DP 1000 and filing off IC identifiers? Why?

2018-01-09 Thread Terry Stewart via cctalk
Hi, My apologies for cross-posting. I’m putting this on a few of the forums I have a third party TRS-80 Model 1 expansion unit that I used with my System 80 when I first got disk drives. I’ve decided I should add some pics and info to the System 80 website as I know they were used here in

Re: Getting Sun Sparcstation 10 to recognize its graphics card

2018-01-09 Thread systems_glitch via cctalk
Bill, Are you sure the SGI monitor will work with the Sun graphics adapter? Just because the plug fits doesn't mean the monitors are compatible, when it comes to 13W3. It may be just transferring control to the video console and *appear* to be locking up, and you're not getting anything out of

Re: DL10 documentation

2018-01-09 Thread Phil Budne via cctalk
> Ah, right you are: I just assumed from the name (without checking!) that it > was some kind of variant on the DN87 - which I guess it is, just a more major > one than I thought! :-) The later-day TOPS-10 front-end ecosystem which included the DN87 was called "ANF-10" (*) and included both local

Getting Sun Sparcstation 10 to recognize its graphics card

2018-01-09 Thread william degnan via cctalk
Working from this page to configure my sparcstation 10 after NVRAM replacement: http://www.obsolyte.com/sunFAQ/faq_nvram.html ...but curious is there an installation manual or whatever specific to the video card in my system, a TurboXGX with STP3010GPA chip

Re: DL10 documentation

2018-01-09 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Phil Budne > simulating the DL10 so you can run TVs would REALLY be bringing back a > lost artifact!! The Knight TV's were connected through the Rubin 10-11 interface, not a DL10. > I'm pretty sure DN87S was a DN87 front end attached to a (KL) DTE > (Ten/Eleven)

Re: DL10 documentation

2018-01-09 Thread Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk
Phil Budne wrote: > ITS speaks TCP (over an IMP interface, which is simulated in KLH10), > so it hardly seems worth jumping thru hoops to get hardwired dumb > terminals. Right, SUPDUP is really the best way to talk to ITS. But I'm can't set Richard's priorities. Maybe I can pitch in myself.

Re: DL10 documentation

2018-01-09 Thread Phil Budne via cctalk
I wrote: > Now, simulating the DL10 so you can run TVs would REALLY be bringing > back a lost artifact!! https://github.com/PDP-10/its/issues/279 says: larsbrinkhoff commented on Mar 31, 2017 I think the number of PDP-11s connected were limited by the address space of the Rubin IO-11

Re: DL10 documentation

2018-01-09 Thread Phil Budne via cctalk
Lars Brinkhoff wrote: > Richard has DE10 working already, but that's not supported by ITS. > Adding that support is not out of the question, but we want to give the > DL10/DC76 a go. ITS speaks TCP (over an IMP interface, which is simulated in KLH10), so it hardly seems worth jumping thru hoops

Re: DL10 documentation

2018-01-09 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Lars Brinkhoff > Specifically, the DC76 supported by ITS. >> The DL10 was used in two DEC system products, the DC76 Asynchronous >> Communication System, and the DN87 and DN87S Universal Communication >> System Front Ends. I couldn't find any documentation on the

Re: DL10 documentation

2018-01-09 Thread Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk
I wrote: >> Richard Cornwell wants to implement DL10 for his KA10/KI10 simulator, >> but he doesn't have any documentation for it. Any leads? Johnny Eriksson wrote: > First question is: since the DL10 is a DMA device for a handful of > PDP11s, what is intended at the other (unibus) end of it? >

Re: DEC quad board rack

2018-01-09 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Pontus Pihlgren > Thank you for sharing Noel. Well, I thought people might find it useful. Over time,I've made a variety of shelf designs to hold my boards, searching for something that worked really well, and I liked this one so much I thought it was worth passing it on. In

Re: HP 9816 logging and skyline software -- any interest?

2018-01-09 Thread Cliff Miller via cctalk
Dave - I have a 9817 I’m trying to get working. I have the display working and a keyboard but no HIL cable yet. No mass storage, either so I’m looking for a 9121 or similar HP-IB drive. I’d be happy to assume responsibility for the software you have / pay for shipping, etc. The 9817

Re: DL10 documentation

2018-01-09 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Lars Brinkhoff > Richard Cornwell wants to implement DL10 for his KA10/KI10 simulator, > but he doesn't have any documentation for it. Any leads? Well The "decsystem10 System Reference Manual (DEC-10-XSRMA-A-D) - available online:

Re: DL10 documentation

2018-01-09 Thread Johnny Eriksson via cctalk
Lars Brinkhoff wrote: > Hello, > > Richard Cornwell wants to implement DL10 for his KA10/KI10 simulator, > but he doesn't have any documentation for it. Any leads? First question is: since the DL10 is a DMA device for a handful of PDP11s, what is intended at the other

DL10 documentation

2018-01-09 Thread Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk
Hello, Richard Cornwell wants to implement DL10 for his KA10/KI10 simulator, but he doesn't have any documentation for it. Any leads?

Re: DEC quad board rack

2018-01-09 Thread Pontus Pihlgren via cctalk
On Mon, Jan 01, 2018 at 01:58:57PM -0500, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > No, as long as you have either a radial arm saw (best), or a table saw > (preferably with a 'sled' - if you don't have one, probably worth making one) > to cut all the slots. > > Like I said, if you want a drawing, let