test-drb June 2000

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Something of possible interest to the VAX/VMS Crowd

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

A friend in OZ was looking for info on how MS language translators (old ones) write debugging info into .OBJ files for the old Codeview debugger, and he found this item clearly not related to his search, but of possible interest to friends of VAXen: http://research.compaq.com/SRC/m3sources/html/codeview/src/oldCodeView.m3.ht ml get it while you can, I don't think this site is meant for the perusal of mere mortals... -dq

24 years, 1 month

Fw: New find: HP 1000 E series

by fmc＠reanimators.org

"Jay West" <west(a)tseinc.com> wrote: > I use 12531 controllers. I do have a few baci boards, but I'm not > sure what docs I have on them. I'll look, but anyone else have this > handy? Looks like I have manuals (installation/service/reference and diagnostic) for these (12966A) and they shouldn't be buried too deep, maybe I can look for them tomorrow or (more likely) this weekend. -Frank McConnell

24 years, 1 month

The Missing 6809 UniFLEX Archive

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jun 14, 14:14, healyzh(a)aracnet.com wrote: > OK, for all I know everyone that is interested in such stuff already knows > about this. Possibly, but it's an excellent resource -- and as the web page says, it may not be around for ever (hint). > However, I just ran across this, and it sounds like something > of interest to some of the list members (basically because it's apparently > software for 6809 SWTP boxes). > > Remember I've no idea what this stuff is. It's just what it says it is -- the FLEX and UniFLEX operating system software (related to OS/9) for SWTPC 6809 systems. Randy spent a lot of time and effort tracking this down about five years ago; we exchanged some email because I had what appeared to be some FLEX stuff on 8" but no machine to read it, and Randy eventually found it elsewhere. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Dept. of Computer Science University of York

24 years, 1 month

Tandy 1000 EX free to good home

by Glenatacme＠aol.com

In a message dated 06/14/2000 7:32:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mikeford(a)socal.rr.com writes: > >This unit looks okay but is untested. If anyone has any interest I'll fire > >it up. You can have it for the cost of shipping. It came with a monitor > >(probably mono or CGA), but I doubt anyone wants to pay the freight on it. > > From where? Oops -- forgot to mention I'm in Florida. Glen 0/0

24 years, 1 month

OT: mechanical computer monitor

by dpeschel＠eskimo.com

We already had the "mechanical fax machine" thread... here's a (partly) mechanical computer monitor. It uses classic technology (the Nipkov, or I think also Nipkow, disk) but it shows a computer-generated digital signal rather than an analog signal. So it's computer-related! :) http://www.media.mit.edu/~rehmi/rotoscope/ The creator wants to make a "wind-up browser" in the same way you can get wind-up radios and flashlights. -- Derek

24 years, 1 month

Tandy 1000 EX free to good home

by Glenatacme＠aol.com

This unit looks okay but is untested. If anyone has any interest I'll fire it up. You can have it for the cost of shipping. It came with a monitor (probably mono or CGA), but I doubt anyone wants to pay the freight on it. Let me know. Glen 0/0

24 years, 1 month

Fw: New find: HP 1000 E series

by west＠tseinc.com

----- Original Message ----- From: Jay West <west(a)tseinc.com> To: Carlos Murillo-Sanchez <cem14(a)cornell.edu> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 9:07 PM Subject: Re: New find: HP 1000 E series > You wrote.... > You wrote... > > Slot > > # card description > > ----------------------- > > 25 -empty- > > 24 BACI 12966A > > 23 Jumper > > 22 Jumper > > 21 BACI 12966A > > 20 BACI 12966A > > 17 BACI 12966A (note: no slots are labeled 19 or 18) > > That's because the slot numbering is octal. > > > 16 Jumper > > 15 Jumper > > 14 -empty- > > 13 -empty- > > 12 DISK INTFC 12821A (HPIB; why a second one?) > > 11 DISK INTFC 12821A (HPIB) > > 10 TIMEBASE GEN > > Very likely there is a two board controller missing - did you say you have a > separate 7970 tape drive? If it's non-HP-IB, then those two missing boards > are tape-1 and tape-2. You'd want those :) > > > Slot > > # card description > > ----------------------- > > DCPC D.C.P.C. | Ribbon connector from front fingerpad to bckpln > > 111 MEMORY PROTECT 22-7931 > > 112 MEM 22-2127 > > 113 -empty- > > 114 -empty- > > . . > > . . > > 120 -empty- > > 121 256KW HSM 12749M | these three cards have their left front > > fingerpads > > 122 256KW HSM 12749M | joined by ribbon cable. Right front finger > > pads > > 123 MEM CNTLR 2102E | not connected. > > Memory options - DMA (DCPC), Memory Protect, and Extended Memory ( > 32KW). > > > I did not move the cards around, but again, maybe some cards are > > missing. > > I don't know what OS the system was running. > > RTE, DOS, BCS? I dunno - I'd make a wild stab at what you've said so far > about the machine that it was RTE. > > > I guess that the first thing that I have to do now that I tested the > > power supply and verified that the machine (seems to) turn on, > > is to build a serial console cable for this. I have several cables > > that will fit the BACI boards, but the connectors at the other > > end have been cut off. Does anybody have the pin out for the > > finger pads in the front of the BACI boards? > > I use 12531 controllers. I do have a few baci boards, but I'm not sure what > docs I have on them. I'll look, but anyone else have this handy? > > Jay West >

