[cctalk] Re: VAX 4000-200 in BA215 chassis. Can I install a KFQSA card and connect the cabinet disks to it?

2024-01-02 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Tue, Jan 2, 2024 at 11:51 AM Jonathan Stone via cctalk wrote: > > On Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at 11:29:36 AM PST, thomasdzubin--- via cctalk > wrote: > > > Can I install the KFQSA card in my 4000-200, disconnect the internal disks > > from the SHAC and connect the disks to the KFQSA thereby

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-30 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
Oh yeah, that reminds me, I have a Sun 4/110. Never really thought much about it being a VME system, such as a Motorola MVME system. I can't say I use the Sun 4/110 at least occasionally. I don't remember the last time I powered it on. I suppose I should see if it still boots up sometime. On Tue,

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-30 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 4:34 PM Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > There's also VXIbus, which is VMEbus with some extensions and packaging > standards for instrumentation modules. It seems to be still alive and well > today. I have a couple of PA-RISC based HP/Agilent V743/64 (E1497A) and V743/

[cctalk] Re: Looking for an HP 9000/778 workstation B160/180

2024-03-24 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sun, Mar 24, 2024, 10:05 AM Keith M via cctalk wrote: > I'm looking for an HP 9000 Visualize workstation, like a B160L or B180L+. > > I'll be attending VCF East in a few weeks so might find one there. > > Has anyone used Cypress technology out of Clearwater, FL? It seems they > provide a nice,

[cctalk] Re: typical IC kits on Amazon and elsewhere

2024-03-30 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 5:11 PM Jonathan Chapman via cctalk wrote: > > > Standard TTL 74XXX is drying up rather quickly. Futurlec still has some > > TTL but 7404s are all gone. Even LS is hard to find. > > Ours comes from Mouser, between two part #s they have over 7,000 74LS04s in > DIP packaging

[cctalk] Re: typical IC kits on Amazon and elsewhere

2024-03-31 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 8:15 AM John Robertson via cctalk wrote: > > On 2024/03/30 7:53 p.m., Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 5:11 PM Jonathan Chapman via cctalk > > wrote: > >>> Standard TTL 74XXX is drying up rather quickly. Futurlec stil

[cctalk] Re: DEC VT340/330 ROM Cartridge

2024-04-07 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sat, Apr 6, 2024 at 8:26 AM Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: > > On 4/6/2024 11:14 AM, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 6, 2024 at 3:54 PM Douglas Taylor via cctalk > > wrote: > >> The DEC VT340 has a slot in the back of the terminal to insert a ROM > >> cartridge. I can't find an

[cctalk] Re: PDP-11 thingy. What is it?

2024-04-10 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Wed, Apr 10, 2024, 4:14 PM W2HX via cctalk wrote: > Hi all, I picked up this PDP-11 thing. Can anyone help me understand what > it is? > Pictures are here: > https://w2hx.com/?prefix=x/What-Is-It/PDP-11-Thing/ > > I could not find any designation on the backplane. It is a wire-wrappable > back

[cctalk] Re: PDP-11 thingy. What is it?

2024-04-10 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Wed, Apr 10, 2024, 7:22 PM Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Jonathan Chapman via cctalk wrote: > >> 1. I have read that the card and the drives were compatible with the > dec rx02 drives. Why would the CRDS even bother to redesign a card where > DEC had perf

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

2024-04-22 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 9:18 AM Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > On 4/22/24 08:36, Lamar Owen via cctalk wrote: > > > Die real estate forced the design to do without a full 8-bit ALU. When > > you have a 4-bit ALU, and you are doing 16-bit math, you will need 4 > > cycles through the ALU. > > I d

[cctalk] Re: Help? Programming SCM90448 EPROMs

2024-05-25 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 6:27 AM emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote: > > Hi all, > anybody in the US could program some SCM90448 EPROMs for me? > None of my programmers I have here, can do it. > > Some old, trusty DATA I/O ??? What is an SCM90448? Can you find a datasheet for that part? I cannot.

