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VCF East 2025 - April 4-6, Wall, NJ - Exhibitor Registration

by Jeffrey Brace

VCF East 2025 Exhibitor Registration is open: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedyn-m5gSCc0Sifce0O_HnVYtWu7s9u7D… The show will be April 4-6 in Wall, NJ @ InfoAge Science and History Museums Check the web page for updates over the next few weeks https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/

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very old UNIXes software, contact at typewritten?

by jfsebastian＠null.net

Hello I have been doing a several years effort to save (very) old software for posterity, researchers, students. Mostly early 90s UNIXes, SunOS, Solaris, DG-UX, HP-UX, AIX, DEC-UNIX, some VMS software even. I uploaded some things to the Archive, and elsewhere, but I would rather get this off my shoulders, for mortality affects us all. This vanishing would be a loss, with many of these things are nowhere to be found anymore. I tried contacting the admin(?) bear at typewritten dot org, offering a few things for archiving, without results. Do any of the users here have any means to contact the admin there? I would very much like to access some of the UNIXes software there, and would gladly offer a quid pro quo. Similarly, if you have any software for Solaris (2.6, earlier) and other UNIXes, regardless of licensing status, I would be very much interested. Some things probably are lost forever though, such as Proliant PL/I, VisualWorks 2.5, Tibco S-PLUS, Harlequin WebWorks and such. Thanks in advance, and all the best Seb.

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Digital lemac (de203) datasheet?

by Kevin Bowling

Was a datasheet ever offered for the DEC 'lemac' series (de203/de204/de205)? Like the thing with all the registers and programming information not the installation guide. Regards, Kevin

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Trouble with DEQNA adapter

by Peter Ekstrom

Hi all, This may be a dumb question but I am a bit stumped. I can't seem to find any helpful info in the manuals. I have a DEQNA installed in my 11/23+ and I have run a NETGEN using the QNA driver. When NETINS runs I start seeing messages like these on the console: Event type 5.14, Send failed Occurred 19-DEC-24 09:30:11 on node 10.1 (TYCHO) Line QNA-0 Failure reason = Collision detect check failed So obviously the link isn't working, but I find nothing helpful about where to start looking regarding the failed collision detect check. The line is on: NCP>show line qna-0 status Line status as of 19-DEC-24 09:36:31 Line State QNA-0 On I have an Ethernet transceiver (I have 2 and have tried both, they worked last time I used them) connected to the DEQNA harness, and a cable connecting it to an old 10Base-T hub. I know that hub works because I have a couple of other systems (OS/2 laptop and an AS/400) connected to it. So does anyone have any ideas of where I can start? Thanks in advance! Peter

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Any Burroughs B5000/A Series NEWP programmers out there?

by Alan Perry

Hey, Did any of you do NEWP programming on Burroughs/Unisys A Series systems? I will be attempting to put together some presentation material (for VCF or similar talks) on MCP internals programming. However I haven’t done it since 1989, so am looking for others who have experience in this area to help me remember details. I took the MCP internals class and still have the class exercises and my notes. Recently a A12/A15 Hardware Operations manual popped up on eBay. I scanned it and submitted the scan to bitsavers. I am hoping to get my hands back on some system architecture documents that I once had. So, if anyone here worked on this stuff and wants to help out on this, let me know. alan

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From Punch Cards to Python Grace Hopper’s A-0 compiler paved the way for modern programming languages

by Christian Liendo

From Punch Cards to Python Grace Hopper’s A-0 compiler paved the way for modern programming languages https://spectrum.ieee.org/from-punch-cards-to-python

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List problems

by Christian Corti

Basically, this message is just a test. The list server seems to be utterly buggy and broken at the moment. What is the reason? Christian

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List problems

by Christian Corti

And worse, I do see some messages in the Mailman frontend, but I don't receive any email from the list server any more. Christian

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Re: Seeking Remex RRS3300 Paper Tape Reader info

by David Wise

If anyone has info on this model, please reply or contact me. Thanks. I recorded video of my RRS3300 reading and winding. Since my initial post, I discovered that the machine needed even more civilizing, and I ended up reducing the reeler speed from 200IPS to 100IPS. Link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmWAguLki6o . The spiral-wrapped cables at the top go to a microcontroller, which reads the sprocket-hole signal and retards the phase control ramp. [https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.qNKj3Byj-dGoXSwjoQbt0AHgFo&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmWAguLki6o> Remex RRS3300 Paper Tape Reader<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmWAguLki6o> Demonstrating my Remex RRS3300 paper tape reader, made in 1970 with discrete/TTL/DTL technology. The 300cps reader section uses capstan drive and electromagnetic brake instead of a stepper and pinwheel. The spooler is permanent split capacitor AC induction motors, electromagnetic brakes, relays (mechanical and discrete solid-state ... www.youtube.com

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QIC Archival

by Cameron Kelly

Hello, I have a QIC tape of an interesting piece of software that doesn’t seem to be archived anywhere. I don’t have experience using QIC tape so I’m inquiring if anyone here would be willing to offer the service. The software in question is “CorelDraw For Unix”. Thanks, Cameron

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