Anybody know what this card is? It has no card edge connectors like a Q-bus or Unibus card but does have a metal plate with connectors along one side. The plate has a BNC, DB-9M, DB-15M, DB-25M, RJ (something) and an eight pin Molex connecotr on it. The board has a NEC 7220 graphics IC, an AMD 8085 CPU and several LSICs with DEC copywrites on it.
Joe
Having fond memories of using VAXen (specifically, an 8800) back in my
'stoodent' days, and in more recent times too (unknown type @ JP Morgan),
and further having seen numerous references to OpenVMS & VAXen on this
list, I got to thinking...
I'd actually quite like a VAX.
Unfortunately, this is probably impossible in the short term - unless I
want to buy the MicroVAX 3100 currently on eBay @ a fiver. But that's not a
*real* VAX, it's just not big enough... And besides, it hasn't got a
CD-ROM, which I will need to load OpenVMS.
Anyway, following yet another link posted on this list revealed the PDP-11
(and, coincidentally, VAX) simulator. Nice. So I downloads it, along with
MinGW (anyone else think of "minging[1] Windows" immediately, or is it just
me?), compile it, and eventually figure out roughly how to get to the basic
VAX ">>>" prompt. And here, I'm rather stuck.
So, does anyone have any nice'n'easy instructions on how to get the SIMH
VAX simulator ready for OpenVMS? I've read both the simulator document &
the VAX document, and I'm still well in the dark WRT how to get it up &
running... Basically, I've no idea what devices to ATTACH, what or how to
configure it, and so forth.
Obviously, I'll have to sort out an OpenVMS kit before I can do anything
remotely useful, and I'll probably need an extra HDD in the PC (<1gig free
now), blah blah. (oh yes, and Hans has found several faults in my websites
which I /really/ ought to fix first... - but, well, you know how it goes :)
So, can anyone help?
TIA!
[1] "minging" {v}: "really ugly" (he/she's minging) or quite smelly and
rotten (that bin's minging). UK expression (poss. Northern UK only).
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Hello,
We purchased the domain names AdamComputer.com & AdamComputers.com for a project that we are no longer able to develop.
Domains for sale are:
www.AdamComputer.comwww.AdamComputers.com
I wanted to see if you have an interest or know of someone who could make use of these domains. We are just looking to recoup what we paid for these domains, as they no longer fall into our business plans.
Let me know if you are interested or if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Dusty
dusty(a)rumcakerecipe.com
Hello all,
Just broke my old Atari out of jail (closet). The setup is an Atari 800
with 2-810 disk drives, one of them with the Happy Enhancement. I can't for
the life of me fine the manual for the Happy drive. Can anyone help.
Thanks,
Dennis
Online staff -- Electronic News, 3/25/2003
Portable computer pioneer Adam Osborne died Monday at age 64 after a long
illness, Reuters reported.
The British immigrant and Berkeley, Calif., resident was famed for his
introduction of the 23-pound luggable computer in 1981. The technology and
his gutsy attempt to challenge then PC kings Apple Computer and IBM made his
start-up, Osborne Computer Corp., the fastest-growing company up to that
time.
But the success ended in bankruptcy two years later, making Osborne's trials
a forgotten example of the dangers of undisciplined growth that was recently
repeated by various dot-commers.
Career challenges were not new to Osborne, however. Originally a chemical
engineering with Shell Oil, he gambled on a career in technical writing and
publishing during the formative years of the PC industry.
With an opportunity to go head-to-head with Apple in his sights, Osborne
turned to developing the first commercially viable portable computer and was
backed by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Jack Melchor.
In Osborne Computer's first year, 1981, it had sold $5.8 million worth of
the Osborne-1. By the end of 1982, the company had sold $68.8 million. But
then Osborne boasted his second-generation product before it was ready to
ship, pushing sales of his first model down. As the tech industry's seen
happen many time since, an inventory build up occurred, forcing Osborne
Computer to close in 1983.
"His enthusiasm for the next big thing meant Adam couldn't keep a secret,"
Lee Felsenstein, co-founder of Osborne Computer, told Reuters.
Compaq Computer Corp. snatched up the opportunity and introduced its first
product, a portable computer, in 1983.
Osborne was buried today in a local cemetery near his sister's home, in
Kodiakanal, India, Reuters reported.
Jon Titus
Milford, MA
jontitus(a)attbi.com
[demime 1.01a removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a name of winmail.dat]
Gents, I have in my posession an Industrial VAX 630.
Seen here...
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dwoyciesjes
I was curious, can anyone give more info on it?
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Coleco Adam, two digital cassette drives, think it had a Z80, could run CP/M. Was also an add-on to the Coleco game console at the time, to turn it into an Adam as well. Don't remember time frame, mid eighties?
"Jay West" <jwest(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>Question....
