21 Jan
2003
21 Jan
'03
10:34 a.m.
Be interesting to see what happens with this: Heathkit H-11A
(DEC LSI-11) with no peripherals but lots of manuals and some
software on paper tape and 8" floppy. Hey, the Buy It Now
price is a very reasonable US$6,900! ;^)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2302242389&categ…
Do I need to point out that if I had it, I wouldn't sell it?
No connection to the seller, et cetera...
--Steve.
21 Jan
21 Jan
11:29 a.m.
--- Steve Jones <classiccmp(a)crash.com> wrote:
Be interesting to see what happens with this: Heathkit
H-11A
(DEC LSI-11) with no peripherals but lots of manuals and some
software on paper tape and 8" floppy.
Wish I had the docs... got the box, but virtually nothing on paper.
I do have at least one unassembled Heath I/O card (and several that
_are_ assembled).
Gotta spend some time twiddling with the H27 disk controller. I
_think_ I have it sussed out at last. It works fine with an RXV11
and an RX01, but I've had nothing but troubles getting the Heath
disks working.
Hey, the Buy It Now price is a very reasonable
US$6,900! ;^)
Hold me back! :-)
I notice that the bid is nearly up to $1K.
Does anyone on the list have any PDP-11 papertape? I don't mind
image files of the data - I have punches and blank tape.
-ethan
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7:05 p.m.
Does anyone on the list have any PDP-11 papertape? I don't mind
image files of the data - I have punches and blank tape.
-ethan
No, but if anyone is feeling particularily insane or rich, I'll sell
a Heathkit H10 paper tape system for $1000 ;) I dont have anything I
can use it with.
-Lawrence LeMay
8:17 p.m.
--- lemay(a)cs.umn.edu wrote:
Sorry... not that rich. Got the H-11 with H-27. Would _like_ an H-10.
In its place, I was considering using this PRS04 I got with an 11/34...
it's a "portable" (has a handle and everything) paper tape reader
that had a small niche to fill... when diags still came on paper tape,
but people had VT52s as consoles, not TTYs. It plugs into the wall for
110VAC to run the motor and electronics, and has a male and female
Mate-and-Lock connector to wedge into the console current loop... kind
of an add-on reader accessory. ISTR it expects 2400 bps.
I was expecting to use some flavor of DL11 and a VT220 or VT52 (I have
both EIA and 20mA interface cards for the VT52) with the H-11 if I
ended up resorting to paper tape. Alternatively, with bigger boxes,
I have a PC05 and Unibus interface.
-ethan
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Does anyone on the list have any PDP-11 papertape? I don't mind
image files of the data - I have punches and blank tape.
-ethan
No, but if anyone is feeling particularily insane or rich, I'll sell
a Heathkit H10 paper tape system for $1000 ;) I dont have anything I
can use it with.
-Lawrence LeMay 
22 Jan
22 Jan
4:05 a.m.
> Does anyone on the list have any PDP-11
papertape? I don't mind
> image files of the data - I have punches and blank tape.
No, but if anyone is feeling particularily insane or
rich, I'll sell
a Heathkit H10 paper tape system for $1000 ;) I dont have anything I
can use it with.
Well, I love to add a H10 to my H8, but somehow the one(s)
and zeros got mixed up in your nibble.
Gruss
H.
--
VCF Europa 4.0 am 03./04. Mai 2003 in Muenchen
http://www.vcfe.org/
12:10 a.m.
I have a couple of pounds of paper tapes, but no reader. Some of the
tapes (DECish blue) may be -11 diagnostics or other software and may
even be labelled in human-readable form, some are just samples to show
to somebody who just asked "huh, what, papertape?".
Also, some RK05 platters assumed to contain diags (XXDP+, IIRC), but no
drives any more. Shouldn't have given them away, really! :-(
Are you looking for anything in particular?
Ethan Dicks wrote:
Does anyone on the list have any PDP-11 papertape? I
don't mind
image files of the data - I have punches and blank tape.
-ethan
--
Andreas Freiherr
Vishay Semiconductor GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany
http://www.vishay.com
4:06 a.m.
I have a couple of pounds of paper tapes, but no
reader. Some of the
tapes (DECish blue) may be -11 diagnostics or other software and may
even be labelled in human-readable form, some are just samples to show
to somebody who just asked "huh, what, papertape?".
Also, some RK05 platters assumed to contain diags
(XXDP+, IIRC), but no
drives any more. Shouldn't have given them away, really! :-(
As it looks now, Jochen Kunz may bring a PDP 11 as
his exhibition for VCFe - so adding a papertape reader
to check out your tapes would just add to the fun. Now
all you have to do is come over and get your hands dirty .)
Gruss
H.
--
VCF Europa 4.0 am 03./04. Mai 2003 in Muenchen
http://www.vcfe.org/
11:16 a.m.
On 2003.01.22 16:09 Hans Franke wrote:
As it looks now, Jochen Kunz may bring a PDP 11 as
his exhibition for VCFe -
Slowly, slowly, slowly. I still do not have the machine
in my kitchen.
Not to speak about the repairs that it and the RK07 drive will need. The
machine and the drive where stored in a garage for some years and are a
bit "rotten"... And I think Andreas has enough PDP-11s to play with. All
he need is papertape reader.
--
tsch??,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/
23 Jan
23 Jan
2:08 a.m.
As it looks
now, Jochen Kunz may bring a PDP 11 as
his exhibition for VCFe -
Slowly, slowly, slowly. I still do not have the machine
in my kitchen.
Not to speak about the repairs that it and the RK07 drive will need. The
machine and the drive where stored in a garage for some years and are a
bit "rotten"... And I think Andreas has enough PDP-11s to play with.
All
he need is papertape reader.
I think this is the least to carry to the VCFe site :)
Gruss
H.
--
VCF Europa 4.0 am 03./04. Mai 2003 in Muenchen
http://www.vcfe.org/
7:19 a.m.
On 2003.01.23 14:12 Hans Franke wrote:
Well, never underestimate the power of a Deadline :)
My deadline and priority is the diploma exam in March / April.
--
tsch??,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/
22 Jan
22 Jan
10:29 a.m.
New subject: PDP-11 papertape (was Re: Heathkit H-11A (LSI-11) on eBay)
--- Andreas Freiherr <Andreas.Freiherr(a)Vishay.com> wrote:
I have a couple of pounds of paper tapes, but no reader. Some of the
tapes (DECish blue) may be -11 diagnostics or other software and may
even be labelled in human-readable form, some are just samples to show
to somebody who just asked "huh, what, papertape?".
Also, some RK05 platters assumed to contain diags (XXDP+, IIRC), but no
drives any more. Shouldn't have given them away, really! :-(
Are you looking for anything in particular?
Well... I do have some older Unibus gear including an RK11C and no
diagnostics. Not soon, but eventually I'd like to take a stab at
reconstructing this 11/20 I got 18 years ago, one part at a time
from the dumpster (the hardware mgr threw it away over
the course
of several weeks, stripping it to get the power supplies which I
eventually got). It needs some *serious* TLC. The cards are all
intact, but not all of the core made its way into my hands. :-(
I think I have 4 planes out of 6 or 7. One might be in the Boston
area with an ex-coworker. Not sure about a couple more.
So... anything related to the 11/20 or 11/05 would be great. I also
have at least one 11/04 and several 11/34s if stuff still came on tape
then. I don't have many peripherals that old - PC05, RK05 (not RK03)
LP11... that's about it.
-ethan
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