Re: Anyone have any Datapoint software on floppy?

2019-08-12 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 8/7/19 11:00 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > I took pics and dumped the firmware from it along with a DP 1551 pcb I've had > for a while, and have been uploading the manuals to bitsavers that came with > it, > as well as a bunch that I've had scanned in the backlog > > I've cleared

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

2019-08-12 Thread J. David Bryan via cctalk
On Monday, August 12, 2019 at 15:48, Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk wrote: > I´ll see about firing it up and if that goes well (anyone have > suggestions for this type of mini?) You didn't list the cards in the rear I/O cage (the IDs should be on the card ejectors). However, if you have a 12821A

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

2019-08-12 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
Cool! Thanks. TTFN - Guy > On Aug 12, 2019, at 4:50 PM, Mike Loewen via cctalk > wrote: > > > Not a single reference, but these two directories should provide most of > what you need: > > http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/hp/1000/ > > http://hpmuseum.net/exhibit.php?hwdoc=108 > > The CE

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

2019-08-12 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
Fun! I have 4 HP minis at the moment: 2116C that was running the last time I checked 2 2114B that are in various states of “not working”. Interestingly the most promising one (e.g. the one that hasn’t had various parts clipped or otherwise buggered) is where I can’t get it to power up at all

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

2019-08-12 Thread Mike Loewen via cctalk
Not a single reference, but these two directories should provide most of what you need: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/hp/1000/ http://hpmuseum.net/exhibit.php?hwdoc=108 The CE Handbook, Loader ROMS, Interfaces, and Standard Memory manuals will all be useful. On Mon, 12 Aug 2019,

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

2019-08-12 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
Hi Guy, If you didn't see this, it may be of interest: http://everist.org/NobLog/20131112_HP_1000_minicomputer_teardown.htm It won't help you identify your system model, but could be of help with disassembly. Funny coincidence that we have the same name, and similar HP-1000 minicomputers.

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

2019-08-12 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
OK, thanks. Is there a sheet somewhere that I can use to decode all of these part numbers? TTFN - Guy > On Aug 12, 2019, at 4:25 PM, Mike Loewen via cctalk > wrote: > > > Sorry, I mistyped. 12746A is a 64KB (32KW) memory module. > > On Mon, 12 Aug 2019, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote: > >>

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

2019-08-12 Thread Mike Loewen via cctalk
Sorry, I mistyped. 12746A is a 64KB (32KW) memory module. On Mon, 12 Aug 2019, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote: Except that I don?t have a 12745A memory board, I believe it?s a 12746A which I think I saw was a 16K board. Thanks. TTFN - Guy On Aug 12, 2019, at 4:07 PM, Mike Loewen via cctalk

Re: DEC VT20 boot device

2019-08-12 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> I didn't fully disassamble the program I have now done so; the -YK is _exactly_ the same as the -YA (the later ones, which are minorly different from what's in the manual), except that the HSR address (177550) has been replaced as the primary device address by that of DL11 #1, in the second

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

2019-08-12 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
Except that I don’t have a 12745A memory board, I believe it’s a 12746A which I think I saw was a 16K board. Thanks. TTFN - Guy > On Aug 12, 2019, at 4:07 PM, Mike Loewen via cctalk > wrote: > > > 2102B is the Standard Performance Memory Controller > 12745A is a 64KB (32KW) memory

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

2019-08-12 Thread Mike Loewen via cctalk
2102B is the Standard Performance Memory Controller 12745A is a 64KB (32KW) memory board 12897B is a DCPC (Dual Channel Port Controller) 12992B is a 7905/7906/7920/7925 disc loader PROM 12892B is a Memory Protect board 12944B is the Power Fail Recovery System On Mon, 12 Aug

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

2019-08-12 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
Thanks all! The trick was opening up the front panel (I’m used to keylocks that are only electrical and not just physical). Here’s the HP label with the options: CPU 2103 MEM BP 1713 IO BP 1727 Accessories 12992B 12944B 2102B 12897B 12892B 12746A In opening the panel on the front card cage, I

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

2019-08-12 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
behind front panel is memory. Ed#     ps  back is  io In a message dated 8/12/2019 3:21:20 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: Perhaps these will help? https://www.hpmuseum.net/exhibit.php?hwimg=108 http://www.datormuseum.se/computers/hewlett-packard/hp-21mx

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

2019-08-12 Thread Mike Loewen via cctalk
The original M-Series machines were the 2105A and the 2108A (9-slot), which sound like what you have. The early machines didn't say "M-Series" on the front panel, and had a different lock than the later models: http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/HP/2108A/HP2108A-8L.jpg (my model 2108A)

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

2019-08-12 Thread Norman Jaffe via cctalk
Perhaps these will help? https://www.hpmuseum.net/exhibit.php?hwimg=108 http://www.datormuseum.se/computers/hewlett-packard/hp-21mx From: "Guy Sotomayor Jr" To: "myself" , "cctalk" Sent: Monday, August 12, 2019 3:04:31 PM Subject: Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer It’s a 9-slot

Re: Control Data 9766 drive on epay

2019-08-12 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 8/12/19 12:31 PM, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote: > It was an uncommon option for lower end Cyber 180s. > Don't know the date of the unit shown, but in the early-mid 1970s, we used acres of 844-21(IIRC ~100MB) and 844-41 drives (IIRC ~200MB). Don't know what the OEM model would have been.

