test-drb October 2019

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by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Paul Koning > Some early machines, the PDP-6 I believe is an example, have > "registers" in the ISA but they actually correspond to specific parts > of main memory. The PDP-6 and KA10 (basically a re-implementation of the PDP-6 architecture) both had cheapo versions where addresses 0-15 were in main memory, but also had an option for real registers, e.g. in the PDP-6: "The Type 162 Fast Memory Module contains 16 words with a 0.4 usecond cycle." The KA10 has a similar "fast memory option". Noel

6 years, 1 month

DIBOL manual

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

I recently picked up a copy of "CTS-300 - DIBOL Language Reference Manual" (because when I went to do a CHWiki page for the language: http://gunkies.org/wiki/DIBOL I could find almost nothing about it online); does anyone have enough of a use for this that I should put it in the high-priority scan list? Noel

6 years, 1 month

Free mid-vintage Macs and a WP in St Cloud Minnesota for pickup

by billdegnan＠gmail.com

This came in, please contact me through https://www.vintagecomputer.net/contact.cfm and I will forward your info to the person who requested a rescue so you can work it out, first come first served. Bill -------- Original Message -------- > From: ---- > Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 12:58 PM > To: ----- > Subject: VintageComputer.net Inquiry > > VintageComputer.net Inquiry Contact Information Name: Richard Lynch > Email: ------ Phone: ---- > ------------------------- > Comments: > Hi Bill, > I live in Texas but I have family in Minnesota (St Cloud) looking for someone local to give a new home to a small group of older Macs and a word processor. There are 3 old iMacs, an eMac, an LCII and a Performa 627CD. The word processor is a vintage Smith Corona PWP 3100. Everything is single owner and well kept in a smoke free/pet free home. It's all free and we can deliver in St Cloud, but it all must go - no cherry picking please. Do you think anyone in the group can help? > Thanks, > Richard > VintageComputer.net ---------------------------------------------------------------

6 years, 1 month

DIBOL manual

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Chuck Guzis > One could argue that it's just as similar to FORTRAN (cf. computed GOTO > and logical IF statements). It probably worth pointing out that I never used COBOL, and have little knowledge of it. So when one reads "it is vaguely reminiscent of COBOL, as it has a 'Data Division' and a 'Procedure Division'", I must have copied that all from some source I found, because I don't know what the 'Data Division' and a 'Procedure Division' are (although I can guess from the names). > Where it differs mainly from FORTRAN of the times is a facility for > record layout I seem to recall that COBOL was the first language with support for structures? If DIBOL has support for them too, which would be another similarity between the two. Noel

6 years, 1 month

Fwd: IBM MST extender cards

by h.j.stegeman＠hccnet.nl

Hi Al, On the surface 3V & 1.2V is printed. This is a MST-4 card extender. MST-1 & MST-2 are different. I was also interested, but the seller was not willing to ship them to Europe :-( Regards Henk

6 years, 1 month

Restoring dull BOT markers?

by dseagrav＠lunar-tokyo.net

What?s the best way to restore a dull BOT marker so I can get a good dump of a tape? I don?t need a long-term fix since tapes themselves are in exceedingly bad condition and are unlikely to survive more than one read.

6 years, 1 month

Kennett Classic Opens This Friday

by billdegnan＠gmail.com

Hi - I was not going to write about this here until I was pretty sure we were on track, but it looks like we are go to open our new vintage computer gallery and hobby shop this Friday. If you're local to the Philadelphia/Baltimore area, look us up and better yet, pop in for a visit. Our first feature exhibit will be a Commodore History, but we also have a lot from the 1950's through the 70's on display to tell some of the lesser-known tales before the microcomputer era. The idea here is to bring vintage computing to the local community via something that they can identify with (i.e. Commodore) but also have historical depth for those of us who have a passion for the history of computing. For more details our new URL is. https://www.kennettclassic.com/ Thanks Bill vintagecomputer.net kennettclassic.com

6 years, 1 month

More DEC stuff available, Newmarket UK

by binarydinosaurs＠gmail.com

Hello folks, We've had another shipment of retired DEC kit come in that's free to good homes but it has to be either collected or earmarked for collection by Thursday 17th October, I realise this isn't giving people much notice. Alpha 4100 5/300, single CPU, 3GB RAM, DE450, KZPAAx2, FDDI, pedestal enclosure with door VAX 3100-95, 16MB RAM DECserver 300 various DEChub900 modules BA356 x2, no disks TZ887 autoloader x2 VT320 + LK201 3x IBM RS6000s DEREP ethernet repeater DELL PowerVault 120T External SDLT1 External TZ87 Location is CB8 7NY Cheers! -- adrian/witchy Owner of Binary Dinosaurs, the UK's biggest private home computer collection? t: @binarydinosaurs f: facebook.com/binarydinosaurs w: www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk

6 years, 2 months

qubex qa2000 disk tester

by marvin＠west.net

Is anyone here familiar with this disk tester? I'm actually looking for the operators manual or even better/more unlikely a service manual. I found this while digging through some of the "stuff" I've accumulated over the past 40 years or so. Marvin

6 years, 2 months

SEL mainframe

by jwsmail＠jwsss.com

I think this is the guy who has the warehouse full of crap in Texas that was going to be scrapped, but now has its own facebook group. If you find and join the group, there are photos of it there. https://www.facebook.com/groups/433516373950693/ Vintage Computer Warehouse Liquidation (Houston) thanks Jim

6 years, 2 months

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