test-drb October 2004

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by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

O. Sharp <ohh(a)drizzle.com> wrote: > [*] - Our house is much too small. We're working on moving to someplace > larger where we can actually get our books and our hobby supplies and our > shop equipment and our fine china and our bondage equipment _out_ of all > the boxes we've had to put them in for the last few years. Bondage equipment? Are you a BDSM couple? Is the wife ClassicCmp-friendly? Who is the dom and who is the sub? MS

20 years, 2 months

VCF 7.0 made Slashdot this morning..

by dholland＠woh.rr.com

VCF 7 made the front page of Slashdot this morning.. http://slashdot.org/articles/04/10/18/040233.shtml?tid=126&tid=137&tid=185&… Congrat's to Sellam.. I think. ;-) David

20 years, 2 months

Classic OS's

by dundas＠caltech.edu

> we added the KL8/E's and RK05's. Early RSTS (originally called Edusystem- 100) was Which reminds me there used to be a series of "EduSystems" for the PDP-8 as I recall. -25, -30, etc. The one I used was TU-55/-56 based, though one or more might well have been disk-based. Have any of these been recovered? John

20 years, 2 months

Rescue...

by david＠dynamicconcepts.us

Looks like I may be doing a rescue of the following in Eastern Conn.... It is a VAX 6000/610. 2 cabinets, approx 1000 lbs total weight. 2 CPU CMD Technologies DSSI controller ethernet capable comes with up to a dozen 2 gig drives( formatted) covers for the empty drive bays pretty sure that it is 208 volt single phase, although the drive cabinet has a 120v 30 amp twist lock connector on the cable. I dont know if this plugs into the CPU cabinets PSU or what. VMS docs and manuals The bad news, if that I try to keep it, I will lose the wife. Without debating the merits of this trade, let me just say that it will not be good financially <grin> So....What do I do?????

20 years, 2 months

rack-mount Norsk Data ND100 available (Reading, UK)

by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

We've just been offered a Norsk Data ND100 (running Sintran), which according to the 'offeree' is somewhat unusual in being a rack-mount version rather than the more typical cabinet variety. I doubt the museum can take it though as we're somewhat swamped in mini- class machines at present, but it's destined for landfill otherwise. Comes with full documentation and (likely) the controlling dumb terminal and a Genicom dot-matrix printer. Was working when put into storage apparently. The hard disk and floppy are also mounted in the rack (so no seperate enormous cabinets! :-) It sounds like the company may be hanging onto the rack it was put in (which probably makes it a little easier to manage, at least for most UK folks!) but that they may be disposing of the rack too. The machine's currently in Reading, Berkshire. There doesn't seem to be much info about these on the 'net - from what I gather they're 16 bit minis with a bit-slice ALU, and microprogrammed CPU. Anyone able to save it? I can put you in touch if so. cheers, Jules -- "We've had a lot of loonies around this place, but you're the first one who thought the sunrise was made out of stale beer. Now are you going to pick up your flute and leave, or shall I part your hair with this crowbar?"

20 years, 2 months

[Simh] Gah! ascii don't work??!

by wacarder＠usit.net

-----Original Message----- From: Ron Hudson <ron.hudson(a)sbcglobal.net> Sent: Oct 17, 2004 3:31 PM To: simh(a)trailing-edge.com, Kevin Handy <kth(a)srv.net>, Classic Computers <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: [Simh] Gah! ascii don't work??! On Oct 17, 2004, at 12:32 PM, Kevin Handy wrote: > Ron Hudson wrote: > >> simh running rsts >> >> print chr$(27);"[2J" >> > Try > > print chr$(27+128);"[2J" > > RSTS plays odd games with the escape character (prints it as > a dollar sign most of the time), and setting the parity bit helps. > There are various "open" modes, and terminal settings that > will bypass this, but this is easier. > >> prints >> Ready 10 print chr$(27+128);"[2J" run NEW 12:25 PM 17-Oct-84 ?[2J Ready -------------- nope, that don't do it either. It's the same output on the terminal too. What about +256? are they 8 bit chars? hmm no that would just be 27 again... chr$ does a MODULO right? ---------------------- Ashley says: Ron, The way I always cleared the screen in Basic-Plus on RSTS on a VT50 or VT52 terminal was: PRINT CHR$(155)+"H"+CHR$(155)+"J" The CHR$(155)+"H" positions the cursor in the top left of the screen Then, the CHR$(155)+"J" clears the screen. This is all from memory. I haven't actually written that kind of code since the late 1970s. Ashley

20 years, 2 months

Looking for PDP 11/60 Kd11-K Manual + TE-11 manual

by g-wright＠att.net

Hi I'm working on my PDP 11/60's and need info on the processor set. The 1st board has LED's and thats a starting point if anyone knows the status of the the LED's would be helpful. Or a source for a on-line copy of the manual. ?? (kd11-k, m7872 1st board) The second item is a maintiance manual on a TE-11 tape drive. These look like a real challenge. ( Not sure if the TE-16 is close enough) I don't have either manual. Thanks, Jerry Jerry Wright JLC inc. 800-292-6370

20 years, 2 months

PDP8/S internals

by gordon＠gjcp.net

Hi there, Perhaps someone who is a little more familiar with the innards of the PDP8/Ses can answer this... Are the individual flip-flops arranged like a shift register or a set of latches? In other words, when data is being clocked into a register, does a bit get put into (say) AC0 then bumped along until it eventually ends up in AC11, or are all the D lines of the flip-flops connected together, with each one being clocked in turn? Gordon.

20 years, 2 months

TI Insight Series 10 Personal Information Terminal

by tlindner＠ix.netcom.com

Anybody want one of these? It seems to be a dumb terminal. It has a really sharp 4" 40x24 text screen. It is missing two key caps. It is in the SF Bay Area right now. So Make me an offer! http://home.netcom.com/~tlindner/temp/DCP_0398.jpg http://home.netcom.com/~tlindner/temp/DCP_0396.jpg http://home.netcom.com/~tlindner/temp/DCP_0395.jpg http://home.netcom.com/~tlindner/temp/DCP_0394.jpg http://home.netcom.com/~tlindner/temp/DCP_0393.jpg -- tim lindner tlindner(a)ix.netcom.com Bright

20 years, 2 months

Storage Hazards

by marvin＠rain.org

In rummaging through classic computer stuff I haven't seen in a while, I saw several things that are definitely a problem. What other things need to be added to the list for collectors to watch out for? * Leaky nicad batteries that will "eat" the circuit board traces The early computers that come quickly to mind are the TRS-100, Lobo Drives Max 80, NEC 8201A, 286 and later motherboards, and S-100 CompuWatch Clock/Calendar boards. Any others that should be added to this list? * Subterranean termites (eating manuals and other cardboard/paper products) Fortunately, they had only mostly started on the cardboard boxes, and only damaged some of the manuals. I'm thinking that keeping the manuals in ziplock bags might be a good idea for any manuals that need to be packed away. This would also protect them from moisture if the boxes got wet. * Leaky storage areas leading to equipment and documentation being ruined. I've had quite a few books and manuals that had to be thrown away (nothing really rare, hard to come by, or valuable) due to a leaky roof where they were being stored.

20 years, 2 months

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test-drb October 2004