On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 at 19:15, Douglas Taylor via cctech
wrote:
>
> Does anyone have experience with the Reflection software that will
> emulate a DEC VT340 color graphics terminal?
I did try Reflection waaa back in the day, possibly around 1990 or
so. It worked, but I had no need of graphics
On Tue, 1 Jun 2021 at 05:08, Zane Healy via cctalk
wrote:
>
> I now have my VAXstation 4000/vlc up and running OpenVMS 7.3, DECnet Phase
> IV, and part of my cluster. It’s using a SCSI2SD v5.2 board for the hard
> drive. While have plenty of DEC Hard Drives, I like the lower noise, power,
> a
On Thu, 6 May 2021 at 16:13, Paul Koning wrote:
> > I suppose APL might come closest, but it's hardly mainstream.
>
> No reason why it couldn't be. It's the same age as C, so why not? :-)
I think because for lesser minds, such as mine, it's line noise.
A friend of mine, a Perl guru, studied A
On Thu, 6 May 2021 at 02:19, Jules Richardson via cctalk
wrote:
>
> I seem to recall an anecdote about Acorn hooking up the first prototype
> ARM-1 processor and it working, despite showing no current draw on the
> connected ammeter - it then transpired that the power supply was still
> switched o
On Wed, 5 May 2021 at 17:59, Jay Jaeger via cctalk
wrote:
> I, for one, did find this helpful - one could make one of these up to
> test before possibly forking over the funds to build one properly.
If anyone were up to making a small batch of these, I'd be happy to
pay for a few, plus shipping
On Tue, 4 May 2021 at 07:50, Doug Jackson via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Kindest regards,
>
> Doug Jackson
>
> em: d...@doughq.com
> ph: 0414 986878
>
> Check out my awesome clocks at www.dougswordclocks.com
> Follow my amateur radio adventures at vk1zdj.net
>
>
On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 at 14:27, Andrew Luke Nesbit via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Hello all again,
>
> With a heavy heart I need to find a new home for the following beautiful
> hardware:
>
> - AlphaServer DS15 server
> - Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 1U rack server
> - Sun Blade 10 mini tower
> - HP Pr
On Sat, 17 Apr 2021 at 20:35, Al Kossow via cctalk
wrote:
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> ddrescue
Agreed.
Important note: `ddrescue` is the newer tool and is more modern than
either `dd_rescue` or `gddrescue`. They are *NOT* the same tools under
different names.
GNU ddrescue or just `ddrescue` It is the preferred choice
On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 at 18:57, Guy Sotomayor via cctalk
wrote:
> I've used FrameMaker a lot...it's great for handling large documents and
> collections of documents. Used it quite a bit at IBM and handled 1000+
> page documents (of course that wasn't all one "source" file).
ISTM that for DTP, th
On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 at 16:00, Stefan Skoglund wrote:
>
> Ha, on my debian system i get more memory available when instead of
> gnome i instead run e.
E as in Enlightenment? I can believe that. I quite liked Bodhi Linux
for its take on E, but E is not as configurable as I'd like.
E.g. I like a ve
On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 18:44, Kevin Bowling wrote:
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> Linux tends to churn that amount of code in a release. I find it interesting
> how large systemd has become as well:
> https://www.theregister.com/2020/01/06/linux_2020_kernel_systemd_code/
I didn't know but I can well believe it. Virtual
On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 15:10, David Schmidt via cctech
wrote:
>
> On 4/12/21 1:00 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
> >> AIX 3.2.5 was so much leaner and meaner than 4.x that came along next...
> >> I never did warm up to it the same way.
> >
> > Twas ever thus, no?
>
> A universal truth.
>
> > I remember a
On Sun, 11 Apr 2021 at 19:46, David Schmidt via cctech
wrote:
>
> AIX 3.2.5 was so much leaner and meaner than 4.x that came along next...
> I never did warm up to it the same way.
Twas ever thus, no?
