On 20/05/2016 05:19, Jerome H. Fine wrote:
>Rod Smallwood wrote:
I'm not overly worried about it being on TK50 other than knowing that
was one of the distribution mediums.
So a quick rephrase of the question. I have an 11/83 system with an
RX50 and an RD54. How do I install RSTS on it?
Wh
On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 11:47 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
> the Tektronix DAS 9100 logic analyzer is Z80 based, and
> contains many ROMs, mostly 8KB MK36000 series masked ROMs and MCM68764
> EPROMs, but only one ROM appears to contain much actual Z80 code. That
> 8K ROM is labeled "INTERP" and contains
On May 8, 2016 9:33 PM, "Eric Smith" wrote
about the CRT of the color monitor of some models of the Tektronix
DAS 9100 logic analyzer:
> It is custom, and it is tri-color (red, green, yellow), but it's a
> beam penetration CRT that is not a modified version of any normal
> color CRT. There is no s
>Rod Smallwood wrote:
I'm not overly worried about it being on TK50 other than knowing that
was one of the distribution mediums.
So a quick rephrase of the question. I have an 11/83 system with an
RX50 and an RD54. How do I install RSTS on it?
Why do you want to use the PDP-11/83? Do you wa
I haven't booted up either of my Durango F85s for a few years. My old
Integrand S100 box hasn't seen a boot in almost 30 years.
Eh, I'll get to them one of these days.
--Chuck
On May 19, 2016, at 3:10 PM, Sean Caron wrote:
>
> On Thu, 19 May 2016, Chris Hanson wrote:
>
>> I haven't booted my Lisa 2/10 in a very long time, not since before a
>> cross-country move.
>>
>> I'm a little worried about it. Last time I looked (a couple years ago) it
>> didn't look like any
On Thu, May 19, 2016, Rich Alderson wrote:
> From: Murray McCullough
> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 1:17 PM
>
> > Sorry about being late: Raymond Tomlinson, email inventor, sadly passed
> > on to the 'cyberworld' in March of this year. In this Age of the
> > Internet, we're communicating with his
On 05/19/2016 04:01 PM, Rich Alderson wrote:
> What he did invent was a mechanism by means of which electronic mail
> programs running on networked computers could communicate with each
> other. In particular, he decided to use a character with a low
> frequency of occurrence in text as the indic
On 19/05/2016 15:25, Swift Griggs wrote:
On Thu, 19 May 2016, Pete Turnbull wrote:
- my first Exidy Sorcerer, with 48K, every ROM PAC and every manual I
could buy, and a lot of mods,
Those look really cool. I remember seeing them in computer mags when I was
uhhh, 7 or 8 years old. Drooled.
-
Hi there,
I recently acquired a Midwest Scientific Instruments 6800 computer. Been
meaning to set it up but was working on restoring a couple of SWTPC
terminals first.
It has a SI-1 serial board in it and what looks like a second serial board
absent manufacturer markings. The SI-1 has configura
If I manage to make it to VCF, I should try to get rid of:
Epson RC20 - Z80 RAM, pseudo ROM, serial port. Unfortunately, not having
charged it up in way too long, in addition to battery charge, somebody
will have to locate the "ROM-Roader", or make one.
NEC 8201A - same group of machines as M
+1
Been looking for a Crimson for about 8 years now.
A couple have come up, but none anywhere close to me. Due to size and weight
shipping has been prohibitive.
:(
Jerry
On 05/19/16 06:25 PM, Ian Finder wrote:
You parted a Crimson into wall hangings just because the PSU blew? They're
su
You parted a Crimson into wall hangings just because the PSU blew? They're
super easy to work on.
Sometimes this list makes me {m,s}ad.
On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 3:24 PM, Sean Caron wrote:
> On Thu, 19 May 2016, Austin Pass wrote:
>
>
>> On 19 May 2016, at 22:09, Todd Killingsworth <
>>> killings
On 19/05/2016 23:25, "Austin Pass" wrote:
>
> Loving that PPC640 - a system that entirely passed me by! I have an Amstrad
> CPC6128 which is a cool little micro, although the 3" drive in mine needs
> servicing. I bought the *very last* (eBay emphasis, not author's own) rubber
> belts to do this
From: Murray McCullough
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 1:17 PM
> Sorry about being late: Raymond Tomlinson, email inventor, sadly passed
> on to the 'cyberworld' in March of this year. In this Age of the
> Internet, we're communicating with his invention and sharing our hobby
> throughoutthe world.
