Re: Tandy TRS0-Model 2000 Computer Monitor required - among other things...

2016-06-29 Thread Bruce Ray
G'day Brendan - Time flies by so fast, eh? I am spending time training in aircraft in morning, flight sim's in afternoon, getting ready for my ATP exam next month. Been a fiasco at times learning that not all people/companies have same attitudes toward customers [and customer service] as you

Re: Tough to Diagnose issue with PDP 11/40 CPU

2016-06-29 Thread Fritz Mueller
Hey Bill, Do you have a KM11 maintenance card? Guy Sotomayor here sells kits and/or assembled boards at http://www.shiresoft.com/products/km11/KM11%20Replica.html. I built one up myself based on a layout by Tom Uban at http://www.ubanproductions.com/museum.html The easiest way to get to t

Tough to Diagnose issue with PDP 11/40 CPU

2016-06-29 Thread william degnan
I thought I'd throw this one out to those who know more than I about the PDP 11/40 I am working with DaveR on vcfed.org/forum who asked me to run the following program as a test from the front panel: 20 - 220 ; IOT trap vector (New PC) 22 - 340 ; IOT trap vector (New PSW) 200 - 012706 ; MOV #600,

Re: Tandy TRS0-Model 2000 Computer Monitor required

2016-06-29 Thread Fred Cisin
Tandy 2000 is an MS-DOS machine, but NOT PC-DOS. (720K 5.25", etc.) On Wed, 29 Jun 2016, Swift Griggs wrote: Doesn't look like the same type of system, but just for grins, I saw this TRS-80 Model 4 on my local Craigslist: http://denver.craigslist.org/sys/5659348181.html TRS-80 Model 4 is repl

Re: Tandy TRS0-Model 2000 Computer Monitor required

2016-06-29 Thread Swift Griggs
On Wed, 29 Jun 2016, Tothwolf wrote: > Does your system have the color video board installed? If not, you'll > only be able to use the monochrome monitor. I have a Model 2000 system > in the same state, no color video board fitted and in need of a > monochrome monitor. Doesn't look like the sam

Re: StorageTek 2920 9-track manual or instructions wanted

2016-06-29 Thread Al Kossow
Well, this is fun. Same part number on the manual, but different sets of interfaces defined. I found the one that has SCSI in it, and will try to get it uploaded later today. I don't appear to have the schematics for the SCSI version. On 6/29/16 1:11 PM, Al Kossow wrote: > > > On 6/29/16 12:5

Re: StorageTek 2920 9-track manual or instructions wanted

2016-06-29 Thread Al Kossow
On 6/29/16 12:58 PM, Shaun Halstead wrote: > I believe JP Hindin has the service docs (and one of the drives) from my > shop, though they may be inaccessible at the moment. > there is one version of the maint manual up under stc on bitsavers now. it turns out I have several other versions, an

Re: StorageTek 2920 9-track manual or instructions wanted

2016-06-29 Thread Shaun Halstead
The 2920 has been discussed here before, about a year ago. I went through my back emails, but couldn't find the thread. The 2920 came in some flavor of Pertec, and SCSI via rear-mounted adapter. Yours appears to have the adapter interface. We ran several of the pertec version of these drives

Re: Y Combinator is restoring one of Alan Kay's Xerox Alto machines

2016-06-29 Thread Josh Dersch
On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 10:23 AM, Al Kossow wrote: > "The simulator has a few bugs and tends to start failing after a few > minutes" > > Salto is quite old at this point. A lot of bugs were squashed when the > code was ported into MAME. > > There is still a problem with the cursor, hopefully Josh

Re: Y Combinator is restoring one of Alan Kay's Xerox Alto machines

2016-06-29 Thread Al Kossow
"The simulator has a few bugs and tends to start failing after a few minutes" Salto is quite old at this point. A lot of bugs were squashed when the code was ported into MAME. There is still a problem with the cursor, hopefully Josh can provide some pointers on how to fix that based on the work

Re: IC Identification?

2016-06-29 Thread Geoff Oltmans
On Jun 29, 2016, at 11:24 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote: > On 06/29/2016 08:46 AM, Geoffrey Oltmans wrote: > >> I guess I should have mentioned that it's in a DIP 40, the size of a Z80 >> processor or the like. I wonder if it's some MPU for an RCA TV? Not sure, I >> do have a bunch of ICs for TV video c

Re: IC Identification?

2016-06-29 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 06/29/2016 08:46 AM, Geoffrey Oltmans wrote: > I guess I should have mentioned that it's in a DIP 40, the size of a Z80 > processor or the like. I wonder if it's some MPU for an RCA TV? Not sure, I > do have a bunch of ICs for TV video circuits in this box of stuff. That seems likely--particul

Re: IC Identification?

2016-06-29 Thread Geoffrey Oltmans
On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 10:41 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote: > On 06/28/2016 08:06 PM, Geoff Oltmans wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > > > I'm in the process of trying to unload a bunch of things I don't > > need, and I have several sticks of old ICs that I have no need for. > > Most are easily identified, bu

Re: Y Combinator is restoring one of Alan Kay's Xerox Alto machines

2016-06-29 Thread Curious Marc
Latest entry from Ken Shirriff, trying out BCPL (ancestor of C). On the emulator, not yet on the real machine: http://www.righto.com/2016/06/hello-world-in-bcpl-language-on-xerox.html Marc There are only two entries right now: http://www.righto.com/2016/06/y-combinators-xerox-alto-restor

Re: Tandy TRS0-Model 2000 Computer Monitor required

2016-06-29 Thread devin davison
I have a buddy with 2 2000's , one of witch does have a color video board. Would the machine with the color video board be of interest to you? We picked them up a couple years back, but could not get much done with them. --Devin On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 1:44 AM, Tothwolf wrote: > On Wed, 29

RE: FOCAL-65 for the 6502?

2016-06-29 Thread Paul Birkel
-Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of william degnan Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 6:50 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: RE: FOCAL-65 for the 6502? On Jun 29, 2016 6:10 AM, "Paul Birkel" wrote: > > +1 from here

RE: FOCAL-65 for the 6502?

2016-06-29 Thread william degnan
On Jun 29, 2016 6:10 AM, "Paul Birkel" wrote: > > +1 from here; I'm not aware of it being available elsewhere online :-<. Thank you for making this generous offer! > > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Nigel Williams > Sent: Wednesday, Ju

RE: FOCAL-65 for the 6502?

2016-06-29 Thread Paul Birkel
+1 from here; I'm not aware of it being available elsewhere online :-<. Thank you for making this generous offer! -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Nigel Williams Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 3:20 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and

FOCAL-65 for the 6502?

2016-06-29 Thread Nigel Williams
Long ago there was a thread about FOCAL-65 for the 6502, and I asked the people involved but it seemed it never came to light. http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/cctalk/2001-September/1691.html As it happens I appear to have both the user-manual and a quite thick photocopied (not great quality) listin