Re: Looking for RRD40 caddy

2015-10-03 Thread Peter Coghlan
> > Hello all, > > I am looking for a CD caddy that is compatible with the DEC RRD40. Willing > to pay for the caddy + shipping; haven't had any luck with eBay et. al. > > Thanks, > JP Willis > I have some located on the Western edge of Europe but my super sixth sense tells me you are probably loc

Re: Writing SCSI 9-Track Mag Tapes from Windows/DOS

2015-10-03 Thread Mike Ross
Question: will this kind of hookup work with a USB-SCSI converter? If so, are there any specific brands and models known to work? I'm interested in both SE & differential, 50 pin & 68 pin. Or does it need a traditional Adaptec or similar card? Preferably under Linux; Windows possible but deprecat

RE: Thoughts on manual database design?

2015-10-03 Thread Dave G4UGM
> Yes, there is. That is why an *artifact* - a given *hardcopy* of a > manual - has a *publisher*. As I mentioned in an earlier reply at some > point to someone, a given manual applies to a single machine > *manufacturer* (e.g., Apollo is considered the manufacturer of the DN > series, even thou

RE: Writing SCSI 9-Track Mag Tapes from Windows/DOS

2015-10-03 Thread Dave G4UGM
Seeing as all the programs mentioned appear to only have Windows versions available then if by "this kind of approach" you meant using the programs mentioned, its not going to work on Linux "out of the box". A quick web search shows that at least some SCSI adaptors don't work in the way I expec

Re: Writing SCSI 9-Track Mag Tapes from Windows/DOS

2015-10-03 Thread Mike Ross
Well that link gave some things to think about - but I was thinking more of a generic 'legacy SCSI disks and tapes into a modern computer' without necessarily being to picky about which OS or application to use with them - but generally yes going to and from physical devices to image files. Mi

RE: Writing SCSI 9-Track Mag Tapes from Windows/DOS

2015-10-03 Thread Dave G4UGM
I think that the options are limited these days. As far as I can tell the Adaptech USB Exchange isn't supported past XP. I have no idea if it works as I don't have one to try. They also seem "Rare and Expensive" http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161840342686 You can get a machine with a traditional PCI

Re: Interlisp-D (Medley) "display font" disks for the 1186?

2015-10-03 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: Josh Dersch > a currently non-working 1186 with an installation of the Lyric release > of Interlisp-D installed on the drive > ... > I have made a disk image of the ad-hoc font disk I created Might be a good idea to make an image of the entire Lyric hard drive, in case

Re: Thoughts on manual database design?

2015-10-03 Thread Jay Jaeger
On 10/3/2015 3:26 AM, Dave G4UGM wrote: >> Yes, there is. That is why an *artifact* - a given *hardcopy* of a >> manual - has a *publisher*. As I mentioned in an earlier reply at some >> point to someone, a given manual applies to a single machine >> *manufacturer* (e.g., Apollo is considered th

Re: A new Lisp-based OS that hearkens back to the old days of comprehensible computers

2015-10-03 Thread Liam Proven
On 1 October 2015 at 19:11, geneb wrote: > On Thu, 1 Oct 2015, Liam Proven wrote: > >> * m0n0wall > > > Isn't m0n0wall just a LiveCD for a firewall? It was when I used it last. Well, yes. Discontinued this year but has surviving forks t1n1wall and SmallWall. The interesting thing about m0n0wall

Re: A new Lisp-based OS that hearkens back to the old days of comprehensible computers

2015-10-03 Thread Liam Proven
Don't top-quote! On 1 October 2015 at 16:48, Sean Caron wrote: > Who knew? Not me :O Exactly. But my point was, _yes_, there _are_ lots of *BSD distributions. You not knowing about them doesn't change that! > But those are all kind of "piddly" (sorry) ... Not really, no. PC-BSD is over a deca

Re: Reinstalling SunOS 4.1.4 without CD drive

2015-10-03 Thread Liam Proven
On 3 October 2015 at 02:05, Mike Stein wrote: > No problem here; OE wrapped to the size of the window. Please don't top-quote. And: seriously? You're still using Outlook Express?! Do you /want/ to be 0wned or something?! -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email:

Re: Reinstalling SunOS 4.1.4 without CD drive

2015-10-03 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: "Liam Proven" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2015 11:42 AM Subject: Re: Reinstalling SunOS 4.1.4 without CD drive On 3 October 2015 at 02:05, Mike Stein wrote: No problem here; OE wrapped to the size o

Re: Troubleshooting a 286.. oscope level!

