[cctalk] Re: VAXstation 100 ROM image

Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: >> My idea is to make a VS100 emulator and have it run the firmware >> uploaded by early X versions. > > What kind of emulator are you planing? A completely new thing? Or do > you want to use SIMH as a basis? It's just a vague idea. It's much too early to say I have any

[cctalk] Re: VAXstation 100 ROM image

On Tue, 2022-09-06 05:02:08 +, Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk wrote: > Matt Burke wrote: > > I dumped the ROMs from my VAXstation 100 some time ago (along with many > > other DEC devices): > > > > http://www.9track.net/roms/ > Thank you very much! My idea is to make a VS100 emulator and have it

[cctalk] Re: VAXstation 100 ROM image

Matt Burke wrote: > I dumped the ROMs from my VAXstation 100 some time ago (along with many > other DEC devices): > > http://www.9track.net/roms/ > > 23-288E4.bin and 23-289E4.bin are probably the two main ones you are > looking for. Do you just need the ROMs or are you looking for technical >

[cctalk] Re: VAXstation 100 ROM image

On 05/09/2022 18:04, Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk wrote: > Lee Gleason wrote: >> I gave my VAXstation 100 system unit to Dave McGuire last year (I >> didn't need it since I lost interest in UNIBUS sized hobby equipment). >> Perhaps he could make a copy of its ROMs. > Thanks! I asked, and he said

[cctalk] Re: VAXstation 100 ROM image

Lee Gleason wrote: > I gave my VAXstation 100 system unit to Dave McGuire last year (I > didn't need it since I lost interest in UNIBUS sized hobby equipment). > Perhaps he could make a copy of its ROMs. Thanks! I asked, and he said he's willing to dump the ROM.

[cctalk] Re: VAXstation 100 ROM image

Reviving a year old thread, did anyone get around to dumping the VAXstation 100 firmware?   I gave my VAXstation 100 system unit to Dave McGuire last year (I didn't need it since I lost interest in UNIBUS sized hobby equipment).  Perhaps he could make a copy of its ROMs. -- Lee K. Gleason

[cctalk] Re: VAXstation 100 ROM image

On Sun, 2022-09-04 22:19:29 -0700, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: > Reviving a year old thread, did anyone get around to dumping the > VAXstation 100 firmware? > > I don't see it where I looked here: > http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/vaxstation100/ > http://www.bitsavers.org/bits/DEC/ I

[cctalk] Re: VAXstation 100 ROM image

On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 10:18 AM Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > On 9/21/21 9:58 AM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > > How the hell did I miss *that*? Cool beans device, I've never heard of a > > VS100. Was it in a Rainbow sized box or a Pro/350 box? > > Smaller. I have access to one to take

Re: VAXstation 100 ROM image

> Does anyone have a (set of) ROM image(s) for the VAXstation 100? > It might be interesting to attempt an emulator. I think the machine has some historical interest. Barbara Liskov's CLU group received a number of VS100 terminals for their VAX. This prompted Bob Scheifler to create X. CLU

Re: VAXstation 100 ROM image

On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 2:04 PM Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > (DEC did make a Unibus to Qbus adapter, the DW11-B, but it was unrelated to > the VS100) Yes. I have one. It came in a PDP-11/34 so they could install an IBV11 on a Unibus machine for a Physics Department. Much older than the

Re: VAXstation 100 ROM image

On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, 11:04:22 AM PDT, Josh Dersch wrote: [...] >No, there's no QBus involved here.  The M7452 "UNIBUS Window Module" connects >the VS100 to the VAX via a fiber-optic link. thanks for the correction. I wonder what I was mis-remembering. maybe a QBus-to-Unibus?  

Re: VAXstation 100 ROM image

On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 10:43 AM Jonathan Stone via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, 10:17:33 AM PDT, Chris Zach via cctech < > cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > How the hell did I miss *that*? Cool beans device, I've never heard of a > > VS100. Was

Re: VAXstation 100 ROM image

On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, 10:17:33 AM PDT, Chris Zach via cctech wrote: > How the hell did I miss *that*? Cool beans device, I've never heard of a > VS100. Was it in a Rainbow sized box or a Pro/350 box? If old memories serve, you'd also need the Unibus-to-Qbus converter. I recall a

Re: VAXstation 100 ROM image

On 9/21/21 9:58 AM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: How the hell did I miss *that*? Cool beans device, I've never heard of a VS100. Was it in a Rainbow sized box or a Pro/350 box? Smaller. I have access to one to take pictures and dump the firmware

Re: VAXstation 100 ROM image

On Sep 21, 2021, at 10:10 AM, Josh Dersch wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 10:04 AM Zane Healy via cctalk > wrote: > I’m rather wondering how I missed that Auction. That’s the first time I’ve > ever seen any photos of a VS100. I believe it required a UNIBUS

Re: VAXstation 100 ROM image

On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 10:04 AM Zane Healy via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I’m rather wondering how I missed that Auction. That’s the first time > I’ve ever seen any photos of a VS100. I believe it required a UNIBUS card > to connect it to the VAX. > Yes, with a fiber optic link;

Re: VAXstation 100 ROM image

I’m rather wondering how I missed that Auction. That’s the first time I’ve ever seen any photos of a VS100. I believe it required a UNIBUS card to connect it to the VAX. Zane > On Sep 21, 2021, at 9:58 AM, Chris Zach via cctalk > wrote: > > How the hell did I miss *that*? Cool beans

Re: VAXstation 100 ROM image

How the hell did I miss *that*? Cool beans device, I've never heard of a VS100. Was it in a Rainbow sized box or a Pro/350 box? C On 9/21/2021 12:35 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 9:10 AM Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk wrote: Hello, Does anyone have a (set of) ROM

Re: VAXstation 100 ROM image

On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 9:10 AM Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk wrote: > > Hello, > > Does anyone have a (set of) ROM image(s) for the VAXstation 100? > It might be interesting to attempt an emulator. Did someone on the list buy this one? That was the only one that I have noticed for sale on eBay