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Looking for CP/M-86 for Compudata Tulip System I

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

*sigh* Sorry people, wasn't awake when doing that. I redirected it offlist. *blush* --f

23 years, 6 months

Looking for CP/M-86 for Compudata Tulip System I

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

Freek, Een hele oude vriend van me, die ik al zeker 15 jaar niet heb gezien, had er een. Die mensen verzamelden ook vanalles, en ze waren heel zuinig op de spullen. Ze zouden die machine plus aanverwanten nog best eens kunnen hebben. Via telefoonboek of 0800-8008 zou je hun telnr kunnen achterhalen; ik weet het niet meer: Roeland & Maarten Tuk Schoonoord [ik meen] 92 Voorhout, ZH Groets, Fred

23 years, 6 months

HP 7980S scsi 9-track

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

Thanks to all who responded, both on-list and off-list. Summary: While READING, the 7980S will always default to whatever it finds on the tape currently loaded. If no format can be found (? bulk- erased tape?) it will use the setting below. While WRITING, it will use the desity as set with the CONF 46 setting. So, to fix my problem I had to set CONF46 to 1600, rather than 6250, and it worked. :) Cheers, Fred

23 years, 6 months

Mag Drums?

by glenslick＠hotmail.com

Anyone know what this is? Litton Systems? http://home1.gte.net/~gslick/drum.jpg _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

23 years, 6 months

Digital Decserver 700-16 info requested

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

-----Original Message----- From: Doug Jackson [mailto:doug_jackson@citadel.com.au] Sent: 03 October 2002 06:58 To: 'cctalk(a)classiccmp.org' Subject: Digital Decserver 700-16 info requested Hi, >I am the proud owner of 3 of these old (1991) terminal servers. DSRVW-YC. A01 > Unfortunately, I have absoloutly no doco. I have been able to determine that the device is trying to TFTP Go to the dnpg website and enter "decserver 700" as a search term or follow this link: http://www.dnpg.com/search/search.cgi?m=any&ps=10&o=0&q=decserver+700 Antonio

23 years, 6 months

Digital T2011 Board

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>From: Geoff Roberts [mailto:geoffrob@stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au] >>From: "Jeffrey Sharp" <jss(a)subatomix.com> >> On Wednesday, October 2, 2002, Stefan wrote: >> > I forgot >> >> Some file I have says: >> : T2011 - 6310 - 6300 CPU / KA62B CPU XMI cpu module > >Yes, 300 Series cpu for a VAX 6000 4.7VUP. (1 VUP~=1 MIPS) My list has: T2011-00 KA62A-A VAX 6000-200 CPU T2011-YA KA62B-A VAX 6000-300 CPU T2011-YB KA62A-B VAXserver 6000-200 CPU T2011-YC KA62B-B VAXserver 6000-300 CPU I don't have any manuals to hand to go and check. I do know that the KA62B was essentially a souped up KA62A, so the -YA designator seems entirely plausible. Antonio

23 years, 6 months

HP 7980S scsi 9-track

by fmc＠reanimators.org

"Bruce Lane" <kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com> wrote: > I had an 88170 at one time. They're pretty much the same as > the 7980. It will automatically sense the density of the tape > you load, and will lock itself to said density, and it should > certainly be able to handle all three of the standards (800, > 1600, 6250). It's less than certain. The supported densities are determined by the installed board set. There are many 88780s out there that only do 1600 and 6250. Fewer that do 800 too. I have yet to run across one that only does 1600 but it's a possible configuration; HP sold that (w/HP-IB interface) as the 7979A. For 7980s, 1600 and 6250 are standard and 800 is an option. 7980A is HP-IB, 7980S is SCSI (single-ended). There's also an "XC" option which does in-the-drive compression on 6250BPI tapes; I think this option does not coexist with the 800BPI option. BTW, a couple months ago Sun had a version of their service manual for the 88780 up at: http://sunsolve.sun.com/data/800/800-3447/pdf/doc.pdf It's missing the figures though. > Bear in mind that you'll need some fairly specialized (and > expensive -- in the $300 region) software if you want to use > that drive on any sort of PC. Last time I noticed, FreeBSD and Linux were able to make use of a SCSI interface with an attached 88780. -Frank McConnell

