Re: IBM 360 Model 50 information?

2019-03-31 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
On 3/31/2019 4:08 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > From: William Donzelli > > > It is very likely IBM does not have the information anymore - at least > > not in the archives. ... they simply did not keep much from that era. > > It was probably disposed of back when IBM was i

Re: IBM 360 Model 50 information?

2019-03-31 Thread Lawrence Wilkinson via cctalk
On 28/03/2019 17:46, Ken Shirriff via cctech wrote: > I'm writing a S/360 Model 50 emulator that runs at the microcode level, in > order to drive a Model 50 front panel accurately. I'm about 80% of the way > there, but there are some microcode operations that I haven't figured out. > So I figured I

Re: IBM 6360 - interface help?

2019-03-31 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
Hey Al, I haven't looked at the MAME stuff but if it uses an NEC 765 then it probably won't be the same. The signal list is quite a bit different, e.g. only 5 non-contiguous address bits are used. Real weird. I'll take a look all the same. =] On Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 4:30 PM Al Kossow via cctalk

Re: IBM 360 Model 50 information?

2019-03-31 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: William Donzelli > It is very likely IBM does not have the information anymore - at least > not in the archives. ... they simply did not keep much from that era. > It was probably disposed of back when IBM was in trouble 30 years ago. Which emphasizes that it's important t

Re: 2.11 BSD on an 11/93 with an CMD SCSI Module

2019-03-31 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 12:50 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > It's been a fun journey but I finally have 2.11 BSD (Patchlevel 431) > running on my real 11/93. > > On to the next challenges. > > Does anyone know which serial device I should configure for in order > to get the other serial

Re: 2.11 BSD on an 11/93 with an CMD SCSI Module

2019-03-31 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 12:50 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > It's been a fun journey but I finally have 2.11 BSD (Patchlevel 431) > running on my real 11/93. > > On to the next challenges. > > Does anyone know which serial device I should configure for in order >

Re: IBM 6360 - interface help?

2019-03-31 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 3/31/19 12:42 PM, Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: > I've read through the service manuals and other docs on Bitsavers but I > can't seem to find a deeper explanation on the protocol that runs over the > DB-37 cable. Have you looked at the displaywriter MAME driver? The floppy uses an NEC 7

Re: IBM 6360 - interface help?

2019-03-31 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
Also I should note that I live in NYC, so if anyone around these parts has a working Displaywriter I am willing to drive a bit and bring my portable logic analyzer with me to capture traffic along the data connector. =] -- Anders Nelson +1 (517) 775-6129 www.erogear.com On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at

Re: 2.11 BSD on an 11/93 with an CMD SCSI Module

2019-03-31 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
It's been a fun journey but I finally have 2.11 BSD (Patchlevel 431) running on my real 11/93. On to the next challenges. Does anyone know which serial device I should configure for in order to get the other serial lines working? Everything I read says they are DL lines and calls the builtin co

IBM 6360 - interface help?

2019-03-31 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
Hey all, I'm writing a blog post about this IBM 6360 disk controller I want to build: https://www.andersknelson.com/blog/?p=601 I've read through the service manuals and other docs on Bitsavers but I can't seem to find a deeper explanation on the protocol that runs over the DB-37 cable. I suppo

VCF PNW 2019: Photos and Survey. Please?

2019-03-31 Thread Michael Brutman via cctalk
One last spam from VCF PNW 2019 ... Send us your Photos! We want to put together a shared photo album so that people can see the event from different perspectives. It's a Google Photos album, so if you are a Google Photos user sharing is easy. If you are not a Google Photos user or you have con

Re: VCF/PNW Exhibit & Trip Report - The Old Calculator Museum

2019-03-31 Thread Michael Brutman via cctalk
Hi Rick, I'm glad you enjoyed the event - we aim to please. I should have seen this earlier but I've been avoiding computers this week for reasons you can probably guess. And just for the record, "it takes a village" to make these things happen. I was the very visible face of the event because I

Re: Byte Magazine

2019-03-31 Thread Will Cooke via cctalk
> On March 31, 2019 at 4:37 AM Dave via cctalk wrote: > > > You may want to take a look at the byte collection at the internet archive: > BYTE Magazine : Free Texts : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet > Archive > Comparing the first issue side-by-side, I think the Internet Arch

Re: Byte Magazine

2019-03-31 Thread Dave via cctalk
You may want to take a look at the byte collection at the internet archive: BYTE Magazine : Free Texts : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet Archive Comparing the first issue side-by-side, I think the Internet Archive version is a different scan.  It is better quality.  The letters h