https://gunkies.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Lucky&feedformat=atomComputer History Wiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T17:36:26ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Neozeed&diff=8516User talk:Neozeed2011-01-21T14:54:46Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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<div>Hey, thanks a bunch for your edits to the Wiki. Thanks also for the reverting of spammed contributions. I have blocked the users now. Cheers, -- [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] ([[User talk:Toresbe|talk]]) 14:58, 15 November 2010 (UTC)<br />
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Howdy, there's no need to edit a spammer's talk page, just list the user on my own talk page and i'll ban them. -- [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 06:54, 21 January 2011 (PST)</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Neozeed&diff=8515User talk:Neozeed2011-01-21T14:54:08Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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<div>Hey, thanks a bunch for your edits to the Wiki. Thanks also for the reverting of spammed contributions. I have blocked the users now. Cheers, -- [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] ([[User talk:Toresbe|talk]]) 14:58, 15 November 2010 (UTC)<br />
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Howdy, there's no need to edit a spammer's talk page, just list the user on my own talk page and i'll ban them.</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Tahoe&diff=8500Tahoe2010-12-29T02:35:58Z<p>Lucky: Redirected page to Power 6/32</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Power 6/32]]</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Nav_SPARC32&diff=8499Template:Nav SPARC322010-12-29T02:33:15Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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<div>{{Navigation<br />
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<b>Sun4m</b> - [[SPARCstation 5]] • [[SPARCstation 20]]<br />
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<b>Operating Systems:</b> - [[Solaris]] • [[Linux]] • [[NetBSD]] • [[OpenBSD]]<br />
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<b>Also:</b> - [[MBus]] • [[SBus]] • [[SPARC]]<br />
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<div>SPARC is [[Sun Microsystem]]'s 32-bit RISC processor, not to be confused with its more modern 64-bit descendant, UltraSPARC. It was manufactured by several companies including Sun, Fujitsu, TI, etc.<br />
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It was used in a variety of Sun systems.<br />
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== Sun-4 machines ==<br />
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The Sun-4s were SPARC-based computers using the Sun-3's general VMEbus approach.<br />
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== SPARCstations ==<br />
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* [[SPARCstation 5]]<br />
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== SPARCservers ==<br />
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<b>Sun4m</b> - [[SPARCstation 5]] • [[SPARCstation 20]]<br />
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<b>Operating Systems:</b> - [[Solaris]] • [[Linux]] • [[NetBSD]] • [[OpenBSD]]<br />
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<b>Also:</b> - [[MBus]] • [[SBus]] • [[SPARC]]<br />
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If you have any information you want to contribute to this wiki, '''please, contribute it'''. We'd much rather remove or modify a dozen potentially unsuited submissions than miss out on a single good one. We hope this wiki grows into a useful resource for everyone interested in classic computing, no matter what their level of knowledge may be; it is meant to be all-encompassing. -- [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] & [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 16:11, 16 May 2007 (PDT)<br />
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This English wiki stems from frustration [[User:Toresbe|Tore Sinding Bekkedal]] experienced with adding information to the [http://www.nodaf.no Norwegian Computer History Society wiki] when he realized that his content would only be accessible to those who understood Norwegian.<br />
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If you have any information you want to contribute to this wiki, '''please, contribute it'''. We'd much rather remove or modify a dozen potentially unsuited submissions than miss out on a single good one.<br />
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We hope this wiki grows into a useful resource for everyone interested in classic computing, no matter what their level of knowedge may be. We realize that there are more specific wikis for [[Commodore 64|Commodore]] and Amiga and so on, but this is a general wiki for everything related to historical computing; it is meant to be all encompassing.<br />
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The current URL is temporary as this is an experiment to see if people will actually make edits and find it useful. If it "catches on" as we suspect it will, [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] will of course register a domain with an appropriate name. The threshold for "catches on" is quite low - as a worst case scenario, this becomes a one-user Content Management System -- [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] & [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 16:11, 16 May 2007 (PDT)<br />
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This is the Computer History Wiki, a knowledge base about historic computers which anyone can edit. Currently, we've got [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles!<br />
<br />
<big> [[:Category:Computers|Systems]] • [[:Category:Peripherals|Peripherals]] • [[:Category:Software|Software]] • [[:Category:Computer Manufacturers|Manufacturers]] • [[:Category:Operating Systems|Operating Systems]] • [[:Category:Network Protocols|Networking]] • [[:Category:Tutorials|Tutorials]] • [[Other Resources]]</big><br />
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{| <br />
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==Introduction by the Administrators==<br />
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This wiki is an experiment to create a means for knowledgeable people to enter their information into some kind of a knowledge base. This is however, not the relatively formalized tone and style imposed by Wikipedia. Sentences starting with "I seem to recall" are perfectly welcome here - and articles do '''not''' have to be in the descriptive, encyclopedic style Wikipedia enforces. On the contrary, it is ''preferred'' that many of the articles be references, guides, helpful hints, suggestions, [[:Category:Tutorials|tutorials]] and so on.<br />
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This English wiki stems from frustration [[User:Toresbe|Tore Sinding Bekkedal]] experienced with adding information to the [http://www.nodaf.no Norwegian Computer History Society wiki] when he realized that his content would only be accessible to those who understood Norwegian.<br />
<br />
If you have any information you want to contribute to this wiki, '''please, contribute it'''. We'd much rather remove or modify a dozen potentially unsuited submissions than miss out on a single good one.<br />
<br />
We hope this wiki grows into a useful resource for everyone interested in classic computing, no matter what their level of knowedge may be. We realize that there are more specific wikis for [[Commodore 64|Commodore]] and Amiga and so on, but this is a general wiki for everything related to historical computing; it is meant to be all encompassing.<br />
<br />
The current URL is temporary as this is an experiment to see if people will actually make edits and find it useful. If it "catches on" as we suspect it will, [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] will of course register a domain with an appropriate name. The threshold for "catches on" is quite low - as a worst case scenario, this becomes a one-user Content Management System -- [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] & [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 16:11, 16 May 2007 (PDT)<br />
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<div>* Hey everyone, I'm still alive as is this Wiki - and although I'm not putting all that much effort myself into making article edits, I'm still happily maintaining the site and it seems to be accumulating interesting content. A special thank-you goes to [[User:Neozeed|Neozeed]] for his tireless contributions. The wiki will be maintained, and backups are made of the content. -- [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] ([[User talk:Toresbe|talk]]) 15:04, 15 November 2010 (UTC)<br />
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* We've passed the 500 article mark, much in thanks to our consummate contributer [[User:Neozeed|Neozeed]]! We've also become the top first or second result on Google for a number of terms. Good job, everyone! -- [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 21:46, 5 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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* Although the site has been neglected at times, and our two year anniversary went unmarked, we're still around! [[User:Toresbe|Toresbe]] has made user registration mandatory to deal with the large amount of spam we've been receiving. New templates have been created and more navigation boxes, articles on peripherals and systems have been added too. Keep up the good work everyone, I'm especially proud of the [[:Category:Tutorials|tutorials we now have]] for SIMH! :) -- [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 18 July 2009<br />
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* Hey everyone, I'm still alive as is this Wiki - and although I'm not putting all that much effort myself into making article edits, I'm still happily maintaining the site and it seems to be accumulating interesting content. A special thank-you goes to [[User:Neozeed|Neozeed]] for his tireless contributions. The wiki will be maintained, and backups are made of the content. -- [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] ([[User talk:Toresbe|talk]]) 15:04, 15 November 2010 (UTC)<br />
