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Pyrzout :vm:Vintage Hardware Find Includes Time Capsule of Data <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/07/16/vintage-hardware-find-includes-time-capsule-of-data/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2025/07/16/vintage-hardware-find-includes-time-capsule-of-data/</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/virtualization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#virtualization</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/messageboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#messageboard</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/vaxstationii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vaxstationii</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/emulator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emulator</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hardware</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/SIMH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SIMH</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bbs</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/DEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DEC</a>

IT NewsVintage Hardware Find Includes Time Capsule of Data - Before social media brought the Internet to the masses, and before even Napster, I... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/07/16/vintage-hardware-find-includes-time-capsule-of-data/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2025/07/16/vintage-hardware-find-includes-time-capsule-of-data/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/virtualization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#virtualization</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/messageboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#messageboard</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vaxstationii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vaxstationii</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/emulator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emulator</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hardware</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/simh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simh</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bbs</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dec</a>

IT NewsRebooting An 1973 Art Installation Running On A Nova - Electronics-based art installations are often fleeting and specific things that on... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/12/rebooting-an-1973-art-installation-running-on-a-nova/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2025/05/12/rebooting-an-1973-art-installation-running-on-a-nova/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/datageneralnova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#datageneralnova</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/raspberrypi4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#raspberrypi4</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/synthesiser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#synthesiser</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/teensy4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teensy4</a>.0 <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/neonlamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neonlamp</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/pt8211" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pt8211</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ws2811" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ws2811</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/simh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simh</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a>

Pyrzout :vm:Rebooting An 1973 Art Installation Running On A Nova <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/12/rebooting-an-1973-art-installation-running-on-a-nova/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2025/05/12/rebooting-an-1973-art-installation-running-on-a-nova/</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/DataGeneralNova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataGeneralNova</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/RaspberryPi4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RaspberryPi4</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/synthesiser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#synthesiser</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/neonlamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neonlamp</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Teensy40" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Teensy40</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/PT8211" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PT8211</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/ws2811" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ws2811</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/SIMH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SIMH</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Art</a>

abs(in)theOK, so we have an installed <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/simh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simh</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/netbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#netbsd</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/vax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vax</a>, lets setup a useful tap0 on the host:% cat /etc/ifconfig.bridge0: create !/sbin/ifconfig tap0 create !/sbin/brconfig $int add bge1 add tap0 up"boot dua0" from simh this time, wait f.o.r.e.v.e.r for fontconfig on the first boot, mount an nfs exported pkgsrc from the host, a good sized /var/obj and we're ready to build/9

abs(in)the<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/pkgsrc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pkgsrc</a> has no fewer than three different <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/simh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simh</a> packages. Lets pick <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/opensimh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensimh</a>, because... it would take too long to explain (I also prefer my drama in non functional code and blinkenlights rather than human interactions)With the config from the previous toot in netbsd-10.simh, the ISO in place, and permission and space to create the ra92 files, lets try "simh-vax netbsd-10.simh" and ... a complaint about the networking (oops, we'll come back to that), creating files and attaching and /4

abs(in)theIt has been a while since I setup networking on simh, so bear with me...1) OK, so download the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/netbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#netbsd</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/vax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vax</a> iso from <a href="https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-10.0/images/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-10.0/images/</a> 2) Create a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/simh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simh</a> config file, with two virtual RA92 disks (In reality each 32kg of sharp cornered finger crushing metalwork), 512MB of memory & link to the ISOset cpu 512m set rq0 ra92 at rq0 /opt/vm/netbsd-10-vax.ra92 set rq1 ra92 at rq1 /opt/vm/netbsd-10-vax-pkgsrc.ra92 set rq2 cdrom at rq2 /opt/vm/NetBSD-10.0-vax.iso at xq0 tap:tap0 boot cpu/3

abs(in)theUnfortunately, (or fortunately if you consider my living space), I do not have a VAX 11/780, only a VAXstation 4000, and further more I'm not even at said living space, so today we'll be going with a copy of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/simh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simh</a> (or rather <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/opensimh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensimh</a>) /2

Thomas CherryhomesThis video gives an in-depth look at what is currently the oldest known copy of 86-DOS, the antecedent to <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MSDOS</a> aka <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PCDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PCDOS</a>, where we go through the process of moving from CP/M, translating Z80 to 8086 code, and assembling it. Since this DOS predates the IBM PC, it must be simulated via <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SIMH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SIMH</a> as a Gazelle with a Cromemco 4FDC controller. <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/Zd7T5euID1E" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Zd7T5euID1E</a>

Space Hobo<a href="https://teh.entar.net/@tastytronic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@tastytronic</a> 33 instructions loaded in starting at `0200`. I'm chuffed it worked in vrs's branch of <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/simh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simh</a>!

Steve (hacks the) GibsonA while back, I stumbled onto Oscar's <a href="https://mastohack.com/tags/PiDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PiDP</a>-11 kit, a 6:10 scale replica of the PDP-11/70. As a fan of <a href="https://mastohack.com/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a>, I decided to buy the kit and attempt to build it. It's powered by an RPi running <a href="https://mastohack.com/tags/SimH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SimH</a>, which gets wired up via GPIO to the front panel switches/lights, faithfully reproducing the functionality of the original.Finally started building this evening and, after about an hour, managed to get all the diodes and resistors soldered on and the LEDs staged.<a href="https://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-11" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-11</a>

Jan<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@wuffel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@wuffel</a> On the <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RaspberryPi</a> in the <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/PiDP8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PiDP8</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/SimH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SimH</a> with OS/8 is running.

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