Re: DEC MS630/M7609 Question

2019-07-09 Thread W2HX via cctalk
Thanks, Lyle. I was reading this. I guess its wrong? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroVAX The MS630 memory expansion module was used for expanding memory capacity. Four variants of the MS630 existed: the 1 MB MS630-AA, 2 MB MS630-BA, 4 MB MS630-BB and the 16MB MS630-CA. Wouldn't be the

Re: DEC MS630/M7609 Question

2019-07-09 Thread Lyle Bickley via cctalk
On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 21:11:39 + W2HX via cctech wrote: > Hi there. > > > I just acquired a board with the number M7609. It was advertised as an > M630-CA which my research tells me is supposed to be 16MB. How do I tell on > the board if this is 8MB or 16MB? There does not seem to be a suffix

Re: DEC MS630/M7609 Question

2019-07-09 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 09/07/2019 22:11, W2HX via cctech wrote: Hi there. I just acquired a board with the number M7609. It was advertised as an M630-CA which my research tells me is supposed to be 16MB. How do I tell on the board if this is 8MB or 16MB? There does not seem to be a suffix on the board that I

Re: DEC MS630/M7609 Question

2019-07-09 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
M7608 == 4MB M7609 == 8MB AFAIK the only DEC 16MB Q-bus board is the MS650 M7622 for the KA640, KA650, KA655, KA660 On Tue, Jul 9, 2019, 2:36 PM W2HX via cctech wrote: > Hi there. > > > I just acquired a board with the number M7609. It was advertised as an > M630-CA which my research tells me

DEC MS630/M7609 Question

2019-07-09 Thread W2HX via cctalk
Hi there. I just acquired a board with the number M7609. It was advertised as an M630-CA which my research tells me is supposed to be 16MB. How do I tell on the board if this is 8MB or 16MB? There does not seem to be a suffix on the board that I can see. What to look for? 73 Eugene W2HX

Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 58, Issue 9

2019-07-09 Thread Mark Linimon via cctalk
> On Jul 9, 2019, at 10:00 AM,Tomasz Rola wrote: > BTW, you would like a ride to the past? I would like a ride to the > future. Although from what I have seen so far, maybe not... I absolutely believe in the future of 2505 as shown to us by Mike Judge. Please let me stay in this century.

Re: Email delivery protocols / methods.

2019-07-09 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 7/9/19 9:14 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > >> On Jul 8, 2019, at 11:27 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> ... >> On 7/6/19 12:57 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: >>> There's the MAIL-11 protocol (end to end, no MTAs) and the DECmail protocol >>> which may be some OSI-like

Re: KL10-A/KL10-B differences

2019-07-09 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 4:44 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Could an -A be upgraded to a -B by swapping the I/O backplane? Electrically, yes, but physically it might not be easy. The portions of the chassis that support the backplanes are different, and the power

Re: KL10-A/KL10-B differences

2019-07-09 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> Erom: Eric Smith Hey, thanks for taking the time to provide all those details. As you no doubt saw, our emails crossed; I had managed to work out my own what the difference was. I'd been looking at this page: http://corestore.org/DEC2065.htm and saw the two backplanes, and assumed one

Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 58, Issue 9

2019-07-09 Thread Adam Thornton via cctalk
> On Jul 9, 2019, at 10:00 AM,Tomasz Rola wrote: > > BTW, you would like a ride to the past? I would like a ride to the > future. Although from what I have seen so far, maybe not... Spider Robinson did a story about this, entitled “The Time-Traveler.” The method, while as easily-implemented

Re: Email delivery protocols / methods.

2019-07-09 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg via cctalk
> MMDF MMDF was[*] an MTA, not a protocol. (See also PMDF.) --lyndon * Is anyone still running MMDF? The last production shops I had my fingers in that ran it was circa 1996. That was when SCO was still a thing, and MMDF was its MTA of choice.

Re: Lots of Apple 1 computers @ VCF West

2019-07-09 Thread Seth J. Morabito via cctalk
Tor Arntsen via cctalk writes: > On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 at 18:19, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: > >> What matters to me is [b]documentation[/b], however it's preserved. I'm >> often faced with a bit of old data and I need to know the details upon >> which it was fabricated. That has value to

Re: Email delivery protocols / methods.

2019-07-09 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Jul 8, 2019, at 11:27 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk > wrote: > > ... > On 7/6/19 12:57 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: >> There's the MAIL-11 protocol (end to end, no MTAs) and the DECmail protocol >> which may be some OSI-like thing, I'm not sure anymore. > > I guess I don't know

RE: Box of HP 1000 series MUX cards - 12040

2019-07-09 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Guy wrote... Wow. Way to make everyone interested in restoring HP 1000 systems (me included) hate you. I'm thrilled that he took the time to post them here before they hit the shredder. Thanks Jesse, much appreciated!

Re: Lots of Apple 1 computers @ VCF West

2019-07-09 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 at 06:04, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > Be careful about taunting a time traveller. > He might read what you write and it might give him ideas. Oh no! Roko's basilisk! You've wok+++ATH NO CARRIER

Re: Lots of Apple 1 computers @ VCF West

2019-07-09 Thread Tor Arntsen via cctalk
On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 at 18:19, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > What matters to me is [b]documentation[/b], however it's preserved. I'm > often faced with a bit of old data and I need to know the details upon > which it was fabricated. That has value to me. Al K has been > invaluable in this

Re: Box of HP 1000 series MUX cards - 12040

2019-07-09 Thread Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk
On 7/8/2019 6:35 PM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: At 12:18 PM 8/07/2019 +, jesse cypress-tech.com wrote: If anyone wants 87 HP 1000 series mux cards for gold or to play around with, I'm starting to clean house. The ebay link is below. https://www.ebay.com/itm/383039137321 Wow. Way to