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* We've passed the 500 article mark, much in thanks to our consummate contributer [[User:Neozeed|Neozeed]]! We've also become the top first or second result on Google for a number of terms. Good job, everyone! -- [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 21:46, 5 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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* Although the site has been neglected at times, and our two year anniversary went unmarked, we're still around! [[User:Toresbe|Toresbe]] has made user registration mandatory to deal with the large amount of spam we've been receiving. New templates have been created and more navigation boxes, articles on peripherals and systems have been added too. Keep up the good work everyone, I'm especially proud of the [[:Category:Tutorials|tutorials we now have]] for SIMH! :) -- [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 18 July 2009</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Installing_Ultrix_4.0_on_SIMH&diff=8490Installing Ultrix 4.0 on SIMH2010-12-29T01:36:29Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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<div>Installing Ultrix 4.0 is surprisingly pretty easy! <br />
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== Requirements ==<br />
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*An Ultrix 4.0 tape image<br />
*A running copy of SIMH<br />
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=== The tape ===<br />
First you will need an Ultrix 4.0 tape image. Currently the only known place to obtain the pieces is [ftp://ifctfvax.harhan.org/pub/UNIX/thirdparty/Ultrix-32/ult400vaxdist-tk50/sup/ here]. Download all the parts, then use the [[mkdisttap.pl]] script to create your tape image.<br />
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=== SIMH ===<br />
Simh can be obtained from [http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/simh here], and of course from [http://simh.trailing-edge.com/ here]. Building SIMH isn't in the scope of this document, just grab some binaries and let's go.<br />
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== Installing ==<br />
To start the install we'll need to setup an ini file. This is the settings that I know will work.<br />
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ultrix.ini<br />
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set cpu 16m<br />
set tto 7b<br />
set tti 7b<br />
set cr dis<br />
set lpt dis<br />
set rl dis<br />
set rq0 ra81<br />
att rq0 ultrix.dsk<br />
set rq1 dis<br />
set rq2 dis<br />
set rq3 dis<br />
set ry dis<br />
set ts dis<br />
set tq tk50<br />
att tq0 ultrix40.tap<br />
set tq1 dis<br />
set tq2 dis<br />
set tq3 dis<br />
;set xq dis<br />
;att xq 1<br />
;att nvr ultrix.nvr<br />
;dep bdr 0<br />
boot cpu<br />
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Now we are ready to run the emulator. Simply run "vax ultrix.ini" and you'll get this much:<br />
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<pre><br />
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VAX simulator V3.8-1<br />
RQ: creating new file<br />
TQ: creating new file<br />
Loading boot code from ka655x.bin<br />
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←[c<br />
KA655-B V5.3, VMB 2.7<br />
Performing normal system tests.<br />
40..39..38..37..36..35..34..33..32..31..30..29..28..27..26..25..<br />
24..23..22..21..20..19..18..17..16..15..14..13..12..11..10..09..<br />
08..07..06..05..04..03..<br />
Tests completed.<br />
>>><br />
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Type in:<br />
<pre>boot mua0:</pre><br />
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And the tape will start to load and you'll see this:<br />
<pre><br />
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2..<br />
-MUA0<br />
1..0..<br />
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Ultrixload (using VMB version 13)<br />
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Sizes:<br />
text = 768800<br />
data = 1248256<br />
bss = 945472<br />
<br />
Rewinding tape ...<br />
Starting at 0x4d4d<br />
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ULTRIX V4.0 (Rev. 160) System #3: Thu Apr 5 08:42:35 EDT 1990<br />
real mem = 16723968<br />
avail mem = 11548672<br />
Buffer configuration adjusted to run with small system page table<br />
using 245 buffers containing 1672192 bytes of memory<br />
♥♦KA655 processor with an FPU<br />
CPU microcode rev = 6, processor firmware rev = 83<br />
Q22 bus<br />
uda0 at uba0<br />
uq0 at uda0 csr 172150 vec 774, ipl 15<br />
klesiu0 at uba0<br />
uq16 at klesiu0 csr 174500 vec 770, ipl 15<br />
NO LOOPBACK<br />
ra0 at uq0 slave 0 (RA81)<br />
tms0 at uq16 slave 0 (TK50)<br />
WARNING: clock gained 114 days -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!<br />
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*** STANDALONE ULTRIX ENVIRONMENT ***<br />
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If you select the BASIC Installation option from the list that follows,<br />
the installation software creates file systems on default partitions on<br />
your system disk and loads the mandatory ULTRIX software subsets.<br />
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If you require additional installation choices, select the ADVANCED<br />
Installation option.<br />
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Select one of the following options:<br />
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1) BASIC Installation<br />
2) ADVANCED Installation<br />
3) System management<br />
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Enter your choice:<br />
</pre><br />
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There is a LONG pause on the "NO LOOPBACK" line.. be patient! From here it's quite simple, just hit 1 & enter.<br />
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<pre><br />
Enter your choice: 1<br />
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*** SYSTEM DISK SELECTION ***<br />
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The installation booklet for your processor explains the following table<br />
of system disk drives. Select one of the devices below to contain the<br />
root file system:<br />
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SYSTEM DISK TABLE<br />
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Selection Device ULTRIX Device Controller Controller<br />
Name Name Number Name Number<br />
----------------------------------------------------------------------<br />
1 RA81 ra0 0 RQDX3 0<br />
----------------------------------------------------------------------<br />
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Enter your choice:<br />
</pre><br />
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So press 1 then enter...<br />
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<pre><br />
Enter your choice: 1<br />
<br />
You selected RA81, device number 0. Make sure this disk drive<br />
is on line and write-enabled (if applicable to your disk drive), then<br />
confirm your choice.<br />
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Use RA81, ra0, for your system disk? (y/n) []:<br />
</pre><br />
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Go ahead & press y & enter. It will partition & format the disk in the 'right way'. Once the disk is prepared, SIMH will exit:<br />
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<pre><br />
The installation procedure now allocates the root file system on<br />
partition 'a' of the system disk, ra0 RA81.<br />
<br />
Making the root file system on ra0 RA81.<br />
<br />
The installation procedure is now restoring the root file system to<br />
partition 'a' of the system disk, ra0 RA81.<br />
<br />
The installation procedure now checks the root file system on partition 'a'<br />
of the system disk, ra0 RA81.<br />
** /dev/rra0a<br />
** Last Mounted on /mnt<br />
** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes<br />
** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames<br />
** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity<br />
** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts<br />
** Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups<br />
223 files, 6198 used, 9353 free (17 frags, 1167 blocks, 0.1% fragmentation)<br />
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*** BOOTSTRAP COMMAND SEQUENCE ***<br />
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Enter the following boot sequence at the console mode prompt<br />
after the installation software halts the processor:<br />
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>>> b dua0<br />
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syncing disks... done<br />
<br />
HALT instruction, PC: 8005F28D (BRB 8005F28C)<br />
sim><br />
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At this point I'd recommend you exit SIMH, and restart it, the same as the first time.<br />
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<pre><br />
vax ultrix.ini<br />
<br />
<br />
VAX simulator V3.8-1<br />
Loading boot code from ka655x.bin<br />
<br />
←[c<br />
KA655-B V5.3, VMB 2.7<br />
Performing normal system tests.<br />
40..39..38..37..36..35..34..33..32..31..30..29..28..27..26..25..<br />
24..23..22..21..20..19..18..17..16..15..14..13..12..11..10..09..<br />
08..07..06..05..04..03..<br />
Tests completed.<br />
>>><br />
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And now we boot from the hard disk. Type in 'boot dua0'.<br />
<br />
<pre><br />
>>>boot dua0<br />
(BOOT/R5:0 DUA0<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
2..<br />
-DUA0<br />
1..0..<br />
<br />
<br />
Ultrixboot - V4.0 Sat Mar 31 04:11:56 EST 1990<br />
<br />
Loading (a)vmunix ...<br />
<br />
Sizes:<br />
text = 990392<br />
data = 232960<br />
bss = 1248872<br />
Starting at 0x4d4d<br />
<br />
ULTRIX V4.0 (Rev. 160) System #5: Thu Apr 5 08:44:16 EDT 1990<br />
real mem = 16723968<br />
avail mem = 11992064<br />
Buffer configuration adjusted to run with small system page table<br />
using 239 buffers containing 1672192 bytes of memory<br />
♥♦KA655 processor with an FPU<br />
CPU microcode rev = 6, processor firmware rev = 83<br />
Q22 bus<br />
uda0 at uba0<br />
uq0 at uda0 csr 172150 vec 774, ipl 15<br />
klesiu0 at uba0<br />
uq16 at klesiu0 csr 174500 vec 770, ipl 15<br />
qe0 at uba0 csr 174440 vec 764, ipl 15<br />
qe0: DEC DELQA Ethernet Interface DEQNA-lock Mode, hardware address 08:00:2b:aa:bb:cc<br />
ra0 at uq0 slave 0 (RA81)<br />
