Re: VTServer/etc for V6 Unix

2016-10-18 Thread Warren Toomey
Hah, the file http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/PDP-11/Tools/Tapes/Vtserver/v7_standalone.tar.gz has the source code for the standalone tools including boot and vtboot.pdp. So, given a working V7 environment, you should be able to rebuild these and possibly make them work in a V6 environment.

Re: Photos from the NWA Auction

2016-10-18 Thread Cory Heisterkamp
On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 11:37 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: > On 10/17/16 5:07 PM, Cory Heisterkamp wrote: > > For those curious about the equipment that sold last week, I put together >> an album from my brief stop on Saturday. Let me know if you have trouble >> viewing it. >>

Re: MASSBUS disk emulator (Was: Unibus controller for MFM disks)

2016-10-18 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: Paul Birkel > Maybe there are three ribbon cables back there Sure looks like it, and running to a standard MASSBUS connector, to boot. (Not that I have any use for the latter - absolutely no MASSBUS cables at all. But one could just run flat cables from this, to one's

Re: Photos from the NWA Auction

2016-10-18 Thread Ben Sinclair
Great photos! I'm curious as to how long ago this equipment was in operation. The photos here and on the auction site almost looked like someone just got up and walked away, at least from the desks and office supplies, etc. that I saw. On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 7:07 PM, Cory Heisterkamp

Re: MASSBUS disk emulator (Was: Unibus controller for MFM disks)

2016-10-18 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 9:39 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: Paul Birkel > > > Maybe there are three ribbon cables back there > > We _definitely_ need to put these things in 'production'. I would consider one for my VAX/11-750 since Unibus disk emulation

Re: Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?

2016-10-18 Thread Adrian Graham
On 18 October 2016 at 16:32, Thomas Dzubin wrote: > Some are blank, some are the boot & install media for VMS 5.5, some are > software installations, etc. etc. > Hi Thomas, Have you got an install media set for VAX Dibol 4.2? Someone here was looking for a copy a few weeks

Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?

2016-10-18 Thread Thomas Dzubin
OK, I have a fairly large collection of VAX 4000 and VAXStation 3000 systems which I have fun with and use with both OpenVMS and OpenBSD over the years But, I also have two big rubbermade containers (about half a cubic meter) filled with TK50 and TK70 tapes which I have never used. Some

Re: MASSBUS disk emulator (Was: Unibus controller for MFM disks)

2016-10-18 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Ethan Dicks wrote: > I would consider one for my VAX/11-750 since Unibus disk emulation > solutions aren't plentiful (but I think I'd have to get a DR750 > (L0014) first). Correction: RH750 (L0007). The DR750 is a CMI-bus "interprocessor

FS (cost of shipping): AS/400 8-port twinax concentrator/adapter cables

2016-10-18 Thread J
I have two IBM 21F5093 AS/400 8-port twinax to DB25 adapters with clip mounts. Looks like the coil is about 14-16 feet of cable. Pics on request. Free for the cost of shipping (01888 metro-west Boston,MA , about 3 lbs each) Need the space, gotta go.

RK8E Plessey Clone and Data Break Error

2016-10-18 Thread Marco Rauhut
Hello all together, i restore a rk05 disk drive in combination with an Plessey RK8E clone controller. Now the drive itself is restored, and the connection cables are built. My problem is that the rk8e diskless controll test (dhrka) fails with an data break error. The diskless controlltest is

Re: Looking for HP98034 / HP9895 ROM images

2016-10-18 Thread Craig Ruff
> On Oct 18, 2016, at 11:00 AM, cctech-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote: > > does anyone of you happen to have the images of the firmware ROM of > HP98034 module and/or of the HP9895 disk drive, please? I’ve sent F.Ulivi the contents of the single ROM version from my 9895A, along with some

Altair, IMSAI, SWTPC, etc. for sale in Philly

2016-10-18 Thread steven stengel
*   Contact Rick below if interested.  * Name: Rick Bunker

Re: Comdyna GP-6 Analog Computer Repairs Needed

2016-10-18 Thread dwight
I've emailed Philip and hope to debug it by email. I have access to a Comdyna 6 here and can walk him through it. I'm in California. Remote trouble shooting it tough but usually easier when the person at the other end doesn't know part of what they are doing. If they know too much, they tend

RE: MASSBUS disk emulator (Was: Unibus controller for MFM disks)

2016-10-18 Thread Paul Birkel
-Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Pontus Pihlgren Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 1:58 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Cc: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu Subject: Re: MASSBUS disk emulator (Was: Unibus controller for MFM

Re: Photos from the NWA Auction

2016-10-18 Thread Jason T
On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 7:57 AM, Ben Sinclair wrote: > Great photos! I'm curious as to how long ago this equipment was in > operation. The photos here and on the auction site almost looked like > someone just got up and walked away, at least from the desks and office >

Re: Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?

2016-10-18 Thread B M
Thomas, I could use a few TK50 tapes, especialy it it has install for VMS! I am currently looking for a Microvax II system :-) Thanks! --barrym On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 2:05 PM, william degnan wrote: > On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 11:32 AM, Thomas Dzubin

Re: Photos from the NWA Auction

2016-10-18 Thread Ben Sinclair
I posted a link to it on a cockpit builder forum I visit. I don't do that any more, otherwise I might have a 747 cockpit in my garage right now! The prices were so low (at least when I checked), that I hoped someone would grab them and build a nice sim. On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 6:47 PM,

Re: 11/35 on eBait

2016-10-18 Thread Glen Slick
On Oct 11, 2016 11:34 PM, "Glen Slick" wrote: > > On Oct 2, 2016 11:03 AM, "Noel Chiappa" wrote: > > > > So there's another 11/35 up on eBait: > > > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/142135416325 > > > > Went unsold at $3500. Relisted, this time at

Re: Photos from the NWA Auction

2016-10-18 Thread ethan
Wonder if anyone got the actual simulators/cockpits? Fun toys but won't fit in your average basement... There were bids on them, hopefully they go to home flight simulator nerds that will entertain us with videos on youtube of them running inside their houses! -- Ethan O'Toole

RE: MASSBUS disk emulator (Was: Unibus controller for MFM disks)

2016-10-18 Thread Rich Alderson
From: Noel Chiappa Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 11:51 AM >> From: Rich Alderson >> Data was transferred via FTP over a 100baseT crossover cable connected >> to a Slackware server; the Rabbit was able to keep up with 4 drives at >> this speed > Were the bits actually stored on the Slackware

VTServer/etc for V6 Unix

2016-10-18 Thread Noel Chiappa
So, I'm trying to do what VTServer was invented for - load Unix into an actual PDP-11, over its serial line, when one doesn't have machine-readable Unix on any mass storage for the machine. However, all the initial code that VTServer loads ('mkfs', etc) is V7-specific (V6 has a slightly different

Re: VTServer/etc for V6 Unix

2016-10-18 Thread Ian S. King
On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 5:31 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > So, I'm trying to do what VTServer was invented for - load Unix into an > actual > PDP-11, over its serial line, when one doesn't have machine-readable Unix > on > any mass storage for the machine. > > However, all