Re: Floppy recovery

On 2016-01-05 15:56, Terry Stewart wrote: I wonder how it could take them three months to figure something out. Maybe Chuck can comment. Yes, I would have thought an old MSDOS machine with a 360k 5.25 inch floppy drive plus Chuck's 22DISK program and the job could have been done in a day? Mi

RE: New logo: Vintage Computer Federation

A. Everybody would work away on the ADM5s while the ADM3A sat lonely and unloved because most found it difficult to clear the screen on it (switching it off and back on worked if you got stuck!) and couldn't figure out how to get the PF keys when using it to talk to the IBM mainframe in fullscreen mode via 7171 protocol converters. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: Opening a DECserver 90M External PSU

thought it was going to be. I hope it lasts a bit longer this time though. Now I find that the privileged password is not what I thought it is... Regards, Peter Coghlan.

RE: Opening a DECserver 90M External PSU

side. I don't recall but the ones that broke may have been on the side I managed to separate first. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: SWTPC CT1024

d or so volt supply to the video output stage coming from the horizontal output stage? (I've no experince of this terminal so this is just a shot in the dark.) Regards, Peter Coghlan.

RE: Opening a DECserver 90M External PSU

be cheaper to get a replacement unit from stock than to pay someone capable of repairing it properly and ensuring it's safety afterwards. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

RE: Opening a DECserver 90M External PSU

rete trick as well but that made no impression on it except it probably contributed to the broken track that manifested later. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: 360 mockups Re: Has anyone hear of the Computer History Archives Project?

Steve wrote: > > (By the way - I'm looking for a red INTERRUPT insert, red STOP insert and > pearl POWER ON insert for my 360/40 console, if anyone can help :) > Is this for a mockup or a real 360/40 console? Regards, Peter Coghlan

Re: 360 mockups Re: Has anyone hear of the Computer History Archives Project?

> > Original Message > Subject: Re: 360 mockups Re: Has anyone hear of the Computer History Archives > Project? > From:"Peter Coghlan" > Date:Thu, October 22, 2015 9:14 pm > To: "Genera

Re: Model 152 PSU dummy loads - Re: NeXT Cube - powers on briefly then off again

of the danger of shorting the jump cables together, either directly or via worn jewellery etc causing a large bang, melted terminals etc and possible damage to kids, self and car. Consider using something like a current limited bench power supply instead. Regards, Peter Coglan.

Re: The last fix for a "All Shook Up" 33

> On Oct 27, 2015, at 1:59 PM, tony duell wrote: > >> experience. An 'UP ARROW' means nothing, nor does 'FRAGILE' > > I thought 'Fragile' meant 'Use this package for playing American Football' > > This it not a new problem, it probably pre-dates the ASR33. Flanders and Swann > (think of them

Re: The last fix for a "All Shook Up" 33

> On Oct 27, 2015, at 3:25 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Jarratt RMA > wrote: >>>Of course FRAGILE means something...FRAGILE (pronounced ‘Fra-gee-lee') is >>> Italian for “major award”. :) >> >> I suspect I am missing a joke here, but "fragile" in Italian has

Re: The list seems very quiet today

on someone telecommuting across the Atlantic Ocean (after all, the difference in distance to where the probes are now would not be of any significance). Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: "Demystification" is just as important as "Abstraction" in "Computer Science" (Was: Know any Fortran

y is because the hardware you are running it on is no longer up to it. They were right the first time, so why wouldn't they be right this time? GOTO 10. Writing efficient software to get the best out of the hardware would sure spoil that business model. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: IBM z890

> On Nov 2, 2015, at 10:03 PM, Connor Krukosky > wrote: > > I recently won an IBM z890 via auction for $237. > > Its already in the basement and most of the way back together, just running > the wiring internally for it then I need to wire up a 240v 30a outlet once we > get the new breaker b

Re: To Al Kossow at bitsavers

> On Nov 15, 2015, at 2:01 PM, Paul Koning wrote: > > >> On Nov 15, 2015, at 12:00 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote: >> >>> ... >>> Personally? I think the rightest way is to eliminiate the legal >>> fiction called "intellectual property", as a good-sounding experiment >>> that has failed. It is

