[cctalk] Re: Did something happen to comp.os.vms ?

On 3/9/2024 1:50 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: Did something happen to comp.os.vms and/or usenet? All the DEC newsgroups appear to be missing from Eternal September. Zane Eternal September and Thunderbird (I'm on a Mac) have been weird for me for a while.  For example I have had no new

[cctalk] Re: Current SOA scsi disk emulators for DEC

On 12/3/2023 10:27 AM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: That is my question. I have used a couple of versions of the SCSI2SD boards in the past with Viking, Emulex QC07, DEC RQXZ1 controllers in the past, and also direct connections to MicroVax SCSI buss's. There are other manufacturers of

[cctalk] Re: Current SOA scsi disk emulators for DEC

On 12/3/2023 10:27 AM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: That is my question. I have used a couple of versions of the SCSI2SD boards in the past with Viking, Emulex QC07, DEC RQXZ1 controllers in the past, and also direct connections to MicroVax SCSI buss's. There are other manufacturers of

[cctalk] Re: Logic Analyzers - HP/Agilent 16700B or 1670G?

On 8/20/2023 6:55 PM, Tony Jones via cctalk wrote: On Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 3:44 PM John H. Reinhardt via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: And so on. Am I looking in the wrong spot? No but you need to look longer and as I said prices are all over the place. I see resellers

[cctalk] Re: Logic Analyzers - HP/Agilent 16700B or 1670G?

On 8/20/2023 3:45 PM, Tony Jones via cctalk wrote: On Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 12:05 PM John H. Reinhardt via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: I've seen a lot of posts at the EEVblog and it seems I missed possibly the golden age of 16700 LA by a few years price-wise. Also unsure wh

[cctalk] Re: Dec Vax in Simh - VMS Operating system

Devin,   You have a problem.  The MicroVAX 3800 isn't supported in OpenVMS (VAX/VMS) until version V5.1-1.  You can't run it with any older versions.  It just won't work.  The problem is that DEC introduced the PAK license with V5.0 and unless you have some non-expiring VAX VMS PAK's, there

[cctalk] Re: Logic Analyzers - HP/Agilent 16700B or 1670G?

On 8/20/2023 2:43 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: On Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 12:05 PM John H. Reinhardt via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: Hello all. I looking around for a Logic Analyzer for doing (mostly) DEC QBus/UniBus stuff. Being the way I am I want something with enough

[cctalk] Logic Analyzers - HP/Agilent 16700B or 1670G?

Hello all.  I looking around for a Logic Analyzer for doing (mostly) DEC QBus/UniBus stuff.  Being the way I am I want something with enough lines to handle the most of the signals so I'm guessing something with roughly 80-ish channels.  I think that lets out all/most of the USB based LA. 

[cctalk] Re: OLD ftp.compaq.com Mirror?

I just found this the other day, but I see the update date in in 2014 so it may not be of use. http://ftp.zx.net.nz/cgi-bin/archive-mirror There is some info about libraries under the Storageworks folder. https://ftp.zx.net.nz/pub/archive/ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/storageworks/ -- John H.

[cctalk] Shipping help in Brunswick, GA

So, I screwed up and in my excitement to find a DEC BA123 chassis (and MVII parts) I bid on an Ebay auction where there is no shipping and it's "Local Pickup Only".  The problem is that I'm near Fort Worth TX and the MVII/BA123 is in Brunswick, GA and I don't really have the time to make the

[cctalk] Re: Is this a RIFA (uV3100-10 PSU)?

On 10/23/2022 1:27 PM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote: I'm working on cleaning up a bit of battery leakage in a MicroVAX 3100 Model 10 and while it's apart I decided to look inside the PSU (an H7822-00). It's nice and clean inside with no bulging caps. What it does have is an X2 capacitor,

Re: List migration

On 7/11/2022 12:38 AM, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote: Friends, The process of migrating the cctalk and cctech mailing lists to a new host in Chicago is underway. This evening, I've moved the list mail handling to the new server, and this message will be the first live test. Assuming this

Re: Advice on Desoldering an IC

I bought a Hakko FR301-03 in mid 2020 and, while I haven't used it for a lot, I can attest it has worked very well for what I have done.  I have used it to replace the RIFA caps on the boards of 3 H7864 power supplies and the pico fuses on several KDJ11-B 11/73/83 CPU boards.  In each case the

