>It never made it to CNN or MSNBC.
MSNBC's web site also altered a story the other day regarding Osama bin
Ladin and Iraq. The first release made mention that bin Ladin was calling
his people to kill Hussein. Then, when the US held a press briefing on
the same topic, and tried to make it sound as if bin Ladin was in cahoots
with Hussein, MSNBC suddenly altered their story, removing the reference.
No explination to the change. Could have been an error, could have been
an oversite, could have been a request by someone... could have been
anything. Point is, the story took a change to reflect the US governments
desired position on the topic, and they just pretened it had always been
that way.
Humm... does Winston Smith work for MSNBC?
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
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if it would be of any assistance to you.
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A few weeks ago, I got a rather nice PDP-11/34 (34A, turnkey front panel)
>from a scrap yard. They had two identical systems being used in some sort of
electronic testing devices. I only got one system because the other one
looked like it had been hit by a forklift a couple times. It wasn't in great
shape, so I salvaged some cards from it (CPU, memory, DELUA, drive
controller, UNIBUS utility stuff...).
My system is in very nice shape though. And along with the CPU, I also got
two RC25 drives, along with controllers and cables. I've never seen these
before. Can anyone tell me anything about them? They look like nice drives,
but I've never really heard much about them.
Anyway, this will be my third 11/34. Of the other two, I still have (and
very much like) one, and one has been passed on to another list member.
Anyway, more questions on recent acquisitions to come shortly, I'm sure.
--
Owen Robertson
This is from the Intellivision newsletter:
INTELLIVISION LORE FROM THE FILES OF THE BLUE SKY RANGERS: THE INTV PC-XT
COMPUTER
Most Intellivision buffs are familiar with the three attempts Mattel
Electronics made at producing a home computer: the Intellivision Keyboard
Component, the Entertainment Computer System (ECS), and the Aquarius Home
Computer System. Less well known is INTV Corp.'s foray into the computer
business: the INTV-PC/XT.
Sold only through a 1986 brochure to those on the Intellivision catalog
mailing list, the computer was touted as "From the makers of Intellivision
...a name you know. We've been around awhile. We manufacture Intellivision,
which brought a new standard of quality to home computer games in 1979.
The INTV-PC/XT does the same for personal computers today."
The brochure featured a half-dozen cartoons by Blue Sky Ranger Keith
Robinson (TRON Solar Sailer) of average people using the computer to better
their lives.
The INTV-PC/XT sold for $999.95 plus $25.00 shipping and handling. It had
switchable clock speeds: 4.7 MHz (same as the original IBM-PC) and 8 MHz.
It came with 640K RAM, IBM PC-DOS, a monochrome monitor, and two 5.25"
floppy disk drives.
In reality, the computer was simply another of the nearly identical
IBM-compatibles that a dozen generic companies were selling in the mid-1980s.
INTV didn't manufacture it, they just put their label on it.
The brochure - and the use of "XT" in the name of the computer - were a
bit misleading. The brochure claimed that "the INTV-PC/XT is a true
IBM-PC/XT compatible." Since the IBM-PC/XT (unlike the IBM-PC) came with
a built-in hard drive, it could be inferred that the INTV-PC/XT also came
with a hard drive. It didn't.
In 1986, over 300,000 people were on the Intellivision mailing list. How
many bought an INTV-PC/XT? We don't really know. If any of you out there
owned one, we'd love to hear from you!
Did you own an INTV-PC/XT? Drop us a line! > newsletter(a)intellivisionlives.com
Hey, guys.
I'm having trouble turning up information on the old Bernoulli 10 MB
drives---the ones that used 8" media---that isn't mostly rumor and
innuendo. Anybody want to take a stab at positively confirming or denying
any or all of the following?
1) The Bernoulli 10+10 uses a custom interface. I need the correct
controller card for my PC (or better, my Mac).
2) The Bernoulli 10+10 uses a SASI interface. I still need the correct
controller card for my PC (or better, my Mac).
3) The Bernoulli 10+10 will work on any classic SCSI controller. I need
the correct cable magic. (Describing the correct cable magic earns bonus
points)
Thanks
ok
bear
>>Any suggestions on building an 11/35... any other DEC boxes use the same
>>power supply? I've a couple of 11/40 KD11-A backplanes, was >>thinking
>>vaguely
>I thought the 10.5" version of the 11/35 went into a BA11-K box, with > the
>PSU across the back. The same box is used for the 10.5" version
>of the 11/05, 11/10, 11/34. You would haev to select the right PSU bricks
>for the memory your'e using -- you'd need a 20V regulator if you're fitting
>core, for example.
Tony,
That's the bugger! You just gave me the clue: one of my pdp-15s had the
power supply for the XVM-15 memory box robbed before I got it; 'they' wanted
to keep it for spares for pdp-11s. (It used the same 'black box' regulator
bricks).