I remember an ad campaign for AIX when it was quite new... "We took
UNIX and added millions of
Minerva and SMSQ/E, both related to Sinclair QDOS, the original OS for
the Sinclair QL.
https://youtu.be/yU0ptNyNqcI
And EmuTOS, a FOSS recreation of Atari TOS & GEM, which reached v1.0
about 6 months ago.
https://youtu.be/eqrM4TE5jTM
I knew about the 1st 2, but this video taught me a lot. It's
On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 at 21:11, Glen Slick via cctalk
wrote:
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> Shirley this thread has run its course already
I just wanted to tell you, good luck. We're all counting on you.
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On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 at 05:39, Tony Aiuto via cctalk
wrote:
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> That sounds like um, I think the technical term is, a big pain in the butt.
Look, TBH, sorry to be That Guy, but what it sounds like is made-up
mumbo-jumbo with as much basis in science as saying his choler is too
low and phlegm and b
On Sun, 14 Mar 2021 at 19:37, Guy Sotomayor via cctalk
wrote:
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> At the time I was fairly familiar with the LOADALL instruction. I had
> modified PC/AT Xenix to use the LOADALL instruction to allow for running
> Xenix programs and multiple DOS programs simultaneously.
Incidentally, I believe th
On Sun, 14 Mar 2021 at 19:37, Guy Sotomayor via cctalk
wrote:
> There were many heated discussions in various task forces (this was of
> course IBM) about the next generation OS (to become OS/2) about the
> '286. First and foremost was how to be able to run DOS programs on the
> '286. Over very
On Fri, 5 Mar 2021 at 16:00, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk
wrote:
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> No, he means "The Digital Group". It was a microcomputer company in the
> 1975-1979 time frame.
>
> http://bytecollector.com/the_digital_group.htm
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Digital_Group
Thanks for the clarification
On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 at 05:23, Brad H via cctalk wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I am working on a 30 minute historical video about the digital group.
[Spelling out my thought process]
"the digital group" -- so he means Digital Equipment Corporation.
Never heard them called a "group" but fine.
> when dg
On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 at 21:12, jim stephens via cctalk
wrote:
>
> My partner passed away about 2 weeks ago and would possibly have
> recalled who it was, but can't ask now. I'll try a scan of our contact
> files and see if "opti" anything shows up.
Oh, I am sorry to hear that. My condolences.
-
On Mon, 1 Feb 2021 at 21:07, Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
>
> That is what it MEANS.
> But, it's not quite right. It's off by about 4%.
> A US pint of water weighs 1.043 pounds.
> One "fluid ounce" (volume) of water weighs 1.043 ounces (weight)!
Close enough for government work.
With all the of
On Mon, 1 Feb 2021 at 20:00, Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
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> I had always been told, "A pint is a pound, the world around."
Aha! Does that mean a pint of water weighs 1lb?
Interesting. I did not know.
> I had already assumed that pub prices had inflated to higher than a pound.
It was under £1
On Sat, 30 Jan 2021 at 02:56, dwight via cctalk wrote:
> I constantly see people claiming how much better decimal is than the English
> system of meassurment.
Um. I am a native English speaker, as well as an English citizen, and
I count in decimal.
Do you mean metric (SI / Systeme Internationa
On Fri, 29 Jan 2021 at 22:14, Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
> such as 42
> WHATDOYOUGETWHENYOUMULTIPLYSIXBYNINE
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On Mon, 1 Feb 2021 at 10:34, Tor Arntsen via cctalk
wrote:
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> Some sheep herders in (IIRC) the Caucasus do, or did at least. I
> learned about that some decades ago. Counting sheep on their fingers.
> I use the system sometimes.
Fred Pohl's short story "Digits and Dastards" explains it well.
I
On Sun, 31 Jan 2021 at 19:36, Warner Losh via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Greetings
>
> I recently purchased a QCS external hard disk on ebay. This was one of the
> companies that was selling DEC Rainbow hard drives. I had hoped it was an
> old Rainbow drive with interesting to me bits... Turns out it is an
On Fri, 29 Jan 2021 at 15:20, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
wrote:
> Ah yes, radium. You'll get my original R-390/URR meters when you pry
> them from my cold, dead, glowing hands.
