generally, if something is too difficult or too expensive to replace, i will
opt to replace it with something more modern. PDP11 memory is quite expensive,
for instance, so if the 4MB in my 11/83 fails i will be forced to emulate it
with the qbone i have serving my disks- those are also quite
mp.org)> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 12:32 PM h...@dec.dog via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> > i am hopeful for the future of small-scale chip fabrication (and also
> > copyright law overhaul, but that’s just unrealistic!) after seeing
> &
i am hopeful for the future of small-scale chip fabrication (and also copyright
law overhaul, but that’s just unrealistic!) after seeing someone’s project to
fab their own CPU in their garage- maybe one day we’ll see shops cropping up
that specialize in their ability to replicate old chips? one
it was not LSSM, i asked one of their docents last night.
—
.hush
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> On Wednesday, Jan 18, 2023 at 1:43 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk
> mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org)> wrote:
> On 1/17/23 21:34, Wayne S
11, 2023 at 10:52 PM, Warner Losh (mailto:i...@bsdimp.com)> wrote:
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>
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 8:14 PM h...@dec.dog via cctalk
> mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org)> wrote:
> > appreciate the reply, Matt! unfortunately it doesn’t seem that that did the
> > trick, anothe
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> On Wednesday, Jan 11, 2023 at 8:47 PM, Matt Burke via cctalk
> mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org)> wrote:
> On 12/01/2023 00:58, h...@dec.dog via cctalk wrote:
> > hello cctalk! i
hello cctalk! i have been working for the past few days on a DECmate II with
what i believe to be an ailing RX50. i have a gotek with updated flashfloppy
firmware, but for some strange reason i have been completely unable to get the
DMII to boot a floppy image from it.
i have been trying to
