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Epson HX20 terminal emulaotr (and other software) wanted.

by ard＠p850ug1.demon.co.uk

Hopefully this won;t develop into a flamewar.... I am looking for a terminal emoulator program that runs on the Epson HX20. The copy of SIDHA-Dialog that was on a website is corrupt. I contacted the website owner, he agrees, in fact it's not a tar fiel atall, but an html error page!. Does anyone know of a terminal emulator for the HX20? I also read a rumour that there was a FORTH ROM for the HX20 that plugged into the empty ROM socket in the machine. Does anyone have an image of that or, inded, images of any other option ROMs for it? Thanks in advnce for any help -tony

14 years, 3 months

pdp8a assistance tapes terminals i dunno?

by tdk.knight＠gmail.com

hi got couple thing i'm in need of some paper tapes for my 8a that i appear to be missing so i am unable to do much with my Manichean atm anyone up for making copies i don't have a way of hooking my asr33 into my laptop or my h10 high speed punch reader DEC-08-AJAE-PB DEC-08-ESAC-PB DEC-08-CDDB-PB DEC-08-LBAA-PM DEC-08-LPALA-A-PB these were also suggested to me by CMGauger on irc DEC-08-LRAA-D DEC-08-LBAA-D DEC-08-LHAA-D DEC-08-ESAB-D DEC-08-ASAB-D DEC-08-CMAA-D DEC-08-ARXA-D DEC-08-CDDB-D DEC-08-COCO-D DEC-08-AJAD-D DEC-08-AFCO-D DEC-08-KFXB-D os8? or am i nuts? but yea for sure i need a bin loader i got several rolls of asr33 tape and paper... also got one roll of the black tape for the h10 i could trade and bunch of h11 software on tape if anyone wants to trade?? i don't have the abillity to hook my modern computer up to my asr witch is a laptop a i have the fallowing tapes already MAINDEC-08-DJKMA-B-PM2 4/7/76 KM8-A OPTION TEST #2 MAINDEC-08-DJKMA-B-PM1 4/7/76 KM8-A OPTION TEST #2 MAINDEC-08-DJDKA-C-PS1 6/24/77 DKC8-AA OPTION TEST #1 MAINDEC-08-DJEXS-A-PB 6/24/77 2K TO 32K PDP-8A PROCESSOR EXERCISER MAINDEC-08-DJKMA-B-PM4 4/7/76 KM8-A OPTION TEST #2 MAINDEC-08-DJKKA-C-PB1 6/24/77 PDP-8/A CPU TEST MAINDEC-08-DJMSA-A-PB 6/24/77 1-4K MSA-A MOS MEMORY TEST and these fisher scientific tapes >> http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6067/6089172843_c1d5cb15c5_b.jpg i have a sr33 for communicating atm with the 8a i've got a dataram dr-118a 16kx12 16k stack ready to go in dunno w its jumpers need to be at on it to work with my 8k also would a serial cable from a pdp 11 (currently attached to a m8028) work with my 8a if i was to use it with my m8316 rev D connecting to a usb to serial if that would work any suggestions? note if your going to freak on me for spelling and or grammar i tried my best i suffer from dyslexia and its frustrating to be me so plzz bare with me :'( adrian stoness

14 years, 3 months

cctech Digest, Vol 101, Issue 33

by michael.99.thompson＠gmail.com

> From:?Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> > Date:?Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:45:10 -0800 > Subject:?Re: CHM's PDP-1 (was Re: PDP-8/I at the RICM) > > We had around 65,000 visitors last year. With that many members of the general public > in an exhibit, theft and vandalism becomes a real concern. Along with that, many people > feeling the need to touch artifacts, climb on platforms, and try to do things like open > equipment drawers. I volunteer for a Steam Engine and Wireless Radio Museum. http://www.newsm.org. We usually get about 1,000 visitors in 6 hours during our annual Steam-Up. Keeping a close watch on everyone is very difficult. A visitor actually brought tools so they could steal parts from an engine governor. -- Michael Thompson

