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by jonas＠otter.se

>> > I guess I'm a total anorak, but there was a TNIX.. >> > >> > [Tektronix Unix, running on a PDP11/23-based development sustem] >> I own one of those and BTW I am looking for software for it. The >> hard >> disk needs a fsck(8) and this is a stand alone tool. Unfortunately I >> didn't get those floppies with the machine. > > I _may_ have the distribution kit for my machine I will see what I > can find. > > -tony > ISTR fsck needed to be run quite often on the 8560. Not the world's most stable system :-( But IIRC Tnix is simply AT&T Unix version 7 with bits taken out and other bits added on, so fsck should be the standard Unix v7 fsck for the PDP-11. I suppose that could be found elsewhere? Or would it have been modified to suit Tek's hardware? /Jonas

14 years, 2 months

Who wants a nice monitor (UK)?

by pete＠dunnington.plus.com

I've had to have a bit of a tidy up, and I have to part with the nice Sony monitor off one of my SGI INdys. Sony GDM-17E21 17" CRT, colour "granite" grey, to match an Indy or O2 keyboard. Dual inputs: HD15 "VGA" connector and 5 BNC (R/G/B/HS/VS). Not used for a few years but should be in good order. I can't ship this because I can't find a box and packing large enough, so it will have to be collected from York, UK. It also can't stay here long; it was going to the electrical waste this weekend before I put my foot down. But it might stay a few extra days if someone guarantees to collect it. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

14 years, 2 months

VAX for running old version of VMS

by bqt＠softjar.se

On 2012-02-09 02:26, Dave McGuire<mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote: > > On 02/08/2012 08:18 PM, Charles Dickman wrote: >> > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 7:31 PM, allison<ajp166 at verizon.net> wrote: >> > >>> >> >>> >> There is no SCSI support in VMS at all. >>> >> >> > >> > What was the KZQSA for? I got one and thought I had scored a qbus scsi >> > adapter and quickly determined it was pretty much useless. What I >> > never understood for sure was if it lacked hardware documentation and >> > drivers and was not supported for general SCSI use or if it was >> > broken/crippled in some way so that it couldn't be used for general >> > SCSI. > That's a driver issue and was some sort of "business decision". > (means "got screwed up by suits for no good reason") > > And it is an MSCP controller, is it not? As far as I can remember, no. That was the point. It is a SCSI controller, not an MSCP controller. By the way, yes, there is plenty of SCSI support in VMS. All of the more modern VAXstations and whatnot have only native SCSI, and no MSCP or similar. Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol

14 years, 2 months

Documation card readers available

by wdonzelli＠gmail.com

I am helping a company dispose of some of their assets, and amongst the items are a good sized stack of Documation punch card readers. There is everything from supposedly working units to complete junkers. Most are model 200s, but some are model 600s. The widow of the owner is looking to get some decent money for these - I suggested $200 for the top grade units is fair street price, and obviously less for anything lower. There are also some convertors available to hook the Documations up to an RS-232 port, and *maybe* some CR11 cards. There are also some Maul card sorters (great name!) available, probably for considerably less. There are likely no unpunched cards available - they are spoken for. These are located outside on Philadelphia (northwest-ish), and are really either pick-up only (yourself or a pack-n-ship company), or perhaps I could be convinced to pick up when I go down there next week. There is a serious time limit on this stuff - ACT NOW. Contact me off list. ACT NOW. -- Will

14 years, 2 months

Nokia terminals (Was: Apple ][ disk/game server)

by tingox＠gmail.com

2012/1/28 G?ran Axelsson <axelsson at acc.umu.se> > I've got a 12 80186 in purple ceramic with sockets. If anyone needs or > want one, let me know. > Pulled from working VT-220 compatible Nokia terminals (rebranded as Norsk > data Notis terminals). > > I was offered $5 per piece from a gold refiner, but I rather sell them to > collectors. > > ... and before anyone start harassing me about scrapping working > terminals. I announced it here on the list two years ago when I helped a > friend clean out a storage. Of the close to 200 terminals I still have > 60-70 left but I need to get it down to 20 in the end. So, they are also > available. > Which terminals are those? Models? -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Oslo, Norway

14 years, 2 months

NASA unplugs last mainframe

by dave.g4ugm＠gmail.com

I was, it was late in the uk. Note that whilst in general a z9 can run 360 applications it can not run 360 or 370 operating systems as it does not support 370 style io instructions. On 20 Feb 2012 01:42, "Eric Smith" <eric at brouhaha.com> wrote: Dave wrote: > > Well its basically a box of playstation chips, wouldn't be on my list.... Where do you get that? Are you confusing the z9 with the IBM Roadrunner? The z9 is full of z9 microprocessors, which natively execute the z/Architecture 1 instruction set, which is an enhanced version of ESA/390, which was an enhanced version of ESA/370, which was an enhanced version of System/370 XA, which was an enhanced version of System/370, which was an enhanced version of System/360. In other words, the z9 microprocessor can natively execute System/360 and System/370 code.