Re: To-days Panelman Poser

w images but this is a bit of a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: Query for dec teleprinter roms

dren analogy etc.) > > Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC > Are you formatting your outgoing emails like this in retaliation for not getting [cctech]/[cctalk] in the subject line in order to be able to sort your incoming AOL mail? Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: A stored collection piece is a Schrodinger's cat

On Nov 27, 2015, at 2:38 PM, Terry Stewart wrote: > > This self-satirizing flow diagram reflecting my experiences testing > computers in my collection may (or may not) amuse some on this forum. I'm > sure at least some can relate to the scenarios though... > http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/b

Re: Vaxstation 4000/60 DECwindows

do something like: $ SET DISPLAY /TRANSPORT=LOCAL /CREATE before you run the IVP so it knows where to display stuff. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: Vaxstation 4000/60 DECwindows

decwindows has not started properly? It may help to look for errors in SYS$MANAGER:DECW$SERVER_0_ERROR.LOG - however there is a lot of stuff in that file and it is hard to tell which messages are are normal and which are errors. Regards, Peter Coghlan

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

> On Dec 9, 2015, at 9:45 PM, Sean Conner wrote: > > It was thus said that the Great Mike Boyle once stated: >> >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE ***This e-mail transmission, including any >> attachments, contains information that may be confidential or privileged. >> The information is intended f

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

n only conclude that Johnny Billquist had the right idea. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: TOP POSTING

did the IBM, HP. etc mail systems. > I can't understand what the fuss is about. Please explain > The explaination in the signature in some of David Griffith's postings is about the best and most succinct I've seen. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: TOP POSTING

important (to me) posting to the most recipients with the least effort on my part?" Would it not be nicer if we could all be more concerned with "How can I make my posting as useful and easy to follow as possible for most recipients?"? Maybe some people might prefer to be on a

Re: VAX 4000-500 PSU Overload?

e > resistance slowly climbs to about 130K. Is that reasonable? Again, nothing > but the backplane. > It seems reasonable but again, your meter on a resistance range is not going to tell you much here due to the semiconductor load. > > The 3.3 and -12V show very high resistance at all times. > Ditto. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: Decisions you regret

> On Dec 17, 2015, at 4:40 PM, devin davison wrote: > > I Volunteer constantly at the salvation army looking for such things to > show up. I love your dedication to the hobby. Working at the Salvation Army just to get an "in" on the vintage computers. Brilliant!

RE: VAX 4000-500 PSU Overload?

e -12V line in a VAX 4000 though. If it was possible to get an ammeter in series with that line maybe you could get an idea of what the normal draw is on that line, if the power supply stays running long enough. This would give a better idea of what sort of dummy load is needed to simulate it. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: Floppy recovery

>> On 01/05/2016 1:15 PM, Ali wrote: >> Anyone know anything about the custom computer and the custom OS? Nor >> implying anything but Chuck do u have any insights? ;) > Didn't Scotty leave his laptop behind when they were saving the whales? "Hello, computer!"

Re: AlphaStation 200 NVRAM Problem

esetting it but it never starts SRM.) Regards, Peter Coghlan.

RE: vaxstation 3100 boot issue?

TEST 0 should run the system exerciser. I'd strongly advise removing the battery. The machine should work quite happily without it except it will not keep time when the power is off and will forget it's boot settings. Check for corrosion on the main board in the area around where the battery lead connects. Check for corrosion on any memory expansion board fitted and see if the machine behaves any better with the board removed. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: Data Recovery Services

Iv had some luck with drives where the head gets suck in the park position. If the drive spins up then shuts down it could be this. Bit of an agricultural fix but, take the lid off and give the head a slight nudge off the centre and get the lid back on quick. I'm lead to believe this will only wor

Re: VT100 PSU smelling.

If so check the capacitor for leakage (electrical, not liquid) or being shorted. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: Terminal Emulation for Windows - supporting Kermit File Transfer

rtes Kermit > File Transfers "out of the box"? > > Yes - I know Kermit 95, but this is not free. > It appears that (most of) the source code for Kermit 95 has been released now but there is more work to done on it to make this useful. http://www.kermitproject.org/k95sourcecode.html Regards, Peter Coghlan

Mitsubishi Apricot

boot floppy. Can anybody help? Thanks Peter

Re: Mitsubishi Apricot

#x27;t have the infrared system but in specs Iv read on the bios there is mention of a security bit on the boot floppy. I need some one that worked on them back in the day. It's SO frustrating, as is the way of playing with old tech. Peter On 25 Jan 2016, at 22:26, Ali wrote: >> Hi all