Re: Plessy core memory - UNIBOne Info

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: VAX 780 on eBay

On 1/1/2022 1:10 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: On 1/1/22 12:12 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: This: https://www.ebay.com/itm/275084268137 The starting price is expensive, but probably not utterly unreasonable, given that: They don't have a front picture, but there is a rear

Re: VAX 780 on eBay

On 1/1/2022 12:40 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: On Jan 1, 2022, at 1:12 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: This: https://www.ebay.com/itm/275084268137 The starting price is expensive, but probably not utterly unreasonable, given that: - the 780 was the first VAX, and thus

Re: Terminal Emulator

On 10/1/2021 12:34 PM, Zane Healy wrote: On Oct 1, 2021, at 9:36 AM, wrote: Zane wrote... A few years ago, I looked at ZOC v7, and others. I opted for SecureCRT, and use it on my Mac and my iPad. Though the Mac version is well over $100. It seems to have about the best DEC Terminal

Re: Terminal Emulator

I've been using a terminal emulator called ZOC. It comes in Windows and Mac flavors (I use the Mac) It seems to fit most of your criteria.  I've been using it since V6 (current is V8) for connection to many different PDP-11's, VAXen, Alphas, RasPi, device serial ports on switches, routers

Re: Setting up a VMS system

On 9/23/2021 8:12 AM, Scott Quinn via cctalk wrote: On Wed, 2021-09-22 at 12:00 -0500, cctalk-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote: Currently the Hobbyist Program covers Alpha and Itanium.  We?ve been told it will cover x86 at some point.  I for one can?t wait for x86, as I don?t really want to add an

Re: Setting up a VMS system

On 9/22/2021 7:21 AM, Philip Pemberton via cctalk wrote: Hopefully a few of the DEC/VMS fans here might be able to help! I'm on a bit of a quest. I've been given some old VAX/VMS software -- a cross compiler and some source code -- that I'd like to get running. My goal is to get the source

Re: SCSI2SD

On 5/22/2021 10:29 AM, Zane Healy wrote: On May 21, 2021, at 5:15 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: On 5/21/2021 3:41 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: Does anyone have experience using a SCSI2SD board to replace a Hard Drive on a VAXstation or an AlphaStation? I’m thinking about

Re: SCSI2SD

On 5/21/2021 3:41 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: Does anyone have experience using a SCSI2SD board to replace a Hard Drive on a VAXstation or an AlphaStation? I’m thinking about using them on some of my systems to reduce the amount of noise. I’ve gotten used to a quiet office. :-) Zane

Re: Looking for VAXSET Software Engineering Tools for VMS 4.x

On 4/17/2021 2:15 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: On Apr 16, 2021, at 11:38 AM, Malte Dehling via cctalk wrote: Whether VAXSET is on there or not, I would be very interested in ISOs of both of these either way! If Antonio does not mind sharing them a bit more widely, I would also like

Re: DEC H8575-A DB25 to MMJ

On 4/1/2021 7:54 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: If you want to make up a large number of MMJ cables using some original DECconnect cable, here is a listing of a 1000ft spool of original DEC H8240 cable. Some people have bought some of those spools and reported that they are original

Re: DEC H8575-A DB25 to MMJ

On 4/7/2021 10:37 PM, Ron Pool via cctalk wrote: I found some more DEC MMJ crimpers that look pretty decent out there on eBay, but they're not well labelled. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ideal-30-558-Crimp-Die-for-RJ-11-MJ-Modular-Plug-Crimpmaster-Tool-Frame-30-506/333697351548 $15 plus shipping

Re: DEC H8575-A DB25 to MMJ

On 4/7/2021 10:43 AM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 9:53 AM Jonathan Stone wrote: Google Shopping shows the PA2067 MMJ die available at 3 online stores. Digi-Key lists it too. What are the pros and cons of the die and a PA8000 CrimpALL, versus the IEC tool (

Re: DEC H8575-A DB25 to MMJ

On 3/31/2021 1:37 AM, idinc--- via cctalk wrote: hello all i am looking to purchase qty 2 DEC H8575-A DB25 to MMJ adapters. Stonewall Cables has been a supplier for a long time. Before getting a crimper I bought lots of cables from them. https://www.stonewallcable.com/oem-equivalent/dec

Re: VCF Swap Meet in Wall, NJ

On 3/19/2021 8:57 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: On Fri, 19 Mar 2021, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: What about giant squid?  You dont think it can happen to you and then... There will always be SOMETHING. I read on the interwebs that Lee Harvey Oswald was hired by JFK to distract the

Re: Vax/pdp on ebay

On 3/7/2021 1:56 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 11:25 PM Wayne S via cctalk wrote: Is anyone from this list bidding on this. If so i’ll back out. Just don’t want it to be “recycled “ and i have room for it.

