test-drb May 2013

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by aperry＠snowmoose.com

I (still) have parts from a DEC RA81 HDD that I took apart years ago that I would like to get rid of. I posted them here a while ago, but figured that I would try again since I am trying to clear out space in the garage for a car project. I am primarily concerned with finding a home for the two larger parts. 1. The HDD minus the HDA. It is 28" x 18" x 10" and is fairly heavy. It has all of the boards. It is everything except the platters and heads. I imagine that, if you powered it up and hooked a tty to the serial port, you run diagnostics on it. Though, without a HDA, not many tests would pass. 2. An empty HDA. This is the aluminum housing that the platters and head assemblies once occupied. Located on Bainbridge Island, across from Seattle. Probably too big/heavy to ship. alan

11 years, 6 months

cctalk Digest, Vol 117, Issue 62

by seefriek＠gmail.com

On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:37 PM, Jerry Kemp - other <other at oryx.cc> wrote: > > http://technologists.com/notes/2008/01/10/a-brief-history-of-dell-unix/ > > Has anyone worked with Dell Unix on this list? Any thoughts or comments? > I spent a good bit of time with the SVR4 flavor in the early 90s. I was working with a company that produced multi-port serial cards and we wanted to support Dell. I thought it was one of the better polished, easier to install & configure Unix products out at the time, and ran very well on the Dell hardware of the time. From: Sander Reiche <sander.reiche at gmail.com> > > Antoni Sawicki has. > http://virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/?p=1878 I'll have to give that a go. KJ

11 years, 6 months

Any Top Tips for ddrescue?

by steve＠stephenmerrony.co.uk

As I haven't been able to source the microcode for my MV/2500 I am attempting to rescue bits/bytes/words from it's 330MB system disk. Naive use of ddrescue has yielded about 80MB of the disk - does anyone have any suggestions for improving that ratio? Also, are there any tools out there for examining partial disk images in strange formats? :-/ Steve -- /Stephen Merrony http://stephen.homedns.org/dg/ /

11 years, 6 months

Record Storage

by barythrin＠gmail.com

I thought we were all going to go to the ikea vending machine, put in our quarters, and have it print out the shelf we want for us soon? ------Original Message------ From: ben Sender: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org To: cctalk at classiccmp.org ReplyTo: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Record Storage Sent: May 30, 2013 2:01 AM On 5/29/2013 10:49 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote: > Expedite shelves from Ikea. Product description: ---------------- Particleboard, Paper, Fibreboard, ABS plastic, Foil, Printed and embossed acrylic paint, Clear acrylic lacquer ---------------- No Thanks, I'll buy from IKEA when they use *REAL* wood again.

11 years, 6 months

Power supply for HP9845B/C option 200

by dfnr2＠yahoo.com

Hi all, I'm looking for a power supply for an HP9845C option 200. I was fortunate to acquire an HP9845C.? I am in the process of moving, so I haven't had a chance to examine it fully.? I did open up the base, and it has the option 200 CPU set.? It looks pretty clean inside, although the power supply is missing. I do have a couple of working HP9845B's, but these use the hybrid processor, and my understanding is that the option 200 machines used a beefier supply. Does anyone know if the regular 9845B supply will work in an option 200 machine? The schematics are pretty complicated.? I'm wondering if the power supply has any special qualities that would prevent my putting together a switcher to supply the needed voltages, via an adapter. If I can't find a supply, I may try to "downgrade" the unit to a hybrid processor, by swapping out the CPU from a 9845B, with a replacement ROM board loaded with the 9845C image; or, swap the monitor and keyboard over to a 9845B, and add the 9845C ROM image.? Can I expect either or both of those options would work? Right now, we are in the middle of moving, and I don't expect to have a lab for a few more weeks, but when I do, I would love to try to get this machine up and running. Many thanks, Dave

11 years, 6 months

IBM 082 Card Sorter has found a new home

by j＠ckrubin.us

The card sorter will be heading off to Binghamton, NY where it will become part of an IBM 1440 restoration project at the Center for Technology and Innovation. Chances are pretty good that the sorter was actually built in Endicott, NY so it will be returning home after a 50+ year absence. Thanks to all who made an effort to keep this relic from the crusher! Jack

11 years, 6 months

Jnet for VMS

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

BITNET revival? Or were there other uses for Jnet? Was BITNET all 9600-baud synchronous modems or were there other (async?) links available between sites? Tim.

11 years, 6 months

Jnet for VMS

by cctech＠beyondthepale.ie

Dave wrote: >On 29/05/2013 02:25, Dennis Boone wrote: >> Anyone know how to lay hands on Jnet for VMS? >> >> De >When this was asked before I am pretty sure the answer was the owners >still protect the copyright... >... but I hope I am wrong..... > I asked Quest (who seemed to own it then) about this in 2010. They said JNET went end of life 10 years ago and it is no longer available or supported. I asked if they would allow its unsupported non-commercial or hobbyist use. They said it would not be in their best interest to allow this. I pointed to the OpenVMS and Multinet hobbyist licenses and asked if they would be willing to do the same for JNET. They said it was not something they would persue at this time. :-( Regards, Peter Coghlan.

11 years, 6 months

Interlisp Images (was e: Power Supply restoration for Xerox Star 8010 and PILOT OS)

by wlewisiii＠gmail.com

On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:26 AM, <cctalk-request at classiccmp.org> wrote: > From: Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> > On 5/28/13 11:52 PM, Andreas Holz wrote: >>> Also, anyone have a digital version of PILOT (the OS for the Xerox Star) or know where I can get a copy? >>> > > I have a lot of software, including XDE (the development environment), Interlisp, early versions of Star and > the server "services". I imaged these long before imagedisk, so they are in dmk format. > > I've put up a couple of versions of XDE and Star 5.0 and 5.2 on http://bitsavers.org/bits/Xerox/8010 along with > a program that can extract files from raw floppy images. > > It will take a couple of hours to propagate out to the mirrors. > > I'll put the Interlisp images under 1108 Are these the actual VM images or disk images? If the latter, would anyone be able to tell me how to get the VM images out? I'd like to try to see if they'd run under my copy of Medley for DOS. Thanks, William -- Live like you will never die, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is watching. Alex White

11 years, 6 months

Jnet for VMS

by saquinn624＠aol.com

>I wonder that since Quest is now owned by Dell, would Dell be more open to this? > >Thanks, >Brad Arnold The problem (from the point of view of the owner) is that any sort of release requires a time commitment to ensure that they're not opening themselves up to claims for royalties from licensors, creating infrastructure, vetting licensing terms, setting up download servers, etc. - and the net return is about zero, as the software isn't sold anymore. Nice in theory, but hard to justify for the company on business terms. MultiNet, TCPware and OVMS are still sold, so there's a publicity motive - that and originally hobbyist overhead was taken over by the openvmshobbyist/Montegar group.

11 years, 6 months

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test-drb May 2013