2015-10-03 Thread Zane Healy
On Oct 2, 2015, at 10:21 PM, et...@757.org wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm working to troubleshoot a 286 laptop style computer. I've kind of hit > the end of my knowledge and wondering if anyone has any insight. > > The computer in question I've never seen run. So I don't know normal > beh

Re: Troubleshooting a 286.. oscope level!

2015-10-03 Thread Fred Cisin
On Oct 2, 2015, at 10:21 PM, et...@757.org wrote: Hello everyone, I'm working to troubleshoot a 286 laptop style computer. I've kind of hit the end of my knowledge and wondering if anyone has any insight. The computer in question I've never seen run. So I don't know normal behavior. There wer

RE: Troubleshooting a 286.. oscope level!

2015-10-03 Thread tony duell
> > Hello everyone, > > > > I'm working to troubleshoot a 286 laptop style computer. I've kind of hit > > the end > > of my knowledge and wondering if anyone has any insight. Make/model? (Just in case anyone knows it and knows if it has any quirks). > > > > The computer in question I've neve

Re: Interlisp-D (Medley) "display font" disks for the 1186?

2015-10-03 Thread Ian Finder
I am the friend with the broken 1186, i've narrowed down the problem to the MPB/CPU board, which never successfully loads the microcode. I have done a little bit of work with it but need to reinstall the OS on my logic analyzer to see if I can get further. :) The machine wasn't cheap so that was

Re: Looking for RRD40 caddy

2015-10-03 Thread Sean Caron
Hey, I actually do have an RRD40 caddy laying around all in one piece ... A little dusty but in perfect shape. Send me your address off-list and I'll hook it up for you ... I'll try to swing by the post office on Monday. I think the chance another RRD40 will cross my path is pretty low so you're

IBM terminals update 2

2015-10-03 Thread Cindy Croxton
Without taking the skids apart, rough counts are , terminals - 57 keyboards - 77 printers - 4 line printer - 1 servers - 3 misc parts - 1 skid replacement bases ect all of the equipment is nice and white not yellowed so it looks good He wants to move it as a lot. He does not give a price point.

Re: Writing SCSI 9-Track Mag Tapes from Windows/DOS

2015-10-03 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 10/02/2015 11:28 PM, Marc Verdiell wrote: Chuck, Thanks for your STP2T02.exe SCSI tape to SIMH program. Ran like a champ under Win98 DOS, first time. It's the only utility that did work out of the box to read a tape from my SCSI-1 HP 88780 9-track into a SIMH file, out of the 5 or so I tried

RE: Calcomp 1039 plotter docs?

2015-10-03 Thread Erik Baigar
Hi Simon, Hello to the group, this weekend I went digging for the Calcomp 1038/1039 manual and if your plotter looks like this... http://www.baigar.de/electronics/Calcomp103X.gif ...I may have what you need. Drop me a note and I will try to scan the schematics next week and load them onto m

This is sad...

2015-10-03 Thread Mattis Lind
http://www.ebay.com/itm/111410385883 10 left 27 sold. Once they could have been used by someone. Now they can only be used as a conversation piece hanged on the wall.

Re: This is sad...

2015-10-03 Thread Lyle Bickley
On Sat, 3 Oct 2015 20:31:53 +0200 Mattis Lind wrote: > http://www.ebay.com/itm/111410385883 > > 10 left 27 sold. > > Once they could have been used by someone. Now they can only be used as a > conversation piece hanged on the wall. I know the seller. He is very knowledgeable about vintage HP s

Re: This is sad...

