Re: 8-Update

2019-02-16 Thread Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk
From: Anders Nelson via cctalk: Saturday, February 16, 2019 10:58 AM Oh boy, how did I miss that someone has created a front panel PCB layout for a PDP-8/e? Can you ask Vince to share that design please? Took me a bit of hunting to see how my name came up, as the thread is from a while back,

Re: IBM 3174 C 6.4 Microcode Disks?

2019-02-16 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 2/16/19 9:49 PM, Kevin Monceaux via cctalk wrote: The 9121 voice server connected a T1 line to the RS/6000 for use by DT/6000. DT/6000 was used to create interactive phone menu systems. Is that by chance a 9291? Looks like a white / bage box with a grey strip on the front with lights or

Re: IBM 3174 C 6.4 Microcode Disks?

2019-02-16 Thread Kevin Monceaux via cctalk
Grant, On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 07:36:11PM -0700, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > I'm running into collisions with IBM 9121 and mainframe components. > Even that is vague. I'm not having nearly the luck I usually do looking > up IBM four digit model numbers. The 9121 voice server connected

Re: PDP-11 disk image question

2019-02-16 Thread Charles Anthony via cctalk
On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 10:53 AM Charles Anthony wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 10:04 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> >> >> I used SIMH to build RSTS V9.6 on a simulated RA81 disk. I wrote the >> disk as a file to a CDR in CD9660 format. I moved the

Re: IBM 3174 C 6.4 Microcode Disks?

2019-02-16 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 2/14/19 10:03 PM, Kevin Monceaux via cctalk wrote: I also acquired an RS/6000 7012-340, its 7208 8mm tape drive, and a couple of 9121 voice servers. It used to run DirectTalk/6000. I'm running into collisions with IBM 9121 and mainframe components. Even that is vague. I'm not having

corvus mirror

2019-02-16 Thread bandit1921 conbuilder.com via cctalk
Anybody know where I can find a working Corvus Mirror? I have several h89/90 and 2 h8's, most still work.

Re: Kemners Surplus - Real time walkthrough

2019-02-16 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 2/16/19 3:37 PM, Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: Well, I got outta there with: - IBM 6360, $45 - IBM 4868-002, $20 - 10 pack DSDD soft sector 8" floppies, $10 - Life magazine from 1941 with pretty lady on the cover, $5 Okay. Did I get swindled or is this par for the course? From my

Re: Kemners Surplus - Real time walkthrough

2019-02-16 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
No steals, but does seem quite reasonable. Well, depending on just HOW pretty the girl is. -- Will On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 5:37 PM Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: > > Well, I got outta there with: > > - IBM 6360, $45 > - IBM 4868-002, $20 > - 10 pack DSDD soft sector 8" floppies, $10 > - Life

Re: Kemners Surplus - Real time walkthrough

2019-02-16 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
Well, I got outta there with: - IBM 6360, $45 - IBM 4868-002, $20 - 10 pack DSDD soft sector 8" floppies, $10 - Life magazine from 1941 with pretty lady on the cover, $5 Did I get swindled or is this par for the course? On Sat, Feb 16, 2019, 4:56 PM Peter Cetinski > > On Feb 16, 2019, at 4:43

Shock and vibration are legitimate diagnostic tools.

2019-02-16 Thread Jeffrey S. Worley via cctalk
> > On Fri, 2019-02-15 at 12:00 -0600, cctalk-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote:> > > > as These hardware wizard stories remind me of a legendary repair wizard, > non-computer industrial devices I think. He was called in to fix a > tricky problem at the customer site. Studied it for a while, took >

Re: Kemners Surplus - Real time walkthrough

2019-02-16 Thread Peter Cetinski via cctalk
> On Feb 16, 2019, at 4:43 PM, Anders Nelson via cctalk > wrote: > > They have until the end of June 2019. >> Just my $0.02. When I was there last year they said the same thing. And prices were eBay level. If prices aren’t coming down a lot I suspect they may get their lease

Re: Speaking of sounds made by machines

2019-02-16 Thread Jeffrey S. Worley via cctalk
Of all machines I've used, the beloved Atari 8-bit is most vocal. It has the feature of 'i/o noise' by default. It can be disabled with a Poke, but every kind of io has distinctive sounds and actually represents the data being sent/received. If you disable it and crank the volume on your TV,