Getting the -15 running was a higher priority that keeping my 11/35 intact,
so I 'sacrificed' the power supply from my 11/35 to power the pdp-15 memory.
The remains of the old 11/35 chassis must be lurking in a corner, that's why
I couldn't find it.
This is good news, it means I'll be able to build a 10.5" 11/35 (which is
what I want) out of the chassis of the 11/34 I just bought on ePay... :-) I
had no idea if the chassis/PSU was even vaguely similar... memory failing!
I will of course pay due attention to the regulators required.
Thanks to all who replied
Mike
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More closets clean out. I have the following available:
UDS-IS11 PC/ISA SCSI port card
Buslogic BT-946C PCI SCSI port card
Video card from SPARC 1+
Hard disk, Seagate ST31230N from SPARC 1+
$5 each + shipping or to the scrap yard next week.
Thanks Norm
I have an Olivetti M-18P-2 portable (in a carry-around case) which was built
by Olivetti before they became involved with AT&T. It has a hard drive
(Western Digital), floppy drive and built in 9" monitor (mono). I have the
original disks/software (PC-DOS 3.1) and software disks (Wordstar, Calcstar,
Spellstar, etc). Is anyone interested in this machine?
Its amazing what some people throw out.
I just got back from a bit of dumpster diving. I pulled from a sizable
bin:
2 - HP LJ III (but only one letter size paper tray)
HP LJ 4
HP LJ 5L
about 25 Meridian phones, and left probably as many behind. I wasn't able
to find the KSU so I didn't bother pulling any more phones out.
Some various Digital parts and cables consisting of at least: a dot
matrix looking printer, a "Remote Services Console Unit" (whatever that
is, looks like maybe a terminal switch box), a A/B switch box, looks like
maybe for printers. It has a plastic key taped to the top, that I am
guessing goes to the actual DEC CPU, but I wasn't able to find that. A
keyboard. A whole bunch of cables. Possibly some manuals, maybe other
stuff (at times I was just shoveling things into my van without really
looking at it)
Assorted power, phone, and printer cables
Canon Laser Faxmachine
2 - 14" VGA monitors.
Royal timeclock
Epson FX-256 printer manual (didn't realize I grabbed it, I left the
printer behind).
2 Ribbons for the FX-256
1up and 3up tractor feed address labels (a box of each)
2 Platronics Headset bases (but only one headset)
A Karioke machine
Maybe more stuff... I haven't sorted thru it all yet, I'll probably start
that task Monday.
Things I left behind (that I saw): Epson FX-256 printer, 3- SilentWriter
Faxmachines, Panasonic Electronic Typewriter, Princeton EGA(?) monitor,
PS2 keyboard (label said it had bad keys), AT keyboard (I broke it while
extricating it, I didn't realize I was standing on it when I pulled on
the corner). 25 or more Meridian phones and cables.
I wasn't able to find the Meridian KSU, nor the DEC CPU. But they could
be down there somewhere, along with who knows what else. It was getting
cold, and my flashlight was getting dim. I don't think I will bother
going back, so if anyone else is in my area and wants to dig, the
dumpster is outside the Gold's Gym behind Paramas Park Mall in Paramus NJ
(Actually outside the Weight Watchers, but most people know the building
by the Golds Gym. I think Weight Watchers is the one tossing everything
judging by the actual garbage that is in the dumpster, but the phones
look like too many for them, so they might be from the Remax realestate
also in that building, they would also make more sense on the computer
equipment). I will probably stop in to Weight Watchers and Remax Monday
at lunch and ask if they are the ones tossing the stuff, and if so, if
they still have the KSU and the DEC CPU, and if they are tossing them as
well.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Hi Joe
Yes, you are right. It was just a little brain rot on
my part.
Dwight
>From: Joe <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com>
>
>Dwight,
>
> Are you sure that you're not thinking of the older UPP-103 EPROM programmer?
I know that it uses a 4040 but IIRC I've opened up an iUPP-201 and I THINK it
used an 8085. The iUPP-201 looks kind of like a calculator with a keyboard on
the right side and a single line LED display above it. On the left side next to
the keyboard is large socket for the personality adapter. The personality
adapter has the socket for the EPROM or other device to be programmed. The older
iUPP-103 looks like a box with a sloping front. It has two EPROM sockets on the
right side. The personality is controlled by cards that go inside the box. FWIW
I picked up several more iUPP-103s with the massive load of intel stuff that I
got just before Christmas. I found some of the cards for them but alas no CPU
cards. Need any parts?
>
> Joe
>
>
>
>At 05:24 PM 3/3/03 -0800, Dwight wrote:
>>Hi Joe
>> When I was back at Intel, I was responsible for the test
>>used by the system test on the UPP units. I can tell you a
>>little bit about them.
>> First, I have no idea what a "upgraded the RAM memory"
>>means. These used 4002's. These work on the 4004/4040
>>bus. They are completely incompatable with other types
>>of RAM's and they also have input ports on them ( or
>>maybe it was output but I think it was inputs ).
