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by jwest＠classiccmp.org

The "PDP-11/04 and floppy disk" I posted already was claimed by a listmember. But after the fact, the owner sent me a picture. The listmember who is getting it is getting a pretty nice system. One of the dec mid-height cabinets that has the sloped front at the top. RX02 at the top, 11/04 under that, and dec filler panels. Nice DEC magenta insignia on the slope at the top front. Very nice. Also - the dual 11/73 rack system has been claimed by another list member. Best, J

10 years, 3 months

DEC Dual 1173 cpu with rack available

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

I received the following this morning.... ------ I recently acquired a pdp11/73 with dual CPUs and am looking to sell it. Would you know anyone interested. I would like this to survive and wish to find it a good home. I live In Massachusetts. ------ The person also gave me a picture, which I posted (temporarily) at http://www.ezwind.net/pdp1173/ This particular machine is too new for my tastes, but the dual cpu (and status panel) is rather unusual. If anyone is interested, please email me off-list and I'll forward the contact details. Best, J

10 years, 3 months

StackExchange retrocomputing forum

by lproven＠gmail.com

This now has enough followers to move on to the next stage of the approvals process -- gathering enough example questions... http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/94441/ -- Liam Proven ? Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com ? Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) ? +420 702 829 053 (?R)

10 years, 3 months

HP 9815

by pdaguytom＠gmail.com

I recently picked up an HP 9815s ( was originally an 'a' model but was upgraded with an 's' cpu board and the option 002 i/o long before me), that displays the "---------------" when turned on. I've scrounged through Google and learned that this particular display is generated by the display board when it has nothing else better to do to direct its attention. After checking that the power supply was putting out the recommended voltages and chasing the +5v around the cpu board and puzzling that for a bit, I've checked for activity at the cpu and found no voltage at all being applied at Vcc the cpu. I've been studying Tony Duell's schematic for the 9815(thank you Mr. Duell), but have not found a reason why this voltage might not be present. Is Vcc switched somewhere? I done some meager sleuthing of the traces around the 6800 and think I chased Vcc to a transistor close by, but need to investigate further this weekend. Anyone chased this type of failure on the 9815 or traced out wether this Vcc is applied at power on or switched by some logic at the power supply board? Puzzled, but determined, Tom

10 years, 3 months

Can Windows 98SE run on an Intel I7 with SATA hard drives?

by radiotest＠juno.com

At 09:25 AM 2/4/2016, Liam Proven wrote: >A fair point, but then, one is not going to use MS-DOS to browse the Web in 2016, right? In my world it is impossible for any one computer to do everything that I need to do with a computer, thus my five active PCs and many spares, plus old stuff like my CP/M machines in my personal museum. I don't use an MS-DOS machine to browse, and I don't use an NT-series-OS machine to run MS-DOS programs that need UART register access that NT does not allow. Dale H. Cook, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA Osborne 1 / Kaypro 4-84 / Kaypro 1 / Amstrad PPC-640 http://plymouthcolony.net/starcity/radios/index.html

10 years, 3 months

.IMD diskette image file recovery

by james.h.simpson＠gmail.com

Is there a utility that will read .IMD diskette archive files and recover the data? I've found a wealth of BigBoard & BigBoard II data (and lots of other stuff too) on many different sites, all saved in .IMD format. Is it possible to read these files and recover the data instead of writing a floppy disk with DiskImage? Thanks, Jim Simpson

10 years, 3 months

Fw: new important message

by julian＠twinax.org

Hello! New message, please read <http://haruncetin.com/there.php?qcgav> julian at twinax.org

10 years, 3 months

NeXTstation booting, NetInfo, and NTP

by pete＠dunnington.plus.com

Yesterday I dug out my NexTstation (68040 25MHz slab with 32MB of 100ns SIMMs) which has OpenStep 4.2 for Mach installed. The lithium battery was flat and it wouldn't boot so I've ordered a replacement and temporarily kludged a pair of alkaline AAs to get it going. So far, so good, though it thinks today is September 6 2001 :-) Then I used SimpleNetworkStarter, set to "Use the network, but don't share administrative data". I've also edited /etc/hostconfig and reslv.conf to sensible values (eg TIME=-NO-) so it now boots quite quickly. Is there a way to disable NetInfo completely, and if so will things like DNS lookups still work? Is there an easy way to make it get its time/date settings from my NTP server? During startup it does claim to start netinfo, lookupd, ntpd (see below), then inetd, I have an SGI running IRIX which is my DHCP, DNS, and NTP server, and I plan to set up the NexT to use DHCP to get its IP address etc (it's static ATM). -- Pete

10 years, 3 months

that pdp-11/04 with floppy disks...

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

Delayed response, work has been busy. That deal was passed off to the first responder so it has likely been claimed. If that deal doesn't work out, I'll email the next person on the list :) But do not fret... I just see another user sent me an email today about wanting to get rid of a machine... will post that one shortly ;) J

10 years, 3 months

OS help needed please

by trash80＠internode.on.net

Seems Windows 98 has got a few mentions on the list of late - must have just come into the "classic era". A while ago a good friend approached me as he wanted to get an old game up and running that he really likes - Recoil (might ring a bell with a few list folk) - wants the real experience, not the VM experience. I'd be happy to help him out anyway but he has thrown a few old machines at me from time to time rather than see them go to the tip so he definitely gets help. The game is quite particular and will only run on Win 98. I've resurrected a HP e-Vectra that I have (very nice little machine by the way) that has a serial on it for Win 98 SE but I really need the "actual" HP Recovery media for it as I'm having some dramas getting the right video and sound drivers for it. I've struck out at HP and have tried a few vendors that still list parts for this machine but no joy. Be most grateful if someone can help me out or point me somewhere please. Thank you!!! ++++++++++ Kevin Parker ++++++++++

10 years, 3 months

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