Return-Path: Received: from ELI.CS.YALE.EDU by CASPER.NA.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Wed, 22 Dec 1993 17:30:54 -0500 Received: from life.ai.mit.edu by eli.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Wed, 22 Dec 1993 17:06:31 -0500 Received: by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) for narem@cs.yale.edu id AA19770; Wed, 22 Dec 93 16:52:44 EST Received: from intercon.com by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) for /usr/lib/sendmail -oi -fpdp8-lovers-request@ai.mit.edu pdp8-lovers-list id AA19765; Wed, 22 Dec 93 16:52:38 EST Received: from flagstone.intercon.com by intercon.com via SMTP id AA03972 (Sendmail 911016.SGI/930401.RS); Wed, 22 Dec 93 16:52:19 -0500 X-Mailer: InterCon TCP/Connect II 1.2 Message-Id: <9312221651.AA04000@flagstone.intercon.com> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1993 16:51:04 -0500 From: "Robert E. Seastrom" To: mason@frottage-cheese.ftp.com (Latte' Jed) Cc: info-pdp11@transarc.com, pdp8-lovers@ai.mit.edu, ks-owners@stacken.kth.se Subject: Re: DEC doc wanted Content-Type: text Content-Length: 472 Return-Path: X-Mailer: InterCon TCP/Connect II 1.2 Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1993 16:51:04 -0500 From: "Robert E. Seastrom" To: mason@frottage-cheese.ftp.com (Latte' Jed) Cc: info-pdp11@transarc.com, pdp8-lovers@ai.mit.edu, ks-owners@stacken.kth.se Subject: Re: DEC doc wanted Content-Type: text Content-Length: 472 Proprietary, I think. Let's see if anyone else can help you out with this... ---Rob > From: mason@frottage-cheese.ftp.com (Latte' Jed) > > I'm looking for a massbus spec, a massbus being the bus that disks and > tapes and stuff connect to dec-20's and vaxen and such with. > If anyone has any leads reply directly to me, do not post to suspects, > do not pass go, collect $200 if you can. > > "if you were not guilty you would not be a suspect" > Return-Path: Received: from ELI.CS.YALE.EDU by CASPER.NA.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Wed, 22 Dec 1993 21:30:30 -0500 Received: from life.ai.mit.edu by eli.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Wed, 22 Dec 1993 21:06:00 -0500 Received: by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) for narem@cs.yale.edu id AA29103; Wed, 22 Dec 93 20:58:32 EST Received: from opus.starlab.csc.com by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) for /usr/lib/sendmail -oi -fpdp8-lovers-request@ai.mit.edu pdp8-lovers-list id AA29097; Wed, 22 Dec 93 20:58:12 EST Received: by opus.starlab.csc.com (4.1/SunOS-RJD-1.09) id AA02784; Wed, 22 Dec 93 20:58:30 EST From: rmsmith@opus.starlab.csc.com (Robert Smith) Message-Id: <9312230158.AA02784@opus.starlab.csc.com> Subject: Re: DEC doc wanted To: rs@intercon.com (Robert E. Seastrom) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 93 20:58:29 EST Cc: info-pdp11@transarc.com, pdp8-lovers@ai.mit.edu In-Reply-To: <9312221651.AA04000@flagstone.intercon.com>; from "Robert E. Seastrom" at Dec 22, 93 4:51 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 457 Return-Path: From: rmsmith@opus.starlab.csc.com (Robert Smith) Subject: Re: DEC doc wanted To: rs@intercon.com (Robert E. Seastrom) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 93 20:58:29 EST Cc: info-pdp11@transarc.com, pdp8-lovers@ai.mit.edu In-Reply-To: <9312221651.AA04000@flagstone.intercon.com>; from "Robert E. Seastrom" at Dec 22, 93 4:51 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 457 > > Proprietary, I think. Let's see if anyone else can help you out with this... > > ---Rob > > > From: mason@frottage-cheese.ftp.com (Latte' Jed) > > > > I'm looking for a massbus spec, a massbus being the bus that disks and > > tapes and stuff connect to dec-20's and vaxen and such with. For my two cents, My old memory says that massbus was patented by DEC, is proprietory, and is not released to the public yet. Rob - you are right!! Return-Path: Received: from ELI.CS.YALE.EDU by CASPER.NA.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Thu, 23 Dec 1993 10:16:01 -0500 Received: from life.ai.mit.edu by eli.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Thu, 23 Dec 1993 09:51:34 -0500 Received: by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) for narem@cs.yale.edu id AA11072; Thu, 23 Dec 93 09:40:39 EST Received: from drgate.dra.com by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) for /usr/lib/sendmail -oi -fpdp8-lovers-request@ai.mit.edu pdp8-lovers-list id AA11064; Thu, 23 Dec 93 09:40:33 EST Received: from CHEMNG.DECnet MAIL11D_V3 by drgate.dra.com with SMTP id AA14572 (5.65c+/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Thu, 23 Dec 1993 08:43:33 -0600 Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1993 08:43:33 -0600 Message-Id: <199312231443.AA14572@drgate.dra.com> From: sml_michael@chstls.org To: pdp8-lovers@ai.mit.edu Content-Type: text Content-Length: 30 Return-Path: Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1993 08:43:33 -0600 From: sml_michael@chstls.org To: pdp8-lovers@ai.mit.edu Content-Type: text Content-Length: 30 SUB PDP8-LOVERS MICHAEL HUANG Summary-line: 28-Dec jones@pyrite.cs.uiowa.edu #Massbuss Return-Path: Received: from ELI.CS.YALE.EDU by CASPER.NA.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Tue, 28 Dec 1993 21:28:28 -0500 Received: from life.ai.mit.edu by eli.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Tue, 28 Dec 1993 21:04:06 -0500 Received: by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) for narem@cs.yale.edu id AA07750; Tue, 28 Dec 93 20:32:49 EST Received: from ns-mx.uiowa.edu by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) for /usr/lib/sendmail -oi -fpdp8-lovers-request@ai.mit.edu pdp8-lovers-list id AA07746; Tue, 28 Dec 93 20:32:41 EST Received: from pyrite.cs.uiowa.edu by ns-mx.uiowa.edu (5.64.jnf/921215) on Tue, 28 Dec 93 19:32:26 -0600 id AA29851 with SMTP Received: by pyrite.cs.uiowa.edu (5.59/890218) on Tue, 28 Dec 93 19:32:12 CST id AA17943 Date: Tue, 28 Dec 93 19:32:12 CST From: Douglas W. Jones Message-Id: <9312290132.AA17943@pyrite.cs.uiowa.edu> To: pdp8-lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: Massbuss Content-Type: text Content-Length: 155 Return-Path: Date: Tue, 28 Dec 93 19:32:12 CST From: Douglas W. Jones To: pdp8-lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: Massbuss Content-Type: text Content-Length: 155 If it is indeed a patented bus, the patent is a matter of public record and can be obtained from the patent office. Doug Jones jones@cs.uiowa.edu