- test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org - classiccmp.org

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

My understand of PDP-1s is that if there are 10 left it's a lot. the only two I know of was the BCM Machine and one up in Whitehorse {or was it Yellowknife} running Log/wood mill accounting system. Allison -----Original Message----- From: John Allain <allain(a)panix.com> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 10:16 AM Subject: Re: value of classic DEC machines? >>> Now a PDP-1 would certainly be worth 100KUS$, > >>..to a collector who had US$100K to throw away and >> absolutely HAS to have the first PDP-1... > >Worth, Costs, Is Valued at... all highly relativistic concepts >don't you think? > >What about history? My book says that only 50 PDP-1's >were produced. Almost certainly 50%++ were scrapped. >Anybody know where all the PDP-1's are? I'd like to see >one (or more). > >John A. > > >BTW, on thread. A good clean runnung PDP-11 with SW >and docs can fetch over $4K, to the original question. > >John A. > >

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electronics/computer surplus in Virginia?

by brian＠quarterbyte.com

Does anyone know of any electronics / computer surplus and/or computer / electronics recycling companies in the greater Portsmouth - Norfolk - Virginia Beach - Suffolk - Chesapeake, Virginia area? Thanks, Brian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _| _| _| Brian Knittel / Quarterbyte Systems, Inc. _| _| _| Tel: 1-510-559-7930 Fax: 1-510-525-6889 _| _| _| Email: brian(a)quarterbyte.com _| _| _| http://www.quarterbyte.com

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Caddy for one DEC-RDD40 external cdrom unit

by CAA007216＠mail.ono.es

Hello. Do anyone has one Caddy for one DEC-RDD40 external cdrom unit ? Mine starts and is detected but need this item to work. Thanks Sergio Pedraja

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John Boffemmyer's SOL

by vance＠ikickass.org

It's a SOL-20. I just checked. (His SOL is in my storage locker.) Peace... Sridhar

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Ken Slusser

by aek＠spies.com

> > Dear Sir > > I have a 1000 sq. ft warehouse full of used DEC pdp and pre IBM p.c. > > equipment / manuals / spares etc. > > I need someone to help me get rid of all of it. I realize it has some > > value on Ebay but my lease has run out and I need to recover some of my > > costs ASAP. > > I am in California on the central coast. > > Any suggestions. -- I talked to Ken this afternoon. He needs 3-4K to cover the back rent on the storage and is looking for someone to take all this stuff and sell it on eBay for him. He thinks it's worth $100000 I may go down there on Friday to see what's there assuming he can find the item that he says he has that I'm looking for.

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QD21 ESDI

by matt＠knm.yi.org

Hi, I just got an Emulex QD21 (thanks iseldure! I've got $10 here for you for postage) and I've been playing with it, with some Maxtor XT-4380E drives. I'm managing alright to a point. I downloaded docs for the QD21, set dip switches and I can get into the controller's firmware. The problem arises when it comes to do things with the disks. If I tell the controller the disk is type 2, then it picks up settings from the drive fine (and they even co-relate with the drive), but any operations I perform on the drive after that (even "Show known devices") times out. I tried selecting the format option. If I set the drive as type 2 and let it pick up setting from the drive, it times out the operation before reading the media defect list. If I set the drive as type 1, and punch in the settings from the QD21 docs for the Maxtor XT-4380E, then it starts formatting, then after a couple of minutes of activity, the drive makes some noises (which I don't think sound healthy) then times out again. I only have one data cable, and if I just use the one drive (which appears to be terminated) then nothing appears to work - things just time out. If I hook up another drive and change drive IDs, then I can perform the format operation as defined above. Needless to say, I'm a little stumped. The controller is in an MV3300, but I've not got VMS working on there ATM, so I'm not sure about configuring an interupt vector for it. If it's any help to people, I can get listings from the console, it's just not particularly easy as I don't have a serial cable to hook the vax to my PC with me, only the vt420. I don't really know ESDI, and I'm not that familiar with QBus - only some details, ordering of cards, etc. Any thoughts welcome :&) --Matt

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MacOS DHCP Server?

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

David A Woyciesjes was found to ask thusly: > > Does anyone know if there is a free/share/money-ware program that > can turn a Mac into a DHCP server? For use on an older 68k Mac... Yeah, sort-of, if you can find it. Vicom Technologies (www.vicomtech.com) has a product that's undergone a few name changes and feature orgies. Originally named "Vicom Internet Gateway", then "Vicom Soft Router", and maybe back to the original name... it's a software-based NAT router. It includes a built-in DHCP server. It wasn't expensive... it came bundled with Applshare IP 5.0, and when we finally purchased a cross-platform upgrade, that was either US$29 or US$79. At one time, you could download trial versions of the package. Additionally, if you hunt around, you'll find the magix needed to make the evaluation period last a very, very long time. ;-) hth, -doug q

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first step getting VAX 6000-400 booted ...

