Now you are hurting some brain cells.... I used the isis box quit a bit, and did most of the intermachine file transfers using kermit. The following link lists a source for kermit files. I believe kermit was written in plm 85, so if you download the sources and cruise the code, you may find the system calls and port addresses you need. I tried searching my daytimers from that era, but I cant locate them for the era previous to 1984. It would probably be possible to write a very simple program to put the files out the serial port 1 byte at a time (direct to the usart) with no handshaking and spool them onto a pc. Kermit sources would give the file read calls and hopefully the port addresses. http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/aavsys.txt Hope this helps. On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 12:29, Mark Skeels wrote: > Hi, List. > > I got no response to this on [OT]: so let's try on [EE]: > > I'm trying to get source code for old projects out of an old Intel MDS > system. The company that owns it lost all the manuals. I spent an hour last > night trying to remember the syntax for the copy command under ISIS. > > Does anybody remember the device name for the serial port, or the (paper > tape) punch device? > > IIRC, one can copy files directly to the device using the copy command. > > Also, anyone know where I can find, say, an ISIS manual on the net? > > Also, do you know where I can pick up a copy of a utility called HTRANS? > It's used to send stuff out of the serial ports. How about IDOS80? > > If worst comes to worst, they've got PLM-80 for the beast, but with no OS > manual, it would be next to impossible to write anything to solve the > problem. > > TIA, > Mark Skeels > Engineer > Competition Electronics > meskeels@earthlink.net > > Soli Deo Gloria! > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > > -- ===================================================================== Lawrence Glaister VE7IT mailto:lg@jfm.bc.ca 1462 Madrona Drive http://jfm.bc.ca/ Nanoose Bay, B.C. http://members.shaw.ca/cncstuff Canada V9P 9C9 http://gspy.sourceforge.net ===================================================================== -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body