> On 19 May 2016, at 23:30, Sean Caron wrote:
>
> Sorry. IP17. IP19 is for Challenge/Onyx. I wish ... ;)
>
> Best,
>
> Sean
Ha! And I just repeated the error!
-Austin.
> On 19 May 2016, at 23:24, Sean Caron wrote:
>
> I almost had a Crimson but the power supply blew up. It was a pretty basic
> model (just fitted with LG1 graphics, intended as a file server) but I was
> sure to keep all the boards. The IP19 is a looker. I use it to decorate in my
> databook
>
> Here's my best story along these lines. I've had a NeXT Cube for quite a
> while and it sat for some time in my parent's basement while I went off to
> school and got my adult life together.
>
> A few years ago, I made a pass through the town where I grew up with a box
> truck (on the way
On Thu, 19 May 2016, Sean Caron wrote:
The IP19 is a looker. I use it to decorate ...
Sorry. IP17. IP19 is for Challenge/Onyx. I wish ... ;)
Best,
Sean
> On 19 May 2016, at 23:02, Dale H. Cook wrote:
>
> At 04:57 PM 5/19/2016, Austin Pass wrote:
>
>> Systems we've neglected or failed to boot recently.
>
> My Amstrad PPC-640 gets booted a couple-few times a year when I need a native
> MS-DOS machine with a real serial port for work on some vi
On Thu, 19 May 2016, Austin Pass wrote:
On 19 May 2016, at 22:09, Todd Killingsworth
wrote:
Ah! I've always wanted to play with a Crimson... ever since I saw them
being used for visualization at the Army Corp of Engineers back in the
early 90's. I was working in a different group and neve
On 19 May 2016, at 22:31, Swift Griggs wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 19 May 2016, Austin Pass wrote:
>> systems I've neglected - lots of them not booted in 10 years or more.
>
> Ouch. I'm thinking my oldest boot is going to be 6 years on my:
>
> * Sega Genesis + 32X
> * SNES (but I do play on the SupraBo
> On 19 May 2016, at 22:09, Todd Killingsworth
> wrote:
>
> Ah! I've always wanted to play with a Crimson... ever since I saw them
> being used for visualization at the Army Corp of Engineers back in the
> early 90's. I was working in a different group and never got to use them.
> Not even su
On Thu, 19 May 2016, Dale H. Cook wrote:
At 04:57 PM 5/19/2016, Austin Pass wrote:
Systems we've neglected or failed to boot recently.
My Amstrad PPC-640 gets booted a couple-few times a year when I need a native
MS-DOS machine with a real serial port for work on some vintage broadcast
har
On Thu, 19 May 2016, Chris Hanson wrote:
I haven't booted my Lisa 2/10 in a very long time, not since before a
cross-country move.
I'm a little worried about it. Last time I looked (a couple years ago) it
didn't look like any caps had gone though. And at least it doesn't have an
internal bat
On Thu, 19 May 2016, Austin Pass wrote:
Swift's thread on the "ones that got away" got me thinking about another
source of guilt/regret common to the classic computer collector:
Systems we've neglected or failed to boot recently.
I've had a re-jig of my storage, and whilst it was great to unco
At 04:57 PM 5/19/2016, Austin Pass wrote:
>Systems we've neglected or failed to boot recently.
My Amstrad PPC-640 gets booted a couple-few times a year when I need a native
MS-DOS machine with a real serial port for work on some vintage broadcast
hardware.
I need to dig out the three CP/M mach
I haven't booted my Lisa 2/10 in a very long time, not since before a
cross-country move.
I'm a little worried about it. Last time I looked (a couple years ago) it
didn't look like any caps had gone though. And at least it doesn't have an
internal battery to worry about.
It definitely needs a
On Thu, 19 May 2016, Austin Pass wrote:
> systems I've neglected - lots of them not booted in 10 years or more.
Ouch. I'm thinking my oldest boot is going to be 6 years on my:
* Sega Genesis + 32X
* SNES (but I do play on the SupraBoy)
* Sun Ultra 60
* SGI Indy R4600/200
Actually, I'm just going
Hi folks,
I picked up a rather nasty Tek 4051 and gave it a good cleaning.