>>The internal orginization is not compatable with ordinary
>>RAM's either( not a simple power of two type addressing ).
>> The main controller board has a 4040 uP with some ROM
>>( 4001's ). This ROM was addressed as
>>bank0. Each of the two slots for the personality cards
>>was addressed as Bank0 for slot 0 and Bank1 for slot 1.
>>This way, personality code could be accessed on either
>>bank to run the particular operation. The code on the
>>controller board ran the handshake with the parallel
>>port to the Intelec system.
>> I wish that I'd saved the schematics I'd had at Intel
>>but I was not as smart then. I'd also made a board that
>>I'd plugged into a Intelec system in place of the 4040.
>>It allowed me to test the hardware and compare ROM code
>>to make sure every thing was correct. This is also long
>>gone.
>> I once even had the ROM code for these.
>>Dwight
>>
>>
>>>From: Joe <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com>
>>>
>>>Hi Robert,
>>>
>>> Do you have any info on the internal hardware for the 201? I have one
>>that's dead.
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>At 12:01 PM 3/3/03 -0500, you wrote:
>>>>Just resurrected my Intel iUP201 Universal Programmer,
>>>>and am writing the control software for it (which will be
>>>>available for free).
>>>>
>>>>I'm wondering if anyone out there has any modules for it
>>>>that they want to get rid of? I currently have the
>>>>2708/2716/2732...27128 module and the 27128/27256 module.
>>>>I've also upgraded the RAM memory on the programmer.
>>>>
>>>>I'm in Ottawa/Ontario/Canada, but will pay shipping worldwide.
>>>>These things are pretty light.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>-RK
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Looking for Digital Equipment Corp. PDP-1 through PDP-15 minicomputers!
>>>>Robert Krten, PARSE Software Devices +1 613 599 8316.
>>>>Realtime Systems Architecture, Consulting and Training at www.parse.com
Hi Joe
When I was back at Intel, I was responsible for the test
used by the system test on the UPP units. I can tell you a
little bit about them.
First, I have no idea what a "upgraded the RAM memory"
means. These used 4002's. These work on the 4004/4040
bus. They are completely incompatable with other types
of RAM's and they also have input ports on them ( or
maybe it was output but I think it was inputs ).
The internal orginization is not compatable with ordinary
RAM's either( not a simple power of two type addressing ).
The main controller board has a 4040 uP with some ROM
( 4001's ). This ROM was addressed as
bank0. Each of the two slots for the personality cards
was addressed as Bank0 for slot 0 and Bank1 for slot 1.
This way, personality code could be accessed on either
bank to run the particular operation. The code on the
controller board ran the handshake with the parallel
port to the Intelec system.
I wish that I'd saved the schematics I'd had at Intel
but I was not as smart then. I'd also made a board that
I'd plugged into a Intelec system in place of the 4040.
It allowed me to test the hardware and compare ROM code
to make sure every thing was correct. This is also long
gone.
I once even had the ROM code for these.
Dwight
>From: Joe <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com>
>
>Hi Robert,
>
> Do you have any info on the internal hardware for the 201? I have one
that's dead.
>
> Joe
>
>
>
>At 12:01 PM 3/3/03 -0500, you wrote:
>>Just resurrected my Intel iUP201 Universal Programmer,
>>and am writing the control software for it (which will be
>>available for free).
>>
>>I'm wondering if anyone out there has any modules for it
>>that they want to get rid of? I currently have the
>>2708/2716/2732...27128 module and the 27128/27256 module.
>>I've also upgraded the RAM memory on the programmer.
>>
>>I'm in Ottawa/Ontario/Canada, but will pay shipping worldwide.
>>These things are pretty light.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>-RK
>>
>>--
>>Looking for Digital Equipment Corp. PDP-1 through PDP-15 minicomputers!
>>Robert Krten, PARSE Software Devices +1 613 599 8316.
>>Realtime Systems Architecture, Consulting and Training at www.parse.com
.Does anyone have the specs/pinout for the 60-pin and 26-pin SMD disk drive interface?
--
I have it scanned, i'll see about getting it pdf'ed and up
at www.spies.com/aek/pdf/cdc
Hi Dave
Oops, This was after my time there. Thanks for correcting
me.
Dwight
>From: "Dave Mabry" <dmabry(a)mich.com>
>
>Dwight and all,
>
>The UPP was the 4040-based eprom programmer. Joe and Robert are talking
>about the iUP-201. It's been a long time, but I also upgraded the
>memory on mine. I doubled it. I think from Intel it could have either
>of two sizes of ram chips populating it. Probably a jumper or such to
>change it from the smaller chips to the larger ones. Sorry to be vague
>about it, but I seem to only be able to remember bits and pieces of that
>life. Just ask Joe! ;-)
>
>
>
>Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
>> Hi Joe
>> When I was back at Intel, I was responsible for the test
>> used by the system test on the UPP units. I can tell you a
>> little bit about them.
