MM11-F manual/drawings

2018-05-29 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
So I have discovered that the manual and prints for the MM11-F core memory are not online; it turns out I have a manual/prints set, and at some point will get them scanned and over to Al. My question is: is there anyone who has an immediate need for these things? If so, I will make the scan

Re: Weird Lear-Siegler ADM-3A board

2018-05-29 Thread Adrian Graham via cctalk
> On 29 May 2018, at 08:10, Eric Smith wrote: > > On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 3:30 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk > mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: > Wow, good spot! This one isn’t badged but we just assumed it had fallen off. > Just as I’m typing this he’s messaged me to say it’s actually

Re: DEC RSX-11D and its COBOL compiler?

2018-05-29 Thread John Wallace via cctalk
[apologies for lack of context, been away from cctalk a long time and insufficient recall of how this cctalk thing works... yet somehow still remember IAS on an 11/70 from the 1980s] Pick an RSX layered product and lots of fundamental stuff would probably be compatible between 11M, 11D, and

Re: DEC RSX-11D and its COBOL compiler?

2018-05-29 Thread John Forecast via cctalk
> On May 29, 2018, at 1:04 PM, Paul Koning wrote: > > > >> On May 29, 2018, at 10:30 AM, John Forecast via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> >>> On May 29, 2018, at 3:30 AM, Nigel Williams via cctalk >>> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 1:27 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk >>> wrote: I have

Re: DEC RSX-11D and its COBOL compiler?

2018-05-29 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On May 29, 2018, at 10:30 AM, John Forecast via cctalk > wrote: > > >> On May 29, 2018, at 3:30 AM, Nigel Williams via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 1:27 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk >> wrote: >>> I have 11D on bitsavers. >> >> this is actually RSX-11D?

Re: Eudora email client source code released

2018-05-29 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
Before you get too far, the original source disk from Qualcomm is still available and some work has started to try to recover the Mac files and their resource forks at CHM. On 5/29/18 7:21 AM, Tapley, Mark via cctalk wrote: >> On May 25, 2018, at 5:35 PM, Al Kossow wrote: >> >> yea.. I'm not

Re: Linux Journal - the early years

2018-05-29 Thread Ed Sharpe via cctalk
either one  or  both... no  harm in having  two repositories.  Ed#   In a message dated 5/28/2018 9:32:30 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:   On 05/28/2018 10:28 AM, Guy N. via cctalk wrote: > I started with Linux kernel version 0.12 (not a typo), which I believe >

Re: IBM 5140 - schematics?

2018-05-29 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
Hey Mike, thanks for the suggestion! I found an eBay auction for TWO of these serial/parallel add-ons plus a 128K RAM card. If I buy this, would anyone like to take the second unit off my hands? I have one 5140 and I intend to keep it that way. =] -- Anders Nelson +1 (517) 775-6129

Re: Weird Lear-Siegler ADM-3A board

2018-05-29 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Eric Smith > The NS455 has firmware in masked ROM ... The NS405 has the masked ROM > disabled Ah, thanks muchly! Do you know of _any_ documentation extant for the 455? I couldn't find anything.. > I've been searching for the NS405 manual (not the datasheet) for a very

Re: DEC RSX-11D and its COBOL compiler?

2018-05-29 Thread John Forecast via cctalk
> On May 29, 2018, at 3:30 AM, Nigel Williams via cctalk > wrote: > > On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 1:27 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk > wrote: >> I have 11D on bitsavers. > > this is actually RSX-11D? http://bitsavers.org/bits/DEC/pdp11/magtapes/ias/ Yes. The two V3.4A tapes will allow you

Re: DEC RSX-11D and its COBOL compiler?

2018-05-29 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On May 29, 2018, at 10:10 AM, Bill Degnan wrote: > > Is AIS the same as AIDCS? > > http://vintagecomputer.net/digital/IDACS_11-07/ No. IAS (not AIS) is an RSX-11/D variant that intended to add timesharing capabities to RSX-11/D. RSX-11/D was pretty much limited to fixed purpose

Re: Eudora email client source code released

2018-05-29 Thread Tapley, Mark via cctalk
> On May 25, 2018, at 5:35 PM, Al Kossow wrote: > > yea.. I'm not going to dig into it myself. > Just wanted to warn people some archaeology will be necessary to rebuild the > Mac version. > > > On 5/25/18 3:09 PM, Tapley, Mark wrote: >> ResEdit 2.1 can see a whole page of Resources in the

Re: DEC RSX-11D and its COBOL compiler?

2018-05-29 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Is AIS the same as AIDCS? http://vintagecomputer.net/digital/IDACS_11-07/ On Tue, May 29, 2018, 9:46 AM Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > > > On May 29, 2018, at 9:38 AM, Guy N. via cctalk > wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2018-05-29 at 17:30 +1000, Nigel Williams via cctalk wrote: > >> On Tue, May

Re: DEC RSX-11D and its COBOL compiler?

2018-05-29 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On May 29, 2018, at 9:38 AM, Guy N. via cctalk wrote: > > On Tue, 2018-05-29 at 17:30 +1000, Nigel Williams via cctalk wrote: >> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 1:27 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk >> wrote: >>> I have 11D on bitsavers. >> >> this is actually RSX-11D?

Re: DEC RSX-11D and its COBOL compiler?

2018-05-29 Thread Guy N. via cctalk
On Tue, 2018-05-29 at 17:30 +1000, Nigel Williams via cctalk wrote: > On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 1:27 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk > wrote: > > I have 11D on bitsavers. > > this is actually RSX-11D? http://bitsavers.org/bits/DEC/pdp11/magtapes/ias/ As I recall, IAS ("Interactive Applications System")

Re: DEC RSX-11D and its COBOL compiler?

2018-05-29 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On May 29, 2018, at 3:30 AM, Nigel Williams via cctalk > wrote: > > On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 1:27 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk > wrote: >> I have 11D on bitsavers. > > this is actually RSX-11D? http://bitsavers.org/bits/DEC/pdp11/magtapes/ias/ IAS is basically RSX-11/D under the covers, with

Re: DEC RSX-11D and its COBOL compiler?

2018-05-29 Thread Nigel Williams via cctalk
On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 1:27 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > I have 11D on bitsavers. this is actually RSX-11D? http://bitsavers.org/bits/DEC/pdp11/magtapes/ias/

Re: Weird Lear-Siegler ADM-3A board

2018-05-29 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 3:30 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Wow, good spot! This one isn’t badged but we just assumed it had fallen > off. Just as I’m typing this he’s messaged me to say it’s actually the > ADM-3A ‘10th Anniversary edition’. The manual is on

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

2018-05-29 Thread Pete Lancashire via cctalk
The p720s etc. have found a new home. 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 together a home setup. But like all the > other > projects the gear has

Re: Weird Lear-Siegler ADM-3A board

2018-05-29 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 1:58 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hi folks, > > A friend of mine has said ADM-3A and is baffled by the tiny board it > contains, not the usual ‘covering entire base’ discrete logic board they > normally have. Centre of this board is the

Re: Weird Lear-Siegler ADM-3A board

2018-05-29 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 3:10 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I decided I'd do an article about the Term-Mite for the CHWiki; I found > Ciarcia's long article about the Term-Mite (in his book, which Google books > has); it talks throughout the article about the NS455