>Speaking of LocalTalk, does anyone have TOPS software for PCs?
I have two copies of it (TOPS for DOS v2.1). Unfortuantly, both are in
use (they go with my two LocalTalk cards), so I am not willing to get rid
of them. However, I don't know your (or the general list) stance on
abandonware, and if TOPS qualifies. If it does, and I won't get chastised
on this list for doing so, I would have no problems duplicating the
install disks, and running off a copy of the manual for you. Of course, I
can't sell it to you (outside of postage and material costs) because that
would be piracy no matter HOW you slice it (selling for profit a copy of
software while retaining the original, even if abandonware, is just not
right in my book).
I do know that TOPS is serialized, and checks itself on the network. You
need a different code for each copy. I don't think the software itself is
serialized, so you can install from the same disks, you just need to
register it with different codes or duplicates will disable each other.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
! > You know, if someone is going to be an excited collector,
! > they should be
! > an EDUCATED collector. ALL macs up thru the Plus and part
! > way thru the SE
! > were signed on the inside by the original design team.
!
! For that matter, my IIcis both have the signatures in the
! bottom of the case.
Where exactly in the bottom? I'll have to check mine...
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Hello all,
There was more demand for some of these than I would have guessed....
Thanks, however, to Sellam's Apple II Random Number Generator (heh --
couldn't resist), the "winners" have been chosen.
Unfortunately, I left the list at home, so I'll notify people later today,
when I go home for lunch.
Still no takers on the Async cards (Tony is correct about the two jumper
blocks), and still plenty of floppy controllers.
Also, Tony was spot on about the Everex card. The 6116 is in a socket that
can also accommodate a larger chip. I'd go with his guess that this is some
sort of QIC controller/formatter... It's still up for grabs....
Rich B.
"They that can give up essential liberty
to obtain a little temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin
Hi there.
Can somebody tell me a good place to obtain one H9672
or one H984 enclosures to put my PDP-11 23 PLUS enclosure
plus another BA11 for expansion purposes I have ?
I should like to know it because it's possible that I could obtain
one Shugart 8" disk and one or two SMD. I have too one
TS05 that I want to begin to hack, and I'd like to get all of them
together and working.
I have too three Shugart SA-800 8" floppy units that I must
clean and probe. I need one enclosure for two of these units,
that comes with power supply.
Thanks and Greetings
Sergio
Yes if this is in Europe :-)
Regards
Sergio
-----Mensaje original-----
De: Heinz Wolter <h.wolter(a)sympatico.ca>
Para: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Fecha: s?bado, 27 de octubre de 2001 6:47
Asunto: Re: value of classic DEC machines?
>> I have an 11/70 and it's a beautiful machine. I'd love to have another
to
>> play with.
>>
>> Peace... Sridhar
>
>For every dog, there is a flea...
>I'll send the scrap truck over to your huge warehouse next time;)
>I've already turned down 2 complete 11/70s due to size-
>you'll find most 11/70 configs too physically large for
>most home or basement collections (3 racks?). They're also
>hungry on the power side, so I don't run my Datasystem 570-
>a repackaged 11/70 in a vax780-like "wide bay" - even if it
>lives in a warehouse...
>
>At least two commercial DEC restorers I know basically scrap
>the 70's (since "no one wants them" - which I read "no one wants
>to pay for them" ) or are forced to remove them along with more
>interesting stuff as part of the deal (and scrap them later;)
>Should someone start an 11/70 orphanage for all those
>unwanted machines?
>
>Cheers,
>Heinz
>
>Does anyone know anything about an ATEX system?
Ok... ignore me. I over zealously posted this question to the list
because you people are just so damn smart.
If I had bothered to even LOOK for myself, I would have found ATEX.com,
which even has a press release mentioning how The Record (the paper my
friend works at) has been a user of theirs for over 25 years.
So I think I found at least a strong pointer in the right direction.
(Although, if anyone has a list of commands an ATEX system accepts, that
would also be helpful... however, it seems they have a number of
different systems available)
Sorry for wasting the bandwidth.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Looks great; good luck & congratulations. Just don't let Tony & the boys see that part about using 556's for baud rate & interrupt timers or THAT thread'll go on for another month...
*Almost* makes me want to put a PC behind the Burroughs B2000 console I've got gathering dust in my basement...
mike
----------------Original Message----------------
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 13:34:09 +0200
From: Gooijen H <GOOI(a)oce.nl>
Subject: blinkenlights for everybody (?)
Hi all.
Some weeks ago there was a thread about blinkenlights and consoles.
It was mentioned that a simple piece of hardware (just a few
resistors two transistors and 16 LEDs) connected to the printer port
of a PC can be brought to life when you run Ersatz-11.
Well, it took some time for me to decide whether I should go 'public'
with a project I intend to embark on.
In short: a *_full_* console on a PC that runs Ersatz-11.
The reason to announce the project is to get feedback. Am I on the
right track. Have a look, on this page (part of my website) you can
find a small ZIP file that contains the draft document that descibes
it.
http://home.hetnet.nl/~tshaj/pdpsite/homebrew/startframe.html
Any comment is appreciated.
- - Henk.
I'm still a little confused. Processor Technology Corp. (not Processor
Technologies - couldn't find a reference for them on the web) best known
machine was the Sol-20 - 8080 based in a blue metal cabinet, keyboard
built in, with walnut wood sides. They supposedly made a small number
of Sol-10's, and were planning on both an S-100 color board and a
revised Sol - a Sol-II? Not sure of the name. Could what you have be a
prototype? Their Helios drives were also packaged in a blue case and
the drives were mounted vertically. I have owned Morrow assembled
Discus 8" floppies, their first 5.25" hard drives (5, 10, 15 and 20 MB
IIRC), and have worked on a 14" Morrow hard drive. I don't recall a 10"
wide 7.50 MB drive. I do recall and had owned a 15 MB 5.25" drive from
Morrow - I suppose if it had a bad platter it could have been sold as a
7.5 MB drive. IIRC, their drives just had the standard Shugart or
Seagate black face plate and activity LED sticking out of a non-descript
chassis with power supply, and had ribbon cables to attach to the S-100
controller card.
Are we any closer to identifying this machine?
Bob Stek
Saver of Lost Sols
> Verified with a source, Sol50 from Processor Technologies.
Company was named Processor Technology, not Processor Technologies.
I join with others in failing to recall a SOL-50 in the line.
Possibly, a third-party reselling re-labeled it to distinguish
his value-added package from the standard SOL-PC, SOL-10, and SOL-20
which were what the firms actually sold. A Z-80 upgrade for the
SOL that I recently sold came with a new nameplate to rename the
machine 'ZOL' instead of 'SOL'; maybe we're looking at a similar
phenomenon.
Regards,
-doug q
Do you mean a SOL-20 by Processor Technology? Also, Morrow Designs
(Thinkertoys) made 8" SS DD and DS DD floppy drives - 512k to 1024k.
Or are you referring to something completely different?