Relevant (& from a list member):
"My vintage vacuum tubes are radio-active!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYSWIdDcbG
On Fri, 29 Jan 2021 at 13:11, Peter Corlett via cctalk
wrote:
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> It is *also* the use of symbols. Firstly, some people are just symbol-blind
> and prefer stuff spelled out in words. It's just how brains are wired.
Agreed. I submit this is also why some people find Lisp (and perhaps
Forth and Pos
On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 at 03:54, Chris Zach via cctalk
wrote:
>
> I'm offering
> these disks for free.
>
> So if you need 50 disks with various versions of RT11 and god knows what
> data on them or 50 frisbees let me know and they're yours for the cost
> of shipping. I need to either pitch these thi
On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 at 17:50, Liam Proven wrote:
> So I resubbed online and now I get it again. providing that warm
> comforting sensation of intellects vast and cool, as immeasurably
> superior to my own as mine is to that of the transient creatures that
> swarm and multiply in a drop of water.
On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 at 17:44, Gavin Scott via cctalk
wrote:
>
> APL is still a going concern in a few places
Oh, definitely. I subscribed to the British APL Association's
newsletter from an advert in UK magazine PCW in the 1980s and
continued to get its publication, _Vector_, for over 20Y.
https
On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 at 17:21, Nemo Nusquam via cctalk
wrote:
>
> In 1999, a fellow student in a UML course worked for a large information
> company (Reuters, I think?) and told me that they had embarked on an
> expensive s/w conversion project. Their back-end systems were
> implemented in APL and
On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 at 17:42, Bill Degnan wrote:
>
> Agreed.
>
> A fully provisioned IBM PC / XT in 1981-4 was pretty expensive too, that's
> why 8-bit machines continued to sell well into the later 80's. 16-bit was
> overkill for most home needs. Apple would not have survived the 80's without
On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 at 15:35, emanuel stiebler wrote:
>
> I guess we have to be careful, comparing machines & CPUs.
> 68000 came out as a CPU in 1980/1981 (available on the market (?))
>
> You're comparing it to a ARM2 machine of 1987, where Motorola had the
> newer 68020, and 68030 by than ...
Th
On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 at 03:07, jwest--- via cctalk wrote:
>
> (not to be confused with the other APE, for Atari)?
There's also an Apricot emulator by that name:
https://ai.ansible.uk/ape.html
from
https://ai.ansible.uk/freebies.html
Plan 9 has an APE too...
http://doc.cat-v.org/plan_9/4th_editi
On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 at 03:53, Boris Gimbarzevsky wrote:
>
> Ran into 68000 processor for
> first time in 1986 when my father bought a 512 K
> Mac and couldn't believe performance of this CPU
It is odd. I had read of it, of course, but for me the revelation was
getting an Acorn Archimedes in 1989,
This may be old news -- it was new to me, though.
https://suddendisruption.blogspot.com/search/label/Booting%20Sage%20Computer
I'm not really familiar with SAGE machines. They were not as
well-known in the UK, I think, being upmarket from the Apple ][ and
IBM PC, both of which were eye-wateringly
On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 at 00:29, Nemo Nusquam via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Thank you both for your information but I am still mystified as to why
> Gmail marks Google alerts (from Google!) as spam.
That is particularly amusing/irritating, yes.
I have 3 or 4 connected accounts -- AOL, Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.
On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 at 23:50, Bill Degnan wrote:
>
> Liam,
> As I said I can set up a filter but that does not really solve the problem it
> compensates for it in the cctalk world only.
OK, that's fair. If I stuck a finger in the air and guesstimated, I'd
say about 95% of my email is filtered, a
On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 at 23:12, Bill Degnan via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have noticed the same email addresses' messages routinely end up in the
> spam folder of gmail.
I have 2 nested folders (labels/tags/whatever) in Gmail:
classiccmp/talk and classiccmp/tech. In my rule which filters messages
i
On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 at 21:23, geneb wrote:
>
> Hopefully Cancel Moose can return too. :)
http://cm.org/
...?
