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  • Connect to vintage computer systems @tomshardware

    From Javier Sturman@4:900/733 to All on Wed Mar 4 15:20:52 2026

    Hello everybody!

    In case anybody missed it, you can log in into vintgae computers thanks to the Interim Computer Museum.
    I got it from an article in tom's hardware, I tried to paste the full url but Golded crashed.

    https://connect.sdf.org/


    Systems available

    [-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-]
    -+- SDF Vintage Systems REMOTE ACCESS -+- [-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-]
    [a] multics Multics MR12.8 Honeywell 6180
    [b] toad-2 TOPS-20 7(110131)-1 XKL TOAD-2
    [c] twenex TOPS-20 7(63327)-6 XKL TOAD-2
    [d] sc40 TOPS-20 MARS 7(21733) SC Group SC40
    [e] sc40 TOPS-10 MARS 7.05 SC Group SC40
    [f] lc ITS ver 1652 PDP-10 KS10
    [g] ka1050 TOPS-10 6.03a sim KA10 1050
    [h] kl2065 TOPS-10 7.04 sim KL10 2065
    [i] rosenkrantz OpenVMS 7.3 VAX 4000-96
    [j] tss8 TSS/8 PDP-8/e
    [k] ibm4361 VM/SP5 Hercules 4361
    [l] ibm7094 CTSS i7094
    [m] cdc6500 NOS 1.3 DTCyber CDC-6500
    [n] sigma9 Honeywell CP-V sim XDS
    [z] bitzone NetBSD BBS AMD64

    [1] Proceed to the UNIX Systems sub-menu
    [2] Information about Vintage Systems at SDF.ORG

    (main) Your choice? (q to quit):

    Javier


    --- GoldED+/BSD 1.1.5-b20170303-b20170303 + HPT 1.9.0 + Binkd 1.1a-115
    * Origin: FIDONODO DE JAS | ¯\_(O,O)_/¯ (4:900/733)
  • From Daniel Path@2:371/52 to Javier Sturman on Sat Mar 7 20:32:13 2026
    Hello Javier,

    04 Mar 26 15:20, you wrote to All:

    Hello everybody!

    In case anybody missed it, you can log in into vintgae computers
    thanks to the Interim Computer Museum. I got it from an article in
    tom's hardware, I tried to paste the full url but Golded crashed.

    https://connect.sdf.org/


    Systems available

    [-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-]
    -+- SDF Vintage Systems REMOTE ACCESS -+- [-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-]
    [a] multics Multics MR12.8 Honeywell 6180
    [b] toad-2 TOPS-20 7(110131)-1 XKL TOAD-2
    [c] twenex TOPS-20 7(63327)-6 XKL TOAD-2
    [d] sc40 TOPS-20 MARS 7(21733) SC Group SC40
    [e] sc40 TOPS-10 MARS 7.05 SC Group SC40
    [f] lc ITS ver 1652 PDP-10 KS10
    [g] ka1050 TOPS-10 6.03a sim KA10 1050
    [h] kl2065 TOPS-10 7.04 sim KL10 2065
    [i] rosenkrantz OpenVMS 7.3 VAX 4000-96
    [j] tss8 TSS/8 PDP-8/e
    [k] ibm4361 VM/SP5 Hercules 4361
    [l] ibm7094 CTSS i7094
    [m] cdc6500 NOS 1.3 DTCyber CDC-6500
    [n] sigma9 Honeywell CP-V sim XDS
    [z] bitzone NetBSD BBS AMD64

    wow, nice. i've tried a few, really nice. looks like i have to get an openvms manual :)

    ByEbYe
    --
    Daniel

    telnet://bbs.roonsbbs.hu:1212 <<=-

    ... Uptime: 16d 8h 33m 56s
    --- GoldED/2 1.1.4.7+EMX
    * Origin: Roon's BBS - Budapest, HUNGARY (2:371/52)
  • From Grant Weasner@1:138/397 to Javier Sturman on Wed Mar 11 23:25:39 2026
    Re: Connect to vintage computer systems @tomshardware
    By: Javier Sturman to All on Wed Mar 04 2026 15:20:52

    Hello everybody!

    In case anybody missed it, you can log in into vintgae computers thanks to the Interim Computer Museum.
    I got it from an article in tom's hardware, I tried to paste the full url but Golded crashed.

    https://connect.sdf.org/

    Which one is your favorite.

    I've tried the TOPS systems, out of this world confusing for me.

    Still pretty cool they brought those to life.

    There is a PDP11 sim BSD 2.11. Anyone can create an account.
    telnet to lunarout.synchro.net port 2323
    info about it at gopher://lunarout.synchro.net/1/computing
    --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
    * Origin: Lunar Outpost - lunarout.synchro.net (1:138/397)
  • From Alastair Frankland@1:124/5016 to Grant Weasner on Mon Apr 27 09:34:49 2026
    Re: Connect to vintage computer systems @tomshardware
    By: Grant Weasner to Javier Sturman on Wed Mar 11 2026 23:25:39

    Re: Connect to vintage computer systems @tomshardware
    By: Javier Sturman to All on Wed Mar 04 2026 15:20:52

    Hello everybody!

    In case anybody missed it, you can log in into vintgae computers thanks t the Interim Computer Museum.
    I got it from an article in tom's hardware, I tried to paste the full url but Golded crashed.

    https://connect.sdf.org/

    Which one is your favorite.

    I've tried the TOPS systems, out of this world confusing for me.

    Still pretty cool they brought those to life.

    There is a PDP11 sim BSD 2.11. Anyone can create an account.
    telnet to lunarout.synchro.net port 2323
    info about it at gopher://lunarout.synchro.net/1/computing
    Thanks I'll check it out ;)
    bye
    --- SBBSecho 3.37-Linux
    * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016)