Re: New Listings for Sellam's Collection Sales

2018-06-07 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
I can offer a free participation to my website http://downthebunker.chickenkiller.com/ 2018-06-07 15:40 GMT+02:00 systems_glitch via cctalk : > Prices have seemed fair to me, I've bought a bit of stuff off Sellam over > the last few months and he's been prompt in shipping, as well as willing to

Re: Lots of old DEC stuff

2018-06-14 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
you can put this information on my website http://downthebunker.chickenkiller.com/ 2018-06-14 20:18 GMT+02:00 Electronics Plus via cctalk : > This guy is an eBay seller. I think he is a recycler. He has over 185,000 > DEC items listed! Not affiliated with seller, etc. > > > >

M68020-PGA to M68EC020-PGA

2018-06-02 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi I am playing with an old Motorola board and I have a problem As you well know, the 68020 is a 32-bit microprocessor from Motorola, released in 1984. Motorola also manufactured MC68EC020 - embedded version of the MC68020 CPU, housed in different packages than the Motorola 68020 microprocessor,

Re: C3253A HP Envizex P-Series

2018-06-25 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
> could you upload them to archive.org? no

Teketronix X11 terminals & XpressWare

2018-06-26 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi here it is a page (I am not the author) that summarizes about the 400s series unfortunately, they need XpressWare v8, which is rather impossible to be found. https://web-docs.gsi.de/~kraemer/COLLECTION/NCD/www.technogoths.demon.co.uk/tekxp400/node3.html#SECTION00031000

C3253A HP Envizex P-Series

2018-06-23 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
(x11 terminal) C3253A HP Envizex P-Series Up for sale is a X-Terminal made by Hewlett Packard in 1995. Tested, in perfect working conditions!!! cpu: i960 @ 33Mhz (it's the fastest available on Envizex v1) ram: 48MB (builtin + 16+16+8, the first two sims need to be equal) rom: none (sorry, It

Tektronix terminals, Tekxpress v8?

2018-06-20 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi I have a Tek XP400, and a Tek XP217. They are X11-terminals made in 1990s (thus unable to support GTK-v2) anyway, the XP217 runs with TekXpress v7, I have a copy for my tftp-boot server and the terminal is happy with it; whereas the XP400 says it needs a more recent software. does anyone

SGI Silicon Graphics Phobos G160 for Indigo2 Impact

2018-06-26 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi I have for sale, qty=1, SGI Silicon Graphics Phobos G160 for Indigo2 Impact brand new, still closed in the box, unopened! located in Italy (in my parent's house) I will be happy to give it a new home

downthebunker bazaar, new domain

2018-07-02 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
we have recently bought a domain http://www.downthebunker.xyz and a subdomain http://deals.downthebunker.xyz/ you can reach us there :) I am also working on a new engine, and probably we will also add HTTPS thanks

Re: VT100 keyboards for parts/repair

2018-07-02 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
they went so fast because you are the best :D p.s. is there a way to extract your auctions? In XML or something? I'd love to promote them in our new Bazaar it would be cool to have them properly indexed by the new engine I am working at 2018-07-02 22:54 GMT+02:00 Electronics Plus via cctalk

XpressWare v8.1 or above (software for Tektronix X11 terminals)

2018-07-02 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi, In 1990s Tektronix produced digital video X terminal and introduced X server software based on VxWorks v5 (Windriver). Later they introduced a new line of terminals, at some point a company called NCD bought the Tektronix X11-terminals division and started to produce their own line, called

Motorola MC68882 user manual (paper copy)

2018-07-02 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi I am looking for a paper copy of the Motorola MC68882 user manual (it's a floating point unit) let me know if you have for sale thanks

Re: New Listings for Sellam's VWoCW - June 20, 2018

2018-06-22 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
>It took me to a page that immediately made me feel > my computer was imminently about to receive some nefarious code. I have you ever heard about GPDR? the page simply informs you about that

Re: how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

2018-07-27 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
DVD-RAM: Is it a reliable technology? nobody has yet written about it :P

Motorola IDP board

2018-07-25 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi any chance someone has worked with the Motorola IDP m68EC0x0 board and has the manual of the 68EC020IDP CPU module? let me know p.s. have you ever seen the IDP-net card? any information on the IDP bus timing? (i'd like to develop my own net-card for the IDP bus, but I need the timing spec)

68k development, Avocet Development

2018-07-20 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi does anyone happen to use Avocet Development Tools for m68k? how good/bad is it?

