Re: Abandoned FACOM system in Italy?

2019-05-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 4:14 PM shad via cctech wrote: > > Hello, > do you know the people who made the video? > I think the factory is the Satilai in Saronno. > > Andrea I believe those guys are based somewhere in the US. Sometime in the last few months they made a trip exploring several

Re: Abandoned FACOM system in Italy?

2019-05-27 Thread shadoooo via cctalk
Hello, do you know the people who made the video? I think the factory is the Satilai in Saronno. Andrea

looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

2019-05-27 Thread Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk
A long shot I know, but I'm looking for an IBM knob that's missing from a 609 calculator panel I have. Photos can be seen here: http://dvq.com/ibm/ibm-609-pnl1.JPG http://dvq.com/ibm/ibm-609-pnl4.JPG http://dvq.com/ibm/ibm-609-pnl5.JPG I have no idea if the knob was made by IBM or was a common

Re: 11/93 Rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 5:06 PM ben via cctalk wrote: > > On 5/27/2019 2:56 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: > > On Mon, 27 May 2019, Rod Smallwood wrote: > >> On an old XP box? er neither will run > > > > My reply was meant as a hint. You should be able to find a dd-like tool > > for

Re: IBM lifting tool

2019-05-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 4:47 PM Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote: > > Evan said > > While I'm on a roll, I saw this one randomly also - seems to have been a > > topic of interest to the list not long ago? > > It's a bit short & limited in terms of load but might suit someone > >

Re: HP/UX 8 and hosts vs DNS

2019-05-27 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> > > HPUX 8 has smit, doesn't it ? > > > > Do you mean "sam"? > > > > I thought "smit(ty)" was AIX's counterpart to HP-UX's "sam". > > Yes SMIT is an AIX system management utility first introduced with AIX > for RS/6000 Ver 3, start with HPUX 10 HP did however include Logical > Volume Manager

Re: 11/93 Rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread ben via cctalk
On 5/27/2019 2:56 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: On Mon, 27 May 2019, Rod Smallwood wrote:   On an old XP box?  er neither will run My reply was meant as a hint. You should be able to find a dd-like tool for Windows yourself ;-) Either by using a old version of Cygwin (there are

Re: IBM lifting tool

2019-05-27 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
Evan said > While I'm on a roll, I saw this one randomly also - seems to have been a > topic of interest to the list not long ago? > It's a bit short & limited in terms of load but might suit someone >

11/93 rebuild - Project Suspended - PC died

2019-05-27 Thread Rod Smallwood via cctalk
The Acer PC I was using to write the image to the SCSI drive has gone kaput. Clearly PSU (not plugtop  mains fuse). Its a non standard PSU and no schematic available. Fall back is to get one of the SLU's (other than the console) on the KDJ11-E going and TU58 it. Rod --

Re: Abandoned FACOM system in Italy?

2019-05-27 Thread Adrian Stoness via cctalk
gues just need to pop in that place in germany and take their tiles and plop them in lol On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 2:42 PM Jason T via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 7:32 AM Evan Linwood via cctalk > wrote: > > The most interesting section is from 14:14: > >

Re: 11/93 rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 5/27/19 9:58 AM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: > Hi > >     Whilst I wait to hear from Glen Slick who has got me this far > (Thanks Glen) I'll restate the problem. > > 1. I now have an old XP system with SIMH on it (PDP11.exe) > > 2.  I have created RD54.dsk containing RSTS/E > > 3.

Re: 11/93 Rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 5/27/19 4:56 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, 27 May 2019, Rod Smallwood wrote: >>   On an old XP box?  er neither will run > > My reply was meant as a hint. You should be able to find a dd-like tool > for Windows yourself ;-) Either by using a old version of Cygwin (there >

Re: 11/93 Rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 5/27/19 4:30 AM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: > Hi > >   On an old XP box?  er neither will run > > Rod > > > On 27/05/2019 08:25, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: >> # dd if=RD54.dsk of=/dev/sda  [or whatever the device name is] >> >> Oh, you said Windows... I'd recommend installing

Re: Abandoned FACOM system in Italy?

2019-05-27 Thread Jason T via cctalk
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 7:32 AM Evan Linwood via cctalk wrote: > The most interesting section is from 14:14: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrx1tK5xcAk I like how they stole all the raised floor tiles except those with 1000lbs of tape drive on them, making extraction of those drives extra

Re: Abandoned FACOM system in Italy?

2019-05-27 Thread Adrian Graham via cctalk
> On 27 May 2019, at 20:18, Jason T via cctalk wrote: > > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 7:32 AM Evan Linwood via cctalk > wrote: >> There doesn't seem to be mention of any recovery effort in the comments >> (that I could see). >> The most interesting section is from 14:14: >>

Re: Abandoned FACOM system in Italy?

