Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

On 03/23/2017 10:50 PM, Sam O'nella via cctalk wrote: > For the record, I and I'm sure lots of others look forward to this > blog of experience. Original message From: Terry > Stewart via cctalk One other question > regarding using this MS-DOS 486 to run an 8 inch floppy I'll a

Re: [VideoMagia] Reparando um Vectrex

Que top Taba! é bem complexo! 2017-03-24 0:06 GMT-03:00 Alexandre Souza : > >Oba, post novo no blog! / New post on blog > >http://tabajara-labs.blogspot.com.br/2017/03/ > consertando-um-vectrex-com-um-defeito.html > > --- > > > > > -- > -- > Videomagia: A lista dos clássicos de verdade! >

Seeking schematics/maintenance prints for DMB32/T1012 and H3033 distribution panel

Hi, All, With all the recent chatter on the VAX8200 on the simh list, I was motivated to dust mine off and do a little digging. I finally took the plunge and got a DMB32 (right now, all I have are the 4 built-in console ports) but while it was easy enough to find the 8.5"x11"-format user guide an

Re: eBay: PDP-11/70 backplane?

It is the MK11 MOS Memory box backplane, not the cpu backplane which is bigger (and has lots of twisted pair wiring). Ed -- Ik email, dus ik besta. BTC : 1Lk6141nvDKPxtCa5erfFyovsoJN2LKqNJ On Thu, March 23, 2017 21:19, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > This: > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/2528201

Re: eBay: PDP-11/70 backplane?

On 3/23/2017 3:51 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: Oh, is_that_ what the red chicken-scratches on the label say? One needs to be an old hen or a rooster to read such, or have chicken sunglasses.

Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

For the record, I and I'm sure lots of others look forward to this blog of experience. Original message From: Terry Stewart via cctalk One other question regarding using this MS-DOS 486 to run an 8 inch floppu

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Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

On 03/23/2017 04:53 PM, Terry Stewart via cctalk wrote: > One other question regarding using this MS-DOS 486 to run an 8 inch > floppy drive when attempting to read/imaging etc.of a god-knows-what > format. > > What should I set the BIOS to? Should it be the 1.2MB 5.25 setting? > Do I need to eve

GImix Ghost Video Board

Hoping someone might be able to help me on this. I got a Gimix Ghost SS50 video board today and was trying to find a manual. I'm sure these were used in Gimix's own ghost systems but the very limited info I've come across out there suggests they may have worked with any SS50 system. It basical

Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

One other question regarding using this MS-DOS 486 to run an 8 inch floppy drive when attempting to read/imaging etc.of a god-knows-what format. What should I set the BIOS to? Should it be the 1.2MB 5.25 setting? Do I need to even worry about the bios if I don't want to boot off the 8 inch disk

Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

Chuck, Are these dumb adapters that just convert 34 to 50 or do they so more then that? Thanks. -Ali Original message From: Chuck Guzis via cctalk Date: 3/23/17 1:59 PM (GMT-08:00) To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thou

Re: eBay: PDP-11/70 backplane?

On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 6:26 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > It's actually an MJ11 (-11/70 core memory) backplane (I checked the part > number - plus someone pointed out that you can see "MJ11" written somewhere). Oh, is _that_ what the red chicken-scratches on the label say? I couldn't qui

Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

- Original Message - From: "Chuck Guzis via cctalk" To: Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 4:59 PM Subject: Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts… > On 03/23/2017 01:32 PM, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote: > >> I was just going to suggest the same thing, but I see you

Re: eBay: PDP-11/70 backplane?

> From: Pontus Pihlgren > The 11/70 backplane is wirewrapped. Oh, right you are! I don't know where my brain has fled to these days! It's actually an MJ11 (-11/70 core memory) backplane (I checked the part number - plus someone pointed out that you can see "MJ11" written somewhere).

Re: eBay: PDP-11/70 backplane?

On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk wrote: > 11/70 memory box backplane? Seems about the right size and the > molex connectors on the edge seem to be in the right places. I’m > however, not sure about the mounting brackets on each end. ISTR the MOS memory box should hav

Re: eBay: PDP-11/70 backplane?

> On Mar 23, 2017, at 2:07 PM, Henk Gooijen via cctalk > wrote: > > AFAIK, the 11/70 backplane is about that size, but it consists of *two* > separate backplanes with lots of fragile wiring between the 2 halves. > Further, I am “missing” a few MOLEX connectors on the top side. > My guess, this

RE: eBay: PDP-11/70 backplane?

Van: Pontus Pihlgren via cctalk Verzonden: donderdag 23 maart 2017 21:27 Aan: Noel Chiappa; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Onderwerp: Re: eBay: PDP-11/70 backplane? On Thu, Mar 23, 20

Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

On 03/23/2017 01:32 PM, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote: > I was just going to suggest the same thing, but I see you (Tez) are > going the FDADAP route; more convenient for sure. > > But the majority of the 34- and 50-pin signals actually line up 1 to > 1 when aligned pin 34 to pin 50; as a matter

Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

- Original Message - From: "Chuck Guzis via cctalk" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 4:12 PM Subject: Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts… > On 03/23/2017 12:59 PM, Terry Stewart via cctalk wrote: > >> The

Re: eBay: PDP-11/70 backplane?

