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

by cc＠informatik.uni-stuttgart.de

On Fri, 5 Oct 2018, it was written > I worked with DIGICO?s in 1974. > Is it red? > Does it have a manual pull through paper tape reader? > Was it made in the UK? > I am most interested Yes, it is red and has a small reader on the front plate. The machine seems to be complete (expect the disk drive that is missing the removable platter assembly/heads). I can make some pictures these days. Christian

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WTB: BA11-K Rack Rails

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Paul Anderson > I don't remember the D tilting. http://gunkies.org/wiki/File:BA11-DSide.jpg This is very similar to the slides on the BA11 (-11/20), which also had the rotation, so I suspect they were all this way (i.e. there no early versions without, etc). Having said that, if anyone has a -D with something else, please send me an image so I can document it. > From: systems_glitch > I'd prefer a set of original outer rails, but something newer or > something I have to modify a little would be fine. Probably the easiest option is to buy a set of those C-230-S's; the mounting holes on their inners match the locations of the swage nuts on the BA11-K sides, so it's straight simple bolt-in. You'll lose the rotations option, though. Noel

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dmk to imd problem

by fritz_chwolka＠t-online.de

Hi, I have a lot of dmk images and tried to convert them to imd with dmk2imd.com. Trying with on of those files: http://oldcomputers-ddns.org/public/pub/rechner/eaca/genie_3s/my_genie_3s/i… The conversion was fast and told me: Tracks:80x6528 DSSD Assuming 500kbps data rate. But when I write the *.imd to floppy I get only 40track and that is realy not good. :-( -- Best Regards, mit freundlichen Gr??en Fritz Chwolka

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WTB: BA11-K Rack Rails

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Bill Degnan > What is the part number for the -D ? Do you have the inners? The only -D inners I know of are the kind shown here: http://gunkies.org/wiki/BA11-D_Mounting_Box and if you have those, you're in luck; the outers from a still-available Chassis Track unit are perfect replacements for the original outers. Kinda pricy, mind, but at least they're available. If you have a different inner, I'd love an image, so I can see what it is, and document it. If you have no inners, kinda ugly. You can buy that CT unit, but you'll have to drill matching holes in the inner - and you lose the rotational capability. Noel

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WTB: BA11-K Rack Rails

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: systems_glitch > I do have the inner rails/latch system for tilting the box, they are > plain aluminum. Like the lower picture: http://gunkies.org/wiki/BA11-K_mounting_box there? I'm guessing that's zinc-plated steel. Alas, I don't know who made those (may have been DEC themselves), or a source for them. _But_.... I have some Chassis Trak outers which are almost compatible. (I say 'outers', but actually many slide sets are 3-part; there's an outer which bolts to the rack, an inner which bolts to the mounting box. and then a third piece, a 'middle' I guess we can call them. Sometimes the middle and outer can be separated, with a safety latch you have to release - but I think I recall seeing one set where you can't extract the middle mrom the outer - at least not out the front.) Anyway, the silver inners do fit into the track in the middles of those CT units - all except the two wheels at the inside end of the inners! Too bad, because I have no use for these outers, and would be happy to hand them over to you. The other possibilithy is that I _might_ have a spare set of the silver outers. I have 2 sets of the outers (2 left, 2 right), 4 of the special pivot bolts - but only one set of inners - at least that I can quickly find. Let me have a look around, and see if I'm really missing the inners - if so. I might be up for trading you a set of outers for something I can use. Noel

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WTB: BA11-K Rack Rails

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: systems_glitch > Looking for a pair of rack rails for my PDP-11/10. Is it in a BA11-K (as suggested by the Subject line), or BA11-D? (-11/10's came in both, for the 10-1/2" box.) The -K has the power supply on the end, the -D down one side. What slide hardware, if any, do you already have? (Many come with the inners [the part that bolts to the mounting box] still there, but the outers have been discarded.) If you've got the inners, you're home free; I can give you a General Devices 'Chassis Trak' part number that will provide working outers (although you'd probably have to modify the locking hole for the lock to work). If you don't have the inners, I'll have to go look and see what can be done... (The original DEC inners are, AFAIK, now unobtainium.) Oh, and if you do have inners, I assume they are the earlier, grey-coated ones, not the later silver ones? Noel

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WTB: BA11-K Rack Rails

by systems.glitch＠gmail.com

Looking for a pair of rack rails for my PDP-11/10. Thanks, Jonathan

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early ANSI C drafts, pre-1989 standard

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Keven Miller > I found that I have a copy of X3J11-88-001 I turned up a copy of X3J11/87-221; the one before that was X3J11/87-140. Noel

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PDP-11 in russia?

