Re: RT-11 DY install

On 10/17/2018 07:19 PM, Jerry Weiss via cctalk wrote: > On 10/17/18 1:53 PM, Don Stalkowski via cctalk wrote: >> I'm trying to use a simulated RX02 disk (under simh) with RT-11 >> and can't seem to get the DY driver to install. >> >> Here's the relevant log: >> >> sim> set ry enabled >> sim> att

Re: PDP-11 in russia?

On 10/02/2018 08:52 AM, Jay West via cctalk wrote: > I do have a phone number for them. I am not really familiar with > international dialing, but it starts: > > +79507. which my google-fu seems to indicate is Slovenia? > > I wouldn't call a Slovenian a Russian to his face.  :-) It's also

Re: Cleaning out again

Here's a list of stuff I need to cull from my collection. Offering it here first.  Make an offer.  Plan on shipping being USPS "If it fits it ships" pricing. MODULE Description    QTY NUMBER M9202  UNIBUS connector 

Re: Cleaning out again

Message- From: Bill Gunshannon via cctalk Sent: > Tuesday, September 25, 2018 8:58 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic > and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Cleaning out again > > > Anybody interested in a pair of Tseng Labs ULTRARAM boards? > > I assume they were ex

Cleaning out again

Anybody interested in a pair of Tseng Labs ULTRARAM boards? I assume they were expansions for the Tseng Labs Video Cards but, if nothing else, they are loading with 4164's. bill

Re: Fall cleaning - 9-track drives available

I could use a small rack but I think Santa Cruz, CA is a bit too far for a road trip from NEPA.  :-)   (I really regret giving all my racks but one away!!) bill On 09/21/2018 10:44 PM, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk wrote: > I have four 9-track tape drives, and a dirty DEC rack, that I need to >

Re: Advice requested on proper disposal of Seagate ST3000DM001 disk drives

Or just throw it in the garbage.  Do you really think people are going thru your stuff looking for data? bill On 09/20/2018 11:37 PM, drlegendre via cctalk wrote: > If you're that intent on firey destruction, it would be much simpler & > safer to use an oxyacetylene cutting torch, or a

Re: DEC compatible memory and Integrated Solutions boards + Apollo

Thanks Al.  Seems we can always rely on you to come thru. bill On 08/22/2018 01:37 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > On 8/22/18 5:37 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> Any chance you (or anyone for that matter) have software for >> >> the Integrated Solutions

Re: DEC compatible memory and Integrated Solutions boards + Apollo

What kind of media is it on and can I get a copy? I have the docs. bill On 08/22/2018 01:16 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > On 8/22/18 5:37 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> Any chance you (or anyone for that matter) have software for >> >> the Integrated S

Re: DEC compatible memory and Integrated Solutions boards + Apollo

Any chance you (or anyone for that matter) have software for the Integrated Solutions board?  I have two of them but no software. bill On 08/22/2018 02:21 AM, Paul Anderson via cctalk wrote: > Also found: > > Camington CMX-3251 > > > Camintonn CMX-4200 > > > DEC M7621-A > > On Tue, Aug 21,

Re: German Translation, Serial Port?

On 08/10/2018 01:47 PM, Eric Smith wrote: On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 8:26 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: On 08/09/2018 09:39 PM, W2HX via cctalk wrote: > Hello friends. I need a translation from a German manual describing serial > port parame

Re: German Translation, Serial Port?

Did the freighter come with it or do you have to buy your own to use it?  :-) bill On 08/10/2018 10:13 AM, W2HX via cctalk wrote: > thanks everyone! > > From: Paul Koning > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 9:22 AM > To: W2HX; General Discussion:

Re: German Translation, Serial Port?

On 08/09/2018 09:39 PM, W2HX via cctalk wrote: > Hello friends. I need a translation from a German manual describing serial > port parameters. I used google translate but it doesn't quite give me the > warm and fuzzy. Anyone here speak German? Here is what it says: > > Betriebsart: Asynchron

Re: DECstation firmware archive?