tms0 at uq16 slave 0 (TK50)<br />
<br />
*** SYSTEM NAME SPECIFICATION ***<br />
<br />
Select the name of your system using alphanumeric characters.<br />
The first character must be a letter. For example, tinker.<br />
<br />
Enter your system name:<br />
</pre><br />
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Now we can choose a system name.. I'm going to go with 'ultrix' you can pick whatever you like..<br />
<br />
<pre><br />
Enter your system name: ultrix<br />
<br />
You selected ultrix as the name of your system. Is this<br />
correct? (y/n) [y]: y<br />
</pre><br />
<br />
Next ultrix will prompt for some date/time settings. Right now I'm just choosing the selected date. I'm not sure about the Y2K status of Ultrix 4.0 ....<br />
<br />
<pre><br />
*** DATE AND TIME SPECIFICATION ***<br />
<br />
The current date and time should be specified using the following<br />
format:<br />
<br />
yymmddhhmm<br />
<br />
Use two digits for year (yy), month (mm), day (dd), hour (hh), and<br />
minute (mm). Enter the time in 24-hour format. For example, 11:30<br />
p.m. on May 3, 1990 would be entered as:<br />
<br />
9005032330<br />
<br />
Enter the date and time: 9005032330<br />
</pre><br />
<br />
Now for the timezone, DST settings..<br />
<br />
<pre><br />
*** TIME ZONE SELECTION ***<br />
<br />
Select the time zone for your area, using the options listed in the<br />
table below. You can also enter the number of hours (-12 to 12) in<br />
time east of Greenwich.<br />
<br />
Selection Time Zone<br />
---------------------------------<br />
e Eastern<br />
c Central<br />
m Mountain<br />
p Pacific<br />
g Greenwich<br />
---------------------------------<br />
<br />
Enter your choice: e<br />
<br />
Does your area alternate between Daylight Savings and Standard<br />
time? (y/n) [y]: y<br />
<br />
<br />
Select your geographic area for Daylight Savings Time, using the<br />
options in the table below.<br />
<br />
Selection Geographic Area<br />
--------------------------------<br />
u USA<br />
a Australia<br />
e Eastern Europe<br />
c Central Europe<br />
w Western Europe<br />
--------------------------------<br />
<br />
Enter your choice [u]: u<br />
<br />
The current date and time is Thu May 3 23:32:07 EDT 1990<br />
</pre><br />
<br />
With that out of the way we can now choose a password:<br />
<br />
<pre><br />
*** SPECIFY THE SUPERUSER PASSWORD ***<br />
The installation booklet for your processor instructs<br />
you on how to enter the superuser password.<br />
Changing password for root<br />
Enter new password:<br />
Verify:<br />
<br />
Making the new file system for /usr on /dev/rra0g RA81<br />
</pre><br />
<br />
Now it will prompt between 'desktop' and 'server'. You can choose either one, then it will 'position' the tape and unpack..<br />
<br />
<pre><br />
This distribution media includes subsets for ULTRIX Worksystem<br />
Software (UWS). A UWS license (on a workstation) or a UWS Server<br />
License (on a timesharing machine or server) is required to install<br />
these subsets.<br />
<br />
Do you want to install ULTRIX Worksystem Software? y/n []: n<br />
<br />
Installing mandatory software subsets.<br />
<br />
Please make sure your installation tape is mounted and on-line.<br />
Are you ready (y/n)? y<br />
Positioning Tape<br />
</pre><br />
<br />
You will see something like the following during the install.<br />
<br />
<pre><br />
Copying Base System (ULTBASE400) from tape<br />
Working....Thu May 3 23:34:51 EDT 1990<br />
Verifying Base System (ULTBASE400)<br />
<br />
Copying Kernel Configuration Files (ULTBIN400) from tape<br />
Working....Thu May 3 23:35:53 EDT 1990<br />
Verifying Kernel Configuration Files (ULTBIN400)<br />
<br />
Copying TCP/IP Networking Utilities (ULTINET400) from tape<br />
Verifying TCP/IP Networking Utilities (ULTINET400)<br />
<br />
Copying Network File System Utilities (ULTNFS400) from tape<br />
Verifying Network File System Utilities (ULTNFS400)<br />
<br />
Copying Extended (Berkeley) Mailer (ULTUMAIL400) from tape<br />
Verifying Extended (Berkeley) Mailer (ULTUMAIL400)<br />
Rewinding Tape...<br />
<br />
The installation software has successfully installed the software<br />
subsets. You can now remove the tape containing the software subsets<br />
from the device.<br />
<br />
*** SYSTEM CONFIGURATION PROCEDURE ***<br />
The installation software found these devices in the floating<br />
address space:<br />
<br />
dz0 on uba0 at 0160100<br />
dz1 on uba0 at 0160110<br />
dz2 on uba0 at 0160120<br />
dz3 on uba0 at 0160130<br />
<br />
Configuration file complete.<br />
<br />
*** PERFORMING SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ***<br />
working ..... Thu May 3 23:38:34 EDT 1990<br />
<br />
*** DEVICE SPECIAL FILE CREATION ***<br />
working ..... Thu May 3 23:39:22 EDT 1990<br />
<br />
*** SOFTWARE INSTALLATION PROCEDURE COMPLETE ***<br />
<br />
The following files were created during the installation procedure:<br />
<br />
/vmunix - customized kernel<br />
/genvmunix - generic kernel<br />
/usr/adm/install.log - installation log file<br />
/usr/adm/install.FS.log - file systems log file<br />
/usr/adm/install.DEV.log - special device log file<br />
<br />
<br />
Enter the following boot sequence at the console mode prompt<br />
after the installation software halts the processor:<br />
<br />
>>> b dua0<br />
</pre><br />
<br />
And then it will take a while, then SIMH will finally exit.<br />
<br />
<pre><br />
syncing disks... done<br />
<br />
HALT instruction, PC: 80080411 (BRB 80080410)<br />
sim><br />
</pre><br />
<br />
Quit SIMH & restart it again. We have not set the non volitale ram yet to auto boot so you will have to tell the prom to boot from disk.<br />
<br />
<pre><br />
<br />
VAX simulator V3.8-1<br />
Loading boot code from ka655x.bin<br />
<br />
←[c<br />
KA655-B V5.3, VMB 2.7<br />
Performing normal system tests.<br />
40..39..38..37..36..35..34..33..32..31..30..29..28..27..26..25..<br />
24..23..22..21..20..19..18..17..16..15..14..13..12..11..10..09..<br />
08..07..06..05..04..03..<br />
Tests completed.<br />
>>>boot dua0<br />
</pre><br />
<br />
And you'll get your login prompt to the Ultrix machine!<br />
<br />
<pre><br />
(BOOT/R5:0 DUA0<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
2..<br />
-DUA0<br />
1..0..<br />
<br />
<br />
Ultrixboot - V4.0 Sat Mar 31 04:11:56 EST 1990<br />
<br />
Loading (a)vmunix ...<br />
<br />
Sizes:<br />
text = 674696<br />
data = 114176<br />
bss = 386072<br />
Starting at 0x2b4d<br />
<br />
ULTRIX V4.0 (Rev. 161) System #1: Thu May 3 23:39:18 EDT 1990<br />
real mem = 16723968<br />
avail mem = 12910592<br />
using 408 buffers containing 1672192 bytes of memory<br />
♥♦KA655 processor with an FPU<br />
CPU microcode rev = 6, processor firmware rev = 83<br />
Q22 bus<br />
uda0 at uba0<br />
uq0 at uda0 csr 172150 vec 774, ipl 15<br />
klesiu0 at uba0<br />
uq16 at klesiu0 csr 174500 vec 770, ipl 15<br />
qe0 at uba0 csr 174440 vec 764, ipl 15<br />
qe0: DEC DELQA Ethernet Interface DEQNA-lock Mode, hardware address 08:00:2b:aa:bb:cc<br />
dz0 at uba0 csr 160100 vec 300, ipl 15<br />
dz1 at uba0 csr 160110 vec 310, ipl 15<br />
dz2 at uba0 csr 160120 vec 320, ipl 15<br />
dz3 at uba0 csr 160130 vec 330, ipl 15<br />
ra0 at uq0 slave 0 (RA81)<br />
tms0 at uq16 slave 0 (TK50)<br />
Wed Dec 31 19:00:31 EST 1969<br />
Automatic reboot in progress...<br />
Warning Creating new license database<br />
Warning creating new history file<br />
check quotas: done.<br />
savecore: checking for dump...dump does not exist<br />
local daemons: syslog sendmail.<br />
Removing remnant Opser files<br />
preserving editor files<br />
clearing /tmp<br />
standard daemons: update cron accounting Sat Jul 28 21:15:17 EDT 1990<br />
network<br />
snmpd.<br />
start errlog daemon - elcsd<br />
Sat Jul 28 21:15:18 EDT 1990<br />
<br />
<br />
ULTRIX V4.0 (Rev. 161) (ultrix)<br />
<br />
login:<br />
</pre><br />
<br />
Login, and you are on your happy ultrix installation!<br />
<br />
<pre><br />
ULTRIX V4.0 (Rev. 161) (ultrix)<br />
<br />
login: root<br />
Password:<br />
ULTRIX V4.0 (Rev. 161) System #1: Thu May 3 23:39:18 EDT 1990<br />
<br />
Digital Equipment Corporation<br />
Nashua, New Hampshire<br />
<br />
<br />
*** SOFTWARE INSTALLATION PROCEDURE COMPLETE ***<br />
<br />
The following files were created during the installation procedure:<br />
<br />
/vmunix - customized kernel<br />
/genvmunix - generic kernel<br />
/usr/adm/install.log - installation log file<br />
/usr/adm/install.FS.log - file systems log file<br />
/usr/adm/install.DEV.log - special device log file<br />
<br />
#<br />
</pre><br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:SIMH Tutorials]]</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=SPARC&diff=8489SPARC2010-12-27T12:27:03Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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<div>SPARC is [[Sun Microsystem]]'s 32-bit RISC processor, not to be confused with its more modern 64-bit descendant, UltraSPARC. It was manufactured by several companies including Sun, Fujitsu, TI, etc.<br />
<br />
It was used in a variety of Sun systems.<br />
<br />
== Sun-4 machines ==<br />
<br />
The Sun-4s were SPARC-based computers using the Sun-3's general VMEbus approach.<br />
<br />
== SPARCstations ==<br />
<br />
* [[SPARCstation 5]]<br />
<br />
== SPARCservers ==</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=SPARC&diff=8488SPARC2010-12-27T12:24:52Z<p>Lucky: Created page with "SPARC is Sun Microsystem's 32-bit RISC processor, not to be confused with its more modern 64-bit descendant, UltraSPARC. It was manufactured by several companies including S..."</p>
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<div>SPARC is [[Sun Microsystem]]'s 32-bit RISC processor, not to be confused with its more modern 64-bit descendant, UltraSPARC. It was manufactured by several companies including Sun, Fujitsu, TI, etc.<br />
<br />
It was used in a variety of Sun systems, including<br />
<br />
* Sun-4 machines<br />
<br />
* SPARCstations<br />
<br />
** [[SPARCstation 5]]<br />
<br />
* SPARCservers</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=IBM_System/360&diff=7289IBM System/3602010-04-08T00:38:05Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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<div>[[Image:ibm360 in action.jpg|right|150px|thumb|People using a 360]]<br />
<br />
The '''System/360''' is a groundbreaking mainframe computer introduced by [[IBM]] on April 7, [[1964]]. It ran a variety of software, such as [[MVS]].<br />
