Greetings all, it's "that time", the time I've finally accepted that I no longer have the time/energy/space to devote to this collection/restoration hobby that I've been able to enjoy for several decades now.During this time, I've managed to amass a pretty sizeable amount of hardware, software, manuals, etc. We're talking half a garage, part of a large shed and a storage rental's worth of stuff. I need to go through and hit some highlights, but there are things from rack mount PDP-10's, an SGI (Challenge XL rack, Indy's), tons of old Macs (original, 512, original, Portable, etc), Lisa, Apple II, Commodore, TRS80, Grid, HERO robots, DG Aviion, HP PA-RISC, MIPS system, early luggables (e.g. Zenith), boxes of ISA cards, etc, etc, etc. A good 20ft uhaul trucks worth of stuff.There is no way I can piece meal stuff, so I'd be looking for someone, or an org like a museum, who is willing to take the whole enchilada.This is an early feeler before I start doing actual inventory to see if a) is anyone interested in/capable of dealing with a large collectionb) is anyone aware of someone, or a museum, that may be interestedI know I'm a bit light on the details, and we all know where the devil lives. But this is the first step.The collection is located in Central Texas.TIA for any interest, leads, pointers, sympathy, ridicule, etc.George
I'm trying to figure out how to created and load a "soft character set"
into a vt220 terminal. These documents:
https://vt100.net/shuford/terminal/dec_vt220_codes.txt, and
https://vt100.net/docs/vt510-rm/DECDLD.html, seem to talk about how to do
it, but I don't follow this well. I'm guessing the fonts are made up of
escape sequences. Then I guess they are loaded by simply printing them to
the terminal. If that's the case, where are the examples of such
sequences?
Playing around with vttest, there's an option to "Test Soft Character
Sets" in the "VT220 Tests" menu. But I get the error message "You did not
specify a font-file with the -f option". Where can I find examples of
that file?
Putting these together, I'm guessing what vttest wants is a file
containing sequences described in those two documents. So, where do I go
from here?
--
David Griffith
dave(a)661.org
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An acquaintance of mine as the following boards for sale.
Please email him directly at bojo7777(a)yahoo.com if you are interested.
Please mention the board number and box when emailing him.
Please forgive any cross posting.
DEC Boards
Box QTY. DEC # BUS Number Description
d 1
3010-5004
d 2
3010-6001
d 3
3010-6002
d 1
3010-6003
d 2
3010-6006
d 3
3010-6007
d 1
3010-6008
c 1
9400-6201
c 1
9400-6202
c 1
9400-6203
c 1
9400-6214
d 1
9901-5040
d 1
9901-6047
e 1
B212 Dual RS FF, Dus Driver Out, Delayed & Not Delayed RS Inputs
b 1
G190Control & Data card Loops G109 / 5009709H
f 1
U G7273 Bus Grant and Non-Processor Grant Jumper
i 1
LPWR GS-2
e 2
M101 (one has front half of tab broken) Bus Data Interface (2 inpout
gates, 15 circuits, 1 common and 1 independent input
e 4
M111 16 Independent Inverters
e 5
M113 10-2 Input NAND Gates
e 1
M302 2 One Shot Delays
i 1
M3110
i 1
M3111
b 1
M3112
j 1
U M5903 MASSBUS Terminal Transceiver
g 3
U M5922 RM03 Transceiver Port A
b 1 VMV21 U M7067 Video Display Sys:Sync Generator & Character
Generator (64-Char x 25 lines)
i 1 KDF11-UA U M7133 11/24 CPU Board, line clock & 2 SLUs
i 1 KDF11-UA U M7133 11/24 CPU Board, line clock & 2 SLUs
g 1 RK11-D U M7255 RK05 Disk Control Module
b 1
M7684 control sequencer RM02/RM03 Control Sequencer
i 1
M7686 control interface RM02/RM03 Control Interface
i 1 RL11 U M7762 RL01/02 Disk Drive Controller