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On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 at 17:46, Jon Elson via cctalk
wrote:
> Do it yourself HEART surgery??!!?? Yikes!
As close as I've heard of:
(1 b&w pic but not for the squeamish)
https://web.archive.org/web/20121107053510/http://www.doctorross.co.za/antarctica/self-operation-tracking-down-a-good-story
On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 at 18:20, geneb wrote:
>
>
> That would be glorious. :)
Looks like it's happened.
https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Board_members
https://events.opensuse.org/conferences/oSLO/program/proposals/3028
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On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 at 17:12, Peter Coghlan via cctalk
wrote:
>
> What's Livejournal?
:-o
It was one of the first free blogging sites, before WordPress or
Blogger or the like. It has a number of forks, one of which is extant
and alive: Dreamwidth. It's the site that memcached was written for.
I
On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 at 21:31, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Other than "Buy It Now" I have pretty much given up on
> ebay. Never had luck selling anything and very seldom
> had any luck winning a bid. Got better ways to waste
> my time.
If you _really_ want something that is _not_ BIN,
On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 at 01:02, Mark J. Blair via cctalk
wrote:
>
> USENET is still around. But much like the rest of the infinite groups, it's
> not where everybody is. Sigh.
True. In fact a colleague of mine at $DAYJOB is trying to resurrect
the Big 8 committee and get some active management occ
On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 at 20:09, Johan Helsingius via cctalk
wrote:
>
> This is one of the reasons why I miss good old USENET - with a public list
> of groups, and a clear hierarchy.
I was thinking exactly the same thing.
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On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 at 10:35, Johan Helsingius via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Seems to be the usual FB problem - too many similar groups. :)
How do you mean? Has it already appeared in some I'm not in?
It's nothing new. 15y ago or something, there were umpteen Communities
on Livejournal for any conceivab
On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 at 22:52, Don Stalkowski via cctalk
wrote:
>
> I'm listing this stuff just in case someone is desperate for
> any of it.
Would you like me to post these lists on the Facebook vintage-computer
collectors' groups for you, Don?
I can suitably anonymise your email, if you prefer,
Does anyone know anything much about this early desktop computer and its OS?
Example:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Perkin-Elmer-3600-PETOS-Like-Microsoft-BASIC-Computer-6800-CPU-Works-/303540134722
Although it predated the PC, MS supplied the BASIC and apparently the
CLI resembles early DOS.
I ask
On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 at 12:28, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
>
> Well, I guess for some anything that does not require you to toggle in
> the boot loader or doesn't have a teletype console terminal is surely too
> modern to even consider.
:-D
One of the things I enjoy about this group is that some of
https://www.ebay.de/itm/254795423667
€1
«
LISP MACHINE INC 1/2" Reel Tapes
Anyone who opens this auction will know what this is - and how unique
these tapes are.
The lot is consisting of 13 tapes, which are labeled as follows:
LMI FORTRAN 77 #1352- LMI Release 2.0 two tapes
LMI Boot / SDU
On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 at 22:36, Van Snyder via cctalk
wrote:
>
> I found a box of 45 Atari ST diskettes in my basement, from my 1980's
> 520 ST (or maybe my brother's 1040 ST).
>
> I don't have a floppy drive, so I can't tell whether they're readable.
>
> Some are originals, for example for 1St Word,
On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 at 23:33, keith--- via cctalk wrote:
>
> Hi Liam,
>
> As stated in my OP, I was using Windows 10 and USB adapters.
*Goes back and re-reads*
Ah, OK. I did not follow before.
I think Windows is a really poor choice for this. Worse, it might have
tried to mount the filesystem R
On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 at 01:32, keith--- via cctalk wrote:
> I have tried to copy it to an industrial CF
> card but no luck. I have used Rufus, Active Disk Image, and Macrium
> Reflect.
First question: how did you try to copy it?
You've not given us anywhere near enough info to try to troubles
On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 at 13:19, Doug Jackson via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Have you considered asking them what they are doing?
