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Perq 1 troubles

Just on the off-chance... does anyone have schematics for the Perq 1 portrait monitor? Mine is sick... and there are none on bitsavers. On first power-up there was a faint raster pattern but that quickly vanished and now there's no sign of life from the tube heaters... Thanks Mike

Re: PDP-11 RL02 disk emulation

On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 5:35 PM, Scott Baker wrote: > Hi* > >>> Any chance it could be put into 'production'? > > *I placed an order today for 3 RL02 emulator interface boards from OshPark. > I expect it will take 2 weeks to get the boards back from OshPark. > I am

Re: Supercomputers, fishing for information

On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 3:37 AM, Al Kossow wrote: > let me see if I can get this scanned this morning > http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102719961 > > you also REALLY want to get any docs and tapes/disks out of there > finding software is going to be extremely

Re: WTB several IMSAI-8080 ON-OFF-ON momentary switches

On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Chuck Guzis <ccl...@sydex.com> wrote: > On 11/05/2016 07:11 PM, Mike Ross wrote: > >> So you reckon those 7105SY9V3BE would suit the Altair? OK I'll go >> shopping. > > > That's just an estimate from memory. I'd have to dig my

Re: WTB several IMSAI-8080 ON-OFF-ON momentary switches

On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Chuck Guzis <ccl...@sydex.com> wrote: > On 11/05/2016 05:10 PM, Mike Ross wrote: > >> I need those too - some of my Altair switches have the handles >> physically broken... in fact pretty much ALL the large switches (the >> bottom row

Re: WTB several IMSAI-8080 ON-OFF-ON momentary switches

On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 4:41 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote: > On 11/04/2016 11:17 PM, drlegendre . wrote: >> Am I correct that the Altair 8800(A/B) also uses those type of >> switch? >> >> If so, I need one or two as well.. my own, lone 8800 isn't quite what >> it could be, IIRC. Had to

Re: For sale 128K Core RAM Industrial PDP 11/40 Massbus System

On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 10:15 AM, william degnan wrote: >> >> Find a copy of the PDP-11 systems handbook! Say 1978, 80 and 82 versions >> and >> see the difference. Never mind the Unibus, Qbus, PRO, and PDT flavors. >> >> >> Allison >> >>> thanks Ed Sharpe

Re: For sale 128K Core RAM Industrial PDP 11/40 Massbus System

On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 11:47 AM, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove <captainkirk...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 30 October 2016 at 18:09, Mike Ross <tmfdm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Unix? Probably a complete brain fart by me - but I thought Unix >> required a machine with separate I/D

Re: For sale 128K Core RAM Industrial PDP 11/40 Massbus System

On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 10:09 AM, william degnan wrote: > *For sale 128K Core RAM Industrial PDP 11/40 Massbus System* > > *Ebay:* 272432268291 > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/272432268291? > > $1. > > Bill Unix? Probably a complete brain fart by me - but I thought Unix

Re: ContrAlto V1.1 Released

On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 10:25 AM, SPC wrote: > 2016-10-27 22:50 GMT+02:00 Josh Dersch : > >> ContrAlto can be downloaded from: >> http://www.livingcomputers.org/Join/Online-Systems.aspx. >> >> Thanks! >> >> - Josh > > Hi. I'm trying to reach >

Re: Unibus disk controller with modern storage

On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 2:45 AM, David Bridgham wrote: > On 10/19/2016 06:48 PM, shad wrote: >> >> One of my retrocomputing dream is to design an Unibus universal board, >> probably based on FPGA because of precise timing requirements, >> to emulate one or more disk/tape

Re: 2020 Power consumption [Was: Re: MASSBUS disk emulator (Was: Unibus controller for MFM disks)]

On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 7:44 PM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: > On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 06:26:06PM +, Rich Alderson wrote: >> >> There have been 2 generations of Massbus Disk Emulator (MDE) at LCM. The >> one of which people have seen pictures was the first generation, created

Re: Unibus controller for MFM disks

On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 3:33 AM, Al Kossow wrote: > I can only think of one, the AED WINC-08 RL02 system, but that used 8" drives > Good luck finding one, and the matching interface card. I don't think Qualogy > Emulex or Dilog ever made MFM for Unibus. MFM controllers were