by pjschilling＠gcstech.net

Gunther, Appreciate the info, get my end done and hope the electricians aren't too far off for moving the 220's to where I need them. Thanks again. Phil -----Original Message----- From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Gunther Schadow Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 11:37 AM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: first step getting VAX 6000-400 booted ... Phil, I did convert to 220 single. I made my own reference along the way. Here goes: http://aurora.rg.iupui.edu/~schadow/VAX/power.txt regards, -Gunther Phil Schilling wrote: > > Gunther, > Slightly off your topic, but did you convert the power to 220 single phase > on your 6000? If so exactly which reference did you follow. I need to set > up both my 6000 and the drive array for single phase so I can get them fired > up. Thanks > > Phil Schilling > GCS Tech > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Gunther Schadow > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 1:02 PM > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org; port-vax(a)netbsd.org > Subject: first step getting VAX 6000-400 booted ... > > Hi, > > after my pretty good VAX treck last weekend (more details coming > up on my project web site at a later time) I finally have SDI disks. > I hooked one up last night and did all the checking as per the > RA9x manual (yes I have one plus many more, will scan those at > some time...) and it seems to be O.K. (even though it was pretty > messed up stored in a barn among lots of birds for many years). > > Here is one para about where I am at and then I have some > specific questions for Geoff Roberts or Ragge or anyone who > has had experienced any luck with getting a 6000 up to operation. > > I have bootable tape for Ultrix 4.1 and VMS 5.3 both TK50. None > of them work. I seem to have no luck with the TK70 and I have > no way finding out what's wrong. I tried to boot from that RA90 > disk, even though I don't know what's on it. It has unit #0, so > I thought it might be a system disk. But that too failed with > some I/O error very early in the process. I also have a TU81+ and > VMS bootable tape on 9-track, maybe that's more reliable? Tonight's > project is to move the TU81+ into the basement and hook it up. > I'm afraid I'll get stuck there too and what then? Network > booting? > > Here's some more detail and questions: > > The TK50 boot proceeds for quite a while, although it never shows > any message on the console about where it is at before it halts > due to some unspecified error. However, about one or two minutes > into the tape running the system-panel's FAULT light comes on and > at the same time both yellow and green LEDs on the TKB70 board > extinguish. That's for about a second or two. Then the lights > go back to normal and the fault light turned off. Another 30 > seconds to a minute tape streaming and the same light-spiel happens > again: fault on, TKB70 LEDs off, and back to normal. Now a shorter > time (like 10 seconds) of tape streaming and again. From now on that > repeats for about 4 or 5 more cycles and finally the system is > halted and console says: system halted due to previous error. > However, no error message is being printed. I have no idea where > I am in the process. > > I have tried cleaning the TK70 read/write head of course. I have > tried a different copy of that Ultrix tape. It's always the same. > > Is this bliking of fault and shutting off of both TBK70 LEDs > normal for media read errors or does it indicate something more > serious? How can I tell where in the process I am? Is there an > error flag somewhere in memory that I could EXAMINE to find out > what is wrong? > > BTW: at first I had my CIBCA cards in and the boot process would > halt earlier: system would say "insufficient memory for CI" and > "10% or more of the memory is bad". Who is checking memory there? > I could not find anything in Ultrix 4.2 sources that would generate > such a message. And why would it anyway, because my system check > tells me that I have 512 MB of memory OK. Or does it speak of > 10% of the CIBCA's internal memory? > > Is there a boot flag that I could turn on that would cause the > loader etc. to be more verbose? > > Has anyone tried booting Ultrix over the network? I am going to > try that but all I have is Ultrix on TK50 (that doesn't work) > and sources without any VAX running to compile them on. Is there > a cross compiler suite? I'd like to compile with the DEBUG > flag set. > > Thanks for your suggestions, > -Gunther > > -- > Gunther_Schadow-------------------------------http://aurora.rg.iupui.edu > Regenstrief Institute for Health Care > 1050 Wishard Blvd., Indianapolis IN 46202, Phone: (317) 630 7960 > schadow(a)aurora.rg.iupui.edu------------------#include <usual/disclaimer> -- Gunther_Schadow-------------------------------http://aurora.rg.iupui.edu Regenstrief Institute for Health Care 1050 Wishard Blvd., Indianapolis IN 46202, Phone: (317) 630 7960 schadow(a)aurora.rg.iupui.edu------------------#include <usual/disclaimer>

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MacOS DHCP Server?

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>Yeah, sort-of, if you can find it. > >Vicom Technologies (www.vicomtech.com) has a product that's >undergone a few name changes and feature orgies. Originally >named "Vicom Internet Gateway", then "Vicom Soft Router", and >maybe back to the original name... it's a software-based NAT >router. It includes a built-in DHCP server. > >It wasn't expensive... it came bundled with Applshare IP 5.0, >and when we finally purchased a cross-platform upgrade, that >was either US$29 or US$79. > >At one time, you could download trial versions of the package. >Additionally, if you hunt around, you'll find the magix needed >to make the evaluation period last a very, very long time. ;-) Although, lots of people use and love Vicom's SoftRouter (I think that is the name it is going by now)... I would like to point out that last I knew, it uses its own TCP/IP stack, and not Apple's OpenTransport. The Vicom stack has been known to provide incompatibility with some software that wants to use OpenTransport. I have also heard that Vicom's is more unstable in general (but I guess that might be dependant on what version of OpenTransport you compare it to, as early versions of OT were very unstable in their own right). This might have changed by now, but I would confirm it before buying. And then just to give a plug to Sustainable Softworks... their IPNetRouter product does everything Vicom's does (and more I believe), and is priced pretty much the same ($49 for 68k only, $79 for PPC and 68k). I don't have any connection with Sustainable Softworks, I am just a VERY VERY satisfied customer (I put them as the #1 best company I have ever had to deal with). -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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kalpana

by freds＠monarch-info.com

I am looking for a Kalpana etherswitch, model EPS-700. Anyone know where to get this? Fred Scholl

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List Maintenance

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Oct 23, 16:35, Iggy Drougge wrote: > Mike Ford skrev: > >Just for laughs I made a search just now of my email address > >mikeford(a)socal.rr.com, and I got 233 hits via the Google usenet group > >search. I really honestly only get maybe 5 bits of spam a day, and 80% of > >those I know I foolishly signed up for at some time recently. Have you > >spamphobs ever considered that maybe you get a lot of spam because you mung > >your email address, or that you don't have a profile in any spam databanks? > I did a Google Groups search as well, and got over 10 000 hits on my address. > Perhaps is one subjected to spam because one is an active netizen? Well, I just tried a Google Groups search, for comparison, and got 14 hits. I got 1020 from a straight Google (web) search, the majority from ClassicCmp (at least amongst the first few screenfuls). I don't especially like munged addresses either, but providing it's obvious (and obvious how to undo the obfuscation) I think it may be a necessary evil at times. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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first step getting VAX 6000-400 booted ...

by pjschilling＠gcstech.net

Gunther, Slightly off your topic, but did you convert the power to 220 single phase on your 6000? If so exactly which reference did you follow. I need to set up both my 6000 and the drive array for single phase so I can get them fired up. Thanks Phil Schilling GCS Tech -----Original Message----- From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Gunther Schadow Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 1:02 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org; port-vax(a)netbsd.org Subject: first step getting VAX 6000-400 booted ... Hi, after my pretty good VAX treck last weekend (more details coming up on my project web site at a later time) I finally have SDI disks. I hooked one up last night and did all the checking as per the RA9x manual (yes I have one plus many more, will scan those at some time...) and it seems to be O.K. (even though it was pretty messed up stored in a barn among lots of birds for many years). Here is one para about where I am at and then I have some specific questions for Geoff Roberts or Ragge or anyone who has had experienced any luck with getting a 6000 up to operation. I have bootable tape for Ultrix 4.1 and VMS 5.3 both TK50. None of them work. I seem to have no luck with the TK70 and I have no way finding out what's wrong. I tried to boot from that RA90 disk, even though I don't know what's on it. It has unit #0, so I thought it might be a system disk. But that too failed with some I/O error very early in the process. I also have a TU81+ and VMS bootable tape on 9-track, maybe that's more reliable? Tonight's project is to move the TU81+ into the basement and hook it up. I'm afraid I'll get stuck there too and what then? Network booting? Here's some more detail and questions: The TK50 boot proceeds for quite a while, although it never shows any message on the console about where it is at before it halts due to some unspecified error. However, about one or two minutes into the tape running the system-panel's FAULT light comes on and at the same time both yellow and green LEDs on the TKB70 board extinguish. That's for about a second or two. Then the lights go back to normal and the fault light turned off. Another 30 seconds to a minute tape streaming and the same light-spiel happens again: fault on, TKB70 LEDs off, and back to normal. Now a shorter time (like 10 seconds) of tape streaming and again. From now on that repeats for about 4 or 5 more cycles and finally the system is halted and console says: system halted due to previous error. However, no error message is being printed. I have no idea where I am in the process. I have tried cleaning the TK70 read/write head of course. I have tried a different copy of that Ultrix tape. It's always the same. Is this bliking of fault and shutting off of both TBK70 LEDs normal for media read errors or does it indicate something more serious? How can I tell where in the process I am? Is there an error flag somewhere in memory that I could EXAMINE to find out what is wrong? BTW: at first I had my CIBCA cards in and the boot process would halt earlier: system would say "insufficient memory for CI" and "10% or more of the memory is bad". Who is checking memory there? I could not find anything in Ultrix 4.2 sources that would generate such a message. And why would it anyway, because my system check tells me that I have 512 MB of memory OK. Or does it speak of 10% of the CIBCA's internal memory? Is there a boot flag that I could turn on that would cause the loader etc. to be more verbose? Has anyone tried booting Ultrix over the network? I am going to try that but all I have is Ultrix on TK50 (that doesn't work) and sources without any VAX running to compile them on. Is there a cross compiler suite? I'd like to compile with the DEBUG flag set. Thanks for your suggestions, -Gunther -- Gunther_Schadow-------------------------------http://aurora.rg.iupui.edu Regenstrief Institute for Health Care 1050 Wishard Blvd., Indianapolis IN 46202, Phone: (317) 630 7960 schadow(a)aurora.rg.iupui.edu------------------#include <usual/disclaimer>

