In a message dated 7/29/99 6:10:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
kaikal(a)MICROSOFT.com writes:
> I guess this shows that anything can sell on eBay:
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http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewItem&item=12988
> 8958
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for those of us who are too lazy to open up a browser session, care to tell
us what it is?
Hi,
I was going through some boxs of disk tonight and found a bunch of hard
sectored 32 sector 8" disks. Anyone have any idea what uses these? One of
them is a Tektronix disk and it says 8002 Tekdos (Z-80) the others all say
"ZAM" source code, edits, etc.
Joe
Some of you might know about the huge, famous, and
yes, beautiful RED ROOM in the Math and Computing
building at the University of Waterloo.
Well, it's gone. The end of an era. Since class numbers
are increasing and server/host/mainframe sizes are
decreasing, the Red Room is being converted into
many classrooms.
For those who never experienced the Red Room it was
a 2-storey open space in the middle of the building. The
2 floors were extra high. The sound damping walls
and false floor tiles were matching orangish red. The
walls of the second floor were huge sheets of sound
damping glass - like an observation deck. Looking
down into that room motivated many a teenager to
enter the field of computer science or engineering.
Please visit: ist.uwaterloo.ca/cs/redroom for many
wonderful photographs.
Yours in good faith.
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<On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, wanderer wrote:
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<> Another 'me too' :=) I also want the RT-11/RSX-11/RSTS freeware CD-Rom.
<> Just have to get a SCSI host adapter but will manage that one as well.
Oh what the heck, something for the PDP-11s for a change... I'm in.
Allison
>Excellent idea! At a reasonable price like $15/CD, I would buy
>CD's for RT-11 and RSX-P/OS. Especially if they contain all those
>old SIG tapes.
Indeed, they will be made up largely (but not exclusively) of the SIG
tapes. There will also be a searchable index of the SIG tapes.
Here's the SIG tapes that will go on the RT-11 CD-ROM:
SPRI76 Spring 1976
SPRI78 Spring 1978
FALL78 Fall 1978 San Francisco
SPRI79 Spring 1979 New Orleans
FALL79 Fall 1979 San Diego
11SP13 Spring 1980 Chicago
11SP17 Fall 1980 San Diego
11SP26 Spring 1981 Miami
11SP30 Fall 1981 Los Angeles
11SP32 Spring 1982 Atlanta
11SP48 Fall 1982 Anaheim
11SP53 Spring 1983 St. Louis
11SP59 Fall 1983 Las Vegas
11SP66 Spring 1984 Cincinatti
11SP68 DECUS C distribution
11S076 Fall 1984 Anaheim
11S083 Spring 1985 New Orleans
11S087 Fall 1985 Anaheim
11S091 Spring 1986 Dallas
11S094 Fall 1986 San Francisco
11S097 Spring 1987 Nashville
11S103 Spring 1988 Cincinatti
11S108 1988 Australia
11S109 Best of RT Spring 1989
11S113 Fall 1990
In addition, there will be these RT-11 DECUS 11-xxx entries:
110174 STAR-TREK (SPACWR) Version: January 1975
110213 LIB.FOR: Library Routines Version: May 1975
110214 RENUM: FORTRAN Renumbering Program Version: February 1977
110215 TRACE.MAC/TR.MAC Version: July 1975
110221 ODT 11 MACRO RT
110229 INDEX: FORTRAN Cross-Referencer Version: 6.4, December 1982
110270B FODT: FORTRAN IV On-Line Debugging Tool for RT-11 Version: March 1977
110288 TECO V28 for RT-11 Version: December 1977
110294 BASIC-11 Extension Routines Version: January 1981
