test-drb March 2000

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by allisonp＠world.std.com

Well first off I've ordered one as it's interesting. <The problem with this box is that there is no way to import software since <the SanDisk is soldered on, not plugged in, like some embedded designs. Wh <appears to be necessary is to install an alternate OS on a laptop drive tha <is installed in a _real_ machine, then stick the drive on this closed box. The disk installed has only got to boot dos or some such. Then the parallel port can be the import path. I've already done this on regular PCs that I didn't want a Floppy and CDrom on but needed to install W95 or whatever. Once you have an OS you and install a Sandisk loader in the Sandisk. Dunfield.com has a minimal dos that may work for the task. <There does not appear to be an RS-232 port, but I have two options - one <quick-n-dirty, the other only theoretically possible. First, I have a <box that simulates a CO. I can stick a modem on the other side of this <thing and use its internal modem at 33.6 (maximum speed without a digitally <enhanced ISP on the other end) or down to 9600, say, and simulate a dial-u This is one way, Ugly and prone to problems. Easier to hack the parallel port and do a parallel to serial converter. I consider the parallel port a resource. I happen to be lucky and have a few Xircom Pocket eithernet adaptors so those will fill the parallel port. <> Do USB drivers for DOS exist? < <I sincerely doubt it. None I know of. <Agreed, but I may stick a Linux Router Project kernel on the internal SanDi <and mount stuff via NFS - slow over the parallel port, but it should work <once I get an adapter. If linux supports USB there are all sorts of USB to whatever converters including Eithernet, modems, printers... Allison

24 years, 9 months

HP 2000 TSB question

by west＠tseinc.com

I finally finished testing out all the memory boards in my two HP2100's. I was getting misleading results for a long time due to my lack of understanding of the way the memory subsystem operates - it has to be tested in a very specific non-intuitive (and undocumented) way. Turns out I have four bad boards; three 8K SSA core stacks and one 16K ID board. These two systems ran HP2000 Access TSB, and had 32K each. My question is (before I spend time hunting down replacement boards) does anyone know what the memory requirements for the main and IOP cpu's in 2000Access is? If I can get by with less than 32K in each cpu I can forgo getting replacement boards for the time being and perhaps run with 24/16. Any ideas? Jay West

24 years, 9 months

Icom Attache: What is it?

by netsurfer_x1＠hotmail.com

>Can you give us a description, David? > > - don If I had a description, I wouldn't have posted my info request here, would I? That's why I posted the aforementioned message here: to figure out what the heck this computer is. ____________________________________________________________ David Vohs, Digital Archaeologist & Computer Historian. Computer Collection: "Triumph": Commodore 64C, 1802, 1541, FSD-1, GeoRAM 512, Okimate 20. "Leela": Macintosh 128 (Plus upgrade), Nova SCSI HDD, Imagewriter II. "Delorean": TI-99/4A. "Monolith": Apple Macintosh Portable. "Spectrum": Tandy Color Computer 3. ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

24 years, 9 months

Can someone here telnet to my 11/35

by dylanb＠sympatico.ca

Thanks everyone for telnetting into the 11/35. It seems the 11/35 could handle the guests but not my PII-350 :-(. The terminal server is now repaired and it looks to be stable. .. though probably not as stable as the 11/35. I will be putting online many different PDP-11s/PDP-8s online throughout this week and the coming months. The 11/35 will have FORTRAN IV, MACRO and FOCAL added to it (with a lot more games) later on today. http://www.pdp8.com/telnet.htm Enjoy! PDP-8 and other rare mini computers http://www.pdp8.com

24 years, 9 months

PDP-11 Emulator Question

by ethan_dicks＠yahoo.com

--- "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh(a)aracnet.com> wrote: > Now the question is, does anyone know how to wipe QNX off of them, and put > what you want on them? I've no idea what a SanDisk is. I'm assuming it's > something that's got to be done with a Windows PC. Nope... it's hardware - an ATA-interface wad of Flash ROM. The BIOS on this particular box seems to see it as the slave device on the IDE interface if there is a real IDE drive installed on the 44-pin connector. The problem with this box is that there is no way to import software since the SanDisk is soldered on, not plugged in, like some embedded designs. What appears to be necessary is to install an alternate OS on a laptop drive that is installed in a _real_ machine, then stick the drive on this closed box. > However, I'm wondering if there is a way to also use it as a Serial > terminal. There does not appear to be an RS-232 port, but I have two options - one quick-n-dirty, the other only theoretically possible. First, I have a box that simulates a CO. I can stick a modem on the other side of this thing and use its internal modem at 33.6 (maximum speed without a digitally- enhanced ISP on the other end) or down to 9600, say, and simulate a dial-up connection with whatever software is handy - I'm fond of Kermit myself. Alternately, it may be possible to remove the modem and add a MAX-232-based level converter and run a cable outside the case for "real" serial devices. I plan to inspect the innards and hang a scope off of whatever interconnects there are. Worst case, the UART is embedded in the modem and I'll have to be more creative by probably installing a 16550 on a daughter card in place of the modem. I don't know if I'll go to that extreme. > Do USB drivers for DOS exist? I sincerely doubt it. > Actually in the long run I'm probably best off putting a HD in it so I can > have several emulator images on the thing for different OS's. Agreed, but I may stick a Linux Router Project kernel on the internal SanDisk and mount stuff via NFS - slow over the parallel port, but it should work once I get an adapter. -ethan ===== Even though my old e-mail address is no longer going to vanish, please note my new public address: erd(a)iname.com The original webpage address is still going away. The permanent home is: http://penguincentral.com/ See http://ohio.voyager.net/ for details. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

