test-drb June 1999

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Any KSR-1 or 2s out there (OT-newer but rare)

by Innfogra＠aol.com

Is there anyone out there maintaining or know of a Kendall Square Research KSR 1 or 2 massively parallel supercomputer. Unfortunately a local scrapper got to the chassis but the cards & power supplies of one are available. Paxton Portland, OR

25 years, 6 months

OT -mostly -

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<> VMS, all of the Unix clones, < <All cost extra, unless you mean gcc etc. None of HP/UX, Solaris, IRIX, <AIX, come with more than the minimum required to relink the kernel, <although you can buy the development tools separately. Unix clones also include Linux, Freebsd, Minix... <> I'm sure some(I would) here would add CPM <> OS9 and even PC based DOS(MS, DRdos, CCPM...). the amount of freeware <> or lowcost shareware for DOS/winders is quite impressive and plentyful. <> <> Of all the software out there CPM-80, APPLE and PCdos has the largest <> archives, but the PDP-8, -11, VAX archives are getting big. < <But does freeware/shareware count? The original point was that the <manufacturers don't provide their tools for free as part of the OS; of <course you can add on any amount of 3rd party free software to virtually <any OS. CPM however did come with a fairly complete devlopment environment for 8080 (or 8086 for cpm-86). However the shareware/freeware counting part I agree it's questionable but often there are better out there than from the OS oem. Allison

25 years, 6 months

OT -mostly -

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<The Hobbyist version of OpenVMS comes with compilers, the Commercial versio <most definitly does not. Ah yes to a point, no compilers. There is MACRO and also BASIC, though a lot of work is easily done in DCL. Allison

25 years, 6 months

OT -mostly -

by CLASSICCMP＠trailing-edge.com

>After playing with BeOS a while something occurred to me. Does anyone remember >at what point operating systems stopped coming with development tools? I'm >remembering the commodore 64 that came with Basic, and if you typed in the >assembler from the manual, you could (at least in theory) write proffessional >quality assembly language programs worthy of being sold to others. Well, CP/M came with a good assembler, MS-DOS didn't. That's where I draw the line in my head. Admittedly the version of ASM that came with CP/M wasn't awfully featurefull, but it did work. And you got documentation for writing programs with CP/M. And admittedly MS-DOS commonly was installed with some version of MS-BASIC, but I (personally) don't categorize that as a "real" development tool. -- Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com Trailing Edge Technology WWW: http://www.trailing-edge.com/ 7328 Bradley Blvd Voice: 301-767-5917 Bethesda, MD, USA 20817 Fax: 301-767-5927

25 years, 6 months

Ancient Modems (was Re: Who says familiy activities are extinct? ^_^)

by ethan_dicks＠yahoo.com

--- Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 19:53:11 +0100 (BST) > Reply-to: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu > From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) > To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers" > <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> > Subject: Re: Who says familiy activities are extinct? ^_^ > > > > > Yeah, those are what they are, LDSsomethings, with 4-wire connections. > > Do those need AT commands to set up or similar, or do they just > > stay in data mode all the time? > > AT commands? Surely you jest. Have you looked inside (take off the feet > and slide the cover backwards). It's all simple analogue chips and > discretes inside. No microcontroller, no command language. > > Once you've connected them up, they behave like a long RS232 cable (data > leads only). Squirt data in one end, get it out the other. I missed the top of this, but I think this thread is about some older Modems, Motorola UDS's, yes? If I read what's gone on correctly, a four-wire device is for leased lines. You didn't even dial them. You just hooked them up and squirt away. Older two-wire modems, especially those that move sync data, are also lacking in dialing facilities. There was a seperate box that you routed the phone line through and sent commands via serial or parallel port to make the external box do the dialling. We used one when we were making sync comm equipment for VAXen more than ten years ago. I forget the first part of the designation, but it was a mumble-mumble 850 autodialler, the standard. Much later, ANSI invented an autodial protocol, V.25, IIRC. I have a Motorola 2400 sync/async V.25 _and_ Hayes modem from those days. It would work like a regular modem over a regular serial port, or if you used it in sync mode, you could send it V.25 autodial commands. One of my jobs back then was to retrofit the V.25 command set into our product. It was pretty cool when it all worked, but cool is a relative thing when you are working with stone knives and bearskins. -ethan _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

25 years, 6 months

OT -mostly -

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<Compare this to modern OSs - windows, macos, etc where the development pack <costs hundreds or thousands of dollars extra. VMS, all of the Unix clones, RT-11 to name a few still provide full development environment. I'm sure some(I would) here would add CPM OS9 and even PC based DOS(MS, DRdos, CCPM...). the amount of freeware or lowcost shareware for DOS/winders is quite impressive and plentyful. Of all the software out there CPM-80, APPLE and PCdos has the largest archives, but the PDP-8, -11, VAX archives are getting big. Allison

25 years, 6 months

Top 150 Collectible Microcomputers

by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

Polymorphic originally called it the "Micro Altair" until MITS threatened to sue them, and they renamed it the POLY-88. Kai -----Original Message----- From: Dwight Elvey [mailto:elvey@hal.com] Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 2:52 PM To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Subject: Re[2]: Top 150 Collectible Microcomputers Marvin <marvin(a)rain.org> wrote: > > > > Polymorphic Systems POLY-88 > > I have asked a few people but so far no response. Since this was originally > named the Micro-Altair, did any of those machines actually get shipped with > that name? If so, I would consider them to be rather rare and worthy of a > separate listing. Say Huh? The Poly-88 was not an Altair. It was made by a group in Santa Barbara. I have one, they were manufactured and sold as a product called Poly-88. Dwight

25 years, 6 months

HP7900A drive

by jlwest＠tseinc.com

I talked to a guy that does 7900A repair today. He said from what I described that the heads are probably just in need of strong cleaning with a toothbrush, then touchup with 100% alcohol. As long as the gimbal isn't bent, all should be well. That takes care of the heads. Then you wrote... >I fixed a Plessey RK05-a-like drive years ago using a platter taken from >a standard RK05 cartridge. If you're lucky (and I was), the fixed platter >seats on a machined area of the hub/spindle and doesn't need to be >centred up. Otherwise you have to centre it with a dial gauge before >clamping up the screws. He also said the platter scapes make the platter almost, but not quite, useless; and that I definitely need a new platter. The lower platter on the 7900A does in fact seat on a machined area of the spindle and doesn't need special centering - "just bolt it on? - just bolt it on". He said I could use any 14" disk media that was the right thickness. Can't remember if it was 50 mils or 75 mils. I think it's the same as the RK05. I'll find out the mils number tonight when I compare my 7900 cartridge with my 7905/6 one. All I need to do is clamp a metal micrometer on the platter <just kidding folks!>. So - does anyone have a broken RK05 type cartridge that they'd part with so I can steal the platter out of it? >It's worth trying. Clean the platter as well. It can't do _more_ damage, >after all... True, but if there is so much scraped oxide that the badtrack list is 10% of the platter, why even bother. I've been quoted anywhere from $50.00 to $250.00 for a media only surface (no hub, which is all I need). Hopefully someone here can help out? Thanks in advance!!! Jay West

25 years, 6 months

Have I been unsubscribed?

by bill＠chipware.com

I have not received a single classiccmp message today (6/18/1999). Am I unsubscribed? Is the list down? Bill Sudbrink

25 years, 6 months

Commodore 64GS

by BobMcPhail＠aol.com

Does anyone know where I can find a working Commodore 64GS system? I've been looking for the last two years with no luck. Please e-mail me if you know where I can purchase one. Thanks, Bob

25 years, 6 months

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