On 08/03/2018 01:53 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: > On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 2:26 AM, Jan-Benedict Glaw via cctalk > wrote: >> If it's of interest, I'd probably add a number of VAXstation dumps for >> several machines (3100, 4000, VS II GPX, VXT). > One interesting thing about MicroVAX 3100

Re: Epson DECTalk IC

On 07/26/2018 04:07 PM, Henk Gooijen via cctalk wrote: > Ahhh yes, I remember the Votrax, SC-01. > There was an other chip that you programmed with phonemes, > the SP0256-AL1 (IIRC). I must have it somewhere, forgot the manufacturer. > > I have them here somewhere, too.  Got them at Radio Shack

Re: Epson DECTalk IC

On 07/26/2018 03:31 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > Here is what hurts. I found one, 20+ years ago, in a Goodwill of all places, > and passed on it. After all, why would I ever want it. I’ve wanted one for > most of the last 20 years. :-) > > Zane > > > >> On Jul 26, 2018, at 11:57 AM,

Re: SMUFDDV4@1104

On 07/18/2018 11:39 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 07/18/2018 02:38 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote: > >> Reading this I suspect the answer’s unfortunately ‘no’ >> >> http://goughlui.com/2013/04/24/review-unbranded-1-44mb-usb-100-floppy-emulator >> >>

SMUFDDV4@1104

I asked this in the GOTEK thread but I think it got lost in the chatter. Does any of this apply to the equivalent devices with the board labeled SMUFDDV4@1104? I have a few of them and would love to make them work with non-PCs as well. bill

Re: GoTEK SFR1M44-U100...

On 07/13/2018 06:51 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen via cctalk wrote: > On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 11:42 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: >> On the other hand, if you want to use this with more general floppy >> images, you can install the HxC firmware which supports lots of formats. >> > Or FlashFloppy

Re: GCC for pdp11

On 07/13/2018 02:32 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > Gentlepeople, > > Once in a while people ask about GCC. It has long had pdp11 support, but it > hasn't received much attention. Recently I've done some cleanup on it, and > some more is in the pipeline. > > One notable new feature is

Re: SMS floppy disk controller

On 07/08/2018 07:31 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > https://www.ebay.com/itm//163128936661 > > ok, I'm guessing this is an SMS floppy controller > why is someone willing to pay $50+ for it in the condition its in? > The sudden jumps in price wold make me very suspicious. bill

Re: DEC FPJ11-AA

On 07/02/2018 08:34 AM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: > On 02/07/2018 03:38, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: >> > From: Bill Gunshannon >> >> > Anybody have any PMI memory modules they might let go for less >> than my >> > first b

Re: DEC FPJ11-AA

On 07/02/2018 08:26 AM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: > On 01/07/2018 18:14, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > >> Speaking of PMI  Anybody have any PMI memory modules they >> might let go for less than my first born male child?  I have one >> 11/93 with 2 Meg

Re: DEC FPJ11-AA

On 07/01/2018 08:11 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > > It has a special backplane which is mostly UNIBUS slots, with a few QBUS/PMI > slots on the front, and a 'special' slot in the middle into which the UNIBUS > adapter goes. Speaking of PMI  Anybody have any PMI memory modules

Re: Thicknet/10base5 Test Segment: The Cable is In!

On 06/28/2018 02:37 PM, Liam Proven wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 at 20:13, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > wrote: > >> The US Electrical Code has not allowed any kind of signal wire in >> the same conduit with any kind of power wiring for as far back as >> I can remem

Re: Thicknet/10base5 Test Segment: The Cable is In!

On 06/28/2018 01:22 PM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 at 18:45, Eric Smith via cctalk > wrote: >> In case it may not be obvious to some readers, the reason you should NEVER >> ground an Ethernet cable (of any kind) at two points is that the ground >> potential at two

Re: Thicknet/10base5 Test Segment: The Cable is In!

On 06/26/2018 01:19 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 06/26/2018 10:04 AM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > >> My assumption was that "tap" comes from the second form.  I always >> thought there was a different name for the first form.  But I believe >> they were less common, hence fall

Re: Thicknet/10base5 Test Segment: The Cable is In!

On 06/26/2018 01:13 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > >> On Jun 26, 2018, at 1:04 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> On 06/26/2018 10:31 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: >>> What does non-intrusive mean in this context? I thought that thick ethernet >>> taps always required

Re: 6800 fig-FORTH?