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value of classic DEC machines?

by spedraja＠ono.com

>> BTW, on thread. A good clean runnung PDP-11 with SW >> and docs can fetch over $4K, to the original question. I ever wanted to get one VAX/11 730 like one that we had in my old Computing Courses school and, related with it, a couple of PDP systems, compounding all of them a little network. My hope was that these machines some day could be only trash stuff and this could be the way to get one. In the actual day I only have one PDP-11/23 PLUS that works but only has 256 Kb. of memory, and a diverse stuff that can be connected to it but needs some more additional stuff like a rack support, some boards and cables. Almost everything I need mustbe purchased. A few months ago this appears to be cheap and quick, but not now. And some items destinated to enhance the machine appears very far and expensive, like one expansion memory of 4 megabytes, or one good SCSI board. Of course, I try to don't think anymore in obtain one VAX/11 in any way, or one PDP/11 70 or 44. Even one that I could obtain in UK was cancelled because any transport agency wanted to transport it to my country. And my city even have one regular ferry line with the UK every week !! (this was bad luck, I recognize). In this context, one cause or another can do that one machine like one PDP-11/70 grows in its value until incredible limits. In fact, I check the eBay bidders many times and I see a lot of auctions are bidded and even winned by people with very few (or 0) feedback. Computer collectors matures ? I don't think so. Greetings Sergio

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Caddy for one DEC-RDD40 external cdrom unit

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

> SP [mailto:spedraja@ono.com] > I'm in Spain, Antonio, in the North (Santander). > > Thanks. Your option appears to be the better and less > expensive, if you permit to me the comment :-) > I'll pack one up and try and work out postage on Monday (I'm away from the office after today). I'll let you know how much it is then, if you're still keen and noone else finds one nearer to you. If you can supply a working email address (the one above just bounced ...) then I can talk to you without bothering the rest of the list :-) Antonio arcarlini(a)iee.org

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ISA cards for free...

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

>Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 09:13:58 -0700 >From: Geoff Reed <geoffr(a)zipcon.net> >Subject: Re: ISA cards for free... >At 09:21 AM 10/23/01 -0400, you wrote: >>Hello all, >> >>Cleanout time again... I have the following ISA cards available for cost of >>postage only. These cards were part of a lot I picked up just for the two >>Compaticard II cards that were in the pile :-). > >You lucky bastige :) Yup, but it's the law of affinity. I bought a nice Compaticard IV (thanks Don!), but have yet to get it working with my 8" drives (no tech problems, just too busy). Then I found a Compaticard II on eBay for a decent price, then I found these two in another lot from eBay. One of them is odd in the sense that it has a D-connector out the back (37 pin, I think), but no internal 34-pin header for a floppy cable. It doesn't look modified, so I think it came from the factory that way.... Weird. Also, EVERYONE wants the SCSI cards, so I'll be putting names in a hat... I'll wait a day and then draw straws :-) Rich B.

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Caddy for one DEC-RDD40 external cdrom unit

by GOOI＠oce.nl

Indeed, caddies for the RRD40 are not easy to find. At least over here in The Netherlands. I have a DECstation 3100 with Storage Expansion and RRD40, but I am also still looking for at least one caddy as I do not have any (yet). - Henk.

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Caddy for one DEC-RDD40 external cdrom unit

by spedraja＠ono.com

I'm in Spain, Antonio, in the North (Santander). Thanks. Your option appears to be the better and less expensive, if you permit to me the comment :-) Greetings Sergio -----Mensaje original----- De: Carlini, Antonio <Antonio.Carlini(a)riverstonenet.com> Para: 'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org' <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Fecha: mi?rcoles, 24 de octubre de 2001 16:57 Asunto: RE: Caddy for one DEC-RDD40 external cdrom unit >John Allain [mailto:allain@panix.com] >> I have spares for the '42. if they're the same as the '40 you >> can have one. I think they're Very common. I don't think >> I've seen a caddied CDROM drive that Doesn't use this >> type of caddy. > >The RRD42 is (IIRC) a Sony unit (possibly >with modified firmware). It takes >a "standard" caddy. > >The RRD40 is a much older Philips(?) >CD-ROM (1x) and it takes a caompletely >different form of CD holder (often >referred to as "antlers"). > >FWIW: the RRD43 is a tray-loader and >the RRD44 is back to a caddy. The >first DEC CDROM drive was the RRD50, which >was essentially a tabletop, caddyless >(flip open the top and load CD) >RRD40 (except, I believe, *slower*!!). > >I have at least one RRD40 CD holder, >which I can supply if noone nearer >can dig one up (I'm in the UK). > > >Antonio

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Caddy for one DEC-RDD40 external cdrom unit

by spedraja＠ono.com

>> Do anyone has one Caddy for one DEC-RDD40 external >> cdrom unit ? > >I have spares for the '42. if they're the same as the '40 you >can have one. I think they're Very common. I don't think >I've seen a caddied CDROM drive that Doesn't use this >type of caddy. This caddy don't appears to be the usual caddy that most common CDROM's used. I have one of these and don't go well. The entry ranure of the CD device is more THIN than the others, and this don't work. It can be too a problem of my caddies: I have two NEC caddies to probe, and any of it works. Greetings Sergio

