RE: Tennecomp

2018-05-18 Thread Paul Birkel via cctalk
Three possibly interesting papers about some Tennecomp equipment uses. The third (MCA FOCAL) references the "PDP-9, PDP-9/L, or PDP-15". Also references DEC-15-MR2B-D "Advanced Monitor Software System for PDP-15/20/30/40". https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.3758%2FBF03201748.pdf

Re: DEC COM, MEM, ETC.

2018-05-18 Thread Paul Anderson via cctalk
BTW, I do trade, but there is not much DEC gear I need. I'm also interested in coins and currency (US and foreign), and some Boy Scout items, On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 12:23 AM, Paul Anderson wrote: > I've been doing some sorting looking for some boards for a list member, > and

DEC COM, MEM, ETC.

2018-05-18 Thread Paul Anderson via cctalk
I've been doing some sorting looking for some boards for a list member, and found a few items I will probably never use. Shipping from 61820, and overseas upon request. Stateside shipping is $16 for as many hex or quad height boards as you want, and $11 for as many quads as you want. Looking for

Re: HP Series 9000 early 1980’s computer hardware

2018-05-18 Thread Frank McConnell via cctalk
On May 17, 2018, at 15:48, Warner Losh wrote: > On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 4:15 PM, Frank McConnell via cctalk > wrote: > HP-UX for them is very interesting from a historical perspective in that the > Unix kernel is a complete rewrite. It is hosted on top of HP’s “SUN OS”

RE: Restoring a PC Server 500 P/390

2018-05-18 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
I thought I had captioned that picture. It's the original RAID controller which I am not using. If I plug it in it starts the disks in the RAID array which takes ages, and steals the hard disk BIOS vector which I need for the SCSI card that's running the system. I didn't want to remove it fully

Tennecomp

2018-05-18 Thread Kyle Owen via cctalk
Al uploaded some of my Tennecomp docs onto Bitsavers: http://bitsavers.org/pdf/tennecomp/ He also already had some brochures, which are very interesting as well. Anyone else have some Tennecomp stuff? I've got more stuff to scan, including a bunch of schematics (size C paper, for the most part),

Re: Restoring a PC Server 500 P/390

2018-05-18 Thread Benjamin Huntsman via cctalk
I gotta ask, what's the deal with the dangling card? That cracked me up! Thanks for posting some pics! From: cctalk on behalf of Dave Wade via cctalk Sent: Friday, May 18, 2018 1:46 PM To: 'Guy Sotomayor

RE: Restoring a PC Server 500 P/390

2018-05-18 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: Guy Sotomayor Jr > Sent: 15 May 2018 21:39 > To: Dave Wade ; General Discussion: On-Topic > and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: Restoring a PC Server 500 P/390 > > > > > On May 15, 2018, at

Re: HP 9000 series 300

2018-05-18 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 5/18/18 11:00 AM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: > On the back, the bottom, wider slot was open, the two slots above occupied, > and the upper two had blanking plates. the empty slot is where the CPU goes. the upper two are 'DIO' slots more than you ever wanted to know is at

Re: HP 9000 model 300 (was: HP Series 9000 early 1980’s computer hardware)

2018-05-18 Thread Ed Sharpe via cctalk
What is  all with the basic  box?  thanks ed#   In a message dated 5/18/2018 10:39:45 AM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:   HP 9000 Series 300

HP 9000 model 300 (was: HP Series 9000 early 1980’s computer hardware)

2018-05-18 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
Is there interest here in the HP 9000 Series 300? I know nothing about them, but there is one in the AS-IS section at the local computer recycler (RePC in Seattle) for $40. alan > On May 17, 2018, at 3:15 PM, Frank McConnell via cctalk > wrote: > > The 9000 Series

Rodents!

2018-05-18 Thread Electronics Plus via cctalk
We have spent many hours the past few days testing and cleaning mice and trackballs. Right now there are 45 different types listed. https://www.elecshopper.com/input-devices/mice-and-trackballs.html ADB, serial, and USB to choose from. More to come! Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus 1613

Looking for info on "Soft Tape Forth" for the Apple IIe

2018-05-18 Thread dwight via cctalk
I've gotten a copy of this Forth from someplace. I was going to play with it some but it has so many non-standard words, I ws hoping someone might have glossary of words for this Forth. Also, it came with a number of game programs that used some graphics output. I was wondering which graphics

Re: Next 'stack' of computers to go, IBM p7's - not classics this time

2018-05-18 Thread Pete Lancashire via cctalk
The serial numbers p720 8202-E4B 106AD5P 8202-E4B 106AD6P HMC 7042-CR4 10-72F0B On Sat, May 12, 2018, 5:28 AM Pete Lancashire wrote: > This time not so 'classic' > > My last job was maintaining IBM p7's and eventually p8's. > > One thing I started was putting

Re: HP Series 9000 early 1980’s computer hardware

2018-05-18 Thread Ed Sharpe via cctalk
Thanks  for the  update. I do not have  much knowledge on the HP-UX  as   I spent user time  on the  HP-3000  MPE  side . (well and  before that  HP2000 and a little HP-1000 and PDP-8)    Ed#     In a message dated 5/18/2018 7:34:58 AM US Mountain Standard Time, space...@gmail.com writes:   On

Re: HP Series 9000 early 1980’s computer hardware

2018-05-18 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Thu, May 17, 2018, 17:57 Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: > Is HP UX that it runs similar to what is on the HP INTEGRAL ? > No, the fake-Unix-on-HP-Sun-OS HP-UX was only on the 9000/500 series. All the other HP-UX versions are "normal".