Hello,
since the messages in May about the MS Windows 1.0 version for DEC Rainbow,
I did some research to see if a version is effectively available.
It seems that copies of this software are really difficult to find, but
a complete copy
was available on the latrobe ftp DEC Rainbow archive... which
disappeared with all valuable data...
Anybody has a copy of the content before the deletion?
Anyway, I found a file-by-file copy of it, on this site:
https://winworldpc.com/download/62DF4D23-B974-11E4-AC5A-5404A6F17893
For preservation reasons, it would be really better to have an original
disk image.
Any news about dumping the disks or an ftp archive where they are present?
Thanks
Andrea
Hello from a newbie to the list
I've just acquired 2 HP 382's with expanders. Have not had the time to look
inside them yet.
End goal is to set one up as an instrument controller i.e. using the built
in GPIB and potentially a 2nd GPIB card.
One thing I do not have is a display, keyboard and mouse.
A few question
Is there a PS/2 or USB (yea long shot) adapter for the HPIL interface ?
Does someone have a keyboard/mouse they a not beholding to, or know
where there maybe one ?
Once I get the opened up and take an inventory, anything I should look out
for be trying to power one of them up ?
Can one boot to a terminal on the RS-232 port. Until I find a kbd/mouse ?
What would be optimum version of HP-UX to run on them ?
-pete
I finally managed to pick up a logic analyser for a price I could justify.
It is a HP1630G and it comes with a number of pods. However the pods do not
seem to have the actual wires/probes. Is there a separate part number for
these that I should look for. There seem to be quite a few items like this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291753390848, are these likely to be suitable
alternatives?
Thanks
Rob
(n.b.: Sorry for the "wanted" spam from me. I think this is the last
one for a while!)
I have access to a friend's AT&T 3B2 Model 400 for exploratory and
reverse-engineering work, but I would really like to get a system
of my own.
To that end, if you have an AT&T 3B2 you'd like to part with, please
drop me a line. Happy to pay fair market prices, or consider some
trades if you prefer that (I have a lot of DEC Qbus stuff)
I'm also still looking for more documentation. I especially wish I had
schematics, and any docs related to writing drivers. Anything that
would be useful in documenting the 3B2 internals would be lovely.
Thanks!
-Seth
Hi, All,
A friend of mine just returned a modem he got from me decades ago, a
Ventel MD212-plus. It's an early-1980s non-AT-command-set
autodialling modem. The settings are adjusted via a pair of 10-pin
DIP switches accessible from the back. I've checked the web and
bitsavers. So far, all I've found is some old Usenet articles and a
couple of pictures, but no manual or jumper guide.
One "feature" is that it lacks a modular jack to plug into the phone
system. Fortunately, my friend kept the proprietary DA15 cable. I've
never seen that choice of connectors on any other modem.
Does anyone have any Ventel docs?
Thanks,
-ethan
Probably a question for Tony's encyclopedic knowledge. I just scored two HP 9825, one a later "T" option and one "B" version with all the fixings (i.e ROM packs). They both seem to work save the usual tape drive which I have not gotten to yet. Both have the flexible disc ROM. What kind of discs can I hook up? I think the HP 9895 8" floppy would work. What about the HP 82901 5.25" floppy drive? How do I read/write program files from the disc interface?
Marc
Sent from my iPad
> From: Pete Lancashire
> Do you or someone have a list of all the Unibus bus chips ?
I have seen the following bus interface chips used on DEC UNIBUS boards:
Drivers:
8881 - Sprague, Signetics - Quad NAND
Receivers:
380 - Signetics - Quad NOR
314 - Signetics - 7-input NOR
8815 - Signetics - 4-input NOR
8837 - National Semi - Hex receiver (aka Signetics N8T37)
8640 - National Semi - Quad NOR
Transceivers:
8641 - National Semi - Quad transceiver
The actal complete part number can vary depending on the manufacturer; e.g.
the 8641's are usually DS8641N, from NatSemi, and the 380's are usually
SP380A's or SP380N's. Where the basic number is not included (as with the
8T37 for the 8837) I have given it.
The following chips have been used by DEC to interface to the QBUS, and
I have seen many of the above chips (e.g. 8641's) used there too, so I
think chips seen on one bus could be used on the other:
Drivers:
7439 - Various - Quad NAND
Transceivers:
2908 - AMD - Quad latching transceiver with tri-state output
I _believe_ the following chips are also usable as UNIBUS/QBUS interface
chips, but I'm not sure if I've seen one used there:
Transceivers:
8836 - National Semi - Quad NOR
8838 - National Semi - Quad transceiver (aka Signetics N8T38)
Quite a zoo!
Noel
I've just dug out and inventoried two boxes of magnetic media. A
little of it is not mine; a little more is stuff I'd like copies of if
I can make it happen.
But most of it is just going to leave soon, one way or another. I'd
rather see it go to someone who can actually use it, but it is not
worth the costs of keeping it around to me. I do not currently have
any system on which I can check the contents of any of these (while
it's possible I might get one or more set up, I can't count on it, and
it's unlikely to happen soon). So, while the labeling might be
accurate, it also might not.
