test-drb July 2001

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by CELang＠worldnet.att.net

The sum total of my knowledge on this is an article in Creative Computing magazine (Aug 1981, Vol 7, No 8) by J. Martin Graetz, one of the guys who wrote it. I see someone has already posted the URL: http://lcs.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/projects/spacewar/ That's what got me to dig out the old article the other night. Graetz mentioned in the article that "Spacewar!" was ported to almost any machine of the day that had a scope. I don't know about being the "first game", but as far as arcade type game... I think it could lay a serious claim. Craig -----Original Message----- From: Bob Shannon <bshannon(a)tiac.net> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Date: Thursday, July 05, 2001 7:37 PM Subject: Space War? >As I understand it, the first video game ever was space war, written at MIT. > >Does anyone here know anything about a port of space war for the HP2115? > >Many years ago I purchased a 2115 from the MIT equipment exchange. Paper >lables on the front panel suggest that the machine at one time played space >war. > >I've kept the core unlatered, but the idea of reverse engineering whatever >code >may (or may not) be stored in core seems impractical. The machine had all its > >I/O boards removed before I got to it. > >I'm tempted to simply ignore the original contents of the core at this point, >and >load something interesting for VCF East, but before I alter it, I'd like to >ask if >anyone has heard of space war running on old HP mini's? > >

22 years, 11 months

Ultrix Netscape?

by optimus＠canit.se

There has been quite a lot of talk on the NetBSD/pmax list about an elusive version of Netscape for Ultrix. Has anyone ever seen such a beast? All indications I get from a Google search is that there never was an Ultrix port, but people on the list claim otherwise. Any Ultrix gurus around here who know? -- En ligne avec Thor 2.6a. "Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music." David McMinn

22 years, 11 months

digital vax3300

by robwill2＠wxs.nl

Hi, Does anyone know where in the net I can see a picture of this computer?? Thanks, Robert robwill2(a)wxs.nl

22 years, 11 months

HPUX on HP 9020 (9000 Series 520)

by fmc＠reanimators.org

Wolfgang.Eichberger(a)bps.at wrote: > Hi. I'm searching for some HPUX docs and software for the HP 9020. > I think HPUX 5.? is still running... Yes, it likely would be. What are you trying to discover? Austria is a ways away from where I am, but I have some of the manuals handy and some a little less handy (in storage). There are two or three other people on the list with these systems too. -Frank McConnell

22 years, 11 months

please help ID a few Apple ][ boards

by CELang＠worldnet.att.net

One looks like a printer card... That Fourth Dinemsion card sure looks familiar. I think a friend had one. I'll ask him when I see him next. Instinct says it's an 80 column card, but I'm really just guessing. Craig -----Original Message----- From: Mike <dogas(a)bellsouth.net> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Date: Friday, July 06, 2001 10:16 AM Subject: please help ID a few Apple ][ boards >Hi, > >sorry for the false start... Anyone recognize these guys? (each shot also >has a floppy controller for scale) > >1. card with a buncha empty sockets, one eprom labled 'Tymac Controls Corp' > http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/d/o/dogas/A2cardsb.jpg > >2. Fourth Dimension Board 2 > http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/d/o/dogas/A2cardsc.jpg > >3. SSM Microcomputer APPIC > http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/d/o/dogas/A2cardsd.jpg > >Thanks! >- Mike: dogas(a)bellsouth.net > > > > >

22 years, 11 months

Ancient VAX software jackpot!

by ethan_dicks＠yahoo.com

I was moving some boxes in the basement tonight and found something that was recently mentioned on the list - TU-58s of VMS 3.2 through VMS 3.5! I also found my 4.2BSD tapes, and at least one System III tape for the 11/780 along with plenty of Ultrix tapes, Ultrix 32M (on RX-50 for MicroVAX-I) and MicroVMS 4.2. The basement is, as one would expect of a midwestern basement, not bone dry. Some of the tapes show traces of white mold on the edges. I will be, therefore, attempting to read these tapes forthwith. My only functioning 1600 bpi tape drive is presently a TU-80. I could go to a friend's house and try to use his SCSI magtape if that made sense. -ethan ===== Visit "The Seventh Continent" http://penguincentral.com/penguincentral.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

22 years, 11 months

RD53 formatter

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jul 5, 8:52, Doug Carman wrote: > I have a PDP-11/83 with an RQDX3 disk controller and a pair of RD53 > drives from a MicroVAX II. Since all I can get from both drives are I/O > errors, I am left to assume that they were once hooked to an RQDX2 > controller and now need to be re-low-level formatted to work with the > RQDX3. Does anyone know what is required to do this on an 11/83? Was > there an XXDP diagnostic program that did this? If the drives came from a MicroVAX-II it's unlikely they were on an RQDX2. As far as I know, those machines all had RQDX3s. Anyone know differently? RD53's aren't the most reliable of drives, and it may be they really are failing. The TechTips said that there were a lot of problems with errors, especially on RQDX1 and RQDX2 controllers, due to over-long unscreened cables, or early revisions of the M9058 board. You might take a look at the cables and check the voltages at the drives too. Check the version numbers of the ROMs on the RQDX3 as well, early versions had some problems, and IIRC you are supposed to change W23 according to the drive type and RQDX3 revision level. The one in my 11/83 has 23-243E5/23-244E5 ROMs (that's revision 2, there is a later revision in 23-285E5/23-286E5 and the final version was 23-339E5/23-240E5) and W23 is made 1-2 and 3-4. You're right about XXDP. Specifically, XXDP Ver.2 (though XXDP+ should work too) and the program you want for formatting using an RQDX3 is ZRQC??.BIN (the latest version I have is ZRQCH0.BIN). ZRQB??.BIN is the formatter for an RQDX1/2 (ZRQBC0.BIN formats up to an RD53). There's XXDP documentation in both PostScript and PDF formats on my website at http://www.dunnington.u-net.com/public/ Take a look in the /public/DECROMs directory too. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

22 years, 11 months

Interphase 4220 Cougar

by dittman＠dittman.net

I have an Interphase 4220 Cougar board. This board has what appears to have two wide SCSI controllers, one of which is on a daughterboard. Does anyone know what kind of bus interface is on this board? There are two connectors, one of which is 3x32 male and the other is the same connector but only the middle 32 pins exist. -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net

22 years, 11 months

Amiga HDs to .HDF for emulation?

by rachael_＠gmx.net

Hi >Am I missing something obvious, like that the ADF-based tools >will work with hard disks, too? If you downloadet dev-handler.lha from Aminet, it would give you a new device called DEV: , then you could simply do a copy dev:hd0 ntp:foo.hdf . Regards Jacob Dahl Pind -------------------------------------------------- = IF this computer is with us now... = =...It must have been meant to come live with us.= = (Belldandy - Goddess First class) = --------------------------------------------------

22 years, 11 months

OT Celebration (Not intended to be offensive, possible humor )

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> I'd be worrying more about the guy in the White House than the guy in Redmond. > Only the right wingers would tolerate such an imbecile in the oval office. Not > even Schickelgruber, however manipulable he may have been, was that stupid. Now > the Texan Potentate and his sidekick want us all to accept that drilling NWAR > for more oil, the first of which we'll see in about a decade and a half, will > solve this week's energy crisis. Schickelgruber in the White House.... listening to Gas Music from Jupiter, no doubt. Then it's TRUE, they're in EVERYBODYS eggs! <sigh>

22 years, 11 months

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test-drb July 2001