From: SP <SPEDRAJA(a)mail.ono.es>
>Hello to all. I'd like to know what kind of expansion or options
>could be attached to this machines:
>
>PDP-11/23
>----------
>
>* KDF11-B 5014313C M8189/DIGITAL
>* Q-BusMosMemory 5014500C M8067/DIGITAL
>* DQ614S153040 Rev F/DILOG
>* System Interface 11/03/ESI
>* 808836-05 Rev K/Datasystems Design
>By the moment I have no disk for it (maybe in a future). I'd like
>to know if could be possible to put some class of disk or
>diskette unit, even tape, eventually different of DEC stuff.
DEC RX50 using RQDX2 or RQDX3 card will get yo floppy
and mfm hard disk, That DIlog or the DSD card may support
disks as well.
PDP-11/23B is basic machine you have and that is Q-bus so finding
cards for it should be easy as the Microvax-II and later also used
the same bus. It was quite popular.
Check PUPS PDP-11 unix preservation socity for software.
Allison
>I suppose than this could be possible by some SCSI card,
>but my experience with this is limited to the use of
>emulators like Bob Supnik's or E-11.
>
>Thanks for all. Best Regards.
>
>Sergio
>
>
Go to:
http://www.maxtor.com/Maxtorhome.htm
and download MaxBlast Plus. This is a 1.4 MB file, and it is FREE. Be sure
to read the directions on the download page. This utility will create a
bootable MaxBlast disk which will work under any version of DOS or Windows.
Install your drive. Boot from your newly-created MaxBlast disk. Follow the
simple directions. You may choose to simply partition and format your new
disk, or you may clone an existing disk.
We use this every day in our shop when we set up a new drive or upgrade a
customer's existing drive. It's simple, easy, and fast. If there is a gross
hardware problem with the motherboard or drives, it will fail. Also, if the
data to be cloned is garbage, the program may bomb. Otherwise, MaxBlast has
a lot of advantages:
* Will clone or partition/format any brand of drive. The utilities shipped
with Seagate or WD drives sometimes only work with Seagate or WD drives.
* FAST partition/format. Where the DOS utilities can take 10+ minutes,
MaxBlast works in seconds.
* Removes junk. If the drive you are trying to set up has previously had a
bootlock installed, or EZ-BIOS, or if any other program is embedded in the
master boot record, MaxBlast will delete it without hassle. I use this all
the time when I want to wipe a drive and it's data is so scrambled that even
the volume name is trash. Under DOS, you are required to enter the vol name
in order to delete a partition, which may not be possible if the vol name has
been corrupted and now consists of unprintable characters. MaxBlast has no
such requirement.
If this isn't clear contact me off list.
Good luck!
Glen Goodwin
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I just figured out that someone asked me how much I was paying for my DSL
>from Qwest. Forgive me, but I can't find who the original poster was.
Anyway: Base rate for the line is $29.95/mo. Round to $30.
Add to that $35/mo for Qwest.net (the ISP) to be the host. Includes web
space (which I no longer use) and mailboxes (which I won't be using much
longer).
Finally, tack on $15/mo for a private block of eight static IP's. Three
are reserved to be the network, gateway, and broadcast addresses for my
subnet (I'm subnetted off a class A block), and five are user-definable,
function-wise. Subtract one more for the router interface, and that leaves
me four usable.
Total: A little under $80/month for everything, and that includes a
guaranteed data rate of 256K down (I get 384 during rainy weather, and 512K
during dry), and 272K up.
If anyone knows of another ISP that can give me my own subnet for
$50/month or less, and equivalent bandwidth, please say so. ;-)
Hope that helps.
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Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies
http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77 (Extra class as of June-2K)
"I'll get a life when someone demonstrates to me that it would be
superior to what I have now..." (Gym Z. Quirk, aka Taki Kogoma).
I became very curious after I read a couple of posts assuming
OpenBSD as the best OS for a firewall box. Could anyone explain (or at
least point out links) why OpenBSD would be more appropriate for a
firewall?
I am planning the instalation of a firewall, and I was
thinking about a linux box, possibly running the LRP package.
I do not intend to raise any OS-war, but rather to understand
the arguments for each side.