[cctalk] Re: Help? Programming SCM90448 EPROMs

2024-05-26 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sun, May 26, 2024, 4:06 AM emanuel stiebler wrote: > On 2024-05-25 13:23, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: > > On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 6:27 AM emanuel stiebler via cctalk > > wrote: > >> > >> Hi all, > >> anybody in the US could program some SCM90448 EP

[cctalk] Re: Help? Programming SCM90448 EPROMs

2024-05-26 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sun, May 26, 2024 at 4:26 AM Glen Slick wrote: > > On Sun, May 26, 2024, 4:06 AM emanuel stiebler wrote: >> >> On 2024-05-25 13:23, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: >> > On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 6:27 AM emanuel stiebler via cctalk >> > wrote: >> >

[cctalk] Re: Help? Programming SCM90448 EPROMs

2024-05-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, May 27, 2024, 2:47 AM emanuel stiebler wrote: > On 2024-05-26 12:30, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: > > On Sun, May 26, 2024 at 4:26 AM Glen Slick wrote: > > > Anyway, if the SCM90448 EPROMs for your M8189 KDF11-B are actually > > Motorola MC68764 / MC68766 EPRO

[cctalk] Re: just curious about eproms [was: Help? Programming SCM90448 EPROMs

2024-05-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, May 27, 2024, 6:54 AM CAREY SCHUG via cctalk wrote: > Just curioius, as a much less techy person, are there sets of eproms that > are compatible for reading, but just require a different programming > regimen? Could the OP have used a different eprom that is easier to > program? > > If n

[cctalk] Re: Help? Programming SCM90448 EPROMs

2024-05-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, May 27, 2024, 12:56 PM Mike Stein via cctalk wrote: > > (BTW, what's the > difference between the 68764 and the 68766?) > From what I can tell from a quick look at the datasheets, on the 68764 the /E pin is both a low power mode pin and an output enable pin, while on the 68766 the /G pin

[cctalk] Re: SMECC museum status

2024-06-26 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Wed, Jun 26, 2024, 3:14 PM Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > On Jun 26, 2024, at 2:23 PM, John Herron via cctalk > wrote: > > > > While we're on the topic of the fate of collections and museums, does > > anyone know if SMECC (Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and > > Computation) i

[cctalk] Re: QED 993

2024-07-15 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, Jul 15, 2024, 5:43 AM Jonathan Chapman via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > I'm trying to do some organizing and came across a QED 993. Anyone have > an > > interest in it? > > Is this that Xilinx not-quite-a-J11 board? > > Thanks, > Jonathan > Sort of an 11/93 equivalent. On bo

[cctalk] Re: QED 993

2024-07-17 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Wed, Jul 17, 2024, 7:58 AM emanuel stiebler via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 2024-07-15 08:04, Jonathan Chapman via cctalk wrote: > >> I'm trying to do some organizing and came across a QED 993. Anyone have > an > >> interest in it? > > > > Is this that Xilinx not-quite-a-J11 boa

[cctalk] Re: Computers in the Paul Allen collection

2024-08-21 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Wed, Aug 21, 2024, 10:43 AM Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > I don't know how many of you have read through the whole Christie's > listings, so I figured I'd summarize the computers that are in the Paul > Allen auctions. > > There are two auctions: > https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/firsts-hi

[cctalk] Re: LCM auction

2024-08-29 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
Help. Unsubscibe. Jane, get me off this crazy list.

[cctalk] Re: auction starting in 50 minutes

2024-09-12 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Thu, Sep 12, 2024, 6:13 PM Adrian Stoness via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > WaIt someone paid 23k for a asr33? Price Realised USD 23,940 Does that include the 26% buyer's premium, or is that another $6,224 for a total of $30,164 for the ASR33? https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/

Re: Battery warning in Falco terminals

2018-11-21 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 7:23 AM Mike Stein via cctalk wrote: > > BTW, for some reason I get some of your (Al's) posts _after_ I've received > replies to them, sometimes almost a day later; very confusing. It seems to be > related to the fact that some of your posts are addressed to > 'cctalk@cl

Re: Removing PVA from a CRT

2018-11-25 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 10:41 AM Alan Perry via cctech wrote: > > Also, I have never worked on a CRT before. I am trying to find a local person > who can observe me and stop me from doing something stupid. If I can’t find > someone, what am I more likely to do wrong? How can I be sure I discharg

Re: DEC Professional 350 ROMs

2018-11-25 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sun, Nov 25, 2018, 5:20 AM Rob Jarratt via cctalk I have some ROMs from two DEC Pro 350s I want to image. My programmer fails > to identify them automatically. From the technical manual it would seem > that > they are two 8K ROMS in a DIP24 package. I have tried to pick some other > model of RO

Re: Text encoding Babel.

