[cctalk] Re: Heurikon HK68/M10 (Multibus) information?

I have one or two as well. I asked around about this a couple of years ago and didn't turn anything interesting up. A couple of former Heurikon folks said they'd look but nothing came of it. Ping me if you turn anything up. KJ On Thu, Jun 6, 2024 at 10:04 PM Chris Hanson via cctalk <

[cctalk] Re: Random items on Pascal #3

via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 5/15/24 18:47, Ken Seefried via cctalk wrote: > > > Please...I'm trying very hard not to remember them (or NOS...worse, > NOS/VE). > > I left CDC at around the time that SCOPE 3.4 was being renamed NOS BE > and KRONOS

[cctalk] Re: ANSI-M (Mumps) and the VA

On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 10:18 PM Tommy Chang via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Yes, Epic is the most popular electronic medical records vendor and their > backend is MUMPS (originally MIIS). > My wife is in medical practice management. That explains a lot. KJ

[cctalk] Re: Random items on Pascal #3

On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 8:59 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > Who remembers SYMPL or CYBIL? > > Please...I'm trying very hard not to remember them (or NOS...worse, NOS/VE). KJ

[cctalk] Re: APL (Was: BASIC

On Wed, May 1, 2024 at 7:51 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > > What would our world be like if the first home computers were to have had > APL, instead of BASIC? > > > The Ampere WS-1? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampere_WS-1 Definitely more stylish. KJ

[cctalk] Re: Cleanup time again

> You can list them for whatever you want, and if you are lucky someone might pay it. I always assumed that the eBay listings that sold for obviously ridiculous amounts are money laundering schemes. On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 1:15 PM David Wade via cctalk wrote: > > > -Original Message- >

[cctalk] "HB A8" ISA SCSI controller BIOS image?

I have some 8-bit ISA 53c90a based SCSI controllers labeled "SCSI HB A8". Mine are made by "Advanced Information Concepts", but apparently they were also made by "Control Concepts". Unfortunately, mine don't have the BIOS chips installed. I have a picture of the card with a chip installed labeled

[cctalk] Re: PCs Limited XT

yer > if I recall, and worked. However it had an issue with routers and I > think BOOTP was easier to use with a "helper" on the switch or router to > handle it. > > Old stuff. But yes pull that ROM chip or Arcnet card and it should boot > to floppy or HD. > > CZ &g

[cctalk] Re: Did Bill Gates Really Say That?

That's a good point, though like you I don't know of anything that ever tried to take advantage of that theory (though I wouldn't have been paying enough attention at the time to confidently comment, so...). Since it's not 'common knowledge' that it was done, I'd surmise either 1) the reality is

[cctalk] Re: Did Bill Gates Really Say That?

Not sure how any of that relates to my post. On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 12:47 AM ben via cctalk wrote: > On 2023-06-22 10:04 p.m., Ken Seefried via cctalk wrote: > > Didn't see anyone mention it, but one should recall that the whole memory > > space on the 8088/8086 was 1M, so a 'l

[cctalk] Re: Did Bill Gates Really Say That?

Didn't see anyone mention it, but one should recall that the whole memory space on the 8088/8086 was 1M, so a 'limit' (whatever kind) of 640K wasn't the dumbest computer design decision ever made. In addition to that, Intel was telling people to get ready to jump to iAXP432 because 8086/80286 was

[cctalk] Re: PCs Limited XT

> BOOTP load of a DOS from a Netware or 3Com server. Could that be RPL? I have a WD800x ethernet card with netboot PROM sold with a "Netware ready" or some such workstation that it took me a bit to figure out was looking for an RPL boot server, not BOOTP/TFTP. On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 9:11 PM

[cctalk] Anyone have an sn74s516?

I'm interested in recreating MMI application note AN-114 which describes adding an sn74s516 mult/div/acc chip to a 68000. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find an sn74s516 in the couple of years I've been looking. Does anyone have some they'd be willing to part with? KJ

[cctalk] Re: Knockoffs, was: Low cost logic analyzer

veryone is relying. > > Sellam > > * remaining nameless > > On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 3:59 PM Ken Seefried via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > FSF hasn't done anything in at least a decade, but someone from there "is > > still around"

[cctalk] Re: Knockoffs, was: Low cost logic analyzer

FSF hasn't done anything in at least a decade, but someone from there "is still around", so they're somehow relevant. People who actually are doing something (e.g litigating) are dismissed because you "don't know these people" (aside: there's someone who cares about open source who doesn't know

[cctalk] Re: Knockoffs, was: Low cost logic analyzer

On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 12:32 PM Alexander Huemer via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 11:05:41PM +0800, Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote: > > FSF does not enforce anything. > > https://gpl-violations.org/ > They do though. > > -Alex > Go to 'News' on that site and the

Re: Extremely CISC instructions

The Hitachi SH4 has a set of pipelineable vector instructions that work on 4x4 and 4x1 length vectors (implemented as 2 sets of 16 FP registers). Nothing compared to MMX/SSE/AVX, but relatively complex.

Re: IBM 3174 C 6.4 Microcode Disks?

On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 2:23 PM Paul Koning wrote: > > > > > On Feb 20, 2019, at 2:13 PM, Ken Seefried via cctalk > > wrote: > > > > ... > > You can bridge between TR (and FDDI) and ethernet on a Cisco, > > generally for non-routable protocols (e.

RE: IBM 3174 C 6.4 Microcode Disks?

re: Cisco and IBM protocols If you're really interested, all of this is exhaustively documented under the umbrella of Cisco's "IBM Feature Set". There's a *lot* here under the hood, but the last time I looked (admittedly, a while) a number of folks had web sites that documented the correct

Tandy RS DWP-220 printer equivalent?

