test-drb June 2015

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by jws＠jwsss.com

This seems excessive, to say the least. RARE-VINTAGE-IBM-26-INTERPRETING-CARD-PUNCH-OWN-A-PIECE-OF-HISTORY http://www.ebay.com/itm/161725243156 but it's rare.

9 years, 1 month

what happened to the atrificial 8 E panel with the 6100 built to it?

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

what happened to the artificial 8 E panel with the 6100 microprocessor board built to it? are these still being made? Thanks Ed# _www.smnecc.org_ (http://www.smnecc.org)

9 years, 1 month

DEC Runoff to any modern format conversion or DEC MSCP protocol specs

by t.gardner＠computer.org

Hi I have multiple DEC Runoff (.rno extension) files for the manual on DEC's MSCP protocol. I'd like to convert them to a modern format. The manual is dated circa 1992 incorporating ecos thru MSCP23-4 and is revision 2.4 (or later) of MSCP. What appears to be an early version (Apr 1982 rev 1.2) is at http://www.textfiles.com/bitsavers/pdf/dec/disc/UDA50/AA-L619A-TK_MSCP_basFn s_82.pdf I've searched for a convertor without much luck, there is a VMS Pascal converter at https://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/rnototex which converts to LaTex which can then be converted to pdf, but I don't have any DEC equipment. Anyone know of a converter or perhaps other already converted manuals at other revision levels (e.g. rev 1.2 at link above)? If not, anyone running VMS Pascal or OpenVMS v6.1 (or later) willing to try a conversion to LaTex? DECs Runoff is a markup language that sort of looks like an early HTML, so I suppose I could try a grep conversion to HTML, or just strip out the markup. Any other ideas? Tom

9 years, 1 month

Distribution panels (cab kits) for DZV11/DZQ11

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Glen Slick > There is this distribution panel on eBay at the moment, but I think > this might be the H3173-A version for the M3104 DHV11 / M3107 DHQ11 Yes, it is - I got several of those from him, but he only had one of the DZV11/DZQ11 ones (which are, simply by looking at them, indistinquishable >from the DHV11/DHQ11 ones - one has to look at the part numbers to distinguish them, they are so similar - well, to be hyper-precise, there are two variants of the DHV11/DHQ11 one, one with the Berg on the side, and one with the one of the top, and it's the latter which is visually almost identical). > The 70-19964-00 distribution panels I have for the M7957 DZV11 / M3106 > DZQ11 have arrows screened on to the front of the panels between the > DB25 connectors. (I'm not sure what the arrow is supposed to indicate). Which way around to install them, or which port is #0, would be my guess. I've seen a similar arrow on the dist panel for the DLV11-J (which also comes in two distinct variants). Noel

9 years, 1 month

PDP-11/44 M7098 ECO #7?

by mattislind＠gmail.com

I have been given a PDP-11/44 and I was running through all sorts of diagnostics to check out the machine. It seems to work fine except for the trap test KKABD1 which fails at 23252. It passes an earlier version of the same trap test. The listing (thank you J?rg) is at: ftp://u58104846-pub:open4you@ ftp.j-hoppe.de/fichescanner/bw/gh/AH-F623D-MC__KD11-Z__11-44_TRAPS__CKKABD0__(C)79-82.pdf It tells me that my M7098 board is missing ECO #7. Anyone knows of a list of ECOs for the PDP-11/44. I think I have searched everywhere I can think of but haven't found it.

9 years, 1 month

PDP-12 Restoration at the RICM

by michael.99.thompson＠gmail.com

> > Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 09:33:26 +0100 > From: "Robert Jarratt" <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> > Subject: RE: PDP-12 Restoration at the RICM > > Yes, the new rubber hammers are available from David Tumey. I think he > wants > about $7 for 10 of them. I have a supply of them here in the UK for anyone > that needs any. > > Regards > > Rob > Thanks Rob. I sent him an email and asked about the hammer, and a source for paper and ribbons. The platen is hard as a rock, so we will need to do something about that too. -- Michael Thompson

9 years, 1 month

Two more P112 kits left

by dave＠661.org

I have two more P112 kits left. One is a board with parts. The other adds an old SCSI enclosure. Once these are gone, it'll be a long time before I offer complete kits again. The price is $190 for the kit alone and $210 for the kit with chassis (shipped in the US). The chassis is identical to the blue sparkly one seen at https://www.flickr.com/photos/32548582 at N02/sets/72157649945208099 except it's beige. -- David Griffith dave at 661.org 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?

9 years, 1 month

Epson QX10 Plus in Holland MI- With original boxes

by slandon110＠gmail.com

Found this on craigslist tonight.. Someone near by go get it http://holland.craigslist.org/sys/5047257113.html

9 years, 1 month

Distribution panels (cab kits) for DZV11/DZQ11

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

Hi, all, I'm looking for distribution panels (cab kits) for DZV11s/DZQ11s - or that wierd cable with the DB25 connectors on one end which substitutes for a cab kit, the BC11U - for the DZV11/DZQ11. (The part number for the distribution panel is 70-19964-00.) (I'm pretty sure the cabkit, which is technically for the DZQ11, will also work with the DZV11, since they are documented as both using the BC11U cable.) I don't have to have the cable (which is a BC05L-xx, which I'm pretty sure is the vanilla 40-pin cable), since I'm set up to make them, although if the panel comes with one, that's fine, of course. Anyone know of a source for any? I looked online, none on eBay, Google showed one dealer with one, but they wanted like $50 each. Noel

9 years, 1 month

8-bit Computer TV Channel Use

by nf6x＠nf6x.net

> On May 21, 2015, at 12:11 , John Foust <jfoust at threedee.com> wrote: > > At 03:03 PM 5/19/2015, Mark J. Blair wrote: >> I've been brainstorming about hypothetical hardware for converting video from vintage 8-bit computers to drive modern monitors well, with support for all of the dirty tricks like color aliasing that many of them used. > > Hasn't this list discussed existing devices that work for this task? > They're aimed at the game console market. I don't recall a previous discussion of that, but my lack of recollection certainly doesn't mean that it never happened. It's been mentioned recently on various retrocomputing podcasts that many (most? all?) of the existing solutions out there work poorly with some vintage computers, particularly the Apple II. It was mentioned in passing on Open Apple #43 in the discussion of LCD panels suitable for an Apple II GS laptop conversion, and specifically discussed on RCR #100 in the Host's Topic segment as something lacking in the market (links below). Maybe there are good solutions that just aren't well-known in those circles? If so, I'd like to hear about them. I'm also very interested in learning about specific instances of "computer X worked poorly with adapter/display Y, and it failed in this particular way". While I recall hearing multiple mentions of this sort of trouble in general, I'd like to hear of specific examples of how specific combinations failed, i.e. "monitor Y couldn't sync to video from computer X", "adapter Y generates monochrome output instead of deliberately aliased colors from computer X", etc. http://www.open-apple.net/2015/01/22/open-apple-43-january-2015-happy-new-y… http://rcrpodcast.com/episodes/2015/5/10/rcr-episode-100.html -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

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