Re: PDP-11/84 Bootstrap for TSV05 (Dilog DU142)

2017-08-10 Thread Ulrich Tagge via cctalk
I missed a Line: @17772522/100210

Re: PDP-11/84 Bootstrap for TSV05 (Dilog DU142)

2017-08-10 Thread Ulrich Tagge via cctalk
Hi Paul, I have changed the values. Tape turns and I get the following after less than a second. ROM ODT> 001000/012700 ROM ODT> 001002/172520 ROM ODT> 001004/012701 ROM ODT> 001006/172522 ROM ODT> 001010/005011 ROM ODT> 001012/105711 ROM ODT> 001014/100376 ROM ODT> 001016/012710 ROM ODT>

Re: Altos 8600 floppy images

2017-08-10 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 8/10/2017 12:52 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: www.ebay.com/itm/263105671822 Thanks for sharing. Bidder 4079 wasn't me. I'm curious, how did you get your feedback# set private? In the infinite myriad of crap the epay pulls, I've heard all bidders private, so you got no idea who bid

Re: SAGE Computer Technology

2017-08-10 Thread steve shumaker via cctalk
On 8/10/2017 2:05 AM, Fritz Chwolka via cctalk wrote: Hi.. I go some SAGE computers as the owner wants to go back to GB. As he has collected a lot of documents I was told about the website www.sageandstride.org. Sadly this side was gone and even my try to get in contact with the site owner has

Re: 5251 emulation

2017-08-10 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
do you have the software? On 8/10/17 2:21 PM, Gary McGill via cctalk wrote: > Anyone interested in Emerald 3x twin emulation? This is a card for a PC, > with software and cable to connect from card to 3x twinax cable, to allow a > PC to emulate a 5251 terminal on a 3x computer. > > Email off

5251 emulation

2017-08-10 Thread Gary McGill via cctalk
Anyone interested in Emerald 3x twin emulation? This is a card for a PC, with software and cable to connect from card to 3x twinax cable, to allow a PC to emulate a 5251 terminal on a 3x computer. Email off list (nwsoftw...@comcast.net) GM Gary McGill

Re: PDP-11/84 Bootstrap for TSV05 (Dilog DU142)

2017-08-10 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Aug 10, 2017, at 3:15 PM, Ulrich Tagge wrote: > > I missed a Line: > > @17772522/100210 According to the manual, that says special condition, and termination code 4. Which is "recoverable error". What that means isn't clear from the register. It appears you need to

RE: The Name of the disk (Was: Disk imaging with IMD - question

2017-08-10 Thread Tom Gardner via cctalk
Me too - great rant. Thanks Tom -Original Message- From: Mark J. Blair [mailto:n...@nf6x.net] Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2017 9:56 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: The Name of the disk (Was: Disk imaging with IMD - question > On Aug 9, 2017, at

Altos 8600 floppy images

2017-08-10 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
www.ebay.com/itm/263105671822 If any of the people who bid against me on these are on the list, here are the disk images. http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/bits/Altos/Altos_8000_Family_disk_images/8600_Floppy_Images_Aug2017/ You're welcome.

Re: VCF?

2017-08-10 Thread Chris Osborn via cctalk
On Aug 7, 2017, at 12:04 PM, dwight via cctalk wrote: > I've not seen any photos posted yet. I've been posting pictures of things I brought home from VCFWest as I tinker with them to Twitter. I haven't even been posting my stuff to RetroBattlestations! Don't want to

Re: I want these computers from Myrtlebeach, NC - seller won't ship.

2017-08-10 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 08/10/2017 11:16 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > It's even easier than that. I have used PakMail: > > https://www.pakmail.com/ > > a fair amount, and have been very pleased with their service and pricing; > they generally offer a pick-up service where they pick the item up, pack it,

Re: Disk imaging with IMD - question

2017-08-10 Thread camiel.vanderhoeven--- via cctalk
Quoting Al Kossow via cctalk : On 8/10/17 9:25 AM, camiel.vanderhoeven--- via cctalk wrote: My workhorse 8" drives are some Ye-Data half-height ones. I still have about a dozen of them as NOS. Glad they work out for you. Fairlight people like them, so I've been

Re: PDP-11/84 Bootstrap for TSV05 (Dilog DU142)

2017-08-10 Thread Ulrich Tagge via cctalk
Hi Paul, Yes it's an 11/84 so 22Bit. I corrected 1050 to 100421 and have now these outcome. ROM ODT> 001000/012700 ROM ODT> 001002/172520 ROM ODT> 001004/012701 ROM ODT> 001006/172522 ROM ODT> 001010/005011 ROM ODT> 001012/105711 ROM ODT> 001014/100376 ROM ODT> 001016/012710 ROM ODT>

Re: PDP-11/84 Bootstrap for TSV05 (Dilog DU142)

2017-08-10 Thread Ulrich Tagge via cctalk
Hi Jerry, I have now also checked the content, and it is exactly what I have saved to the ROM. Many Greetings Ulrich Am 10.08.2017 um 15:01 schrieb Jerry Weiss: The first thing I would do is check the contents of 1000-1116 after the halt occurs against the what you have in the eeprom.

Re: I want these computers from Myrtlebeach, NC - seller won't ship.