>> First, I have no idea what a "upgraded the RAM memory"
>> means. These used 4002's. These work on the 4004/4040
>> bus. They are completely incompatable with other types
>> of RAM's and they also have input ports on them ( or
>> maybe it was output but I think it was inputs ).
>> The internal orginization is not compatable with ordinary
>> RAM's either( not a simple power of two type addressing ).
>> The main controller board has a 4040 uP with some ROM
>> ( 4001's ). This ROM was addressed as
>> bank0. Each of the two slots for the personality cards
>> was addressed as Bank0 for slot 0 and Bank1 for slot 1.
>> This way, personality code could be accessed on either
>> bank to run the particular operation. The code on the
>> controller board ran the handshake with the parallel
>> port to the Intelec system.
>> I wish that I'd saved the schematics I'd had at Intel
>> but I was not as smart then. I'd also made a board that
>> I'd plugged into a Intelec system in place of the 4040.
>> It allowed me to test the hardware and compare ROM code
>> to make sure every thing was correct. This is also long
>> gone.
>> I once even had the ROM code for these.
>> Dwight
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: Joe <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com>
>>>
>>>Hi Robert,
>>>
>>> Do you have any info on the internal hardware for the 201? I have one
>>
>> that's dead.
>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>At 12:01 PM 3/3/03 -0500, you wrote:
>>>
>>>>Just resurrected my Intel iUP201 Universal Programmer,
>>>>and am writing the control software for it (which will be
>>>>available for free).
>>>>
>>>>I'm wondering if anyone out there has any modules for it
>>>>that they want to get rid of? I currently have the
>>>>2708/2716/2732...27128 module and the 27128/27256 module.
>>>>I've also upgraded the RAM memory on the programmer.
>>>>
>>>>I'm in Ottawa/Ontario/Canada, but will pay shipping worldwide.
>>>>These things are pretty light.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>-RK
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Looking for Digital Equipment Corp. PDP-1 through PDP-15 minicomputers!
>>>>Robert Krten, PARSE Software Devices +1 613 599 8316.
>>>>Realtime Systems Architecture, Consulting and Training at www.parse.com
>>>
>>
>> .
>>
>
>
>--
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>Dossin Museum Underwater Research Team
>NACD #2093
Use Norton/Symantec's "Ghost." It practically copies anything to disk and
back again. Once you've ghosted it to disk, its browsable under Windoze,
and, as long as you don't change ANYTHING using any Windoze utilities, you
should be able to Ghost it back to a working drive for your lagacy system.
Cheers!
Ed
San Antonio, Tx, USA
-----Original Message-----
From: Doc Shipley [mailto:doc@mdrconsult.com]
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 11:56 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: making disk images
On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, Robert F. Schaefer wrote:
> Anyone know of an easy to make and restore disk images on peasea hardware?
> I've got a few on-topic boxes that I want to use for projects, but I also
> don't want to blow away the existing software as some of it is interesting
> and hard-to-replace. Bonus points if the image is browsable after moving
> but it must be able to restore to an identical state from basically the
bare
> metal. What I'm thinking of is a NetBSD boot disk with enough software in
> the ramdisk to dd an image onto and off of an NFS mount, but before I
start
> in on it I was wondering if anyone else had a solution.
Tom's Root/Boot Disk
http://www.toms.net/rb
Doc
I'm surprised it didn't occur to me earlier to ask what I'm about to on the list. ;-)
Fellow classic'ers, I have a very specific set of old radio service software packages that require running. Since they were written back when the 386 was still in the "Ooooh, Ahhhh!" phase, and discontinued soon after, they won't run reliably (if at all) on anything newer than a 486.
Here's what I'd like to find. A small tower-style 486, mini or mid, with PS/2 type ports for keyboard and mouse built in. Speed-wise, it should be in the DX33 or DX2/66 class. It should have switchable "Turbo/Non-Turbo" mode, either from a front-panel switch or from a keypress combination. Finally, it needs to have at least two PCI slots in addition to the usual ISA or EISA.
I also have a need to dual-boot such a box into Windows 95 to do some instrument control applications. As you might imagine, finding a system that straddles this odd middle ground is not easy. It is my understanding that both Compaq and Dell made systems that were very close to, if not exactly, what I'm describing.
Pentium systems, even the earliest ones, will NOT work in this application. It's gotta be a 486.
ALTERNATIVE: If someone can find me a late-issue National Instruments MicroChannel GPIB card, I can put the PS/2 tower I have here into the application, and it should do just fine.
Please let me know if you have something that's at least close, and some idea on price or trade. Thanks much.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com
ARS KC7GR (Formerly WD6EOS) since 12-77 -- kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
"I'll get a life when someone demonstrates that it would be superior
to what I have now..." (Taki Kogoma, aka Gym Z. Quirk)
I was sure I had an 11/35 somewhere, but I can't find the damn thing
anyplace(1)... I may have to build one (I was sure I had one because I have
an 11/35 front panel, which I seemed to recall detaching 'for safe
keeping').
