RE: RC25 (was Re: Modifying microcode)

2018-06-05 Thread Robert Armstrong via cctalk
>Eric Smith wrote: >There's SDI protocol documentation? You know, after I wrote that I realized that I was wrong about SDI. I've seen some electrical specs, but not the protocol. Bob

Re: Motorola EXORciser M6800 System

2018-06-05 Thread Pete Lancashire via cctalk
Total congratulations On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 2:10 PM Thomas B via cctech wrote: > Since a few days, my EXORciser Development System is finally able to boot > from floppy diskettes. > > Previous attempts have shown that the Motorola EXORciser M68SFDC1 floppy > disk board used has a special modified

AW: Motorola EXORciser M6800 System

2018-06-05 Thread osi.superboard--- via cctalk
Hi Kyle, thanks and good to know. I will include the Components folder in future searches. The M6800 Exorciser User's Guide is included, so there are five documents left. --THOMAS Von: Kyle Owen via cctech Gesendet: Dienstag, 5. Juni 2018 22:38 An: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Betreff:

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

2018-06-05 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 06/05/2018 08:41 PM, TeoZ via cctalk wrote: I have 9 floppy disks for WRQ ReflectionX Windows V4.00 if anybody needs images. I would love images to mess with. I've played with some Sixel and ReGIS graphics and I'd like to see how other emulators stack up. -- Grant. . . . unix || die

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

2018-06-05 Thread TeoZ via cctalk
I have 9 floppy disks for WRQ ReflectionX Windows V4.00 if anybody needs images. -Original Message- From: Jim Carpenter via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2018 10:16 PM To: Bill Degnan ; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS On 06/05/2018

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

2018-06-05 Thread Jim Carpenter via cctalk
On 06/05/2018 08:07 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: I should have a copy of the program on diskette, I think its 4. I can't imagine this version of Reflection is that hard to find though. It was everywhere back during the days of use, like wordperfect 5. If there are requests I can image and

For the price of shipping. Oddball telephones

2018-06-05 Thread Tony Aiuto via cctalk
I have two rare desktop telephones taking up space in my basement. I know I never will play with or display them. - Pingtel Xpressa PX-1. An early IP telephone - ATT 8130 "Computer Phone". It has an RS-232 port in the back for bi-directional comms. I reverse engineered the protocol when I used thi

Re: Weird Lear-Siegler ADM-3A board

2018-06-05 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 06/05/2018 07:15 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 1:30 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: This is now available through here: http://gunkies.org/wiki/Term-Mite_ST_Smart_Terminal Thanks! If someone dumps the ROM of the Zentec ADM3 Retrofit

Re: R: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

2018-06-05 Thread Jim Carpenter via cctalk
On 06/05/2018 07:23 AM, Mazzini Alessandro via cctalk wrote: So, more recent versions lost the ability to interact with older (niche now) hardware ? Interesting... I'm assuming you were replying to me... No. "Reflection 1", "Reflection 4", etc. are just product names, not version numbers. At

Re: Parts help - need flight SRAMs

2018-06-05 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 8:47 AM, Tapley, Mark via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I have a need at work for an unusual SRAM chip (related to the New > Horizons mission). > if you have a source or supply of these parts: > Part #=5962H9954103QXC > That's not a chip, it's a h

Re: RC25 (was Re: Modifying microcode)

2018-06-05 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 12:53 PM, Robert Armstrong via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > AFAIK the LESI ("Low End Storage Interconnect") protocol is not > documented anywhere, unlike SDI or MASSBUS which are. If it is, I've never > found it. I have several UNIBUS KLESI boards and I've of

Re: Weird Lear-Siegler ADM-3A board

2018-06-05 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 1:30 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > This is now available through here: > http://gunkies.org/wiki/Term-Mite_ST_Smart_Terminal > Thanks! If someone dumps the ROM of the Zentec ADM3 Retrofit, I'll try my hand at reverse-engineering the code.

RE: Whence 556?

