Hi
I'm trying to get my 11/94 running. Its a hybrid having both Q
and Unibus. The CPU card has a KDJ11-E
18Mhz processor with 4Mb ram and six serial ports plus the console on
board. Apart from a voltage monitor card
that's all there is in the Qbus section.
Between the Q and Unibus sections is a special convertor card (KTJ-11B
UNIBUS adapter.)
After the KTJ-11B I have one slot with an RX211 8in floppy controller in
it.
All of the other slots have bus grant cards except the last one that has
a terminator card and a MLM card.
On switch on the console display comes up. Whilst it performs the same
functions as the one in the manual
it looks different. What ever I do by way of setting up devices I can't
get it to talk to the RX211.
it just says No Controller.
Ideas anybody?
Rod Smallwood
Nitpick: It's not the "Monster 6502", it's the "MOnSter 6502".
Eric has added discrete capacitors to the internal buses which has it
working better than before. I haven't heard whether that's improved
the maximum clock rate.
I am trying to empty my storage unit back to my house (to save money
and becuase I have these old computers to play around with, not to
store). One thing I brought home recently is an old (even on this list)
CRT terminal. It claims to be a Beehive B601.
I have no manuals for it at all.
Inside is the CRT (which looks to have a shallower deflection angle
than normal, but maybe it's a normal 90 degree one), a PSU (big
mains transformer and some kind of hybrid module for the regulator),
and 4 boards of logic plugged into a backplane. These are :
Comms (all TTL, there is no UART chip that I can spot)
Processor (8008 + lots of 1702As. I can only find
16 bytes of RAM (a pair of 7489s) but maybe I am
missing something
Cursor (yes, an entire PCB with that title -- all TTL again)
Display (lots of TTL + a couple of ROMs (presumably
character generators) + a couple of rows of 8 pin
ICs (MOS shift registers for the display RAM?) and
2 metal cans at the end of them (clock drivers?)
One odd feature is that one of the LEDs on the front
(there is a column of same next to the screen) is labelled
'Hebrew' and there seem to be hebrew (as well as English)
characters on the keycaps.
Does anyone know anything about this? Does anyone
have a service manual for it?
-tony
Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 12:18:37 -0700
From: "r.stricklin" <bear at typewritten.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Xerox Star install floppies
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On May 29, 2016, at 9:15 PM, David Griffith wrote:
> This person then stated that Al Kossow might or might not have a full set.? In any case, it's not on Bitsavers.? Al expressed interest in a set that I offered a couple months ago, but he never followed up on that.? So, would someone please confirm the existance of a full set of install floppy images for the Xerox 8010 Star somewhere?
I've been buying those lots on eBay as I've seen them come by. I sent Al copies of them last week, or possibly the week before (the days run together). I'm not sure whether they constitute a full set of anything, either, but I assume Al will let me know.
> ViewPoint 1.1 (file check)
Of the four you listed, this one I don't have.
ok
bear.========================================================================
Don Maslin had most of them.? I sent copies of mine to him and he sent
copies of his to me. of coarse that a few years ago.
Jerry
Hi folks,
Been rummaging in the garage for stuff I'll be exhibiting in the UK in July
and found this:
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/LSI1123.JPG
It's a 4-slot cage containing:
M7270 11/03 CPU
M7944 4K RAM (x2)
M8027 LP11
There's a fault label on the M8027 saying it occasionally drops characters.
Question is, anyone know what it was out of?
Cheers!
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
http://hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=219
Speaking of the HP Vectra keyboard. This portable Vectra here has a *very*
similar keyboard to the one that I was mentioned earlier in the keyboard
thread. I'd imagine it's of the same ilk.
Something about the design of these old "slab" portables has always been
interesting to me. I know Dell has made a few "portables" post 2000 that
are much larger and more of a "portable desktop replacement". I've seen
them include somewhat-nicer keyboard with laptops to distinguish them (I'm
thinkin' of the Thinkpad and some HP elite laptops). However, I haven't
seen any modern machines ('cept luggables) that include "real" keyboards
like this Vectra, Compaq, and others managed to do in the 80's.
Also I love this photo. I could write 10 different short stories about
what is *REALLY* going on this promotional photo:
http://hpmuseum.net/images/VectraPortableCS_1987-PromoPhoto-60.jpg
Manager = Blaine Jones
Scientist = Janice Thornwinkle
[Scene A]
Blaine: Once I copy your research to this disk it'll prove that your
research has no merit. We are probably going to shut the project down.
Janice: Really sir?! We just about cured cancer here!
[Scene B]
Blaine: I just know you are going to spill some of that blue crap in those
beakers on this new machine. I bet I can back up all your data on this
floppy alone. Then I'm taking this laptop back to my office to watch porn.
It's got CGA, after all.
Janice: What? No. I never.. I mean...
[Scene C]
Blaine: Well, since this is your last day. I'll need a copy of that graph.
Janice: Hmm? (I think I could kill him with this mechanical arm thing.)
.... and so forth....
-Swift
>Message: 111
> Date: Sat, 28 May 2016 09:18:11 -0700 (PDT)
> From: geneb <geneb at deltasoft.com>
> What I don't understand is why Windows is being used on these devices at
> all. It specifically states in the license that it's not to be used with
> life-critical systems or infrastructure (like nuclear plants). I wish I
> could find a reference - I can't recall where I read that...
That disclaimer was for Sun Java, not Windows itself.
Bob
Hello,
I'm very interested on TU58, as I have a lot of tapes that I need to dump,
plus I would create some new (console at start) for my vax 730.
What I'm trying to do: use a drive mechanism connected with to modern mixed
signal microcontroller with USB port.
The device will be able to control the tape speed and to sample with ADC
and DAC the analog signals on the read / write heads, transferring the bare
samples with almost no filtering to a PC.
Then all the processing can be done via software.
In this way, a weak data track can be maybe recovered, and an empty tape
can be formatted.
It's impossible to use the tape drive with a DEC machine or via serial
port, but I'm not trying to emulate the standard TU58.
If somebody is interested, I can share my ideas, I already begun with the
hardware.
But I have to fix the capstan too...
Andrea