Re: DEC items for sale, swap or giveaway

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 8:25 PM, wrote: > I have a collection of DEC items available for sale, swap or giveaway. > > They are mostly VAX or MicroVAX items, as well as a few PDP-11 items. > > These are in Melbourne, Australia. I appreciate this may not be of much > interest

Re: booting 6085 XDE 5.0 settime.boot

On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 4:51 AM, Al Kossow wrote: > > the perennial '937' problem > > just installed 6085 XDE 5.0 from floppies but there is no option in the > installer to load and setup to boot settimedove.boot from the copilot volume > > someone must have figured this out >

Re: SCSI Tape Emulator

On Oct 10, 2016 10:06 PM, "Dave Wade" wrote: > > Folks, > > I am "playing" with a small VAX and want to install software onto it, some > of which are in SIMH ".tap" format files. I was thinking it would be nice to > have a SCSI Tape emulator that worked a bit like the USB

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > So, I've been working for a while on a page about DEC indicator panels (the > standardized 36x4 light arrays which go into a 19" rack, with an inlay to > customize it to a particular device). It's online now, here: >

Re: complete displaywriter set in Canada

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 9:58 PM, Dave Wade wrote: > Jim, > If you check out my previous posts some one in California had 3277's on the > VCFEED forums... Wait... what? Where? I'm always looking for 3277s - and desperate for 3277 keyboards! (If anyone can help...) Mike

Re: IBM 4361 + StorageTek 4674's

Oooh! Mine! If I'm fast enough. That's exactly the kind of stuff I specialize in. You give everything but his email address...? Mike On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 4:05 PM, Bob Rosenbloom wrote: > Want a smallish mainframe? Dan de Long (info at bottom, contact him > directly)

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > Oooh, thanks ever so much for turning that up!!! > > OK, I have added them to the page - I lost a little resolution rotating them > to be level, but there's still more than enough to recogize them, and mostly >

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 1:05 AM, Vincent Slyngstad <v.slyngs...@frontier.com> wrote: > From: Mike Ross: Friday, August 19, 2016 1:42 AM >> >> OK I still can't get at the box; it's apparently buried deep. So can't >> confirm what the label calls it. But here it is an

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 4:36 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: Al Kossow > > > we have one > > ... > > i'll request access to it to shoot the panel > > Excellent! That's currently the worst image of all of the ones on the page, > so a good one will really

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Al Kossow <a...@bitsavers.org> wrote: > > > On 8/17/16 2:45 PM, Mike Ross wrote: > >> I also have an odd box... it's pdp-8/L in style but housed several >> sets of boards for controlling multiple paper tape readers/punches &

Re: punchcard reader wanted to rent, BC Canada area

What interface are you looking for Bill? IBM bus/tag channel? I have a tabletop card reader with a separate IBM channel interface box... Mike On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 2:44 PM, william degnan wrote: > $$ if you have an IBM 2501 or similar looking punchcard reader and would >

Re: punchcard reader wanted to rent, BC Canada area

Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:55 PM, Mike Ross <tmfdm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> What interface are you looking for Bill? IBM bus/tag channel? I have a >> tabletop card reader with a separate IBM channel interface box... >> >> Mike >> >> On Fri, Aug 19,

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 5:02 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: Mattis Lind > > The other one seems to be the same as this one: > > > http://www.hal1.se/Rolfs_web/Rolfs_images/1975_1/pages/7503%2003.htm > > > > The panel to the left is RF15 and the right

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 8:57 AM, Al Kossow wrote: > > > On 8/18/16 10:02 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > >> OK, I have identified the one on the far right as a VT15. (Crappy image from >> DEC documentation added to the page - can someone provide a better one? > > we have one >

Re: PDP11GUI 1.48

On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 5:56 AM, Jörg Hoppe wrote: > Hi, > > a new release of PDP11GUI is online, with lots of enhancements: > > - new disk driver RK611 for RK06/RK07 > - Support for Robotron A6402 PDP-11/23 clone > - Support for PDP-11/44 with console firmware v3.40C > -

