test-drb February 2006

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by bqt＠update.uu.se

Don North <ak6dn at mindspring.com> wrote: > Found when I was going thru a box of DEC memorabilia ... an original > 11/74 front panel (plexiglass only). You can tell it is from a 'true' > 11/74 as it has front panel positions for the commercial instruction set > microengine (CIS uADRS, CIS DECIMAL datapath, and CIS DESCRIPTOR datapath). > > Here's a pix: http://www.ak6dn.com/stuff/1174.jpg (not the best > quality, done on a scanner, not by camera). I need to figure out a way > to get the LED positions to light up. Maybe I'll build a LED board and > hook it up to my 11/34... Very nice! However, a few things I've wondered about for a long time. This is obviously a panel for a corporate cabinet. I've also seen a picture of an alleged 11/74 that was in a corporate cabinet. However, the one picture I've seen in real life (as opposed to on the internet) of an 11/74, it was in full height 19" cabinets with the traditional maroon/red color scheme. Also, I am under the impression that a CIS was never completed. That would have required the KB11-E. The only 11/74 CPU I know was done was the KB11-Cm, which is a modified KB11-C (aka 11/70). This won't allow you to add a CIS option. No place nor wiring for it. Does anyone know *for sure* that the KB11-E was made, or might this front have been a prototype for a possible KB11-E, but in reality used just with a KB11-Cm? (Oh, and for those of you who care... login to mim.update.uu.se as guest/guest, and run RMD...) Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt at update.uu.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol

18 years, 10 months

Glockenspiel C++ or CFRONT sources

by RMeenaks＠olf.com

Unfortunately, not. But there is an alternative which I havent tried. If you are willing to pay $900 or so, you can pick up the cfront sources >from AT&T. Also, SUN has a GNU C++ to GNU C translator on their website which might help as well... Ram > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org > [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ian Finlay > Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 6:35 PM > To: cctech at classiccmp.org > Subject: Glockenspiel C++ or CFRONT sources > > > Dear Ram, > > > > I saw your post: > http://classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctech/2005-July/047615.html I also need a Cfront Translator from C++ to C (preferably for MS-DOS or Windows). Company previously used a, now deceased Apollo workstation with Domain 2.1.0. But its not working any more, so have managed to move all but the C++ to C translation onto the Microsoft development platform. If you get any feedback I would appreciate it. Sincerely Ian Finlay Wormald Technology

18 years, 10 months

NeXTstation TurboColor find

by nospam212-cctalk＠yahoo.com

Today I received a NeXTstation TurboColor, with full doc, original boxes, NeXTstep 3.0-3.3, 17" Color Monitor, Laser Printer, Modem, set of NextWorld magazines, various books and doc and tons of software. It was shipped down from Canada and arrived in my office where a co-worker looked at it a moment, then looked at me and asked, "so when was that state of the art?" :) Now to catalog, setup and add to my site. David Williams http://www.trailingedge.com

18 years, 10 months

Building electronic projects from 30-year-old articles (was Re: Old Computer Collecting vs Electronics Building)

by ethan.dicks＠gmail.com

On 2/3/06, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote: > In article <f4eb766f0602030407o3dac064amaac33e0f6fb09e0 at mail.gmail.com>, > Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> writes: > > Two years ago, I built a COSMAC Elf right out of the pages of the > > 1977-1978 Popular Electronics articles, on perfboard... > > Is the Popular Electronis article scanned online? This sounds kinda > cool! And a nice way to get a little experience without damaging > anything hard to find. http://www.incolor.com/bill_r/elf/html/elf-1-33.htm I even used real HP displays (electrically identical to TIL-311s, but in a different package) and 1822 (5101) 256x4 SRAMs. If you are shooting for software compatibility without a slavish devotion to the 1976 appearance, you can use a modern 32Kx8 SRAM and even add a latch to access memory over 256 bytes (but toggling in that much data is kinda tedious). You will find it hard to locate a genuine 1861, but Spare Time Gizmos has a modern 1861 pin-compatible emulator (a shift register, a counter, and two 22V10 GALs) that fits in the socket for a real 1861. If you don't care about video, you can get a newer 1802 processor and run the entire thing at 5MHz. For those that don't know, there's a reasonably active 1802 group on Yahoo... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cosmacelf/ ... I'd recommend it if you want to play with the 1802. -ethan

18 years, 10 months

MJD.no.bishop

by Useddec＠aol.com

Hi, I tried replying to your E-mail, and it was returned to me. I'm in Illinois, and have lots of DEC items. Feel free to send me a wish list. Thanks, Paul

18 years, 10 months

IPC manuals?