>
>Was there a vintage computer called an "Adam"? I *THINK* I recall hearing
>something about that name. If so, then the below email MAY be of interest to
>someone. If there wasn't such a computer, then this email is SPAM and I
>apologize for posting it here.
>
>Jay West
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dusty Fohs" <dusty(a)rumcakerecipe.com>
>To: <jwest(a)classiccmp.org>
>Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 11:01 AM
>Subject: AdamComputer.com domains
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> We purchased the domain names AdamComputer.com & AdamComputers.com for a
>project that we are no longer able to develop.
>>
>> Domains for sale are:
>>
>> www.AdamComputer.com
>> www.AdamComputers.com
>>
>> I wanted to see if you have an interest or know of someone who could make
>use of these domains. We are just looking to recoup what we paid for these
>domains, as they no longer fall into our business plans.
>>
>> Let me know if you are interested or if you have any questions.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dusty
>> dusty(a)rumcakerecipe.com
>
--
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> From: Jay West [mailto:jwest@classiccmp.org]
>
> Question....
>
> Was there a vintage computer called an "Adam"? I *THINK* I
> recall hearing
Indeed there was: The Coleco Adam. A Google search throws up a number of
links & pix.
Hans wrote:
> Now, does anyone of you know about a similar machine
> (especialy about the desktop part) produced in series
> before 1963?
All of the following are electronic desktop
personal computers used by engineers and mass
produced before 1963.
I have copies of magazine ads for these computers:
Electronic Associates Inc. Model TR-48 April 1962
Electronic Associates Inc. Model TR-10 June 1960
Donner Scientific Co. Model 3500 April 1960
Donner Scientific Co. Model 3400 February 1960
Of course there is also the Heath EC-1 introduced
in 1960 and the Heath ES-400 introduced in 1956.
--Doug
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Doug Coward
@ home in Poulsbo, WA
Analog Computer Online Museum and History Center
http://dcoward.best.vwh.net/analog
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>From: "Jim Donoghue" <jim(a)smithy.com>
>
>I have several 5 1/4" *hard-sectored* floppy disks. These are in some
>proprietary format, they are read by a controller that consists of a Z80
>CPU, an EPROM, and some TTL chips. All this thing does is read the
>entire contents of the disk, outputting the data in parallel format over
>a ribbon cable. This is used to load CPU microcode into static RAMS.
>I want to be able to read the data from the disks, as I no longer have
>the controller/drive (or the mainframe it came from.)
>Any ideas?
>--
>Jim Donoghue
>Smithy Co.
>(734) 913-6700
>
Hi
Get something like an EZKIT-lite from Analog Devices.
These are proto typing boards for their DSP chips. These
processors are fast enough to bit bang the data from
floppies. You use one of the digital input lines.
Once you determine the encoding method, you can look
for the directory area or what ever.
Dwight
I have several 5 1/4" *hard-sectored* floppy disks. These are in some
proprietary format, they are read by a controller that consists of a Z80
CPU, an EPROM, and some TTL chips. All this thing does is read the
entire contents of the disk, outputting the data in parallel format over
a ribbon cable. This is used to load CPU microcode into static RAMS.
I want to be able to read the data from the disks, as I no longer have
the controller/drive (or the mainframe it came from.)
Any ideas?
--
Jim Donoghue
Smithy Co.
(734) 913-6700
> On Tuesday, March 25, 2003, Jay West wrote:
> > FYI - I'm likely going to be bidding on the DEC "3 high" rack on Ebay that
> > includes an RA81. The RA81 is missing the HDA, and I have no need for it,
> > I just want the rack as it's the right height to mate to my 11/44X. If
> > anyone wants the RA81-HDA, let me know before it gets skipped.
>
> :-) Of my 12 RA81s, 10 or so have Post-it notes saying "Bad HDA". I'm
> starting to see a pattern here...
If you look at the seller on eBay's auctions, you'll notice that he's pulled
all the 'high demand' parts from everything that he's selling. In fact I
don't think he's selling anything that's actually usable, unless like Jay
you need a specific part of what he's selling.
Zane
Hi Glen and Joe,
Thanks for your replies. I've had a closer look at the controller /
computer / terminal connections. It seems to work something like this
The 2648A terminal has a 13260A card that is connected via a short hooded
edge connector and cable to a longer hooded edge connector on the rear of
the 'controller' box. The controller box is then connected via another
cable (that I have) to a 12531 card the HP 1000 computer.
The long hooded connector on the controller has the same number of contacts
as the 12531 card in the computer - so I would assume that it is just
replicating the contacts in the computer.
The controller box has a number of short-cut keys for various functions that
the system can perform so I would guess that the controller can inject
characters into the connection between the terminal and the computer.
