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by leec2124＠gmail.com

VMS 4.4 and 5.0 manual sets, plus some additional bits and pieces available for pick-up (only) in Menlo Park CA 94025, first-come first-serve. Sorry, paper only, no binders. Must be gone by Sunday November 30. Contact me off-list via lee_courtney (at) acm (dot) org. I have scanned all these and they are headed to Al as soon as I can finish post-processing and convert filenames. Here is a list of available documents: 0000_00_Extensible VAX Editor (EVE).pdf 0000_00_PDP-11 44 Site Planning Material.pdf 0000_00_VAX C Runtime Library Reference Manual.pdf 1976_05_DMS 500 USER'S GUIDE.pdf 1979_06_LA120 USER GUIDE.pdf 1982_02_Silent 700 Model 745 Portable Data Terminal Operating Instructions.pdf 1982_05_Programming in VAX 11 C.pdf 1982_05_VAX VMS Guide to Writing a Device Driver.pdf 1982_11_BASIC Reference Manual.pdf 1982_11_BASIC User's Guide.pdf 1983_01_Introduction to VAX-11 FMS.pdf 1983_09_Correspondent Operator Reference Guide.pdf 1983_09_Correspondent Programmer Reference Manual.pdf 1984_02_BASIC User's Guide.pdf 1984_08_VAX FMS Installation Guide and Release Notes.pdf 1984_08_VAX FMS Utilities Reference Manual.pdf 1984_09_Guide to Networking on VAX VMS.pdf 1984_09_Patch Utility Reference Manual.pdf 1984_09_VAX VMS Accounting Utility Reference Manual.pdf 1984_09_VAX VMS Authorize Utility Reference Manual.pdf 1984_09_VAX VMS Bad Block Locator Utility Reference Manual.pdf 1984_09_VAX VMS Command Definition Utility Reference Manual.pdf 1984_09_VAX VMS DELTA XDELTA Utility Reference Manual.pdf 1984_09_VAX VMS Disk Quota Utility Reference Manual.pdf 1984_09_VAX VMS Install Utility Reference Manual.pdf 1984_09_VAX VMS Librarian Reference Manual.pdf 1984_09_VAX VMS Linker Reference Manual.pdf 1984_09_VAX VMS Mail Utility Reference Manual.pdf 1984_09_VAX VMS Message Utility Reference Manual.pdf 1984_09_VAX VMS Mount Utility Reference Manual.pdf 1984_09_VAX VMS Phone Utility Reference Manual.pdf 1984_09_VAX VMS Sort Merge Utility Reference Manual.pdf 1984_09_VAX VMS System Generation Utility reference Manual.pdf 1984_09_VAX VMS Verify Utility Reference Manual.pdf 1984_11_M2311K M2312K Disk Drives Engineering Specification.pdf 1985_03_TC11 TAPE CONTROLLER TECHNICAL MANUAL.pdf 1985_07_Guide to VAX VMS System Security.pdf 1985_07_M2311K M2312K Microdisk Drives Customer Engineering Manual.pdf 1985_07_VAX VMS Error Log Utility Reference Manual.pdf 1985_07_VAX VMS Exchange Utility Refeence Manual.pdf 1986_04_VAX VMS Access Control List Editor Reference Manual.pdf 1986_04_VAX VMS Backup Utility Reference Manual.pdf 1986_04_VAX VMS DCL Concepts Manual.pdf 1986_04_VAX VMS DCL Dictionary.pdf 1986_04_VAX VMS Debugger Reference Manual.pdf 1986_04_VAX VMS IO User's Reference Manual Part 1.pdf 1986_04_VAX VMS Monitor Utility Reference Manual.pdf 1986_04_VAX VMS Network Control Program Reference Manual.pdf 1986_04_VAX VMS Networking Manual.pdf 1986_04_VAX VMS Show Cluster Utility Reference Manual.pdf 1986_04_VAX VMS System Dump Analyzer Reference Manual.pdf 1986_04_VAX VMS System Manager's Reference Manual.pdf 1986_04_VAX VMS System Messages and Recovery Procedures Reference Manual.pdf 1986_04_VAX VNS Debugger Reference Manual.pdf 1987_03_EMULUX PDP-11 LSI-11 DIAGNOSTIC DISTRIBUTION KIT.pdf 1987_03_Guide to VAX C.pdf 1987_04_Guide to VAX DEC Code Management System.pdf 1987_04_Guide to VAX DEC Module Management System.pdf 1987_04_VAX DEC Code Management System Callable Routines Reference Manual.pdf 1988_04_Guide to Creating VMS Modular Procedures.pdf 1988_04_Guide to DECnet-VAX Networking.pdf 1988_04_Guide to Maintaining a VMS System.pdf 1988_04_Guide to Setting Up a VMS System.pdf 1988_04_Guide to Using VMS Command Procedures.pdf 1988_04_Guide to Using VMS.pdf 1988_04_Guide to VMS File Applications.pdf 1988_04_Guide to VMS Files and Devices.pdf 1988_04_Guide to VMS Performance Management.pdf 1988_04_Guide to VMS Programming Resources.pdf 1988_04_Guide to VMS System Security.pdf 1988_04_Guide to VMS Text Processing.pdf 1988_04_Introduction to the VMS Run-Time Library.pdf 1988_04_Introduction to VMS System Management.pdf 1988_04_Introduction to VMS System Routines.pdf 1988_04_Introduction to VMS System Services.pdf 1988_04_Introduction to VMS.pdf 1988_04_VAX DIGITAL Standard Runoff Reference Manual.pdf 1988_04_VAX EDT Reference Manual.pdf 1988_04_VAX VMS I O User's Reference Manual Part II.pdf 1988_04_VMS Accounting Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Analyze