test-drb October 2012

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268 discussions

by tdk.knight＠gmail.com

mail man brought me this today http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8302/7944707284_f8f4fa6ab8_b.jpg :D anyone know much about that machean so far found this site http://www.computer-museum.nl/Electrologica.html and the wiki page like to find more photos of this machean

12 years, 2 months

ATA over Ethernet was disk image server

by tom_a_sparks＠yahoo.com.au

I've been in talk with a company[1] who dose ATA over Ethernet hardwareabout the option of allow our retro/vintage computer to have their hard drive data stored on the network (cloud storage) currently the only option is to? use a linux based system :( PS: he owns a? 26 year old 8-bit casio personal calculator [1] http://www.jwe.com.tw/ --- tom_a_sparks "It's a nerdy thing I like to do" Please use ISO approved file formats excluding Office Open XML - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html Ubuntu wiki page https://wiki.ubuntu.com/tomsparks 3 x (x)Ubuntu 10.04, Amiga A1200 WB 3.1, UAE AF 2006 Premium Edition, AF 2012 Plus Edition, Sam440 AOS 4.1.2, Roland DXY-1300 pen plotter, Cutok DC330 cutter/pen plotter Wanted: RiscOS system, GEOS system (C64/C128), Atari ST, Apple Macintosh (6502/68k/PPC only)

12 years, 2 months

3.5" drives needed...

by geneb＠deltasoft.com

I'm working on a project to add 3.5" high-density drives to my Kaypro in order to use DSDD media with them. I chose HD drives because getting genuine DSDD 3.5 drives for anything resembling a reasonable price is basically impossible. It turns out that I don't have any 3.5" drives in my stash any longer. If you've got a pair of working 3.5" drives with drive select jumpers, I'd like to hear from you if you want to sell them. Thanks! g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!

12 years, 2 months

FS: HP 9845B, HP 9826A, HP Integral

by hp-fix＠xs4all.nl

To make some room and pay for some new items, I'm selling some machines from which I have more than one. Before they go on epay I put them on the list. HP 9845B nice condition fully functional with German keyboard. HP Integral fully functional in nice condition. HP 9826A also fully functional and in nice condition. All machines come with some documentation and software on DVD/CD and sometimes the real books. Software is archived on DVD. Items are located in The North of the Netherlands I'll ship them worldwide.. -Rik

12 years, 2 months

kit assembler (australia)

by tom_a_sparks＠yahoo.com.au

I've been reading the Retro computing kit thread and some of these kit look interesting I am wondering if there are any people who can assemble kit in Australia? I can buy the kit, send it to them, they assemble it,and sent it back to me --- tom_a_sparks "It's a nerdy thing I like to do" Please use ISO approved file formats excluding Office Open XML - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html Ubuntu wiki page https://wiki.ubuntu.com/tomsparks 3 x (x)Ubuntu 10.04, Amiga A1200 WB 3.1, UAE AF 2006 Premium Edition, AF 2012 Plus Edition, Sam440 AOS 4.1.2, Roland DXY-1300 pen plotter, Cutok DC330 cutter/pen plotter Wanted: RiscOS system, GEOS system (C64/C128), Atari ST, Apple Macintosh (6502/68k/PPC only)

12 years, 2 months

Burroughs System/V Series emulator

by dm561＠torfree.net

----- Original Message ----------------------------------- > Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 09:45:27 -0400 > From: Michael Kerpan <madcrow.maxwell at gmail.com> > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 7:53 AM, SPC <spedraja at gmail.com> wrote: >> I've received an advice from ClassicMainframe about this emulator >> (thanks Peter). >> >> Great shape. >> >> http://vseries.lurndal.org/doku.php?id=simulator:installation > > Hmm, this looks interesting but I can't find a download link anywhere > on the site. How would one go about running this? > > Mike ----- Reply: Looks like maybe you have to ask the site owner (Scott Lurndal?) for a login password. I still have several manuals for Burroughs Medium Systems: - 1054772 System Software Operational Guide 10-73 (CP14, CP40, MCP1, MCP2 and MCPV) - 1054905 BASIC and CANDE Reference Manual 9-71 (Overview) - 1067527 BASIC Reference Manual 2-74 (Language Manual) - 1058062 FORTRAN Reference Manual 4-73 (Language Manual) as well as several utility instruction printouts (PTCOPY, INSTR5) Are these already archived and on line anywhere? I also have the operator's console from a B2700 but it's promised to a fellow list member. Memories... m

