OT: looking for help remembering name/info about security bug

2022-01-10 Thread Stan Sieler via cctalk
Hi, I'm trying to remember the name (and some information about) a past security bug, for an article. Somewhere between 4 and 6 years ago (I think), there was a fairly major security bug reported (probably in Linux, or in SSH code, but something widely used). IIRC, the bug was a single line

Re: Plessy core memory - UNIBOne Info

2022-01-10 Thread John H. Reinhardt via cctalk
You can contact Joerg at his site http://retrocmp.com/contact  For email see the UNIBone - Get One Page http://retrocmp.com/projects/unibone/283-unibone-getting-one A fellow on the VCF DEC forum tried to contact Joerg about a UNIBone recently and said he had better luck using the contact page

Re: Plessy core memory

2022-01-10 Thread Todd Goodman via cctalk
Hi, I have Joerg's Unibone bare boards available (and others listed at https://retrobrewcomputers.org/doku.php?id=boardinventory#dec_digital_boards_designed_by_joerg_hoppe). Feel free to contact me privately if interested. Thanks, Todd On 1/10/2022 2:43 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Hm.

Re: Plessy core memory

2022-01-10 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Hm. That is an idea. Technically I'm just wanting to get the thing working to see if it works, so a Unibone would be reasonable. Now where do I buy one/a kit/whatever. C On 1/10/2022 10:46 AM, Jay Logue via cctalk wrote: On 1/9/2022 7:59 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: *nod* I'll put

Re: Plessy core memory

2022-01-10 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Chris Zach > I'm guessing that the DD11-F is significantly different from the DD11-B? I assume theat "DD11-F" is a typo; there is, AFAIK, no DD11-F, and a Web search revealeddidn't turn anything up. (There are DD11-CF and -CK backplanes, as well as -DF and -DK, but the -CF and

Re: Plessy core memory

2022-01-10 Thread Jay Logue via cctalk
On 1/9/2022 7:59 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: *nod* I'll put the system aside again for awhile. But if I come across a DD11-C or D I'll go back to work on it. I understand your frustration, as I've spent the better part of a year acquiring and fixing an ME11-L and associated board sets

Re: The Portable C Compiler (pcc)

2022-01-10 Thread Tom Hunter via cctalk
I have managed to build the latest version of Anders Magnusson's PCC. It won't build out of the box and requires code and Makefile changes. It emits valid looking Nova assembly. Unfortunately it needs a machine support library which is not included to do function prolog, epilog, shift operators,

Re: The Portable C Compiler (pcc)

2022-01-10 Thread Tom Hunter via cctalk
I have tried to get in touch with Anders Magnusson, but got no reply yet. Tom On Sun, Jan 9, 2022 at 11:36 PM Will Cooke via cctalk wrote: > > > > On 01/09/2022 9:10 AM Tom Hunter via cctalk > wrote: > > > > > > The original "Portable C Compiler" by S. C. Johnson (also known as "pcc") > > had