Re: GCC Ada for Linux/MIPS/BE and Linux/HPPA2

2018-07-14 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
umm, it seems something has been released but I have never seen it (i.e. gnat for HPUX? bah ...) --- Ada Core Technologies has released the following versions of release 3.10p of the GNAT Ada 95 compiler. These versions should be available shortly on the various mirror sites that

Re: how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

2018-07-23 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
what about DVD-RAM? are they good about data-reliability? cost: - SCSI DVD-RAM reader/writer, say about 180-240 euro, brand new - DVD-RAM cartridge (disk + caddy), say about 20 euro per 5 disks, brand new how long does a DVD-RAM last? 4.5Gbyte per disk is ok for me, I need to archive my source

Re: how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

2018-07-24 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
I have a brand new DLT drive for sale brand new, it's SCSI, 2U 2018-07-24 20:42 GMT+02:00 Eric Smith via cctalk : > I wrote a lot of DDS2 and DDS3 tapes back in the day. When my DDS3 drive > broke, I got another drive. I found out that my first drive was seriously > out of calibration, and though

Re: how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

2018-07-24 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
has anyone ever used Iomega Rev as backup media? how good is that? 2018-07-23 23:11 GMT+02:00 Ali via cctalk : >> Probably a good idea to use something like RAR with parity. I know I >> have >> downloaded some multi-segment binaries in RAR format from usenet with >> several missing segments

how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

2018-07-21 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi yesterday I was shocked by a couple of videos on Youtube where guys pointed out their negative experiences with CD ROM and DVD RAM as media for their own backup. They complained their data completely lost after 5 years of storage in CD ROMs, pointing out that their CDs were perfectly conserved

Re: how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

2018-07-21 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
thus, MO drive units are not reliable? 2018-07-21 23:34 GMT+02:00 Chuck Guzis via cctalk : > On 07/21/2018 02:12 PM, TeoZ via cctalk wrote: > >> I have old IBM MO Worm disks that are still readable, same with all my >> MO disks (3.5" 130MB, 5.25" 1.3GB) but drives can be iffy. I would bet >> that

Re: how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

2018-07-21 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
what about MO? (magneto-optic disks) - WORM (write once, read many) - WMRM (write many, read many) and what about magnetic-tapes? (e.g. DDS4, DLT, LTO2) which of them lasts for the most? MO units and disks are a bit costly say >=50 euro for 4.5Gbyte R/W cartridge and say >=500 euro for the

ps/2 Keyboard with 3 button trackball

2018-07-21 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi I am looking for a ps/2 keyboard with a 3 buttons trackball I am currently using a Cherry's kb, but it has a built-in 2 buttons trackball and the software I need to use requires the third button to select items what do you suggest, guys?

Re: how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

2018-07-22 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
thus DDS4, LTO2, DLT: which is the best tape? 2018-07-22 18:11 GMT+02:00 Jon Elson via cctalk : > On 07/22/2018 10:52 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> >> On 07/22/2018 06:33 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Jul 21, 2018, at

Re: ps/2 Keyboard with 3 button trackball

2018-07-23 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
with software like Tektronix's TekXpress you can't simulate the middle button 2018-07-23 13:00 GMT+02:00 Liam Proven via cctalk : > On Sat, 21 Jul 2018 at 23:12, Carlo Pisani via cctalk > wrote: > >> the software I need to use requires the third button to >> sele

Re: ps/2 Keyboard with 3 button trackball

2018-07-23 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
> I don't know TexExpress. What OS does it run under? VxWorks, customized by Tektronix.

GCC Ada for Linux/MIPS/BE and Linux/HPPA2

2018-07-13 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi is there any chance someone has a working gcc-ada compiler? for - Linux/MIPS (big endian, MIPS3, MIPS4 or MIPS32) - Linux/HPPA2 I have successfully compiled gcc-ada for SGI_IRIX (MIPS4/BE) but ... every attempt to create a cross-compiler(1) fails on HPPA I have never seen an Ada compiler

simple-ish Arduino-compatible LPC2103 dev kit

2018-09-05 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi guys a dude has recently posted a link in our forum, he has developed a simple Arduino-compatible LPC2103 dev kit, the links point to a second link with documentation, and source he is also willng to assemble and sell boards have a look here (1) cheers Ivelegacy (webadming at DownTheBunker)

