Eric Smith <eric at brouhaha.com> wrote:
>Johnny Billquist wrote:
>> > The only MSCP controller DEC did for Unibus was to SDI (tha UDA50).
> Three others come to mind:
Boy, you are a tough crowd. :-)
> RUX50 (M7522) interface to RX50 floppy
I knew about that one, but forgot it. :-)
> KLESI-UA (M8739) interface to RC25 disk (or can be configured for TMSCP
> with TU81)
Hmm. I have a couple of those. Didn't know they could drive RX25s
though. Use them for TU81s...
> RRD50-U (M7490-YA) interface to RRD50 CD-ROM
Cool. I had missed that one.
You also missed one:
TUK50 (M7547) interface to TK50 for Unibus.
>> > The only MSCP to MFM controller DEC did was for Q-bus (the RQDX series).
> Though DEC did have other Q-bus MSCP interfaces for devices other than
> the RX50 and RDxx, such as:
>
> KLESI-QA (M7740) interface to RC25 disk (or can be configured for TMSCP
> with TU81)
> KDA50 (M7165) SDI interface
> KFQSA (M7769) DSSI interface
Yeah, there are others as well. TQK50 and TQK70 for instance. And the
RQZX1, which talks both SCSI and floppy.
There are probably others. DEC did a lot more for Q-bus, and more recent...
Johnny
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> From: Warren Wolfe <lists at databasics.us>
> Oh, for Pete's sake, a Tempest terminal, right when we're talking about
> classified info. Just so you know, this one is compromised by the
> insecure monitor (I think - it should be MUCH bigger, and not plastic,
> if Tempest approved) and the non-Tempest keyboard. "Tank-like" is a
> very concise description.
The Tempest 5150 (or whatever the Tempest designation was for the IBM
XT) that I have looks like a regular B&W monitor. When I took off the
cover, the shielding became apparent :).
It has been quite a few years since I looked at it, but I believe the
Tempest IBM XT I have is complete including Tempest keyboard and monitor.
On Jhu, 11 Jun 2009 10:48:58 -1000, Warren Wolfe <lists at databasics.us>
wrote:
> Tony Duell wrote:
>>> I rememebr seeing a 2.7kF (yes, kilofarad) capactior in a
>>> catalogue, but
>>> I think it's now been discontinued... I've never seen anythlng
>>> larger.
>>>
>
> Good Lord.... How big was that thing? And, what voltage?
5000 F, 2.7V, 60 x 60 x 165 mm
See <http://www.nesscap.com/data_nesscap/spec_sheets/Spec%2009.pdf>
CRC
I have several microVax CPU boards and memory here. I might have a few
extra RK05's when I get everything moved back in.
Paul
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Robert Jarratt
<robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>wrote:
> I am interested in MicroVAX II CPU and memory boards. I am in the UK and
> would need to have them shipped. Would you be prepared to consider that?
> Any
> idea what it might all come to cost me?
>
> Thanks
>
> Rob
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
> > bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Zane H. Healy
> > Sent: 09 June 2009 15:46
> > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> > Subject: RE: Stuff in Portland, Oregon
> >
> > Strange, it shouldn't have bounced. The only time it should do that
> > is when my mailbox fills up (typically people sending to many
> > photo's).
> >
> > I have spare MicroVAX II board sets (not sure how many), but no spare
> > chassis's. Except for my VAXstation II/RC, all the chassis's are
> > classified as spares for the PDP-11's or II/RC.
> >
> > Something I should have mentioned is that I might be interested in
> > trading computer gear for the right Medium or Large Format
> > photography equipment.
> >
> > Zane
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 10:30 AM -0400 6/9/09, Dan Gahlinger wrote:
> > >your email address bounced.
> > >you wouldn't happen to have a microvax 2 in there would ya?
> > >
> > >Dan.
> > >
> > >> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 20:26:40 -0700
> > >> To: classiccmp at classiccmp.org
> > >> From: healyzh at aracnet.com
> > >> Subject: Stuff in Portland, Oregon
> > >>
> > >> Is anyone interested in stuff located in the vicinity of Portland,
> > >> Oregon? I'm not sure what all it would included. It might even
> > >> depend on the persons interests.
> > >>
> > >> The stuff needs to be out of storage by this weekend, a lot has
> > >> already been moved into the garage of our new house, and the rest
> > >> will hopefully be moved between now and Sunday. Some free, some
> > not
> > >> so free. I'm looking to downsize and tighten the focus my
> > collection
> > >> since realistically I don't mess with the stuff much any more.
> > Some
> > >> items such as spares for my PDP-11's I'm not really interested in
> > >> getting rid of. Though for the right price I could be talked out
> > of
> > >> most things.
