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2019-06-15 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
Looks like the recent recovery in Germany had a precedent. These two happy guys have lugged their 360 out of the building BUT look at the extra they snagged with theirs, and in great condition too! https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1965-TORINO-Prototipo-auto-GIULIA-SPORT-Speciale-monitorato-da-IBM-Syst

PDP-11/23 for sale in Portland OR

2019-06-15 Thread Scott Baker via cctalk
The system consists of: 1) a 19" rack-mountable CPU chassis 2) a 19" rack-mountable floppy-disk drive (and bootable RT-11 floppy-disks) 3) Zenith Z-29-A RS232 terminal The boards included are: M8186 KDF11-A 11/23 CPU ? 256KB parity RAM ? DSD-440 floppy disk interface ? bus g

DEC KA650 VAX memory troubleshooting (video)

2019-06-15 Thread Joe Zatarski via cctalk
Hey Everyone, I just thought I'd share a video of how I'm going about troubleshooting the bad DRAMs on my MS650 memory board. https://youtu.be/eDMhdAEFEgc I apologize for the shaky-cam, I don't have a tripod, and I needed to do a lot of panning anyway. I will be sharing my notes on the MS650 on

Re: List search option?

2019-06-15 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
> On Jun 15, 2019, at 8:17 PM, Guy Dunphy wrote: > > At 07:32 AM 12/06/2019 -0700, you wrote: >> >>> On Jun 12, 2019, at 7:13 AM, jesse cypress-tech.com via cctech >>> wrote: >>> >>> Is there a list search option on the archives? As in if I wanted to find >>> a relevant thread for part num

Re: List search option?

2019-06-15 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
At 07:32 AM 12/06/2019 -0700, you wrote: > >> On Jun 12, 2019, at 7:13 AM, jesse cypress-tech.com via cctech >> wrote: >> >> Is there a list search option on the archives? As in if I wanted to find >> a relevant thread for part number ABC123 I could search that somewhere? > >A better question m

Re: Data General Eclipse S140 for sale in Fremont

2019-06-15 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
On 6/14/2019 3:23 PM, Sellam Ismail via cctalk wrote: > Hello Folks. > > I'm just passing along this ad I came across whilst perusing Craigslist: > > https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/clt/d/fremont-s140-data-general-eclipse/6901706917.html > > Asking price is $1,500. I have no relation whatsoeve

Re: One of the deeper dives into RISC vs CISC I've seen

2019-06-15 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 6/15/19 3:40 PM, ben via cctalk wrote: > On 6/15/2019 8:47 AM, Stefan Skoglund via cctalk wrote: > >> With VAX 11/780 and S/360 involved ? I don't think so soo >> the Cyber series and 709(4) could be interesting. > > Well the early 1960's was the rise of BIG IRON that had REAL POWER > and that

Re: One of the deeper dives into RISC vs CISC I've seen

2019-06-15 Thread ben via cctalk
On 6/15/2019 8:47 AM, Stefan Skoglund via cctalk wrote: With VAX 11/780 and S/360 involved ? I don't think so soo the Cyber series and 709(4) could be interesting. Well the early 1960's was the rise of BIG IRON that had REAL POWER and that led to people thinking about high level languages and

Re: Connecting LK250 to VAXmate

2019-06-15 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Jun 15, 2019, at 9:45 AM, Jason T via cctalk wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2019, 03:28 Rob Jarratt via cctalk > wrote: > >> I recently acquired a VAXmate with an LK250 keyboard. The problem is the >> keyboard came without the cable. It uses an 8-pin SDL connector and the >> usual tiny MMJ-

RE: Connecting LK250 to VAXmate

2019-06-15 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk
Sorry, yes, I meant RJ like for a telephone. I believe the SDL end may be like an IBM but I don’t know, it is one of these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shielded_data_link_connector Regards Rob From: Jason T Sent: 15 June 2019 14:46 To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Po

Re: One of the deeper dives into RISC vs CISC I've seen

2019-06-15 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 6/15/19 7:47 AM, Stefan Skoglund wrote: > > With VAX 11/780 and S/360 involved ? I don't think so soo > the Cyber series and 709(4) could be interesting. It's difficult to say exactly, because of the constraints on the definition. Or does something have to be RISC only if it came after the

Re: One of the deeper dives into RISC vs CISC I've seen

2019-06-15 Thread Stefan Skoglund via cctalk
ons 2019-06-12 klockan 14:35 -0700 skrev Chuck Guzis via cctalk: > On 6/12/19 1:47 PM, alan--- via cctalk wrote: > > I especially appreciated he not only offered an opinion - his > > specific > > ideas on where the boarder between RISC and CISC was - but then > > provided > > an analysis of a bunch

Re: Connecting LK250 to VAXmate

2019-06-15 Thread Jason T via cctalk
On Sat, Jun 15, 2019, 03:28 Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: > I recently acquired a VAXmate with an LK250 keyboard. The problem is the > keyboard came without the cable. It uses an 8-pin SDL connector and the > usual tiny MMJ-like connector at the keyboard end. I don't know the pinout > and I don't

Re: IBM PC-RT 6150 looking for help

2019-06-15 Thread emanuel stiebler via cctalk
On 2019-06-15 03:19, Peter Turczak via cctalk wrote: > The hard disk seems to be stuck or the drives electronics are broken, it > does not spin up. As these drives are quite rare, Model of the hard drive? I think I have some ESDI drives still ...

Connecting LK250 to VAXmate

2019-06-15 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk
I recently acquired a VAXmate with an LK250 keyboard. The problem is the keyboard came without the cable. It uses an 8-pin SDL connector and the usual tiny MMJ-like connector at the keyboard end. I don't know the pinout and I don't have the necessary crimping tools, is there any source for such a c

IBM PC-RT 6150 looking for help

2019-06-15 Thread Peter Turczak via cctalk
In preparation of moving, I dug out a IBM 6150 PC-RT from my basement. This was my first proper computer as a child, which was donated to me by a local company that upgraded their CAD system. So it would be interesting to bring it back to life. The machine is equipped with an 320 MB ESDI, 10 MBit