2018-11-30 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Fri, Nov 30, 2018, 6:21 PM Josh Dersch via cctalk On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 5:53 PM Guy Dunphy via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > > > > And now, back to machining a lock pick for a PDP-8/S front panel cylinder > > lock. > > http://everist.org/NobLog/20181104_PDP-8S.htm#locks > >

Re: Orphan HP Alphaservers looking for a new home

2018-12-17 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 3:45 PM Tapley, Mark via cctalk wrote: > > I hope hard enough that this cluster gets saved that if no-one else comes > forward, I’d like to be notified….I’m not certain what I could arrange, but > the thought of running my own personal Alpha supercomputer … wow. Not sure

Re: WTD: 9 track open reel for PDP-11

2018-12-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 9:17 AM W2HX via cctalk wrote: > > I've been building up a nice little PDP-11/23+ with cabinets, RL02's etc. To > really round things off, I'm looking for a open reel-to-reel style 9-track > tape drive to add to the system (don't ask why, punishment must be somewhere > i

Re: WTD: 9 track open reel for PDP-11

2018-12-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 10:02 AM Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > If you;re only interested in 1600 PE and 6250 GCR, the Fuji drive is a > great choice--well-constructed and easy to operate. Yes, it is pretty > heavy, but in the universe of open-reel tape drives, it's a > featherweight. Not sur

Re: Bellmac 8 Tutor on ebay

2019-01-13 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
Sold to someone out there for $358 Is there an archive of The Western Electric Engineer journal online anywhere? In the July 1977, Volume 21, Number 3 issue there is a 7 page article "MAC-8: A Microprocessor for Telecommunication Applications", by Herbert H. Winfield". which provides a good archi

Re: Jesse and the ebay mess

2019-01-24 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 3:23 PM Joseph Zatarski via cctalk wrote: > > >Sorry, but this doesn't really check out... > > *snip* > > With regards to my last message, I should also note that I did notice the > ebay auction shipping locations do not all match the location listed in > Jesse's email. Thi

Re: OT Parts houses & scrappers

2019-01-26 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 9:48 AM Jay West via cctech wrote: > > Kudos to Jesse for working with me offlist, I feel I've gotten a good deal. I > appreciate the offers to help purchase, very much, but I got this taken care > of directly with Jesse and I'm happy. > > We have to understand, as others

Re: HP 1000 A class series boards

2019-01-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 6:50 PM Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: > > At the moment I'm not sure if my machine is an 'A-series' or not. How do I > tell? > It's a 2113E, apparently quite a late model. I've had it and related hardware > (minus disk drives) > since the early 2000's. It was a junkyard fi

Re: 11/70 - original or 570 model more desirable?

2019-01-31 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 7:49 PM Bill Degnan via cctech wrote: > > Random question > would you prefer having, if you had to pick only one, the original PDP > 11/70 or the newer "blue cabinets" PDP 11/70, assuming both were complete > configurations with racks of storage etc as they would have been

Re: HP 1000 L series, parts available, anyone ??

2019-02-05 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 10:46 PM GerardCJAT via cctalk wrote: > > I own a HP 1000 L series 200 > Cards are badly corroded at connectors level BUT some other parts are in > very good shape. > > I can offer, > > HP "special SoS" processors: 1AA6-60004, 1AC5, 1AB5, 1AF5 ( - 60001 ) > > The

Re: PDP-11 disk image question

2019-02-18 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 5:18 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > Well, all I really have are CQD module which does MSCP and TMSCP > over SCSI. Do you have any SCSI tape drives? I have successfully installed RSTS/E 10.1 from install tapes on real PDP-11 hardware using an Exabyte EXB-8200 8mm

