RE: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

2020-03-20 Thread Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk
On Fri, 20 Mar 2020, Rob Jarratt wrote: > > Actually, I'm searching (more active than ever) for a proper location to > > put all > > of my hardware to. I already have shelves, controllable power plugs, and > > just > > today an EPROM reader/writer arrived. Though I'm unsure (to use fair > > lang

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

2020-03-20 Thread Rod Smallwood via cctalk
On 20/03/2020 21:28, Jan-Benedict Glaw via cctalk wrote: Hi Maciej! Long time no see! On Fri, 2020-03-20 17:36:25 +, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: On Tue, 10 Mar 2020, Jan-Benedict Glaw via cctalk wrote: Linux and/or NetBSD/vax would be a good choice, though, to implement the VAX's system

RE: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

2020-03-20 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Jan-Benedict Glaw > via cctalk > Sent: 20 March 2020 21:29 > To: Maciej W. Rozycki > Cc: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts ; > Peter Corlett > Subject: Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing > > Hi Maciej! >

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

2020-03-20 Thread Jan-Benedict Glaw via cctalk
Hi Maciej! Long time no see! On Fri, 2020-03-20 17:36:25 +, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > On Tue, 10 Mar 2020, Jan-Benedict Glaw via cctalk wrote: > > > Linux and/or NetBSD/vax would be a good choice, though, to implement the > > > VAX's system calls and execute it's binaries. Though there wer

RE: SWTPC SuperClock II board

2020-03-20 Thread William Sudbrink via cctalk
I would bet that that board increases the resolution of one of the early SWTPc terminals. I'm not sure which one. Bill S. -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Kyle Owen via cctalk Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 3:52 PM To: General Discussion

SWTPC SuperClock II board

2020-03-20 Thread Kyle Owen via cctalk
In the midst of cleaning up, I came across this board. Can't seem to find any info online about it. There's another board from another company, not SWTPC, with the same name—apparently a timekeeping board for an Apple II. https://imgur.com/a/j8pyqMZ I assume this is a way to generate a composite

Re: soviet resistor identification help and maybe lamps?

2020-03-20 Thread Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk
On Sun, 8 Mar 2020, Curious Marc via cctech wrote: > On the Russian resistors I saw, the value was what is written on it. If > you can’t measure them, maybe there is some conformal coating or > corrosion on the leads? You’d need to scratch that off. At least in the 1980s they used R, K or M re

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

2020-03-20 Thread Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk
On Tue, 10 Mar 2020, Jan-Benedict Glaw via cctalk wrote: > > Linux and/or NetBSD/vax would be a good choice, though, to implement the > > VAX's system calls and execute it's binaries. Though there were more > > concerted efforts to do this years ago, but I don't know what became of > > them. Googl

Re: NetBSD on a VAX 3100 (DV-31AT1-A)

2020-03-20 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 3/18/20 10:02 AM, David Kuder via cctalk wrote: It was pretty bad last time I tried to run NetBSD on my vaxen. Back around NetBSD 1.5.2 or something like that I was able to install via mopboot on my MicroVax 3600 and a few VaxStation 3100's. Years later I tried to boot it up again and it cou