What's even neater is the fact that the dongle is nothing more than a
carved block of wood hollowed out. Inside buried in epoxy, is one diode
connected to two pins of the joystick port. Definitely cool. :)
At 08:57 PM 7/13/98 EDT, KFergason(a)aol.com wrote:
>
>The MSD drives were perhaps the first 1541 clones, though I am not
positive of
>that.
>They were not complete compatible, so copy protected software probably would
>not work.
>
>I didn't realize they required a dongle.
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Every so often, someone asks how many computers I have, and I always find
it hard to give a straight answer. It depends whether you count half a
dozen 68000 boards as 1 + spares, or 6 -- I only have two keyboards and one
PSU rigged up for them -- or none, since I haven't got the orignal case or
PSU. Or the PDP-11s; I have several spare CPUs and other boards, but only
a few cabinets.
This is roughly what's running/runnable:
Acorn Archimedes A440, serial no 614 + Arm3 processor a a lot of extras
Acorn Archimedes A310, serial no 2.
BBC Microcomputer Model B (about 2.5 of these)
BBC Microcomputer Model B-plus
Torch Z80 Card x 2
Acorn Z80
Acorn 6502
Acorn Electron
Acorn Atom
Apple ][+
Apple //e
Apple Mac Plus x 2
Sharp MZ80K
Atari MegaST
Exidy Sorcerer
Commodore PET 2001-8K
Commodore 128 (US version)
Commodore VIC-20
Amiga 500 (well, half of one, anyway)
homebrew Z8 SBC
Sinclair ZX81
Sinclair Spectrum
Sinclair Spectrum 48K
Sinclair QL (plus a dead one)
Sparcstation 1+
Silicon Graphics Indy R4600SC
XT-compatible
AT-compatible
486SX-25
486DX2-66
386sx-20 portable
286 Compaq LTE
11/23 x 2
11/03 x 2
11/34
11/24 (only the board set, though)
11/73 x 2
?PDP-11/83
microVax II
uMicro 2000 (a 68000 system and a lot of spare boards)
Sage II (another 68000)
Cambridge Z88
Psion Organiser
AgendA
and, of course, a whole lot of peripherals.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
The MSD drives were perhaps the first 1541 clones, though I am not positive of
that.
They were not complete compatible, so copy protected software probably would
not work.
I didn't realize they required a dongle.
Hmm, how many computers.
HP Pentium 300.
Sparc LX
486/33 clone
SWTPC 6800 systems (2)
RCA Cosmac VIP (3)
Commodore C128 (2)
Commodore C128D
Commodore 64 (a dozen or so)
Commodore +4 (2)
Commodore SuperPet
Commodore Vic 20
Timex Sinclair 1000
Atari 400 (2)
Atari 800
Atari 600xl
Atari 800xl
Atari 1040ST
Atari 2600
Apple 2e
Apple 2c
Apple 2gs
Macintosh +
Macintosh 512
TRS80 Model 3 (2)
TRS80 Model 4
TRS80 Model 4p
Tandy Coco 2
Tandy Coco 3
TI 99/4a (3)
Most work.
Kelly
In a message dated 7/13/98 9:16:24 AM Central Daylight Time,
higginbo(a)netpath.net writes:
> >What's a dual floppy unit? Never seen one...
> >>Commodore 64c, dual floppy unit, 1200baud modem
>
> Well, I can't tell you who made it, but it's a little tower with two 5.25"
> drives mounted vertically, and requires a dongle on one of the joystick
> ports to work. I haven't even cranked it up yet to compare the performance
> to the C 15xx series drives. I think the model number is MSD-2. The MSD-1
> was a single drive unit.
>
> I have all the docs and disks that came with it, so when I ever do get it
> cranked up, I'll post the specifics.
>
< Are file formats different between RSX-11M and RT-11? If I get one of the
< PDPs up and running I need to sort out the 40-50 disk packs that should b
< a mixture of RT and RSX.
Yes, but there are tools to got from rt to rsx, maybe the other way as
well.
< Will an RL01 pack be readable in an RL02 drive?
Yes.
Allison
I have not yet found an operating manual for the RK07's in the group of
stuff I got. I want to check them out and think I recall that they can be
powered up and maybe heads loaded while not attached to the host. True? If
so, anything I should know? What to look for if anything not correct?
