From: Mike Ross: Friday, August 19, 2016 8:53 PM
On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 1:05 AM, Vincent Slyngstad wrote:
I have one of those:
http://www.so-much-stuff.com/pdp8/typeset/typeset.php
My notes say it's a PA36. It's not buried too deeply; I could try to find
the nameplate if need be.
Almost rig
Unless you are willing to make you own, they are very, very rare. Two have
shown up on Ebay in the past 3 maybe 4 years that I'm aware of. I was lucky
I got one that due to its description I was either the only bidder or close
to it. The one that sold recently went for a lot more, $500 or more. My
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
>
> It is the World Box, BA123 and I have hardware manuals that came with the
> MVII.
> When I got it this was the configuration:
> Slot 1 - CPU
> Slot 2 - Memory
> Slot 3 - Bus Grant Card M9047
> Slot 4 - DHV11
> Slot 5 - TQK50 (upper) M9047
On 8/19/2016 4:55 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
Yes, it is an MSCP disk controller, and it seems to work OK. I boot
from it and the CSR is at the standard 1st address, it is connected
to a SCSI2SD board.
I think you have a good point about CSR addresses. There is a
CONFIGURE tool that tells y
On 08/19/2016 12:36 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
The MicroVax II is about 30 years old, should I suspect
the backplane? How do you clean it? Should I try another
CPU card?
My cobbled-together uVAX-II ran continuously from 1986 to
2007. Sometime in the late 1990s, it started to get flaky.
I
On 8/19/2016 12:19 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Aug 19, 2016, at 11:58 AM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
...
It is the World Box, BA123 and I have hardware manuals that came with the MVII.
When I got it this was the configuration:
Slot 1 - CPU
Slot 2 - Memory
Slot 3 - Bus Grant Card M9047
Slot 4 - DHV11
Yes, it is an MSCP disk controller, and it seems to work OK. I boot from it
and the CSR is at the standard 1st address, it is connected to a SCSI2SD board.
I think you have a good point about CSR addresses. There is a CONFIGURE tool
that tells you what set the addresses to for a particular
> On Aug 19, 2016, at 2:55 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
>
> On 8/19/2016 12:19 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
>>> On Aug 19, 2016, at 11:58 AM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
>>>
...
>>> It is the World Box, BA123 and I have hardware manuals that came with the
>>> MVII.
>>> When I got it this was the config
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 5:56 PM, Steven M Jones wrote:
> Models Display Resolution Planes Processor Coprocessor
> -- --- -- -- - ---
> 700/X Grayscale 19" 1024x768 834010/60MHz 80186/16MHz
> 700/X VGA Color 1
On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 1:05 AM, Vincent Slyngstad
wrote:
> From: Mike Ross: Friday, August 19, 2016 1:42 AM
>>
>> OK I still can't get at the box; it's apparently buried deep. So can't
>> confirm what the label calls it. But here it is and the panel on the
>> front:
>>
>> http://corestore.org/Dec
> Oooh, thanks ever so much for turning that up!!!
OK, I have added them to the page - I lost a little resolution rotating them
to be level, but there's still more than enough to recogize them, and mostly
read them.
> So that mystery panel seems to be a general panel, more associated with
I returned from the recent VCF-West with one more item off my ever-shorter
"must have" list - I am the new owner of a very nice Calcomp 565 drum plotter.
Even better, I was able to find the perfect shipping container for it at Weird
Stuff!
Photos here - http://tinyurl.com/calcomp565 .
The only
> From: Mike Ross
>> It seems to be always near the CPU ... there are only a few
>> possibilities: BA15 (paper tape controller), DW15A (bus converter),
>> KE15 (extended arithmetic), MM15-A and MK15-A (memory). It might also
>> be a BD15 ... since that was listed as having an i
similar story, many lifetimes ago in the mid 1990's (1994-1996).
I was supporting a small ISP in a (US side) border town with T1 Internet
connectivity. I was dialing in to provide remote support using an HP Vectra
running Solaris 2.5 (not 2.5.1 yet :( ) with a US Robotics 28.8 modem. No SSH.
On 08/19/2016 11:08, Chris Hanson wrote:
>
> Back in the day, did anyone produce an X11 server for DOS-based
> 8086/8088 systems, say with support for Hercules or CGA graphics?
> Or was that strictly a 286-or-better thing, given the overall
> constraints of the 8086 architecture?
I realize this pr
On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 4:36 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> > From: Al Kossow
>
> > we have one
> > ...
> > i'll request access to it to shoot the panel
>
> Excellent! That's currently the worst image of all of the ones on the page,
> so a good one will really count. Thanks!
>
> (Althou
> While I wouldn't want to use such a combination over, say, 1200bps dialup, i$
I decided to try this.
I just set up a SLIP link between my main desktop head (a
SPARCstation-20) and a handy peecee, running at 9600/8/N/1 on each end.
