Another VCF is upon us ...
VCF PNW 2019 takes place March 23rd and 24th at Living
Computers:Museum+Labs in Seattle. We have 30 exhibits (up from 20 last
year) and six speakers, including Joe Decuir, IEEE Fellow. Our exhibits
include:
Josh Dersch with Three Rivers PERQ workstations
David Cooper with a VAX cluster
Vince Slyngstad demonstrating PDP-8 reapirs
Foone Turing with his collection of floppy and optical disks
Joerg Hoppe with BlinkenBone and UniBone (w/ Josh)
Oscar Vermuelen with his replicas of the PDP-8, 11, and LGP-30
Ian Finder, over-achieving with two exhibits and helping on third
Alan Perry with his SPARC clones
Some rif-raff with their 8 bit home machines. ;-0
Admission is free once you pay to get into the museum. And of course the
museum is worth checking out even without us, but we are going to make it
that much better.
We'll have a consignment room if you want to do some treasure hunting. (If
you are looking to sell some treasure, that works too - you don't have to
participate in the event to use the consignment room.)
Full details can be found at http://vcfed.org/vcf-pnw/ . Or email me
directly if you have questions.
-Mike
Today's tape recovery gem. UBC's PDP-11 UNIX tools distribution ca. 1983 which includes UBC BASIC and their RT-11
emulation. It has a couple of bad blocks, but I couldn't find another copy of this anywhere.
http://bitsavers.org/bits/UBC/
If anyone has a complete copy, it would be good to replace it, but most is better than none of it.
For your interest:
MARCH 8, 2019 ? KansasFest 2019, the 31st annual Apple II convention, is scheduled for July 16 ? 21 in Kansas City, Missouri. Mark Pelczarski of Penguin Software, well-known for numerous graphics utilities, books, and games, will join us with a keynote presentation to celebrate the Apple II.
Pelczarski began publishing graphics-related Apple II software in 1978 while in his early 20?s under the brands Penguin Software and Polarware <http://graphicsmagician.com/polarware/index.htm>. He is an entrepreneur, author, programmer, consultant, and professional educator. Mark is well known for the Graphics Magician <http://graphicsmagician.com/polarware/graphics.htm> software, a toolkit for creating graphics that includes over 50 major software publishers as customers including Random House, Sierra Online, Spinnaker, and Mattel. He wrote monthly columns for Softalk and the book Graphically Speaking. Besides pioneering computer graphics, Polarware published numerous games including Transylvania <http://graphicsmagician.com/polarware/adventures.htm>, The Coveted Mirror <http://graphicsmagician.com/polarware/adventures.htm>, and Spy?s Demise <http://graphicsmagician.com/polarware/arcade.htm>. After leaving Polarware in 1987, Mark turned his attention to computer music and to online courses. Mark once said ?I like to make computers do things,? <https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-03-01-8501120306-story.html> so he?ll surely fit in at KansasFest.
KansasFest is an annual convention offering Apple II users and retrocomputing enthusiasts the opportunity to engage in beginner and technical sessions, programming contests, exhibition halls, and camaraderie. KansasFest was originally hosted by Resource Central and has been brought to you by the KFest committee since 1995. Any and all Apple II users, fans, and friends are invited to attend this year's event. Registration details will be announced on the KansasFest Web site, and registration will open on March 31. For photos, videos, and presentations from past KansasFests, please visit the event's official Website <http://www.kansasfest.org/>.
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I recovered several pieces of Unix media ? all of which I think made it into TUHS/PUPS collection - at UBC in the mid-1990?s while I was working at TRIUMF.
Those Unix disks and tapes came from a SERF sale (Surplus Equipment Recycling Facility) on UBC main campus, not from TRIUMF. Bill Webb was a common thread for Unix use in the biology department at UBC.
TRIUMF extensively used Data General Nova, then Eclipse (both 16 and 32 bit), computers from opening through the 1990?s for both cyclotron control systems and data acquisition for experiments. They also had a fair number of PDP-11?s and VAXen running RSX-11, RT-11, and VMS. I myself had an Alpha workstation on my desk for the two users I was at TRIUMF.
One of my favorite connections between TRIUMF and UBC, was the underground pneumatic tube used to rapidly carry short lived isotopes produced in the cyclotron to the main campus for biology and medical uses. It should not come as a surprise to anyone that I still work in moving things and people through underground tunnels ?