2015-10-03 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-10-03 20:31, Mattis Lind wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/111410385883 10 left 27 sold. Once they could have been used by someone. Now they can only be used as a conversation piece hanged on the wall. Yup. Which is a big reason I dislike eBay, people who chop computers and and sell the

Re: This is sad...

2015-10-03 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-10-03 20:36, Lyle Bickley wrote: On Sat, 3 Oct 2015 20:31:53 +0200 Mattis Lind wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/111410385883 10 left 27 sold. Once they could have been used by someone. Now they can only be used as a conversation piece hanged on the wall. I know the seller. He is very

Re: Interlisp-D (Medley) "display font" disks for the 1186?

2015-10-03 Thread Al Kossow
On 10/3/15 10:53 AM, Ian Finder wrote: I am the friend with the broken 1186, i've narrowed down the problem to the MPB/CPU board I have boxes of spare 6085/1186 boards. Are you in Seattle?

RE: Troubleshooting a 286.. oscope level!

2015-10-03 Thread ethan
Make/model? (Just in case anyone knows it and knows if it has any quirks). Yamaha C1, one of these: That would worry me. If one bit of the BIOS program (as opposed to copyright messages) is wrong then the machine could well behave very oddly. Having found that I would want toget a known-good

Re: This is sad...

2015-10-03 Thread Geoff Oltmans
On the downside they could have ended up in the dump many years ago... Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 3, 2015, at 1:57 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote: > >> On 2015-10-03 20:36, Lyle Bickley wrote: >> On Sat, 3 Oct 2015 20:31:53 +0200 >> Mattis Lind wrote: >> >>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/11141038588

RE: Troubleshooting a 286.. oscope level!

2015-10-03 Thread Fred Cisin
On Sat, 3 Oct 2015, et...@757.org wrote: Yamaha C1, one of these: It doesn't behave at all. The LCD backlight never comes on, and it always thinks that it's in external video mode. There is a dip switch on the back to set this between internal and external display, and it never switches to int

Re: This is sad...

2015-10-03 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: Johnny Billquist > Which is a big reason I dislike eBay, people who chop computers and and > sell them in bits, and people who go on lists and ask "how much is this > worth?", since in many cases it's because they're trying to figure out > how much money they can make

Re: Troubleshooting a 286.. oscope level!

2015-10-03 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: Fred Cisin > Do you get any POST codes? How about beep codes? (A lot of machines give them out when things are too effed up to even display anything.) Noel

VMS and supported VAX hardware

2015-10-03 Thread Pontus Pihlgren
Hi Is there a table of VMS versions and hardware that they support. I know that 7.3 is the last that supports VAX. But before that, are there limitations to what versions run on which hardware. For instance, would VAX/VMS 1.0 run on a VAXstation 4000? Or would 7.3 run on a 11/730? A somewha

Re: VMS and supported VAX hardware

2015-10-03 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 4:00 PM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: > Hi > > Is there a table of VMS versions and hardware that they support. A ready-to-read table? I do not know of one, but it sounds like a good idea. I know that 7.3 is > the last that supports VAX. But before that, are there limitations

Re: This is sad...

2015-10-03 Thread TeoZ
Even the people who do save hardware for collectors tend to dump any original software they have, plus many hardware collectors don't bother with legit software. -Original Message- From: Noel Chiappa Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2015 5:07 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Cc: j...@mercury.l

RE: Troubleshooting a 286.. oscope level!

2015-10-03 Thread ethan
Using your oscilloscope, does the external video connector show anythings resembling a video signal? BTW, SOME after-market "CGA" connectors added a signal for composite video, which would be relatively easy to interface to. Does your manual have connector pinout? It does! I just looked in it

Re: Troubleshooting a 286.. oscope level!

2015-10-03 Thread ethan
How about beep codes? (A lot of machines give them out when things are too effed up to even display anything.) Noel It's got a piezo speaker in it. It's never made a peep :-( -- Ethan O'Toole

Re: VMS and supported VAX hardware

2015-10-03 Thread Sue Skonetski
Please note that VMS is now owned by VMS Software Inc (VSI) and VMS is all we do, no hardware, no storage just VMS, USA company. We just released OpenVMS v8.4-1h1 with much more in the pipeline. Warm Regards, Sue > On Oct 3, 2015, at 6:03 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 4:0

Re: This is sad...