2017-08-10 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Pete Lancashire > if the seller wont ship, will s/he take them to a pack and ship outfit ? It's even easier than that. I have used PakMail: https://www.pakmail.com/ a fair amount, and have been very pleased with their service and pricing; they generally offer a pick-up

The SPERRY UNIVAC UTS 40 system + 8406 double-sided diskette subsystem : Restoration

2017-08-10 Thread Dominique Carlier via cctalk
Hi everybody, After talking about this subject but in a thread following a sale - http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/2017-July/036578.html - I decided to start here a thread but this time fully dedicated to the restoration of this rare computer, I named the SPERRY UNIVAC UTS 40 and

Re: PDP-11/84 Bootstrap for TSV05 (Dilog DU142)

2017-08-10 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Aug 10, 2017, at 1:03 PM, Ulrich Tagge wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > Yes it's an 11/84 so 22Bit. > > I corrected 1050 to 100421 and have now these outcome. > > ROM ODT> 001000/012700 > ROM ODT> 001002/172520 > ROM ODT> 001004/012701 > ROM ODT> 001006/172522 > ROM ODT>

Re: The Name of the disk (Was: Disk imaging with IMD - question

2017-08-10 Thread Ali via cctalk
> On Aug 9, 2017, at 12:08, Fred Cisin via cctalk > wrote:> > [...] > >I'm keeping your rant as reference >material. Thanks! I second that! Fred ranting is a good thing ;). Generally there are a number of good posts here that go into my archive folder for future

Re: Disk imaging with IMD - question

2017-08-10 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?55277-Selecting-an-8-quot-floppy-drive for someone else's opinion of the Qume PsOS On 8/10/17 9:57 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > > On 8/10/17 9:25 AM, camiel.vanderhoeven--- via cctalk wrote: > >> My workhorse 8" drives are some Ye-Data half-height

Re: Disk imaging with IMD - question

2017-08-10 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 8/10/17 9:25 AM, camiel.vanderhoeven--- via cctalk wrote: > My workhorse 8" drives are some Ye-Data half-height ones. I still have about > a dozen of them as NOS. Glad they work out for you. Fairlight people like them, so I've been giving them away to them. I wont' try to recover anything

Re: The Name of the disk (Was: Disk imaging with IMD - question

2017-08-10 Thread Mark J. Blair via cctalk
> On Aug 9, 2017, at 12:08, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > [...] > I'm keeping your rant as reference material. Thanks! The Tandy Portable Disk Drive (TPDD) for the Model 100 series is one of the odd-ball "rare" configurations: 3.5", 40 track (later, 80 track on

Re: PDP-11/84 Bootstrap for TSV05 (Dilog DU142)

2017-08-10 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Aug 10, 2017, at 12:24 PM, Ulrich Tagge wrote: > > > > Am 10.08.2017 um 17:19 schrieb Paul Koning: >>> On Aug 9, 2017, at 2:58 PM, Ulrich Tagge via cctalk >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Type a command then press the RETURN key: B MS0 >>> Trying MS0 >>>

Re: Disk imaging with IMD - question

2017-08-10 Thread camiel.vanderhoeven--- via cctalk
Quoting Chuck Guzis via cctalk : On 08/10/2017 01:29 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: That really depends on the drive. Ok, I think the Qume is "smart" enough to inhibit any write to side 1 on a SS media. But OTOH, many other drives are just happy doing anything

Re: PDP-11/84 Bootstrap for TSV05 (Dilog DU142)

2017-08-10 Thread Ulrich Tagge via cctalk
Am 10.08.2017 um 17:19 schrieb Paul Koning: On Aug 9, 2017, at 2:58 PM, Ulrich Tagge via cctalk wrote: Type a command then press the RETURN key: B MS0 Trying MS0 001120 @ You're getting an I/O error halt. That case is supposed to go to the HALT at 1114, which

Re: Disk imaging with IMD - question

2017-08-10 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 08/10/2017 01:29 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: > That really depends on the drive. Ok, I think the Qume is "smart" > enough to inhibit any write to side 1 on a SS media. But OTOH, many > other drives are just happy doing anything that you request (e.g. the > BASF drives I also use).

Re: Disk imaging with IMD - question

2017-08-10 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 8/10/17 1:29 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: > On Wed, 9 Aug 2017, Chuck Guzis wrote: >> I'll try again--it doesn't matter if the Qume 242 (I've got one) I have a pretty strong dislike for the Qume drives, the 242 in particular seems to like to eat the top side of media. The design of

Re: PDP-11/84 Bootstrap for TSV05 (Dilog DU142)

2017-08-10 Thread Ulrich Tagge via cctalk
Hi Jerry, Welcome to the next challenge. I have found a procedure in the RT-11 Documentation, which automatically creates the two tapes. The output of the msb process is too long, so you can find them here:

Re: PDP-11/84 Bootstrap for TSV05 (Dilog DU142)

2017-08-10 Thread Jerry Weiss via cctalk
> On Aug 9, 2017, at 1:58 PM, Ulrich Tagge via cctalk > wrote: > > Hi All, > I have some trouble to get the Bootstrap for an Dilog DU142 (TS11) Controller > running on my PDP-11/84. > The bootstrap on page 3-2 of the following documentation was used: >

SAGE Computer Technology

2017-08-10 Thread Fritz Chwolka via cctalk
Hi.. I go some SAGE computers as the owner wants to go back to GB. As he has collected a lot of documents I was told about the website www.sageandstride.org. Sadly this side was gone and even my try to get in contact with the site owner has no success. I the rebuild this side from the web archive

Re: Disk imaging with IMD - question

2017-08-10 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Wed, 9 Aug 2017, Richard Cini wrote: Will do. These 242 drives are NOS and I have several. I'll swap them too. One more note about QumeTrack 242 drives: I have the problem that the head load is very sticky (on both of my drives). I had to clean and oil it to make it working again. But

Re: Disk imaging with IMD - question

2017-08-10 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Wed, 9 Aug 2017, Chuck Guzis wrote: I'll try again--it doesn't matter if the Qume 242 (I've got one) is a DSDD drive if you're using SS media. Peek inside the drive and you'll see that there are *two* index sensors--one for single-sided and the other for double-sided media. Unless you've