24 years, 9 months

Compact QBus Systems (Was re: Los Angeles: Commodore PET 8032's...)

by dburrows＠netpath.net

><The H780 supply is about 3 inches wide IIRC and mounts beside the card cage ><That would make it a couple inches wider than the TU58EX. ><Dan > >More like 5" when you add casing. I have a 780+backplane. > >The Rackmount BA11-M is 3.5h x 19w x 18.5d (the depth is possibly >inaccurate) The destop version is a little larger for prettyness. > >The BA11-VA 3.5h x 13w x 13.5d > >the H780 ps alone 5.5"W3.3hx14.625L > >The BA11M however will take a lot more cards though but is very noisy. I was going my memory of the ones I have had. The last one was 6 to 9 months ago. I will have to keep my eyes open for more. They a handy size. Dan

24 years, 9 months

PDP-11 Emulator Question

by ethan_dicks＠yahoo.com

--- Aaron Christopher Finney <af-list(a)wfi-inc.com> wrote: > I just took a look at the netpliance website for some details... > > If you buy an i-opener online, you have a choice of monthly or fixed-term > service. If you go through the purchase procedure for monthly service, > it's $99 plus $39.95 shipping, with no mention of a minimum required > service length. I'd assume that it's the same at CC; you probably buy the > box there for $99 + tax without the internet service. OK... here's the scoop... my local CC is backordered over a dozen units. I put down a $20 deposit on one and it is supposed to arrive in two weeks. The way the billing works is you pay $99 + tax for the unit and as soon as you connect it to a phone line and give it the go-ahead, the unit connects with the central office somewhere and you enter in credit card info and pick yout billing plan. If you never connect it to a phone line with the default QNX software, you never have to worry about signing up. I expect this policy to change when they see hundreds if not thousands of units sold with no service started on them. Until then, I've (almost) got mine. Now all I need is a DE-620. -ethan ===== Even though my old e-mail address is no longer going to vanish, please note my new public address: erd(a)iname.com The original webpage address is still going away. The permanent home is: http://penguincentral.com/ See http://ohio.voyager.net/ for details. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

24 years, 9 months

PDP-11 Emulator Question

by ethan_dicks＠yahoo.com

--- FBA <fauradon(a)mn.mediaone.net> wrote: > What about the USB port? It seems like they are not using it in the iopener > configuration but is it available to other OS's? Possibly, but Linux USB support isn't all it could be. It's probably OK under '98. > Now what is a good source of 2.5" HD's. I've been getting mine used from people that have been upgrading laptops to bigger disks. I have several in the <2Gb range (no... don't ask for one... three of them have Linux/Solaris/WinBlows for my regular laptop). > How about the SanDisk is that a port or is it soldered on board? The picture shows two 64Mb Flash chips soldered down - 128Mb/16MB total. There's a page from the guy who hacked his that shows the output of Linux "dmesg" shows the disks thusly... ide0: BM-DMA at 0xe000-0xe007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA hda: TOSHIBA MK2103MAV, ATA DISK drive hdb: SunDisk SDTB-128, ATA DISK drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 hda: TOSHIBA MK2103MAV, 2067MB w/128kB Cache, CHS=525/128/63 hdb: SunDisk SDTB-128, 15MB w/1kB Cache, CHS=490/2/32 -ethan ===== Even though my old e-mail address is no longer going to vanish, please note my new public address: erd(a)iname.com The original webpage address is still going away. The permanent home is: http://penguincentral.com/ See http://ohio.voyager.net/ for details. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

24 years, 9 months

PDP-11 Emulator Question

by fauradon＠mn.mediaone.net

What about the USB port? It seems like they are not using it in the iopener configuration but is it available to other OS's? If it is then eveything and more can be hooked up: scanner, CD Writer, floppy, mices, printers, joysticks etc... lokk pretty good for the bucks. I'm making a stop on the way home tonight. Now what is a good source of 2.5" HD's. How about the SanDisk is that a port or is it soldered on board?

24 years, 9 months

Red Erasors

by edick＠idcomm.com

The eraser I always saw recommended was a "pink pearl" which was in commonly available supply at any office supply store. I never bought into the notion that the substance I was removing was "corrosion" for the simple reason that the backplane connectors and the PCB's were gold-plated. Since the eraser always left a clean gold plated edge connector, I quickly concluded it was dirt and not corrosion that was accumulating at the interface between PCB and backplane. I found much less of this occurring in clean environments where dust didn't accumulate in the equipment cabinets, so I did what I thought necessary to exclude dust from all the cabinetry, and, guess what! ... There was much less "corrosion" in the cleaner boxes than in the dirty ones. Dust doesn't cause corrosion, does it? It could cause abrasion, but I doubt that's at the root of these problems. My question would have to be, "How do you clean the backplane connectors? Dick > -----Original Message----- From: John Wilson <wilson(a)dbit.dbit.com> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Date: Monday, March 13, 2000 2:13 AM Subject: Re: Red Erasors >On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 12:31:02AM -0800, Marvin wrote: >> Gosh, I didn't realize gold oxidized :). Second, while I also use erasors to >> clean gold fingers, I would fully expect any abrasive material to remove >> some of the gold. How much? Darned if I know. > >Somewhere in the old DEC maintenance fiche there's a discussion about this. >They claimed the amount taken off by an eraser was pretty significant >(something like 1/10 of the plating each time you rub it down with the >eraser, but maybe they were a tad enthusiastic in their tests) and so it >was a really bad idea, they had some vile chemical that they wanted the FS >folks to use instead. > >John Wilson >D Bit

24 years, 9 months

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test-drb March 2000