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.
>MINIX plug, it's value is, sources are on line and it runs on XTs and
>PS/2s and the whole install with sorces fits in something like 40mb.
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MAX writes:
< > Is that OS actually useful for something?
It's unix... depending on who you ask yes or no. ;)
Compared to DOS it's better, it's a real multiprocessing OS.
As implmented for 386 and larger it lacks VM making some BIG unix apps
like Xwindows unlikely but for text apps it screams. There is a version
called minix-vm and from what I've hears runs well.
MINIX plug, it's value is, sources are on line and it runs on XTs and
PS/2s and the whole install with sorces fits in something like 40mb.
It's limits are no VM, support for COM1/2 only and the book/CDrom cost
about 70$. It is available on the net, install kits and sources.
I installed it on the Dell and it was textbook easy (compared to dos!)
and considering the machine is a 386sx/16 it's really quite fast.
Allison
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 be
a mixture of RT and RSX.
There's a boot pack labeled for the 11/24 but it will be a surprise as to
which OS boots. I think there's an RK07 pack for the 11/34A and I
understand from the previous owner that RSX had been the OS running on it.
If there's some version dependancy involved, the RSX boot disk pack is
probably 4.x and if the 11/24 pack is RT, it is *possibly* v3.x.
There's an even bigger batch of 9-track tapes. ~75 or so hangin' on the
tape rack. But, I think most of those could be backup tapes or development
files from Moog Hydropoint machine tools (Moog made computer controlled
machine tools) according to what I see in the rather cryptic contents of
the labels. I gotta get the rack w/TS03 and TS11 subsystem lashed up to the
11/24 or 11/34A (whichever I get running first) to check them out.
Will an RL01 pack be readable in an RL02 drive?
Thanks again,
Chris
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I have been taking inventory of the boot ROMS on the M9312 modules in
several of the PDP-11's in the great haul. In the pile of documents there
is an older manual for the 9312 (1978 copyright, purple/maroon cover.)
Fine. I was able to determine what's what re this subject and their
respective boot devices (RL01, RK07, etc.)
However, I need help identifying this one found in my 11/34A: 767A9. Need
the charts/boot device type for this one which show the same type data as I
see in my older 9312 manual.
Also, in the 11/24 I found a different E20 ROM (the console/diagnostic
ROM). Its number is 774F1. The number found on all the other 9312 E20 ROMS
is 248F1.
Now, is this 774F1 specific to the 11/24 only? Or, is it specific to any
Unibus -11/xx which has no programmers console attached to the front of the
machine (the /24 just has a few switches on the front panel)?
The 11/34A I'm keeping and the other two 11/34x BA11's either have, or have
evidence of once having, a programmer's console attached which could be a
hint that the 248F1 is simply the E20 ROM just for 11/34x machines w/prgmrs
console.
Thanks for helping me sort out this detail.
BTW, that URL Kees Stravers posted here per my query has the most VAX
11/730 info I have found yet. It has some great info to help me get going
on my uVAX II which also came to me in that haul. Again:
http://vaxarchive.ml.org . Thanks Kees. I'm still looking for more 11/730
info everybody (so is Kees).
Thanks for the help.
--Chris
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Jamestown, NY USA
Member of Antique Wireless Association
URL: http://www.ggw.org/freenet/a/awa/
NS how old this box is, but it looks about as old as my uVax3100s...
Customer has an PH-UX machine, HP 715/100, and it's playing paperweight.
Powers on, makes hard-disk noises when the boot switch is pressed, but
doesn't talk to the console. When you push the power-off button, it makes
more noise and shuts off. Something's working, but I have no console.
Any ideas?
This happened after someone downed it the wrong way.
As I have little experience with HPs, I thought it appropriate to ask a higher
authority :)
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I guess I'll have a go...
Following is a list of the machines that my SO and I have collected:
A bunch of PDP 11 hardware (too much for me to catalog completely)
2 NeXTStation Color Turbo
1 NeXT Cube
1 Sun 386 box
1 Pentium box (running OS/2 of course)
1 Macintosh 512K
1 Macintosh IIci
1 Atari 400
2 Atari 800xl (one is parts) w/1050, 1010, 1027 printer
4 Commodore 64 (one is non-functional) w/Vic 1541, 2 Commodore 1542, and
CN2
1 Commodore 128 (not working, I'm trying to repair it)
1 Timex/Sinclair 1000
1 Apple //e
1 Apple ][+
Tony Dellett
All,
I have 3 count'em 3 (classic) systems:
Mac Plus, Dec Rainbow 100A, NeXT Computer.
I use one home non-classic and one office non-classic (both Mac PB3400) as
well.
And I am *not* going to be jealous of you guys with warehouses full of
systems...<snif>.... :-)
- Mark
Was there anything besides a 'D' model? I've seen plenty of D s but
never anything else.
> 1 Leading Edge model D XT dos
Is that OS actually useful for something?
> 1 dell 386sx/16 minix
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Anyone ever heard of a full length 16 bit ISA AT type card that has
amonst all the componets a Motorola 68000 (16mhz) processor? It says
it's made by Microcom, Inc....made in USA
Is this some sort of card to get Apple/Mac compatibility?
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At http:/www.dell.com you will find everything you need although you
will need to do some digging as Dell seems to change this site and the
method to find info every six months. Anyway, you will find
troubleshooting info, tech specs, jumper settings, illustrations, etc.
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Subject: Dell 4066/XE info needed
Author: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu at internet
Date: 7/11/98 11:10 PM
Just picked up a Dell 4066/XE 486DX2 server unit, complete. It has EISA
slots, tons of drive slots, etc...It is in a BIG case!!....
Anyone possibly have a manual for one of these? I'd like to buy one, pay
for a copy, get a scan over the net, something. With all of you that
work in corporate business someone might have one, or know of an online
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