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

by john＠yoyodyne-propulsion.net

... another classic service dies... first Gopher (Archie, etc) now Ceefax (teletext)! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceefax -- Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems: ?"The Future Begins Tomorrow" Visit us at: http://www.yoyodyne-propulsion.net -------- "Under the Obama plan, NASA will spend $100 billion on human spaceflight over the next 10 years in order to accomplish nothing" -Robert Zubrin

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Iomega ZIP programming manual ?

by jeffj＠panix.com

From: Jos Dreesen <jdr_use at bluewin.ch> Subject: Iomega ZIP programming manual ? > Probably borderline for CCtalk, > but does anyone have a proper programming manual for the > Iomega ZIP drive ( 100MB atapi version ) ? > I need to know exactly which ATAPI commands have been implemented. To paraphrase a famous Jedi knight "use the source, Luke!" The Linux driver source code is probably the closest thing to documentation This mentions what parts to look for: http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/ZIP-Drive.html (sorry I don't have a better URL. I've rarely needed to find Linux source code) I never allowed ZIP drives in my house but I tried using 1 gig JAZ drives. I ruined them by trying the SCSI low-level format command on them. The cartridge was unuseable after that. I suspect ZIP drives & cartridges are similar: DO NOT LOW LEVEL FORMAT! -- jeffj

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Raised flooring available

by djg＠pdp8online.com

Its in NE Philadelphia. You must come deinstall and haul away. Time is very short. If you are interested and can come and remove very soon email me and I will give you the contact information. I have no more knowledge, just forwarding the info. It's unclear if they will want some $ for it.

14 years, 2 months

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book on VMS architecture?

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

[VMS Internals Books e.g. Kenah Goldenberg & Bate] > I haven't seen that specific book, but in general such books usually > tell what the software does, but not the engineering trade-offs that led > to it being done that way as opposed to some other way, which seems to > be what was requested. At least a little of that does shine through. "The Hitchiker's Guide to VMS" has many tidbits up through the V5 days. Bruce Ellis, 1990. And even better it's enjoyable. There were various detailed things in DTJ, although those typically represent more of the corporate mongolian-horde design-by-committee approach to systems programming, rather than anything you'd want to actually emulate. Tim.

14 years, 2 months

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Iomega ZIP programming manual ?

by jdr_use＠bluewin.ch

Probably borderline for CCtalk, but does anyone have a proper programming manual for the Iomega ZIP drive ( 100MB atapi version ) ? I need to know exactly which ATAPI commands have been implemented. Jos Dreesen

14 years, 2 months

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book on VMS architecture?

by legalize＠xmission.com

Note: I'm not asking about VAX hardware architecture, but about the software architecture of the VMS operating system. What were it's design goals? What were the design trade-offs made that resulted in the specific choices for VMS? Process scheduling? I/O? etc. Is there a good book on this subject? -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 version available for download <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/> Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

14 years, 2 months

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C. Gordon Bell architecture books

by legalize＠xmission.com

There's almost nil about these books on amazon, so I'd like to hear some thoughts on these. In particular, I'd like to know what's different between the last two. "Computer Engineering: A DEC View of Hardware Systems Design" <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0932376002/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m…> "Computer Structures: Principles and Examples" <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0070573026/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&m…> "Computer Structures: Readings and Examples" <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0070043574/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&m…> -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 version available for download <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/> Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

14 years, 2 months

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TRS-80 HD emulator...

by geneb＠deltasoft.com

Some here may find this useful: http://www.vecoven.com/trs80/trs80.html He seems to be emulating a WD1010 drive controller. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! Buying desktop hardware and installing a server OS doesn't make a server-class system any more than sitting in a puddle makes you a duck. [Cipher in a.s.r]

14 years, 2 months

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Commodore PET 2001 Video Problem

by dm561＠torfree.net

----- Original Message: Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:55:12 -0400 From: Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> > Try powering up with the video RAMs removed (they are in the back and look > like they have dots on them). With no RAM, the PET should power up to a > blank screen Tsk, tsk, Ethan, you know better than that ;-) A PET with a working video section and video RAM removed will show the classic checkerboard pattern or under certain circumstances a pattern of small black squares. No doubt there's considerable PET knowledge on this list, but as Terry suggested previously the VCF forum or one of the PET/CBM-specific lists might be a better place to find help with a sick PET... m

14 years, 2 months

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Reference Disc for a Research Machines PC-386

by mark＠msanet.co.uk

Hi You wouldn't have a copy of the reference disks for your rm pc-386 as I have one and am unable to setup it up as I cant get into the bios etc Any help would be much appreciated Cheers mark

14 years, 2 months

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traight-8 miniaturised

by elson＠pico-systems.com

cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote: From: David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: straight-8 miniaturised Who was the one with the wacky idea of building a Straight-Eight PDP8 using flipchip cards populated with surface-mount parts? I have a hankering to run some numbers about it. There's some guy in Germany who built a complete computer using discrete components, mostly resistors and bipolar transistors (no ICs), but all surface mount. It was quite small. I can't find the link now, but there are a bunch of homebrew computer projects linked to here: http://www.homebrewcpu.com/links.htm http://www.holmea.demon.co.uk/Links.htm Jon