i 1 DEUNA U M7792 DEUNA Port Module.Unibus to Ethernet Controller
e 1
U M783 Bus Transmitters 12 Drivers
e 1
U M783 Same part# as above but longer version board Bus Transmitters
12 Drivers
e 1
U M785 Bus Transceiver, 8 Drivers/8 Receivers
e 3
U M785 Same part# as above, but longer version board Bus Transceiver,
8 Drivers/8 Receivers
g 1 DL11-W U M7856 SLU & Realtime Clock Option
c 1 DUP11-DA U M7867 SDLC or DDCMP Synchronous Interface
h 2 DRV11-B Q M7950 16-bit DMA Parallel Gneral Purpose Interface
a 1 MSV11-CD Q M7955 LSI MOS memory (missing tabs on front) 16K x
16 MOS RAM with on board refresh
h 1 RLV11 Q M8014 RLV11 Bus control RL01 Bus Controller Board 2
f 1 MSV11-DD Q M8044 DC 32K x 16 MOS RAM
f 1 MSV11-DD Q M8044 DM 32K x 16 MOS RAM
h 1 RLV12 Q M8061 RL01/RL02 Disk Control, 22 bit address
a 1
M8093 RM02/RM03
c 1
M8278 RM02/RM03
a 1 TM02-FE U M8901 Data Synchronizer 75 IPS Drives (Tu16)
a 1 TM02-FE U M8901 YB Data Synchronizer 75 IPS Drives
j 1
M8912 TU16 Slave Test Function Generator
b 1
M8916 Logic and Write RM02/RM03 Logic And Write
g 1
M8932 RM02/RM03
a 1
M8934 RM02/RM03
f 1
M9001 YC Bus Conneector, 2 H854's Bussed Together, All signals come
out, 8 lines jumpered to ground, terminated.
j 1
Q M9047 Grant Continuity
f 1
U M9312 Bootstrap Terminator w/5 ROM Sockets
e 2
NAND gates If this is an M937 it is an internal PDP-8/E Internal Bus
Connector Mirror of M936
i 1
G231EPDP II memory driver G231E XY Selection, Current Source, Address
Latch & 8K Decode
b 1
S TK TU16 Read Amp board 5012235C RM02/RM03 Tk Tu Read Amp Board C
e 1
TP-0109 8 bit counter regulator RM02/RM03 Bit Counter Regulator
g 1
W940 * Has 10 rows of 5 per row inserts for ic chips, but no chips on
board.* Wire Wrap Board with pins on component side
f 1
W941 Wire Wrap Board with holes for 25 16 pin Ics
j 1
W943 Wire Wrap Board with sockets for 25 16 pin Ics
h 1
Q W9514 W912 Wire Wrap Module with 25 pre-mounted DIP sockets
Stu Phillips
Quantity Description Bus Additional Description
1 306A
1 DAC-II Rev-B Andromeda systems Q Digital to Analog Converter (4
Channels, 12 bits)
1 MSI-11 Andromeda systems Q Multiple Serial Interface (4 Serial, 1
can be used for parallel printer)
4 303-0225
2 303-0171-001P5 has 4 rows of 8 chips
1 No PN: looks identical to
303-0171P5 but no chips on it.
ADAC
Quantity Descripton
2 MO: 1900 D4-10060 rev-7 U Unibus from qbus translator
1 MO: 1012 EX C3 10112 rev-1 LSI-11 12 bit ADC, 16 single ended or 8
double ended channels
2 1616 / 32 HCO LSI-11 16 channel High Current latched outputs
4 1632TTL D4-10035 Rev-2 LSI-11 32 I/O lines, 8 latched
outputs.DRV11 compatible
3 1616CCI C4-10064 Rev-2 LSI-11 16 contact closure inputs, debounced
and latched
1 1604 POC C3-10198 Rev-1
Misc. Boards
Quantity Description
1 MDA / ICRO Development Associates MXV21 LSI-11 Dual Density RX02
Compatible controller
1 Babbl-Pac MBB-11A LSI-11 46K Bubble Memory Board (needs MBC-11
Controller)
1 Southern Systems Inc. PDP Line Printer
controller assy No: 9060 rev-B
1 Kennedy Co. Ramp Generator 5733
Part of a Kennedy Magnetic Tape Drive I think
1 Texas Instruments Remote Device
control Bd# 973900
1 ? AYMV MIC-1-1 is only thing written on board
1 Computer Technology DMA-L11 LSI-11 16 bit DMA PIO Interface
1 Nortek AAM-11L LSI-11 Auto-answer/Auto-Dial low speed modem/serial
interface
1 AKCX 76972300FPPGRX32 and
7692202 rev-A are only things written on board
1 PPDRX18RB / 54302906B
2 Applicon Extender short PL-31370-001
Can't find very much information about the PDP-11 System Identification Register : RO at 77777764
The occasional processor handbook says not implemented or the 11/xy reports num.
