Yesterday I picked up a DECmate II. Unfortunately, there were no disks
with it. I have a few questions...
1. How would I recognize an APU or XPU board?
2. Where can I get a boot disk for it?
3. What software was(is) available for it?
(I guess I can now say I have a PDP-8.)
ttfn
srw
Season's greetings! I have just gotten interested in Linux, (so, it's not truly classic content, but it's implementations are); and I was wondering if anyone here has experience with this kind of thing.... any Linux experience at all. (Sorry for the decipful headline)
And I know that it makes me look like an idiot; but possilby if someone could transmit some good newsgroups. People have said time and time again that there are betternewsgroups where we can put all of our "modern" questions. Possibly, that could be included in the FAQ. (Or NAQ)
Thanks,
Tim D. Hotze
At 04:59 PM 12/3/97 -0500, William Donzelli wrote:
>> > There is also a DEC-system 2020.
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>> Holy &*^%&*%! (Spits out soda) That's a DEC-10!
>
>Wipe that up!
>
>Well, it is a 36 bitter, thus deserving a spot in any collection, but I am
>sure some of the PDP-10 old timers (hmmmm, who could they be?) will be
>quick to tell you that the 2020s are the little runts of the family. They
>were slow and not really elegant.
I think of myself as a young DECsystem-10 old timer :-)
Whilst it's true to say that the horrible orange 2020s are runts, not real
-10s (they're the wrong colour and size to start with), they are the only
practical DEC 36 bit system for the home user.... It's no bigger than a
VAX-11/780 and there are quite a few people with systems that size at home.
The biggest regret I have is that I was offered one about 5 years ago and
didn't have the space or money at the time to get it - it was later
scrapped....
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>
<> Th PX-8 can wake up, do something and go to sleep automajikally.
<>
<Well, I agree that these systems are better; recently, wintel machines als
<have certain accessories which can schedule the PC to turn on.
Yes but the PX-8 is now 13 years old and the nicads in it could sustain
continous computing for 12-16 hours. I've tried one for logging data and
it ran for two weeks at 1-2 minutes per hour without trouble. The time
and autostart/shutdown was built in, no extras needed. Most laptops would
be hard pressed to run the total uptime without killing the battery.
Allison
At 10:12 AM 12/2/97 -0600, you wrote:
>>I am amazed that there isn't a standard for remotes -- 01 for on/off, 02 for
>
>Hmm. I've got seven remotes and devices here on my desk, and I'm glad
>they don't speak the same symbols. I wish they had fewer standards
>and more configurable uniqueness, so I could run two of the same
>devices each with their own remote. :-)
Okay, good point. So what we need is channels, like MIDI gear (and maybe
Device ID's, like SCSI.) Hmmm... But then we're getting too complicated for
the average bozo (comment about flashing 12:00 omitted.)
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>i need some help with an applecolor rgb monitor if anyone can.
>does anyone know any way of testing this monitor? i have one in the
>silver-gray colour that matches my mac IIcx yet, i cannot seem to get any
>video on it.
This really sounds like the monitor for an Apple IIgs. I have three
such monitors. (One isn't in very good shape and the other two are
in use.) I think there are some Macs that can use this monitor, but I'm
not positive. Make sure you are using analog RGB, not digital.
What pinout is on the end of the cable? (I think it's supposed to be
DB-25, if I have the number right, but I'm using the monitor to type
this message and thus can't check right now. :))
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><< <> I hate to continue the waste [well, maybe not], but in my original post
><> said "on _and_ off..." These machines cannot turn on by themselves
> <> unattended by setting an internal wake-up time.
> <>
> <Well, actually, they can.
>
> Th PX-8 can wake up, do something and go to sleep automajikally.
>
Well, I agree that these systems are better; recently, wintel machines also
have certain accessories which can schedule the PC to turn on.
Two TRS-80 Model 4's are available for free in northern Ohio. I can stall
the owner for a couple of days, but if I don't get a reply, they get
trashed.
Some software, too, (don't know what, will find out) and a wide carriage
daisy wheel printer.
I'll pack if you pay for shipping.
manney(a)nwohio.com
----------
> From: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
> To: Manney
> Subject: Re: Franklin Ace500 ???
> Date: Wednesday, December 03, 1997 9:19 PM
>
> Probably the same as the IIc and Laser 128:
>
> Input: AC120v 60Hz 36VA
> Output: DC17V 1.8A
>
> Polarity:
>
> NC(1)
> +VE(2,3)
> GNd (4,5,6)
> NC(7)
>
> Pin 1 is at 1:00. Pin 7 at 11:00.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Tom
>
> >I just got a Franklin Ace 500 copy of Apple ][C, no documentation or
power
> >supply. Would anyone have the pin outs and voltages of the seven pin DIN
> >power connector?
I have got some more bits to add to my MicroVAX II - 2 extra RA81s and
an RA82 in their own rack unit. This makes RA drives in all now but I
can't connect more than 2 at a time as I didn't get any cables with the
3 'new' ones :-(.
The RA82 has NetBSD on it but the person who gave them to me said he
wasn't sure whether it would work on my machine. When I try to boot off
that drive I get the following:
2..1..0..
howto 0x0, bdev 0x11 booting...
10556+552+33996 start 0x0
Nboot
:/netbsd
610304+2696+61260 start 0x8c17c
?06 HLT INST
PC=00000003
>>>
Am I right in thinking that this means I am not going to be able to boot
>from this drive.
As it is a Unix filesystem I tried to mount it from Ultrix running on
the other drive and failed. Is it possible tat I may be able to boot
>from the drive, or failing that, is there any other way that I can have
a 'nose around' in the drive or should I just incorporate it into my
Ultrix filesystem and forget about NetBSD.
Eventually I hope to assist in the VAX-Linux port and then use this
machine as a server. If anyone knows of any VAX architecture and/or
assembly language tutorials on the web I would welcome the URL, and if
anyone in the UK has any books or documentation going spare... ;-)
I tried buying books but at about 50UKP each, I have no chance.
Regards
Pete
