RE: 2.11BSD on two RL02 drives? Probably not, but...

2017-08-03 Thread Rick Bensene via cctalk
Glen S. wrote: >QBus ESDI controllers are relatively cheap. I have several Emulex QD21, Dilog >DQ696, and Sigma SDC-RQD11 QBus ESDI controllers. The >problem I have with >them is that I now have more controllers than working ESDI drives. Some of the >drives that I had which were >working have d

Re: 2.11BSD on two RL02 drives? Probably not, but...

2017-08-03 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 8/3/17 7:10 AM, Rick Bensene via cctalk wrote: > I've found much the same with ESDI drives...they tend to die just sitting, > and it's not stiction that seems to be the culprit...they simply quit working. That isn't good news. I still have about 100 drives that came out of Apollo's develop

Re: 2.11BSD on two RL02 drives? Probably not, but...

2017-08-03 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
> On Aug 3, 2017, at 7:10 AM, Rick Bensene via cctalk > wrote: > > That said, my PDP 11 is Unibus, and Unibus SCSI controllers are darned > expen$ive. They’re desirable and not a lot around. So it’s not terribly surprising. Having several different Unibus board designs in various stages (no

Vintage HP 1000 Floating point processor ( EBAY )

2017-08-03 Thread GerardCJAT via cctalk
On sale in Ebay ( $ 99 ) Disclaimer : Not affiliated etc http://www.ebay.fr/itm/263118833370?ul_noapp=true BTW, anyone "playing" with some HP 1000 L series ??

Re: 2.11BSD on two RL02 drives? Probably not, but...

2017-08-03 Thread emanuel stiebler via cctalk
On 2017-08-03 11:12, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: It would be nice, though if someone just finished a MSCP controller with a CF or SD on it. I don't think there is enough demand for it. So to finish it would take some effort, and the boards wouldn't be cheaper than the SCSI controllers out

Re: 2.11BSD on two RL02 drives? Probably not, but...

2017-08-03 Thread Mattis Lind via cctalk
I've heard that the Emulex UD33 and SC21 are the SMD controllers of > choice, but do they do MSCP? I'd love to head any comments from those "in > the know" out there. Are there other alternatives other than Emulex that > may work well also? Emulex UD33 is MSCP and is similar to QD32 and QD33

Re: 2.11BSD on two RL02 drives? Probably not, but...

2017-08-03 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Guy Sotomayor Jr > Having several different Unibus board designs in various stages .. I can > tell you that producing a *reliable* Unibus board is *not* going to be > cheap. Why not? Just the size, gold-plated fingers, and transceiver chips, or is there more? Noel

Re: 2.11BSD on two RL02 drives? Probably not, but...

2017-08-03 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
> On Aug 3, 2017, at 9:28 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk > wrote: > >> From: Guy Sotomayor Jr > >> Having several different Unibus board designs in various stages .. I can >> tell you that producing a *reliable* Unibus board is *not* going to be >> cheap. > > Why not? Just the size, gold-plated

Free for shipping: Cabletron MR-9000C Ethernet (thin-net) repeater

2017-08-03 Thread Tapley, Mark via cctalk
All, I will not get around to using this, so it’s free for shipping (or for pickup). Cabletron MR-9000C ethernet repeater. One AUI port designed to connect to a thick-net bacbone via an adaptor which I don’t have. 8 thin-net coax ports, LED indicators for each. Also inc

Re: 2.11BSD on two RL02 drives? Probably not, but...

2017-08-03 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 2:14 PM, Aaron Jackson via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> On Aug 2, 2017, at 11:32 AM, Aaron Jackson via cctech < > cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I will soon be getting a PDP-11/73 with 1MB of RAM, an RLV12 and DEQNA > >> controllers.

Re: 2.11BSD on two RL02 drives? Probably not, but...

2017-08-03 Thread Aaron Jackson via cctalk
> On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 2:14 PM, Aaron Jackson via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> >> On Aug 2, 2017, at 11:32 AM, Aaron Jackson via cctech < >> cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> I will soon be getting a PDP-11/73 with 1MB of RAM, an RLV12 and DEQNA >> >>

HP B132L drive caddy

2017-08-03 Thread Adam Stouffer via cctalk
Hello all, does anyone have a spare hard drive caddy for the HP B series workstations? Thanks.

Re: Vintage HP 1000 Floating point processor ( EBAY )

2017-08-03 Thread Curious Marc via cctalk
BTW I know the seller well, he is local to me and I have had no issues dealing with him. These come from a large stash that came from a former HP 1000 maintenance shop (Advent I think was their name, or something like that). That's one of the few units I didn't take ;-) Marc On Aug 3, 2017, at

Re: Convex documentation online (C220 arrived)

2017-08-03 Thread Curious Marc via cctalk
Wow, that's mighty impressive. I knew about your FPGA 360/65 project but had never seen your website before. I must visit next time I'm close to the Netherlands! Marc On Jul 29, 2017, at 11:17 PM, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech wrote: My Convex C220 arrived about a week ago, so I now have a C

Re: WTB: RX02 Floppy Disks

2017-08-03 Thread Ulrich Tagge via cctalk
Hi All, All my 8" SSDD /SSSDdisks are non formatted, which was the reason for my initial troubles. Nevertheless, my IBM System /23 (Type 5324) can format disks in three different formats: _1. IBM System /23 Format_ 512 Bytes per Sector Possible Disk: SSSD, SSDD, DSDD _2. Standard Format_ 128