14 years, 2 months

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Quantex 650 / 2200 QIC tapedrive

by lehmann＠ans-netz.de

Hi, I'm thinking of getting my Zilog System 8000 maybe one day back to life... this includes multiple tasks. - get a working harddrive - get a working tapedrive - get access to tapes containing the OS and the diagnostics Right now I'm thinking of the tapedrive part. The original drive is a DEI CMTD-3400 http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dei/CMTD-3400S2_4tk6400bpi_1979.pdf I have one but it is broken in multiple ways - the previous owner I got the drive from replaced it in the 80s as it was failing (no further details available) - the motor does not run smootly - it does not start on its own when powered up and the UPM is changing. I was not able to open it. - the rubber wheel went to fluid (usual problem...) I now got a so called "Quantex 2200" which is a 19" case with two Quantex 650 drives which should be able to handle the same tape format as the DEI drive. All I was able to find about this drive was: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/quantex/TM1001_650_Jul81.pdf Does anyone have any experience with this drive? I wonder if I could make it "connection compatible" somehow with the DEI drive. The manual itself talks about a controller board which is the only whay the drives can be bus driven - it looks like the drives in this 2200 case do not have this optional controller board. Maybe they do not have it because the big plate in top of the case is a controller board for both drives... Who knows - I did not find anything usefull about this 2200 case nor how it is supposed to be connected to what (pinouts). The rubber wheels are as well went fluid. I could also need some ideas how to get a QIC drive capable of reading and writing DC300XL QIC cartridges hooked up to a PC with BSD or Linux running as in some point in the future. I must be able to copy the system tapes (reading + writing) with a PC. Pics of this 2200 case: http://pics.pofo.de/gallery3/index.php/S8000/Quantex-2200 Greetings, Oliver

14 years, 2 months

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Seeking Grant Stockly

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

Do you remember Grant Stockly of altairkit.com? Whatever happened to him? The site is still up and running, but it hasn't been updated since 2007. The forums there are choked with spam. I'd love to see what he's been up to and maybe buy a kit from him. -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

14 years, 2 months

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straight-8 miniaturised

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

Who was the one with the wacky idea of building a Straight-Eight PDP8 using flipchip cards populated with surface-mount parts? I have a hankering to run some numbers about it. -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

14 years, 2 months

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PDP-8/L core memory surgery

by ethan.dicks＠gmail.com

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 8:31 PM, Michael Thompson <michael.99.thompson at gmail.com> wrote: > The M220 tester is the one that I want to see > working. Those modules are problematic and difficult to test in a > partially working system. I would love to see (and build!) an M220 tester. That's a complex module. -ethan

14 years, 2 months

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Evans and Sutherland parts and Soroc 120 posted

by innfoclassics＠gmail.com

Spotted on epay Evans and Sutherland Misc in Portland Oregon. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Evans-Sutherland-ESCP-Power-Supply-030446-001-Card-… http://www.ebay.com/itm/Evans-Sutherland-ESCP-Card-Gage-Tester-030451-001-H… I don't think there is much left and these seem to be power supply and testing equipment, hopefully of interest to someone. Soroc 120 terminal - rough - Vancouver BC http://www.ebay.com/itm/140735397588 I have visited the Hackery and bought stuff from them, they seem to be reliable but I have no experience with their packing. Paxton -- Paxton Hoag Astoria, OR USA

14 years, 2 months

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SCSI-1 to IDE converter board

by LYNCHAJ＠YAHOO.COM

Hi Months ago there was some discussion about a SCSI-1 to IDE converter project. There appears to be some general need for older SCSI-1 based computers to replace their hard drives with more available models. Unfortunately there are no "free and open" solutions as of yet AFAIK. I've designed a PCB that converts SCSI-1 to IDE and SD. There are about 8 PCBs left. I am looking for some volunteers to help build and test the board. So far we know the basic board boots but still need more software to handle the SCSI-1 to IDE or SD conversion. http://n8vem-sbc.pbworks.com/w/browse/#view=ViewFolder&param=MINI%20SCSI%20t o%20IDE%20prototypes If you are willing to volunteer and have some experience in building, testing, debugging, and writing software this would be a good project. Please contact me by email for more information. Thanks and have a nice day! Andrew Lynch