It has an issue with the power supply. Before I dive in properly myself, I
thought I'd just ask:
Has anyone seen a behavior where-
1) With the main logic board attached, the power supply makes a loud buzz /
hum.
the +
Ah! I've always wanted to play with a Crimson... ever since I saw them
being used for visualization at the Army Corp of Engineers back in the
early 90's. I was working in a different group and never got to use them.
Not even sure where to look for one nowadays.
Todd Killingsworth.
On Thu, May 1
Swift's thread on the "ones that got away" got me thinking about another
source of guilt/regret common to the classic computer collector:
Systems we've neglected or failed to boot recently.
I've had a re-jig of my storage, and whilst it was great to uncover gems
that I'd forgotten I even had, it
On Thu, 19 May 2016, Pete Lancashire wrote:
> Took home a couple of the exterior panels, put one on top of the bar-b-q
> and using a propane torch got it to burn, pure magnesium did what one
> would expect.
Being born and raised in Texas (and Alaska, too a bit) I have friends and
family who rea
On Thu, 19 May 2016, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> I thought that the Zenith Minisport was the only system to use tiny
> little floppies... :)
Like a too-curious-ferret I had to weasel out what you were talking about
from duckduckgo:
http://www.oldcomputers.net/zenith-minisport.html
Neato. I remember s
Well, I feel somewhat stupid, but the problem with the hung bus is solved.
The cause of it? no jumpers on the backplane to bypass the battery backup.
The machine had a BBU regulator, but it was removed as I don't have the
battery pack. So, after adding the 3 jumpers the NPG signal was cleared
af
> Tony,
> Too bad your MINC is so far from me. I would love to have the spare parts
> and RL01s to assist in my MINC restoration.
I think shipping it is out of the question, and there are people interested who
can
collect it from me.
>I would like to collaborate with who ever gets your
Took home a couple of the exterior panels, put one on top of the
bar-b-q and using a propane torch got it to burn, pure magnesium did
what one would expect. Gave the other panel to a friend near Philly
who was a rocket nut.
On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 11:50 PM, jwsmobile wrote:
> I may have access to
On 05/19/2016 01:12 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
>
> Regular RSTS/E, you don't. Given RX50s, you'd need a Micro-RSTS kit.
> That's not all that different from regular RSTS; it's a bit stripped
> down, but mostly it has a different installation procedure to deal
> with the fact that it's packaged on a
Sorry about being late: Raymond Tomlinson, email inventor, sadly
passed on to the 'cyberworld' in March of this year. In this Age of
the Internet, we're communicating with his invention and sharing our
hobby throughoutthe world. Imagine 100 yrs. ago how we would have done
this!
Happy computing.
M
> On May 19, 2016, at 3:37 PM, Rod Smallwood
> wrote:
> ...
> I'm not overly worried about it being on TK50 other than knowing that was one
> of the distribution mediums.
> So a quick rephrase of the question. I have an 11/83 system with an RX50 and
> an RD54. How do I install RSTS on it?
Re
On 19/05/2016 20:15, Paul Koning wrote:
On May 19, 2016, at 2:54 PM, Glen Slick wrote:
On May 19, 2016 11:42 AM, "Rod Smallwood"
wrote:
Hi
I'd like to load RSTS/e on my 11/83. I have TK50's available so I
guess the question is how do I get or create an install
TK50 tape with RSTS/e on
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Adrian
> Graham
> Sent: 19 May 2016 19:12
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
>
> Subject: Re: classics I threw away or sold ... foolishly
>
> On 19/05/2016 18:07, "Ethan Dicks" w
> On May 19, 2016, at 2:54 PM, Glen Slick wrote:
>
> On May 19, 2016 11:42 AM, "Rod Smallwood"
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I'd like to load RSTS/e on my 11/83. I have TK50's available so I
> guess the question is how do I get or create an install
>>
>> TK50 tape with RSTS/e on it
>>
>> Rod
>>
On May 19, 2016 11:42 AM, "Rod Smallwood"
wrote:
>
> Hi
>
>I'd like to load RSTS/e on my 11/83. I have TK50's available so I
guess the question is how do I get or create an install
>
> TK50 tape with RSTS/e on it
>
> Rod
>
If you really want to install from tape use a Q-bus SCSI controller an
Hi
I'd like to load RSTS/e on my 11/83. I have TK50's available so I
guess the question is how do I get or create an install
TK50 tape with RSTS/e on it
Rod
One thing I still get a pang of regret about was throwing away a working
VT180 back in '97 or so. Work didn't want it and I just didn't have the room
for it so in a skip it went.
