Re: Infocom mystery binary

2019-04-23 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 9:58 PM David Griffith via cctalk wrote: > In one of the repositories of Infocom game source code recently uploaded > to Github, there's an executable that appears to have come from an m68k > Unix machine of some sort. It's at >

Need a part for Sun 2/120.

2019-04-23 Thread Earl Baugh via cctalk
I’m in the process of restoring a Sun 2/120 and realized that the unit I have doesn’t have the back plate and cables for monitor and keyboard/mouse. I have spare parts to trade for 2/120 ( including a sun 2/120 keyboard cable I found today. ) or can do $$ Earl Sent from my iPhone

Re: Infocom mystery binary

2019-04-23 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 9:42 PM Phil Budne via cctalk wrote: > $ file zap > zap: mc68k COFF object not stripped (demand paged) > > ISTR A/UX had a COFF. 68k SunOS used a.out format. > SunOS used a.out for all architectures. Solaris used ELF. Warner P.s. the Solaris rebranding of SunOS

Re: Infocom mystery binary

2019-04-23 Thread Phil Budne via cctalk
$ file zap zap: mc68k COFF object not stripped (demand paged) ISTR A/UX had a COFF. 68k SunOS used a.out format.

Re: SIMH question

2019-04-23 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 8:08 PM Charles via cctalk wrote: > > Get PUTR from dbit.com and use it to move the files onto an image > you can then mount under SIMH. > > = > Thanks... unfortunately I'm running 64-bit Windows and just discovered

Re: SIMH question

2019-04-23 Thread Charles via cctalk
On 4/23/19 8:57 PM, Fritz Mueller via cctalk wrote: On Apr 23, 2019, at 5:34 PM, Charles via cctalk classiccmp.org> wrote: This may be a silly question... but how can I transfer a text file from my PC into SIMH for PDP-11? I've found the most convenient way to do this, for a file or two at

Infocom mystery binary

2019-04-23 Thread David Griffith via cctalk
In one of the repositories of Infocom game source code recently uploaded to Github, there's an executable that appears to have come from an m68k Unix machine of some sort. It's at https://github.com/historicalsource/zork-german/blob/master/zap. Over at intfiction.org[1], it was initially

Re: Programming on metal cylinders?

2019-04-23 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 4/23/19 7:28 PM, Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk wrote: > I used Digital Visual FORTRAN quite a bit in the 90's.  I still have the > installation CDs for v. 6.0A Professional Edition Intel version from > December, 1998.  It featured most VAX extensions, I think.  But at the > time, my main

Re: Programming on metal cylinders?

2019-04-23 Thread Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk
I used Digital Visual FORTRAN quite a bit in the 90's.  I still have the installation CDs for v. 6.0A Professional Edition Intel version from December, 1998.  It featured most VAX extensions, I think.  But at the time, my main research machine was a Sun with twin 200MHz Ultrasparcs.  I wish I

Re: SIMH question

2019-04-23 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 4/23/19 8:57 PM, Fritz Mueller via cctalk wrote: > >> On Apr 23, 2019, at 5:34 PM, Charles via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> This may be a silly question... but how can I transfer a text file from my >> PC into SIMH for PDP-11? > > I've found the most convenient way to do this, for a file or two

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Patrick Finnegan via cctalk
On Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 11:42 Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > > On 4/23/19 4:43 AM, Patrick Finnegan via cctalk wrote: > > I should be able to do that for you if you don't find someone else with a > > dumped room sooner. > > I was wondering what TS-8xx systems you have that supported RS-422, > and

Re: SIMH question

2019-04-23 Thread Fritz Mueller via cctalk
> On Apr 23, 2019, at 5:34 PM, Charles via cctalk wrote: > > This may be a silly question... but how can I transfer a text file from my PC > into SIMH for PDP-11? I've found the most convenient way to do this, for a file or two at a time, is to use the paper tape reader/punch devices.

SIMH question

2019-04-23 Thread Charles via cctalk
This may be a silly question... but how can I transfer a text file from my PC into SIMH for PDP-11? Is it even possible to create a disk or tape image from source code? Attaching files requires them to be images... I have significant changes to make to TSGEN.MAC (TSX-Plus definitions file)

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
Cool, thanks, Al! I'll give that a go. On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 5:20 PM Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > it is the same one used in the 910 180-016A_A17_85AE.bin > > On 4/23/19 12:23 AM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > > Hi all -- > > > > I'm working on a Televideo 925 terminal with a few

Need part for Sun 2/129

2019-04-23 Thread Earl Baugh via cctalk
I’m in the process of restoring a Sun 2/120 and realized that the unit I have doesn’t have the back plate and cables for monitor and keyboard/mouse. I have spare parts to trade for 2/120 ( including a sun 2/120 keyboard cable I found today. ) or can do $$ Earl Sent from my iPhone Sent from

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 4/23/19 3:35 PM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: > When I saw this thread I thought 'Oh, I have a 925!' Which was working last > time (years ago.) > But wouldn't you know. When I checked, it's a Televideo 924. Off by one. > > But perhaps the character ROM content is the same? > Anyway I will

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
When I saw this thread I thought 'Oh, I have a 925!' Which was working last time (years ago.) But wouldn't you know. When I checked, it's a Televideo 924. Off by one. But perhaps the character ROM content is the same? Anyway I will see if it still works, and secure all the ROM images. Today. I

Re: Programming on metal cylinders?