14 years, 2 months

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Chinese ebay eprom erasers

by cclist＠sydex.com

On 15 Apr 2012 at 12:20, Eric Smith wrote: > Chuck Guzis wrote: > > just google for "germicidal lamp" Not horribly expensive. Add an > > inexpensive mechanical timer if you'd like and you're all set. > > But remember, the short-wave UV can harm your eyes fairly quickly. > Catching a brief glimpse of it won't hurt you, but avoid looking at it > any longer than that. Put it in an opaque container. I strongly > recommend installing a switch that turns off the lamp when the > container is opened. Hence my coffee can container. Not convenient to turn upside down and stare into. One could add a microswitch or even a mercury switch to enforce an interlock, but I never found it necessary. > If you're in a hurry, it is also possible to use a Xenon or Krypton > flash tube (provided that it is made from quartz class to not filter > out the shortwave UV) to erase the EPROMs nearly instantaneously. > Needless to say, this is even more potentially harmful to the eyes. Should be easy enough to find if one hoarded the disposable camera innards. A carbon arc will also do just fine (I remember how brightly the luminous face on a watch would glow when held to the observation port of an Ashcraft projector can. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jqc4GiMQE0). A MIG welder would also probably generate enough short-wave UV. I wonder if enough UV would get through, say, an ordinary 75 watt mercury-vapor luminaire. --Chuck

14 years, 2 months

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WTB: SGI Professional IRIS CPU / Help Needed

by robert.herget＠gmail.com

Hi I was wondering if you still have your Professional Iris 4D/50G? Robert

14 years, 2 months

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Systems Engineering Laboratories => Gould etc. systems?

by RichA＠vulcan.com

Querying the Group Mind(TM): We have been asked to find out if any Systems Engineering Laboratories systems are still in existence. That's kind of vague, but that's the question as it was posed to us, and I said I'd ask in the usual fora. We're only looking for information on whether any of these systems are known still to be in existence, whether in use or in storage. I vaguely remember Gould SEL32 "superminis" in the late 70s/early 80s as competitors to the DEC VAX and the IBM 43xx lines, but only through ads in Computerworld and Datamation. Information on those would be appreciated. We would also like to know about earlier systems, including the 24-bit processors from the mid-60s. Thanks for any help you can provide. Rich Alderson Vintage Computing Sr. Systems Engineer Vulcan, Inc. 505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900 Seattle, WA 98104 mailto:RichA at vulcan.com mailto:RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org (206) 342-2239 (206) 465-2916 cell http://www.LivingComputerMuseum.org/

14 years, 2 months

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Official Spring cleaning sale

by slandon＠centurylink.net

Heres my official List of whats for sale Apple IIGS ROM 03 with CMS SCSI II card, AE SonicBlaster, 2 External SCSI Hard Drives, 1 40mb the other 80MB- both come with extra drive mechanisms- Matching Monitor, Keyboard & Mouse $200 plus shipping Apple //e enhanced system loaded Has the 80col/RGB Card, With Color Monitor 100, Echo II Speech Synth Card, Apple II workstation card, Liron Card w/ 3.5 UniDisk Drive, SCSI Card Comes with a DuoDisk Drive, and a 3.5 UniDisk, Super Serial Card, And a Monitor // $300 Tandy 1400HD Laptop- Comes with AC Adapter and Dead Battery, Cant get unit to power up. $40 TRS-80 Color Computer with original owners manuals, joysticks, tape player, software carts. All of it for $50 dollars 4 Apple Disk II Drives $25 each- may need cleaning Apple //c System with AC Adapter and external 5.25 drive $30 + shipping Tandy SL386 w/ 486 upgrade 4MB RAM 80MB HDD $20 AST Advantage Adventure 486/33 with 66mhz overdrive 16MB RAM, 170MB HDD, SoundBlaster 16 w/ IDE and CD-ROM installed $40 Tandy 486 Desktop, SCSI Card 8MB RAM, 250mb HDD $30- Powers on but doesnt POST 8 G3 All in One Molar Macs $20 dollars each- Will not ship these monsters as they weigh 60lbs each- These will have to be recycled if they arent taken soon enough 20 Mac LC 575 systems $20 dollars each- These are also recycle bound 10 Power Mac 5500s $20 each These are also recycle bound Apple ADB Mice $5 dollars each- I have 80 of them Apple //e 80/Col RGB Card made by Taxan $20 Kaypro 2 Nice original System, original owners manuals, system disks and software works fine- Never use it $150 Kaypro IV Plus 88 $40 Commodore SX64- Great condition fully functional, Owners Manual and original disks and carry bag included $175 1 Mac 512k for parts- Powers on, missing Floppy Drive $40 ROM 00 IIGS CPU $20 Will have more as I clean out my closets and shed in the future Steve Landon Flushing MI

14 years, 2 months

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History of the Supercomputer & Jack Tramiel passed away

by c.murray.mccullough＠gmail.com

>From the earliest history of the computer the innovators and engineers talked about licensing, patents and who did what & when. What has changed? Should we be surprised that Jack Tramiel ?acted? the way he did and not necessarily in a bad way; that the supercomputer?s origins is in dispute! The historical origins, in some fashion, can be found in ?Turing Cathedral: The origins of the digital universe? by George Dyson. It tells us why we had the vintage computer era - this can be found in my book, ?A Historical Research Guide to the Microcomputer.? (Shameful plug here!) - and what has evolved since. Murray--