Also, the previous owner left packs *in* two of the drives :( . One
probably is an all-important boot disk for the 1/34A as he told me he had
booted it up the day before I picked them up. Well, I'm not too happy with
this as there may be a risk that the disk got damaged during moving and
transport. I can take the black sheet metal cover off the drives and check
that the heads are retracted. How do I get the disk out as the disk cover
seems to be locked? Will powering up and a certain keypress unlock the disk
cover without the heads moving onto the platter?
I'll need to do the same to the RL01's and RL02's to sort through them as
to functionality.
Thanks yet again for the help.
Regards, Chris
-- --
< Are you sure about that first one? I tried to install it on a PS/2 Model
< 70 and it didn't recognize the hard drive. In general, i've found Minix
< to be simply awful with recognizing hard drives.
I got it up and running on a PS/2m50z with a 20mb mfm drive.
Minix is not awful with recognizing hard drives, it doesn't claim to support
all of them.
If you want you can put dos on the m70 and then install the version ported
to load and run as under dos as a virtual disk. That works on everything
that is running dos. While not fancy it's enough to play with and to keep
it small (its a test version) the sources are not on it though they can be
copied easily enough.
Allison
At 02:25 PM 7/13/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Christian Fandt wrote:
>
>> In the MicroPDP-11/73 that I got in the great haul there's an Emulex quad
>> board which I want to identify.
>>
>> An identifying number on it is C3987-C. Two 50-pin headers are on the edge
>> pointing to the back. No cables attached. Stuff obviously has been swiped
>> from this system.
>>
>> >From what I see at the Emulex website Emulex is only involved w/networking
>> stuff. There was no C3987 mentioned anywhere.
>
>That very well could be a SCSI controller. Emulex is only into networking
NOW, as they got sued
>several years ago by DEC for patent infrigment (lost my job because of
that suit). They used to do
>SCSI controllers, network, communication, terminal servers, you name it.
It could be a 50-port
>serial card. Unfortunately, I don't have a list of Emulex parts anymore.
Serves 'em $#%%^@& right. Emulex's support was (is) of the most suckful sort.
I would never recommend any of their products to anybody (forget about getting
any kind of support or end-of-life info from these #&@*^$* people).
They used to make decent PeeCee video boards.
Ohhhh, damn-- don't get me started . . . .
Jeff
At 06:32 AM 7/12/98 -0500, you wrote:
Okay, here's what's in my "Garage"
6800/6809:
2 SwTPc 6800's (neither of which works)
American Automation AA-570 Development system (6802 based)
SwTPc S/09 (never fired up)
SSB Chieftain 9512 (in SwTPc cabinet)
CoCo III, With FDD
ExorBUS KLUDGE, containing various ExorBUS compatible hardware.
Commodore:
VIC-20 with two 1541's and a 80-column display (broke)
C-64 also with two 1541's and 80 col.
C-128 with 1571 FDD (keyboard trashed)
68000:
AT&T Unix PC-7300, 40Mb HD, 1Mb RAM (it's in pieces, working on an upgrade)
NCR 1600 series Tower, running Unix SVR3
Other:
H-89 with CP/M (also broke)
Intellivision II w/computer and Music attachments (modulator broke)
Mattel Aquarius (still in the box)
AT least 5 Wyse Wy-50 terminals, in various states of disrepair
FLUKE 1720A IEEE instrument controller (broke, waiting for prints)
HP 9816 instrument controller, with external IEEE HDD/FDD.
I also have an Apple ][+ and a //c, but they really don't belong to
me. I'm just trying to get them into working order.
I also have a array of PeeCee compatibles, and a MAC, none of which
qualify for discussion here.
Not alot, but I don't have a whole lot of space. Writing list was a kinda
depressing excercise. Most of the good stuff's *broke* in one way shape
or form. My main interest is 680x and 68000's.
Jeff
>I was just wondering, how many computers do all you have out there???
>
> Michael Sheflin
>
>
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I have several System V 3.2 manuals (not going to list all the titles here but
suffice it to say a 6" high stack). They are still in the shrinkwrap.
Free to good home if you pay shipping or pick up in Phoenix, AZ - I don't
have any machines that run that, nor do I intend to....
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