test-drb January 2001

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Need manual for Koby Electronics model No. HS300-01 power supply

by vcf＠siconic.com

I'm looking for a manual for the Koby Electronics HS300-01 p/s. Has anyone ever heard of this power supply, much less have a manual for it? If so, please reply to me directly <sellam(a)vintage.org>. Thanks! Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org

25 years, 4 months

No subject

by moe8222＠hotmail.com

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25 years, 4 months

Windows new operating system

by russ＠rbcs.8m.com

http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/

25 years, 4 months

What you're looking for (4000/200

by william.webb＠juno.com

Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:38:52 -0800 From: joseph.gaspard(a)gensiasicor.com Subject: VAX 4000/200 I am actively looking for a working DEC VAX 4000/200 with Open VMS, drives, SCSI capable and in good repair. It will be used to support an existing VAX in our system. If anyone has one or can tell me where to find one, I would appreciate it very much. Joseph Gaspard How do you mean "support"? Is this going to be "up on blocks" or are you going to cluster or just use as a contingency system? Try Island Computers ask for David Turner dbturner(a)islandco.com 877-636-4332 Tell him I sent you. WWWebb ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

25 years, 4 months

VAX-11/780 boot disk

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

From: Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks(a)yahoo.com> >> That is exactly the info I needed... Do you know if a M8061 (RL01/RL02 >> controller w/22 bit addressing) will work in a uVAX II? > >I have used an RLV12 in a uVAX-II (in a BA-23 upgraded by DEC from uVAX-I >to uVAX-II, just for painful accuracy). It's one of my favorite ways of it works well and there is support for it through V4 and V5 has the drivers though they are "unsupported". >> I have a number of RL02s that I want to archive, but I don't want to >> load them into an unknown drive hooked to a system of unknown status >> running software I don't know... If I can test the drives out using >> my uVAX, and archive the software, I can create a new disk pack and >> use it it test the PDP-11/23+... I did it on my 11/23B. I copied them to RD52s (quantum D540) as they are the most rugged drive I know and I had 8 of them free. That's enough to hold 24 RL02s and be bootable with RT-11. For safety the most important ones are duplicates (used two RD52s as images of each other). Testing so far says RD52s have a shelf life of not less than 12 years. Allison

25 years, 4 months

Comments on these RT-11 Books?

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On January 25, John Foust wrote: > At 08:29 PM 1/24/01 -0500, you wrote: > > Personal Author: Smith, Robert L. > > Title: A tutorial for using the TERAK/RT-11 / Robert L. > > Smith. > > Edition: Prelim. ed. > > Publication info: Dubuque, Iowa : Kendall/Hunt, c1982. > > Physical descrip: 128 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. > > Subject: RT-11 (Computer operating system) > > Subject: TERAK (Computer)--Programming. > > A "preliminary edition"? Hmm. And there's a Robert (M.?) Smith > credited in the PDP-11 FAQ at rmsmith(a)csc.com. Hmm...I believe I know that guy. ;) -Dave McGuire

25 years, 4 months

Comments on these RT-11 Books?

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

OK, I just found online and purchased the following books: Programming with RT-11 Vol. 1 Program Development by Clinch, Simon & Stephen Peters Programming with RT-11. Vol. 2 Callable System by Peters, Stephen, et al. Working with RT-11 y Beaumont, David, et al. Tailoring RT-11. System Management and Programming Facilitie by Clinch, Simon, et al. Now I'm wondering if there are any other books on RT-11 available (besides the actual doc sets) and if these books were worth getting? Zane