14 years, 3 months

RDB/VMS for Vax

by jonas＠otter.se

>> > Just looked around at the Oracle Site but found nothing for VAX. Does >> > anyone have an idea how to get RDB for VAX? > I have it. Contact me off-list. A couple of years ago you could download it from Oracle's site. You will probably have to register first (free) but as a developer or consultant or whatever you can usually download their products for free. It is not easy to find, there is no obvious link to it from anywhere you usually find when poking around. You will probably need to search for it. I think I have a reasonably recent (~2-3 years old?) version of it too on a CD image somewhere. I know it is running on my SIMH. I could look for it if you need it. /Jonas

14 years, 3 months

Wanted: HP 21MX boards

by mloewen＠cpumagic.scol.pa.us

I'm looking for a couple of boards to get my 2109E configured for running RTE-IVB or RTE-6VM: 12747A 128KB Memory Module (1 or 2) 12731A Memory Expansion Module 12791A Firmware Expansion Module If anyone has any spares, please respond privately with your asking price. If you know of any sources BESIDES Crisis Computer, Monterey Bay Communications or Alant??, I'd also be interested. Thanks. Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/

14 years, 3 months

Stuff for sale/free (Seattle area)

by derschjo＠mail.msu.edu

I'm in the process of moving a bunch of my computer collection into storage as part of an effort to de-clutter my far-too-cluttered house. In so doing I've decided to thin the collection a bit. This stuff is in the Seattle area, and I really really really prefer local pickup, especially for the heavy items. Items are free unless otherwise noted. More details available upon request. Thanks! Josh Computers: SGI Indy R5000 - $20 - No hard drive or RAM, but was working the last time I powered it up (which was several years ago.) I can probably scrounge up some 72-pin SIMMs for it if needed. SGI Indigo2 - $100 - R10K, Max Impact with 4MB TRAMs, 4gb drive and (iirc) 768MB RAM. Very nice system but I don't use it much anymore (and I have a better equipped Octane for those days I do want to play with a nice SGI :)). Sun Ultra 10 - $20 - 512MB RAM, 60GB drive, "Penguin" PC coprocessor. Acorn A5000 - Complete, but faceplate got damaged in shipping so it's kind of ugly. Has 240V power supply, I had tested this at one point with a 120V supply and it seemed to be working. NVRAM battery has been removed (after causing mild corrosion on the PCB, but nothing irreversable). No keyboard/mouse. 2x IBM PC Convertibles - Complete, working. Printer & RS232 expansion modules, and a pair of carrying cases. Now you can outclass those Macbook-using snobs at Starbucks. (Or perhaps not.) 3x Macintosh Portables. $30 for the lot. None in working condition, none with hard drives. Other than that, they're complete. Impress your friends with a laptop that weighs more than a small car. IBM RS/6000 (Type 7043-140) - 233Mhz 604e, unknown amount of RAM (I can power it up and find out if you're interested.) Includes gigantic POWER GXT800P video card. Was working last time I powered it up. 2x "ePod" tablet computers (w/box) - (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPod) Windows CE 3.0-based tablet device, color 640x480 screen, PCMCIA. A tablet years ahead of its time, or a useless doorstop? You be the judge. Non-Computers: Shibaden FP-107-1B TV Camera - The Seattle Science Center was tossing this out a few years back, and I couldn't let it get scrapped. It's a heavy old video camera from the late 60s. Complete with lenses but I've nothing to hook it up to so who knows if it works. Has some nifty tubes in it, though!

14 years, 3 months

cctech Digest, Vol 101, Issue 31

by michael.99.thompson＠gmail.com

> From:?silvercreekvalley <silvercreekvalley at yahoo.com> > Date:?Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:23:18 -0800 (PST) > Subject:?Sun 1 optical mouse > I have a few early Sun mice. These all have 3 buttons and a black case. The logo on the front > is the usual Sun diamond but is more of a blue colour rather than the later purple. I have one of those, made by Mouse Systems. It has the RJ-11 connector. > Does anyone know if Sun's ever supported 3MBit ethernet? I have a PDF file of a 1982 Sun manual titled SUN 3MBit Ethernet Board. I think that the Ethernet board in my Sun 2/120 is jumperable 3MBit/10MBit. -- Michael Thompson

