Re: PDP-11/03, LSI-11 KEV11-C CIS option

On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Brian L. Stuart wrote: > I'll be glad to loan them to you for the good of the community and history. That would be great, thanks! I'll email you my contact information. Could you please post the markings of the other 40-pin chips as

Re: Non-baking cure for sticky shed?

On 01/31/2016 11:54 AM, Mattis Lind wrote: Oops. It was what came up when I searched for "D5 lubricant". I tried to check the contents but it looked very secret. Maybe "Deoxit D5" is the wrong stuff. Anyway the good thing is that the disk read very well. I think you were just plain lucky.

Re: PDP-11/03, LSI-11 KEV11-C CIS option

On Sat, 1/30/16, Eric Smith wrote: > Does anyone have a PDP-11/03 or LSI-11 with the KEV11-C CIS > (Commercial Instruction Set) option? It may have also been known as > DIS (Dibol Instruction Set).  It apparently consists of two microcode > ROM chips (MICROMs), 23-004B5 and

Re: PDP-11/03, LSI-11 KEV11-C CIS option

On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 05:16:18PM -0700, Eric Smith wrote: >On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Henk Gooijen wrote: >> are yo looking for the 11/03 CPU board, or is the >> CIS "QIL" chip enough? QIL=Quad In Line , I made that up >> as the CIS chip I am thinking of si 40

Re: Win98SE Update/Patches WAS: Can Windows 98SE run on an Intel I7 with SATA hard drives?

At 10:30 AM 1/31/2016, Douglas Taylor wrote: >I worry about the old disk drives ... I have spare IDE drives for my 98SE laptops. Dale H. Cook, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA Osborne 1 / Kaypro 4-84 / Kaypro 1 / Amstrad PPC-640 http://plymouthcolony.net/starcity/radios/index.html

Re: Win98SE Update/Patches WAS: Can Windows 98SE run on an Intel I7 with SATA hard drives?

On 01/31/2016 07:30 AM, Douglas Taylor wrote: I worry about the old disk drives, what are the pitfalls of using a CF to IDE adapter with DOS? Win98? Win3.1? If you're not using a "special" 8-bit card, such as the XTIDE, there really is little downside to using a CF drive, as Windows 8x

Re: Preferred way of substituting TFT for CRT Monitor?

On Fri, 15 Jan 2016, martin.heppe...@dlr.de wrote: > I have got a HP 9000/217 machine with a standard video card. This card > has a monochrome composite output (resolution is as low as about > 512x400, but I might replace it with a higher resolution card). A > small 9" HP monitor that I used

Re: Can Windows 98SE run on an Intel I7 with SATA hard drives?

On 01/31/2016 08:19 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: The biggest issue, actually, for me, is that the latest Adobe Reader which will run under Win 98SE is 6.0, and that doesn't support some of the latest PDF's (in particular, encrypted ones). There are API add-ons to 98SE that improve the potential

Re: PDP-11/03, LSI-11 KEV11-C CIS option

Spend the extra few dollars (or what your currency is) and pack it in a very strong box. I've actually had EPROMs show up cracked in half -pete On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 1:24 AM, Henk Gooijen wrote: > -Oorspronkelijk bericht- From: Eric Smith > Sent: Sunday,

Re: PDP-11/03, LSI-11 KEV11-C CIS option

On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 2:24 AM, Henk Gooijen wrote: > OK, if nobody in the USA steps up, I will check where I have > stored that little box. At least, I am pretty sure I have that chip. > I can do that this week. Insured shipping would not cost much > is it is tiny

Re: Can Windows 98SE run on an Intel I7 with SATA hard drives?

On 01/30/2016 12:10 PM, Curious Marc wrote: I am 0 for 3 in having IE 6.0 work on my Win98 machines. Just can't connect to the internet anymore when I do this. Connectivity returns when I downgrade to 5.5. But others do report having success with 6.0 on Win98, so I'm not sure what's wrong with

Re: Non-baking cure for sticky shed?