25 years, 4 months

VAX-11/780 boot disk

by ethan_dicks＠yahoo.com

--- "Clint Wolff (VAX collector)" <vaxman(a)qwest.net> wrote: > > Thanks! > > That is exactly the info I needed... Do you know if a M8061 (RL01/RL02 > controller w/22 bit addressing) will work in a uVAX II? I have used an RLV12 in a uVAX-II (in a BA-23 upgraded by DEC from uVAX-I to uVAX-II, just for painful accuracy). It's one of my favorite ways of migrating smallish amounts of data between DEC boxes not on the same wires (site-to-site moves), at least it was back in the days of 1200 baud dial-up. Never underestimate the bandwidth of a VW Beetle with a backseat full of 10Mb removable cartridges. > I have a number of RL02s that I want to archive, but I don't want to > load them into an unknown drive hooked to a system of unknown status > running software I don't know... If I can test the drives out using > my uVAX, and archive the software, I can create a new disk pack and > use it it test the PDP-11/23+... Good plan. Eventually, I plan to do something similar. My problem at the moment is a lack of happy RD54s in my BA123. I'm about to stick a KDA-50 in that puppy and fire up my MBA ESDI<->SDI box that happens to have a couple of 1.2Gb 5.25" disks in it. If that doesn't do it, there's an RA-81 in the same rack as the MBA box, but I'd rather not heat my house with it. -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!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/

25 years, 4 months

vax go bye-bye

by cmcmanis＠mcmanis.com

Sigh, just thought I would relate a tail of woe, not sure what happened but if someone has something to try I'm open to it. I've got a DEC VAX 4000/60 that I've been running VMS on lately. I shut it down and took it apart to take pictures of it for the "House of VAX" pages. I carefully re-assembled it and when I turned it on again it wasn't working. The failure mode was "all lights on" which on the VAX generally means that it didn't get through the basic system integrity tests. Yikes! I turned if off, carefully re-checked my assembly and verified everything was correct. Tried re-seating a few of the connected bits (lights & switches, frame buffer, etc) and nada, zip, same dead machine. One person suggested that the PSU might be misaligned, I verified that this was not the case. I verified that the PSU voltages are all correct, and replaced the PSU to be sure that I had a good power supply. Then I tested the old one and it works fine (well I can draw a couple of amps out of all the voltages and they stay solid). Then I took the memory and verified in another vax that it was still ok. It was. Then verified the frame buffer and scsi drives. Everything still works, just the mainboard refuses to do anything. Does anyone have the pinout on the VAX chips on the board? I could check for clock I suppose and see if the oscillator can took a dump, but beyond that I'm stuck. Since nothing else seemed to die I can't imagine what fault would cause these symptoms. I even reset the NVRAM in an effort to verify that it hadn't been corrupted somehow. Very strange, any clues or other avenues to explore would be appreciated. --Chuck

25 years, 4 months

VAX-11/780 boot disk

by ethan_dicks＠yahoo.com

--- healyzh(a)aracnet.com wrote: > > ...Make since nes-paw? (How DO you spell nes-paw?) AFAIK, "n'est pas". -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!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/

25 years, 4 months

Long-Planned Apollo Rescue Finally Goes Down

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

I can happily report that a rescue I'd been trying to coordinate since July finally took place. I'd been hanging out in the USENET newsgroup comp.sys.apollo for a while, hoping to find someone who would be willing to donate some Apollo hardware for my collection. Apollo was formed by people from Prime Computer, and the architecture of their operating system (Domain OS/Aegis) grew out of issues they found that they couldn't achieve with PRIMOS (notably, a virtual memory that can be shared across the network). So, it came to pass that a software engineer from Cummins Engine (maker of the diesel engines used in Dodge Ram trucks) contacted me. He was helping to decommission the Apollos that Cummins had been using. Way back in July, he set aside the following items, which I was to go and pick up. However, at the time, my car was facing imminent breakdown (which finally occurred in October), so we went back and forth looking for a way to make the transfer. Finally, he decided (after being reallocated after a reduction in force) to bail and head to Kalifornia. Befre leaving, he decided he'd just bring the systems from Columbus (Indiana) down hre to Clarksville to me! Not just a rescue, but I got them to bring the systems to me! Anyway, here's a thumbnail list of what I got: one DN2500 workstation two HP425 workstations one Apollo 19 inch monochrome monitor one HP 19 inch monochrome monitor three apollo keyboards with Logitech mice an external shoebox hard drive for the DN2500 that contains the latest version of DomainOS, 10.4 and a virgin registry an external shoebox containing an Exabyte 8mm drive (probably an 8200) two apollo token ring cards, four interface boxes, and four boxes that let you switch nodes in and out of the ringnet All in very clean shape! The HP 425s each contain two hard drives, and have Ethernet built-in (thinnet & AUI). The DN2500 has a single ISA slot which currently contains an Ethernet card. I'll be saving the token ring hardware and will play with it, but will likely use the Ethernet on a regular basis. The only glaring ommission: No paper documentation. The newsgroup has a very well-developed FAQ, and there are many resources on the web for Apollos. Th first thing I'll need to do is to back up the DN2500's shoebox drive, so that I can put it back in the virgin state if need be. Personally, I'm grateful that the engineer took the time to put a fresh OS on the system; I know that some of you like rescueing systems taken directly out of service, so that ther actual day-to- day use can be documented and preserved. However, while I think that's cool, I think I prefer hat I've got. The engineer had intended to help me set up the systems and get them running, but I really don't have room to do that right now, nor do I have the time. These systems almost don't qualify (the 425's were made in '93), but it's a dead architecture, so anything so consigned should probably be exempt from the 10-year rule. Well, that's all for now; I've had no prior experience with the Apollos, just considered them kindred to the Primes, so I was someday going to have to have them. Regards, -doug quebbeman