<br />
The System/360 was supplanted by the [[System/370]].<br />
<br />
== Specs ==<br />
*The 360 is a 32bit machine<br />
*16 general purpose 32-bit registers, 0 to 15 (usually Equated to the labels "R0" through "R15")<br />
*4 floating point 64-bit registers numbered 0, 2, 4 and 6, and<br />
*a Program Status Word (PSW). The program status word is composed of the privileged bit, the program counter, and the memory protection key.<br />
<br />
The 360 is a BIG endian machine, with values stored as high to low.<br />
<br />
== Emulation ==<br />
I don't think there is any direct S/360 emulators out there... However I'm pretty sure that [[Hercules]] will run System 360 software as the 370 is upwards compatible with the 360.<br />
<br />
{{IBM-stub}}<br />
[[Category:Computers]]<br />
[[Category:IBM Mainframes]]<br />
[[Category:Mainframes]]</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=4.3_BSD&diff=72784.3 BSD2010-04-05T22:14:27Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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<div>{{Infobox OS <br />
| image = 43bsd.png<br />
| caption = Logging into a 4.3 BSD system<br />
| name = 4.3 BSD<br />
| creator = CSRG, University of California, Berkeley<br />
| current version = 4.3BSD (1986) <br />
| year introduced = 1986<br />
| type = Multitasking, multiuser<br />
| architecture = [[VAX]], theoretically portable<br />
}}<br />
<br />
4.3 BSD follows 4.2 BSD, with TCP/IP networking, an improved filesystem, in -Tahoe, partial cross-platform capability, and in -Reno, a significant move toward POSIX compliance. This is a favourite with hobbyists, as being open source there are no licencing concerns and the tape data is freely available online, and it runs very well in [[SIMH]]. 4.3 BSD is also quoted as being the [http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=191901844 The Greatest Software Ever Written].<br />
<br />
<blockquote><br />
``The single Greatest Piece of Software Ever, with the broadest impact on the world, was BSD 4.3. Other Unixes were bigger commercial successes. But as the cumulative accomplishment of the BSD systems, 4.3 represented an unmatched peak of innovation. BSD 4.3 represents the single biggest theoretical undergirder of the Internet. Moreover, the passion that surrounds Linux and open source code is a direct offshoot of the ideas that created BSD: a love for the power of computing and a belief that it should be a freely available extension of man's intellectual powers--a force that changes his place in the universe.`` <br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
The first version of 4.3 BSD incorporates many performance fixes related to the release of 4.2 BSD. Many people have listed this piece of software as the single most important piece of software ever. Without doubt, it's responsible for influencing almost all operating systems that ever connected to the intenet, and it's TCP/IP stack was used for coutless other OS's. While not as feature rich as the other 4.3's it is known for being faster then 4.2 . However this version does *NOT* support the [[MicroVAX II]] that [[SIMH]] emulates, but rather the [[VAX-11/780]] (which is now also simulated by SIMH).<br />
<br />
This version seems to have been released on June 6th 1986. (dated from the GENERIC build directory in the kernel source tree.)<br />
<br />
<br />
== How do I get this to run?! ==<br />
<br />
The Unix Heritage Society's archives have copies of most 4-BSD variants http://minnie.tuhs.org/TUHS/ However, they're not immediately in ready-to-use-in-SIMH tape format. There is a repository of SIMH-ready tape images on [https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=204974&package_id=309407 sourceforge].<br />
<br />
There are 'ready to run' version for windows users available right here again on [https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=204974&package_id=245145 sourceforge]. All of the 4.2 & 4.3 BSD variations have built in SLiRP networking, and will be able to connect out to the internet without any device drivers.<br />
<br />
[[SIMH]] Installation instructions<br />
*Installation instructions for 4.3 BSD can be found [[Installing 4.3 BSD on SIMH|here]]<br />
<br />
== What Runs? == <br />
<br />
* A copy of [[Zork]] is also included in the distribution.<br />
<br />
== Follow ups ==<br />
<br />
4.3 BSD was superceded by the following versions:<br />
<br />
*[[4.3 BSD NFS Wisconsin Unix]]<br />
*[[4.3 BSD Tahoe]]<br />
*[[4.3 BSD Reno]]<br />
*[[4.3 BSD Quasijarus]]<br />
<br />
{{Nav Unix}}<br />
[[Category:CSRG BSD]] [[Category:BSD]]</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Resources&diff=7277Resources2010-04-05T22:12:43Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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<div>In addition to this Wiki, there are many other resources for retrocomputing online! <br />
<br />
== Mailing Lists and Chat ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.classiccmp.org ClassicCmp] is a resource for enthusiasts of classic computer hardware, software, and documentation. The list has over 1000 members and the archives are a valuable resources.<br />
* Many of the ClassicCmp list members hang out on IRC at #classiccmp on irc.freenode.org<br />
<br />
== Software Libraries ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.bitsavers.org bitsavers.org]<br />
* [http://www.tuhs.org/wiki/Unix_Archive_Sites TUHS archive] -- a large collection of early [[UNIX]] versions, often with source, and disk images which will run under several emulators, a very valuable resource.<br />
<br />
== Documentation Libraries == <br />
<br />
* [http://www.bitsavers.org bitsavers.org]<br />
<br />
== Information ==<br />
<br />
=== PDP-8 ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.pdp8.net PDP-8.net] Run a real PDP-8 through an online interface! Many great pictures as well as a software library.<br />
<br />
=== Blogs ===<br />
<br />
* Our member, [[User:Neozeed|Neozeed]] maintains a blog "Virtually Fun" which is regularly updated and explores the software of the 1970s through 1990s in emulation. You can [http://virtuallyfun.blogspot.com/ visit it here]</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=User:Lucky&diff=7276User:Lucky2010-04-05T22:10:42Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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<div>Hello! I've finally put something here. =) My interests tend towards emulation of older systems, especially anything UNIXy. I am one of the administrators of this wiki as well, and I try to keep things running smoothly. <br />
<br />
Feel free to leave a message on my discussion/talk page (right up at the top!), though that may take some time for me to notice, I will get to it. In an emergency, the quickest way to drop me a line is probably to drop by the #classiccmp channel or private message me on Freenode IRC (irc.freenode.org) The nickname is, of course, "lucky".</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=ES_40_Emulator&diff=7275ES 40 Emulator2010-04-05T22:03:35Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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<div>The ES 40 Emulator emulates the Alpha AXP EV68CB processor found in the [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] [[ES 40]].<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Operating Systems ===<br />
<br />
Currently ES 40 can run [[OpenVMS]] for the Dec [[Alpha]]. Hopefully once the hardware is more fleshed out it will run the following:<br />
<br />
*OpenVMS <br />
*Tru64 UNIX <br />
*Linux <br />
*FreeBSD <br />
*NetBSD <br />
*OpenBSD<br />
<br />
=== Platforms ===<br />
<br />
ES 40 runs on the current Operating Systems.<br />
<br />
*Windows <br />
*Linux <br />
*OpenVMS <br />
*Mac OS X <br />
*Sun Solaris<br />
<br />
=== External Links ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.es40.org/Homepage ES 40 emulator's homepage]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Emulators]]</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=DEC_Alpha&diff=7274DEC Alpha2010-04-05T22:01:59Z<p>Lucky: this definitely deserves at least a stub.</p>
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<div>{{wp-orig}}<br />
{{stub}}<br />
Alpha, originally known as Alpha AXP, is a 64-bit reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] (DEC), designed to replace the 32-bit [[VAX]] complex instruction set computer (CISC) ISA and its implementations.<br />
<br />
Operating systems that supported Alpha included [[OpenVMS]] (previously known as OpenVMS AXP), Tru64 UNIX (previously known as DEC OSF/1 AXP and Digital UNIX), and [[Windows NT]] (until 4.0 SP6 and Windows 2000 RC1). Open source operating systems that run on the Alpha are [[Linux]], BSD UNIX (NetBSD, OpenBSD and FreeBSD up to 6.x) and L4Ka::Pistachio.<br />
<br />
=== Emulation ===<br />
<br />
* [[ES 40 Emulator]]</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Alpha&diff=7273Alpha2010-04-05T21:58:23Z<p>Lucky: Redirecting to DEC Alpha</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[DEC Alpha]]</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=TCP/IP&diff=7272TCP/IP2010-04-05T21:51:02Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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<div>TCP/IP is the network protocol, along with the routing protocol [[BGP]] that make up the Internet. Because of the rise in popularity of the Internet, TCP/IP is the most popular networking protocol of all time. There simply is an amazing amount of OS's and platforms that support TCP/IP.<br />
<br />
The most popular implementation of TCP/IP came from the [[4.3 BSD]] release, because of the BSD copyright, people were free to adapt the software to their own needs.<br />
<br />
Vint Cerf is largely credited with creating the protocol.<br />
<br />
TCP/IP is a family of several protocols.<br />
<br />
== Lower OSI protocols ==<br />
=== ARP ===<br />
Address resolution protocol.<br />
=== SLIP ===<br />
Serial line protocl.<br />
=== PPP ===<br />
Point to point protocol.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Higher OSI protocols ==<br />
=== TCP ===<br />
Transmission control protocol<br />
=== UDP ===<br />
User datagram protocol<br />
<br />
== Historical Systems Including TCP/IP ==<br />
<br />
This list is far, far from exhaustive, and primarily meant for systems from the 1980s, before TCP/IP became universal on all but embedded systems.<br />
<br />
* [[BSD]] Unix from 4.2 onward.<br />
<br />
