test-drb March 2018

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by fred＠MISER.MISERNET.NET

> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 14:28:11 -0600 > From: Grant Taylor <cctalk at gtaylor.tnetconsulting.net> > Subject: Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 42, Issue 13 > Message-ID: > <6a172546-d8f1-13b9-f843-8fdba5799f09 at spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> > > If power / cooling / noise wasn't an issue, I'd also be interested in an > Multiprise 3000. > But, I'm happily married and I would like to keep it that way. The power requirements aren't that bad, are they? I think Guy Sotomayor (spelling, apologies if I'm butchering ...) has a MP3K that I believe I bid against him on eBay once, and he ended up getting it (which made me feel a bit better). It's what I call a 1/4 fridge size. There were/are multi MP3K's on eBay currently that I've been watching, and one didn't know if there was an OS on it (Not sure I'd want to fight that battle with IBM, although a corner of the Internet lengthy forum post (yes, anecdotes are not evidence) leads me to believe they at least are "sympathetic" to hobbyists, but they won't publically admit it. ... but I still didn't want to chance getting a paperweight. The other one is way too much for me $ wise. I have a basement and 220V available. For an IBM Mainframe of my own, damn the power bill. :) As long as it doesn't have the awful whine of an Alpha DS10-L I don't think my wife would mind. I will admit to myself that at some point there will be a limit to how many systems I can have at the house though running 24/7.... :) Fred

6 years, 9 months

3100/90?

by ftg888＠elbonia.org

I am looking into getting a VMS Machines up and running and or Open/netbsd you mentioned you had a few to donate or sale thanks. Sent from my iPhone > On 14 Mar 2018, at 11:55, Liam Proven via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On 14 March 2018 at 11:06, Adrian Graham via cctalk > <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >> I'm in the process of giving >> some of them away though because they take up too much room. > > The OpenBSD project are, or were, looking for donations of high-end > VAXstations. I offered them a VAXstation 4000/60 (Red Hat offered to > sponsor shipping from London to Canada) but after some > toing-and-froing, Theo DeRaadt turned it down. > > Unfortunately, I believe RH has now lost my machine. :-( > > But if anyone is willing to donate a /90 or similar, he might be interested. > > -- > Liam Proven ? Profile: https://about.me/liamproven > Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? Google Mail/Hangouts/Plus: lproven at gmail.com > Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven ? Skype/LinkedIn: liamproven > UK: +44 7939-087884 ? ?R (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053

6 years, 9 months

800 and 1600bpi 9 track test data

by aek＠bitsavers.org

There are two gzip'ed files up now of analog digitized 9 track data under http://bitsavers.org/projects/9track containing two files of 16 bit incrementing data patterns blocked 512 bytes/blk and the tach signal from a Qualstar 1260 running at 50 ips. The data can be viewed using Salea's Logic app in simulation mode if anyone has burning curiosity what a 1/2" tape block looks like. I made these as test data today for Len Shustek's 9 track readtape project https://github.com/LenShustek/readtape

6 years, 9 months

a bit off topic - looking for someone w/7 track 1/2" analog

by pete＠petelancashire.com

comp for 1 - 7/8 IPS like to get all tracks digitized https://photos.app.goo.gl/IMcgjxugzKMuIvKv2 will put on open file server then sell the tape -pete

6 years, 9 months

FS: Commodore items from Sellam's collection

by sellam.ismail＠gmail.com

Hi Folks. It's time for the Commodore collectors to get their turn. I've created a separate thread for Commodore and related items for sale from my collection. I will be continuing to add Commodore stuff to this thread as I come across it. The list is here: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?62641-Sellam-s-Commodore-Sales-Th… If you are interested in anything then as usual for fastest response please do reply to me by e-mail via <sellam.ismail at gmail.com>. Thanks! Sellam

6 years, 9 months

Speaking of tapes and good ideas, but...

by cclist＠sydex.com

During my browsing, I've run across mention of the Emerson "Tape Pac" 2000 series, a half-inch cartridge tape system targeted at minicomputers, and it seems, the PDP-11. Here's a mention in IEEE Computer, about the new products at the 1976 NCC: https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/co/1976/06/01647391.pdf (That was about the same time as "The Milpitas Monster") I can't find of photos of the thing. Has anyone run into one of these? --Chuck

6 years, 9 months

XT/370 microcode

by seefriek＠gmail.com

>> I am not at liberty to post the document. > >This? ... >Also: ... >If so, it might be this: ... There's a difference between "I am not at liberty..." and "what anyone can google...".

6 years, 9 months

cctalk Digest, Vol 42, Issue 13

by fred＠MISER.MISERNET.NET

On Tue, 13 Mar 2018 cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote: > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 04:25:26 +0000 > From: Benjamin Huntsman <BHuntsman at mail2.cu-portland.edu> > Subject: AlphaServers > Message-ID: > <MWHPR03MB257387ED466A847E328DC5D6E4D20 at MWHPR03MB2573.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> > > Anyone out there do Alphas anymore? I'll pile on with my $0.212 (two cents plus tax). I started with a VAXStation 4000/90A. Still have it. Absorbed that system into SIMH and upgraded to a Alphastation (server?) 255. Sold that the 255 and upgraded again to my current DS10, running OpenVMS 8.3. Typing on it now in fact, ssh'ed in from $work. Luckily, I used to work for a company that had data processing services heavily invested in OpenVMS/DEC/Compaq/HP gear. I'm sure I acquired the systems over the years for well below market rates. I could probably sell the VAX 90A for a pretty large sum of $. ... but I really don't want to ... because then I'd have the money and not the VAX. :) If the power bill was free I would upgrade again .... but I have enough 24/7 equipment running in the home office. :) ... and I'm always hunting for more! (an iSeries, perhaps a Multiprise 3000, etc ... ) Fred

6 years, 9 months

"The Quest for a Universal Translator for Old, Obsolete Computer Files"

by lproven＠gmail.com

The Quest for a Universal Translator for Old, Obsolete Computer Files To save bygone software, files, and more, researchers are working to emulate decades-old technology in the cloud. by Jessica Leigh Hester March 08, 2018 https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-to-open-old-computer-files ________________________________ >From the sound of this, it strikes me that several of the people/organizations that the author spoke to don't know much about running older software that _will_ work on modern hardware... -- Liam Proven ? Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? Google Mail/Hangouts/Plus: lproven at gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven ? Skype/LinkedIn: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 ? ?R (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053

6 years, 9 months

SGI Origin 2000 Detailed Pics

by phreakshowtelco＠gmail.com

Here is detailed pics of the SGI origin 2000. Its in my shop tonight hoping we can identify whats here. Image heavy https://imgur.com/a/mdlCW Also these 19 racks came with it and it looks like some old cluster stuff in them https://imgur.com/a/feoEq

6 years, 9 months

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test-drb March 2018