Re: My H316 environment

2016-10-03 Thread SPC
Thanks a lot, Philipp ! Sergio 2016-10-03 7:37 GMT+02:00 Philipp Hachtmann : > Hi folks, > > if you're interested... I have made available my Honeywell H316 environment. > Consists of all you need to run the machine and more. > > Contains software to split and rearrange libraries. The Fortran IV

Re: My H316 environment

2016-10-03 Thread william degnan
On Oct 3, 2016 4:47 AM, "SPC" wrote: > > Thanks a lot, Philipp ! > > Sergio > > 2016-10-03 7:37 GMT+02:00 Philipp Hachtmann : > > Hi folks, > > > > if you're interested... I have made available my Honeywell H316 environment. > > Consists of all you need to run the machine and more. > > > > Contain

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-03 Thread Peter Corlett
On Sat, Oct 01, 2016 at 11:12:02AM -0700, Chuck Guzis wrote: [...] > The game has changed, obviously. We are in an era now when folks with too > much money and spare time and narcissism want to buy and sell and display > toys rather than play with them. It's always been like that, just that the cu

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-03 Thread Alexandre Souza
For various reasons I've also from time to time reflected on why I waste so much time on what is just old junk to most people; someone here (Al? Fred?) once >asked rhetorically how much money or lost income we spend just storing this crap, and that in particular hit home. But how much nice

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-03 Thread Alexandre Souza
There are a couple of sellers in particular who routinely ask insane prices, which I think distorts the economy: 'If that guy can ask a gazillion dollars/pounds/euro for X, so can I." I think few people actually look at *completed* sales, i.e. what people really paid for something. That's wh

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-03 Thread Alexandre Souza
There are also the type of people who get into a hobby and buy all kinds of gear then get bored and ditch it a few years later. Or people like me, who gathers lots and lots of trash, refurbish it, sell as complete vintage computers, and "adjust" the collection to things that are COMPLETELY

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-03 Thread Alexandre Souza
I have a new theory. No new machines are ever found, we all just keep trading ownership of them amongst ourselves, sometimes with the same machine coming back years later! Thats been a joke at hamfests for decades :-) This is very common in amateur radio circles :) But (at least in Brazil)

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-03 Thread Jules Richardson
On 10/01/2016 06:06 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: > Looks like it's time to get out of this racket. On Sat, 1 Oct 2016, tony duell wrote: Want to take me with you? I'd ask if there's room, but I'm afraid that I'm not worthy. Besides, I still have too much crap that I'd want to bring along. Yes, it

Re: My H316 environment

2016-10-03 Thread Philipp Hachtmann
Hi William, Do you have hardware photos of your Honeywell systems, your 316 / 516 site link from your youtube video does not come up. http://h316.org seems to work for me. Please confirm if it really does not work. In particular I wanted to see your 516 console card cage/cables. The 516 h

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-03 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 6:50 AM, Peter Corlett wrote: > I'd quite like an Amiga 3000, but I'm not prepared to cough up the EUR800 or > so > being asked on eBay. Wow... I had an A3000 at VCFmw 2015 for sale at my table, plugged in and operational (not dead from Varta leakage) and was asking $375 w

Re: 11/35 on eBait

2016-10-03 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: William Degnan > Some of the CPU options not present. Huh? The KT11-D is there, as is the KE11-E and KE11-E, and even a KJ11-A of sorts (might be an after-market one, doesn't have the standard DEC handle). What other 11/40 CPU options are there? Noel

Re: 11/35 on eBait

2016-10-03 Thread Al Kossow
On 10/3/16 8:08 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > What other 11/40 CPU options are there? > Stack Limit and RTC

RE: 11/35 on eBait

2016-10-03 Thread tony duell
> Huh? The KT11-D is there, as is the KE11-E and KE11-E, and even a KJ11-A of > sorts (might be an after-market one, doesn't have the standard DEC handle). > What other 11/40 CPU options are there? KW11-L line time clock? -tony

RE: ka... ching!