by vp＠cs.drexel.edu

> Does anyone if the HP IPC manuals are scanned and posted online > somewhere? I THOUGHT they were but can't find them. These are the manuals available from hpmuseum.net: HPJournal1985Oct-Integral-36pages.pdf http://hpmuseum.net/document.php?hwfile=457 ConnectingPeripheralsToIntegralPC-00095-90124-76pages-Nov85.pdf http://hpmuseum.net/document.php?hwfile=559 UsingYourIntegralPC-00095-90123-410pages-Oct85.pdf http://hpmuseum.net/document.php?hwfile=916 82904ABusExpanderForIntegralInstallationManual-82904-90006-14pages-Jun85.pdf http://hpmuseum.net/document.php?hwfile=925 82920AIntegralCurrentLoopInterfaceOwnersManual-82920-90001-50pages-Nov84.pdf http://hpmuseum.net/document.php?hwfile=926 Integral-SchematicsByTonyDuell-55pages.pdf http://hpmuseum.net/document.php?hwfile=999 IntegralPersonalComputer_AdvanceCopy_5954-1228_4pages_Nov84.pdf http://hpmuseum.net/document.php?hwfile=1437 IntegralPersonalComputer_Brochure_5954-2411_18pages_Jan85.pdf http://hpmuseum.net/document.php?hwfile=1438 82919AIntegralSerialInterfaceOwnersManual-82919-90001-78pages-Aug84.pdf http://hpmuseum.net/document.php?hwfile=573 IntegratingHPBASICWithMS-DOSApplications-82301-90023-133pages-Jun89.pdf http://hpmuseum.net/document.php?catfile=169 IntegratedControllerDiscUtilities_ReferenceManual_5955-4355_107pages_Dec81.pdf http://hpmuseum.net/document.php?hwfile=1150 Integral-HP-UX-TechnicalBASICReferenceManualVol1-82860-90002-456pages-Oct84.pdf http://hpmuseum.net/document.php?swfile=36 Integral-HP-UX-TechnicalBASICGettingStartedGuide-82860-90016-26pages-Nov85.pdf http://hpmuseum.net/document.php?swfile=15 Integral-HP-UXTechnicalBASICImplementationGuide-82860-90017-48pages-Nov85.pdf http://hpmuseum.net/document.php?swfile=16 Integral-HP-UX-TechnicalBASICReferenceManualVol2-82860-90003-88pages-Oct84.pdf http://hpmuseum.net/document.php?swfile=17 **vp

18 years, 10 months

Affects of moisture (or lack thereof) on components

by wbblair3＠yahoo.com

> > Does anything bad happen to electronics that are stored in very dry > > conditions for long periods of time? Cities like this would be anything > > in Utah, Arizona, Nevada and Idaho (Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Phoenix, > > Boise, Reno, etc.). Other than ESD which has already been mentioned, if the device relies on any rubber components (like capstan rollers) the dry heat might cause them to dry rot. Same for grommets. However, the USAF seals up its old planes and stores the in "the boneyard" at Davis-Montahn AFB in Tucson, AZ, so it can't be all bad. Bill __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

18 years, 10 months

free stuff

by CaptnZilog＠aol.com

Found another box of TK50 tapes, so figured I'd ask again if anyone is interested, contact me. Also have a couple of external SCSI tk50 drives I could part with, and a VaxStation2000, with a 19" vax monitor (monitor is probably prohibitively expensive to ship, but anyone near CT who wants both, and keyboard/mouse, etc, I'd give preference to parting with both together). Also tons of 90M DAT tapes, if anyone is interested. Also for anyone near CT, I have a compaq 1600, dual 600mhz cpu's, all 5 drive trays (one 4gig drive dead, but I think I have one to replace it with), and I'll toss in a 3200-raid controller. Free to anyone who wants to pick it up, or meet someplace. I'd consider shipping it if someone wants to cover the shipping costs. And a pair of Mac IIsi's, and three MacSE/30's, all with NIC's (at least one of the SE/30's has NetBSD on it). Free, just looking to clean house (keeping my quadra 650). And anyone who might be looking for TEK service manuals, the old job was tossing several xerox-paper boxes of them out, I'll try to make a list, but if you're looking feel free to ask. Also have some plugins for the 7000 series O-scopes, probably take a few bucks for those, but I can certainly come up with a list. -- Pete

18 years, 10 months

A good BASIC version for an IMSAI

by rcini＠optonline.net

All: I'm looking for recommendations for a good version of BASIC for my restored IMSAI. It's a Z80-based machine with 48k and a serial console. Ideally I'd like it to be ROMable. I have copies of the original TinyBASIC, Lawrence Livermore BASIC, Minol TinyBASIC, Denver BASIC, and a BASIC from Dave Dunfield. I haven't slogged through the source for each yet but I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. Thanks. Rich Rich Cini Collector of classic computers Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project Web site: <http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/> http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ /************************************************************/

18 years, 10 months

best yardsale in a decade

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

Hi I think the corrosion is from sulfur in the foam. If so, I'd suspect it to be an acidic corrosion. After cleaning with something like vinegar, following with some baking soda might be a good idea before the final washing. This should help neutralize any remaining acid. Dwight >From: "Pete Turnbull" <pete at dunnington.plus.com> > >On Feb 6 2006, 12:33, <dogas at bellsouth.net> wrote: > >> There were a few incredible chips in pile that the foam really >screwed up... check out: >> >> http://bellsouthpwp.net/d/o/dogas/chips1.jpg >> >> There was a ceramic C8080A with the pins completly eaten away , a >Ceramic MOS 6532 that faired only a little better, a ceramic/traced AMI >6810, and a early plastic 6502 and 6530 among the more conventional >stuff. Any recommendations on neutralizing/cleaning the gunk of the >ceramics? > >The green icky stuff looks like verdigris. I'd just scrub it off with >a toothbrush and warm water. If that doesn't shift it, dilute acid >such as vinegar or lemon juice will, but rinse the ICs thoroughly >afterwards if you do that. > >-- >Pete Peter Turnbull > Network Manager > University of York

18 years, 10 months

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test-drb February 2006