test-drb February 2010

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OT: Datasheet for Motorola MCM62940 32K X 9 SRAM?

by trag＠io.com

Chuck Guzis wrote: >On 12 Feb 2010 at 15:30, Jeff Walther wrote: >> Anyone have a datasheet for the MCM62940 (MCM62940AFN14) static RAM? >> It's not strictly off topic, as it's from the 256K level 2 cache of a >> computer from the mid-90s (NuBus PPC Macintoshes). > Apparently, the MCM62486 is pin compatible and there are datasheets > for that online: > http://pdf.chinaicmart.com/86B/MCM62486BFN11_1159896.pdf > --Chuck Thanks you for the information, Chuck. They should be very similar. I imagine the difference is that the XX486 version has adaptations for the 80486 methods of addressing memory, while the 940 version is more oriented for the Motorola family of processors. At least, I think I read something to that effect somewhere--maybe in the description of the associated tag RAM. Anyway, I've emailed Brent and hope to pay to ship the whole databook. If anyone else decides they want to order the 4000 soldered down static RAMs I referenced (they have 19 batches in stock), I can scan the datasheet after I have the book--if I can get the scanner working again. Darned glass fell out because the manufacturer's double sided tape got old (it's more than 10 years old too). I tried a 3M tape <http://www.shop3m.com/3m-high-performance-double-coated-tape-9088-fl3znfcqj…> that looked promising but it didn't hold. I'm going to try again and heat the tape and give it three days to set. On the first try I didn't see the information that the adhesive needs to set for three days. Who knew that one needs to read the datasheet on *adhesive tape* in order to use it properly? Jeff Walther

14 years, 10 months

VAX graphics

by bqt＠softjar.se

Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at Update.UU.SE> wrote: > Hi All. > > I just stumbled upon this video of a computer tablet: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPC_w9yYe5M > > They show a VAX-11/780 with RP06 and TU70 (I think) and claim its doing > the graphics. But I'm curious, what terminal and software is used? Does > anyone have a clue? Nice stuff. Interesting to see the speculations of people around here. The tape drive is a TU77 or TU78, which you should know Pontus... ;-) My guess would be a TU77 though. Anyway, no, the graphics is not DEC. And no, it's not a serial connection. If you ever tried doing bitmap graphics over a serial line you should all realize that a high resolution picture like that would take a very long time to download over a serial line, even at 19200. And by 1986 you didn't have any faster serial ports on a Unibus-machine. Also, DEC didn't have any high-resolution hardware for Unibus. The closes was the VS11, VS60 and that kind of stuff. And those don't get close to the type of resolution, number of colors, or speed of this thing. DEC did play with a few tablets for the VAX stations by this time, but hadn't come that far. So, yes, this is a third party thing. The two companies that springs to my mind here are Intergraph, who did CAD systems based on VAXen. They usually based their systems on the VAX-11/750, but I don't think there was any technical reason that an 11/780 shouldn't be possible as well. The other is Evans and Sutherland, who specialized in high performance graphic subsystems. My guess would be that this was some E&S graphic system, but it's hard to tell, since I never actually saw any of their stuff in real life. But I think it was/is a whole bunch of cards on the Unibus, and video cables to a color monitor. And of course input ports for keyboard and tablet. There might have been other players around as well. But I know of no DEC hardware that could produce better than aboout 256x256 on Unibus machines, and only with a very limited palette. And it's definitely not a VT-whatever. The "best" VT-terminal, in terms of graphic is the VT340, which have a fair resolution of about 240x800 (roughly from memory), but at most 16 colors, out of a palette of 4096. But it's also newer than 1986, and don't look like that at all. 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

14 years, 10 months

Fwd: [comp.sys.dec] BASIC-Plus-2

by nigel.d.williams＠gmail.com

Has anyone managed to get any of the Layered Products installed on RSTS/E V9.X (X >= 6)? Aside from F77 for which there was a declaration of success here: http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/pipermail/simh/2008-March/001719.html I tried with BASIC Plus 2 V2.6 (with RSTS/E 9.6) and can see that the tape appears to be a BACKUP INSTAL.BCK set, but RESTORE is refusing to work with the tape (TPC file). Does anyone happen to have the BP2 installation guide or tips on how the layered products are generally installed on RSTS/E? A related question: Can anyone explain what a field-test versions of RSTS/E means? is it a release candidate (in modern parlance) or a beta? I see RSTS/E V10 but it is annotated with field-test so I assume it was not the final shipping version. thanks. www.retroComputingTasmania.com

14 years, 10 months

help navigating the DECUS archive

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

I have several of the DECUS sig tapes as images, and also extracted files. I think 11SP42 is one of them. Like most of the 70's and 80's post-paper-tape RSTS stuff it's a DOS-11 style magtape. Will put it up on ftp.trailing-edge.com<ftp://ftp.trailing-edge.com> tonight. Tim.