On 06/26/2018 09:37 AM, dwight wrote: Things were posted a little out of order. The problem was not in the original listing. The pdf of the original was correct. The ascii text one, at sourceforge, had a single error in it. Anyway, there may be other types of errors in the original but they

Re: 6800 fig-FORTH?

On 06/23/2018 07:39 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: > On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 1:16 PM, Stephen Pereira via cctech < > cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> Has anyone here ever seen or ever had fig-FORTH for the 6800 working? >> > In the mid-1980s I know someone with a WaveMate 6800 system. He had

Re: Lot of DEC QBus gear available...

On 06/25/2018 12:00 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > On 06/25/2018 06:02 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> >> >> The WPC5W is a bit more than connectors and traces as it has an AM24LS31 >> on the board and requires power.  But, if you have the schematic for the >

Re: Lot of DEC QBus gear available...

On 06/24/2018 10:46 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > On 06/24/2018 06:29 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> >> On 06/23/2018 06:29 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: >>> On 06/23/2018 01:32 PM, Lyle Bickley via cctalk wrote: >>>> There's more "stuff"

Re: Lot of DEC QBus gear available...

On 06/23/2018 06:29 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > On 06/23/2018 01:32 PM, Lyle Bickley via cctalk wrote: >> >> There's more "stuff" that you can see from the pictures below. All the >> PDP-11 "boxes" and boards look to be good cosmetically. >> >> Photos here: >>

Re: DECServer 200/DL board?

On 06/18/2018 01:00 PM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote: > On 18/06/18 17:50, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: >> Is this a 200/DL (RS423 data lines only) board? >> >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/352381870034 >> >> A normal 200 would have two large IDC connectors on the pcb for >> serial I/O >> >> >>

Re: RC25 (was Re: Modifying microcode)

On 06/05/2018 02:53 PM, Robert Armstrong via cctalk wrote: >I too have heard that RC25s and PDP-11s were used in nuclear subs for some > kind of sonar thingie. I've no idea how that worked, except that maybe DEC > gave all the good drives to the Navy and the rest of us got the crappy

Re: RC25 (was Re: Modifying microcode)

On 06/05/2018 01:08 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 5:13 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk > wrote: >>> On Jun 4, 2018, at 1:17 PM, Robert Armstrong via cctalk >>> wrote: >>> >>> ... FWIW, I have a 725 complete and working. Well, except for the RC25, >>> which never

Re: Modifying microcode

On 06/02/2018 02:45 PM, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 12:43 PM, Tony Duell via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 7:37 PM, Alan Frisbie wrote: Tony Duell

Re: Modifying microcode

On 06/02/2018 02:37 PM, Alan Frisbie via cctalk wrote: > Tony Duell wrote: > > > > until the 8085 CFE loaded the microcode. > > > > Loaded from a TU58 cartridge, which is the main reason my 11/730 is not > > running at the moment. The hardware is fine, I've rebuilt the drive > rollers, > > but

Re: old DEC stuff

On 05/30/2018 02:38 PM, TeoZ wrote: > Or they now think everything that is worthless is worth massive > amounts of money. It won't take long to dispel that and storage space (warehouse, not memory) is expensive. bill > > -Original Message- From: Bill Gunshannon via c

Re: old DEC stuff

On 05/30/2018 01:55 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > From: Dominique Carlier > > > I just regret this incredible rise in prices for collector machines > > that, not so long ago, were languishing in wet sheds > > Hey, look at the bright side: as a result, they are much less

Re: DEC RSX-11D and its COBOL compiler?