My google-fu is failing me; forgive me. Is the Tandy DWP-220 daisy-wheel printer a rebrand/OEM of someone else? In particular, can I find ribbons and font wheels under another manufacturer? KJ

Re: Bogus "account hacked" message

FWIW, I use a password manager (Keepass/Keepass2, tho there are other good ones). It's another step or two in my workflow, but let's me have a unique, very strong password for everything I log into. Greatly reduces the impact of password dump attacks.

Re: SunOS 2.4 Exploit

I believe SunOS 2.4 is old enough all you need to do is delete the password hash from /etc/passwd to log in without a password. KJ

i860: Re: modern stuff

>the i860 found at least a little niche on graphics boards, so somehow >not a complete failure ;-) I'd be mildly surprised if Intel ever made enough from selling i860s as GPUs to cover the cost of developing and marketing them. At the time, Intel was pushing them as their RISC processor, and put

Re: VT100 emulation

east in the older BBs, my French and German colleagues didn't seem to have trouble sending messages with them. KJ On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 11:43 AM Liam Proven wrote: > > On Mon, 17 Sep 2018 at 17:05, Ken Seefried via cctalk > wrote: > > > > Well...not 7"

Re: VT100 emulation

From: Al Kossow > > a 7" android tablet based on the wondermedia wm8650 SOC > ... > these things are so old they've disappeared from the market > Well...not 7", but there is this: https://blackberrymobile.com/product/blackberry-key2/ KJ

Looking for 11/23+ CIS

I missed the recent M8198+CIS chip auction on eBay, and subsequently found myself with a new (for me) 11/23+. Does anyone have a CIS chip they're interested in parting with? Contact me directly. KJ

Re: '90s era PC recommendation.

Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > Does anyone have any recommendations for a '90s era PC that has PCI and > ISA slots? Ideally I'd like to have EISA slots too. ? At least I > think that's what I want. EISA is a nice-to-have, especially if you want to run multiple interfaces (much better irq

Re: XT/370 microcode

On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 6:40 PM, Fred Cisin <ci...@xenosoft.com> wrote: > On Tue, 13 Mar 2018, Ken Seefried via cctalk wrote: >>>> >>>> I am not at liberty to post the document. >>> >>> This? >> >> ... >>> >>> A

Re: XT/370 microcode

>> I am not at liberty to post the document. > >This? ... >Also: ... >If so, it might be this: ... There's a difference between "I am not at liberty..." and "what anyone can google...".

Re: How to enable USB drives in both Windows 98SE AND MS-DOS 7.1.

From: Curious Marc > > On Windows 7, using regedit, set > > ?HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\LMCompatibilityLevel? > to ?1? >You might need to create the new entry under \lsa as a REG_DWORD, set > to 1 > As your friendly

Re: Spectre & Meltdown

From: Murray McCullough > >This may be off-topic but these latest uprocessor exploits has raised >a question: Are the 'old/classic' uprocessors using x86 technology in >the same boat? > The exploit effects the speculative execution facility, so no it's not "all P6

Re: RL02 to PC image

> Anyone know of a 40-pin UART with a FIFO? :) 16c550s are cheap as dirt. And you can stick a 16c850 or whatever the latest incarnation is to a PLCC to DIP adapter. > I've lately been doing the data transfer stuff using STM32F407 > development boards. Chuck really has the right answer here.

Re: Ideas for a simple, but somewhat extendable computer bus

I've always thought STD-Bus missed a real opportunity here. Small enough to be cost effective (relative to the size of, say, S-100 (bonus, no stupid power supply issues)), sane, flexible enough bus structure that I believe there are at least CPU cards using: - 4004/4040 (pre-standard?) -

Re: Convex C220 lives

On 9/12/17, 2:04 AM, "Laurens Vets" wrote: >There's something seriously wrong with your site >http://www.vaxbarn.com/index.php/other-bits/603-convex-c220 unless the >title of your work is indeed "Feel Like Having Sex Tonight | Best Legal >Viagra Uk" :) I think you need to

TRS-80 graphics pad?

Noticed this today...seems like it would have above average fetish value for the TRS-80 crowd. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Radio-Shack-TRS-80-X-Pad-GT-116-Graphic-Tablet-IN-BOX-UNTESTED-/332274978760?hash=item4d5d21cfc8:g:BrwAAOSwXXxZSxdD Disclaimer: I have purchased a couple of things from this

Re: Ciarcia Micromint (was: Steve Garcia / Micromint SB180

From: John Wilson > And what was that Z8000-based BASIC coprocessor (or at least, > I think that was the only software for it) on a long ISA card? He did > some crazy stuff! Indeed. Z8001/Trump Card was in the May & June 1984 issues of Byte. There was a BASIC and a C

CFL (was: Re: BBS software for the PDP 11)

> And if you break one you have to call HAZMAT. You did realize that, > didn't you? They contain mercury and any breakage requires professional > remediation by law!! Please quit spreading this urban legend. Some care in handling is recommended, but no professional help is required, by law!

AB "Multibus"?

Are Allen-Bradley Multibus-1 form factor cards actually Multibus compliant or something proprietary? KJ

Re: Sun E10000 Historical Enquiry

> Heck, I'd be fascinated to talk to anyone who purchased > the machines during their lifespan (1997-2001) and could tell me what you > used them for. Not the e10k, but Cingular Wireless used clustered e15k's as Oracle database engines. Dozens of them. Very impressive performance. KJ

Z-8000 something on eBay

I don't have any idea what this is but it appears to have Z-8000 CPU+MMU chips. Perhaps an Onyx or S8000 CPU card? I know some folks here are in to that sort of thing. http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-Vintage-DSC-MP-4-EPC-Rev-D-K-Expansion-Board-Card-PCB-for-Mini-Computer/152475939021 KJ