14 years, 10 months

Separating a Vax 11/780 from it's peripheral cabinet...

by ian_primus＠yahoo.com

Anyone happen to know how the Vax 11/780 and the single-wide corporate peripheral cabinet are joined together? The Vax has good casters, the peripheral cabinet has stupid casters, and they're joined at the hip. Are there hidden bolts or latches, or some kind of joiner panel like on the 11/750? -Ian

14 years, 10 months

Docs found: Some docs scanned

by hachti＠hachti.de

Hi folks, I arranged to get one of those office machines that do everything. And scanned a box of documents. This is how it looks when I use it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70m0ZdcFOuE If anybody has some money to help me funding my copy machine - please let me know..... It cost me most of what I could spend at the moment. I uploaded the documents to: http://pdp8.hachti.de/newscan/box1 Feel free to take what's needed and archive it. My files will not stay there for forever! Here's a list of the box1 directory: ************************************ > hachti at sumpf64:~/scanner/ready/box1$ ls * > ampex: > 5104036-10 TM-2 Technical Manual for Siemens+Halske April 1965 .pdf > > cdc: > 41247200 Rev. B 9465 Disk Storage Drive Maintenance Manual.pdf 41248800 Rev. D 9465 Disk Storage Drive Schematics.pdf > > dartmouth_dtss: > 20100212100751305.pdf 20100212101335486.pdf > > emulex: > CD1151007 Rev. B CS11_F1 Technical Manual.pdf > > facit: > PE1000 Technical Description, German.pdf UP631001 FACIT PE 1000 Paper Tape Reader Spare Parts.pdf > UP630201 FACIT PE 1000 Paper Tape Reader Manual.pdf > > honeywell: > BJ67A Rev. 1 Series 600_6000 FORTRAN Addendum A.pdf > BJ67 Rev. 1 Series 600_6000 FORTRAN Manual.pdf > BP82 Rev. 0 Series 600_6000 Biomedical (BMD) Statistical Programs Reference Manual.pdf > BS06 Rev. 1 Series 600_6000 Jovial Language Manual.pdf > BS11A Rev. 0 Series 600_6000 Algol Addendum A.pdf > BS11 Rev. 0 Series 600_6000 Algol Manual.pdf > D43A Rev. 0 Series 600_6000 Time-Sharing Applicatons Library Guide I - Mathematics, Addendum A.pdf > D43 Rev. 0 Series 600_6000 Time-Sharing Applicatons Library Guide I - Mathematics.pdf > DA44A Rev. 0 Series 600_6000 Time-Sharing Applications Library Guide II - Statistics, Addendum A.pdf > DA44 Rev. 0 Series 600_6000 Time-Sharing Applications Library Guide II - Statistics.pdf > DA45A Rev. 2 Series 600_6000 Time-Sharing Applications Library Guide III - Industry, Addendum A.pdf > DA45B Rev. 2 Series 600_6000 Time-Sharing Applications Library Guide III - Industry, Addendum B.pdf > DA45 Rev. 2 Series 600_6000 Time-Sharing Applications Library Guide III - Industry.pdf > DA64 Rev. 1 Series 600_6000 Time-Sharing Applications Library Guide IV - Business+Finance.pdf > > plessey: > PM-TC11 Drawing Package.pdf > > xerox: > 190572C Rank Xerox extended Algol-60 Language and Operations Reference Manual.pdf > 191692A Xerox Universal Time-Sharing System (UTS) Users Guide.pdf > 900907E Xerox Control-Program-Five (CP-V) Time-Sharing Reference Manual.pdf > 901677A-1(9-71) Xerox FORTRAN Debug Package (FDP) Revision Package.pdf > 901677A Xerox FORTRAN Debug Package (FDP) Reference Manual.pdf > 901733C Sigma 9 Computer Reference Manual.pdf > 901765A Xerox Operating System (XOS) Batch Processing Reference Manual.pdf > hachti at sumpf64:~/scanner/ready/box1$ du -h > 41M ./facit > 396M ./xerox > 511M ./honeywell > 123M ./plessey > 124M ./ampex > 32M ./emulex > 146M ./cdc > 110M ./dartmouth_dtss > 1,5G . ****************************** Best wishes, Philipp -- http://www.hachti.de

14 years, 10 months

Docs found: Some docs scanned

by roger.holmes＠microspot.co.uk

> > From: Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> > Subject: Re: Docs found: Some docs scanned > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > Message-ID: <4B7842F7.5080001 at bitsavers.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed > > On 2/14/10 10:04 AM, Philipp Hachtmann wrote: > >> ampex: 5104036-10 TM-2 >>> Technical Manual for Siemens+Halske April 1965 .pdf > > > That will make the B-205 fans happy. > The TM-2 manual has been difficult to find. When it eventually appears on BitSavers it will be interesting to compare with the half inch (TM4) version I have. Could you please tell me (or the list) when it goes up. Roger Holmes.

