[time-nuts] Maintaining boatanchors

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Be careful there, MQX is a "very much alive" product over at Freescale....

(and yes I suspect I do have a copy of OS-9 somewhere, I have no hardware that will run it,  but probably do have the disks)

Bob

On Nov 10, 2010, at 1:21 AM, Greg Dowd wrote:

> Since I either owned or created all the Bancomm/Datum ntp designs after
> I joined bancomm in 1992, I can promise you that I still have at least
> one version of the source code :-)  Actually I think I even have the
> source for the bc635/700LAN product, created by Joe Fontes.  The problem
> is generally that you can't recreate the build environments to go with
> it and they were custom systems with custom bsps.  Remember os/9 and/or
> MQX?  Our DR-DOS based TS2000 built with ampro modules MIGHT be easier
> to get into.  It was a DoC emulation.  Since we don't sell, and probably
> don't even support, those products anymore, I am happy to help as I can
> but I don't know if there is enough interest for me to grind my way past
> legal to release code which you could read but not use to reprogram
> anything.  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
> Behalf Of d.seiter at comcast.net
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 11:24 PM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Maintaining boatanchors
> 
> I work with a guy who worked there for years as a CE. He still has
> contacts; it's a real long shot, but I'll give it a shot. 
> 
> 
> -Dave 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jason Rabel" <jason at extremeoverclocking.com> 
> To: time-nuts at febo.com 
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 12:06:10 PM 
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Maintaining boatanchors 
> 
> I wish Symmetricom would release source to the old TrueTime / Datum
> products... But I'm sure most of that source code has been lost 
> / thrown away. 
> 
> For instance, the older network time servers are much cooler to me than
> the new models. The old stuff was custom designed and 
> specifically written / tweaked by hand. The newer time servers are just
> off-the-shelf single board computers, a GPS module, and then 
> *maybe* a custom oscillator module.... Then they just run on a *nix OS
> with some small custom scripts to do the timing and automate 
> setup... Just not the same... 
> 
>> HP had a program called NOMAS (Not Manufacturer Supported) where 
>> they did release the source code to some of their calculator products 
> 
> 
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