Countless VAX4000s also went skip-bound. I priced one of them up before it
went, when it was new it cost £95k. That sti
On 19/05/2016 18:07, "Ethan Dicks" wrote:
> On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Sean Caron wrote:
>> ...I've never seen another microVAX I around... Ah, well, the KA655 is more
>> functional ;)
>
> I have a MicroVAX I... it's more of a curiosity than anything. Quite
> limited. We bought two whe
Has anyone ever found a way to beat HP at their game of putting
ridiculously low-quality proprietary batteries on their RAID controllers?
I had no end to trouble with HSZ batteries dying back in the day. Nowadays
I still have an old MSA1000 with similar looking batteries. The part
numbers are
On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Sean Caron wrote:
> ...I've never seen another microVAX I around... Ah, well, the KA655 is more
> functional ;)
I have a MicroVAX I... it's more of a curiosity than anything. Quite
limited. We bought two when they first came out and upgraded one
(full price, $
On Thu, 19 May 2016, Swift Griggs wrote:
DEC microVAX III BA23 (w/ SCSI)
DEC microVAX I BA23
I think thre is a DEC microVAX II still sitting powered down in a corner
here at my office.
I got lucky on the list maybe a year ago and Bob Rosenbloom helped me get
my Q-bus VAX itch scratched
On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Geoffrey Oltmans
wrote:
>
>
> That's a pretty good list. I agree with you on the Atari Lynx. I miss mine
> as well...bought it brand new and ended up buying about 21 games for it for
> dirt cheap when they started clearancing them off (most games I paid $2-6
> fo
On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Swift Griggs wrote:
>
> I've stack-ranked all the classic items that I, to my everlasting shame,
> let go of at some point and now I feel like it was a mistake:
>
> 1. Amiga 2500. I ditched it thinking I'd pick up a 3000 then never did.
> Ugh. It was free. They we
On Wed, 18 May 2016, N0body H0me wrote:
> 1. Apple Quadra 840av. The sweetest Mac I've ever owned.
>Sorely missed. LIkely stolen.
Yes, this was the king daddy M68k classic-mac, IMHO.
> 3. NCR Tower 1632. Ran an early SYSV, I had the install tapes
>too.
I wanted one of those. I saw them
2016-05-19 7:53 GMT+02:00 E. Groenenberg :
>
> On Thu, May 19, 2016 02:33, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> > > From: Ed Groenenberg
> >
> > > After hooking up the PMK05 to the unibus, the machine was powered
> up
> > > with the memory card, and the 'NPG' led was on.
> >
> > Oh, that's truly wier
On Thu, 19 May 2016, Pete Turnbull wrote:
> - my first Exidy Sorcerer, with 48K, every ROM PAC and every manual I
> could buy, and a lot of mods,
Those look really cool. I remember seeing them in computer mags when I was
uhhh, 7 or 8 years old. Drooled.
> - an SGI Indy which I sold for little m
On Wed, 18 May 2016, Sean Caron wrote:
> Ah, man. I lost a Q660AV myself and I do miss it. That said, I'm lucky
> to still have my PM8500 (held together with epoxy, LOL) to salve the
> wound a little ...
I would have probably kept it if it was a 840AV. I liked that machine a
bit more, but now I
On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 10:54 PM, Eric Christopherson <
echristopher...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 18, 2016, Swift Griggs wrote:
> >
> > I've stack-ranked all the classic items that I, to my everlasting shame,
> > let go of at some point and now I feel like it was a mistake:
>
> I guess I don
Hi,
I was given an Altos 486 Series 1000, and albeit its name sounds
promising, it's not the classic Z80 based Altos 486, but a modern UNIX
machine with i486 processor (non-PC architecture) from around 1992.
Problem: no tapes, no hard disk (was removed as it contained sensitive
data). Has some
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