[cctalk] Re: Z80 vs other microprocessors of the time.

On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 at 01:18, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > On 4/23/2024 8:06 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > Did the Dimension 68000 (a multi-processor machine) have Z80 and 6502? > > > > What about the Tandy 16 and 6000. M68K and Z80. If we're talking about machines with a Z80

[cctalk] Re: ZFS, was [... GreaseWeazle ..]

On Thu, 2 Feb 2023 at 11:54, emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote: > > On 2023-02-02 04:38, David Brownlee wrote: > > > That reminds me (looks at 43.5T of zfs pool that has not had a scrub > > since 2021). > > > > It can be nice to have a filesystem

[cctalk] Re: HP 41-CX

:55, David Brownlee wrote: > > I've come into possession of an HP 41-CX calculator - unfortunately it > appears to have had batteries left in it which have left corrosion on > the internal contacts. > > (some pics: https://photos.app.goo.gl/48bE7WJZP8R4PF9a9 ) > > My classic

[cctalk] Re: Computer Museum uses GreaseWeazle to help exonerate Maryland Man

On Wed, 1 Feb 2023 at 17:13, emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote: > > On 2023-02-01 10:56, Warner Losh wrote: > > > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 1:41 AM emanuel stiebler via cctalk > > mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: > > > retension in case of power off. > > If the power is applied all

[cctalk] Re: Whitechapel Computer Works

On Fri, 4 Nov 2022 at 17:47, Jonathan Katz via cctalk wrote: > > Hi everyone! > > I'm curious; other than Wikipedia what do we know about Whitechapel > workstations? Do any of us have some working in our collections, with > software, disk dumps, etc? I had quite a few back in the 90s when City

Re: testing

FIN On Thu, 10 Mar 2022 at 22:30, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote: > > ACK > > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of jwest--- > via cctalk > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2022 5:29 PM > To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' >

Re: VAX9000 unearthed

On Sun, 20 Feb 2022 at 21:20, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > On 2/20/22 15:31, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > On 2/20/22 10:10, Mark Kahrs via cctalk wrote: > >> I heard Butler Lampson once exclaim that ECL design was in some ways easier > >> than TTL. If you terminated every line, you

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

On Tue, 11 Jan 2022 at 06:04, Stan Sieler via cctalk wrote: > > 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

Re: Terminal Emulator for Android

On Sun, 31 Oct 2021, 20:37 Chuck Guzis via cctalk, wrote: > > On 10/31/21 1:06 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: > > I would like to use my tablet, Samsung Tab E model SM-T560NU, to connect > > to my VAX and Linux computers. There seem to be a large number of > > 'Apps' out there. What is a

Re: Linux and the 'clssic' computing world

On Mon, 25 Oct 2021 at 11:39, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 10:18:51AM +0200, Sijmen J. Mulder via cctalk wrote: > [...] > > It's especially frustrating when, after having put in the work, projects > > refuse even trivial patches for Solaris and derrivatives or

First new vax in ...30 years? :-)

In case anyone was interested in an FPGA VAX implementation http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-vax/2021/07/03/msg003899.html And/or thoughts on 64bit/FP & multiprocessor enhancements :-p http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-vax/2021/07/03/msg003903.html David

Re: VT340 Emulation

On Mon, 28 Jun 2021 at 14:11, Paul Koning wrote: > > On Jun 28, 2021, at 4:23 AM, David Brownlee via cctalk > > wrote: > > > > ... > > I noticed this the other day, just in case it's of interest to anyone > > on this thread. > > > > | htt

Re: VT340 Emulation

On Sat, 26 Jun 2021 at 18:15, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > On Jun 26, 2021, at 11:31 AM, Tapley, Mark B. via cctalk > > wrote: > > > > At one point FTDI had a reasonably good reputation, and I own one of those > > devices based on that reputation. I have used it with no obvious problems

VAX rom patches - VAXstation 2000 SCSI boot, KA420 > 1GB boot

I had some extra A4 pages with a VAXstation 2000 manual which covered a preview PK2K kit for VMS, bootloader and ROM to allow use of the VAXstation 2000 SCSI controller for more than just tapes. Rough scan at http://sync.absd.org/vax/VAX-PK2K-preview-kit.pdf (the originals will be sent to someone

Re: VAXstation 2000 network & hardware guides (English & German)

cated. I suspect shipping from the USA to the UK would be too > expensive, or is this in Germany? > > Regards > > Rob > > > -Original Message----- > > From: cctalk On Behalf Of David Brownlee > > via cctalk > > Sent: 14 March 2021 18:08 > > To: G

