test-drb June 2013

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by useddec＠gmail.com

With the help of friends and family, most of my DEC boards are now relocated back here, sorted, and inventoried. I don't want to place everything here yet, but feel free to contact me off list with your shopping list. The Dec compatibles will be done later along with other parts. I also have several 11/44 cpu sets, but the backplanes are still buried. I will try to respond to all inquiries within 48 hours. The PDP-8 boards are not all ready yet. Thanks, Paul

10 years, 5 months

ILLIAC IV ?

by nigel.d.williams＠gmail.com

I've just received a couple of boxes of manuals (mostly Burroughs, some IBM), and a copy of the ILLIAC IV System Characteristics and Programming Manual IL4-PM1 (25-June-1969 - earlier edition than what is seen on bitsavers). Does anyone know if any Illiac IV software has survived? as one of the first attempts at a SIMD machine, it would be great to see it reborn one day as an emulator. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILLIAC_IV

10 years, 5 months

moving stuff up the US west coast

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

Sometime in the next few months I will be transporting the contents of my storage unit in central California to northern Washington. Can I get some ideas of cost of how to do this? My first thought is to fly down, rent a truck, fill it up, and drive back to Washington. My father thinks it would be overall cheaper to rent the truck in in Washington, drive it down, and drive it back. Still another idea is to rent a shipping container and put my goodies in that. Can I get some other ideas, suggestions, and/or advice? -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

10 years, 5 months

Computer Devices Inc Miniterm

by dave＠willomail.co.uk

Hi Folks! I've just picked up one these Miniterm portable terminals but it would appear that a couple of the EPROMs have gone bad. Anybody got one they could grab ROM images from? Cheers, Dave

10 years, 5 months

moving stuff up the US west coast

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

> My first thought is to fly down, rent a > truck, fill it up, and drive back to Washington. My father thinks it > would be overall cheaper to rent the truck in in Washington, drive it > down, and drive it back. Sometimes U-Haul, Ryder, etc. have a shortage in one part of the country and a surplus in another part, in which case a one-way rental the "favored" way may be cheap, and the one-way rental the "other" way expensive. It will almost certainly be cheaper to do a one way move. Those big trucks don't get 40 miles to the gallon :-). Get a diesel if you possibly can. Plane ticket wise, since you mention central California, there used to be really super cheap plane tickets to Reno from Seattle and Vancouver (gambling trips) if that counts as "central California". Obviously I made the similar move in the 1990's in case you haven't figured it out :-)

10 years, 5 months

DEC RX50 floppy question.

by roe＠liveblockauctions.com

I've got an RX50 that needs a cleanup. The heads themselves are no problem, but does anyone have a recommendation for cleaning the pads that hold the diskette against the head? They're some kind of felt or foam, fairly filthy, and leave a small round deposit on the top surface of the diskette... Thanks.

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Tony (was C64 Power Supply Replacement Options)

by dm561＠torfree.net

----- Original Message ----- > Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:25:28 +0100 > From: Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> > He has often criticised me, publicly and privately, for my lack of ability > to solder, my board-swapping approach to hardware repairs and so on. > > I was merely replying to that. I did not expect it to be taken so very > negatively by all concerned, and I have already apologised. > > What more would you have me do? ----- Reply: ----- Sorry; I receive the digest version and had not read (or expected ;-) your apology yet; when I did, I sent you an apology privately. Nevertheless, I do think that Tony deserves a little more credit and appreciation for his many generous and usually very useful contributions, and a little less criticism for his by now well-known, umm, 'different' and sometimes iconoclastic views and opinions... Waddya say, Gene? m

10 years, 5 months

FFS: Sigma Information Systems SCD-DHV11

by alexandre.tabajara＠gmail.com

Howdy! I have this board and have no microvax, pdp or whatever to use it, seems to be a q-bus board. As you may know, these are impossible to find in Brazil (at least for a hobbist price). If you want it, pay shipping and it is yours, or send me a nice apple // or sinclair spectrum gift. Remember I'm in Brazil :o) Thanks Alexandre, cleaning the Limbo (the mid place between heaven and hell) --- Enviado do meu Motorola PT550 Meu site: http://www.tabalabs.com.br

10 years, 5 months

Setting the Scrolling Region on VT100's VT220's VT320's VT420's, VT510's etc.

