Re: Extra chips in PDP11/23 plus cpu board

2017-12-19 Thread Nigel Williams via cctalk
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 4:45 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: > There is a CPU board for sale on ebay, M8189, and it has the usual 3 chips > CPU, MMU, FPU. However, there are 2 extra chips and I've never seen that > before.

Extra chips in PDP11/23 plus cpu board

2017-12-19 Thread Douglas Taylor via cctalk
There is a CPU board for sale on ebay, M8189, and it has the usual 3 chips CPU, MMU, FPU.  However, there are 2 extra chips and I've never seen that before. Anyone know what this is? Ebay item 122867114663  - Vintage Mint Digital DEC M8189 CPU Module Board KDF11-B Doug

Re: DEC indicator panel mounting details

2017-12-19 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Josh Dersch > See the pictures at the below link: ... > Hope this is the right assembly for you Yes, those are _exactly_ what we're looking for. Thanks very much for taking the time to take those! Noel

Found another one...

2017-12-19 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
Discovered a Z-World "Tiny Giant" SBC220D development board. Seems to work; if powered on, the LED blinks. Its a Zilog Z180 board--and I can't remember a thing about it other than playing with it a bit. Yours for shipping (it's about 5x6") and should fit in a USPS small FRB. --

Re: DEC indicator panel mounting details

2017-12-19 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 5:36 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: > > See the pictures at the below link: > > https://1drv.ms/f/s!Aqb36sqnCIfMotpQIuc2-tDUva3iBw > > It looks to be fairly

WTB: M8360 Omnibus Data Break Interface

2017-12-19 Thread Charles Dickman via cctalk
Does anyone have a M8360 they are willing to part with? Let me know offline. -chuck

Re: Vaxstation 4000 m60 and NetBSD

2017-12-19 Thread Charles Dickman via cctalk
On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 7:09 AM, Marco Rauhut via cctalk wrote: > Thanks for your quick answer! > > Hardware support say no support for LCG Graphics :-( > > Marco There are a few people willing to work on graphics for old vaxstations, but there is no documentation. If

Re: DEC indicator panel mounting details

2017-12-19 Thread David Bridgham via cctalk
On 12/19/2017 05:36 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > See the pictures at the below link: > > https://1drv.ms/f/s!Aqb36sqnCIfMotpQIuc2-tDUva3iBw > > It looks to be fairly straightforward; the plastic "ball on post" brackets > are mounted to the rack rails, and there are metal brackets that screw

Re: DEC indicator panel mounting details

2017-12-19 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 12/19/2017 2:36 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 2:15 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: On 12/19/17 10:49 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: Could someone who has

Re: DEC indicator panel mounting details

2017-12-19 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: > On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 2:15 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> >> >> On 12/19/17 10:49 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: >> >> > Could someone who has one please take a look and let us know

Re: DEC indicator panel mounting details

2017-12-19 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 2:15 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > > On 12/19/17 10:49 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > > Could someone who has one please take a look and let us know (or, even > better, > > send us photos)? > > > If someone can't get to mounted ones,

Re: DEC indicator panel mounting details

2017-12-19 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 12/19/17 10:49 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > Could someone who has one please take a look and let us know (or, even better, > send us photos)? If someone can't get to mounted ones, I can trundle over to CHM artifact storage and look at one of our racks. I would think LCM should

Re: DEC indicator panel mounting details

2017-12-19 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 1:49 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > So, Dave and I are getting to the point where we're about to start mounting up > our indicator panels, but we're not sure what some of the mechanical details > (below) are. > > Could someone who has one

Re: MicroVAX I Diagnostic floppies

2017-12-19 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
Well, that figures. Found them here, for future reference: https://www.headcrashers.org/comp/rx50/index.html - Josh On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 10:50 AM, Josh Dersch wrote: > Hi all -- > > I'm attempting to resurrect a MicroVAX I (because it's there, that's why) > and the CPU

MicroVAX I Diagnostic floppies

2017-12-19 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
Hi all -- I'm attempting to resurrect a MicroVAX I (because it's there, that's why) and the CPU appears to have developed a fault. Microverify passes at powerup, but I can't get VMS to boot (it dies with a SYSBOOT-F-Unexpected Machine Check almost immediately). Also tried Ultrix and it dies

DEC indicator panel mounting details

2017-12-19 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
So, Dave and I are getting to the point where we're about to start mounting up our indicator panels, but we're not sure what some of the mechanical details (below) are. Could someone who has one please take a look and let us know (or, even better, send us photos)? It appears that the bezel and