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

We may have found someone at least on the right continent ;) For those interested, he sent a pic (but haven't looked at it closely to see if the -11 is even in there): http://www.ezwind.net/IMG_0223.JPG J -----Original Message----- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rod G8DGR via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2018 12:27 PM To: Holm Tiffe <holm at freibergnet.de>; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: RE: PDP-11 in russia? There were plenty of real PDP-11?s that found their way to Russia. Often through front companies in say Vienna. Rod Smallwood Digital Equipment Corporation 1975 ? 1985 Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Holm Tiffe via cctalk Sent: 02 October 2018 18:01 To: Jay West; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: PDP-11 in russia? Jay West via cctalk wrote: > Someone has contacted me about a pdp-11 that controls a "measuring machine > dea epsilon". > > > > It appears that they want to replace the pdp-11 with a "ibm" (I'm guessing a > pc), and then they would give the pdp-11 as a gift. > > > > That is all the info I have. Are there any listmembers in Russia who would > be able to take on a project? > > > > J This for sure isn't a PDP11, it would be an "ELEKTRONIKA 60" I think. This is something like an 11/23 but with metric Connectors, PCBs are a little bit bigger as PDP11's. I do own such a beast, that's a picture from the CPU: https://www.tiffe.de/Robotron/PDP-VAX/E60/E60-01.jpg Other pictures are in the same directory (directory index is allowed). ..it's running RT11 from a 8" RX Floppy clone... Regards, Holm -- Technik Service u. Handel Tiffe, www.tsht.de, Holm Tiffe, Freiberger Stra?e 42, 09600 Obersch?na, USt-Id: DE253710583 info at tsht.de Fax +49 3731 74200 Tel +49 3731 74222 Mobil: 0172 8790 741

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Teac Mt-2st/20D-12-u

by cruff＠ruffspot.net

I used to have a SCSI interface version of that drive type, I made backups of my Mac Plus (I think it was) hard drive. Since I don't have it currently, I believe I gave it to a friend along with the rest of my Mac Plus peripherals. I don't recall the capacity of my specific drive, but it used a "data cassette", which had a notch in the tape case to prevent use of regular cassette tapes.

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CPT boards

by jules.richardson99＠gmail.com

I borrowed a pile of scrap 1970s-era PCBs from my local recycler yesterday, just to make sure there was nothing important among them before they go off for processing. Among them are six boards branded as CPT, which I assume (as I'm in MN) is the CPT Corporation that was in Minneapolis. The double-sided boards are organized in five rows of five ICs, with 44-way edge connectors and IC date codes in the 1973-1977 range. I seem to have p/n's 910012, 910014, 910015, 910017, 910018 and 910022. In addition to this there's a smaller board which references "deck 1 heads" and "deck 2 heads", and appears to have a p/n of 910025. Does this ring any bells with anyone? The Wikipedia entry for CPT mentions the 'VM' machine in 1976 with dual tape units, so I wonder if they're from one of those... if so, I'm curious if there are any surviving intact examples out there (or other info, there doesn't appear to be any CPT stuff on bitsavers) cheers Jules

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M7753 DEC flip chip

by db＠db.net

It has a red tag on it saying it is DOA date 23/May 79 and an obviously poorly removed chip. Anyone want it? For postage it's yours. -- - db at FreeBSD.org db at db.net http://artemis.db.net/~db

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Looking to trade for Emulex UC04 QBus SCSI

by derschjo＠gmail.com

Hi all -- In my quest to get my MicroVAX I to do something interesting, I'm looking for an Emulex UC04 SCSI controller -- this is one of the few MSCP SCSI devices that I'm aware of that are compatible with the MicroVAX I (the rest all require a II or later). I have a nice CMD CQD-200/TM QBus SCSI controller that I can offer in trade, or I also have a wide variety of other parts available... please drop me a line if you've got one for trade. Thanks as always, Josh

7 years, 6 months

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Digico computer

by cc＠informatik.uni-stuttgart.de

On Fri, 5 Oct 2018, it was written > http://www.vintage-icl-computers.com/icl49c > > Drawings for 16V here No, only some non-readable pictures of drawings :-( I should ask the guy to scan them reasonably. Christian

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Does anyone recognise these boards please

by trash80＠internode.on.net

Be most grateful if anyone can advise here please. Rescued a TRS-80 MC10 from deceased estate recently - it was headed for the bin but got saved. The original owner was a bit of an electronics hobbyist and his brother-in-law tossed these boards in with the bundle I grabbed. http://koken.advancedimaging.com.au/index.php?/albums/boards/ Kevin Parker

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Ethernet names...

by mark.kahrs＠gmail.com

I was there and it was always called "The Ethernet". When the 10 Mb standard came into being, it was then referred to as "The Experimental Ethernet". If you want to be *really* pedantic, you could refer to it as the "2.94 MHz Ethernet" --- but that would be silly. If you'd like to see how Aloha inspired Metcalfe, read this: http://www.historyofcomputercommunications.info/Book/6/6.7-EthernetRobertMe…

