Re: Robotron K1840 .. (11/780 alike..)

2015-10-01 Thread Holm Tiffe
Jay Jaeger wrote: > On 10/1/2015 2:34 AM, Holm Tiffe wrote: > > Jay Jaeger wrote: > > > > > > Do you possibly want to sell that M9400-YE? (I don't know if the > > people in Halle would buy it, I'm just asking to tell them). > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Holm > > > > I expect that I would be

Re: Robotron K1840 .. (11/780 alike..)

2015-10-01 Thread Jay Jaeger
On 10/1/2015 2:34 AM, Holm Tiffe wrote: > Jay Jaeger wrote: > > > Do you possibly want to sell that M9400-YE? (I don't know if the > people in Halle would buy it, I'm just asking to tell them). > > > Regards, > > Holm > I expect that I would be willing to sell it, as I have no VAX to connect

Re: Robotron K1840 .. (11/780 alike..)

2015-10-01 Thread Holm Tiffe
Jay Jaeger wrote: > On 9/29/2015 1:22 PM, Holm Tiffe wrote: > > Holm Tiffe wrote: > >> > > Forgot to ask: > > In the VAX CPU the M8236 should be the Interface to the Console Computer, > > what is ion the other reEnd in the PDP11? > > > > Regards, > > > > Holm > > > > I have one taken out of a

Re: Robotron K1840 .. (11/780 alike..)

2015-09-29 Thread Eric Smith
On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Eric Smith wrote: > The 11/780 used a normal RX11 interface to a single-drive RX01 in > nonstandard packaging. Sorry, I should have said RXV11, not RX11.

Re: Robotron K1840 .. (11/780 alike..)

2015-09-29 Thread Jay Jaeger
On 9/29/2015 1:22 PM, Holm Tiffe wrote: > Holm Tiffe wrote: >> > Forgot to ask: > In the VAX CPU the M8236 should be the Interface to the Console Computer, > what is ion the other reEnd in the PDP11? > > Regards, > > Holm > I have one taken out of a VAX 11/780, and my inventory records indicate

Re: Robotron K1840 .. (11/780 alike..)

2015-09-29 Thread Holm Tiffe
Holm Tiffe wrote: > Eric Smith wrote: > > > The 11/780 used a normal RX11 interface to a single-drive RX01 in > > nonstandard packaging. > > Ah, ok. > > > > > I don't know any reason to think that an 11/23 CPU wouldn't work, but I'm > > not aware of anyone having done it. > > Runni (friend of

Re: Robotron K1840 .. (11/780 alike..)

2015-09-29 Thread Holm Tiffe
Eric Smith wrote: > The 11/780 used a normal RX11 interface to a single-drive RX01 in > nonstandard packaging. Ah, ok. > > I don't know any reason to think that an 11/23 CPU wouldn't work, but I'm > not aware of anyone having done it. Runni (friend of mine) told my that his 11/780 (cray-cyber.

Re: Robotron K1840 .. (11/780 alike..)

2015-09-28 Thread Eric Smith
The 11/780 used a normal RX11 interface to a single-drive RX01 in nonstandard packaging. I don't know any reason to think that an 11/23 CPU wouldn't work, but I'm not aware of anyone having done it.

Robotron K1840 .. (11/780 alike..)

2015-09-27 Thread Holm Tiffe
Hi, some people from the "Rechenwerk Halle" (http://9hal.ath.cx/usr/digital-ag/projekte/andere/museum/) ..a bunch of people that is interested in historical computing got an Robotron K1840 DEC 11/780 clone lately and they try to get it running again. (freinds of mine). Unfortunately a thing called