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

2019-08-12 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
It’s a 9-slot variant that says HP-1000 M-Series on the front panel. From what I can tell the front panel appears to be the same as any of the other HP-1000 series. What I’m trying to figure out is what the actual CPU configuration is without disassembly (which I still need to figure out) so

Re: Identification of an HP minicomputer

2019-08-12 Thread Norman Jaffe via cctalk
Can you provide a picture of the front panel? 2113 implies a 21MX-E; the nine-slot version is a 2109 while the fourteen-slot would be a 2113. This might help - https://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=109 . From: "cctalk" To: "cctalk" Sent: Monday, August 12, 2019 2:52:18 PM Subject:

Identification of an HP minicomputer

2019-08-12 Thread Guy Sotomayor via cctalk
Hi, I have sitting in my pile of stuff an HP minicomputer that I’m trying to identify (at least in terms of exactly what it is and what sort of configuration it might have). As far as I can tell, it’s an HP-1000 M-Series minicomputer (that should hopefully get us *some* details). The “asset

Re: Control Data 9766 drive on epay

2019-08-12 Thread systems_glitch via cctalk
Being SMD, they could be connected to a number of things. PDP-11s, as mentioned, as well as basically anything that talked SMD. Mine were hooked up to Data General and Computer Automation gear. Thanks, Jonathan On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 4:55 PM Dave Wade via cctalk wrote: > Pierre, > I would

RE: Control Data 9766 drive on epay

2019-08-12 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
Pierre, I would suggest that as you haven't seen one in ages, the price reflects the rarity and the vendor is hoping for a rich collector to buy it. I don't know off hand of anyone who uses one. I know that the 4341 at LCM uses emulated DASD as does the ICL 2900 at TNMOC in the UK which I think

Re: Control Data 9766 drive on epay

2019-08-12 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
It was an uncommon option for lower end Cyber 180s. -- Will On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 2:40 PM Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: > > Would this have been connected to a CDC Cyber back in the day? I noticed > that this is in Athens, GA, home of University of Georgia. The first > programs that I ever

Re: Control Data 9766 drive on epay

2019-08-12 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 2:40 PM Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: > Would this have been connected to a CDC Cyber back in the day? I noticed > that this is in Athens, GA, home of University of Georgia. The first > programs that I ever wrote were on a CDC Cyber there (via a 300-baud > acoustic coupler

Re: Control Data 9766 drive on epay

2019-08-12 Thread geneb via cctalk
On Mon, 12 Aug 2019, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: LCM was working on an alternative approach to multi-platter media recovery but I've not heard anything more about that in a while When I was there for VCFPNW, I saw the rig they'd built for that. At the time they were perfecting getting

Re: Control Data 9766 drive on epay

2019-08-12 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
Would this have been connected to a CDC Cyber back in the day? I noticed that this is in Athens, GA, home of University of Georgia. The first programs that I ever wrote were on a CDC Cyber there (via a 300-baud acoustic coupler modem at Valdosta State College). alan On 8/12/19 11:09 AM,

Re: Control Data 9766 drive on epay

2019-08-12 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
Well, crap. I got rid of my 2 9766’s and all the packs that I had for them a couple of years ago for nothing what this guy is asking for his. ;-) I probably still have a pile of heads for them (but they’d probably go to the guy who purchased the drives/packs from me). What are folks using

Re: Control Data 9766 drive on epay

2019-08-12 Thread systems_glitch via cctalk
Interesting, I've just picked up two 9766s and two OEMed CDC pack drives (unsure of model # yet). I might be bugging you about spares :P Thanks, Jonathan On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 2:09 PM William Donzelli via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > There is a Make Offer option, and it does look

Re: Control Data 9766 drive on epay

2019-08-12 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
There is a Make Offer option, and it does look like the seller does take offers fairly regularly. I will not be buying it. If someone does, I have a huge amount of spares for 976x drives, including refurbished heads. It might take a while to find them in my mess, however. -- Will On Mon, Aug

Re: Control Data 9766 drive on epay

2019-08-12 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 8/12/19 10:41 AM, P Gebhardt via cctalk wrote: > I am not aware of museums or hobbyists who have such drives currently in a > functional state to read and write from and to 80MB (CDC 9762) or 300MB (CDC > 9766) disk packs. Maybe the CHM? We don't have one in working condition, and we're

Control Data 9766 drive on epay

2019-08-12 Thread P Gebhardt via cctalk
Hi list, Just came across this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Computing-CDC-Magnetic-Peripherals-Control-Data-9766-Storage-Module/143351908424?hash=item2160708848:g:3yEAAOSw1oJdTo9u Haven't seen one listed in years. The price lets me assume that this offer addresses customers that may use

Searching for manuals...

