test-drb January 2003

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by cb＠mythtech.net

>> ... Leisure Suit Larry 1, too. > >Hey! I still have LSL1 1.0 - 5.25" original disks, not a copy (fished it >out of a pile of debris left by a departing college student a number of >years ago) > >It's... um... a *classic*! Ah, but do you have "SoftPorn" the game that LSL-1 was a rip off of? I played that on my Apple II eons ago (I just saw it on one of the game archive links that passed thru this list recently in anyone wanted to DL it) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 2 months

RM Nimbus

by Peter.Hicks＠POGGS.CO.UK

All, I used to have an AX/2 server at home quite a while ago, and all I have left is the hard drive. I want to get this software off the drive, but I threw out my last MFM controller card ages ago. Does anybody have a copy of the old RM NET LM software that ran (runs?) Z-Net networks of PC186 machines? Even better, does anyone have an ISA MFM controller they'd be willing to swap for money? :) eBay hasn't turned up anything :( Best wishes, Peter.

22 years, 2 months

PDP-8: (and others) anyone tried NVRAM simulation of hard drives?

by djg＠drs-esg.com

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502(a)yahoo.com> > >As to Will's original question, I myself have wondered what it >would take to design/build a compatible device. ... >One thing that has been slowing me down is >deciding how to attach a modern device to an -8/L or -8/i - > I would recommend getting the DEC compatable cards for Dougless Electronics to plug into the 8/I and wiring them to another circuit card. With a bank of transistors you can convert from the negative bus to TTL and put a small FPGA/CPLD on the board to do all the work. Attach to that your storage of choice and your all set. A fast microcontroller might also be an option and might be needed if you want to do things like IDE/CF to emulate DF32/RF08. Might need to be a little careful that modern fast logic doesn't see/make glitches on the bus. For my online PDP-8/E the board I made is a Xilinx CPLD (they have cheap/free tools and I have the pay stuff at work) which emulated the front panel and also was a single cycle data break master for data transfers. Most of the 8/I peripherals were 3 cycle that wouldn't be too hard to do. I used a little adapter board to convert the PLCC to a PGA and then wirewrapped. I have also seen a bunch of ads for real cheap PCB prototypes if you have confidence in your design. Anybody who wants my code can have it but it is ugly. I first tried another chip and coded it in that language but the tools were too bad so switched to Xilinx and Abel. David Gesswein http://www.pdp8.net/ -- Run an old computer with blinkenlights.

22 years, 2 months

Any Amiga users on this list?

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> I play games on mine mostly, but want to get a HD to do some programming on > the system. Flipping floppies is starting to get annoying. Is there a SCSI adapter for the A500, and how hard would it be to get? The HD expansions I've always seen don't strike me as being very reliable in this day and age. If you want to do programming, I'd recommend getting a newer Amiga, or doing it under Emulation. I've had Amiga OS 3.9 running on both my A3000/25 and on my PC, I hate to admit it, but unless you're running something that requires the HW, emulating the Amiga on a modern system blows the real HW away. I couldn't believe the difference. Of course I've got to admit, that you really should have an accelerator board, if you're going to try and run AmigaOS 3.9. Now what I'd like to get a chance to play with is Amiga OS 4.0 on the new hardware! I gather the OS will finally be released in March. Zane

22 years, 2 months

New to list

by ssj152＠charter.net

Hi, I am new here; I've been lurking (reading the archives) for a while, decided to join. Since I retired I've taken up "retrocomputing" and see a lot of discussion here about systems I'm interested in and hopefully I'll be able to contribute at times. I am certainly having fun reading the posts - the recent posts about "middle posting" really cracked me up! I am interested in 6502 based systems, especially the KIM-1 and SYM-1. I currently have a VIM-1 and a SYM-1, having years ago been thickheaded enough to sell my KIM-1. Wish I had one now, can't afford one on eBay. I have nothing against the AIM-65, I just have never fooled with one and haven't been able to pick one up yet. My interest in small 6502's has been extended to small "trainers" with different CPU's, like the Heathkit ET-3400 and the HP 5036A. One of these days I may get around to fooling around with PIC's, but I'm still having too much fun with the old stuff. I'm looking for a copy of the HP book "Practical Microprocessors, HP part number 05036-90003" if anyone has an affordable source for one. I have inquiries out to several "manual" sites and am awaiting replies. I also have history with PDP-11's, using RT-11 and RSX-11M. I have a PDT-11/150 at the present and run RT-11 on it. What I'd really like to have is a H-11 (yeah, I can really afford that...no way) or better yet, a DCT-11 trainer. I saw 3 of the DCT-11's go by this fall on eBay and wasn't in a position to bid. In recent years I worked with VAXes and have several VAXStations and MicroVAXes, in the 3100 and 4000 series. I'm not sure these qualify as classic (3100-10e, 4000-VLC, 4000-60, 4000-90). I also have a few Alpha's. - Multia, AlphaStation 200 4/100, and AlphaServer 1000A. I spent the last 10 years of my career as a systems programmer working with OpenVMS in a process control (SCADA) environment. I am not so much a collector as a user and builder of computers and peripherals. By that I mean I'm not trying to corner the market, open a museum, or that I consider these computers as "investments". I am not likely to sell anything, but might be interested in buying a few things, especially documentation for some of the machines I have. What documentation I have I may at some time convert to PDF and publish for anyone else interested to play with. Stuart Johnson ssj152 AT charter DOT net

22 years, 2 months

Any Amiga users on this list?

by teoz＠neo.rr.com

Hi, Anybody here using Amiga 500's?

22 years, 2 months

Sierra Adventure Games

by ejchapel＠attbi.com

Amazing to see a thread about a computer game with good family values evolve into a discussion about french postcard porn. I guess the computing hobby involves a bit too much time spent alone.

22 years, 2 months

Ultrix V4.20 sources and binaries

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

Hi everyone, A number of people have complained to me about not being able to unpack the tarball with Ultrix V4.20 sources that has been on my FTP site since May 2001. I have finally found the time to look into the problem and indeed the file was corrupt. Fortunately, I was able to read my old backup tapes (from Cleveland, OH, 1999-07-15) without any problems, and discovered to my great joy that this file was good on my Cleveland machine. (It apparently got corrupted in one of the turbulent moves from Cleveland to Dallas, TX and then to Orange County, CA. I don't have any idea how.) ivan.Harhan.ORG:/pub/UNIX/thirdparty/Ultrix-32/sources now contains *good* Ultrix V2.00 and V4.20 sources. (Be warned, though, that this machine resides in my cave which is connected to the outside world through a modem which usually connects at 31200 BPS, sometimes 28800. Feel free to set up a mirror.) For what it's worth, I have also put up my Ultrix V4.20 distribution tape images in /pub/UNIX/thirdparty/Ultrix-32/ult420vaxdist-tk50. They are quite incomplete, however, as when I had the tape in my hand (at CWRU in spring 1998) I was unable to read it entirely without errors. Therefore, the V4.00 tape images in /pub/UNIX/thirdparty/Ultrix-32/ult400vaxdist-tk50 will probably be more useful for most people. If you have the guts, install V4.00 and then recompile V4.20 from the sources! -- Michael Sokolov Programletarian Freedom Fighter International Free Computing Task Force Let the Source be with you Programletarians of the world, unite!

22 years, 2 months

OT: Anyone in/near Cambridge, MA; Kansas City, KS; or Detroit, MI looking for IT work?

by erd_6502＠yahoo.com

I would like to share in my recent good fortune with folks on the list (and pick up a referral bonus, naturally ;-) by attempting to hook people up with internal job postings. Write me off-list (erd_6502(a)yahoo.com) and tell me where you are at (from the above list of Cambridge, Kansas City or Detroit) and I'll send back job decriptions for those locations. Unfortunately, not much looks like ClassicCmp-type stuff (except the Mac Software Engr position in Cambridge), but we all gotta have current skills to keep on the treadmill. If you don't live within commuting distance of the above places, please don't write and ask me what's available - The openings for tech types are where I've described. Enjoy, -ethan

22 years, 2 months

HP 5423A analyzer

by jwest＠imail.kwcorp.com

I just receive an HP 5423A Structural Dynamics Analyzer. I have no interest in it, but being curious, what the heck is it used for?? From googling I get the impression it does fourier modal testing? Jay "Idly curious" West --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]

22 years, 2 months

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test-drb January 2003