ISO: DEC VR100 and early X releases

[Josh Dersch]

On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 3:11 PM Matt Burke via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:

> On 05/09/2020 20:19, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote:
> > While I'm at it -- anyone know
> > precisely what I need to use this under VMS?  I believe 4.7 was the last
> > VMS release that supported it, but there were additional packages that
> > needed to be installed to support it, and I'm not entirely sure what they
> > are.
>
> To use the VAXstation 100 with VMS you need to install the "VAXstation
> Software" layered product. I have not come across any original copies
> however DEC later contributed the source code to the DECUS library under
> submission V00376. The submission consists of a CMS library and some
> other source files. The only place you can reliably get this from is
> DECUServe as you need to get the files whilst preserving their RMS
> attributes. Then you need to compile the code and create an installation
> kit to use the software.
>
> The good news is that I've already done all of this so here is a link to
> the source and installation kit on Simh tap files:
>
> http://www.9track.net/bits/dec/vs100/v00376.zip
> http://www.9track.net/bits/dec/vs100/vsta012.zip
>
> This was built on VAX/VMS V4.4 with:
>
> Bliss-32 V4.3
> FORTRAN V4.7
> Pascal V3.7
> CMS V2.3
> MMS V2.2
>

Thanks so much for compiling this and making it available!  I'll hopefully
have time to give it a go in the next week or so.


>
> I also have a VAXstation 100 that I hope to get working some day but I
> need the M7452 card and a VS10X-EA mouse. I did win an M7452 on eBay
> about 10 years ago but the seller then said that he had already sold it.
> I've not seen another one since (well not one for an affordable price. I
> did find a reseller that wanted $1000 for one).
>

Yeah, I think I found the same reseller, same price.  I got really lucky
and stumbled onto a usenet post from 1999 that lead me to a very kind
person who still had the parts in his stash.  The mouse shouldn't be too
difficult to substitute a replacement for, it's just a Hawley, with
quadrature signaling.

-  Josh



>
> Matt
>