Re: Reading a PDP-11 RL02: Anyone Around the U.S. West Coast?

2018-02-11 Thread John Wilson via cctalk
On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 03:58:48PM -0500, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: >> From: Bill Degnan > >> What is the OS of the disks, what system was this disk used to >> create/save files to the RL02? > >Doesn't really matter, does it, as long as the bits can all be read off the >pack into a

Re: DECwriterIV/LA100s and large DEC

2018-02-11 Thread shadoooo via cctalk
Hello Adrian, do you think that you could ship one of the LA100-CA to Italy? Thanks Andrea

Re: HP 9816 CP/M-68K

2018-02-11 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 7:12 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > also, I may have discovered a bug in the HcX disk analysis tool > the track map really confused by the .td0 images I created, though they > appear to work > when written to a new disk Any technical reason you used Teledisk instead

Re: HP 9816 CP/M-68K

2018-02-11 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
got it running this afternoon it won't run on a 9000/216 with 256k, adding a 1meg card made it happy (ie. programs load and run) still need to figure out why B: isn't working the memory test with 1.25mb is slw also, I may have discovered a bug in the HcX disk analysis tool the track map real

Re: How to enable USB drives in both Windows 98SE AND MS-DOS 7.1.

2018-02-11 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Grant Taylor > I've had plenty of things that I've found and referenced over the years > that have disappeared from where I knew it was. Ah, bit rot - the scourge of the Web. Thank G-d for the Internet Archive! Although at least one major list archive had been marked to exclu

Re: How to enable USB drives in both Windows 98SE AND MS-DOS 7.1.

2018-02-11 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
Is there any thing that really needs to saved from the internet that is need for old computers and ancient knowledge regardless of IP rights. That just leaves your shadow. I'm not sure I follow what you mean. Only the shadow knows. I've had plenty of things that I've found and referenced

Re: KDF11-B ROM machine-readable source

2018-02-11 Thread systems_glitch via cctalk
Yep, popular hack, to run the KDF11 ROMs in the BDV11. That's what I've done for my MINC-23: http://www.glitchwrks.com/2016/03/19/bdv11-roms Thanks, Jonathan On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 6:39 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Is the code for the KDF11-B ROMs available in

Re: How to enable USB drives in both Windows 98SE AND MS-DOS 7.1.

2018-02-11 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 02/11/2018 05:25 PM, ben via cctalk wrote: That just leaves your shadow. I'm not sure I follow what you mean. Is there any thing that really needs to saved from the internet that is need for old computers and ancient knowledge regardless of IP rights. I've had plenty of things that I've

Re: How to enable USB drives in both Windows 98SE AND MS-DOS 7.1.

2018-02-11 Thread ben via cctalk
On 2/11/2018 3:10 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: Also, the page that started this ("How to enable USB drives in both Windows 98SE AND MS-DOS 7.1") might well be ditched from Wikipedia, for a variety of Wiki-bureacratic reasons I won't get into here ('no original research', plus to which it

KDF11-B ROM machine-readable source

2018-02-11 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
Is the code for the KDF11-B ROMs available in machine-readable source anywhere? I looked with Google, but couldn't find anything. Eventually I recalled having seen it in the fiche, which was better than nothing (disassembling something that size to see how it worked was, ah, unappealing, shall we

Re: How to enable USB drives in both Windows 98SE AND MS-DOS 7.1.

2018-02-11 Thread Terry Stewart via cctalk
>Sure. Neither would I. But how is this relevant to the CHWiki question? >> If I had to go to that extent of writing it as a robust, referenced, >> refereed, definitive technical article, I probably wouldn't bother. If I was writing an article as a contributor for a reference wiki, I wouldn't wa

Re: How to enable USB drives in both Windows 98SE AND MS-DOS 7.1.

2018-02-11 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Terry Stewart > If I had to go to that extent of writing it as a robust, referenced, > refereed, definitive technical article, I probably wouldn't bother. Sure. Neither would I. But how is this relevant to the CHWiki question? Noel

Re: How to enable USB drives in both Windows 98SE AND MS-DOS 7.1.

2018-02-11 Thread Terry Stewart via cctalk
Given that my article started this discussion, I should add my 2 cents worth. I’ll continue to do what I’m doing rather than putting this stuff on CHWiki. Grant’s motivations and explanations for posting on his site are pretty much the same as mine. I document these things largely for myself as

Re: How to enable USB drives in both Windows 98SE AND MS-DOS 7.1.

2018-02-11 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 02/11/2018 01:41 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: It wasn't just supposition on my part; as I had mentioned: I'm not saying (or implying) that it was supposition on anybodies part. I understand that you do have the opinion that having something on CHWiki's site make make it more likely f

Re: How to enable USB drives in both Windows 98SE AND MS-DOS 7.1.

2018-02-11 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 02/11/2018 01:31 PM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote: Nothing but if you're OK with the CHWiki linking to your site (or even wholesale copying articles with an attribution) that would be a start (even if it's someone other than you doing it). I would like other sites to link to my site. I

Re: Reading a PDP-11 RL02: Anyone Around the U.S. West Coast?

