>When I get the intermittent CPU problem on the 11/44 fixed, and find a
>UNIBUS SMD controller, can I just attach the CDC drive to the 11/44 and
>have it boot and go, or will I need to reconfigure something?
That all depends on the controller in both systems. I have Emulex and
Xylogics SMD controllers here and they are not interchangeable. Data is
written differently. I have used Emulex in both Unibus and Qbus systems and
they are compatible for data. System disks are another matter.
Dan
If you look at: ftp://zane.brouhaha.com/pub/dan/emulex_uc07_08/
you will find just about everything you need. The UC07/08 is the Qbus
version but the switch settings and firmware is the same for both. I have
several here and use them in my test beds.
If you need anything else from the manuals let me know and I will post them
as well.
If you upgrade your firmware to M or P it will support CD's as well. The
HEX files are there as well.
BTW: Thanks go to Zane for hosting this stuff for me.
Dan
>Another question to ask, I got an Unibus SCSI card, and I know that
>it can be configured as either a tape controller or a disk controller.
>Currently it is configured as a disk controller, but I would like
>to know which switch settings change it into a tape controller.
>
>There is are 2 switch banks on the card, one with 10 switches, and
>one with 4 switches, which is placed at the top. Furthermore, there
>are 4 jumpers which can be set/removed.
>
>BTW, the card is an Emulex UC17.
>
>It works perfectly, yesterday I did build RSX 4.6 onto an Iomega
>jazz drive. It only uses 600Mb out of the 1Gb though.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ed
>
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Thanks!
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Hi,
Are the file areas or forums of any of the old online services still
accessible? I'm thinking of Compuserve, BIX, AOL and any others.
They probably (used to) contain many files which would be useful for older
computers, but which are not available on the internet.
A brief visit to the Compuserve web site didn't turn up anything interesting.
Have all the old file areas/forums been deleted? Is it still possible to
access any of the online services using a text-based interface?
This question arose from reading the document at
http://www.dateq.net/ftp/CD-DRIVE/HITACHI/HIHELP.TXT
That contains info on old Hitachi CD-ROM drives, including ones which use a
proprietary interface. [Related to this, the most recent MS-DOS drivers for
old Hitachi CD-ROM drives are available from Hitachi's USA BBS but not their
web site. I uploaded the file to http://home.clara.net/markk/Hitachi/8bit.zip]
Anyway, part of the HIHELP.TXT file reads:
Filename: HIHELP.TXT
Written Feb 93 REVISED 01Jan94 10Aug94
For CIS distribution only - Permission required for publication elsewhere.
So this file was originally available on Compuserve. Is it still there?
-- Mark
Does anyone know the approximate lifetime of the NiCd battery on a VAX when
it isn't turned on all the time? I've got several dead ones and it is
irritating to set the language and boot device every time. I've tried
"zapping" them, this brought one back but the other is quite dead. I've
almost have enough to put together one get pack from cells in the bad ones :-)
--Chuck
Hi
I am restoring a TRS80 model 2000 (1983), one of the rare machines to
use an actual 80186 Intel CPU.
I did not have the original keyboard. I have been told that an older
1000 keyboard (90 key type similar look to 4p keyboard) works fine as
long as you make an adapter cable.
I have the pin functions for the trs80 2000 5 pin din keyboard connector
but not for the other end...the 8 pin male connector on the old 1000
keyboard...
I looked and searched long and hard...all over...anybody got that?
I am at the point of opening up the keyboard and looking at the circuit
to figure out the pinout but I would like to avoid that...
Thanks
Claude
>Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 14:02:58 GMT
>From: pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com (Pete Turnbull)
>Subject: VT78 - lots of questions
>
>Is there anything in particular I should watch out for when I power it up?
>
This is an area of discussion. The full treatment is to inspect, reform big
electrolytic capacitors (put a current limited voltage on them for a while),
then separately test the power supply, then attempt to power up the cards.
The other is to visually inspect, apply power for a short while, and
if nothing bad happened apply power longer and try to run it.
>I don't have the RX01 drives that originally came with it, but I do have
>the connecting cable with a D-37 connector at the VT78 end and a DB-25 at
>the other end (only 18 pins fitted). I also have a set of RX02s in the
>adjacent rack, and I have the RX02 print set and manuals somewhere. I
>assume I can set the RX02 (M7044) switches appropriately, and use that with
>an appropriate adapter cable? Anyone know the relevant VT78 pinout?
>
My VT78 is running off of RX02's set to RX8E mode. They also have the
DB25 plug on the back which will connect directly to the VT78 cable. If
yours don't I should be able to dig up the pinout if you don't run across
it in one of the manuals.
>Documentation: all I can find that's even vaguely relevant is the DECscope
>User's manual, RX8/RX11 Floppy Disk System User's Manual, RX8/RX11 Floppy
>Disk System Maintenance Manual, the OS/8 Software Support Manual, and a
>FOCAL-GT/RT User's Manual. I have borrowed copies of the Small Computer
>Handbook (that's the one for 8/e, 8/f and 8/m) and the PDP8/a Minicomputer
>Handbook. I should have the RX02 User Manual somewhere too. What else am
>I going to need, that's downloadable from the net?
>
I have WPS, RX02 and OS/78, and COS manuals online. I have a complete VT78
printset but I have not scanned it yet.
http://www.pdp8.net/query_docs/query.shtml
What is FOCAL-GT/RT?
>I should have some 8" floppies, though I'm not sure what's on them because
>I've not actually found them yet :-) Is there anything I should try
>downloading from the net?
>
I have OS/78, COS and WPS images online, poke around in ftp://pdp8.net/images/
If you have a OS/8 variant on the floppy that may be able to use my disk
image dump and restore programs, dumprest.zip in
ftp://pdp8.net/software/
I have never actually tried to use it on the VT78, I write the images
>from the 8/E.
If you find you don't have any bootable floppies I can make you one.
My VT78 has gotten a little finicky, it sometimes needs a couple of power
cycles before it runs right. Yet another thing for the todo list.
David Gesswein
http://www.pdp8.net/ -- Old computers with blinkenlights
Hi,
Just within the 10-year rule, I have a Fujitsu M3191F2 flatbed scanner. Date
code on the label is 1990-08. A label on the underside refers to it as an
M3191C-IS. I guess this would have been pretty expensive when new. It has a
SCSI interface, resolution is 300dpi greyscale.
If anyone can assist with getting it to be recognised when connected to a PC
via Adaptec SCSI card, please let me know. Fujitsu were of no help, though a
German user manual is available on their web site.
Using the Adaptec diagnostic program, the scanner is recognised. However it is
not recognised under Win 95, even after rescanning the bus. On my Amiga it is
not recognised initially, but is after I rescan the bus.
I'd like to find a copy of the OEM manual for this scanner.
BTW, I have dumped the data from all four EPROMs in the scanner (three of
which were soldered directly to the board...).
-- Mark
At 08:07 PM 12/20/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Toad Computers (www.toad.net) sold a card for the PC that ran ST software.
>I think it was called the Gemulator.
I believe Toad is out of the Atari business now...the last time I checked
out their website, all of the Atari stuff had been removed. I've not been
up to their store in a number of years though. The 'closet' that housed
the 8-bit stuff was always pretty interesting to rummage through. I never
used Gemulator, which does sound correct for the name, but I did use the
8-bit emulator they sold.
Does Best Electronics still sell ST stuff? They were a bit pricey the
last time I looked, but they carried quite a bit. At the time when I had
only FIDO access they were the only place I could find a replacement ST/STE
keyboard for my MEGA.
Jeff
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