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Al Kossow <a...@bitsavers.org> wrote: > > > On 8/17/16 2:45 PM, Mike Ross wrote: > >> I also have an odd box... it's pdp-8/L in style but housed several >> sets of boards for controlling multiple paper tape readers/punches &

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > So, I've been working for a while on a page about DEC indicator panels (the > standardized 36x4 light arrays which go into a 19" rack, with an inlay to > customize it to a particular device). It's online now, here: >

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > So, I've been working for a while on a page about DEC indicator panels (the > standardized 36x4 light arrays which go into a 19" rack, with an inlay to > customize it to a particular device). It's online now, here: >

Re: DEC PDP bits and Programma 101 available

Erik The Corestore would be interested in all of the DEC items below pretty much! But will probably have to pick and choose. Do you have a list of wanted items you might take in trade? Cash possible as well or instead. Cheers Mike http://www.corestore.org 'No greater love hath a man than he

Re: Pictures per previous post

Just to clarify did you 'rescue' these hoping to find good homes for them later - or to keep for yourself? If the former I would definitely be interested in the TI Explorer - and the RT. Mike On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 10:23 AM, Doug Fields wrote: > I took these things home

Re: IBM 360/30 in verilog

On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 10:36 AM, wrote: > Al said: >> On 7/11/16 9:14 AM, Jon Elson wrote: >>> The microcode was in the ALD drawings, and might even be in bitsavers >>> archive, if they have the right manual. >> >> 360 CPU ALDs are extremely difficult to find. >> If the 65

Re: Front Panels - PDP-8/i Help!

On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 5:37 PM, Rod Smallwood wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I have a nice big batch of PDP-8/i panels in production. I > really need a real original panel to check against. > > Can anybody lend me one? > >

Re: More things that we are considering offloading.

Oh I have a huge weakness for printing terminals. Absent an IBM 1052 I'd definitely be interested in TermiNET and SilentWriters. Oh and the Informer 213! Contact me off-list please. Mike On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 7:20 AM, Mattis Lind wrote: > DECprinter I, GE TermiNET30, C

Re: Pictures from the GA warehouse, take 2...

On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Todd Killingsworth wrote: > Ok gang - here's the 100+ pics from the warehouse: > > https://www.flickr.com/gp/16985@N04/b76872 > > I included pics with model numbers where I could find them > > From what I could see: > > ** NO PDP

Re: PDP-11/40 modified to be a PDP-11/23

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Michael Thompson wrote: > The RICM just picked up a PDP-11/40 chassis that was modified to accept a > PDP-11/23 board set. It also contains a custom board to interface the > PDP-11/23 to the original PDP-11/40 front panel. It is

Re: Attend and Participate Information Security and Cyber Forensics (INFOSEC2017)

On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 12:33 AM, Joan Sali wrote: > Hey there Curios Marc, > For sure we are on the same boat, promoting events, conferences and you > mentioned IEEE. Care to check the list of organizers with the privilege of > using this badge and I assure you 100%,

Re: VAX-11/780 Board Set on eBait

On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 6:01 AM, Josh Dersch wrote: > On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 3:48 AM, Noel Chiappa > wrote: > >> > From: Devin Davison >> >> > well there goes my plan of trying to keep it under the radar. >> >> Sorry, I didn't mean to upset

Re: UNIBUS M9312 ROMS

On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 12:27 PM, John Robertson wrote: > On 06/08/2016 3:46 PM, Jay West wrote: >> >> I wrote... >> On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 6:34 AM, Jay West wrote: >>> >>> 23-E39A9 is still lost to time, afaik. TMSCP - TU81 >> >> To which mike replied...

Re: UNIBUS M9312 ROMS

On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 6:34 AM, Jay West wrote: > 23-E39A9 is still lost to time, afaik. TMSCP - TU81 Could that not be reverse-engineered from the boot code in e.g. Emulex UC17 ROMs? They could do TMSCP... BTW what PROM blower would folks recommend for creating/imaging

Re: Set of mystery DEC boards: who can help me identifying these?

