[cctalk] Re: Old Professional/350 software, any of this out there

Ok, I took pictures of some of the disks and posted it on the discord channel minicomputers. I'm curious to see if RSTS/E loads, it might need an RD52 or 53 drive in order to work. I can drag out an RD54 and format/test/give it a shot here but the only other drives I have right now are RD50

[cctalk] Re: 50 pins in three rows

On 8/4/23 19:07, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote: > In a shipment today I got several AMP-labeled dongles that look like SCSI > terminators ... except the 50 pins are arranged in three rows (17-16-17), not > the Centronics-style 50-pin connector nor the usual 2-pin configuration. > > Anyone seen

[cctalk] Re: 50 pins in three rows

>> Anyone seen those before, and is it actually SCSI, or is it something else? > Common on old Sun SCSI stuff, it's a DD-50. Could be something else, but they > were indeed used for SCSI termination. Given what else was in there, this makes sense, and they look exactly like a SCSI terminator

[cctalk] Re: 50 pins in three rows

> Anyone seen those before, and is it actually SCSI, or is it something else? Common on old Sun SCSI stuff, it's a DD-50. Could be something else, but they were indeed used for SCSI termination. Thanks, Jonathan

[cctalk] 50 pins in three rows

In a shipment today I got several AMP-labeled dongles that look like SCSI terminators ... except the 50 pins are arranged in three rows (17-16-17), not the Centronics-style 50-pin connector nor the usual 2-pin configuration. Anyone seen those before, and is it actually SCSI, or is it something

[cctalk] Re: Old Professional/350 software, any of this out there

On 8/4/2023 1:39 PM, Hans-Ulrich Hölscher via cctalk wrote: Has anyone tested Chris' images with real RX50s and a real PDP-11? If not, could please someone try the MicroRSTS V2.1 images? Which version of RSTS is MicroRSTS V2.1 equivalent to? bill

[cctalk] Re: SCO on Virtualbox

On 8/4/2023 2:46 PM, Kelly Leavitt via cctalk wrote: From: emanuel stiebler via cctalk Sent: Friday, August 4, 2023 10:20 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Cc: jim stephens ; emanuel stiebler Subject: [cctalk] Re: SCO on Virtualbox On 2023-08-03 20:29, jim stephens

[cctalk] Re: Old Professional/350 software, any of this out there

Chris, Thanks for your kind offer to re-image the third floppy! May I politely repeat Mattis' request to scan the disk labels? I'm especially interested in the DEC order numbers (like "BL-X-XX") that are printed on them - I use them as the primary key in my DECdoc database. The floppy names

[cctalk] Re: Old Professional/350 software, any of this out there

Thank you I will rescan the third disk. On August 4, 2023 12:33:31 PM EDT, "Hans-Ulrich Hölscher via cctalk" wrote: >I did some testing on the image sets using simh. >I had to prepare the images first using lbn2rx50 >, because simh expects them to be in >logical

[cctalk] Re: SCO on Virtualbox

From: emanuel stiebler via cctalk Sent: Friday, August 4, 2023 10:20 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Cc: jim stephens ; emanuel stiebler Subject: [cctalk] Re: SCO on Virtualbox >> On 2023-08-03 20:29, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: >> >> >> On 8/3/23 13:21, KenUnix via

[cctalk] Re: VCF this weekend, any one up for a trade?

Seeing what (if any) IEC devices work with the Commander X16. 1541 emulator is working, would like to verify with real hardware tho (and also verify if can "daisy chain" multiple Devices). Tentatively someone is having an issue with the 1541 physical drive on that system (think it has a

[cctalk] Re: Apple 1

On Fri, Aug 04, 2023 at 08:51:31AM -0500, John Herron via cctalk wrote: [...] > That price is interesting. Does that imply the value has gone down after > some skyrocketed close to 1 million? One still has to make the decision of > a owning a house or an apple 1. Well, both of them are treated as

[cctalk] Re: VCF this weekend, any one up for a trade?

Too far away to make shipping practical, but I'm curious: what's the experiment about? Glad you're happy with the PC-5000 etc.; no interest in the monitor I take it? m On Fri, Aug 4, 2023 at 1:19 AM Steve Lewis via cctalk wrote: > I can't make it to VCF this weekend - though I'm hoping to

[cctalk] Re: Old Professional/350 software, any of this out there

Has anyone tested Chris' images with real RX50s and a real PDP-11? If not, could please someone try the MicroRSTS V2.1 images? Thanks! Ulli Am Fr., 4. Aug. 2023 um 18:33 Uhr schrieb Hans-Ulrich Hölscher < vaxorc...@googlemail.com>: > I did some testing on the image sets using simh. > I had to

[cctalk] Re: Houston Instruments HiPlot Plotters - Pens?

