After stating that I expected TSX Plus to be available generally to the
collector community this week, I have had a number of folks request
access to TSX plus via private FTP.
Please be a bit patient and wait for me to post it to a new website I'm
in the process of creating. I now have full agreement from S&H to
generally release TSX Plus, COBOL, etc., to the collector community via
a simple download.
BTW: I have converted all of the original documentation, which was in HP
print file format to PDFs for easier and more general use.
Over time I will likely be able to release some of the utilities, etc.
that S&H used internally with TSX plus. Some time ago S&H gave me all
of their RL02 packs and a SMD drive with everything they had related to
the PDP-11 version of TSX. (They have a current version of TSX for X86
systems which is NOT free and is NOT part of this release).
Over time, there may be a project to scan the source listings and
recreate TSX Plus source code. (The source listings are available on
bitsavers.org (pdf/dec/pdp11/tsxPlus/listings/). Unfortunately, we are
missing the MACRO definitions in the source listings. Some of us are
working on that issue. (Note: All of the original PDP-11 source code was
accidentally lost by S&H).
I will also make available any software that other folks submit to me
related to TSX on my website.
Regards.
Lyle
--
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
So I picked up a 6085-
When I try and boot it, it gets stuck on 0199, which indicates microcode is getting loaded. It never gets to 0200 or 0201, indicating a success or failure loading microcode. It just hangs.
If I boot diagnostics instead, it tells me (in report codes) to replace the MPB first, followed by the IOP/io board.
Well, I can't really replace the MPB because I don't have another, and I paid quite a bit for the machine.
Anyone seen this issue before? Where should I start on diagnosing the CPU?
Better yet, if someone has a 6085 MPB they are willing to sell, I would be eternally grateful.
Cheers,
- Ian
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So I picked up a 6085-
When I try and boot it, it gets stuck on 0199, which indicates microcode is getting loaded. It never gets to 0200 or 0201, indicating a success or failure loading microcode. It just hangs.
If I boot diagnostics instead, it tells me (in report codes) to replace the MPB first, followed by the IOP/io board.
Well, I can't really replace the MPB because I don't have another, and I paid quite a bit for the machine.
Anyone seen this issue before? Where should I start on diagnosing the CPU?
Better yet, if someone has a 6085 MPB they are willing to sell, I would be eternally grateful.
Cheers,
- Ian
????I JUST USE IT WITH ?MY PROCESS THERMOMETER ..... WHICH ?I WOULD STILL USE ANYWAY TO CHECK SOME DIGITAL CONTRAPTION I HAD REPLACED THE ORIGINAL ?THERMOSTAT ?WITH ANYWAY...
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-------- Original message --------
From: Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com>
Date: 08/29/2015 4:11 PM (GMT-07:00)
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: TK50/TK70 Info
On Sat, 29 Aug 2015, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:
> IF IT? DOES NOT? HAVE A TEMP? THERMOSTAT DO NOT? GET
So that we can remove it and put in a trustworthy one?
The commercial part is the housing, trays, lid (with adjustable vent).
Prefer transparent.
You can make your own, or buy something cheap to build a good one out of.
The HarborFreight one is barely usable for this unless/until you add a
thermostat, a fan, a timer, an extension cord, . . .
Were you looking for one that already has the desired enhancements?
I used one sorta like it 35 years ago (before HarborFreight was selling
one)
do not get this
EVIL no fan no thermostat... found BOOOO! NOT A GOOD ONE ( for
tapes)
manual for it
http://manuals.harborfreight.com/manuals/66000-66999/66906.pdf
I have one wife found at garage sale ... it is not good for tape
work...
I rather suggest $64
http://www.amazon.com/Nesco-American-FD-61-Snackmaster-Dehydrator/dp/B000CE…
I thinkI got mine at Walmart -
but remember use the thermostat to on off the thing but for
actual temp use a process thermometer .
ALSO LOOK AT OTHER OFFERING IN SIZE AN WATTAGE at bottom of this Amazon
page
http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=nesco+american+harvest+trays&tag=g
ooghydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=61714117524&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=s&hvrand=10
83555451302563676&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_2uhe80t19_b
hope this helps.... Ed Sharpe Archivist and Chief Baker for SMECC!
N
ote: When the unit is plugged in, it?s warming element will constantly be
on. When you are finished, unplug the unit to turn it off.
6.
After the food is arranged on a tray, do not place on the base yet. STACK
UP AND SET ASIDE.
In a message dated 8/29/2015 1:27:02 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
cube1 at charter.net writes:
On 8/29/2015 1:04 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Aug 2015, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:
>> I thought the center thing was a duct also Ed#
>
> Baking diskettes in it would reduce the central ducting.
>
> The HarborFreight food dehydrator (#66906 $30, currently sale at $25)
> will work with the central ducting partially blocked.
>
> It has a heating element. On the ones with an incandescent bulb, using
> a CFL will reduce power consumption, but it doesn't do much
drying/baking.
>
>
Ooooh. Thanks for the pointer to HarborFreight. I think I will pop
over to the store with a tape and see if they have one out to see if it
is suitable today or tomorrow.
JRJ
this is similar to harvest one I have as my tiny baker. BUT I do not
see a temp control..
more details!?
even the temp control on harvester not to be trusted,,,, I have a long
Kodak process thermometer I stick in for the occasional temp check....