Are the X-numbers stamped on the metal handles? Damn... that rings a bell... I'm sure I've seen boards from a big DEC system with four-digit X numbers on the handles but I can't remember which! A big VAX or something... or was it an 11/70 memory system or something? Or a KL or KS 10... are they

Re: 11/94

The list doesn't permit attachments; they won't go through. Stick them up on Flickr or some other website where we can see them. Mike On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 1:41 PM, Rod Smallwood wrote: > Hi > > I now have screen shots showing the screwed up monitor program. > >

Re: AT 3b2 vs SCSI2SD drive replacement

On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 8:53 AM, Josh Dersch wrote: > The advantages of the SCSI2SD over the ACard are as follows: > > 1) It's open-source (hardware and firmware and software) > 2) The developer is extremely responsive to bug reports / feature requests > 3) It's very flexible

Re: Monster 6502

On May 29, 2016 2:44 PM, "Noel Chiappa" wrote: > > > From: drlegendre > > > Gawd, what a lovely piece of work that man hath wrought! > > I love the term he invented for it: "dis-integrated circuit"! :-) > > > Good FAQ page here: > > http://www.monster6502.com/

Re: Mystery IBM processor

On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 11:40 PM, Dave Wade <dave.g4...@gmail.com> wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: cctech [mailto:cctech-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mike Ross >> Sent: 28 May 2016 11:29 >> To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts <cct...@classi

Re: Mystery IBM processor

On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 5:51 AM, wrote: > Just wondering if anyone can help us to identify a rather large IBM > processor assembly. It weighs around 60 pounds. > > The frame has a P/N of 34F5089. The frame houses 9 modules, 6 of which are > installed. The module we

Re: Mystery IBM processor

On May 28, 2016 9:51 PM, wrote: > > Just wondering if anyone can help us to identify a rather large IBM > processor assembly. It weighs around 60 pounds. > > The frame has a P/N of 34F5089. The frame houses 9 modules, 6 of which are > installed. The module we removed for

Re: vintage computers in active use

On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 4:27 AM, Brent Hilpert wrote: > A friend notice this in the news, I heard it mentioned on the radio this > morning too: > http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36385839 > > extract: > The report said that the Department of Defence

Re: Early 360 machines (Was: Front panel switches - what did they do?)

On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 5:48 AM, William Donzelli wrote: >> I'm guessing, maybe, that would be a 1403 printer? There were 1403 and 1443 >> printers. > > There was also a 1404 printer, but I do not think many places had them. > > Does anyone know what became of the two S/360

Re: VAX-11/730 and Emulex UC17 woes

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Josh Dersch wrote: *another snip* > Thanks. Glen sent me his dump and I compared with mine. I have the same > three differences: > > D 02A0 01200880 // 0100F308 > D 02BC 0014688F // FFF4688F > D 02C0 65B45520

Re: VAX-11/730 and Emulex UC17 woes

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Josh Dersch wrote: > Interesting, the UC17 has the same firmware version (G143R) on the label of > the EPROM. I wonder if the contents are identical. Could you send me a dump > of your ROM so I can compare? > >> >> I dumped the

Re: VAX-11/730 and Emulex UC17 woes

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 7:27 AM, Josh Dersch wrote: > Hi all -- > > I'm working on restoring a VAX-11/730 at the museum and things have been > going pretty well thus far. I've been bootstrapping the console and > diagnostics from simulated TU58 (images from: >

Re: Need IBM 3290

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 12:07 PM, William Donzelli wrote: >> I have a pair of them, but one is the oddball rectangular type. Being >> the completist jerk that I am, I need both. > > Oops, I should say "oddball off-center rectangular type". I didn't know there was more than

Re: Need IBM 3290

Wow good luck with that. In 20 years I've only ever seen *one* - mine. It was working a few years ago but it's currently dead and I'm not optimistic; power supply issues - but there also seems some kind of 'blotchiness' inside the plasma display sandwich itself - like something has delaminated or

Re: DEC Correspondent LA12R-06 Ribbons

I bought a few cases of those not all that long ago... Let me see if I can dig up the source. Mike On May 15, 2016 2:38 PM, "Mark J. Blair" wrote: I think I already know the answer to this ("no"), but is there any remaining source of usable, or at least restorable, ribbons for