2019-04-23 Thread Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk
I used Digital Visual FORTRAN quite a bit in the 90's.  I still have the installation CDs for v. 6.0A Professional Edition Intel version from December, 1998.  It featured most VAX extensions, I think.  But at the time, my main research machine was a Sun with twin 200MHz Ultrasparcs.  I wish I

RE: Programming on metal cylinders?

2019-04-23 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of John Foust via > cctalk > Sent: 23 April 2019 23:00 > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: RE: Programming on metal cylinders? > > At 03:07 AM 4/23/2019, Dave Wade via cctalk wrote: > >Do you mean DIGITAL/Compaq FORTRAN for Windows? Or

RE: Programming on metal cylinders?

2019-04-23 Thread John Foust via cctalk
At 03:07 AM 4/23/2019, Dave Wade via cctalk wrote: >Do you mean DIGITAL/Compaq FORTRAN for Windows? Or something older such as VAX >Fortran which had many extensions. Yes, it was under Windows. What do you know about it? I find these tips:

RE: Telex 20 Meg 10 platter very heavy monster drive needed drop line off list..r

2019-04-23 Thread Tom Gardner via cctalk
ISS was an independent company in the era (late 60s) of the 714 (IBM 2314 compatible). It was later acquired by Itel (a leasing company) and then by Univac and sort of disappeared in the 80s. Depending upon your application almost any plug compatible 2314 might work or could be made to work.

Re: Telex 20 Meg 10 platter very heavy monster drive needed drop line off list..r

2019-04-23 Thread Curious Marc via cctalk
Nice beastie. Marc > On Apr 22, 2019, at 11:34 AM, ED SHARPE via cctalk > wrote: > > Thanks Al yes, that is the one. > > and as I recall ISS was a offshoot on univac?In a message dated > 4/22/2019 11:21:50 AM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: > > >>

Re: IBM 6360 - interface help?

2019-04-23 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
CCing the list back in, and still looking for someone in the NY area with a Displaywriter (with disk drive) that could help me take some logic traces - Quoth Nigel: just in case you missed it your reply only went to me. On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 1:45 PM Anders Nelson wrote: > Nigel - Wow,

Re: Telex 274-61C Establishment Controller

2019-04-23 Thread Kevin Bowling via cctalk
It's labeled Visara, 1174-25S mfg date is 2003. It only has a 3.5" floppy, it boots off an internal HDD, so I'm not sure how to load code for DFTs yet. Regards, Kevin On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 9:16 AM Al Kossow wrote: > > > > On 4/22/19 8:15 PM, Kevin Bowling wrote: > > I have a late model 1174

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 8:25 AM Patrick Finnegan wrote: > On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 11:02 AM Jon Elson via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> Is the ROM totally bad, or just losing a few bits here and >> there? If the latter, you could probably read it out, figure >> out how the rows,

Re: Telex 274-61C Establishment Controller

2019-04-23 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 4/22/19 8:15 PM, Kevin Bowling wrote: > I have a late model 1174 it looks like they kept the same basic architecture, > each board has a full 68k. The desktop models (-60 and -95) have a large integrated main boards with plug-ins for comms options. I have one of each, I have them pulled

Re: Telex 274-61C Establishment Controller

2019-04-23 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
Could you take some pictures and image the 5" floppies? Is this one of the big floor standing units (1174-10C) ? Did you get any docs with it? On 4/22/19 8:15 PM, Kevin Bowling wrote: > I have a late model 1174 it looks like they kept the same basic architecture, > each board has a full 68k. >

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 4/23/19 4:43 AM, Patrick Finnegan via cctalk wrote: > I should be able to do that for you if you don't find someone else with a > dumped room sooner. I was wondering what TS-8xx systems you have that supported RS-422, and if you've dumped the firmware from them. I can request the TS-806/20

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Patrick Finnegan via cctalk
On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 11:02 AM Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > Is the ROM totally bad, or just losing a few bits here and > there? If the latter, you could probably read it out, figure > out how the rows, columns and characters are mapped, and fix it. > Considering that 925s are really common,

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
it is the same one used in the 910 180-016A_A17_85AE.bin On 4/23/19 12:23 AM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > Hi all -- > > I'm working on a Televideo 925 terminal with a few problems, one of which > is a bad character generator ROM, (a MOS 2332). Does anyone have a dump of > this already,

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 04/23/2019 02:23 AM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: Hi all -- I'm working on a Televideo 925 terminal with a few problems, one of which is a bad character generator ROM, (a MOS 2332). Does anyone have a dump of this already, or have a working 925 they'd be able to dump the ROM from? Is the

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
what is the ROM written on? b On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 7:44 AM Patrick Finnegan via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I should be able to do that for you if you don't find someone else with a > dumped room sooner. > > Patrick Finnegan > > On Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 03:23 Josh Dersch via cctalk

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Patrick Finnegan via cctalk
I should be able to do that for you if you don't find someone else with a dumped room sooner. Patrick Finnegan On Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 03:23 Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > Hi all -- > > I'm working on a Televideo 925 terminal with a few problems, one of which > is a bad character generator ROM,

RE: Programming on metal cylinders?

2019-04-23 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Chuck Guzis via > cctalk > Sent: 22 April 2019 18:10 > To: John Foust via cctalk > Subject: Re: Programming on metal cylinders? > > On 4/21/19 7:11 AM, John Foust via cctalk wrote: > > > > I was assisting an older client the other day, a

Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
Hi all -- I'm working on a Televideo 925 terminal with a few problems, one of which is a bad character generator ROM, (a MOS 2332). Does anyone have a dump of this already, or have a working 925 they'd be able to dump the ROM from? Thanks in advance, Josh