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Digico computer

by anders.k.nelson＠gmail.com

[...] "Is it red?" [...] LOL I love it! Some beautiful hardware on the list this week, I wish I snagged that DG MicroNova... =] -- Anders Nelson +1 (517) 775-6129 www.erogear.com On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 10:07 AM Rod G8DGR via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: > http://www.vintage-icl-computers.com/icl49c > > Drawings for 16V here > > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Christian Corti via cctalk > Sent: 05 October 2018 12:42 > To: cctalk at classiccmp.org > Subject: Digico computer > > We recently got a Digico Micro 16V computer including a Pertec 3342 disk > drive. It is a 16 bit minicomputer based on 74181 ALUs and a couple of 4k > core memory modules. > Since the condition of the system is not the best (dirt, dust, some > bent wirewrap pins), I'm looking for the usual information :-)) > - technical manual, schematics > - software > I'm thankful for any information. > > Christian > >

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Digico computer

by cc＠informatik.uni-stuttgart.de

We recently got a Digico Micro 16V computer including a Pertec 3342 disk drive. It is a 16 bit minicomputer based on 74181 ALUs and a couple of 4k core memory modules. Since the condition of the system is not the best (dirt, dust, some bent wirewrap pins), I'm looking for the usual information :-)) - technical manual, schematics - software I'm thankful for any information. Christian

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Ethernet names...

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Eric Smith > I think the account given in the book may be a bit confused on this > point. ... That sequence of events is contradicted by Pelkey ... > describes the name change from Alto Aloha to Ether as happening in May > 1973 in agreement with WWSUL, except that in the Pelkey account the > Alto network wasn't designed and built until June, _after_ the name > change. It's quite possible that in Metcalfe's interview (which is what the WWSUL account seems to be pretty much wholly based on), N years after it all happened, his memory flaked and he got the sequence wrong. I've had the same thing happen to me, trying to recall the sequence/timing of early IP work at MIT. I was sure X happened before Y, and then Jerry Saltzer dug up an old progress report... There's a reason that the gold standard for historians is contemporary documentation. Along those lines, here: http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/nontech/tmlotus.html is an amusing story of my encounters with this effect on some Lotus Indycar research I did. Noel

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Ethernet names...

by cctalk＠gtaylor.tnetconsulting.net

Does anybody know names / terms that correspond to the original 3 Mbps Ethernet? I.e. 10 Mbps Ethernet is also knows as Ethernet II (2) and D.I.X. (for Digital, Intel, and Xerox). Was the first 3 Mbps Ethernet simply called "Ethernet" with an implicit "I" (1)? Was there a name to differentiate it from D.I.X.? Grant. . . . unix || die

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PDP-15 documentation

by mattislind＠gmail.com

I have now finally concluded the PDP-15 documentation scanning project. Many year ago my father saved a big lot of PDP-15 documentation that was thrown out from Philips in Stockholm. I have over the years scanned documents on request which has ended up at bitsavers. Some docuements were already present on bitsavers. Now I took a stab and finalised this project. All the remaining PDP-15 has now been scanned and I put them here: http://www.datormuseum.se/documentation-software/pdp-15-documentation Many documents already has made its way to bitsavers but many remains. There are DOS-15, XVM/DOS and various general documents such as operators guide, course handouts etc. The only remaining document to scan is the RSX PLUS III reference manual which will be tricky to scan without damage it. Happy reading!

7 years, 6 months

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DG microNOVA in Cleveland on CL

by jfoust＠threedee.com

https://cleveland.craigslist.org/sys/d/data-general-free-for-good/671412126…

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Source code listings from REDAC PDP-based PCB layout system.

by mattislind＠gmail.com

I have a set of around 5 to 8 binders with printed source code listings >from a PDP-15 system. The listings appear to be from a REDAC SOFTWARE LIMITED PCB CAD system. The name of the software seems to be REDAL 3 MARK 7. There are dates on the listings in the range 74 and 75. https://i.imgur.com/m1ji9uR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/SzaiH78.jpg First of all does anyone has more info on the REDAL software from REDAC? Then secondly is there anyone interested in these binders with listings? I think the quality of printout is good enough to do OCR on. Note that there is no guarantee that these are the complete set of binders with listings. /Mattis

7 years, 6 months

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Rack-mount or tabletop version of DEC RX50 floppy drive?

by spacewar＠gmail.com

Did DEC offer a rack-mount or tabletop box version of the RX50 floppy drive, as they did with e.g. the TU58 and TK50 tape drives? I'm wondering how they expected the RX50 drive to be packaged when used with a Unibus PDP-11 via the RUX50 controller.