I then sshed through the SLIP link to the peecee and started a t
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 2:54 PM, Chris Hanson
wrote:
>>
>> The only thing that comes to mind is DESQview/X, and IIRC, that required a
>> minimum of a 386.
>
> There was plenty more than DESQview/X, and there were X11 servers that ran on
> 286.
>
There was PC DECwindows which ran on a 286 system
On Aug 19, 2016, at 2:40 PM, Zane Healy wrote:
>
>> On Aug 19, 2016, at 11:08 AM, Chris Hanson
>> wrote:
>>
>> Back in the day, did anyone produce an X11 server for DOS-based 8086/8088
>> systems, say with support for Hercules or CGA graphics? Or was that strictly
>> a 286-or-better thing, g
On 19/08/2016 22:13, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote:
On 19 August 2016 at 10:31, Rod Smallwood wrote:
Now for the fun version. How do I do the same sort of thing but with DEC
hardware?
You mean host a website with DEC hardware?
With a PDP-11:
Johnny Billquist has a lovely TCP/IP package
> On Aug 19, 2016, at 11:08 AM, Chris Hanson wrote:
>
> Back in the day, did anyone produce an X11 server for DOS-based 8086/8088
> systems, say with support for Hercules or CGA graphics? Or was that strictly
> a 286-or-better thing, given the overall constraints of the 8086 architecture?
>
>
On 08/19/2016 01:28 PM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote:
> There were 2-3 versions. One was SCSI, the next QIC-02, and the
> last, some raw interface called "BASIC."I've both a SCSI and a
> QIC-02 version.
That figures--they did a similar thing with the floppy drives--the Teac
SCSI floppy is little m
On 19 August 2016 at 10:31, Rod Smallwood wrote:
> Now for the fun version. How do I do the same sort of thing but with DEC
> hardware?
>
You mean host a website with DEC hardware?
With a PDP-11:
> Johnny Billquist has a lovely TCP/IP package for RSX-11/M+ which includes an
> HTTP server if I re
Al, you don't happen to have this
anywhere, do you?
"Small Computer System Interface: An
Overview and a Developer's Guide"
Company:Digital Equipment Corporation
Part: EK-SCSIS-DK
-John
On 8/19/2016 1:18 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
apparently it isn't SCSI
http://oldcomputer.info/me
On 8/19/2016 2:16 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 08/19/2016 11:18 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
apparently it isn't SCSI
http://oldcomputer.info/media/teac/index.htm
But the product spec about says (top of PDF page 6):
Interface: In compliance with SCSI ANSI X3.131-1986
..and the remainder of the docume
On 08/19/2016 11:18 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
> apparently it isn't SCSI
>
> http://oldcomputer.info/media/teac/index.htm
But the product spec about says (top of PDF page 6):
Interface: In compliance with SCSI ANSI X3.131-1986
..and the remainder of the document certainly would seem to imply SCSI,
> (There were plenty of mouse-and-window systems for the PC/XT back then, I ex$
If the serial link runs at a relatively high data rate (eg, 115200) or
LBX support is in use and the data rate is at least medium (eg, 19200),
probably.
If not...well, it depends on how patient you are, I suppose, but
apparently it isn't SCSI
http://oldcomputer.info/media/teac/index.htm
On 8/19/16 11:08 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> On 08/19/2016 09:24 AM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote:
>
>> Where might I find information on how to form SCSI command data
>> blocks so as to try the above commands? I sent just an "01" to
On 8/18/2016 5:12 PM, Adrian Graham wrote:
On 18/08/2016 04:37, "Douglas Taylor" wrote:
I've brought up a MicroVax II and installed VMS 5.5-2 on a SCSI2SD disk
and it is fun to work with. (I also installed openvms 7.2 without much
drama)
The problem I am having is that is has a TK50 tape dri
On 08/19/2016 09:24 AM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote:
> Where might I find information on how to form SCSI command data
> blocks so as to try the above commands? I sent just an "01" to the
> TEAC MT-2ST, and it did rewind.. but did not react to any of the
> other above commands just by sending single
Back in the day, did anyone produce an X11 server for DOS-based 8086/8088
systems, say with support for Hercules or CGA graphics? Or was that strictly a
286-or-better thing, given the overall constraints of the 8086 architecture?
(There were plenty of mouse-and-window systems for the PC/XT back
On 8/19/2016 6:04 AM, Peter Coghlan wrote:
[snip]
Device Device Error
Name Status Count
MPA0: Offline 0
PTA0: Online 1
PUA0: Online 1
PUB0:
> On Aug 19, 2016, at 11:58 AM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
>
>> ...
> It is the World Box, BA123 and I have hardware manuals that came with the
> MVII.