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{{stub}}<br />
[[Category:Network Protocols]]</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=7271Main Page2010-04-05T21:46:02Z<p>Lucky: just updated the front page with some news</p>
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==Introduction by the Administrators==<br />
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This wiki is an experiment to create a means for knowledgeable people to enter their information into some kind of a knowledge base. This is however, not the relatively formalized tone and style imposed by Wikipedia. Sentences starting with "I seem to recall" are perfectly welcome here - and articles do '''not''' have to be in the descriptive, encyclopedic style Wikipedia enforces. On the contrary, it is ''preferred'' that many of the articles be references, guides, helpful hints, suggestions, [[:Category:Tutorials|tutorials]] and so on.<br />
<br />
This English wiki stems from frustration [[User:Toresbe|Tore Sinding Bekkedal]] experienced with adding information to the [http://www.nodaf.no Norwegian Computer History Society wiki] when he realized that his content would only be accessible to those who understood Norwegian.<br />
<br />
If you have any information you want to contribute to this wiki, '''please, contribute it'''. We'd much rather remove or modify a dozen potentially unsuited submissions than miss out on a single good one.<br />
<br />
We hope this wiki grows into a useful resource for everyone interested in classic computing, no matter what their level of knowedge may be. We realize that there are more specific wikis for [[Commodore 64|Commodore]] and Amiga and so on, but this is a general wiki for everything related to historical computing; it is meant to be all encompassing.<br />
<br />
The current URL is temporary as this is an experiment to see if people will actually make edits and find it useful. If it "catches on" as we suspect it will, [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] will of course register a domain with an appropriate name. The threshold for "catches on" is quite low - as a worst case scenario, this becomes a one-user Content Management System -- [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] & [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 16:11, 16 May 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== News ==<br />
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* We've passed the 500 article mark, much in thanks to our consummate contributer [[User:Neozeed|Neozeed]]! We've also become the top first or second result on Google for a number of terms. Good job, everyone! -- [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 21:46, 5 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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* Although the site has been neglected at times, and our two year anniversary went unmarked, we're still around! [[User:Toresbe|Toresbe]] has made user registration mandatory to deal with the large amount of spam we've been receiving. New templates have been created and more navigation boxes, articles on peripherals and systems have been added too. Keep up the good work everyone, I'm especially proud of the [[:Category:Tutorials|tutorials we now have]] for SIMH! :) -- [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 18 July 2009<br />
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<div>{{Infobox VAX<br />
| name = MicroVAX II<br />
| codename = Mayflower<br />
| vups = 0.9<br />
| ram = 1 MB default, can add up 16 MB<br />
| year introduced = May 1985<br />
| clock speed = 200 ns<br />
}}<br />
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[[Image:MicrovaxII.jpg|thumb|A MicroVAX II.]]<br />
<br />
[http://simh.trailing-edge.com/semi/uvax.html information on the CPU in the MicroVAX II]<br />
<br />
== Operating Systems ==<br />
<br />
The following Operating Systems can run on the MicroVAX II<br />
<br />
=== VMS ===<br />
Version 4.5 and higher can run<br />
<br />
=== Digital Unix ===<br />
[[Ultrix]] <br />
<br />
=== CSRG BSD ===<br />
*[[4.3 BSD]]<br />
*[[4.3 BSD Quasijarus]]<br />
<br />
=== NetBSD ===<br />
I think version 1.6 and higher of the VAX port of [[NetBSD]] can run on a MicroVAX II<br />
<br />
=== OpenBSD ===<br />
[[OpenBSD]] can run on the MicroVAX II as well, later versions are better for timing issues... 4.4 is the current good version.<br />
<br />
== Emulation ==<br />
<br />
The MicroVAX II is emulated in [[SIMH]].<br />
{{stub}}<br />
{{Nav VAX}}</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:4.3_BSD_NFS_Wisconsin_Unix&diff=7260Talk:4.3 BSD NFS Wisconsin Unix2010-04-04T19:44:29Z<p>Lucky: New page: This is interesting! Do you have any tips on how to get this to install? Specifically, the layout of the tape image and the procedure to get it booting? That part always seemed a bit li...</p>
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<div>This is interesting! Do you have any tips on how to get this to install? Specifically, the layout of the tape image and the procedure to get it booting? That part always seemed a bit like black magic to me, I'd just copy-and-paste the instructions and pray until I got to a # prompt! [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 19:44, 4 April 2010 (UTC)</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Apple&diff=7242Apple2010-01-21T05:59:00Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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<div>Apple Computer, Inc. was incorporated January 3, 1977.<br />
<br />
Of historical interest to hobbyists include their pre-Macintosh and early Macintosh systems:<br />
<br />
* [[Apple I]]<br />
* The [[Apple II]] family including the [[Apple II plus|Apple II+]], the [[Apple IIe]] and the [[Apple IIc]] as well as the [[Apple IIgs]].<br />
* The [[Apple Lisa]] maintains a dedicated cult following.<br />
* The [[Macintosh]] family.<br />
<br />
== Retrocomputing with the Apple II ==<br />
<br />
* You absolutely need ADTPro [http://adtpro.sourceforge.net]! It can transfer disk images from your PC / modern Mac to any model of Apple II and even the Apple III. It works via serial port, Ethernet (if you have these add-on cards for your Apple II) and even on models which have the ports, via the cassette in/out and your PC's audio ports.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Computer Manufacturers]]</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Multics&diff=6064Multics2009-07-20T14:01:33Z<p>Lucky: formatting</p>
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<div>Multics (''Multi''plexed ''I''nformation and ''C''omputing ''S''ervice) was an early time-sharing operating system for mainframes and minicomputers which has influenced every operating system created since, especially via [[Unix]] (the name of which is a play on words of Multics!).<br />
<br />
== Multics Today ==<br />
<br />
Multics is dead. There are no systems running it today (the last one was [http://slashdot.org/articles/00/11/13/066228.shtml shut down in 2000]. Unfortunately there are also no emulators for Multics, however much of the source code is extant, so should a viable emulator be written (a non-trivial task), it is possible that Multics could be emulated.<br />
<br />
=== Reviving Multics? ===<br />
<br />
First, porting Multics would be a Herculean task. The design isn't well-suited for porting. It used specialized hardware built especially for it, this hardware had many features which do not have exact analogues on any other platform today. Even if that could be overcome, Multics was written in PL/I, of course. There are no PL/I compilers available other than commercial ones aimed at large enterprise systems, and which aren't getting any cheaper. The lack of a free Unixland PL/I compiler inhibits any porting task.<br />
<br />
There have been a few attempts to implement an emulator for one of the systems Multics ran on (usually a Honeywell 6180.) However, at the time of writing, I know of none which is capable of running Multics in any meaningful way. This is apparently tied to the exotic hardware required to support Multics, which is not very well documented.<br />
<br />
There is an emulator of sorts [http://sourceforge.net/projects/h6180/ here] though it hasn't been updated in over a year, and apparently it's limited to running simple bootloaders for the time being.<br />
<br />
-- [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 14:00, 20 July 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== See Also ==<br />
<br />
[http://www.multicians.org Multicians -- a great source of info.]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Operating systems]]</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Multics&diff=6063Multics2009-07-20T14:01:21Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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<div>Multics (''Multi''plexed ''I''nformation and ''C''omputing ''S''ervice) was an early time-sharing operating system for mainframes and minicomputers which has influenced every operating system created since, especially via [[Unix]] (the name of which is a play on words of Multics!).<br />
<br />
== Multics Today ==<br />
<br />
Multics is dead. There are no systems running it today (the last one was [http://slashdot.org/articles/00/11/13/066228.shtml shut down in 2000]. Unfortunately there are also no emulators for Multics, however much of the source code is extant, so should a viable emulator be written (a non-trivial task), it is possible that Multics could be emulated.<br />
<br />
=== Reviving Multics? ===<br />
<br />
First, porting Multics would be a Herculean task. The design isn't well-suited for porting. It used specialized hardware built especially for it, this hardware had many features which do not have exact analogues on any other platform today. Even if that could be overcome, Multics was written in PL/I, of course. There are no PL/I compilers available other than commercial ones aimed at large enterprise systems, and which aren't getting any cheaper. The lack of a free Unixland PL/I compiler inhibits any porting task.<br />
<br />
There have been a few attempts to implement an emulator for one of the systems Multics ran on (usually a Honeywell 6180.) However, at the time of writing, I know of none which is capable of running Multics in any meaningful way. This is apparently tied to the exotic hardware required to support Multics, which is not very well documented.<br />
<br />