2019-05-27 Thread Jason T via cctalk
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 7:32 AM Evan Linwood via cctalk wrote: > There doesn't seem to be mention of any recovery effort in the comments (that > I could see). > The most interesting section is from 14:14: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrx1tK5xcAk Oof, 5:30 is a tragic sight for any IBM

Re: 11/93 rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 11:26 AM Paul Koning wrote: > > Looks like f$cvtime is failing, that's presumably a Y2K issue. > > > $ File = F$Left(Today, 2) + F$Mid(Today, 4, 2) + F$Right(Today, 7) > > $ File = F$Left(Today, 2) + F$Mid(Today, 4, 2) + F$Right(Today, 7) > >^ > >

Re: 11/93 rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On May 27, 2019, at 2:15 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk > wrote: > > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 10:37 AM Paul Koning wrote: >> >>> Proceed with system startup? >>> >>> Beginning RSTS/E system startup... >>> 19.05.27 09:50 Installing monitor overlays >>> 19.05.27 09:50 Mounting

Re: 11/93 rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 10:37 AM Paul Koning wrote: > > > Proceed with system startup? > > > > Beginning RSTS/E system startup... > > 19.05.27 09:50 Installing monitor overlays > > 19.05.27 09:50 Mounting disks > > 19.05.27 09:50 Assigning logical names > > 19.05.27 09:50

Re: 11/93 rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 10:37 AM Paul Koning wrote: > > > RSTS V10.0-L RSTS (DU0) INIT V10.0-0L > > > > > > Today's date? 19.5.27 > > > > Current time? 9:50 > > > > ... > > ;9.05.27 09:50 > > Hm, Y2K bug in that version? > It was installed from the RSTS/E 10.0 tape image that recently

Re: M7264 Troubleshooting

2019-05-27 Thread Mister PDP via cctalk
I took a look at all the lines you mentioned. BDAL3-13, BDIN, BSYNC, and BBS7 are all active and jump around in some manner. BRPLY is still the only line that does not have any activity on it. None of the BDAL lines seem shorted to ground or to each other. My DLV11-J is configured to essentially

Re: 11/93 rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On May 27, 2019, at 1:23 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk > wrote: > > ... > Then boot from DU0, and if everything worked along the way it should > just work. Assuming it boots OK into RSTS/E 10.0, use the SHOW DISK > command to verify that the reported disk size is the expected 311200 > blocks.

Re: 11/93 rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 6:58 AM Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: > > Hi > > Whilst I wait to hear from Glen Slick who has got me this far > (Thanks Glen) I'll restate the problem. > > 1. I now have an old XP system with SIMH on it (PDP11.exe) > > 2. I have created RD54.dsk containing RSTS/E

Re: 11/93 rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On May 27, 2019, at 12:14 PM, Holm Tiffe via cctalk > wrote: > > Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Whilst I wait to hear from Glen Slick who has got me this far >> (Thanks Glen) I'll restate the problem. >> >> 1. I now have an old XP system with SIMH on it (PDP11.exe)

Re: HP/UX 8 and hosts vs DNS

2019-05-27 Thread Paul Berger via cctalk
Yes SMIT is an AIX system management utility first introduced with AIX for RS/6000 Ver 3, start with HPUX 10 HP did however include Logical Volume Manager (LVM) which was also introduced in AIX 3.0 Paul. On 2019-05-27 1:23 p.m., Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: On 5/27/19 3:05 AM, Stefan

Re: HP/UX 8 and hosts vs DNS

2019-05-27 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 5/26/19 11:25 PM, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote: Irrelevant here, because it's a BIND 4 server on the other end too (on purpose since I have other older systems that need it). HP/UX 8 is also BIND 4. ACK That's an interesting idea, but I'm not sure when to do this. By the time I

Re: HP/UX 8 and hosts vs DNS

2019-05-27 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 5/27/19 3:05 AM, Stefan Skoglund via cctalk wrote: HPUX 8 has smit, doesn't it ? Do you mean "sam"? I thought "smit(ty)" was AIX's counterpart to HP-UX's "sam". -- Grant. . . . unix || die

Re: 11/93 rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 6:58 AM Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: > > Hi > > Whilst I wait to hear from Glen Slick who has got me this far > (Thanks Glen) I'll restate the problem. > > 1. I now have an old XP system with SIMH on it (PDP11.exe) > > 2. I have created RD54.dsk containing RSTS/E

Re: 11/93 rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Holm Tiffe via cctalk
Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > From: Rod Smallwood > > > 4. I need a tried and tested list of step by step instructions to > > put RD54.dsk on the SCSI drive. > > Well, this isn't a list of directions, but... I've had good luck doing > almost this exact same thing (on a Windows

Re: 11/93 rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Holm Tiffe via cctalk
Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: > Hi > >     Whilst I wait to hear from Glen Slick who has got me this far > (Thanks Glen) I'll restate the problem. > > 1. I now have an old XP system with SIMH on it (PDP11.exe) > > 2.  I have created RD54.dsk containing RSTS/E > > 3. Attached to the system

Re: 11/93 rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Rod Smallwood > 4. I need a tried and tested list of step by step instructions to > put RD54.dsk on the SCSI drive. Well, this isn't a list of directions, but... I've had good luck doing almost this exact same thing (on a Windows XP box, copy a filesystem in Windoze file onto