Re: Mitsubishi Apricot

I too would love to find a vx but I think the chances of that are none existent. Peter On 25 Jan 2016, at 22:26, Ali wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Dose anybody know about Mitsubishi Apricots (1990ish)? They are of >> interest to me as they were the first PC I used and

Re: Mitsubishi Apricot

Yes, been through it with a fine "tooth comb". Tried all the boot disks, and boot disk creators, utility disks. Well the ones related to the LANstations. Peter On 27 Jan 2016, at 03:22, Ali wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Dose anybody know ab

Re: PCS Cadmus/QU68000 systems

ich irgendwie Platz schaffen kann, dann nehme ich auch einen Teil davon in gute Hände. Viele Grüße Peter -- Peter Koch Passauer Strasse 32, 47249 Duisburg Tel.: 0172 2470263

Re: PCS Cadmus/QU68000 systems

gives me the opportunity to ask wether anybody else out there still owns Cadmus equipment. If I will take these machines I might need spare parts and boot media (or tape images). Anybody has such stuff? Any former PCS employee on this list? Peter Am 17. Februar 2016 um 13:47 schrieb Peter Koch

Re: Vaxstation 3100 - I have console access

? DZ usually means that one of the serial ports could not be tested (the one you have the console terminal connected to). The other results are all good. What happens when you give it a BOOT command? Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: Vaxstation 3100 - I have console access

> > Peter, > > Thanks for the email. My challenge is that this machine has a floppy and a > SCSI drive (both appear to be cabled correctly when I open things up) and > yet neither show up when I do a "show device" from the console. > > >>> show d

Re: Vaxstation 3100 - I have console access

Peter, > > I confirmed that there is a NCR5380 chip on the daughterboard and that > everything was connected. Still no joy. The one thing I'm wondering is > this. If you look at the attached picture below from > http://home.iae.nl/users/pb0aia/vax/vs3khw.html, you will see

Re: Vaxstation 3100 - I have console access

ose website you got the picture from and asking him to copy his EPROM. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

RE: Looking for a small fast VAX development machine

VUPS so it should be about 5 times as fast as an 11/780. I guess whether this is fast enough depends on what you are going to be doing. If you haven't already removed the battery, I'd suggest doing that as soon as possible. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

RE: Looking for a small fast VAX development machine

Jay wrote: > Peter wrote... > -- > It is supposed to be 5 VUPS so it should be about 5 times as fast as an > 11/780. > I guess whether this is fast enough depends on what you are going to be > doing. > -- > I was looking just for something

Re: VMS 5.5 and multinet 4.1 SMTP Question

post it here. > I'm not quite sure whether SYSTEM@microvax3...@vintagecomputer.net is really what you need here. Maybe system%microvax3...@vintagecomputer.net would work, assuming the mail server for vintagecomputer.net is configured to know how to route mail for a mail domain called microvax3100. Also, bear in mind that many mail servers may be configured to reject mails with convoluted routing such as this as spammers often found ways to abuse it. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: VMS 5.5 and multinet 4.1 SMTP Question

S MAIL on your machine should be provided by: $ MULTINET CONFIGURE /MAIL Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: OK, one more question about sending email TO an old VAX

: sys...@microvax3100.vintagecomputer.net Test message . QUIT (The second last line is a period on it's own with no spaces.) The Multinet telnet client will allow you to correct mistakes using DELETE but many other telnet clients will mess up if you don't get everything exactly right first time, so type carefully. Then log in to SYSTEM and check for mail. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: OK, one more question about sending email TO an old VAX

ing DECnet style email addresses internally when their connection to the internet came along. Two different email networks with two different addressing formats were being brought together. This is not the case here. Only SMTP format addresses are being used. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: 'motherboard' etymology

> Does anyone know the origins of the term 'motherboard'? > > I've always associated it with computers and assumed that it started > appearing somewhere around 1980, with the fading out of passive backplane > systems and arrival of machines which put more functionality onto a 'core' > PCB into

Re: Dumping Images of my VAX-11/730's Drives?