Re: VT100's

2018-09-06 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
cause it's the simples, I guess Il giorno gio 6 set 2018 alle ore 17:35 Zane Healy via cctalk ha scritto: > > Let me start by saying this isn’t intended to start a flame war or anything. > I’m genuinely curious. > > Why is the VT100 so popular? > > Personally I prefer the VT420’s, though I’d

Re: VT100 emulation

2018-09-09 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
> I had given some thought over the last day or two about making a really tiny > video terminal. > A while ago, I had bought a couple of tablet ARM SOC LCD notebooks to try > doing that. which model?

Re: Portable terminals

2018-09-09 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
we (at http://www.downthebunker.xyz) are developing a project that is a portable vt100 in laptop shape. done with modern components, essentially it's an FPGA + LVDS circuit to drive the LCD the chassis will be manufactured by laser-cutting plastic planes, then assembled with glue. it's not yet a

Re: VT100's

2018-09-06 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
I am building my own VT100 terminal (FPGA project), and it will be laptop-shape :P here I own a Digital VT220, it's a unit with its custom keyboard, with special keys, the output of the unit is VGA, and it has two serial ports with a db25 connector Il giorno gio 6 set 2018 alle ore 19:09 allison

Re: VT100's

2018-09-06 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
> > cause it's the simplest, I guess > The VT100 was quite complicated compared to contemporary terminals at the > time of its introduction. why do you say that? a vt100 terminal requires only a text VDU (video display unit) with hw-scrolling support, and a piece of software to support the VT100

Re: Portable terminals

2018-09-11 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
does, by any chance, anyone happen to have the tektronix tekxpress v8.1 firmware for their xp4xx terminals? Il giorno mar 11 set 2018 alle ore 10:23 Liam Proven via cctalk ha scritto: > > On Mon, 10 Sep 2018 at 21:02, Ali via cctalk wrote: > > > p.s. The caveat is of course if you get something

Re: Making a bootable LIF CD for the 9000/382

2018-07-04 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi I can provide a bootable CD image of HPUX v10.20 2018-07-05 1:50 GMT+02:00 Al Kossow via cctalk : > > > On 7/4/18 4:24 PM, Rico Pajarola wrote: >> I'm assuming you are trying to use the newly added HP-UX images on bitsavers? > > No, this is for the 9mb inital boot cd. > > I was trying to

SGI IRIX, how to compile GNAT

2018-07-05 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi guys I am looking for instructions about *HowTo* compile a modern version of GNAT on IRIX >= 6.5.20 2016-12-10 =dev-lang/gnat-gcc-4.9.3 - success - Linux/PPC32BE 2016-12-13 =dev-lang/gnat-gcc-4.3.5 - success - Linux/PPC32BE 2017-08-24 =dev-lang/gnat-gcc-4.3.5 - failure - Linux/PPC32BE

Re: GCC Ada for Linux/MIPS/BE and Linux/HPPA2

2018-07-13 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
> How close would the PIC32 gcc compiler/toolchain be? The PIC32 is a > MIPS-based MCU. inside PIC32 there is a MIPS32-R2 core, but the toolchain is not OS-profiled it's metal bare (without an OS, and in this case Linux requires a lot of considerations) besides, the C compiler and libraries (and

Re: GCC Ada for Linux/MIPS/BE and Linux/HPPA2

2018-07-13 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
besides we are experimenting problems supporting Ada's exceptions on Irix with gcc v4.7.1 http://www.downthebunker.xyz/wonderland/reloaded/bazaar/viewtopic.php?f=33=110=329=8b037f041d4fe8c74528008402b57762#p329 it's not clear if the problem is related to gcc, rather than to binutils here some

Apple PowerMac G4 Mdd mobo + CPU + MOS license

2018-10-28 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi guys I have a motherboard + CPU G4 @1.2Ghz for sale it's the last revision of the MDD PowerMac G4 and it comes with a license for Morphos (MOS) located in Italy cheers

BBS card, ISA8bit multi serial, 4 channels

2018-10-31 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi guys I have an ISA8bit card with four UART chip on it, and the special cable. it comes with the original manual and a floppy (5.25") with drivers for XENIX and DOS, etc it was used for BBS, and I am willing to sell since it's not in use it's located in Italy (where my parents live), I can

ImageCraft ICC11 v5 or v6 ?