Re: Vax/pdp on ebay

I need one for an 11/83 (if I can get my CPU board to run). It's on my "to do" list to try to 3-D model one for FMD or resin printing. -- John H. Reinhardt On 3/5/2021 10:51 AM, Nigel Johnson via cctalk wrote: Speaking of badges, I have a BA23 that doesn't have one. It was an 11/73 but that

Re: Vax/pdp on ebay

On 3/5/2021 3:03 AM, Ed C. via cctalk wrote: Not me, but please ping me if you do and would like to part one of the 11/73. Regards. On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 8:25 AM Wayne S via cctalk wrote: Is anyone from this list bidding on this. If so i’ll back out. Just don’t want it to be “recycled “ and

Re: digital group's Richard Bemis

On 3/5/2021 8:30 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 at 05:23, Brad H via cctalk wrote: Hi there, I am working on a 30 minute historical video about the digital group. [Spelling out my thought process] "the digital group" -- so he means Digital Equipment Corporation. Never

Re: Massbus - was: Re: VAX 11/750

On 2/26/2021 8:40 AM, Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk wrote: Toby Thain wrote: Rich Alderson wrote: You could ask our friends Keith Perez (Massbus Disk Emulator v1) and Bruce Sherry (MDE v2) about it, or even ask me. ... produced, and we had to do something. My brilliant friend Keith sat down

Re: PDP-8 memory card on eBay?

On 12/30/2020 5:36 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 12/30/20 3:19 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: Anyone recognize this card:     https://www.ebay.com/itm/313323417718 I looked, and it doesn't seem to be any of those for a PDP-11. However, I see the DRAM array is 12x4 chips, which makes

Re: DEC PDP-8/E wanted

On 11/20/2020 8:01 AM, Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote: I know it is the year 2020 but nevertheless what are my chances of finding a complete and repairable DEC PDP-8/E or as a second choice a PDP-8/I ? Is there any hope or should I be just content with my SIMH based PiDP-8/I? Thanks Tom Hunter

Re: 11/84 print set

On 10/19/2020 10:33 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 10/19/20 8:31 AM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: The listing says sold already.  Did you get it? yes, I went ahead and got it even though I can't afford to paypal is my normal aek@bitsavers adr Good deal!  I just sent a Paypal. -- John

Re: 11/84 print set

On 10/19/2020 10:27 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: anyone willing to chip in some money to help me pay for this? https://www.ebay.com/itm/303733340900 The listing says sold already.  Did you get it? I don't have a PDP-11/84 and likely never will but I'd chip in $50 if you got it. -- John H.

Re: Diskless VMS install

On 8/25/2020 4:42 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 11:50 AM John Klos via cctalk wrote: Hi, I have a VAXstation 4000/60 with an internal disk but no CD drive. I'd like to install VMS (7.3), but I'm new to VMS. I have a SIMH VAX instance running on the same LAN with

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

On 8/25/2020 3:00 PM, David Brownlee via cctalk wrote: 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

Re: DEC Server 300

On 8/10/2020 12:24 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: I'm interested in getting one of these, but browsing the manuals it appears there is software that is installed on the VAX to use them with VMS. Not necessarily a VAX, but on something that either has DECnet or MOP.  Most, but not all

Re: RSTS Professional scans

On 8/6/2020 2:04 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: On 8/6/2020 1:13 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: almost finished with this http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/magazines/RSTS_Professional I'd like to gap-fill the rare RSTS Professional issues if anyone still has them. They are staple-bound

Re: RSTS Professional scans

On 8/6/2020 1:13 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: almost finished with this http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/magazines/RSTS_Professional I'd like to gap-fill the rare RSTS Professional issues if anyone still has them. They are staple-bound so they can be scanned without removing a binding. There