14 years, 2 months

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Minivac 6010

by brian＠ptubes.com

Hi -- friends of mine found an intact, in-box Minivac 6010 with manuals and wires etc in their mother's closet in Ohio. Just as a FYI for them, any info on valuation? I see virtually no trades of these in Google searches. tanks Brian

14 years, 2 months

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Register competition

by lproven＠gmail.com

This should be easy for the assembled, I reckon. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/14/reg_picture_puzzler/ I'm not entering myself - although I'm not an employee, I write for them. -- Liam Proven ? Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com ? Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 ? Cell: +44 7939-087884

14 years, 2 months

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Commodore PET 2001 Video Problem

by wheagy＠gmail.com

On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Dave Caroline <dave.thearchivist at gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Win Heagy <wheagy at gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I recently picked up a PET 2001-8. ?It has a video issue...see >> http://imgur.com/PKc97 ?(disregard the black diagonal scan lines...digital >> camera artifact). > 2 The processor cannot write to the video ram (and therefore clear it) >>>That's also a distinct possibility. >>>Which version of Static PET do you have? They came with different >>>types of ROM and RAM (the schematics for all three variations are >>>posted on zimmers.net). Main memory and video memory use the same >>>chips, 1Kx4 in pairs. You need two working chips for video memory at >>>at least 4 working chips for main memory (the first 1K is taken up >>>with zero page variables, stack, and tape buffers). 2114 SRAMs are >>>notoriously suspect, but 6550s can fail too. Is it possible to tell the version by looking at the board? I posted a pic at http://imgur.com/3aeiL >>>Before worrying about RAMs, check your Vcc... there are 4 regulators >>>and 4 legs of +5VDC. If you've lost one, obviously, it will act >>>strange. I checked the 4 regulators and they are all outputting +5VDC. The most deviation I saw was +4.94VDC. Thanks...Win

14 years, 2 months

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Web server running on RSX-11M-PLUS

by bqt＠softjar.se

Ok. I just thought I'd stir some interest and just general noise by announcing that I've written a small web-server running under RSX. It's written in BASIC+2, and uses the TCP/IP stack for RSX that I've also written. There are probably a bunch of bugs and issues still around, so I'm happy to take any bug reports, comments or whatever. The url is http://madame.update.uu.se/, and if anyone is curious about the code, it's at mim.update.uu.se (same machine, other IP), under MIM::DU:[HTTPD]WWW.B2S (also on HECnet) If people have any interest in this stuff, or something else/more, I'm interested in hearing about it. The TCP/IP stack will eventually (soon) be available for others to download and use, and apart from the web server, I've also written a telnet client, and a few small services under TCP, as well as some tools for administration. I have some polishing to do, I need to finish a DNS resolved, and I'd like to also finish FTP and a telnet server, but I might be open to distributing things before I've finished all those things, especially if someone is interested in helping writing stuff. I have interfaces completed for BASIC+2, PDP-11 C, Macro-11. FORTRAN 77 should also work, but I haven't tried it yet. This all runs under RSX-11M-PLUS V4.6, but I think it should be possible to get running under almost any M+ version, but there might be some hacking needed for some versions. It will not work under 11M, and I never expect it to. One or two drivers as well as one or two tools really are big enough that I need to use the split I/D space feature in M+. Rewriting stuff to not need that is way too much work. Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol

14 years, 2 months

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Spring cleaning Computer sale

by slandon＠centurylink.net

Cleaning out guys.. I got the following that needs homes- All prices are plus shipping or Local Pickup from Flushing Michigan 48433. Folks who do local pickup at my door get an even better deal. Mac 512- Pretty Yellow missing floppy drive. Powers up to ? $30 dollars + Shipping 2 Quadra 610s 1 a 610CD, other a Regular 610.. 8MB RAM in both 80 and 160MB HDDs $20 each plus shipping Power Macintosh 6500/275 32MB RAM 2GB HDD. Has TV/Video System with TV/Video System box, TV Tuner and Remote $40 Power Mac 8500/180 16MB RAM 1GB HDD $30 WorkGroup Server 8550 16MB RAM No HDDs or tape drive $20 Macintosh Plus- No keyboard or mouse.. Powers up, then drops to a white line in screen $20 Tandy 486/33 system.. DX266 OverDrive in it. SCSI CD-ROM, SCSI Card, 1GB HDD $30 AST Advantage Adventure 4/33p 16MB RAM 170MB HDD, SB16, CD-ROM. $30 dollars Apple Disk II Drives $20 each Apple 800k External 3.5 Drives $20 each Apple Extended Keyboard IIs- Lots of em $10 each Dayna BlueStreak 10/100 LC Ethernet Cards New In Box $15 each 20 Apple IIGS RGB Monitors $25 each plus shipping 10 Apple Monitor //s $25 each plus shipping 10 Apple //e Systems $20 each without drives & monitor Toshiba Satellite 220CDS- 133mhz Pentium 32MB RAM 1.2GB HDD No ac adapter, comes with spare machine that needs backlight- $30 Toshiba Satellite 330CDS 266mhz Pentium 80MB RAM 4GB HDD, Ethernet Card $50 Zenith 9 inch Green Screen monitor- works Composite input. $10 dollars Tandy 1400HD Laptop.. Will not power up.. Comes with AC Adapter which tested good Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer 1 with original owners manuals, cassette player and software $50 dollars Gateway Solo 9500 Laptop- Has AC adapter, 64MB RAM 30GB HDD- Real Serial Port, Floppy Drive and parallel port and usb $20 50 40GB IDE Hard drives $5 dollars each plus shipping 9 80GB IDE Hard Drives $10 dollars each plus shipping I have a storage unit full as well.. Everything from Molar Macs, to Apple //e's to compact macs. Shoot me an email and lets make a deal so I can have my living room back :P Steve Landon Flushing Michigan- Which is 15 mins northwest of Flint Michigan