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Adventure in Ersatz-11

by GOOI＠oce.nl

Stupid that I did not think of trying SJ. With SJ entering .R ADVENT starts Adventure also! I assumed that VBG was for Virtual BackGround, so nice to be comfirmed on that. Indeed, I have E11 running on an 486DX2/66, but I cannot give an idea of how fast it runs, compared to a PDP-11. Although E11 can be set to an 11/70, I have set it to /35-40 because that is also the *real* hardware I have. Never set it to /34(A) or to /44. Both those systems I also have running. Next time that I start the 11/35 I will run ADVENT on both of them and measure the time until the welcome message appears on the screen. For the "blinkenlights" check out my webpage. http://home.hetnet.nl/~tshaj/pdpsite/pdpstartpage.html then click in the left pane on the link Homebrew 'PDP-11'. At this moment only the LEDs of the data bus blink. I hope to add a piece of hardware that 'talks' to Ersatz-11 so that the address bus LEDs are also active *and* that the switches function as on the real thing. The goal is that the hardware design can facilitate *any* real PDP-11 console that has switches and lights, from an 11/10 to an 11/70. Of course, this project needs the cooperation of John Wilson, and I had already some preliminary contacts with him. He also likes the option to connect a real console to the demo(!) version of Ersatz-11. -Henk. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerome Fine [mailto:jhfine@idirect.com] > Sent: woensdag 24 oktober 2001 0:41 > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Adventure in Ersatz-11 > > > >Gooijen H wrote: > > > Yes !! > > Jerome Fine replies: > > Thank you for the feed back. I was not sure how much memory > ADVENT requires. You might also try: > BOOT RT11SJ > if you wish. > > > Thanks very much, Jerome. > > Booting RT-11FB and then running ADVENT still produces > > the "Insufficient memory" fatal error. > > However, VBGEXE works fine ! > > After the "Welcome to Adventure!! Would you like instructions?" > > and entering 'YES", it goes: Somewhere nearby is Colossal Cave, > > etc. > > This means that I am now going to play Adventure. This has a > > serious drawback on the expansion of my website ... > > I am playing it on my "homebrew-PDP" with the BLINKENLIGHTS on!! > > On my website this project (early phase) has a separate link. > > BTW. What is VBGEXE, what do the letters stand for? > > Thanks again, > > Henk. > > "EXEcute Virtual BackGround program" is how I think of the letters > with the understanding that the word EXEcute is then switched > to the end. > > A few points worth noting. > > (a) If FOO.SAV requires any arguments as in: > "RUN DEV:FOO.SAV arguments" or replace RUN with VBGEXE, > then they must be on the same line. The alternative is the > put all three > parts of the command on separate lines. Otherwise, with just > "VBGEXE DEV:FOO.SAV" on the first line, somehow the request > for information expects the arguments to already be there and if not, > just exits. Entering: > VBGEXE > DEV:FOO.SAV > arguments > on three separate lines works as well. > > (b) The command: > SRUN VBGEXE.SAV/TERMINAL:n/LEVEL:m/NAME:utility > also works very well when you want to run a system job at a > higher priority. > TERMINAL is only useful with a system that has multi-terminal support > LEVEL specifies the system job number ( 1=>6 ) > NAME can be used to automatically select an executable file > called SY:utility.SAV > One minor problem is that if name is omitted, then only ONE > instance of > VBGEXE can be invoked as a system job since the high memory > GRCBs (Global > Region Control Blocks) must all have different names. I have > a small patch > with allows the user to do the command: > SRUN VBGEXE.SAV/TERMINAL:n/LEVEL:m/NAME:VBGEXm > If that is done, each GRCB is given the name VBGEXm making them all > different. This means that no program can have the name VBGEX(1=>6), > a restriction that I assume can be lived with. > > I also remember that modifying TECO to be named VMUNG so that > "VBGEXE VMUNG arguments" > would work the same as > "MUNG arguments" > but use the full 64 KBytes allowed by VBGEXE. > > By the way, I assume that you are using E11 on a PC. Which hardware > and how fast do you find that the code runs compared to any > real PDP-11 > hardware. Plus, I can't remember about the "BLINKENLIGHTS" - what > did you do to have those available? > > Sincerely yours, > > Jerome Fine > >

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Caddy for one DEC-RDD40 external cdrom unit

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

John Allain [mailto:allain@panix.com] > I have spares for the '42. if they're the same as the '40 you > can have one. I think they're Very common. I don't think > I've seen a caddied CDROM drive that Doesn't use this > type of caddy. The RRD42 is (IIRC) a Sony unit (possibly with modified firmware). It takes a "standard" caddy. The RRD40 is a much older Philips(?) CD-ROM (1x) and it takes a caompletely different form of CD holder (often referred to as "antlers"). FWIW: the RRD43 is a tray-loader and the RRD44 is back to a caddy. The first DEC CDROM drive was the RRD50, which was essentially a tabletop, caddyless (flip open the top and load CD) RRD40 (except, I believe, *slower*!!). I have at least one RRD40 CD holder, which I can supply if noone nearer can dig one up (I'm in the UK). Antonio

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CoCo 3 hot or hmmm

by tlindner＠ix.netcom.com

> One of my swapmeet friends showed up today with Radio Shack Color Computer > 3 in the original box, is it worth anything? (no clue on condition or > completeness etc., but I could look next time). I think they are cool. But then I have been acquiring CoCo stuff for the last twenty-one years! A 128K CoCo 3 with box and manuals is probably worth $25.00. -- tim lindner tlindner(a)ix.netcom.com "Life. Don't talk to me about life." - Marvin, the android

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value of classic DEC machines?

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

Heinz Wolter wrote: > Glen Goodwin wrote : > > > I talked to Ken this afternoon. > > > He needs 3-4K to cover the back rent on the storage > > > and is looking for someone to take all this stuff and > > > sell it on eBay for him. He thinks it's worth $100000 > > > > Well, hey, if a CoCo is worth $2500 . . . > > We'll if there's a complete working PDP-10 (KL10), with > disks, it might have a collector value of 20-30K$US, > but you'd have to search carefully to find a rich buyer... I know of three in private hands, and I think they were each acquired at not cost. > Now a PDP-1 would certainly be worth 100KUS$, > as might a KA10 or KI10. If all that was needed to > cover back-rent was 3-4KUS$, then a couple of PDP-8s > or early PDP-11s should do the trick. The PDP-1, working, complete, might well be worth US$10K, but it's unlikely he's got one. Probably a boatload of Vaxen & -11 stuff. Or maybe even Alpha. > There are collectors out there like Mr. Allen paying > big dollars for not so rare machines...I've even heard > of unscrupulous "museum" collectors selling off machines > that were donated to so called ~not-for-profit~ organizations. > I don't think paying the rent is a bad idea, but selling off > donated valuable items for huge personal profit is wrong, > unless of course, you paid for or removed the machines, > made no misrepresentations, and it's a legitimate business. The Bostom Computer Museum was trying to support itself by selling modules from systems that weren't complete. > Still no matter what the source, it would bet better for these > machines to find good homes (even in eccentric millionaire's > collections) than to end up in the scrap heap or raped for their > gold plating. On this, we agree... > I wonder what item Al K. is looking for that could be worth > any good part of 100KUS$, or 3KUS$ ;) I don't think anything that expensive is in Al's budget... Though wouldn't we all love to have a sugardaddy like that! -dq