Can anyone tell me the number of the power supply used in the 10 1/2" 11/35
rackmount box? Seem to recall it ran along the side, like a pdp-8e, not at
the end, like an 11/20?
Any suggestions on building an 11/35... any other DEC boxes use the same
power supply? I've a couple of 11/40 KD11-A backplanes, was thinking vaguely
of mounting one, along with the front panel, in some other DEC box... (since
11/35 meets the definition of 'fastest blinkenlights pdp-11 that can be
built in a 10 1/2" rackmount chassis').
Cheers
Mike
http://www.corestore.org
(1) being able to 'loose' an 11/35 could well be the definition of 'having
too many computers'!!!
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Hello,
I recently acquired an old HP 9821A desktop calculator. It's in good shape
cosmetically, but it has apparently had previously donated some of its
internal cards to an unknown cause. Specifically, it seems to be missing
three of the four CPU cards, and two of the three RAM cards.
A quick search of some sources suggests that some or all of the CPU cards
are identical to those in the 9810A and possibly the 9830A. I don't know
about the RAM cards, though. Obviously, the CPU and RAM cards from a 9820A
would be an exact replacement.
Any help in getting this classic beast running again will be greatly
appreciated!
Thanks,
Stan
Just in case anybody is in Manchester, UK, with a little bit more front
than me, and wants to investigate, I noticed while visiting a customer
nearby today that a scrap metal dealer in the Vaughn Industrial Estate,
Gorton, Manchester (100 yards from Ashburys station) was unloading a wagon
with pallet after pallet load of what looked like a 14" monitors and Wyse
serial terminals. From a quick look into their warehouse, they had various
other interesting pallets stacked up..
Today while at the warehouse I located my H8 and was shocked to find that 4
of the buttons were broken off the entry pad. Can anyone give me a lead on
were I can purchase a new or used pad? Also found the Floppy disk system ( 3
FD drives) and the H9 Video Terminal for it.
Here's a fellow with an Amiga 2000HD in Michigan. Please contact him
directly if interested.
Reply-to: fearfactor(a)chartermi.net
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 12:23:54 -0500
From: fearfactor <fearfactor(a)chartermi.net>
Subject: commadore Amiga
i got a complrete commadore amiga 2000HD system. ya guys prob dont want
it but i thought i would check. also a commadore (64ithink) 5" floppy
drive i can provide pics upon request.
-dave
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Hey Fred,
On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, Fred deBros wrote:
> Did u get any further in your search?
No.. I am currently trying to finish the new MOP Server project,
so thats (a) out of my way, and (b) available to people on the
list. Basically, the usual loose ends such as portability and
operation testing, and finishing the docs on it.
The InfoServer project will complement the above, in that it
will give us the ability to also net-boot VMS off any given
install host. Basically, the InfoServer client uses MOP to
kickstart things, and then uses LAST (aka LAD, aka LASTdisk)
to do the rest of the disk I/O.
Basically, I'd like to have an InfoServer running here, even if
only for fun. I also need it to reverse-engineer the LAST protocol,
since nobody seems to have a copy of its specification anymore.
So, given the fact that an InfoServer (150, 1000) is just a regular
3100-model machine, I should be able to load the friggin software
onto one, right?
Anyone? Help!
The Question:
Given a regular MV3100-model box, and a working CDROM drive on
it, HOW does one load the InfoServer stuff onto it, making it
an operational InfoServer ?
Cheers,
Fred
>From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502(a)yahoo.com>
>
>--- David Gesswein <djg(a)drs-esg.com> wrote:
>> I just got a Calcomp 563 incremental plotter.
>
>Is that powder blue, kind of an A-Frame design? I had to pass on one
>a few years ago because I could _not_ fit it into a full-sized cargo
>van - it was 2" too tall at the frame.
>
Similar
>The Calcomp Plotter I saw had a permanently affixed sprocketed mylar loop
>that you taped drafting paper down to. Perhaps you could find/make that?
>
>Maybe we are not talking about the same device. You have pictures?
>
That idea might work but making the loop will be some work. Haven't
had any luck on finding paper yet.
Do now. http://www.pdp8.net/563/563.shtml
I just got a VAX 6000. More details on the system itself will come later.
Right now, I need to move it the short distance from its warehouse it my
garage. I will probably do this tomorrow. I want to run my logistics plan by
the list and see if there are any problems.
Basically, my idea is to borrow my parents' utility trailer, throw an old
mattress (which I have) in it, lay the VAX on its side on top of the
mattress, and tie down. 3.5 miles later, we'll slide the VAX off and push it
upright. Repeat the process to get the other cabinet.
My only concern ATM is laying the VAX on its side. That won't damage the
enclosure, will it?
