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I have a Kaypro 10 and a Kaypro 4. Both in excellent working condition with programs some manuals.
PAUL H RIVET
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Hi there,
I'm working on what I am led to believe is a PDP-11/73 (but it doesn't
look like one). It *was* working last week, but one of the leads had
dropped off the console socket on the back. On resoldering, it worked
perfectly.
Last night, when I opened it to fit the RXV21 another lead dropped of
(RXD this time), so again, I resoldered it. I don't think this has much
to do with the problem.
When I power the machine up, the 2nd-from-right status LED lights up.
>From googling, it seems this means "SLU Error". The Run light on the
front panel comes on for a moment, then goes back out. The green LED on
the KDJ-11A never comes on (but I'm not sure that it ever did). All the
cards are firmly seated.
Unfortunately I don't have a list of all the cards fitted to hand.
>From memory it is (might help to read this in a monospace font):
| M8192 | Serial? |
| full width memory card |
| RL02 Controller |
| ST506 | Console/ROM |
| M8029 | |
Can't remember exactly, or quite what the cards are (some seem to be
third party).
One - does this seem to be a sane layout of cards (modulo uncertainty on
my part); and
Two - What would cause my SLU Error, and how should I proceed?
Thanks in advance,
Gordon Pearce
I always kinda wanted one of these. But just right now is a bad time for me
to buy another rack of stuff, so I'm passing it on.
http://www.legler.com/equip.htm
Hello All:
I've just started a new job (!) at a small firm that does computer
consulting for architectural firms. One project we are involved with is a
study for the Art Institute of Chicago on how best to collect the digital
design data (CAD files, 3D renderings, PowerPoint client presentations,
etc.) that architects are more and more producing. One question that has
arisen is, even if we save the raw files, how will we view them in 50 (or
even 5) years? The AIC doesn't want to collect all the systems and software
that architects use, so the suggestion to use emulators has come up.
I'd like to pick the collective brains of the list and ask what emulators
people know of. If you could email me at rfeldman<at>kfa<dash>inc<dot>com,
listing the hardware and software emulated and what the emulator runs on,
I'd appreciate it.
Many thanks in advance,
Bob
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Greeting to all.
I am looking to restore a PDP-8 computer (any flavor except PDP-8/A).
Thought I had located a unit at a reasonable price, but the deal just fell
throught.
If anyone has items they would like to sell/trade/etc or know of some solid
leads, I would be extremely grateful.
The equipment will have a good home, and will be well cared for. I
programmed PDP-8's from 1971 until around 1988 (continued to program PDP-11
and Vax machines until the mid 90's).
My wife is claiming this is my "mid-life crisis". Who knows she could be
right.
I am especially interested in loacting a TU-56 tape unit to install on the
machine. Ideally I will be able to get it running TSS-8, but may have to
settle for OS/8.
Also interested in ASR-33's with working papertape, as well as a high speed
paper tape reader/punch (e.g. PC01).
Thanks, and looing forward to hearing from all.....
Greeting to all.
I am looking to restore a PDP-8 computer (any flavor except PDP-8/A).
Thought I had located a unit at a reasonable price, but the deal just fell
throught.
If anyone has items they would like to sell/trade/etc or know of some solid
leads, I would be extremely grateful.
The equipment will have a good home, and will be well cared for. I
programmed PDP-8's from 1971 until around 1988 (continued to program PDP-11
and Vax machines until the mid 90's).
My wife is claiming this is my "mid-life crisis". Who knows she could be
right.
I am especially interested in loacting a TU-56 tape unit to install on the
machine. Ideally I will be able to get it running TSS-8, but may have to
settle for OS/8.
Also interested in ASR-33's with working papertape, as well as a high speed
paper tape reader/punch (e.g. PC01).
Thanks, and looing forward to hearing from all.....
-----Original Message-----
From: David V. Corbin [mailto:david@dynamicconcepts.us]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 10:14 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Looking to Restore PDP-8
Greeting to all.