2016-10-03 Thread Ali
> Wow... I had an A3000 at VCFmw 2015 for sale at my table, plugged in > and operational (not dead from Varta leakage) and was asking $375 with > a GG2 Bus+ card included. Two interested parties, one was shopping for > a friend who decided not to go ahead with the sale, the other tried to > talk m

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-03 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: Alexandre Souza > the outsider comes and says "if he is selling for 1000, I'll sell mine > for 1100 and see what happens" and the price goes to actual unpayable > levels. Except it usually doesn't work. Look at that PDP-8 that was listed for ever at $25K. No takers. And t

Re: 11/35 on eBait

2016-10-03 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: Al Kossow > Stack Limit That's there - that's the KJ11. > From: Tony Duell > KW11-L line time clock? I don't really consider the LTC as a CPU option. It's on the actual UNIBUS, it's just in a specially wired UNIBUS slot that's only one slot wide, and only has BR/G6 and

Re: 11/35 on eBait

2016-10-03 Thread william degnan
On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 11:37 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: Al Kossow > > > Stack Limit > > That's there - that's the KJ11. > > > From: Tony Duell > > > KW11-L line time clock? > > I don't really consider the LTC as a CPU option. It's on the actual UNIBUS, > it's just in a spec

Re: 11/35 on eBait

2016-10-03 Thread Paul Koning
> On Oct 3, 2016, at 12:07 PM, william degnan wrote: > ... > I should have been more precise, but my point is that this is a non-parity > RAM basic 11/35 system useful for peripheral interfacing and > communications. As is, not good for something like RT11. I wouldn't look at it this way. Non

RE: ka... ching!

2016-10-03 Thread Brad H
-Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jules Richardson Sent: Monday, October 3, 2016 5:45 AM To: gene...@classiccmp.org; discuss...@classiccmp.org:On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: ka... ching! On 10/01/2016 06:06 PM, Fred Cisin wrot

Re: 11/35 on eBait

2016-10-03 Thread william degnan
On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Paul Koning wrote: > > > On Oct 3, 2016, at 12:07 PM, william degnan > wrote: > > ... > > I should have been more precise, but my point is that this is a > non-parity > > RAM basic 11/35 system useful for peripheral interfacing and > > communications. As is, no

Re: pinouts for LH Research Super-Mite and Mighty-Mite-A sense connectors

2016-10-03 Thread Michael Thompson
> > Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2016 20:53:27 -0700 > From: Al Kossow > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > > Subject: pinouts for LH Research Super-Mite and Mighty-Mite-A sense > connectors > Message-ID: <7cf54132-fe8b-abde-0fe0-d4dcfeb17...@bitsavers.org> > Content-Typ

Re: pinouts for LH Research Super-Mite and Mighty-Mite-A sense connectors

2016-10-03 Thread Al Kossow
On 10/3/16 10:37 AM, Michael Thompson wrote: > Al, > > I have a MM65-E0506/115 that needs repair. > This is also known as a DEC H7130C from a KS10. > 5V@30A > 5V@60A > 12V@10A > 15V@3A > 5V@ > I see lots of companies that advertise repair services for these supplies, > so the documentation must

Re: 11/35 on eBait

2016-10-03 Thread Pete Turnbull
On 03/10/2016 17:46, william degnan wrote: On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Paul Koning wrote: On Oct 3, 2016, at 12:07 PM, william degnan wrote: ... I should have been more precise, but my point is that this is a non-parity RAM basic 11/35 system useful for peripheral interfacing and commu

Re: pinouts for LH Research Super-Mite and Mighty-Mite-A sense connectors

2016-10-03 Thread Al Kossow
On 10/3/16 10:50 AM, Al Kossow wrote: > That reminds me, the PS sense pinout should be in the KS10 engineering > drawings > it is, and I've added it to the lh_research stuff, but it's on barrier strips since it is a MM weird that it has two AC inputs I wonder if it's actually two supplies i

Re: 11/35 on eBait

2016-10-03 Thread Paul Koning
> On Oct 3, 2016, at 2:05 PM, Pete Turnbull wrote: > > ... > I agree with Paul. I've seen dozens of RT-11 systems and non-parity MOS > memory has been more common in the ones I've seen. I see no reason to think > it would be a problem. True, 16K is small even for RT-11, but I've seen > ple

RE: pinouts for LH Research Super-Mite and Mighty-Mite-A sense connectors

2016-10-03 Thread tony duell
> weird that it has two AC inputs > I wonder if it's actually two supplies in a single package Probably not applicable to this PSU, but I've worked on SMPUs where there were separate AC Inputs for the power supply for the internal control circuitry (often feeding a little linear PSU in the unit) a

Re: 11/35 on eBait

2016-10-03 Thread william degnan
On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Paul Koning wrote: > > > On Oct 3, 2016, at 2:05 PM, Pete Turnbull > wrote: > > > > ... > > I agree with Paul. I've seen dozens of RT-11 systems and non-parity MOS > memory has been more common in the ones I've seen. I see no reason to > think it would be a prob