110294MUTILITY MACRO RT BASIC SVII 00HKMQ
110296 MACRO FORTRART SV XI 00AHKMQ
110304 LISP11 for RT-11 Version: January 1977
110314 RUNOFF MACRO RT MII 00AHKMQ
110314MRUNOFF MACRO RT MII 00AHKMQ
110325 HIDE: Hidden Line Removal/Plotting Subprogram Version: May 1977
110335 RASM: Reverse Assembler for RT-11 Version: 2.01, March 1979
110337 EXTMT: A General Purpose Magnetic Tape Handler Version: June 1982
110339 MACSP: MACRO-11/SP Structured Programming Macros Version: October 1977
110340 ADVENTURE Version: 3, November 1978
110342 DECODE3: RT-11 SAV/LDA Files Disassembler Version: 3.0, June 1982
110343 ED: Scrolling Video Text Editor Version: 8.2, July 1980
110356 FORODT: FORTRAN Debug Routine for RT-11 Version: March 1978
110365 GAMMA GSA GAMMA BASIC GAMMA GAMMA MXI 00MQ
110368 Fast Fourier Transform and Two Applications Version: December 1977/April 1978
110370 DUNGEON Version: 2.5, October 1980
110371 BACKUP: RT-11 Version: 01A, July 1978
110373 CHOOSE BASIC RT MXIII 00BG
110376 EVAEXA BASIC RT MXIII 00D
110381 PLOT Version: June 1980
110383 TSTE: Time Share Terminal Emulator Version: V2.0, March 1982
110388 Airplane Landing Simulation Game Version: April 1979
110391 MACRO RT D 00K
110403 MACRO Package for MACRO-11 to Assemble INTEL 8080 Code Version: July 1979
110413 ORC: Object to Macro Conversion Version: 1.1, August 1979
110415 EXFILE: Exchange File Program Version: September 1979
110435 FORTRAN Graphics Support for the VT105 Version: April 1980
110490 TSXLIB: A FORTRAN Callable Library Implementation of EMTs for TSX-PLUS Version: 6.31/88e30a
110491 CROSS: A Cross-Referencer for BASIC Programs Version: September 1981
110510 Space Invasion Version: May 1982
110529 DBSMNG: Data Base Management Package Source Kit Version: V3.1, March 1985
110530 RUNOFF for RT-11 Version: M02.4-K, August 1985
110547 Data I/O PROM Programmer Software and Utility Program Version: V2, May 1982
110597 DTC: Desk Top Calendar Version: V4, January 1985
110605 FALCON Application for RT-11 Version: December 1982
110606 SPAL-11: Structured Programming Using Assembly Language Version: September 1982
110608 Tenny Electronic Bulletin "Board" Message Mailing Facility Version: December 1982
110615 CPMRSX: CP/M to DEC Disk Translator for RSX-11M Version: V2.1, December 1984
110643 Banff 1981 Abridged Decus library
110647 Collection of BANNER, SPOOL, TART, BEVAN, KB, SFGL70, TSXLIB, RHODES, and PIP8
110660 SORT: Fast Memory/Disc Sort/Merge for RT-11 Version: V2A, July 1983
110684 BRUCE: A Backup and Restore Utility with Consolidation and Enhancement Version: V01.1, October 1983
110695 DBSMNG: A Small Database Management Package Binary Kit Version: V3.1, November 1984
110697 TCFL: Terminal Control Function Library Version: V1.0, July 1983
110698 MJCLOK: Multi-Job Clock Program Version: V01, February 1984
110704 TXTWRT: An RT-11 Text Formatting Program Version: July 1983
110710 BUPRES: A Program Which Reads Individual Files from a Backup/Device Magtape Version: February 1984
110743 DSKLIB: A Disk Librarian Utility Program Version: V2.18, June 1984
110746 User Command Linkage-Plus for RT-11 and TSX-PLUS Version: V07.54a, May 1986
110758 REVISE: A Scanner for RT-11 Device Directories Version: V1.0, September 1984
110761 ODTV09: RT-11 Debugging Tool Version: V09, October 1983
110768 Canadian Mortgage Calculation Program Version: July 1984
110800 CMATH: A Library of Elementary Math Functions for DECUS C Version: March 1985
