test-drb September 2001

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by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On September 10, Iggy Drougge wrote: > research indicates that this is some PDP-11 (or should it be an LSI-11?) > clone. > Will those two cards we found really suffice for a functioning system? Four > 2901s should only add up to four bits according to my calculations... The 2901 is four bits wide. -Dave -- Dave McGuire Laurel, MD

22 years, 10 months

DOS 1.0 copyright string

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> Hello, all: > > I was able to get my hands on the two DOS 1.0 disks. So, I spent a > few minutes with Sourcer and a good hex editor in search of the DR copyright > notice. I didn't find it. > > Maybe I misunderstood the timing of the message, but I thought that > the 1.0 version of DOS contained copyright information from Digital Research > and when IBM found out, they compelled MS to expunge it, resulting in the > 1.1 version. My recollection (often wrong) was that there was a sequence of code (load register, move to another register, do a call, etc) that was taken verbatim from CP/M and used in DOS; not an ASCII string containing a copyright notice. Regards, -doug q

22 years, 10 months

Free PDP 11/34 complete setup - Littlerock, CA

by mrbill＠mrbill.net

Surely someone in CA can help rescue this system. Info below (I got this @ my pdp11.org address). Please email Kristina directly. pdp11/34 with rsts/e software up for grabs Hello, I have a pdp11/34 with rsts/e software up for grabs. It was my fathers, Bill Ramsey, and it needs a good home since he passed away. There are modems,books, software, tape decks, peripherial equiptment (monitors and computers) and spare PCB's. Just give us a call at 661-944-9550 or email us back at kaesplace(a)aol.com. We are located in Littlerock,CA. Thank you for your time. Sincerly, Kristina Roberts Hello Bill, the PDP11 and associated components roughly occupies the equivilant of 3 refrigerators. There is the main unit, about 8ft tall and width of a filing cabinet, the isolation transformers, the same width and 5ft tall, and then a dozen or so boxes of software, spare boards and literature, as well as a printer and the monitor, plus 2 remote processors. You may be able to get it all into a pickup truck with a large capacity bed. We live in Southern california 60 miles NE of L.A. regards Charles and Kristina Roberts. -- Bill Bradford mrbill(a)mrbill.net Austin, TX

22 years, 10 months

recent acquisitions for the House of VAX

by dittman＠dittman.net

> > No, this isn't the same. These are licenses, not locks. > > No argument from me. I've been checking the document > archives and I used to know this, but how do you display > the system ID? There was a GetSYI parameter or some > such... I imagine the number can be displayed from the > console as well without an OS booted or even present. > > And... is this a number that Encompass will accept? Do you mean the hardware ID? If so, either enter the serial number or you can make one up. -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net Check out the DEC Ethusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/

22 years, 10 months

HP & Compaq

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

! I've brought in consultants offering to do everything from a ! similar temporary fix to a complete re-wire.... but there's ! no acknowledgement on the part of said former supervisor ! who is also the closet thing we have to a comptroller that we ! actually have a problem. He said to drop it until I could ! PROVE the wiring wss the problem, and however that might be ! done would likely require resources I don't have. Sounds like you need to borrow cable testing equipment, and show him the results of your cables, compared to the results of a building wired properly... --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818

22 years, 10 months

2.9BSD UNIX available for PDP-11/23 with MSCP

by engdahl＠cle.ab.com

A version of 2.9BSD UNIX which runs on a PDP-11/23 with MSCP hard drives is now available at: http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/PDP-11/Distributions/ucb/2.9BSD-MSCP/ I tested this on a PDP-11/23 consisting of a KDF11-A CPU, 256 Kb RAM, Andromeda UCD11, SLU card, and a 20 megabyte Seagate ST-225 hard drive. UNIX can be recompiled on this machine. Support for loading 2.9BSD via VTserver from a PC is also included. You have to have a UNIX license before you can access the files. You can get this for free starting here: http://minnie.tuhs.org/PUPS/ -- Jonathan Engdahl???????????????? Rockwell Automation Principal Research Engineer????? 24800 Tungsten Road Advanced Technology????????????? Euclid, OH 44117, USA Euclid Labs????????????????????? engdahl(a)cle.ab.com 216-266-6409

22 years, 10 months

recent acquisitions for the House of VAX

by dittman＠dittman.net

> > >Of course a PAK generator solves the problem of missing PAKs > > quite nicely. > > > > Yes it does, however I am dearly afraid that with HP and > > Compaq doing the > > dance that the lore of such things will be permanently lost > > at some point. > > AFAIK, the PAKGEN program that third parties > were allowed to purchase would only > generate PAKs in the name of that > third party. So simply having PAKGEN > would not allow you to generate DEC PAKs! True, and PAKGEN was only available to run on a VAX, not an Alpha, so you had to keep a VAX around. > OTOH several people reverse-engineered > the PAK checksum and at least one > company were selling a PAKGEN-like service > until they were "leaned on". Reverse engineering is what most people did. I know of one company still selling a PAK generator, but like PAKGEN it only lets you generate PAKs for your own products. Was the company that was stopped selling a PAK generator or were they selling generated PAKs? If they were selling a PAK generator I don't see how they could be stopped. -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net Check out the DEC Ethusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/

22 years, 10 months

Anyone want an 11/750 & 11/730 out of New Jersey?

by LFessen106＠aol.com

In a message dated 9/9/01 11:21:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gunther(a)aurora.regenstrief.org writes: > Hi, > > I have a contact who needs to get rid of a VAX 11/750 and an > 11/730 real soon and they are in Sommerset County, New Jersey. > A picker-upper would be preferred. There is also an HP 3000/48. > Let me know who wants them and can pick up. If there is contention, > I think one should try sharing, so let me know which one you > really really badly want if you have to choose. Please let me know. Would love to get a hold of a 750 :-) I can find homes for the others as well if nobody else shows an interest here. I am also fairly close by in eastern PA. -Linc Fessenden In The Beginning there was nothing, which exploded - Yeah right... Calculating in binary code is as easy as 01,10,11.

22 years, 10 months

recent acquisitions for the House of VAX

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

Chuck McManis wrote: > At 10:41 AM 9/8/01 -0500, Eric wrote: > >Of course a PAK generator solves the problem of missing PAKs > quite nicely. > > Yes it does, however I am dearly afraid that with HP and > Compaq doing the > dance that the lore of such things will be permanently lost > at some point. AFAIK, the PAKGEN program that third parties were allowed to purchase would only generate PAKs in the name of that third party. So simply having PAKGEN would not allow you to generate DEC PAKs! OTOH several people reverse-engineered the PAK checksum and at least one company were selling a PAKGEN-like service until they were "leaned on". Antonio

22 years, 10 months

recent acquisitions for the House of VAX

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

Chuck McManis wrote: > A VAXServer 3100/M48 (yet another one I didn't have > yet.) with all the option cards (multi-serial, DMF32, > etc) I don't think a DMF-32 will even physically fit in a VAXserver/VAXstation 3100: it's a UNIBUS card! You probably have a DSH32 and/or DST32. > A bunch of manuals, including the VT103 users guide > and a bunch of VAX 11/730 manuals (including the CPU > technical manual!) It would be nice to see this scanned and made available (especially the VAX-11/730 stuff). Antonio

22 years, 10 months

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test-drb September 2001