I am cleaning out the garage. Found a couple more RA-81 pieces to pass
on. These items are light enough that there is no problem shipping
them. Items are located in the Seattle area.
The drive spindle is about 7" diameter and 6" tall. The platters were
stacked on vertical separators with the spindle in the center. There is
a pleated air filter that goes around the inside, center of the spindle.
The disk enclosure is about 16" wide, 18" long and 7" tall. It held the
platters, spindle and head assembly.
As far as price, make an offer. I really just want to get stuff out of
my garage, but, if someone wants to pay for the stuff that I am getting
rid of, that would be awesome.
For photos, check out this link -
http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?30901-Drive-spindle-…
alan
From: Rod Smallwood
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 9:09 PM
> Japanese code for example was totally different as their language is
> based on ideographs.
Please stop spreading erroneous information.
One of the writing systems used for the Japanese language, kanji, is
_logographic_ (each written sign denotes a word). In reading Japanese,
each such sign can be read in as many as 10 different ways, depending on
whether it is read as a native Japanese word (or morpheme, that is, a
unit of word formation possibly "smaller" than a full word--English
"-ly" is an example), called kun-yomi "Japanese reading" or as a Chinese
word in one of 4 different sets of pronunciations (kan-on "Han sound",
the most common; go-on "Wu sound", used chiefly in reading Buddhist
texts; to-on "Tang sound", used in reading some later literature; and
kany?-on "idiomatic sound", which are often "correct" Chinese
pronunciations which violate the rules for the other 3 systems). The
occurrence of synonyms complicates things further.
In addition, there are 2 additional scripts, both ultimately derived
>from simplified ways of writing kanji, called hiragana and katakana.
Both are syllabaries, that is, each sign represents a single syllable of
the word, and multiple signs are used to write the word.
The Japanese *language* is based on vocalizations produced by the human
throat and mouth, representing neural events in the brain, like all
other human languages.
Rich Alderson
writing as someone with undergraduate and graduate degrees in
linguistics rather than in my usual role, so not the usual .sig
Just looking at old DECUS catalog entries as to "first hangman" on a DEC computer, it only helps us with DECUS releases, but:
DECUS NO 12-36 Hangman for PDP-12 PDP-12 with A/D, VR12 Display,
Basic LlNCtape System, SK
Memory, ASR33, KWI2, KE12 LAP6
Jud Gilbert , Florida St a t e University, Ta l l aha s s e e , Florida
This word game is based on the penc i I and pape r s t i ck figure
drawing game . One pl aye r types in a book t i t l e and a c lue .
Another pl aye r guesses l e t t e r s . Six incor r e c t guesses loses.
DECUS No. FOCAL-42 (implicitly PDP-8 FOCAL)
The Hangman Game
Dan Miller , Glastonbury, Connecticut
The program a l lows the user to pl ay the game of Hangman'
with the computer .
Project Delta, Clark Barker, DECUS RSTS-11-002
1 REM HANG CLARK BAKER 2/73 DSAA PROJECT DELTA
10 ! HANG WILL PLAY A GAME OF HANGMAN ON A CRT (VT05 OR VT06).
No affiliation with this person, but I'd much prefer to see a VAX given
a new and caring home.
I know nothing about this beyond what you can see below.
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> From: "Robert Schaefer" <rschaefe at gcfn.org>
> To: <port-vax at NetBSD.org>
> Subject: VAX 6320 w/ TU81+
> Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 19:25:31 -0400
> Message-ID: <2C54A3A6C8C84748AAEF5BDB3FF18BF6 at ratioHP>
> Anybody near to Columbus, Ohio interested? I can't bring myself to scrap
> her, but she's been sitting idle for nearly a decade now. Converted to 240V
> single phase, booted several times into VMS 5.? before I had to park her.
>
> If anyone wants to forward this to classiccmp, I'd be obliged.
>
> --
> Bob
Anyone here interested in a PCI-based IBM P/390 board (Not E)? I've actually got two that I'm not using, and a PARCA
bus-and-tag board, and think that some other hobbyists should have a chance to acquire this stuff...
I'd also consider trades...
Thanks!
I was wondering if there are any VAX coders on the list who are
willing (and brave/strange enough) to poke into gcc internals?
I have a (relatively speedy) little VAXstation 4000/90 happily
running NetBSD-6, which is built using gcc-4.1.
All of the other NetBSD ports have switched across to gcc-4.5, but
some changes in 4.5 have caused codegen issues in the VAX backend.
Essentially you can cross compile a vax system with gcc-4.5, but
the resultant system exhibits certain, shall we say, glitches (most
annoyingly in the boot program), and the generated compiler is
unable to reliably compile anything.
Additionally the gcc DWARF2 stack unwinding for VAX appears to be
incomplete, causing issues for C++ exceptions, and potentially
making libffi unbuildable on VAX.
( http://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=44155 )
The latter point is quite annoying as it blocks building glib2,
and any app that depends upon it.
I know the VAX is pretty much the poster child for legacy platform
nowdays, but from a certain perspective a VAX has similar
characteristics to an unusual embedded system, (just built using
steam pipes & valves), so should be able to run the same basic
apps, tools, and even graphical apps.
Besides, to quote Dylan Thomas I feel the VAX should not go gentle
into that good night, but rage, rage against the dying of the light
:)
On 24/05/2012 06:49, William Maddox wrote:
> Our favorite eBay fraudster is at it again:
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Digital-Equipment-Corp-DEC-TU56-w-TC11-RK05-LA36-/2…
>
> This exact same photo first appeared on eBay when Ashley Carder legitimately sold the gear that is shown. Fraudulent relistings, stating that the bidder must contact the "seller" directly at a specific email address, have reappeared about half a dozen times over the last year or two.
>
> --Bill
The ironic thing is that the fraudsters go after key "high value high popularity" items, done solely by a text search.
Thus they wanted to put up fraudulent listings for Plasma Display Panels (PDP's) but end up using PDP-11's.
I would bet they have absolutely ZERO idea what their fraudulent auction is actually for. Time for cow-tipping?
Tim.
Our favorite eBay fraudster is at it again:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Digital-Equipment-Corp-DEC-TU56-w-TC11-RK05-LA36-/2…
This exact same photo first appeared on eBay when Ashley Carder legitimately sold the gear that is shown. Fraudulent relistings, stating that the bidder must contact the "seller" directly at a specific email address, have reappeared about half a dozen times over the last year or two.
--Bill
