test-drb December 2005

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by terry＠terryking.us

At 11:17 PM 12/5/2005 -0600, you wrote: > > I have the same problem. I've got a nice little homebrew 8MHz 6502-based > > micro sitting next to me with an EPROM emulator hooked up. I've got EhBASIC > > running on it, now I'm stuck in a "Now what? Write a DOS?" situation. Anyone tried OS-65D, early disk operating system from Ohio Scientific?? Not sure about the hardware dependencies.... Regards, Terry King ...On The Mediterranean in Carthage, Tunisia terry at terryking.us

19 years, 1 month

VAX 11/725 anyone?

by John.Skowyra＠hp.com

Do you still have the 11/725 I need the tu58 boot tape. Please respond.. Thanks John J Skowyra Hewlett Packard Manufacturing Engineering Support Engineering Support Services Phone: (603)-884-3397 Fax: (603)-884-3940 Cell: (603)-566-5694 Email: John.Skowyra at hp.com

19 years, 1 month

How to load ADVENT on PDP-8?

by djg＠pdp8.net

Not sure if this was resolved. I think the adventure on the diagpack2.rk05 was built for running off a floppy. It will not run directly from the rk05 image. The one on this image will run directly from it with RUN RKB0:ADVENT ftp://ftp.pdp8.net/images/os8/diag-games-kermit.rk05 It was built without EAE since my EAE wasn't working right at the time so should work on any machine. If you wish to put adventure on a different image/media follow these instructions http://www.pdp8.net/pdp8cgi/os8_html/ADVENT.DC?act=file;fn=images/os8/diag-… Start from the EXECUTION step since the files needed for the earlier steps no longer exist. If you are moving between an emulator and a real PDP-8 make sure that you disable things like EAE when building that you don't have on the real PDP-8.

19 years, 1 month

Building M8027 hookup

by millercmp＠keyways.com

Here is a pinout for making a cable to connect an M8027 module to a standard Centronics 36 pin connector. We have used this cable on many of our in-house RT-11 systems and Epson-style printers. In addition to being a DEC dealer, we are a hobbyist in the areas of RT-11, OpenVMS, Oregon Software Pascal-2. Thanks. Mitch Miller Keyways, Inc. Centronics Compatible Cable for the DEC LPV11 Module R. Miller 10-26-89 LPV11 Centronics Compatible 40 Pin Berg Connector 36 Pin Male Connector --------------------- --------------------- --------------------- --------------------- 1 1 --------------------- --------------------- 2 19 --------------------- --------------------- 3 6 --------------------- --------------------- 4 24 --------------------- --------------------- 5 7 --------------------- --------------------- 6 25 --------------------- --------------------- 7 - 8 No Connection -- --------------------- --------------------- 9 3 --------------------- --------------------- 10 21 --------------------- --------------------- 11 2 --------------------- --------------------- 12 20 --------------------- --------------------- 13 5 --------------------- --------------------- 14 23 --------------------- --------------------- 15 8 --------------------- --------------------- 16 26 --------------------- --------------------- 17 4 --------------------- --------------------- 18 22 --------------------- --------------------- 19 - 20 No Connection -- --------------------- --------------------- 21 10 --------------------- --------------------- 22 18 --------------------- --------------------- 23 \ > Tied Together -- 24 / --------------------- --------------------- Centronics Compatible Cable for the DEC LPV11 Module Continued LPV11 Centronics Compatible 40 Pin Berg Connector 36 Pin Male Connector --------------------- --------------------- --------------------- --------------------- 25 11 --------------------- --------------------- 26 29 --------------------- --------------------- 27 - 36 No Connection -- --------------------- --------------------- 37 9 --------------------- --------------------- 38 27 --------------------- --------------------- 39 - 40 No Connection -- --------------------- --------------------- NOTE: Pin 1 of the 40 pin Berg Connector should be inserted into position VV of the LPV11 connector.

19 years, 1 month

6809 Flex

by david＠thecoolbears.org

Anyone have a copy (5-1/4 or 3-1/2) of flex os for swtpc 6809?

19 years, 1 month

Cromemco software available

by doc＠mdrconsult.com

Does anybody have a working Cromemco with 5.25" SSSD floppy drive[s]? I finally made it out to pick up my Z-2D, and it came with a lot of floppy diskettes. As it's going to be awhile before I bring up the Z-2D to boot - it hasn't been powered up in many years, so I'll be cleaning and then powering it up in stages - I thought I'd go ahead and image the diskettes. I've spot-checked a couple with 22Disk and they seem to have valid data, so I'm going to try my hand at Dave Dunfield's ImageDisk. I'd like for someone with a working system to try the images and see if they're bootable. Some of the diskette labels are totally incomprehensible to me, but here's a list (almost all hand-labeled): Cromemco CDOS SYSTEM DISK Cromemco 16K BASIC Cromemco Z-2D Test Disk 1 OF 2 CDOS 1.7 & Gen. Utils incl Copy5 [CopyS?] CDOS & Utils vers. 1.7 incl drivers (2.36 cdosgen this or other utils) 2.17 Utilities Backup CDOS Ver 2.58 Boot Z80 Assembler Deadsource Backup Z80 Assembler Backup Z80 Assembler FORTRAN IV FORTRAN IV Backup FORTRAN Files FORTRAN Disk (Steve) Word Processor w/screen edit Structured BASIC 16K BASIC Deadsource Coblink & Rel Progs ** F) .COB Files (Disk 2) Backup Appsadd Working Copy OK TO BOOT HAS HARD DISK CDOS VER. 2.58 Dir Cop.dat Mailing List Rev 07 w/CDOS 2.36 Payroll System Libraries MICROEMACS Source DS Boot Disk Z-2D Screen Editor for Soroc 120 VCALC, LCALC, Search Subroutines Disk Yes, it does have a Cromemco Hard Disk. I'll be looking to suck the data off that soon, too, if it's alive. Doc

