<We've had to keep our clock set back to preserve our VMS and TCP/IP
<and NFS and numerous other packages...
<
<Anyone have a clue as to how we can preserve the software without
<moving to some 'hobby' license of a newer VMS?
The hobbiest licensse supports version of VMS from 5.4 through 6.1. It may
not however support things like UCX.
Allison
To answer earlier questions...
Yes, this is an indoor event. Two floors worth. I've not been to TRW in
years, but I have attended Bay Area swap meets such as the Livermore and
Foothill events.
For those that have done the same, I would guess the size of the Puyallup
event as about half again as big as Livermore (conservative).
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Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies
http://www.bluefeathertech.com
Amateur Radio:(WD6EOS) E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
SysOp: The Dragon's Cave (Fido 1:343/272, 253-639-9905)
"Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our own
human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."
The Puyallup swap meet takes place the second Saturday of each year at the
site of WA's annual Puyallup Fair (a livestock and amusement thing). Since
it is sponsored and put on by one of the local ham radio clubs, it is not
dedicated to computer hardware, though I have definitely seen 'classic'
stuff show up there.
It's primarily electronics: Communications (radio), along with test gear.
I regret that we only have room at the house for a single guest (John), and
that I have only one additional admission tag to cover him.
Anyone else who wants to come, feel free, but you'll be on your own for
lodging. The event actually starts Saturday the 13th at 09:00.
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Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies
http://www.bluefeathertech.com
Amateur Radio:(WD6EOS) E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
SysOp: The Dragon's Cave (Fido 1:343/272, 253-639-9905)
"Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our own
human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."
I picked up a BIG load of manuals today. A lot of them are manuals for the
software to accompany the Numerix MARS-432 Array Processor that (I *think*)
was used in the VAX 11/760. The books are dated 1984. Numerix is Numerix
Corporation located in Newton, Mass. Is anyone familar with this stuff?
Anyone need the manuals?
Joe
I will be happy to partake in a get-together of classiccmpers
while there. Count me in.
Also: SoCal TRW reminder... this weekend, the 27th Saturday.
Another get-together will be help afterward. See previous posting
for details or e-mail me privately.
Cheers
John
This fits the charter of being a "classic computer" I suppose. I wonder
if he'll fetch more than an Altair?
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Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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Always hasslin' the man.
Coming in 1999: Vintage Computer Festival 3.0
See http://www.vintage.org/vcf for details!
[Last web site update: 02/15/99]
I might come to regret this.... ;}
I will be in the Seattle, WA area the weekend of the 13th. I will
be inflicting myself on the kind hospitality of Mr. Bruce Lane, and
visiting the Puyallup Swap Meet. I am flying there in a plane and
returning in a 12-foot truck, which I think will only be partially
loaded. So....
If anyone has something truck-able in the Seattle area to be
delivered into the Los Angeles area.. p'raps we can work something
out. The governing parameters are: it fits in the truck, it gets on
the truck Saturday the 13th afternoon or early evening, and it gets
picked up in LA at my house, or can be easily transfered to my
(smaller) pickup truck and delivered to you in the LA region for a
suitable bribe. I am driving straight through Sunday, so no
intermediate stops are planned between There and Here. Also: items of
interest to classiccmpers only, please.
This was inspired by Jay West's idea of forming a network of folks
to 'stagecoach' jun^H^H^H^H equipment accross the country.
Let me know via private e-mail.
Cheers
John
At 01:30 PM 2/24/99 -0800, Sam wrote:
>
>Does anyone have the data sheets for the 1101 RAM and the Intel 8008? I
>need both. In the case of the 8008, an instruction set listing would also
>be cool.
Sam,
I have one. I was at a library trift store and found a neat book,
Microcomputers and Microproceesors: Hardware, Software and Applications by
John Hilburn and Paul Julich, 1976. It has the instructions for the 4004,
4040, 8008, 8080, National IMP, Rockwell PPS_4, RCA COSMAC and a lot of
others. I'll loan you the book if you'll send it back soon.
Joe
>
>Anyone know where 1101 RAM chips are for sale (if at all?)
>
>Sellam Alternate e-mail:
dastar(a)siconic.com
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>Always hasslin' the man.
>
> Coming in 1999: Vintage Computer Festival 3.0
> See http://www.vintage.org/vcf for details!
> [Last web site update: 02/15/99]
>
>
<Ethan Dicks <erd(a)infinet.com> wrote:
<> The only place I've seen the term "slushware" used is on the DECmate boxe
<> AFAIK, its use there matches your use here.
<
<Not really. The slushware on a DECmate is in an entirely different addres
<space from user code, and can only be invoked by trapped I/O instructions
<and the like. It is much more like the System Management Mode of the recen
<x86 processors (late-486-era to present).
Cant speak for the kickstart code. Slushware is the softloadable
diagnostic, boot and system service code for DECmateII/III systems.
the code provides terminal and keyboard emulation and some device
emulation. Due to the characteristics of the CMOS PDP-8 (6120) the
device has the nominal 32KW of system space as 8 4k pages and also a
duplicate space that is special in that it's assigned it's own unique
front pannel interrupt. That address space and interrupt BTW is
something a real PDP-8 does not have. Due to the way it's structured
you can sort of use it as system space for things like rom, rom loaders
and special purpose handlers. Also unique to the DMII/III is that IOTs
for 603x and 604x (TTY IO on nominal -8, a few others as well) are trapped
to CP space handlers for emulation of display and lk201 keyboard.
It can be considered on other micros as boot and device code that runs is
special banked memory. It is not however microcode.
Allison
<Does anyone have the data sheets for the 1101 RAM and the Intel 8008? I
<need both. In the case of the 8008, an instruction set listing would also
<be cool.
I have a full data book on the part. Interesting beast in that it was
only 18 pins! That part alone made it loads of fun back in '73 to work
with.
<Anyone know where 1101 RAM chips are for sale (if at all?)
I think I have 8 of them, not for sale.
Allison