On 7/23/20 1:59 PM, Adam Thornton via cctalk wrote:
But I've been known to do silly emulation tricks too:
https://www.fsf.net/~adam/NT-on-390-desktop.png
I'm curious what you're doing there.
Is that an X3270 session to a physical mainframe running bochs in OMVS /
USS?
Or is it a mainframe
:38 PM, David Gesswein via cctech wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 05:12:10PM -0400, Chris Zach wrote:
> >> Working on it. Question: Was the 67mb drive in a 7300/3B1 a miniscribe
> 6085?
> >>
> > Yes it was. http://www.pdp8online.com/3b1/drive.shtml
> >
>
>
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> Message: 18
> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 23:32:41 -0600
> From: Grant Taylor
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Adventures online
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> On 7/22/20 8:35 PM, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote:
> > Sadly, the original tweet doesn't mention what mainframe - Somebody
> > did ask, and there was no response I could see.
>
> I asked @bmoshix what the system was. I've not gotten a reply yet.
>
> > The error messages suggest it's some sort of Linux system using Docker
> > containers, so it's not OS/360 :-)
>
> I half way expect that it's Docker running on z/OS.
>
> > I suspect given that it's running out of memory, that it's yet another
> > linux box.
>
> It could be Docker on Linux on Z, but I'd be mildly surprised by that.
> I doubt it's Linux on a more typical system. Though the following file
> name in the dump makes me think it's AMD-64 architecture.
>
> /usr/local/go/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s
>
>
>
> --
> Grant. . . .
> unix || die
>
>
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> Message: 19
> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 22:39:20 +0800
> From: Tom Hunter
> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
>
> Subject: Altair 8800 reproduction
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> About 10 years ago Grant Stockly in Anchorage Alaska produced high quality
> MITS Altair 8800 reproductions in kit form. The website still exists:
> http://www.altairkit.com/
>
> I have tried to contact Grant but did not get a reply. Does anyone know if
> these kits are still available? Is Grant on this forum?
>
> Alternatively is somebody else making complete Altair 8800 kits? I have
> found people making individual boards but not a complete kit.
>
> There is also the Altair 8800 clone which is based on a PIC microcontroller
> emulating the entire original Altair 8800. It is cute but not the real
> thing.
>
> Thanks
> Tom Hunter
>
>
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> Message: 20
> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 11:09:14 -0400
> From: Bill Degnan
> To: Tom Hunter , "General Discussion: On-Topic
> and Off-Topic Posts"
> Subject: Re: Altair 8800 reproduction
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> This comes up from time to time, I don't believe he is making any more
> kits. I have not heard from him for a while.
> Bill
>
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 10:39 AM Tom Hunter via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> > About 10 years ago Grant Stockly in Anchorage Alaska produced high
> quality
> > MITS Altair 8800 reproductions in kit form. The website still exists:
> > http://www.altairkit.com/
> >
> > I have tried to contact Grant but did not get a reply. Does anyone know
> if
> > these kits are still available? Is Grant on this forum?
> >
> > Alternatively is somebody else making complete Altair 8800 kits? I have
> > found people making individual boards but not a complete kit.
> >
> > There is also the Altair 8800 clone which is based on a PIC
> microcontroller
> > emulating the entire original Altair 8800. It is cute but not the real
> > thing.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Tom Hunter
> >
>
>
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>
> Message: 21
> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 10:32:42 -0600
> From: Grant Taylor
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Adventures online
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> On 7/22/20 11:32 PM, Grant Taylor wrote:
> > I asked @bmoshix what the system was.? I've not gotten a reply yet.
>
> @bmoshix replied that it's Linux running on a mainframe.
>
> > I half way expect that it's Docker running on z/OS.
>
> So, apparently not Docker running on z/OS.
>
> > It could be Docker on Linux on Z, but I'd be mildly surprised by that.
>
> I'm mildly surprised.
>
> > I doubt it's Linux on a more typical system. Though the following
> > file name in the dump makes me think it's AMD-64 architecture.
> >
> > /usr/local/go/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s
>
> Now I'm more confused as to why asm_amd64.s, something I assume is
> related to x86_64 ~> PC (compatible) is being used.
>
> I wonder if the copies of the games that @bmoshix is running were
> written for a mainframe or a PC (compatible). The latter makes more
> sense with the asm_amd64.s and comments about installing these games on
> a PC.
>
>
>
> --
> Grant. . . .
> unix || die
>
>
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