2018-09-28 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi does anyone happen to have ImageCraft ICC11 v5 or v6? I can't find it, and it's an dead abandoned product =(

Re: HP CPU32 Emulation Adapter

2018-09-21 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
> But, I've got one of these: > https://hackaday.io/project/6150-beckman-du600-reverse-engineering hi where did you find it? here I have an EVS board, by motorola :P

Hitex ICE for Motorola 68hc11

2018-09-21 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi has anyone ever used Hitex ICE for Motorola 68hc11? if so, with which software? cheers

Re: HP CPU32 Emulation Adapter

2018-09-23 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi what have you used as ICE? or, have you only used a software debugger? and why not the motorola monitor? I see you have developed your own monitor why? p.s. I have opened this website(1), it offers space for a sort of mini-Bazar, but there is also space for junks of files. I am collecting and

Re: Motorola M88K books & user manuals (looking for)

2019-01-01 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
I am looking for original printed copy Il giorno mar 1 gen 2019 alle ore 18:31 Josh Dersch via cctalk ha scritto: > > There are these things called "printers." > > - Josh > > On 1/1/2019 9:13 AM, Carlo Pisani via cctalk wrote: > > yes, but I prefer a printed cop

xterm Tektronix xp217 for sale

2018-12-29 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
so, already asked but i haven't yet got a clear answer I have an xterm Tektronix xp217 for sale it comes with *everything* you need to use it - its original PSU, able to operate from 100-to-250V - its original CD with the firmware (it's required a tftpboot server) it's located in Italy let me

Re: Motorola M88K books & user manuals (looking for)

2019-01-01 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
yes, but I prefer a printed copy Il giorno mar 1 gen 2019 alle ore 18:08 Al Kossow via cctalk ha scritto: > > > > On 1/1/19 7:58 AM, Carlo Pisani via cctalk wrote: > > hi > > > As a second reference, I'd like to consider the first Motorola RISC: > > 88K, w

Tektronix X11 xterminal xp217

2018-12-18 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi for sale a Tektronix X11 terminal model xp217 it comes with its original firmware (on a CD), and its original PSU, able to accept 110-250VAC It's located in Italy. I am looking for 200 Euro for it + S/H

HP C36xx and C37xx RAM kit - 4Gbyte

2018-12-20 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi I have 4 ram modules for sale, 1Gbyte each, 4Gbyte in total I am asking 20 Euro + S/H. Located in Italy. I also have an HP715 EISA expansion board and an HP712 PSU let me know if someone needs/wants them

Re: Project sonoko, x11 xterm home-made

2018-12-20 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
The prototype (1) is already working; in the pic, there is a DHT board with a Matrox Millennium video card, and a PCI-PS/2 card. The pic shows a running windows manager on x11. we are using a little PowerPC 405GP board, loaded with Linux and xorg-x11. The processor's ISA is similar to a G3 CPU,

Re: Project sonoko, x11 xterm home-made

2018-12-20 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
: > > ? > > buy a Neoware thin client for the box and power supply, and throw away the pcb > if you really want to do your own board > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/Neoware-CA9-100-240-V-50-60-Hz-USED/222928084229 > > > On 12/20/18 5:45 AM, Carlo Pisani via cctalk wr

Re: Want/Available list (was Re: Old HP stuff)

2018-12-20 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
> Isn't there some place this could go on a web page? there is DTB! http://www.downthebunker.xyz/ user subscriptions are now manually (due too trolls and a lot of spammers), thus if someone needs/wants an account, he/she can email me directly and I will add it properly

Re: Want/Available list

2018-12-20 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
> How about you not join a nearly 20 year old mailing list and start > insulting people, most of which have probably been in the computer > industry longer than you've been alive? insulting? I posted a link to a project just to share the fun and I got suggested to drop it, which is extremely rude

Re: Project sonoko, x11 xterm home-made

2018-12-20 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
> > We are also developing a RFID card to unlock/lock the machine (still > > experimental, and we are going to use an old 68HC11 board for this ... > > it's 80s technology) > > Are you developing your own technology? Or are you re-using standard > technology that's been around for a while? our

Re: Project sonoko, x11 xterm home-made

2018-12-20 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
> Can I ask why you are using the board that you are using? several reasons; we also use a similar board for a NAS, but basically, we like this board for the PCI bus, and for the JTAG we happen to have a BDI1000 JTAG ICE with a valid license for professional debugging software for the PPC/405,

