Re: RL02 to image file

2017-06-02 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Thu, 1 Jun 2017, Jay Jaeger wrote: On 6/1/2017 12:12 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote: On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 7:59 AM, Jay Jaeger via cctalk wrote: I can. I use a DR11 parallel port on an 11/24 to transfer the files. Interesting. I'd like to see how you tackled that (I can imagine wanting a couple

I hadn't made the connection before

2017-06-02 Thread dwight via cctalk
I was looking at an old GI catalog and casually noting the CP1610 that was most of a PDP11 processor. I did some more web surfing and noticed that the Intellivision game machine used this chip. It just never dawned on me that they used this processor. I see that one could even get a keyboard fo

Re: I hadn't made the connection before

2017-06-02 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 6/2/17 7:20 AM, dwight via cctalk wrote: > the CP1610 that was most of a PDP11 processor. A very odd version of the PDP-11 I did some programming on it for GI in the late 70's using their GIMINI development system and cross-development tools on their Sigma 9.

Re: RL02 to image file

2017-06-02 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
> On Jun 2, 2017, at 1:16 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk > wrote: > > On Thu, 1 Jun 2017, Jay Jaeger wrote: >> On 6/1/2017 12:12 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote: >>> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 7:59 AM, Jay Jaeger via cctalk >>> wrote: I can. I use a DR11 parallel port on an 11/24 to transfer the files

Re: I hadn't made the connection before

2017-06-02 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> I was looking at an old GI catalog and casually noting the CP1610 that was > most of a PDP11 processor. I did some more web surfing and noticed that the > Intellivision game machine used this chip. It just never dawned on me that > they used this processor. > > I see that one could even get a ke

Re: RL02 to image file

2017-06-02 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk wrote: > My setup is an 11/70 running BSD 2.11. I “dd” the RL pack to a file on > one of the file systems (I have the equivalent of 4 RP06 drives) and then > ftp it to where I want it (since the 11/70 is on my network…actually at one >

Re: I hadn't made the connection before

2017-06-02 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 06/02/2017 07:55 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > A very odd version of the PDP-11 > > I did some programming on it for GI in the late 70's using their > GIMINI development system and cross-development tools on their Sigma > 9. I sold a bare CP1600 chip about a year ago to a collector.

Re: I hadn't made the connection before

2017-06-02 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> I sold a bare CP1600 chip about a year ago to a collector. "Odd" is an > understatement. A 10-bit wide instruction word, with the upper 6 bits of > the opcode unused. Loading a 16-bit address took three words. > > Also, slow, very slow, with no I/O instructions. But that was because it has

Re: I hadn't made the connection before

2017-06-02 Thread Jim Brain via cctalk
On 6/2/2017 11:26 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 06/02/2017 07:55 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: A very odd version of the PDP-11 I did some programming on it for GI in the late 70's using their GIMINI development system and cross-development tools on their Sigma 9. I sold a bare CP160

Re: I hadn't made the connection before

2017-06-02 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 06/02/2017 09:37 AM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: > But that was because it has memory-mapped I/O, no? On the other hand > the decles were weird and it has a lot of instructions that were > removed. GI made a 10-bit wide ROM for program storage, as I recall. I think the 10-bit instruction word was the

Re: I hadn't made the connection before

2017-06-02 Thread dwight via cctalk
Such things were often done on loyalty to previous companies. It is like the Video Brain used the F8 or that Olivetti used the Z8000 for the M20. The Video Brain was because the designer had worked on the F8 at Fairchild. The M20 was because Faggin was Italian and had connections to Olivetti.

Re: What is this bus?

2017-06-02 Thread Rico Pajarola via cctalk
On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 1:45 PM, Camiel Vanderhoeven < camiel.vanderhoe...@vmssoftware.com> wrote: > >looks like STD Bus ( > >http://www.winsystems.com/wp-content/uploads/specs/std_section1.pdf) > > What would give you that idea? Neither the number of pins, nor the spacing > of the connector as de

For Sale: Osborne 1 (original tan/black case)

2017-06-02 Thread Sellam Ismail via cctalk
I have an Osborne 1 (the original tan/black case model) for sale. Full details are here: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?58093-Osborne-1-(Original-Tan-Black-model) Thanks! Sellam

For Sale: (2) Boxed Macintosh 512K Enhanced and (2) Boxed Macintosh Plus

2017-06-02 Thread Sellam Ismail via cctalk
I have these 4 boxed Macs, all being sold separately. Full details and link to video are here: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?58094-Boxed-Early-Macintosh-Sale-Macintosh-Plus-(2)-Macintosh-512K-Enhanced-(2)-Boxed Thanks! Sellam