Tim N3QE
We interviewed TRS-80 designer Steve Leininger on the latest TRS-80 Trash Talk podcast.
http://www.trs80trashtalk.com <http://www.trs80trashtalk.com/>
Although he does not have the same recognition, Steve?s contribution to the history of personal computing is on par with Steve Wozniak (Apple I/II) at Apple and Check Peddle (PET 2001) at Commodore.
Classic Computer Fans,
I posted this to the IBM-Legacy-Hercules mailing list. I just realized it
probably wouldn't hurt to post it here too.
I'm finally in possession of a box that hopefully is capable or can be made
capable of connecting a real terminal to Hercules. It's a 3174 11L. It was
retired last year where I work. I finally got the okay to save it from
being sent to a scrapper. I love the build quality of older IBM gear,
except when I'm trying to move such gear. Between the 3174 and a 9406-520 I
also acquired, I pulled or strained something in my left arm moving them
into place.
It's currently wired to run on 220v. I think I've seen mentioned somewhere
that it can be changed to run on 110v. If that's the case, does anyone have
a pointer to documentation on what's involved?
It has dual floppy drives. At least one drive is a 2.4MB drive. But, all
the microcode disks I have are at level B 4.6. Does anyone know where I can
get a set of C 6.4 control and control extension disks. From what I've
heard those are what's needed to enable an attached terminal to connect to
other systems via telnet.
It has a token ring card. I will probably be able to get the MAU it was
connected to, and possibly the router that acted as a token ring to Ethernet
bridge.
I'm not sure how much memory it has. Does anyone have any tips on
determining the amount of memory it has, and/or identifying its boards?
These are the numbers on its boards:
9210
9351
9052 z2
9053
9501
Plus the boards for coax connections.
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Kevin
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Bruceville, TX
What's the definition of a legacy system? One that works!
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I? would? love to have? focal 11 on paper? tape? too if? anyone can punch one up!? thx? ed#
In a message dated 3/4/2019 2:52:32 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk at classiccmp.org writes:
On 3/1/2019 12:50 PM, Rich Gopstein via cctalk wrote:> I just picked up a Remex paper tape reader from eBay and will be> interfacing it to my PiDP-11/Simh PDP-11 simulator shortly.> > I've been looking for an affordable punch, but haven't found one yet.? In> the meantime, does anyone know where I could get paper tapes with the> absolute loader and standalone basic?> > I don't need originals, so if anyone has a punch and is willing to punch> them for me, that would be great!? I'd be happy to pay whatever is> reasonable.? If you have any other PDP-11 tapes too, that would be helpful.> > Thanks.> > Rich>
I have some duplicates of what you have asked for, so I could probablyaccommodate you.? But not all that many, so they aren't free.? I*believe* (but would have to double check) that these are all actualDigital paper tapes I got with various machines, which increases the price.
I'd be willing to let them go for $20 each: feel free to pick andchoose.? If I have any that are just copies and not originals, those Iwould let go for $5 each.? Plus shipping (they ought to all fit in onesmall flat-rate box, assuming you are in the US).
If others can punch copies for you, so much the better.? (I have punchesthat worked when I first got them, but they need work.? Same goes for myreaders, unfortunately).
Some of the items below (PAL, EDT, LINK) might be pretty useless withouta paper tape punch.? ;)
I have a few others (IOX).? I have FPP (floating point package) - but noduplicates.
Seehttp://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/www.computer.museum.uq.edu.au/pdf/DEC-11-XPTSA-B-D%20PDP-11%20Paper%20Tape%20Software%20Handbook.pdf
(Surprised that wasn't on the CHM bitsavers site...)
JRJ
KIND??? ID??? MACHINE??? CONTENTS??? COMMENT??? Checksum??? Checksum 2??? FILENAME??? MFGSERIAL??? TRAY??? DATE??? AVAILABILI??? ERRORS??? PREVIOUS_C
BASIC V007A
PT??? DEC-11-AJPB-PB??? PDP-11??? PDP-11 BASIC V007A??? SA=16104 RA=0??? ??? ??
Digital??? ??? 55??? 11/5/1970??? ??? ??
BASIC V008A
PT??? DEC-11-LBSUA-A-PB??? PDP-11??? BASIC.LDA V008A SINGLE USER BASICREPLACES: DEC-11-AJPB-PB??? ??? ??? ??? Digital??? ??? 44??? 12/1/1972??? ??? ??
Absolute loader
PT??? DEC-11-UABLA-A-PO??? PDP-11??? PDP-11 ABSOLUTE LOADER??? REPLACES:DEC-11-L2PC-P0??? ??? ??? uabla-a.rim??? Digital??? ??? 62??? 5/5/1977??? ??? ??