110809 RUNOFF, Bonner Lab Version: August 1985
110820 KEFSYS (KEF11 IMPLEMENTATION SYSTEM) Version: July 1985
110854 NBS PASCAL for RT-11 Version: V1.6i (EC), Sept. 1986
110856 DUCM/DYC Version: V2b, December 1986
110872 LAP: Slave Print Utility Version: 1.4, April 1987
110880 Multiprocessor RT-11 Version: 5.0
110890 RDM FORTRAN Programming Interface Version: May 1987
110910 MAIL Version: 1.14, January 1988
110916 NOTAIL.MAC Version: 8A, September 1991
110924 HEATH Version: 1, February 1989
110929 Disk Benchmark Programs Version: 1988
110931 Extended Overlays for RT-11/TSX-PLUS Version: January 1991
110932 AS6816 Cross Assembler Version: 1.5, February 1991
And here's the RSX SIG tapes that'll be on the RSX volume:
RSX77B Fall 1977 San Diego
RSX78A Spring 1978 Chicago
RSX78B Fall 1978 San Francisco
RSX79A Spring 1979 New Orleans
RSX79B Fall 1979 San Diego
RSX80A Spring 1980 Chicago
RSX80B Fall 1980 San Francisco
RSX81A Spring 1981 Miami
RSX81B Fall 1981 Los Angeles
RSX82A Spring 1982 Atlanta
RSX82B Fall 1982 Anaheim
RSX83A Spring 1983 St. Louis
RSX83B Fall 1983 Las Vegas
RSX83B2 Fall 1983 Las Vegas, second volume
RSX84A Spring 1984 Cincinatti
RSX84A2 Spring 1984 Cincinatti, second volume
RSX84B Fall 1984 Anaheim
RSX85A Spring 1985 New Orleans
RSX85B Fall 1985 Aneheim
RSX86A Spring 1986 Dallas
RSX86B Fall 1986 San Francisco
RSX87A Spring 1987 Nashville
RSX87B Fall 1987 Anaheim
RSX88A Spring 1988 Cincinatti
RSX88B Fall 1988 Anaheim
RSX89A Spring 1989 Atlanta
RSX89B Fall 1990 Anaheim
RSX89EUR Europe 1989 Den Haag
RSX90A Spring 1990 New Orleans
RSX90B Fall 1990 Anaheim
RSX91B Fall 1991
And, in addition, these RSX/IAS related DECUS 11-xxx entries:
110593 Control C Trap Handler for FORTRAN Version: V1.05, September 1982
110594 CPU Usage Monitor Display Facility for RSX-11M Version: X02.05, August 1984
110626 XLISP: An Experimental Object Oriented Language Version: V1.1, April 1983
110632 Task Image Zapper & Other Goodies Version: Spring 1985
110680 RSX-11M-PLUS System Accounting Reports with Datatrieve Version: October 1983
110681 MM: A Mastermind Game Version: December 1982
110689 Active Task List Scan Version: V01090
110748 BUG: A Debugging Tool Used on Existing IAS Tasks Version: V2.0, June 1984
110750 TEM: A Terminal Emulator for RSX-11 Version: 88.104, May 1988
110760 COMPOSE: VT200 Custom Character Set Generator Program Version: V1.0, October 1984
110767 DFL: A Program to Dump Physical Blocks from Floppy-Disk Version: V1.0, October 1984
110822 VT-200 SET UP Version: V1, September 1985
110823 Task to Task Communications Version: V1.01, November 1985
110836 ReGIS to HP-GL Conversion Program Version: V1.J, December 1985
110849 FIGure - A Calculator for RSX and VMS Version: V86.080, June 1986
110858 EMPIRE Version: October 1986
110870 ECR: Enhanced Console Routine Version: 1, April 1987
110871 IAS KERMIT Version: April 1987
110873 FORTRAN Aids and Tools Version: 1, April 1987
110887 CLE Version: 6.2
110896 MODES Version: 3, August 1986
110898 Finger/RSX Version: December 1987
110899 FDC; Floppy Diskette Copy Version: 1, December 1987
The RSTS/E CD-ROM is a bit more tentative, as contributors of RSTS/E
freeware seem to be fewer and further inbetween. (And it's also true
that since RSTS/E has both RT-11 and RSX run-time systems, that RSTS/E
users can use material from the above SIG tape collections to some
extent.) I do have a couple dozen miscellaneous tapes from Terry
Kennedy that could be forced into a compilation.
