22 Jun
2001
22 Jun
'01
2:39 p.m.
Bill Bradford wrote:
I just got an incredible haul of DEC docs in the mail.
Once I
get through scanning these and putting them up as .pdf's on
DECDOCS.ORG (which I just registered), the actual handbooks, etc,
themselves will need a good home, and I dont have space for them -
but I refuse to toss stuff like this away. I'd like to trade them
for other DEC PDP stuff if possible.
So, if anybody's interested, please let me know. I'll be done
with these in a month or so, assuming I get plenty of time to
use my scanner.
Jerome Fine replies:
This is a great start!!!!!!!!!!!! I have a number of similar DEC docs
of which some are duplicates. I was considering selling them, but
would MUCH RATHER see them scanned. In the next few weeks,
I will attempt to gather them together and note the duplicates which are
not listed here. I note that almost all the replies are about quality, but
no one has offered to add to the list. Hey, can't we all pool at the
very least the extra books that we have and have them scanned?
Eventually, those who have manual collections may wish to either
LOAN them or donate them to be scanned.
By the way, is it possible to separate the text and the diagrams?
Probably in most cases, that would allow for a plain text portion which
also can be searched with an editor and be MUCH MORE useful,
especially under the actual software of the original PDP-11 systems,
such as in RT-11 with either TECO or KED. While the diagrams are
obviously important, having the text ONLY in a plain text file would
not only reduce the file size, but allow the viewer to see AND SEARCH
the file using a file editor native to the original PDP-11 operating system
and file utilities.
So I can keep better track, I have eliminated the RSX references.
I don't have any of those since I am an RT-11 addict.
Everything is in "Good" or better condition,
given some yellowing
of the pages due to age, of course. Only one of the handbooks has a
torn cover, and its only slightly dog-eared.
Handbooks:
Year Title
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69 Digital Logic Handbook
70 Digital Logic Handbook
70 Laboratory Computer Handbook (PDP-12) (x2)
71 PDP-11/45 Processor Handbook
72 Microcomputers and Memories
72 Logic System Design Handbook
72 PDP-11/40 Processor Handbook
72-73 PDP-11/45 and 11/50 System Maintenance Manual
73-74 Digital Logic Handbook
75 PDP-11/70 Processor Handbook
75-76 LSI-11 PDP-11/03 Processor Handbook (x2)
75-76 Digital Logic Handbook
76 RK11-D & RK11-E Moving Head Disk Drive Controller User's Manual
76 DR11-C General Device Interface (x2)
76 PDP-11 Software Handbook
76 PDP-11/34 Processor Handbook
76 PDP-11 Peripherals Handbook
76-77 Digital Logic Handbook
77 PDP-11/60 Processor Handbook
78 PDP-11 Processor Handbook (04/34/45/55/60)
78 Microcomputer Processors
78 PDP-11 Peripherals Handbook
83 Cables: Handbook for the System Builder
83 PDP-11 Software Source Book Vol. 1: Application Software
83 PDP-11 Software Source Book Vol. 2: Systems Software
83-84 Micro PDP-11 Handbook
88-89 Software Handbook
Catalogs:
Year Title
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82 DECdirect Spring
84-85 DECdirect Winter
87-88 DECdirect Plus Summer/Fall
88-89 DECdirect Plus Summer/Fall
88-89 DECdirect Plus Winter/Spring
85-86 DECdirect Plus Fall/Winter
84 Add-Ons and Upgrades
83 (May) Emulex Controller Handbook: Communication and Peripherals
The Software Dispatch Review (bug reports):
Year Title
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Bill Bradford
mrbill(a)mrbill.net
Austin, TX
If we could have some co-ordination between those that have and are willing
to use scanners and those that have the books, maybe we can make up a list
of all the PDP-11 books into five lists (maybe more) that might be useful?
(a) Hardware Manuals
(b) RSTS/E Manuals
(c) RSX Manuals
(d) RT-11 Manuals
(e) Other Manuals - if this list is too large, then divide it as well.
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine