Brad Parker <brad(a)heeltoe.com> wrote:
> Excellent. I didn't realize that. I think I got confused looking at
> NetBSD (which says it won't boot on a 730).
Please don't confuse BSD and NetBSD. It may help to realise that "net" is
Russian for "no", so NetBSD really means "not BSD". I strongly encourage you to
run 4.3BSD on your VAX. A Classic Computer should run a Classic OS!
> It looks like it has an RL02, an "R80" and some sort
> of 9-track. It's two racks wide. We'll see :-)
Standard 730 config. But the good part is that you have a tape drive, that's
the most important and most often overlooked part.
> I understand there were microcode issues on the 730 which made booting
> painful.
Yup.
> I didn't realize there was a "fix" to the microcode.
Yes, I'm pretty sure it was fixed, although since I have never actually had a
730 in my hacky hands I have never been able to see and verify it for myself.
Ultrix V2.00 source contains the following comment (in /sys/stand/Makefile):
# 9 Dec 83 --jmcg
# Deleted special references to old 730 bug. There is no longer a
# distinction between versions for 780, 750, and 730. Distribution
# media, however, contain `boot_justask' as `boot' to avoid attempts
# to boot prematurely.
This comment makes me fairly assured that this bug was indeed fixed, and from
the comment date apparently quite early.
I have a copy of VAX-11/730 console and microcode cassette with microcode
version 58, which almost certainly has this bug fixed. Unfortunately it is not
a virgin copy but a mutilated one. It was copied under Vampirist Mediocre
System (VMS) which did not do a true block-for-block copy like UNIX dd, but
parsed the original RT-11 filesystem and copied only the files, constructing a
new RT-11 filesystem on the copy, so the files are not necessarily in their
original locations, the dates on the files are wrong (the date of VMS copying,
not the original date), etc. Since this cassette image is mutilated, it is not
on my FTP site, but I can send it to you if you need it. I am still looking for
a virgin block-for-block 730 TU58 image.
MS
Curt vendel <curt(a)atarimuseum.com> wrote:
> Ultrix was written for MIPS processors wasn't it???
I guess you are too young to remember VAX Ultrix. :-) First there was Ultrix-11
for PDP-11 (DEC's stolen V7 UNIX). Then Ultrix-32 for the VAX (DEC's stolen
4.2BSD). Whenever I say Ultrix, I mean Ultrix-32 for the VAX. Ultrix-32 was
then ported to MIPS.
MS
Can anyone tell me if there is a version of Ultrix which will boot on an
11/730?
And if so, can I grab media files off the net somewhere?
(I know 4.3bsd would, and I'd like to fool around with netbsd but it
seems like ultrix might be a good way to bootstrap)
or, is there a better place to ask? (pups? tuhs?)
-brad
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I'm baaaaack!...
Apologies if this has been posted here already... I found this little
horror story on alt.sys.pdp8, and it made me cringe. If anyone has a
good estimate for this guy, it's probably best to reply to that
newsgroup.
I'm just going to go put those tank-traps and reinforced concrete into
the front yard now... :/
-O.-
-- forwarded message --
From: David M. Razler <REMOVECAPSdmrazler(a)rREMOVEazler.net>
Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp8
Subject: CRISIS - need estimates on recent Straight-8
sales/parts/repairs for insurance claim
You're not going to believe this one
Message-ID: <iq8t005iqpiudnu93ih6m3vifg3prf3b7f(a)4ax.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 16:12:47 GMT
Fortunately no one was hurt.
But my friends Jeff and Candice Nisler were home from their honeymoon
for about a week when their home was struck by a flying car - which
took out every floor joist and sent cinder blocks crashing through his
Straight-8 destroying a glass front panel, powdering the covers and
modules, shooting the power supply into a steel post (which it wrapped
itself around (pix at nisler.org/crash))
[The PDP-8 - or what's left of it - is in the photos on
http://nisler.org/crash/down/ .]
Jeff doesn't want to give up on Kermit - his first computer, but wants
to force the auto owner's insurance company to repair/ restore the
box.
He is also looking to establish value based on recent purchases of
Straight-8s, especially tabletop machines with glass panel and mod
covers.
Please post to me, he's a bit busy at the moment restoring the rest of
his life.
<I am also looking for anyone who is qualified to give me an
assessment on a Raytheon CRT of the type used in the PDP-1 - it is
being donated to THCM to help in the PDP-1 rehab project, and I'd like
to take the full legal deduction.>
-- end of forwarded message --
