Aaron,
At 07:05 PM 11/27/98 -0800, you wrote:
>
>9144 tape drive - I've already deduced that it's a low-density, 16-track
>capable of 67/134 megs and the tapes have to be purchased pre-formatted.
Not only pre formatted but preformatted by HP. ****NO*** others will work.
>
>2563A Printer - with a modular connector.
>
>9123 3 1/2" dual floppy - picked up after-the-fact at a yard sale. It's
>HP-IB, but has a weird DIN power connector cord. No P/S.
This drive is a double sided 3.5" HP-IB drive. It's exactly the same as
the 9122 EXCEPT that it does no t have a power supply. It was sold only
for the HP 150 Touch Screen II and the TS II supplies +5v and +12V power to
it via the DIN plug. I have used old PC power supplies to operate them. I
can dig up the pinout if you need it.
Joe
>I've got an 8530 and it's console here. It's a Pro380 IIRC.
>It's front panel is marked Vaxconsole, but it has Pro380 on it somewhere
>else
>I think.... I'll have a look...
At least on the North American models, there's a UL/CSA sticker near
the power jack with the model designation (i.e. "PC380-AA").
It certainly could've been a Pro 350 that originally shipped with the
Venus. The ones I've seen are 380's, but I don't know if they're
original or not. Since *the* definitive RT-11 Pro expert is on this
list, I'm certain we'll get a good answer soon :-)
As long as we're on the topic, anyone have a Ethernet card for the
Pro that they'd like to sell? I'm willing to pay CA$H! (The goal
is to put Alan Baldwin's TCP/IP for RT-11 on a Pro and run a web server.)
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This is a couple of months off topic,but I'll post it anyway. At my school,
there are a couple dozen Laserjet Series IIs. I've been trying to install
four into one room, and for some reason almost every single one claims a paper
jam right as soon as I tell it to print ( a self test, for example). The paper
hardly gets out of the tray, it's generally just starting to get past the
roller that pulls it in when the printer returns an error. Sometimes it does
this, sometimes it doesn't. Any ideas?
Thanks
< > (Oh and an HSC50 whatever the heck that is!)
<
< Hierarchical Storage Controller.
< Waist high filing cabinet sized box, HEAVY too.
< Basically, it's a PDP8 I think, running a little o/s called CRONIC
PDP11, used the T-11 chip. NOT PDP-8.
I believe CRONIC was an application (control program) and ran under a
truncated version of RT-11.
Allison
-----Original Message-----
From: Allison J Parent <allisonp(a)world.std.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, 1 December 1998 15:37
Subject: Re: VAX collectors attention
>< > (Oh and an HSC50 whatever the heck that is!)
><
>< Hierarchical Storage Controller.
>< Waist high filing cabinet sized box, HEAVY too.
>< Basically, it's a PDP8 I think, running a little o/s called CRONIC
>PDP11, used the T-11 chip. NOT PDP-8.
Ok, thanks for clearing that up, I wasn't sure. :^)
>I believe CRONIC was an application (control program) and ran under a
>truncated version of RT-11.
I'll take your word for it. The manual I have doesn't actually say CRONIC
is
the O/S, it just implies that it it. Probably an unwarranted assumption on
my part.
Thanks for filling in the gaps. :^)
Cheers
Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Marks College
Port Pirie South Australia.
My ICQ# is 1970476
Ph. 61-411-623-978 (Mobile)
61-8-8633-0619 (Home)
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Can someone help Father Martin?
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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 17:32:19 -0500
From: "Martin Fors (ICQ 3024642)" <revmrf(a)together.net>
To: archive(a)siconic.com
Subject: Visual Commuter
Hi,
Perhaps you may help me. I'm trying to find an LCD for my Visual Commuter
which I've had for many years. Can you help with a contact? A Long time
ago there was a users group, but I've lost contact. marty
Rev. Martin R. Fors
Grace United Methodist Church
Main St., POB 726
Bradford, Vermont 05033
USA
revmrf(a)together.net [ICQ# 3024642] or revmrf(a)bigfoot.com
<<http://www.gbgm-umc.org/bradford/>>
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)verio.com
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> From: Cameron Kaiser <ckaiser(a)oa.ptloma.edu>
> Subject: Re: PET Video (was: Replacing 6550s) & 128
>
> ::The only Commodore computer with rubber keys that I have heard of is the
> ::Commodore 116.
