>> You've got me interested now, since I have a VMS CD but no way to hook a
>> CDROM to my MicroVax-II...how would one go about doing this?
>One of several ways:
>
> Find an RRD40 and qbus cotroller for it.
> Find an RRD50 and qbus controller for it
> Find a SCSI Qbus adaptor and a CDrom that works (different
> block size for PC)
>
>Other routes would be to get a working TK50 or TK70 with controller and
>have someone cut tapes for you (this is allowed).
Yet another route is to get a desktop VMS machine (say, a 3100-xx, or
an Alphastation) with a CD-ROM. Install VMS on the desktop machine, then
boot the Microvax-II into the cluster and MSCP-serve all the disks
(including the CD-ROM) between all cluster members. The hobbyist
license kit includes the clustering licenses as well.
Clustering is not only a powerful user tool, but a power system
management tool as well. Resources on clustered VMS nodes are - for
all important purposes - local after a machine boots into the cluster.
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> I guess my feeling is that what the seller did was unethical since he did
> want to sell the item. If he wanted to sell the item, and put it up for
> bid, then he is accepting the risk, like anyone else, of not getting what
> they would like for it. That should not be sufficient cause for stopping
> the auction and making those who bid in good faith suffer from his
> greediness.
At one time, and perhaps still today, eBay allowed the seller to place one
bid on his/her own auction. This happened to me once on an auction where
the seller outbid me at the last moment on a non-reserve auction. I was
outraged, until the seller pointed out to me that he was within the rules in
doing this. If it's still ok to bid on one's own auction, then the seller could put
in a huge bid, immediately cancel the auction, and then still abide by the "rule"
that the item be sold to the highest bidder. Right?
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Ford <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com>
>Why all the Sherlock Holmes, this person obviously belongs on this list,
>somebody email them and invite them to join.
>
>
That would probably meet the definition of spam. Err..., you do it. :-)
Besides, what are you going to say: "Please join our list, and, uh, you got
any money left?" :-)
Just kidding, but I am sure you are all thinking the same as me; I wonder
what else does he wants to buy?
Regards,
Jim Rossbach, Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club, www.TonkinYachts.cjb.net
God Made Us Sisters and Brothers, Prozac Made Us Friends.
-----Original Message-----
From: Innfogra(a)aol.com <Innfogra(a)aol.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, September 16, 1999 6:21 PM
Subject: Xerox Star buyer?
>Does anyone know who WWW.VintageComputers.Com is or where they are located?
>Paxton
>
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Aaron Christopher Finney wrote:
>This page has everything you are looking for and more...
>
>http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dsladic/vice/doc/serial.txt
>
>Hope it helps!
>
>Aaron
>
>
>
Yes, it did. Though ATN poses a problem on where to put it. I'm thinking of puting a logic inverter on it and connecting it to DTR on the RS232 port.
Part of that article was cryptic when it came to the RESET pin I'll quote
RESET: Serial Reset
You may disconnect this line to save your disk drive.
Did the reset pin actualy screw up the disk drive or what and from reading the artical it sounds like it is not needed.
Charles
After searching all over the internet for this I've found the pin out
for the C64 serial port. The goal of finding this information: to
connect serial port of the C64 to the RS232 serial port on my computer.
Here's what I found.
Pin, description
1, ?
2, GND
3, ATN
4, CLK
5, DATA
6, RESET
The description that I found didn't list pin 1 for anything could this
possibly be +5V? If so I could connect this to CTS (I'm trying to keep
to the standard). ATN is probably attention which tells what device the
computer is going to talk to. CLK is probably a clock signal which
could be connected to Receive Clock. Could ATN be connected to DCD on
the PC? Also what are the logic levels on the C64 port is it inverted
compared to RS232 when it comes to 1 and 0 and what is the voltage on
pin five for 1 and 0.
Charles
Since someone mentioned that you can simply end an auction because you
want to, here are the specifics...
>Canceling Bids
>You can cancel bids in an auction if one or more of the following
>circumstances apply:
>
> 1.You've decided to end the auction
> 2.A bidder contacts you to back out of a bid
> 3.You can't verify the identity of a bidder after trying all
> reasonable means of contact
>
>Please note: Cancellations are publicized in the auction bidding history,
>and you will be asked to explain your cancellation to bidders. If the
>cancellation was not legitimate, you're also likely to hear about it from
>other users.
>
>Stop the Auction!
>
>You may miss out on just the bid you've been waiting for if you end your
>auction early. Still, there may be times when you have a valid reason to
>end an auction. You may stop your auction when you decide not to sell. To
>do this, you must cancel all bids on your auction before it ends. If you do
>not do this, you are obligated to sell to the high bidder.
Note this last part...
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In a message dated 9/16/99 7:35:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
cfandt(a)netsync.net writes:
> Upstate NY! That's basically my area. Do you know which town Paxton?
No. The description of the Xerox Star listed "Upstate Ny" as the location.
The email address 'oldcomputers(a)yahoo.com' is harder to find information
about its' actual location.
The Seller of the Star also has been active in selling intel 4004, 8008 and
sets of intel processors on ebay.
Paxton
PS Paul Pierce may have the largest private collection in terms of Mass. IBM
knew that value=weight and made correspondingly heavy systems. I am sure
there are others out there with more individual systems.
>I would like to know if its possible use a 3 1/2" disk drive with my
If not, you should be able to install another disk controller into it. There
must be some kind of TSR which can help you with this also.
>little more "friendly" than DOS, such as a file manager
Well, I've been down that line, and I have not come up with a truly good way
to hide DOS with a dos program. Norton Commander is my favorite file
manager, someone here might have a copy to send you. Check out
www.filelibrary.com (which requires free registration) for all kinds of DOS
software. All the file managers you could dream of. All-in-all, DOS is a
good functional OS which doesn't have a lot of pretty stuff. Unless you're
going to USE the thing for word processing,etc. don't bother.
