Hello folks,
the following cropped up on Bill Bradford's "rescue at sunhelp.org" mailing list.
As I didn't see it here yet as well, I hope it is okay to cross post. The
equipment probably deserves to be saved, my closest contact is in Guelph ON
(which is > 2000 km away, I tend to forget that each and every distance is so
huge over there...), and not at all equipped for dealing with that kind of
machinery.
Not connected in any way other than as a sentient being which takes pity when
old iron is to be scrapped :)
Arno
Cory <cbajus at mts.net> wrote:
> Any hardcore DEC collectors out there?
>
> $work is finally getting rid of a few rows of classic DEC gear from our
> datacentre, which includes 3 VAX 6000s (310, 420, and 610) and a number of HSC
> controllers (40, 50, and two 95s). I'm absolutely _not_ offering to ship any
> of these items, but they're available for pickup in Winnipeg (Canada) if
> anyone is interested.
>
> Thanks,
> Cory.
On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
> The subject says it all, is anyone working on archiving TI-99/4A software?
Coincidentally, I ran across some TI software on 5.25" while sorting
the garage last weekend and wondered the same thing. I doubt I have
anything that planet-99 does not but one never knows (they were Scott
Adams games, iirc.)
I'm more interested in the process - can TI99 disks be read without a
TI? Say with imgdisk or another PC-based program or, failing that, a
Kryoflux?
If it does require an actual TI, how would it handle disk imaging?
There are no native serial ports, although you can get an RS-232 card
for the expansion box. do have a pile of TI99/4A systems and a PEB or
two with floppy drives but they are not easily accessible.
-j
>> The classiccmp server is broken.
>
>Or something is doing horrible things to throttle bandwidth at his new provider.
>I've seen stalls for a minute on ftp wgets (which is how I sync bitsavers),
>lots of random 503's on web accesses, and random POP login failures.
When I access either my site or the mailing list, through the web I get:
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Service Temporarily Unavailable
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.
Apache/2.2.23 (FreeBSD) PHP/5.3.18 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.23 OpenSSL/0.9.8x DAV/2 Server at www.classiccmp.org Port 80
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This appears to be a 503 originating at this server.
When I access my site, I see individual 503 errors on many (sometimes most) of the photo link accesses.
I would guess that the wgets fails becase it get s a 503 error, probably not knowing what it means, only that
the accessed failed - and retries until it gets through which is what is taking a minite - (I've sat hear reclicking
links for nearly a minite trying to open a message in the archive).
To me it looks like a server problem.
Dave
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(dot) com Classic computers: http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield
Dear DG-Addicts,
I am running RDOS (within simh) and I can readily compile
and run Algol programs in this environment. Now want to
compile Algol programs to be loaded stand-alone onto a
8k store machine via paper tape. To do this, a library
called SOS.LB is needed (at least the linker complains, that
it is missing) and so the question is whether some one
out there has already compiled stand alone programs
using RDOS and probably has the SOS.LB for Algol, and
eventually further files required, available?
I already tried to get in touch with people involved in
these web sites
http://www.chookfest.net/nova3/paper-tapes.htmlhttp://www.ludd.luth.se/~ragge/nova/swdocs.html
but so far I have not got hands on the Algol stand alone
stuff. BTW: I do NOT want to use the stand-alone tool
chain, but generate the programs using the RDOS (because
this is more convenient). Any hints are welcome,
best regards,
Erik.
A friend, Gerald Heitel [gheitel at gmail.com], not a member of this group has
an IBM PC Portable in "mint condition" with original manuals and several
software programs, floppy discs, etc. He offered it to the Computer History
Museum, but they said that they already had one in their collection. He is
seeking to contribute to a computer museum or sell to a private collector at
a nominal price.
Contact Gerry directly if interested or can help find a home.
Tom
Hi Guys,
I used to mess about with RSTS/E when I was a kid, and even managed to
get into trouble with ASU and the folks that worked at the remote
sites... banned, basically.
(I went on to work there years later after the PDP11s had been scrapped...)
Anyhow, I've been running one I built from tape with simh for ages...
it's accessible on line via my bbs (telnet bbs.cortex-media.info)
I've got an old, incomplete version of dungeon on there. I've found a
more complete version in Fortran. What is the best way to get the
files onto the emulated disk so I can build it?
Would it be better to install decnet or use kermit or what?
thanks,
John
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Visit us at: http://www.yoyodyne-propulsion.net
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transformed into a giant cockroach." Nah, it's too good.
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