Re: PDP-11 disk image question

2019-02-19 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 5:39 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > All sounds like fun, but if the two emulations don't do RA81 > correctly the information doesn't really do me much good. I > certainly can't change the CQD's idea of what an RA81 is. > I have mostly used CMD CQD-220/TM control

Re: PDP-11 disk image question

2019-02-19 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 11:22 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > > I have mostly used CMD CQD-220/TM controllers. As far as I remember > > they do not have an RA drive emulation option. > > I have a 220A/TM and it certainly does. Pages 4-10 thru 4-15 > of the manual, particularly Configurat

Re: PDP-11 disk image question

2019-02-19 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 1:20 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > I have a CQD=220A/MT configured for 6 disks and one tape. > As for disk types, you can toggle RA ON or OFF on each drive. > You can specify one RA type that will be in effect for any > disk with RA ON. Types are: RA70, RA80, RA

Re: PDP-11 disk image question

2019-02-20 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 8:57 AM Charles Anthony via cctalk wrote: > > However, in the original posters case, the SIMH disk image is being copied > to the RA81 drive without the benefit of the MSCP controller (if I > understand correctly). This would lead to track misalignment and could > result in

Re: PDP-11 disk image question

2019-02-20 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 2:24 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > Theoretically, the SIMH emulated RA81 and the CMD emulated real > disk RA81 should be the same size because they are both supposed > to be RA81's. I spent the time to get set up and verified that this assumption is not correct.

Re: PDP-11 disk image question

2019-02-20 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
After spending way to much time on this today, I verified that at least on the CMD CQD Q-Bus SCSI controller versions that I have if I wanted the CMD CQD controller to report an MSCP disk size of exactly 891072 blocks to match the SIMH emulated RA81 disk size, I had to soft resize the capacity of t

Re: KA650 VAX memory error

2019-03-02 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sat, Mar 2, 2019 at 12:02 PM Joseph Zatarski via cctalk wrote: > > On a somewhat related note, I don't suppose anybody knows or has > documentation on the pinout of the C/D interconnect on these RAM boards? > The pinout for the ribbon cable is in the manual, but the C/D > interconnect doesn't s

Re: 2.11 BSD on an 11/93 with an CMD SCSI Module

2019-03-13 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 10:36 AM Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 10:29 AM Zane Healy via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > > > On Mar 13, 2019, at 10:15 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < > > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > > > Anybody had any luck with

Re: Looking for 12016-60002 HP Single Ended Cable

2019-03-14 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 9:01 AM Jesse Dougherty via cctech wrote: > > 12016-60002 - SE Cable - card edge connector to 50-pin low density bail > lock (M) - 2m (6.6ft) long > > If anyone has any of these, let me know, I can use about 4 of them. > > Thanks > Jesse > Cypress Technology Inc > Good luc

Re: 2.11 BSD on an 11/93 with an CMD SCSI Module

2019-03-15 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 1:55 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > Can I assume that all the patches have been applied and tested and > none of them have been rescinded? > > Next, can I assume one need only apply them all in order to bring a > system up to current level? > > And then the logica

Re: 2.11 BSD on an 11/93 with an CMD SCSI Module

2019-03-16 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 6:19 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > > > Hunk #11 succeeded at 1075. > Hunk #12 succeeded at 1250. > Overdue "---" at line 782--check line numbers at line 773. > --- > That looks like a match for the patch 442 for file /usr/src/usr.bin/f77/exp

Re: 2.11 BSD on an 11/93 with an CMD SCSI Module

2019-03-16 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 8:42 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > Now I need a program that can move Tape data back and forth between > real drives and tap/tpc images. Anybody got one? > I do that on a DOS PC with a Fujitsu M2444AC 1/2-inch tape drive attached to an Computer Logics PCTD16 IS

Re: Fujitsi 2444AC 9-track tape drive/PDP-11

2019-03-18 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 8:35 PM W2HX via cctalk wrote: > > Now for some questions. > > 1. I've been told the QT13 is a very good card to interface here. I've > been looking for a while on ebay without luck. I do see a QT14 on ebay right > now at a good price, but I am not familiar with the

What 6502 macro assembler was used for the AIM-65 Monitor ROM?