VAXstation 2000 network & hardware guides (English & German)

I have acquired a tiny slice of Orange Wall, and wondered if anyone would be interested - preference for anyone who is setup to scan and upload the missing bits to bitsavers or similar :) These seem to already be generally available online EK-NETAB-UG-002 Workstations and MicroVAX 2000 Network

MOP boot files

I've been helping dreamlayers with his cleanup of the NetBSD/Linux mopd, ( https://github.com/dreamlayers/netbsd-mopd ) and we were looking at how it handled different a.out MOP files, specifically where the files may be little endian For non MID zero files its easy enough, but little endian MID

Re: Sun SPARCstation LX boot from CDROM?

On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 at 17:43, Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote: > > About 20 years ago I rescued a fully working Sun SPARCstation LX with CDROM > and QIC-150 tape drive - all 3 in lunchbox format - plus monitor when we > moved office and management decided they no longer wanted/needed it. > > Shortly

Re: 1U VAX, was: Re: Computer stores

On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 at 19:46, John Klos via cctalk wrote: > > > I was going to comment that the only way I could see a 1U VAX was if > > someone rack mounted a 4000/VLC. Is that the stock VLC power supply? > > My cluster doesn?t even have that much space. > > > > What do you use to go from SATA

Re: Sun Ultra 10 - openBSD 6.7+Creator3D+sunffb: Xorg and xenocara freeze the system

On Sun, 16 Aug 2020 at 17:50, Vasile Buruiana via cctalk wrote: > > Greetings. > > I would like to solve a mistery regarding graphical user interface on a Sun > Ultra 10+ Creator3D UPA graphics card, running OpenBSD 6.7/sparc64. > Everything works fine with Solaris 10. Did anybody manage to get X

Re: Amiga Vendors?

On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 11:58, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > There was also a 3rd party multiprocessor board, the Hydra from > Simtech, but the appearance of the DEC-designed StrongARM killed that > off -- one 200MHz StrongARM was performance competitive with half a > dozen ~25MHz ARM710

Re: Restarting Old Amiga's

On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 at 19:23, Zane Healy wrote: > > My main A3000 has a Picasso IV+, and a 10Mbit 10Base-2 card, this would be a > seriously tempting update. I never got around to adding USB, and would like > a better Network card. > > Do you have one of these? I’m afraid I haven’t been on the

Re: Restarting Old Amiga's

On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 at 21:24, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote: > > There are some killer upgrades for the A500 that give it ~40mhz, 8MB of > RAM and hard drive via SD or CF cards. These upgrades might run $150-$200, > not bad compared to the flash cards that cost $120 for many systems or > say, the

Updating the VAX GCC backend from cc0 to MODE_CC

The gcc VAX backend is in danger of being dropped if it doesn't get converted from the older cc0 to the newer MODE_CC implementation. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz has started a bountysource entry

HP 41-CX

I've come into possession of an HP 41-CX calculator - unfortunately it appears to have had batteries left in it which have left corrosion on the internal contacts. (some pics: https://photos.app.goo.gl/48bE7WJZP8R4PF9a9 ) My classic hardware tendencies tend to run more towards the "can run *nix"

Re: Anyone interested in ARCNET, Token Ring, FDDI, HIPPI, Strip network code?

On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 19:34, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > On 1/14/20 9:47 AM, David Brownlee via cctalk wrote: > > > The code is quite old and the drivers are not MP safe, so its being > > proposed that the code be dropped > > Goose step to the monocuture

Anyone interested in ARCNET, Token Ring, FDDI, HIPPI, Strip network code?

NetBSD still has code for various interesting^W older network protocols such as ARCNET, Token Ring, FDDI, HIPPI, and Strip. The code is quite old and the drivers are not MP safe, so its being proposed that the code be dropped, with the understanding that if anyone wanted to step forward to update

Anyone want an irman (Infrared to serial dongles)

While tidying up I've found a few Irman infrared to serial dongles https://web.archive.org/web/20060314052558/http://www.evation.com/irman/index.html they connect via a 9 pin serial plug and then convert any consumer remote IR signals they receive into serial. No additional power required, good

Re: RAID? Was: PATA hard disks, anyone?

On 28 March 2018 at 18:17, Ethan via cctalk wrote: > I know of no RAID setup that can save me >from stupid. >> > > I use rsync. I manually rsync the working disks to the backup disks every > week or two. Working disks have the shares to other hosts. If something > happens

Re: PATA hard disks, anyone?