There is an emulator of sorts [http://sourceforge.net/projects/h6180/ here] though it hasn't been updated in over a year, and apparently it's limited to running simple bootloaders for the time being.<br />
<br />
-- [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 14:00, 20 July 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== See Also ==<br />
<br />
[http://www.multicians.org Multicians -- a great source of info.]<br />
<br />
[Category:Operating systems]</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Multics&diff=6062Multics2009-07-20T14:00:46Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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<div>Multics (''Multi''plexed ''I''nformation and ''C''omputing ''S''ervice) was an early time-sharing operating system for mainframes and minicomputers which has influenced every operating system created since, especially via [[Unix]] (the name of which is a play on words of Multics!).<br />
<br />
== Multics Today ==<br />
<br />
Multics is dead. There are no systems running it today (the last one was [http://slashdot.org/articles/00/11/13/066228.shtml shut down in 2000]. Unfortunately there are also no emulators for Multics, however much of the source code is extant, so should a viable emulator be written (a non-trivial task), it is possible that Multics could be emulated.<br />
<br />
=== Reviving Multics? ===<br />
<br />
First, porting Multics would be a Herculean task. The design isn't well-suited for porting. It used specialized hardware built especially for it, this hardware had many features which do not have exact analogues on any other platform today. Even if that could be overcome, Multics was written in PL/I, of course. There are no PL/I compilers available other than commercial ones aimed at large enterprise systems, and which aren't getting any cheaper. The lack of a free Unixland PL/I compiler inhibits any porting task.<br />
<br />
There have been a few attempts to implement an emulator for one of the systems Multics ran on (usually a Honeywell 6180.) However, at the time of writing, I know of none which is capable of running Multics in any meaningful way. This is apparently tied to the exotic hardware required to support Multics, which is not very well documented.<br />
<br />
There is an emulator of sorts [http://sourceforge.net/projects/h6180/ here] though it hasn't been updated in over a year, and apparently it's limited to running simple bootloaders for the time being.<br />
<br />
-- [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 14:00, 20 July 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== See Also ==<br />
<br />
[http://www.multicians.org Multicians -- a great source of info.]</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Multics&diff=6061Multics2009-07-20T14:00:27Z<p>Lucky: Created a brief blurb, mostly oriented towards emulating</p>
<hr />
<div>Multics (''Multi''plexed ''I''nformation and ''C''omputing ''S''ervice) was an early time-sharing operating system for mainframes and minicomputers which has influenced every operating system created since, especially via [[Unix]] (the name of which is a play on words of Multics!).<br />
<br />
== Multics Today ==<br />
<br />
Multics is dead. There are no systems running it today (the last one was [http://slashdot.org/articles/00/11/13/066228.shtml shut down in 2000]. Unfortunately there are also no emulators for Multics, however much of the source code is extant, so should a viable emulator be written (a non-trivial task), it is possible that Multics could be emulated.<br />
<br />
=== Reviving Multics? ===<br />
<br />
First, porting Multics would be a Herculean task. The design isn't well-suited for porting. It used specialized hardware built especially for it, this hardware had many features which do not have exact analogues on any other platform today. Even if that could be overcome, Multics was written in PL/I, of course. There are no PL/I compilers available other than commercial ones aimed at large enterprise systems, and which aren't getting any cheaper. The lack of a free Unixland PL/I compiler inhibits any porting task.<br />
<br />
There have been a few attempts to implement an emulator for one of the systems Multics ran on (usually a Honeywell 6180.) However, at the time of writing, I know of none which is capable of running Multics in any meaningful way. This is apparently tied to the exotic hardware required to support Multics, which is not very well documented.<br />
<br />
There is an emulator of sorts [http://sourceforge.net/projects/h6180/ here] though it hasn't been updated in over a year, and apparently it's limited to running simple bootloaders for the time being.<br />
<br />
[[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 14:00, 20 July 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== See Also ==<br />
<br />
[http://www.multicians.org Multicians -- a great source of info.]</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=6060Main Page2009-07-20T02:09:19Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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<br />
This English wiki stems from frustration [[User:Toresbe|Tore Sinding Bekkedal]] experienced with adding information to the [http://www.nodaf.no Norwegian Computer History Society wiki] when he realized that his content would only be accessible to those who understood Norwegian.<br />
<br />
If you have any information you want to contribute to this wiki, '''please, contribute it'''. We'd much rather remove or modify a dozen potentially unsuited submissions than miss out on a single good one.<br />
<br />
We hope this wiki grows into a useful resource for everyone interested in classic computing, no matter what their level of knowedge may be. We realize that there are more specific wikis for [[Commodore 64|Commodore]] and Amiga and so on, but this is a general wiki for everything related to historical computing; it is meant to be all encompassing.<br />
<br />
The current URL is temporary as this is an experiment to see if people will actually make edits and find it useful. If it "catches on" as we suspect it will, [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] will of course register a domain with an appropriate name. The threshold for "catches on" is quite low - as a worst case scenario, this becomes a one-user Content Management System -- [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] & [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 16:11, 16 May 2007 (PDT)<br />
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* Although the site has been neglected at times, and our two year anniversary went unmarked, we're still around! [[User:Toresbe|Toresbe]] has made user registration mandatory to deal with the large amount of spam we've been receiving. New templates have been created and more navigation boxes, articles on peripherals and systems have been added too. Keep up the good work everyone, I'm especially proud of the [[:Category:Tutorials|tutorials we now have]] for SIMH! :) -- [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 18 July 2009<br />
|}</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Resources&diff=6059Resources2009-07-20T01:58:43Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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<div>In addition to this Wiki, there are many other resources for retrocomputing online! <br />
<br />
== Mailing Lists and Chat ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.classiccmp.org ClassicCmp] is a resource for enthusiasts of classic computer hardware, software, and documentation. The list has over 1000 members and the archives are a valuable resources.<br />
* Many of the ClassicCmp list members hang out on IRC at #classiccmp on irc.freenode.org<br />
<br />
== Software Libraries ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.bitsavers.org bitsavers.org]<br />
* [http://www.tuhs.org/wiki/Unix_Archive_Sites TUHS archive] -- a large collection of early [[UNIX]] versions, often with source, and disk images which will run under several emulators, a very valuable resource.<br />
<br />
== Documentation Libraries == <br />
<br />
* [http://www.bitsavers.org bitsavers.org]<br />
<br />
== Information ==<br />
<br />
=== PDP-8 ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.pdp8.net PDP-8.net] Run a real PDP-8 through an online interface! Many great pictures as well as a software library.</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Resources&diff=6057Resources2009-07-20T01:48:33Z<p>Lucky: Other Resources moved to Resources: better sounding</p>
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<div>In addition to this Wiki, there are many other resources for retrocomputing online! <br />
<br />
== Mailing Lists and Chat ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.classiccmp.org ClassicCmp] is a resource for enthusiasts of classic computer hardware, software, and documentation. The list has over 1000 members and the archives are a valuable resources.<br />
* Many of the ClassicCmp list members hang out on IRC at #classiccmp on irc.freenode.org<br />
<br />
== Software Libraries ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.bitsavers.org bitsavers.org]<br />
* [http://www.tuhs.org/wiki/Unix_Archive_Sites TUHS archive] -- a large collection of early [[UNIX]] versions, often with source, and disk images which will run under several emulators, a very valuable resource.<br />
<br />
== Documentation Libraries == <br />
<br />
* [http://www.bitsavers.org bitsavers.org]</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Other_Resources&diff=6058Other Resources2009-07-20T01:48:33Z<p>Lucky: Other Resources moved to Resources: better sounding</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Resources]]</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Resources&diff=6056Resources2009-07-20T01:47:52Z<p>Lucky: /* Software Libraries */</p>
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<div>In addition to this Wiki, there are many other resources for retrocomputing online! <br />
<br />
== Mailing Lists and Chat ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.classiccmp.org ClassicCmp] is a resource for enthusiasts of classic computer hardware, software, and documentation. The list has over 1000 members and the archives are a valuable resources.<br />
* Many of the ClassicCmp list members hang out on IRC at #classiccmp on irc.freenode.org<br />
<br />
== Software Libraries ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.bitsavers.org bitsavers.org]<br />