On 05/30/2018 10:33 AM, John Forecast via cctalk wrote: >> On May 29, 2018, at 1:04 PM, Paul Koning wrote: >> >> >> >>> On May 29, 2018, at 10:30 AM, John Forecast via cctalk >>> wrote: >>> >>> On May 29, 2018, at 3:30 AM, Nigel Williams via cctalk wrote: On Tue, May 29,

Re: Old newsreader source code

Just a quick look at http://sources.vsta.org/comp.sources.unix/ found "rn version 4.3" from 1985 in volume 1. Others may be available if you look thru the archive. bill On 05/09/2018 05:23 PM, Frank McConnell via cctalk wrote: On May 8, 2018, at 9:23, Seth Morabito wrote: I'm

Re: Old newsreader source code

On 05/09/2018 02:17 PM, Rich Alderson via cctalk wrote: > From: Seth Morabito > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2018 9:23 AM > >> As an aside: If you were active on Usenet in 1989, what software were you >> using? > 1988-89 is about when I started reading Usenet newsgroups. At first, I used > rn under

Re: R: Sparc Laptops

If they were cheap enough I would take a couple, too.  Haven't used a Sparc in quite some time but always liked the architecture. bill On 05/08/2018 04:52 PM, Mazzini Alessandro via cctalk wrote: > Uh this is going to turn interesting... you mean it would be possible to get > one very, very

Re: Old newsreader source code

On 05/08/2018 12:23 PM, Seth Morabito via cctalk wrote: > I'm experimenting with setting up UUCP and Usenet on a cluster of 3B2/400s, > and I've quickly discovered that while it's trivial to find old source code > for Usenet (B News and C News), it's virtually impossible to find source code >

Re: DEC Mouse replacement

On 05/03/2018 10:14 PM, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: > how abut forgethe the adreno... chop connector off. rewire a ps2 mouse and > just use it? > > I really don't think it is that easy.  Knowing how IBM tried to control the market I doubt there is anything beyond basic similarity in the

Re: DEC Mouse replacement

On 05/03/2018 10:06 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > On Thu, May 3, 2018, 9:38 PM Douglas Taylor via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> I would like to have a couple more DEC Mice for some Vaxestations I >> have, but they seem to be pretty rare. At present I only have one mouse >>

Re: DEC Mouse replacement

On 05/03/2018 09:38 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: > I would like to have a couple more DEC Mice for some Vaxestations I > have, but they seem to be pretty rare.  At present I only have one > mouse and I move it from machine to machine. > > The protocols for the DEC mice and the standard

Re: Is This A Shill?

On 05/02/2018 04:37 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 05/02/2018 01:01 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > >> And that is a matter of opinion. > I've been subscribed to eBay since 1998, when the best I could do for a > net connection was a somewhat iffy 9600 bps. At t

Re: Is This A Shill?

On 05/02/2018 11:22 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > Sniping simply reduced the amount of time that a competing bidder has to > submit a bid when he discovers that he's being outbid. There's nothing > unethical about it-- And that is a matter of opinion. bill

Re: Is This A Shill?

On 05/02/2018 05:10 AM, Gordon Henderson via cctalk wrote: > On Tue, 1 May 2018, Hagstrom, Paul via cctalk wrote: > >>> On May 1, 2018, at 6:06 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk >>> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >>> >>> Personally, I

Re: Is This A Shill?

Personally, I find all of this hilarious.  ebay has been shady for as long as I have watched it.  I gave up seriously bidding on "auctions" years ago. Seems every time I bid and ended out the top bidder it would stay that way till the auction ended and then suddenly someone beat me by a

Re: TRS-80 Fragmentation

On 04/26/2018 10:00 PM, Geoffrey Oltmans via cctalk wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 7:18 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> D'ya mean like an automobile company making more than one model? Surely >> there is no need for Toyota to make both a Corolla AND a Camry!

Re: TRS-80 Fragmentation

On 04/26/2018 05:51 PM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: >> On Apr 26, 2018, at 14:25, Geoffrey Oltmans via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> TRS-80 Model II and 16, 68k based "business" machines > The Models II and 12 were Z80 based machines. The models 16 and 6000 were the > same

RL Drive Terminators

I see some company selling them on eBay for $122.  Are they really worth anything like that?  I have a couple sitting around here somewhere that I don't expect to ever use again.  Just wondering if they are worth looking for to sell.  In this hobby you can always use money for new (well, old

Re: 8085 Dissasembly?

On 04/17/2018 02:21 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > How many started coding for a machine writing machine code? > > I recall that the IBM 1620 SPS coding forms had two sides--one for > coding assembly (SPS); the other labeled "IBM 1620 Absolute Coding > System". Basically a form with the

Re: 8085 Dissasembly?

