30 Nov
2011
30 Nov
'11
4:52 p.m.
I might be soon coming into possession of some
Data General stuff. Maybe an Aviion 66. There's
a second one, maybe a model 37? I'm not sure. No
drives. I'm going to see what's there and post
the inventory in the next few weeks. I've never
heard of any demand for these; anyone know if
there would be any interest? I realize my
question is based on pretty sketchy information so far, but that's all I know.
-T
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30 Nov
30 Nov
5:20 p.m.
Do you know if these are Intel AViiON computers or Motorola 88k based
machines?
-Matt
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Tom <a50mhzham at gmail.com> wrote:
I might be soon coming into possession of some Data
General stuff. Maybe
an Aviion 66. There's a second one, maybe a model 37? I'm not sure. No
drives. I'm going to see what's there and post the inventory in the next
few weeks. I've never heard of any demand for these; anyone know if there
would be any interest? I realize my question is based on pretty sketchy
information so far, but that's all I know.
-T
434 . [Humor] My school colors were clear. --Steven Wright
NEW: a50mhzham at gmail.com ? N9QQB (amateur radio)
"HEY YOU" (loud shouting) ? Second Tops (Set Dancing) ? FIND ME ON FACEBOOK
43? 7' 17.2" N by 88? 6' 28.9" W ? Elevation 815' ? Grid Square
EN53wc
LAN/Telecom Analyst ? Open-source Dude ? Musician ? Registered Linux User
385531
5:35 p.m.
Tom wrote:
I might be soon coming into possession of some Data
General stuff.
Maybe an Aviion 66. There's a second one, maybe a model 37? I'm not
sure. No drives. I'm going to see what's there and post the inventory
in the next few weeks. I've never heard of any demand for these; anyone
know if there would be any interest?
Well the m88k-based systems tickle my interest (for no other reason than
the choice of CPU) - I think they switched over to boring ol' Intel at some
point, though :-)
I don't know how widespread copies of the OS are, and if there are any
'gotchas' involved with rebuilding a machine that's lacking disks...
cheers
Jules
5:46 p.m.
On 11/30/2011 08:35 PM, Jules Richardson wrote:
Tom wrote:
I don't know about the gotchas, but I have a copy of DG/UX for 88K.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
New Kensington, PA
I might be soon coming into possession of some
Data General stuff.
Maybe an Aviion 66. There's a second one, maybe a model 37? I'm not
sure. No drives. I'm going to see what's there and post the inventory
in the next few weeks. I've never heard of any demand for these;
anyone know if there would be any interest?
Well the m88k-based systems tickle my interest (for no other reason than
the choice of CPU) - I think they switched over to boring ol' Intel at
some point, though :-)
I don't know how widespread copies of the OS are, and if there are any
'gotchas' involved with rebuilding a machine that's lacking disks...
5:47 p.m.
m88k Systems use standard SCSI and can use anything up to 2GB without a
problem. I have DG/UX 5.?? on CD and 4.?? on Tape here.
-Matt
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 7:35 PM, Jules Richardson <
jules.richardson99 at gmail.com> wrote:
Tom wrote:
I might be soon coming into possession of some
Data General stuff. Maybe
an Aviion 66. There's a second one, maybe a model 37? I'm not sure. No
drives. I'm going to see what's there and post the inventory in the next
few weeks. I've never heard of any demand for these; anyone know if there
would be any interest?
Well the m88k-based systems tickle my interest (for no other reason than
the choice of CPU) - I think they switched over to boring ol' Intel at some
point, though :-)
I don't know how widespread copies of the OS are, and if there are any
'gotchas' involved with rebuilding a machine that's lacking disks...
cheers
Jules
5:52 p.m.
On Nov 30, 2011, at 8:35 PM, Jules Richardson wrote:
Tom wrote:
You might even have more luck trying to hack OpenBSD/m88k into working; I hear they've
fixed the GCC bug that was breaking it.