2019-08-12 Thread geneb via cctalk
I'm looking for a full set of manuals for the Microsoft Professional Development System v7.1. If anyone here has them to loan for scanning or to sell, please contact me directly. Thanks! g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.

Re: Pertec Interface Cable Length

2019-08-12 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 8/11/19 8:51 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctech wrote: > > The TC02 is an Emulex TS11 emulation for pertec interface tape drives.  > The J1 and J2 are sort of standard terminology, don't know why. Ah, the *Emulex* TC02. You had me going there--DEC also has a DECtape controller called the TC02.

Re: Pertec Interface Cable Length

2019-08-12 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 8/11/19 9:11 AM, W2HX via cctech wrote: >> All of my Pertec tape drives (in the past) were located in > a differentrack from the actual computer so the cables were > always over 10' long and usually close to if not 20'. Never > had a problem. I stand by my commentary re Qualstar 1xxx drives.

Re: Pertec Interface Cable Length

2019-08-12 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 8/11/19 6:00 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctech wrote: > I just looked at the TC02 and the Qualstar, there are termination > resistor packs on each.  The Qualstar has a bunch of 74LS240 IC's near > the J1 and J2 pertec interface cables.  The TC02 has a bunch of 74LS374 > chips near the J1 and J2

Re: Pertec Interface Cable Length

2019-08-12 Thread Douglas Taylor via cctalk
On 8/11/2019 10:44 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctech wrote: On 8/11/19 6:00 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctech wrote: I just looked at the TC02 and the Qualstar, there are termination resistor packs on each.  The Qualstar has a bunch of 74LS240 IC's near the J1 and J2 pertec interface cables.  The TC02

Re: Pertec Interface Cable Length

2019-08-12 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 7:44 PM Chuck Guzis via cctech wrote: > > On 8/11/19 6:00 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctech wrote: > > > I just looked at the TC02 and the Qualstar, there are termination > > resistor packs on each. The Qualstar has a bunch of 74LS240 IC's near > > the J1 and J2 pertec

Re: Pertec Interface Cable Length

2019-08-12 Thread Douglas Taylor via cctalk
On 8/11/2019 7:01 PM, Jon Elson via cctech wrote: On 08/11/2019 11:11 AM, W2HX via cctech wrote: I seem to remember they were ribbon cables with each odd/even pair twisted which probably meant one active and one ground twisted together. Or differential pairs. No, both Pertec unformatted and

Re: Pertec Interface Cable Length

2019-08-12 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 08/11/2019 11:11 AM, W2HX via cctech wrote: I seem to remember they were ribbon cables with each odd/even pair twisted which probably meant one active and one ground twisted together. Or differential pairs. No, both Pertec unformatted and Pertec formatted interfaces were TTL single-ended.

Re: Removing PVA (Was: ADM-3A question)

2019-08-12 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019, 11:29 AM Alan Perry via cctech wrote: > > > On 8/11/19 6:58 AM, Charles via cctech wrote: > > Anyway. I did a bit more Googling and discovered that plain water > > dissolves the PVA goop just fine. No need to use a lot of expensive > > alcohol which seems to be a less

Re: Removing PVA (Was: ADM-3A question)

2019-08-12 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
On 8/11/19 2:21 PM, Warner Losh wrote: On Sun, Aug 11, 2019, 11:29 AM Alan Perry via cctech mailto:cct...@classiccmp.org>> wrote: On 8/11/19 6:58 AM, Charles via cctech wrote: > Anyway. I did a bit more Googling and discovered that plain water > dissolves the PVA goop

Removing PVA (Was: ADM-3A question)

2019-08-12 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
On 8/11/19 6:58 AM, Charles via cctech wrote: Anyway. I did a bit more Googling and discovered that plain water dissolves the PVA goop just fine. No need to use a lot of expensive alcohol which seems to be a less effective solvent anyway! Last Christmas, I removed the old PVA from a DEC

Re: Pertec Interface Cable Length

2019-08-12 Thread W2HX via cctalk
>All of my Pertec tape drives (in the past) were located in a differentrack from the actual computer so the cables were always over 10' long and usually close to if not 20'. Never had a problem. That is because a) you had the proper termination in place and b) the signalling speed of the