2018-02-11 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 02/11/2018 03:58 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > From: Bill Degnan > > > What is the OS of the disks, what system was this disk used to > > create/save files to the RL02? > > Doesn't really matter, does it, as long as the bits can all be read off the > pack into a file? >

Re: Reading a PDP-11 RL02: Anyone Around the U.S. West Coast?

2018-02-11 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Bill Degnan > What is the OS of the disks, what system was this disk used to > create/save files to the RL02? Doesn't really matter, does it, as long as the bits can all be read off the pack into a file? Once it's in a file, the appropriate OS, running in a simulator (and mos

Re: How to enable USB drives in both Windows 98SE AND MS-DOS 7.1.

2018-02-11 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Grant Taylor >> people are more likely to find it, when they're looking for info on a >> topic, if it's part of something like the CHWiki, than they are on >> individual Web sites. > I question the validity of it. It wasn't just supposition on my part; as I had mentio

Re: How to enable USB drives in both Windows 98SE AND MS-DOS 7.1.

2018-02-11 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 11/02/18 19:14, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: So what compels me to put content on someone else's site and not my site? Nothing but if you're OK with the CHWiki linking to your site (or even wholesale copying articles with an attribution) that would be a start (even if it's someone oth

Re: Reading a PDP-11 RL02: Anyone Around the U.S. West Coast?

2018-02-11 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
What is the OS of the disks, what system was this disk used to create/save files to the RL02? Bill On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 6:24 PM, Paul Hardy via cctech wrote: > Greetings, > > I have an old PDP-11 RL02 that I would like to read, to preserve its data > for archival purposes. Ideally I would lik

Re: How to enable USB drives in both Windows 98SE AND MS-DOS 7.1.

2018-02-11 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 02/11/2018 12:14 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: As you pointed out and commented about the links you provided, they are online somewhere other than the CHWiki. I also see a LOT of content that could go on CHWiki, et al, that pass through mailing lists and newsgroups. Both of which are

Re: How to enable USB drives in both Windows 98SE AND MS-DOS 7.1.

2018-02-11 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 02/10/2018 07:45 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: Right, but my question is 'why are you writing them?' Is it just because you enjoy writing, or do you do it in an attempt to convey information to others? (Or perhaps some motivation I haven't guessed?) Because I want to? Because I want t

Reading a PDP-11 RL02: Anyone Around the U.S. West Coast?

2018-02-11 Thread Paul Hardy via cctalk
Greetings, I have an old PDP-11 RL02 that I would like to read, to preserve its data for archival purposes. Ideally I would like to extract and store every block on the disk. I am in southern California but would be willing to drive a day or so to anyone who still has an RL02 disk drive on a PDP

VT-110 keyboard keycaps & nvram

2018-02-11 Thread E. Groenenberg via cctalk
Recently I got a VT100 in pretty nice condition with an extra keyboard. Now, both keyboards did have missing keys, but I was able to make one of them nearly complete by cannibalising them from the 2nd one. I only miss the 'SETUP' and the 'No Scroll' key cap. So, is there someone who has these as

Re: How to enable USB drives in both Windows 98SE AND MS-DOS 7.1.

2018-02-11 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 02/11/2018 05:47 AM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote: > How do you go about testing them? Do you just use a device that is known > to require (say) 2A and check that it runs happily or have you rigged up > something to draw 2A and then check that you don't see a voltage drop > (and/or smell/se

Re: Microfiches on Ebay

2018-02-11 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 2/11/18 7:14 AM, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: > What is > GT41/GT43 BTW? > VT-11 in a 11/35 or 11/40 the GT-46 is a VT-11 in an 11/34

RE: Microfiches on Ebay

2018-02-11 Thread Paul Birkel via cctalk
-Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mattis Lind via cctalk Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2018 10:15 AM To: Noel Chiappa; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Microfiches on Ebay 2018-02-11 0:04 GMT+01:00 Noel Chiappa vi

Re: Microfiches on Ebay

2018-02-11 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 11/02/18 07:01, Paul Anderson via cctalk wrote: We used to get quarterly or so updates, and I have hundreds to sort through at some point. I hate to break up a complete set too, but these are just bits and pieces. There is a good chance that is all they have. I'm a little surprised to see the

Re: Microfiches on Ebay

2018-02-11 Thread Mattis Lind via cctalk
2018-02-11 0:04 GMT+01:00 Noel Chiappa via cctalk : > > From: Mattis Lind > > > Many are already available online but some I cannot find. > > Which ones are you missing? I'm curious to see if my set has them. > I cannot find the DW750 Technical manual online for example. But someone has

Re: How to enable USB drives in both Windows 98SE AND MS-DOS 7.1.

2018-02-11 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 11/02/18 00:28, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: Dredging up an old thread, I'd like to report that I found some decent mini B-to-USB A cables from Monoprice.com. They're advertised as 28/24 AWG 3 ft. long. They ran $1.13 each and look to be fit for use. --Chuck How do you go about testing t