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Univac I Graphic Simulator Aid

by CAA007216＠mail.ono.es

Hello. I just begin the development of the Univac I simulator. By the moment I am doing one simple prototype of the CPU with all the Instruction Set and the Registers, plus ten simulated Uniservos in form of ten plain ascii files. I don't try to reproduce by the moment the timings or the exact cycle of the data and/or instructions along the system. In a later issue I have the intention to convert the simulator in one Bob Supnik's Simh compatible. And, finally, I shall try to develop one GUI for the Sim, and here is where I need some kind of help. All the photographs I have are in black and white, and I need some help about the real color of the Univac I components. I am working actually with the Supervisory Control (the Huge Console of the Univac I) and I need to know if somebody knows its exact colors: that is, of the Metallic components, and the light and blinking colors too. All help should be agreed. Thanks and Best Regards Sergio Pedraja

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ISA cards for free...

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

Hello all, Cleanout time again... I have the following ISA cards available for cost of postage only. These cards were part of a lot I picked up just for the two Compaticard II cards that were in the pile :-). Let me know what you want. In fairness to international and digest readers, if I get more offers than I have of a certain card, then I will throw names into a hat and pick. These should be fairly cheap to ship, as they all are light... Also, they are UNTESTED, and given to you AS-IS... Here we go: Boards from Zenith Z-150 - CPU Board 85-2889-1 -- 8088, keyboard port, ROMs, etc - Disk Controller Board 85-2890-1 -- 2 WD 8250, i8272, external ports - Memory Board 85-2891-1 -- 5 banks of 9 4164 chips - Video Board 85-2945-1 -- 6845, 2732 ROM, D9 and RCA outputs - 8-slot backplane board 85-2964-1 -- 8 8-bit ISA slots, power connector Qty. 3 8-bit ISA VGA cards -- Paradise chipset, 8 MB81464-12 memory chips Qty. 1 8-bit ISA VGA card, renaissance chipset, 8 D41464C-10 memory chips Qty. 3 8-bit Seagate ISA cards, SCSI??, EPROM marked Seagate ST01/02 BIOS, TI CF61891FN, 50-pin header Qty. 1 8-bit ISA card, marked "UPS Monitoring Board, Copyright 89 APCC" Switch settings silkscreened on board Qty. 2 8-bit ISA cards, marked "ASYNC CARD 1501485APS" -- INS 8250, 25-pin male connector Qty. 1 8-bit Everex ISA card, I believe SCSI controller -- PWA-00081-0002 EV-833, 50-pin header, 62-pin high-density connector out the back, 8085AP-2, 8257C, 6116, 27C64, TI CF60128N, Everex custom chip Qty. 1 16-bit ISA SCSI card, Adaptec AHA-1542B, w/ 50-pin ribbon cable Qty. 1 16-bit full-length ISA SCSI card, board marked AHA-1542A, custom chip marked AHA-1540A -- No floppy connector, 50-pin SCSI connector, no connector out the back. -- 50-pin header has some bent pins. Qty. 4 8-bit 3/4 length ISA floppy controller -- 37-pin D connector out the back, 34-pin edge connector along the front edge of the card. No obvious manufacturer's markings. Three have the i8272 chip, one has an NEC 765. Qty. 6 8-bit 1/2 length ISA floppy controller card. One uses the NEC 765, Two use the Zilog Z0765A08PSC, and three use the i8272. All have no connector out the back, and a 34-pin edge connector along the front edge of the card. One is marked "Kouwell KF-503C" "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin

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ASSORTED COMPUTER PARTS!! L@@K HERE!!

by tonyfz＠lycos.com

If you are interested in any items let me know and I'll forward you an image of the part. Here's the list: IBM PS/2 LX 40 Laptop (complete, including powersupply, battery and modem - Needs CMOS battery replaced) Compaq LTE 286 Laptop parts: -Battery pack -Floppy drive -Harddrive -Motherboard -Memory expansion card Compaq LTE 386 s/20 Laptop parts: -Battery pack -Floppy drive -Harddrive -Modem -Power supply board (?) Apple Computers: * Power Macintosh 6100/66 DOS Compatible 6100 DOS compatible. Card includes a 66 MHz 486DX2 CPU, SVGA output, and a single SIMM slot supporting up to 32 MB RAM * Apple Desktob Bus Mouse II * Assorted apple cables One monitor/printer cable One 8-pin keyboard (?) cable * Apple OneScanner w/ 2 SCSI Ports + cable * Apple Multiple Scan 15 Display 15" monitor w/15-pin plug * Two Apple Keyboard II units * Apple ImageWriter II Color Printer with Paper Tray Feeder MONITORS/Serial Terminals: * Wyse technologies Monitor/terminal w/parallell/phone line ports (15") * NCD Monitor/Terminal w/parallell/thin/serial ports(15"-color) * Seiko Instruments 15" Monitor (color) I also have the following motherboards available: * Compaq Motherboard for 486 processor w/4 Slot ISA Riser board and 4 72-pin memory bays (Copyright 1992, 93,94) Built in Mouse, keyboard, graphics card, and paralell ports Board # 03433-001 * Dual processor motherboard for 486 and 386 processors w/8 ISA Slots Unknown board brand, copyright 1992 8 30-pin SIMM memory bays AMI BIOS // American Megatrends/Symphony chips S/N 58000 * Dual processor motherboard for 386 and 286 (?) processors w/8 ISA Slots Unknown board brand, copyright 1986-1990 8 30-pin SIMM memory bays AMI BIOS // American Megatrends/Symphony/Twinhead chips FM-SC386 * DELL Computer Corp. motherboard for 486 processor w/3 Slot ISA Riser board and 4 72-pin memory bays,copyright 1991 Built in Mouse, keyboard, graphics card, and paralell ports 16577 A7 0141 WS(?) * Micronics Computers Inc. Dual processor motherboard for 486 and 386 (?) processors w/8 ISA slots and 8 30-pin SIMM memory bays Phoenix BIOS // Intel Copyright 1977 /CHIPS on-board chips * Micronics Computers Inc. (??) Dual processor motherboard for two 486 processors w/8 ISA slots and 4 72-pin memory bays and cache slot Copyright 1993 Phoenix BIOS // FLASH/CHIPS/Micronics on-board chips * Dtk Dual processor motherboard for 386 and 286 (?) processors w/8 assorted length ISA slots Copyright 1987 Dallas/Texas Instruments/Mitsubish/Citizen/VLSI on- board chips (All boards are working as far as I know, they were pulled out of working computers) I also have several 5.25" floppy drives (TEAC, EPSON, Others) I have older Miniscribe and Epson harddrives I have one tower and two boxes w/power supply ready for assembly Also, several older graphics cards, IDE expansion cards, SCSI cards, serial port cards, and many other older components of the like. Power supply. Numerous sizes and options Additionally, I have several sets of 30-PIN SIMM Memory cards and one Cache (256K) card Please let me know if you or anyone else you know is interested in acquiring any of this hardware. Feel free to email me for further info. Sincerely, H. Sven Fernandez Hattiesburg, Mississippi Make a difference, help support the relief efforts in the U.S. http://clubs.lycos.com/live/events/september11.asp