As my only offspring is only 1y old, [a] I'm not too worried and [b]
it would elicit no coherent response. However I've been doing my
research and I am given to believe that this
On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 at 17:58, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
> As an American, I think Hugh Laurie and Bob Hoskins have quite
> acceptable American accents
AIUI, most people do. I think it's just to their countrymen that they
sound artificial.
> as does Jamie Bamber (Lee "Apollo" Adama
> in Battlestar Gal
On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 21:20, Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
>
> And the machines that Calcomp made (570, etc.) were called "plodders"
I am well-used to that one; I think all Brits are, from TV and cinema.
(Aside: it is amusing to me, at least, that some British actors
succeeded in Hollywood or TV
On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 17:15, Diane Bruce wrote:
>
> My expat FIL was from Lancs. Good part is I learned how to make a decent pot
> of tea. The bad is, I couldn't understand him half the time.
Being from Lancashire myself, I can't see the problem, but the rest of
the UK regards us as impenetrable
On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 04:21, Tapley, Mark B. via cctalk
wrote:
>
> On Nov 17, 2020, at 7:03 PM, Liam Proven via cctalk
> mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote:
>
> Argh! I was not posting to the list that I thought I was. I apologise
> for using that nickname. :-(
>
On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 02:53, Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Most of us "merkens" haven't truly mastered one language.
I was very surprised to discover a couple of years ago that many in
the USA pronounce "squirrel" as "skwerl". My surprise was subsequently
pushed to its limits when I discovere
On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 at 15:36, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Most "Merikens" just let the bank do the conversion when they buy
> from overseas.
Argh! I was not posting to the list that I thought I was. I apologise
for using that nickname. :-(
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On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 at 10:26, Peter Corlett via cctalk
wrote:
> Five MyBooks bought 18 months ago had debranded He8 disks in there: very nice.
> The three Elements a few months back have (non-SMR) WD Reds in them, which is
> OK. Three more are supposedly turning up tomorrow.
Oh blast, I wish I h
On Tue, 10 Nov 2020 at 19:27, Angel M Alganza via cctalk
wrote:
> Most of them, yes. Then there is K-9 mail for Android,
> which almost makes me to not miss Mutt, when using the phone.
Which is what I proposed in the first reply, complete with links.
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On Tue, 10 Nov 2020 at 11:31, Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk
wrote:
>
> That is like asking how do you fix Windows/10 MAIL app. It’s the default, it
> sends and receives mail. If you want something that works better and gives
> you control then you switch to a supported app.
> There is also Outlook
On Tue, 10 Nov 2020 at 00:44, Ali via cctalk wrote:
> Any
> ideas/suggestions? TIA!
https://k9mail.app/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fsck.k9&hl=en&gl=US
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On Mon, 9 Nov 2020 at 21:41, ben via cctalk wrote:
>
> Is the Author find able? Do he still have 8" floppies?
Dude. Really. Pay attention. The author has been posting in this thread.
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On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 at 22:48, Grant Taylor via cctalk
wrote:
>
> On 10/15/20 2:32 PM, Kevin Lee wrote:
> > Link for the prodigy work please? Seems interesting..
>
> Sorry, I don't have a link per say.
That's _per se_, BTW. Latin. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/per_se
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On Wed, 14 Oct 2020 at 22:28, Adam Thornton via cctalk
wrote:
>
> I agree that whether a student learns has much more to do with the student
> than what in particular they're studying.
>
> I quit my undergraduate physics degree when I had a moment of clarity that
> even if I managed to squeak thro
On Wed, 14 Oct 2020 at 01:08, Van Snyder wrote:
> I'll send it for a PDF of a shipping label for a 20" x 10" x 10" 10lb box,
> your choice of carrier.
That is a very kind offer and I appreciate your generosity, but I
think perhaps you mistake what I was trying to say.
It's too old to be of dir
On Wed, 14 Oct 2020 at 00:19, Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Do you want the degree?
> Or do you want to LEARN?
Fair!
Both.
> Take a course in your limited "spare time".
> Then another.