19 years, 1 month

cctalk Digest, Vol 27, Issue 79

by unibus＠gmail.com

> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 02:14:13 -0800 > From: William Maddox <wmaddox at pacbell.net> > Subject: Available: 8" Vydec compatible floppy disks > > I have a box of 10 Memorex "FD VI" Vydec-compatible > 8" floppy disks. These are single-sided, double-density > disks with hard-sectored index holes around the periphery > of the disk (on the outside, not near the center hole). > They are labelled as compatible with the Memorex 651 drive. > Note that these are not the more common 32-sector format, > or the even more common soft-sectored variety. As far as > I know, these are useful only for Vydec word processors, > a very early WYSIWYG WP system. > Early versions (PDP11/05, /10) of Monash University's MONECS used Memorex 651 drives and the floppy disks should be compatible. Regards, Garry

19 years, 1 month

IRIX (Was RE: besl Linux distro)

by compoobah＠valleyimplants.com

Unfortunately, it seems that the end of IRIX is creeping closer- I was just poking around on the SGI website and it looks like they've dropped the big MIPS graphic systems (Onyxes) Linux is a fine system, but IRIX is very nice, too, and it's nice to have multiple sources of ideas to draw from (Indigo Magic is a pretty slick desktop, among other things SGI did.) The big advantage of Linux over xBSD looks to be filesystems- Linux has JFS and XFS. P.S.- I do know about 5dwm.org, and I look forward to seeing it.

19 years, 1 month

Legacy apps in Windows/OS X was Re: Old MS-DOS & Win Software

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

> >Subject: Re: Legacy apps in Windows/OS X was Re: Old MS-DOS & Win Software > From: Scott Stevens <chenmel at earthlink.net> > Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 21:05:45 -0500 > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > >On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 00:27:31 +0000 >Adrian Graham <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote: > >> On 7/12/05 23:53, "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote: >> >> > Worst case, I setup something like my 8500/180 running an old >> > enough version of the OS so that I can also run "Warlords 2". >> > BTW, I do own PC versions of both games, from before I got a >> > Mac, however, they're limited to 640x480, while the Mac >> > versions go up to something like 1152x870. Both games are >> > also well on topic, but still two of my favorite games of all >> > time. >> >> My only take on this that springs to mind is why should you >> expect a computer company to continue supporting older hardware >> and software beyond a certain timeframe unless they explicitly >> say their current product is 100% compatible with their 10/15/20 >> year old product? It's almost like expecting a car manufacturer >> to still support manual wind-down windows and non-central >> locking because you happen to like manual windows and door locks >> you can activate individually. >> > >It's not a matter of 'meeting the requirement' or else for the >manufacturer. It's a matter of satisfying a customer and holding >onto market share. I happen to prefer manual windows and >non-central locking, and won't buy a car with electronic locks. >That is my choice and car makers who want to sell a car to me will >offer it. > >Much the same is true with Microsoft. They want to hold onto >their legacy customers, in fact leveraging that legacy is a big >part of how they've held onto and controlled the market. There >come points at which it's probably to Microsoft's advantage to >abandon legacy features, and that's when they do it. But they and >a lot of the rest of us know that's really one of the only things >they have going for themselves. Therin lies the truth of the matter. It's why the VAX11/780 happend, DGs machine Eclipse, and many others. The investment of software and the desire for "customer retention" are often drivers of technology choices. Its basic to even chipsets be they 8080 to 8088 then on to 80286 and Motorola did the same with 6800, 6809 and 68K. Granted in many cases at the chip level they are not binary compatable the idea being everyone gets to keep what they learned and has an upgrade path. I don't think for one second that was missed in business 101. However, legacy can be an albatross, ones neck may be on the line if the choice is wrong. Allison

19 years, 1 month

Legacy apps in Windows/OS X was Re: Old MS-DOS & Win Software

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

> >Subject: Re: Legacy apps in Windows/OS X was Re: Old MS-DOS & Win Software > From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> > Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 18:32:54 -0800 > To: cctalk at classiccmp.org > >>> Consider on Windows XP that you can still run the following code: >>> >>> mov cl,9 >>> mov dx,offset HWMes >>> call 5 >>> mov cl,0 >>> call 5 >> >>Huh? Do you mean this? >> >>MOV AH, 9 >>MOV DX, HWMes >>INT 21h >>MOV AH, 0 >>INT 21h > >Nope, I mean what I said--try it. This little tidbit goes all the way back >to the time before DOS 1.0, when some level of compatibility with CP/M >applications was implemented. Notice that I didn't say "CP/M-86", which >uses int 224 to make system calls (which will not work under MS-DOS or >Windows of any flavor). I suspect this is an artifact of old SC-DOS/QDOS. And it works on W98 too. I know for a fact that old DOS DBASEII used it along with FCB support (another CP/Mism) with one caveat, the target drive or partition have to be less tha 500mb! I know because I was running a job costing system in DBASEII on a PIII running W98se and that was the trick. Allison

19 years, 1 month

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test-drb December 2005