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CoCo I (gilded, maybe?) was Re: CoCo 3 hot or hmmm

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>Does any on know what eBay gets for his folly? When it doesn't sell, he will be able to reprice it and relist for free, if it doesn't sell the 2nd time, he will owe ebay $3.30 Not a bad loss to test the waters for a sucker -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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Mentor Graphics Storage unit 6000

by KenzieM＠sympatico.ca

What is it? It says Mentor Graphics Storage Unit 6000 on the front panel HP C2213d.... class 1 laser... on the back I was told it was an external SCSI drive. Collector of Vintage Computers (www.ncf.ca/~ba600)

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PDP11 tapes

by rcini＠optonline.net

Hello, all: Someone from the Netherlands contacted me about obtaining images of the LPS11 test tapes. Before I go through the trouble of sending the tapes overseas, does anyone on the list have images of the tapes already prepared? Rich Rich Cini Collector of classic computers Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ /************************************************************/

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Adventure in Ersatz-11

by GOOI＠oce.nl

Yes !! Thanks very much, Jerome. Booting RT-11FB and then running ADVENT still produces the "Insufficient memory" fatal error. However, VBGEXE works fine ! After the "Welcome to Adventure!! Would you like instructions?" and entering 'YES", it goes: Somewhere nearby is Colossal Cave, etc. This means that I am now going to play Adventure. This has a serious drawback on the expansion of my website ... I am playing it on my "homebrew-PDP" with the BLINKENLIGHTS on!! On my website this project (early phase) has a separate link. BTW. What is VBGEXE, what do the letters stand for? Thanks again, Henk. > -----Original Message----- (snipped to save bandwidth)

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List Maintenance

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Oct 23, 14:35, John Foust wrote: > At 12:22 PM 10/23/01 -0700, you wrote: > >Is there an assumption that spam address harvesters would be incapable of > >replacing all occurences of 'DOT' with '.' and 'AT' with '@' ? > > If I were writing an e-mail harvester, I'm sure > I'd have quite an extensive subroutine that looked > for known patterns of spam-avoidance, and how to > undo them. I can't fathom why otherwise smart people > assume that other smart but nasty people won't think > of the same things they did, and be able to undo them. I'm sure you could/would -- but I'm also sure a lot don't. So trivial obfuscations probbly work to some extent, more especially in the context of trawling web pages, where there is no mandatory header labelled "From:" or whatever. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Reading non-PC format floppies

by ard＠p850ug1.demon.co.uk

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Reading non-PC format floppies

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

What about PUTR and about a slew of other programs that know alternate formats? Allison -----Original Message----- From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) <cisin(a)xenosoft.com> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Date: Monday, October 22, 2001 9:25 PM Subject: Re: Reading non-PC format floppies >On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Jim Donoghue wrote: >> Any tools for reading non-PC 5 1/4" HD floppies out there? Tried reading them >> with DOS DEBUG, get 'Data Error'. > >DEBUG can only read legitimate MS-DOS disks. > > >For low-density ("360k"), Trakcess on the TRS-80 model III. > >Central point option board, TE program. > >Morgan Computing's Disk Toolkit (only for 512 byte per sector) > >XenoCopy-PC > >INT 13h > >programming the FDC directly. > >-- >Fred Cisin cisin(a)xenosoft.com >XenoSoft http://www.xenosoft.com >PO Box 1236 (510) 558-9366 >Berkeley, CA 94701-1236 >

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PDP-11 stuff in California

by mrbill＠mrbill.net

Guy has some PDP-11 stuff he needs to clear out. Contact: Ken Slusser <termtech(a)digitalputty.com> > On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 01:00:26PM -0700, Termtech wrote: > > Dear Sir > > I have a 1000 sq. ft warehouse full of used DEC pdp and pre IBM p.c. > > equipment / manuals / spares etc. > > I need someone to help me get rid of all of it. I realize it has some > > value on Ebay but my lease has run out and I need to recover some of my > > costs ASAP. > > I am in California on the central coast. > > Any suggestions. > > Thank You > > Ken Slusser > > TTi > > Termtech(a)digitalputty.com Bill -- Bill Bradford mrbill(a)mrbill.net Austin, TX

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DEC Lab 11/40

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Oct 23, 18:46, Tony Duell wrote: > > On Oct 22, 19:48, Tony Duell wrote: > > > > > On the output duct from the prefilter > Did I really say 'prefilter' there? I must be going senile. I meant > 'absolute filter' of course. The prefilter is the foam pad at the back of > the logic cage, and is not essentialy to the operation of the drive. I realised out what you meant :-) -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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TU-58 Tape Drive Problems

by dec.parts＠verizon.net

Hello Michael, Don't know if this would help you out or not, but Bob Armstrong developed a TU58 emulator at ... http://www.SpareTimeGizmos.com/Hardware/TU58_Emulator.htm Sincerely, Bennett > Hello to all VAXenfolks, > > i do have a problem with a VAX-11/730 that i have reconstructed > (cleaned, > resoldered, replaced cable, everything. Pictures on www.vaxcluster.de. > Yes, > i am a bit proud of it... But sorry for the bad web-page design!) over > the > last few months. > It is now willing to boot and tries to load it's microcode tape from the > TU-58 drives. I even have a microcode tape which looks like it could be > still readable. > But the TU-58's are so battered that i have not been able to read the > tape. > I have repaced the rubber rollers, but the read/write-heads look, ummm, > bad! > > I have found somewhere some TU-58 simulator software for DOS which looks > like a promising alternative; i would place a mini-DOS-computer inside a > VT-102 and route some additional cables to the VAX and bee fine. > > BUT: How do i get the contents of the microcode tape of the tape, into a > DOS file without access to a working TU-58? > > Is someone on this list able to read the tape? > Has someone already made a tape image i could just use? I mean, i have > a original DEC tape, with serial number and all. I might even come up > with a license document, if i search long enough... > > Any help would be greatly welcomed. This old lady is just to beautifull > to use it as an electric heater only... > > Thank you > > ms > > -- > Michael Schneider email: ms(a)silke.rt.schwaben.de > Germany http://www.vaxcluster.de > > People disagree with me. I just ignore them. > (Linus Torvalds)