Re: beige rant (was Re: IBM 5150 with red case on ebay)

On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Tor Arntsen wrote: > On 14 May 2016 at 00:20, William Donzelli wrote: > >> Do not blame the computer companies, blame the customers. Beige and >> gray were the colors they wanted. > > When companies buy, someone will have

Re: MEM11A status update

Back from holidays... I'm certainly firm for at least a couple - possibly more. Mike On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Guy Sotomayor wrote: > Just to let folks know that I just received the prototype boards for the > MEM11A (FedEx just left). > The boards look great! The

Re: PAL on CDU-700 / 710 Unibus disk controllers

't think it'd catch anything on fire > to try it. > > Could you send the two EPROM images too? Sounds like a great opportunity to > break in your BP (Baller Programmer) 1200... > > Remember to save the buffer from the Data Pattern window :) > > - Ian > > On Tue, Apr

Re: PAL on CDU-700 / 710 Unibus disk controllers

Is a 720TM any use? I just acquired one... And a BP-1200.… Mike On Apr 27, 2016 9:35 AM, "Ian Finder" wrote: > Does anyone out there have one of these controllers? > > There is an unprotected PAL- the address decoder- and I really need a dump > of it. Many programmers,

Re: 4.2BSD TU58 distribution tape for VAX-11/750?

Oh... I guess that will be equally good for my 11/730 :-) On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Josh Dersch wrote: > On 4/23/16 11:47 PM, Jonathan Katz wrote: >> >> On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 7:44 AM, Josh Dersch wrote: >> >>> Hey all -- >>> >>> I can't seem to

Re: Xerox Alto on eBay

31 PM, Josh Dersch < > jo...@livingcomputermuseum.org> wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mike > > Ross > > > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 11:54 AM > > > To: General

RE: Xerox Alto on eBay

On Apr 14, 2016 1:34 PM, "Josh Dersch" wrote: > So we copy disk images to/from the PDP-11/44 over 3Mbit Ethernet to the Alto :). > > - Josh > Quite a hack! So you copy in real time as it were? Direct from packs on a running Alto to packs on a running 11? Would it

RE: Getting an ibm as/400

I agree little point in imaging. First step: password guess; try logging in to account QSECOFR password QSECOFR; you may luck out and find it is the default. If that fails do a DST IPL (Google it) and use the DST QSECOFR account (NOT the same as the system QSECOFR account!) to reset the system

Re: Getting an ibm as/400

On Apr 12, 2016 9:59 PM, "Kevin Monceaux" wrote: > Depending on its vintage it would run OS/400, i5/OS, or IBM I > Post-1998 or so machines will also run Linux Mike

Re: R: Getting an ibm as/400

Key thing is what color it is. If it's light grey it's definitely an old CISC machine - classic 48-bit AS/400. They're good and desirable but they do need the MULIC (Model Unique Licensed Internal Code) tape to get going. If it's black... Well some of the very last CISC AS/400s (e.g. 9406-500)

RE: In search of VAX 8550 or similar...

I'm in NZ and I'm down for at least a couple of the large systems - 750 & 785. Possibly 8600 730 & a pedestal machine. Traveling just now, can I get back to you in a week or so? On Apr 10, 2016 2:49 PM, wrote: > Hi Ian, > > I have a fairly large collection of large VAX

Re: Shipping big things across the atlantic.

If you're in no hurry best bet is an international mover on 'consolidation' - basically it's delivered to the mover and it's loaded in a shared container and it only moves once the container is full. And if you can pick it up at the arrival end that saves big-time too. Mike On Fri, Apr 1, 2016

Re: Sun keyboards, yellowed

Oh perfect timing! What's the interface on the Type 4 cable? 15-pin D or DIN? I'll probably have one in any case; there are adapters :-) Mike On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Cindy Croxton wrote: > I collected some Sun keyboards for a customer, but some are too yellowed for

Sun 4 disk images?

I'm presently working on a couple of Sun 4/110 systems. To save time, does anyone have a bootable Solaris disk image for such - to use with SCSI2SD? Note sun4 architecture - not sun4c or sun4m. Also may be on the lookout for a colour frame buffer; mine may be terminally flaky. Anything that works

Re: Here's what happens when an 18 year old buys a mainframe...

