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Sorry, three messages of the same :-(

by spedraja＠ono.com

Sorry, a mistake sending the message three times :-( Sergio

23 years, 5 months

Conseil request about some systems I can obtain

by spedraja＠ono.com

Hello. Is possible (ONLY possible by now) that I could obtain these equipment: * 1 Serie/1 (little size serie) * 1 IBM RT (with BSC connection to...) * 1 IBM S/370 4361 with a couple of disks of 25 kilos, one 3279 console and one 3174 terminals controller * 1 PDP system (used for instrumentation controlling, unknown model yet) * 1 CP/M S-100 system (unknown model yet) * Software and Documentation All items are stopped from two years ago. Some of them are stored in a great general store of the company who wants get rid of them. With independence of the conservation state of all the stuff. What preventions must I have about the management of these computers ? My panic comes about a possible damage of the items in the moment of start up them. I should agree any comments. Thanks and Greetings. Sergio

23 years, 5 months

History Channel - The Internet: Behind the Web

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

> Yeah, even my wife enjoyed it! Sadly, we don't get it in Europe... *sigh* Anyone got a taped copy? > So, the IMPs they built would be the first network interface, > right? The precurser to the present-day NIC. Well, no.. IMP's connected a local(-ish) network to the remote (-ish) network, usually over a slow(-ish ;-) WAN link like a 56K switched circuit. You could see them as the first series of protocol-converting gateways, though. Werent they built by BBN, and based on PDP-11(/23's) with the Fuzzball software load image? --f

23 years, 5 months

IN STYLE... THE SEX TRACKER! (fwd)

by foo＠siconic.com

Damn it! I'm getting spammed at this address. This is the third in about as many days. Did anyone else receive the above entitled spam? Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

23 years, 5 months

It pays to clean up...

by mbg＠TheWorld.com

In cleaning out some closets (moving my collection to storage in order to prepare a condo for sale), I came across a bunch of things I had forgotten I had... A couple of RK05 drives An RK02 (diablo) drive backplane and front panel for 11/34 a couple of BA11-M boxes a couple of BA11-VA boxes my original spacewar control boxes (wired up to a DR11-C) which we used on a GT42 at WPI back in 1978 some MM11-DP core memory a battery backup unit (I think it said H755 or H775) a large cache of blank DEC 8" floppies, in the blue DEC floppy boxes. a couple of boxes of dual-high foundation cards for wiring your own devices, at least one specific unibus foundation module. and I can't remember all the rest... wheee... Megan

23 years, 5 months

SunOS 4.1.4 Domestic Kit

by alex＠trdlnk.com

Hi! I'm new to this list and I was referred here by a gentleman from sunmanagers. I have been looking for a few software packages for some time now and most of these I was able to find from people on sunmanagers. However there are three pieces of software that I still haven't been able to find, perhaps somebody can help? SunOS 4.1.4 Domestic Kit, this is the encryption addon for SunOS 4.1.4. I already have the install media, so I only need the addon. SunPC 4.2, I have a SunPC card for my SPARC 5 running Solaris 2.6, but I have been looking high and low for the drivers... Can't seem to find them anywhere. FastEthernet 1.0, I have a BigMac (be) based SBus card for my SunOS 4.1.4 box and these drivers seem to be hard to find also. With the software CD there are drivers for SunOS 4.x and I am looking for these. If any of you have, or know somebody who has, any or all of these titles, I'd very much appreciate hearing from you. Sun doesn't feel like helping me out and I can understand that; It's just a little frustrating to have an _almost_ complete setup... =) Anyway, thanks to everybody on beforehand and I just wanted to say that what I've seen on this list so far, I think I'll enjoy it! =) -Alex

23 years, 5 months

Morrow DiskJockey 2B

by classiccmp＠vintage-computer.com

I just received a Morrow DiskJockey 2D Mod B from Jim's Garage Sale (Thanks Jim!) and I had a couple of quick questions: There are two sets of switches on the board. What do those configure and what are the settings? There is a 2708 on the board labeled BV/2. Is this a disk BIOS or a boot loader? I'm hoping to use this in my Altair to drive a pair of 801s I've got in a Lobo chasis. (My next questions will revolve around how do I get CP/M to run, etc.) I've ordered a manual from Herb Johnson but I figured I'd ask the experts for a quicker answer. Thanks in advance! Erik S. Klein

23 years, 5 months

My awesome find!!!

by djg＠drs-esg.com

>Hey all, >Yesterday I obtained a Documation card reader, 600cpm, for the total cost >of... *drumroll* $20! Anyone have docs? > It may not be useful but I have the Documation M200 card reader manual at http://www.pdp8.net/pdp8cgi/query_docs/view.pl?id=168 David Gesswein http://www.pdp8.net/ -- Run an old computer with blinkenlights.

23 years, 5 months

decnet

by dittman＠dittman.net

> > I have a copy of Meridian's SuperLAT for Win9x/NT. They dropped > > the product and are no longer supporting or developing it. Too > > bad; it was helpful to have LAT to access LAT-based terminal > > servers. It doesn't seem to work with Win2K/XP. > Dunno about the legality of this, but: I do have Pathworks32 > which should work.. Which version? The version I have (V7.2) doesn't work with XP. The LAT driver doesn't work with Win2K, IIRC. > Personally, I use Reflection/X for terminal stuff, as it supports > both the serial ports and network connections, including LAT and > X11.. :) I use Reflection for X, too, and the LAT driver didn't work in Win2K. -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/

23 years, 6 months

decnet

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

Eric, (and others) > I have a copy of Meridian's SuperLAT for Win9x/NT. They dropped > the product and are no longer supporting or developing it. Too > bad; it was helpful to have LAT to access LAT-based terminal > servers. It doesn't seem to work with Win2K/XP. Dunno about the legality of this, but: I do have Pathworks32 which should work.. Personally, I use Reflection/X for terminal stuff, as it supports both the serial ports and network connections, including LAT and X11.. :) --f

23 years, 6 months

Favorite terminal

by dittman＠dittman.net

> > The LT320 is a third-party plasma terminal. There are MMJ and > > DB25 serial connectors, and LK201/401-compatible and AT-compatible > > keyboard connectors. I use an LK401 with mine. > > Jerome Fine replies: > > I presume the LK201 and the LK401 are plug compatible? Yes. > Also, what are the actual differences and why do you prefer > the LK401? I prefer the LK401 as it has the legs to raise the back built- in, and I have a couple of LK401 keyboards, and my LK201 died a while back. I'm sure there are pictures of the two on the web somewhere, but I'm not sure where. -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/

23 years, 6 months

Sun Sparc ID

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> I can get matching monitors, but don't think there is a keyboard/mouse > available. I was wondering if you can power them up > w/o keyboard/mouse, just box and monitor to verify basic operation, > whether dead or alive. You should be able to just plug a Terminal into the serial port. Zane

23 years, 6 months

decnet

by dittman＠dittman.net

> > I'm not sure what the legal issues are about Lat, though... I think > > it is owned (or is it only marketed) by Meridian, ltd. > I believe Meridian only marketed (and sublicensed) LAT from DEC, with > DEC being its owner. DEC did most of its internal LAT code development, > and Meridian did most of the 'external' versions, e.g. the stuff in > PC-LAT, Cisco IOS's LAT code, and probably most others, given the > cost of licensing it... twas cheaper to let them do it than to get > your own license and do it... :) I have a copy of Meridian's SuperLAT for Win9x/NT. They dropped the product and are no longer supporting or developing it. Too bad; it was helpful to have LAT to access LAT-based terminal servers. It doesn't seem to work with Win2K/XP. -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/

23 years, 6 months

decnet

by mbg＠TheWorld.com

>I believe Meridian only marketed (and sublicensed) LAT from DEC, with >DEC being its owner. DEC did most of its internal LAT code development, >and Meridian did most of the 'external' versions, e.g. the stuff in >PC-LAT, Cisco IOS's LAT code, and probably most others, given the >cost of licensing it... twas cheaper to let them do it than to get >your own license and do it... :) Makes sense... we still maintain the lat source for Tru64 unix... I actually had a track bug through there a few years ago... Megan

23 years, 6 months

Semiconductor Cross Ref Help

by NAVIGATE87＠aol.com

Rich, Check the website www.aecsales.com, They have the exact parts you need by the original manufacturer. When at the parts search page be sure to check the box for "restrict search to items with exact prefix". They have been very helpful finding obsolete parts for me. Don

23 years, 6 months

your RL02 problems

by uban＠ubanproductions.com

Tom Uban 308 Jefferson Street Valparaiso, IN 46383 At 04:03 PM 9/23/2002 -0500, you wrote: >On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, Tom Uban wrote: > > > Pat, > > > > How is your RL02 effort going? Are you done with my terminator yet? > >I haven't had much time to play with it lately. I'm pretty sure that it's >either a bad controller or drive. I'll try to get your terminator sent >back to you in the next couple days - could you send me your address again >so I don't have to go looking for it? > >Thanks. > >-- Pat

23 years, 6 months

Park heads when moving Kaypro 10?

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

I seem to remember that self-parking heads generally were not available on the 10MB drives of Kaypro 10 vintage, so I did a little Googling and came up with the following (http://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v9n12/8_The_Kaypro_10_more_than_.php ) from CREATIVE COMPUTING VOL. 9, NO. 12 / DECEMBER 1983: "A very important command is included in the Kaypro 10 system software. SAFETY moves the read/write heads on the hard disk to the safe landing zone on the disk. This must be done before turning the power off or the surface of the hard disk may be damaged. The SAFETY command is invoked from the command mode in CP/M." Bob -----Original Message----- From: Don Maslin [mailto:donm@cts.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 5:37 PM To: classiccmp Subject: Re: Park heads when moving Kaypro 10? On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Glen Goodwin wrote: > Hi -- > > Thanks to Don Maslin I'll soon have a set of reload diskettes for my Kaypro > 10, and I plan to bring it from home to my shop to do the reload. > > Is there a "park" or "ship" command I need to run before transporting the > unit, so as not to damage the hard drive? IIRC, it is built into the operating system and when the HD LED goes out, the heads have been parked. - don > TIA -- > > Glen > 0/0

23 years, 6 months

decnet

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

Megan wrote: [pay attention folks, I actually got the addressing right this time *grin*] > I'm not sure what the legal issues are about Lat, though... I think > it is owned (or is it only marketed) by Meridian, ltd. I believe Meridian only marketed (and sublicensed) LAT from DEC, with DEC being its owner. DEC did most of its internal LAT code development, and Meridian did most of the 'external' versions, e.g. the stuff in PC-LAT, Cisco IOS's LAT code, and probably most others, given the cost of licensing it... twas cheaper to let them do it than to get your own license and do it... :) (this from memory and various readings on the Net) --f

23 years, 6 months

PDP-8/L troubleshooting (was Re: New acquisition, and question)

by mbg＠TheWorld.com

Okay, I've seen a picture of a PDP-8/L and the switches are correct. But someone went and replaced the front panel on it so it is dark lettering on a white background, with no company logo... Darn... Megan

23 years, 6 months

New acquisition, and question

by mbg＠TheWorld.com

>It could be what's referred to as a MARS (Memory Address and Register >Status) panel. The only one of those I've ever seen was at our PDP8 FS >lab in Parker Street. It's a full-height rack panel (same height as the >8/E) with several rows of lights for PC/AC/MQ/etc. The front panel consists of the following EA MA INST o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o MB F E D WC CA B o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Link AC Ion Par Prot Run o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o POWER | paddle switches SWITCH - - - - - The boards hang from the backplane (which is really grimey... can someone suggest how to clean it?) and are reachable from under the chassis: Front panel end ============================ M220 M220 M113 M111 M220 M220 M700 M700 M220 M220 M216 M115 M220 M220 M114 M310 M220 M220 M216 M310 M220 M220 M111 M310 M617 M617 M216 M310 M617 M617 M115 M160 M160 M160 M119 ---- M115 M216 M117 ---- M160 M111 M115 M113 M160 M113 M117 M111 M115 M119 M113 M310 ---- ---- M113 M310 fan ---- ---- ---- M216 side ---- ---- M360 M617 G020 G020 G221 G221 G020 G020 G221 G221 G020 G020 memory W025 W025 memory W025 W025 memory G228 G228 G221 G221 ---- G228 G221 G221 G624 G624 G228 G228 G624 G624 M102 ---- G624 G624 M623 M623 G785 G785 M115 M623 ---- ---- M660 M906 ---- ---- M660 M906 ---- ---- M707 M707 M516 ---- M706 M706 M516 ---- M452 20ma console connecter ---- ---- ---- ---- M111 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ============================ fuses, power cord Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | email: gentry at zk3.dec.com (work) | | Unix Support Engineering Group | mbg at world.std.com (home) | | Hewlett Packard | (s/ at /@/) | | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (603) 884 1055 (DEC '77-'98) | required." - mbg KB1FCA | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

23 years, 6 months

decnet

by mbg＠TheWorld.com

Unfortunately, I never had access to DECnet/Ultrix... that was done in a different group. I don't think it was ever updated for later versions of Ultrix. It may still just run, though. I think the last version of it was V4.2. I'm not sure what the legal issues are about Lat, though... I think it is owned (or is it only marketed) by Meridian, ltd. Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | email: gentry at zk3.dec.com (work) | | Unix Support Engineering Group | mbg at world.std.com (home) | | Hewlett Packard | (s/ at /@/) | | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (603) 884 1055 (DEC '77-'98) | required." - mbg KB1FCA | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

23 years, 6 months

Software for Orion Unilab II??

by jd＠sourcecode.co.za

FYI: I have a lot of docs on Z-80 and some of the related hardware like the real-time-clock-thingy. I haven't searched the net to see if these are already readily availible or not. If they aren't availible on the 'net or incomplete I will gladly scan mine in if someone is interested. -----Original Message----- From: Rich Beaudry [mailto:r_beaudry@hotmail.com] Sent: 10 October 2002 04:41 To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Software for Orion Unilab II?? Hello all, As part of a recent eBay win, I acquired an Orion Instruments Unilab II. I have cables/software for the Rockwell 65/11EAB, and am looking for cables/software for any other processor, especially the 1802, Z-80, 8080, 8088. If anyone has software available, and cabling diagrams, please let me know! I have complete docs available, as well as the software for the 65/11EAB... I'd also be willing to write out a cable diagram for the 65/11EAB. Thanks! Rich B. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

23 years, 6 months

decnet

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

*sigh* OK, sorry folks.. I'll give it up for t'nite and get some sleep, that might keep me from misdirecting even more email... (if anyone happens to HAVE the stuff mentioned, pse contact me off-list..) --fred (*bonk*bonk*bonk*)

23 years, 6 months

decnet

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

Megan, Yay, all the VAXen are now upstairs.. took a while, too :) I was playing with the DECserver 200.. works nicely, I have three "terminals" connected to it; a VT420 as "console", my Compaq AP400 workstation, and the serial port of the DEC VXT2000. The other ports are connected to the console ports of all the VAX and PDP11 machines... works like a charm. Also, I am able to open a DECterm LAT session to the services defined above (the console ports are all listed as LAT services). Question: do you have access to DECnet-for-Ultrix, or whatever provided Ultrix systems with LAT support? Cant find it, and it MUST be around somewhere, right? cheers, Fred

23 years, 6 months

New acquisition, and question

by mbg＠TheWorld.com

>Well, the PDP8/e has 2 rows of lights (Address, Data) on the panel too... >Or is that not what you meant. I'm familiar with the 8/E, I have one (and a LAB-8/E, too). This has more rows of lights than an 8/E,F,M. I don't have it in front of me, but I'm sure it had like 4 rows of lights (like an 8/I,L) and no rotary switch. >What boards are in it (M-numbers, etc)? That would help identify it, I >think. Of course... that would be simple... <grin> That is my next step... Megan

23 years, 6 months

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