> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rich > Alderson via cctalk > Sent: 10 December 2017 08:22 > To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Dec-10 Day announcement from Living Computers: Museum + Labs > > Happy DEC-10 Day! > > It is my honor to announce that we at Living Computers: Museum + Labs are > releasing to the computing community our Massbus Disk Emulator and all the > associated software. This device connects via Massbus cables to the RH10 and > RH20 interfaces on KI-10 and KL-10 systems, to the RH11 interface on KS-10 > and small PDP-11 systems (including the front end 11/40 on the KL-10), and to > the RH70 on the PDP-11/70. The MDE provides up to 8 emulated RP06 or RP07 > disks (represented by disk files in the format used by the SimH emulation of > these systems). > > We expect that it will also work with the RH780 on the VAX-11/780 and > VAX-11/785 although we have not yet tested it in this configuration. > > The original MDE was designed by Keith Perez in 2005, and emulated up to four > RP06 drives connected to a KL-10. The current generation was a redesign by > Bruce Sherry in conjunction with the restoration of our > DECsystem-1070 in 2012, and initially provided eight RP06 drives on the RH10. > It has undergone continual development, with associated software created for > us by Bob Armstrong, and is now being opened up for the use of the relevant > communities. > > To this end, we have placed the design files for the hardware and the source > files for the software to interface with it, along with our library of Universal > Peripheral Emulator routines, on public access repositories at Github. The URLs > for these repositories are > > https://github.com/livingcomputermuseum/MDE2 > > https://github.com/livingcomputermuseum/MBS > > https://github.com/livingcomputermuseum/UPELIB > > These are released under a very liberal license which will allow for free use of > the MDE by any interested party. > > Happy Dec-10 Day! > > Rich > > > Richard Alderson, Sr. Systems Engineer > Living Computers: Museum + Labs > 2245 1st Avenue S > Seattle, WA 98134 > > Cell: (206) 465-2916 > Desk: (206) 342-2239 > > http://www.livingcomputerss.org/
All I need now is a PDP-10.... :-)