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> From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Warren Toomey via
> cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 9:02 PM
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Subject: Any faithful VT100 Emulators?
>
> OK, so I don't have a real VT
> On Mar 22, 2017, at 7:11 AM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk
> wrote:
> ...
> I've used Putty to connect to a VMS system to run TPU (which I think LSE is
> a thinly disguised variant of) and I have regularly come across an irritating
> bug which messes up full screen editing when the on-screen cursor
On 22 March 2017 at 01:02, Warren Toomey via cctalk
wrote:
> Which raises the question, are there any _good_ VT100 terminal
> emulators, especially for Linux? For any other platforms?
>
You don't specify open source or commercial, but for windows I used to
constantly use PowerTerm525 at work, it
On 22 March 2017 at 02:02, Warren Toomey via cctalk
wrote:
> Which raises the question, are there any _good_ VT100 terminal
> emulators, especially for Linux? For any other platforms?
xterm never gives me any problems. But the default terminal emulators
of Gnome or KDE have some issues in my exp
On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Tor Arntsen via cctalk
wrote:
> xterm never gives me any problems. But the default terminal emulators
> of Gnome or KDE have some issues in my experience...
Somewhere around 2004, I was setting up klh10. I found that xterm did
not allow me to run emacs successful
Ethan Dicks wrote:
> Somewhere around 2004, I was setting up klh10. I found that xterm did
> not allow me to run emacs successfully.
I have successfullyl run xterm in VT52 mode with ITS Emacs.
On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 9:29 AM, Lars Brinkhoff wrote:
> Ethan Dicks wrote:
>> Somewhere around 2004, I was setting up klh10. I found that xterm did
>> not allow me to run emacs successfully.
>
> I have successfullyl run xterm in VT52 mode with ITS Emacs.
I must confess I did not attempt VT52 mo
On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 09:23:52AM -0400, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote:
>Putty seems to be a
>repeat suggestion but it's not for my platforms.
PuTTY interprets ESC [?7l in a weirdly wrong way -- instead of disabling
autowrap (which is already a half-documented feature that's implemented
differentl
On 21 March 2017 at 18:32, Ray Arachelian via cctalk
wrote:
> (And meanwhile AAPL is busy, or was, getting rid of all GPL stuff in its
> OS.)
Darwin is mostly BSD-licensed and includes significant quantities of
code from FreeBSD, which is why Apple hired Jordan Hubbard.
I'm not aware of any sign
> On Mar 22, 2017, at 10:04 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk
> wrote:
> ...
> I'm not aware of any significant amount of GPL code in either. Linux
> has a regrettable history of nicking BSD-licensed code and slapping
> the GPL on it, but not the other way round, AFAIK.
I think taking BSD code and rel
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Subject: Re: Pair of Twiggys
> On Mar 22, 2
From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of W2HX via cctalk
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Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 11:49 PM
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Subject: booting os/8
Hi folks,
I have a
>
> Well, I am sure glad someone posted this. I had never heard of the work
done by AK6DN and have considered
> looking into such a project in the past.
>
> So, has anyone looked at someting sililar for RL drives?
>
> bill
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>
I only know how to boot RK05 drives off an pdp8e. Do you have a
co
Ethan wrote...
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I'm following this thread because I too want a decent terminal emulator that
works with a variety of vintage text editors (that seems to be the torture
test) but for Linux or OS X. Putty seems to be a repeat suggestion but it's
not for my platforms.
--
The most faithfu
On 3/22/2017 10:47 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of W2HX via cctalk
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Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 11:49 PM
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On 3/22/2017 9:23 AM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote:
I'm following this thread because I too want a decent terminal
emulator that works with a variety of vintage text editors (that seems
to be the torture test) but for Linux or OS X. Putty seems to be a
repeat suggestion but it's not for my plat
Hi,
I’ve posted this to the VCF too…apologies for cross-posting.
I’d be grateful for any guidance or comments anyone could give me on this
problem.
Guys in the building next door to me (a Science lab) have found some 8 inch
floppy disks. They want to see what’s on them, or at least to archi
On 03/22/2017 03:49 PM, Terry Stewart via cctalk wrote:
> Anyway, has anyone else faced this kind of challenge and what are
> your thoughts? I don’t want to start unless I at least have some
> chance of success. I’m not hopeful. The more I read the more you
> seem to need real forensic skills a
From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Don North via cctalk
[cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 5:30 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: booting os/8
On 3/22/2017 10:47 AM, Bill Gunsh
On Thu, 23 Mar 2017, Terry Stewart via cctalk wrote:
Guys in the building next door to me (a Science lab) have found some 8 inch
floppy disks. They want to see what???s on them, or at least to archive
them. They have no idea what machine these disks were used with, or the
software was used to w
On 03/22/2017 04:42 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> Once you've got sectors, speak up, and we'll give you more things to
> look at.
Fred, how about the image of a Compugraphic typesetter floppy I have?
It uses Hebrew for its code set.
Feel up to it?
--Chuck
On 3/22/2017 4:25 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
Look here: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/blog.php?12663-AK6DN for info on my
Arduino based RX02 emulator using a microSD card.
Works on RX11/RXV11/RX8E as RX01, RX211/RXV21/RX28 as RX02. Passes DEC hardware
diagnostics.
Reinhard has done an FPGA ba
On 3/22/2017 5:03 PM, Don North wrote:
On 3/22/2017 4:25 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
Look here: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/blog.php?12663-AK6DN for info on my
Arduino based RX02 emulator using a microSD card.
Works on RX11/RXV11/RX8E as RX01, RX211/RXV21/RX28 as RX02. Passes DEC
hardware diagn
I don't have any idea what this is but it appears to have Z-8000
CPU+MMU chips. Perhaps an Onyx or S8000 CPU card? I know some folks
here are in to that sort of thing.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-Vintage-DSC-MP-4-EPC-Rev-D-K-Expansion-Board-Card-PCB-for-Mini-Computer/152475939021
KJ
Once you've got sectors, speak up, and we'll give you more things to
look at.
On Wed, 22 Mar 2017, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
Fred, how about the image of a Compugraphic typesetter floppy I have?
It uses Hebrew for its code set.
Feel up to it?
Nope.
You're much better at it than I am.
I wa
> Heck, I'd be fascinated to talk to anyone who purchased
> the machines during their lifespan (1997-2001) and could tell me what you
> used them for.
Not the e10k, but Cingular Wireless used clustered e15k's as Oracle
database engines. Dozens of them. Very impressive performance.
KJ
Its not an Olivetti M20 but might be a M30 or M40. These were Mini class
machines.
It would be towards the last of the Z8000 with a MMU.
Dwight
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Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 6:26:38 PM
To: cctalk@classiccmp
Thanks Guys,
Now I'm intimidated (-:
Just kiddingthat's useful stuff Fred. Thanks for taking the time to
type all that out.
I'll give it a go...and see what I can see. If anything it's a good excuse
for me to wire the drive up. I'd like to image those Panasonic disks one
day for posterity
On 03/22/2017 08:39 PM, Terry Stewart via cctalk wrote:
> Chuck, in the highly likely event of the formats NOT being common
> CP/M or DOS ones (i.e. ones I could probably manage), I'll give these
> guys your email (-:
Tez,
Here's what I would do in your situation.
If the disks are hard-sectored
I have for sale this fine STM Pied Piper, Z80 CP/M machine from Canada
circa 1983. Please see details here:
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?56872-STM-Pied-Piper-Portable-Computer&p=453120#post453120
Thanks!
Sellam
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