test-drb January 2006

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by James＠jdfogg.com

> Now that my 11-23+ ("George" :) seems to be happy, it's time > to start playing with the other new acquisition, an 11/24. > Maybe that one will be "Elvis". The Elvis joke is a Sun Microsystems thing. When pinging under Solaris the reply is formatted to say <host> is alive. Therefore, it will say "elvis is alive".

18 years, 8 months

Basic Language Star Trek Program

by awt＠io.com

>Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 13:47:09 -0700 >From: Richard <legalize at xmission.com> >Subject: Re: basic language startrek program >To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <cctalk at classiccmp.org> >Message-ID: <E1EuyUP-0003g0-00 at xmission.xmission.com> > > >In article <43BED60D.3010607 at PACBELL.NET>, > BOB LAAG <RLAAG at pacbell.net> writes: > > > >>Looking for info or the origin of a paper tape program in basic that >>plays a startrek game with quadrants, stars, klingons, etc... I got it >>back in the 70's from some military guys and it ran on my old computer >>mainframe stuff... Just wondering if anyone recognizes this or wants >>the file??? >> >> > >This sounds very much like the star trek game that was on the HP3000 >I used at the University of Delaware circa 1978/1979. > >Did it print out your quadrant map with a little ASCII graphic? > > The basic program was in the People's Computer Company Magazine in the late 70's. You could type it in and run it in Tiny Basic. It took up about 2k memory. I ran it using PaloAlto Tiny Basic (which was only 2k itself). I will see if I can find my copy of the magazine if you are willing to type it in. In the meantime, if anyone has an electronic version, let everybody know.

18 years, 8 months

Paging Peter Pachla

by stimpy.u.idiot＠gmail.com

Peter, Can you please contact me off list regarding your DEC kit. I suspect my direct mails may be failing to reach you. Thanks, Pete -- Pete Edwards "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future" - Niels Bohr

18 years, 8 months

KDF11-YA, where can I find switch settings?

by charlesmorris＠direcway.com

Unfortunately the 11/24 switch settings (in the bitsavers copy of the PDP 11/24 System Technical Manual) don't match the layout on my M7133 CPU. They are for the KDF11-UA (revisions A-D) and upon closer inspection mine is a KDF11-YA ( which is the last Rev. E). My board has three DIPswitch packs, not two, and they are not set to anything that the manual says should give the 9600 baud string, which is what my scope sees coming out of the console port. Does anyone have the correct switch settings? thanks Charles

18 years, 8 months

New 11/24, what to do first? More info.

by henk.gooijen＠oce.com

Oops, correction. The MASSBUS stuff is under "peripherals -> disk -> RM03". - Henk. This message and attachment(s) are intended solely for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or agent thereof responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone and with a "reply" message. Thank you for your cooperation.

18 years, 8 months

New 11/24, what to do first? More info.

by henk.gooijen＠oce.com

Hit the Send button too fast. That is a nice complete machine you have, Charles. I remember paying just UK ?300 for only that RH11. Start looking for a MASSBUS tape drive, or disk drive, ** if you have plenty room and power **. The MASSBUS stuff is not for the weak persons. All my MASSBUS stuff is heavy, both in weight and in power consumption! MASSBUS cables are approx. 30 - 40 mm thick ... I have some MASSBUS stuff in the 11/70 page on my site. As said, "I know notting" about the 11/24. - Henk, PA8PDP. ________________________________ Van: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org namens Charles Verzonden: za 07-01-2006 21:30 Aan: cctalk at classiccmp.org Onderwerp: New 11/24, what to do first? More info. >Contacts or loosen screws can fly through the BA-box in case of your 11/24 > during transport and can provoke short circuits while powering up. >Always inspect your machine carefully, watch out for loosen parts and check >the configuration of your system BEFORE aplying power to it. Don't worry, Pierre, I did all that as soon as I got it home, well before plugging it in. But thanks for the reminder. I have now inventoried the cards and have the following: 1 M7133 KDF11-UA 11/24 CPU with line clock and 2 SLU 1 M7134 KT-24 Unibus map, extension to 22 bits 1 M8743 (ECC RAM, either 512 Kb or 1 Mbyte) 2 M8722 (ECC Memory either 128 Kb or 256 Kb each) 1 M8188 FPF11 floating point processor 1 M7762 RL11 disk controller RL01/02 1 M7258 LP11 printer controller 1 DSD A2130-6 <---------- (what is this? Floppy controller?) 4 M7819 DZ11-A eight RS232 ports each 1 M920 Unibus connector 1 M7297 RH11 MASSBUS Parity Control 1 M7296 RH11 MASSBUS Control & Status Registers 1 M7295 RH11A MASSBUS Bus Controller 1 M7294 RH11 MASSBUS Data Buffer and Control 3 M5904 RH11 MASSBUS Control Transceivers 1 M9300 Unibus terminator 1 M9312 Bootstrap Terminator According to the PDP11 Bus Handbook the Massbus is for transferring blocks of data at high speed (between mass storage devices like disks or tapes?) When I flip the BOOT switch the front panel RUN light comes on briefly and goes out again. Similar behavior to the 11/23+ when it enters ODT mode. There is a green LED on each MOS memory board which is lit, and a row of three (status?) LED's on the CPU, the rearmost staying lit and the other two dark. Time to RTFM I guess :) but I'll bet I can hook up a terminal to the SLU on the CPU board and have it talk to me! I wonder, since there is an RL controller card, -Charles This message and attachment(s) are intended solely for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or agent thereof responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone and with a "reply" message. Thank you for your cooperation.

