> I'm in. But instead of repair/restoration logs, I'd like to also
contribute
> with specific knowledge which I believe to be more searcheable and a
better
> contribution than just logs.
Maybe we could have both (logs and knowledge base)? They serve different
purposes. In my other group we have a mail list, a wiki for basic knowledge
and a build logs threads in a Forum based package. The build logs are
searchable. It works really well. The least frequently contributed to is the
wiki, however it's the most helpful for new members. But it's a lot of work
and makes things more complicated. Just food for thoughts, as I said the
current mailing list is simple yet immensely useful, nothing wrong with it.
And God bless bitsavers.
All,
Recently picked me up a new project ($0 projects are the best), a Lanier Model
103 word processing system, complete with printer, but void of any diskettes.
I'm going to have a rummage around here at work, but it would appear that AES
used hard-sectored 5.25" floppies in the machine.
Apparently it'll boot the AES word processing suite, or alternatively CP/M (It's
an 8080 based machine).
Something had eaten(!) the ceramic suppression caps off the video card, so I
replaced those and the tantalum beads for good measure. Now when I power it up I
get a raster instead of a horizontal line. It's a bit stretched vertically, so
I've got the video circuitry module out to redo the electrolytics in that next.
Unfortunately none of the adjustments on the board are marked as to their
function. I'm going to take a few guesses as to what's what, and experiment a
little. I need to get me a hex tool for what I'm guessing is the width coil.
There are 2 adjustable inductors and 4 variable resistors.
A question- being as I currently do not have any discs for it, does anyone:
1) Know what this should display if you power it up without a floppy in? (If
anything at all, would be useful to see if the thing even has a sane heartbeat
in some fashion).
2) Have a service manual for one?
3) Know of a source of discs (either AES, copies, or even just CP/M)?
I know 3 is a hugely long shot. It's not a badly built machine, and it would be
nice to get repaired and be able to use it to write things on.
--Phil
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/convergent/ngen/hardware
uploaded yesterday
This is the first time that I've come across any real hardware documentation
on the NGEN.
It's already helped the guy working on the simulation in MESS.
I just updated D.E. Wrege's Spacewar as follows:
1. Correctly supports slow monitors attached to a VC8/E interface by
correcting mistakes made in the VC8/E driver code. The code now follows
DEC's recommended method of waiting on the VC8/E.
2. Starts up with spaceships (as opposed to UFO's) per the original
Spacewar! by Steve Russell.
3. Now supports the DK8-EC Crystal Clock
Items 1 & 2 were released by me previously - but support for the
DK8-EC is brand new.
The new source and listing can be picked up via anonymous FTP to
bickleywest.com and the pdp8_spcwar directory.
Most browsers (not IE) will support this:
ftp://bickleywest.com/pdp8_spcwar/
Cheers,
Lyle
--
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
I had posted to the list a while back that I had saved the HP/Interex and
HP1000 CSL site before it went dark and put them up on the classiccmp
server.
Just got an email from the folks in the HP/DSD alumni group that they are
enjoying that content being available again. That REALLY makes me feel good
J WOOHOO!
Along those lines, the copy of the Interex/CSL that I saved originally
included not just the files, but also the html and jpg that made up the site
itself. Over years, I lost the html and jpg files. Not a huge concern as the
data files that the site served up are all present. But.. If anyone happens
to have the .html, .jpg, etc files (and if it doesn't infringe) I'd be happy
to add them back so it has the original "look & feel".
J
So, the site is back :)
I'd like to Thank Jay West for the kind offer of space for my site.
Saved my bacon!
Hope you all can enjoy www.tabalabs.com.br - it is mostly in portuguese,
but google translator is your friend, and the pics are nice :)
Also, there are lots of brazilian hardware pictured there, for the
curious
Greetings from Brazil!
Alexandre Souza
---
Enviado do meu Apple IIGS (pq eu sou chique)
Meu site: http://www.tabalabs.com.br
Meu blog: http://tabajara-labs.blogspot.com
Mouse;
I've tried to send you an email off-list, but both of the mail server
infrastructures here (one unix, one windows) can't seem to get through to
your mail server.
More to the point, I recall seeing a notice or two over time that the
classiccmp mail server has trouble getting to you and disables your
subscription automatically and I re-enable it any time I notice it. Can you
email me a different email address for you that's on a different server
perhaps?
J
Marc wrote....
----
[snip] Thank you Jay and others for doing this and contributing a
professional grade infrastructure.
----
Most welcome - but it's not just me. There's a lot of folks who help.
----
The wiki is an idea, but an alternative that I wish would exist is a
repository for restoration logs. [snip]
----
The conversation makes things come back to me from old memory :) Now that I
think about it - that was the primary "con" thought that most listmembers
had about a "wiki". It basically competed with the mailing list as a
resource and many of the folks here weren't going to go "graphical" so it
would just result in a fracture/fork and dilution of the community. As a
result, we went with a "Knowledge Base" package for pretty much the exact
reasons you list in your post. The one we had used was "Andy's PHP Knowledge
Base".
I would be happy to try it again if listmembers would agree to substantially
contribute. The only thing worse than not having one is having one that
doesn't really have great content (and I'm positive the listmembers have
great content to contribute).
The only criteria I'd have from my side is that it be php/mysql based. We do
have a flock of windows servers in the infrastructure, but I'd prefer if it
was FAMP based.
I haven't seen where the development of Andy's package has gone over the
years, so I'd appreciate any suggestions folks may have as to a good
php/mysql knowledge base type of package.
I personally like the idea of a knowledgebase, but as Marc says - it'd be
nice to have a place for people to post their restoration logs. Many people
do this on their own sites and it's a great thing but I'm sure many people
(me included) generally don't have the time to create an entire site to post
the progress of each restoration project. Maybe if something in this site
would allow easy subsection creation ("John Smiths PDP7 restoration
project") that could be of help to both restorers and interested people
wanting to learn. There is a site for people restoring/customizing Jon boats
that I've spent a lot of time on where each person can create their own
section documenting their restoration project. That type of thing would be a
great resource here in addition to a "knowledge base".
Let me know if there's interest. Thoughts?
J
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 9:47 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
> There have been lots of positive comments, and obviously some people have
> even tested using the software.
>
I shall echo the sentiments of others; thanks for releasing this!
So - same as before. Disk image and tape image are available at
> Madame.Update.UU.SE. Use anonymous ftp.
> Disk image is also available at ftp://ftp.update.uu.se/pub/pdp11/rsx/tcpip
> .
> The disk image is a virtual RL02 disk. Can be used with any emulator, or
> also directly inside RSX if you have virtual devices available.
Johnny, you mentioned you're running under E11. Has anyone tried it under
SimH yet? I put together an 11/70 1MB system under the PDP-11 emulator
(built with Ethernet support under OS X 10.9) and have installed
RSX-11M-PLUS 4.6. When I was installing, SYSGEN reported 512k of RAM
instead of 1M, which alarmed me. I went into manual mode and told it
explicitly 1M. That's been my only hiccup so far, and that's about where
I'm at. If anyone has any suggestions for a newcomer to RSX, I'd certainly
appreciate it. I'd be more than willing to write up a tutorial if someone
can help me the rest of the way.
Thanks,
Kyle