Disk_Structure Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Analyze RMS File Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Authorize Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Backup Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Bad Block Locator Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Command Definition Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Convert and Convert Reclaim Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS DCL Dictionary.pdf 1988_04_VMS Debugger Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS DECnet Test Sender DECnet Test Receiver Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Delta XDelta Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Device Support.pdf 1988_04_VMS Error Log Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Exchange Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS File Definition Language Facility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS General User Master Index.pdf 1988_04_VMS General User's Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Glossary.pdf 1988_04_VMS Install Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Installation and Operations VAX-11 725, 730.pdf 1988_04_VMS IO User's Reference Manual Part 1.pdf 1988_04_VMS IO User's Reference Manual Part II.pdf 1988_04_VMS LAT Control Program Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Librarian Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Linker Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Mail Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Master Index.pdf 1988_04_VMS Message Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Monitor Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Mount Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS National Character Set Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Network Control Program Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Networking Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Patch Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Phone Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Programming Master Index.pdf 1988_04_VMS Record Management Services Reference Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS RTL DECtalk DTK$ Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS RTL General Purpose OTS$ Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS RTL Library Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS RTL Mathematics Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS RTL Parallel Processing Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS RTL Screen Management (SMG$) Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS RTL String Manipulation Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Show Cluster Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Sort Merge Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS SUMSLP Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS SYSMAN Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS System Dump Analyzer Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS System Generation Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS System Management Master Index.pdf 1988_04_VMS System Messages and Recovery Procedures Reference Manual Part II.pdf 1988_04_VMS System Services Reference Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Terminal Fallback Utility Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS Utility Routines Manual.pdf 1988_04_VMS VAXcluster Manual.pdf 1988_08_PDP-11 FORTRAN-77 Language Reference Manual.pdf 1988_08_PDP-11 FORTRAN-77 Object Time System Reference Manual.pdf 1988_08_PDP-11 FORTRAN-77 User's Guide.pdf 1988_08_VMS DECwindows Guide to Non-C Bindings.pdf 1988_12_VMS Version 5.1 Installation Guide.pdf 1989_05_DECforms Guide to Converting VAX FMS Applications.pdf 1989_10_Realtime Systems and Options Catalog.pdf 1989_11_Systems and Options Catalog VAX Systems DECSystems BW.pdf 1989_11_Systems and Options Catalog VAX Systems DECSystems GREYSCALE.pdf 1990_05_SD89X SERIES DISK DRIVE USER's MANUAL.pdf 1990_06_VMS DECwindows Device Driver Manual.pdf 1990_06_VMS DECwindows Display PostScript System Programming Supplement.pdf 1990_11_SLC-1 User's Manual.pdf 1991_08_DECWindows Extensions to Motif.pdf 1991_08_VMS DECwindows Guide to Xlib Release 4 Programming MIT C Binding.pdf 1991_08_VMS DECwindows Guide to Xlib Release 4 Programming VAX Binding.pdf 1991_08_VMS DECwindows Motif Guide to Application Programming.pdf 1991_08_VMS DECwindows Transport Manual.pdf