14 years, 2 months

DEC H960 Rack

by paisley＠erols.com

Help! I am looking for a DEC H960 rack to house my PDP-8. I don't care what condition it is in as I am going to sandblast it and have it powdercoated. I am willing to offer a reward leading to me obtaining one. I am located in the eastern US. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank. Todd Paisley

14 years, 2 months

NASA unplugs last mainframe

by stephane.tsacas＠gmail.com

NASA unplugs last mainframe IBM mainframes no longer a NASA workhorse IBM mainframe available for a collector ? http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/nasa-unplugs-last-mainframe -- Stephane FreeDonne <http://www.freedonne.org> Join FreeDonne - Rejoignez FreeDonne.

14 years, 2 months

What is a mainframe? (was Re: NASA unplugs last mainframe)

by a50mhzham＠gmail.com

So then that's a TLA? At 05:02 PM 2/19/2012, you wrote: > > What is a mainframe anyway, and can a > > clear distinction be made between the 'mainframe" and other server > > technologies nowadays? > >Yes, a mainframe can be described in three letters. > >-- >Will 910 . [Politics]"Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation." - Henry Kissinger NEW: a50mhzham at gmail.com ? N9QQB (amateur radio) "HEY YOU" (loud shouting) ? Second Tops (Set Dancing) ? FIND ME ON FACEBOOK 43? 7' 17.2" N by 88? 6' 28.9" W ? Elevation 815' ? Grid Square EN53wc LAN/Telecom Analyst ? Open-source Dude ? Musician ? Registered Linux User 385531

14 years, 2 months

DEC 874-D power controller

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

Hey, does anyone have an electronic copy of the schematics for the DEC 874-D power controller? I looked on bitsavers and didn't see anything there, my paper originals are 1200 miles away, and I have an 874-D "buzzing" and dropping power periodically. Yuck! -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

14 years, 2 months

Would anyone like to buy my Compukit UK101?

by lproven＠gmail.com

Please excuse the spam, but a couple of list members asked me to let them know when I was going to sell this. Well, the time has finally come, I'm afraid. I need the space and the money. :?( Complete Compukit UK101 with case, original manual, demo cassette and a bare, uncased, mono composite CRT monitor. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270918417815 -- 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 Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 ? Cell: +44 7939-087884

14 years, 2 months

DEC 874-D power controller

by cctech＠beyondthepale.ie

> >What we found was that the internally wiring of the 811 was completely >inexplicable. Documentation on the 811 was found in the museum's >archives, and the wiring was significantly different than indicated. As >wired, 120VAC was applied directly across the vane switch that closes >when it sense airflow across the deflection transistor assemblies. As >soon as it closed, it welded shut, and tripped the breaker. > >We never found out why the 811 was wired that way. We're pretty sure >that it wasn't supplied by the factory that way, and that someone did a >field modification, but we couldn't make any sense of how the modified >version could have been useful for anything. We rewired it to factory >spec, replaced the vane switch, and it has worked properly ever since. > Is it possible that it could have been deliberately sabbotaged? It seems likely that if someone attempted a modification like that for some useful purpose, they would have tested it. Even if the machine was abandoned after the modification was seen to have failed, the evidence of their having tested it would have remained in the form of a damaged vane switch. It's hard to see why someone would make the modification and never power the machine again unless they knew there would be trouble when it was powered. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

14 years, 2 months

Fwd: NCR System3300 BIOS Questions

by michael.99.thompson＠gmail.com

The RICM has an NCR3300 PC that was missing the disk drive when it was donated. We installed the right part number 200MB SCSI drive but don't know what the SCSI ID should be set to. We tried all IDs and never saw it try to boot from the disk. We tried to boot from a floppy, but it asked for a password. It has a Phoenix BIOS 1.05.00, Setup 3.05.00. Does anyone know how to get around the boot password on this system? Do we need a setup diskette? Any idea where to get one? -- Michael Thompson