IF IT DOES NOT HAVE A TEMP THERMOSTAT DO NOT GET
Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) a baker since before it was
proper!
In a message dated 8/29/2015 1:27:02 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
cube1 at charter.net writes:
On 8/29/2015 1:04 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Aug 2015, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:
>> I thought the center thing was a duct also Ed#
>
> Baking diskettes in it would reduce the central ducting.
>
> The HarborFreight food dehydrator (#66906 $30, currently sale at $25)
> will work with the central ducting partially blocked.
>
> It has a heating element. On the ones with an incandescent bulb, using
> a CFL will reduce power consumption, but it doesn't do much
drying/baking.
>
>
Ooooh. Thanks for the pointer to HarborFreight. I think I will pop
over to the store with a tape and see if they have one out to see if it
is suitable today or tomorrow.
JRJ
I thought the center thing was a duct also Ed#
In a message dated 8/29/2015 8:45:57 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
nf6x at nf6x.net writes:
> On Aug 29, 2015, at 08:00, Matt Patoray <mspproductions at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> But the food dehydrator comes with multiple shelves, and you can cut the
center support out of one of them. That is how I have modified mine to
accept 1" C format Videotape reels.
Oh, maybe I misunderstood, then. I thought the center support was some
sort of fixed air duct, and that anything too large to fit between the center
and edge would need a center hole large enough to fit over the center
support.
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/
In the nineties I've workes as electronican and system administrator at the
institue of geophyics at our local University of Mining and Technology here
in Freiberg Germany.
Some day I've got a call from Motorola in Munich, they wanted to get rid of
some old computers and asked if we had some use for them, I've sayed yes.
As far as I know we got 3 Computers, one was an 68000 Unix system from
philips, some kind of Microcomputer development system for 8080 or 8085,
I've got the system running but since there wasn't much software on the
disk we had not much use for this thing. The disk was alsready dying and
lived not that long.
The next thing was a desktop VME System from Motorola, IMHO equipped with
an 68010, some MMUs, an color Monitor ad Harddisk and Floppy.. it run some
kind of VDOS (or so) .. or VME-DOS or soemthing.., I remember that we had some
documentiation for it and I've reinstalled that VDOS.. but not much use for
that thing also.
The 3rd Computer was the most interestng one. That thing was labeled
"Applikon Workstation" (as far as I remember, may be Applicon..).
That was some kind of a microvax made by Schlumberger.
It had an CPU that sat in a QBUS Backplane and a QBUS to UNIBUS Bridge.
The CPU was only a double sized board (!), an Emulex UC07 conected the disk
to the machine and so far as I remember there was some kind of graphics
board on the unibus side. I've repaired the CPU Board by changing the
RSA232 Drivers for the console and the beast came to live. I've fiddeled
around with the TK50 Tapes containing VMS4.6 (if my memory not fails) but
could'nt get warm with VMS... Installed NetBSD and failed.
NetBSD was'nt booting from the SCSI Drives with the Emulex, someone sent
me an UDA50 and I was able to install and boot NetBSD, but had to key in
the loader at the chevron every time I had to boot..
I've sent the Emulex to Ragge for diagnostics and never got it back.
The Machine ran for years as ftp server at the institute until I've pulled
the plug. Have never seen a picture from that graphics board.
I've leaved the University in 1989, the machine sat on the garret of the
building to this time, I'm pretty sure it's long gone...
Now I'm fiddeling with VAXen again and that old thing came to mind, looked
with google but could'nt find a machine like this, not even a Microvax with
a only doubles sized CPU Board like an KDF-11.
The question now is...is someone knowing of a beast like this?
Regards,
Holm
--
Technik Service u. Handel Tiffe, www.tsht.de, Holm Tiffe,
Freiberger Stra?e 42, 09600 Obersch?na, USt-Id: DE253710583
www.tsht.de, info at tsht.de, Fax +49 3731 74200, Mobil: 0172 8790 741
Note: I've moved my ccmp stuff to my personal email account. I was
formerly with Microfilm Services, Inc, which is now shuttered.
I still have a pair of Xerox 820-II computers available, in Wichita, Ks.
Two computers, with keyboards, and a single dual 8" floppy unit. I also
have a few books and manuals for them, in original Xerox binders.
Price: Make offer. PLEASE. After Labor Day weekend, they will probably
be destroyed by the building owner.
Shipping is in 4 large boxes from Wichita, Ks, and will not exactly be
cheap. You can figure $100 minimum for shipping. Alternatively, I'm
heading north along I-35 from Wichita, Ks to north Iowa Thursday 9/3 and
Friday 9/4, if you wish to arrange a meeting along that route. (It must be
at a location directly long I-35, such as a truck stop or other major,
easily accessible location.)
--Shaun
Here in Australia, the Australian Computer Museum Society has an IBM 1401 -
just the big CPU unit.
We know of an IBM 1620 CPU unit in Computer Sciences at the University of NSW.
I worked on a 1620 in the 1960s - and thought that it was 'magic'.
Sadly, we don't have enough sponsors to put either on public display.
Regards, John GEREMIN, ASTC, Honorary Curator, www.acms.org.au