23 years, 6 months

5150 & 720 KB FD

by robert_little_2000＠yahoo.com

Think I found the problems.... Machine #2 (the one I'm rebuilding) had its DIP's set for a single drive. After correcting that, still failed to work, so decided to check out the 720 itself... AH HA! Of course it wouldn't work. It was a dead drive. As for the purist out there who shudder at the thought of adding later components to such a classic, I should mention that I'm an astronomer. I don't have the systems as collectibles, I use them. Yup, that's right... when you're on a budget, you have to make everything work. This ol' PC is basically just going to serve as a real time clock. With CGA monitors they are good for that... Better that then have it go to the landfill (as is too often the case...) Robert Little Astronomer Talcott Mountain Science Center __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com

23 years, 6 months

Digital Decserver 700-16 info requested

by doug_jackson＠citadel.com.au

Hi, I am the proud owner of 3 of these old (1991) terminal servers. DSRVW-YC. A01 Unfortunately, I have absoloutly no doco. I have been able to determine that the device is trying to TFTP a configuration file of some type. But I can not find any doco since Compaq desimated the Digital support sites. I believe that their logic was "is this PC related?" no - flush it. Does anybody on the list either (1) know anything or (2) know anybody who would know anything, about these boxes. I would *really* like to use one to put a couple of modems onto to use as a dial in service for my organisation. regards, Doug Jackson Director, Managed Security Services Citadel Securix +61 (0)2 6290 9011 (Ph) +61 (0)2 6262 6152 (Fax) +61 (0)414 986 878 (Mobile) Web: <www.citadel.com.au> Offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Hong Kong, Boston CAUTION - The information in this message may be of a privileged or confidential nature intended only for the use of the addressee or someone authorised to receive the addressee's e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify postmaster(a)citadel.com.au. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Citadel Securix. Feel free to visit the Citadel Securix website! Click below. http://www.citadel.com.au

23 years, 6 months

Digital T2011 Board

by stefan＠softhome.net

Anybody interested in this board ? Its a CPU board, and I even looked it up, but I forgot. So if anyone wants anymore info let me know. Stefan.

23 years, 6 months

VCF Gazette Volume 1 Issue 3

by IVIE＠cc.usu.edu

> Vintage Computer Festival 5.0 is scheduled for October 26th and 27th. > Doors open at 9:00AM each day, with talks beginning at 10:00AM and > running until 2:00PM. The Exhibit and Marketplace is open from 2:00PM > until 6:00PM each day. Argh! It's up against the Edwards AFB air show. Moral dilemma... -- Roger Ivie ivie(a)cc.usu.edu

23 years, 6 months

First Indirect Addressing?

by phil＠ultimate.com

>From: "Andy Holt" <andyh(a)andyh-rayleigh.freeserve.co.uk> > IBM704 (mid '50s) didn't The IBM709, which succeeded the 704 did; http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/grosch.html The 709 succeeded the 704, adding overlapped i/o, indirect addressing, and decimal instructions. The 7090 was a 709 with transistor, rather than vacuum-tube, logic. http://www-1.ibm.com/ibm/history/reference/glossary_7.html The IBM 709 Data Processing System was introduced in January 1957. > PDP8 (?) did The first DEC computer, the PDP-1 (designed 1959) did as well. http://www.utc.edu/~jdumas/cs460/vonnarch.htm mentions the 709 and no others.