Re: OpenVMS Community License

On 7/28/2020 1:11 PM, Camiel Vanderhoeven wrote: On Jul 28, 2020, at 7:47 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: The question that will be answered when someone gets the VSI CLP PAKs is will those PAKS work on an older version of OpenVMS?  The Hobbyis

Re: OpenVMS Community License

On 7/28/2020 11:20 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 7/28/20 12:01 PM, Zane Healy wrote: On Jul 28, 2020, at 7:31 AM, Michael Kerpan via cctalk wrote: This leaves those of us using VAX emulation high and dry, still. HP was unwilling to let VSE offer VAX licenses. Are there any good

Re: SCSI2SD & Amiga's

On 7/7/2020 2:57 PM, Zane Healy wrote: On Jul 7, 2020, at 12:24 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: On 7/7/2020 1:02 PM, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote: I run a SCSI2SD on my A2500 with whatever SCSI card it has by default. The only issue that I have is the SCSI2SD boots slower than

Re: SCSI2SD & Amiga's

On 7/7/2020 2:24 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: On 7/7/2020 1:02 PM, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote: Am I correct that a v5.1 SCSI2SD should work just fine?  Anything I need to be aware of? I run a SCSI2SD on my A2500 with whatever SCSI card it has by default. The only issue that I

Re: SCSI2SD & Amiga's

On 7/7/2020 1:02 PM, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote: Am I correct that a v5.1 SCSI2SD should work just fine?  Anything I need to be aware of? I run a SCSI2SD on my A2500 with whatever SCSI card it has by default. The only issue that I have is the SCSI2SD boots slower than the Amiga, so when

Re: RSTS/E has just had its 50th Birthday...

On 6/28/2020 6:16 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: I don't remember if any of the material in bits/pdp11/rsts on Bitsavers is RSTS-11. There is the material from PDP-10 tapes that was discussed here in the past year, which I identified as very early RSTS sources. I don't know yet if they are

Re: BYTE Magazines

On 6/3/2020 2:30 PM, Will Cooke via cctalk wrote: On June 3, 2020 at 2:22 PM John Herron via cctalk wrote: I'm not quickly finding it but weren't there some magazines missing or hasit been decided all are scanned and it usable quality? I see one listhttps://vintageapple.org/byte/ and

Re: MSV11-R doc needed

Hmmm.  Smoke??? -- John H. Reinhardt On 5/6/2020 3:30 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Never heard of it, but if you want me to try plugging it into my BA23 let me know. What's the worst that could happen :-) C On 5/6/2020 4:23 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: Hi, I'm looking for

Re: Charles Lasner [Was: Re: LINC-8]

never had any exchanges with Charles, well, none of significance, but he could be of rather, um, shall we say strong opinion on topics. -- John H. Reinhardt On 4/27/2020 10:40 AM, Pontus Pihlgren via cctalk wrote: On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 09:08:24AM -0500, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote

Re: LINC-8

On 4/27/2020 7:47 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > From: Bob Smith > saw a comment that this belonged to CJL. Chris Lindblad? Sorry, I'm drawing a blank on someone with those initials who is connected with the LINC. Charles Lasner.  He passed the weekend of April 3rd due to

Re: LINC-8

On 4/26/2020 5:21 PM, Bob Smith via cctalk wrote: saw a comment that this belonged to CJL. bb That's what they're saying over on the PDP-8 Facebook page. -- John H. Reinhardt On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 4:57 PM William Donzelli via cctalk wrote:

Re: REL APL-11

, 2020 at 4:07 PM John H. Reinhardt via cctalk mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: On 3/30/2020 1:37 PM, Mark Matlock via cctalk wrote: > > Bill, >      I have the APL-11 V2.1 source files on a RL02 disk image. I will make it available at http://www.rsx11m.com/

Re: REL APL-11

On 3/30/2020 1:37 PM, Mark Matlock via cctalk wrote: Bill, I have the APL-11 V2.1 source files on a RL02 disk image. I will make it available at http://www.rsx11m.com/apl11.zip Once you mount the disk image with Simh, the are two ready to run task

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

On 3/13/2020 10:30 PM, Tapley, Mark B. via cctalk wrote: On Mar 10, 2020, at 7:59 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] On 3/10/2020 1:17 PM, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: I really liked the idea of running VMS on simh (and learning some more skills), even if I had