2019-03-21 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
Anyone know what 6502 macro assembler was used for the AIM-65 Monitor ROM, as shown in the AIM-65 Monitor Program Listing manual, document number 29650N36L ? Some of it's identifying features are using .BYT and .WOR (or .WORD) directives for declaring data, and .MACRO and .ENDM directives for dec

Re: What 6502 macro assembler was used for the AIM-65 Monitor ROM?

2019-03-21 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 3:23 PM Mike Stein wrote: > > I can't help but I'm curious: why are you looking for this? Is there a lot of > original Rockwell source out there? > I have some Rockwell RM-65 cards which have on-board firmware. In particular a RM65-5101E FDC Controller and a RM65-5102E CR

Re: What 6502 macro assembler was used for the AIM-65 Monitor ROM?

2019-03-22 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 9:59 AM Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > At the expense of being boo-ed for this, could the original Rockwell > stuff perhaps have been assembled using a mainframe/mini-hosted > cross-assembler? > > I'm aware of several situations where this was the case. The date in the

Re: What 6502 macro assembler was used for the AIM-65 Monitor ROM?

2019-03-22 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 9:44 AM Mike Stein wrote: > > I assume you've looked at RM65-dos.zip on Rich Cini's site? > > http://www.classiccmp.org/cini/systems.htm > That is where I found the a copy of the RM65-5101 / RM65-5101E FDC Controller manual in the RM-65 FDC & DOS link. I didn't notice the

Re: What 6502 macro assembler was used for the AIM-65 Monitor ROM?

2019-03-22 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 11:14 AM Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > Many cross-assemblers for early MPUs were written in (shudder!) FORTRAN. > There were several good reasons for this. > I think some of the old FORTRAN code for PALASM may still be around, as > an example. There is a lot of FORTRA

Re: 2.11 BSD on an 11/93 with an CMD SCSI Module

2019-03-26 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 11:23 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > The saga continues!!! I really don;t remember it being this > hard back in the good ole' days but then we had lots of real > hardware to work with and systems weren't kludges like what > I have in my house. :-) > > I am curre

Re: 2.11 BSD on an 11/93 with an CMD SCSI Module

2019-03-26 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 12:35 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > Yeah, got all that. The problem seems to be init not finding them > during the configure system stage. > > And even given the possible confusion over multiple TMSCP controllers, > it doesn't explain why the second I add a TMSCP

Re: 2.11 BSD on an 11/93 with an CMD SCSI Module

2019-03-26 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 5:10 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > On 3/26/19 7:54 PM, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote: > > > Mine has two entries: > > > > > tms 0 174500 2605 tmsintr # tmscp driver > > > tms 1 164334 0 5 tmsintr # tmscp driver >

Re: 2.11 BSD on an 11/93 with an CMD SCSI Module

2019-03-31 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 12:50 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > It's been a fun journey but I finally have 2.11 BSD (Patchlevel 431) > running on my real 11/93. > > On to the next challenges. > > Does anyone know which serial device I should configure for in order > to get the other serial

Re: 2.11 BSD on an 11/93 with an CMD SCSI Module

2019-04-01 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 5:55 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > OK, here we go with exactly what I get with the new kernel with > NKL = 8 and entries in /etc/dtab for 7 serial lines. > > > January 4 08:48:26 init: configure system > autoconfig: warning: more than three handlers for device t

Re: 2.11 BSD on an 11/93 with an CMD SCSI Module

2019-04-02 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 9:39 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > OK. I put them back to cn (I thought cn stood for console and the ttys > would be different, but fixed now). Sadly, I still get the "more than > three handlers" message and attempts to run getty go nuts. :-) What exactly do y

Re: 2.11 BSD on an 11/93 with an CMD SCSI Module

2019-04-02 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 5:09 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > > Try deleting everything on the device entry lines after "cnxint" > > > > (For reference, "cnrint" and "cnxint" are the names of the interrupt > > handler routines in src/sys/pdp/cons.c Those names have to match to > > be able

Re: 2.11 BSD on an 11/93 with an CMD SCSI Module

2019-04-03 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 11:46 AM Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > E11 disk images in files aren't anything odd, just a straight bit-bit copy of > what would be in the parititon. (When I transfer RK05 partitions on E11 to SD > cards for use in the QSIC, I just 'dd' the file holding the partition t

