On 5/21/07, Gooijen, Henk <henk.gooijen at oce.com> wrote:
> > Oh,
yeah... lots of EMPIRE. Had to keep EMPIRE on it for the
> > boss ;-)
Cool! Sounds like fun ... will start a search to find EMPIRE.
(googled for 'empire.exe')
http://www.decus.org/libcatalog/description_html/v00012.html
(but you'll need to twiddle the RMS attributes into 512-byte fixed so
VMS will treat it like an executable).
No, not that I know... AFAIK, you need a few jumpers
on the backplane
to install the MASSBUS interface, and of course the 3 ribbon cables
that go to the MASSBUS bulkhead. I have the cables and a bulkhead, but
when I install the L0007, I will need the installation instructions.
We'll see about that when that day arrives ...
Yes... you do have to fiddle backplane jumpers. There are no 11/750
MASSBUS slot grant cards AFAIK.
If you
_really_ want the 11/750 experience, though, I gotta recommend
MASSBUS disks. We booted ours from the SI9900, and had a Fuji Eagle
and an RA81 for data disks - nearly a Gig between 3 spindles in 1988!
Point taken! I also have an untested RM80 ... :-)
I stripped down a dead RM80 nearly 15 years ago. I did keep the
pedestals for the parts-RM03 we also stripped down to keep our
hot-spare RM03s going. My PDP-8/e is presently resting where an RM03
formerly sat, with an RK05 in the bottom. I wish I'd been able to
keep the RM03s when the company folded, but 4 van loads was all I
could manage. We left behind a TU78 (mostly working, but a bit
dodgy), two RK07s, two RM03s, a VAX 8530, lots of RK07 disk packs, and
dozens of VT100 and clone terminals. I did keep a bunch of the
terminals, and I was thinking of polishing a few up to bring to VCFmw
if anyone wants a CiTOH 101 or 101e - they are nice clones, either
VT100-style with a built-in clock on the setup screen (set with
command codes in my
LOGIN.COM), or more of a Wyse 50-shape capable of
supporting two host connections (not dual session - there's no
retention of screen contents). When I worked there, I typically had
one 101 and one 101e on my desk, for 3 simultaneous logins across two
or three machines _before_ I flipped the knob on my terminal selector
;-)
In many ways, those were the days - I still do lots and lots of
shell/command-line programming, just as I did then. Now, though, I
have lots more than three active sessions going.
-ethan