[cctalk] Re: IBM 5100 emulation

2022-09-21 Thread Mark Wickens via cctalk
The DEC Legacy Event is running this year from November 12th-13th 2022 in Windermere, UK. Head over to http://wickensonline.co.uk/declegacy/ for more information. Hope to see you there. Regards, MArk. On Mon, 19 Sept 2022 at 17:15, Steve Lewis via cctalk wrote: > Greetings, we've extracted th

[cctalk] Re: loading vt220 fonts

2023-01-06 Thread Mark Wickens via cctalk
See here: https://vt100.net/dec/vt320/fonts You simply type the files from the command prompt and the escape sequences in the file tell the terminal to load the font data rather than display it on the screen. Mark. On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 at 07:28, Wayne S via cctalk wrote: > You want to look at th

Re: DEC archives

2017-06-14 Thread Mark Wickens via cctalk
That is an immense pdf and collection. Some time and effort gone into that! On 14 Jun 2017 19:18, "Mark Linimon via cctalk" wrote: > On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 10:54:03AM -0700, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > They are trivial to access. You just have to cart your lazy asses to > > Fremont. > > I'l

Re: Looking for ULTIRIX RISC Software Products Library CDs

2017-06-18 Thread Mark Wickens via cctalk
Hi Seth Is the year important? On 18 Jun 2017 04:47, "Seth Morabito via cctalk" wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm looking for ULTRIX RISC Software Products Library CDs from 1996 or > 1997. If you know of where I can get my hands on them, I'd be grateful. > Images would work just fine. > > -Seth > -- >

Re: looking at buying a pocket PC / PDA

2017-10-29 Thread Mark Wickens via cctalk
I'd second the Z88. A lot of people get put off by the keyboard but it actually works really well, and I'm a proper mechanical keyboard snob. You get can a proper turn of speed up on it. Mark On 29 Oct 2017 4:04 p.m., "Lawrence Woodman via cctalk" < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: On 29/10/17 15

Re: Vaxstation 4000 m60 and NetBSD

2017-12-17 Thread Mark Wickens via cctalk
Don't forget however that using X remotely works fine. On 17 December 2017 at 12:09, Marco Rauhut via cctalk wrote: > Thanks for your quick answer! > > Hardware support say no support for LCG Graphics :-( > > Marco > > > > Am 17.12.2017 um 12:47 schrieb Aaron Jackson: > >> 1.) It is not posible

Re: Vaxstation 4000 m60 and NetBSD

2017-12-20 Thread Mark Wickens via cctalk
Good luck and let us know how you get on. There was some activity on this a good few years ago. The most recent video development is probably the support for graphics devices in SIMH by Matt - see http://9track.net/simh/video/ Regards, Mark. On 20 December 2017 at 00:35, Charles Dickman via cctal

[cctalk] Re: HAPPY DEC-20 DAY!

2023-12-20 Thread Mark Wickens via cctalk
Thanks Rich Hope everything is well with you. Mark Sent from my iPhone > On 20 Dec 2023, at 18:32, Rich Alderson via cctalk > wrote: > >  Happy DEC-20 Day! > > My late friend Mark always noted that TOPS-20 (and the DECSYSTEM-20 on which > it > runs) was a great improveme

Re: VMS 8.4 Alpha Hobbyist disk images

2018-02-01 Thread Mark Wickens via cctalk
Doug Unless you've got a specific reason to run OpenVMS 8.4 for an Alphaserver 1000A I'd recommend a version more in keeping with the age of the machine, either a variant of 7.3 or something earlier. How much memory do you have installed? Regards, Mark. On 1 February 2018 at 17:55, Douglas Tayl

Re: VMS 8.4 Alpha Hobbyist disk images

2018-02-02 Thread Mark Wickens via cctalk
https://cdburnerxp.se/en/home CDBurnerXP is the one to use - as recommended by Stephen Hoffman himself. Mark. On 2 February 2018 at 20:07, Robert Adamson via cctech < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 12:55:41 -0500 > > From: Douglas Taylor > > To: "General Discussion: On

Re: VCF PNW 2018: Pictures!

2018-02-18 Thread Mark Wickens via cctalk
What an amazing selection of hardware and software (people). Thank you for sharing your photos. Mark. On 18 February 2018 at 19:04, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > On 02/18/2018 04:17 AM, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote: > >> On 18 Feb 2018, at 02:55, Michael Brutman via cctalk < >>> cctalk@classi

Re: A CD-ROM that is compatible with the 16700A LA!

2018-02-28 Thread Mark Wickens via cctalk
See if you can get hold of an old Plextor SCSI drive - they tend to have good compatibility with older kit. On 28 February 2018 at 06:12, Alexandre Souza via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > try to change sector size on your external cd from 512 to 2048 bytes or > vice-versa. It is a jump

Re: AlphaServers

2018-03-19 Thread Mark Wickens via cctalk
In the Alpha stable I have a 1000A fully loaded with SSB and an external SSB enclosure running VMS 7.3. I also have the desktop 3000/600 which was bought for my PhD work with 2GB external DAT and 24 bit graphics. I have two rackmount 3000/600s and a 3000/800. I've been planning on downsizing for a

PDP Programming books for sale UK

2018-04-07 Thread Mark Wickens via cctalk
Please see album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZztlMFCSoZcy2ZJz1 Looking for £20 plus postage likely to be less than £5 UK. Regards Mark

8080/8085 Programming books available UK/EU

2018-04-07 Thread Mark Wickens via cctalk
A few seminal 8085 programming books available please see album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Rv7vy9eDrMfGK9gz2 Looking for £25 including postage to the UK or £20 plus postage elsewhere. Regards Mark