At 09:23 PM 5/29/98 -0500, you wrote:
>On Fri, 29 May 1998, Shawn Rutledge wrote:
>
>> FWIW, the company that currently sells Heathkit manual reprints doesn't
>> look too kindly on people publishing web manuals from what I've heard.
>> I'd sure like to publish my stash too if I could do so without getting
sued.
>
>Hmm, I know that any patents associated with the EC-1 have expired by
>now, but I don't recall how long a copyright lasts (more than 38 years, I
>suspect).
Yes, but are they still valid if the owner is out of business? I know
the HK manuals are WIDELY copied and the copies sold. So are Tektronix, HP
and a lot of others, and they're still in business!
Joe
>
>-- Doug
>
>
Well, I've got my RL-02 on the /73 working. The cable on the back had the
locking key in the unlocked position. Arrrgggghhhhh, it took me a day to
figure that one out! Lesson learned, visual inspections just don't cut it!
Of course I don't seem to have Boot ROM's in the SMS-1000 that support the
RL-02. I tell it to boot dl0: and it tells me it's an illegal device. Yet
the RSX11M boot tape tells me that's the device name.
I still haven't been able to figure out what they guy I got this stuff off
of could have been using to boot it.
Zane
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On May 31, 20:53, Tony Duell wrote:
> And I'm not sure if the RLV11 works in 22 bit addressing systems (Tim?
> Allison?) I've only got 18 bit addressing CPUs here.
It will work in a Q22 backplane providing you remove two links, which
otherwise cause the RLV11 to use BC1/BD1 for "other than BDAL18/19". It
has to be a straight backplane, with CD-interconnect, of course.
Even then, it only does 18-bit DMA, so whether it's useful depends on the
O/S -- RSX11 and Unix manage fine, but I don't know about RT-11.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
I picked up some odd-balls recently.
One item is called a Disk Storage Drive Diagnostic Unit made by a company
called Information Storage Systems, Inc. Another unit I saw had a
Sperry-Univac label on it. It's obvious what it is, but for what drives?
The manual says Model 714 and 715 disk storage drives, but is that hard or
floppy? I can't tell from the unit, although my guess would be hard disk.
Anyone ever used, let alone heard, of one of these? I also got another,
older model, but didn't get a manual with it. (You can find more of these
at Mike Quinn Electronics in case you're interested).
I also picked up a Standard Engineering Corporation Word Generator
(WGR-241). It looks like it is a PDP-11 card, but I'm not totally sure
(its got the big horse-teeth edge connector). On the front is 24 SPST
switches, I guess for setting a 24-bit word. Any clues?
I also got a TI program recorder (for the TI 99/4a) and a couple AtariLab
software packages (starter set and Light module), which were little
physical sciences experimenter kits for the Atari 400/800. They come with
a carthridge for the program, and each one has a different set of sensors
that plug into the computer. The start kit has a module that connects to
the joystick port, and the other kits' sensors plug into this module so
you can get simultaneous readings from different sensors I suppose. The
starter kit had a letter in it addressed from one of the design staff
thanking whoever recieved the package for their help in bringing the
product to market.
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John,
Hey, that really looks great! I heard a while back that IBM was going to
post all of their patents on the net. Now if HP will just do the same!
Joe
At 07:56 PM 5/31/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Hey Joe,
>Check this out!! I was looking for an IBM web site that might have your
>SCSI drive infomation on it when I stumbled upon this!! Boy...it's been a
>long time since I thought about this stuff!!
>
>http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?patent_number=4541168
>
>John
>
<And I'm not sure if the RLV11 works in 22 bit addressing systems (Tim?
<Allison?) I've only got 18 bit addressing CPUs here.
The RLV11 is not q22 and MUST have a Q/CD backplane.
Allison
I got a non-DEC PDP-11/73 today minus the CPU (not a big deal, I saw the
CPU that had been in it, and I've got two of them). Anyway I've managed to
identify all of the haul of boards, except the RAM boards. I was told they
are 2Mb boards but the person wasn't sure. Also I'm wondering if anyone
has the switch settings for them.
The board in question is labled:
NSC NS23D
It also has three jumpers near the contacts.
Zane
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I'd just like to say... THE /73 BOOTS FROM TAPE!!!
On the downside, I haven't any idea what to do. I was able to get 7 RL-02
packs, some of which are supposedly bootable, and a stack of TK-50's
yesterday, but the documentation had been trashed. :^( He still had the
binders, and there must have been 3-4 feet of docs at one time :^(
So bear with me, I've not got any documentation (donations gladly accepted :^)
The tape boots up to the following:
-------
RSX-11M/RSX-11M-PLUS Standalone Copy System V03
RSX-11M/RSX-11M-PLUS Standalone Configuration and Disk Sizing Program
Valid Switches are:
/CSR=nnnnnn to change the default CSR
/VEC=nnn to change the default device vector
/FOR=n to change the default magtape formatter number
/DEV to list all default device CSR and vectors
Enter first device:
-------
I went ahead and told it /DEV and it printed out a list of different
devices stating what was present. It sees my Hard Drive and the TK50. The
question is, what is this, and what do I do? I just tried entering 'DU0:'
and it took that, but that seems to be the limit of my ability to fathom it
out.
BTW I pulled the RL-02 controller out that I was asking about earlier for this.
Zane
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