7 May
2003
7 May
'03
12:22 p.m.
Hi.
I got a "Tektronix 8560 Multi-User Software Development Unit" together
with a Tektronix 8540 in system 68k CPU emulator. The 8560 is based on
the DEC M8186 PDP-11/23 CPU module but that card is the one and only DEC
part in the machine. Everything else is from Tektronix. There is a 35 MB
8" disk and a 8" floppy in the 8560 and it runs some flavor of UNIX
called TNIX. I am trying to break into it currently, as I have no
passwords. I can't get it to single user mode and I have no distribution
media nor no stand alone tools.
Has someone heared from this machine bevore?
Has someone distribution media or stand alone tools?
--
tsch??,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/
7 May
7 May
1:48 p.m.
Hi.
I got a "Tektronix 8560 Multi-User Software Development Unit" together
with a Tektronix 8540 in system 68k CPU emulator. The 8560 is based on
the DEC M8186 PDP-11/23 CPU module but that card is the one and only DEC
part in the machine. Everything else is from Tektronix. There is a 35 MB
8" disk and a 8" floppy in the 8560 and it runs some flavor of UNIX
called TNIX. I am trying to break into it currently, as I have no
passwords. I can't get it to single user mode and I have no distribution
media nor no stand alone tools.=20
Has someone heared from this machine bevore?
Yes, I have one. The hard disk is a Micropolis 1200 series unit, with the
Micropolis controller board on top. The interface to the Q-bus board in
the main backplane is a fairly simple 8 bit data bus + control lines.
The backplane bus is similar to Q-bus, although not the standard pinouts
or form factor (other then the 11/23 CPUI card at one side).
Has someone distribution media or stand alone tools?
I might have the installation floppies, but don't expect me to find them
any time soon!
-tony
11:38 p.m.
On 2003.05.08 04:11 Ron Hudson wrote:
Is this the device that runs automated test systems,
has a 9" touch
screen?
No. It has 4 (optional 8) serial lines for terminals (got a ADM 3A with
it.[1]) and two serial lines for printers. The 8540 hardware CPU
emulater is controlled via serial lines too. The only other connector on
the main unit is a connector for a hard disk expansion. This thing seams
to be used for software development on embeded controllers. I have a
6802 CPU probe and a 9 channel logic probe also.
[1] Isn't the ADM 3A a upper case only terminal? My 3A has an extra
board in it with EPROMs, so this may be that lower case option module as
my terminal is capable of upper and lower case characters.
--
tsch??,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/
8 May
8 May
3:51 a.m.
At 07:11 PM 5/7/03 -0700, Ron Hudson wrote:
On Wednesday, May 7, 2003, at 03:43 PM, Tony Duell
wrote:
That sounds like a Fluke 1722. 9" Touch screen, two 5 1/4" floppy drives,
runs BASIC and used as a HP-IB controller.
Joe
> Hi.
>
> I got a "Tektronix 8560 Multi-User Software Development Unit" together
Is this the device that runs automated test systems, has a 9" touch
screen?
Oh, wait, I think that was a Fluke product... mebbe not....
7 May
7 May
11:35 p.m.
On 2003.05.08 00:43 Tony Duell wrote:
[Tektronix 8560]
Meanwhile I got into the machine. Nice. 58 kB UNIX kernel.
Maybe I can
make the stand alone tools disk from the running system? I had to reset
the machine when it was running, so it needs a fsck but a fsck that
repairs is only available as stand alone tool...
I have to dig throgh the docs I got with it...
--
tsch??,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/
Yes, I have one.
Is there anything strange on
the world that you don't own? ;-)
The backplane bus is similar to Q-bus, although not
the standard
pinouts or form factor (other then the 11/23 CPUI card at one side).
I noticed
this already. When I got that thing from a friend he said that
it is PDP-11. I was not sure about the PDP-11 until I opened the box and
found the M8186.
Has someone
distribution media or stand alone tools?
I might have the installation floppies,
but don't expect me to find
them any time soon!
8 May
8 May
3:49 a.m.
At 11:15 PM 5/7/03 +0200, you wrote:
Hi.
I got a "Tektronix 8560 Multi-User Software Development Unit" together
with a Tektronix 8540 in system 68k CPU emulator. The 8560 is based on
the DEC M8186 PDP-11/23 CPU module but that card is the one and only DEC
part in the machine.
Just for hat it's worth, a couple of weeks ago I found a GenRad
Vibration analyzer that had 11/23 CPU and one or two other DEC cards. It
had a LOT of cards in it but most were GenRad cards with only a couple of
DEC cards.
Everything else is from Tektronix. There is a 35 MB
8" disk and a 8" floppy in the 8560 and it
runs some flavor of UNIX
called TNIX. I am trying to break into it currently, as I have no
passwords. I can't get it to single user mode and I have no distribution
media nor no stand alone tools.
Has someone heared from this machine bevore?
Yes, I found one a couple of years ago. I posted a couple of messages
about it on th eold CC List. I don't remember the details but you might be
able to check the archives. I put in it storage at a friend's place, he
already had one or two of them.. One has a 68000 CPU pod and the other has
a Z8000 (or something like that) pod.
Has someone distribution media or stand alone tools?
IIRC one of the units here has a hard drive attached to it. The hard
drive unit is a separate piece that's about the same size as the 8560 and
had a model number 8650 or something like that. I think there may be some
docs down here as well. My friend is a real Tektronix nut and he has a huge
collection of Tektronix equipment and docs. They looked interesting but too
specialized to do anything with.
Joe
--
tsch??,
Jochen
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