All:
I?m looking for a copy of the printed manual for Murray Sargent?s Scroll
Screen Tracer (SST) debugger program. If someone has it can you scan it for
me? I?m also looking for a copy of Windows/286 2.1 disks ? I can?t find mine
in my box (crate) of disks.
Thanks!
Rich
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Rich Cini
Collector of Classic Computers
Build Master and lead engineer, Altair32 Emulator
http://www.altair32.comhttp://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp
Nice beast, a bit slow but decent, especially with the Super Turbo
option.
In talks with other hobbyists (and experience with my 4D/25 Super
Turbo), it seems like the Turbo option is a bit delicate, so you might
need to remove the turbo card and plug the RE1/RE2 into the slot (if it
is a 1988 model, then Turbo wasn't offered and won't be an issue). The
symptoms are graphics lockups. I haven't had time to look at my card
and se what's up.
It will run "IRIX" 4D1-3.2 through IRIX 5.3 just fine, note that to
install from a CD-ROM you need to have a SGI-firmware CD-ROM (there is
a hack in the firmware that has the drive identify itself to the SGI
PROM as a fixed SCSI disk long enough to trick the PROM into booting
>from it), and you'll need to ignore the "install system software" menu
option and instead go into the PROM monitor, run "boot -f
dksc(0,<CD-ROM device ID>, 8)sash.IP6" and then at the sash prompt type
"install". IRIX 4.0 and above deal with CD-ROMs just fine, can't
remember about 4D1-3.x. For 5.3 you will want 32MB or more, look on the
old "SGI FAQ" for information on the endearing features of the PI 4D/2x
memory controller.
Free, you pick up in the MD suburbs (near beltway) or I can meet
you in downtown DC most weekdays:
* Several hundred new anti-static bags
* Digital PR/S01 portable paper tape reader
* Converter box for above paper tape reader that makes it to RS-232 so you
can plug in a PC
Drop me an email at "shoppa at trailing-edge.com" if you're interested.
Tim.
All:
I got an unusual phone call this evening from a doctor on Long Island
who is doing theoretical biological research that, he hopes, will have a
commercial application. Without going into much detail (because it was like
drinking from a fire hose and I can?t remember it all), basically he is
looking to emulate some biological processes in software. He believes that
the ?instructions? that code for the biological processes are based on 6-bit
instructions (or multiples thereof), so he?s looking for someone with that
kind of architectural background. A PDP-8 has 12-bit instructions and I
think the PDP-9 and 15 used 18-bit words. I?m not knowledgeable about any of
the other minicomputer architectures to guess word size, but anything that?s
a low multiple of 6-bits should work for his purposes.
If anyone?s willing to have a conversation with this person, please
contact me off list and I?ll pass on his contact information.
Thanks.
Rich
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Rich Cini
Collector of Classic Computers
Build Master and lead engineer, Altair32 Emulator
http://www.altair32.comhttp://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp
It needs a lot more data, but I'd like all listers to feel free to
contribute....
Lots of data yet to be entered by me, but the primary stuff is all
wikis so you can all add stuff.
If there's a feature you'd like to see, let me know.
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<http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html>
Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>
My sale or swap list (Update)
(All funds to save other old DEC kit)
PDP 11/94 (No cpu cards) x2
VT 420 x1 (-)
LA75 x1 x1 (-)
HP 700 Terminal
x1
HP 2392A Terminal x1
Shiva LAN Rover x1
Victor PC in pristine condx. x1
SA600 (2 x RA92) Disk array in Cab x1
CXA16-M (M3118-YA) 16 Async line board x3 (+)
VAX 4000-500 CPU Card (L4002-BA) x1 (+)
VAX 4000-500 MEM Card L4004-CT x1 (+)
Decserver 200/MC DSRVB-AB Ethernet AUI in
8x 25way D RS232 out. x5 (+)
(-) One or more sold or swapped.
(+) One or more added
I was contacted a month or so ago by a gentleman with a wang 2200vp
system that he would like to find a home for. I don't need another one,
and I offered to "advertise" it here, but then it slipped my mind (it
can be quite slippery sometimes).
Many years ago in my business I had 2200VP set up
complete with a Model 2260 disk drive. I think I had
a Wang PC or two also. Since then, the components &
the manuals (also floppies & disk cartridges) have been
in storage in my attic (well, not the disk drive - whew!
-- it is in a corner of my enclosed garage).
Do you know anyone that might want any of this? I see
nothing on ebay. I'm about ready to haul it all to the
dump. Sigh.
In a later exchange he said:
I'm at Vicksburg, MS, right close to the Mississippi river.
Yes, please spread the word that I want to move this
Wang system out of my attic (and make room for other
junk! ), The $12,000 5 meg (each platter?) disk drive
I really think will have to go to the dump. I did not
see any mention of it on the web and I doubt that anyone
could use it. Have you ever seen the platters offered on
ebay? I was thinking of trying that.
I'm sure he doesn't want his email address in the archives, so please
email me and I'll forward on his email address to you.
You can learn more about the wang 2200 from my web site:
http://www.wang2200.org
Hi,
I have a Sony MP-F52W-30 floppy disk drive, which I need to replace - it
semi worked until recently (would read but not write) until I zapped it by
accident. It comes from an HP 1650B logic analyzer - does anyone know if
it's a 600rpm or a standard 300rpm device? If it's a 600rpm then I've found
someone who has one but wants a lot for it, otherwise I'm reasonably sure I
can modify the cable connections to use a standard/modern drive.
On the motherboard side, it has a Zilog Z0765A FDC, and I've successfully
created disks on my PC (using HP's LIFUTIL) that worked on the drive. This
makes me think that the drive is a standard 300rpm. Any thoughts?
Curiously the serial number label indicates the drive as a MFD-52W-10, while
the bigger label on the bottom of the unit shows MP-F52W-30. I guess that
the MFD is a base which is then modified to HP's specs (MP-F). BTW Does
anyone know what the -10, -30 suffixes mean? I've also seen -00D and -01D
around as well.
Thanks in advance
Peter
Hi
I remember about 1971 collecting a PDP-8 I was going to use to use
for control/data capture on a experiment at Harwell. It struck me then
why supply such cheap manuals with a multi thousand dollar well built
computer system?
It was obvious that the books would fall apart if used. I had our
repographics people take the books apart, blow them up to A4 and loose
leaf bind them. They used research report archive paper (rot proof, fire
resistant and good for 100+ years) and as a back up microfiched them as
well.
Rod Smallwood
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ensor
Sent: 08 June 2007 23:32
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Databooks: keep or toss?
Hi,
>>...paper to self-destruct. Think yellowing, crumbling
>>paperbacks...
>
> Umm ... DEC's paperbacks.
Actually, my 1979 onwards PDP-11 handbooks are fine. They're printed
paper which looks slightly glossy and haven't yet started deteriorating
(noticably anyway).
OTOH, my early/mid 70's PDP-11 and PDP-8 books are smouldering
nicely....
;-)
TTFN - Pete.