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HP1000 A600 Boards available

by holm＠freibergnet.de

Hi, two weeks before I was asked from a friend if it's worth to rescue an HP1000 A600 computer from the stuff available at a local scrapp seller in Erfurt. Of course I've answered yes! Unfortunately someone at the scrap site has pulled some cards and at least in one case a chip fom a card. There is to much missing to rescue this computer..at least my friend has saved some of the pcb's: hier die HP-Kartennummern: 12103-60004 1MB RAM , 2x vorhanden 12005-60012 Ser. Interface 12005-60001 Ser. Interface 02430-60009 drop me a mail if you are interested on buying those cards and give a hint what you want to pay for them. The stuff is located in Weimar, Germany ..Europe. Regards, Holm -- Technik Service u. Handel Tiffe, www.tsht.de, Holm Tiffe, Freiberger Stra?e 42, 09600 Obersch?na, USt-Id: DE253710583 info at tsht.de Fax +49 3731 74200 Tel +49 3731 74222 Mobil: 0172 8790 741

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Ethernet names...

by w9gb＠icloud.com

Grant - Occasional vague references to ?I?, when Ethernet II was used (as I remember). I assumed the reference was for initial 3 Mbps work at PARC. Gateway Communications started in Irvine, CA (1981?) offering G/Net (~double the 3 Mbps), I remember installing their demonstration system (1982 or 1983?) By 1983, 3Com ThinNet (10-Base-2) released for IBM PCs. University of Iowa graduate college installed one of their first LANs with an Altos sever (8086, 10 MHz). greg == From: Grant Taylor <cctalk at gtaylor.tnetconsulting.net> Subject: Ethernet names... Does anybody know names / terms that correspond to the original 3 Mbps Ethernet? I.e. 10 Mbps Ethernet is also knows as Ethernet II (2) and D.I.X. (for Digital, Intel, and Xerox). Was the first 3 Mbps Ethernet simply called "Ethernet" with an implicit "I" (1)? Was there a name to differentiate it from D.I.X.? Grant. . . . unix || die Sent from iPad Air

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Ethernet names...

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Eric Smith > 3 Mbps was sometimes referred to as experimental Ethernet, but AFAIK > the only official name was "Ethernet". > The best way to refer to it is probably "3 Mbps Ethernet". I was trying to remember what we called it at MIT (which had one), but my memory was hazy, so I want back and looked at the sources for the packet switch I wrote (which supported the first Ethernet, before the 10Mbit version even came out), and I found (slightly to my suprise) that it was "3Mbit Experimental Ethernet", or just plain "Exerimental Ethernet". (Of course, that was just MIT - other sites may have had different terminology.) No doubt we renamed it once the 10Mbit version showed up - I can probably search for early versions of the code to confirm this, if anyone cares. Anyway, I'd vote for the latter, short name. > From: Bill Degnan > See where wizards stay up lote by Katie Halner and matthew lyon. Interesting! It looks (from the Notes) like this was gleaned from an interview with Metcalfe, and she was _very_ careful (I helped her with the technical details - you can find me in the Acks), so I'd tend to believe it. My _guess_ is that was his early, 'in his head' name for the thing, and when they set out to actually build it, it was re-named 'Ethernet' (as Al's memo search seems to indicate). Noel

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Looking for HP 1000 A990 backplane jumper board and memory frontplane

by glen.slick＠gmail.com

I have an HP 1000 A900 20-slot box with a working 4 card CPU set (sequencer, data path, cache control, memory controller). I also have a 12990-60102 A990 CPU card that would replace the 4 A900 CPU cards and install in place of the A900 memory controller card. What I don't have is the 12990-60020 jumper board that would install in the A900 backplane instead of the A900 sequencer, data path, and cache control cards, nor a 12230-60001, 12230-60002, 12230-60003, or 12230-60004 memory frontplane to connect the A990 CPU to one or more memory array cards. I'm not very hopeful, but is there any chance anyone on the list happens to have a spare HP 1000 A990 12990-60020 jumper board, and/or a 12230-60001, 12230-60002, 12230-60003, or 12230-60004 memory frontplane that they would be willing to part with? Not expecting these for free. These might be parts that 360 Technologies had before they recently closed up shop, although if they did they probably expected business critical prices for them. (For reference, the HP Museum site has a copy of the HP 1000 A990 Upgrade (HP 12990C) Installation and Service Manual, 12990-90011).

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PDP-11 in russia?