14 years, 3 months

Mac Museum

by macabb＠carolina.rr.com

>> I have this huge collection of Macs (302 different), accessories, software, manuals, magazines, and all such related. >> I have collected these since '84, and have these in my 1400 Sq ft house. I just turned 68, and my aging takes a toll on my work. I'm at the point where I'd like to sell the collections. In my opinion, they belong in the US - the home of their creations. >> I have been advised (by John and James of Retromacast) that the collection is worth millions, though my estimate is $990,000. >> Might you know other Mac curators who at least would like to talk? I would not like to have this historic collection broken up. >> All your ideas and info are appreciated. When you return from your collecting trip, or whenever you have time, I'd like to chat. > Steve Abbott eMail: macabb at carolina.rr.com Site: www.macabb.com Mail: 6500 Deermont Ct, Charlotte, NC 28211

14 years, 3 months

cctalk Digest, Vol 101, Issue 57

by jfoust＠threedee.com

At 12:14 PM 1/19/2012, Shoppa, Tim wrote: >In the auto junkyard world there's the concept of "salvage title" for motor vehicles and the whole process is nicely codified by the state. >In the military surplus world there's the concept of "de-milling" surplus but I'd be surprised if that applied to a pile of Macs. Any computer recycler of any significant size has procedures to reassure commercial clients that their hard drives will be wiped in a bonded fashion in order to comply with their industry requirements for data privacy. In my experience, perhaps a third of today's PC consumers ask about what'll happen to their hard drive when they give me an old computer for recycling. They just want to be assured I'll erase their drive. Maybe one consumer in a hundred asks to keep their hard drive so they can destroy it themselves, and I'd say most of them don't know how to do it. - John

14 years, 3 months

RDB/VMS for Vax

by oe5ewl＠gmail.com

Hi, as being a bit sick at the moment and at home from work I'm playing around with my SIMH-Vax. After a few days of work and re-learning old skills it now runs smoothly on my home network. TCP/IP is up, also all major Programming Languages and that stuff. It's no performance-beast but I enjoy to use it. Now I'd like to re-use some of my older sources that rely on RDB. I believe it is open for hobbyist use - license-wise. Just looked around at the Oracle Site but found nothing for VAX. Does anyone have an idea how to get RDB for VAX? Regards, Wolfgang -- Wolfgang Eichberger - OE5EWL Operating System Collector Blog: 5ewl.blogspot.com Homepage: www.eichberger.org

14 years, 3 months

Sun 1 optical mouse

by silvercreekvalley＠yahoo.com

I have a few early Sun mice. These all have 3 buttons and a black case. The logo on the front is the usual Sun diamond but is more of a blue colour rather than the later purple. One of the mice (part number 530-0307 Rev A) has the earlier orange Sun logo on the back, and is fitted with the DA15 style connector (15 pin). The other mice although looking similar, have RJ style connectors. They are also stamped on the back with 'Sun 2'. Does anyone know if Sun's ever supported 3MBit ethernet?

14 years, 3 months

cctalk Digest, Vol 101, Issue 57

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

> It's just like a junkyard. They buy wrecked/broken cars and sell them for parts or scrap metal. In the auto junkyard world there's the concept of "salvage title" for motor vehicles and the whole process is nicely codified by the state. In the military surplus world there's the concept of "de-milling" surplus but I'd be surprised if that applied to a pile of Macs. Tim.

14 years, 3 months

Old dgital videos

by classiccmp＠earthlink.net

I have two video cassette tapes from "digital media services" (DEC). Both are Copyright 1976. One is: Introduction to Minicomputers Instruction Sets EY-A0083-VT-001 The other is: Introduction to Minicomputers I/O Techniques EY-A0090-VT-001 These are obviously part of a series "Introduction to Minicomputers." Does anyone have any of the other tapes? Are they archived somewhere? Should they be archived somewhere? Are they a part of a larger set of educational materials for a course?