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

On 3/11/2020 12:10 PM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote: On 11/03/2020 00:59, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: Nope. All you have to do is go to eisner.decuserve.org and register (follow my earlier instructions).  They don't care what country you are from. All are welcome.  Do it now

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

On 3/10/2020 6:46 PM, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote: Having worked for them in also not surprised. When they absorbed Compaq their culture changed. Significantly for the worse. I'd be stunned if they existed in a form other that selling printers and ink cartridges in 5 years time. They

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

On 3/10/2020 1:17 PM, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: I really liked the idea of running VMS on simh (and learning some more skills), even if I had to register online. But when I looked, it seemed I would have to make Polish users group first, became its only member and president (hehe) and only

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

On 3/10/2020 8:48 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 3/10/20 2:31 AM, Dave Wade via cctalk wrote: -Original Message- From: cctalk On Behalf Of Rod Smallwood via cctalk Sent: 10 March 2020 04:14 To: Fred Cisin via cctalk Subject: Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

On 3/9/2020 12:20 PM, Eric Smith wrote: On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 4:32 PM John H. Reinhardt via cctalk mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: I would think that those that already have legal VAX PAKs/licenses could still run them. It's just no *NEW* PAKs could be legally generated. The

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

hn H Reinhardt On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 3:34 AM John H. Reinhardt via cctalk mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: For those interested, HPE has finally, formally announced the end of their participation in the OpenVMS Hobbyist Program.  A number of people have received the below mes

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

On 3/7/2020 5:23 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 3/7/20 9:10 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: On Mar 7, 2020, at 5:00 AM, Michael Kerpan via cctalk wrote: Well that's sad news. Since VMS Software may or may not ever launch a proper hobbyist program and has stated that they don't

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

On 3/7/2020 8:10 AM, Zane Healy wrote: On Mar 7, 2020, at 5:00 AM, Michael Kerpan via cctalk mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: Well that's sad news. Since VMS Software may or may not ever launch a proper hobbyist program and has stated that they don't have the ability to issue licenses for

HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

For those interested, HPE has finally, formally announced the end of their participation in the OpenVMS Hobbyist Program.  A number of people have received the below message from HPE, probably everyone they have on record as having current Hobbyist licenses. If you have any current or future

Re: Another old phart trying to clean out the house

On 1/13/2020 10:46 AM, Jack Rubin via cctalk wrote: I'm in the process of "cleansing" before putting our house on the market in the near future. I've been eBaying lots of things over the last couple of years (thanks to all here who have been good customers!) and have more to sell, but also

Re: Your Vale Coaches order has been received!

On 12/31/2019 11:19 AM, Mark Darvill via cctalk wrote: It is and that would have been a very expensive sandwich… I am sorry for being the root cause of something to talk about off the usual topics! Back to Classic Computers please…. :) Mark A pleasant diversion on this last day of the

Re: Your Vale Coaches order has been received!

sense! On 31/12/2019 12:09, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: On 12/31/2019 10:15 AM, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote: ? I know!!! 69£ for a sandwich lunch??? Talk about price gouging! On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 8:16 AM Mark Darvill via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: Goo

Re: Your Vale Coaches order has been received!

On 12/31/2019 10:15 AM, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote: ? I know!!! 69£ for a sandwich lunch??? Talk about price gouging! On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 8:16 AM Mark Darvill via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: Good news! After a bit of a configuration nightmare (it is more complicated

Re: Yahoo Groups going away

On 10/17/2019 9:49 PM, Ali via cctalk wrote: The guy who runs groups.io is the one who created onelist, which became e-groups, with got swallowed up by Yahoo!, and then he left. He knows how to do it. People who have switched over seem happy with it. BUT, does he have an appropriate level of

Re: DecNet / Linux

On 8/31/2019 11:10 AM, John Forecast via cctalk wrote: I finally got around to getting DECnet running on the latest release of Raspbian for the Raspberry Pi (the 2019-7-10 Buster release). I’ve also done some (very) limited testing on Debian Buster (both 32- and 64-bit x86 kernels). For

Re: Too many DEC binders

On 8/25/2019 12:28 PM, Shoppa, Tim via cctalk wrote: Starting around the VMS 5.5 era, isn’t anything from then or later on the Condist documentation CD’s? And thus we don’t have to make a priority for scanning? Tim N3QE IIRC, most of the documentation on the ConDists were in DEC's

