Re: Free punched card deck machine, suitable to make reader and punch

2021-07-04 Thread Carl Claunch via cctalk
The machine is 41" wide, 22" deep and 22" high. Total guess is 200 pounds, might be a bit less. I have a hydraulic lift cart that can be used to roll it to a car and lift it to the bed height, but someone has to be able to lift it up onto the cart and then off the cart at its final destination as

Re: Free punched card deck machine, suitable to make reader and punch

2021-07-04 Thread Curious Marc via cctalk
Carl how big and heavy is it? I thought it was way bigger. I might take it. Someone will have to help load/unload in the car due to my injured back... Marc > On Jul 4, 2021, at 10:29 AM, Carl Claunch via cctech > wrote: > > I bought this years ago for a planned project to create a card reader

First new vax in ...30 years? :-)

2021-07-04 Thread David Brownlee via cctalk
In case anyone was interested in an FPGA VAX implementation http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-vax/2021/07/03/msg003899.html And/or thoughts on 64bit/FP & multiprocessor enhancements :-p http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-vax/2021/07/03/msg003903.html David

Free punched card deck machine, suitable to make reader and punch

2021-07-04 Thread Carl Claunch via cctalk
I bought this years ago for a planned project to create a card reader and card punch for a mainframe replica, using this machine that was designed to reproduce decks of punched cards. It is very heavy and sturdy. It has two input hoppers and two stackers, one for the source cards and one for the p

Re: PCIe/PCI I/O access (was: Re: VT340 Emulation)

2021-07-04 Thread Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk
On Sun, 27 Jun 2021, Kevin Bowling wrote: > Thanks this was interesting learning. You are welcome! NB I think it is also worth noting that the presence of I/O instructions and corresponding bus cycles with x86 is most relevant for PCI as it is only *because* x86, or more importantly the PC/A