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

Someone has contacted me about a pdp-11 that controls a "measuring machine dea epsilon". It appears that they want to replace the pdp-11 with a "ibm" (I'm guessing a pc), and then they would give the pdp-11 as a gift. That is all the info I have. Are there any listmembers in Russia who would be able to take on a project? J

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6809 Monitor

by guykd＠optusnet.com.au

At 12:24 PM 2/10/2018 -0700, you wrote: >Does anyone have source to a 6809 monitor program? > >I'm looking for something I can make work in a CoCo. > >Functionality I'm looking for is something that will let me read and >write to memory. Attached is the zipped C source code for a 6809 monitor I wrote in the early 1990s. Compiler used was HiTech C. Build files included. It worked, but of course 'there may be bugs.' :) It's fairly generic, so not many changes needed for other CPUs. I also did an 80C196 ver. If the zip file attachment fails, it's online here: http://everist.org/texts/6809_Mon_V2.zip Doco from the MONITOR.C file: /* File: MONITOR.C For machine: Dual 6809 game board. Compiler: Hitech 6809 C. Written: Guy Dunphy, 4/9/94, derived from an earlier version. (by me) This file contains all code for a versatile serial monitor. It is event driven, and time sliced, so it can operate in the background with other CPU tasks. All data is stored big-endian. All serial I/O is via the functions aux_get_ch(), aux_put_ch(). Serial Tx is polled, while Rx can be either polled, or buffered interrupt driven with hardware handshaking (via RTS). See monitor_init(). This monitor can be used in multi CPU systems, where only one CPU has a serial comms interface, and each has different IO/mem maps and codespaces. If there is a means for passing strings between the CPUs, then the one with serial IO is used to run a 'master' copy of the monitor, and the other CPU(s) runs a 'slave' monitor version. The master CPU does all command line entry/edit operations, and can be set to pass complete command lines on to other CPU(s). It also will echo text returned from the slave CPU(s) to the serial interface. To use this file:- * For single CPU operation, just compile it as is. * As a 'master' (talks to a slave), predefine symbol MON_MASTER. * As a 'slave', predefine symbol MON_SLAVE. Monitor commands (See also mon_help_text[] ) ---------------- Multiple cmds allowed on a line, use ';' to separate. Upper/lower case of commands and parameters is not significant. A 'range' may be:- start start end start length (Shorthand form: if length is small and < start.) start L length space (as 1st char) Repeat last command. Execute or re-edit. tab (as 1st char) Repeat 'saved' command. Execute or re-edit. tab (not 1st char) Copy cmd to 'save' buffer. esc (as 1st char) Allow re-edit of following 'repeat' cmd. (... twice ) Kill 'pass cmds to slave' mode. D range Dump mem. D (no other chars) Dump another 64 bytes F[W][I] range data Fill memory. W=word, I=increment. G addr Go (call) to addr M start [data]... Modify mem. data ::= hex_byte | string | char string ::= "text" char ::= 'c R [reg_name = value] Optionally modify register(s), then display all regs. reg_name ::= cc a b d dp x y u pc Z [flag_val] Zot! Set operation mode. Bit flags set are:- b0 Halt system (no return from monitor). b1 Inhibit serial echo. b2 Inhibit serial prompt output. b3 Inhibit all monitor output (incl help). b4 Pass all cmds to slave CPU. ESC,ESC to exit. Examples:- Z Re-initialize monitor. Lose trailing cmds. Z 0 Restore normal operation, continue. Z F Just accept commands, no system, echo, etc. Z 2 Normal, but no echo (ie half duplex). S1ccaaaadddddd....ddss<CR> Motorola data record. Load to memory. Each hex line is treated as a command, so there is no special 'load' cmd. Before sending hex, best to do a Z6 or Z7 to stop all other time consuming tasks. When finished, do a Z 0 to restore normal ops. An ASCII ACK ($06) is sent when line processing is complete and no error found. This can be used as an acknowledge. If an error is found, a '?' is returned. See s19_decode(). S0.... and S9.... Header and end records: ignored.

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6809 Monitor

by tlindner＠macmess.org

Does anyone have source to a 6809 monitor program? I'm looking for something I can make work in a CoCo. Functionality I'm looking for is something that will let me read and write to memory. -- -- tim lindner "Proper User Policy apparently means Simon Says."