* [http://www.tuhs.org/wiki/Unix_Archive_Sites TUHS archive] -- a large collection of early [[UNIX]] versions, often with source, and disk images which will run under several emulators, a very valuable resource.<br />
<br />
== Documentation Libraries == <br />
<br />
* [http://www.bitsavers.org bitsavers.org]</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=6055Main Page2009-07-20T01:45:51Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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<div><center><big>'''Welcome to the computer history wiki!'''</big><br />
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This is the Computer History Wiki, a knowledge base about historic computers which anyone can edit. Currently, we've got [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles!<br />
<br />
<big> [[:Category:Computers|Systems]] • [[:Category:Peripherals|Peripherals]] • [[:Category:Software|Software]] • [[:Category:Computer Manufacturers|Manufacturers]] • [[:Category:Operating Systems|Operating Systems]] • [[:Category:Network Protocols|Networking]] • [[:Category:Tutorials|Tutorials]] • [[Other Resources]]</big><br />
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For an introduction to MediaWiki syntax and Computer History Wiki conventions, please see [[Help:Contents|Help]].<br />
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{| <br />
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==Introduction by the Administrators==<br />
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This wiki is an experiment to create a means for knowledgeable people to enter their information into some kind of a knowledge base. This is however, not the relatively formalized tone and style imposed by Wikipedia. Sentences starting with "I seem to recall" are perfectly welcome here - and articles do '''not''' have to be in the descriptive, encyclopedic style Wikipedia enforces. On the contrary, it is ''preferred'' that many of the articles be references, guides, helpful hints, suggestions, [[:Category:Tutorials|tutorials]] and so on.<br />
<br />
This English wiki stems from frustration [[User:Toresbe|Tore Sinding Bekkedal]] experienced with adding information to the [http://www.nodaf.no Norwegian Computer History Society wiki] when he realized that his content would only be accessible to those who understood Norwegian.<br />
<br />
If you have any information you want to contribute to this wiki, '''please, contribute it'''. We'd much rather remove or modify a dozen potentially unsuited submissions than miss out on a single good one.<br />
<br />
We hope this wiki grows into a useful resource for everyone interested in classic computing, no matter what their level of knowedge may be. We realize that there are more specific wikis for [[Commodore 64|Commodore]] and Amiga and so on, but this is a general wiki for everything related to historical computing; it is meant to be all encompassing.<br />
<br />
The current URL is temporary as this is an experiment to see if people will actually make edits and find it useful. If it "catches on" as we suspect it will, [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] will of course register a domain with an appropriate name. The threshold for "catches on" is quite low - as a worst case scenario, this becomes a one-user Content Management System -- [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] & [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 16:11, 16 May 2007 (PDT)<br />
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* Although the site has been neglected at times, and our two year anniversary went unmarked, we're still around! [[User:Toresbe|Toresbe]] has made user registration mandatory to deal with the large amount of spam we've been receiving. New templates have been created and more navigation boxes, articles on peripherals and systems have been added too. Keep up the good work everyone, I'm especially proud of the [[:Category:Tutorials|tutorials we now have]] for SIMH! :) -- [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 18 July 2009<br />
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<br />
== Mailing Lists and Chat ==<br />
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* [http://www.classiccmp.org ClassicCmp] is a resource for enthusiasts of classic computer hardware, software, and documentation. The list has over 1000 members and the archives are a valuable resources.<br />
* Many of the ClassicCmp list members hang out on IRC at #classiccmp on irc.freenode.org<br />
<br />
== Software Libraries ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.bitsavers.org bitsavers.org]<br />
<br />
== Documentation Libraries == <br />
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* [http://www.bitsavers.org bitsavers.org]</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Resources&diff=6053Resources2009-07-20T01:44:56Z<p>Lucky: New page: In addition to this Wiki, there are many other resources for retrocomputing online! == Mailing Lists and Chat == * [http://www.classiccmp.org ClassicCmp is a resource for enthusiasts of...</p>
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<div>In addition to this Wiki, there are many other resources for retrocomputing online! <br />
<br />
== Mailing Lists and Chat ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.classiccmp.org ClassicCmp is a resource for enthusiasts of classic computer hardware, software, and documentation. The list has over 1000 members and the archives are a valuable resources.<br />
* Many of the ClassicCmp list members hang out on IRC at #classiccmp on irc.freenode.org<br />
<br />
== Software Libraries ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.bitsavers.org bitsavers.org]<br />
<br />
== Documentation Libraries == <br />
<br />
* [http://www.bitsavers.org bitsavers.org]</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=6052Main Page2009-07-20T01:41:35Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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<br />
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<br />
<big> [[:Category:Computers|Systems]] • [[:Category:Peripherals|Peripherals]] • [[:Category:Software|Software]] • [[:Category:Computer Manufacturers|Manufacturers]] • [[:Category:Operating Systems|Operating Systems]] • [[:Category:Network Protocols|Networking]] • [[:Category:Tutorials|Tutorials]] • [[Other Resources]]</big><br />
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==Introduction by the Administrators==<br />
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This wiki is an experiment to create a means for knowledgeable people to enter their information into some kind of a knowledge base. This is however, not the relatively formalized tone and style imposed by Wikipedia. Sentences starting with "I seem to recall" are perfectly welcome here - and articles do '''not''' have to be in the descriptive, encyclopedic style Wikipedia enforces. On the contrary, it is ''preferred'' that many of the articles be references, guides, helpful hints, suggestions, [[:Category:Tutorials|tutorials]] and so on.<br />
<br />
This English wiki stems from frustration [[User:Toresbe|Tore Sinding Bekkedal]] experienced with adding information to the [http://www.nodaf.no Norwegian Computer History Society wiki] when he realized that his content would only be accessible to those who understood Norwegian.<br />
<br />
If you have any information you want to contribute to this wiki, '''please, contribute it'''. We'd much rather remove or modify a dozen potentially unsuited submissions than miss out on a single good one.<br />
<br />
We hope this wiki grows into a useful resource for everyone interested in classic computing, no matter what their level of knowedge may be. We realize that there are more specific wikis for [[Commodore 64|Commodore]] and Amiga and so on, but this is a general wiki for everything related to historical computing; it is meant to be all encompassing.<br />
<br />
The current URL is temporary as this is an experiment to see if people will actually make edits and find it useful. If it "catches on" as we suspect it will, [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] will of course register a domain with an appropriate name. The threshold for "catches on" is quite low - as a worst case scenario, this becomes a one-user Content Management System -- [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] & [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 16:11, 16 May 2007 (PDT)<br />
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* Although the site has been neglected at times, and our two year anniversary went unmarked, we're still around! [[User:Toresbe|Toresbe]] has made user registration mandatory to deal with the large amount of spam we've been receiving. New templates have been created and more navigation boxes, articles on peripherals and systems have been added too. Keep up the good work everyone, I'm especially proud of the [[:Category:Tutorials|tutorials we now have]] for SIMH! :) -- [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 18 July 2009<br />
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creator = or developers as appropriate<br />
platform = architecture / operating system on which this app runs<br />
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</includeonly></div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Installing_NeXTSTEP_on_Qemu&diff=6050Talk:Installing NeXTSTEP on Qemu2009-07-19T06:52:16Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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<div>As a quick aside, it would seem the new Qemu page no longer caries versions prior to 0.10 ... So the sources here will eventually be difficult to track down. We need a good repository of OLD FREE SOFTWARE...<br />
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I've actually considered that... I had some considerable difficulty tracking down old versions of GPL / BSD licenced software for running under BSD 4.3 on SIMH [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 06:52, 19 July 2009 (UTC)</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=DECstation&diff=6049DECstation2009-07-18T23:48:19Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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[[Image:DECstation-5000-200-hdr-0a.jpg|300px|thumb|right|DECstation 500/200 with cover removed.]] <br />
