test-drb March 2000

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by dastar＠siconic.com

Does anyone have a working NEC PC-8886? I think this is the model number. It may very well be an NEC APC. At any rate, it would be a model with 8" drives. I have some 8" disks (I believe they are single-sided but the box they came in says "2D" on it; they are 256 byte sectors) containing some valuable geological data for the country of Guatemala that I am trying to recover for a geophysicist working on a project in conjunction with the UN. They contain graphical maps and textual data that would be very useful for Guatemala. If anyone can loan me a working NEC computer that can possibly read these diskettes I'll be sure you share in any praise heaped upon us by Guatemala, and I promise to share any villager women they bestow upon me for my efforts. In the very least shipping costs will be reimbursed. I have an NEC PC that would probably be able to run whatever is on these things (providing they are still viable) but it doesn't work. In the meantime I'm going to go retrieve it from my warehouse and see if I can fiddle with it and coax it to be reborn. Please reply directly to me as I am not subscribed to ClassicCmp. sellam(a)vintage.org Thanks for any help!!! Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looking for a six in a pile of nines... VCF Europe: April 29th & 30th, Munich, Germany VCF Los Angeles: Summer 2000 (*TENTATIVE*) VCF East: Planning in Progress See http://www.vintage.org for details!

25 years, 2 months

Mos Technology RAM wanted

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Mar 20, 13:23, John Honniball wrote: > > On Sun, 19 Mar 2000 21:28:09 GMT Pete Turnbull <pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com> wrote: > > One of the MCS6550 RAMs has gone west. Does anyone have a spare, or an > > equivalent, for sale? It's a 22-pin 1024 x 4 200ns static RAM. > > I'll have to check the RAMs in the spare PET that I > keep in the garage. Can't remember whether they're SRAMs > or DRAMs in the bigger PETs. Only the oldest 2001-x PETs use those SRAMs. I guess it's time to build that upgrade board (a PAL, a pair of EPROMS, and some 6264s, a 62256, or some cast-off PC cache). -- Pete Peter Turnbull Dept. of Computer Science University of York

25 years, 2 months

New drives in the M3100/M76

by andy.sporner＠networkengines.com

Thanks Allison, It has been a while since this--and I don't even have the machine anymore, but I guess I can consider this debunked. At the time it was VMS-5.5.4. I was using the machine as an X-terminal for want of it running real-X. (http://www.sporner.com/personal/andy_01.jpg sitting on it's side next to my big Sequent server). Thanks again! Andy > -----Original Message----- > From: allisonp(a)world.std.com [mailto:allisonp@world.std.com] > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 4:42 PM > To: Andy Sporner > Cc: 'Chuck McManis'; port-vax(a)netbsd.org; classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: RE: New drives in the M3100/M76 > > > I tried a quantum SCSI I had (120mb) for laughs and it works > fine after > test-75, same for a bunch of other brands, some only needed > to be "init" > from VMS to be useable. I have no clue as to the fuss. I have: > > 1 3100/m76 > 3 3100/m10e > > None seems to have much problem with anything I have floating > around for > disks save for the 1gb limit on the /m10s for bootable system disks. > > Allison > > > > > On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Andy Sporner wrote: > > > > > > It is entirely possible to put non-DEC third party drives in > > > the VAXStation 3100/M76. > > > > Maybe somebody can clarify something for me. I had an 3100/M38 > > a few years ago and had to buy a disk for it. At the time I > > bought a Quantum 210 MB drive. In order to use it with VMS > > I had to get a special utility that I ran from my PC with the > > drive and had to turn off the "Write-Preallocation" feature > > off on the drive. > > > > Is this strictly a VMS thing? > > >

25 years, 2 months

iOpener

by CLASSICCMP＠trailing-edge.com

>Oh, and don't get me started on RA60/RA80 cables. Those darn things work >by magic. What makes them even more magic is that the white ones are different than the black ones! Tim.

