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by dkelvey＠hotmail.com

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 for these. Dwight

9 years, 3 months

RL02 to image file

by jcwelch＠hal-pc.org

Hello, Does anyone have a setup to image RL02 packs to a pc file that can be mounted with simh? I have a couple of dozen I would like transferred because I am downsizing. I have a bunch of gear I can trade, also rum and/or dollars. Hopefully you are close to Houston. Sincerely, John Welch

9 years, 3 months

HP 9836 systems and Fuji Pictrography 4000 printer available

by bobalan＠sbcglobal.net

Spring cleaning time! I have three vintage HP 9836 computers, two monochrome monitors, one color monitor and three printers. I'm sure they are going to need work to get running. No testing has been done. Could probably get two out of the three working. Somewhere I have a few various I/O cards also that will be included. Photos can be seen here: http://anifur.com/clist/ Pickup in Santa Cruz, CA, I just don't have time to (or the back) to pack and ship, though I can help load. -Bob -- Vintage computers and electronics www.dvq.com www.tekmuseum.com www.decmuseum.org

9 years, 3 months

Micral N (1974) for sale

by barythrin＠gmail.com

That's a starting bid at 20,000 euros? -------- Original message --------From: St?phane Tsacas via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Date: 5/30/17 5:56 PM (GMT-06:00)Subject: Micral N (1974) for sale If it happens you're in Tours (in France, https://goo.gl/maps/BXNZ4YJixYq) June 11 2017, a Micral N from 1974 will be auctioned. More info -- in French -- on the auction house website https://www.rouillac.com/fr/news-1252-le_micral_n_premier_micro_ordinateur Starting price : 20 K?. Good luck ;-) -- ??phane tsacas

9 years, 3 months

Corona Data Systems PC available

by marvin＠west.net

I have a couple of the Corona and Cordata desktops. Apparently Corona Data Systems was forced to change their name when the manufacturer of Corona typewriters objected. So yes, Corona did predate the Cordata computer. My first PC clone was the PPC-400, and I still have the service manual (copy.) Marvin > From: Sam O'nella <barythrin at gmail.com> > > I have a similar but think mine says cordata which i guess yours is an early model? Is there no model number or serial or was that edited out? Just curious. ?If you post on vcfed.org some younger collectors will find the historical significance interesting of a potential unauthorized IBM compatible. I find those companies that were sued out of existence or folded easily an interesting time in an aggressive young home computer market.? > -------- Original message --------From: Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Date: 5/27/17 10:38 PM (GMT-06:00) To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: Corona Data Systems PC available > More spring cleaning. This time it's a Corona Data Systems PC. > Kinda like an old Compaq unit. Has floppy and hard disk, but does not > boot up. > > Pickup in Santa Cruz, CA > > http://anifur.com/clist/corona1.JPG > > http://anifur.com/clist/corona2.JPG > > http://anifur.com/clist/corona3.JPG

9 years, 3 months

Corona Data Systems PC available

by barythrin＠gmail.com

I have a similar but think mine says cordata which i guess yours is an early model? Is there no model number or serial or was that edited out? Just curious. ?If you post on vcfed.org some younger collectors will find the historical significance interesting of a potential unauthorized IBM compatible. I find those companies that were sued out of existence or folded easily an interesting time in an aggressive young home computer market.? -------- Original message --------From: Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Date: 5/27/17 10:38 PM (GMT-06:00) To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: Corona Data Systems PC available More spring cleaning. This time it's a Corona Data Systems PC. Kinda like an old Compaq unit. Has floppy and hard disk, but does not boot up. Pickup in Santa Cruz, CA http://anifur.com/clist/corona1.JPG http://anifur.com/clist/corona2.JPG http://anifur.com/clist/corona3.JPG

9 years, 3 months

Micral N (1974) for sale

by stephane.tsacas＠gmail.com

Hi, If it happens you're in Tours (in France, https://goo.gl/maps/BXNZ4YJixYq) June 11 2017, a Micral N from 1974 will be auctioned. More info -- in French -- on the auction house website https://www.rouillac.com/fr/news-1252-le_micral_n_premier_micro_ordinateur Starting price : 20 K?. Good luck ;-) -- ??phane tsacas

9 years, 3 months

Firefly dual processor card

by spacewar＠gmail.com

Did you get an actual Firefly (research) board, or a prduction VAXstation 3520/3540 board? I don't think you're likely to find schematics or pinouts for either, but it's not impossible to find 3520/3540 stuff, while I've never before heard of anyone encountering any actual Firefly boards in the wild.