--
Jeffrey Sharp
I looked around at http://www.spies.com/~aek/pdf/hp/ and found most of the
hardware docs I would want for my 2113E and 2117F, but didn't really see any
hardware reference docs for a 2100A CPU.
I also didn't find any 2100A hardware docs at
http://oscar.taurus.com/~jeff/2100/
Anywhere else I should look for docs online?
>I love these boxes, but then, I'm biased. Think most of the docs are up on
>Al's website. If there's something you can't find feel free to drop me a
>line.
>
>Jay West
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> Fellow classic'ers, I have a very specific set of old radio service
>software packages that require running. Since they were written back when
>the 386 was still in the "Ooooh, Ahhhh!" phase, and discontinued soon
>after, they won't run reliably (if at all) on anything newer than a 486.
I have some friends that make the same claim. That they have
radio/scanner programming software that will NOT work on anything newer
than a 386. I'm curious... WHY? What happens at the faster speeds that
makes it useless? I've tried asking my friends, but they are clueless on
these matters (and actually, all except one had no idea, they were making
the claim simply because they were told that was the case... only one
claims to have actually tried it).
Is it something that is solveable by running some kind of speed killing
software (I had an app that did that. I used it to play old DOS games on
newer Pentium machines. The graphics ran so fast that the games were
unplayable, so I ran this processor stealing software and it slows the
machine down by the % you tell it to).
> Here's what I'd like to find. A small tower-style 486, mini or mid, with
>PS/2 type ports for keyboard and mouse built in. Speed-wise, it should be
>in the DX33 or DX2/66 class. It should have switchable "Turbo/Non-Turbo"
>mode, either from a front-panel switch or from a keypress combination.
>Finally, it needs to have at least two PCI slots in addition to the usual
>ISA or EISA.
Ugh.... should have asked a few months ago. I just junked scores of
486's. I'm sure one of them probably fit your bill (or at least came
close). I have some more coming up to be scrapped, so I'll keep an eye
out.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Jim Battle <frustum(a)pacbell.net>
Reply-To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 20:27:27 -0800
>At 06:34 PM 3/2/03 -0500, you wrote:
>>I have put up a set of pages on the Wang OIS System.Currently, it can run most of the OS utilities, program development, and
>>Wang Word Processing. I have tested it with Red Hat Linux 7.2 and 7.3.
>>The pages are located at http://www.cass.net/~jdonoghu
>
>That is excellent, Jim!
>
>Is there any chance of talking you to convert your emulator to use
>wxWindows ( http://www.wxwindows.org )? It is a cross-platform GUI and
>system toolkit. It is quite well done, and would allow running your
>emulator on a much larger range of platforms (PC, linux/unix, Mac, OS/2,
>...) It is rather well done, has a very active developer community, and
>uses the native look & feel of the targeted GUI (it will look like a GTK
>app if that is what you link to, or a Motif app, or Win32, or XP, OS X, etc.)
>
I have considered this, but I've never done any Windows programming, and I'm using UNIX IPC to communicate between processes. The emulator consists of a Master process that represents the master CPU unit, and one or more Slave processes (each their own Z80 emulator) that represent the workstations. You can have up to four active Slave processes attached to the master (it gets slower the more slaves you run.).
This is pretty neat.A Plato terminal. I never knew a on-line community
existed before Lee Feldstein's Community Memory project.In hindsight it
looks like he was trying to copy Plato.
A Description:
Welcome to PLATO.
The PLATO system, started way back in 1960, was developed as a
technological solution to delivering individualized instruction, in
thousands of subjects from algebra to zoology, to students in schools
and universities across the nation. As the system grew and evolved, it
became, pretty much by accident, the first major online community, in
the current sense of the term. In the early 1970s, people lucky enough
to be exposed to the system discovered it offered a radically new way of
understanding what computers could be used for: computers weren't just
about number-crunching (and delivering individualized instruction), they
were about people connecting with people. For many PLATO people who came
across PLATO in the 1970s, this was a mind-blowing concept
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In a message dated 3/2/2003 11:36:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,
jhfinepw4z(a)compsys.to writes:
> For drives with any file structure, Ghost V7.0 can make an exact
> copy of the drive and restore every block in the exact same location.
> With SCSI drives or drives where the controller does the bad block
> mapping, this allows the image to be restored on the same size or
> larger drive. When the bad blocks are handled by the OS, then
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>
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>
This is probably true for only FATxx,and NTFS partitions though. I don't
think HPFS is supported anymore, unfortunately. I know on earlier versions,
the image source and target must be the same size.
--
Antique Computer Virtual Museum
www.nothingtodo.org
I have put up a set of pages on the Wang OIS System. The OIS is a minicomputer system based on the Zilog Z80 processor. It was made from 1979 until around 1990. I also have an OIS emulator in development. Currently, it can run most of the OS utilities, program development, and Wang Word Processing. I have tested it with Red Hat Linux 7.2 and 7.3.