14 years, 2 months

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Web server running on RSX-11M-PLUS

by bqt＠softjar.se

On 2012-04-16 02:04, David Riley<fraveydank at gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 14, 2012, at 11:11 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote: > >> > On 2012-04-13 19:00, "Zane H. Healy"<healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote: >>> >> Not sure why I didn't see the original. I have to agree, this is >>> >> *VERY* cool, as I suspect very few hobbyists have access to a TCP >>> >> stack for RSX-11M+ at this point! This is also the first I've heard >>> >> of a web server hosted on a PDP-11 running on something other than >>> >> RT-11. >>> >> >>> >> Are you targeting a specific Ethernet interface? >> > >> > Nope. Works fine on both Q-bus and Unibus machines. However, with Q-bus, you need DECnet for now, for the Ethernet interface, while for Unibus you can either go with DECnet, or else the supplied Ethernet driver in the system. >> > >> > And yeah, I have only seen the RT-11 webserver up until now. >> > >> > More to come... > Yes, this is super-exciting! Now, when you mentioned it was too big > for non-split I&D, was that the whole web task + IP stack, or was the > stack alone too big? I have an 11/23 (I also don't have enough RAM > to run RSX-11M+, but that's a little more easily rectified). Unfortunately it's specific bits of the stack that are too large. If it had been the combination, then it would not have been a problem. RSX don't have a problem with several tasks combined using plenty of memory. It is individual bits that are limited to 64K. And actually, the story goes on a little further. To make a long story short, a device driver in RSX is normally limited to 4 KW. You can extend that to 8KW by a little fiddling. Unfortunately, my TCP driver needs more than 4KW of instruction space, and then 4 KW of data space as well, which is the problem. In M+, I can handle this, since I- and D-space are separate, so the TCP driver works with just a little fiddling. In 11M, I would have to do some serious rewriting and possibly manual overlaying in order to make it work. It is possible, and there are some device drivers that actually do this kind of stuff (most notably the terminal device driver). But it is a rather complex task to fix. And it is actually only the TCP driver that is the problem. Evert other component fits withing the existing address space allowed even with split I- and D-space. But then again, the TCP code is the most complex piece... Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol

14 years, 2 months

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Web server running on RSX-11M-PLUS

by bqt＠softjar.se

On 2012-04-13 19:00, "Zane H. Healy"<healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote: > Not sure why I didn't see the original. I have to agree, this is > *VERY* cool, as I suspect very few hobbyists have access to a TCP > stack for RSX-11M+ at this point! This is also the first I've heard > of a web server hosted on a PDP-11 running on something other than > RT-11. > > Are you targeting a specific Ethernet interface? Nope. Works fine on both Q-bus and Unibus machines. However, with Q-bus, you need DECnet for now, for the Ethernet interface, while for Unibus you can either go with DECnet, or else the supplied Ethernet driver in the system. And yeah, I have only seen the RT-11 webserver up until now. More to come... Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol

14 years, 2 months

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ZX-Spectrum in the U.S.

by alhartman＠yahoo.com

I worked for Zebra Systems, Inc. in Woodhaven NY which was one of the main Timex/Sinclair mail order houses. My memory of the story is that Timex submitted a Spectrum with an NTSC RF Modulator to the FCC and it failed the approval process. They then redesigned the Spectrum to meet FCC standards, and while they were at it, added new features they felt the American market needed. That resulted in the TS-2068 Computer. I have one of the prototype North American Spectrum units, as well as an Interface One and Cartridge drive. Al Hartman Keansburg, NJ

14 years, 2 months

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Nice Sinclair Spectrum story

by legalize＠xmission.com

I love this album and had no idea there was a spectrum tie-in; apparently that was only done for the UK edition? <http://www.headen.com/XL1.htm> -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 version available for download <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/> Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

