test-drb August 2002

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Classiccmp sources in Glasgow / Edinburgh area ?

by jos.mar＠bluewin.ch

I will be going on a trip to Scotland, and would not mind to take back a nice classic machine like an Acorn Archimedes . Any pointers as to were such a machine might be found in the abovementioned area's ? Jos Dreesen

22 years, 4 months

WTB/T Grid SCSI pod

by lgwalker＠mts.net

I have a Grid laptop 5 1/4" SCSI floppy drive (mfgd 1982) for my m.1520. The 15xx 's used some peripherals (eg. VGA, AC power, SCCI) via adaptors they called "Pods" in the battery ( which was also a Pod) slot. The SCCI connector is a DB50 which was also found on some DEC, SUN,etc. peripherals TMK. Anyone on the list have this Pod or for that matter any Grid Pods or accessories they'd part with ? Lawrence lgwalker(a)mts.net bigwalk_ca(a)yahoo.com

22 years, 4 months

UnixPC 7300 --> 3b2

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

Hell, let's skip the middleman and give all minis/supers/mainframes directly to me, while we're at it! ;p _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

22 years, 4 months

DEC3000/400 - D/UX3.2 & VT420

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

Is it possible to run a VT420 on my DEC 3000/400 (running Digital UNIX 3.2) while also having the PMAGB-B graphics console? IIRC, I cannot use serial port 1, since the I'm using the graphics console... I have the VT420 (9600,8,N,1) hooked to the printer port, using a DEC H8575-A REV B MMJ adaptor. All I got was a ~ (tilde) when I started it up. I also have a H8571-E, and a H8571-F adaptors. Should I be using ones of those instead, with a gender changer? -- --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818

22 years, 4 months

[OT] UK TV Licenses (was Re: These darned old computers)

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

Joe wrote: >>At 11:42 AM 8/27/02 +0100, Phil wrote: >>Joe wrote: >>> That's true but most products are still cheaper here than in the >>> UK. Explain that one! >>Three letters - VAT. > > BINGO! Like I said to begin with, it's all about government revenue! The US generally has sales tax which (I believe) is more or less exactly what VAT is (except VAT is 17.5% and Sales Taxes are generally lower ...) so the difference lies (mostly) elsewhere ... Antonio

22 years, 4 months

reviving a HP 9000/310

by glenslick＠hotmail.com

Can you stop the boot process when it is searching for a boot device and then manually select the boot device and add the ISL option? If you can get to an ISL prompt then you should be able to boot in single user mode. I have no idea if older HP 9000 systems have an ISL prompt, my experience is limited to 9000/700 series systems. >From: "Rumi Szabolcs" <rumi_ml(a)rtfm.hu> >Reply-To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org >To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org >Subject: reviving a HP 9000/310 >Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 01:53:48 +0100 > >Hello! > >I'm currently trying to make an old HP 9000/310 machine work. >Some information about the machine and the status of the >"project" can be found out at: > >http://paranoia.rulez.org/~rumi/hp310.html > >What I currently need is either a way to crack into the >HP-UX that is already installed on the box, or a floppy >set (== images which can be written to floppies) of HP-UX >that would run on this machine which sports a Motorola >68010/10MHz CPU, 2MB RAM, and a HP9153C 40MB HP-IB hard >disk drive / 3.5" floppy drive combo. > >If you have such floppy images, or could help me with any >software, documentation, or information regarding this system, >please don't hesitate to contact me via email. > >If I succeed, I'm planning to put a nice webpage together >about the system, with pics, history, infos, etc. > >Thanks, > >Szabolcs Rumi > >- _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

22 years, 4 months

Conclusion: Commodore 64 *is* lame!

by mythtech＠mac.com

>Worse, I can't get the video to work if I plug the cable into the back of >the 1702. I can only get it to work with the composite connector on the >front. Maybe it's because I still don't have the right cable. Whatever. >This is a nightmare. The rear connectors on that monitor are Y/C connectors, not Color Composite. So unless the cable is dumping out a Y/C signal, it might not work there (although, IIRC, you should still get a B&W image when plugged into one of the two channels... so maybe the rear inputs on that monitor are broken?) I also recall a switch back there for something. I can't verify as I sent my 1702 to Toth along with a complete C64 system (which I have regretted ever since, as it was a very complete system... but I suppose with him it has a better home where it is really being used, as compared to me where it probably would have sat in a box for the rest of time) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 4 months

