Re: Vaxstation 3100 - I have console access

2016-02-17 Thread william degnan
On Feb 18, 2016 12:56 AM, "Bryan C. Everly" wrote: > > Hi everyone. I'm hoping that one of the VAX experts out there can help me > figure out how to get my 3100 booting. I managed to cobble together the > necessary cabling and was able to run a "TEST 50" from the serial console. > Unfortunately

Vaxstation 3100 - I have console access

2016-02-17 Thread Bryan C. Everly
Hi everyone. I'm hoping that one of the VAX experts out there can help me figure out how to get my 3100 booting. I managed to cobble together the necessary cabling and was able to run a "TEST 50" from the serial console. Unfortunately my Google-fu isn't sufficient to help me figure out what the r

Re: DEC VT30-H info

2016-02-17 Thread Ian S. King
On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 2:16 PM, shad wrote: > Hello Henk, > thanks for the link. > It talk about two boards (one hex and one quad). In effect mine are hex > and quad. > But the hex board has three IDC connectors, while the quad only two. > My suspect is that the third connector could go to s

Re: PCS Cadmus/QU68000 systems

2016-02-17 Thread pete
On 17/02/2016 06:59, Arno Kletzander wrote: Hi, Is anyone interested in PCS Cadmus/QU68000 systems? We at Hack42 have no idea what to do with them. We need to downsize and these take up a significant amount of our space. See http://dev.ramdyne.nl/IMG_2750.JPG for photograph of the stack. If yo

Re: Old MOS Mask-Programmed ROM forgetfulness?

2016-02-17 Thread Pete Lancashire
I was about ready to recommend the same approach. Speed is not the issue. Then when if the time ever comes to replace the part one could if have to build a board to do any level/timing shifts. A solution I've used before. On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 5:52 PM, Rick Bensene wrote: > Brent Hilpert wrot

DEC VT30-H info

2016-02-17 Thread shadoooo
Hello Henk, thanks for the link. It talk about two boards (one hex and one quad). In effect mine are hex and quad. But the hex board has three IDC connectors, while the quad only two. My suspect is that the third connector could go to some other module. Do you have the VT30-H system too? Could w

Re: 928 gig classic computer manuals looking for seeders I am going on vacation Ill see y'all Tuesday

2016-02-17 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 02/17/2016 08:29 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: I'm willing to bet that this torrent is 100% stuff scraped from Bitsavers and Archive.org (where the two don't already overlap, not to open up that can-o-worms again.) So good news: it's already available online. My thought exactly. --Chuck

Re: Kim 1

2016-02-17 Thread Ian S. King
On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 8:58 PM, drlegendre . wrote: > Brent, > > "The 355 top opened: under the locked cover, switches can be set to > introduce faults into the circuit." > > If this was intended to be an instructional tool, perhaps the keylocked door was to prevent the Kobyashi Maru scenario, o

Re: Kim 1

2016-02-17 Thread drlegendre .
Brent, "The 355 top opened: under the locked cover, switches can be set to introduce faults into the circuit." Thanks. On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 10:25 PM, Brent Hilpert wrote: > On 2016-Feb-17, at 5:23 PM, drlegendre . wrote: > > "On 2/17/2016 3:32 PM, drlegendre . wrote: > > > >> On the LabVolt

Re: 928 gig classic computer manuals looking for seeders I am going on vacation Ill see y'all Tuesday

2016-02-17 Thread Josh Dersch
I'm willing to bet that this torrent is 100% stuff scraped from Bitsavers and Archive.org (where the two don't already overlap, not to open up that can-o-worms again.) So good news: it's already available online. - Josh On 2/17/16 8:20 PM, Kip Koon wrote: Hi Mike, I would be happy to make

Re: Kim 1

2016-02-17 Thread Brent Hilpert
On 2016-Feb-17, at 5:23 PM, drlegendre . wrote: > "On 2/17/2016 3:32 PM, drlegendre . wrote: > >> On the LabVolt SBC, there's a little keylock on the lower, left of the >> board. What's the purpose of the lock? Are there costly (RAM?) chips inside >> there, or...? >> > DIP switches, since it's a

RE: 928 gig classic computer manuals looking for seeders I am going on vacation Ill see y'all Tuesday

2016-02-17 Thread Kip Koon
Hi Mike, I would be happy to make these manuals available on one of my home computers. I don't know exactly how fast my upload speed is, but my download speed is 2MB/s. I'll be happy to do my part. I can find 900GB of space somewhere. Please let me know if I can help. Kip Koon computer...@s

Re: Kim 1

2016-02-17 Thread drlegendre .
Since the thread is still rolling.. Anyone on the US side have a KIM-1 they'd be willing to re-home? The SBCs are right in my collecting niche, and I'd love to own a KIM or one of the other 6502 / 8600 / Z-80 SBCs. Up front, I'd most likely have to offer a trade or trade + cash for it. On Wed, F

RE: Old MOS Mask-Programmed ROM forgetfulness?

2016-02-17 Thread Rick Bensene
Brent Hilpert wrote: > Apparently there actually is an equivalent EPROM, according to this > datasheet for the MM4203/MM5203 EPROM: > http://www.datasheetarchive.com/dl/Scans-006/Scans- > 00137265.pdf > > It states they are pin-compatible to the MM5213/MM5231 mask ROMs. > The EPROM even has

Re: Kim 1

2016-02-17 Thread drlegendre .
"I've got one too, but please don't contact me about it. Seriously. I will never tell you the super magic secret. Forget I said that." Ok, I've forgotten that you said you'd never tell me. So what's the box for? =P On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 7:23 PM, drlegendre . wrote: > "On 2/17/2016 3:32 PM,

Re: Kim 1

2016-02-17 Thread drlegendre .
"On 2/17/2016 3:32 PM, drlegendre . wrote: > On the LabVolt SBC, there's a little keylock on the lower, left of the > board. What's the purpose of the lock? Are there costly (RAM?) chips inside > there, or...? > DIP switches, since it's a trainer, it appears they are used to create "faults" to tro

Re: Kim 1

2016-02-17 Thread william degnan
I've got one too, but please don't contact me about it. Seriously. I will never tell you the super magic secret. Forget I said that. On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 5:39 PM, jwsmobile wrote: > > > On 2/17/2016 1:32 PM, drlegendre . wrote: > >> Maybe we can salvage this thread.. >> >> If you +do+ happe

Re: Kim 1

2016-02-17 Thread jwsmobile
On 2/17/2016 1:32 PM, drlegendre . wrote: Maybe we can salvage this thread.. If you +do+ happen to be interested in owning an SBC / digital computer trainer, there are still quite a few Heathkit ET-3400 up on eBay at the moment. Prices have come up a bit - though not much - from a year ago, wh

Re: Kim 1

2016-02-17 Thread Michael Lee
On 2/17/2016 3:32 PM, drlegendre . wrote: On the LabVolt SBC, there's a little keylock on the lower, left of the board. What's the purpose of the lock? Are there costly (RAM?) chips inside there, or...? DIP switches, since it's a trainer, it appears they are used to create "faults" to troublesho

Re: Kim 1

2016-02-17 Thread drlegendre .
Maybe we can salvage this thread.. If you +do+ happen to be interested in owning an SBC / digital computer trainer, there are still quite a few Heathkit ET-3400 up on eBay at the moment. Prices have come up a bit - though not much - from a year ago, when they were selling for ~$40.00 USD. Nice li

Re: DEC VT30-H info

2016-02-17 Thread Henk Gooijen
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- From: shad Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 9:30 PM To: cct...@classiccmp.org Subject: DEC VT30-H info Hello, I just acquired two DEC modules, M8295 and M7114. These appear to be a video system for unibus, named VT30-H. I don't find any info about these

DEC VT30-H info

2016-02-17 Thread shadoooo
Hello, I just acquired two DEC modules, M8295 and M7114. These appear to be a video system for unibus, named VT30-H. I don't find any info about these boards... There's some documentation around? Is the system complete or some other card is required? Thanks Andrea

RE: Possible HP 250 available in Germany

2016-02-17 Thread Rik Bos
> -Oorspronkelijk bericht- > Van: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] Namens Jay West > Verzonden: woensdag 17 februari 2016 19:43 > Aan: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' > Onderwerp: RE: Possible HP 250 available in Germany > > Stan wrote... > - > Ther

Re: Anyone have DIBOL-11, CTS-300, or CTS-500?

2016-02-17 Thread Curious Marc
You win :-) Marc On 2/17/16, 11:10 AM, "cctalk on behalf of Jay West" wrote: >I should add... my tape conversion setup can do 800, 1600, 3200, and 6250. >The same rig is also set up with all the common floppy drives - including 8", >zip drives, etc. > >It's my "media conversion" rack. Which

Re: Anyone have DIBOL-11, CTS-300, or CTS-500?

2016-02-17 Thread Guy Sotomayor
Going back to the OP’s request. I looked through my stack of RK05 packs and found a pack labelled RT V4, DIBOL V6. It is not a DEC distribution and I haven’t checked to see what’s actually on it (or even if the pack is any good). While rummaging around through the various packs, I did find a cou

RE: Anyone have DIBOL-11, CTS-300, or CTS-500?

2016-02-17 Thread Jay West
I should add... my tape conversion setup can do 800, 1600, 3200, and 6250. The same rig is also set up with all the common floppy drives - including 8", zip drives, etc. It's my "media conversion" rack. Which also houses my Hercules and 3174 rig :) J

RE: Possible HP 250 available in Germany

2016-02-17 Thread Jay West
Stan wrote... - There may be an HP 250 available in Germany. If interested, please email me directly, sieler at allegro.com -- Wow, very nice. I'm not up for a rescue in Germany, but curious - desk model or pedestal model?? Jay

Possible HP 250 available in Germany

2016-02-17 Thread sieler_allegro
Hi, There may be an HP 250 available in Germany. If interested, please email me directly, sieler at allegro.com thanks, Stan

R: PCS Cadmus/QU68000 systems

2016-02-17 Thread Mazzini Alessandro
May I suggest to use ecoparcel.eu ? They have usually good deals within Europe, a fraction than using ups/fedex, especially if the weight goes over 20 - 40kg... I would estimate in the 30e range for 25kg -Messaggio originale- Da: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] Per conto di

RE: Anyone have DIBOL-11, CTS-300, or CTS-500?

2016-02-17 Thread Jay West
Silent wrote... -- Can you process (image) 9-track tape? I have quite a few tapes with DIBOL-related packages on them. -- Silent; I have a rack set up just for imaging tapes (and other things). I can get your tapes moved to .tap files very quickly. J

Re: PCS Cadmus/QU68000 systems

2016-02-17 Thread Peter Koch
Sorry folks - someone forwarded a posting from this list to my account and I did not realize that the reply-address was cctalk. So I answered in german - but I guess Cadmus machines with Bavarian-style Unix (rumors are the M in MUNIX abbreviates Munich) is interesting to germans only. But this gi

Re: PCS Cadmus/QU68000 systems

2016-02-17 Thread Andreas Sikkema
> Wo stehen denn die Geräte - ich selber wohne in Duisburg? Anschauen würde > ich mir die gerne mal. Und wenn ich irgendwie Platz schaffen kann, dann > nehme ich auch einen Teil davon in gute Hände. So the stack of PCS machines is in Arnhem, the Netherlands. I have one gentleman from Poland who is

Re: PCS Cadmus/QU68000 systems

2016-02-17 Thread Peter Koch
Hallo Arno, Mit diesen Cadmus-Maschinen habe ich meine ersten Unix-Erfahrungen gemacht, bis hin zum Kopilieren von Kernel-Ewiterungen, mit denen man diese Maschine per serieller Leitung Punkt-zu.Punkt verbinden konnte. Mein Highlight war die erfolgreiche TeX-Kompilierung auf diesen Maschinen mit P

RE: PCS Cadmus/QU68000 systems

2016-02-17 Thread E. Groenenberg
On Wed, February 17, 2016 06:59, Arno Kletzander wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Is anyone interested in PCS Cadmus/QU68000 systems? We at Hack42 have no >> idea what to do with them. We need to downsize and these take up a >> significant amount of our space. >> >> See http://dev.ramdyne.nl/IMG_2750.JPG for ph

Re: Kim 1

2016-02-17 Thread Christian Corti
On Wed, 17 Feb 2016, Jose Manuel wrote: I have a Kim 1 board. Please contact. So what? We have at least half a dozen KIM-1, some with expansion boxes, EPROM burners, memory extension, etc. ;-) Christian

Re: Anyone have DIBOL-11, CTS-300, or CTS-500?

2016-02-17 Thread curiousmarc3
All of my 9 tracks are working right now, I could give it a try. I can only read 1600 and 6250 bpi. Contact me off list if interested. Marc > On Feb 16, 2016, at 11:23 PM, Eric Smith wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 5:17 PM, Jason T wrote: >> Can you process (image) 9-track tape? > > Not a