14 years, 2 months

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The Terminals Wiki

by legalize＠xmission.com

The Terminals Wiki is open for public browsing! <http://terminals.classiccmp.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page> This is a joint project between myself (username Legalize), Jason T (username Silent700) and Ian Primus (username Sark). I am the wiki administrator. My intention was to create a single reference site for everything we can find about terminals. Right now, account creation is by request only, but I will open it up for more public editing gradually over time (I am mostly concerned about spambots, I don't want this wiki to become a spam ghetto like so many others). I'm trying to make this an authoritative source, not just a hodge-podge of unsubstantiated opinions. To that end, everything I've put into the wiki so far is sourced from technical documentation (linked to manx and bitsavers and other sources) or from periodicals on Google books like Computerworld, InfoWorld, Network World, PC Mag, etc. Obviously there is tons more information that could be added and that will happen over time, but there is enough there now to be useful in looking up weird terminals that you might encounter in the wild. One nice thing about Google books is that they index the advertising as much as they index the articles. I'm not sure that traditional search databases like Nexus/Lexus do that. It has meant that I have been able to find lots of information on terminals through advertising, including some technical specifications and photos. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 version available for download <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/> Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

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Commodore PET 2001 Video Problem

by wheagy＠gmail.com

Hi, I recently picked up a PET 2001-8. It has a video issue...see http://imgur.com/PKc97 (disregard the black diagonal scan lines...digital camera artifact). I seem to remember reading something about a similar issue, but Google is not returning anything. Does anyone have any leads or ideas? Thanks, Win

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KryoFlux and Commodore Disks

by cb＠kryoflux.com

On 13 Apr 2012, at 16:43, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote: >> > I mean make KryoFlux do what it was designed to do. Whatever that is. I > assume make perfect images of disks. > KryoFlux was designed to deliver unaltered flux data off floppy disks, making it possible to get the lowest read possible. Certain drives or devices, like the 1541, won't spit out what's on the platter, but interpreted data. This means such data can usually be used (if transferred right) for emulation, but it's usually impossible to write back as copy protection mechanisms usually come with ambiguity or other methods that make it impossible to write such data back to disks. On top of that the 1541 can't read the index, which some protections make use of - when creating a disk. By reading a start mark on track A and then stepping to track B you can try and read a required sequence of data that will be impossible to: a) read in emulation, unless you tweak the data read and spin it around the virtual index as long as it matches. The reason is you don't know which stepping the drive does when reading the disk at the time you image the disk. b) write back to disk, unless you have some aid, e.g. a drive equipped with an index so you can time your writes. There are other things that read back differently (=unaltered or mostly unaltered) through a normal drive. To fully make use of KryoFlux you will a HD 5.25" floppy drive equipped with a -8 stepping mod so you can read flippy floppy disks. If you go for the more hobbyist approach, you can as well add a fake index mod, and read the flip side with wrong index data. Here's some more things to read about the problem: http://forum.kryoflux.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3#p1991 This video explains how to mod a drive... Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcqluH7dEj4 Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGxPGavShcE Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW65ynGGiFk >> Do you want access to the contents of the files, or are you archiving >> them? > > I want to know how to use KryoFlux and make it work with Commodore 1541 > floppies. As said above, you need a HD 5.25" drive, which usually needs to be modded. Unless you would want to cut open your disk jackets, remove the platter and place it in a jacket with two index holes. At the moment, KryoFlux will dump C64 disks as .D64 and .D64 with errormap which will allow for using simple protections. More advanced stuff will need .G64 or ultimately .IPF files. .G64 support is being added as I write these lines. Enjoy. Christian Bartsch | KryoFlux Products & Services Limited cb at kryoflux.com | www.kryoflux.com 80 Allington Way | Maidstone | ME16 0HN | United Kingdom Incorporation at Companies House, Cardiff, Company No. 07370567 Directors: Richard Rayner, Christian Bartsch

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Web server running on RSX-11M-PLUS

by bqt＠softjar.se

On 2012-04-14 00:11, "E. Groenenberg"<quapla at xs4all.nl> wrote: > Wow, very nice! > > Makes me to get more energy in getting the 11/70 running again. Please do. All running PDP-11s are nice! > I for one would definitely like to see the ftp& telnet server > parts. Being able to connect to, from and between 2 machines running > RSX would be a major feature for this O.S. Yes. And that will come. And it will be better than TCPware, or other implementations out there. I have some nice ideas... > Sure, there is/was TCPWare and I had a demo key, but the tk50 media > got damaged making that a dead end. I think the image for TCPware is possible to find on the net. And if you have a key, then that problem is also solved... > Just wondering, how 'big' is the http task? Small. 40 disk blocks. The memory requirements are about 5KW of instruction and 5KW of data. But it does use the supervisor RMS library, and the resident BASIC+2 library, so that memory is in addition. I'm working on some more tweaks to this, which might grow it a little more, but it's pretty cool already. Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol

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Web server running on RSX-11M-PLUS

by bqt＠softjar.se

On 2012-04-13 16:43, "Rod Smallwood"<rodsmallwood at btconnect.com> wrote: > Sub zero cool! > What's the hardware? MIM (which is also MADAME) is actually an emulated PDP-11/74 running under E11. Bog standard PC otherwise. But I'm also running this on a real 11/93 at home, but that machine don't have a public IP address. Johnny > > Regards > ? > Rod Smallwood > ? > ? > > -----Original Message----- > From:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] > On Behalf Of Johnny Billquist > Sent: 13 April 2012 13:40 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Web server running on RSX-11M-PLUS > > Ok. I just thought I'd stir some interest and just general noise by > announcing that I've written a small web-server running under RSX. > It's written in BASIC+2, and uses the TCP/IP stack for RSX that I've > also written. There are probably a bunch of bugs and issues still > around, so I'm happy to take any bug reports, comments or whatever. > > The url ishttp://madame.update.uu.se/, and if anyone is curious about > the code, it's at mim.update.uu.se (same machine, other IP), under > MIM::DU:[HTTPD]WWW.B2S (also on HECnet) > > If people have any interest in this stuff, or something else/more, I'm > interested in hearing about it. The TCP/IP stack will eventually (soon) > be available for others to download and use, and apart from the web > server, I've also written a telnet client, and a few small services > under TCP, as well as some tools for administration. I have some > polishing to do, I need to finish a DNS resolved, and I'd like to also > finish FTP and a telnet server, but I might be open to distributing > things before I've finished all those things, especially if someone is > interested in helping writing stuff. > > I have interfaces completed for BASIC+2, PDP-11 C, Macro-11. FORTRAN 77 > should also work, but I haven't tried it yet. > > This all runs under RSX-11M-PLUS V4.6, but I think it should be possible > to get running under almost any M+ version, but there might be some > hacking needed for some versions. > It will not work under 11M, and I never expect it to. One or two drivers > as well as one or two tools really are big enough that I need to use the > split I/D space feature in M+. Rewriting stuff to not need that is way > too much work. > > Johnny > > -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: > bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay > hip" - B. Idol -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol

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BEYOND RARE!

by witchy＠binarydinosaurs.co.uk

Folks, I presume we've all seen this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160781780426+ Prototype Mac 128k with a twiggy drive... -- Adrian/Witchy Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer collection?

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Last chance for the Free TRS80 Magazines And Books

by slandon＠centurylink.net

Guys Last chance on this TRS-80 Magazines and books, enough to fill the back of a small car. Its free if you come to my door to get it, Otherwise its headed to the trash monday. Steve Landon Flushing MI

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ADB-to-USB adapter

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

Is anyone here aware of a gizmo that will let me plug a USB mouse into an ADB socket? I'm trying to come up with a way to shoehorn modern optical mouse guts into a classic Macintosh mouse. -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

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Semi-OT: Photochop question for a vintage image!

by evan＠snarc.net

Hello, especially to people on the west coast -- because it's 2:16AM ET right now -- I've got a vintage computer image that for which I need some GIMP or Photoshop assistance; any experts out there tonight? If so, then please email me directly, or better yet call me -- 646-546-9999 -- I'll be up until about midnight PT / 3am ET. Thanks!! - Evan

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CP/M directory entries

by jules.richardson99＠gmail.com

Is there any kind of sensible maximum limit for the number of directory entries that a CP/M disk may contain? Or did every vendor just do their own thing (probably!) and it's preferable to just keep parsing from the start of the directory area until either the end of the media is reached, or a location identified as file data by a previous entry is encountered? And, related to that, if the directory area of a CP/M disk spans multiple tracks, was there a standard for whether it iterated head-first (in the event of media with multiple heads) or cylinder-first? Or does code have to cope with both possibilities? I'm just pulling some data off some QX-10 floppies (none of which seem to take up more than a track for the directory area), but it seems like a good idea to make it as generic as possible. cheers Jules

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KryoFlux and Commodore Disks

by cb＠kryoflux.com

On 14 Apr 2012, at 00:11, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote: > If "flippies" are the only problem, . . . > There IS enough flexibility and slack in the jacket to be able to > CAREFULLY punch the other jacket holes (one on each side) without > disassembly, using a very ordinary handheld hole punch. My first retail > product "Berkeley Microcomputer Flip-Jig" was a plexiglass pocket jig for > marking the positions of where to punch. The "deluxe" version, and the > 8" versions, also had a jig for installing center hole re-inforcers. Fred, yes, the index hole is the only real problem. Tell a collector to punch his disks and then start running... :-) Good luck. Christian Bartsch | KryoFlux Products & Services Limited cb at kryoflux.com | www.kryoflux.com 80 Allington Way | Maidstone | ME16 0HN | United Kingdom Incorporation at Companies House, Cardiff, Company No. 07370567 Directors: Richard Rayner, Christian Bartsch

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The History of SuperComputers

by christian_liendo＠yahoo.com

I know someone will be interested in this article http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/125271-the-history-of-supercomputers

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KryoFlux and Commodore Disks

by arkaxow＠gmail.com

Hello All, I was considering buying KryoFlux to read and write Commodore disks. Has anyone done this ? From what I gather you just get the board and you can get the floppy cable and a power supply and power cord. But you need to buy a HD PC floppy drive and then can read the Commodore disks. That is Commodore 1541 disks. Does this sound right ? Jeffrey Brace

