test-drb April 2020

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DEC OS/8 Question (getting an error TOO BIG INIT)

by billdegnan＠gmail.com

Hi, I am sure this question has come up before, but can anyone advise an OS/8 change I can run to avoid the following issue (below)? I am unsure if I need to fix my simh INI file or make more space for the program from the OS/8 dot prompt, or FORTRAN * prompt. Running pidp-8i (simh PDP 8i kit) I load OS/8 and initiate the command from the dot prompt: . FRTS ..dumps me to the * prompt ... *RKB0:ADVENT.LD [return] * [esc] rather than loading ADVENTURE I get the following result: D.F. TOO BIG INIT 0000 MAIN 1740 . (..andkicks me back to the dot prompt). the INI is the default reset set cpu 32k set cpu noidle att rk0 ../imagefiles/os8/advent.rk05 boot rk0 what changes are needed? I searched around, I don't quite understand how to load an LD file in OS/8 to debug the error. It may be I have the wrong RK05 disk, but I'd really like to understand what this error means if anyone knows. My physical RK05 disk loads ADVENT as an SV file, I don't need the extra steps. Thanks BIll

4 years, 8 months

pdp11/05 key?

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Ian McLaughlin > I can confirm that about 6 months ago I gave this very information to > our corporate locksmith, and he was able to make a key for me that > works. Thanks for the confirmation that that info is sufficient to produce a working key. I have updated the page to indicate that the info has been confirmed. Noel

4 years, 8 months

Discord

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

Greetings folks The past few years I?ve become fairly focused on a particular old 1999/2000 ww2 fps computer game. Of course playing it but I?m also on the development team for the game (EA has given up on it, but we still put out new releases, maps, patches, etc.). As a result of that, I pretty much live on Discord text/audio chat these days. If you send me an email I will eventually see it and may even respond heh. But if you send me anything on Discord I?m going to see it immediately. If any of you are on discord, I am ?Todesengel#9624?. Feel free to add me as a friend and that way you can get me usually immediately. I am not leaving the hobby, nor am I saying not to email me at the usual address. But a lot of you do talk to me semi-frequently and I?m just saying discord will get to me far quicker. In addition, mostly as an exercise to see how to do it, I set up a ClassicCMP discord server. That Discord server is NOT meant to replace this list, nor should it be taken to signal any less commitment on my part to keeping this list running. They are fundamentally different things; Discord is great for real time text chat back and forth. There are also audio and video channels if people want to use that to talk verbally or via video. To get on that server, here is a semi-permanent invite: https://discord.gg/U8Skw5g Joining the server gets you to all the other folks who may join the classiccmp discord, not just me. Of course, that could be zero ? Like I said, I just did it as an exercise, and discord is how some of my family and friends stay in touch. But it is there if peeps want to use it. I?d rather not turn this into a long debate of whether discord is good or bad or anything like that. I?m just saying it?s there, and it?s quicker to get ahold of me that way at times. Best, J

4 years, 8 months

IBM Series 500 1/2" tape reels--What does the little red peg do?

by cclist＠sydex.com

I'm working with a batch of tapes that includes several IBM Series 500 7 track reels. If you look at the back of the reel, there's no customary thumb recess for removing the write ring. Rather, the reels have a small red plastic peg that extends through to the front of the reel. Is this for ejecting the write ring (I haven't tried)? In any case it's a bit annoying because it grazes the edge of the ring sensing finger, making a little "click" every time the reel makes a complete revolution. --Chuck

4 years, 8 months

ArcNet board Wanted, Intercontinental Micro

by new_castle_j＠yahoo.com

Thank you Richard, yes if you're willing to check your inventory of ARCnet cards I may find something useful. ARCnet boards are pretty much all the same, but this particular one I'm hunting for from Intercontinental Micro is compatible with a special boot ROM I have that promises to unlock wonders unknown to the world since 1987. Maybe I exaggerate a little bit, but I do appreciate you checking. Jonathan

4 years, 8 months

Help installing HP 2000 contributed library in simh

by nospam212-cctalk＠yahoo.com

Okay, I've only ever been a user, back in high school, of HP 2000F TSB system but wanted to play with it again and learn more about the system. I've been able set up Simh with 2000F TSB and everything is working fine. Using the latest release I can find out there, HP2100 release 29. Now I'd like to be able to install some of the Contributed Software Library but despite reading the various TSB manuals and Simh doc, I've been unable to actually get anything loaded. Can anyone with experience with this lend me a hand, some tutorial or point the way to some instructions I may have missed? Thanks in advance. David Williams

4 years, 8 months

ArcNet board Wanted, Intercontinental Micro

by new_castle_j＠yahoo.com

I'm on a quest to find an ISA ARCnet board from Intercontinental Micro. It's called the LANPC and would be very useful to me since I have the special software to run it. Here's a picture of what it looks like. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1xAib47IUbTP7Vrclh_vaeGYwrLCA4aeO Thank You, Jonathan

4 years, 8 months

DEC OS/8 Question (getting an error TOO BIG INIT)

by rshepprd＠gmail.com

I?m just going to guess (I have no experience with this architecture) ? would that mean either file corruption ? or possibly the last record needs to be padded out with ?empty? blocks to be the same size as the others?

4 years, 8 months

Converting Documents

by emu＠e-bbes.com

Hi All, somebody scanned documents for me in .pdfs. Looking into them, they are pages of jpgs embedded in .pdf .. (100 pages resulting in 350MBytes ...) Any easy way to convert them into some b/w .pdf file? It is all text, no drawings ... Pointers? Thanks

4 years, 8 months

Old FORTRAN programs, libraries, graphics

by emu＠e-bbes.com

Being stuck at home, was musing the idea to look into some graphics software from the '70's, or early 80's ... Looking for some wire frames, hidden line removal, 3d graphics... Any pointers? View month ago or longer, somebody on this list recovered some large package of FORTRAN code, and wanted to invest it, but I think it was posted under a wrong subject, so I can't find it anymore ... THANKS!

4 years, 8 months

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