On 04/17/2018 11:07 AM, Brian L. Stuart via cctalk wrote: > On Tue, 4/17/18, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: >> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 7:29 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk >> wrote: >>> Disassembly is never lots of fun, >> Some of us might disagree. >>

Re: 8085 Dissasembly?

On 04/17/2018 08:04 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > From: Eric Smith > > > But then, some of us might be masochists. > > I think pretty much by definition if you're into vintage computers, you have > to be a masochist... :-) > > Many of us think that the advent of the x86

Re: To be scrapped in as little as 2 months

On 04/16/2018 10:54 AM, Alan Perry wrote: > There are a few cross conversations going on here and in separate e-mail and > maybe some confusion. > > On Friday, I am going to meet Pete to pick up the Suns and do some prep for > later coming back to get the Alphas and the keypunch. I may also

Re: To be scrapped in as little as 2 months

On 04/16/2018 09:14 AM, Pete Lancashire wrote: https://photos.app.goo.gl/4u6k7EaXwPjTZaDS2 Thanks Pete. They are the ones I was thinking of. I can definitely handle them. If Alan's friend (or Alan himself, I wasn't sure about that part of the message) can get them to Wellsboro, PA I can

Re: To be scrapped in as little as 2 months

On 04/15/2018 03:30 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: > > > On 4/15/18 11:59 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> >> On 04/15/2018 02:37 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: >>> >>> On 4/15/18 11:30 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >>>>

Re: To be scrapped in as little as 2 months

On 04/15/2018 03:30 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: > > > On 4/15/18 11:59 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> >> On 04/15/2018 02:37 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: >>> >>> On 4/15/18 11:30 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >>>>

Re: To be scrapped in as little as 2 months

On 04/15/2018 02:37 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: > > > On 4/15/18 11:30 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> On 04/15/2018 01:44 PM, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: >>> wish this  was  closer!  ed# >>> >> Me too.  I could use an Alpha or two for runni

Re: To be scrapped in as little as 2 months

On 04/15/2018 01:44 PM, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: > wish this  was  closer!  ed# > > Me too.  I could use an Alpha or two for running VMS. bill

Re: 18 bit CPU; was: Speed now & then

On 04/15/2018 02:28 AM, r.stricklin via cctalk wrote: > On Apr 14, 2018, at 4:00 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctech wrote: > >> I'm familiar with Univac's having worked on the 1100 many moons ago, >> But look at the line above my comment: >> "you assume that a char

Re: 18 bit CPU; was: Speed now & then

On 04/12/2018 09:55 AM, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote: > On 2018-04-12 7:48 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> >> On 04/12/2018 02:45 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >>> On 04/11/2018 06:38 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >>>> On 04/11/2018 02:48 PM

Re: 18 bit CPU; was: Speed now & then

On 04/12/2018 02:45 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 04/11/2018 06:38 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> On 04/11/2018 02:48 PM, ben via cctalk wrote: >> >>> I have a nice 18 bit cpu here, with only a few hardware bugs. >>> Hmm would it work better if I change that around ideas. >>> >>>

Re: Speed now & then

On 04/11/2018 03:28 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 11:09 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk < >> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >>> I thought that Moore's "law" dealt only with the number of transistors >>> on a die.   Did Gordon also say something about performance? > On

Re: P112

raight cable, FIRST drive >>> is crossed.  Thus, drive A: is at the end of the cable, B: is in the >>> middle of the cable. > > On Sun, 8 Apr 2018, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> Yeah, knew that from other systems.  IBM really screwed that up. >> Should have

Re: P112

On 04/08/2018 01:34 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > On Sun, 8 Apr 2018, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> I do have to admit that I find it hard to believe that the cable to the >> floppy can actually make a difference. > > A minor point, . . . > On 5150/516

Re: P112

On 04/08/2018 01:02 PM, Dennis Boone wrote: > > I am going to go back now and retest a bunch of the floppy drives and > > cables to see if there really is a problem or if it was just the > > images. Of course, this means my original floppy is bad so I need to > > find another copy as I