2015-10-03 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-10-03 22:47, Geoff Oltmans wrote: On the downside they could have ended up in the dump many years ago... True. But in this case - what's the difference? Johnny Sent from my iPhone On Oct 3, 2015, at 1:57 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote: On 2015-10-03 20:36, Lyle Bickley wrot

Re: VMS and supported VAX hardware

2015-10-03 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-10-03 23:00, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: Hi Is there a table of VMS versions and hardware that they support. I know that 7.3 is the last that supports VAX. But before that, are there limitations to what versions run on which hardware. I know that DEC had some information on the first vers

Re: This is sad...

2015-10-03 Thread Geoff Oltmans
Well, as was mentioned before, nothing stopping a determined enough collector from repairing it... Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 3, 2015, at 5:25 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote: > >> On 2015-10-03 22:47, Geoff Oltmans wrote: >> On the downside they could have ended up in the dump many years ago...

Re: VMS and supported VAX hardware

2015-10-03 Thread Antonio Carlini
On 03/10/15 23:03, Ethan Dicks wrote: the SPDs will contain the official list of what hardware is supported. Exactly, although the hard part will be finding SPDs for each version. For the versions that shipped on CD it should be easier as they (almost all, I think) included the relevant SPD s

Re: VMS and supported VAX hardware

2015-10-03 Thread Glen Slick
There is this OpenVMS Release History which has some useful information. It only goes back to V4.0: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/os/openvms-release-history.html http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/os/openvms-release-history.txt Here is a copy of the SPD 25.01.69 for HP OpenVMS Operating System

Re: VMS and supported VAX hardware

2015-10-03 Thread Jon Elson
On 10/03/2015 04:00 PM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: Hi Is there a table of VMS versions and hardware that they support. I know that 7.3 is the last that supports VAX. But before that, are there limitations to what versions run on which hardware. For instance, would VAX/VMS 1.0 run on a VAXstation

RE: Troubleshooting a 286.. oscope level!

2015-10-03 Thread Tothwolf
On Sat, 3 Oct 2015, et...@757.org wrote: I might be able to get hold of the bios, but I'm worried about the 3rd EPROM. It sits in the middle of a bunch of Yamaha branded chips. The BIOS chips are in the middle of a Chips & Technologies 286 chipset group. The people I find might be able to dump

Re: Writing SCSI 9-Track Mag Tapes from Windows/DOS

2015-10-03 Thread Marc Verdiell
Thanks, this looks perfect. And indeed my tape is ID 5 (brainwaves anyone?). Can you elaborate on the differences between E11 and SIMH? When is it the same, when will it not be compatible? Marc Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 02:52:36 -0400 From: John Wilson My "ST.EXE" pr

Re: Troubleshooting a 286.. oscope level!

2015-10-03 Thread Eric Christopherson
On Sat, Oct 03, 2015, et...@757.org wrote: > I'm trying to find someone with a working machine and going to ask them to > run a bios dump utility. Not sure if it will work but short of finding a > working specimin it's my next hope. I assume you already know of Markus Kunn:

Re: Reinstalling SunOS 4.1.4 without CD drive

2015-10-03 Thread Eric Christopherson
On Sat, Oct 03, 2015, Liam Proven wrote: > On 3 October 2015 at 02:05, Mike Stein wrote: > > No problem here; OE wrapped to the size of the window. > > > Please don't top-quote. > > And: seriously? You're still using Outlook Express?! Do you /want/ to > be 0wned or something?! Yeah, there's cl

Re: VMS and supported VAX hardware

2015-10-03 Thread Zane H. Healy
I'm pretty sure I have one, but I'll need to look. Sent from my iPod > On Oct 3, 2015, at 2:00 PM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: > > Hi > > Is there a table of VMS versions and hardware that they support. I know that > 7.3 is > the last that supports VAX. But before that, are there limitations to w

Re: VMS and supported VAX hardware

2015-10-03 Thread Christian Gauger-Cosgrove
On 3 October 2015 at 18:51, Johnny Billquist wrote: > As far as I can remember, none of the VAX-11 models were officially > supported by OpenVMS 7.3. The oldest model that were supported (if I > remember right) was the VAX 86x0. Glen Slick posted the official list of what was supported and what h

Re: Troubleshooting a 286.. oscope level!