9 years, 3 months

Anyone remember ZOSO disks?

by asc135＠gmail.com

Back in the 80's I had some archive disks (maybe SIG/M or CPM/UG or maybe something else?) which had files on the disk named like ZOSO.022 (for disk #22) which was the Star Trek basic game disk. I'm attaching below the text >from that file (best viewed with a monospace font). I seem to recall this person who went by the moniker of Zoso had written others as well, but I can't find them right now. Just curious if any of you had seen those and if anyone knows who this mysterious Zoso person was? If I find others I'll post them. Regards, Amardeep AC9MF * * * * * THIS DISK CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING FILES: STARTREK.TXT THIS IS THE ORIGINAL SOURCE FILE FROM WHICH THIS PACKAGE WAS DEVELOPED. IT IS PURPORTED TO RUN AS IS WITH MITS 8K BASIC. IT CONTAINS ALL THE REMARKS, AUTHOR CREDITS ETC. IF YOU HAVE THIS BASIC WITH ASCII-LOAD CAPABILITY, TRY IT !! BIGTREK.ASC THIS IS THE RESULT OF HAVING TRIED TO TRIM THE ABOVE SOURCE SO AS TO GET IT TO RUN (IN A 64K SYSTEM) WITH MICROSOFT'S MBASIC. IT PRESENTLY IS ALMOST SHORT ENOUGH, BUT NOT QUITE. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE OBJECTIVE BECAME TO MAKE IT SUITABLE FOR TDL'S DISK BASIC RUNNING IN 64K. IT RUNS QUITE NICELY THAT WAY. ALL OF THE FEATURES OF THE ABOVE PROGRAM ARE RETAINED, AND A COUPLE OF NEW ONES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED. BIGTREK.BAS THIS IS THE COMPACTED MACHINE CODE OF THE ABOVE FILE WHICH LOADS ABOUT 50 TIMES FASTER THAN THE ASCII VERSION (TDL DISK BASIC ONLY). THE PROPER STEPS TO LOAD THIS ARE AS FOLLOWS : (ASSUME YOU HAVE LOADED TDL BASIC INTO A 64K SYSTEM)... 1 - OPEN#1,"I","BIGTREK.BAS" <CR> 2 - LOAD "B" <CR> 3 - CLOSE#1,"I" <CR> 4 - RUN <CR> TREKINFO.DOC A BRIEF TUTORIAL ON THE RULES FOR PLAYING THIS, CROSS-REFER- ENCED WHERE POSSIBLE WITH THE FAMILIAR COMMANDS OF THE MORE COMMONLY AVAILABLE 'STARTREKS'. TREKMOD.ASC SEE EXPLANATION (IN POST-SCRIPT). STRTRK/2.ASC THIS IS INCLUDED BECAUSE I LIKE THE 'COMMUNICATIONS' AND 'MIS- SION-PROGRESS-REPORTS' THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN THIS MUCH SMALLER (STILL > 20K) VERSION. NO MATTER HOW YOU GO WITH THIS, IT IS LIKELY THAT YOU WILL NEED 64K (PERHAPS 60K IF YOU USE 8K BASIC) TO RUN IT AT ALL. ONLY GUARANTEE IS THAT IT WILL RUN WITH TDL DISK BASIC/64K AS IS. SINCE I CAN RUN THIS, I LEAVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE TO GET IT WORKING WITH EITHER MICROSOFT DISK BASIC (OR BASIC-E). ONE SUGGESTION FOR THE FORMER PROJECT MIGHT BE TO PARTITION THIS PROGRAM INTO TWO MODULES. THE FIRST WOULD CONTAIN ALL OF THE LINES RELATING TO GALAXY INITIALIZATION, DIMENSIONING STATEMENTS, DATA- TABLES AND ALL BEGINNING OF GAME DIALOGUE - IN OTHER WORDS, LINES NOT REFER- ENCED AFTER GAME IS IN PROGRESS. THIS FILE MIGHT BE CALLED 'STARMOD1.ASC'. THE OTHER MODULE, 'STARMOD2.ASC' WOULD CONTAIN EVERYTHING