--- Chuck McManis <cmcmanis(a)freegate.com> wrote:
> Hi John, and anyone else. Does anyone know _where_ I might find a copy of
> PDP-5 FOCAL? (if it even exists.) The only "software" that came with the
> machine was in the form of early DEC diagnostic programs to insure that the
> system was working properly.
IIRC, FOCAL-69, at least, should support the PDP-5.
-ethan
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>From: "johnb" <dylanb(a)sympatico.ca>
>Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 03:18:31 -0500
^^^^^^^^^^
No wonder John B scores all the cool hardware -- he has the ability to
go back in time!!! :-)
John Wilson
D Bit
Hi John, and anyone else. Does anyone know _where_ I might find a copy of
PDP-5 FOCAL? (if it even exists.) The only "software" that came with the
machine was in the form of early DEC diagnostic programs to insure that the
system was working properly.
--Chuck
>I have a couple floppy disk controllers from a device that contained an
>integrated LSI-11 cpu and a few other boards.
>
>The floppy controller is from Charles River Data Systems (C) 1978. On
>the connector, one of them has FC-202 / 1613 on it, the other has
>FC-202 / 1703. The floppy disks that were connected to it were
>single sided shugarts (801-2 if i recall correctly).
Yep, what you have there is one of the early RX02 clones.
>I'm curious if these can handle DSDD, and anything else that anyone
>knows about it.
No, it doesn't do DSDD. I've got a manual for the CRDS board here somewhere...
If you're really interested in DSDD "RX03" controllers, the place to start
your research is Chester Wilson's DYCM handler, which claims to support
all the RX03 variants that exist in the wild. See
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/academic/computer-science/history/pdp-11/
go into "rt-11", then "misc", then "ducmv5". Read dyc.doc (which is really
a text file, not a Microsoft Word file...)
>Also, is their a web site with information on pdp-11 boards, similar
>to the PDP8 omnibus lists and such that are available? i'd like to
>be able to look up what should be common boards, such as LSI-11
>cpus, 32K 18 bit MOS memory boards, various serial and parallel
>interface cards, etc.
The "Field Guide to Q-Bus and Unibus Modules" is what you want, and
versions have been floating around the net for years. It does very well
with DEC-numbered modules, not so well with third-party boards (although
they are admittedly a tough lot because they don't have a distinct series
of identifying numbers!)
You can find versions of it in many places, including the "hardware" page
at
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/academic/computer-science/history/pdp-11/
and Megan's revisions at
http://world.std.com/~mbg/
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In a message dated 4/24/00 10:05:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
charp(a)bitflash.com writes:
> Abrupt end of list... Solitude... Anguish....
>
> Is anybody out there?
>
> Frederic Charpentier
what the heck are you talking about? plenty of conversation going on...
DB Young ICQ: 29427634
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--You can lead a whore to Vassar, but you can't make her think--
Well... Alot of intervening miles later, one MMJ cable later, one doubly
terminated BNC T later, my VaxStation 3100's a little happier. Still not
booting though. SHOW DEV shows ESA0 (default boot) and the floppy (I forget
the dau) and DKA300 which it will not boot from. I take it these were
booted from somewhere else on the network. How can I get VMS on the DKA300
or at least see what's already there? Help!
Thanks
- Mike
Well if it will nto boot from DAK300 (b DKA300 should work) then there
is no OS and it was stripped.
To get VMS on it you need the hobby CD (montagar) and a SCSI CDrom that
can do small block size.
Allison
The Sony SMC-70 used the Sony Profeel for a monitor. This monitor used a
special RGB connector... Anyway the signal is a standard RGB 1 Volt
Peak-To-Peak, the resolution is standard NTSC.
Frederic Charpentier
Once upon a time there was a company putting out a VMS clone for the IBM PC/XT/AT.. These same guys had a Unix look alike too.
Who where they? anyone remember?