2018-06-05 Thread Tom Gardner via cctalk
Bache says it was introduced with the 729 II and that the density was determined by keeping the tape speed ips the same and upping the data rate to 62,500 Hz. The latter was controversial Tom -Original Message- From: Chuck Guzis [mailto:ccl...@sydex.com] Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2018 1

Re: RC25 (was Re: Modifying microcode)

2018-06-05 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 06/05/2018 02:53 PM, Robert Armstrong via cctalk wrote: >I too have heard that RC25s and PDP-11s were used in nuclear subs for some > kind of sonar thingie. I've no idea how that worked, except that maybe DEC > gave all the good drives to the Navy and the rest of us got the crappy ones.

Motorola EXORciser M6800 System

2018-06-05 Thread osi.superboard--- via cctalk
Since a few days, my EXORciser Development System is finally able to boot from floppy diskettes. Previous attempts have shown that the Motorola EXORciser M68SFDC1 floppy disk board used has a special modified ROM version. This was probably written for an 8-inch drive, in which the Write protect

RE: RC25 (was Re: Modifying microcode)

2018-06-05 Thread Robert Armstrong via cctalk
I too have heard that RC25s and PDP-11s were used in nuclear subs for some kind of sonar thingie. I've no idea how that worked, except that maybe DEC gave all the good drives to the Navy and the rest of us got the crappy ones. They worked as long as you didn't spin them down or try to chang

Re: Motorola EXORciser M6800 System

2018-06-05 Thread Kyle Owen via cctalk
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 4:10 PM, Thomas B via cctech wrote: > > Now to my question. The vintage computer forum at > http://www.vcfed.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-44638.html mentioned some > interesting manuals. Archive.org has some manuals, Bitsaver does not have > manuals about the M6800 develop

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

2018-06-05 Thread Ed Sharpe via cctalk
What???     In a message dated 6/5/2018 12:46:20 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:   On Tue, 5 Jun 2018, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > Ed, > *throws rocks at Fred for top posting* :D g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its ki

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

2018-06-05 Thread geneb via cctalk
On Tue, 5 Jun 2018, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: Ed, *throws rocks at Fred for top posting* :D g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks col

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

2018-06-05 Thread Ed Sharpe via cctalk
Sorry -  I do not  see any  justification controls in the  email? feel free to  delete anything  from me it it bothers  you that much please.   Ed#   In a message dated 6/5/2018 12:25:35 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:   Ed, PLEASE TURN OFF "justification" on your em

Re: Weird Lear-Siegler ADM-3A board

2018-06-05 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> Jon Elson > How/where should I submit this? This is now available through here: http://gunkies.org/wiki/Term-Mite_ST_Smart_Terminal I put in a little infrastructure around it (articles on the Term-Mite, NS405, etc), using info I dug up online. Noel

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

2018-06-05 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
Ed, PLEASE TURN OFF "justification" on your email, so that your email client stops inserting extraneous spaces to try to make the right edge of the lines line up with the font that you are using! There is no justification for doing that :-) Douglas Adams pointed out that there are many things

Re: RC25 (was Re: Modifying microcode)

2018-06-05 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 2:53 PM, Robert Armstrong wrote: > I too have heard that RC25s and PDP-11s were used in nuclear subs for some > kind of sonar thingie. I've no idea how that worked, except that maybe DEC > gave all the good drives to the Navy and the rest of us got the crappy ones. Hi,

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

2018-06-05 Thread Ed Sharpe via cctalk
OK  we   can also use the   DEC  emulator  also   as  we  have a  H 11  we  need to terminalize  as  well as   an  11/20   we  want to breahe  live into here  at the museum..     PLUS  if  anyone  has a  copy  for  the HP  we  can  use that  also..   WRQ was a  great  product We were a  deal

Re: RC25 (was Re: Modifying microcode)

2018-06-05 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 06/05/2018 01:08 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 5:13 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk > wrote: >>> On Jun 4, 2018, at 1:17 PM, Robert Armstrong via cctalk >>> wrote: >>> >>> ... FWIW, I have a 725 complete and working. Well, except for the RC25, >>> which never worke

Re: RC25 (was Re: Modifying microcode)

2018-06-05 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 1:19 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > From: Ethan Dicks > > > Mostly, what I need is affordable ($250 or less) Unibus storage with > > modern media > > There's this: > > http://www.retrocmp.com/projects/unibone I would totally buy this. I have some NOS

Re: RC25 (was Re: Modifying microcode)

2018-06-05 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Ethan Dicks > Mostly, what I need is affordable ($250 or less) Unibus storage with > modern media There's this: http://www.retrocmp.com/projects/unibone Not quite there yet, but getting there. Noel

RC25 (was Re: Modifying microcode)

2018-06-05 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 5:13 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: >> On Jun 4, 2018, at 1:17 PM, Robert Armstrong via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> ... FWIW, I have a 725 complete and working. Well, except for the RC25, >> which never worked even when they were new. I had an 11/725 in the 80s and 90s an

Re: Whence 556?