> On Aug 4, 2023, at 1:16 PM, Gordon Henderson via cctalk > wrote: > > On Fri, 4 Aug 2023, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > >>> On Aug 4, 2023, at 9:05 AM, Gordon Henderson via cctalk >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I have a HiPlot plotter - it's DMP-29, but I'm fairly sure it takes the >>> same

[cctalk] Re: Apple 1

Apple 1 prices have definitely peaked...for now. But you won't find one for a few funded dollars in your lifetime, if ever. They're now an object of a rich man's obsession. Sellam On Fri, Aug 4, 2023, 6:51 AM John Herron via cctalk wrote: > That price is interesting. Does that imply the value

[cctalk] Re: Houston Instruments HiPlot Plotters - Pens?

On Fri, 4 Aug 2023, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: On Aug 4, 2023, at 9:05 AM, Gordon Henderson via cctalk wrote: I have a HiPlot plotter - it's DMP-29, but I'm fairly sure it takes the same pens as the DMP-2 which I also have but in a million pieces - but right now without pens. I have

[cctalk] Re: Old Professional/350 software, any of this out there

Did you build SIMH with the latest fixes? Within the past few weeks I merged a fix to the RQ device emulation. The previous code would mishandle a detach followed by attach on what was supposed to be a device supporting removable media, and that error message sounds familiar. paul >

[cctalk] Re: Houston Instruments HiPlot Plotters - Pens?

> On Aug 4, 2023, at 11:23 AM, Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk > wrote: > >> ... >> Some searching turned up this: >> >> https://www.buz-line.com/p-1766-hi-plotter-pens-k-style-for-dpp-houston- >> instrument-similar-plotters.aspx >> >> Expensive... >> >> It's hard to be sure, but I wonder if a

[cctalk] Re: Old Professional/350 software, any of this out there

I did some testing on the image sets using simh. I had to prepare the images first using lbn2rx50 , because simh expects them to be in logical order. Results: ULTRIX-11 V3.0: All images good MicroRSTS V2.1: The third image throws an error: *sim> ATT RQ2

[cctalk] Re: Houston Instruments HiPlot Plotters - Pens?

> -Original Message- > From: Paul Koning via cctalk > Sent: Friday, August 4, 2023 2:40 PM > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Cc: Paul Koning > Subject: [cctalk] Re: Houston Instruments HiPlot Plotters - Pens? > > > > > On Aug 4, 2023, at 9:05 AM, Gordon Henderson via cctalk > wrote: >

[cctalk] Re: SCO on Virtualbox

On 2023-08-03 20:29, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: On 8/3/23 13:21, KenUnix via cctalk wrote: My efforts have failed. My host is Ubuntu 22.04 with Virtualbox 7.0.10. I'd be curious given the nature of SCO if anyone has posted the goods to install any of them, and what versions. Wasn't

[cctalk] Re: Apple 1

That price is interesting. Does that imply the value has gone down after some skyrocketed close to 1 million? One still has to make the decision of a owning a house or an apple 1. On Thu, Aug 3, 2023, 1:08 AM Christian Corti via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Wed, 2 Aug 2023,

[cctalk] Re: SCO on Virtualbox

On Fri, 4 Aug 2023, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote: Years ago I had the 5.25" installation floppies and the important yellow slips of paper with the authorisation keys to install the operating system and various extensions Sadly I tossed them when I moved to FreeBSD. Nowadays - I wonder how

[cctalk] Re: Houston Instruments HiPlot Plotters - Pens?

> On Aug 4, 2023, at 9:05 AM, Gordon Henderson via cctalk > wrote: > > > I have a HiPlot plotter - it's DMP-29, but I'm fairly sure it takes the same > pens as the DMP-2 which I also have but in a million pieces - but right now > without pens. > > I have been promised some but it may be

[cctalk] Houston Instruments HiPlot Plotters - Pens?

I have a HiPlot plotter - it's DMP-29, but I'm fairly sure it takes the same pens as the DMP-2 which I also have but in a million pieces - but right now without pens. I have been promised some but it may be many weeks... I'm wondering if anyone has any old (or NOS?) pens for them? What I'm