Re: Kemners Surplus - Real time walkthrough

2019-02-16 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
They have until the end of June 2019. On Sat, Feb 16, 2019, 4:24 PM William Donzelli Also, can you find out when they plan to close their doors and/or call > the scrapper? A timetable? > > Thank you for your effort so far. > > -- > Will > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 4:20 PM Anders Nelson via

Re: Kemners Surplus - Real time walkthrough

2019-02-16 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
Also, can you find out when they plan to close their doors and/or call the scrapper? A timetable? Thank you for your effort so far. -- Will On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 4:20 PM Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: > > More photos posted to the album with some NIB DEC boards, look like a > motherboard

Re: PDP-11 disk image question

2019-02-16 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 2/16/19 3:57 PM, Zane Healy wrote: > >> On Feb 16, 2019, at 10:04 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> OK, as usual, I hac caused confusion and didn't get my point across. >> >> let's try with a detailed explanation of what I did that didn't seem >> to work. >> >> First, my

Re: Kemners Surplus - Real time walkthrough

2019-02-16 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
More photos posted to the album with some NIB DEC boards, look like a motherboard and CRT board, two of each. On Sat, Feb 16, 2019, 1:51 PM Anders Nelson Hi everyone, > > I heard Kemners Surplus in Pottstown, PA was going away so I decided to > pay them a visit. I'm taking pictures of as much

Re: Kemners Surplus - Real time walkthrough

2019-02-16 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 2/16/19 1:53 PM, Anders Nelson wrote: They have probably 25 boxes of 10, 8" DSDD floppies each that are still in their sealed packaging if that's of interest! I'm personally not interested. But I've seen a lot of chatter recently about disks that IBM used in older equipment like the 3174

Re: PDP-11 disk image question

2019-02-16 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
> On Feb 16, 2019, at 10:04 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > wrote: > > OK, as usual, I hac caused confusion and didn't get my point across. > > let's try with a detailed explanation of what I did that didn't seem > to work. > > First, my hardware. I have a PDP-11/93 with a CMD SCSI

Re: Kemners Surplus - Real time walkthrough

2019-02-16 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
They have probably 25 boxes of 10, 8" DSDD floppies each that are still in their sealed packaging if that's of interest! On Sat, Feb 16, 2019, 2:29 PM Grant Taylor via cctalk On 2/16/19 12:16 PM, Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: > > The last there was proactive about saying prices are negotiable,

RE: Kemners Surplus - Real time walkthrough

2019-02-16 Thread Electronics Plus via cctalk
Really high prices! If he is going under, it will cost him up to $20 each to have those CRTs recycled. The printers and scanners will be 2-6 cents per pound as scrap. Maybe he will make some last minute good deals. -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On

Re: Kemners Surplus - Real time walkthrough

2019-02-16 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 2/16/19 12:16 PM, Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: The last there was proactive about saying prices are negotiable, and you could expect "up to 50%" off. Hum. I feel like that's not sufficient to peak my interest in some of the things. I'm particularly interested in the IBM PS/2 stuff, but

Re: Kemners Surplus - Real time walkthrough

2019-02-16 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
The last there was proactive about saying prices are negotiable, and you could expect "up to 50%" off. I'm not about to pay up to $1K for one of those corroded disk packs, so... On Sat, Feb 16, 2019, 2:11 PM William Donzelli Probably the biggest question everyone has is if the prices are >

Re: Kemners Surplus - Real time walkthrough

2019-02-16 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
I cross posted this / what you're doing to Usenet (PS/2 people) and tweeted about it. On 2/16/19 11:51 AM, Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: Hi everyone, I heard Kemners Surplus in Pottstown, PA was going away so I decided to pay them a visit. I'm taking pictures of as much vintage computing

Re: Kemners Surplus - Real time walkthrough

2019-02-16 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
Probably the biggest question everyone has is if the prices are reasonable for a place about to go under. -- Will On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 1:52 PM Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I heard Kemners Surplus in Pottstown, PA was going away so I decided to pay > them a visit. I'm