18 years, 8 months

New 11/24, what to do first? More info (cont'd)

by henk.gooijen＠oce.com

Yes, you can Charles. The RL11 controller is for the RL01 and the RL02, and the RL11 can be installed in any UNIBUS machine. (Ok, you must have a hex slot available). Look if you have XXDP for the 11/24 on your pack. As the CPU has 2 ports, I guess that one will be configured for the console (guessing, because I do not have a /24. Still missing that one in my UNIBUS-based collection). BTW, my RL02's (both) happily boot RT11, after I swapped the RL11 from the attick! I can even boot while the RL01 and both RL02's are in the chain, but I knew that you can mix these types of drives. However, the RL01 has a READY lamp that is always on, it does not interfere with the other drives ... I will be looking at some repair work in a few weeks or so. First, I want to get my RK07's also operational on the 11/34, and even before that, I will make a few copies of my dearly treasured RT11 and XXDP RL02 packs !! :-) - Henk, PA8PDP. ________________________________ Van: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org namens Charles Verzonden: za 07-01-2006 21:34 Aan: cctalk at classiccmp.org Onderwerp: New 11/24, what to do first? More info (cont'd) What I was wondering (when I mistakenly hit Send) was: ...since it has an RL controller card if I hooked up my RL02 with the XXDP pack, can it be run on this 11/24 system too? thanks Charles This message and attachment(s) are intended solely for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or agent thereof responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone and with a "reply" message. Thank you for your cooperation.

18 years, 8 months

AMD bit-slice machines

by legalize＠xmission.com

Besides the Lilith Modula-2 workstation, what other computers were made from the AMD 29xx bit-slice architecture? -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline"-- code samples, sample chapter, FAQ: <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/> Pilgrimage: Utah's annual demoparty <http://pilgrimage.scene.org>

18 years, 8 months

New 11/24, what to do first? More info (cont'd)

by charlesmorris＠direcway.com

What I was wondering (when I mistakenly hit Send) was: ...since it has an RL controller card if I hooked up my RL02 with the XXDP pack, can it be run on this 11/24 system too? thanks Charles

18 years, 8 months

New 11/24, what to do first?

by cheri-post＠web.de

"General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> schrieb am 07.01.06 18:37:57: > > Now that my 11-23+ ("George" :) seems to be happy, it's time to > start playing with the other new acquisition, an 11/24. Maybe that > one will be "Elvis". > > It's got quite a lot of cards inside, but I haven't inventoried > them yet (this afternoon's task). Obviously I need to find out > exactly what it's populated with, and look for a user's guide and > technical manual on bitsavers. > > Keeping in mind that I know nothing about this machine yet, what > should I do as a "quick start"? I have powered it up and the fans > and power-ok lights come on, so that's a good beginning. > Charles, please try to avoid powering up machines you got if you don't know their (working) condition. Contacts or loosen screws can fly through the BA-box in case of your 11/24 during transport and can provoke short circuits while powering up. Always inspect your machine carefully, watch out for loosen parts and check the configuration of your system BEFORE aplying power to it. Otherwise, parts can be damaged even without your knowledge. Parts, you'll have difficulties to find replacements for later on. Regards, Pierre __________________________________________________________________________ Erweitern Sie FreeMail zu einem noch leistungsstarkeren E-Mail-Postfach! Mehr Infos unter http://freemail.web.de/home/landingpad/?mc=021131

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test-drb January 2006