I received seven requests for the Sun Workstation manual. I guess I will
draw a name from a hat or something...
--
Richard Loken VE6BSV, Systems Programmer - VMS : "...underneath those
Athabasca University : tuques we wear, our
Athabasca, Alberta Canada : heads are naked!"
** rlloken at telus.net ** : - Arthur Black
I found an interface I've never seen, a Fisher Rosemont Highway
interface. I don't know much in the history of Dec / VMS, but am
guessing this is for Vax system only.
HIGHWAY-INTERFACE-49A8569X052-62-FISHER-ROSEMOUNT-DC6450X1-HA5-40B1745-W-CABKIT-/
http://www.ebay.com/itm/371645465846
I found this flyer sheet about it with the info on the interface. I'm
guessing if you don't have one of the central boxes, you have some
expensive gold scrap in these boards.
http://emersonprocess.com/systems/support/documentation/provox/docvue/Produ…
The fact this reference is where it is suggests there must be embedded
systems using it to justify the price though. Also the other manual
referred to indicates that there is something that runs on NT, as well
as a mention of AIX.
http://emersonprocess.com/systems/support/documentation/provox/docvue/CHIP/…
thanks
Jim
Great! 110 dial up for those of us with our teletype? Heck with free
nationwide long distance cross country connects will not be financially
painful!
sounds fun....
In a message dated 10/13/2016 12:35:48 A.M. US Mountain Standard Tim,
cctalk at snarc.net writes:
Everyone should experience the joy of connecting to an authentic dial-up
bulletin board service. That?s our story here at Vintage Computer
Federation and we?re sticking to it. :)
It?s why we ordered an 8-port analog PBX with a GSM module today:
http://www.excelltel.com/en/enproductslist.asp?id=612
Our plan is to connect this to a PC running the MajorBBS software.
Visitors at our NJ museum and at Vintage Computer Festival East (or
heck, why not bring it with us to VCF West too?) will get to pick from a
selection of vintage computers, hear a dial tone, hear the handshake,
and be productive at 300-2400 bps. People could also telnet in over the
Internet and, in phase two, dial in through the GSM connection.
We?ll share an update this winter when the PBX arrives.
they were pretty famous for running simulators for pilot training
Ed# _www.smacc.org_ (http://www.smacc.org)
In a message dated 10/13/2016 12:19:45 A.M. US Mountain Standard Tim,
derschjo at gmail.com writes:
The Systems 32/77 is a Gould/SEL machine. 32-bit, ECL. I don't know
too much about it, but it's cool looking. Wish I had the space...
I suspect the bidding will be brisk with the peripherals... also be
shure to see the frame with the documstion card reader
In a message dated 10/12/2016 9:38:03 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
derschjo at gmail.com writes:
On 10/12/16 9:13 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
> https://grafeauction.proxibid.com/asp/catalog.asp?aid=117590&gl=288#288
>
> someone needs to grab those 11/45's!
>
>
Thanks for the tip! Against my better judgement I put in a bid on the
one without the trim on the faceplate...
- Josh
On Wed, 12 Oct 2016, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
>
> On 10/12/2016 9:30 PM, Richard Loken wrote:
>> And five requests for these manuals.
>>
> Is someone going to scan them? Have they been scanned already? I guess I
> should look :-P
I too would like to know if these manuals have been scanned already. If
good scans are already available I can send them off to somebody without
any guilt but otherwise I should send them who intends to see them
scanned.
--
Richard Loken VE6BSV, Systems Programmer - VMS : "...underneath those
Athabasca University : tuques we wear, our
Athabasca, Alberta Canada : heads are naked!"
** rlloken at telus.net ** : - Arthur Black
And five requests for these manuals.
--
Richard Loken VE6BSV, Systems Programmer - VMS : "...underneath those
Athabasca University : tuques we wear, our
Athabasca, Alberta Canada : heads are naked!"
** rlloken at telus.net ** : - Arthur Black
The offer of DPC manuals led to many happy reminscenses but only one
request for the manuals (with a promise to scan them).
Are there scans of these manuals available on-line?
--
Richard Loken VE6BSV, Systems Programmer - VMS : "...underneath those
Athabasca University : tuques we wear, our
Athabasca, Alberta Canada : heads are naked!"
** rlloken at telus.net ** : - Arthur Black
Update: After removing all the boards, checking jumper settings, etc. and
reinstalling everything again. I am please to announce some progress. The
PDP-11/23 now boots up to the diagnostic monitor.
Thanks very much to people who replied with technical help and particularly
to Glen Slick who helped with board identification and configuration and
help me fix the QBUS slot assignments. The original slot assignments were
wrong and the bus termination was not at the end of the QBUS. The current
slot assignments are:
Row 1: AB - M8186, CD - 256KB memory
Row 2: AB - DSD disk interface, CD - grant continuity
Row 3: AB - M8028 DLV11-F async interface / console port
Row 4: <empty>
Row 5: <empty>
Row 6: <empty>
Row 7: AB - M8016 KPV11 power fail / line clock
Row 8: <empty>
Row 9: ABCD - M8012 BDV11 diag ROM / QBUS termination
I have added a few pictures here:
http://sierracircuitdesign.ddns.net/temp/pdp11/
Next Steps
1) Find the manual for the diagnostic monitor to figure out how to run some
test.
2) Locate some 8" floppies with RT-11 loaded and connect the floppy drive