On Oct 20, 21:22, Jay West wrote:
> Thanks for your patience & understanding as we improve our
infrastructure.
This is perhaps an opportune moment to thank you for all the time, effort
and resources you have put into hosting the list and the archive.
Some time ago, there was a discussion about address munging. I've noticed
recently (ie the last few months) a large increase in spam arriving here,
possibly correlated to my postings to the list. It not a really big deal,
but I wondered if it's possible to anti-spamify my email address in list
postings?
> We will also be updating the software that
> pulls all the classiccmp posts into the archive at www.classiccmp.org
> and I think the new version has a search function built in.
That would be nice!
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Hi all.
I have a problem when I try to run Advent in Ersatz-11.
I guess it is trivial, but I am in the learning phase...
Running RT-11, when entering "run advent", I get the response:
?KMON-F-Insufficient memory.
For information here are some screen "dumps" of entered commands.
.SH MEM
------- Extended Memory -------
Address Module Words Type
------- ------ ----- ----
17760000 IOPAGE 4096. HDW
00760000 MEMTOP
00166200 ...... 96704.
00160000 SL 1600. PVT
------ Low Memory -------
Address Module Words
------- ------ -----
155434 DL 626.
122216 RMON 6983.
111154 USR 2321.
001000 ..BG.. 18486.
.SHOW CONF
RT-11XM (S) V05.03
Booted from DL0:RT11XM
USR is set NOSWAP
EXIT is set SWAP
KMON is set NOIND
TT is set NOQUIET
ERROR is set ERROR
SL is set OFF
EDIT is set KEX
KMON nesting depth is 3
Global .SCCA flag is disabled
PDP 11/35,40 Processor
248KB of memory
Extended Instruction Set (EIS)
Memory Management Unit
50 Cycle System Clock
Device I/O time-out support
FPU support
On Thursday I took possession of a DEC Lab 11/40 system. I've not had time
to clean it up and check it out yet, but it was reputedly working when last
used (well, I suppose it would have been, wouldn't it?).
Actually, that's not quite true, as I'm told someone plugged a terminal in
the wrong way, apparently blew something up, and got no output -- I hope
they mean something simple like the RS232 line drivers have gone.
The system consists of two racks about 4' high. One contains the 11/40 in
a 12U box, with a power controller below and an LPS11 above. The other
contains a pair of RK05 drives and power controller. There's a GT11
display on the top of the 11/40 rack, and a TS03 magtape unit on the other.
The system came with stacks of documentation but only one RK05 pack. I've
not had time to make a thorough inventory of the docs yet, but they seem to
include most of the processor/memory/interface engineering drawings and
maintenance manuals, and something like four complete or almost complete
sets of RT-11 manuals, for various vintages from 2.0 to 4.0. Also a pile
of printed MAINDEC listings (no microfiche, sadly. Anybody got any
microfiche they want to pass on?)
I've not had time to do anything yet, apart from check the boards in the
11/40 (pretty standard, with EIS but not FIS, no stack limit register or
MMU, no KM11, but it does have the KW11-L programmable LTC). It has a
DL11-A (20mA interface for console) and a DL11-something (RS232), 2 x 16KW
core sets in one backplane, a DUP11-A synchronous interface (what can I use
this for?), a TMB11 tape controller, and an RK11-D controller for the
drives. The last backplane in the box contains cards not listed in the
Field Guide (neither are the memory cards in this machine, so I'll send
Megan an update) but I think they're for the GT11: M7014-YA, A320, and
M7013, all hex-height.
I've had a very cursory look over the machine, and the only things I notice
that want some attention before I think about powering it up are a section
of frayed insulation on the power loom to the BA-11 box, a lot of dust
everywhere (how surprising!), and some kinks in the unibus cable that
connects to the RK05s. I plan to vacuum out the dust, ix the insulation,
and check the PSUs before I do anything else. I'm no Unibus or RK05
expert; most of my -11s are Q-bus. What else should I look for before I go
too far?
