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by stephane.tsacas＠gmail.com

Hi, Anyone interested ? Unit is in Paris, France. Disk may have been formated. If you need only some parts, it'll maybe be possible. Don't ask me anything about this machine, I din't have it handy, but there are many ressources on the web. Salut! St?phane http://DECpicted.blogspot.com

15 years, 9 months

Trying to find information on an old IBM system

by shoppa＠trailing-edge.com

Shannon Spurling writes: > I have this old IBM system. I think I identified the CPU as an 8085. > The motherboard/ card cage looks like the one from the Datamaster. Thing > is, I can't find ANY info on it. It's a four piece system with a tower, > monitor, keyboard and printer. The tower is huge, and has dual 8" > floppies. Do the tower and printer look anything like the stuff in the background on http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc/pc_9.html According to the text this was a configuration where "two workstations ... permitted two people to use the system simultaneously", and maybe the unit you have is the non-workstation component of the system (shared printer access, maybe shared file access?) Some of the keypunch-to-floppy units IBM sold in the 70's seemed to me to be vaguely styled like the Datamaster. Maybe these also inspired the Heath-Zenith 89. Tim.

15 years, 9 months

DSSI Terminator

by robert.jarratt＠ntlworld.com

Anyone know a good place to source a DSSI Terminator (DEC part no 12-31281-01), ideally in the UK? All I can find is dealers who won't publish a price. There are none on eBay either. Regards Rob

15 years, 9 months

VCF in the UK

by c.murray.mccullough＠gmail.com

ZDNet a mainstream media company looked at VCF UK. It showed British-micro history. Very interesting...could have had more commentary! Great pictures though. Murray--

15 years, 9 months

the beginning of the end for floppies

by jlobocki＠gmail.com

Well, as of yesterday, Sony is planning to stop production of floppy disks. Apparently, other companies will still make them, but I'm sure its only a matter of time.... http://www.crn.com/storage/224600457;jsessionid=GTMHM30DE1HQBQE1GHPCKH4ATMY…

15 years, 9 months

Apple Lisa 1 for sale

by pippo＠bert8.it

Hi, is your Apple Lisa still for sale?? Best Regards, Filippo

15 years, 9 months

picture of GEC CPSE?

by pete＠dunnington.plus.com

Does anyone have a photo of a GEC Campus Packet Switch Exchange (aka CPSE)? It's an X25 switch circa mid-80s, popular in UK Universities, and we need a photo for a book. No offer refused; credit will be given! -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

15 years, 9 months

DEC RQZX1 and KDJ11-E boot problem?

by nigel.d.williams＠gmail.com

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote: > Now for an interesting bit of info. ?Apparently there are two different > types of Firmware. ?One for the PDP-11, and one for VAXen. I'll see if I can > get a little bit more info on that. Given that the RFM (Resident Firmware Menu) which provides the setup, autoconfiguration and diagnostics, runs natively on the host (via the boot DU 253 shortcut), then the machine specific ROM needs the compatible machine code, so did they release a version with VAX machine code perhaps? > Now for the important part, the whole manual. > http://www.avanthar.com/~healyzh/RQZX1.pdf Excellent, thank you for providing. It confirms what everyone has said so far about the supported drive-set and dual-support (MSCP and TMSCP). One interesting note I found in the RSTS/E 9.7 release notes is this comment: {AA-NB17A-TC} 4.3.3 TMSCP Tape Driver If your system contains only one TMSCP tape drive (TU81 or TK50), you must designate it unit 0....elided... NOTE The controller number must also match the drive number. I wonder if this applies to MSCP side for disks too? I have been offline with other distractions for a few weeks but I hope to get back to exploring the problem booting soon.

15 years, 9 months

Trying to find information on an old IBM system

by sspurling＠gmail.com

I have this old IBM system. I think I identified the CPU as an 8085. The motherboard/ card cage looks like the one from the Datamaster. Thing is, I can't find ANY info on it. It's a four piece system with a tower, monitor, keyboard and printer. The tower is huge, and has dual 8" floppies. If I were to guess, I would presume it was a version of the Datamaster, but I can't find any thing that states this thing was ever made. The number on the tag says 5324, and it is IBM. Any one have info or someplace to look? And, if it is possible, I would really like to get my hands on some tech/repair info.

15 years, 9 months

Fwd: Don Maslin - Death of Winnie Maslin

by evan＠snarc.net

>>> Don't know if this has been posted here yet, but Don Maslin's widow ... And for anyone who is wondering -- Sellam was (is) already working with one of the Maslin family's grown children about archives.

15 years, 9 months

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