On 01/31/2016 06:47 AM, Mattis Lind wrote: I guess that my daughters will have more use for it than I, but I doubt that they find a bottle marked "Deoxit D5" very appealing to use in their hair. Deoxit D5? Is that cyclomethicone? Another place other than shampoos and lotions that you'll

RE: Unidentified DEC gear available, NSW-AU

Very surprised no one took any guesses at what PDP-11 boxes were in those pictures. But in any case, a listmember has stepped forward to go investigate onsite and perhaps claim them. J

Equipment Available, DEC

Just received an email from someone who has a PDP-11/04 with "Floppy Disk" looking for a good home. The machine is located in Switzerland. Please email me off-list if interested. J

Re: Unidentified DEC gear available, NSW-AU

On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 08:48:57PM -0600, Jay West wrote: > > Very surprised no one took any guesses at what PDP-11 boxes were in those > pictures. :-) I was about to, but realised that I had very little to add. Just that the green color indicates "lab" equipment, which would mean A/D

Re: Last call: free machines in Sweden

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 06:51:52PM -, Robert Jarratt wrote: > > What kind of VAX 4000? Not that I am likely to make the trip, unfortunately > :-( A 4000/300, the first 4000 QBus machine I believe. And the only one that doesn't have a separate memory bus. (I wouldn't be surprised if I'm

Re: PDP-11/03, LSI-11 KEV11-C CIS option

On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 11:38 AM, John Wilson wrote: > On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 05:16:18PM -0700, Eric Smith wrote: >>Just looking for the CIS chip(s), and just to borrow long enough to >>dump the microcode. > > This is the first I'm hearing that there was a CIS micROM option for

BA23 fan noise

Hi, I've been messing around with my PDP11/83 and a Microvax, both in BA23 boxes here. These fans make too much noise for my home office area, and I cannot possibly need the original airflow. Even with the internal jumper set for 10V to power the 12V rated fan motor, these are still noisy. It's

Re: PDP-11/03, LSI-11 KEV11-C CIS option

On Sun, 31 Jan 2016, Pete Lancashire wrote: On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 1:24 AM, Henk Gooijen wrote: OK, if nobody in the USA steps up, I will check where I have stored that little box. At least, I am pretty sure I have that chip. I can do that this week. Insured

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

OT: Come watch me install Linux on the IBM z890 Mainframe!

Come one come all! Its the day of reckoning. I finally have some storage on loan from a company called Funsoft! Hopefully by the end of the night I will have Linux installed and a portal to the internet to which people can connect and play on it! http://www.twitch.tv/conmega -Connor Krukosky

Re: PDP-11/03, LSI-11 KEV11-C CIS option

On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 03:52:57PM -0700, Eric Smith wrote: >I think the KEV11-C is not full CIS, but rather a subset. It's usually >described as DIBOL Instruction Set (DIS). OK the DIS part is hazily familiar, but still, neat! >> I have the QIL CIS micROM for the LSI-11/23, and I too have been

Looking for Solaris 8 patches

I'm looking for a bunch of OS patches necessary to get Firefox 2 running under Solaris 8 on my Sun Ultra 60. The patch mirror I used previously appears to have dumped the Sun patches in 2014, and the only up to date references I've seen to Sun patches now appear to be locked behind an Oracle

Re: Win98SE Update/Patches WAS: Can Windows 98SE run on an Intel I7 with SATA hard drives?

At 08:10 PM 1/30/2016, Eric Christopherson wrote: >A few months ago I was interested in resurrecting an old ThinkPad ... I have a couple of old Thinkpads running 98SE. Dale H. Cook, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA Osborne 1 / Kaypro 4-84 / Kaypro 1 / Amstrad PPC-640

Re: Can Windows 98SE run on an Intel I7 with SATA hard drives?

> From: CuriousMarc > Needless to say, you'd only boot to this Windows 98 for retro-computing > purposes. BTW, are you indicating that Win 98SE _in general_ should only be used for retro-computing, or only Win 98SE _in the particular configration you described_ should only be used

Re: Non-baking cure for sticky shed?

2016-01-16 17:42 GMT+01:00 Chuck Guzis : > On 01/16/2016 03:02 AM, Mattis Lind wrote: > > >> Try this for your Inmac disk (I used to buy cables and such from > them--Inmac blue): > > Bake the disk first. > > Get yourself some cyclomethicone (D5 lubricant) and coat both the front

Re: Win98SE Update/Patches WAS: Can Windows 98SE run on an Intel I7 with SATA hard drives?

On 1/31/2016 8:30 AM, Dale H. Cook wrote: At 08:10 PM 1/30/2016, Eric Christopherson wrote: A few months ago I was interested in resurrecting an old ThinkPad ... I have a couple of old Thinkpads running 98SE. Dale H. Cook, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA Osborne 1 / Kaypro 4-84 / Kaypro 1 / Amstrad