Re: P112

Success!!!   Up to a point. I have it booting on a floppy.  I have confirmed that you can, apparently, not make disk images with an external USB Floppy drive. I am going to go back now and retest a bunch of the floppy drives and cables to see if there really is a problem or if it was just the

Re: P112

Some more data points. I have tried four different floppy cables and 6 different floppy drives (different brands, as well). I  had one combination where it actually booted the P112/GIDE floppy.  Got sector read errors.  But wait, it gets better.  I rebooted about a half dozen times.  The

Re: P112

On 04/08/2018 06:12 AM, Torfinn Ingolfsen via cctalk wrote: > I have a P112 (bought as a kit) which I have assembled and plyed with a bit. > Your description doesn't mention it, so we need more details: > - did you build the P112 yourself, or did it come pre-assembled? Bought it assembled and

P112

It's not really Classic Hardware, but it does run some pretty classic OSes.  Anybody here working with the P112?  I have had a couple for ages but never had time to play with them.  I see them now as a possible way to manipulate floppies (including 8") from classic systems so I decided to

Re: RL01/RL02 emulator needed -- (was Many thanks to Glen's Vintage Computer Info)

On 04/07/2018 02:09 PM, Alan Frisbie via cctalk wrote: > j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu (Noel Chiappa) wrote: > >> Err, which RLV11/RLV12 emulators are you seeing? I know of several RL02 >> emulators - Reinhard Heuberger's, and another I can't immediately >> find my >> saved info on - (and one crazy

Re: eBay: Anyone need a DLV11-J?

Caution!!  The DSD board has some broken chips and bent pins and all of them look like they spent time in muddy water. bill On 04/05/2018 08:17 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > This is listed under a useless title: > >https://www.ebay.com/itm/292503681011 > > But it's (currently)

TRS-80 Siting

I hate to suggest that people actually watch the garbage, but a recent Safe Auto Insurance commercial features a girl typing on a TRS-80 Model 4 with the badges removed. It's the one that starts out with a Disco skit.  The TRS-80 shows up in the very last part. bill Don't shoot me, I'm

Re: Many thanks to Glen's Vintage Computer Info

Wish I  had one of them things.  :-) bill On 03/28/2018 06:06 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: >> The TDL-12 turns out to be a Q-Bus SCSI controller, emulating up to >> four RL01/2 drives -- exactly what I needed! Glen's web page even >> includes a PDF of the original TD Systems manual for

Re: PATA hard disks, anyone?

On 03/28/2018 01:04 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 03/27/2018 08:27 PM, dwight wrote: >> I recall at one company we used Micropolous ( SP? ) drives. We had >> almost 100% failure in less than 6 months. It did our company a lot of >> damage. > A lot of outfits (e.g. Sun, HP) used

Re: R: PATA hard disks, anyone?

On 03/26/2018 05:58 PM, Ali via cctalk wrote: >> NSA has been successful enough that the concept "DOD Wipe" as was found >> in programs like Gformat from Ghost no longer exists. > Bill, > > Are you saying that the NSA can recover data from a HDD that has been erased > and been written over

Re: R: PATA hard disks, anyone?

On 03/26/2018 04:09 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >>> Certainly, but it's fruitless to use logic in cases such as these. >>> Chances are that someone once read the paper from the 1990s that >>> said it >>> was possible to recover overwritten data from a drive using, IIRC, an >>> STM--at a

Re: Unix-PC

On 03/24/2018 07:58 PM, Warner Losh wrote: On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 5:44 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: The Unix-PC has found a new home in the hands of someone I am sure will enjoy and appreciate it. I would expect hi

Re: Unix-PC

The Unix-PC has found a new home in the hands of someone I am sure will enjoy and appreciate it.  I would expect him to show up here sometime with questions as he tries to revive it.  I tried booting it and while it booted fine from the diagnostic floppy and things like memory and CPU tested OK

Unix-PC

Well, I don't know what happened to everybody who wanted it but that Unix-PC is still sitting here and it needs to go.  One more offer before I scrap it.  Needs to be someone who can pick it up real soon. bill

Re: Andromeda Systems DC11

On 03/21/2018 03:09 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > On 3/21/18 10:17 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > >> Anybody here remember the Andromeda DC11? > Isn't that a rebadged AED WINC-05? > Does it have a Z8000 on it? > > Don't know what a WINC is but, no