Re: Too many DEC binders

On 8/24/2019 3:56 PM, Aaron Jackson via cctalk wrote: I have done some test scans tonight. If anyone has any feedback, now would be a good time to give it, before I spend many more hours scanning. http://aaronsplace.co.uk/private/myscans/ Thanks, Aaron I looked at the Error Log Utility

Re: Too many DEC binders

On 8/24/2019 4:11 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 8/24/19 1:38 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: On 8/24/2019 3:30 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: I'll have to double check, but from the looks of this list I don't need the VAX/VMS Grey Wall that I acquired a couple months

Re: Raspberry Pi write cycles

On 8/24/2019 2:16 AM, Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk wrote: Zane Healy wrote: I use RPi3’s for PDP-10 and DPS-8 emulation, I haven’t tried them for VAX emulation. I would like to try a RPi4 for VAX emulation. I have an RPi4 running ITS. I attached a fast USB3 memory rather than running off the SD

Re: Too many DEC binders

On 8/24/2019 3:30 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: I'll have to double check, but from the looks of this list I don't need the VAX/VMS Grey Wall that I acquired a couple months ago.  It's a nearly pristine set of the V5.0 VAX/VMS documentation set. Some volumes are still sealed

Re: Too many DEC binders

I'll have to double check, but from the looks of this list I don't need the VAX/VMS Grey Wall that I acquired a couple months ago.  It's a nearly pristine set of the V5.0 VAX/VMS documentation set. Some volumes are still sealed in plastic. On 8/24/2019 12:03 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:

Re: Current MANX location

On 8/20/2019 11:26 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: On 8/20/2019 11:08 PM, John H. Reinhardt wrote: On 8/20/2019 10:37 PM, Zane Healy wrote: On Aug 20, 2019, at 5:16 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk  wrote: On 8/20/2019 1:51 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: On Aug 20, 2019, at 11:43

Re: Current MANX location

On 8/20/2019 11:08 PM, John H. Reinhardt wrote: On 8/20/2019 10:37 PM, Zane Healy wrote: On Aug 20, 2019, at 5:16 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: On 8/20/2019 1:51 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: On Aug 20, 2019, at 11:43 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: From: Glen Slick

Re: Current MANX location

On 8/20/2019 1:51 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: On Aug 20, 2019, at 11:43 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: From: Glen Slick This? Yes; thanks! I don't know it didn't show up in my Web searches - I tried a number of different things, no luck. Also, http://manx.classiccmp.org/ (which

Re: Computer Reset shop, liquidation. (USA)

On 7/17/2019 11:34 AM, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote: I am doing a documentation purge (most DEC) at VCFmw this year, just as I did a few years ago. And yes, what does not get sold or given away gets pulped at the end of the show. My van will then be empty so I can take your stuff. -- Will

Re: R: OT: the end of Dyn DNS

On 6/27/2019 12:56 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: On 6/27/19 2:38 AM, U'll Be King of the Stars via cctalk wrote: I have heard the that you shouldn't have your register be the same company as your DNS provider, and I intend to revise this proposition. If the argument still holds then I

Re: OT: the end of Dyn DNS

On 6/26/2019 8:36 PM, Charles Dickman via cctalk wrote: Now that Dyn has been absorbed by Oracle I need a new DNS service for my vanity domain. I welcome suggestions for a replacement provider. -chuck I use Duck DNS.  I can't really say much about it though. I just signed up last month.  So

Re: RSTS collection in the UK

On 6/26/2019 9:45 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 6/26/19 12:55 AM, Dave Wade via cctalk wrote: Could really do with a UK RSTS person to take and scan. yup I seriously considered it, but money for shipping wasn't available. I should know better than to ask, but what was the shipping

Re: RSTS collection in the UK

On 6/25/2019 8:00 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 6/25/19 5:35 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: I hope someone scans that RSTS/E documentation.  There isn't a lot of it available online. Seriously? I count 75 manuals under pdp11/rsts on bitsavers Sounds like a lot, I know

Re: RSTS collection in the UK

On 6/25/2019 11:20 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: interface boards, a mix of dual, quad and Unibus. Is there anything in particular that you need? Finally I have a mass of RSTS related documentation, such as one copy of every edition of the US publication RSTS Porfessional magazine. Plus

