[cctalk] Re: Intel's i860, Cray-On-A-Chip
According to gcc-9.1.0/NEWS Intel i860 was an architecture declared obsolete in GCC 4.0 (and previously in GCC 3.1). So you could check the configuration files are there in 3.4.6 (2006-03-10) or in 4.0.4 (2007-01-31). The binutils/gas/i860 configuration files were removed in 2018-04-11, so binutils 2.30 (2018-01-28) may still be able to build cross binutils assemblers and linkers for the architecture. I don't have an unpacked gdb lying around to check. The announce mailing list archives https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-announce/ may be worth checking if the config isn't in gdb.
[cctalk] Re: Bendix G-15 Restoration
To think that IBM Model B typewriter/terminal has no exposed wiring. It’s in the picture so it must be true! ;) Don Resor Sent from someone's iPhone > On Oct 5, 2022, at 8:00 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk > wrote: > > On 10/5/22 16:14, Stephen Buck via cctalk wrote: >> Hi All, >> I wanted to let the group know about a Bendix G-15 Restoration project I >> just launched: >> https://headspinlabs.wordpress.com/bendix-g-15-restoration/ >> It's a pretty intimidating restoration (do no harm and all), so I'm reaching >> out to related sources, such as this group, for any suggestions or interest. > > WOW! I worked on one in 1973 or so, but it had dust get in and wreck the > drum surface. > > Certainly an ambitious project, and even their schematics are QUITE > unfamiliar looking. > > Jon > >
[cctalk] Re: z9 (s390x) mainframe up for grabs in Melbourne, FL
Will the damage from Hurricane Ian cause problems for anyone trying to retrieve it, and any idea if the Storage Unit suffered storm damage? Zane Melbourne Florida is near Cape Canaveral, it's on the East Coast and probably protected by the cape. Shouldn't be any water damage. Cool surplus place there MRAM Surplus or something. One of the employees had stuff like full rack Onyx and all that. - Ethan -- : Ethan O'Toole
[cctalk] Re: Bendix G-15 Restoration
There was another list member that undertook the same project starting about 2 years ago. He posted regular updates for awhile then stopped. Sorry, but i don’t remember his name but his posts would be archived. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 5, 2022, at 20:00, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > > On 10/5/22 16:14, Stephen Buck via cctalk wrote: >> Hi All, >> I wanted to let the group know about a Bendix G-15 Restoration project I >> just launched: >> https://headspinlabs.wordpress.com/bendix-g-15-restoration/ >> It's a pretty intimidating restoration (do no harm and all), so I'm reaching >> out to related sources, such as this group, for any suggestions or interest. > > WOW! I worked on one in 1973 or so, but it had dust get in and wreck the > drum surface. > > Certainly an ambitious project, and even their schematics are QUITE > unfamiliar looking. > > Jon >
[cctalk] Re: Bendix G-15 Restoration
On 10/5/22 16:14, Stephen Buck via cctalk wrote: Hi All, I wanted to let the group know about a Bendix G-15 Restoration project I just launched: https://headspinlabs.wordpress.com/bendix-g-15-restoration/ It's a pretty intimidating restoration (do no harm and all), so I'm reaching out to related sources, such as this group, for any suggestions or interest. WOW! I worked on one in 1973 or so, but it had dust get in and wreck the drum surface. Certainly an ambitious project, and even their schematics are QUITE unfamiliar looking. Jon
[cctalk] Re: z9 (s390x) mainframe up for grabs in Melbourne, FL
On Oct 5, 2022, at 3:40 PM, Adam Thornton via cctalk wrote: > > From the "Mainframe Enthusiasts" Discord; I don't have any other contact > for him but I can send you a link to the Discord if you can't get there > yourself. This is one of the first (maybe the first) of the 64-bit zSeries > (descendant of S/360, S/370, S/390) machines. You would have to pay IBM a > lot of money to legally run a modern z/OS or MVS or VM or z/VM or VSE or > z/VSE on it (and current versions won't work, but, like, z/VM 4.4 would). > You could run MUSIC/SP for free, and of course VM/370 and MVS 3.8 are in > the public domain (although I do not know offhand if the z9 can run those > late-70s OSes). It will also run S/390 and z/Linux of the right vintage, > which are free but maybe difficult to acquire these days. > > From Member @Booper : Z9 mainframe, ds8000 storage array , tape drive and > misc components are scheduled to go to scrap at the end of the month. If > someone wants to chime in and throw some money my way, i can sign the whole > storage unit over to you. Located in melbourne fl. That z9 is very much a modern Mainframe, it’s only 17 years old, and the current z16 came out this year. The S/390 series was discontinued back in ’98, and the z-Series started in 2000. I wish I could afford to retrieve it, and bring it online. I can’t afford it, and it sounds like we’re talking about a minimum 4 racks. Will the damage from Hurricane Ian cause problems for anyone trying to retrieve it, and any idea if the Storage Unit suffered storm damage? Zane
[cctalk] z9 (s390x) mainframe up for grabs in Melbourne, FL
From the "Mainframe Enthusiasts" Discord; I don't have any other contact for him but I can send you a link to the Discord if you can't get there yourself. This is one of the first (maybe the first) of the 64-bit zSeries (descendant of S/360, S/370, S/390) machines. You would have to pay IBM a lot of money to legally run a modern z/OS or MVS or VM or z/VM or VSE or z/VSE on it (and current versions won't work, but, like, z/VM 4.4 would). You could run MUSIC/SP for free, and of course VM/370 and MVS 3.8 are in the public domain (although I do not know offhand if the z9 can run those late-70s OSes). It will also run S/390 and z/Linux of the right vintage, which are free but maybe difficult to acquire these days. From Member @Booper : Z9 mainframe, ds8000 storage array , tape drive and misc components are scheduled to go to scrap at the end of the month. If someone wants to chime in and throw some money my way, i can sign the whole storage unit over to you. Located in melbourne fl.
[cctalk] Bendix G-15 Restoration
Hi All, I wanted to let the group know about a Bendix G-15 Restoration project I just launched: https://headspinlabs.wordpress.com/bendix-g-15-restoration/ It's a pretty intimidating restoration (do no harm and all), so I'm reaching out to related sources, such as this group, for any suggestions or interest. Thanks, Steve
