Re: DEC pdp 11 "R-K ABBR. BOOT P. C. Board"

It should be easy enough to install on a test system, check the address space where typical bootstraps go, see what's there, etc. Thanks. On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Brent Hilpert wrote: > On 2015-Oct-06, at 9:18 AM, Henk Gooijen wrote: > > -Oorspronkelijk

Re: DEC pdp 11 "R-K ABBR. BOOT P. C. Board"

It's UNIBUS I bet a GC card! On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 6:37 PM, Jay Jaeger wrote: > On 10/7/2015 4:52 PM, william degnan wrote: > > It should be easy enough to install on a test system, check the address > > space where typical bootstraps go, see what's there, etc. Thanks. > >

Re: DEC pdp 11 "R-K ABBR. BOOT P. C. Board"

On 10/7/2015 4:52 PM, william degnan wrote: > It should be easy enough to install on a test system, check the address > space where typical bootstraps go, see what's there, etc. Thanks. > But one ought to first check whether the board is intended for a UNIBUS or Q-Bus system! JRJ

Re: IBM 3480 server and storage

Sounds like they may have confused the A22 Control Unit with a CPU? Although that doesn't explain any HDDs ... all the A22 pictures I've found show it having just a 5.25" floppy drive. In line with the confusion theme, perhaps the "HDDs" are really tape cartridges? If the price is right, maybe it

Re: MFM Emulator

I was one of the people who built the early rev boards David had. Excellent project, he is the man... Here are a few images for your crazy kids to get started with. I'll be adding more as they come in: http://x.quaalud.es/images/ If Al decides these sorts of images belong on bitsavers, I'll

RE: IBM 3480 server and storage

From: Cindy Croxton Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2015 7:00 PM > My Chicago buddy has an entire IBM 3480 system, server and storage. The > storage rack has 64 hard drives. He has the tapes that go with it. > Email me if you are interested. I can get PN and pics. Will palletize and > ship or

Re: MFM Emulator

Perq and Symbolics! Very useful; exactly the kind of thing I had in mind. Xerox would be very good for me; I have a bunch of 6085 workstations with about one good disk between them... Mike On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 6:07 AM, Ian Finder wrote: > I was one of the people who

RE: 3480 pictures

There is also appears to be a 2107 (DS8100) in there, but it looks like all the drives have been pulled. That may be recoverable more easily... What was the price tag on all of this stuff? From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Cindy

Re: 3480 pictures

This is a more recent z/Series machine; it may well be running Linux on the Support Element rather than OS/2. But Guy is 100% correct; all the support and configuration stuff there is critical to preserve exactly as-is. Recreating it from backups or reinstalling it from scratch is not for the

Burroughs Distribution Box

Any idea what this might go to? Someone suggested a B1700, but wasn't exactly sure. http://imgur.com/a/rYtjR Thanks, Kyle

Re: Computers in Election Vigils - take two

On 10/08/2015 01:44 PM, Mattis Lind wrote: Unfortunately SVT Öppet Arkiv is not available to anyone outside Sweden, which is a pity. A great source. This interest for computers and election vigils come from the fact that I had a email conversation with a person that was involved when DEC won

RE: 3480 pictures

There are MANY boxes of tapes, manuals, etc. that came with this equipment. I am still waiting for a price. Cindy -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mike Ross Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2015 5:41 PM To: jwsm...@jwsss.com; General

Re: Symbolics MCD-405 tape drive / Georgens Industries

On 10/8/15 11:15 AM, Al Kossow wrote: Does anyone have a loose 3M/Georgens MCD-405 tape drive they could take board pictures and firmware dumps from, or any of the other MCD-40 series tape drives? I'm trying to figure out how similar it is to the one in the Apple 40mb tape drive. looks like

RE: 3480 pictures

There appears to be a Z system in the photos. Image035.jpg is a photo showing the open system bay, and the HMC laptop. It is beyond critical that that laptop be carefully preserved and handled, as that will be the difference between junk and possibly turning it on and running it again. The

Re: MFM Emulator

Mike- as soon as I get mine working I'll snag my disk back from Mr. Josh D. and image it up too :) On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 2:08 PM, Mike Ross wrote: > Perq and Symbolics! Very useful; exactly the kind of thing I had in mind. > > Xerox would be very good for me; I have a bunch

Re: 3480 pictures

> On Oct 8, 2015, at 2:04 PM, Cindy Croxton wrote: > > > There appears to be a Z system in the photos. Image035.jpg is a photo > showing the open system bay, and the HMC laptop. It is beyond critical > that that laptop be carefully preserved and handled, as that will be

