Re: Imaging RX02 disks for simh (was: Re: MU-BASIC V2 and RT-11 V03B distribution disks.)

2016-03-06 Thread Jerome H. Fine
>Brian Walenz wrote: How the heck do you copy an RX02 disk for use in simh? I've been trying to transfer RX02 images between simh and a real PDP11 (that has only two RX02's, console, and ethernet). So far, I've only attempted sending an RX02 image from the PDP to simh, but simh fails to read

Re: I want a front panel for my lsi 11 w/switches and lights

2016-03-06 Thread Paul Anderson
Which box? On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 5:02 PM, wrote: > I want a front panel for my lsi 11 w/switches and lights! Ed# > _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) >

Re: Usenet News Servers

2016-03-06 Thread John Robertson
On 03/06/2016 6:49 AM, Dave G4UGM wrote: I think Thunderbird will allow import from the old Netscape mail client. Dave I access Giganews via Thunderbird (OSX) - works very well... The downside is it costs about $8/month, but that is a very small business expense. Upside is Giganews goes

I want a front panel for my lsi 11 w/switches and lights

2016-03-06 Thread COURYHOUSE
I want a front panel for my lsi 11 w/switches and lights! Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)

Re: Imaging RX02 disks for simh (was: Re: MU-BASIC V2 and RT-11 V03B distribution disks.)

2016-03-06 Thread Glen Slick
On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Brian Walenz wrote: > > > http://www.dbit.com/putr/putr.asm has the following: > > ; > ; RX01 interleave routine. > ; > ; bplogical device rec > ; chcylinder (0-75.) > ; cllogical sector (0-25.) > ; > ; On return: > ; chcylinder

DEC TU81 - "Logic Off" permanently illuminated-

2016-03-06 Thread Ulrich Tagge
Hi All, maybe someone can help me to bring my TU81 back to life again. I have checked the following, before turning on: - All capacitors on the Mail Power Supply and the one below the vacuum pump are fine > OK - Voltages check > OK - Fuses > The Fuse for the diagnostics power connector was

Re: Imaging RX02 disks for simh (was: Re: MU-BASIC V2 and RT-11 V03B distribution disks.)

2016-03-06 Thread Brian Walenz
On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Don North wrote: > From the SIMH pdp11 RX driver (pdp11_rx.c) the disk size is computed as > follows, > and the byte offset into the file is computed by CALC_DA(trk,sec) given > the PHYSICAL > track (0..76) and sector (1..26) addresses used in

Re: Imaging RX02 disks for simh (was: Re: MU-BASIC V2 and RT-11 V03B distribution disks.)

2016-03-06 Thread Don North
On 3/6/2016 8:56 AM, Brian Walenz wrote: How the heck do you copy an RX02 disk for use in simh? I've been trying to transfer RX02 images between simh and a real PDP11 (that has only two RX02's, console, and ethernet). So far, I've only attempted sending an RX02 image from the PDP to simh, but

Re: Imaging RX02 disks for simh (was: Re: MU-BASIC V2 and RT-11 V03B distribution disks.)

2016-03-06 Thread Brian Walenz
On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 3:33 PM, Mattis Lind wrote: > > Did you have problems with my RAW files as well? Which? I tested a few of > them right now and they seemed to work fine. > Nope, no problems. That was what triggered this...that someone else could do it. I jury

Re: Imaging RX02 disks for simh (was: Re: MU-BASIC V2 and RT-11 V03B distribution disks.)

2016-03-06 Thread Jerome H. Fine
>Brian Walenz wrote: How the heck do you copy an RX02 disk for use in simh? I've been trying to transfer RX02 images between simh and a real PDP11 (that has only two RX02's, console, and ethernet). So far, I've only attempted sending an RX02 image from the PDP to simh, but simh fails to read

RE: SeaMonkey - Re: Usenet News Servers

2016-03-06 Thread Dave Wade
SeaMonkey is essentially the same code as in Thunderbird/Firefox. Personally I prefer to keep browser and mail/news separate. Pretty sure it will import from the old Netscape Communicator. > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jerome H. >

Re: Imaging RX02 disks for simh (was: Re: MU-BASIC V2 and RT-11 V03B distribution disks.)

