Re: Grid 1537 ”Tempest” schematics

2019-08-15 Thread Curt Vendel via cctalk
Sure: On 8/15/2019 12:22 AM, Adrian Stoness wrote: u got any pics of this thing? On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 10:49 PM Curt Vendel via cctalk mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: Hi,   I’m doing some work for a friend who has one of these unicorns it’s apparently a super beefed

Re: GW-DEC-1: A New DEC Prototyping Board

2019-08-15 Thread Paul Anderson via cctalk
Hi Jonathan, If you are looking for someone to make the boards, I know someone in CA. I'll try to dig up his contact info this weekend. Paul On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 7:14 PM systems_glitch via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Connor Krukosky and I have been working on laying out a new

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

2019-08-15 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
> On Aug 15, 2019, at 6:57 PM, Mark Linimon wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 02:27:16PM -0700, Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk wrote: >> Between work and preparing for potential fire evacuations (they're >> expecting ~300 wild fires in my area this fire season: we've only had >> about 6 so far

Re: Archiving information, was Re: ADM-3A question

2019-08-15 Thread Eric Christopherson via cctalk
On Thu, Aug 15, 2019, 7:38 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > Anyway, the whole 'how do we find the info' is a part of why I started > working on CHWiki, once I discovered it - in addition to the usual > advantages > of wikis (good for collaboration, good for adding stuff incrementally), it >

Re: Grid 1537 ”Tempest” schematics

2019-08-15 Thread Curt Vendel via cctalk
Nope - definitely IDE, had an IDE drive in it and someone just either didn't have the sled/tray anymore or just decided to do something on their own.  Either way, I have several of the lines from the cable that are off the through holes for the IDE interface. I've taken photo's, made a drawing

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

2019-08-15 Thread Mark Linimon via cctalk
On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 02:27:16PM -0700, Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk wrote: > Between work and preparing for potential fire evacuations (they're > expecting ~300 wild fires in my area this fire season: we've only had > about 6 so far so I expect *a lot* more soon) Yikes! Please stay safe. mcl

Re: Archiving information, was Re: ADM-3A question

2019-08-15 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Seth J. Morabito >> having stuff scattered across a zillion personal pages (be they blogs, >> or whatever) is going to make it hard to find the useful one when >> needed > The sheer vastness of content available, combined with a Google > monoculture, combined with

RE: Archiving information, was Re: ADM-3A question

2019-08-15 Thread Electronics Plus via cctalk
OTOH, there are vast quantities of old manuals, schematics, text books, etc. that get thrown out each year because no one will pay for them. I have had the unenjoyable experience of trashing boxes full of stuff because they did not sell. $1-5 is pretty cheap, considering the time to check the

Re: Archiving information, was Re: ADM-3A question

2019-08-15 Thread ben via cctalk
On 8/15/2019 4:33 PM, Marvin Johnston via cctalk wrote: Instead of the search engines working to improve AI, they should be putting more effort into ESP. However with 'FREE' web hosting vanishing faster the Dodo, you have lost most of the Small sites that may of had the information. A blog

Re: VAX DATATRIEVE orange binders (4)

2019-08-15 Thread Ian McLaughlin via cctalk
Toby, Once scanned, I’d appreciate a copy of them so I can put them up on Vaxhaven if possible. Thanks for saving history :) Ian > On Aug 15, 2019, at 4:41 PM, Toby Thain wrote: > > On 2019-08-15 6:43 p.m., Ian McLaughlin wrote: >> Toby, >> >> I was unable to find them on Bitsavers or

Re: VAX DATATRIEVE orange binders (4)

2019-08-15 Thread Toby Thain via cctalk
On 2019-08-15 6:43 p.m., Ian McLaughlin wrote: > Toby, > > I was unable to find them on Bitsavers or Vaxhaven so I would suspect they > have yet to be captured. > > What would it take to get them scanned? That type of binding makes for quick > work in a sheet-feed scanner. > > Ian Hi Ian

Re: Grid 1537 ”Tempest” schematics

2019-08-15 Thread Curt Vendel via cctalk
The owner tried them... Grid told him the design is owned by the US Govt and only they have the technicals on it... I was just hoping someone somehow leaked them out. I'm sure Grid has them, they just won't release them out the front door. On 8/15/2019 9:37 AM, Electronics Plus wrote: The

Re: VAX DATATRIEVE orange binders (4)

2019-08-15 Thread Ian McLaughlin via cctalk
Toby, I was unable to find them on Bitsavers or Vaxhaven so I would suspect they have yet to be captured. What would it take to get them scanned? That type of binding makes for quick work in a sheet-feed scanner. Ian > On Aug 15, 2019, at 3:28 PM, Toby Thain via cctalk > wrote: > > Hi, >

