test-drb April 2016

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DEC 338 Vector Graphics Display emulator.

by charles.unix.pro＠gmail.com

My 338 emulator is working to the point where I can push objects around the screen with the 'light pen'. https://youtu.be/lydGoE-JbIg I am looking for software to test the emulation; I thought that the DECUS kaleidoscope program was available, but all I can find is catalog references. There is a ' 338INSTRUCTIONTEST.BIN' out there, but none of the BIN loaders I have tried recognize it. The PDP-8 versions of space war all use a different graphics system, so are not helpful. Anyone have any 338 diagnostic or applications stashed away somewhere? -- Charles

9 years, 1 month

PDP-8/A w/RL01, RX01 and VT55 on eBay

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

Here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/252356086401 The starting price doesn't seem wholly unreasonable for what's all there. Noel

9 years, 1 month

Adapters for original SCSI drives to newer drives

by glen.slick＠gmail.com

On Apr 15, 2016 4:05 AM, "Pete Lancashire" <pete at petelancashire.com> wrote: > > What is a recommended adapter for replacing orig 50 pin SCSI disks with > some of the newer surplus SCSI drives ? > > Here's what I have, I've got a HP 9000/382 without its disk drive, it was > pulled to solve the (preconceived) notion of leaking sensitive software. > Sadly not only the drive but the carrier. > > BTW like to see what one of the original carriers looks like > My 9000/382 came with an original drive but it was dead. I think I replaced it with a 68-pin drive with a 68-pin male - 50-pin male adapter. I'll have to open it up and check. Fortunately I had the original drive carrier to reuse. It also came with a SCSI floppy drive. Don't think I ever got around to testing that.

9 years, 1 month

CYCLOPS: Here it is, but come see it in person at VCF East

by hilpert＠cs.ubc.ca

On 2016-Apr-14, at 7:50 PM, Bill Sudbrink wrote: > Brent Hilpert >> Wow, (that was quick), great job to get one of these working. > > Thanks. Quick? Actually, I've been working on it for several > years. The assembly was fairly quick. If you have all of the > parts in one place, a competent solderer should be able to build > it in a few hours. (Well it was pretty quick from when you mentioned it here.) I had assumed that you came across a hobbyist unit built in the 70's and was repairing or completing it. Sounds like that's incorrect - this is a new build from scratch?, including the printed circuit boards? I had actually wondered from years ago whether the design ever did work reliably, or whether it might be the sort of magazine project where 1 in 100 might function, e.g. say, the memory chips were an iffy proposition as image sensor. Very pleased to see one work. (The one I assembled I had to return to the owner after assembly, we tried it one afternoon with his IMSAI and/or with the scope interface as I recall, but after that it was out of my purview.) >> (I finally get to see an image from a Cyclops camera - never >> did from the one I assembled.) > > Looks even better live. Come see it at VCF East. (On the north-west coast here - bit of a trip to there).

9 years, 1 month

Getting an ibm as/400

by lyokoboy0＠gmail.com

A local recycling center called me and said they are to pick up an ibm as/400 mainframe from a working environment. I left a deposit and am scheduled to go pick it up in the next day or so. I am not even sure of what all it comes with or what can be run on the machine. Any advice in advance on what to expect? I realize there are a ton of different as/400 models, they were not very descript on the phone, so i have no way of knowing till i go pick it up what exactly it is or what it comes with. I rushed on dropping a deposit on the thing. The other guy at the place is notorious for ripping boards with shiny chips out and trying to pass off the dismantled machine to me. I asked for a picture of the thing on site before it is moved. If it is not all there I am not purchasing it. >From the description it sounds like it comes with some terminals and printers too. could be interesting. Is the guy that put the ibm mainframe in his basement on the list? ive been wanting to talk to him. --Devin

