HP2000/Access - (hpemu clarification)

From: ed sharpe <esharpe_at_uswest.net>
Date: Wed Jan 28 09:07:42 2004

I would like the ability to read these, and others locally... there are so
many uses for a good tapedrive!

ed!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay West" <jwest_at_classiccmp.org>
To: "ed sharpe" <esharpe_at_uswest.net>; "General Discussion: On-Topic and
Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: HP2000/Access - (hpemu clarification)


> Ed;
>
> Send me your tapes and I'll read them.
>
> Jay
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ed sharpe" <esharpe_at_uswest.net>
> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
> <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 12:38 AM
> Subject: Re: HP2000/Access - (hpemu clarification)
>
>
> > interesting thing we had on the access system two things actually... one
> was
> > a bbs with 100 message boards, mail system and vote and a multi user
chat
> > that worked through writing and reading a disc file......
> >
> > the other was a giant space war game that had the universe held in a
> > matrix in a disc file.... before I got lock feet for the 2883 we would
> have
> > to come in a kick it back into place after the local kids spent all
nite
> > playing the game.... I wonder if my old tapes will still load.. guess I
> am
> > looking for a tape drive that will hook to a pc with controller ready to
> go
> > turnkey... any suggestions?
> >
> > ed sharpe archivist for smecc
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike Gemeny" <MGemeny_at_pgcps.org>
> > To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 7:09 PM
> > Subject: HP2000/Access - (hpemu clarification)
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Jay wrote:
> > > >To my knowledge the only way SIMH might do this is if you ran
multiple
> > > >copies of SIMH, perhaps in separate windows. And even then, not sure
it
> > > >would let you cross connect cables between the systems. But I may be
> > wrong
> > > >about this.
> > >
> > > Yep, that?s the way the Access Zip launches SIMH to run Access or ?F?.
> The
> > two
> > > occurrences of SIMH are connected with a pair of sockets.
> > >
> > > Sure, we know it?s inefficient. But just now, it?s the only way to run
> ?F?
> > or Access,
> > > without real hardware, and, they both do run under simulation, IOP and
> > all!
> > >
> > > I had a guest come over this past weekend with a set of tapes and we
> were
> > able
> > > to read and reload his tapes into a running simulation. All in all, we
> > spent 9 hours
> > > at it, and 2 of those were spent breaking into his system.
> > >
> > > What we ended up doing was to ?RESTORE? a $HELLO from some other HIBE
> > > tape in order to get past his ridiculously tight security. We had a
> blast
> > banging
> > > our heads together on it, but I want to let him tell that story.
> > >
> > > The bottom line is that Access IS ALIVE under simulation!!!!
> > >
> > > It only gets better from here? Take the ZIP for a spin!
> > >
> > > Mike.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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