11 years, 8 months

mainframes and other stuff

by elson＠pico-systems.com

On 11/23/2014 02:53 PM, John Foust wrote: > At 09:28 PM 11/21/2014, William Donzelli wrote: >> The NASA model 67 reportedly had 66 ounces of gold in the CPU. Even an >> early model 30 could have 8 or 9. > How could a CPU have four-and-a-half pounds of gold? > > I'm VERY skeptical of this one! First, I know IBM went to great lengths at some time in the early 60's to figure out how to make reliable computers with a LOT less gold than the traditional wisdom required. As far as I know, all 360's had a LOT less gold in them than similar-sized machines from other makers at the same time. On the other hand, a lot of gear from the mid-60's actually used gold as the etch resist on the circuit boards. I have some examples of that. The traces of the boards are totally plated with gold! Jon

11 years, 8 months

TRS-80 Model 16

by wrh＠wootsie.com

Hello, I recently recused a TRS-80 Model 16. It's in beautiful condition and appears to be fully functional. I received some 8" SS,DD 128/F floppies with it, but unfortunately none of them appear to have anything on them (that I can tell) - receive "BOOT ERROR RS" on this system. What are my options? This is my first TRS-80 model II/8" floppy-based hardware. I'm located in central Wisconsin. Thanks! -Bill

11 years, 8 months

Net-boot and install OpenVMS 7.x on MicroVAX 3x00?

by scaron＠umich.edu

Hi all, Now that I've got some BA23s I've been busy building up a few Q-bus systems. I've got one KA650 based system with a good, booting RD54 and one KA655 based system with a good, booting Maxtor 340 MB ESDI drive (via a Sigma controller). Points to Maxtor for quality, I guess! As fun as it is to boot the vintage VMS 5.x releases on these drives and fool around, I'd like to get OpenVMS 7.2 or 7.3 installed at least on my KA655. While I'm saving up my pennies for a Q-bus SCSI card, does anyone know if it's possible to do both a net-boot and a fresh VMS installation given an existing VAXcluster where I do have a SCSI CD-ROM hooked up to one of the machines? I don't just want to boot it as a satellite node, I just want to use the net-boot to bootstrap an installation since I don't have a local CD-ROM on that machine to boot from. If I can get it booted as a satellite maybe there's something "unsupported" I can do to perform a network installation? If not I guess I'll just play with 5.x until I can get a SCSI card on hand. Thanks! Sean

11 years, 8 months

Osborne Vixen - Zenith 7" display t-shooting issues

by drlegendre＠gmail.com

Need some help on this one.. trying to repair the built-in CRT in an Osborne Vixen portable. There's some complexity here, so I'll do my best to be succinct. The unit presented with a vertical line down the screen, and very low voltages on the scan-derived power supplies - the 50V in particular was doing about 18-20V Removed / tested the horiz. opt. transistor (HOT). Neither open nor shorted, but beta measures ~12. Replaced the HOT and scoped the B & C circuits - base drive was +much+ higher (like 10X) level than the output at the collector. So again pulled the HOT and swapped in the only thing I had that +seemed+ it might work: RCA SK9118 (375) - Pt 25W / Vcbo 200V / Vceo 150V / Vebo 6V / Hfe 150 (typ.) Bingo! Display is now bright & crisp, looks great.. but.. the sub. HOT is running way, way hot. Rose to 170F in 2-3 min, and was steadily climbing. And that's in free air, not sealed up in the case. 50V supply came up to 42V.. better, still seems too low. So I think you can see my conundrum, here.. Is the +original+ HOT actually OK, and I'm only masking another problem in the circuit by installing a new part with 10X the gain? Why is the new part running so dang hot - and if the orig. is in fact bad, what killed it, anyway? To make things worse, I can't find +any+ service data or parts list for the display; all I have is a schematic. Nor can I find a datasheet for the original HOT - so I can't tell if it's in or out-of-spec. It's marked "SGS 1070 / 8309". I +think+ the 8309 is for March 1983 but who knows. Any ideas on this one, folks? =)

11 years, 8 months

FS: HP 16500C logic analyzer system

by rob＠bitscience.ca

I?m getting rid of my HP 16500C logic analyzer. It?s got the 16550A and 16517A modules. The former has 96 data channels and 6 clock/data channels, all at 100MHz; the latter provides 16 channels @ up to 4GHz. It comes with all the pods/probes and many connectors, as well as the manuals and training materials. It passes all self-tests. I?m in Vancouver, BC. The LA is probably too big to ship economically, but if someone in the BC lower mainland or Washington state is interested, let me know. I?ve got it up on Craigslist for a firm $300 (http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/nvn/ele/4775079685.html <http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/nvn/ele/4775079685.html>), but list members can make me an offer. Thanks, Rob Ferguson