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 8:26 PM, Mark Linimon <lini...@lonesome.com> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 03:54:40PM +1300, Mike Ross wrote: >> they were strictly 31-bit only. > > Dang, I suspected they were hobbled, but that's painful. > > mcl Not in the least; when the

Baydel Unibus disk systems

Folks, I've found something I forgot I had; a Baydel Unibus disk controller. At one time I had 3 or 4 of these in complete systems but carelessly managed to trade them all away(!) - except this one board. They were all identical; a pdp-11/04 with a quad Unibus Baydel disk controller hooked up to

Re: Sun 4/260

On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 1:45 AM, Roland Schregle wrote: > Hi James, > > FWIW, I have slightly more recent Sun 4/330 (SparcServer 330) in my basement > in Germany looking for a new home. Not familiar with the 260 and how they > differ tho. Oh... that's one of the last

Xerox: MFM emulator: disk images available

I've been hacking Xerox recently and using Dave's excellent MFM emulator. I'm making two working bootable images available. One is Lisp - the 'Lyric' distribution. It boots and works and appears complete and useful but I haven't explored Lisp enough to grok it. The other is a clean install of

Re: MEM11A questions

On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 8:15 AM, Guy Sotomayor wrote: > >> On Mar 8, 2016, at 11:12 AM, Henk Gooijen wrote: >> >> -Oorspronkelijk bericht- From: Guy Sotomayor >> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2016 7:17 PM >> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and

Re: MEM11A questions

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Guy Sotomayor <g...@shiresoft.com> wrote: > >> On Mar 7, 2016, at 1:27 PM, Mike Ross <tmfdm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 8:16 AM, Guy Sotomayor <g...@shiresoft.com> wrote: >>> Hi, >>>

Re: MEM11A questions

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 8:16 AM, Guy Sotomayor wrote: > Hi, > > Over the weekend I was looking through some old CAD files and came across my > original design for the MEM11A. It was an SPC board that contained only 128KW > of FRAM. > > I’m wondering if there’s any interest in

VAX-11/730 success!

Thanks to those who helped and advised; I discovered a problematic pin on the TU58 10-pin DIP connector. With this fixed, TU58EM worked correctly and the console code loaded. The CPU passes diags as far as the RL02 test; not surprising as there's no RL controller or drive - or the special diag

Re: VAX 11/730 quickie

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Don North <no...@alum.mit.edu> wrote: > On 2/24/2016 3:43 AM, Mike Ross wrote: >> >> On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 4:26 AM, Mike Ross <tmfdm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Mark J. Blair <n

Re: VAX 11/730 quickie

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 4:26 AM, Mike Ross <tmfdm...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Mark J. Blair <n...@nf6x.net> wrote: >> >>> On Feb 21, 2016, at 23:09, Mike Ross <tmfdm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Actually I do have a Mac

Re: VAX 11/730 quickie

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Mark J. Blair <n...@nf6x.net> wrote: > >> On Feb 21, 2016, at 23:09, Mike Ross <tmfdm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Actually I do have a Mac within easy range of the 730. Could you do me >> a favour and throw a prebuilt OSX binary s

Re: VAX 11/730 quickie

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 3:35 PM, Mark J. Blair <n...@nf6x.net> wrote: > >> On Feb 22, 2016, at 16:12 , Mike Ross <tmfdm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Mark am I missing something or is there no make option for Linux in your >> tweaked tu58em? > > I think

Re: VAX 11/730 quickie

Mark am I missing something or is there no make option for Linux in your tweaked tu58em? Mike On Feb 23, 2016 4:28 AM, "Mark J. Blair" wrote: > > > On Feb 22, 2016, at 02:50, tony duell wrote: > > > > The pinouts are the same, the printset of course

Re: VAX 11/730 quickie

(replies inline) On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 9:27 AM, tony duell wrote: > >> Well I haven't figured out exactly what the problem was but I'm >> embarrassed to report it was indeed serial comms finger trouble. I > > I have found that those little in-line RS232 testers with 7