Re: 8-Update

2019-02-16 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
Oh boy, how did I miss that someone has created a front panel PCB layout for a PDP-8/e? Can you ask Vince to share that design please? On Tue, Dec 18, 2018, 6:08 PM Paul Birkel via cctalk >I have an .slt for the PDP-8/e lever > >Rod > > Please publish/share? > > paul > >

Re: PDP-11 disk image question

2019-02-16 Thread Charles Anthony via cctalk
On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 10:04 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > I used SIMH to build RSTS V9.6 on a simulated RA81 disk. I wrote the > disk as a file to a CDR in CD9660 format. I moved the BA350 and the > CD to a VS3100 running OpenBSD. I was able to mount the

Kemners Surplus - Real time walkthrough

2019-02-16 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
Hi everyone, I heard Kemners Surplus in Pottstown, PA was going away so I decided to pay them a visit. I'm taking pictures of as much vintage computing gear as I can as we speak. I'll be here until they close today at 5pm EST, so if you see something you like feel free to give them a call and

Re: PDP-11 disk image question

2019-02-16 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 2/16/19 12:35 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > >> On Feb 16, 2019, at 9:10 AM, Lyle Bickley via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> Bill, >> >> On Sat, 16 Feb 2019 13:55:10 + >> Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> >>> So, I used SIMH to do an install of a complete OS on >>> an RA81 disk. I would

Re: PDP-11 disk image question

2019-02-16 Thread Jerry Weiss via cctalk
On 2/16/19 7:55 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: So, I used SIMH to do an install of a complete OS on an RA81 disk. I would like to move this to a real disk and try it on a real PDP-11. Is there a way to do this using dd on a BSD machine? I tried but it created a non bootable system.

Re: PDP-11 disk image question

2019-02-16 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
> On Feb 16, 2019, at 9:10 AM, Lyle Bickley via cctalk > wrote: > > Bill, > > On Sat, 16 Feb 2019 13:55:10 + > Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > >> So, I used SIMH to do an install of a complete OS on >> an RA81 disk. I would like to move this to a real disk >> and try it on a real

Re: Intel Universal Prom Programmer UPP 103 documentation

2019-02-16 Thread craig andrews via cctalk
Dwight Thanks for the suggestion. The problem just showed up late last night so I haven’t really started diagnostics yet. Fortunately, it reads OK but is just failing to program so the problem is very limited in scope and probably going to be fairly easy to track down. This problem aside, it

Re: PDP-11 disk image question

2019-02-16 Thread Lyle Bickley via cctalk
Bill, On Sat, 16 Feb 2019 13:55:10 + Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > So, I used SIMH to do an install of a complete OS on > an RA81 disk. I would like to move this to a real disk > and try it on a real PDP-11. Is there a way to do this > using dd on a BSD machine? I tried but it

Re: Intel Universal Prom Programmer UPP 103 documentation

2019-02-16 Thread dwight via cctalk
Not sure how much this will help but the EPROM programmer boards were an evolutionary thing. The UPP-816 would be quite similar to the UPP-833, except for extra stuff for voltage control and added addresses. What is the issue you are having with the board? Dwight

PDP-11 disk image question

2019-02-16 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
So, I used SIMH to do an install of a complete OS on an RA81 disk. I would like to move this to a real disk and try it on a real PDP-11. Is there a way to do this using dd on a BSD machine? I tried but it created a non bootable system. Well, actually, it starts to boot but then fails very

Fwd: Latest Batch of Items from Sellam's VWoCW

2019-02-16 Thread Lawrence Wilkinson via cctalk
Sorry, moderation fail. Forwarding to cctalk: Forwarded Message Subject:Latest Batch of Items from Sellam's VWoCW Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 20:27:12 -0800 From: Sellam Ismail via cctech Reply-To: Sellam Ismail , General Discussion: On-Topic Posts To: General

Intel Universal Prom Programmer UPP 103 documentation

2019-02-16 Thread craig andrews via cctalk
Hello, I need to do some work on my intel UPP-833 personality card in my UPP and am looking for documentation This document: 9800133F_Universal_PROM_Programmer_Reference_Manual_1977 has schematics for personality cards available in ‘77 but does not include the UPP-833 I am having trouble

Re: Zenith Z-90 startup

2019-02-16 Thread craig andrews via cctalk
Hello, I am reading through message archives and came across your post. Did you get your h90 sorted out? Craig