On 4/9/21 3:23 PM, Nemo Nusquam wrote:
> On 2021-04-08 00:32, Ben Huntsman via cctalk wrote:
>> I know this is a strange place to ask, but it's as good a place as any.
>> Anyone on here used IBM's XLC in very old versions?
>>
>> Anyone know what the argument -qdebug=austlib does?
>
> I have the docs for IBM C Set++ 3.1 for AIX (1993) and it is not there.?
> As you probably know, the Austin lab was known for HPC s/w so they may
> have shipped special debug versions.
[..]
I used xlc in the early 90's at IBM in the Raleigh networking lab, along
with the excellent xcdb debugger - Austin's debug libs weren't a part of
our repertoire. There was plenty going on that was deeper and closer to
the iron in Austin, so it could be just about anything.
AIX 3.2.5 was so much leaner and meaner than 4.x that came along next...
I never did warm up to it the same way.
- David
Hi All,
I'm looking for a H960 to put my 8/e in, either to buy or to trade for
something. (PDP-8/11/VAX/Alpha gear, KIM-1??)
I'm in South-West England and am happy to collect from mainland UK.
I may also be willing to have it shipped internationally.
Regards,
-Tom
hello all
i am looking to purchase qty 2 DEC H8575-A DB25 to MMJ adapters.
anybody have some that they can sell?
also need a couple of mmj to mmj cables, 10' or longer would work.
thanks
tim
timothy rutherford
teor at nmia.com
505-550-5110
I have an 11/03 (unmapped, of course) with 28kW memory and two DLV11s.
I'm trying to build an XXDP image on TU58 that I can boot on this system,
using an XXDP 2.5 RL02 image and simh.
My simh configuration is -
CPU 11/03, NOEIS, NOFIS, BEVENT disabled, autoconfiguration enabled,
idle disabled
.
TTI address=17777560-17777563, vector=60, BR4
TTO address=17777564-17777567, vector=64, BR4
TDC controllers=1, address=17776500-17776507, vector=300*, BR4, 2 units
.
RL RLV12, address=17774400-17774411, vector=160, BR5, 4 units
I can boot from the RL02 OK -
MEMORY MANAGEMENT UNIT NOT FOUND
BOOTING UP XXDP-SM SMALL MONITOR
XXDP-SM SMALL MONITOR - XXDP V2.4
REVISION: D0
BOOTED FROM DL0
28KW OF MEMORY
NON-UNIBUS SYSTEM
RESTART ADDRESS: 152010
TYPE "H" FOR HELP
But running UPDAT to create a new system image on the TU58 dies
.R UPDAT
UPDAT .BIC
HALT instruction, PC: 000010 (000012)
If I change the CPU to an 11/23 (but keep the same memory and other
configuration) then UPDAT works. Is there some issue or limitation in
running XXDP on a 11/03? Is it just UPDAT that doesn't work, or are there
bigger problems?
Thanks
Bob
I'm slightly amazed at how some eBay sellers react. Take this item:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/154404969351
which the seller had listed as a 'PDP-8 PC05'. I sent the person a message
pointing out that it was a PC04 (as shown by the 4 rocker switches, and the
small backplane - PC05's have a larger one to hold more cards).
They sent a nice peply, but didn't alter their listing!
Well, I hope the bider really is a PDP-8 owner who wants a PC04... :-)
Noel
I am looking for a video or photos that show how one removes the printer
>from the keyboard safely on an ASR 33. I need to get to the underside of
the printer levers so I can re-align them. I am getting incorrect
characters when I type over half of the keys. I can see that a few levers
are out of whack or not seated correctly but I believe to get to them
properly I need to put the printer on its side or under a lift to get to
the underside. I am nervous about detaching the "H" shaped gizmo that
connects the keyboard to the printer.
Thanks
Bill
On 4/12/21 1:00 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>> AIX 3.2.5 was so much leaner and meaner than 4.x that came along next...
>> I never did warm up to it the same way.
>
> Twas ever thus, no?
A universal truth.
> I remember an ad campaign for AIX when it was quite new... "We took
> UNIX and added millions of lines of code to it." (Or words to that
> effect.) To me and to a lot of other people, this did not sound like a
> good thing...
The ad campaign I remember was "A disciplined merge of System V and BSD"
This looks relevant, from 1989:
https://technologists.com/sauer/Convergence_of_AIX_and_4.3BSD.pdf
Hello computer friends - all of us down in VCF Midwest Planning
Bunker have decided: VCFMW16 planning must commence! To not do so
would surely set up for failure, if and when conditions continue their
current upward trend and we get the OK to gather again in unlimited
numbers.
So...we're going to have a show!
Our schedule this year will be the same weekend as in 2019, with the
dates this year falling on the 11th and 12th of September. Same
location as well, at Waterford Banquets (and Clarion Inn), Elmhurst,
Illinois.
See our full announcement here: http://vcfmw.org/announce. And fill
out the linked survey if you'd like.
Still much to do - room block reservation, improved table layout
planning, speaker recruitment....and that dang T-shirt. We hope
everyone who is able to travel in September will consider paying us a
visit.
More news to come - check our newly re-themed website for updates as
they occur! http://vcfmw.org
-jt
I am hesitant to post this because I don't want to start a massive debate,
but what Newsreader programs do people use on Windows?
I don't want to use Google Groups because it wants me to sign in to Google.
I am generally reluctant to use a browser based reader because it will want
to track me. So I am after an installable client.
Thanks
Rob
Does anyone recall what kind of hardware/software was used to read/write the
early Mitsubishi Melcard EPROM cards with the PCB edge connector contacts?
It was explained to me by someone that a EPROM programmer could be used,
however I've never seen a socket which fits the edge card connector of these
cards.
I've uploaded an image of the edge contact end of this type of card here:
http://www.hammondorganservice.com/downloads/images/melcard.jpg
Seems these were also available in the SRAM variety as well.
Thanks
Don Resor