On 12/30/22 22:35, Christian R. Fandt via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Back in the early 90's, I had gotten involved with Microware OS-9 on a small 68008 STDBus system intended to be used as a controller on a process machine at work at a now-defunct employer. (Good Heavens, that's 30 YEARS ago!) Anyway, since I scrounged and still have the hardware and software sometime after the project got cancelled, I plan to mess with it again sometime into my retirement commencing in about a year or so.
That sounds like a really fun little system! (I know you were talking to Neil, but I couldn't resist jumping in)
It will help dust off my (rather Olde) brain in order to fire up one or more systems that I have. I bought my own license to OS-9 directly from Microware and bought other hardware back around then, too. Bought some Motorola MVME boards and rack, etc. I wasn't married then and had disposable income available. I've also got a DG Nova 1200 with paper tapes and a couple ASR33 Teletypes I plan to have fun getting running again :-), but I digress.
You should share those efforts here. I for one am interested in seeing what you do with that hardware. (and software..)
Incidentally, I recently scored a stack of five or six ST225s from the electronic scrap bin at work -probably unearthed by somebody from the
...and put in the scrap bin by somebody who doesn't know those drives are worth a fortune now. Wow. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA