; From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of
> Mike
> > > Ross
> > > > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 11:54 AM
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> > > > Subject: RE: Xerox Alto on eBay
> > >
ivingcomputermuseum.org> wrote:
>
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mike
> > Ross
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 11:54 AM
> > > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic P
> > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 11:54 AM
> > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> > Subject: RE: Xerox Alto on eBay
> >
> > On Apr 14, 2016 1:34 PM, "Josh Dersch"
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > So we copy disk
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mike Ross
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 11:54 AM
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: RE: Xerox Alto on eBay
>
> On Apr 14, 2016 1:34 PM, &qu
On Apr 14, 2016 1:34 PM, "Josh Dersch"
wrote:
> So we copy disk images to/from the PDP-11/44 over 3Mbit Ethernet to the
Alto :).
>
> - Josh
>
Quite a hack! So you copy in real time as it were? Direct from packs on a
running Alto to packs on a running 11? Would it be practical to hack it
further
> From: Josh Dersch
> we copy disk images to/from the PDP-11/44 over 3Mbit Ethernet to the
> Alto :).
Ah, got it. In the context of the thread, with all the RK05 discussion, I
wrongly assumed that somehow there was an RK05 involved.
> wrote a rough implementation of PUP BSP and t
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Noel
> Chiappa
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 10:28 AM
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Cc: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu
> Subject: Re: Xerox Alto on eBay
>
> > From: Josh
On Apr 14, 2016, at 12:28 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>
>> From: Josh Dersch
>
>>> They are 12 sector 2315 packs. You have to duplicate it on a two drive
>>> Alto, since the format is unique.
>
>> we're able to duplicate packs and write new ones out from disk images.
>> (At the moment it's kind of
>
> On Apr 14, 2016, at 12:05 PM, Josh Dersch
> wrote:
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Al Kossow
>> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 9:58 AM
>> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
>> Subject: Re:
> From: Josh Dersch
>> They are 12 sector 2315 packs. You have to duplicate it on a two drive
>> Alto, since the format is unique.
> we're able to duplicate packs and write new ones out from disk images.
> (At the moment it's kind of cumbersome -- involving a PDP-11/44 with a
On 4/14/16 9:22 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
> I'm also assuming whoever has it reads this list, since the BIN just
> happens to match what I've been offered for the machines that I still
> have.
>
In restored condition..
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Al Kossow
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 9:58 AM
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Xerox Alto on eBay
>
>
>
> On 4/14/16 9:55 AM, Josh Dersch wrote:
> > I
On 4/14/16 9:55 AM, Josh Dersch wrote:
> If anyone out there ends up with a working Alto and needs working media, we
> can help out in that regard (assuming you provide usable packs).
Have you ever gotten a pack from an RK05 to write?
I've tried a couple of times without luck
and have wondered
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Al Kossow
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 9:22 AM
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Xerox Alto on eBay
>
>
>
> On 4/13/16 7:52 PM, jwsmobile wrote:
>
> &
On 4/13/16 7:52 PM, jwsmobile wrote:
> Side discussion on Facebook says that media is rare too. None with the
> system (I think) from the discussion there.
>
I have tons of it. They are 12 sector 2315 packs.
You have to duplicate it on a two drive Alto, since the format is
unique. I've heard L
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 7:52 PM, jwsmobile wrote:
>
>
> On 4/13/2016 6:18 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
>
>>
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/XEROX-ALTO-II-XM-SYSTEM-COMPLETE-MONITOR-KEYBOARD-MOUSE-DISKS-CASE/282003972041
>>
>> didn't sell for $4, so now it's $40005
>>
>> trying to decide if I should report
On 4/13/2016 6:18 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/XEROX-ALTO-II-XM-SYSTEM-COMPLETE-MONITOR-KEYBOARD-MOUSE-DISKS-CASE/282003972041
didn't sell for $4, so now it's $40005
trying to decide if I should report him for this message I got from him.
New message from: paperonebonapar
http://www.ebay.com/itm/XEROX-ALTO-II-XM-SYSTEM-COMPLETE-MONITOR-KEYBOARD-MOUSE-DISKS-CASE/282003972041
didn't sell for $4, so now it's $40005
trying to decide if I should report him for this message I got from him.
New message from: paperonebonaparte (964Purple Star)
photos in internet. pleas
http://www.ebay.com/itm/XEROX-ALTO-II-XM-SYSTEM-COMPLETE-MONITOR-KEYBOARD-MOUSE-DISKS-CASE/282003972041
didn't sell for $4, so now it's $40005
trying to decide if I should report him for this message I got from him.
New message from: paperonebonaparte (964Purple Star)
photos in internet. pl
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