Hehe.. I've done similar.. Run adventure in emulation of a VAX.. I've also run it on my real VAX though... I own and operate a VAXServer 3100-M76 and a...
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David Jackson
Atari_X
Sep 18, 2004 11:22 pm
Now you are just bragging. -D...
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The Shrink
theshrink908
Sep 19, 2004 9:16 pm
Hehe.. I just enjoy my VAX.. I used to be a VMS admin... Glenn ... From: David Jackson To: 80sBBS@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 3:16 PM ...
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Gene Buckle
tspec2k
Sep 20, 2004 9:56 am
... In '93 or so I used to have a VAX 8250 that I bought from Mannesmann-Tally for $500. It came with four RA-81 drives and a TU-81+ tape drive. My friend Rob...
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The Shrink
theshrink908
Sep 20, 2004 4:24 pm
I'm actually a programmer too.. Considering writing a D-Dial like chat for it (if ya ever saw a D-Dial)... I'd love to fuss with a big iron VAX like that.....
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Gene Buckle
tspec2k
Sep 20, 2004 4:24 pm
...will be released today as Open Source. w00T! :) g. -- "I'm not crazy, I'm plausibly off-nominal!" Proud owner of 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only...
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Gene Buckle
tspec2k
Sep 20, 2004 6:33 pm
... You should join the mailing list at http://www.classiccmp.org. I'm sure you could easily get an 11/750 or a an 11/750 fairly easily. There's an ...
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The Shrink
theshrink908
Sep 21, 2004 5:52 am
I've used an AlphaServer 4000 too.. Awesome machines.... Glenn ... From: Gene Buckle To: 80sBBS@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 11:59 AM ...
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Tim Blystone
blyrok
Sep 21, 2004 6:45 am
I have been following the Zork thread with great interest, I have (Infocom) maps for the first two games (thought I had all 3 but the third is long lost) I...
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Mark Firestone
neddieseagoo...
Sep 21, 2004 2:36 pm
Why, thank you. I want to get it set up on emulated DEC net and make it talk to the Internet directly (in addition to through a telnet session). So many...
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Gene Buckle
tspec2k
Sep 21, 2004 2:37 pm
I've used an AlphaServer 4000 too.. Awesome machines.... I had the opportunity to get a complete VAX 8660 for the effort to come get it. My wife told me go...
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Mark Firestone
neddieseagoo...
Sep 21, 2004 2:37 pm
I got offered a PDP 11/73, but I thought it would (a) fall though the floor, and (b) consume much electricity and require me to get a new electrical service...
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Jeff Mitchell
coogfoo
Sep 21, 2004 2:37 pm
... Except that it was sloooooow :) There are many essays and books about how Cornerstone may have killed Infocom :) jeff -- "Have you played Atari today?"...
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X-Ample
x_ample
Sep 21, 2004 9:11 pm
would you guys Join a BBS Forum if I setup one up? It would be the same topic as this list....
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Jeff Mitchell
coogfoo
Sep 22, 2004 3:13 am
... What do you mean by Forum? If you mean message board.. well, it doesn't really add anything. Message boards mean people have to visit them or set up...
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Da Beave
dabeave666
Sep 22, 2004 3:14 am
... I happen to run a public access OpenVMS cluster on a uVAX 3100/80 and a Alpha 600 5/333. If anyones interested, check it out. Why waste electricity when...
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MOD
lmodllmodl
Sep 22, 2004 10:09 am
There's a PHP version of TW as well, it's called Black Nova Traders... it's designed to run on *NIX tho, so, if you plan to run it on IIS, you'll need to do...
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David Jackson
Atari_X
Sep 22, 2004 10:09 am
Yes, the goal is to convert anything set in the Zork world, except for Zork Nemesis and Zork Grand Inquisitor (which are graphical). -Especially- the Enchanter...
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Jeff Mitchell
coogfoo
Sep 22, 2004 10:09 am
... Which is to say a rewrite of the game, with multiplayer? Zork is a ZMachine game, meaning it runs in a virtual machine; it'd be pretty difficult to modify...
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Rich Smith
codewizrd
Sep 22, 2004 10:09 am
So does that mean that there is not such a port and that you just wanted to talk about the possibility? Or have you actually started such a project? ... From:...
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Quag7
jcentury
Sep 22, 2004 10:09 am
... Oh that's you eh? I think osnews.com has linked to that a few times (well, comments have). I think I played with the guest account for awhile but I had...
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Quag7
jcentury
Sep 22, 2004 10:53 am
Apropos of the last comments I made about liking to see hardware I use remotely, I was wondering if you folks would be interested to send in photographs of...
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Quag7
jcentury
Sep 22, 2004 10:55 am
Also, I approved for delivery some old messages from several days ago, that seemed to escape my "MODERATE"; folder somehow. That's why they are just showing up...
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Da Beave
dabeave666
Sep 22, 2004 11:00 pm
The cluster has been mentioned quite a few places [osnews when OpenVMS comes up], Slashdot, HP World and Internetnews. I don't currently have an pictures of...
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Quag7
jcentury
Sep 22, 2004 11:30 pm
... I was at an AT&T facility where they have a huge NOC which stretches either 2 or three floors vertically. Basically it was almost exactly like NORAD in...
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The Shrink
theshrink908
Sep 23, 2004 10:15 pm
Geez.. My wife would've let me have it... Just have to put it in the garage.. hehe ... From: Gene Buckle To: 80sBBS@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September...
2935
The Shrink
theshrink908
Sep 23, 2004 10:21 pm
Diversi-Dial? I can take pictures of one for you.. I still own D-Dial #60 and have all it's hardware and software functional.. I even wrote a D-Dialish system...
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Gene Buckle
tspec2k
Sep 23, 2004 10:23 pm
... That's where the VW Sunbug 'vert project car lives. :) She drew a line in the sand after I brought the F-15 home. :) BTW, the new binaries for WWIV v5.0...
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Gene Buckle
tspec2k
Sep 23, 2004 10:28 pm
... Glenn, you can put that thing on the internet with the same tool folks are using to put their C-64 boards online. I think the website is ...
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Glenn Young
theshrink908
Sep 23, 2004 10:57 pm
Anything you want pics of that I have, let me know.. My current Retro-Computer list is as follows: DEC Computers: VAX 3100/M76 with StorageWorks cabinet VAX...
