test-drb May 2009

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HP64000 Hardware, Software, Manuals Available

by dbobyn＠dbrf.com

Pat, Is this the Pat Fitzpatrick ex SED? If so, happy 30th Anniversary Pat. We graduated 30 yrs ago. What have you been up to? Dan - - -( ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~)- - - Dan Bobyn, P.Eng Dan Bobyn Engineering Ltd RF and Microwave Circuits Consulting Ph/Fax 403.295.2708 Mobile 403.819.8464 www.dbrf.com

15 years, 1 month

Anyone else searching for sources for dec maindec diagnostics?

by brad＠heeltoe.com

Hi, Lately I've been writing down names I find in DEC maindec listings (mostly pdp-11) and then using google and linkedin to try and track down person. I suppose in some circles that makes me a stalker :-) When if I find them I ask them my famous question (which I ask everyone), "have any 9-tracks in your closet?" Has anyone else taken on this task or found anything? I suppose I should ask on comp.sys.dec also. It looks like the diagnostic group did most of this work on a pdp-10, both for the pdp-8 and the pdp-11. I'm hoping someone might have saved a tape somewhere. It's happened before. -brad

15 years, 1 month

DSM-11 (Mumps for PDP-11)

by spedraja＠ono.com

This is a request that appears from time to time in this and other lists. Someone knows if DSM-11 (or DSM-15) know too as MUMPS is available ? I think that Fred Van Kenpem put it available in one of its sites in some moment during the past years but I lost the track of it. Kind Regards Sergio

15 years, 1 month

Editors

by bqt＠softjar.se

Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at Update.UU.SE> wrote: >>> >> A coworker still uses EDT, our boss jokingly said that we should give >>> >> him a keyboard without the numpad, just to make him stop. >> > >> > Lots of people "still" use EDT. I'm not sure why one should feel >> > compelled to stop. > > heh, I figured that "still uses" was the wrong phrasing to use on this > list :) Probably. > One reason to stop is that it only runs on VMS (at least I think so, and > I'm only counting modern systems here). The editor I use runs on VMS, > *nix and windows, which is nice. Still I have learned a few other > editors for systems that don't have my editor of choice installed. Of course not. EDT runs just fine on both TOPS-20, RSX, RSTS/E and probably something else that I'm forgetting... What's your definition of "modern"? I think Unix is older than all of the above mentioned systems. :) Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol

15 years, 1 month

K3 operating system

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

Flipping through the manual for an Ithaca Audio IA-1100 video board, I found this sentence, "Compatible with CP/M or Ithaca Audio's K3 Operating System.". What was this K3? Google tells me absolutely nothing helpful. -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

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"AES Plus" for sale in Toronto

by tosteve＠yahoo.com

----- Not mine, see below for information ----- Huge "AES Plus" for sale, similar to this: http://www.vintagecomputers.btinternet.co.uk/aes/index.htm Make offer! greenthumbtoe at yahoo.com Toronto, Canada ----- Not mine, see above for information -----

15 years, 1 month

BYTE magazines for sale (1978-1991)

by tosteve＠yahoo.com

Raymond has (quantity 158) BYTEs (1978-1991) for sale - contact him if interested ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ray Schreiber ray0603 at yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------ These are not my BYTEs, contact Raymond if interested! Steven Stengel

15 years, 1 month

Computer (Trading) Cards

by aliensrcooluk＠yahoo.co.uk

Hi, (The first paragraph is OT so you can skip if you want) I just rediscovered the world of trading cards, thanks to model Chanel Ryan. She recently mentioned that she had some Benchwarmer cards, so I just bought one of her cards on ebay, which reminded me of my Buffy & Angel cardsets. I have a full set of Buffy seasons 1-3 and recently bought one from season 7 on ebay. Whilst cataloging the cards (I wanted to know whether I had any spares I can sell online - I have plenty of spares for Angel season 1 if anyone is interested!) I started to wonder whether there exists a set for classic computers. If not, has anyone thought of attempting to produce a trading card set... though I suspect a card set (so you have a full set from the start, rather than having to trade to get the full set (hence trade in brackets in the subject title)) would be a better idea. I was initially thinking of a set of say 90 cards, with one or two cards per computer, but then got to thinking that with so many computer enthusiasts on here perhaps a set per computer would be feasible? I guess it depends how much info you have per computer. I realise the market for such things wouldn't be hugely profitable, but it would be great for someone like myself that only knows alot of computers by name. Does anyone have any comments / suggestions? It's purely an idea at this point, so no orders please! Regards, Andrew B aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk

15 years, 1 month

IBM 029 Keypunch has arrived

by tiggerlasv＠aim.com

On Mon May 25, Roger Holmes wrote: > I have searched though eBay for normal US wall sockets and to > my surprise cannot find them. I've tried all sorts of search terms but > obviously have not hit the right combination, unless there is some law > which prohibits them being sold retail or something like that. Not too many folks out here refer to them as sockets anymore; that term is typically reserved for light bulbs, though there is some variation, based on age, and geographical location. Generally, people call them "outlets", but the NEMA terminology is "receptacle". Do an e-bay search on: +receptacle 20A 20 Amp (include the + sign) check-mark "include titles and descriptions" . . . and then sort by price+shipping lowest first. That should help you find what you're looking for. . .

15 years, 1 month

Editors

by bqt＠softjar.se

schoedel at kw.igs.net wrote: >>> > > Pfft. Both are for clueless newbies. The only editor is TECO. > > Of course vi is functionally similar to TECO, with the same "[count] command > [argument ESC]" syntax; merely a few of the command names are different (It's > those emacs guys that strayed far from the true path). Plus you get regular > expressions. Just realized I had to make another comment on this. In TECO, the number before a command is not generally a count, but an argument. Some commands use that as a count, while others use it for all kind of stuff. It all depends on what makes most sense for the specific command. If you really want a repeat, you'd better create a loop instead. And in general, you don't have any arguments after a command, with a few exceptions. So normally you just stack letters together, and they are all separate commands. (The commands that take an argument after the command that I can think of are I (for insert, which inserts everything after the I, unless you give a numeric argument, in which case it inserts the corresponding byte) and O (for branching in a program, which takes a label string). Oh, and all commands related to q-registers take the q-registername after the command. (Hmm, there are probably one or two more, but I can't remember them right now.) Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol

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