14 years, 2 months

Looking for a Vaxstation 4000 VLC

by wlewisiii＠gmail.com

Digging for something else in the basement, I came across my owners manual for the VLC I used to have. I should not have gotten rid of that sweet little box. Anyone out there got one to spare, preferably cheaply, to a good home? I'm in Madison, WI. Thanks, William -- Live like you will never die, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is watching. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Alex White

14 years, 2 months

Looking for (retired) IBM CE with System/360 experience

by RichA＠vulcan.com

The Living Computer Museum project of Vulcan, Inc., is looking to hire an expert on IBM System/360 hardware maintenance to guide the restoration of a 360/40 which we have acquired. The official job posting can be found at https://jobs.vulcan.com/ as Sr. Systems Engineer (Vintage), job ID 2258, posted 13 Feb 2012. (There doesn't appear to be any way to provide a link directly to the posting because of the programming model used.) I'm happy to answer questions, in the group or offline. I will ignore any flame fest similar to the last time we posted a job. Rich Alderson Vintage Computing Sr. Systems Engineer Vulcan, Inc. 505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900 Seattle, WA 98104 mailto:RichA at vulcan.com mailto:RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org http://www.LivingComputerMuseum.org/

14 years, 2 months

Who wants a nice monitor (UK)?

by jonas＠otter.se

>> No No No ... that was T-nix followed later with U when the >> programers could >> club meat, build fire and recite most of the Alphabet*. > > I guess I'm a total anorak, but there was a TNIX.. > > [Tektronix Unix, running on a PDP11/23-based development sustem] > > -tony > I used a TNIX system for most of the 1980s, with an 8540 microprocessor emulator connected to it. IIRC TNIX was a stripped-down version of Unix version 7, with most of the programming tools and compilers and other useful stuff removed, these could be bought separately. There were Tek-specific commands added to operate the 8540. On top of that we ran Tek's Pascal development software for 8086. The first version of the compiler was rather awful; very limited symbol table capacity and lots of weird bugs. The consumption of weed and shrooms among the compiler developers must have been remarkable. The manuals are on Bitsavers. I also saw in an old thread here that Tony has an 8560 running TNIX. Nice machine, but very slow. /Jonas

14 years, 2 months

xml manifest for ROM/PROM dumps?

by legalize＠xmission.com

I was just thinking that when we dump a ROM/PROM contents we get a binary file out. In order to understand that binary file we need to know some metadata about the data, such as: - what is the organization of the chip/data? Is it 2048x1 bit or is it 256x8 bits? - is it a character generator table for a terminal? - is it microcode for a CPU? - is it code for a commercial microcontroller/microprocessor? if so, which chip is it for? (8086, 8051, 6809, etc.) - what part number information is on the chip package? - if there is a printed label on the packge, what does it say? (i.e. version number label on an EPROM) - who performed the dump of the data? what is their contact information? It seems to me that this small amount of metadata could easily be housed in an XML manifest file and an XML schema could describe the allowed tags and attributes and their expected values. Yeah, I know XML is "bloated", but there are plenty of tools for processing XML files and there are editors that are schema aware and prompt you for allowed elements. The schema can be made extensible if there is a need for that. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 version available for download <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/> Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

14 years, 2 months

VAXstation 3100 Model 30 Owner's Manual

by robert.jarratt＠ntlworld.com

Does anyone have the PDF for this manual? On manx the link to it is dead and it does not seem to be in the mirrored copy I have. The part number is EK-265AA-OM-001. Thanks Rob

14 years, 2 months

FW: [N8VEM-S100:702] Re: S-100 Z80 CPU board PCBs

by LYNCHAJ＠YAHOO.COM

Hi, to let you know that there are more of the S-100 Z80 CPU board PCBs available. There is information here: http://s100computers.com/My%20System%20Pages/Z80%20Board/Z80%20CPU%20Board.h tm http://n8vem-sbc.pbworks.com/w/browse/#view=ViewFolder&param=S-100%20Z80%20C PU Many builders have gotten these boards to work and the board is "clean" with no cuts and jumpers needed. Thanks! Andrew Lynch -----Original Message----- From: n8vem-s100 at googlegroups.com [mailto:n8vem-s100 at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of lynchaj Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 10:58 AM To: N8VEM-S100 Subject: [N8VEM-S100:702] Re: S-100 Z80 CPU board PCBs Hi! Good news! The S-100 Z80 CPU board PCBs arrived! Please let me know if you would like one. They are $20 each plus $3 shipping in the US and $6 elsewhere. Please send a PayPal to LYNCHAJ at YAHOO.COM and I will send your boards right away! Thanks and have a nice day! Andrew Lynch

