Hi,
Anyone interested ? Unit is in Paris, France. Disk may have been formated.
If you need only some parts, it'll maybe be possible. Don't ask me anything
about this machine, I din't have it handy, but there are many ressources on
the web.
Salut!
St?phane
http://DECpicted.blogspot.com
Shannon Spurling writes:
> I have this old IBM system. I think I identified the CPU as an 8085.
> The motherboard/ card cage looks like the one from the Datamaster. Thing
> is, I can't find ANY info on it. It's a four piece system with a tower,
> monitor, keyboard and printer. The tower is huge, and has dual 8"
> floppies.
Do the tower and printer look anything like the stuff in the background
on
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc/pc_9.html
According to the text this was a configuration where "two workstations
... permitted two people to use the system simultaneously", and maybe
the unit you have is the non-workstation component of the system (shared
printer access, maybe shared file access?)
Some of the keypunch-to-floppy units IBM sold in the 70's seemed to
me to be vaguely styled like the Datamaster. Maybe these also inspired
the Heath-Zenith 89.
Tim.
Anyone know a good place to source a DSSI Terminator (DEC part no
12-31281-01), ideally in the UK? All I can find is dealers who won't publish
a price. There are none on eBay either.
Regards
Rob
ZDNet a mainstream media company looked at VCF UK. It showed British-micro
history. Very interesting...could have had more commentary! Great pictures
though.
Murray--
Does anyone have a photo of a GEC Campus Packet Switch Exchange (aka
CPSE)? It's an X25 switch circa mid-80s, popular in UK Universities,
and we need a photo for a book. No offer refused; credit will be given!
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
> Now for an interesting bit of info. ?Apparently there are two different
> types of Firmware. ?One for the PDP-11, and one for VAXen. I'll see if I can
> get a little bit more info on that.
Given that the RFM (Resident Firmware Menu) which provides the setup,
autoconfiguration and diagnostics, runs natively on the host (via the
boot DU 253 shortcut), then the machine specific ROM needs the
compatible machine code, so did they release a version with VAX
machine code perhaps?
> Now for the important part, the whole manual.
> http://www.avanthar.com/~healyzh/RQZX1.pdf
Excellent, thank you for providing. It confirms what everyone has said
so far about the supported drive-set and dual-support (MSCP and
TMSCP).
One interesting note I found in the RSTS/E 9.7 release notes is this comment:
{AA-NB17A-TC} 4.3.3 TMSCP Tape Driver If your system contains only one
TMSCP tape drive (TU81 or TK50), you must designate it unit
0....elided...
NOTE The controller number must also match the drive number.
I wonder if this applies to MSCP side for disks too?
I have been offline with other distractions for a few weeks but I hope
to get back to exploring the problem booting soon.
I have this old IBM system. I think I identified the CPU as an 8085.
The motherboard/ card cage looks like the one from the Datamaster. Thing
is, I can't find ANY info on it. It's a four piece system with a tower,
monitor, keyboard and printer. The tower is huge, and has dual 8"
floppies. If I were to guess, I would presume it was a version of the
Datamaster, but I can't find any thing that states this thing was ever
made. The number on the tag says 5324, and it is IBM. Any one have info
or someplace to look? And, if it is possible, I would really like to get
my hands on some tech/repair info.
>>> Don't know if this has been posted here yet, but Don Maslin's widow
... And for anyone who is wondering -- Sellam was (is) already working
with one of the Maslin family's grown children about archives.