ELSE. THE LAST COMMAND (TO BASIC) IN 'STARMOD1.ASC' WOULD BE: MERGE"STARMOD2.ASC". BOTH MODULES WOULD HAVE TO BE RENUMBERED IN SUCH A WAY THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 'MERGE', EACH NEW LINE OF 'STARMOD2' WOULD WIPE OUT A LINE OF 'STARMOD1' WHICH HAD THE SAME LINE NUMBER (UNTIL EVERY LINE OF FIRST MODULE WAS OVERWRITTEN BY A NEW LINE >FROM SECOND MODULE). ONE CHANGE WOULD BE NECESSITATED IN THE SECOND MODULE: IF A PLAYER REPLIED 'Y' TO THE QUESTION, 'ANOTHER GAME ?' A BRANCH WOULD NEED TO BE MADE TO A LINE WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMAND, - RUN "STARMOD1.ASC". THIS SOL- UTION IS A BIT 'KLUGEY', BUT PERHAPS PREFERABLE TO FURTHER TRIMMING. SEE THE 'P.S.' BELOW; THE MICROSOFT MANUAL IMPLYS (BY NO PROHIBITION) THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCH (ABOVE-MENTIONED) ARTIFICES BEING EFFECTIVE. THE DISAPPOINTMENT THAT MR. DOGGE ENCOUNTERED SHOULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO HONEST EXPERIMENTATION COMBINED WITH (THE TYPICALLY) INADEQUATE DOCUMENTATION. HAVE FUN !!! - ZOSO LATE NOTE: THE EXPERIMENT WITH MERGING TWO OR MORE MODULES HAS BEEN TRIED. I AM SAD TO REPORT THAT THIS APPROACH APPARENTLY DOES NOT WORK. IT SEEMS THAT THE EFFECT OF THE 'MERGE' FUNCTION IS TO DESTROY DATA (IN ADDITION TO CERTAIN LINE NUMBERS). MY THANKS TO MR. E. DOGGE FOR THIS INFO. E.D. ALSO SENT A 'TRIM- JOB' OF 'BIGTREK' CALLED 'TREKMOD'; IT PLAYS THE SAME GAME, BUT LACKS THE 'SCO- RING' AND 'VISUAL' FUNCTIONS. NOT TO DEMEAN MR. DOGGE'S EFFORT, I CAN'T PER- SONALLY SEE HOW THIS PARTICULAR 'STARTREK' CAN BE MEANINGFUL WITHOUT THE SCO- RING ROUTINE. IF THIS WERE MY 'BABY', I WOULD (IF NECESSARY) REDUCE EVERY BIT OF (TEXTUAL) CONSOLE OUTPUT TO A 2 DIGIT CODE SO AS TO RETAIN 'SCORING'; THE 'VISUALS' ARE CUTE BUT NON-ESSENTIAL. SEE WHAT YOU THINK. ALSO !!! THERE ARE (IN THE 'BIGTREK' FILES ONLY) SOME CRUCIAL ERROR TRAPS WHICH I INSERTED. LOOK FOR THESE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 'NAVIGATE' AND 'IMPULSE' SUBROUTINES. THE COMMON STARTREK PRACTISE OF INPUTTING A '0' WARP-FACTOR (DISTANCE) TO ABORT AN IMPROPERLY ENTERED NAVIGATION ROUTINE WILL, WITHOUT THESE TRAPS, GIVE YOU A 'SUBSCRIPT OUT OF BOUNDS' ERROR, AND THE GAME WILL HAVE BEEN (LITERALLY) LOST. I SUGGEST COPYING THESE EXACTLY IF YOU WILL BE TRYING THE 'TREKMOD' IM- PLEMENTATION.

9 years, 3 months

Any PDP11s for sale in the UK?

by aaron＠aaronsplace.co.uk

Hi everyone, I am very interested in DEC stuff and I would love a PDP11 to play with and have in my (small) collection. If anyone has one in the UK that they would be interested in selling, please contact me off list. I'm interested in both Q-bus and Unibus models. Pretty unlikely but I thought I'd ask. Thanks! -- Aaron Jackson PhD Student, Computer Vision Laboratory, Uni of Nottingham http://aaronsplace.co.uk/

9 years, 3 months

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