Andromeda Systems DC11

I asked this on USENET, I don't suppose it would hurt to ask here as well. Anybody here remember the Andromeda DC11? More importantly, does anyone still have Andromeda stuff laying around? The module used something called "Personality Cards" which were actually just connection adapters for

Re: AlphaServers

In my cases all three just one day became inoperative. I have heard of power supply failures, but none of mine had that. The first two had redundant PSU's and the third had a standard PC type PSU and the disks and CD's worked even after the motherboard became dead enough to not even do the

Re: AlphaServers

An interesting discussion, especially considering the stuff usually spoken in comp.os.vms regardiong the viability of X86 boxes. I have had 3 Alphas.  Two of the office refrigerator sized boxes and one of the PC Tower sized boxes.  All three have died.  In the meantime I have X86 based boxes that

Re: Some fun: who can identify this ?

Looks like the bin for a shredder.   But it's kinda small.  I suppose as this is classic comp it could be the chad catcher for a keypunch or paper tape punch. bill On 03/04/2018 12:40 PM, Pete Lancashire via cctalk wrote: > https://photos.app.goo.gl/ww7KPnPVexGJiqyE3

Re: Seeking RL02K cartridge

And I live east of Scranton. bill On 02/20/2018 06:42 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > Where in PA? I live on the south -eastern corner near the u of Delaware ( > Newark, del.) > Bill > > On Feb 20, 2018 6:07 PM, "Jacob Ritorto via cctalk" > wrote: > >> Hi Aaron,

Re: RX02 problem

On 02/03/2018 05:42 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > On 02/03/2018 05:26 PM, allison via cctalk wrote: >> On 02/03/2018 03:38 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >>> Do we have any real RX02 experts?  My long time running >>> >>> RX02 seems to ha

Re: Reading a PDP-11 RL02: Anyone Around the U.S. West Coast?

On 02/11/2018 03:58 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > From: Bill Degnan > > > What is the OS of the disks, what system was this disk used to > > create/save files to the RL02? > > Doesn't really matter, does it, as long as the bits can all be read off the > pack into a file?

Re: OpenVMS software repositories?

On 02/08/2018 11:02 AM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: > On 2/8/2018 9:56 AM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: >> On 2/8/2018 9:39 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >>> >>>> On Feb 8, 2018, at 5:28 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk >>>> <cctalk@c

Re: OpenVMS software repositories?

On 02/07/2018 10:30 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >> On Feb 7, 2018, at 7:22 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> On 02/07/2018 06:35 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >>> What sites still exist that have VMS software? I know the about the >>> OpenVMS Freeware

Re: [RESOLVED] Re: EPROM baking

My EPROM Programmers all have a connection foir external power specifically because sometimes USB can't provide the needed current. bill On 02/05/2018 02:06 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 02/05/2018 10:20 AM, Mark G Thomas via cctalk wrote: > >> 2) Many of the chips were failing to

RX02 Emulator Problem

I finally got a system running again and hooked up my first AK6DN RX02 Emulator.  Worked, up to a point.  I can boot from it and read and write to it.  However, every once once and a while after doing a bunch of accesses the Green LED stays on and the system freezes.  Sometimes I can get back

SUN AUDIO BREAKOUT BOX CABLE 530-1594-01

Any Sparc aficionados out there?  I have one of these available. make an offer (+ postage). bill

Re: Interest Check: Belden Thicknet 10base5 Ethernet Coax

On 02/02/2018 04:51 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > >> On Feb 2, 2018, at 4:35 PM, Tony Aiuto via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> Interesting. Count me in for 20'. I would want to pick up at VCF east. >> >> These people have taps, but no transceivers. >>

Re: IBM 9331-011 8" External Floppy Drive - eBay 183038271095

On 02/01/2018 07:57 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 02/01/2018 03:40 PM, Terry Stewart via cctalk wrote: >>> but dbit.com offers an adapter called an >>> FDADAP that >>> lets you connect a 50 pin 8" disk to the PC controller. I have a couple >>> and they work great. >> I second that.

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