Re: Tektronix Keyboard

2019-04-03 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 9:50 AM Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > On 4/3/19 8:53 AM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: > > > What I didn't understand was a fascination with the black mechanical Cherry > > switches the keyboard used. These turn out > > to be extremely popular with the 'gaming' commun

Re: Fujitsi 2444AC 9-track tape drive/PDP-11

2019-04-11 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 5:55 PM W2HX via cctalk wrote: > > Question to owners of the 2444AC. I have been looking to acquire the Emulex > QT13 but cannot find anything on ebay (I did miss one early on and wanted to > kick myself). Anyone have one available for purchase? > > Second question. The c

Re: Adding floppy drives to my PDP-11?

2019-04-13 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 3:07 PM Charles via cctalk wrote: > > What about smaller drives (RX50? RX33?)... can those be interfaced to the > 11/23+ Qbus? Pick up a common as dirt M7555 RQDX3. If you don't have a BA23 with the built in distribution board for the M7555 RQDX3, then pick up an M9058 dis

Re: SIMH question

2019-04-23 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 8:08 PM Charles via cctalk wrote: > > Get PUTR from dbit.com and use it to move the files onto an image > you can then mount under SIMH. > > = > Thanks... unfortunately I'm running 64-bit Windows and just discovered P

Re: HP 1000 A900 ("Magic") Questions

2019-05-10 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 4:14 AM Paul Birkel via cctech wrote: > > Aficionados; > > I'm interested in acquiring an HP1000 A900, in any form-factor. > (http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=594) > > Basic need would be a chassis/backplane/PS and minimal set of > CPU/memory/HPIB-controller/term

Re: What is this?

2019-05-15 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 11:21 AM Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote: > > https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/486774619186135050/578282338375565322 > /JPEG_20190515_130651.jpg > > Can anyone identify/explain this to me? The same company made joysticks and > other peripherals for pre-PC systems.

Re: M7264 Troubleshooting

2019-05-19 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 8:05 PM Mister PDP via cctalk wrote: > > After that, I decided to try and find out why the > Run/Halt light was not coming on when I hit the switch. Looking at the H11 > schematics, the light relies on the SRUN signal coming off of the > backplane. The problem I am currentl

Re: M7264 Troubleshooting

2019-05-20 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 11:48 PM Brent Hilpert via cctalk wrote: > > Except the SRUN (K8 SRUN L) action is not latched, so it probably appears as > an > active-low heartbeat pulse with some periodicity when the processor is in run > mode. > A low-going pulse during PH 3 every instruction cycle p

Re: M7264 Troubleshooting

2019-05-21 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 4:56 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > Well, I verified that the LSI-11/2 should work in a Q22 backplane - > in the sense that the only pins it tries to talk to are standard > QBUS pins, and AF1/AH1 for SRUN. It doesn't drive BREF, which might > cause issues in later QB

Re: M7264 Troubleshooting

2019-05-21 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 5:34 PM Glen Slick wrote: > > On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 4:56 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk > wrote: > > > > Well, I verified that the LSI-11/2 should work in a Q22 backplane - > > in the sense that the only pins it tries to talk to are standard > > QBUS pins, and AF1/AH1 for SR

Re: TU58FS

2019-05-23 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 1:36 PM Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: > > Hi > > I am working on getting my KDJ11-E based system up. > > I have a CQD220A and a SCSI hard drive installed and formatted. > > A serial connection to a Raspberry Pi soon brought up the console on the > PDP-11 using TU58FS

Re: 11/93 rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 6:58 AM Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: > > Hi > > Whilst I wait to hear from Glen Slick who has got me this far > (Thanks Glen) I'll restate the problem. > > 1. I now have an old XP system with SIMH on it (PDP11.exe) > > 2. I have created RD54.dsk containing RSTS/E >

Re: 11/93 rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 6:58 AM Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: > > Hi > > Whilst I wait to hear from Glen Slick who has got me this far > (Thanks Glen) I'll restate the problem. > > 1. I now have an old XP system with SIMH on it (PDP11.exe) > > 2. I have created RD54.dsk containing RSTS/E >