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 06:04 Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 03/27/2018 08:27 PM, dwight wrote: > > I recall at one company we used Micropolous ( SP? ) drives. We had > > almost 100% failure in less than 6 months. It did our company a lot of > > damage. > > A lot of

Re: X11 expertise on ancient HW sought... (4-plane visual (overlay) via X-server on MS-WIndows)

On 31 January 2018 at 08:21, Dimitris Theodoropoulos wrote: > I believe that my case is identical to the original message of the list and > 24-bit is required. > The problematic visual (the one which is not provided by the external > X-server) is the following (I cite

Re: X11 expertise on ancient HW sought... (4-plane visual (overlay) via X-server on MS-WIndows)

On 29 January 2018 at 14:22, Dimitris Theodoropoulos via cctalk wrote: > Sorry for undiggind this subject so many years later, but have you found a > solution to your problem? I am facing exactly the same issue, and i have > tried all possible windows X server options

Re: SCSI Controller Hanging...

On 24 January 2018 at 16:33, Jack Harper via cctalk wrote: > > Hello Plamen - > > I use the SCSI controller that is built into the MVME177 transition module. > > No, when I RESET the system, I just press the RESET button on the processor > board - usually when it is hung

Re: Vaxstation 4000 m60 and NetBSD

On 2 January 2018 at 21:02, Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Tue, 19 Dec 2017, Charles Dickman via cctalk wrote: > > > > Hardware support say no support for LCG Graphics :-( > > > > There are a few people willing to work on graphics for old > > vaxstations, but

Re: db9 requirements

On 6 July 2017 at 23:39, Henry Bond wrote: > [image of back of sparc] > I believe I have a graphics output device, preliminary ebay searches find > the sun video to vga-dsub hard to come by, at least for the UK. Maybe an > original monitor? Happy to take suggestions :) >

Re: db9 requirements

On 6 July 2017 at 01:19, Henry Bond via cctalk wrote: > Good Evening all, hope your week is going well. > > I received a sparcstation 10 today and wondered if anyone knew which db25 > cable to get to connect to my DEC vt, null modem, cross over, etc, etc. > > Also if anyone

Re: Fix for 4.3BSD-Quasijarus bootstrap on CMD SCSI controllers

On 4 January 2017 at 11:19, David Brownlee <a...@absd.org> wrote: > On 4 January 2017 at 08:13, Holm Tiffe <h...@freibergnet.de> wrote: >> >> Could please someone check this file: >> >> http://www.tiffe.de/Robotron/PDP-VAX/VAX/4BSD/Distributions/4.3/qjsrc-s

Re: Fix for 4.3BSD-Quasijarus bootstrap on CMD SCSI controllers

On 4 January 2017 at 08:13, Holm Tiffe <h...@freibergnet.de> wrote: > David Brownlee wrote: > >> On 3 January 2017 at 20:11, David Brownlee <a...@absd.org> wrote: >> > On 3 January 2017 at 15:50, Noel Chiappa <j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote: >> >>

Re: Fix for 4.3BSD-Quasijarus bootstrap on CMD SCSI controllers

On 3 January 2017 at 20:11, David Brownlee <a...@absd.org> wrote: > On 3 January 2017 at 15:50, Noel Chiappa <j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote: >> > From: Josh Dersch >> >> > Thought I'd share this fix with you all just in case someon

Re: Fix for 4.3BSD-Quasijarus bootstrap on CMD SCSI controllers

On 3 January 2017 at 15:50, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: Josh Dersch > > > Thought I'd share this fix with you all just in case someone in the > > future might make use of it. > > To help disseminate it, I uploaded the fix to the Computer History wiki: > >

Re: Rogue: Mctesq was here

On 19 November 2016 at 13:58, Al Kossow wrote: > > > On 11/18/16 10:05 PM, Richard Loken wrote: > > So I am 35 days from retirement and I have been cleaning up the office > > and my Redhat Linux workstation and in /usr/local/src I found: > > > >

Re: Gould 32/77 (was: NWA auctions)

On 15 October 2016 at 03:29, Tony Aiuto wrote: > I used most of the SEL/Gould/Encore machines. The 32/77 was an original > SEL design, from before Gould bought them. It ran MPX-32, their real-time > OS. TTL based. The 32/87 was ECL, in a much bigger cabinet. They made >

Re: DOS code in CP/M? Revisited...