14 years, 10 months

OT Pioneer Video disc equipment

by tpeters＠mixcom.com

At 05:19 PM 2/15/2010 -0500, you wrote: >On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Tom Peters <tpeters at mixcom.com> wrote: > > A friend is selling her laser disc stuff as she's moving out of state soon. > > Info is below; please pass this along to others and contact Carol directly > > if you are interested. > >Could you at least say out of which state? > >-ethan I do apologize. The posting was originally to a much smaller audience who could safely assume Southeastern Wisconsin. When owner asked me to post it, I should have edited it more carefully. This equipment is in the Milwaukee metro area. ----- 324. [Philosophy] If you see a man approaching you with the obvious intent of doing you good, you should run for your life. --"Thoreau's Law" --... ...-- -.. . -. ----. --.- --.- -... tpeters at nospam.mixcom.com (remove "nospam") N9QQB (amateur radio) "HEY YOU" (loud shouting) WEB: http://www.mixcom.com/tpeters 43? 7' 17.2" N by 88? 6' 28.9" W, Elevation 815', Grid Square EN53wc WAN/LAN/Telcom Analyst, Tech Writer, MCP, CCNA, Registered Linux User 385531

14 years, 10 months

OT Pioneer Video disc equipment

by tpeters＠mixcom.com

A friend is selling her laser disc stuff as she's moving out of state soon. Info is below; please pass this along to others and contact Carol directly if you are interested. LASER DISC PLAYER AND DISC COLLECTION FOR SALE I have a Pioneer Compact Disc/Laservision Player, CLD-909 w/Digital Sound which plays compact disc (cd) and both 8" and 12" laser discs. I have about 50 laser discs - Disney (Snow White, Bambi, Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty), allot of Monty Python series & movies, classics like Cassablanca, African Queen, The Marx Brothers, Terminator 2, ET, Unforgiven, Prizi's Honor, Battle of the Bulge, TWO Looney Tunes anthologies/sets, Airplane, Jewel of the Nile, Back to the Future, Goonies, Labrynth, Naked Gun 2 1/2, A Fish Called Wanda, Last of the Mohicans, Cocoon, Untouchables, Moonraker, Wayne's World, Neighbors, Hunt for the Red October, The Pink Panther; Planes, Trains & Automobiles; Return of the Jedi, ... I would like $250 cash for the entire collection & the player. Everything is in good order, has always been stored properly, so that's a great price/value. I am packing for a move so I need to sell this by Feb. 21st/Feb. 22nd. Thank you! Carol A. Roen carol.roen at att.net ----- 177. [Commentary] "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done." --Fred Friendly, former head of CBS News --... ...-- -.. . -. ----. --.- --.- -... tpeters at nospam.mixcom.com (remove "nospam") N9QQB (amateur radio) "HEY YOU" (loud shouting) WEB: http://www.mixcom.com/tpeters 43? 7' 17.2" N by 88? 6' 28.9" W, Elevation 815', Grid Square EN53wc WAN/LAN/Telcom Analyst, Tech Writer, MCP, CCNA, Registered Linux User 385531

14 years, 10 months

What's the point? [was RE: Manual scanning: TIFF-to-PDF software with greyscale support?]

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

Rich wrote: > Tim wrote: >> PDF's are fundamentally a VECTOR format. A vector format designed around >> typography where the most natural unit since long before computers has been >> the point (=1/72 inch). > Technically, 100/7227 inch, which is to say, there are 72.27 points per inch > in typography prior to the creation of the Macintosh. (I don't believe that > Postscript originally used a 1/72 measure, and TeX certainly didn't, so I can't > just say "non-computerized typography".) I'm pretty sure when I learned typography the numbers I was taught was that Cicero was 6 lines to the inch, and that it was a 12 point font. Maybe neither of those numbers are actually correct. That was all before I had used computers although I think it's possible that Postscript was a glimmer in someone's eye by that point. I briefly used an IBM Composer and I'm pretty sure that defined a point = 1/72 inch before postscript ever did, although it seems likely that it didn't originate the 1/72 measure either. Most computer line printers were six lines to the inch, 66 lines to 11 inch page. This was set by geartrain if nothing else :-). I think the Model 33 is the same. > If you think *this* mailing list goes off-topic from time to time, you should > check out the Letpress mailing list, for metal type and ink folks. Knuth's Metafont book closely brought together for me, for the first time, computers and typography, and they've been closely linked for me ever since. I could've sword that I read that a point = 1/72 inch in there but despite some desparate scouring he uses "point" as base unit with absolutely no attempt to map it into inches. Tim.

14 years, 10 months

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