Re: 11/93 rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 10:37 AM Paul Koning wrote: > > > RSTS V10.0-L RSTS (DU0) INIT V10.0-0L > > > > > > Today's date? 19.5.27 > > > > Current time? 9:50 > > > > ... > > ;9.05.27 09:50 > > Hm, Y2K bug in that version? > It was installed from the RSTS/E 10.0 tape image that recently (2019-05-

Re: 11/93 rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 10:37 AM Paul Koning wrote: > > > Proceed with system startup? > > > > Beginning RSTS/E system startup... > > 19.05.27 09:50 Installing monitor overlays > > 19.05.27 09:50 Mounting disks > > 19.05.27 09:50 Assigning logical names > > 19.05.27 09:50

Re: 11/93 rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 11:26 AM Paul Koning wrote: > > Looks like f$cvtime is failing, that's presumably a Y2K issue. > > > $ File = F$Left(Today, 2) + F$Mid(Today, 4, 2) + F$Right(Today, 7) > > $ File = F$Left(Today, 2) + F$Mid(Today, 4, 2) + F$Right(Today, 7) > >^ > > ?Undefined

Re: IBM lifting tool

2019-05-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 4:47 PM Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote: > > Evan said > > While I'm on a roll, I saw this one randomly also - seems to have been a > > topic of interest to the list not long ago? > > It's a bit short & limited in terms of load but might suit someone > > https://www.ebay.c

Re: 11/93 Rebuild

2019-05-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 5:06 PM ben via cctalk wrote: > > On 5/27/2019 2:56 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: > > On Mon, 27 May 2019, Rod Smallwood wrote: > >> On an old XP box? er neither will run > > > > My reply was meant as a hint. You should be able to find a dd-like tool > > for Wind

Re: Abandoned FACOM system in Italy?

2019-05-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 4:14 PM shad via cctech wrote: > > Hello, > do you know the people who made the video? > I think the factory is the Satilai in Saronno. > > Andrea I believe those guys are based somewhere in the US. Sometime in the last few months they made a trip exploring several pla

Re: Hewlett Packard 2601A Printer

2019-05-29 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 9:58 PM MEBA via cctalk wrote: > > I have an old daisy wheel printer by Hewlett-Packard, their 2601A. We got > this from an estate cleanout and I would like to sell it. It has been > powered up and the power light comes on and the carriage moves to the > starting position.

Re: Process accounting - did anyone ever use it?

2019-05-30 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
re: the last paragraph about "Cliff Stole" (actually Clifford Stoll) and accounting discrepancies: https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/spring-2016-war-stories/how-berkeley-eccentric-beat-russians-and-then-made “It was a 75-cent accounting error in the computer usage accounts,” says St

Re: AlphaServer ES47 in Portland

2019-06-04 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 9:32 AM Benjamin Huntsman via cctalk wrote: > > Anyone in the general vicinity of Portland interested in an AlphaServer ES47, > for approximately $500 obo? Sure, I'd sell a two box 4 processor AlphaServer ES47 for $500 obo in Seattle, which is within driving distance of Po

Re: AlphaServer ES47 in Portland

2019-06-04 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 12:50 PM Benjamin Huntsman wrote: > > I don’t really want to sell it, but I will be moving soon, and as you pointed > out, it is quite heavy. Somewhere around 125 lbs. > The manual says 132 pounds maximum configuration for a single 2 processor box. I imagine almost all of

Re: Catatonic Rockwell AIM-65

2019-06-05 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 8:10 PM Rick Bensene via cctalk wrote: > > I guess maybe I need to dig out my logic analyzer, and monitor the address > and data busses, and trace out what is actually happening. What kind of logic analyzer? For an HP 16500 series logic analyzer there is a 6502 Inverse Ass

Re: VAX ODT console fault

2019-06-12 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 5:13 AM r.stricklin via cctalk wrote: > > On Jun 12, 2019, at 1:25 AM, r.stricklin wrote: > > > I have a BA23 VAX of unknown provenance, which tonight I moved from the > project backlog to the workbench. It comes up and passes selftest. But any > key I press on the console t

