Re: I finally got to see a LMI Lambda in real life...

[systems_glitch via cctalk]

A worthy detour on the way to Midwest in the Conmega-bus! Good to meet you
as well as seeing these machines get another shot at life!

Thanks,
Jonathan

On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 1:20 AM Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> I finally dug up the link to the CADR stuff (there’s probably some other
> useful links there as well).
> http://www.unlambda.com/index.php?n=Main.Symbolics <
> http://www.unlambda.com/index.php?n=Main.Symbolics>.
>
> The CADR emulator and all of the microcode and OS (disk) images are in the
> download
> directory.  Even if you don’t use the emulator, if you ever want to get
> the CADR running again
> you’ll need the microcode and OS images.
>
> TTFN - Guy
>
> > On Sep 14, 2018, at 3:10 PM, Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >
> > Without the console doing much with the CADR is going to be tough.  Not
> having the disk isn’t too terrible as the basic contents (uCode and system
> code) are available.  There’s even an emulator for the CADR though I don’t
> have the link handy at the moment.  Ping me if you have trouble finding it.
> >
> > Good luck with the LMIs!
> >
> > I have several Symbolics machines (3620, 2 3640, 3650) that are more or
> less complete.  The 3620 works (at least the last time I powered it on it
> did…not enough time to “play”).  At least one of the 3640s has shown signs
> of life and the 3650  (which came back to me after a vacation of 10 years
> or so) needs some “love” but it’ll be worth it because in addition to the
> normal console it has the “good” color frame buffer!  The biggest issue for
> me is consoles.  I have 3 but one is in need of repair.
> >
> > TTFN - Guy
> >
> >> On Sep 14, 2018, at 12:55 PM, Daniel Seagraves via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Two of them in fact, and a CADR - In my garage, no less!
> >>
> >> The Lambdas are in bad shape, and the CADR is in very bad shape and
> missing its console and disk. It’s going to take awhile to get them cleaned
> up and see how viable they are.
> >>
> >> On the plus side, I got a some spares and debugging equipment, and I
> have a working PDP-11 to debug the CADR with if it gets that far, so
> there’s a good chance I should be able to get at least one working.
> >>
> >> I’ll post more as things develop.
> >>
> >
>
>

Re: I finally got to see a LMI Lambda in real life...

[Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk]

I finally dug up the link to the CADR stuff (there’s probably some other useful 
links there as well).
http://www.unlambda.com/index.php?n=Main.Symbolics 
.

The CADR emulator and all of the microcode and OS (disk) images are in the 
download
directory.  Even if you don’t use the emulator, if you ever want to get the 
CADR running again
you’ll need the microcode and OS images.

TTFN - Guy

> On Sep 14, 2018, at 3:10 PM, Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk 
>  wrote:
> 
> Without the console doing much with the CADR is going to be tough.  Not 
> having the disk isn’t too terrible as the basic contents (uCode and system 
> code) are available.  There’s even an emulator for the CADR though I don’t 
> have the link handy at the moment.  Ping me if you have trouble finding it.
> 
> Good luck with the LMIs!  
> 
> I have several Symbolics machines (3620, 2 3640, 3650) that are more or less 
> complete.  The 3620 works (at least the last time I powered it on it did…not 
> enough time to “play”).  At least one of the 3640s has shown signs of life 
> and the 3650  (which came back to me after a vacation of 10 years or so) 
> needs some “love” but it’ll be worth it because in addition to the normal 
> console it has the “good” color frame buffer!  The biggest issue for me is 
> consoles.  I have 3 but one is in need of repair.
> 
> TTFN - Guy
> 
>> On Sep 14, 2018, at 12:55 PM, Daniel Seagraves via cctalk 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Two of them in fact, and a CADR - In my garage, no less!
>> 
>> The Lambdas are in bad shape, and the CADR is in very bad shape and missing 
>> its console and disk. It’s going to take awhile to get them cleaned up and 
>> see how viable they are.
>> 
>> On the plus side, I got a some spares and debugging equipment, and I have a 
>> working PDP-11 to debug the CADR with if it gets that far, so there’s a good 
>> chance I should be able to get at least one working.
>> 
>> I’ll post more as things develop.
>> 
> 

Re: I finally got to see a LMI Lambda in real life...

[Noel Chiappa via cctalk]

> From: Daniel Seagraves

> Two of them in fact, and a CADR - In my garage, no less!

Neat! Can you say anything about how they came to you?

> and I have a working PDP-11 to debug the CADR with

Was that part of the package, or did you already have it?

Noel

Re: I finally got to see a LMI Lambda in real life...

[Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk]

Without the console doing much with the CADR is going to be tough.  Not having 
the disk isn’t too terrible as the basic contents (uCode and system code) are 
available.  There’s even an emulator for the CADR though I don’t have the link 
handy at the moment.  Ping me if you have trouble finding it.

Good luck with the LMIs!  

I have several Symbolics machines (3620, 2 3640, 3650) that are more or less 
complete.  The 3620 works (at least the last time I powered it on it did…not 
enough time to “play”).  At least one of the 3640s has shown signs of life and 
the 3650  (which came back to me after a vacation of 10 years or so) needs some 
“love” but it’ll be worth it because in addition to the normal console it has 
the “good” color frame buffer!  The biggest issue for me is consoles.  I have 3 
but one is in need of repair.

TTFN - Guy

> On Sep 14, 2018, at 12:55 PM, Daniel Seagraves via cctalk 
>  wrote:
> 
> Two of them in fact, and a CADR - In my garage, no less!
> 
> The Lambdas are in bad shape, and the CADR is in very bad shape and missing 
> its console and disk. It’s going to take awhile to get them cleaned up and 
> see how viable they are.
> 
> On the plus side, I got a some spares and debugging equipment, and I have a 
> working PDP-11 to debug the CADR with if it gets that far, so there’s a good 
> chance I should be able to get at least one working.
> 
> I’ll post more as things develop.
> 

I finally got to see a LMI Lambda in real life...

[Daniel Seagraves via cctalk]

Two of them in fact, and a CADR - In my garage, no less!

The Lambdas are in bad shape, and the CADR is in very bad shape and missing its 
console and disk. It’s going to take awhile to get them cleaned up and see how 
viable they are.

On the plus side, I got a some spares and debugging equipment, and I have a 
working PDP-11 to debug the CADR with if it gets that far, so there’s a good 
chance I should be able to get at least one working.

I’ll post more as things develop.