test-drb May 2004

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by vcf＠siconic.com

Ok, I'm finally catching up with VCF East planning. Sorry for all the delays. The dates for VCF East are July 16-17 (FRIDAY and Saturday). The location is Burlington, Massachusetts, at Sun Microsystems' corporate campus. Sun is sponsoring the event. Those who have already submitted exhibit entries have just been replied to (Tom Uban: you probably won't get my e-mail due to spam blocks but rest assured you're in there). Current exhibitors can be seen on the VCF East 2.0 exhibits page: http://www.vintage.org/2004/east/exhibit.php We've got ten exhibitors so far (2 pending approval) which is a good start, but I'd like to see more. So if you're planning to exhibit at VCF East, now's the time to register. I'm also putting together the speaker roster. If you have someone you'd like to suggest as a speaker, or you'd like to give a talk yourself, please e-mail me. Things will start moving fast from this point forward. The next VCF Gazette will be coming out soon with more information. Hope to see you all at VCF East 2.0! -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

20 years, 2 months

HP LaserJet IIP parts

by paulrsm＠buckeye-express.com

I am about to toss a couple of non-working HP LaserJet IIP printers. Does anyone need IIP parts like the paper tray, fusor, memory card, etc? -- Paul Monroe, Michigan USA

20 years, 2 months

RSTS/E software

by wacarder＠usit.net

Does anyone on this list have any machine readable copies of RSTS/E besides the v7 one that we use with Bob Supnik's simh simulator? I am looking for some of the older versions, such as 6A, 6B, or 6C. I have v7, but in order to recreate an accurate reincarnation of what my group used in 1977-79, I need the v6 versions. Does anyone know if any of the v6 or v5 distributions have survived to the present time? Ashley

20 years, 2 months

COSMAC BASIC hex dump

by tomj＠wps.com

I just moved my lab (ugh) and all it's contents (kilopounds), and inevitably paused to look at junk along the way, and found my RCA COSMAC DEVELOPMENT KIT manual. It's got a hex listing (remember those) for a tiny BASIC for the 1802. If it's not already commonly available I'll (postal) mail a copy so's you can have all the true vintage experience of typing in hex dumps then finding the errors. I quite distinctly recall the abominable process of typing in ANIMALS or somesuch nonsense from the SWTP docs way back when. Ugh. Wouldn't wish it on anyone, and no, it did not build character.

20 years, 2 months

What's the weirdest thing that you've ever found inside a computer?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I went scrounging a few days ago and opened up a junction box and found a set of wire leads with the mini-grabbers and a plastic wire frame from a HP logic analyzer that someone had left inside. Wahoo! These always come in handy! I've previously found screwdrivers, knives, various plugs, connectors and gender menders. But I got to wondering what is the strangest thing that anyone has ever found inside a computer or similar piece of electronics gear. Joe

20 years, 2 months

for sale etiquette?

by d_cymbal＠hotmail.com

What is the view of folks posting items for sale on the list? I've posted forsale items to the list before, but recently I've been putting more free items and some auctions up on VCM so I am hesitant to re-post them here and turn this into a SPAM fest. Then again, I'd like to get as wide an audience as possible. Do most readers of the list also frequent VCM (my guess is a definite maybe)? What if VCM posted a summary of all new items received for sale/auction at the end of each day? That would only add 1 msg to the list that people could quickly kill if they weren't interested but would insure available stuff was getting as wide an audience as possible for those people that don't frequent VCM regularly. Just a thought. _________________________________________________________________ Learn to simplify your finances and your life in Streamline Your Life from MSN Money. http://special.msn.com/money/0405streamline.armx

20 years, 2 months

Wanted: M9312 ROMs

by squidster＠techie.com

Hello list, Have been fooling around with my 11/04 and all is great, but problem is I have no 70s peripherals. I only have 80s stuff; i.e. MSCP/RA/DU disks and tapes. So I'll need boot ROMs which supports RA and DU disks. Because my 11/04 used to be an embedded CNC drill controller, in the place of the regular CPU diagnostic is has a weird proprietary program which tries to initialize some long-gone/dead equipment which used to be connected to the PDP. In summary, I'm willing to pay a fair/reasonable price for the following M9312 ROMs (unless some one has spares, then I wouldn't mind them free of course :-)): 1. Console Emulator and Diagnostic ROM (P/N 23-248F1) For use on 11/04, 11/05, 11/34, 11/35, 11/40, 11/45, 11/50, 11/55 systems 2. UDA50 DU Boot ROM (P/N 23-767A9) For booting from RAnn/RDnn MSCP disks 3. TK50/TU81 MU Boot ROM (P/N 23-E39A9) For booting from TK/TU TMSCP tapes 4. RX02 DY Boot ROM (P/N 23-811A9) For booting from a RX02 8" floppy (don't have one now, but trying..) 5. RL01/02 RL Boot ROM (P/N 23-751A9) For booting from RL01/RL02 disk cartridge systems (also don't have one now, but trying...) Thanks. /wai-sun -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm

20 years, 2 months

Pressed Particle Board Shelving Warning

by Lee.Davison＠merlincommunications.com

> Procrastinators Anonymous web site: > http://www.rddavis.org/rdd/procrastinators.html I'll look later. Lee. ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________

20 years, 2 months

Wanted: M9312 ROMs (data i/o help needed)

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

(1) I have a 29A manual but there's no device codes in it. The codes are in the manual for the particular plugin that you're using so you'll have to tell us which one you're using. (2) I think I have a 29B manual but I'll have to look for it. (3) I didn't think the 29x programmers could program Bipolar PROMs but I'd be happy for someone to prove me wrong! (4) FYI Just because the PROMs are 82S131, Am27S13, 63S241, 74S571, etc don't think that they're all the same. They may be interchangeable in a read-only operataion but they're programmed very differently. You MUST have the proper settings and adapaters for the PROM that you're using. Joe At 06:56 PM 5/27/04 -0700, you wrote: >I made images of all my roms, but the burner I used is ancient and >non-standard so they likely won't help, I want to read them with >something a little more standard, a DATAI/O 29b... has anyone got the >"device code" for the 82S131? > >thanks, > Pavl_ > >> sure I'll host it. I'll just put it under www.classiccmp.org/M9312 >> >> Someone just give me the files! >> >> Jay >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John A. Dundas III" <dundas(a)caltech.edu> >> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" >> <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 6:31 PM >> Subject: Re: Wanted: M9312 ROMs >> >> >>> I agree with Fred: I'd like to see an electronic library of 9312 >>> bootstraps that we could all share and download as necessary. I >have >>> a /84 and /70 that I'd like to get images for (TK50, etc.) that I >>> don't already have. Burning an EPROM seems like an easy way to >go. >>> >>> Any images already archived? >>> >>> Any volunteers to host a collection? >>> >>> John > > > >

20 years, 3 months

Data I/O device pinout codes

by aek＠spies.com

"29B" is the base programmer, you need to know what programming adapter you have. Unipak 2 or 2B is the most common but doesn't support some of the older parts. Select codes can be found at http://www.geocities.com/jkh9081/dataIO/ or on Data I/O's ftp site ftp://ftp.dataio.com/device_lists/_archive/

20 years, 3 months

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