xample if you don't have any other suitable hardware available. Once you are clustered, you can access disks on a remote cluster node as if they were local. Clustering with an emulated system would be especially suitable for producing raw block copies of the disks on the 11/730 on the filesystem of the system hosting the emulation. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: VMS 4.4 source code microfiche

command a higher price for them on ebay and the like. I'm not sure but I don't think DEC made the actual source code available, at least not for a price that ordinary customers could afford. Source listings for some (later?) versions are available on CD which is much easier to deal with than microfiche. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: Options for resurrecting VAX 4000/400 and Vaxstation 3200

this because I have more than one Alphaserver 1000A with failed B-cache and I have found it is possible to work around this issue by moving a jumper on the CPU board to disable the B-cache. The result is that the machine works with reduced performance. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

RE: Options for resurrecting VAX 4000/400 and Vaxstation 3200

red my friends Jupiter Ace by replacing the RAM chip which burnt my finger. You probably won't get that lucky though. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: Options for resurrecting VAX 4000/400 and Vaxstation 3200

ticularly if it is a power or ground pin. Regards, Peter Coghlan

Re: Dumping Images of my VAX-11/730's Drives?

mall group of files to a saveset on the your Ubuntu system and then verifying that BACKUP on the VMS system is happy to read the remote saveset and list the files in it. > > Thanks for all of the suggestions! I still have a lot of learning curve to > climb in the VMS world. > Send me an email if you need more details on any of the above. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Apple Disk II

Hi, Dose anybody have a reasonably priced Apple Disk II drive and controller card in the uk? The shipping costs from the US are a too much. Thanks

Re: Apple Disk II

£25 to £35, which is pretty much the same as the sale price. > On 13 Mar 2016, at 09:25, James Vess wrote: > > Hey Peter, > > Out of curiosity, How much is it coming from the US to your location? > > Thanks, > James > >> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 3:19 AM, Pe

Re: multinet 4.1 PAK

but as far as I know, there is at least one international group that anyone can join for free. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: The Second International Conference on Electronics and Software Science (ICESS2016)

her similar advertisement) got to do with classic computers? Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: Random conferences [was Re: The Second International Conference on Electronics and Software Science (ICESS2016)]

; and "state-of-the-art lectures", something I would want to be paid for if I was required to attend, not the other way around. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: multinet 4.1 PAK

multinet had a working > IP and FQDM and email was working, etc. > You don't need to do anything like that. (It is possible to get the checksum for a license in your license database without resorting to hackery, but you don't need THAT checksum. You need the checksum from a VMS hobbyist license.) Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: multinet 4.1 PAK

not seen Hardware_ID in use for Multinet licenses. If the license you have doesn't have a Hardware_ID, just press enter to select the default when you are asked for it. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: "Abandonware" and copyright [was Re: WinWorld]

many times. This has been gone through numerous times before on the list, both before and after the last big bang. Anyone who wants to know what the conclusions or lack of them were can reread the archives. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: The Right Way to Email - was Re: C & undefined behaviour - was Re: tumble under BSD

ike to add that they are also very difficult to read when viewed in the web based list archive.) Could we not just have a little respect for each other and check our facts before conjuring up conflicts and difficulties which don't actually exist? Regards, Peter Coghlan

Re: DOS Frotz testing request

David Griffith wrote: On Tue, 19 May 2015, Peter Coghlan wrote: > David Griffith wrote: [snip] > > None of the compiles produced any errors or informational messages - > there were just two warnings for pointer mismatches due to signed versus > unsigned chars in dumb_in

Re: more old stuff

Ah, yes the Kaypro numbering scheme. The II came before the 2 but both came before the 1. :) > On May 27, 2015, at 3:02 PM, Electronics Plus wrote: > > A Kaypro II and a KayPro 2. Both luggables, not sure what the difference > is. > > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctal

Re: DEC Runoff to any modern format conversion or DEC MSCP protocol specs

s. I did a quick test and the output looks to me like 8 bit ANSI escape sequences and text. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: X11 expertise on ancient HW sought... (4-plane visual (overlay) via X-server on MS-WIndows)

MS 8.3 and some slightly lesser capable graphics card that I cannot recall the name of at all both report this: visual: visual id:0x36 class:PseudoColor depth:4 planes size of colormap:16 entries red, green, blue masks:0x0, 0x0, 0x0 significant bits in color specification:4 bits and this: SERVER_OVERLAY_VISUALS(SERVER_OVERLAY_VISUALS) = 0x36, 0x1, 0x0, 0x1 Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: VMS EXCHANGE format for VAX console media