MMD-1 / Mini-Micro Designer programming

by mranalog＠attbi.com

Karl Bernst writes: > I've got an octal keypad plus the letters "H,L,G,S,R,A,B,C"... Anyone = > who knows exactly what they do? After doing a web search, I found a listing for the keyboard routine. http://www.classiccmp.org/mail-archive/classiccmp/1998-04/0779.html It appears that you enter an 3 digit octal number and then hit a function key. H - puts the number in the H register L - puts the number in the L register S - puts the number into memory pointed to by HL and then increments HL. G - Loads the program counter with the contents of HL I dug out my copy of "the 8080a Bugbook", but it does not discuss the operation of the keyboard. You might try to find the May-July 1976 issue of Radio Electronics. --Doug ========================================= Doug Coward @ home in Poulsbo, WA Analog Computer Online Museum and History Center http://dcoward.best.vwh.net/analog =========================================

22 years, 4 months

BACK-OT: which CP/M machine is best (to copy)? :)

by doug_jackson＠citadel.com.au

I vividly remember my Pulsar Electronics Little-Big-Board. It was an STD bus board, sporting a 4Mhz Z-80, 64K ram, 8" floppy disk interface (1.2Mb!!!), RTC, and dual serial ports. The board came with a full BIOS listing, as well as the device specific CP/M stuff. I remember that you could re-link the CP/M innards to allow HDD support (I was never *that* rich). Spent *many* hours on that box, running Wordstar, and a cool pascal compiler called Turbo Pascal. I used a terminal that I brought from the US (ZRT-80). I still have it, in a 19" box, with dual M4854 (5.25" 77 Track) drives. (Boy, it was hard to find the HD media then). The box had the bigest storage on the block, and I was the envy of all my friends when it came out. A mate had an kaypro system that supported dual 170K? disks. (grin) From memory, the board cost about $500 Aus, each drive cost about $450 Aus, and the Apple II power supply for the case cost about $35US from Jameco. All in 1985 currency. Anyway, back onto topic. I still have all of the listings, and the full schematics for the box as well. Doug Jackson MSS Operations Manager Citadel Securix (02) 6290 9011 (Ph) (02) 6262 6152 (Fax) (0414) 986 878 (mobile) > -----Original Message----- > From: Ross Archer [mailto:archer@topnow.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 10:08 AM > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: BACK-OT: which CP/M machine is best (to copy)? :) > > > Geoff Reed wrote: > > > > all of the CP/M machines I have here at the moment are > serial terminal > > based, I think that these are the rule, rather than the exception. > > Coolness. Maybe I'm asking all the wrong questions. > > The *right* question is: what terminal-based > system would be good to use as a starting point/reference > design? (i.e. "rip off and modify" :) > > That is: what's your favorite terminal-based > CP/M system and why? :) > > Big points for: > > * Well-documented > * Available BIOS ASM sourcecode > * Available schematics > * Particularly popular, collectable appeal (might as > well > emulate something people like.) > * Unusually clever, minimalist, or just "good" designs. > > It would be so cool to get a fast Z180 adapted to fit > as a superfast CP/M replica. :) > CAUTION - The information in this message may be of a privileged or confidential nature intended only for the use of the addressee or someone authorised to receive the addressee's e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify postmaster(a)citadel.com.au. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Citadel Securix. Feel free to visit the Citadel Securix website! Click below. http://www.citadel.com.au

22 years, 4 months

Looking to program a N82S181

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "Dwight K. Elvey" <dwightk.elvey(a)amd.com> > >Hi > Is there anyone that is in the silicon valley area >that can program N82S181's? Also, does anyone have >a source for or N82S181C parts? ^^^ it was N82S181A > This is for an Olivetti M20 that I'm working on. >Dwight > > >

22 years, 4 months

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