a decade out of date. > > ​Well, a few of us are still using them for 8-bit hard drive emulators. Examples include the XT-CF Lite for PC compatibles with ISA slots (which I use), and the CFFA3000 for the Apple