[cctalk] Fwd: CG14 and 16bit colour

In case anyone is interested in poking their cg14/sx in new and exciting ways :-p -- Forwarded message - From: Michael Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 at 07:55 Subject: CG14 and 16bit colour To: Hello, I did a lot of work on the cgfourteen, sx and xf86-video-suncg14 drivers, one thing

[cctalk] Re: Z80 vs other microprocessors of the time.

On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 at 01:18, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > On 4/23/2024 8:06 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > Did the Dimension 68000 (a multi-processor machine) have Z80 and 6502? > > > > What about the Tandy 16 and 6000. M68K and Z80. If we're talking about machines with a Z80

[cctalk] Re: ZFS, was [... GreaseWeazle ..]

On Thu, 2 Feb 2023 at 11:54, emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote: > > On 2023-02-02 04:38, David Brownlee wrote: > > > That reminds me (looks at 43.5T of zfs pool that has not had a scrub > > since 2021). > > > > It can be nice to have a filesystem which handles redundancy and also > > the

[cctalk] Re: HP 41-CX

I had some idea of trying to get money for an HP 41-CX a while back, but on balance I think it's best to just go to someone who might be interested in fixing it up and valuing it for what it is. So - FTGH, just the cost of shipping (photo link below still valid) David On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 at

[cctalk] Re: Computer Museum uses GreaseWeazle to help exonerate Maryland Man

On Wed, 1 Feb 2023 at 17:13, emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote: > > On 2023-02-01 10:56, Warner Losh wrote: > > > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 1:41 AM emanuel stiebler via cctalk > > mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: > > > retension in case of power off. > > If the power is applied all

[cctalk] Re: Whitechapel Computer Works

On Fri, 4 Nov 2022 at 17:47, Jonathan Katz via cctalk wrote: > > Hi everyone! > > I'm curious; other than Wikipedia what do we know about Whitechapel > workstations? Do any of us have some working in our collections, with > software, disk dumps, etc? I had quite a few back in the 90s when City

Re: testing

FIN On Thu, 10 Mar 2022 at 22:30, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote: > > ACK > > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of jwest--- > via cctalk > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2022 5:29 PM > To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' >

Re: VAX9000 unearthed

On Sun, 20 Feb 2022 at 21:20, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > On 2/20/22 15:31, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > On 2/20/22 10:10, Mark Kahrs via cctalk wrote: > >> I heard Butler Lampson once exclaim that ECL design was in some ways easier > >> than TTL. If you terminated every line, you

Re: OT: looking for help remembering name/info about security bug

On Tue, 11 Jan 2022 at 06:04, Stan Sieler via cctalk wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to remember the name (and some information about) a past > security bug, for an article. > > Somewhere between 4 and 6 years ago (I think), there was a fairly major > security bug reported (probably in Linux, or in

Re: Terminal Emulator for Android

On Sun, 31 Oct 2021, 20:37 Chuck Guzis via cctalk, wrote: > > On 10/31/21 1:06 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: > > I would like to use my tablet, Samsung Tab E model SM-T560NU, to connect > > to my VAX and Linux computers. There seem to be a large number of > > 'Apps' out there. What is a

Re: Linux and the 'clssic' computing world

On Mon, 25 Oct 2021 at 11:39, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 10:18:51AM +0200, Sijmen J. Mulder via cctalk wrote: > [...] > > It's especially frustrating when, after having put in the work, projects > > refuse even trivial patches for Solaris and derrivatives or

First new vax in ...30 years? :-)

In case anyone was interested in an FPGA VAX implementation http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-vax/2021/07/03/msg003899.html And/or thoughts on 64bit/FP & multiprocessor enhancements :-p http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-vax/2021/07/03/msg003903.html David

Re: VT340 Emulation

On Mon, 28 Jun 2021 at 14:11, Paul Koning wrote: > > On Jun 28, 2021, at 4:23 AM, David Brownlee via cctalk > > wrote: > > > > ... > > I noticed this the other day, just in case it's of interest to anyone > > on this thread. > > > > | htt