25 years, 2 months

New drives in the M3100/M76

by cmcmanis＠mcmanis.com

Conclusions for the archives... It is entirely possible to put non-DEC third party drives in the VAXStation 3100/M76. I have recently installed two 2.1 GB "Barracuda" drives in them and they are working flawlessly. The steps are: Install the drive, select an ID that isn't being used on the SCSI bus. Run the PROM based formatter on the drive using "TEST 75" to the monitor. Install your software on the drive. On the M76 there is no requirement that the boot disk be smaller than 1GB (apparently this is true on earlier models). This looks like it will turn out to be a good NetBSD development machine as it is reasonably fast (7+ VUPs), and reasonably compact as VAXen go. --Chuck

25 years, 2 months

Mos Technology RAM wanted

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Mar 19, 17:42, Will Jennings wrote: > Pete, > Umm is that the same as a Motorola 6665BP20, which I know is 200ns... > If so I can help you. No, unfortunately they're about as different as you could get, for that era. MCS6550 is 22-pin 0.4" wide static 1k x 4; MCM6665 is 16-pin 0.3" wide dynamic 64k x 1. Thanks for the offer, though. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Dept. of Computer Science University of York

25 years, 2 months

Mos Technology RAM wanted

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

I went to use my PET 2001-8K today, and found it claimed to only have 3071 bytes free :-( One of the MCS6550 RAMs has gone west. Does anyone have a spare, or an equivalent, for sale? It's a 22-pin 1024 x 4 200ns static RAM. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Dept. of Computer Science University of York

25 years, 2 months

Info on Sharp PC-7000 and Wang WLTC Wanted

by Bob.Yates＠amana.com

Saw the recent request for info on the Sharp and want to add my name to the list for info. also looking for info on the Wang WLTC. Picked up one with no power supply!

25 years, 2 months

2-port and 4-port fanouts, IEEE 802.3 compliant, Ethernet Version 1.0 and 2.0 compatible AUIs, almost free

by whdawson＠mlynk.com

Hello group, These were given to me recently by another member of this list who also has no use for them (thanks, Pat). They can be yours for 1.5 times shipping cost. All are in great condition and I have no reason to believe they shouldn't work. Specifically, what I have are: Quantity 3 Allied Telesis / CentreCom model AT-280 (2-port transceiver fan-out) Quantity 3 Allied Telesis / CentreCom model AT-480 (4-port transceiver fan-out) Quantity 3 Canary Communications model F 4000 Rev.B (4-port transceiver fan-out) All are DTE powered and "can be installed with any existing standards-based transceiver used in thicknet (10BASE5), thinnet (10BASE2), fiber optic (FOIRL) and twisted pair (10BASE-T) installations". Summary information on the Allied Telesis units can be found at http://www.lantech.nl/products/ati/fanout.html and technical information and manuals in pdf format can be found at http://www.alliancedatacom.com/allied-telesyn-products.htm by using the site's "Search Site" button and entering either AT-280 or AT-480. Information on the Canary transceivers can be found at http://www.canarycom.com by searching for F-4000 and using the first link in the returned list. Information in pdf format for the F-4000 can be found by using the eighth link in the returned list, under Transceiver Products. Please contact me off list if interested in one or some for your own use. Please don't ask if your intention is resale. I realize these aren't vintage yet, but I know some of you can and will use these in networking vintage equipment d8^) I'll post to the list when all have been spoken for. Bill whdawson(a)mlynk.com

25 years, 2 months

Atari XE GS

by ckaiser＠oa.ptloma.edu

In today's thrift store trek, I came up with a Wico trackball for my C128 and one of those cute little Apple //c mini monochrome composite monitors which in the ultimate irony will go to the 121-colour Commodore Plus/4, which has been sharing a Commodore 1902 with two 128s. The other thing I found was an Atari XE GS with no power supply or peripherals. Since it was only $2, I picked it up. Aside from being dusty, it looks to be in good shape, so I'm going to try to clean it up. Can anyone tell me about them? How unusual are they? What is the pinout on the power supply (it's an 8-pin DIN)? >From the looks of it, it seems to be a 65XE in a case with no keyboard and just the regular Atari function keys (OPTION, etc.). I've heard of them but never actually seen one, and I don't know too much about the Atari 8-bits to start with. I assume it takes 5200 and regular Atari 400/800/1200/etc. cartridges and the usual Atari/Commodore joysticks. I'm also interested to know how uncommon they are. Thanks for any help! -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Point Loma Nazarene University * ckaiser(a)ptloma.edu -- In memory of Bruce Geller --------------------------------------------------

25 years, 2 months

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