23 years, 6 months

VCF Gazette Volume 1 Issue 3

by vcf＠siconic.com

VCF Gazette Volume 1, Issue 3 A Newsletter for the Vintage Computer Festival October 1, 2002 Hello Vintage Computer Fans! The VCF Gazette is back again with more news about the Vintage Computer Festival. In this issue: VCF 5.0 Venue Change VCF 5.0 General Information VCF 5.0 Special Events VCF Open House Update Latest Additions to the VCF Archives VCF 5.0 Venue Change -------------------- The VCF is pleased to announce that this year's Vintage Computer Festival is being sponsored by the Computer History Museum. This sponsorship has enabled the VCF to be held at the Moffett Training & Conference Center at the Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View, California. The move has several advantages, including tighter integration with the tours to the Computer History Museum's Visible Storage exhibit area. Tours of the Air & Space Museum will also be available. The Computer History Museum has always shown support for the VCF in the past by exhibiting terrific artifacts from their collection in the VCF Exhibit. We greatly appreciate this new level of commitment to and support of the Vintage Computer Festival! VCF 5.0 General Information --------------------------- Vintage Computer Festival 5.0 is scheduled for October 26th and 27th. Doors open at 9:00AM each day, with talks beginning at 10:00AM and running until 2:00PM. The Exhibit and Marketplace is open from 2:00PM until 6:00PM each day. The admission to VCF 5.0 is $10 per person per day for full access to Speakers, the Exhibition and the Marketplace, or $4 per person per day for Exhibition and Marketplace access only. Kids 17 and under are admitted free of charge, and parking is free. VCF 5.0 is being held at the Moffett Training & Conference Center at Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View, California. Check the VCF 5.0 website for more details and directions. LODGING The VCF has reserved a room block at the County Inn in Mountain View, California, which is a short drive or walk to Moffett Field. The room rate is $69 per night for single or double occupany. Reservation information as well as information on other area hotels can be found on the VCF 5.0 Lodging page: http://www.vintage.org/2002/main/lodging.php EXHIBITORS If you wanted to an exhibit a computer from your collection, there is still time to register. To register as an exhibitor, please go to: http://www.vintage.org/2002/main/exhibit.php VENDORS The VCF still has vendor booths available. The VCF Marketplace is the best place to sell your old computer items to a targeted market. You may also sell items on consignment and leave the hassle to us. For more information on the VCF Marketplace and consignment sales, please visit: http://www.vintage.org/2002/main/vendor.php VCF 5.0 BBS The VCF has just launched a bulletin board system on the VCF 5.0 website to enable attendees to communicate with each other before the event to arrange trades, form carpools, and discuss the VCF in general. The BBS can be accessed here: http://www.vintage.org/2002/main/bbs.php FOREIGN NATIONALS Foreign nationals can disregard previous announcements about the requirement to register in advance in order to be allowed access to Moffett Federal Airfield. The confusion with the entry procedures was caused by a miscommunication. Foreign nationals will be allowed onto the base just as any United States citizen, but as is required for all persons entering the base, valid identification must be presented at the main gate. We sincerely apologize for the confusion. SPONSORS The Vintage Computer Festival gratefully thanks its sponsors, the Computer History Museum and the Alameda County Computer Resource Center. Computer History Museum http://www.computerhistory.org Alameda County Computer Resource Center http://www.accrc.org VCF 5.0 Special Events ---------------------- We are adding new features to the VCF this year to increase attendee participation. Along with the Nerd Trivia Challenge, the popular quiz game that tests your computer history knowledge, the VCF will feature the Retro-Code vintage computer coding challenge in which attendees will write games on old home computers within a limited time period at the VCF. Information on the Nerd Trivia Challenge can be found here: http://www.vintage.org/2002/main/ntc.php Information about the Retro-Code challenge is here: http://www.vintage.org/2002/main/retrocode.php COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM TOURS Tours of the Computer History Museum will be running throughout the exhibition hours of the VCF. Those that have not yet had the opportunity to visit the Computer History Museum's Visible Storage exhibits will certainly want to take advantage of this. For more information about the Computer History Museum, please visit their website at: http://www.computerhistory.org/ DIGIBARN EXCURSION The DigiBarn is a computer museum in a country setting (literally housed in a barn in the Santa Cruz Mountains). Bruce Damer, the curator of the DigiBarn, will be heading the excursion. A caravan will leave the VCF at approximately 2:30pm on Sunday and return before the close of VCF 5.0. More information about the DigiBarn can be found on their website: http://www.digibarn.com/ APL BAY AREA USERS' GROUP MEETING The VCF is hosting a meeting of the APL Bay Area Users' Group (The Northern California SIGAPL of the ACM) at VCF 5.0 in conjunction with the lecture that will be given by Zbigniew Stachniak. Zbigniew will be discussing an early portable personal computer, the MCM/70, which ran APL. The meeting will take place at 3:00pm on Saturday, October 26, in the speaker hall. For more information on the APL BAUG, visit their website: http://www.acm.org/sigapl Stay tuned for more VCF event updates! VCF Open House Update --------------------- The first VCF Open House is still in the works. We had promised to have the VCF Archives ready for display by now but progress has been slower than hoped. Still, progress is being made. Most of the material needed to build out the floor has been acquired. Construction on the floor will begin in October. Once it's complete, artifacts will be selected and exhibits will be assembled throughout the Fall, with an anticipated museum opening sometime in late November or early December. Again, the VCF would like to thank the Alameda County Computer Resource Center for generously providing space for the VCF to store our archives. The Alameda County Computer Resource Center is the largest non-profit computer recycling operation on the west coast of the United States. You may visit them on the web at: http://www.accrc.org/ Better yet, visit them in person and volunteer your time to help put computers into the hands of deserving kids, schools and organizations world-wide. Volunteering details can be found the ACCRC website. Latest Additions to the VCF Archives ------------------------------------ The VCF has continued to acquire new (or rather "old") artifacts since our last update. One of the most exciting is our acquisition of a Digital Computer Controls D-116 minicomputer. The DCC D-116 is roughly a clone of the Data General Nova 830. We have also acquired a Linus WriteTop. The Linus WriteTop was the first pen-based computer, manufactured in 1986. The computer did not meet with much success, mainly because the hand-writing recognition was not perfect (but then, it still isn't 16 years later ;) That wraps it up for this issue of the VCF Gazette! Until next time... Best regards, Sellam Ismail Producer Vintage Computer Festival http://www.vintage.org/ The Vintage Computer Festival is a celebration of computers and their history. The VCF Gazette goes out to anyone who subscribed to the VCF mailing list, and is intended to keep those interested in the VCF informed of the latest VCF events and happenings. The VCF Gazette is guaranteed to be published in a somewhat irregular manner, though we will try to maintain a quarterly schedule. If you would like to be removed from the VCF mailing list, and therefore not receive any more issues of the VCF Gazette, visit the following web page: http://www.vintage.org/remove.php ;) -- 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, 6 months