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pdp-11/34 extravaganza

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

I was contacted about an 11/34 system available. It appears to be not just a system, nor just a system in a rack, but pretty much a full installation and all the trimmings (printers, terminals, documentation, media, etc.). I am pretty sure some of the terminals will invoke interest at the very least ;) Note - the person who has it is looking for a sale. No prices have been discussed, but my impression is they aren't going to let it all go for $50 :) The stuff is located in the Detroit metro area. I am not (nor do I want to be) involved in this transaction in any way. I'm just passing it on. I would prefer to pass it to someone who has a demonstrated ability (and resources) for rescues of this size and type of equipment. All I care about is that the equipment is rescued and by a responsible party. Do not email me expressing interest in just one or two items. I will pass it all to one person - if THEY want to part it out *after the deal* that's fine. I do have a single picture I can forward. If interested email me directly.. Terminals (screen, keyboard, mouse) (1 is custom built) - Quantity: 2 -Tektronix 4012 - Quantity: 1 -Tektronix 4010 - Quantity: 1 - Custom Built Tektronix Printer Terminal with Monitor (keyboard) - Quantity: 1 - Digital VT100 - Quatity: 2 - Digital VT105 Printer Terminal - Quantity: 2 - DEC Writer IV PDP 11/34 (edit by jay - I believe there is only one 11/34, not 4. I could be wrong.) - Quantity: 1 - 11/34A-DH - 115 Volts / 60Hz - Quantity: 1 - 1134A-XE - 120 Volts / 60Hz - Quantity: 1 - 11/34A-YE - 120 Volts / 60Hz - Quantity: 1 - 11/34A DE - 120 Volts / 60Hz Digital RL01 - Quantity: 2 Digital RL02 - Quantity: 2 Digital RX02 - Quantity: 4 - 1 out of the 4 is non-functioning Digital RX01- Quantity: 2 DEC Magnetic Disk Drivers - Quantity: 23 (possibly more) Some are RL01K-DC and some are RL02K-DC One has Fortinet on it IEE Serial Display Quantity: 1 Digital M9202 Quantity: 5 Digital M9741 Quantity: 1 Digital M9312 Quantity: 1 Digital M9302 Quantity: 2 Digital M7850 Quantity: 2 Digital M9301 Quantity: 2 Digital QSC H322 Quantity 1, possibly 2 Various Spare Parts -Printing Paper -Original Printing Ink -INMAC Air Filters -RX02 Replacement Fan -Extra Cable for PDP 11/34 -Moss Memory for PDP 11/34 -Spare Power Supplies -3 cases of documentation for the different components and programs Half Rack with Built In Power Supply Digital 872-A Quantity: 1 Full Rack, Chasf CD3001-99-0141 Quantity: 1

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FS: various books, including some old/classic/vintage

by marcogb＠xs4all.nl

Anyone interested in the following books?? ?? "OpenVMS with Apache, OSU, and WASD: The Nonstop Webserver" ????? (Alan Winston, Digital Press, 2003, 454 p.)? ?? "Teach Yourself COBOL in 24 Hours"? ????? (Thane Hubbell, SAMS, 1999, 477 p., incl. unused and ????? unopened CD-ROM)? ?? "TRS-80 Assembly Language Programming" ????? (William Barden Jr., Radio Shack/Tandy Corp., 1979, 224 p.)? ?? "Assembly Language Programming for the TRS-80 Model 16" ????? (Dan Keen & Dave Dischert, Tab Books, 1984, 184 p.)? ?? "ASP in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference" ????? (A. Keyton Weissinger, O'Reilly, 1999)? Some other books can be seen here: <https://bit.ly/2CNOX5y>, also some other computer and related items here: <https://bit.ly/2zMycbL>.? All is located in the Netherlands.? On Friday they will be thrown if nobody is interested.? ?- MG?

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Computer books and PC parts clearance

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Andrew Luke Nesbit ullbeking at andrewnesbit.org > Where are you located? Like the listing says, "north side of Boston". Noel

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Computer books and PC parts clearance

by dave＠mitton.com

On this list, about 2.5 years ago, I offered up a bunch of misc computer books, PC parts, and software, for the cost of shipping, but then I got occupied with some other parts of life, and didn't follow through with those that responded. I still have the emails and will let those that answered before get first dibs. I will follow up with them in a day or so, if their emails still work. But I have added more stuff to the list, including some misc hardware bits. The current list is on http://dave.mitton.com/computer_clearance.html I will give priority to the first, but if you don't come through with pickup or shipping costs, they will go to the next in line. I am hoping to move this stuff out in the next few months. Thanks for your patience, hope some of this is useful. Dave. Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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A few more products added

by sales＠elecplus.com

Alps AEK II switches https://bit.ly/2Ni2s1H Wyse ASCII https://bit.ly/2QkkSk7 Wyse PCE https://bit.ly/2P2vqEp Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus 1613 Water Street Kerrville, TX 78028 830-370-3239 cell sales at elecplus.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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VT100's

by healyzh＠avanthar.com

Let me start by saying this isn?t intended to start a flame war or anything. I?m genuinely curious. Why is the VT100 so popular? Personally I prefer the VT420?s, though I?d love a VT340/340+ or VT525. I have VT100?s, 320?s and 420?s. I really only use VT420?s. In fact I have one sitting next to my desk in my office hooked to a DECserver 90TL. Zane

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Wanted: LTO-5 tapes (used?)

by ethan＠757.org

Looking for used LTO-5 tapes that I can erase and add to my library at home for backing up spinning disk archives. I can use LTO-4 as well but 5 gives the most bang for buck. HMU - Ethan -- : Ethan O'Toole

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Which Operating System for my DCC-116 E / Entrex 480 / Nixdorf 620 / Data General Nova 1200 clone ?