On 17 July 2016 at 16:09, Liam Proven wrote: > In 1987 or so, the early Archimedes like the A305 and A310 came with > ST-506 controllers and 20-40MB Conner drives. The expensive > workstation-class models -- Dick mentions having an A500, but that was > a series, not a model.

Re: Board swapping (was Re: General Question about UNIBUS backplanes)

On 24 May 2016 4:45 pm, "Ethan Dicks" wrote: > > On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 11:36 AM, william degnan wrote: > > On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 11:17 AM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote: > >> B, what was the issue with the core, that you fixed it so

Re: Classics long overdue a Boot.

On 20 May 2016 at 15:50, Toby Thain wrote: > On 2016-05-20 3:39 AM, Adrian Graham wrote: >> >> On 19/05/2016 23:10, "Sean Caron" wrote: >> ... >> My NeXT slab also hadn't been powered up for 10 years so I checked that >> one >> and all was ok, only

Re: strangest systems I've sent email from

On 20 May 2016 at 17:24, Liam Proven wrote: > > On 18 May 2016 at 21:40, Fred Cisin wrote: > > But, "Moore's Law" held that it wouldn't be much longer. > > Just one doubling of the speed of the Lisa's hardware would have been enough > > to silence the speed

Re: ISO: Keyboard/mouse for MIPS RC2030 workstation

On 14 May 2016 at 20:29, Josh Dersch wrote: > Hi all -- > > Got me an early MIPS workstation, an RC2030. I'm trying to track down a > keyboard and mouse for it. The keyboard connector uses an 8-pin DIN > connector. Anyone have any leads? (Or know what the pinouts and

USB on a TURBOchannel {VAX,DECstation,Alpha}

For anyone who has ever felt the urge to have a USB port on their VAX (or similar) http://www.flxd.de/tc-usb/ Now if only we could find someone who wanted to write a lot of VMS driver code :-p

Re: NetBSD TK70 question

On 17 March 2016 at 11:34, Christian Corti wrote: > I'm not sure where I should start asking, so I'm starting here ;-) > > I have a problem reading TK70 (and probably TK50) tapes in NetBSD 3.0 on a > MicroVAX II. There is absolutely no way of reading a single

Re: Dumb Terminal games (was Re: Looking for a small fast VAX development machine)

On 23 February 2016 at 16:23, Ethan Dicks wrote: > On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 12:38 AM, Richard Loken wrote: >> On Mon, 22 Feb 2016, Mouse wrote: >> Computer games require all you can give them [...] >>> >>> Only if your idea of "games" is

Re: Retrocomputing on StackExchange...

On 15 January 2016 at 13:50, geneb wrote: > > http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/94441/retro-computing > > I think this is actually a pretty good idea and StackExchange is a great > platform. > > As of right now it needs 11 more people following it (and more

Re: NeXTSTEP 3.3 Web Browser

On 12 November 2015 at 04:49, Kyle Owen wrote: > > Also trying to get SSL working better with OmniWeb. I still can't go to > Gmail from it as it's complaining about cookie issues, and other sites, > like reddit.com, fail to load altogether. :( Does OmniWeb support using a

Re: Reinstalling SunOS 4.1.4 without CD drive

On 2 October 2015 at 15:01, Eric Christopherson wrote: > A very generous list member just gave me a SPARCStation 20 with SunOS > 4.1.4 on it. I thought the first thing I would do would be to image > its hard drive in my Linux PC, in case I ever wanted to start fresh. >

Re: Backups [was Re: Is tape dead?]

On 21 September 2015 at 01:55, Jerome H. Fine wrote: >>Fred Cisin wrote: > >> On Sun, 20 Sep 2015, Jon Elson wrote: >> >>> Well, one would assume this is also OS specific. I would guess it would >>> be incredibly hard to make a "disk" virus that would work on greatly >>>

Re: SPARCClassic won't boot cdrom

On 2 August 2015 03:49:47 BST, Benjamin Huntsman bhunts...@mail2.cu-portland.edu wrote: Hi all! I recently acquired a SPARCclassic, which is my first bit of Sun hardware. Having an awful time getting it to boot from the CD-ROM. I have tried a bunch of different terminators and several different

Re: X11 expertise on ancient HW sought... (4-plane visual (overlay) via X-server on MS-WIndows)

On 5 June 2015 at 16:15, IMAP List Administration li...@y42.org wrote: On 06/05/2015 12:19 AM, David Brownlee wrote: Have you tried MobaXterm? On my Thinkpad T420s (Intel gfx) booting into Windows 7, then running my NetBSD install in Virtual box and firing up an xterm using Moba as the X