Re: VT340 Emulation

On Sat, 26 Jun 2021 at 18:15, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > On Jun 26, 2021, at 11:31 AM, Tapley, Mark B. via cctalk > > wrote: > > > > At one point FTDI had a reasonably good reputation, and I own one of those > > devices based on that reputation. I have used it with no obvious problems

VAX rom patches - VAXstation 2000 SCSI boot, KA420 > 1GB boot

I had some extra A4 pages with a VAXstation 2000 manual which covered a preview PK2K kit for VMS, bootloader and ROM to allow use of the VAXstation 2000 SCSI controller for more than just tapes. Rough scan at http://sync.absd.org/vax/VAX-PK2K-preview-kit.pdf (the originals will be sent to someone

Re: VAXstation 2000 network & hardware guides (English & German)

cated. I suspect shipping from the USA to the UK would be too > expensive, or is this in Germany? > > Regards > > Rob > > > -Original Message----- > > From: cctalk On Behalf Of David Brownlee > > via cctalk > > Sent: 14 March 2021 18:08 > > To: G

VAXstation 2000 network & hardware guides (English & German)

I have acquired a tiny slice of Orange Wall, and wondered if anyone would be interested - preference for anyone who is setup to scan and upload the missing bits to bitsavers or similar :) These seem to already be generally available online EK-NETAB-UG-002 Workstations and MicroVAX 2000 Network

MOP boot files

I've been helping dreamlayers with his cleanup of the NetBSD/Linux mopd, ( https://github.com/dreamlayers/netbsd-mopd ) and we were looking at how it handled different a.out MOP files, specifically where the files may be little endian For non MID zero files its easy enough, but little endian MID

Re: Sun SPARCstation LX boot from CDROM?

On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 at 17:43, Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote: > > About 20 years ago I rescued a fully working Sun SPARCstation LX with CDROM > and QIC-150 tape drive - all 3 in lunchbox format - plus monitor when we > moved office and management decided they no longer wanted/needed it. > > Shortly

Re: 1U VAX, was: Re: Computer stores

On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 at 19:46, John Klos via cctalk wrote: > > > I was going to comment that the only way I could see a 1U VAX was if > > someone rack mounted a 4000/VLC. Is that the stock VLC power supply? > > My cluster doesn?t even have that much space. > > > > What do you use to go from SATA

Re: Sun Ultra 10 - openBSD 6.7+Creator3D+sunffb: Xorg and xenocara freeze the system

On Sun, 16 Aug 2020 at 17:50, Vasile Buruiana via cctalk wrote: > > Greetings. > > I would like to solve a mistery regarding graphical user interface on a Sun > Ultra 10+ Creator3D UPA graphics card, running OpenBSD 6.7/sparc64. > Everything works fine with Solaris 10. Did anybody manage to get X

Re: Amiga Vendors?

On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 11:58, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > There was also a 3rd party multiprocessor board, the Hydra from > Simtech, but the appearance of the DEC-designed StrongARM killed that > off -- one 200MHz StrongARM was performance competitive with half a > dozen ~25MHz ARM710

Re: Restarting Old Amiga's

On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 at 19:23, Zane Healy wrote: > > My main A3000 has a Picasso IV+, and a 10Mbit 10Base-2 card, this would be a > seriously tempting update. I never got around to adding USB, and would like > a better Network card. > > Do you have one of these? I’m afraid I haven’t been on the

Re: Restarting Old Amiga's

On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 at 21:24, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote: > > There are some killer upgrades for the A500 that give it ~40mhz, 8MB of > RAM and hard drive via SD or CF cards. These upgrades might run $150-$200, > not bad compared to the flash cards that cost $120 for many systems or > say, the

Updating the VAX GCC backend from cc0 to MODE_CC

The gcc VAX backend is in danger of being dropped if it doesn't get converted from the older cc0 to the newer MODE_CC implementation. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz has started a bountysource entry

HP 41-CX

I've come into possession of an HP 41-CX calculator - unfortunately it appears to have had batteries left in it which have left corrosion on the internal contacts. (some pics: https://photos.app.goo.gl/48bE7WJZP8R4PF9a9 ) My classic hardware tendencies tend to run more towards the "can run *nix"

Re: Anyone interested in ARCNET, Token Ring, FDDI, HIPPI, Strip network code?

