Zetaco SCSI Controller

2019-12-17 Thread Sean Kelly via cctalk
Hi, Would anyone happen to have or know the whereabouts of a technical manual and/or schematics for a Zetaco SCZ-2 controller? Or the same for any other Zetaco SCZ (hoping that they all used the same back-plane presentation :) ) Many thanks Sean (www.datageneral.uk) Bower & Bailey LLP

Seeking information on the CSTS Timesharing service

2019-12-17 Thread JAMES FEHLINGER via cctalk
On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 8:42 PM jim stephens via cctalk wrote: > > Does anyone have any information on Infonet, which was a timesharing > which CSC put out? I've got some info that it had a timesharing service > called CSTS and would like info on that.

Re: Bad heads on RL02: Worth replacing

2019-12-17 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 12/17/2019 8:05 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Took a look at the top of the RL02 pack. There is a fine layer of white stuff on the disk in a ring at about where I would assume track 0 is on the thing. Wipes off with my finger, but definitely was not there when I put the pack in the

Re: Bad heads on RL02: Worth replacing

2019-12-17 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Took a look at the top of the RL02 pack. There is a fine layer of white stuff on the disk in a ring at about where I would assume track 0 is on the thing. Wipes off with my finger, but definitely was not there when I put the pack in the drive. Also, looking at the head under a loupe I can see

Re: Tap, tap, tap, is this working???

2019-12-17 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
I wonder of all the subscriber how many have posted something or anything in the last 6 month, year, ever? I suspect the never cases. Well, it is likely that if there is a subscriber harvesting, that that one is not posting. But there are so many that don't post that you need a way to

Re: Tapestar for DOS

2019-12-17 Thread Curious Marc via cctalk
Did not find it either, but if your tape has SCSI I used Overland Data’s Depot4 instead. Google it up, I uploaded it on archives.org. Marc > On Dec 13, 2019, at 10:12 AM, Ali via cctalk wrote: > > Hello, > > Can anyone please point me towards a copy of the Tapestar utility package > for DOS?

Re: RCA 1802s available

2019-12-17 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
According to the website, they are “genuine” original RCA parts. TTFN - Guy > On Dec 17, 2019, at 11:22 AM, crufta cat via cctalk > wrote: > > They are likely later than the 70s and even more likely Intersil made parts > from > the 80s and even later. Same for 1806s. > > People forget that

Re: RCA 1802s available

2019-12-17 Thread crufta cat via cctalk
They are likely later than the 70s and even more likely Intersil made parts from the 80s and even later. Same for 1806s. People forget that Chrysler used them for engine controls int he late 80s. There is also "refurb parts" of questionable quality and origin. Allison On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at

Re: Tap, tap, tap, is this working???

2019-12-17 Thread crufta cat via cctalk
I use hosts blacklisting , but its up to some huge number of addresses. When I say bailed its an unsub. I suspect its not majordomo or listserve directly. The easy way is subscribe and copy the mail and scrape the addresses. People are starting to see that level of activity on groups.IO.

Re: Seeking information on the CSTS Timesharing service

2019-12-17 Thread Bob Smith via cctalk
http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/computer-sciences-corporation-history/ Has some bits of data from my memory. I did some work on the Mailgram system, putting PDP8/e boxes as comms front ends to 1108s. On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 8:42 PM jim stephens via cctalk wrote: > > > > Does

Re: RCA 1802s available

2019-12-17 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 12/17/19 9:30 AM, Will Cooke via cctalk wrote: > An ad was emailed to me today with an interesting item: RCA 1802 processors. Not a bad price, did you buy any? Were they actually RCA-branded parts from the 70's?

RCA 1802s available

2019-12-17 Thread Will Cooke via cctalk
An ad was emailed to me today with an interesting item: RCA 1802 processors. I thought there may be some folks here interested: https://www.bgmicro.com/9z1509.aspx Not affiliated in any way other than a customer. Will

Re: Is IBM RPG classic?

2019-12-17 Thread Kevin Monceaux via cctalk
On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 03:25:26PM -0600, Kevin Monceaux via cctalk wrote: > It depends on the version and platform. For free format on an IBM i, > something like: Another good resource for modern IBM i RPG is the RPG400-L mailing list: https://Lists.MidRange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l

Re: Bad heads on RL02: Worth replacing

2019-12-17 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 12/16/19 7:57 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > I'm wondering if the problem is the leading edge of the head is angled down > or something: From the debris on the leading > edge it's looking like it is digging into the pack. Not sure if this can be > adjusted, or even what adjusting the

Re: Is IBM RPG classic?

2019-12-17 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 12/16/19 9:24 AM, Guy N. via cctalk wrote: > On Sun, 2019-12-15 at 20:16 -0800, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >> Dijkstra had clever nasty things to say about many programming languages. >> I can't find his opinion about RPG. > > Unprintable, even on the interwebs? :-) > > Thanks for all the

Re: RSTS emulation in a browser (now "FILMGR")

2019-12-17 Thread John Foust via cctalk
At 09:23 PM 12/15/2019, John Foust via cctalk wrote: >At 11:11 PM 12/13/2019, John Foust via cctalk wrote: >>Another RSTS question. One of my rescued tapes has only several >>files with the extension ".FLB" Compared to other files of the >>sets, these are relatively large... up to a meg or so.

Re: Tap, tap, tap, is this working???

2019-12-17 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
Allison wrote: > > It may be that my address got into the local address book of a contaminated > system but stopping this net for several weeks brought > the spam and trash mail from 25-80 a day to zero near instantly (less than > 12 hours.).I've bailed from the list in the past for periods >

Speaking of RPG.... was :Re: Is IBM RPG classic?

2019-12-17 Thread nico de jong via cctalk
Hi all, This discussion brought up some memories. Until I retired, I was in the media conversion business (read : handling media Windows did not support). One of my customers was the danish Custom and Tax authority, and they had a peculiar problem. They wanted the incoming data to be

Re: Is IBM RPG classic?

2019-12-17 Thread Guy N. via cctalk
On Sun, 2019-12-15 at 20:16 -0800, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > Dijkstra had clever nasty things to say about many programming languages. > I can't find his opinion about RPG. Unprintable, even on the interwebs? :-) Thanks for all the replies, both humorous and informative. I'll try to find