14 Apr
2016
14 Apr
'16
9:55 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Al Kossow
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 9:22 AM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Xerox Alto on eBay
On 4/13/16 7:52 PM, jwsmobile wrote:
Yes, we're able to duplicate packs and write new ones out from disk images. (At the
moment it's kind of cumbersome -- involving a PDP-11/44 with a 3mbit Ethernet board, a
seriously hacked 2.11BSD kernel and a bit of luck -- but we're working on a more
elegant solution.) If anyone out there ends up with a working Alto and needs working
media, we can help out in that regard (assuming you provide usable packs).
- Josh
Sr. Vintage Software Engineer
Living Computer Museum
www.livingcomputermuseum.org
Side discussion on Facebook says that media is
rare too. None with
the system (I think) from the discussion there.
I have tons of it. They are 12 sector 2315 packs.
You have to duplicate it on a two drive Alto, since the format is unique. I've
heard LCM has written some code to load it from the Alto pack images that I
created.