Micral N (1974) for sale

2017-05-30 Thread Stéphane Tsacas via cctalk
Hi, If it happens you're in Tours (in France, https://goo.gl/maps/BXNZ4YJixYq) June 11 2017, a Micral N from 1974 will be auctioned. More info -- in French -- on the auction house website https://www.rouillac.com/fr/news-1252-le_micral_n_premier_micro_ordinateur Starting price : 20 K€. Good luck

Re: Firefly dual processor card

2017-05-30 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 30/05/17 20:16, Mark Kahrs via cctech wrote: The actual Firefly board. Like this one: http://www.digibarn.com/collections/parts/dec-firefly/ On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Eric Smith wrote: Did you get an actual Firefly (research) board, or a prduction VAXstation 3520/3540 board? I d

Re: Firefly dual processor card

2017-05-30 Thread Mark Kahrs via cctalk
The actual Firefly board. Like this one: http://www.digibarn.com/collections/parts/dec-firefly/ On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Eric Smith wrote: > Did you get an actual Firefly (research) board, or a prduction VAXstation > 3520/3540 board? I don't think you're likely to find schematics or

Re: Firefly dual processor card

2017-05-30 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
Did you get an actual Firefly (research) board, or a prduction VAXstation 3520/3540 board? I don't think you're likely to find schematics or pinouts for either, but it's not impossible to find 3520/3540 stuff, while I've never before heard of anyone encountering any actual Firefly boards in the wil

Re: What is this bus?

2017-05-30 Thread Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctalk
On 5/30/17, 7:28 AM, "cctalk on behalf of Rico Pajarola via cctalk" wrote: >looks like STD Bus ( >http://www.winsystems.com/wp-content/uploads/specs/std_section1.pdf) What would give you that idea? Neither the number of pins, nor the spacing of the connector as described in the initial post mat

Re: Firefly dual processor card

2017-05-30 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
Impressive. You might be able to get some information from DEC research lab reports. Some SRC reports describe aspects of Firefly, but probably not the stuff you need. It may be that some of the creators are still reachable, in which case you might get first hand data. paul > On Ma

Re: Anyone remember ZOSO disks?

2017-05-30 Thread Mike Loewen via cctalk
On Tue, 30 May 2017, Jason T via cctalk wrote: Looks like this guy was the original Caps-Lock Warrior (though likely out of technical necessity more than style). Thanks for posting this; I'd never heard of him. I think he was relate to the BOFH. :-) Mike Loewen

Re: Anyone remember ZOSO disks?

2017-05-30 Thread Jason T via cctalk
On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 12:30 PM, Amardeep S Chana via cctalk wrote: > Back in the 80's I had some archive disks (maybe SIG/M or CPM/UG or maybe > something else?) which had files on the disk named like ZOSO.022 (for disk > #22) which was the Star Trek basic game disk. I'm attaching below the tex

Re: Any PDP11s for sale in the UK?

2017-05-30 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 1:26 AM, Aaron Jackson via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I had a couple of emails about but nothing has come of them (at least, > not yet anyway). The LSI models are perhaps safer to send across Europe? > Maybe an 11/23, 34 or 73? > > I'd say that you're more lik

The Mysterious Zoso

2017-05-30 Thread Shoppa, Tim via cctalk
Al struck a memory cell I haven't used in at least a quarter century. No, I do not know who The Mysterious Zoso actually was but he was legendary. His flaming just barely crosses the line into early trench industry journalism I guess. Certainly not the shine of Charlie Matco or Ted Dziuba, but

Re: Anyone remember ZOSO disks?

2017-05-30 Thread Amardeep S Chana via cctalk
On 5/29/17 12:40 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > > On 5/29/17 10:30 AM, Amardeep S Chana via cctalk wrote: >> I seem to recall this >> person who went by the moniker of Zoso > > The mysterious Zoso was a reviewer of CP/M Users Group disks > and was a contributor to Creative Computing, and proba

Re: What is this bus?

2017-05-30 Thread Mike Stein via cctalk
- Original Message - From: "Rico Pajarola via cctalk" To: "Chuck Guzis" ; "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 7:28 AM Subject: Re: What is this bus? > looks like STD Bus ( > http://www.winsystems.com/wp-content/uploads/specs/std_section1.pdf)

Re: (Mostly Sun) Hardware and Docs in Arlington MA

2017-05-30 Thread Todd Goodman via cctalk
Hi Phil, I'm interested in all of these (especially the AT&T "UNIX PC") I live in southern NH so pick up is possible (though timing might be a problem.) Thank you! Todd * Phil Budne via cctalk [170529 18:19]: > The following would like to find new homes: Not ESPECIALLY interested > in boxing/

Re: What is this bus?

2017-05-30 Thread Rico Pajarola via cctalk
looks like STD Bus ( http://www.winsystems.com/wp-content/uploads/specs/std_section1.pdf) On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 8:17 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 05/29/2017 10:13 AM, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote: > > > But it's also quite possible that the PS and the backplane

Re: KL10 backplane on eBay

2017-05-30 Thread Pontus Pihlgren via cctalk
On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 12:06:58AM -0700, Ali wrote: > > > > How does one end up with a KL10 backplane anyway? > > "This backplane used to be installed in one of two DECsystem 20 units we had > deployed at Agfa Gevaert in Munich, Germany. I was the field service > engineer in charge of this site.

RE: KL10 backplane on eBay

2017-05-30 Thread Ali via cctalk
> > How does one end up with a KL10 backplane anyway? "This backplane used to be installed in one of two DECsystem 20 units we had deployed at Agfa Gevaert in Munich, Germany. I was the field service engineer in charge of this site. We had to replace this backplane with a new one back in the late

Re: KL10 backplane on eBay

2017-05-30 Thread Pontus Pihlgren via cctalk
On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 03:31:17PM -0400, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > Another eBait wonder: > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/182597510806 > > The listing says "Local pick-up only", and it's in Denver, Colorado. Someone > should really save this (although the chances of finding all the boards t