The pages are located at http://www.cass.net/~jdonoghu
Hi All,
I have a free dynalogic KDM-900 to a good home. Just pay shipping
and it's yours. It was part of my dynalogic system. This is the only
part I have left and I hate tossing. If you want to see it , please go
to:
http://idisk.mac.com/colourfull_creations/Public/ads/kdm.jpg
Thanks
Rob
Found this a few days ago. I think it's a SASI to ST-412 bridge board. Does anyone have more information on it? It has a 50 pin ribbaon cable header on one end. The other end has a 34 pin card edge connector, nearby are two 20 pn ribbon cable headers and a 4 pin molex power cable connector. Anyone have a manual for it?
Joe
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Hello, all:
I have a business trip out to the Bay Area next week (and then on to
Los Angeles). I will probably have a few hours to kill up in the Bay Area.
What are your recommentations for places to visit, including places for
surplus equipment?
Thanks.
Rich
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I can't find the message from the person from the
Philadelphia area that spoke about running a recycling
service with some old equipment to get rid of...
You wouldn't have any TRS-80 Equipment would you?
This whole Model IV thread has got me interested in
getting a working unit again.
Contact me off list if you do.
I would also be interested in any Atari ST or Amiga
Equipment as well..
Regards,
Al
Very interesting reading,
I also have a few 8088 games the will not run on
todays machines,mostly due the the hardcoded timeing
loops.
one would think that by now someone would write a cpu
slowdown pgm that does not affect the hardcoded
graphics code - like all the current ones do.
i have most of the ge numalogic "pc loader" for the
pc900 - pc1100 and the pc based programer for ge
series 6 model 60 plc's.
i also have to use a 486 and lower on the plc and
motorola radio programming software.
the reason that these programs will not run on a
faster then 486 (some only run releably on a 286)
is that the cpu speed runs the coded loops too fast.
that results in the pgm trying to read/write to the
device (radio or plc) faster then the programs i/o
instructions can respond.
i have had no trouble useing high speed serial ports
with the newer uart's.
the slowdown programs "time wasting cpu loop" does
slow down the program run, but the loop chops up the
i/o also and the devices always want 100% of the i/o
ports attenation - which results in the i/o loop being
droped and/or the program hanging or looping.
the problem could be a good one though, at least we do
have a use for the 8088's to 486's ;)
Bill
Message: 30
From: "TeoZ" <teoz(a)neo.rr.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Looking for a 486 system...
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 12:00:32 -0500
Reply-To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org
Those packages have the same problems as older dos
games.
http://www.oldskool.org/pc/help/oldonnew/
"The second advantage is a natural resistance to
obscure programming
techniques, like self-modifying code. The 80386
doesn't have an
internal
cache like the 486 and higher, so most self-modifying
code works as
good as
it did on the original 8088."
I found alot of install routines written when the 386
was around would
cause
errors on faster machines because they hard coded
timer loops for user
input.
Since the PLC software uses the comm ports and they
are most likely
buffered
newer computers feed the data too fast for the serial
port.
One thing to try on faster machines is to disable
internal and external
cache in the system bios, then hit the turbo button to
slow the
processor
down to 8mhz (if possible)
If you really need a 386 motherboards with chip and
memory can be found
on
ebay really cheap, but are not too common. Buying an
old 386 from ebay
isn't
worth it because of the shipping costs of the heavy
boat anchors, but
motherboards are cheap. Getting a case from a local
thrift store to run
it
in wouldn't be too expensive.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Rice" <jrice54(a)charter.net>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 6:42 AM
Subject: Re: Looking for a 486 system...
> When I was working in process controls, we had PLC
programming
software
> from two different companies that would only run on
certain
processors.
> The original SLC-500 series software from
Allen-Bradley would not run
on
> a 486, but would scream on a 286 or 386. As soon as
you tried to run
it
> on a 486 or higher, instant crash, taking DOS
totally down to the
point
> only pushing the reset would reboot it. The PLC-2
series from ICOM
> would run on 8088-Pentiums, but faster than a 286
and the comm port
> control routines refused to communicate with the
system making it
> totally useless. There was a MMI package we used,
the names elludes
me
> (it's early) that wouldn't run if installed on a
hard drive over
240mb.
> It had a space checking routine that couldn't handle
hard drives over
> 240mb, or a processor over a 486DX25. It would
crash if either the
> drive was too large or if the system was too fast.
All of this
software
> was still current in 1994-98.
>
> As far as finding an older system, except for the
386 that is kind of
a
> museum piece, we scrapped eveything below 1ghz a
couple of months
ago.
Saw this on another list I'm subbed to...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3403896676&category=3706
>Operational DEC GIGAswitch/FDDI Loaded with line cards and operational
>Several MIC Fddi Cables Also
>
>DEC GIGAswitch/ATM
>
with a buy-it-now of $0.01(US). The catch:
>You have to Arrange Shipping....... and pay for it...