My memory is that all the funcions have two character shortcuts that can be
typed in at the terminal and I notice a couple of cards with diode matricies
in the controller. There is a diode array for each key consisting of up to
16 diodes - 2 lots of eight bit ascii - maybe.
Anyhow, Glen it looks as though your cable detective work is correct. The
cable is a 13232B p/n 02640-60058 for connecting the 2648A to a 12531
interface.
Joe can you please have a fish around and see if you have the right cable +
we can work something out.
If not then I'll have to take the build-it-yourself approach.
Many thanks to you both.
Peter Brown
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I have acquired an HP-86B. Will this work with any older composite
monochrome monitor with an RCA video in jack or only the HP monitors which
seem to be hard to find?
Thank you
Ethan Dicks wrote:
.
> I brought home an 11/34, several RL02s and the two H960 DEC
> racks (72" tall) in the back of my 1976 VW Microbus.
Darn. I was getting set to respond to this thread with the tale of
borrowing a friend's camper version Microbus to haul home my "new"
VAX-11/730 in late 1990. But that was just a single low-boy cabinet,
and now I feel like a whiner... ;^)
--Steve.
OK, it's a few decades late, but I've got a few dozen Motorola
chips from the early 70's that must be interesting to somebody:
MC679P
MC675P
MC669P
MC688P
etc., all 14-pin DIP packages. I think these were Motorola's DTL
line, but maybe they were really RTL - my brain cannot recall. Anyway,
they're free (I'll even pay shipping) to whoever wants them, first come,
first served.
Tim.
Hre's one for the old-iron and who-was-first buffs.
Take a look at
http://www.tsd.de/lehmann/framed4a.htm
The displayed machine is an East German development from
the early 60's. The unit went into 'mass' production in
1963. It is sait that this might be the first desktop
PC ever. The whole unit is self contained with CPU, two
paper tape drived (one is also, IIRC, a puncher), and a
front panel. THe comuter was ment to be as a 'workstation'
on an engeneers desk.
Now, does anyone of you know about a similar machine
(especialy about the desktop part) produced in series
before 1963?
Gruss
H.
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What kind of connector is on the system controller end? A card edge
connector on an I/O board or something else?
I have 264x terminal manuals at home that should have the pinout for the
card edge connector on the terminal end and I can look that up later if no
one else beats me to it.
I think the card edge connector on the terminal end is not difficult to
obtain but the 48? conductor card edge connector on HP 1000 I/O cards is
difficult to obtain if that's what you have on the system controller end.
>After pulling the parts of the system out of the store and trying to put it
>all together I find that I am minus the cable that connects the display
>terminal (an HP 2648A) to the system controller. The connector at the
>system controller end is marked 'teletype'.
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I have the following stuff at a location near (115 miles west) Denver, Colorado;
S100 Mainframe with:
20 Amp Power supply
Godbout 6Meg-Z80 card
Godbout disk controller card
Godbout I/O card
64K memory card - mfg ?
2 DSDD 8 1/2" drives
Visual 330 terminal
Misc books and software
All in unknown condition, worked 20 years ago when I last tried it.
Been stored since then in a barn, was dry though.
I could not figure out where to sell it on EBAY, any suggestions?
Jim
> Knew there was a reason why I wasn't a real Apple fan:
> >
> >Gore Joins Apple Board
> >
> >Apple CEO Steve Jobs said Gore "brings an incredible wealth
> >of knowledge and wisdom to Apple from having run the largest
> >organization in the world--the United States government--as
> >a congressman, senator and our 45th vice president."
> >http://eletters1.ziffdavis.com/cgi-bin10/flo/y/eUOp0BzN6x0DUm0vVG0AK
> >
> >
> Joe
>
Yep, I view this as and MacOS X as good reasons to give up on Apple.
Zane
My 264X manual says a 13232B cable (p/n 02640-60058) connects a 13260A async
interface in a 264X terminal to an HP 12531D or an HP 12880A computer
interface.
The 30 conductor card edge connector for the 264X terminal side should be
easy to obtain. I think EDAC part 305-030-500-202 would work, approx $2.50
at DigiKey.com. For the 12531 side you need a 48 conductor card edge
connector. I think EDAC part 305-048-500-202 would work, but I don't know
where you can order that part without a large minimum order.
Here's the 13232B cable wiring scheme from my 264X manual. Some day I
should scan the picture...
264X Terminal 12531D Interface
13260A Interface 12880A Interface
Data Out B --> X Data Out
Data In C <-- W Data In
CB E <-- U +12 VDC
Ground H <-> 24 Ground
CF J
X8 Clock Out K --> L X8 Clock Out
E,J connected D,4,Y connected
T,16,V connected
>>After pulling the parts of the system out of the store and trying to put
>>it all together I find that I am minus the cable that connects the display
>>terminal (an HP 2648A) to the system controller. The connector at the
>>system controller end is marked 'teletype'.
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