VCFed is restructuring

2016-10-03 Thread Evan Koblentz
Vintage Computer Federation has big dreams. We’re restructuring our organization to help make them come true. Our mission is to empower collectors, grow the community, and teach everyone about computer history. We especially want to raise interest in computer history among young people. To d

Re: pinouts for LH Research Super-Mite and Mighty-Mite-A sense connectors

2016-10-03 Thread Pontus Pihlgren
On Mon, Oct 03, 2016 at 10:50:42AM -0700, Al Kossow wrote: > > > Pontus mentions it here > http://forums.nekochan.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16729704&sid=4d1bbd98156998f0128b5ce443c5097f&start=15#p7381694 Did you also find Jan-Jaaps personal gallery? Not sure it adds much, but there are some pictu

Re: Datapoint

2016-10-03 Thread Göran Axelsson
Den 2016-10-02 kl. 16:04, skrev Noel Chiappa: Any collectors of early Datapoint machines out there on the list? I got a DP2200 version I with serial memory, missing pieces and screen rot. I got it in my teens, 30-35 years ago and along the way I picked off some pieces. The most visible things

mc68010+mc68451 Unix source?

2016-10-03 Thread Ken Seefried
I've got a half dozen different source trees for mc680x0 Unixen, but nothing for an mc68010 CPU + mc68451 MMU. I know Unisoft did some. I don't know if the Motorola ports (like for the VME/10) were Unisoft or done internally. Did any '010+'451 source trees survive to escape into the wild? KJ

uVAX system (mostly) that Ian King was interested in

2016-10-03 Thread Jon Elson
On 10/02/2016 08:23 PM, Ian S. King wrote: Back in July we corresponded about a uVAX system that was less than complete that you had expressed interest in. I sent a private email, but didn't get a response. So, I'm trying again here. What I have is the lower part of cabinet, power supply a

Re: mc68010+mc68451 Unix source?

2016-10-03 Thread Al Kossow
the will probably be 68000 unisoft kernels i've used weren't 010 with the 451 i'll have to dig around for what bits of the 451 kernel i still have around. unisoft kept the mmu parts pretty well isolated since the did so many hw ports On 10/3/16 5:53 PM, Ken Seefried wrote: > I've got a half doz

IBM + misc Available in Sacramento CA

2016-10-03 Thread Bob Rosenbloom
Got the following message from Daniel de Long. Please respond to him directly at: del...@ulink.net Dan de Long R&D Data Corp 2425 24th Street Sacramento Ca 95818 Phone 916 452 8233 He may be willing to ship stuff. Bob, Equipment available: Three new IBM 9518 Color Display in factory box,

Re: mc68010+mc68451 Unix source?

2016-10-03 Thread Mike Stein
Did Unisoft distribution tapes normally include sources? m - Original Message - From: "Al Kossow" To: Sent: Monday, October 03, 2016 10:21 PM Subject: Re: mc68010+mc68451 Unix source? > the will probably be 68000 > > unisoft kernels i've used weren't 010 with the 451 > > i'll have

Re: mc68010+mc68451 Unix source?

2016-10-03 Thread Phil Budne
A quick google search found: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.os.linux.m68k/-8iweTkxPNI/L2-hPrW_ryAJ mentions: I have an ancient Unix system made by ProComp in Switzerland that has a 68000 CPU, 4 MB RAM and that 68451 MMU. Unfortunately, I didn't get a hard disk or system media for this oldt

Re: mc68010+mc68451 Unix source?

2016-10-03 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg
> On Oct 3, 2016, at 8:19 PM, Phil Budne wrote: > > I have an ancient Unix system made by ProComp in Switzerland that has a > 68000 CPU, 4 MB RAM and that 68451 MMU. Unfortunately, I didn't get a hard > disk > or system media for this oldtimer :( It ran a port of 7th edition Unix as well > as

Micro Fiche Library.

2016-10-03 Thread Rod Smallwood
Hi All I have just had a huge DEC Miro Fiche library given to me. It has the portable (weighs a ton) reader with it. On trying it out. I found the results were awful. A good clean of the light path and removal of some disintegrating foam improved things no end. That left two issues:

Re: Micro Fiche Library.

2016-10-03 Thread jim stephens
I could scan a fiche in about 10 min with an Epson transparency scanner. I think Al may have an actual digitizer but they are expensive. As to the fiche reader you got, I've never seen one with a plastic carrier. They always had glass in my case. On the one I have you can pop out the view s

Any updates on the 3b2 emulator?

2016-10-03 Thread Jerry Kemp
Hello Seth, Its been a few months, and I am wondering if the 3b2 emulator project is still moving forward, or put on the back burner for now? Thanks for any updates, Jerry