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Sterling Cypher IV 8073 board info

by rcini＠optonline.net

Hello, all: I mentioned a while ago that I got these boards, and I actually received them last week. To do a refresh, this board is an INS8073-based SBC with lots of I/O in a compact 4x5 size. Someone mentioned that they may have access to the manual but I can't find that message. I need some info on these more than I thought. The kit comes with the board and parts and nothing more. The silk screen on the board only has parts designations (i.e., R1, C1, U1) but not the values. Some I can guess at but not enough to make it work. The only info that I have is on the 8073 specifically and not the board itself. A search doesn't turn up much. Any help appreciated. Rich Rich Cini Collector of classic computers Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ /************************************************************/

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OT: power & ground for wirewrap boards

by mythtech＠Mac.com

> For the power and ground connections for each chip, a friend suggested I >should solder 16-gauge wire from a tie point or the power connector >straight to each chip and/or its bypass cap. The only 16-gauge wire I have >is stranded, and it's a mess to work with -- too large to work with easily >and the strands mean it won't really bend and stay on the tie point or pin. What kind of juice do those chips need? 16 gauge seems awfully heavy for any ICs I have worked with. I assume you know guages, but 16-18 guage is standard lamp cord and will let you draw 5-10 amps on 110 volt. This sounds good for a main power input to a transformer, but all ICs I have worked with only pull at max a few amps at much lower voltages, so you should be able to use much thinner wire. I would check your amp requirements, and move to an 18 or 20 guage solid or even higher if you can... phone station cord is usually 24 guage, but don't mix it up with the 26 guage multipair cord... the usual obvious difference is, station cord is 4 colors red/green/yellow/black.... multipair cord is 2 (or more) pairs of striped wire (blue, orange, green, brown, slate all striped with white for the first 6 pairs) But that aside, if you strip the standed cord, tiwst the strands in your finger, and then tin the end with your solder iron (heat the end, and let it draw solder into it, until it has a nice coat), it will be MUCH more managable (although it still in general won't stay where you bend it, other than the tinned end, lightweight alligator clips work wonders for holding things in place). -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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DEC Lab 11/40

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Oct 22, 19:48, Tony Duell wrote: > On the output duct from the prefilter (the trapezium-shaped thing on the > left of the spindle) there's another foam ring. This one is critical -- > it's in the clean air path from the filter to the cartridge. I am told > that draught excluder tape works here. I wondered about that. OK, it has to go, too. > Also, on top of the RK05 PSU there's a NiCd battery pack. It's there to > retract (and lift) the heads if the mains fails. It's nearly always dead > in old drives. Replace it. Fortunately it's the same as a common cordless > phone battery pack, so it's not hard to get a new one. I knew about that one; I didn't mention it before because I just took it as read that I'd need to replace it :-) Thanks again for the advice. Now all I need is time to get at it -- maybe this coming weekend. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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DEC Lab 11/40

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Oct 23, 8:15, John Foust wrote: > So Pete, are you going to tell us the story behind > this find? There's not much to tell, really. It originally belonged to the University's Psychology Department, which has moved between buildings a few times, and it was left in a small storeroom at the back of a building they left some time ago. I bought something from a postgrad in the building, and whilst chatting he mentioned that the AV technician was also into oold computers, so I paid him a visit. In the course of *that* conversation, he mentioned there was a disused PDP-11 that would need moved in time for a forthcoming building refurbishment, and the rest, is, as they say, history. I try to make sure that people around the campus know I'm interested in old machines, and from time to time something interesting turns up :-) I probably won't have much time to do anything other than gaze at it every time I walk past, until the weekend, but I'll let you know how I get on. I'm also trying to sort out the 6000VA UPS (unrelated acquisition) I got last week, and mentioned on the list. I've got as far as getting it powered up without tripping the 32A circuit breaker, getting the diagnostics and status out of the serial port, and have figured out why it doesn't like the batteries: the two sets of ten 12V lead-acid batteries are all flat. None reads more than 0.2V :-( I presently have a pulse generator/charger on some of them, to see if I can get any life out of a few. It looks moderately hopeful. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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List Maintenance

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Oct 22, 18:09, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote: > On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Pete Turnbull wrote: > > OTOH, it's possible that my additional spam collection has come from Usenet > > trawling rather than list archives, I suppose. > > You blame the list for additional spam, when you've been using the same > e-mail address on usenet ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Don't be ridiculous! I hardly ever use Usenet from this domain now that my ISP's news server seems to be unmanaged and uncared for. I usually post >from work (different address, and munged). And I *always* mung the address on Usenet. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

!-----Original Message----- !From: pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com [mailto:pete@dunnington.u-net.com] !Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 8:54 PM !To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org !Subject: Re: List Maintenance ! ! !On Oct 22, 12:39, Sellam Ismail wrote: ! !> But for people using the archives for research it would be nice to be !> able !> to e-mail the original poster (unless the address obscuring !> we're talking !> about will not completely remove the e-mail address from the !> message). ! !I agree; it's been useful to me on a number of occasions, both !when I've !searched for something and when someone else has found me !through the list. ! I wouldn't want my address removed, just altered enough so automatic !spambots won't get my address too often. ! !....... !-- !Pete One good way I've seen to munch the address is... change "computer.geek(a)computer.com" to "computerDOTgeekATcomputerDOTcom" --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818

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List Maintenance

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Oct 20, 21:22, Jay West wrote: > Thanks for your patience & understanding as we improve our infrastructure. This is perhaps an opportune moment to thank you for all the time, effort and resources you have put into hosting the list and the archive. Some time ago, there was a discussion about address munging. I've noticed recently (ie the last few months) a large increase in spam arriving here, possibly correlated to my postings to the list. It not a really big deal, but I wondered if it's possible to anti-spamify my email address in list postings? > We will also be updating the software that > pulls all the classiccmp posts into the archive at www.classiccmp.org > and I think the new version has a search function built in. That would be nice! -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Adventure in Ersatz-11

by GOOI＠oce.nl

Hi all. I have a problem when I try to run Advent in Ersatz-11. I guess it is trivial, but I am in the learning phase... Running RT-11, when entering "run advent", I get the response: ?KMON-F-Insufficient memory. For information here are some screen "dumps" of entered commands. .SH MEM ------- Extended Memory ------- Address Module Words Type ------- ------ ----- ---- 17760000 IOPAGE 4096. HDW 00760000 MEMTOP 00166200 ...... 96704. 00160000 SL 1600. PVT ------ Low Memory ------- Address Module Words ------- ------ ----- 155434 DL 626. 122216 RMON 6983. 111154 USR 2321. 001000 ..BG.. 18486. .SHOW CONF RT-11XM (S) V05.03 Booted from DL0:RT11XM USR is set NOSWAP EXIT is set SWAP KMON is set NOIND TT is set NOQUIET ERROR is set ERROR SL is set OFF EDIT is set KEX KMON nesting depth is 3 Global .SCCA flag is disabled PDP 11/35,40 Processor 248KB of memory Extended Instruction Set (EIS) Memory Management Unit 50 Cycle System Clock Device I/O time-out support FPU support