I've always wanted to play with an m88k system, but again with the lack of space;
I'd be interested in building an FPGA emulation, because it's such a clean RISC
design that it should be pretty straightforward. I managed to find a copy of the
88100/88200 datasheets, which should be what's necessary to do it.
Now to acquire a vast load of spare time...
- Dave
I might be soon coming into possession of some
Data General stuff. Maybe an Aviion 66. There's a second one, maybe a model 37?
I'm not sure. No drives. I'm going to see what's there and post the inventory
in the next few weeks. I've never heard of any demand for these; anyone know if there
would be any interest?
Well the m88k-based systems tickle my interest (for no other reason than the choice of
CPU) - I think they switched over to boring ol' Intel at some point, though :-)
I don't know how widespread copies of the OS are, and if there are any
'gotchas' involved with rebuilding a machine that's lacking disks...
6:15 p.m.
Last I checked they removed 88k support from binutils completely. That was
years ago though. Its one reason I stored my 88k AViiONs away. If they did
fix binutils then I will be setting them back up.
-Matt
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 7:52 PM, David Riley <fraveydank at gmail.com> wrote:
On Nov 30, 2011, at 8:35 PM, Jules Richardson wrote:
Tom wrote:
> I might be soon coming into possession of some Data General stuff.
Maybe an
Aviion 66. There's a second one, maybe a model 37? I'm not sure.
No drives. I'm going to see what's there and post the inventory in the
next few weeks. I've never heard of any demand for these; anyone know if
there would be any interest?
Well the m88k-based systems tickle my interest (for no other reason than
the
choice of CPU) - I think they switched over to boring ol' Intel at some
point, though :-)
I don't know how widespread copies of the OS are, and if there are any
'gotchas' involved with rebuilding a machine that's lacking disks...
You might even have more luck trying to hack OpenBSD/m88k into working; I
hear they've fixed the GCC bug that was breaking it.
I've always wanted to play with an m88k system, but again with the lack of
space; I'd be interested in building an FPGA emulation, because it's such a
clean RISC design that it should be pretty straightforward. I managed to
find a copy of the 88100/88200 datasheets, which should be what's necessary
to do it.
Now to acquire a vast load of spare time...
- Dave
6:33 p.m.
"...With the help of Mark Kettenis, the toolchain effort eventually
produced working binutils and gdb in late may 2004."
Wow. It's really been that long? I have been out of the loop. ;)
-Matt
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 7:52 PM, David Riley <fraveydank at gmail.com> wrote:
On Nov 30, 2011, at 8:35 PM, Jules Richardson wrote:
Tom wrote:
> I might be soon coming into possession of some Data General stuff.
Maybe an
Aviion 66. There's a second one, maybe a model 37? I'm not sure.
No drives. I'm going to see what's there and post the inventory in the
next few weeks. I've never heard of any demand for these; anyone know if
there would be any interest?
Well the m88k-based systems tickle my interest (for no other reason than
the
choice of CPU) - I think they switched over to boring ol' Intel at some
point, though :-)
I don't know how widespread copies of the OS are, and if there are any
'gotchas' involved with rebuilding a machine that's lacking disks...
You might even have more luck trying to hack OpenBSD/m88k into working; I
hear they've fixed the GCC bug that was breaking it.
I've always wanted to play with an m88k system, but again with the lack of
space; I'd be interested in building an FPGA emulation, because it's such a
clean RISC design that it should be pretty straightforward. I managed to
find a copy of the 88100/88200 datasheets, which should be what's necessary
to do it.
Now to acquire a vast load of spare time...
- Dave
7:22 p.m.
On Nov 30, 2011, at 9:33 PM, Matthew Hudson wrote:
"...With the help of Mark Kettenis, the toolchain
effort eventually
produced working binutils and gdb in late may 2004."
Wow. It's really been that long? I have been out of the loop. ;)
Well, also, the *BSD projects (especially OpenBSD) tend not to use the mainline toolchain
and instead extensively modify what they have. I think the m88k port is still
semi-actively maintained.
- Dave
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