23 Nov
2004
23 Nov
'04
12:59 p.m.
Perhaps even cooler than a CADR emulator, a PDP-1 emulator which runs
the original PDP-1 spacewar code:
http://lcs.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/projects/spacewar/
Very cool. Apparently the java code is an PDP-1 emulator. They wrote a
PDP-1 assembler in perl. You have to smile.
I think the screen should be round, however :-)
-brad
24 Nov
24 Nov
6:22 p.m.
New subject: Found : two TK50 tapes with Microvax II S/W
Once upon a time I used to test and configure MicroVAX II's for Ben
Heffron...
Back in the day, I got the following TK50 tapes:
Tape #1, marked "MicroVax II Service Diagnostics", dated 10/6/89.
Tape #2, marked "VWSDemo.bak, Flight017.bak backup/save sets"
The first tape needs no explaination, the second tape is a rather cool 'toy'
we ran
on two microvax II's with the graphics boards and mice, it was an
interactive
combat flight simulator (rather primative).
I recall getting to shoot down one of the other tech's day after day.
At any rate, said tapes are seeking a new home.
6:46 p.m.
New subject: Found : two TK50 tapes with Microvax II S/W
Bob Shannon wrote:
Once upon a time I used to test and configure MicroVAX
II's for Ben
Heffron...
Back in the day, I got the following TK50 tapes:
Tape #1, marked "MicroVax II Service Diagnostics", dated 10/6/89.
Tape #2, marked "VWSDemo.bak, Flight017.bak backup/save sets"
The first tape needs no explaination, the second tape is a rather cool
'toy' we ran
on two microvax II's with the graphics boards and mice, it was an
interactive
combat flight simulator (rather primative).
I recall getting to shoot down one of the other tech's day after day.
At any rate, said tapes are seeking a new home.
SCHWINNG!
I just put together a VMS VAXstation with TZ30 with the express
purpose of making a SAVESETof the MV-II Diags - Customer and Field
Maintenance - tapes that I have. The Maintenance tape is suspect, so a
comparison tape would be groovy.
I'll image them and then pass them on if somebody else wants the
originals.
I also have Terry Murphy's MV-I Diags on RX50 that I need to image.
I just last month got a probably-good floppy drive for the MV-II, so I
should be able to image them if not test them.
Al, do you want copies of this stuff?
Doc
7:30 p.m.
New subject: Found : two TK50 tapes with Microvax II S/W
Doc Shipley wrote:
I just put together a VMS VAXstation with TZ30 with
the express
purpose of making a SAVESETof the MV-II Diags - Customer and Field
Maintenance - tapes that I have. The Maintenance tape is suspect, so a
comparison tape would be groovy.
I'll image them and then pass them on if somebody else wants the
originals.
I also have Terry Murphy's MV-I Diags on RX50 that I need to image. I
just last month got a probably-good floppy drive for the MV-II, so I
should be able to image them if not test them.
Al, do you want copies of this stuff?
Manifest:
Tape:
AQ-GM5AN-DN [v.122 handwritten] 0MUN087161 [or 0MUN0S7161]
MVII DIAG MAINT TK50
AQ-GL5AP-DN 000MRB7535
MV DIAG CUST TK50
RX50:
MicroVAX Diags MDM v2.1 Rx50 Disks A-C
MicroVAX Diagnostics MDM v2.1 A,B,1-8
None of the floppies are originals, and would not boot the MV-II with
RX50 I tried them on last year, so they may be MV-I specific, or trash,
or the RX50 I had was flaky. I don't know whether either variation is
complete, but both variations have 2 identical sets, so that's a good
sign. As I said, I'm looking to revive the MV-II this month with a
different RX50 drive, so I'll give it another stab.
Does anybody know if these should boot on a KA630? That would be
Useful Information.
I *can* attest that the cptape archive I have of the Maintenance
Diags TK50 will build on a NetBSD machine and will format an RD52 and a
non-DEC ST251 as an RD32. I've just never been convinced that the
original I have is undamaged.
Doc
10:48 p.m.
New subject: Found : two TK50 tapes with Microvax II S/W
> Tape #1, marked "MicroVax II Service
Diagnostics", dated 10/6/89.
> Tape #2, marked "VWSDemo.bak, Flight017.bak backup/save sets"
I'll image them and then pass them on if somebody
else wants the
originals.
I also have [...]
Al, do you want copies of this stuff?
I dunno about Al, but I'd like to get my hands on copies of the bits,
whether directly from you or not.
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4 Dec
10:35 p.m.
New subject: Found : two TK50 tapes with Microvax II S/W
Doc Shipley wrote:
Bob Shannon wrote:
I would most certainly like to obtain a copy of tape #1 if that would be
possible. To whom would I need to provide a tape?
Once upon a time I used to test and configure
MicroVAX II's for Ben
Heffron...
Back in the day, I got the following TK50 tapes:
Tape #1, marked "MicroVax II Service Diagnostics", dated 10/6/89.
Tape #2, marked "VWSDemo.bak, Flight017.bak backup/save sets"
The first tape needs no explaination, the second tape is a rather cool
'toy' we ran
on two microvax II's with the graphics boards and mice, it was an
interactive
combat flight simulator (rather primative).
I recall getting to shoot down one of the other tech's day after day.
At any rate, said tapes are seeking a new home.
SCHWINNG!
I just put together a VMS VAXstation with TZ30 with the express
purpose of making a SAVESETof the MV-II Diags - Customer and Field
Maintenance - tapes that I have. The Maintenance tape is suspect, so a
comparison tape would be groovy.
I'll image them and then pass them on if somebody else wants the
originals.
I also have Terry Murphy's MV-I Diags on RX50 that I need to image.
I just last month got a probably-good floppy drive for the MV-II, so I
should be able to image them if not test them.
Al, do you want copies of this stuff?
Doc
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