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DEC Lab 11/40

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Thursday I took possession of a DEC Lab 11/40 system. I've not had time to clean it up and check it out yet, but it was reputedly working when last used (well, I suppose it would have been, wouldn't it?). Actually, that's not quite true, as I'm told someone plugged a terminal in the wrong way, apparently blew something up, and got no output -- I hope they mean something simple like the RS232 line drivers have gone. The system consists of two racks about 4' high. One contains the 11/40 in a 12U box, with a power controller below and an LPS11 above. The other contains a pair of RK05 drives and power controller. There's a GT11 display on the top of the 11/40 rack, and a TS03 magtape unit on the other. The system came with stacks of documentation but only one RK05 pack. I've not had time to make a thorough inventory of the docs yet, but they seem to include most of the processor/memory/interface engineering drawings and maintenance manuals, and something like four complete or almost complete sets of RT-11 manuals, for various vintages from 2.0 to 4.0. Also a pile of printed MAINDEC listings (no microfiche, sadly. Anybody got any microfiche they want to pass on?) I've not had time to do anything yet, apart from check the boards in the 11/40 (pretty standard, with EIS but not FIS, no stack limit register or MMU, no KM11, but it does have the KW11-L programmable LTC). It has a DL11-A (20mA interface for console) and a DL11-something (RS232), 2 x 16KW core sets in one backplane, a DUP11-A synchronous interface (what can I use this for?), a TMB11 tape controller, and an RK11-D controller for the drives. The last backplane in the box contains cards not listed in the Field Guide (neither are the memory cards in this machine, so I'll send Megan an update) but I think they're for the GT11: M7014-YA, A320, and M7013, all hex-height. I've had a very cursory look over the machine, and the only things I notice that want some attention before I think about powering it up are a section of frayed insulation on the power loom to the BA-11 box, a lot of dust everywhere (how surprising!), and some kinks in the unibus cable that connects to the RK05s. I plan to vacuum out the dust, ix the insulation, and check the PSUs before I do anything else. I'm no Unibus or RK05 expert; most of my -11s are Q-bus. What else should I look for before I go too far? I mentioned I only got one disk pack -- it's an original RT-11 distribution and I don't want to risk that in an unknown drive. Anyway, I know for a fact it's been dropped (the owner told me). I have since acquired 4 more packs, three of which came from the same machine originally. Anything I should look out for before trying them? I thought it might be wise to check the RK05 heads and perhaps clena them with IPA before I do anything else. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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List Maintenance

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>Some time ago, there was a discussion about address munging. I've noticed >recently (ie the last few months) a large increase in spam arriving here, >possibly correlated to my postings to the list. It not a really big deal, >but I wondered if it's possible to anti-spamify my email address in list >postings? This (mine) email address is ONLY used for list subscriptions. I recieve NO outside spam to this address. That tells me that no one has harvested addresses from the list (or any list I am on). HOWEVER... I do recieve >from time to time spam addressed TO the list (and thus it ends up at this address). No amount of address obscuring to solve that, as it isn't addressed to "you" but to the list, and thus proxied to you. Not that I am against address obscuring (since this list replies to the list, and not to the person, so it doesn't become an annoyance). Just thought I would mention my findings on the topic. Unsubscribing the spammer might slow them down a bit (at least then, their messages would be bounced first) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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Tektronix 4041 GPIB controller

by mikem＠open.com.au

There were a number of posts on this list over the last year on the topic of the Tek 4041 GPIB controller. Ive got one of these suckers now, plus a number of Tek plugins with GPIB interfaces, and Im interested in making them all play together. I havent got a keyboard, and I recall some posts from Joe Rigdon? saying keyboards are very hard to find. In the meantime, Ive figured out the keyboard electrical interface characteristics and made a rs232-keyboard converter. So I can talk to it now, and give it little BASIC commands, and see the results on the LED display Ive figured out much of the BASIC dialect it speaks, but I cant yet figure out how to open the printer, serial port or tape for IO, nor have I got the docs yet. Can anyone shed some light on the exact syntax for the BASIC open call used by the 4041 and the get() function for reading GPIB devices? Cheers.

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Sterling Cypher IV 8073 board info

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

Rich, I have data on the NS version of the 8073 board and the chip itself. However I have to dig for it. the sterling Cypher is different than the NS board though the chip (8073) is fairly standard in what it expects in that regard. Allison -----Original Message----- From: Richard A. Cini, Jr. <rcini(a)optonline.net> To: ClassCompList <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Date: Monday, October 22, 2001 11:11 PM Subject: Sterling Cypher IV 8073 board info Hello, all: I mentioned a while ago that I got these boards, and I actually received them last week. To do a refresh, this board is an INS8073-based SBC with lots of I/O in a compact 4x5 size. Someone mentioned that they may have access to the manual but I can't find that message. I need some info on these more than I thought. The kit comes with the board and parts and nothing more. The silk screen on the board only has parts designations (i.e., R1, C1, U1) but not the values. Some I can guess at but not enough to make it work. The only info that I have is on the 8073 specifically and not the board itself. A search doesn't turn up much. Any help appreciated. Rich Rich Cini Collector of classic computers Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ /************************************************************/

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65816/65802 cpu programming books offer

by claudew＠videotron.ca

Hi I found these sorting out stuff today. Programming the 65816 (W.Libiak, Sybex) 65816/65802 Ass. Lang. Programming (M.Fischer, McGraw/Hill) Both very clean. Trades and offers welcome or dumpster for these... Thanks Claude http://computer_collector.tripod.com

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klesi / rc25 question

by oliv555＠arrl.net

I'm trying to get this combo running on a mvIII+ (ba23) I just put together. /sho dev/ picks it up as UQSSP Tape Controller 0 (774500). I know this can also be used as a tape controller but is there any jumpering required for use with the rc25? (no other mscp devs present) Also, the person who wanted the mvII boards from my recent "garagesale" changed his mind. So 2-M7606 1-M7608 and 2-M7609s are still avail (free - U pay postage). All bds just tested good. -nick

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RS6000 7012-320H

by pechter＠ureach.com

---- On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, r. 'bear' stricklin (red(a)bears.org) wrote: > On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, One Without Reason wrote: > > > OS/2 JFS is AIX JFS. They are the same. > > When did OS/2 start supporting JFS? It was still all HPFS as of Warp > 3.0 > > ok > r. > > > > The OS/2 Warp Server 4.x (IIRC) had HPFS support and JFS support. -- Bill Pechter Systems Administrator uReach Technologies 732-335-5432 (Work) 877-661-2126 (Fax)

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