. Below are some comments from the top of the file. Regards, Peter Coghlan. $ ! Copyright (c) 1987 Digital Equipment Corporation. All rights reserved. $ ! $ ! CONSCOPY -- Save or Restore a console medium $ ! $ ! Inputs: $ ! P1 - Kit type: 8600 or 8200 or 78x or 750 or 730 $ ! P2 -

Re: VAX-11/730 %BOOT-F-Unexpected Machine Check

t the filenames as it does it. If it complains, try this: $ BACKUP /IMAGE /LOG device: NLA0:SAVESET.BCK /SAVE_SET but that variation probably won't work for distribution media as that will be provied in saveset form and you can't have a saveset as both input and output. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: VAX-11/730 %BOOT-F-Unexpected Machine Check

et data off the machine for examination. > Standalone backup is not network aware. You need to get VMS booted before you get to use the network. > > Any suggestions or clues would be greatly appreciated! I'm still learning how > to tell the chickens from the eggs. > Looks like you're doing well so far! Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: First VAX-11/730 VMS Boot! (was: Re: VAX-11/730 %BOOT-F-Unexpected Machine Check)

ed as a good stable place to be with few unaddressed issues and it would be increasingly difficult to get useful items such as a stable TCP/IP stack running on versions earlier than V5.5-2. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: First VAX-11/730 VMS Boot! (was: Re: VAX-11/730 %BOOT-F-Unexpected Machine Check)

typos or you get to start all over again): SET NOON SPAWN /NOWAIT SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP.COM When the startup finishes, press enter again and you should get back to your $ prompt. SET DEFAULT SYS$SYSTEM RUN AUTHORIZE MODIFY SYSTEM /PASSWORD= /NOPWDEXP /NOPWDLIFE EXIT LOGOUT Then login in. When you want to shut down gracefully: @SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Amiga Fans

+1 to you Amiga fans http://woodtv.com/2015/06/11/1980s-computer-controls-grps-heat-and-ac/ I love the part about the high school student who originally programmed it and still maintains it to this day!

Re: TRS80, other than model 1

I always wonder what the rational was on the "6000" name. I understand Tandy wanted to move away from the "TRS-80” name, hence the "Tandy 6000”, but it was really just a slightly enhanced TRS-80 Model 16B. Now, the “16” name makes sense…16-bit OS support on the added cards. Of course. at the

Re: TRS80, other than model 1

The double cassette ports. > On Jun 13, 2015, at 4:08 PM, tony duell wrote: > > Trivia question : What feature was present on all disk based M1s (in fact any > M1 with an expansion > interface) but not on any M3 or M4 machines?

Re: First VAX-11/730 VMS Boot! (was: Re: VAX-11/730 %BOOT-F-Unexpected Machine Check)

t; %DCL-S-SPAWNED, process SYSTEM_1 spawned > $ > %DCL-W-NOLBLS, label ignored - use only within command procedures > \SYS$SYSTEM:\ > %DCL-W-PARMDEL, invalid parameter delimiter - check use of special characters > \.COM\ Did I say that? I meant: $ spawn /nowait @sys$system:startup.com (sorry) Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: First VAX-11/730 VMS Boot! (was: Re: VAX-11/730 %BOOT-F-Unexpected Machine Check)

The operator would normally be logged in interactively and would respond to the OPCOM messages from the batch job and deal with tape mounts. This requires a suitable batch queue to be set up and started. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: XH558 - was Re: using new technology etc

>> > My son is stationed at Beale AFB (where the SR-71s were originally based) and > 7963 is on static display there. I've been up to it (you can actually > *touch* it!) They are wicked cool looking and *big*. They also have a > static display of the drone which could be launched from the b

Re: XH558 - was Re: using new technology etc

> On Jun 18, 2015, at 12:26 PM, Guy Sotomayor wrote: > > >> On Jun 18, 2015, at 9:18 AM, Peter Cetinski wrote: >> >>>> >>> My son is stationed at Beale AFB (where the SR-71s were originally based) >>> and 7963 is on static display there

Re: XH558 - was Re: using new technology etc

> On Jun 19, 2015, at 7:50 AM, jwsmobile wrote: > > The closest I came to an aircraft in this class was an almost on a Concorde > Ticket in the late 70's when an upgrade to first class could get you near to > the Concorde fare, and then on a visit in the 90's I got to see one take off > like

Re: XH558 - was Re: using new technology etc

> > Bringing this topic full circle, does anyone know if any minicomputers > (DEC PDP-8s or 11s, DG Novæ, HP 21XXs, et cetera) were ever used on > aircraft? Not transported by one, but I mean setup and used on one. > > > Not finding it easy to get a definitive answer but > > It's a fair

Re: Where to get a Vax or microvax

ee now. If you do get something in this line, remove the battery and put up with it not keeping time or boot settings when switched off. Regards. Peter Coghlan.

