Re: IBM Series/1

2019-08-02 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
> Given the little literature I've seen on the subject, and also the > amount of real-time control computers that I've seen in labs being > dismantled... I'd say that it was probably a late IBM response to PDP-11 > and HP 21xx and 1xxx process control computers. That would be correct - and is

Re: IBM Series/1

2019-08-02 Thread Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk
ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: Was IBM Series/1 for process control?Ed# writes:In a message dated 8/2/2019 6:18:22 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org On 08/02/2019 02:40 PM, Kevin Bowling via cctalk wrote: Anyone have one of these?  I'd like to find a system, but images of the OS

Re: IBM Series/1

2019-08-02 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
Was IBM Series/1 for process control?Ed# writes:In a message dated 8/2/2019 6:18:22 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org  On 08/02/2019 02:40 PM, Kevin Bowling via cctalk wrote: > Anyone have one of these?  I'd like to find a system, but images of > the OS media would be

Re: IBM Series/1

2019-08-02 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
I have a pair, plus parts. The hardware is excellent. They have fairly fast processors, and the I/O capacity is great. Reliability is typical IBM. The OS sucks balls. All the balls. Commercially, they were not a success, despite being IBM's first "open" system, in that they invited third party

Re: IBM Series/1

2019-08-02 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 08/02/2019 02:40 PM, Kevin Bowling via cctalk wrote: Anyone have one of these? I'd like to find a system, but images of the OS media would be interesting. I have some bits of several Series/1 systems, but no complete system at all. Jon

Re: MULTIPROCESSING FOR THE IMPOVERISHED Part 1: a 6809 Uniprocessor

2019-08-02 Thread Will Cooke via cctalk
> On August 2, 2019 at 5:49 PM ben via cctalk wrote: > > > On 8/2/2019 11:15 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > > 1993 article on building a multiprocessor 6809 box. > > > > http://www.bradrodriguez.com/papers/6809cpu.htm > > Read that page years ago.I have always like the 6800 CPU >

Re: MULTIPROCESSING FOR THE IMPOVERISHED Part 1: a 6809 Uniprocessor

2019-08-02 Thread ben via cctalk
On 8/2/2019 11:15 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: 1993 article on building a multiprocessor 6809 box. http://www.bradrodriguez.com/papers/6809cpu.htm Read that page years ago.I have always like the 6800 CPU model.I have used that model for a 18 and 20 bit cpu design currently being bread

Re: IBM Series/1

2019-08-02 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
I have what appears to be a nice one…I just haven’t had time to do anything with it yet. It does have 2 discs (I think one is 40MB and the other is 300MB). There is a big label on the system that says “DEV’T TOOLS” so I’m hopeful that there’s some interesting SW on it. TTFN - Guy > On Aug 2,

Re: VCF West?

2019-08-02 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 4:19 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > >> our legendary VCF consignment sale, > On Thu, 1 Aug 2019, Ali via cctalk wrote: > > Maybe at the other meets (e.g. MW or Pacific NW) but the last few times > not so much at VCFW. Last year I bought some stuff because Fred >

IBM Series/1

2019-08-02 Thread Kevin Bowling via cctalk
Anyone have one of these? I'd like to find a system, but images of the OS media would be interesting. Regards, Kevin

What's a half meg on the Atari800 good for under

2019-08-02 Thread Jeffrey S. Worley via cctalk
Good question. There are upgrades up to 4mb, but ones for the 800 most common range from 64k to 1088k. A pair of really common and several less common standards have existed for many years. This one conforms to the Axlon standard, which is among the oldest for the Atari's. It switches the

512k SRAM for Atari 800 computer

2019-08-02 Thread Jeffrey S. Worley via cctalk
I'm building as many as ten of a 512k Axlon compatible memory board for the Atari 800 (not xl) computer. If you'd like to have one, please message me and let me know so I can reserve one for you. I'm not sure of my cost at the moment, but it is something on the order of $30.00 per board. I'll

MULTIPROCESSING FOR THE IMPOVERISHED Part 1: a 6809 Uniprocessor

2019-08-02 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
1993 article on building a multiprocessor 6809 box. http://www.bradrodriguez.com/papers/6809cpu.htm -- Liam Proven - Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk - Google Mail/Hangouts/Plus: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven - Skype/LinkedIn: liamproven UK: +44

Re: Announcing Cadetwriter

2019-08-02 Thread Dave Babcock via cctalk
Yes. On 8/1/2019 10:58 PM, ben via cctalk wrote: On 8/1/2019 7:52 PM, Dave Babcock via cctalk wrote: The Cadetwriter flyer can be found at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/yhxq788j8g6j2sz/Cadetwriter%20Flyer.pdf?dl=0 Does it Backspace? Ben.