>
Er, Um, well, it's at least partially true that it's a PLATO terminal.
It looks like a CDC 7xx "Viking" terminal.
IIRC it was your basic serial RS-232 ASCII terminal, with some escape codes
that could put it into "PLATO" mode, which had its own proprietary character
and graphics command codes.
At least some of these had what many think is the worst keyboard ever
designed, with very heavy springs plus lots of friction on every key and no
click orfeedback whether you'd pressed the key far enough to register. Felt
like you were pressing onto cookie dough.
Not much you can do with the PLATO aspects of the terminal, unless you get a
CDC Cyber simulator going, plus a PLATO binary, plus a multiplexer
emulator...
Regards,
George
> From: Kevin Monceaux <OwnedByDogs(a)grandecom.net>
>
> The thread has inspired me to pull my Model IV out
> of the closet and fire it up. Still works great.
> Some of the keys on the keyboard are a bit
> stubborn. Anyone have any tips for negotiating
> with the Model IV keyboard. I've never tried
> taking it apart.
>
> Kevin
It's an epidemic!!!
*Grin!*
I can't say for sure this will work, but what I used
to do on Model I keyboards is to pop the tops off the
keyboard, blast them with a little compressed air, and
then a little bit of TV Tuner Cleaner.
IF, the Model IV keyboard is one you can do that with.
If this keyboard has sealed keys, and you can't see
the contacts, you might just have dust and crud under
the keys.
Again, popping the keys and hitting them with a little
bit of alcohol should help that.
Check whatever cleaning solution you use to make sure
it doesn't eat plastic.
Good luck, and enjoy!!!!
Regards,
Al
> The key taped on top lets the VAX be switched from the VT to the
>modem, thus allowing DEC access to the computer. What color is the key?
Kind of grey. It looks like a tube lock type key, but there is nothing in
the center. So the whole key seems to just be the one little pin sticking
out from it. Obviously not meant for security, but more to prevent
accidental turning of the "lock".
And it came untaped from the top in transport, so now the key is loose in
a box with all the cables. I didn't notice anything I grabbed that looked
like it could use the key.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Thanks for the assistance to date!
Actually, I have a second M7800 card installed on the PDP-11/10 machine. I
was having so much difficulty with getting a 20mA terminal (LA36-DP - OEM of
an LA36) to work, I just about disabled the console SLC and reconfigured the
the M7800 to work as the console! I also have M780 spares if I need them.
(If anyone knows anything about the dip switches on the DataSouth Printer
board in the LA-36DP P/n 5120000-1, I would be most grateful!)
As far as memory, there are two 16kw core systems installed on this machine.
I also have lots of paper tapes (mostly diagnostics, but also Fortran
compiler), and 9-track tapes. I am needing to know what I am looking for to
get RT-11 running. What did DEC call their install tapes? eg. Is the
"RT-11 V03B BIN MT9 1/2" tape the boot/install tape?
Is RT-11 the easiest O/S to get installed? I want to get to a point where I
can verify the hardware is all running.
As far as media devices, I have 3 x RK05, 1 x TS03, 2 x RX01, 1 x TU58. I
am trying to decide what will be moved to the PDP-11/10 from the 11/20. The
goal is to have the PDP-11/20 up and running. Getting the PDP-11/10 is just
a step along the way.
Where is this VTServer people had mentioned? I don't recall this item.
Thanks.
--barryM
>From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502(a)yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
>To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
>Subject: Re: resurrecting a PDP-11/10
>Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 08:14:12 -0800 (PST)
>
>--- pavl <pzachary(a)sasquatch.com> wrote:
> > I would strongly recommend using TU58.exe on a host pc to emulate a
> > serial tape drive on your second serial port (you DO have a second slu?)
>
>On a machine that old? Unlikely. Machines of the era before the DZ-11,
>and especially machines that were not destined for timesharing, tended
>to have few serial ports, - a console and probably nothing else. It was
>a boon that a low-end Qbus machine commonly came with a DLV11J with a
>port for the console, a port for a TU58 and two more ports for DECwriters
>or machine-to-machine communication or whatever.
>
>It's easy enough to _add_ a second SLU card, (DL-11something), _if_
>you have one lying around (which I expect he doesn't).
>
> > to boot RT11 off virtual tape so you can poke around and build a system
> > from there.
>
>As a place to put RT-11, a virtual TU58 isn't a bad idea. Hopefully
>wharever emulator you have can emulate both units - the TU58 is kinda
>small, even compared with 8" floppies.
>
> > VTserver is really amazingly great, but you may not have enough ram and
> > booting RT or XXDP from a slu will give you better diagnostics to assess
> > your RK05,etc
>
>How much RAM does VTserver require? Older versions of RT-11 (those
>contemporary with the 11/10) are usable at aroun 8KW, IIRC. Of course
>the full 28KW is nice, especially if you want to run large apps like
>ADVENT, but the CUSPS should all run with minimal RAM.
>
>-ethan
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