> and another
>
> I did grad school (UC Berkeley) while teaching full time plus running a
> business, and o
On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 at 21:51, Van Snyder via cctalk
wrote:
>
> I have a Maynard MaynStream tape backup unit from the 1980's.
>
> It uses audio-format cassettes with 1/4" tape, but it's a different
> tape composition, and the cassette has a notch in it to tell the device
> it's not just plain audio
On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 at 21:17, Paul Koning via cctalk
wrote:
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> It depends. In sciences, people understand that it's a lot of work. In what
> Robert Heinlein called the "fuzzy subjects", you can often be a party animal
> who does very little real work and get a degree anyway. If so, it doesn'
On Sat, 3 Oct 2020 at 18:14, Jonathan Haddox via cctalk
wrote:
>
> I'm researching Multiuser DOS out of my own interest. A version made by
> Concurrent Controls specifically. However, I have been unable to find
> documentation on it to satisfy my curiosity on how it works and how it is
> conf
On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 at 19:20, Noel Chiappa via cctalk
wrote:
>
> (For those are are not familiar with Mini-Unix and LSX, they are both V6 Unix
> variants lobotomized to run on PDP-11's without memory management:
Aha!
Like this?
https://hackaday.com/2018/06/03/its-unix-on-a-microcontroller/
http:/
On Thu, 1 Oct 2020 at 00:58, Noel Chiappa via cctalk
wrote:
>
> No, it looks like it uses a different fie-system layout.
>
> Besides; there's not much point: the big adantage of using V6 is that one can
> use the V6 tool-chain to prepare Mini-Unix binaries; XV6 wouldn't allow
> that. If all one wa
On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 at 23:35, Noel Chiappa via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Good basic idea (using a different system to build on), but there's a
> better/easier approach (in the same basic vein): bring up V6, and mount the RK
> pack with Mini-Unix on it (it's a V6 file system, so is mountable); V6 is rock
>
On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 at 18:56, Jules Richardson via cctalk
wrote:
>
> On 9/8/20 6:04 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> > Date and time of Command.com and any other DOS files will identify the
> > version number.
Only after DOS 5 or so, I fear.
> I've got 11/26/85 on command.com.
>
> > DIR /A or
On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 at 06:34, Grant Taylor via cctalk
wrote:
>
> On 9/8/20 7:18 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
> > I haven't tested that specific ISO.
>
> The particular ISO that you linked to is Novell NetWare 5.1 (Support
> Pack 0). So it needs support packs installed on it.
But that's good
On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 at 06:47, Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
>
> 1) If the drive is larger than 32MB, then boot with DOs 3.31 or newer.
> Although even with the older ones, you can still do quite a bit. 3.31 is
> the first where DOS supports a partition larger than 32MB
> MS-DOS 5.00 is first where
On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 at 08:18, Grant Taylor via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Does anyone have any idea where I can get install media at various
> support pack levels and / or support pack install files for NetWare 5.1
> and / or BorderManager 3.5?
Something like this any help?
https://winworldpc.com/product/
On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 at 11:02, Stefan Skoglund via cctalk
wrote:
> Textilmuseet (textiles and clothes museum in Borås, Sweden) have a
> number of items which was haute couture in the 70s and 80s. Some of
> them was done in a plastic which today is basically an awful mess...
>
> And so they are basi
On Thu, 3 Sep 2020 at 15:09, Paul Koning via cctalk
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> Unfortunately access to the pictures is restricted, silly of them.
Agreed but this is normal for VCFED. I do have an account but I've not
used it in years -- the forums are a bit too US-centric for me, and I
hate web fora in general.
On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 at 08:24, Mattis Lind via cctalk
wrote:
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> I have been working on a project for some time to connect a IBM3270
> compatible Alfaskop terminal with its IBM 3274 compatible cluster
> controller to the Hercules mainframe emulator.