Re: Missing posts in archive and no Subject: line

On 6/17/2019 1:18 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: So, a couple of posts yesterday did not show up in the date archive: http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/2019-June/date.html which is how I read the list. They are: And now I know why your posts always break the threading in

Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

On 6/1/2019 5:24 PM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: On Jun 1, 2019, at 14:57, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: Is this the system that was on Reddit? Yes. I’ll be fetching it next weekend. I’m excited! I wonder if the hard drive is still usable, and if there is anything interesting

Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

On 6/1/2019 1:23 PM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: Thanks! I am taking the whole system. It's in a rack with a PDP-11/34A, a System Industries 9400 controller, and what looks to me like a Fujitsu M228x series hard drive: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D77fRMFU0AEQtSO.jpg I grabbed the M228x

Re: Modern Rack Rails in Classic Racks?

On 4/29/2019 7:20 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: the system temperatures. My plan is to keep the 24x7 servers as low to the ground as possible. Stuff that gets powered of “when needed”, can go higher up in the rack. The one exception will be if I put the MicroVAX III with RA7x drives into

Re: Modern Rack Rails in Classic Racks?

On 4/29/2019 12:19 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: My next question is, what options are there for putting a shelf in a standard rack? My google-fu seems to be failing me. I’ve I’m going to put any desktops in the rack, I’ll need a shelf or two, at a minimum. Zane Moving from Ohio to

Re: H960 rack on eBay

On 4/26/2019 12:15 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: H960 (rack only, really, although it looks like there are two NA11-N/S sheaths as well): https://www.ebay.com/itm/123729450695 Not a bad price; pick-up only though (just as well, considering how much it costs to ship the blasted things).

Re: SCSI2SD: Is it worth a try?

On 3/18/2019 9:15 PM, Charles Dickman via cctalk wrote: What is the experience with the SCSI2SD with old computers? It looks to be SCSI-1 and SCSI-2 compatible and I see a lot of reports of usage on this list. I am curious about how well it works and which version to get. Versions up to 5 seem

Re: VAX 4000-100 Free to a good home

On 3/12/2019 5:30 PM, Chris Hanson via cctalk wrote: On Mar 12, 2019, at 3:14 PM, Zane Healy wrote: Based on his area code, he’s in Virginia, near Washington DC. So far enough that I can’t be tempted, and this is one of the very few items I’d find tempting. :-) You can’t really base

Re: Orphan HP Alphaservers looking for a new home

On 1/24/2019 6:07 PM, Richard Loken via cctalk wrote: Gentemen, All of you have at one time expressed interest in all or part of this rack full of Alphaservers and one of you even talked about driving a truck up from Montana and taking it all home. Are any of you still interested? First

Re: Any VCF Forum Mods or Admin here?

On 12/18/2018 11:24 PM, Evan Koblentz via cctalk wrote: I'll take care of it. On 12/19/18 12:10 AM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: Does anyone here have any pull or contacts with the owner or moderator at the Vintage Computer Federation forums?  I've been a member there since January 2014

Any VCF Forum Mods or Admin here?

Does anyone here have any pull or contacts with the owner or moderator at the Vintage Computer Federation forums?  I've been a member there since January 2014.  In the past, I've lurked a lot, made a post here and there but have been pretty inactive. As such, my account is still moderated and post

Re: 2 huge warehouses full of old computers

On 10/29/2018 2:53 PM, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote: Thursday I visited Computer Fusion near Dallas, TX. They have 2 huge warehouses that they have been filling up since the 1990s. I saw a lot of old Sun gear, lots of 90s era PCs, etc. Not all of it is listed on his site, but if there is

IBM Z196 Enterprise Mainframe Computer on GovPlanet

I'm a DEC guy so I don't know anything about the IBM world, but this is going up for auction on GovPlanet.com Location is Richmond, VA Seller: Commonwealth of Virginia, Dept. of General Services

Re: old DEC stuff

On 5/30/2018 10:23 AM, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote: If they are still around, this guy had a lot of old DEC stuff. Not affiliated with seller, etc. Mitch Miller | Phone (937) 847-2300 / Fax (937) 847-2350 (Old area code was 513) | | Keyways, Inc. | 204 S. Third St. |

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