by cube1＠charter.net

On 10/4/2017 3:33 PM, Dominique Carlier via cctech wrote: > Hi all > > I start here another topic concerning my research about a new Operating > System for my freshly restored DCC-116 E. > > http://www.zeltrax.com/classiccmp_forum/second_boot/04.jpg > http://www.zeltrax.com/classiccmp_forum/second_boot/02.jpg > > I originally intended to install RDOS on my machine but it seems very > difficult to find the files needed to make a system installation tape. > FIRST: If you have drawings for the DCC, please let me know. I have two of them (long in storage in the house, but they ran when I pulled them from their Unitote/Regitel rack a couple of *decades* ago. There is an RDOS - disk images, available at: http://simh.trailing-edge.com/software.html (Top entry in the list) It is about a 2.5MB disk image. I suggest that you might download SimH and that image, configure SimH as a straight Nova (rather than a /3 or /4) and see if it runs that image OK. If so, there you go! Beyond that, I *might* be able to help, but it will depend on what the status of copyright is on what I have, and whether your system can even run what I do have. I am looking into the copyright part of it - that may take a week or two. (This is something I needed to to anyway). In the meantime: Do you have a way to *write* a tape image? I have an AWS format image of an RDOS starter system. Note, however, that the label on the RDOS starter image I have suggests it may only be appropriate for a NOVA 3 or NOVA 4, so it might not run on your system. So, I'd have to take some time to boot it and try and set up a system for a straight Nova. As this would take several hours, I'm not keen on doing that unless you know that one from SimH will not work for you. I also have some OS and compiler DG floppy images, if you have a DG-compatible floppy setup. Several different operating systems there. Same issue: one would have to see how many are compatible with a straight Nova. I have images of the floppies. Diagnostics for DG systems are notoriously difficult to find. I have a few, in listing format. JRJ

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ISO: A&J Micro Drive System 100 docs/software

by derschjo＠gmail.com

Hey all -- Picked up an A&J System 100 drive -- this is an Exatron Stringy Floppy with a serial interface, meant to be used with the TRS-80 Model 100/102. I found what purports to be software for it (see here: http://www.club100.org/library/libups.html) but I haven't found any documentation. It would be interesting to know what the protocol is for talking to this thing. Anyone have any info? Thanks, Josh

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Buy Herman's house!

by cctalk＠emailtoilet.com

Mr. Hollerith's house is available. https://www.wsj.com/articles/forgotten-tech-pioneers-d-c-estate-asks-almost- 19-million-1537456578?emailToken=bb675bfcb9f6274f6e8c1b05ae28f2344xumjbywJXs AwzIJYvBg3RJlRIZHZMV6ZNib7ahvK98qrcXxNgBADqPZCBCTTSWKSViH7isyQ4Ra78fLGOUMQtm bpNzGJ7UynZ+6QLN+6DJX7vdRFal288hJJHrIqDHw <https://www.wsj.com/articles/forgotten-tech-pioneers-d-c-estate-asks-almost -19-million-1537456578?emailToken=bb675bfcb9f6274f6e8c1b05ae28f2344xumjbywJX sAwzIJYvBg3RJlRIZHZMV6ZNib7ahvK98qrcXxNgBADqPZCBCTTSWKSViH7isyQ4Ra78fLGOUMQt mbpNzGJ7UynZ+6QLN+6DJX7vdRFal288hJJHrIqDHw&reflink=article_copyURL_share> &reflink=article_copyURL_share

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Dr. Ken Bowles passed away

by sieler＠allegro.com

Hi, I missed hearing about this, but Dr. Ken Bowles (father of UCSD Pascal) passed away Aug 15 of this year. http://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=2621 The story misses his important work on mainframes, including getting vector mode processing added to the Burroughs B6500 (which then became the B6700). Stan

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What platform can run m68k COFF binaries?

by ethan.dicks＠gmail.com

Hi, All, I have a backup of some old code that I thought came from a Sun3 machine, and indeed, there _are_ binaries on there, in a directory 'sun' that _do_ run on a Sun3, verified under emulation with "tme". The part that puzzles me is the collection of object files and binaries in the directory above that. 'file' tells me that they are "m68k COFF" files. From what I've read so far, COFF binaries are from System V Release 2-4. What I can't reconcile is what they might have been compiled on. Is it possible these were made for A/UX? The relevant file dates (late-1988 through mid-1989) do overlap availability of A/UX version 1. If these are for A/UX, it would be handy to verify this, then it would be more handy to be able to run them (I have source for some of this but I'm having problems getting modern C compilers to digest 30-year-old crufty code, and for a couple of the utilities I need, there is no source). I'm reading of a "shoebill" emulator. Anyone have any experience with it? Additionally, I'm reading that FreeBSD has a binary compatibility layer for COFF but I wonder if that's for Intel binaries only or if it extends to m68k. I have a lot of experience with UNIX but my thinnest amount is in the m68k arena (mostly some dabbling on Sun3 workstations and a Perkin-Elmer 7350). Thanks for any pointers or tips. -ethan

