Is there anyone here on the list located near Kingsport, TN? I've been
offered a huge pile of SGI IRIS boards, but I'm not sure that shipping
will be feasible for them. They are likely to end up in a landfill
otherwise...
-Toth
Gawd but youse guys is a buncha Vultures! ;}
The Monroe Calculator has been Spoken For - thanks and 'sorry!' to the
others who have responded or who have yet to respond.
I wonder if I'd put it on Ebay - maybe I'd be able to think about that
Cessna Twin I want...
Cheerz
John
Hello to all VAXenfolks,
i do have a problem with a VAX-11/730 that i have reconstructed
(cleaned,
resoldered, replaced cable, everything. Pictures on www.vaxcluster.de.
Yes,
i am a bit proud of it... But sorry for the bad web-page design!) over
the
last few months.
It is now willing to boot and tries to load it's microcode tape from the
TU-58 drives. I even have a microcode tape which looks like it could be
still readable.
But the TU-58's are so battered that i have not been able to read the
tape.
I have repaced the rubber rollers, but the read/write-heads look, ummm,
bad!
I have found somewhere some TU-58 simulator software for DOS which looks
like a promising alternative; i would place a mini-DOS-computer inside a
VT-102 and route some additional cables to the VAX and bee fine.
BUT: How do i get the contents of the microcode tape of the tape, into a
DOS file without access to a working TU-58?
Is someone on this list able to read the tape?
Has someone already made a tape image i could just use? I mean, i have
a original DEC tape, with serial number and all. I might even come up
with a license document, if i search long enough...
Any help would be greatly welcomed. This old lady is just to beautifull
to use it as an electric heater only...
Thank you
ms
--
Michael Schneider email: ms(a)silke.rt.schwaben.de
Germany http://www.vaxcluster.de
People disagree with me. I just ignore them.
(Linus Torvalds)
Dang... I really need to get a house. I would drive to Williamsport, and
thanks to all the PDP talk on this list, I am getting this itch to own
one to see what all the fuss is about.
But there is no way I would be able to have one in this rental shanty.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
YES! Thank you, Megan!
My screams of joy have just woke the neighbors!
---------- Begin forwarded message ----------
From: Megan
To: info-pdp11
Date: Monday, July 29, 2002, 7:38:44 PM
Subject: Latest release of PDP-11 field guide available
Contrary to opinion... I have been working on the field guide...
The latest copy has corrections supplied by various people
as well as new entries.
It can be found at
http://world.std.com/~mbg/pdp11-field-guide.txt
For those who carry mirrors of it, please send me email so
that I can put you on a list to obtain new copies as soon
as I make them available. Please supply the URL where your
copy can be found.
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | email: gentry at zk3.dec.com (work) |
| Unix Support Engineering Group | mbg at world.std.com (home) |
| Hewlett Packard | (s/ at /@/) |
| 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ |
| Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler |
| (603) 884 1055 (DEC '77-'98) | required." - mbg KB1FCA |
+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
---------- End forwarded message ----------
Hi,
I'm currently trying to build up a 6502-based SBC but - in true Sod's
Law fashion - my supplier has dumped the entire 6502 CPU series, despite the
fact they're still made by California Micro Devices. Anyone (preferably in
the UK) got a few spare MOS Technology, Rockwell, Synertek or CalMicro 6502
ICs? I've also seen some photos of 6502 chips with a "VTI" logo - probably
VLSI Technology; anyone ever seen one of these? There is a photo of one on
http://65c02.tripod.com/ - see "SBC-1 Hardware", first photo (right at the
top).
If anyone with spare stock of 6502s and/or 6502 support ICs could e-mail
me offlist with prices, I'd be very grateful.
Thanks.
--
Phil.
philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com
http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/
Respond to the sender <Hans(a)nabear.com>.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 09:21:04 -0400
From: Hans Callenbach <Hans(a)nabear.com>
Subject: powerbook 145
I have an old working powerbook 145... trying to not send it to the trash
heap... are you interested, if not can you suggest someone?
Also, an old 28 powerport modem and a working laser writer pro printer.
Many thanks, Hans
--
Hans Callenbach
Art Director
North American Bear Co., Inc.
902 Broadway
20th floor
New York, NY 10010
212-388-0700
fax 388-0089
--
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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I have some Synertek NMOS 6502s from various weeks
in 1984, still in their (original?) Synertek static tubes.
(At least, "Synertek" is stamped on the tubes.)
A few "boy are these stupid" questions:
1. Does anyone have any cool Synertek lore they'd like to
share with the group? All I know about them is they made
the SYM-1 and were a 6530 second-source. I guess it's safe
to conclude they were also a 6502 second-source. :)
2. Is this a "Find" in any sense? (I paid all of 30 cents
each for them.) My motivation is to have enough replacement
parts to keep all my 6502-based hardware humming for years
to
come. Though in this case I have several lifetimes' worth.
:)
3. Is there any reason to fear that these chips will "go
bad"
at any significant rate as they age? Is there any way I
could
store them (reasonably, I mean, no vaccum or outer-space
suggestions, please. :) to maximize their lifespan?
My plan is to come into work some evening and suit up with
the full anti-static treatment at an EMI bench with my
little
SBC (retrofitted with a 40 pin ZIF socket to avoid bending
their machine-straight little legs), and test them all in
rapid-fire succession. Is there anything inherently dumb
about powering them up?
Okay, well enough dumb questions. Just looking for
any comments on any of the points, as the spirit moves you.
:)
-- Ross
Please reply directly to the sender.
Reply-to: <edmor(a)gist-image.com>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 17:44:02 -0400
From: EdMorcaldi <edmor(a)gist-image.com>
To: vcf(a)siconic.com
Subject: Donation
I would like to donate my Apple //e system -- no charge. It has an
Applied Engineering card for memory expansion. Can you use it? I
would be willing to ship it.
Also have 2 Apple IIci systems that I would like to give away.
--
Ed Morcaldi
System Administrator
GIST Inc
203/479-7500
203/479-7575 FAX
http://www.gist-image.com
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