11/93 rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Rod Smallwood via cctalk
Hi     Whilst I wait to hear from Glen Slick who has got me this far (Thanks Glen) I'll restate the problem. 1. I now have an old XP system with SIMH on it (PDP11.exe) 2.  I have created RD54.dsk containing RSTS/E 3. Attached to the system is a 2.1Gb SCSI drive via an adaptec 2940

Re: 11/93 Rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread W2HX via cctalk
I would love it if anyone on this list who maintains a wiki for PDP-11's could collect all of the various methods and instructions. I am still far from ready to do things like this (moving images to a PDP) but it is in my future. I could go through all the emails in the archive on the subject

Re: 11/93 Rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
Or FLX. FLX 2.6 uses DJGPP and runs on old stuff, possibly as far back as actual DOS and certainly should have no problem with XP. It doesn't do image copy, though. You could steal some of the code and make an image copy tool. Or you could use it to initialize the destination disk, copy all

IBM lifting tool

2019-05-27 Thread Evan Linwood via cctalk
While I'm on a roll, I saw this one randomly also - seems to have been a topic of interest to the list not long ago? It's a bit short & limited in terms of load but might suit someone

Abandoned FACOM system in Italy?

2019-05-27 Thread Evan Linwood via cctalk
I'm guessing this could be known to others on the list, but I haven't seen it mentioned, so posting just in case. There doesn't seem to be mention of any recovery effort in the comments (that I could see). The most interesting section is from 14:14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrx1tK5xcAk

Modern BLISS compiler

2019-05-27 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
This just came up on Fess Bouc. I did not know that it existed. It's an LLVM-backed modern compiler for BLISS. https://madisongh.github.io/blissc/ -- Liam Proven - Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk - Google Mail/Hangouts/Plus: lpro...@gmail.com

RE: 11/93 Rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Christian Corti > via cctalk > Sent: 27 May 2019 09:57 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: 11/93 Rebuild > > On Mon, 27 May 2019, Rod Smallwood wrote: > > On an old XP box? er neither will run > >

Re: 11/93 Rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Rod Smallwood via cctalk
I think the answer may be PUTR but I'll wait and see what Glen says .. He's been right so far. Rod On 27/05/2019 09:56, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: On Mon, 27 May 2019, Rod Smallwood wrote:   On an old XP box?  er neither will run My reply was meant as a hint. You should be able to

Re: HP/UX 8 and hosts vs DNS

2019-05-27 Thread Stefan Skoglund via cctalk
sön 2019-05-26 klockan 21:09 -0700 skrev Cameron Kaiser via cctalk: > I've been doing more work on my 9000/350 now that I have actual space > to > do work on it in. Although the 10b2 is flaky, I can usually coax it > to work. > > However, the damn thing won't query DNS even though I have a >

Re: HP/UX 8 and hosts vs DNS

2019-05-27 Thread Stefan Skoglund via cctalk
sön 2019-05-26 klockan 21:09 -0700 skrev Cameron Kaiser via cctalk: > I've been doing more work on my 9000/350 now that I have actual space > to > do work on it in. Although the 10b2 is flaky, I can usually coax it > to work. > HPUX 8 has smit, doesn't it ? I did some works with HPUX almost 30

Re: 11/93 Rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Mon, 27 May 2019, Rod Smallwood wrote:   On an old XP box?  er neither will run My reply was meant as a hint. You should be able to find a dd-like tool for Windows yourself ;-) Either by using a old version of Cygwin (there are instructions how to find them), by installing a stand-alone

Re: 11/93 Rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Joshua Rice via cctalk
Same command will work from a linux live cd > On May 27, 2019, at 9:30 AM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk > wrote: > > Hi > > On an old XP box? er neither will run > > Rod > > > On 27/05/2019 08:25, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: >> # dd if=RD54.dsk of=/dev/sda [or whatever the device

Re: 11/93 Rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Rod Smallwood via cctalk
Hi   On an old XP box?  er neither will run Rod On 27/05/2019 08:25, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: # dd if=RD54.dsk of=/dev/sda  [or whatever the device name is] Oh, you said Windows... I'd recommend installing Cygwin ;-) --

Re: 11/93 Rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Mon, 27 May 2019, Rod Smallwood wrote: In addition to the normal IDE drive it has an additional SCSI controller and drive   Using SIMH  I have created an image (RD54.dsk) containing a RSTS system. I am awaiting the final instructions as to how to copy the image to the SCSI

11/93 Rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Rod Smallwood via cctalk
Hi   Thanks to Glen Slick I now have a old windows xp system running SIMH Its connected to my LAN so web and file access are OK In addition to the normal IDE drive it has an additional SCSI controller and drive   Using SIMH  I have created an image (RD54.dsk) containing a

Re: HP/UX 8 and hosts vs DNS

2019-05-27 Thread Jerry Weiss via cctalk
On 5/27/19 12:31 AM, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote: I'm not as adept at HP/UX before 10.20 (my first experience with the OS), but I understand 8.0 "fails over" to /etc/hosts if it has some issues with DNS. Fine, but how can I get it to switch *back*? There's no /etc/nsswitch.conf and I