2016-03-06 Thread Mattis Lind
2016-03-06 17:56 GMT+01:00 Brian Walenz : > How the heck do you copy an RX02 disk for use in simh? > > I've been trying to transfer RX02 images between simh and a real PDP11 > (that has only two RX02's, console, and ethernet). So far, I've only > attempted sending an RX02 image

Re: Imaging RX02 disks for simh (was: Re: MU-BASIC V2 and RT-11 V03B distribution disks.)

2016-03-06 Thread Glen Slick
On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Mark J. Blair wrote: > I have managed to munge RX02 disk images into a format that SIMH understands > a year or so ago. Unfortunately, I didn't keep notes about how I did it, and > now I've forgotten what I did, possibly using some throw-away code

Re: Imaging RX02 disks for simh (was: Re: MU-BASIC V2 and RT-11 V03B distribution disks.)

2016-03-06 Thread Mark J. Blair
I have managed to munge RX02 disk images into a format that SIMH understands a year or so ago. Unfortunately, I didn't keep notes about how I did it, and now I've forgotten what I did, possibly using some throw-away code that I've since thrown away. Or maybe I dumped the disks to image files on

Dumping Images of my VAX-11/730's Drives?

2016-03-06 Thread Mark J. Blair
This thread is a parallel discussion to a VCF thread that I started last night: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?51653-Dumping-Images-of-my-VAX-11-730-s-Drives With today being cold and rainy, it seems like a good excuse to turn on my VAX-11/730. I can boot either VMS 5.2 off the RL02

Imaging RX02 disks for simh (was: Re: MU-BASIC V2 and RT-11 V03B distribution disks.)

2016-03-06 Thread Brian Walenz
How the heck do you copy an RX02 disk for use in simh? I've been trying to transfer RX02 images between simh and a real PDP11 (that has only two RX02's, console, and ethernet). So far, I've only attempted sending an RX02 image from the PDP to simh, but simh fails to read it: "?DIR-F-Invalid

Re: SeaMonkey - Re: Usenet News Servers

2016-03-06 Thread Jerome H. Fine
>Toby Thain wrote: >On 2016-03-06 9:27 AM, Jerome H. Fine wrote: I have a question about access to newsgroups. Which currently available browser is able to access a newsgroups server? Currently, I am using Netscape 7.2 under Windows 98SE. If I upgrade to Windows 10, I probably won't find

SeaMonkey - Re: Usenet News Servers

2016-03-06 Thread Toby Thain
On 2016-03-06 9:27 AM, Jerome H. Fine wrote: >On Saturday, March 5th, 2016 at 12:53:22 +, Robert Jarratt wrote: My ISP appears to have stopped updating the newsgroups it hosts. What news servers do people round here recommend? I have a question about access to newsgroups. Which

Re: Usenet News Servers

2016-03-06 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 09:27 AM 3/6/2016, Jerome H. Fine wrote: >I have a question about access to newsgroups. I have never used a browser for Usenet - I have always used Forte Agent, a Usenet client: http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php

RE: Usenet News Servers

2016-03-06 Thread Dave G4UGM
I think Thunderbird will allow import from the old Netscape mail client. Dave > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jerome H. > Fine > Sent: 06 March 2016 14:27 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts >

Re: Usenet News Servers

2016-03-06 Thread Jerome H. Fine
>On Saturday, March 5th, 2016 at 12:53:22 +, Robert Jarratt wrote: My ISP appears to have stopped updating the newsgroups it hosts. What news servers do people round here recommend? I have a question about access to newsgroups. Which currently available browser is able to access a

R: Big-Board II & Micro Cornucopia User Group Disks

2016-03-06 Thread Enrico Lazzerini
Ciao at all, i'm from Italy. I'm not much present cause other interests. Anyway on my website www.vintagesbc.it you can find info on Ferguson Bigboards I and II. Exactly my Ferguson Bigboards I is more properly a clone of the original one that I bought from a little LTD in Italy on 1983.