9 years, 1 month

Getting an ibm as/400

by barythrin＠gmail.com

Not sure about mounting the drive and reading the filesystem properly (not much bad could happen from trying) but that gives you the opportunity to back it up (dd) or to potentially hex edit the raw drive itself and overwrite the password hash with one you do know as long as its the exact same amount of characters. (Any different length of characters will shift the data that sectors are looking for ans corrupt the drive). <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: devin davison <lyokoboy0 at gmail.com> </div><div>Date:04/13/2016 10:57 PM (GMT-06:00) </div><div>To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: Getting an ibm as/400 </div><div> </div>The size of two pc towers. I am trying to figure out how to log in. I tried the account qsecofr with pass qsecofr with no luck. I might actually have a licenced os on this thing, it is very different from anything i have worked with before. Not sure really where to go from here. The drives are scsi, are they in a standard filesystem format i could read in a seperate machine? On Wednesday, April 13, 2016, Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at update.uu.se> wrote: > Nice! I have a 170 (not up and running, no OS). Which variant do you have. > Is it > about the size of a PC tower or or two PC towers next to each other? > > /P > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 08:09:02PM -0400, devin davison wrote: > > Alright. Picked up the machine today. Much smaller than expected, but > > everything needed seems to be included. I got a terminal as well as a box > > of cables. I managed to boot the machine up to the login screen. However > I > > do not know the username or password. I was speaking with someone on the > > phone that was quite knowlegable, they said that after 3 attempts to > login > > it becomes a potato. What do i do from here. I am going to try and > contact > > the original owners, however i believe they are unwilling to help. Im > quite > > amazed the main drive was not wiped. Anyhow, if i can not get the > password > > from the original owners, there does appear to be a working install on > the > > drives, how would I go about resetting the password to gain access to the > > machine? The machine is a ibm as/400e 170. > > > > pictures to follow once I find my camera. > > > > --Devin > > > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Mazzini Alessandro <mazzinia at tin.it > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > You had it easy. > > > > > > Once upon a time, a place I was working for decided to get a new > > > development > > > as/400. The toy was 2x the 270 you mentioned (hd cage taking one > side)... > > > and the shipping original ibm box upped the weight to dunno... king > kong. > > > It didn't fit in the elevator, and anyway exceeded the max weight. > > > > > > The office was 2 floors up.... > > > > > > We pushed it up, I still have the nightmares > > > > > > -----Messaggio originale----- > > > Da: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org <javascript:;>] Per > conto di Kevin > > > Monceaux > > > Inviato: mercoled? 13 aprile 2016 21:09 > > > A: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > > Oggetto: Re: Getting an ibm as/400 > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 01:26:29AM -0400, Ian Primus wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 12:42 AM, Jason T <silent700 at gmail.com > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > > > > In IBM-speak, it's a "Midrange." > > > > > > > > Which is a fancy word for "unusually heavy for its size". > > > > > > That's the truth. In a previous reply I mentioned I have a "small" > > > 9406-270 > > > in my living room. I found it listed on eBay. It was in New York. > I'm in > > > Central Texas. It was listed with a flat $50 shipping fee. From the > > > photos > > > and shipping fee I was expecting something small enough to be shipped > by > > > UPS > > > or FedEx. I made the seller an offer $50 less than the list price > which > > > they accepted, so I basically got free shipping. It was shipped by UPS > > > - UPS Freight. There was no way UPS Fright could get down my driveway > so I > > > had to pick it up at their terminal. Fortunately it was shipped on a > tiny > > > pallet that just fit in the back of my mini-van. It looks like an > > > oversized > > > tower PC, but is definitely unusually heavy for its size. I have to > use a > > > dolly to move it around. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Kevin > > > http://www.RawFedDogs.net > > > http://www.Lassie.xyz > > > http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org > > > Bruceville, TX > > > > > > What's the definition of a legacy system? One that works! > > > Errare humanum est, ignoscere caninum. > > > > > > >

9 years, 1 month

CYCLOPS: Here it is, but come see it in person at VCF East

by hilpert＠cs.ubc.ca

On 2016-Apr-14, at 6:37 PM, Bill Sudbrink wrote: > ... > Looks good: > > http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4140008.JPG > > How about a hand?: > > http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4140009.JPG > ... Wow, (that was quick), great job to get one of these working. (I finally get to see an image from a Cyclops camera - never did from the one I assembled.)

9 years, 1 month

Adapters for original SCSI drives to newer drives

by pete＠petelancashire.com

What is a recommended adapter for replacing orig 50 pin SCSI disks with some of the newer surplus SCSI drives ? Here's what I have, I've got a HP 9000/382 without its disk drive, it was pulled to solve the (preconceived) notion of leaking sensitive software. Sadly not only the drive but the carrier. BTW like to see what one of the original carriers looks like Ideas ?

9 years, 1 month

Lost a friend

by dkelvey＠hotmail.com

Sandy Bungarner was a friend that I'd known for 15 or 20 years. He was one of the principle designers of the code that went into Jef Raskin's Canon Cat. He was also a professor a Gavilan College, near Gilroy, Ca. He'd been fighting cancer for more years than I can remember. I suspect not to many knew him but he also loved computers. Dwight

9 years, 1 month

CYCLOPS: Here it is, but come see it in person at VCF East

by dkelvey＠hotmail.com

Most cool!!! Dwight ________________________________________ From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> on behalf of Bill Sudbrink <wh.sudbrink at verizon.net> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 6:37 PM To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Subject: CYCLOPS: Here it is, but come see it in person at VCF East Hi, Decapped chip (via X-Acto) (Mostek, 1976 date code, TYPE B): http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4140002.JPG All wired up: http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4140003.JPG Money shot (just like Popular Electronics): http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4140004.JPG Test target: http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4140005.JPG Looks good: http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4140008.JPG How about a hand?: http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4140009.JPG By the way, my hand looks much better than that, the camera "freezes" a frame which doesn't look so good. Bill S.

9 years, 1 month

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test-drb April 2016