14 years, 2 months

VAX QBUS Memories..

by holm＠freibergnet.de

Hi again, Guys I still have a problem to get my qbus VAx Memory boards working thogether. I do have an KA630CPU, Firmware 1.30, and want to get 2 8MB Memory Boards to work thogether in a H9278 Backplane which has 3 CD interconnect slots. I've tried all variants ot plug the boards and of the switch and Jumper settings. The one board is an National NS638 the other is a Chrislin CM-VI-8. For the memory sizing test I'm booting NetBSD 1.5.3 over the network from my FreeBSD Workstation. There are setting where I get a double fault while booting, think that is why there is to small amaount ov memory enabled. Mostly I get 9MB of Memory (1MB from the KA630 + one 8MB Board) but I had 10Mbytes too so that at least one of the boards must have worked as 1MB Mem. There is also a setting where the machine doesnt boot at all. The NS638 has a Jumper that can be set into the W1 and W2 positions, have tried both of them. I have additionally an MS630 Board with 4MB of memory, this board works thogether with the crislin and the national board, I get 13MB of memory total (8+4 +1MB KA630). An other MS630 with only 2 Mbytes is still untested. So please, please, does anyone here know whats happening here and what for the jumpers and the switches on the handles of the 8MB boards are for? Has anyone those boards too and can confirm this? Regards, Holm -- Technik Service u. Handel Tiffe, www.tsht.de, Holm Tiffe, Freiberger Stra?e 42, 09600 Obersch?na, USt-Id: DE253710583 www.tsht.de, info at tsht.de, Fax +49 3731 74200, Mobil: 0172 8790 741

14 years, 2 months

List test

by auringer＠tds.net

Is it down, or did I get dropped?

14 years, 2 months

3-pin hdd power connector

by sander.reiche＠gmail.com

Hi guys, I recently picked up a Compaq Portable 486c/66 for fun. It has no hard disk and as I was checking out the bay to see if there was something different in what it would take, I noticed it needed a 3,5" IDE disk powered by a 3-pin connector, not the usual large 4-pin molex power connector. It seems the Maxtor 7000 series was a series of drives with these added power connectors as well as some Quantum Fireballs of which I had one, but apparently has deceased on me. ?J3 ? DC Power and pin connector assignments ?------------------------------------------- ? ? ?+------------+ ? pin 1 ? ?+12 VDC ? ? ?| 4 ?3 ?2 ?1 | ? pin 2 ? ?+12 V Ground Return ? ? ?+------------+ ? pin 3 ? ?+ 5 V Ground Return ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? pin 4 ? ?+ 5 VDC ?J7 ? DC Power and pin connector assignments ?------------------------------------------- ? ? ?+---------+ ? ? ?pin 1 ? ?+ 5 VDC ? ? ?| 1 ?2 ?3 | ? ? ?pin 2 ? ?+12 VDC ? ? ?+---------+ ? ? ?pin 3 ? ?Ground Anyone know what this connector is called and maybe even call out some drive names/types for which I can start the hunt? Kind regards, Sander Reiche

14 years, 2 months

TRS-80 Model 2/Model 16 ROMs

by fjkraan＠xs4all.nl

There are at least five different boot ROMs for the Model II. I posted them with some disassemblies and comment at: http://fjkraan.home.xs4all.nl/comp/trs80m2/. If someone has knowledge of another version, please let me know. Fred Jan

14 years, 2 months

VAX Maintenance Handbook, VAX-11/750

by steve_spiller＠msn.com

Does anybody have a mirror of this online somewhere? http://vt100.net/manx/details/1,2827 I find myself in possession of an 11/750 that doesn't quite work right and it seems this would aid in troubleshooting the thing. Thanks,Steve

14 years, 2 months

Lisa in Kansas City, mo

by jws＠jwsss.com

Just passing it on. I have boots on the ground there if it helps, but no interest in this (as in I don't have ownership). Listing shows some knowledge on the part of the owner. Posting: Own part of the Apple history with this RareVintage Lisa Computer. The Lisa computer was introduced by Apple in the early 80's. This Rare Vintage Lisa Computer will power up but will not accept a floppy disk. The case of the computer is in excellent condition with slight yellowing. The monitor is clear and all the keys on the keyboard appear to work with no chips on the corners. Comes with the mouse. The original price for a Lisa computer was $10,000. http://kansascity.craigslist.org/sys/2841035465.html

14 years, 2 months

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