Looking for CP/M-86 for Compudata Tulip System I

by f.heite＠hccnet.nl

Hello, Someone out there who has the CP/M-86 software for the Dutch-made Compudata Tulip System I? It's an 8086-machine that is hardly IBM-compatible (as it was introduced before the IBM PC). The BIOS is completely different from IBM-PC-standards. Under Tulip's MS-DOS (which was also available when buying this machine) it has a whopping TPA of about 900 KB, as the video RAM is somewhere at the top of the 1 megabyte memory, and there are no expansion cards with their own BIOSses. The 5,25 inch diskettes could store ca. 800 KB each. Thanks, Freek Heite

23 years, 6 months

For swap/sale : Digital LAX34-JL

by stefan＠softhome.net

This is a set of special character keys. Probably for the LA34 DECwriter IV. See http://www.mainecoon.com/classiccmp/LAX34/ for the only related pic I could find. 100% new, I only opened the box to see what was in it. Willing to swap or sell it. yours, Stefan.

23 years, 6 months

What's wrong with this picture?

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> On a slightly more serious note, does the description mean it's running > OpenStep? > > -- Tony Nope, NeXTStep 3.3. For OPENSTEP you need to be running V4.x. Of course V4.2 was *also* shipped as "Prelude to Rhapsody". Zane

23 years, 6 months

RK05 or RK07

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Oct 2, 15:09, Ethan Dicks wrote: > --- Pete Turnbull <pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com> wrote: > > The QBus equivalent of an RK11 is an RKV11-D, which is a single quad > > board, controlling up to eight RK05's. They were moderately common on > > larger 11/03 and some 11/23 systems. > > Umm... _my_ RKV11D is a quad-slot box. There's a dual-height card > that sits on the Qbus with a pair of 40-pin cables that go to a > small enclosure that is mostly filled with an RK11D. Another set > of 40-pin cables goes from that to a short dual-height paddle card > that goes in the first drive. > > Is there more than one variant of the RKV11D? No, you're right -- I don't know what I was thinking of there. An RKV11-D is basically an RK11-D with a QBus interface. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 6 months

