Re: AIX for IBM system 370

Probably to the point where these can be experienced without fear mongering and it's of course dependent on local laws not just US https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware. IBM has much better things to do than attack people messing around with an ancient nonviable operating system and Amdahl

RE: AIX for IBM system 370

> > IBM's PS/2 was designed to remain software compatible with their PC/AT/XT > line of computers upon which the large PC clone market was built, but the > hardware was quite different. PS/2 had two BIOSes; one was named ABIOS > (Advanced BIOS) which provided a new protected

RE: AIX for IBM system 370

[IBM PC ROM BASIC] > Well it would, otherwise IBM DOS Basic wouldn't work .> .. it checks for the Basic ROMS and won't run on a clone... Not so much 'checks for them' as 'uses large numbers of routines from them'. The BASIC on an IBM PC-DOS disk is a much smaller file than the one on a

Re: Bull DPX/2 and B.O.S. help wanted.

Can you take some pictures of that system? Sounds interesting. I had a DPX/20 at one time which was basically an IBM RS/6000. On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 3:09 AM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: > Hi > > I'm trying to boot a Bull DPX/2 and got stuck waiting for NFS to do > something,

Re: Mentec manuals

>paul_kon...@dell.com wrote: I was looking back at the discussion on what Mentec actually owned, back when it existed. The discussion on the list suggested that Mentec had a license but did not actually own the IP. It seems an odd arrangement that doesn't say much for the business skills

ISO: VAX-11/750

So, I figure it's unlikely, but I've been jonesing for a "larger" VAX and I'd like to track down an 11/750 (or an 11/730). If anyone out there has one for sale trade (in any condition apart from "pile of slag"), let me know. I have DEC and various other gear for trade. Thanks as always! -

.IMD diskette image file recovery

Is there a utility that will read .IMD diskette archive files and recover the data? I've found a wealth of BigBoard & BigBoard II data (and lots of other stuff too) on many different sites, all saved in .IMD format. Is it possible to read these files and recover the data instead of writing a

Re: .IMD diskette image file recovery

On Wed, 3 Feb 2016, Jim Simpson wrote: Is there a utility that will read .IMD diskette archive files and recover the data? I've found a wealth of BigBoard & BigBoard II data (and lots of other stuff too) on many different sites, all saved in .IMD format. Is it possible to read these files and

Re: .IMD diskette image file recovery

On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 6:56 PM, Jim Simpson wrote: > Is there a utility that will read .IMD diskette archive files and recover > the data? I've found a wealth of BigBoard & BigBoard II data (and lots of > other stuff too) on many different sites, all saved in .IMD

BC11A Cable ends

I just received the BC11A-T variant boards (the ribbon cables come out the “top”…yea not imaginative naming) this afternoon. I inserted a couple of the ribbon cable connectors on the board and everything looks great! When I have some time (probably in a couple of weeks) I’ll fire up my 11/40

Re: OS help needed please

>From the dim hazy past.. Didn't HP (USA) maintain a public FTP site loaded with drivers, docs, etc. for obsolete / unsupported machines? Does anyone know if that resource is still around? At least your machine has a tag for Win98, so you know for a +fact+ that the software set you need is

Re: OS help needed please

On 02/03/2016 04:13 PM, drlegendre . wrote: From the dim hazy past.. Didn't HP (USA) maintain a public FTP site loaded with drivers, docs, etc. for obsolete / unsupported machines? Does anyone know if that resource is still around? HP has gratuitously removed its driver archive from the

Re: Bull DPX/2 and B.O.S. help wanted.

Hello, On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: > > I have a OS install kit with bootable floppies and I managed to get a > prompt using the "boot_unix" floppy and following the manuals that I > have. > > However, not even "ls" would work from this prompt,

Re: ISO: VAX-11/750

> On Feb 3, 2016, at 20:37, Lee Courtney wrote: > > Date on the 730 notice is Aug 2009 - I suspect it is long gone by now. :-( Where do you see that? The listing states: "Status: Open 2/1/16 - 02/07/16 23:59:00" -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X

Re: .IMD diskette image file recovery

I've been developing Python code for dealing with .IMD files off and on. It's not complete by any stretch of imagination, but if you're comfortable with Python then you might be able to use it to do what you want: https://github.com/NF6X/pyImageDisk At this time, extracting meaningful data

Re: ISO: VAX-11/750

> On 04 Feb 2016, at 03:41 , Josh Dersch wrote: > > So, I figure it's unlikely, but I've been jonesing for a "larger" VAX and I'd > like to track down an 11/750 (or an 11/730). If anyone out there has one for > sale trade (in any condition apart from "pile of slag"), let

Re: ISO: VAX-11/750

Date on the 730 notice is Aug 2009 - I suspect it is long gone by now. :-( Lee C. On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: > On 2/3/16 7:58 PM, Raymond Wiker wrote: > >> On 04 Feb 2016, at 03:41 , Josh Dersch wrote: >>> >>> So, I figure it's

Re: AIX for IBM system 370

On 02/ 2/16 01:11 AM, Guy Sotomayor wrote: Yea, all of the management was done through smit (I think that's the command). Management done thru smit - true, if you had the hardware to run the X11/CDE GUI. Otherwise, it was smitty (with emphasis on the tty) on green screen. Menu

Bull DPX/2 and B.O.S. help wanted.

Hi I'm trying to boot a Bull DPX/2 and got stuck waiting for NFS to do something, at least that is what I believe. Is there anyone on the list with B.O.S experience that could help me bring the sytem up under some kind of single user environment without network. I have a OS install kit with

Re: AIX for IBM PS/2

>Good luck in finding media for AIX PS/2. As far as I know, it was never released on >CDROM and the last version I had was ~53 3.5? floppies (long gone now unfortunately) >and *only* worked on specific PS/2 hardware (no BIOS ? all drivers went straight >to the ?metal?). > >TTFN - Guy Nope, AIX

Re: AIX for IBM PS/2

Il giorno mer, 03/02/2016 alle 09.11 -0800, John Ball ha scritto: > >Good luck in finding media for AIX PS/2. As far as I know, it was never > released on > >CDROM and the last version I had was ~53 3.5? floppies (long gone now > unfortunately) > >and *only* worked on specific PS/2 hardware (no

Mentec manuals

I was looking back at the discussion on what Mentec actually owned, back when it existed. The discussion on the list suggested that Mentec had a license but did not actually own the IP. It seems an odd arrangement that doesn't say much for the business skills of those making it, but I suppose