Re: More old stuff incoming

2018-12-20 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
SGI made MIPS, ITANIUM, and X86 workstations, servers, and personal workstations low price MIPS workstations: SGI INDY, SGI O2 The SGI Indigo2 was very very expensive, especially the "Purple Impact" See on YouTube, there is an episode made by a dude called "LGR" SGI also made Pentium3

Re: Want/Available list

2018-12-20 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
ok, I give up. a forum with a bazaar should be more appropriate frankly this mail list looks like spam, and it's going irritating since it's difficult to follow and to handle but I am really tired to repeat myself about the http://www.downthebunker.xyz/ project probably in 2019 we will

Re: Want/Available list

2018-12-20 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
> I guess I might as well ask, since I've been wondering: What does the name > "downthebunker" mean? > Is it a reference to something? I'm not even sure how a bunker could be gone > "down" the computer room is located 10 meters underground in a room which looks like a mini bunker. But it's not

Re: Public buy/sell/trade

2018-12-21 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
> As someone that actually has to worry about such things you mean as someone who received a legal threat for a project? we got one for the DTB website, and it was not nice ... it's one of the reasons why we dropped the experimental-bay since if it involves a little business then things go even

Re: Public buy/sell/trade

2018-12-22 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
> north amarican inforcement is most complaint based inforcement. were as > from what i know from friends in europe its proactive in many cases yep, precisely my point :D

Re: Public buy/sell/trade

2018-12-21 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
besides, the GPDR and this new hipster legal stuff (in Europe) are now making things even more complex, especially if a website is involved in e-commerce . Il giorno ven 21 dic 2018 alle ore 16:57 Carlo Pisani ha scritto: > > well, we tried to implement a new module, but ... yet again without

Re: Project sonoko, x11 xterm home-made

2018-12-21 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
> Wouldn't a RPi-Zero Wireless be easier, cheaper, smaller, quicker? > Could even use a CM-3 in a custom case. I have already given points to our reasons. Do you like RPI? Go and use it!

Re: Public buy/sell/trade

2018-12-21 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
well, we tried to implement a new module, but ... yet again without a budget, and without interest I personally dropped the whole project http://www.downthebunker.xyz/wonderland/experimental-bay/app0.php Il giorno ven 21 dic 2018 alle ore 16:33 Electronics Plus via cctalk ha scritto: > > For

Tektronix X11 terminal

2018-12-14 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi I have a xp217 tektronix terminal for sale with its PSU and firmware let me know if someone wants it

Tektronix Xterm xp217

2018-12-04 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi I have one Xterm xp217 for sale, including it's PSU and plastic (I can also provide the firmware)

Tektronix xp217

2018-12-07 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi I have for sale a Tektronix xp217 unit, with its PSU and original CD software. let me know if someone is interested.

Re: ISO: 68000/68010 CPU board for ZAX ICD-178 (CPU S-813)

2018-12-03 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
where are you located? any pic of this? which software does support this ICE can you find a POD for the 68EC020? let me know Il giorno dom 2 dic 2018 alle ore 16:24 Al Kossow via cctalk ha scritto: > > I have literally dozens of non-Ethernet Applied Microsystems ES-1800 68000 > ICEs > > Are

DEC lk201 keyboard for DEC Terminal vt220

2018-09-15 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi about DEC lk201 for DEC Terminal vt220, I am looking for information about - the pinout of the connector (it should be 4 pins, sort of serial) - the protocol used - key keymap thanks in advance

VT240, VT241 are graphics? what does it mean?

2018-09-16 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi so, in a description of DEC terminals, I read "VT240 and VT241 are graphics terminals, supporting Digital’s ReGIS graphics and Tektronix vector graphics" what does it mean? which kind of graphics? Can they draw lines? I am googling for "Digital’s ReGIS graphics" and "Tektronix vector

Re: Retarded ebay prices

2018-12-19 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi I have - an EISA module for HP-715, yours for 5 Euro + S/H - HP-712 PSU, yours for 5 Euro + S/H - HPC36xx-C37xx 4GB ram (1Gbyte/module, 4 modules), yours for 20 Euro + S/H Il giorno mer 19 dic 2018 alle ore 18:26 Electronics Plus via cctalk ha scritto: > >