Is it possible to make regular Mouse-System-Clone bus mouse or Sun Mice
work on a DEC Vaxstation 3100 -- or does anyone have a source of
the DEC mice?
Bill
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ESDI cabling is definitely the ST506/412 interface used on old MFM
(e.g. Seagate ST-225) or RLL (e.g. Seagate ST-238). If the 34-pin
control cable is straight through (without the twist) select drive 0
if the selection is 0 and 1. If the selection is drive 1 and 2, select
drive 1 (nomenclature varies among manufacturers). Ensure the
terminating resistors are installed or you are asking for trouble.
If the 34-pin control cable has a twist and you have only one drive
attached to the end of the cable with the twist, use drive select 1 if
your drive nomenclature is 0 and 1. If the drive select nomenclature
is 1 and 2, select drive 2 and make certain you have the terminating
resistors installed.
Two drive scenario:
34-pin control cable with twist, drive at end of cable with twist use
drive select 1 if drive has 0 and 1 as drive selects or 2 if using 1
and 2 drive selects and again ensure the terminating resistors are
installed in this drive. The drive in the middle of chain should use
drive select 1 if drive has 0 and 1 as drive selects or 2 if using 1
and 2 drive selects (yes, use the same drive select as the C: drive
attached to the end of the cable) and make certain the terminating
resistors are removed from this drive which will be seen as D: drive.
If the 34-pin cable has no twist, C: drive is set for 0 (if drive
selects are 0 and 1) or 1 (if drive selects are 1 and 2) and
connected at the end of the cable with the terminating resistors
installed; D: drive is set for 1 (if using drive selects 0 and 1) or 2
(if using drive select 1 and 2), connected in the middle of the chain
and must have the terminating resistors removed.
Marty
Yes, I've seen a 1.01, but I don't think it was a retail version (perhaps
some limited bundle with an OEM computer). I'll ask our Archives.
Kai
-----Original Message-----
From: Lawrence Walker [mailto:lwalker@mail.interlog.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 9:01 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: als for it
On 30 Sep 98 at 9:19, Kai Kaltenbach wrote:
> To the best of my knowledge, there was no Windows 1.00. As I recall, we
> released 1.03 as the first version.
>
> 1.03 was available only on 360K 5 1/4" and had no VGA support. 1.04 was
the
> same as 1.03 except it was available only on 720K 3 1/2" and supported the
> PS/2 _exclusively_.
>
> Kai
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Ismail [mailto:dastar@ncal.verio.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 8:16 PM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: Windows 1.0?
>
> Someone posted recently that they have the originals (or copies) of
> Windows 1.0? Could you please get in touch with me?
>
> Sam Alternate e-mail:
Sorry Kai, I usually tend to take your MS statements as gospel but in this
case I've just been looking at the flash page and desktop of Windows 1.01
copyrighted 1984 and the files are dated 11-15-85. Unless this was a pirated
version smuggled out of MS or an elaborate put-on it must be the first
issue. It has a somewhat-Norton Commander style desktop but has most of
the utilities of the later version - notepad, write, calendar ,etc. and a
pif-editor and win.ini. It comes on 5 360k disks with a set-up program that
builds a small Win.com and an much larger overlay binarie. As you mention it
doesn't support VGA and the readme file has a lot of references to problems
with AboveBoard (the Intel mem-expansion card). I've had it for a short
while
and just now installed it on an 8580 PS2 running DRDOS. While I can get the
desktop the utilities hang with the familiar hourglass.
I just tried it on my 5150 which has an Inboard card and uses the A20
handler but only 1meg memory and also heavily configured and with Dos 5. It
crashed leaving me at the prompt. Using my favorite shell CMFiler got me to
a blank screen before crashing . Likely memory related.
I'm going to try it on one of my 286s' using an earlier dos and with one
of
1.01's memory handlers emm.at or emm.xt (dated 7-30-85) in autoexec. I have
of course no manual.
I do run on, sorry.
ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com
In trying to finf info re my Wang , Wang Users Group turned up empty, so
I did a general search on "Wang". What fun. I found out there's a hell of a lot
more Wangs than Jones out there. And a good proportion of them are scientists.
Wangs like to display themselves and one even had pictures of his wife and
his sister on his page.
Among the Wangs on display were Joy C Wang, Junping Wang, Leiping Wang,
Linping Wang and the saddest, Weiping Wang (maybe a pseudonym for linping)
There was Gang Wang and Wang Man but the most impressive Wang was :
Wang Jinrey a fighting philosopher
Nationality China
Fighting Style shin-irokugoken
Age 84 Height 165cm Weight 56kg
Bloodtype B
I was especially impressed that they included this fighting philosophers blood
type.
I also found out that bin wang wasn't a binary file and wang fan wasn't a
computer enthusiasts group.
There was also a geographical perspective with the Phuket jewelry shop in Wang
Talang Siam , the King Wang Hotel in Taiwan, and the Wang Centre for the
Performance Arts in Boston.
There's also a Wang differential geometrical theorum used wildly by
scientists.
Then I dicovered I could finger wang@risc and after 60 Lycos pages of URLs
with nary an end in site ,my energy petered out I was getting giddy and
laughing hysterically at every Wang thang . There's just too damn many Wangs
out there and I exited without finding any references to my Wang..
On a less humorous note I did find a UK source for Wang
and NEC as well as other laptop batteries. MDS Batteries.
Likely pricey to ship them this side of the pond but they did
have some specs so maybe one could make yer'own.
ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com
uh, im still trying to decide how this relates to classiccmp...
In a message dated 10/1/98 7:45:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
lwalker(a)mail.interlog.com writes:
<< Then I dicovered I could finger wang@risc and after 60 Lycos pages of URLs
with nary an end in site ,my energy petered out I was getting giddy and
laughing hysterically at every Wang thang . There's just too damn many Wangs
out there and I exited without finding any references to my Wang.. >>
>If the case says VAXanything or MicroVAX it's VAX. If it's an Alpha
>it would say Alphamumble. Systems with the DECmumble are MIPS.
Systems with 'DECstation mumble' should be MIPS, but if it
says 'DEC nnnn' then it may well be an Alpha... for example, I
have a DEC 3000/400 in my office.. this is an Alpha.
Megan Gentry
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Is anyone in dire need of one of these? I was bulldozing through my office
today and ran across this one lonely processor sitting in a drawer.
Please respond to me directly...
Aaron
Sometime in the mid-seventies, Queen Elizabeth became the first monarch to
send an email. Does anyone know the year, to whom she sent it, and what the
circumstances were?
R.
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