Cheers,
--
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*** Instituto de Sistemas e Robotica, Polo de Lisboa
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Need any suggestions on repair of a PC monitor (SVGA).
It's a Dell and was working though it had a long warmup to full
intensity. Anyhow I turned it off and now it just chirps when
I turn it on. Before I bin it I'd like to see if its fixable... Ideas?
I generally dont do monitors and TVs because of the HV, dust and
abundance of sharp edges.
Allison
> I've never found a bullet-proof program for testing SIMMs under DOS or
> windows, so I keep a hard drive loaded up with Win95. If the system boots
> and I can run defrag (it being memory-intensive) then I ssume the SIMM is
> okay barring any heat-related problems which may only show up after the
SIMM
> gets hot.
>
> Anybody know of one?
I have a one, designed by Charles (?) Cook, and first
implemented by John Molnar, which I've reimplemented
for the Sol, some Z-80-based machines, and the 8051
embedded systems I've developed. But I never got around
to porting it to DOS...
Our Dell servers shipped with a program called "Dell
Diagnostics" which includes a comprehensive memory
test that can check for stuck bits, shorts between
address bits, short between address and data bits,
etc.
It complains when I run it on non-Dell equipment,
but usually works, and it's so far caught problems
nothing else would catch.
hth,
-dq
Mike Ford wrote:
> Now for a good question, any suggestions on what would make a good set of
> machines to use for SIMM testing?
>
> Now I use
>
> 30 pin, either a IIsi or a Q950 mac depending on speed of chips.
> 64 pin goes in a IIfx
Okay, you've got those covered.
> 72 pin I am wondering about, maybe a late 486 or early Pentium
> 72 pin Parity no idea
> 72 pin ECC maybe a PS/2 model 9595
>
> My thought is that some motherboards are very good at detecting the type of
> memory etc.
For testing 72-pin non-parity SIMMs I use a Soyo board which was one of the
last mass-produced 486 mobos. It will take up to a 486-133 CPU, and it will
run on one piece of FPM or EDO memory, so, unlike Pentium boards, you can
test a single piece. Additionally the boot box indicates whether the memory
is fast page or EDO.
I've never found a bullet-proof program for testing SIMMs under DOS or
windows, so I keep a hard drive loaded up with Win95. If the system boots
and I can run defrag (it being memory-intensive) then I assume the SIMM is
okay barring any heat-related problems which may only show up after the SIMM
gets hot.
Anybody know of one?
For 72-pin parity memory get an old Pentium board which requires the ninth
bit. I got mine from hitechcafe.com. The board cost $10 and a P-60 CPU was
$5. (Sorry, no onboard i/o or PCI bus).
ECC? Good luck ;>)
Glen Goodwin
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Hello to all. I'd like to know what kind of expansion or options
could be attached to this machines:
PDP-11/23
----------
* KDF11-B 5014313C M8189/DIGITAL
* Q-BusMosMemory 5014500C M8067/DIGITAL
* DQ614S153040 Rev F/DILOG
* System Interface 11/03/ESI
* 808836-05 Rev K/Datasystems Design
There are 4 free slots. The system was fully functional
in an ESI lasertrimmer system for hybrid circuits that was
taken out of service 1 year ago.
By the moment I have no disk for it (maybe in a future). I'd like
to know if could be possible to put some class of disk or
diskette unit, even tape, eventually different of DEC stuff.
I suppose than this could be possible by some SCSI card,
but my experience with this is limited to the use of
emulators like Bob Supnik's or E-11.
Thanks for all. Best Regards.
Sergio
It was an Intercept jr., according to the auction.. Had 3 or 4 plug in cards
with it too.. Still not as cool as the PPS-4 development system that was on
Ebay a few weeks ago...
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I already asked this on port-VAX, figured I'll try here, too.
Can anyone provide one of the following:
1). Confirmation or denial that the address jumpers on the TQK50 (M7546)
and the TQK70 (M7559) are laid out in the same pattern, bit-wise? In other
words, does each board share the same pattern for setting its address?
2). A jumper chart for the TQK70, or jumper setting info to set it to the
primary tape device address.
Thanks much.
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Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies
http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77 (Extra class as of June-2K)
"I'll get a life when someone demonstrates to me that it would be
superior to what I have now..." (Gym Z. Quirk, aka Taki Kogoma).