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The DECstation was a brand of computers used by DEC, and refers to three distinct lines of computer systems—the first released in 1978 as a word processing system, and the latter (more widely known) two both released in 1989. These comprised a range of computer workstations based on the [[MIPS]] architecture and a range of PC compatibles. The MIPS-based workstations ran [[Ultrix]], a DEC-proprietary version of [[UNIX]].<br />
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== DECstation 3100 and DECstation 2100 ==<br />
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{{Infobox Machine<br />
| name = DECstation 3100 "PMAX"<br />
| manufacturer = [[DEC]]<br />
| year introduced = 11 January 1989<br />
| cpu = R2000 [[MIPS]]<br />
| clock speed = 16.67 MHz<br />
| ram = 4 to 24 MB<br />
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The 3100 was known as PMAX and the 2100 as PMIN.<br />
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=== Emulation === <br />
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They can be emulated well by [[GXemul]].<br />
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[[Image:DECstation-5000-200-hdr-0a.jpg|300px|thumb|right|DECstation 500/200 with cover removed.]] <br />
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The DECstation was a brand of computers used by DEC, and refers to three distinct lines of computer systems—the first released in 1978 as a word processing system, and the latter (more widely known) two both released in 1989. These comprised a range of computer workstations based on the [[MIPS]] architecture and a range of PC compatibles. The MIPS-based workstations ran [[Ultrix]], a DEC-proprietary version of [[UNIX]].<br />
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== DECstation 3100 and DECstation 2100 ==<br />
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{{Infobox Machine<br />
| name = DECstation 3100 "PMAX"<br />
| manufacturer = [[DEC]]<br />
| year introduced = 11 January 1989<br />
| cpu = R2000 [[MIPS]]<br />
| clock speed = 16.67 MHz<br />
| ram = 4 to 24 MB<br />
}}<br />
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The 3100 was known as PMAX and the 2100 as PMIN.<br />
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=== Emulation === <br />
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They can be emulated well by [[GXemul]].</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=DECstation&diff=6047DECstation2009-07-18T23:45:17Z<p>Lucky: fixed a link</p>
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[[Image:DECstation-5000-200-hdr-0a.jpg|300px|thumb|right|DECstation 500/200 with cover removed.]] <br />
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The DECstation was a brand of computers used by DEC, and refers to three distinct lines of computer systems—the first released in 1978 as a word processing system, and the latter (more widely known) two both released in 1989. These comprised a range of computer workstations based on the [[MIPS]] architecture and a range of PC compatibles. The MIPS-based workstations ran [[Ultrix]], a DEC-proprietary version of [[UNIX]].<br />
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== DECstation 3100 and DECstation 2100 ==<br />
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The 3100 was known as PMAX and the 2100 as PMIN.<br />
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=== Emulation === <br />
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They can be emulated well by [[GXemul]].</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=DECstation&diff=6046DECstation2009-07-18T23:44:38Z<p>Lucky: created page</p>
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[[Image:DECstation-5000-200-hdr-0a.jpg|300px|thumb|right|DECstation 500/200 with cover removed.]] <br />
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The DECstation was a brand of computers used by DEC, and refers to three distinct lines of computer systems—the first released in 1978 as a word processing system, and the latter (more widely known) two both released in 1989. These comprised a range of computer workstations based on the [[MIPS]] architecture and a range of PC compatibles. The MIPS-based workstations ran [[Ultrix]], a DEC-proprietary version of [[UNIX]].<br />
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== DECstation 3100 and DECstation 2100 ==<br />
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The 3100 was known as PMAX and the 2100 as PMIN.<br />
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=== Emulation === <br />
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They can be emulated well by [[GXemul]].</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=File:DECstation-5000-200-hdr-0a.jpg&diff=6045File:DECstation-5000-200-hdr-0a.jpg2009-07-18T23:43:24Z<p>Lucky: from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DECstation-5000-200-hdr-0a.jpg -- Copyright is Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0. See wikimedia entry for more info.</p>
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<div>from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DECstation-5000-200-hdr-0a.jpg -- Copyright is Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0. See wikimedia entry for more info.</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=ULTRIX&diff=6044ULTRIX2009-07-18T23:33:14Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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<div>{{Infobox OS <br />
| name = Ultrix<br />
| creator = [[Digital Equipment Corporation]]<br />
| current version = 4.5 for VAX and DECStation (1995)<br />
| year introduced = 1984<br />
| type = Multitasking, multiuser UNIX<br />
| architecture = [[PDP-11]], [[VAX]], [[DECStation]]<br />
}}<br />
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Ultrix was [[DEC]]'s official UNIX for [[VAX]], [[PDP-11]] and [[DECStation]] equipment.<br />
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== PDP-11 ==<br />
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Ultrix was available for the [[PDP-11]] and can be obtained up to version 3.1 from [[The Unix Heritage Society's archive|TUHS]]. It will run under SIMH (and other PDP-11 emulators).<br />
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== VAX == <br />
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Ultrix for [[VAX]] is not available from TUHS. The latest version is 4.5 from 1995. It will run under the VAX simulator in SIMH.<br />
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== DECStation == <br />
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Ultrix for [[DECStation]] is not available from TUHS. The latest version is 4.5 from 1995. This version will also run, (Including CDE + X11!} under [[GXemul]].<br />
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{{Nav Unix}}</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Hercules&diff=6043Hercules2009-07-18T09:08:19Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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<div>From the Hercules site:<br />
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''Hercules is an open source software implementation of the mainframe System/370 and ESA/390 architectures, in addition to the new 64-bit z/Architecture.''<br />
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That's right! Get a [[System/360]], [[System/370]] or [[System/390]] emulator on your home PC! <br />
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Furthermore, there's a variety of public domain software from the 1960s and 1970s which will run under Hercules:<br />
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* [[MVS]]<br />
* [[OS/360]]<br />
* [[MUSIC/SP]]<br />
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[[Category:Emulators]]</div>Luckyhttps://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=6042Main Page2009-07-18T09:02:16Z<p>Lucky: </p>
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This wiki is an experiment to create a means for knowledgeable people to enter their information into some kind of a knowledge base. This is however, not the relatively formalized tone and style imposed by Wikipedia. Sentences starting with "I seem to recall" are perfectly welcome here - and articles do '''not''' have to be in the descriptive, encyclopedic style Wikipedia enforces. On the contrary, it is ''preferred'' that many of the articles be references, guides, helpful hints, suggestions, [[:Category:Tutorials|tutorials]] and so on.<br />
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This English wiki stems from frustration [[User:Toresbe|Tore Sinding Bekkedal]] experienced with adding information to the [http://www.nodaf.no Norwegian Computer History Society wiki] when he realized that his content would only be accessible to those who understood Norwegian.<br />
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If you have any information you want to contribute to this wiki, '''please, contribute it'''. We'd much rather remove or modify a dozen potentially unsuited submissions than miss out on a single good one.<br />
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We hope this wiki grows into a useful resource for everyone interested in classic computing, no matter what their level of knowedge may be. We realize that there are more specific wikis for [[Commodore 64|Commodore]] and Amiga and so on, but this is a general wiki for everything related to historical computing; it is meant to be all encompassing.<br />
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The current URL is temporary as this is an experiment to see if people will actually make edits and find it useful. If it "catches on" as we suspect it will, [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] will of course register a domain with an appropriate name. The threshold for "catches on" is quite low - as a worst case scenario, this becomes a one-user Content Management System -- [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] & [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 16:11, 16 May 2007 (PDT)<br />
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* Although the site has been neglected at times, and our two year anniversary went unmarked, we're still around! [[User:Toresbe|Toresbe]] has made user registration mandatory to deal with the large amount of spam we've been receiving. New templates have been created and more navigation boxes, articles on peripherals and systems have been added too. Keep up the good work everyone, I'm especially proud of the [[:Category:Tutorials|tutorials we now have]] for SIMH! :) -- [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 18 July 2009<br />
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