On September 26, Eric Smith wrote:
> > Hi folks...subject says it all...anybody got a set of pdp11/05 cpu
> > boards that they wouldn't mind parting with? I'm willing to pay a
> > reasonable sum.
>
> Presumably you have an 11/05 backplane to shove them into? Otherwise
> they're not much use.
Of course I do, man. ;) A whole machine, actually. Just sans
processor board set.
-Dave McGuire
At 22:32 23-09-2000 -0400, you wrote:
>>From: THETechnoid(a)home.com <THETechnoid(a)home.com>
>
>
>>>Without bothering you all too much, I thought it might be worth knowing
>>>that Chrissy and I were married on Sept. 9 2000. It was a beautiful
>>>day/time and I love her very much.
>
>
>>Well I for one think that is so on topic that congrats are a must.
<snip>
I couldn't agree more. Especially considering that you've found an
understanding mate that is supportive of your techie side.
Speaking from personal experience, do you have ANY idea how rare that is? ;-)
>>I do hope she supports your collecting.
>
>She sure does and I thank God for that.
>
>She endured my Data General phase without a hiccup.
>She Must love me! It took five months. From pillow-talk alone, she knows
>more about MV machines than Tracy Kidder herself.
If she starts getting edgy about it, you can tell her to E-mail my own
lifemate, Dana (kathy(a)bluefeathertech.com). We've been married for six-plus
years now, so she knows very well what it means to be married to a budding
engineer.
Congrats! May you have smooth sailing. Oh, and NEVER forget your
anniversary date!
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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)
"Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our
own human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."
At 10:32 PM 9/23/00 -0400, you wrote:
>...
>She endured my Data General phase without a hiccup.
>She Must love me! It took five months. From pillow-talk alone, she knows
>more about MV machines than Tracy Kidder herself.
...
Congratulations. Personally, I prefer Sept 7 as a wedding date
(checks inside of wedding ring where date is inscribed ... yes,
sept 7).
Anyway, Tracy Kidder is a HE, not a SHE. I've seen his picture
on the dustjacket of a couple of his books.
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Jim Battle == frustum(a)pacbell.net
From: THETechnoid(a)home.com <THETechnoid(a)home.com>
>Good God. If you can't handle a 90mhz pentium box then you need another
>line of work.
Be kind the box is easy it's making winders run that is the real majik.
;)
Don't laugh I have two P90s and P100-S at work as regular line system!
I find the older boxes easy to work with but... Sometimes when you
need data like is the ram FPM or EDO the book (or vendor support)
can save a lot of grief and time. Also some of the boards have no
markings as to what jumper does what.
Allison
Hi folks...subject says it all...anybody got a set of pdp11/05 cpu
boards that they wouldn't mind parting with? I'm willing to pay a
reasonable sum.
-Dave McGuire
From: Bill Pechter <pechter(a)pechter.dyndns.org>
>Well, I think he was figuring the killer app was a smart terminal device
>(PDT or better with small local hard disk) and a fast network connection
>to a timesharing operation (kind of like a cross between Compuserve
At the time there was a bias toward hardware. Also "services" Like the
Source and Compuserve were new then.
>and a kind of Network Utility Company which would maintain the storage
>and apps, fix bugs and supply you with a service.
there was that too.
>This would keep Joe User from having to become their own System
>Admin/System Manager/Development Programmer/Hardware Support Tech.
Part of the dream (Billy Gs) was systems would be simple... Who knew?
>I think the Oracle Network Computer venture and NetAppliance was close
>to what Ken Olson would've envisioned. ('Course it would've been Vax
>Clusters on the server end...)
Yes, Ellison and fiends want to rent us everything... for a price.
>> > difference -- the beauty of UNIX is it's simple; and the beauty of
VMS
>> > is that it's all there.
>> > -- Ken Olsen, president of DEC, DECWORLD Vol. 8 No. 5, 1984
In 1984 this was largely true. DECnet phase IV was in more places with
more users than TCP/IP was at the time too.
>Kool... wish It was scanned somewhere... The color printer here could
>do a pretty good iron-on xfer 8-).
Its a rag now. it would not be hard to do. Blue digital keys on the
back
and the NO symbol with lower case unix (tty font) in the front with the
words "the unsystem, never had it never will". Such irony!
Allison
Yes, indeed it does! It's official as of this morning -- I'm managing my
own web server (a SPARCClassic at the moment, most likely a MicroVAX III
later) thanks to a solid DSL pipeline, a Zyxel router (not classic - in
production less than a year), and some static IPs.
