test-drb November 2014

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by lbickley＠bickleywest.com

After stating that I expected TSX Plus to be available generally to the collector community this week, I have had a number of folks request access to TSX plus via private FTP. Please be a bit patient and wait for me to post it to a new website I'm in the process of creating. I now have full agreement from S&H to generally release TSX Plus, COBOL, etc., to the collector community via a simple download. BTW: I have converted all of the original documentation, which was in HP print file format to PDFs for easier and more general use. Over time I will likely be able to release some of the utilities, etc. that S&H used internally with TSX plus. Some time ago S&H gave me all of their RL02 packs and a SMD drive with everything they had related to the PDP-11 version of TSX. (They have a current version of TSX for X86 systems which is NOT free and is NOT part of this release). Over time, there may be a project to scan the source listings and recreate TSX Plus source code. (The source listings are available on bitsavers.org (pdf/dec/pdp11/tsxPlus/listings/). Unfortunately, we are missing the MACRO definitions in the source listings. Some of us are working on that issue. (Note: All of the original PDP-11 source code was accidentally lost by S&H). I will also make available any software that other folks submit to me related to TSX on my website. Regards. Lyle -- Bickley Consulting West Inc. http://bickleywest.com "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"

8 years, 7 months

docs or software for Quay 900 (uses Quay 90F/MPS board)

by spacewar＠gmail.com

Does anyone happen to have documentation, schematics, or software for the Quay 900? It's a system based on the Quay 90F/MPS single-board Z80 computer and two MPI double-sided 8-inch floppy drives. The drives are MPI part no. 77618022, apparently a 9406 variant but not listed in the drive manual on Bitsavers. I suspect the pinout is close to the SA800/850 pinout (industry standard), but I was surprised to find that none of the variants in the 9406 manual have a pinout similar to that.

8 years, 8 months

Data General Nova 3/12 and 6026 Tape Drive on craigslist

by tommie＠fox.se

Data General Nova 3/12 and 6026 Tape Drive in Tucson, AZ on Craigslist https://tucson.craigslist.org/sys/4591315871.html /Tommie My Data General stuff: http://www.datageneral.org/

8 years, 11 months

Source for IBM logic probe tips

by h.j.stegeman＠hccnet.nl

Hi, Who can help me with a source (not IBM) for logic probe tips used with IBM MST and SLT backplanes. See: http://home.hccnet.nl/h.j.stegeman/IBM_logic_probes.jpg Prefably the lower one (P/N 453826). Thanks for your replies. Regards Henk

9 years, 1 month

ab20 archive

by jfoust＠threedee.com

At 08:56 AM 8/11/2014, Jason Scott wrote: >I'll work on finding and getting them on archive.org! > > >On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 4:59 AM, Jacob Dahl Pind <rachael at telefisk.org> >wrote: > >> >> Does anyone by change have either of the following walnut creek cdrom, >> >> AB20 Amiga CD-ROM >> Aminet CD-ROM disc, 6/93 , ( note this is not part of the aminet cds from >> Urban D. Mueller) I bet I have them both; the trick would be finding them. - John

9 years, 2 months

Replacement for Google's broken Usenet group search

by aek＠bitsavers.org

They seem to have broken it sufficiently now that nothing is returned after the end of October. Is there anyone indexing Usenet that has a clue? It seems like all that is left is for-pay services for searching alt.binaries.

9 years, 2 months

Looking for WWENG2.SYS for DECserver 900TM

by robert.jarratt＠ntlworld.com

Does anyone have this file? Apologies to those also on the HECnet list as I have posted this request there too. Regards Rob

9 years, 4 months

Random DEC Questions

by robert.jarratt＠ntlworld.com

I just collected a nice little "haul" of DEC gear yesterday and have some questions: One of the things I got was an RA60 drive. But it doesn't have any packs. Does anyone in the UK have any RA60 packs they would be willing to part with? I also got a VT320, but it looks to be a 100-120V model. Is it possible to convert these easily to 220-240V? I discovered that there is a little MMJ to RJ45 adapter called a H8584. I know I can make cables that would remove the need for these, but they look quite handy. Anyone in the UK have any of these spare? I got a DECserver 900TM (see earlier thread about WWEN2.SYS). Manx has an installation manual on it, but not a detailed operations manual. I don't have the Flash RAM card which I guess is needed to persist the boot image without having to boot off the network. Does anyone know what kind of card it needs? I am told it is a CF card, but it looks like it needs some kind of holder to hold the card, and I don't know how the image would get onto the CF card, unless it does that itself after loading from the network. Regards Rob

9 years, 4 months

A classic Trivia Question

by dpi＠dustyoldcomputers.com

In days of old when knights were bold and computers barely invented... In the PDP-8 PAL assembler what is the purpose of the following character sequence accomplish? *.+1%2^2 If you know the answer good for you! You get a gold star. Please don't blurt out the answer. Let people think about it a bit. I'll post the answer in a couple of days. I came up with this sequence this morning for use in an emulator I am working on. Doug Ingraham

9 years, 4 months

Yay, now I need some Osborne boot media!

by drlegendre＠gmail.com

Thanks to the efforts of several members, my Osborne Vixen is up & running with a working display. But now the dang thing is begging me for a disc that I don't have.. =/ Could someone possibly send me some boot-media for this machine? As things sit, I don't even have a PC with a 5-1/4" drive installed, if (and that's +if+) it were capable of writing discs for the Osborne format. I've tried feeding it media for Epson & Kaypro CP/M machines, but no dice - it rejects them without a second seek. Anyone know how to handle this?

9 years, 4 months

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test-drb November 2014