If anyone can help this guy, please contact him directly. I have no clue
what a 'uts40' is...
-jim
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>Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 10:12:34 +0000
>From: Dominique Carlier <dominique(a)best.be>
>Subject: uts40
>
>Hello,
>
>i have a little question about a Sperry Univac computer, you know the
>UTS 40 (universal terminal) and his subsystem (2x 8' drives) ?
>This big neolithic computer, an old fellow for me, make a long beep when
>i turn terminal on, the POC test do not initiate, black screen...
>if you have an information about this, that was great, Help ! :)
>(sorry for my bad english but i'm a frensh guy)
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Michael Wise, the founder of Sphere, has surfaced. His website is at
http://www.users.uswest.net/~mwise/index.html. He's another one claiming
title to inventor of the "Personal Computer", plus claims of other
"firsts" that you can find on his website. I'm sure there will be plenty
of debate. I'm trying to get him to speak at the VCF so you can heckle
him in person.
See also http://ibnd.net/old_days/sphere/
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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<>ISA
<>S-100
<>PCI
<>VLB
<>EISA
<>NuBus
<>Unibus (don't know anything about this besides that it's by DEC)
It is the bus used for PDP11 and early VAX based (7xx and some 8xxx)
systems. The related bus is Qbus used on smaller PDP-11s and MicroVAXen.
<>PDS
<>Apple ][ bus
<
<Duh! I left out MCA. Boy, am I in for it now...
Multibus, mostly intel based/biased sytems.
STDbus, Zilog z80 based systems
SCSI and the earler version called SASI
GPIB/HPIB general purpose instrumentation bus
IEEE485 lowspeed networking for instrumentation and controllers.
Omnibus DEC PDP-8E/F/M/A series computers.
Eithernet, serial bus.
Token ring, serial bus
MassBus, used on large dec system for interconnecting disk farms.
IDE, a 16bit wide bus for storage devices on PCs
Hexbus, used on some TI consumer Machines.
USB and firewire, serialbuses for interconnect (PC and?).
And Parallel port... who says a bus has to talk both ways!
Allison
Well, There Multibus-I, Multibus-II, STD bus, VME bus, Omnibus, Q-bus, B-I
Bus, KIM bus, Exorcisor bus, FastBus, and that doesn't even scratch the
surface. If I could focus I could probably come up with another dozen or
so, not that they matter that much.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Max Eskin <max82(a)surfree.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Saturday, June 26, 1999 8:31 PM
Subject: Local bus schedule
>Hi,
>I'd like to know about the various famous, complete local bus standards.
>I've heard of:
>ISA
>S-100
>PCI
>VLB
>EISA
>NuBus
>Unibus (don't know anything about this besides that it's by DEC)
>PDS
>Apple ][ bus
>
>Does anyone know about any others?
>
>--Max Eskin (max82(a)surfree.com)
> http://scivault.hypermart.net: Ignorance is Impotence - Knowledge is
Power
>
On Jun 26, 16:20, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Pete Turnbull wrote:
>
> > > Actually, it can run any version of DOS (3.2 or 3.3) but for 3.2 you
need
> > > the 3.2 controller.
> >
> > Um, Sellam, are you sure you've not got 3.2/3.3 compatibility round the
> > wrong way?
> Oh yes, you are quite correct. I forgot about that. I remember now that
> to boot 13-sector disks on a 16-sector controller required the 13-sector
> pre-boot disk that Apple supplied with DOS 3.3.
Yes, the BASICS disk, or the BOOT13 utility on the System Master. I
figured what you wrote was just a typo, and you meant it the other way
round, which would make sense.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
On Jun 25, 11:45, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> :: On Jun 25, 10:37, Arfon Gryffydd wrote:
> > ::Can anyone tell me what DOS (name and version) works with an Apple
//e
> Actually, it can run any version of DOS (3.2 or 3.3) but for 3.2 you need
> the 3.2 controller.