2018-06-05 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Tue, 5 Jun 2018, Chuck Guzis wrote: And we're talking bits/chars per inch, so I don't see the connection, particularly on a 75 ips drive. Ehm, yes, I was thinking too fast and too simple... it's a hot day here. Christian

Re: Whence 556?

2018-06-05 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 06/05/2018 01:29 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: > Just a guess, but 556 kHz is 5 MHz divided by 9. Actually, it's a repeating decimal 555. And we're talking bits/chars per inch, so I don't see the connection, particularly on a 75 ips drive. More guesses welcome! This one's b

Parts help - need flight SRAMs

2018-06-05 Thread Tapley, Mark via cctalk
All, I have a need at work for an unusual SRAM chip (related to the New Horizons mission). if you have a source or supply of these parts: Part #=5962H9954103QXC Qty=2 (per board) Description: SRAM 256K x 8 Package=FPK40 Generic part#=LM2M8CRH-Q30X with which you’d be wi

RE: Restoring a PC Server 500 P/390

2018-06-05 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
> > > > > > I used Clonezilla to make an image of my PCI machien with a P/390E card to a > USB drive - but in your case that would, of course, require it to recognize > your RAID array (which it just might, if the BIOS recognizes it). Whilst enough of the disk has to be visible to the BIOS to all

Mostek MK50312

2018-06-05 Thread Tony Wills via cctalk
Does anyone have any datasheet/hardware details of the early Mostek calculator chip MK50312N ? It may be listed in "Mostek, MOS Integrated Circuit Guide", 1975 - a magazine sized, 138 page, blue and silver book.  Which apparently covers the F8 and several early memory chips and some calcul

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

2018-06-05 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Tue, 5 Jun 2018 at 14:08, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > All these > programs worked the same IMHO most all had DEC terminal emulation DEC terminal emulation wasn't the problem for me and my employers, back at the end of the 1980s and beginning of the 1990s. It was Wyse terminal emulation.

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

2018-06-05 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
> > On Monday, June 4, 2018 Jim Carpenter via cctalk > wrote: > On 06/04/2018 09:09 PM, Alan Frisbie via cctalk wrote: > > To estimate postage, I am in Los Angeles, California. > > > > Since several people have already indicated interest, I will wait > > until the digest goes out tomorrow to give

R: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

2018-06-05 Thread Mazzini Alessandro via cctalk
So, more recent versions lost the ability to interact with older (niche now) hardware ? Interesting... -Messaggio originale- Da: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] Per conto di Ed Sharpe via cctalk Inviato: martedì 5 giugno 2018 11:36 A: cctalk@classiccmp.org Oggetto: Re: WRQ

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

2018-06-05 Thread Jim Carpenter via cctalk
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 5:35 AM Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: > please add smecc museum to the list. what a find this,will help for a > treminSal for our hp 3000 37.. thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC... Reflection 1 was the one for HP stuff. >

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

2018-06-05 Thread Ed Sharpe via cctalk
please add smecc museum to the list. what a find this,will help for a treminSal for our hp 3000 37.. thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC... coury house/smecc attn ed Sharpe archivistI 5802 w palmaire ave glendale, AZ 85301 Sent from AOL Mobile Mail On Monday, June 4, 2018 Jim Carpenter v

Re: Whence 556?

2018-06-05 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Sat, 2 Jun 2018, Chuck Guzis wrote: So 200 and 800 are nice decimal multiples of 10. But 556 doesn't fit that pattern--it's not a "nice' number, being the product of 4 and 139 and doesn't correspond to any computer-related characteristics that I know of. It's not metric. So why 556 and not