[cctalk] vic-20 basic on cartridge

2024-03-25 Thread Jacob Dahl Pind via cctalk
I got a vic-20 in a painted case, with a biacom label, and a modified VIC-1110 8kb memory, where there have been added a 8kb eprom have been to the left side where the additional 8kb could be installed. https://telefisk.org/biacom_8kb_a000+8kbmem.rom https://telefisk.org/biacom_basic.txt The

[cctalk] Re: Cleanup time again

2024-03-25 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 3/25/2024 1:49 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: In case it piques someone's interest, a number of the used disks in the SB style carriers are 9GB RX1DB's .  Even I had forgotten that any of them were that big.  Of course, the probably eliminates their use on a PDP or VAX but they

[cctalk] Re: Cleanup time again

2024-03-25 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
In case it piques someone's interest, a number of the used disks in the SB style carriers are 9GB RX1DB's . Even I had forgotten that any of them were that big. Of course, the probably eliminates their use on a PDP or VAX but they are still Ultra Wide SCSI if you take them out of the box.

[cctalk] Re: vic-20 basic on cartridge

2024-03-25 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Do you have a vic20 to try it there first? Maybe it's looking for a printer to relocated to a different assigned number than the default. I have seen this before in the B series world to get around conflicts with the base ROMs in the main board. Bill On Mon, Mar 25, 2024, 3:01 PM Jacob Dahl

[cctalk] Re: How to shutdown RT11?

2024-03-25 Thread The Doctor via cctalk
On Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 at 16:35, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > > You say that like fsck is reliable now... > > There's a reason it's only one letter off. > > I've always wondered, . . . > "Feature" or "bug"? > Deliberate, or one of possibly many errors in development? I recall

[cctalk] Re: Cleanup time again

2024-03-25 Thread Mike Stein via cctalk
Is there a manufacturer's equivalent number for an RX-1DB? On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 1:49 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > In case it piques someone's interest, a number of the used disks > in the SB style carriers are 9GB RX1DB's . Even I had forgotten > that

[cctalk] Re: Cleanup time again

2024-03-25 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 3/25/2024 6:19 PM, Henry Bent via cctalk wrote: On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 at 18:05, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote: Is there a manufacturer's equivalent number for an RX-1DB? I believe that Bill was referring to the RZ1DB, which is a 9.1GB Quantum Atlas II. Oops. I guess the fingers work

[cctalk] Re: vic-20 basic on cartridge

2024-03-25 Thread Jacob Dahl Pind via cctalk
On 25/03/2024 20.07, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: Do you have a vic20 to try it there first? Maybe it's looking for a printer to relocated to a different assigned number than the default. I have seen this before in the B series world to get around conflicts with the base ROMs in the main

[cctalk] Re: vic-20 basic on cartridge

2024-03-25 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
...It was a thought... On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 7:53 PM Jacob Dahl Pind via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 25/03/2024 20.07, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > > Do you have a vic20 to try it there first? Maybe it's looking for a > > printer to relocated to a different assigned number

[cctalk] Plessey 703185-100C

2024-03-25 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
So, sorting thru stuff I came across this white elephant again. I never found anything to positively identify it but I always assumed it was some kind of buss extender. One board is fully populated with chips and the other connected together with a ribbon cable is totally passive. But this

[cctalk] Re: Cleanup time again

2024-03-25 Thread Henry Bent via cctalk
On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 at 20:14, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > Oops. I guess the fingers work as good as the memory. Sorry > about that. I've got about 20 of them. I know they haven't > been used since they were taken out of the VAX Cluster I ran > at the

[cctalk] Re: Cleanup time again

2024-03-25 Thread Henry Bent via cctalk
On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 at 18:05, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote: > Is there a manufacturer's equivalent number for an RX-1DB? > I believe that Bill was referring to the RZ1DB, which is a 9.1GB Quantum Atlas II. -Henry

[cctalk] Re: Plessey 703185-100C

2024-03-25 Thread Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk
'Funny' and 'Plessey' in the same sentence?  I agree with that! They were very funny about warranty expiration in the early days, probably because they had so many field failures.  I bought four DL-11 equivalents from them once, all laden with ECO wires.  When I called to say I could only get