> > >>
> > >> My focus has shifted primarily to DEC PDP-11, VAX, and Alpha as
> > well
> > >> as C-64. Though I'm hoping to get an Apple ][ of some sort up and
> > >> running as well as a couple others now that I have the space.
> > >>
> > >> Zane
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator |
> > >> | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast |
> > >> | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector |
> > >> +----------------------------------+----------------------------+
> > >> | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
> > >> | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. |
> > >> | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |
> > >
> > >_________________________________________________________________
> > >Attention all humans. We are your photos. Free us.
> > >http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9666046
> >
> >
> > --
> > | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator |
> > | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast |
> > | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector |
> > +----------------------------------+----------------------------+
> > | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
> > | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. |
> > | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |
>
>
"Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
> What really irritates me is that Apple has disabled the -xrm flag for xterm
> on Mac OS X. I need that flag for xterm's that talk to VMS sessions. As a
> result *ALL* of my xterm's on Mac OS X have the key bindings modified.
What's wrong with -name ?
Johnny
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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
At 07:57 PM 6/11/2009, Rich Alderson wrote:
>Simply because you don't hear about an OS in _Linux Journal_ does not
>mean that it's dead, or even ailing.
<python>
But I'm not dead yet!
</python>
Thanks, Rich.
I know one of the people at XKL, and he's having a ball, working on
what has been declared a corpse here.
Dead? Not even close.
-Rick
What is it?
I have an unidentified board, approx 3.75 inches by 4, or about 94mm x 104mm.
It says on the silkscreen, "DSSI DAUGHTER CARD" and "50-21836-01 B1"
There's about 4 chips on it, and some SMD caps & resistors and a big
honkin' diode.
The main chip has something like 200 pins, on all four sides of the chip,
soldered to the component side of the board, and sporting a tower-style
heat sink apparently cemented to the top of the chip.
There's also 3 each 10-pin SIP resistors next to each other, like
termination r's. And three each 2-pin jumpers marked "4 2 1" - addressing,
obviously. All three are in place = 7.
The two main connectors are a black D-shaped one that makes me thing of
SCSI SCA, with 50 pins. The other is a blue Berg-style, I'm guessing for an
IDC connector on the end of a ribbon cable. The pins that are marked on the
board say "1" and "49" so I'm going to say 50 pins as well, with locking
ears you close to seat the cable and lock it in place.
It was in a Digital Equipment Corp shipping box, one that looks to be the
right width for the board but probably twice as long as it needed to be. It
was in a static bag- the original, from the looks of it. The grainy
photograph on the box doesn't match the board.
It's in perfect shape. On the box someone has scrawled "Single DSSI
controller for 4000's"
Worth anything to anyone?
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WHO died? Let's see, what operating systems have I used in the past year?
VMS
RT-11
CP/M
Tops-10
Tops-20
RSX-11
OS-8
MVS
too many versions of Unix to count (including v6, which did NOT include a screen editor!)
several 'tiny OS' products
MSDOS
...and several versions of Windows, including Win95, W2K, WinXP, WinCE and that Vista 'thing'
Your definition of "from way back" seems somewhat limited... by the way, did you realize that VMS is still a supported OS, more than thirty years after its introduction? Further, your reluctance to use non-screen-oriented editors is, shall we say, 'bad juju' in this community. While I certainly prefer a screen editor such as vi (and not such as EMACS), I can easily do ed or TECO as needed, because I MUST in order to work with truly vintage systems. -- Ian
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Kirn Gill [segin2005 at gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 2:10 PM
To: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: UNIX V7
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> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Ethan Dicks<ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Kirn Gill<segin2005 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> I need a screen editor.
>
> ed /is/ the standard editor
>
> When all else fails
It might seem odd, but I don't know how to use 'ed'. I kinda know 'ex'
due to the fact 'vi' is 'ex' turned from a line editor to a screen
editor. Most of what I know about computers from way back is mostly
limited to UNIX (and that's only because UNIX didn't die like the
other OSes.)
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>Message: 23
>Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:50:43 -0700 (PDT)
>From: "Zane H. Healy" < healyzh at aracnet.com >
>Subject: Re: UNIX V7
<snip>
>>
>> I shall not mention the hospital, but during my residency I was appalled
>> to discover the fetal monitors running *original* NT (this was in the days
>> of NT 4 + umpteen service packs and W2K just around the corner).
>This was six years ago, and XP was in full swing at the time. ?It was made
>worse becuase I remembered reading the license agreement for the version
>they were using, and it included a statement that said it shouldn't be used
>for this sort of task.
The restriction (not for use in nuclear reactors, mission-critical programs, etc.) was for Java, IIRC, not Windows itself.
>Zane