24 years, 1 month

Anyone interested in VAX tapes

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

I'd suggest either giving them away (post a "who wants these" sort of message here, for example) or putting them up on eBay. Throwing things in the trash, especially things which...well, aren't trash, is never a good solution. -Dave McGuire On June 14, Mark Champion wrote: > I have 30 small (6" dia) VAX tapes (Opus 6250) and 12 large (7" dia) VAX tapes (Scotch 700). > > I believe the small tapes are 600' x 1/2" and the large tapes are 700' x 1/2". > > I think they have all been written on once. > > Are these worth anything to anyone? > > What should I do with them? Throw them away? Give them away? List on Ebay? > > Mark Champion > Sony Electronics > 206-524-0014 > mark.champion(a)am.sony.com > > > >

24 years, 1 month

New find: HP 1000 E series

by cem14＠cornell.edu

Well, today I walked by the auto labs in mech engr and found that they had finally finished dismantling this very old combustion/emissions test rig, and the HP1000 computer that ran the whole show had not been hauled away yet. Somebody had laid a claim on it two weeks ago, but since it's so long already and they haven't showed up, the person who handled the decomissioning gave it to me. I have not been able to open the front panel latch because I do not have the key, so I don't know what's in the front card cage; all I know is that there are seven cards, four at the botton and three at the top. In the back cage there are three jumper cards, two 12821A disk interfaces,one "time base generator card", and four cards marked "BACI 12966A" where most of the control I/O was apparently done. There are two big cards below the main card cage, but I haven't got to them yet. I also got several cables; two of them obviously connected the disk interface cards to an HPIB device (an HP 7946 tape drive also came in the lot), while others went to the test rig, and yet another seemed to go to a PC being used as a terminal. Unfortunately, I don't know where the cables were originally connected, as somebody had already pulled all cables off the computer. The machine is very, very dirty; not surprising considering where it came from (a car shop). The fans are full of oil-impregnated dust. I don't plan to power it up until I know more about it. They tell me that it was still functional about three years ago. Apparently nobody has touched it since. So, does anybody have any info on the power supply of this thing so I can test it before applying power to the cards? And, where did the console go in this machine? Best regards, carlos.

24 years, 1 month

You think you can't find anything! (Was: Ohmygosh... A *few* finds...)

by netsurfer_x1＠hotmail.com

>>2) This is the "believe it or not" catagory for this >>area: I found a >>copy of Digital Research's Concurrent >>DOS 386, with all docs, slightly >>beat up box but >>otherwise in very good shape, marked $1.00. I >>say: >>"Will ya take 50 >>cents?" They say "sure." Bargain of the day! ;-) > >I have a CCdos 386 kit (release 3)and I've run it. DRI >was on the right >track and it was quite a bit better >than MS-DOS. > >>Usually the landscape is littered with '286s for >>$300.00 (firm). > >I bet the reason there are a lot of them around is the >price! Here thats >a decent 486DX/66(or faster) that can >run winders complete with tube. > >Allison You think you people can't find anything! Pickin's are so slim out here, last time I picked up anything interesting was right about early March or so. My point is simply this: If there is anything I have learned in this long, strange trip that is life, it is to never complain about anything, there is always someone who has it worse than you do. ____________________________________________________________ David Vohs, Digital Archaeologist & Computer Historian. Home page: http://www.geocities.com/netsurfer_x1/ Computer Collection: "Triumph": Commodore 64C, 1802, 1541, FSD-1, GeoRAM 512, MPS-801. "Leela": Macintosh 128 (Plus upgrade), Nova SCSI HDD, Imagewriter II. "Delorean": TI-99/4A, TI Speech Synthesizer. "Monolith": Apple Macintosh Portable. "Spectrum": Tandy Color Computer 3. "Boombox": Sharp PC-7000. ____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

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