by jhfinedp3k＠compsys.to

I have a simple request for anyone who is has a real DEC VT100 or compatible terminal (VT100, VT220, VT320, VT420, VT510) and especially VT100 software emulations, either as standalone software or as part of a PDP-11 emulator such as Ersatz-11. In respect of the latter, I have been using the Ersatz-11 PDP-11 emulator to support VT100 emulation with more than 24 lines for a few years. In particular, as part of the implementation, when the Range Escape Sequence is used to begin the Scrolling Region at a line less than 24 for the TOP and a line at the bottom of the screen for the BOTTOM, I use: <ESC>[16;255r to scroll between line 16 and the bottom of the screen. For real DEC VT100 terminals with the AVO option, there is ONLY one size for the number of lines, namely 24 lines. Since I can't ATTACH files to be sent to classiccmp, below are two files which can be used to erase the screen, set the scrolling region to line 16 at the top and line 99 or line 255, respectively, at the bottom of the screen. If the any VT100 (compatible) terminal or emulated VT100 terminal set for 24 lines is able to handle setting the scrolling region in this manner, each file with FIFTY lines should begin starting to display "Line 1 of File" of the file on line 12 of the "terminal" and "Line 2 of File" on line 16 of the "terminal" the and end up showing approximately six lines of the file at the bottom of the screen as the previous lines of the file scroll off the TOP of the scrolling region (at line 16 of the terminal) with just "Line 1 of File" remaining on line 12 of the "terminal". I would very much appreciate learning the results of sending both files to a DEC (or emulated) VT100 terminal. If they act the same was as Ersatz-11, the results will be identical with using 24 in place of 99 or 255. Jerome Fine P.S. When the file is transferred to the system, replace <ESC> with octal 33!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KED can be used under RT-11. The user eliminates each <ESC> and enters TWO <ESC> characters instead. Alternatively, if you can remember the first line correctly, you can enter the complete file in about 2 minutes by duplicating (cut and paste) the other 49 lines. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <ESC>2JESC>[12;1HLine 1 of File<ESC>[0;99r<ESC>[16;1H Line 2 of File Line 3 of File Line 4 of File Line 5 of File Line 6 of File Line 7 of File Line 8 of File Line 9 of File Line 10 of File Line 11 of File Line 12 of File Line 13 of File Line 14 of File Line 15 of File Line 16 of File Line 17 of File Line 18 of File Line 19 of File Line 20 of File Line 21 of File Line 22 of File Line 13 of File Line 14 of File Line 15 of File Line 16 of File Line 17 of File Line 18 of File Line 19 of File Line 20 of File Line 21 of File Line 22 of File Line 23 of File Line 24 of File Line 25 of File Line 26 of File Line 27 of File Line 28 of File Line 29 of File Line 30 of File Line 31 of File Line 32 of File Line 33 of File Line 34 of File Line 35 of File Line 36 of File Line 37 of File Line 38 of File Line 39 of File Line 40 of File Line 41 of File Line 42 of File Line 43 of File Line 44 of File Line 45 of File Line 46 of File Line 47 of File Line 48 of File Line 49 of File Line 50 of File ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <ESC>2JESC>[12;1HLine 1 of File<ESC>[0;255r<ESC>[16;1H Line 2 of File Line 3 of File Line 4 of File Line 5 of File Line 6 of File Line 7 of File Line 8 of File Line 9 of File Line 10 of File Line 11 of File Line 12 of File Line 13 of File Line 14 of File Line 15 of File Line 16 of File Line 17 of File Line 18 of File Line 19 of File Line 20 of File Line 21 of File Line 22 of File Line 13 of File Line 14 of File Line 15 of File Line 16 of File Line 17 of File Line 18 of File Line 19 of File Line 20 of File Line 21 of File Line 22 of File Line 23 of File Line 24 of File Line 25 of File Line 26 of File Line 27 of File Line 28 of File Line 29 of File Line 30 of File Line 31 of File Line 32 of File Line 33 of File Line 34 of File Line 35 of File Line 36 of File Line 37 of File Line 38 of File Line 39 of File Line 40 of File Line 41 of File Line 42 of File Line 43 of File Line 44 of File Line 45 of File Line 46 of File Line 47 of File Line 48 of File Line 49 of File Line 50 of File -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

10 years, 5 months

Teac 360KB in Australia?

by sales＠elecplus.com

I have a gent who has requested a TEAC 360KB ? height floppy drive. He is in Australia. Is there anyone on this list willing to part with one local to him? I can send him one, but it would save him a ton on shipping if there is one fairly local. Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus 1613 Water Street Kerrville, TX 78028 (830)792-3400 phone (830)792-3404 fax AOL IM elcpls _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3345 / Virus Database: 3199/6435 - Release Date: 06/23/13

10 years, 5 months

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