Re: list consolidation

the DEL key simply does not function as a solution to those who prefer to have write-only access to mailing lists and I tend to reach for the UNSUB key instead. Thankfully this has never been necessary here, due in no small part to the behind the scenes hard work of Jay and the list moderators. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: How many use old browsers (e.g. =< Netscape 4 or IE 6) as their ONLY source of web content?

the "index" link but this seems to be fixed now. Looks grand in Lynx too. Highlighting "IBM XT" and pressing enter downloads the picture and displays it using XV as expected. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: email gripe

ually decided I can't disagree with any of these points because I can't really figure out what they are. I guess I am losing my marbles. My congratulations to those who managed to make enough sense of it to make considered, insightful replies.) Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: Time to dig out some of my DEC XX2247 keys

'll just need to pass on that extra $4000 > > >> of income. :D > > > > > > Just think of what they'd go for if they were *gold-plated*... > > > > With rosewood handles... > > > > -ethan > > And rubbed down with whale oil... > Specifically, well whale oil... Regards, Peter Coghlan.

RE: PDP 11 gear finally moved

does not appear to make sense as it stands? I think you may have seen or participated in some of the many discussions we have had on this topic on this list? In light of these discussions, I find it hard to see how a categorical statement such as this one could be justified. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

RE: PDP 11 gear finally moved

Rich Alderson wrote: > >From: Peter Coghlan >Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 1:27 AM > >> Rich Alderson wrote: > >>>> It is generally a good idea to re-form electrolytic capacitors in power >>>> supplies, and to bench check the power supplies (under som

Re: Classic programming

be 32 or 64 bits. I think the similarly named compiler on OSF1 / Digital Unix / Tru64 or whatever that is called this week offers the same facilites. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: VAX4000/300 MNS7.3 isntallation from CDROM

ons will be rejected until the bit is set. User Action: Check for a programming error. Verify that the volume is mounted and loaded. Check to see that the power is on before retrying the program. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: VAX4000/300 MNS7.3 isntallation from CDROM

cluster interconnect - coaxial cables and a transformer. Perhaps your PAA0 errors indicate some sort of errors with the DSSI connections rather than the disk media? There should be more details on this in the VMS error log. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: SCSI Tape to TAP utility

Reminds me of James Ellwood from one of my favorite TZ episode “From Agnes, With Love” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Agnes—With_Love > On Aug 9, 2015, at 8:57 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote: > > They didn't do much for my social life either. > > --Chuck > > >

Re: E-mail Archives Was: Writing 8" floppies with SuperCard Pro

it be possible to filter them a bit better before they are found? (The email addresses which I exclusively use with cctech & cctalk receive next to zero spam at the moment and I would hate that to change.) Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: E-mail Archives Was: Writing 8" floppies with SuperCard Pro

On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 at 17:01:46 -0700, Al Kossow wrote: On 8/12/15 11:34 AM, Peter Coghlan wrote: > The posting email addresses are only slightly disguised and could be harvested > by spammers. Would it be possible to filter them a bit better before they are > found? > That hors

Re: Probs w. M3119 CXY08 MUX on VAX VMS 7.3

everything is working normally. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: Probs w. M3119 CXY08 MUX on VAX VMS 7.3

you might see nothing on the terminal but you could get an OPCOM message to say that a login attempt timed out, something like "error reading command input". Regards, Peter Coghlan.

Re: 8-inch alignment floppy wanted

> On Aug 21, 2015, at 2:02 AM, Eric Smith wrote: > > Does anyone have a spare 8-inch alignment floppy they'd be willing to > sell? I'd prefer a double-sided one, but even a single-sided would be > better than nothing. You can get new ones from www.accurite.com if you can't find a used one.

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