Re: The KGB, the Computer, and Me

On 12/28/2015 04:45 AM, Rod Smallwood wrote: > > I now expect to get a long list of weveseenits. Indeed! I remember seeing this on live TV many years ago. You can find it on youtube now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKxaq1FTac The book is really good too:

Re: 1980s/1990s 68k C cross (and not so cross) compilers

On 11/21/2015 05:54 AM, Philip Pemberton wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm working on reverse engineering a radio navigation receiver > (surprisingly not GPS, something else... Datatrak if anyone's heard of > it) for the purpose of either repurposing the hardware or building up > some kind of demo rig. >

Re: IBM 7074 and then some: "Systems we love" conference

On 01/23/2017 02:00 PM, Steven Maresca wrote: > Just wanted to share an excerpted story just sent to me by a colleague, > regarding an IBM 7074 supplying data to Java middleware, ultimately feeding > a modern webapp stack: > http://thenewstack.io/happens-use-java-1960-ibm-mainframe/ > > This comes

adb use on xenix 3.0?

I'm trying to help out Jason Perkins who wants to demo Multiplan on Xenix 3.0 for the Apple Lisa at the upcoming VCF. While the bits for it are on bitsavers, it requires a serial number and so far he's had zero no luck finding one. So I'm trying to use adb to step through the code and find where

Re: Pair of Twiggys

On 03/16/2017 11:28 AM, geneb via cctalk wrote: > On Wed, 15 Mar 2017, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: > >> I'm waiting for the rise of cell phones to make it >> >> 202x All the world's an ARM running Android >> > on Linux. :) Actually goog's trying to get rid of the linux and replacing it with

Re: Full immersion emulation

On 03/02/2017 08:30 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > > A short list of shipping products that do that: > > Amazon Echo > https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01GAGVIE4/ > > Google Home > https://madeby.google.com/home/ > > Microsoft Cortana > https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/cortana > Now that

Re: Introducing the UUCP/Usenet Project

On 03/20/2017 08:33 PM, Warren Toomey via cctalk wrote: > Hi all, as part of the upcoming 50th anniversary of Unix in mid-2019, > a bunch of people are working to rebuild the mid-1980s uucp/Usenet > network using (real/simulated) period-accurate systems. To make things > easier, we are simulating

Commodore Pet 8032 keyboard repair - conductive or capacitive?

I have a pair of 8032 Pets. One of them has a short on the motherboard that causes the fuse to blow whenever it's turned on - looks like its previous owner tried to repair it as the power connector is a bit burned and a new, non-pet power connector has been added. Likely one of the power

Pet 8032 in 40 column mode?

Hi, I seem to vaguely recall that there was a poke to enable 40 column mode on the 8032, anyone know what it is? Couldn't find it in the Pet FAQ.

Re: Apple (Lisa 2/10) MAC XL UNIX 5

Depending on what version of UniPlus that is, a version was found a few years ago which was imaged and is installable.  UniPlus is a bunch of floppies (a bit under twenty off the top of my head), not just one, if you have the full set and it's a different version than what's out there already and

Re: Can you run Apple Lisa Workshop and LIsa OS on the same Hard-drive?

On 01/28/18 06:09, corey cohen via cctalk wrote: > Or do I need an external profile for my 2/10 if I want to still use LOS. > Sure, it's possible for LOS to coexist with LPW on the same hard drive, and you can use that to build LOS apps in LPW, then restart and use them in LOS. Installation

Re: Can you run Apple Lisa Workshop and LIsa OS on the same Hard-drive?

On 01/28/18 11:06, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote: > > 6 on a Lisa? I can only think of LOS, XENIX, Workshop. Hm, I’ve got David T > Craig’s Lisa CDs kicking around somewhere, I wonder what else is on those. I mean, there's LOS2, LPW2, LOS3, LPW3, UniPlus, Xenix.  Not sure if Monitor (a very

Writing emulators (was Re: VCF PNW 2018: Pictures!)

On 02/19/18 19:36, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote: > whats invovled in makin an emulator? > i have a chunk of stuff for the phillips p1000 Quite a lot actually.  A single CPU system is difficult enough, but a mainframe might be much, much harder.  The idea to use an existing emulator framework,

Re: Writing emulators [Was: Re: VCF PNW 2018: Pictures!]

On 02/21/18 09:41, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > SIMH in principle allows the writing of cycle-accurate CPU simulators, but I > don't believe anyone has bothered. It's hard to see why that would be all > that interesting. For some CPUs, the full definition of how long > instructions take

Re: VCF PNW 2018: Pictures!

On 02/21/18 08:16, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote: > > A programmer of modest ability should be able to knock up a simple > switch()-based step-by-step CPU emulation in a few hours. This is analogous to > a simple microcoded CPU and the performance will suck. Yeah, please don't code this way.  Big

Re: Writing emulators (was Re: VCF PNW 2018: Pictures!)

On 02/21/18 12:44, Eric Christopherson wrote: > > era, but not all.  see: https://github.com/ctm/executor.git > and > https://github.com/ctm/executor.git > - some of this is called > "High Level >

Re: Writing emulators (was Re: VCF PNW 2018: Pictures!)

On 02/21/18 13:49, Ray Arachelian via cctalk wrote: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executor_(software) > One more, I point to this because it addresses quite a lot of stuff that's needed to emulate a CPU, though you don't need to implement it this way at all. https://web.archive.o

Re: Free: SGI Indigo R4k (NYC area)

I'm out on Long Island, if they not gone, I'd be interested in picking up one. On 01/14/19 10:23, kk via cctalk wrote: > Hi - I am making some room. I have a two SGI Indigos. One of them is a R4K. > The second may be a r3k, but may be a r4k as well (I wont get a chance to > check til the

Re: Craigslist Apple 512K Lisa Computer

On 03/03/19 19:26, Zane Healy wrote: >> On Mar 3, 2019, at 10:35 AM, Ray Arachelian via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> On 03/03/19 12:58, Marvin Johnston via cctalk wrote: >>> I just ran across this and while I'm not interested, someone on the

Re: FS: Craigslist Apple 512K Lisa Computer

On 03/03/19 12:58, Marvin Johnston via cctalk wrote: > I just ran across this and while I'm not interested, someone on the > list might be. > > https://santabarbara.craigslist.org/sys/d/apple-512k-lisa-computer-valuetec-2900t/6821658432.html > > > It was posted about 14 days ago, and looks to be

OT: Reflowing GPUs and the fruit company (was Re: Resurrecting integrated circuits by cooking them.)

Yup, I've had this issue too and it does come back every so often. The first time it lasted nearly a year. The second time, it lasted about 9 months. At some point it will fail to work, or I'll wind up actually damaging the chip and then it won't work anymore. Come to think of it, my very first

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

On 10/30/19 5:35 PM, Charles Anthony via cctalk wrote: > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 2:17 PM Tapley, Mark B. via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> All, >> my daughter is well aware of my affinity for old computers and software, >> and, as usual, she pointed out that there’s an XKCD for