RE: DG S/130 progress

Shadoo wrote... - Then I developed a tool to connect it to PC via serial, using the console port; this tool is somehow similar to VTserver for PDP11 realm, but more expandable. Basically, you can do memory transfers between Nova and PC (both directions), and execute almost *ANY* I/O

RE: 21MX proms (per request

Dwight wrote... > If you still have a working machine, why not disassemble the boot ROMs. They are only a few instructions long. Not necessary, as the source and binary for all the loader roms is in the aforementioned manual. None of them are "only a few instructions long". Most of them are a

RE: 21MX proms (per request

Dwight wrote... My main thinking was the best place to save a boot is to save it on paper.I recall looking at mine to see how the flag worked.( not mass storage yet so needed a serial loader ). - Ah, gotcha. Yep, you're right! On a few loaders where the part #'s were obscured, I had to

RE: retro computers in your browser

The H89 emulator is pretty fun :) Thanks for the link! J

RE: UNIBUS M9312 ROMS

I wrote... On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 6:34 AM, Jay West <jw...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > 23-E39A9 is still lost to time, afaik. TMSCP - TU81 To which mike replied... Could that not be reverse-engineered from the boot code in e.g. Emulex UC17 ROMs? They could do TMSCP... BTW what PR

RE: Manual sought - Northern Telecom Spectron D101

John wrote... -- I saw your post online regarding the D-101 Datascope Manual. If you still have copy, I'm interested. Please let me know? Thank you. -- He must be referring to a post I had made... quite some time ago I was looking for manuals... I did find them. I'll reply to him directly

RE: Joe Rigdon

I keep his pages online as he had a pretty huge amount of info and pictures. On more than one occasion over the years I have tried to locate him, and posted on the list about it. There have been no positive responses J

RE: Almost PDP 11/05 on Ebay

A guy recently contacted me that had an 11/05 for sale, stating his first preference was it go to a museum and if that failed, he wanted to sell it. I sure hope he's not parting it out on ebay Please don’t email me about it... if the museum he's currently talking to doesn't take it, I'll

List Server Maintenance

Sorry for the short notice folks (due to spotty communication between myself and the guy who handles backups), but I need to take the classiccmp server down for a day, maybe a day and a half. We need to get it off one cluster and on to another, and the backup goes from a moment in time

RE: Which Operating System for my DCC-116 E / Entrex 480 / Nixdorf 620 / Data General Nova 1200 clone ?

The 'other Jay' wrote... -- Diagnostics for DG systems are notoriously difficult to find. I have a few, in listing format. -- I have a full official DG-issued/labeled original diagnostic OS tape. I do believe it is at 800bpi

RE: Hewlett-Packard 3000, 9000, Itanium (HP-UX & MPE/iX) Servers, Storage Arrays, Replacement Parts, Maintenance, & Disaster back-ups

Grant wrote... --- Conversely "Hay everybody, check out what we have for sale this week!" is not so cool. -- I've dealt with Jesse before, at least I tried to. I needed a particular board that he had (part of a 12920 mux set) that has almost no commercial value. That

OT Parts houses & scrappers

Kudos to Jesse for working with me offlist, I feel I've gotten a good deal. I appreciate the offers to help purchase, very much, but I got this taken care of directly with Jesse and I'm happy. We have to understand, as others pointed out, that if no one speaks up for stuff at a price that can

RE: Box of HP 1000 series MUX cards - 12040

Guy wrote... Wow. Way to make everyone interested in restoring HP 1000 systems (me included) hate you. I'm thrilled that he took the time to post them here before they hit the shredder. Thanks Jesse, much appreciated!