14 years, 3 months

OCR software for numeric (binary) data

by iamcamiel＠gmail.com

Hi Everyone, I have a bunch of PDF files that contain the microcode listings for an IBM 7201-02 CE (enhanced system/360 model 65), like this one: http://ibm360-console.wikispaces.com/file/view/QZ001.pdf. I need their contents for the emulator that drives my '65 control panel. Unfortunately, the OCR software I have tries to recognize English words, and makes gibberish out of them. I'm only interested in the 1's and 0's, so it would be wonderful if there was OCR software that you can tell only to look for 0's and 1's (or have some bias towards recognizing characters as a 1 or 0. Is anyone here aware of such software, or can anyone recommend a program that might do a good job with these? I've been copying sections by hand, but that gets very tedious when there's 2,816 lines of data, each having 100 0's and 1's... Cheers, Camiel

14 years, 3 months

Beehive B100 manual

by legalize＠xmission.com

The cover picture from the manual was erroneously omitted from the scan. PDF updated. This manual is clearly a photocopy of an original, but until an original shows up for me to scan, this is better than nothing. <http://manx.classiccmp.org/collections/legalize/beehive/B100_Operators_Manua l.pdf> -- "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, 3 months

Beehive B100 manual

by legalize＠xmission.com

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14 years, 3 months

VAX-11/751 available

by wdonzelli＠gmail.com

I have a VAX-11/751 that could be available, if someone dangles a nice enough carrot in front of me. The '751 is the oddball rackmount version of the VAX-11/750. It is currently in an Applicon cabinet, which is going away pretty quickly. The rest of the Applicon CAD system is long gone - I never had it. I have not tested the VAX, but it looks to be in very nice condition. Tempt me with mainframe stuff, or older minicomputer stuff. Or tempt me other ways. When is the last time you saw a '751, VAX collectors? -- Will, in 10512

14 years, 3 months

Mac Museum

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

>>>>> the collection is worth millions, though my estimate is $990,000. There is an episode of Taxi where Jim burns down Louie's (Danny DeVito's) apartment and Louie, knowing that Jim's dad is super rich, tries to decide on the exact right amount to ask for in monetary compensation, not too little, not too much, getting close to nice round numbers, but avoiding nice round numbers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urcsxzXAUeA

14 years, 3 months

UCSD p-System as seen by NSA in 1985

by dan＠decodesystems.com

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) recently declassified a number of articles from their _Cryptologic Quarterly_ publication, including a six-page review from 1985 of the UCSD p-System. The report is available in PDF at http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/cryptologic_quarterly/The_UCSD_p_Syst… Cheers, Dan dan at decodesystems.com www.decodesystems.com

14 years, 3 months

PDP-11 Values from MFPT

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

> I assume that it would be extremely difficult, probably not worth the > effort, to modify the high order byte of the MFPT instruction at this > point for the 3rd party PDP-11 CPU boards, such as from Mentec. > Can anyone comment on this assumption? Might there be another > way for hardware to the tell a user which 3rd party board is being > used as a PDP-11? Late versions of 11M+ use some fine details (timing?) to differentiate between a J11, and the Mentec M1 and M100 (not J11 based). Most of the 3rd party boards (including much of the Mentec stuff) are "just J11's" maybe sped up/speed selected. Tim.

14 years, 3 months

PS/2 Keyboard adapter for TRS-80?

by dm561＠torfree.net

----- Original Message: Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:56:28 -0200 From: "Alexandre Souza - Listas" <pu1bzz.listas at gmail.com> > I don't have a Mod IV. But if I build something here in Brazil, will you > be able to duplicate it there? As long as the instructions aren't in Portuguese ;-) You might also talk to Jim Brain; he had/has/will have a PS/2 > matrix kbd adapter for CBM machines and I assume that it would just be a matter of revising the matrix layout for a Mod IV. http://store.go4retro.com/c-key-keyboard-adapter/ I gather that although the old version is still available he's more or less abandoned it and is working on a more flexible USB version now. Someone else is also working on a cheap and simple version for a PET, but there's always room for one more, especially if it actually appears ;-) ************************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al Hartman" <alhartman at yahoo.com> To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 6:11 PM Subject: PS/2 Keyboard adapter for TRS-80? > Does anyone on the list know if there is an adapter for TRS-80s (Model > I/III/IV) to use PS/2 Keyboards? > > Cloud-9 makes one for the Color Computer, but the keyboard matrix between > the two families are slightly different. > > My friend has a Model IV with a bad keyboard (the thin film ribbon is > damaged) and replacement keyboards don't come up on eBay all that often. > > Thanks! > > Al Hartman