11 years, 8 months

mainframes and other stuff

by wdonzelli＠gmail.com

> How could a CPU have four-and-a-half pounds of gold? First, 66 oz. of gold really is not all that much metal. If you ever have the chance to hold a pound of gold, take it - it is impressive how a little lump can be so heavy. Second, the 2075 was really freakin' big. -- Will

11 years, 8 months

mainframes and other stuff

by jfoust＠threedee.com

At 09:28 PM 11/21/2014, William Donzelli wrote: >The NASA model 67 reportedly had 66 ounces of gold in the CPU. Even an >early model 30 could have 8 or 9. How could a CPU have four-and-a-half pounds of gold? - John

11 years, 8 months

RX01 Floppies

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Johnny Billquist > The RX02 is not a standard double density floppy. It is a single > density format floppy with a double density encoding for the data area > of each sector. .. > I have double density IBM floppies at home, and believe me, I have > tried using them in RX01 and RX02 drives. Something I'm mildly curious about, all, knowing very little of the very-low level recording techniques used in single-density, RX02, and 'standard' double-density 8" floppies: The RX02 documentation indicates that the encoding scheme used in the double-density data portion of the sector is 'Modified Miller Code'. (Miller Code I get - it's either 0 or 1 flux reversals per bit time, which is half the maximum flux reversal rate used in the single-density FM encoding - but the Modified Miller is beyond me; it's not explained very clearly, and I don't see any value to forcing my aging neurons to work it out! :-) So, my question: is either of those (Miller and Modified Miller) the same recording scheme used in standard double-density, or do those use something else again? Noel

11 years, 8 months

HP2100A luser questions

by ard＠p850ug1.demon.co.uk

I am still unpacking after the move.... Anyway, I came across my HP2100A minicomputer, so I took a long look at it (seriously, I must have spent a couple of hours pulling boards, etc). Some day I would like to get it running again. I have the standard 8 CPU boards, and the 12895 DMA board. I almost have 32K of core. What I mean by that is that I have all the boards for 32K words of core. I am missing one of the top connectors between a core board and the address driver next to it. I have a few I/O cards in the machine : 12531-60022 Buffered TTY Reg (2 off) looks to be current loop and RS232 serial 12551-6002 Relay Out Reg 12592-6001 +8 but Dup Reg (8 bit parallel for paper tape punch/reader?) 12554-60023 +16 bit Dup Reg (16 bit parallel?) 12566-60021 +True In/Out (another 16 bit parallel?) 13210-60004/6 Disc Interface 1/2 (7900 interface, 2 boards) 12539-60001 Time Base Gen (Heartbeat interrupt ?) 12590-6001 Plotter (I can find nothing about this board on the obvious sites). Anyway, I have downloaded the appropriate manuals, but have some questions... What is Current Transfer Logic, the machine seems to be full of such ICs? Any data sheets, etc out there? I assume there's no chance of me finding a top connector for the memory system. Am I right that the only difference between the 2 flavours is the spacing of the edge connectors on the PCB? Due to the fact that the connector plugs into the core plane daughterboard, which is fitted on the component side of the sense/inhibit board, so the spacing between the edge plugs changes depending on whether the core is to the left or to the right of the address driver. Both top connectors seem to be just pin-pin wired on the PCB, but the manuals don't really mention them. There is a tab on my A2 board telling me I have the floating point microcode and indeed the 6 ROMs are fitted (in sockets) near the standard microcode ROMs. Was there ever a published source listing of this? It would be interesting... Any information on that 'Plotter' board? One major problem concerns the power switch. I don't have the key, and it's currently in the 'panel lock' position. Now, I can trivially jumper the switch to enable the panel but I would rather not. I have taken the switch assembly apart (there is an exploded diagram in the IPB manual) and it seems to use a standard Ace 7 pin tubular lock. Were all 2100A's keyed alike (like all DEC machines were)? If so, does anyone have the key cutting data? If not, I wonder if I could get a replacement lock and key? Or take the existing lock apart (looks to be one pin to drill out to get it apart, at least the IBM 5170 lock comes apart like that) and either get a key cut to suit the existing pinning, or re-pin it. With the configuration I have (assume I can get 32K words of core, and have the I/O cards I listed) what can I run on it? -tony

11 years, 8 months

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