>
> Yesterday I eventually succeeded. I was able
On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 at 15:33, Tom Hunter via cctalk
wrote:
> About 70% of the PCB had solder joints that were nice and shiny like brand
> new. The remaining section near the front of the drive was quite badly
> corroded and it also looked like there was some liquid spilled over that
> section of t
On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 at 18:07, Noel Chiappa via cctalk
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> After having a run of almost half a dozen IDE hard drive failures recently in
> a short period of time (on my older desktops which use them, I've decided that
> I should see if there's an IDE emulator (using SD cards)
SD (and the re
On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 at 15:10, Bill Degnan wrote:
>
> I remember when the IBM XT was too new for a VCF exhibit, back when Sellam
> ran shows.
I can believe that.
I gutted 2 original working PC-ATs in about 1996 for cases for
Pentium-class machines. I deeply regret it now but it was 25y ago --
th
I found this blog post quite interesting. I've left what I hope is an
informative, helpful comment. I wonder if anyone else here would have
more to add?
https://www.forsure.dev/-/2020/05/19/640-kilobytes-of-ram-and-why-i-bought-an-ibm-5160/
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On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 at 09:43, Tom Hunter via cctalk
wrote:
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> Has SIMH been ported to a low overhead (instant-on) platform?
>
> I ask the question because the startup time of Linux is distracting when
> powering on a PiDP-11/70 or similar clone systems based on SIMH.
Not that I know of.
I have
On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 at 08:36, Boris Gimbarzevsky via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Was about to toss a 1987 box containing DOS 3.3 but then figured
> someone might want it. Have a couple of XT systems kicking around
> somewhere
A chap on the FB Vintage Computing group was seriously asking if an
original IBM
On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 at 14:09, Chris Zach via cctalk
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> Funny story about that: In 1990 I installed a Compaq systempro for
> Hechinger's that cost over $100,000.
I just about remember the SystemPro machines. One of my bigger clients
in my first job got one, but they hired a full-time guy t
On Wed, 15 Jul 2020 at 22:09, Ali via cctalk wrote:
>
> > There is no good use case for them in 2020, which is why they're all
> > suddenly
> > quite cheap.
>
> Peter,
>
> Why do you say that? Not disagreeing per se but just wondering the reasoning
> behind it.
Happily for me I don't do stuff lik
On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 at 18:14, Alessandro Mazzini via cctalk
wrote:
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> Flebay is quite overpriced, sadly ( personal opinion anyway, from the point
> of view of someone that's now looking at finding a thing since months and is
> fixated about a real price vs an enflated one
I often hear comments
On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 at 04:08, STAN IRWIN via cctalk
wrote:
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> I recently found an IBM System/36 5360 for sale, with 5251 Terminal and
> Keyboard. System is supposed to be in good running condition, taken out of
> service in September 2019, single owner. Asking price seems to be about 10k
> (!).
On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 at 17:05, Johan Helsingius via cctalk
wrote:
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> Thanks - good hint. I was a bit surprised to see the prices people are asking
> on fleabay.
I think I sold my last 2 or 3 before I emigrated for circa €50 each.
5.25" HD floppy drives went for more than that.
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On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 at 22:19, Johan Helsingius via cctalk
wrote:
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> Hi!
>
> I have a box full of Compaq SCSI server disk caddies (with 9.1G disks in
> them). Feels silly to dump them into e-waste recycling, but there
> probably isn't much point in shipping them very far either (I am in
> Amsterdam
On Sun, 28 Jun 2020 at 22:55, Richard Pope via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Will,
> Ultimate Zip is showing that the file is empty. Hum! I have been
> using Ultimate Zip for decades. Hum! I wounder what is going on!
I've never even heard of this tool before. I looked it up, and
http://www.ultimatezip.c
On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 at 02:30, W2HX via cctech wrote:
>
> Could it be related to the fact that it is a 2GB SD card and I believe IDE
> controllers of that day could only address something like 500MB?
It could well be, yes.
> Should I consider trying to partition the SD card into a 500MB partitio
On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 at 17:36, Peter Corlett via cctalk
wrote:
> There are *no* "modern" newsreaders,
> apart from the occasional kitchen-sink monstrosity which does nothing well.)
There was...
https://panic.com/blog/the-future-of-unison/
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