Leor Zolman's BDS C Now Public Domain

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

Don't know how many of you are on comp.os.cpm, but in case you missed it, Leor Zolman has decided to release the full retail package of BDS C, including *ALL* source code (compiler as well!) to the Public Domain. http://www.bdsoft.com/resources.html#bdsc Check it out! Rich B. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

23 years, 6 months

First Indirect Addressing?

by jss＠subatomix.com

Ok, I've got a friend in academia who wants to know: What was the first computer to support indirect addressing? While I expect no definite answer (as if I had asked "what is the first computer" :-), it should be an interesting discussion. -- Jeffrey Sharp

23 years, 6 months

RK05 or RK07

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Oct 2, 13:55, Chris Muller wrote: > > I've been asked to try to get some data (to CD) from some number of RK05 > and/or RK07 packs. I have an old 11/73 floating around, but I believe the > RK's were only for Unibus, so the drives alone wouldn't help me. My contact > is unaware of the O/S, but I resume its got to be RT or RSX. (?) The QBus equivalent of an RK11 is an RKV11-D, which is a single quad board, controlling up to eight RK05's. They were moderately common on larger 11/03 and some 11/23 systems. The RK06 and RK07 use an RK611 controller, which is a large multi-board unit occupying two system units, usually in an expansion box. There's no QBus equivalent that I know of. Emulex did make QBus boards that emulated an RK611, or more accurately, emulated the whole RK711 subsystem using a QBus SC02 controller and an SMD drive, but you couldn't connect a real RK06/7 to one of those. The OS could be RT or RSX, possibly RSTS or something more unusual like MUMPS. Even 7th Edition Unix has an RK driver. I think RT-11 or RSX-11 would be most likely, though. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 6 months

RK05 or RK07

by chris.muller＠mullermedia.com

Hi, I've been asked to try to get some data (to CD) from some number of RK05 and/or RK07 packs. I have an old 11/73 floating around, but I believe the RK's were only for Unibus, so the drives alone wouldn't help me. My contact is unaware of the O/S, but I resume its got to be RT or RSX. (?) Is there anyone in or near NYC that can handle these? If you can get the files to a tape via COPY, I think we can take it from there. Regards, Chris Muller Muller Media Conversions www.mullermedia.com 800-OLD2NEW or 212-3440474

23 years, 6 months

Searching for eBay seller "Mobybids"

by tony.eros＠machm.org

Has anyone on the list dealt with the eBay seller known as "Mobybids"? He/she recently won a couple of auctions for some old DEC documentation. In particular, a teacher's guide ( I have the workbook, but not this) for the DEC Computer Lab really caught my eye, but I got outbid. I've tried sending a couple of eBay "Question from eBay member" notes to Mobybids, but got no response. I should probably take the hint and just stop trying, but I thought I'd run it by the list anyway, just in case. -- Tony

23 years, 6 months

Stuff on ebay

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

I see some of the strangest stuff on ebay: ROCKWELL's 6502 (100% 6800 code compatible) Dwight

23 years, 6 months

First Indirect Addressing?

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

>To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > >Ok, I've got a friend in academia who wants to know: > > What was the first computer to support indirect addressing? > >While I expect no definite answer (as if I had asked "what is the first >computer" :-), it should be an interesting discussion. > >-- >Jeffrey Sharp > > Hi My Nicolet 1080 uses indirect addressing as its primary form of addressing. It was designed in the late 60's sometime. This is the only way to address out of the current page. Dwight

23 years, 6 months

Great Finds Today at Auction

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

1. hp 25C calculator with case and quick reference guide but no charger. 2. Direct Logic 405 PLC by Koyo with DL440 CPU 22.5K word, I/O base 4 slot, DC input module, and 8 channel analog module. 3. Atari 130XE with a XF551 ext. FD (51/4) for it. 4. Magnavox Color monitor 40 5. Commodore 1084S monitor 6. Vtech The Equalizer laptop in the box with mouse, manual, and ac adapter for it.

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