30 Jan
2008
30 Jan
'08
8:34 a.m.
I don't follow the mailing list closely, but earlier this month
folks were talking about a tape supposedly labeled "OS/2" for the PDP-11.
My gut feeling is that this is something like how "ASCII" sometimes
becomes "ASC-eleven" or even "ASC2" among those who don't know
what's a roman numeral vs digits vs whatever.
Possibly DOS-11 became D OS-11 became OS/2 :-). But DOS-11 on a TK50
would be unusual in any event! Finding, say, a late version of RT-11
or RSX-11 or RSTS/E or Ultrix-11 on a TK50 seems far more likely.
Almost all PDP-11 OS's have an "11" in the name, usually at the end,
and it's easy to see how this could become a "2" in the mind of someone
who thinks that there is a VAX named Saul or SOL.
Tim.
1 Feb
1 Feb
8:12 a.m.
There *IS* a Vax named a "Saul" or "SOL", I've seen it.
It's a "luggable" (so to speak) like the Rainbow, but it's a Vax.
They existed, so don't insult my intelligence.
And btw I've been doing Vaxen since 1976, so I think I know a thing or two about
reading Ascii
it's definitely "OS/2"
and being a former OS/2 Warp enthusiast, I recognize the files well enough to know the
difference too.
I need to go through each tape one by one, so it is taking me a lot longer than it
should.
Dan.
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:34:35 -0500
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
From: shoppa at trailing-edge.com
Subject: Any word on OS/2 for PDP-11?
I don't follow the mailing list closely, but earlier this month
folks were talking about a tape supposedly labeled "OS/2" for the PDP-11.
My gut feeling is that this is something like how "ASCII" sometimes
becomes "ASC-eleven" or even "ASC2" among those who don't know
what's a roman numeral vs digits vs whatever.
Possibly DOS-11 became D OS-11 became OS/2 :-). But DOS-11 on a TK50
would be unusual in any event! Finding, say, a late version of RT-11
or RSX-11 or RSTS/E or Ultrix-11 on a TK50 seems far more likely.
Almost all PDP-11 OS's have an "11" in the name, usually at the end,
and it's easy to see how this could become a "2" in the mind of someone
who thinks that there is a VAX named Saul or SOL.
Tim.
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10:32 a.m.
On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Dan Gahlinger wrote:
There *IS* a Vax named a "Saul" or
"SOL", I've seen it.
It's a "luggable" (so to speak) like the Rainbow, but it's a Vax.
At a former place of employment, I found a VAX of some sort, roughly the
size of a Sun lunchbox, but much heavier, that had a fold-out handle on
the rear. Could that have been a "SOL"?
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David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
10:47 a.m.
At 10:32 AM -0800 2/1/08, David Griffith wrote:
On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Dan Gahlinger wrote:
Sounds like a VAXstation 2000 or MicroVAX 2000. Is it the same case
used for external TK50 drives and the 5 1/4" SCSI drives?
Zane
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There *IS* a Vax named a "Saul" or
"SOL", I've seen it.
It's a "luggable" (so to speak) like the Rainbow, but it's a Vax.
At a former place of employment, I found a VAX of some sort, roughly the
size of a Sun lunchbox, but much heavier, that had a fold-out handle on
the rear. Could that have been a "SOL"?
5 Feb
5 Feb
11:16 a.m.
nope!
this is a true portable. not a vaxstation
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:47:11 -0800
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
From: healyzh at aracnet.com
Subject: RE: Any word on OS/2 for PDP-11?
At 10:32 AM -0800 2/1/08, David Griffith wrote:
_________________________________________________________________
On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Dan Gahlinger wrote:
Sounds like a VAXstation 2000 or MicroVAX 2000. Is it the same case
used for external TK50 drives and the 5 1/4" SCSI drives?
Zane
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| Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator |
| healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast |
| MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
| Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
| PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. |
| http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ | There *IS* a Vax named a "Saul" or
"SOL", I've seen it.
It's a "luggable" (so to speak) like the Rainbow, but it's a Vax.
At a former place of employment, I found a VAX of some sort, roughly the
size of a Sun lunchbox, but much heavier, that had a fold-out handle on
the rear. Could that have been a "SOL"? 
10:20 p.m.
There *IS* a
Vax named a "Saul" or "SOL", I've seen it.
It's a "luggable" (so to speak) like the Rainbow, but it's a Vax.
Based on the "Sol" name, what you're talking about is a Solbourne, a
SPARC luggable.
5 Feb
5 Feb
11:24 a.m.
except, this was a vax ;)
Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 19:54:44 -0500
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
From: rick at rickmurphy.net
Subject: RE: Any word on OS/2 for PDP-11?
At 11:12 AM 2/1/2008, Dan Gahlinger wrote:
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There *IS* a Vax named a "Saul" or
"SOL", I've seen it.
It's a "luggable" (so to speak) like the Rainbow, but it's a Vax.
Based on the "Sol" name, what you're talking about is a Solbourne, a
SPARC luggable.
-Rick
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