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

2016-10-20 Thread Ulrich Tagge
Hi, I search some time for TK50/TK70 media for my MVII, and 3600 so I'm Interested. By now I have the need for the following tapes, if you have them. biggest need>>> - MVII DIAG MAINT TK50 >>> - MVII DIAG CUST TK50 - VMS V5.5-1 BIN TK50 - VMX XYZ BIN TK50 xx/nn - VMS LIC KEY

RE: Photos from the NWA Auction

2016-10-20 Thread Steve Hatle
Original Message Subject: Re: Photos from the NWA Auction From: et...@757.org Date: Tue, October 18, 2016 6:47 pm To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > Wonder if anyone got the actual simulators/cockpits? Fun toys but > won't fit in

Re: Unibus disk controller with modern storage

2016-10-20 Thread David Bridgham
On 10/19/2016 06:48 PM, shad wrote: > > One of my retrocomputing dream is to design an Unibus universal board, > probably based on FPGA because of precise timing requirements, > to emulate one or more disk/tape interfaces, and possibly something more. > The real storage could be based on SD

Re: Unibus disk controller with modern storage

2016-10-20 Thread Paul Koning
> On Oct 19, 2016, at 6:48 PM, shad wrote: > > Hello, > I read several posts about Unibus disk interfaces and emulation. > One of my retrocomputing dream is to design an Unibus universal board, > probably based on FPGA because of precise timing requirements, > to emulate

Re: Unibus disk controller with modern storage

2016-10-20 Thread Eric Smith
On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 4:48 PM, shad wrote: > The board itself wouldn't be cheap at all, because PCB would be big, > True. From a Chinese vendor such as PCBway, a DEC quad size double-sided PCB without ENIG (immersion) gold surface finish but without hard-gold edge

Re: Unibus disk controller with modern storage

2016-10-20 Thread Fritz Mueller
On Oct 19, 2016 6:48 PM, "shad" wrote Hello, I read several posts about Unibus disk interfaces and emulation. One of my retrocomputing dream is to design an Unibus universal board, probably based on FPGA because of precise timing requirements, to emulate one or more

Re: Looking for HP98034 / HP9895 ROM images

2016-10-20 Thread Curious Marc
If you have not gotten the HP 98034 ROM image yet, I can try to dump mine when I'm back from travel next week. I suspect you want the "revised" version, which is the interface that works with the HP 9895. I have both versions. Craig, I'd be interested in your 9895 ROM dump and reverse