Re: vaxstation ii machine check & diags efficacy

2019-06-19 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 12:24 PM r.stricklin via cctalk wrote: > > It's a VAXstation II/GPX. I'm trying to install VMS 5.5 (from CD if it > matters; there is a CMD CQD-200 or -220 as the only storage controller) and > routinely getting machine check exceptions. > > Standalone backup always boots

Re: DEC MS630/M7609 Question

2019-07-09 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
M7608 == 4MB M7609 == 8MB AFAIK the only DEC 16MB Q-bus board is the MS650 M7622 for the KA640, KA650, KA655, KA660 On Tue, Jul 9, 2019, 2:36 PM W2HX via cctech wrote: > Hi there. > > > I just acquired a board with the number M7609. It was advertised as an > M630-CA which my research tells me i

Re: DEC MS630/M7609 Question

2019-07-10 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
> The simple answer is to install it in a uVAX2 system and see what it > says :-) Or look up the part number on one of the DRAM chips, count the number of DRAM chips, and then work out the total. If the M7609 uses 256Kbit DRAM chips (as all MS630 boards do), then 9 of them are 256KB with parity,

Re: MicroPDP-11/23+ cabinet kit cables

2019-07-25 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 10:09 AM Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: > > I'm putting together a MicroPDP-11/23 in a BA23 box. Have the M8189 CPU > quad width board and the bulkhead cabinet kit, with two DB25 connectors > and switches to set the baud rate. On bitsavers the 'MicroPDP11 system > techn

Re: MicroPDP-11/23+ cabinet kit cables

2019-07-25 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 7:32 PM Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: > > On 7/25/2019 10:11 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 10:09 AM Douglas Taylor via cctalk > > wrote: > >> I'm putting together a MicroPDP-11/23 in a BA23 box. Have the

Re: Pertec Interface Cable Length

2019-08-11 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 9:46 AM Douglas Taylor via cctech wrote: > > I bought the long cables off ebay, so they have to be good? Right? I > think the short cables came from a hamfest. > > The cables can be fairly long, I remember interfacing a TU80 to an > Emulex QT14 (maybe) and the DEC cables we

Re: Pertec Interface Cable Length

2019-08-12 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 7:44 PM Chuck Guzis via cctech wrote: > > On 8/11/19 6:00 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctech wrote: > > > I just looked at the TC02 and the Qualstar, there are termination > > resistor packs on each. The Qualstar has a bunch of 74LS240 IC's near > > the J1 and J2 pertec interfa

Re: Current MANX location

2019-08-19 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
This? http://manx-docs.org/ On Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 12:05 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Wasn't MANX supposed to be coming back up after moving? Did that never > happen? > >Noel >

Re: sourcing Atmel 29Cxxx series flash roms

2017-03-13 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 12:23 AM, David Griffith via cctalk wrote: > > I'm almost out of Atmel 29C256 flash roms. I use these primarily for P112 > boot roms. I'd like some more because I still have P112 boards to sell... > and I want them for other projects. Mouser, Digikey, and Jameco don't ha

Re: Pair of Twiggys

2017-03-14 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 10:24 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > www.ebay.com/itm/122383386508 > > still a few hours to go, hovering at $20K > And the answer is $32,100.52 (plus $20.95 shipping)

Re: Looking for cassete basic rom code

2017-03-20 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 9:55 AM, jim stephens via cctalk > > > Would love to archive the entire site, it seems to have a lot of great well > organized information. > > Anyway at length someone might want to put the purpose of J18 (or one use of > it) in that page. > thanks > jim http://www.minusze

Re: Suggestions why SCSI 80 drive w/ SCSI2 (50) adapter will not spin up ?

2017-03-21 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 5:49 AM, Pete Lancashire via cctalk wrote: > Found at least one issue, open trace next to a via on the adapter. Ran out > of time to keep checking. > > -pete I just checked my HP 9000/382 and found I put the dead original Quantum 50-pin SCSI hard drive back in it. I must h

Re: SMD disks

2019-08-29 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 4:53 PM Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: > > My Sun 3/260 came with a pair of 8-inch SMD disks in a separate cabinet. > > 1. Anyone have a pointer to docs that describe cabling and configuring > SMD disks? My Google-fu has failed here. > > 2. The system came with no cables (ext

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