On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 04:19:01PM -0400, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > This: > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/252820125010 > > looks like it might be an -11/70 backplane, but I'm too lazy to look up the > part number. > > Noel The 11/70 backplane is wirewrapped. If that is an 11/70 backp

Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

>For what it's worth, unless you're intent on *writing* 8" single-density >floppies on the PC, the interconnect between the 8" drive 50-conductor >cable and the PC 34-conductor one is pretty straightforward. You don't >need a FDADAP board for that, although it's very convenient. Yes, and I'm all

eBay: PDP-11/70 backplane?

This: http://www.ebay.com/itm/252820125010 looks like it might be an -11/70 backplane, but I'm too lazy to look up the part number. Noel

Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

On 03/23/2017 12:59 PM, Terry Stewart via cctalk wrote: > There will be a hiatus in the project while I get the connecting > hardware organised. Then we will see what we will see. Hopefully the > drive itself works. I don't know that for sure yet. For what it's worth, unless you're intent on *w

Re: RE: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

>Let's start with determining the hardware aspects to see whether Terry's machines are capable of reading the disks. Yes, this is the first step for me. Last night I pulled out an MS-DOS 486 that seems capable. It can read/write single density according to TESTFDC. This is the machine I'll use.

More interesting (?) stuff from my attic

A couple more. TU58 DECTape II Users Guide (EK-OTU58-UG-003) CMS11-K CARD READER - OPTION DESCRIPTION (JUNE 1977) CR11/CM11 card reader user's manual (EK-CR11-OP-001) RELEASE DESCRIPTION (SRD) SYSTEM V (WECO 301-909) (This one will not fit in an en

More interesting (?) stuff from my attic

I have a couple more items for the auction block. Real, original, in good shape: DECWRITER III - LA120 OPERATOR REFERENCE CARD DIGITAL Alpha Architecture Handbook - Special Announbcement Edition - February 1992 - PRELIMINARY INMOS Limited occam 2 Reference Manual (ISBN: 0-13-629312-3 Prentice

Re: Any faithful VT100 Emulators?

This had kept the prices on that model a bit higher. The serial port while smaller is easy to hack a cable for most connections you need. I guess it's not that way for the other models? I hear it very often for the lx-200 pretty exclusively. Original message From: Robert Feldman

Re: Z-8000 something on eBay

On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 2:12 AM, jim stephens via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > On 3/22/2017 6:26 PM, Ken Seefried via cctalk wrote: > >> I don't have any idea what this is but it appears to have Z-8000 >> CPU+MMU chips. Perhaps an Onyx or S8000 CPU card? I know some folks >> here

Re: Any faithful VT100 Emulators?

Warren Toomey wrote: > are there any _good_ VT100 terminal emulators Another alternative is to get a used HP LX 200 palmtop computer. Its DataComm program has a good VT100 mode. Bob

RE: RE: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Fred Cisin via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 10:38 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: RE: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disk

Re: RE: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

On Thu, 23 Mar 2017, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: Let's not forget UCSD-Pascal or RT-11. :-) Lot's of formats, some easier to recover than others. Let's start with determining the hardware aspects to see whether Terry's machines are capable of reading the disks. Deciphering the file sy

Re: Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

What kind of science lab? There are a couple of different lab computers to do things like chemical analysis. It could be a number of different. things. Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Terry Stewart via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 8:39:48 PM To: F

RE: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Chuck Guzis via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 12:08 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks.

Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

>Tez, >Here's what I would do in your situation. Excellent, thanks. Terry (Tez) On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 8:17 PM, Jay Jaeger via cctech < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > On Mar 22, 2017, at 23:08, Chuck Guzis via cctech > wrote: > > > >> On 03/22/2017 08:39 PM, Terry Stewart via cctalk wro

Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

> On Mar 22, 2017, at 23:08, Chuck Guzis via cctech > wrote: > >> On 03/22/2017 08:39 PM, Terry Stewart via cctalk wrote: >> >> Chuck, in the highly likely event of the formats NOT being common >> CP/M or DOS ones (i.e. ones I could probably manage), I'll give these >> guys your email (-: > >

Re: Z-8000 something on eBay

On 3/22/2017 6:26 PM, Ken Seefried via cctalk wrote: I don't have any idea what this is but it appears to have Z-8000 CPU+MMU chips. Perhaps an Onyx or S8000 CPU card? I know some folks here are in to that sort of thing. http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-Vintage-DSC-MP-4-EPC-Rev-D-K-Expansion-Boar

Re: For Sale: STM Pied Piper "Portable Computer"

On 22/03/2017 19:51, "cctalk" wrote: > I have for sale this fine STM Pied Piper, Z80 CP/M machine from Canada > circa 1983. Please see details here: > > http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?56872-STM-Pied-Piper-Portable-Comput > er&p=453120#post453120 I have several of these including the