14 years, 3 months

Call for papers Computing Frontier 2012

by computing.comp＠study.beds.ac.uk

### Apologies for cross-posting / multiple copies ### Call for Paper ACM conference Computing Frontier 2012 I am Glad to invite you to participate in the upcoming conference, IEEE computing Frontier 2012 The 9th ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers May 15-17, 2012, Cagliari, Italy Sponsored by ACM SIGMICRO http://www.computingfrontiers.org The increasing complexity, performance, cost and energy efficiency needs of current and future applications require novel and innovative approaches for the design of computing systems. Boundaries between state of the art and revolutionary innovation constitute the computing frontiers that must be pushed forward to provide the support required for the advancement of science, engineering and information technology. The Computing Frontiers conference focuses on a wide spectrum of advanced technologies and radically new solutions relevant to the development of the whole spectrum of computer systems, from embedded to high-performance computing. Authors are invited to submit full papers to the main conference and Ph.D. students are invited to submit an extended abstract for a special Ph.D. forum and poster session We seek contributions on novel computing paradigms, computational models, application paradigms, computer architecture, development environments, compilers, or operating environments. Papers are solicited in, but not limited to, the following areas: ? Applications, programming and performance analysis of advanced architectures ? Next-generation high performance computing and systems ? Accelerators: many-core, GPU, custom, reconfigurable, embedded, and hybrid ? Defect- and variability-tolerant designs, dependable computing ? Power and energy efficiency: architectures, compilers and algorithms ? Virtualization and virtual machines ? Cloud-, internet-scale, service-oriented and smart infrastructure computing ? Compilers and operating systems: adaptive, run-time, and auto-tuning ? System management and security ? Impact of novel technology (e.g. NV memory, silicon photonics) on computing ? Computational neuroscience, neuromorphic and biologically-inspired architectures ? Computational aspects of intelligent systems and robotics ? Reconfigurable, autonomic, organic, and self-organizing computation and systems ? Interfaces and visualization for emerging applications and systems ? Novel frontiers in computational science and scientific data repositories ? Storing, managing, analysing, and searching large data sets (" big data ") ? Sensors and sensor networks. EXTENDED DEADLINES Paper Submission Deadline January 25, 2012 Ph.D. Forum Deadline January 25, 2012 Author Notification March 7, 2012 Best wishes, Kathiravan.T

14 years, 3 months

Who got the VT62?

by bqt＠softjar.se

On 2012-01-17 07.58, Eric Smith<eric at brouhaha.com> wrote: > Jonathan Katz wrote: > > So there isn't an RS-232 or similar off the back and you can't just > jack it into your Linux box? > > I think it uses some kind of multidrop signalling rather than EIA-232. > > Even if it uses EIA-232, it's still not going to be much use on a Linux > box, unless you write Linux software that knows how to talk to it. It > is a block-mode terminal, not character mode. It doesn't send one byte > over a serial port every time you hit a key, and it doesn't display a > character each time a byte comes in. Trying to use it on a serial line > with a getty process would be an exercise in futility. No. The VT62 use a normal RS-232 serial asynch line, sending and receiving bytes just like any other plain terminal. It really is just an improved VT52, adding a reverse video attribute. I had one, which I used for about 15 years. It's still around, but I more or less donated it to a computer club. If you want to hook it up to your Unix system, just go ahead. No problems. However, unless you create a termcap entry, you'll probably be stuck with the VT52 entry, which means you won't see any reverse video stuff anywhere, since I don't think any termcap/terminfo databases I've seen ever had the VT62. Johnny

14 years, 3 months

Who got the VT62?

by legalize＠xmission.com

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14 years, 3 months

ebay spotting ba11-m drawings

by tdk.knight＠gmail.com

duno if anyone cares but theres a set of engineering drawings for the ba11-m http://www.ebay.com/itm/DEC-Digital-Equipment-BA11-M-Original-Manual-Circ-1… also keep an eye on him hes says hes got more stuff of the sort to list

14 years, 3 months

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