Tag Archives: retrocomputing

Configuring Ultrix 4.4

Posted on 18 Jan 24 by mike632t

Having managed to install Ultrix you will probably want to enable terminal access, install the man pages, configure the network, set up the date and time, add a separate volume for user files and create a new user account.

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Installing Ultrix 4.4

Posted on 07 Jan 24 by mike632t

Over the holiday period I decided to see if I could install Ultrix on my (simulated) MicroVAX II so I could compare it with the latest version of Tru64 UNIX that I have installed on my AlphaServer DS10.

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Cross compiling ‘C’ programs for CP/M using ‘sdcc’

Posted on 21 Sep 23 by mike632t

I have always maintained an interest in programming on CP/M long after it really ceased to be actually useful, and I still have my original copy of the Microsoft FORTRAN compiler that I brought way back when.

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Compiling CDE on Debian 10.0 (Buster)

Posted on 05 Nov 20 by mike632t

I’ve described how to install Common Desktop Environment (CDE) on Linux before, but decided to go through the process again as a few things have changed.

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Integer Mandlebrot Set in BASIC-80

Posted on 01 May 18 by mike632t

As I was looking through my old CP/M files earlier when I found this I couldn’t resist converting it to something a little more old fashioned.

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Maze drawing in FORTRAN-80

Posted on 30 Apr 18 by mike632t

I was looking through some of my old CP/M files (running on a virtual ALTAIR Z80 using simh) when I can across this old FORTRAN IV program.

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Minimum Supported VMS Versions

Posted on 11 Jul 17 by mike632t

As most of the links on the original pages are now broken I decided to post my own copy of the minimum supported VMS versions for VAX and Alpha systems here so I can find them again!

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Multiplication tables using implicit DO loops

Posted on 24 Nov 15 by mike632t

While sorting through some old FORTRAN notes I found what amounted to a one line program, which was included as a minimalistic example of what could be achieved using implicit DO loops.

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Compiling CDE on Debian 8.0 (Jessie)

Posted on 09 Sep 15 by mike632t

The Common Desktop Environment (CDE) used to be the ‘de facto’ desktop on UNIX Workstations, is still used on OpenVMS, and remains popular with some users for its consistent look and feel and low resource utilization – remember that back … Continue reading →

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My new VAXstation

Posted on 24 Nov 14 by mike632t

I’ve known about this website for a while but although the author had made some (considerable) progress enhancing the VAX simulations in ‘simh‘ until a few months ago there was no code available to run on Linux.

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