There are a bunch of TK50s (or something similar; I know there are
other, similar, tapes, some similar enough to fool a quick inspection;
I didn't look in detail to be sure every one is a TK50). They have
labels, some printed, some scribbled, some carefully handwritten.
Here, \ indicates a line break.
SW/gnu \ Nov 28/91
/usr/local \ 91/10/26
6.0 + 797493
ULTRIX V4.2 \ SUPPORTED SUBSETS \ VOL. 1
ULTRIX V4.2 \ SUPPORTED SUBSETS \ VOL. 2
Sunclock \ 91/11/21
AQ-PE1F0-01 C01 \ DEC FORT ULTRIX V3.2 BIN \ TK50
AQ-PE1F0-01 \ DEC FORT ULTRIX V3.2 BIN \ TK50
ULTRIX V4.2 \ MANDATORY UPGRADE
Kermit5A \ 91/11/21
DEC FORTRAN \ V3.0 (crossed out and "obsolete" written in)
K2 /usr/local \ 1991/03/14
LOTUS 1-2-3 \ 91/11/19
/usr/users \ 91/10/20
swTeX.tar.Z \ 91/11/02
ULTRIX V4.2 \ UNSUPPORTED SUBSETS
There are numerous quarter-inch cartridge tapes (the DC600 formfactor;
many are DC600s or DC600As, but some are other sizes/lengths/formats).
Some have no label. Three of these have absolutely no label, not even
a manufacturer/brand label. Nine more have a brand label but no
indication of their contents. One has a printed label which has been
ripped off enough that all I'm sure of is that it had the usual
boilerplate text for US Government users. Two others have ripped-off
labels; on one, all that remains legible is "tix" at the end of a word;
the other, I can see enough of a logo to be fairly sure it was an
Accelr8 label.
Four more have labels that are short and simple enough to fit on a
single line:
89/02/22(F) ISC0D0S0
TO BE CHECKED
89/02/17 ISC0D0S0
/files! execlude ./digests & ./misc 90/10/08 cd /files
Twenty-six tapes are labeled with just their sizes. These are written
in my hand, so I feel fairly sure they are the result of me
capcity-testing the tapes:
SIZE: 30605 ?512
SIZE: 30643 ?512
SIZE: 30611 ?512
SIZE: 30730 ?512
SIZE: 30730 ?512
SIZE: 114081 ?512
SIZE: 115168 ?512
SIZE: 116769 ?512
SIZE: 118878 ?512
SIZE: 119721 ?512
SIZE: 119870 ?512
SIZE: 119891 ?512
SIZE: 120345 ?512
SIZE: 120352 ?512
SIZE: 120412 ?512
SIZE: 120586 ?512
SIZE: 120741 ?512
SIZE: 120756 ?512
SIZE: 121719 ?512
SIZE: 121722 ?512
SIZE: 121917 ?512
SIZE: 122116 ?512
SIZE: 122343 ?512
SIZE: 122608 ?512
SIZE: 122664 ?512
201796?512
Five more have sticky-notes (one on the box, one on the tape) and a
size sticker. I _think_ the 3.5 here refers to version 3.5 or
something (SunOS is a likely candidate).
--
sticky-note: 3.5
sticky-note: Tape 1
sticker: SIZE: 121372 ?512
--
sticky-note: 3.5
sticky-note: Tape 2
sticker: SIZE: 118586 ?512
--
sticky-note: 3.5
sticky-note: Tape 3
sticker: SIZE: 119293 ?512
--
sticky-note: 3.5
sticky-note: Tape 4
sticker: SIZE: 122624 ?512
--
sticky-note: 3.5
sticky-note: Tape 5
sticker: SIZE: 120216 ?512
--
The rest are a grab-bag:
--
NESTAR SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
S.O. # INT4406 PLAN 5000 (tm)
Boot Utility Tape QIC24
SERIAL # 6050221 SYSTEM RELEASE 5.2
(C) 1982-1986 NESTAR SYSTEMS, INC.
--
NESTAR SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
S.O. # INT4406 PLAN 000 (tm)
PLANPAK # 712 IA BACKUP TAPE QIC
SERIAL # 6060238 SYSTEM RELEASE 5
(C) 1982-1986 NESTAR SYSTEMS, INC.
--
Nestar Systems, Inc.
Subsidiary of DSC Communications Corporation
PLAN Series (tm)
Boot Uility Tape QIC-24
FS# UPGRADE Star Plus FS Release 1.10
160-12676-002
(c)1982-1988 DSC Nestar Inc
--
various indistinct writing; legible bits include:
90/2/19
/FICRSI
90/04/10
DIGEST
NeXT, SUN-SPOTS, SUN-386i
92/12/19
--
/HOME/ICH 10/10/90 , 11/17/90, 16/15/90 1/30/91 2/1/91
22.4.91
--
3/15, 5/8, 7/26 (various further dates and words crossed out)
SUG89 (INTERESTING STUFF ONLY) 90/12/16
--
IFUJ1 IFUJ1 90/03/19 TAR HOME/ICH 92/12/10
89/3/8 MPAQUETT 90/04/30
89/5/1 MPAQUETT 90/05/25
(indistinct) / 92/12/08
--
LAB B
YEAR END
2/2
--
LAB J
A3 MAY 7/93
--
LAB F
YEAR END
1/2
--
LAB F
YEAR END
1/2
--
LAB F
YEAR END
1/2
--
LAB F
YEAR END
1/2
--
LAB B
YEAR END
1/2b
--
LAB B 4 OF 4
LAB B
4 4 HP
JAN 15 1993 n/u
--
(crossed-out text omitted)
ABBOTT INCR DUMP
OCT-1-87
4 MAY 87 (1of2)
--
NESTAR SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
PLAN 1000 (tm) Print Server Version 1.1
IA BACKUP TAPE QIC- 11 P/N 160-12170-002
(C) 1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987
NESTAR SYSTEMS, INC. Licensed Program
--
SUPERSKETCH REL 6
? A. PENTLAND 1985,1986,1987
--
LAB B
3 4 HP
JAN 15 1993
--
Fall- 8AT
LAB B
1 (unclear)
End of Semester backup
--
Accelr8
DESCRIPTION DCL8 (2,0) EDT8 (2,0)
PART NUMBER 8-812-001, 002 RELEASE #:
TAPE 1 OF 1 . NUMBER OF FILES BPI
SN: 000646
--
(SUN 3.2 SUNBIN EXPORT 68020
logo) 1.4" Tape (boot format), 2 of 4
Part Number: 700-1256-02 Rev. A
--
box: KEE 3.1
Genera 7.1
tape: 3.5 EXPORT SUNBIN 68020
1.4" Tape (boot format), 3 of 5
Part Number: 700-1600-02 Rev. A
--
13/3/89
Relax 1of2
LFRL system and
saved results
--
13/3/89
Relax 2of2
--
LAB J
A2 MAY 7/93
--
LAB F
YEAR END
2/2
--
LAB B
2/4
--
LAB J
A1 MAY 7/93
--
There are also a bunch of 5?" floppies. 34 of them are unlabeled,
possibly completely unused:
9x Sony branded, DSDD 48tpi
6x Sony branded, "MD-2HD"
6x 3M branded, DS, DD, RH, MARK Q
9x BASF branded, 2S/2D 48tpi
4x Unbranded
The BASF floppies from the above list are marked as being for sale to
government and educational institutions only, not for resale; I don't
know whether that has any bearing.
Of the remaining floppies, some have labels short enough to be
reasonably represented on a single line:
QuickBasic 1of3
QuickBasic 2of3
QuickBasic 3of3
FW Macros
d|i|g|i|t|a|l branded, unlabeled
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 28/28 85/10/28 (scratched out)
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 27/28 85/10/28 (scratched out)
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 26/28 85/10/28 (scratched out)
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 25/28 86/10/28 (scratched out)
?ACKUP ????OVMS 4.1M 6/28 85/10/28 (partially ripped off)
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 5/28 85/10/28
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 4/28 85/10/28
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 3/28 85/10/28
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 2/28 85/10/28
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 1/28 85/10/28
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 9/28 85/10/28
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 8/28 85/10/28
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 7/28 85/10/28
MS-DOS boot
AG2012
Maxell branded, label ripped off, all that's legible is "FEB85"
QuickBasic 1
QuickBasic 2
QuickBasic 3
Network Boot DOS 3.1
There is also a set of original Borland Turbo C diskettes:
INSTALL/HELP A2B0427471
INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
COMMAND LINE/UTILITIES
LIBRARIES
HEADER FILES/LIBRARIES
EXAMPLES/BGI/MISC
and two sets of six which appear to be working copies of the above.
There are three Microsoft-branded floppies:
Microsoft Mouse Setup/Mouse Menus 1
Microsoft Paintbrush Program/Mouse Menus 2
Microsoft Paintbrush Utilities Disk
and two that don't fit any of the above:
--
label partially ripped off: remaining text is
BL-N639C-BH
P/OS HARD DIS
DISPATCH
VOLUME LABEL "PROD
1983
? Digital Equipmen
--
BitFax for Windows V2.08A
(01/25/93)
BitCom Deluxe with MNP5 v5.1
(06/20/91)
--
This is all in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In general, I suck at getting
things shipped; local pickup, either in person or by proxy, is much
preferred. I can try to find the round tuits to ship, but it's usually
a losing proposition (I have at least two boxes of stuff that have been
awaiting shipment for months at this point).
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Out of curiosity, has anyone ever gotten Eric Smith's tumble pdf
creation program running under any version of BSD?
I ran into a problem porting it to OS X, in the way it used rewind()
and was wondering if anyone else ran into that on other BSDs