12 years, 2 months

Needed MicroVAX II Diag Maint TK50 tape or images.

by mc68010＠gmail.com

I want to low level format some drives and I understand this is what I'll need to do it. The Customer Diag tape apparently doesn't let you. Google tells me it was once talked about here on the list and what I am after is : AQ-GM5AN-DN MVII DIAG MAINT TK50 I found something on the web but, I am pretty sure it is just the customer version and I can't get it to boot anyway.

12 years, 2 months

Which vax-vms license for a microvax II with VCB-02?

by elson＠pico-systems.com

> > Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 15:37:50 -0600 > From: Kevin Reynolds <tpresence at hotmail.com> > To: <cctech at classiccmp.org> > Subject: Which vax-vms license for a microvax II with VCB-02? > Message-ID: <BLU157-W454A5A7A156107652BD49FA2840 at phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > I've been wracking my brain over which license I need for VMS 5.2 on a microvax-II with a VCB-02 graphics module installed? > > > I understand that I could just use the hobbyist licenses, but I bought the system with a legitimate VMS license and want to keep it as close to the original configuration as possible (I have other microvax systems with hobbyist 7.x). > > > > Unfortunately there is no vmslicense/charge like you have with vms 5.3 and beyond. > > > I'm testing by connecting up a terminal to a serial port (not the console, thats a different problem, won't work with VCB-02 installed unless you are in debug), and trying to log in. Right now I'm getting license exceeded. I figured I would just need a workstation license, but this doesn't seem to have worked. > > Older KA-630 boards (maybe all of them) do not have the firmware to talk to the VCB-02 screen during boot. So, you have to use a serial console to check boot progress or run diags, etc. Once it is booted, VMS 4.7 will run the VCB-02 just fine. There were single-user licenses and multi-user ones. The license exceeded message sounds like it has to do with the single/multi user issue, not the VCB-02. I think maybe there is a system boot-time switch to select # of users, and if that doesn't match, then only the administrator is allowed to log in. (Been so long since I ran VMS, I'm forgetting a lot!) I bought a MicroVAX-II board in 1986, and ran it as a home computer for about 21 years, until the hard drive died. I added a VCB-01 first, then upgraded to a VCB-02. Jon

12 years, 2 months

Retro computer kits

by david＠classiccomputing.com

Thanks for the help and suggestions everyone! Best, David Greelish - Computer Historian, Author, Speaker, Blogger & Podcaster - Founder of the Atlanta Historical Computing Society Producer of the Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 1.0 - 2/9/13 http://about.me/davidgreelish

12 years, 2 months

Retro computer kits

by jjacocks＠mac.com

On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote: > At 12:55 PM -0700 10/5/12, Chuck Guzis wrote: >> >> Where are you drawing the line? There are a considerable number of >> vintage designs implemented in FPGA, for example. >> >> Are those "vintage" in the sense that you mean it? >> >> --Chuck > > > The list is definitely missing some great Commodore related hardware. > > Turbo Chameleon 64 -- I must confess, I want one! (I have the older MMC > Replay w/RR-Net) > http://www.vesalia.de/e_chameleon.htm > > > Jim Brain's stuff -- I'm a big fan of his work, and see something new I need > to find $$$'s for (I have his uIEC/SD) > http://store.go4retro.com/ There are a ton of retro-accessories currently available. You could list the many other Individual Computers products, mostly made for the Amiga (accelerators, memory cards, graphics adapters, etc.), or the 1541 Ultimate and Ultimate II, or a myriad of others. It might be interesting to link all of this stuff from a wiki (maybe Vintage Computer Forums' wiki?). There are, however, many fewer kits available. I'd love to see more, as I feel differently about a machine that I have built, myself. - Alex

12 years, 2 months

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test-drb October 2012