Re: [Simh] TU-56

2016-04-07 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote: > I passed this driver stuff AND the RK05 Driver to Al for inclusion in the > BitSaver's archive. They now are available at: > http://bitsavers.org/bits/DEC/vax/vms/ > > These drivers will operate the TC (TU56 DECtape) and

Re: [Simh] TU-56

2016-03-25 Thread Pontus Pihlgren
On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 08:57:58AM -0700, Mark Pizzolato wrote: > > That said, the TC11/TU56 has been added to the VAX Unibus simulators > and confirmed that it works using the Andy Goldstein supplied driver. > That is pretty neat! Knowing that it works makes me want to scrounge up the

Re: [Simh] TU-56

2016-03-25 Thread Mark Pizzolato
On Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 5:44 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote: > On 2016-03-25 00:57, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: > > On 24 March 2016 at 19:20, Alan Frisbie wrote: > >> Because it *could* be done? > >> > > I wasn't sure, since I never actually worked with the real

Re: [Simh] TU-56

2016-03-24 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2016-03-25 00:57, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: On 24 March 2016 at 19:20, Alan Frisbie wrote: Because it *could* be done? I wasn't sure, since I never actually worked with the real hardware. I assume the UBA on the VAX provides a "normal" UNIBUS, right? In

Re: [Simh] TU-56

2016-03-24 Thread Alan Frisbie
On 03/24/2016 04:27 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote: If you've got a driver we can put someplace I'll be glad to add the TC11/TU56 to the Unibus VAX simulators... I found the driver and build files and will send them to you shortly. Please let us know where you make them available, so I'm not a

Re: [Simh] TU-56

2016-03-24 Thread Paul Koning
> On Mar 24, 2016, at 5:55 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote: > > On Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 2:40 PM, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: >> On 24 March 2016 at 18:13, Bill Cunningham wrote: >>>My apologies for posting carlessly and not entering a

Re: [Simh] TU-56

2016-03-24 Thread Mark Pizzolato
If you've got a driver we can put someplace I'll be glad to add the TC11/TU56 to the Unibus VAX simulators... On 03/24/2016 03:57 PM, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: > Correct, as should be expected. None of the VAXen supported the > "original" TU55/TU56 DECtape on a TC11; at least in terms of

Re: [Simh] TU-56

2016-03-24 Thread Bill Cunningham
To: Christian Gauger-Cosgrove ; Bill Cunningham Cc: SIMH Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 4:55 PM Subject: RE: [Simh] TU-56 On Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 2:40 PM, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: > On 24 March 2016 at 18:13, Bill Cunningham <bill...@suddenlink.net> wrote: > >

Re: [Simh] TU-56

2016-03-24 Thread Mark Pizzolato
On Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 2:40 PM, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: > On 24 March 2016 at 18:13, Bill Cunningham wrote: > > My apologies for posting carlessly and not entering a subject. I > > do now indeed have the latest simhvmaster mar 2006. OK. I see vax780 >

Re: [Simh] TU-56

2016-03-24 Thread Christian Gauger-Cosgrove
On 24 March 2016 at 18:13, Bill Cunningham wrote: > My apologies for posting carlessly and not entering a subject. I do now > indeed have the latest simhvmaster mar 2006. OK. I see vax780 supports > TU-50. Will that also support TU-56. Sorry for my ignorance. Maybe I

[Simh] TU-56

2016-03-24 Thread Bill Cunningham
My apologies for posting carlessly and not entering a subject. I do now indeed have the latest simhvmaster mar 2006. OK. I see vax780 supports TU-50. Will that also support TU-56. Sorry for my ignorance. Maybe I am overlooking TU-56 support somewhere. Bill