2015-10-03 Thread ethan
I assume you already know of Markus Kunn: Yes! Pretty wild, I had the bottom post on there. Just posted another post on there hoping to find someone with a working laptop. -- Ethan O'Toole

RE: Troubleshooting a 286.. oscope level!

2015-10-03 Thread ethan
Did you only replace those small green Nichicon parts? If so, I would inspect/test the others as well. My experience with these type of early mixed SMD/through-hole boards is that some companies tried to reflow them with the small electrolytics already in place which would damage their seals and

Re: This is sad...

2015-10-03 Thread Rod Smallwood
Save your money for something thats at least repairable if not working. Don't buy trash from this guy. Rod On 03/10/2015 23:25, Johnny Billquist wrote: On 2015-10-03 22:47, Geoff Oltmans wrote: On the downside they could have ended up in the dump many years ago... True. But in this case -

RE: Writing SCSI 9-Track Mag Tapes from Windows/DOS

2015-10-03 Thread Marc Verdiell
John, Your program worked beautifully writing a SIMH format file on my HP 88780 tape! Thanks a million. Nothing like sending direct SCSI commands to tape from DOS. Drivers are overrated ;-). Marc Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 02:52:36 -0400 From: John Wilson My "ST.EXE"

Re: This is sad...

2015-10-03 Thread Sean Caron
Software is a different story because technically it's licensed and not purchased outright like hardware is ... we can't dispo software ... it all has to be destroyed ... the licenses are generally non-transferrable... Getting the software is definitely half the battle! But it's increasingly possi

Re: This is sad...

2015-10-03 Thread Sean Caron
I remember 15 or 20 years ago there was a pretty active collector scene with lots of people saving "worthless" or "junk" equipment from garbage cans, scrap heaps, loading docks, dispo yards and the like ... there was lots of redistribution of stuff for just shipping and maybe a minor consideration

Re: This is sad...

2015-10-03 Thread Mark Linimon
On Sat, Oct 03, 2015 at 07:09:04PM -0400, Sean Caron wrote: > Software preservation is definitely important remember that with the latest US laws, that certain data (e.g. hard drives, magnetic media) *must* be destroyed on the supposition that they contain sensitive personal data. If you don't do

Re: VMS and supported VAX hardware

2015-10-03 Thread Zane Healy
On Oct 3, 2015, at 5:21 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > No, absolutely not. I know that 4.3-4.7 will not run (properly) on a KA-650. > In general, it boots up, but doesn't have a machine check handler that is > compatible with the 650 architecture. I ran into that one myself. That's interesting, my

Re: This is sad...

2015-10-03 Thread COURYHOUSE
hmmm be careful of that core. may contain launch codes Ed# In a message dated 10/3/2015 10:02:45 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, lini...@lonesome.com writes: On Sat, Oct 03, 2015 at 07:09:04PM -0400, Sean Caron wrote: > Software preservation is definitely important rememb

RE: This is sad...

2015-10-03 Thread tony duell
> > Well, I agree, sometimes the machine is disassmbled in a way that harms the > components, or vital components are thrown away/re-cycled because 'they don't > seem like they are useful/valuable' (case in point, cables - people save the > boards, and throw away the cables - as a result of which,

RE: Troubleshooting a 286.. oscope level!

2015-10-03 Thread tony duell
> might be able to get hold of the bios, but I'm worried about the 3rd Remember the BIOS might have been specifically modified for that machine. Things like internal/external video selection are not going to be in a generic desktop mchine BIOS > EPROM. It sits in the middle of a bunch of Yamaha