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ebay: Tektronix 8540, 8560 emulator w/manuals, probes, etc.

by legalize＠xmission.com

FYI... <http://www.ebay.com/itm/260999371487> If you've been looking for this stuff, now is your chance... -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 version available for download <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/> Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

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VMS Problem, please help..

by cctech＠beyondthepale.ie

> >The mms default call to cc is like this: >cc /def=("FEAT_NORMAL","HAVE_CONFIG_H","FEAT_GUI_MOTIF" ) /opt/prefix=all >/include=([.proto],decw$include:) BUFFER.C > Hopefully, it should be possible to get MMS to not optimise when compiling blowfish.c and sha256.c and to optimise when doing the other compilations. I am not familiar enough with MMS to know how to do this. Alternatively, if you compile the two files involved outside of MMS, you will also need to perform the link step afterwards. > >Interestingls help cc/opt onli has those documented options: > >CC > > /OPTIMIZE > > /OPTIMIZE[=option] (D) > /NOOPTIMIZE > > Controls whether or not the compiler performs code optimization. > /OPTIMIZE has the following options: > > [NO]DISJOINT Directs the compiler to optimize the generated > machine code. > > [NO]INLINE Specifies whether the compiler is allowed to perform > the function inline optimization. > >So my question is, what should /opt/prefix=all so in this case? > /prefix=all is not related to optimisation - the author has just put the two qualifiers next to each other. /prefix=all directs the compiler add the prefix "decc$" in front of the names of all runtime library functions. I have tested further and it appears that /optimise=disjoint is triggering the problem. > >Yes, I have compiled the entire source with the crypto features commented >out, and yes I can compile blowfish.c with that cmdline: > >$ cc /def=("FEAT_NORMAL","HAVE_CONFIG_H","FEAT_GUI_MOTIF" ) /NOOPT >/include=([.proto],decw$include:) BLOWFISH.C > >..and it compiles sha256.c too. > Great. You may need to compile them with /prefix=all added to the command line if problems show up with names of runtime library functions at link time. However, I suspect that /prefix=all is probably the default anyway. You should be able to use a command line like: $ cc /def=("FEAT_NORMAL","HAVE_CONFIG_H","FEAT_GUI_MOTIF" ) /prefix=all /include=([.proto],decw$include:) /optimise=(inline,nodisjoint) BLOWFISH.C > >Is there further documentation about the compiler optimizations somwhere >available? > There could be slightly more detail about optimisation in the compiler manual but it is highly unlightly that the manual would list additional command line qualifiers that are not documented in the online help. The online help comes with the compiler and normally documents all the available qualifiers. The alpha (and presumably ia64) compilers are quite different to the VAX compilers internally and may have different options relating to optimisation so it is important to consult the correct manual. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

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IBM 026 in episode of Bones

by sellam＠vintagetech.com

I don't recommend watching this (typical network TV acting and feeble storyline) but it does feature my IBM 026 at the 17:00 mark: http://www.hulu.com/watch/318646/bones-the-crack-in-the-code Here is my baby: http://www.vintage.org/gallery.php?grouptag=IBM026 It works (thanks to the old farts who restored the IBM 1401 at the Computer History Museum). -- Sellam Ismail VintageTech ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintagetech.com Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap...The truth is always simple.

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Help identifying Mystery CDC Terminal...

by benylin＠hotmail.com

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://yahozna.dyndns.org/ computers/cdcterminal/CIMG1330.JPG&imgrefurl=http:// www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctech/2008-February/ 052537.html&usg=__1fV1PKo3sAiJ9Wg7Uo9Hi8yipYU=&h=1728&w=2304&sz=1734&hl= en&start=28&zoom=1&tbnid=qPJXAYIkwqa- cM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&ei=oEOGT67UIenj0QGehIz6Bw&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dcdc %2Bterminal%26start%3D21%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd% 3Divnsfd&itbs=1 it's a VUCOM 1 made by CDC ok,the post is a few years old but hey...you've posted one of the rare photo of a VUCOM 1 online !... if you have found more info on it,let me know,I've got one home. JF

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Complete Apple IIGS for Sale With SCSI Card & Hard Drive

by slandon＠centurylink.net

Got a nice complete Apple IIGS for sale 2 3.5 drives Has a 40MB CMS SCSI Hard Drive and SCSI Card- Will include a 1GB bare drive so you can add more space 1MB RAM Expansion Card AE SonicBlaster SoundCard Included will be GS/OS System 6 on Disk so you can set the system up to your specifications. $200 dollars + Shipping or come pick it up. Thanks Steve

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Commodore 1591 roms

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

Does anyone here know anything about the ROMs to the Commodore 1591 floppy drive? The ROM from this prototype was supposedly dumped and sent on to ftp.funet.fi, but it's not there. -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

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