I am looking to restore a PDP-8 computer (any flavor except PDP-8/A).
Thought I had located a unit at a reasonable price, but the deal just fell
throught.
If anyone has items they would like to sell/trade/etc or know of some solid
leads, I would be extremely grateful.
The equipment will have a good home, and will be well cared for. I
programmed PDP-8's from 1971 until around 1988 (continued to program PDP-11
and Vax machines until the mid 90's).
My wife is claiming this is my "mid-life crisis". Who knows she could be
right.
I am especially interested in loacting a TU-56 tape unit to install on the
machine. Ideally I will be able to get it running TSS-8, but may have to
settle for OS/8.
Also interested in ASR-33's with working papertape, as well as a high speed
paper tape reader/punch (e.g. PC01).
Thanks, and looing forward to hearing from all.....
Greeting to all.
I am looking to restore a PDP-8 computer (any flavor except PDP-8/A).
Thought I had located a unit at a reasonable price, but the deal just fell
throught.
If anyone has items they would like to sell/trade/etc or know of some solid
leads, I would be extremely grateful.
The equipment will have a good home, and will be well cared for. I
programmed PDP-8's from 1971 until around 1988 (continued to program PDP-11
and Vax machines until the mid 90's).
My wife is claiming this is my "mid-life crisis". Who knows she could be
right.
I am especially interested in loacting a TU-56 tape unit to install on the
machine. Ideally I will be able to get it running TSS-8, but may have to
settle for OS/8.
Also interested in ASR-33's with working papertape, as well as a high speed
paper tape reader/punch (e.g. PC01).
Thanks, and looing forward to hearing from all.....
I'll make some comments on several posts here, even though Sellam's is
copied below.
The committes working on the problem have come up with recommendations that
match Sellam's points #1 and #2. It is likely that we will be able to get
donations of software and documentation to handle some of #3. There is not
much support for #4. Storage will probably be in a live archive such as
DSpace or Fedora.
As to emulators, we are interested in more than PC's. Some of the early CAD
programs were in-house ones written at Skidmore Owens and Merril here in
Chicago. They ran on PDP's (11?) using Tektronic terminals.
In response to Ted's suggestion to make paper printouts, that won't work for
a 3D model with a lot of attached information about materials, suppliers of
doors, etc. If you output one view, you loose an almost infinite number of
other views, as well as the attached information. Also, paper won't work for
an animated fly-through of a building.
Granmted that there are many problems with trying to preserve digital data
that is in proprietary formats, but the AIC wants to make a start, and to be
able to do it in a way that preserves as much of the richness of the data as
possible.
Bob
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 13:40:12 -0800 (PST)
From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com>
Subject: Re: Emulators of Classic Computers
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<snip>
I would do this:
1) Gather all the relevant data files into one place
2) Find whatever technical data you can on the formats of the data files
3) Gather up all the applications used to create the various files and
their documentation
4) Gather up all the operating systems that those applications run on
5) Burn this all to DVD ROM
Keep this all on a "live" archive (i.e. a hard drive) and DVD ROM and
update the medium (migrate the "live" archive to a new hard drive and
re-burn the DVD ROMs or upgrade to the latest and greatest archival medium
of the day) every 2-3 years.
>I'd like to pick the collective brains of the list and ask what emulators
>people know of. If you could email me at rfeldman<at>kfa<dash>inc<dot>com,
>listing the hardware and software emulated and what the emulator runs on,
>I'd appreciate it.
Emulators for what? PeeCees? I don't think there are PC emulators yet,
except on other platforms (like the Mac) for compatibility purposes.
--
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
Festival
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and while we're on the subject.. what ever happened to
the software that John gave you?
From: "John B" <dylanb(a)sympatico.ca>
To: "Al Kossow" <aek(a)spies.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 20:51:57 -0500
Jerome Fine is coming over on Monday so I will look tomorrow and see
if we can find any on Monday.
john