Re: MFM Emulator

Superb. There was more than one environment/OS available for those machines as I recall; I've only ever seen the Viewpoint setup, but there was at least one development environment available too IIRC...? Mike On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Ian Finder wrote: > Mike- as

Re: 3480 pictures

On 10/8/2015 2:09 PM, Guy Sotomayor wrote: On Oct 8, 2015, at 2:04 PM, Cindy Croxton wrote: There appears to be a Z system in the photos. Image035.jpg is a photo showing the open system bay, and the HMC laptop. It is beyond critical that that laptop be carefully

3480 pictures

See if this will work. https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BxqLDyoLYuCKZmNsZlo1U0JyVkE =sharing Some of the pictures are not very good. Cindy --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus

Computers in Election Vigils - take two

Unfortunately SVT Öppet Arkiv is not available to anyone outside Sweden, which is a pity. A great source. This interest for computers and election vigils come from the fact that I had a email conversation with a person that was involved when DEC won the contract to for the election in 1976 in

Re: 3480 pictures

On 10/8/2015 1:26 PM, Cindy Croxton wrote: See if this will work. https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BxqLDyoLYuCKZmNsZlo1U0JyVkE =sharing Some of the pictures are not very good. There appears to be a Z

Re: Symbolics MCD-405 tape drive / Georgens Industries

On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Al Kossow wrote: > Does anyone have a loose 3M/Georgens MCD-405 tape drive they could take > board pictures > and firmware dumps from, or any of the other MCD-40 series tape drives? > I'm trying to > figure out how similar it is to the one in

Re: Burroughs Distribution Box

On 10/8/15 4:22 PM, Kyle Owen wrote: Any idea what this might go to? Someone suggested a B1700, but wasn't exactly sure. probably, since it was made in Goleta.

Amstrad external disk drive (FD-1)

More Amstrad restoration, for those who might be interested. http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2015-10-08-amstrad-fd1-adventure.htm Terry (Tez)

3480 additional info

The 3480 and other large stuff is in Chicago. The 3472 and 3477 terminals and keyboards are in WI. Cindy --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Symbolics MCD-405 tape drive / Georgens Industries

Does anyone have a loose 3M/Georgens MCD-405 tape drive they could take board pictures and firmware dumps from, or any of the other MCD-40 series tape drives? I'm trying to figure out how similar it is to the one in the Apple 40mb tape drive. I was asked about recovering some tapes from a

Re: MFM Emulator

On 10/8/15 11:18 AM, Al Kossow wrote: On 10/8/15 10:07 AM, Ian Finder wrote: If Al decides these sorts of images belong on bitsavers, I'll go on a full-on imaging spree and work to improve my information hygiene. yes, that is the plan. I received one this week as well that I was going to

Re: MFM Emulator

That's my pet project at this point. We are having some issues with the space so it will probably (hopefully) open as appointment-only early next year. The idea is to find trustworthy people who we can give access to the space to so they can see projects thru from end-to-end on these systems-

Re: MFM Emulator

On 10/8/15 10:07 AM, Ian Finder wrote: If Al decides these sorts of images belong on bitsavers, I'll go on a full-on imaging spree and work to improve my information hygiene. yes, that is the plan. I received one this week as well that I was going to put into an 1186 to make some

Re: MFM Emulator

That sounds like the museum we have at hack42.nl. we are a hackerspace with a enormous collection of old computers but we are not open at regular times. of course making the collection available in an database on the web and digitising the documentation is one of our goals (besides having fun

Re: MFM Emulator

I consider below a sort of unspoken goal of all responsible folk in this hobby, but sadly I have been disappointed on occasion: > of course making the collection available in an database on the web and digitising the documentation is one of our goals On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 12:35 PM, simon

Re: MFM Emulator

On 10/8/15 11:38 AM, Ian Finder wrote: We do not intend to overlap with a big, professional museum like CHM or LCM. Rather think of this as a kind of a maker-space for old systems; There is a lot of interest in Seattle- largely people from the software industry- who would love to code

Small Computer Museum Entities [ Was: Re: MFM Emulator ]

CH is pretty nasty right now. We're trying to use my friend's old basement office apartment to get this started. He has been there for years and it's very cheap-- for now. Seattle has gotten ridiculous, so if the building sells or the rent goes up, most of the gear will get packed away once

3480 update

>From the people in Chicago: I have the Cabinets I am not sure about the part numbers though. I tried searching them but i was lost. We have 2, 3490-A10 a 3490-B40, two 44P4352 (as you will see in the pictures the laptop is with one of them) and what i think is 2066-002. Again I am not 100% on