The "PRO freeware" CD-ROM would contain RX50 images of the following:
PRO123 BASIC, PASCAL, PortaCalc, KERMIT and a Desk Top Calendar Version: V4, July 1985
PRO124 C Language System with Native Toolkit Version: November 1983
PRO136 PRO/VLINK for the Professional - 350/380 Series Version: V1.0-06, April 1985
PRO137 Adventure for the Professional-300 Series Version: V1, January 1984
PRO160 IMAGE Version: V6, 1986
PRO173 SIXELPRINT Version: 2.22, July 1987
PRO174 PRO/BASIC Version: 1.4, October 1989
PRO175 PRO/DECnet Version: 2.1, October 1989
PRO176 PRO/SIGHT Version: 1.1, October 1989
PRO177 P/OS Hard Disk Version: 3.2, October 1989
PRO178 PRO/Tool Kit Version: 3.2, October 1989
PRO179 Professional Installation and Maintenance Version: 3.2, October 1989
PRO180 Synergy, PRO/Communications, PROSE PLUS Version: October 1989
PRO181 PROSOFT Boot Floppy Version: February, 1990
as well as miscellaneous PRO-specific stuff pulled from the SIG tapes.
--
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Hello everyone,
The KFQSA has got to be one of the _weirdest_ boards DEC ever made to
control disks.
Some data points:
KFQSA Switch Table (Normal Operation)
Switch
1 2 3 4 CSR Address in Octal
--- --- --- --- -------------------------
ON ON ON ON 0760444 (Secondary TMSCP) < tape controller
ON ON ON OFF 0774500 (Primary TMSCP) < tape controller
ON ON OFF ON 0760334 (Secondary MSCP) < Disk controller
* ON ON OFF OFF 0772150 (Primary MSCP) < Disk Controller
KFQSA Switch Table (When being programmed)
Switch
1 2 3 4 CSR Address in Octal
--- --- --- --- -------------------------
* ON OFF ON ON 0774420 (service 0)
ON OFF ON OFF 0774424 (service 1)
ON OFF OFF ON 0774430 (service 2)
ON OFF OFF OFF 0774434 (service 3)
To configure the board to support two DSSI drives as I have, you first put
the KFQSA into "service mode" (ON-OFF-ON-ON) then power cycle and at the
uVAX chevron type:
>>> set host/maintenance/uqssp/service 0
If you have correctly set the switches on the KFQSA it will respond with a
program :
UQSSP Controller (774420)
Enter SET, CLEAR, SHOW, HELP, EXIT, or QUIT
Node CSR Address Model
0 760444 22
1 760354 21
2 760360 21
6 ------ KFQSA ------
? help
Commands:
SET <node> /KFQSA set KFQSA DSSI node number
SET <node> <CSR_address> <model> enable a DSSI device
CLEAR <node> disable a DSSI device
SHOW show current configuration
HELP print this text
EXIT program the KFQSA
QUIT don't program the KFQSA
Parameters:
<node> 0 to 7
<CSR_address> 760010 to 777774
<model> 21 (disk) or 22 (tape)
?
I enable two disk drives telling it that unit 1 is on the first controller
and unit 2 is on the second.
? set 0 772150 21
? set 1 760334 21
Now type 'EXIT' (and this saves that config) change the switches to select
primary MSCP (on-on-off-off) and restart.
Now the system powers up and shows two MSCP controllers (even though there
is just the one) and DUA0: is on one, and DUB1: is on the other. I don't
know if I can make both drives show up on one controller. That will require
a bit more experimentation.
--Chuck
I bought this from eBay some time ago, since nobody was bidding on it.
I've since come to the conclusion that I will never own a Tandy 2000, and
would like to offer it to somebody who might actually want it.
The kit consists of some DRAM to be used as video memory and little else.
It includes installation instructions and the original box, if my memory
is to be relied upon.
Best offer before 12:01 AM 4 August 1999 gets it.
ok
r.
Hello, all:
Maybe I missed the original post on this thread, but what's the contents
of the CD?? Obviously PDP-related, and sine I have an 11/34, I'd be
interested in a copy also. But what's on it???
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Hello classiccmpers... Sellam referred Mr. Vankin to me, but my
focus is not micros and vintage 8-bitters. I thought there might be
some SoCal folks who could give him a hand with some
info/interviewes or whatever you can.
He wrote me a very pleasant note, but I'm a DEC-head and all my
computers tend to weigh over 500 pounds... ;}
Please write back to him if you can help...
Cheers
John