Um, Sellam, are you sure you've not got 3.2/3.3 compatibility round the
wrong way? The P5A and P6A PROMs that came on Disk ][ cards sold with DOS
3.3 (16-sector) can also handle the encoding used for DOS 3.2 (13-sector),
but P5 and P6 PROMs supplied with Disk ][ cards can't handle the encoding
used by DOS 3.3. There are a very few exceptions related to copy protected
disks, of course, which is why some of us had switchable cards.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
Hello, I'm trying to netboot my Sun 3/60 (from my Linux box). None of the
HOWTOs I can find are very clear on how to do this. I've recompiled my
kernel for rarp and nfs. My ethernet card works (00:00:C0:73:50:52) and my
Sun is 8:0:20:6:10:35. When I try to run a command like /sbin/rarp -s
192.168.1.10 8:0:20:6:10:35 I get the error: SIOCSRARP: Network is
unreachable . Any ideas? I think I have the correct kernel for the Sun,
but that shouldn't matter -- it should at least try to talk to my Linux
box, right? When I do >b le() on my Sun, it says
Boot: le(0,0,0)
Reqesting Internet address for 8:0:20:6:10:35
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Kevin
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I wrote a while ago about Russian microcomputers. A couple of days ago I received my first two, and throught I'd write a brief description to the list.
"Microsha"
Appears to be a (souped-up) Spectrum clone in functionality, but looks totally different. Quite cool, actually... Keyboard unit in dirty yellow (Atari 800-style colour and basic appearance) but much flatter (about 1.5" thick). Red and blue keys in a really weird cyrillic layout.
Each key has two labels, shown in pairs here. Many of the Cyrillic letters are unreproducible in ASCII, so I'll enclose a best guess in [...] The first of the pair is the TOP marking on a key, the second is the lower marking.
Top row:
(;+) (1!) (2") (3#) (4[circle with 4 prongs]) (5%) (6&) (7[triangle]) (8[left bracket]) (9[right bracket]) (0) (-=) (red: cyrillic [GT]) (red: cyrillic [AR2])
row 2
([backward n with accent][right square bracket]) ([CH]C) (yU) (KK) (EE) (HN) ([G]G) ([sch][left square bracket??]) ([sc??][right square bracket??]) ([zh]Z) (XH) (:*) (red: [PS]) (red: [VK])
row 3
(red: yC) ([ph]F) ([bI]Y) ([B]W) (AA) ([P]P) ([R]R) (OO) ([L]L) ([D]D) ([??V]V) ([3]\) (.>) (red: PyC LAT)
row 4
(red: [HP]) ([backward R]Q) ([sort of y]^) ([C]S) (MM) ([bacward N]I) (TT) ([b]X) ([b with bar]B) ([circle with half plus]@) (,<) (/?) ([b with bar overhang left]_)
row 5
two small space keys for left/right thumb.
Keyboard has a "keypad" section at right, with contents
left diagonal up arrow, F1, F2
left arrow, up arrow, right arrow
F3, f4, f5
down arrow, CTP
What a bizarre organization!!!
Keys are i correct positions - size differences confirm this.
anyway, the gist of it is that the keyboard isn't QWERTY, but more like CUKENG
It looks so very alien. Weight: abot 2lbs at a guess.
Unit has an expansion interface at back (RAM?) which plugs in at right angles (ie: a bit like a cart slot on an Atari 800, again). Several other interface ports on back, the most interesting is a square unit simply marked (interface 2) with a 3 x 10 female connector.
I have the manuals and power supply for this machine. I'll do a picture if there's any interest.
I also have about ten cassette tapes of original software for this one.
The other machine is a PDP-11 processor-clone machine called BK-0010
It's in original box, with all documentation. More about that later, if there's any interest.
Cheers
A
Well good! I was wondering what to do with these, so, knowing that I don't
have to feel I should gouge someone for them, I can give them away.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: CLASSICCMP(a)trailing-edge.com <CLASSICCMP(a)trailing-edge.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Saturday, June 26, 1999 5:34 AM
Subject: RE: 8" floppy media with 32 hard sectors
>>I see there are floppy diskettes being auctioned off on eBay. I =
>>remember too that there was some discussion about where one might get =
>>some hard-sectored diskettes. Well,folks, I have a box of new ones! =
>>Though the box was ruined, the plastic bag inside protected the media, =
>>so they were undamaged by the moisture which got in due to a damaged =
>>shrink-wrap on the box. =20
>
>You know, it isn't that hard to find these (despite what everyone seems
>to claim.) Take a look at http://www.athana.com/, specifically at part
>number 47-0801 on the "diskettes" page :-).
>
>Tim.
>has anyone seen the movie 'Three Days of the Condor'? there are many
>computers shown. the only one i think i can identify is an Imsai with a
>tape drive (?).
Heh heh - talk about misidentification. That's a PDP-8 with DECTape drives!
Since when did Imsai's have orange and burnt amber front panels with
light bulbs? :-)
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