Interogative : information sources, e.g. a tabulation of known values
Martin
Is there any interest in my working 11/23+ system? I rarely run it any
more, but don't know what it's worth.
Corporate cabinet, VT220 console, 4 MB RAM, two RL02 drives (RT-11XM,
TSX-Plus 6.50), interface for 3.5" floppy drive, 16 serial ports.
Located in south central Missouri so pickup would be greatly preferred :)
thanks
Charles
Hello there,
Earlier this December I got an Altos 386 series 1000 with lots of
documentation and some installation floppy disks and one tape. I must say
that it's an amazing machine!
I'd like to reinstall the os but I have two problems:
1. It can not access the floppy drive. I tried it with another one, but
still no joy. Does anyone have any schematics of the motherboard? I ordered
a new floppy controller but in case the controller is not the faulty piece
I'll need some schematics to track the problem.
2. I could clone some of the floppy disks on another computer but not all
of them. I also found that the tape is overwritten with something else.
Does anyone have these installation media? I'm missing sdx v3.6s0, aom menu
shell v 3.0s2, Altos system v rts upd V5.3es2 and the tape Altos system v
rts v5.3eT2 (utilities).
Anyone know how to contact the Altos folks? Maybe they still have and are
kind to share the installation media and the schematics.
I have cloned Altos system v rts v5.3es2 (root), Altos multiview 1.6.2s0
two disks and the HDD. Btw, none of the Linux filesystem modules could not
mount the hdd, therefore I created one based on fuse. If anyone needs such
a thing you can find the srcs here : https://github.com/bog-dan-ro/altos .
Happy new year!
Yours,
BogDan.
P.S. I contacted Al from bitsavers, and my floppy disks clones will land to
his collection (http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/bits/Altos/386-series/)
P.S.' Al's tape image clone has a strange tar like format, does anyone know
what's the exact format? I'd like to create a tool to extract them...
Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU
Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept!
Skype: TILBURY2591
Happy New Year everybody.
Pleased with my success at getting a QIC02 drive running through an MTI
MSV05B on my RT11 system today, my jaw dropped when I did a DIR MS0: and
saw the pulley turning and the tape not moving, as liquid rubber
starting accumulating on the drive belt!
It turns out that the rubber wheel inside the TK25 cartridge had melted.
OK, the cartridge goes in the bin, but has anybody found a way to clean
the residue off the drive without damaging the drive belt?
As always, any advice (other than to dump the whole thing :-) )
gratefully accepted.
Nigel
ben <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:
> What I would like to get is a serial printer (rs232), with a definable
> character set. Does any one know of a cheap one?
Probably not cheap unless you get lucky, but an excellent choice would
be the Toshiba P1351 (not to be confused with their later 1351 laser
printer) or the narrower P1340. They are 24-pin dot-matrix printers
that feature downloadable fonts and both serial and parallel interfaces.
I got my P1351 in 1984 and it has served me well. I created (OK, stole
from Xerox) a double-high double-wide font that I used for printing box
labels when I moved.
You could also do really nice graphics with it, at a resolution of
180 x 180. CCSI (Cerritos Computer Systems Inc.) wrote a driver for
the P1351 for their CCSI-Plot (Plot-10 compatible) plotting package.
I can provide a copy of the software (in Fortran for PDP-11) and scans
of the manuals for both the software and printer, should you get one.
You can still buy ribbons for it, so it would be a really good choice.
Alan Frisbie
Amardeep S Chana,
I have the Joel Owens’ Z80 Master Controller Board that you asked about back in October of 2017. I have a folder of collected documents. If you are still interested I could share those some place.
/David Ray