> When I got it this was the configuration:
> Slot 1 - CPU
> Slot 2 - Memory
> Slot 3 - Bus Grant Card M9047
> Slot 4 - DHV11
> Slot 5 - TQK50 (upp
On 8/19/2016 9:24 AM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote:
On 8/17/2016 6:17 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 08/17/2016 02:59 PM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote:
Hi, Chuck. Excellent question -- and they do respond per your
minimum, but beyond that, I'm not sure. When a drive wouldn't work,
I only thought to check
> From: Al Kossow
> we have one
> ...
> i'll request access to it to shoot the panel
Excellent! That's currently the worst image of all of the ones on the page,
so a good one will really count. Thanks!
(Although I am a bit curious at to why the Museum's Web site doesn't offer
the
On 19/08/2016 09:56, "Peter Coghlan" wrote:
>>>
>>> Does Autogen recognize new hardware?
>>>
>> Yes, definitely. Some older devices have switches (or even
>> soldered jumpers) to set the CSR address. If some of these
>> are wrong, it could mess up the automatic address assignment
>> of later
On 8/17/2016 6:17 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 08/17/2016 02:59 PM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote:
Hi, Chuck. Excellent question -- and they do respond per your
minimum, but beyond that, I'm not sure. When a drive wouldn't work,
I only thought to check for unit ready, unit identify, and to see
what w
Just posting this here in case it reaches different eyes than the forums. I
had an epiphany yesterday and realized someone on ebay had a GT-6144 as part of
an overpriced auction for a Digital Group system. They actually agreed to
separate it and I will have it in my hands within a couple
>
> Does Autogen recognize new hardware?
>
Yes, definitely. Some older devices have switches (or even
soldered jumpers) to set the CSR address. If some of these
are wrong, it could mess up the automatic address assignment
of later MSCP hardware.
Not exactly.
VMS automatically looks for a
On 18/08/2016 14:56, Rod Smallwood wrote:
On 18/08/2016 14:25, Jonathan Katz wrote:
On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Rod Smallwood
wrote:
Whats an Etsy?
on-line storefront for artisan stuff, low-volume stuff.
This is my friend's store for homemade portraits and the link:
https://www.ets
> On Aug 18, 2016, at 4:39 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>
>> From: Paul Koning
>
>> A lot of Unibus/Qbus devices have "floating CSRs" which means they
>> don't have fixed address assignments. Instead, the correct address is
>> based on a set of rules, which puts devices in an ordered list and
>> ass
From: Mike Ross: Friday, August 19, 2016 1:42 AM
OK I still can't get at the box; it's apparently buried deep. So can't
confirm what the label calls it. But here it is and the panel on the
front:
http://corestore.org/Decbox.jpg
I have one of those:
http://www.so-much-stuff.com/pdp8/typeset/typ
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mouse
> Sent: 19 August 2016 13:39
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: SWTPC 6800
>
> > If you have two serial devices on the same line and one is just
> > listening while you work with the other
> If you have two serial devices on the same line and one is just
> listening while you work with the other, *can* that work, or would it
> just confuse things?
It depends on what you mean by "the same line".
For ease of language here, I'm going to assume that the devices are a
computer, C, and t
>
> A line of thought for consideration, with the usual disclaimer: I've seen
> these (VT100) supplies before but I haven't had to repair one,
> the following is based only on a cursory purview of the schematic.
>
> Let's look at some of the design nature of the supply.
>
> All the outputs extract
2016-08-19 9:13 GMT+02:00 :
> Noel said:
> > (seems to include a D/A, from what little I can find
> > on it online)
>
> I have that A/D unit ('A-D CONVERTER' as it says on the panel) from when I
> collected the Fox 2/10. It's complete as far as I can tell. I can take some
> photos of it, if any in
[snip]
Device Device Error
Name Status Count
MPA0: Offline 0
PTA0: Online 1
PUA0: Online 1
PUB0: Online 1
I sw
On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
>
>
> On 8/17/16 2:45 PM, Mike Ross wrote:
>
>> I also have an odd box... it's pdp-8/L in style but housed several
>> sets of boards for controlling multiple paper tape readers/punches
>> IIRC... can't recall the DEC designator.
>
> PR68, used in
Noel said:
> (seems to include a D/A, from what little I can find
> on it online)
I have that A/D unit ('A-D CONVERTER' as it says on the panel) from when I
collected the Fox 2/10. It's complete as far as I can tell. I can take some
photos of it, if any interest.
Also a belated thanks to yourself
On 2016-Aug-17, at 1:48 AM, Mattis Lind wrote:
> Normally I manage to repair the SMPSU that I dive into. But this time I
> must admit that I am defeated.
>
> It is a VT100 PSU (H7831). I tested it with dummy loads and it worked fine.
> But when used in the terminal with the Basic Video board and m
> On 19 Aug 2016, at 02:31, shad wrote:
>
> It seems that copies of this software are really difficult to find, but a
> complete copy
> was available on the latrobe ftp DEC Rainbow archive... which disappeared
> with all valuable data...
> Anybody has a copy of the content before the delet
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