I mentioned I only got one disk pack -- it's an original RT-11 distribution
and I don't want to risk that in an unknown drive. Anyway, I know for a
fact it's been dropped (the owner told me). I have since acquired 4 more
packs, three of which came from the same machine originally. Anything I
should look out for before trying them? I thought it might be wise to
check the RK05 heads and perhaps clena them with IPA before I do anything
else.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
>Some time ago, there was a discussion about address munging. I've noticed
>recently (ie the last few months) a large increase in spam arriving here,
>possibly correlated to my postings to the list. It not a really big deal,
>but I wondered if it's possible to anti-spamify my email address in list
>postings?
This (mine) email address is ONLY used for list subscriptions. I recieve
NO outside spam to this address. That tells me that no one has harvested
addresses from the list (or any list I am on). HOWEVER... I do recieve
>from time to time spam addressed TO the list (and thus it ends up at this
address). No amount of address obscuring to solve that, as it isn't
addressed to "you" but to the list, and thus proxied to you.
Not that I am against address obscuring (since this list replies to the
list, and not to the person, so it doesn't become an annoyance). Just
thought I would mention my findings on the topic.
Unsubscribing the spammer might slow them down a bit (at least then,
their messages would be bounced first)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
There were a number of posts on this list over the last
year on the topic of the Tek 4041 GPIB controller.
Ive got one of these suckers now, plus a number of Tek plugins with GPIB
interfaces, and Im interested in making them all play together.
I havent got a keyboard, and I recall some posts from Joe Rigdon? saying
keyboards
are very hard to find. In the meantime, Ive figured out the keyboard
electrical interface characteristics and made a rs232-keyboard converter. So
I can talk to it now, and give it little BASIC commands, and see the results
on the LED display
Ive figured out much of the BASIC dialect it speaks, but I cant yet figure
out how to open the printer, serial port or tape for IO, nor have I got the
docs yet. Can anyone shed some light on the exact syntax for the BASIC open
call used by the 4041 and the
get() function for reading GPIB devices?
Cheers.
Rich,
I have data on the NS version of the 8073 board and the chip itself.
However I have to dig for it. the sterling Cypher is different than the
NS
board though the chip (8073) is fairly standard in what it expects
in that regard.
Allison
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard A. Cini, Jr. <rcini(a)optonline.net>
To: ClassCompList <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Monday, October 22, 2001 11:11 PM
Subject: Sterling Cypher IV 8073 board info
Hello, all:
I mentioned a while ago that I got these boards, and I actually received
them last week. To do a refresh, this board is an INS8073-based SBC with
lots of I/O in a compact 4x5 size. Someone mentioned that they may have
access to the manual but I can't find that message.
I need some info on these more than I thought. The kit comes with the
board
and parts and nothing more. The silk screen on the board only has parts
designations (i.e., R1, C1, U1) but not the values. Some I can guess at
but
not enough to make it work.
The only info that I have is on the 8073 specifically and not the board
itself. A search doesn't turn up much.
Any help appreciated.
Rich
Rich Cini
Collector of classic computers
Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project
Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/
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Hi
I found these sorting out stuff today.
Programming the 65816 (W.Libiak, Sybex)
65816/65802 Ass. Lang. Programming (M.Fischer, McGraw/Hill)
Both very clean.
Trades and offers welcome or dumpster for these...
Thanks
Claude
http://computer_collector.tripod.com
I'm trying to get this combo running on a mvIII+ (ba23) I just put
together. /sho dev/ picks it up as UQSSP Tape Controller 0 (774500).
I know this can also be used as a tape controller but is there any
jumpering required for use with the rc25? (no other mscp devs present)
Also, the person who wanted the mvII boards from my recent "garagesale"
changed his mind. So 2-M7606 1-M7608 and 2-M7609s are still avail
(free - U pay postage). All bds just tested good.
-nick
---- On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, r. 'bear' stricklin (red(a)bears.org) wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, One Without Reason wrote:
>
> > OS/2 JFS is AIX JFS. They are the same.
>
> When did OS/2 start supporting JFS? It was still all HPFS as of Warp
> 3.0
>
> ok
> r.
>
>
>
>
The OS/2 Warp Server 4.x (IIRC) had HPFS support and JFS support.
--
Bill Pechter
Systems Administrator
uReach Technologies
732-335-5432 (Work)
877-661-2126 (Fax)
First of all, I got my DNS straightened out, which is good.
Second, FedEx tried to deliver a COD package to me today but I
wasn't home. Did someone from the list send me something?
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/
