I know this doesn't count as a general purpose computer, but does
anybody have detailed technical information about the Monroe 7860
business calculator/printer? I think it was produced in the early 1980's.
Specifically, I'm looking for information about the rom OS for this
machine. e.g. are
Just in the middle of getting a fresh OpenVMS install set up on my
VAXStation (the original having been done years ago when I barely had
any idea what I was doing,) and looking through various repositories
for interesting software to put on there, and I got to thinking about
something I recalled re
On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:28 AM Liam Proven via cctalk
wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 at 17:24, Maciej W. Rozycki
> wrote:
> >
> > BTW, nice talk at FOSDEM 2020, I was there. :)
>
> Oh wow! Thank you!
>
Now I'm going to have to find that talk... :) I was at FOSDEM, but too
preoccupied with my ow
> -Original Message-
> From: Jon Elson
> Sent: 01 April 2020 16:32
> To: r...@jarratt.me.uk; Rob Jarratt ; General
> Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: Re: Identifying Machine for DEC Memory
>
> On 04/01/2020 02:08 AM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote:
> > I mistakenly bo
On Wed, 1 Apr 2020, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote:
> I did have a quick hunt on the net for IPBs for any of these systems, but with
> no luck. manx shows a few service manuals but they had the MS4x numbers.
The look does match MS01-AA though as shown in Figure 5-9 on page 5-16 of
"DECstation
I have a copy of the DECDirect catalog dating back to somewhere in the
90's, and it runs under W98 on a VM under SuSE!
I search for the 2-5-2 part number with no results, although it has
MS01,MS02, MD42, and MS-62.
I used to have a cross reference to 2-5-2 numbers somewhere and if I
find it
On 04/01/2020 02:08 AM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote:
I mistakenly bought some memory thinking it was for a VAXstation 4000 VLC.
It turns out that it isn't. It physically fits a VAXstation 4000 Model 60,
but putting it in that machine the machine fails to power up. The part
number is 50-19464-02,
On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 at 16:13, Rob Jarratt wrote:
This is the listing:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VIntage-DEC-VS4000-memory-SIMM-50-19464-02/223624600040
My VLC has a number of memory modules but they do not have any DEC part
number on them at all.
The board has "PC72N-9GG" and "JAPAN MH
On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 at 17:24, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
>
> BTW, nice talk at FOSDEM 2020, I was there. :)
Oh wow! Thank you!
*Blushes* :-)
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On Wed, 1 Apr 2020, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
> The -12 on the chip part number implies 120ns RAM to me. That is slow
> by modern standards -- before EDO came in, PCs tended to take 70ns,
> 80ns was slow and 60ns was fast. 120ns would be quick enough for a
> 4000/60 or 4000/90, marginal for a
On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 at 16:13, Rob Jarratt wrote:
>
> This is the listing:
> https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VIntage-DEC-VS4000-memory-SIMM-50-19464-02/223624600040
That is... not very informative. :-(
I also note that the listing just says VS4000 and does not specify a model.
It could be one of 5 di
This is the listing:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VIntage-DEC-VS4000-memory-SIMM-50-19464-02/223624600040
Regards
Rob
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On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 at 09:08, Rob Jarratt via cctalk
wrote:
>
> I mistakenly bought some memory thinking it was for a VAXstation 4000 VLC.
> It turns out that it isn't. It physically fits a VAXstation 4000 Model 60,
> but putting it in that machine the machine fails to power up. The part
> number i
> -Original Message-
> From: Paul Koning
> Sent: 01 April 2020 14:27
> To: r...@jarratt.me.uk; Robert Jarratt ;
General
> Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: Re: Identifying Machine for DEC Memory
>
> Does it have an M number on the handle? Those shows up in the o
Does it have an M number on the handle? Those shows up in the
option-module list, but 2-5-2 part numbers don't.
paul
> On Apr 1, 2020, at 3:08 AM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> I mistakenly bought some memory thinking it was for a VAXstation 4000 VLC.
> It turns out that it
On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 08:33:45AM -0400, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
> Like any other language, APL is only obfuscated to those who never
> learned to understand it.
I was required to take it at Rice University circa 1974. I got quite
good at it.
A week later, I had *no* idea what the cod
I mistakenly bought some memory thinking it was for a VAXstation 4000 VLC.
It turns out that it isn't. It physically fits a VAXstation 4000 Model 60,
but putting it in that machine the machine fails to power up. The part
number is 50-19464-02, and I am unable to identify what machine it works in.
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