Next up: Mail servers! Probably a VAXServer 3100 as primary with something
else I've not yet chosen as the backup.
The final step will be at least one FTP server. I plan to archive as much
'classic' computing and electronic stuff from my field of interests as
possible, and make it available to the group on either open (anonymous)
login or by authentication (for the stuff that may still be in question,
copyright-wise).
Stay tuned: More updates as I make them happen. ;-)
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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)
"Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our
own human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."
In a message dated 9/26/00 2:29:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
mikeford(a)socal.rr.com writes:
> I'm using W98, but I have the patch (or a speed related patch anyway).
> Lesson one for me was "carefully" make note of ALL the stinkin patches,
> then logically work through them all. I flashed the bios, applied all the
> W98 stuff, then applications. What is really annoying are the number of CDs
> that fairly insist on installing directx of some ancient version, for "best
> results".
>
> The KILLER though for a Pavillion at least, is that W98 always thinks its
> stuff is the best, so if you redetect some hardware it will "SAY" whatever
> it has is the "BEST". So many microseconds after the HP specific driver
> gets replaced you lockup and get to pursue manually restoring stuff in safe
> mode.
>
I have a 5 year old machine that I have similar problems. It has the
(in)famous IBM mwave DSP modem which is fragile. Reinstalling all the updates
and setting up network settings is time consuming. You should do what I do
and that is to GHOST the c: drive after you perfect the installation so if it
gets hosed, just reimage it. Big time saver.
DB Young ICQ: 29427634
hurry, hurry, step right up! see the computers you used as a kid!
http://www.nothingtodo.org
Cameron Kaiser <spectre(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu> wrote:
> Well, I landed an HP 95LX. Naturally, it has no manual. What can you tell
> me about it?
Well, I used to use one, 'til I replaced it with a 100LX. It's been a few
years and I've forgotten a bit.
> It has 512K of RAM, of which 256K seems to be used as a RAM disk, and the
> sidecar PCMCIA slot has some RadioMail module loaded in it. What type
> PCMCIA slot is it? What can I put in it?
You should be able to twiddle the RAM partition between system RAM and
RAM disk space. I can't remember how though. On the 100LX it is
Ctrl+Filer.
The slot is PCMCIA 1.0 Type II, meaning pretty much "memory devices
only", and I suspect it's not fully standard due to the power
limitations of the 95LX (i.e. must run off 2 AA cells). It'll take
SRAM cards, some ROM cards (HP made some and maybe that's what your
RadioMail module is), I have been told that it will take a very few flash
cards that were made with it in mind, and one company (New Media) made
a modem for it that was reportedly functional but weird enough that
most folks stuck with external pocket modems connected via the serial
port.
> It also came with a serial? cable terminating in an RJ-45.
That's different; maybe it's for the MobiDEM? The "stock" serial
cable terminates in a DE3S intended for attachment to a PC/AT style
serial port. Note the serial port is effectively three-wire, no
hardware flow control.
> How programmable is it? I was able to get a DOS prompt (3.22, shiver).
Yes and yes. It is not entirely IBM-compatible but it is possible to
run some IBM PC-flavored MS-DOS software on it. I used to have a
FORTH on the 95LX. Now I have MS QuickC on the 200LX.
> It also came with an Ericcson MobiDEM radio modem, but I'll bet it wouldn't
> work even if the battery pack were charged. What can I do with this?
I don't know. Probably not much, my understanding is that most of the
wireless e-mail/Internet providers have basically ditched MS-DOS (and
hence HP LX) support for WinCE and PalmOS devices. If I had one I'd
probably be looking to cause those responsible some constipation with
it.
> Nice system though!
Very. It's one of the few machines that I'd exempt from the 10-year
rule, although I think it's only got another year to go.
-Frank McConnell
Fascinating, thanks to Pierre-Michel's analysis of his system I was able to
ascertain there wasn't anything wrong with my BA440 at all!
The KA660 CPU brings the DSSI bus out to the C/D connector fingers and the
CPU I had in the box was a KA640 which does not. Once I knew what should
work, I reassembled the system and discovered that the DSSI drive in the
rack was completely into the backplane! Youch! Anyway, all is well, I
reseated/rebooted and now the DSSI drive is just fine and I'm busily
installing VMS to verify the drive's integrity. (I've not NetBSD installed
on a scsi disk that hangs off the Q-Bus.
--Chuck
