Re: Ultrix-11

2021-08-21 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Sat, Aug 21, 2021, 9:50 PM Jay Jaeger via cctalk wrote: > On 8/17/2021 1:39 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > I thought V7M and Ultrix were entirely diferent and unrelated things. > > > > At least on the Pro, DEC released a betal version of the one (which I > tried when it came out) and th

Re: Ultrix-11

2021-08-21 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
On 8/21/2021 10:50 PM, Jay Jaeger via cctalk wrote: On 8/17/2021 1:39 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: I thought V7M and Ultrix were entirely diferent and unrelated things. At least on the Pro, DEC released a betal version of the one (which I tried when it came out) and then canceled it and r

Re: Ultrix-11

2021-08-21 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
On 8/17/2021 1:39 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: I thought V7M and Ultrix were entirely diferent and unrelated things. At least on the Pro, DEC released a betal version of the one (which I tried when it came out) and then canceled it and replaced it by a release of the other. I forgot which

Re: DEC UNIBUS and use of cassette

2021-08-21 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
On 8/21/2021 3:44 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 1:49 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > From: Bill Degnan > Was there a UNIBUS storage system that used a cassette player as the > storage device .., rigged to send receive s

ME11-L 3U fascia panel attachment Re: DEC ME11 Memory Expansion on eBay

2021-08-21 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
I've been asked about the ME11 3U fascia panel bracket and how it attaches to the H-909 (slimline 11/05) cabinet, here is what it looks like. The metal originals are at front and my PET repops installed on the panel. There is not a lot of thread depth through the flanges but it seems to hold on w

Re: DEC UNIBUS and use of cassette

2021-08-21 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 1:49 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > From: Bill Degnan > > > Was there a UNIBUS storage system that used a cassette player as the > > storage device .., rigged to send receive signals via a serial card > > connection. > > Yes a

Re: Punched card file wanted

2021-08-21 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
Email me your direct email address this list serve does not provide it Sent from the all new AOL app for Android On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 11:59 AM, Alan Frisbie via cctalk wrote: Now that I am finally getting my vintage computer accumulation in order, I need a punched card file cabinet.  D

Re: Punched card file wanted

2021-08-21 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
Library card not same size as purchased cards  beware!  We would love to find a nice wood library card catalog here in Arizona both a large and some desktop ones During the tossing of punchcards many of the metal card cabs were avail at 25 bucks each... wish we had bought more.  Most people repu

Punched card file wanted

2021-08-21 Thread Alan Frisbie via cctalk
Now that I am finally getting my vintage computer accumulation in order, I need a punched card file cabinet. Does anyone know of one that might be available for purchase or trade? I am willing to pick up anywhere in the western US. In an ideal world, I would love to find one of the ones with a

John Nash

2021-08-21 Thread Arthur Strong via cctalk
Hi all! The book about John Nash ("Beautiful Mind'")[1] mentioned that he wrote computer programs: "Edward G. Nilges, a programmer who worked in Princeton University’s computer center from 1987 to 1992, recalled that Nash “acted frightened and silent” at first. In Nilges’s last year or two in Pri

Re: DEC UNIBUS and use of cassette

2021-08-21 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Bill Degnan > Was there a UNIBUS storage system that used a cassette player as the > storage device .., rigged to send receive signals via a serial card > connection. Yes and no. There is the TA11 Magnetic Tape Cassette System, which used the TU60 Dual DECasette Transport

VENIX DISKS

2021-08-21 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Warner https://www.vintagecomputer.net/temp/venix/ ...contains photos of the disks I have relating to VENIX for the Rainbow. Bill

Re: Ian Hirschsohn - DISSPLA, Superset Inc. and sad news

2021-08-21 Thread emanuel stiebler via cctalk
On 2021-07-31 10:36, John Foust via cctalk wrote: > At 12:56 AM 7/31/2021, Randy Dawson via cctalk wrote: >> As some here know, I collect some dusty deck fortran graphics. We have >> MOVIE.BYU up and running! (Thanks Douglas Taylor and Emanuel Steibler). > > Once I was in the business of making

Re: Ultrix-11

2021-08-21 Thread emanuel stiebler via cctalk
On 2021-08-20 13:14, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > On 8/20/21 12:38 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: >> Back in the day, I struggled to get enough disk space to install >> 2.9BSD on an 11/24.  Two RK07s would have been a luxury.  I had an >> RL02 (10MB) and I think maybe an RL01.  I could ge