Absolute loader (no switch register)
PT??? DEC-11-UABLB-A-PO??? PDP-11??? ABSOLUTE LOADER VB07.00??? NON-SWITCHREGISTER VERSION??? ??? ??? ??? Digital??? ??? 36??? 12/5/1975??? ??? ??
PAL-11A V007A
PT??? DEC-11-UPLAA-A-PB??? PDP-11??? PAL-11A.LDA V007A??? REPLACES: DEC-11-ASXB-PBSA=1516 RA=1516??? ??? ??? ??? Digital??? ??? 39??? 11/3/1975??? ??? ??
PAL-11S V003A
PT??? DEC-11-UPLSA-A-PL??? PDP-11??? PAL-11S.LDA V003A??? REPLACES: DEC-11-ASQA-PLSA=2066 RA=2066??? ??? ??? ??? Digital??? ??? 42??? 12/1/1972??? ??? ??
EDIT-11 V005A
PT??? DEC-11-UEDPA-A-PB??? PDP-11??? ED-11 V005A??? REPLACES: DEC-11-E1PA-PB??? ??? ??
Digital??? ??? 39??? 11/10/1975??? ??? ??
LINK-11S? V002A? (SA 22714)
PT??? DEC-11-ULKSA-A-PL??? PDP-11??? LINK-11S.LDA V002A??? REPLACES:DEC-11-ZLQA-PL??? ??? ??? ??? Digital??? ??? 41??? 12/1/1972??? ??? ??
ODT-11? V005A
PT??? DEC-11-UODPA-A-PB??? PDP-11??? ODT-11.LDA V005A RE-ENTER=13032??? REPLACES:DEC-11-O1PA-PB SA=13026 RA=.30??? ??? ??? ??? Digital??? ??? 44??? 12/1/1972??
DUMPTT? V001A
PT??? DEC-11-Y1PA-PB??? PDP-11??? DUMPTT V001A??? SA=LOAD ADDRESS RA=LOADADDRESS??? ??? ??? ??? Digital??? ??? 43??? 11/10/1969??? ??
DUMPAB V001A
PT??? DEC-11-Y2PA-PO??? PDP-11??? DUMPAB V001A??? SA=XX7500 RA=XX7500??? ??? ??
Digital??? ??? 44??? 11/10/1969??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??
I just picked up a Remex paper tape reader from eBay and will be
interfacing it to my PiDP-11/Simh PDP-11 simulator shortly.
I've been looking for an affordable punch, but haven't found one yet. In
the meantime, does anyone know where I could get paper tapes with the
absolute loader and standalone basic?
I don't need originals, so if anyone has a punch and is willing to punch
them for me, that would be great! I'd be happy to pay whatever is
reasonable. If you have any other PDP-11 tapes too, that would be helpful.
Thanks.
Rich
> From: Jay Jaeger
> I have EK-11060-OP-003: "PDP-11/60 installation and operation manual"
> and an update EK-11060-OP-C1.
Yeah, that's the one I referred to as "the general -11/60 manual"; generally,
there's one such for all the -11 models, but the exact name varies from model
to model (unlike, say, the CPU tech manuals, the name for which is pretty
predictable).
> let me know and I will scan it in and stick it on my Google drive in a
> day or two or three
That would be great; thanks very much! No rush at all...
> I also have a spare processor handbook, EB-06498-20/77
We do have that one, thanks.
BTW, looking a little more closely at the cabinet/power-supply manual
(pg. 1-7), the KD11-K TM might _only_ be available on fiche. If so, that'll be
the first time I've ever seen that. Oddly enough, further down the page, the
FP11-E TM seems to be available in printed form (EK-FP11E-TM).
> From: Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
> I've seen Tech Manuals printed as 2-up on C-sized paper
Yeah, generally things from the -11/20 era are like that (e.g. the RK11-C
manual). Nothing later than that that I've ever seen, though.
>>> I have the two BA11 cabinets for an 11/60, the PSUs, and the front
>>> panel (I'm missing the rack).
> "the rack" is just the outer box with rails (not an H960 - whatever the
> designation is for the odd 11/60 cabinet).
I think it's the H9500 low-boy corporate cabinet, per Chapter 5 in
the cabinet/power manual.
> The backplanes are in the BA11s. I seem to have both MOS and core
> memory and, I am fairly sure, an RK611, along with the CPU. I need to
> take a module inventory.
You seem to have most of the crucial bits, although you might be missing
the power harness.
Do you have the optional WCS module (M7870)? There are also ROM modules, and
a diagnostic module, that can go in that slot - only one of the three at a
time, though.
Noel
