Re: IBM System z9 available near Ann Arbor, MI

2016-02-12 Thread Connor Krukosky
On 2/10/2016 5:00 PM, Ali wrote: BUT will it run Doom ;)? Sorry, couldn't resist... -Ali While I am not sure about Doom, it will not run a Quake or Unreal Tournament server since they have x86 binaries in them. I learned this while trying to compile source on my z890 under SuSE. I've seen t

Re: IBM 3290 terminal

2016-02-12 Thread Kevin Bowling
Thanks for your opinion on compatibility. I talked to a friend that is a career IBMer and learned the support disks are 1.2MB floppies that go in the 2nd drive and are trivially created and imaged with PC/AT drives. Regards, Kevin On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 5:11 PM, Dave Wade wrote: > It is not 10

Re: pdp11/04 : the pics....

2016-02-12 Thread Charles Anthony
On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 8:29 PM, Eric Christopherson < echristopher...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Feb 12, 2016 11:10 AM, "Jos Dreesen" wrote: > > > > > > On ftp.dreesen.ch/PDP11 you can find some pics on how the rescued > PDP11/04 fits right in next to its cousin, a PDP8/a > > > > This 8a, BTW, has m

Re: pdp11/04 : the pics....

2016-02-12 Thread Eric Christopherson
On Feb 12, 2016 11:10 AM, "Jos Dreesen" wrote: > > > On ftp.dreesen.ch/PDP11 you can find some pics on how the rescued PDP11/04 fits right in next to its cousin, a PDP8/a > > This 8a, BTW, has more memory (128K x 12) and more oomph ( a FPP8A ) than the PDP11/04 > > > Jos I'm just getting a S

RE: pdp11/04 : the pics....

2016-02-12 Thread Jay West
Ethan wrote... --- According to http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/pdp11/catalogs/OEM_Hardware_and_Software_Product_Summary_Oct76.pdf (page 42) it might be the H967. - If memory serves, that's correct. I have 3 of them. Two of them have the "PDP-8E Mustard Yellow" color. One

Re: VAXen and minimal memory (was Re: The PDP11/04 has landed..)

2016-02-12 Thread Guy Dawson
There's a reason why we ran the RA81s in pairs in the cluster... On 12 February 2016 at 01:39, Jay West wrote: > Guy wrote... > - > In late '86 I was running a VAX8500 with 2 RA81s > - > Can't be true. There's no such thing as running RA81's *Grin* > > J > > > -- 4.4 > 5.4

Re: Diser/ETH Lilith - was Re: pdp11/04 : the pics....

2016-02-12 Thread Jos Dreesen
Diser/ETH Lilith modula 2 machine. Boring exterior, very interesting inside & software wise. That is a real gem. I've only ever seen the chassis inside a glass case at ETH. Want to tell us more about yours? Does it run? It used to run, until I broke it during VCFe in 2014.. They were s

Diser/ETH Lilith - was Re: pdp11/04 : the pics....

2016-02-12 Thread Toby Thain
On 2016-02-12 3:53 PM, Jos Dreesen wrote: - Impressive collection of great machines! A mere token effort, compared to yours ! My apologies for not recognizing the "pride_of_collection". Tell about it. Diser/ETH Lilith modula 2 machine. Boring exterior, very interesting inside & s

Re: pdp11/04 : the pics....

2016-02-12 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 4:03 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote: > On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 3:53 PM, Jos Dreesen wrote: >>> Impressive collection of great machines! >> >>> but never found the "4 high" racks. They are called H950 ??? >> >> No labels to be found on the rack.. > > I have one of those racks... Ac

Re: pdp11/04 : the pics....

2016-02-12 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 3:53 PM, Jos Dreesen wrote: >> Impressive collection of great machines! > >> but never found the "4 high" racks. They are called H950 ??? > > No labels to be found on the rack.. I have one of those racks (with the maroon PDP-11 top plate; it came to me with a PDP-11/34 and

Re: pdp11/04 : the pics....

2016-02-12 Thread Jos Dreesen
- Impressive collection of great machines! A mere token effort, compared to yours ! My apologies for not recognizing the "pride_of_collection". Tell about it. Diser/ETH Lilith modula 2 machine. Boring exterior, very interesting inside & software wise. but never found the "4 high

Re: Real tape drive densities

2016-02-12 Thread Curious Marc
Thanks for the details. Seems like the goldilocks unit, and of course one that I can't find any documentation for. Can you confirm it can read and write 9 track formats in PE 1600 cpi? Marc > On Feb 11, 2016, at 2:28 AM, Christian Corti > wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Feb 2016, CuriousMarc wrote: >>>

RE: pdp11/04 : the pics....

2016-02-12 Thread Jay West
No, the "pride of the collection" must be the HP calculator on top ;) J

Re: pdp11/04 : the pics....

2016-02-12 Thread Henk Gooijen
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- From: Jos Dreesen Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 6:09 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: pdp11/04 : the pics On ftp.dreesen.ch/PDP11 you can find some pics on how the rescued PDP11/04 fits right in next to its cousin, a PDP8/a

Re: pdp11/04 : the pics....

2016-02-12 Thread Adrian Graham
> > On ftp.dreesen.ch/PDP11 you can find some pics on how the rescued PDP11/04 > fits right in next to its cousin, a PDP8/a > > This 8a, BTW, has more memory (128K x 12) and more oomph ( a FPP8A ) than the > PDP11/04 Nice! That's one way I'd happily accept being in a smaller room. -- Adri

pdp11/04 : the pics....

2016-02-12 Thread Jos Dreesen
On ftp.dreesen.ch/PDP11 you can find some pics on how the rescued PDP11/04 fits right in next to its cousin, a PDP8/a This 8a, BTW, has more memory (128K x 12) and more oomph ( a FPP8A ) than the PDP11/04 Jos

RE: VAXen and minimal memory (was Re: The PDP11/04 has landed..)

2016-02-12 Thread geneb
On Thu, 11 Feb 2016, Jay West wrote: Guy wrote... - In late '86 I was running a VAX8500 with 2 RA81s - Can't be true. There's no such thing as running RA81's *Grin* Don't laugh. in 1993 I was running FOUR of them connected to a VAX 8250. In my house. Upstairs. :) g. -- Proud owner

Re: VAXen and minimal memory (was Re: The PDP11/04 has landed..)

2016-02-12 Thread Huw Davies
> On 12 Feb 2016, at 12:39, Jay West wrote: > > Guy wrote... > - > In late '86 I was running a VAX8500 with 2 RA81s > - > Can't be true. There's no such thing as running RA81's *Grin* My comments regarding RA81s run something like “we purchased two of the first RA81s in Australia but

Re: VAXen and minimal memory (was Re: The PDP11/04 has landed..)

2016-02-12 Thread Huw Davies
> On 12 Feb 2016, at 06:48, Rich Alderson > wrote: > > DEC was the first company to build timeshared large systems as standard[1], > beginning with the PDP-6. The PDP-10 (a reimplementation of the PDP-6) was > successful enough to go through 3 generations (renamed to DECsystem-10 and > DECSYST