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helping to clean out an estate - a lot of CRAY

by useddec＠gmail.com

A friend of mine passed away a few days ago, and I am helping his brother go through boxes of items. He was a research professer at the U of I, but also spent time at CMU, Stanford and other places. What I have had a chance to sort today follows, and there will be updates throughout the week. VIDEOS: Tony Warnock- CRAY RESEARCH There are 3 tapes /day. I have 1-15 over 5 days? Margaret Cahir -Cray Multitasking 6 tapes John Rollwagen, CRAY- chairman and ceo,business, q and a organizational changes- 4 tapes most dated 87, 88 also a tape labeled profile composite TERA MTA report from SDSC 2 from 98, 1 from 99 Cray/ Silicon Graphics- The Power To See UCA Professional Video Tape Plus- CRAY Applications Video Composite 1986 1600 BPI Perfect Benchmarks tape A FEW of the Reports... ACM SIGMETRICS 1994 ACM SIGMETRICS 2000 SPAA ACM 2002 SPAA ACM 2003 THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUPERCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS AND HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING VOL 1, NUM 1 SPRING 87 through VOL 8, NUM 2, SUMMER 1994 22 volumes, might be missing a few. they could turn up tomorrow CRAY -3 Hardware Reference Manual CRAY Y-MP System Prog Reef Manual Programmer Ref Manual Functional Description Manual CRAY UNICOS LINE EDITOR I have 4-5 more boxes of books i will not get to tonight. There could be another 20 boxes or more still there. I am looking for reasonable offers and good homes. I am not a software guy, my plate is more than full, and I have no place to store it. Thanks, Paul

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IBM Z196 Enterprise Mainframe Computer on GovPlanet

by johnhreinhardt＠thereinhardts.org

I'm a DEC guy so I don't know anything about the IBM world, but this is going up for auction on GovPlanet.com <https://www.govplanet.com/for-sale/Other-IBM-Z196-Enterprise-Mainframe-Comp…> Location is Richmond, VA Seller: Commonwealth of Virginia, Dept. of General Services IBM Z196 Enterprise Mainframe Computer Mips:1280;MSU:160; Processors: 6 CP + 2 zIIPs; Storage: 32,768 meg HSA Size-=16 GB; FICON express8 channels= 24; ESCON channels= 36; CTC/CNC Channels= 8 single mode ?Internal Coupling channels= 4; OSA Express3= 20; Crypto Express3 cards= 2; Serial Number= 1D0E7 Bidder responsible for all loading and handling. Site does not have staff to assist with removing this lot.****Site does not ship**** Please contact Mike Shaffer at 804-297-2494 or e-mail mike.shaffer at vita.virginia.gov for inspection appointments or more information. Hours are by appointment only. Appointments may be scheduled Mon - Fri excluding holidays. All sales as is where is. No warranties or guarantees. Bidder to inspect in person to confirm condition Just in case anyone is interested. -- John H. Reinhardt

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Cleaning out again

by shadoooo＠gmail.com

Hello, I'm interested in the M8739. I sent you an email. Thanks Andrea

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DG/UX install media

by shadoooo＠gmail.com

Hello, I'm very interested in any media / documentation for Aviion machines too (I have two of them). Bruce: nice to hear from you! >From your affirmation, I suspect there will be a very happy ending! Any good news also for older OS for Nova and Eclipse (DOS, RDOS, AOS)? Thanks Andrea

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Vice News September 25th 2018

by alan＠alanlee.org

(cross-posed to cctalk, vcf-midatlantic, and AHCS lists) Imagine my surprise when I was catching up on my daily Vice News diet today - watching today's and yesterday's episodes - when VCF Mid-Atlantics's own Corey Cohen, InfoAge, and a VCFed banner popped up! They did a story on an auction house and verification of an original Apple 1 board up for sale. They called on Corey and his expertise to verify the condition of the board! Way to go Corey! If you want to check out the segment, I've hosted it here: https://www.atlhcs.org/links/Vice_Apple_Auction.ts Enjoy! -Alan H.

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HP 9885M x 3 FS on Ebay

by gerardcjat＠free.fr

lot of 3 x HP9885 M ( 8 " drive, Master ) cosmetic so so, power on, offer(s) accepted https://www.ebay.fr/itm/232920751693?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&fromMake… Any interest ?? Not affiliated etc, etc ....

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More CRAY, ETC

by useddec＠gmail.com

I sorted about 15 or so more of CRAY and other supercomputer items today. Among other things were a bunch ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software and a ton of Parallel Computing booklets. There were probably 20 or more full CRAY folders. Also 6 or so CRAY "gifts", like a key fob, a semi circular blade and other items. He is not sure if he is going to keep them, and I have no idea what kind, if any offer I should make. There are probable 15 boxes of research papers, and he went to conferences almost everywhere. I figure I might get it all moved by Friday, then I'll have to go through it. Paul

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