Re: VAX 11/730 quickie

On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 5:33 PM, Mark J. Blair <n...@nf6x.net> wrote: > >> On Feb 21, 2016, at 02:57 , Mike Ross <tmfdm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Looking back at a long >> thread on vintage-computers last year it appears that tu58em had >> timing

Re: VAX 11/730 quickie

On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 8:23 AM, tony duell wrote: > > [...] > >> red lights. The baud rate switches are set for 4800 - the default. > > Eh? There is no way to set it for 4800 baud (the installation manual, > printset, and my tests all agree on what baud rates are

Re: VAX 11/730 quickie

On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 1:56 AM, tony duell wrote: >> >> See row of red LEDs on M8391? On power-up the leftmost LED lights and >> goes out. Then the rightmost two LEDs light and stay on... > > I can't remember exactly what mine does, but I do remember 2 LEDs at one > end

Re: VAX 11/730 quickie

On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Mike Ross <tmfdm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just started working on mine - been a back-burnered project for a long > time. Unfortunately all the cables were cut when it was dismantled; I > was lucky to grab just the CPU. > > Got it powered up o

Couple of Xerox 6085 questions

1. Anyone who has played with Xerox systems will have encountered the dreaded 0937 code at boot time; it means "I have been configured for network operations. I abjure the world and will wait until hell freezes over before continuing the boot - unless I get the time from a network time server!"

Re: IBM System z9 available near Ann Arbor, MI

On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 9:01 AM, William Donzelli wrote: >> Operating system: I would be surprised if it runs anything besides >> z/OS and Linux. > > VSE will run on a z9. As will TPF. And z/VM of course. http://www.corestore.org 'No greater love hath a man than he lay down

Re: IBM 3290 terminal

ot be appropriate. If I remember >> properly the Memorex/Telex units also wanted 3.5" diskettes... >> >> Dave >> G4UGM >> >> > -Original Message- >> > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mike >> Ross &

Re: IBM 3290 terminal

The 3290 plasma panel? It's not for sale but I do have one - and more importantly the critical DSL diskette the 3174 needs in order for it to work. It's the only one I've ever seen' good luck; you'll need it! If you do get one and need the DSL code let me know and we'll work something out. Funny

Re: Master index of ICL / 3R PERQ software?

On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 10:01 PM, Nigel Williams wrote: > Has anyone made a list of all the known software for the PERQ? > > I'm on the hunt for a rumoured port of VAX ML (written in Pascal) to > the PERQ at Edinburgh. I have a couple of PERQs - 1 & 2 - originally

Re: PDP-8 chase the lights

Nicely done! I don't think I've seen that one before; can you supply a quick toggle in? Mike On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 9:26 AM, Evan Koblentz wrote: > Our group here in NJ + surroundings now has monthly-ish repair workshops > (vs. a few times per year before). At the workshop

Re: PDP-11/84 (KDJ11-B) and Error 61

On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Jerome H. Fine wrote: >>Ulrich Tagge wrote:Hi Glen, > >> [Snip] >> >> List/change parameters in the Setup table >> >> A - ANSI Video terminal (1) 0=No, 1=Yes = 1 >> B - Power up 0=Dialog, (1)=Automatic, 2=ODT, 3=24 = 1

Re: Unidentified DEC gear available, NSW-AU

I'm in NZ and would definitely take an interest; one pic showed cables that somewhat resemble RP02 type...? Mike On Jan 29, 2016 9:11 AM, "Jay West" wrote: > DEC Gear available. Unlike most dec gear, I must admit that I can't > identify > exactly what this is. Several

Re: What to Do with a PS/2?

The 'best' 'prepackaged' version of OS/2 to have is probably the one called 'DemoPkg'. Back in the day it was for IBM and Business Partners internal use only and - as the name suggests - included an OS/2 system preconfigured and installed with a whole bunch of interesting software. Came as a set

Re: Panda Display USB support in klh10 working

Well if you decide to produce it - as a kit of parts or a finished product! - put me on the list; I'll take two or three of them. Email me direct if you like. Mike On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 10:06 AM, David Griffith <d...@661.org> wrote: > On Mon, 4 Jan 2016, Mike Ross wrote: > >

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