Archiving information, was Re: ADM-3A question

2019-08-15 Thread Marvin Johnston via cctalk
Al Kossow via cctalk writes: > On 8/14/19 8:53 AM, Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: >> I hope this thread will be written to a blog post > > Buried in a filing cabinet in the basement with a sign that says > "Beware of Leopard". > > Blogs are a stupid way to archive information, almost as

VAX DATATRIEVE orange binders (4)

2019-08-15 Thread Toby Thain via cctalk
Hi, I have four binders, pictured here: https://imgur.com/a/w9a3YEY * Reference Manual, AA-K079E-TE * Guide to Writing Reports, AA-P862C-TE * Handbook, AA-W675B-TE * User's Guide, AA-K080E-TE Did not see scans on bitsavers but it's possible I just overlooked them. Is there any interest in

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

2019-08-15 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
Thanks Marc. What I’ve done is about all I have time for at the moment. Between work and prep’ing for potential fire evacuations (they’re expecting ~300 wild fires in my area this fire season…we’ve only had about 6 so far…so I expect *a lot* more soon) all of my time is gone. :-( TTFN - Guy

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

2019-08-15 Thread Curious Marc via cctalk
I found Brent Hilpert’s site most useful in getting a quick meaning for these numbers: http://madrona.ca/e/HP21xx/index.html http://madrona.ca/e/HP21xx/iointerfaces.html There is also a very useful series 1000 reference manual that lists most of the configs and options and cards, I will get to

RE: GW-DEC-1: A New DEC Prototyping Board

2019-08-15 Thread Paul Birkel via cctalk
-Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Noel Chiappa via cctalk Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 12:45 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Cc: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu Subject: Re: GW-DEC-1: A New DEC Prototyping Board > From: Paul Birkel > But

Re: GW-DEC-1: A New DEC Prototyping Board

2019-08-15 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Paul Birkel > But which bus? There are three ... So I'm clearly not very awake this morning. I can only think of two major quad-width DEC standard slots - SPC (UNIBUS) and dual QBUS. What's the third - PMI? (MUD is hex, as is Fastbus.) Or OMNIBUS, if we're not restricted to

Re: GW-DEC-1: A New DEC Prototyping Board

2019-08-15 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
Speaking from experience from having done a few Unibus boards now (none of them available yet unfortunately) that providing a general Unibus interface on a quad board will consume a reasonable amount of the board space and limit flexibility on which driver/receiver/transceiver parts that can be

Re: GW-DEC-1: A New DEC Prototyping Board

2019-08-15 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 8/14/19 5:13 PM, systems_glitch via cctalk wrote: > These should be available within a month or so. I'll be putting up a > preorder soon to gauge interest in the production run Do all three busses share the same ground pins? Many proto boards I've seen have ground planes on the board

Re: GW-DEC-1: A New DEC Prototyping Board

2019-08-15 Thread systems_glitch via cctalk
And then there's things that use the same connector, but it's none of the three more common DEC buses! The need that led to the development of this prototype board is actually replacing missing boards in a VT05! Thanks, Jonathan On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 10:21 AM Paul Birkel wrote: >

RE: GW-DEC-1: A New DEC Prototyping Board

2019-08-15 Thread Paul Birkel via cctalk
-Original Message- From: cctech [mailto:cctech-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of emanuel stiebler via cctech Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 4:23 AM To: systems_glitch; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: GW-DEC-1: A New DEC Prototyping Board On 2019-08-15

RE: Grid 1537 ”Tempest” schematics

2019-08-15 Thread Electronics Plus via cctalk
The manufacturer might still have them. https://www.griduk.com/ -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Curt Vendel via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 10:49 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Grid 1537 ”Tempest” schematics Hi,

Re: GW-DEC-1: A New DEC Prototyping Board

2019-08-15 Thread emanuel stiebler via cctalk
On 2019-08-15 02:13, systems_glitch via cctalk wrote: > Connor Krukosky and I have been working on laying out a new quad-height DEC > protoboard, which can also be sheared down into a dual-height board. Full > announce on the VC Forums: > >

Re: Grid 1537 ”Tempest” schematics

2019-08-15 Thread Ian Finder via cctalk
I was under the impression that the internal hard drive on the 1537 is SCSI and not IDE. Careful, some of those pins have +12 power for the drive on them as well. On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 8:49 PM Curt Vendel via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hi, > > I’m doing some work for a friend