>
> Actually, the Ultimax has them too. I have a 116 case, and the keyboard is
> abominable -- almost, but not quite as bad, as the Tomy Tutor's.
Hi!
I know that there's a program to make a Hercules Mono monitor emulate a CGA,
but is there a program that will allow a CGA emulate an EGA or VGA?
One other question:
Was there a Tandy laptop made that looked like the 1400, but had an EGA or
VGA display?
ThAnX,
-Jason
From: Bill Pechter <pechter(a)pechter.dyn.ml.org>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, 1 December 1998 14:57
Subject: Re: VAX collectors attention
>I thought the 8600's used Pro350's when I worked on them.
>Some of the later 8000 series used Pro380's, I was told.
I've got an 8530 and it's console here. It's a Pro380 IIRC.
It's front panel is marked Vaxconsole, but it has Pro380 on it somewhere
else
I think.... I'll have a look...
Cheers
Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Marks College
Port Pirie South Australia.
My ICQ# is 1970476
Ph. 61-411-623-978 (Mobile)
61-8-8633-0619 (Home)
61-8-8633-8834 (Work-Direct)
61-8-8633-0104 (Fax)
From: R. Stricklin (kjaeros) <red(a)bears.org>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, 1 December 1998 13:18
Subject: DG Aviion video
>I've picked up a Data General Aviion 310CD and was informed it can use a
>straight AT keyboard. I am skeptical, as the keyboard port is a DIN8.
My 4100 does. Don't recall how many pins thought, but a Honeywell AT
keyboard
works fine, though a cheapy generic one did not. YMMV, since it's a
different model.
I'll have a look at the connector later in the day and let you know.
>Also, the colour video output is on 3 BNC connectors. Can I use 3 segments
>of ethernet coax to carry the video signal or is the impedance wrong?
Well, you should use 75 ohm coax by rights, but 52 ohm thin ethernet cable
should work ok. You might - emphasize might - get a little minor ghosting
on the image with 52 ohm cable, but you won't blow it up.
TV antenna coax is 75 ohm if you want to get it exactly right.
I doubt if you'd be able to see any difference.
I believe it has the sync on the green channel.
>Actually, I've had a hard time locating info on this machine.
Data General Unix only. Virtually System 5 Release 4.
There is no specific DGUX news group, though there are a few lurkers in
comp.os.aos (DG's Advanced Operating System - for big iron) that have
some useful information.
I have the procedure for getting past the password here somewhere.
Found it at some very obscure web site. The manuals for DGUX are
available online in PDF form.
Doubtless a much later version than yours, but it will help a lot.
The web site doesn't allow you to directly download them, just read on-line.
(Not sure if this is deliberate, but anyway, once Acrobat loads the page for
online
reading, you can clone the file from the temp directory, before you close
the web page)
I have most of the Doc set for the current version of DGUX as a result. ;^)
Don't recall the url at the moment, but I'll dig it up for you if you like.
I emailed Data General early in the piece, looking for information, and got
NO response.
> I understand it uses a Motorola 88k processor at 20 MHz, but I don't know
which one.
> looked inside and found three chips it could be.. an 88100 (88010?) and
>two 88200 (88020?)s. I assume the single chip is the CPU but then what
>are the other two?
Not sure, sorry. I'll pull the lid off one of mine later and have a look,
hard to find much on the cpus.
>I would be really surprised if this were a multiprocessing box.
I wouldn't be. One of mine is. :^) Yours is a different (earlier?) model,
I have two Aviions, one is a single cpu 33mhz box, the other a dual cpu
20mhz.
(I'll post the exact model numbers later today) Unfortunately, I have
yet to find an (affordable) monitor, and it has an odd mouse port, I'm led
to believe it
is the same connector as on a Sun, but not sure if the Sun mouse would work
or not,
and I don't have one to try.
At first glance, it looked like a PS2 mouse port, but the pinout is quite
different.
Cheers
Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Marks College
Port Pirie South Australia.
My ICQ# is 1970476
Ph. 61-411-623-978 (Mobile)
61-8-8633-0619 (Home)
61-8-8633-8834 (Work-Direct)
61-8-8633-0104 (Fax)