On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 19:34, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > On 1/14/20 9:47 AM, David Brownlee via cctalk wrote: > > > The code is quite old and the drivers are not MP safe, so its being > > proposed that the code be dropped > > Goose step to the monocuture

Anyone interested in ARCNET, Token Ring, FDDI, HIPPI, Strip network code?

NetBSD still has code for various interesting^W older network protocols such as ARCNET, Token Ring, FDDI, HIPPI, and Strip. The code is quite old and the drivers are not MP safe, so its being proposed that the code be dropped, with the understanding that if anyone wanted to step forward to update

Anyone want an irman (Infrared to serial dongles)

While tidying up I've found a few Irman infrared to serial dongles https://web.archive.org/web/20060314052558/http://www.evation.com/irman/index.html they connect via a 9 pin serial plug and then convert any consumer remote IR signals they receive into serial. No additional power required, good

Re: RAID? Was: PATA hard disks, anyone?

On 28 March 2018 at 18:17, Ethan via cctalk wrote: > I know of no RAID setup that can save me >from stupid. >> > > I use rsync. I manually rsync the working disks to the backup disks every > week or two. Working disks have the shares to other hosts. If something > happens

Re: PATA hard disks, anyone?

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 06:04 Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 03/27/2018 08:27 PM, dwight wrote: > > I recall at one company we used Micropolous ( SP? ) drives. We had > > almost 100% failure in less than 6 months. It did our company a lot of > > damage. > > A lot of

Re: X11 expertise on ancient HW sought... (4-plane visual (overlay) via X-server on MS-WIndows)

On 31 January 2018 at 08:21, Dimitris Theodoropoulos wrote: > I believe that my case is identical to the original message of the list and > 24-bit is required. > The problematic visual (the one which is not provided by the external > X-server) is the following (I cite

Re: X11 expertise on ancient HW sought... (4-plane visual (overlay) via X-server on MS-WIndows)

On 29 January 2018 at 14:22, Dimitris Theodoropoulos via cctalk wrote: > Sorry for undiggind this subject so many years later, but have you found a > solution to your problem? I am facing exactly the same issue, and i have > tried all possible windows X server options

Re: SCSI Controller Hanging...

On 24 January 2018 at 16:33, Jack Harper via cctalk wrote: > > Hello Plamen - > > I use the SCSI controller that is built into the MVME177 transition module. > > No, when I RESET the system, I just press the RESET button on the processor > board - usually when it is hung

Re: Vaxstation 4000 m60 and NetBSD

On 2 January 2018 at 21:02, Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Tue, 19 Dec 2017, Charles Dickman via cctalk wrote: > > > > Hardware support say no support for LCG Graphics :-( > > > > There are a few people willing to work on graphics for old > > vaxstations, but

Re: db9 requirements

On 6 July 2017 at 23:39, Henry Bond wrote: > [image of back of sparc] > I believe I have a graphics output device, preliminary ebay searches find > the sun video to vga-dsub hard to come by, at least for the UK. Maybe an > original monitor? Happy to take suggestions :) >

Re: db9 requirements

On 6 July 2017 at 01:19, Henry Bond via cctalk wrote: > Good Evening all, hope your week is going well. > > I received a sparcstation 10 today and wondered if anyone knew which db25 > cable to get to connect to my DEC vt, null modem, cross over, etc, etc. > > Also if anyone