19 Jan
2017
19 Jan
'17
5:49 p.m.
On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 6:31 PM, Zane Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
Was -- this DPS-6 was his, I got it from him a couple of years back.
On Jan 18, 2017, at 10:39 AM, Josh Dersch
<derschjo at gmail.com> wrote:
So I have this DPS-6 taking up space in my basement right now and I
thought
I'd put out a call again to see if anyone has
anything at all related to
it. I'd like to get the system running but I'm missing:
- Mass storage controllers (of any type -- floppy, tape, hard drive)
- GCOS 6 operating system media (in any format, any version, etc.)
If anyone has any hardware lying around, or GCOS 6 media (or knows anyone
who might), drop me a line.
Alternately, if there's anyone out there who has a need for a DPS-6 parts
machine, let me know...
Thanks as always!
- Josh
I?ve only known of one other person with a DPS-6, and that was (is?)
Sellam. The hardware is virtually unobtainable, and sadly, I
think GCOS or any
other software might even be more difficult to obtain. I really wish
someone could turn up a 25+ year old copy of GCOS-8, and get it running on
an emulator, but don?t see that happening either. I know that the DPS-6
has been emulated for production systems. A lifetime ago I worked on both
DPS-6 and DPS-8 systems running GCOS-6 and GCOS-8.
Last I checked, Group Bull was still selling GCOS-8 systems, running on
Itanium.
I suppose that might account for the unavailability of the software. Well,
hope springs eternal, I suppose...
- Josh
Zane