25 years, 4 months

DOS version of Bob Supnik's PDP-11 emulator?

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

I'm in need of a DOS version of Bob Supnik's PDP-11 emulator as I've a old 486/25 handheld I want to use to run RT-11 on an upcoming vacation. I know some people have got copies of this compiled for DOS. Does anyone on this list have a copy I could get? Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | healyzh(a)holonet.net (alternate) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

25 years, 4 months

No subject

by william.webb＠juno.com

I just recently acquired a whole bunch of stuff out of a company's basement, including a VAX-11/780, VAX-11/750, 4 RA81's, a TU80, a pdp-11/44, 4 RL02's, an RP06, a TS11, and spare parts and printsets galore. (Yes, John Foust, the little pdp-11/44 in Milwaukee led to all that.) All the equipment was brought up a flight of carpeted stairs by a refrigerator dolly and human power, except the RP06 and the 780 where we used a come-along and a lifting frame I made. Heavy! Anyway, the 780 needs a floppy to boot. The previous owner says he doesn't have it, and I can't find it (although I'm not done searching yet). Is this the sort of thing that is generically available, on the WWW for instance, or is it something that is built up specifically for the mix of options I have in the machine? Incidentally, does anyone here that has a 780 (I know there are several in the group) run theirs? It takes 3 phase power, but there are no loads connected phase-to-phase, only phase-to-neutral (although there is a small 3-phase transformer in the power controller, it could probably be wired to only use one phase or else bypassed completely) so it can run entirely on 110 volts, at about 60-70 amps continuous draw. I was thinking of using split-phase 220, putting 2 phases on one hot and 1 on the other, then putting the Unibus cabinet and disk and tape drives on the hot with only 1 phase on it. I figure this would about balance the draw at 40 amps, 220 volts, which isn't too unreasonable. Richard Schauer rws(a)enteract.com Richard, you *really* should post this on comp.os.vms. These guys are before my time, as I didn't start doing VMS until 1990. Also, see how far back the Encompass (formerly DECUS) hobbyist program goes. You might get free licenses. WWWebb ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

25 years, 4 months

DEC DB15 "terminators"

by optimus＠canit.se

I've recently encountered some odd DEC contraptions, looking like baby SCSI terminators. They are plastic shells with a DB15 connector and a green LED at the end. I found these plugged into the back of a DECserver 200, but what is their purpose? -- En ligne avec Thor 2.6. Life begins at '030. Fun begins at '040. Impotence begins at '86.

25 years, 4 months

VAX-11/780 boot disk

by ethan_dicks＠yahoo.com

--- "Clint Wolff (VAX collector)" <vaxman(a)qwest.net> wrote: >... I need a quick way to hook an 8" floppy up to a running computer to read > it... > > Anyone know if I can plug an RX01 drive & QBus controller into a uVAX II? I think you need an RXV21 and an RX02. -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!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/

25 years, 4 months

VAX-11/780 boot disk

by rws＠enteract.com

Hi everybody- I just recently acquired a whole bunch of stuff out of a company's basement, including a VAX-11/780, VAX-11/750, 4 RA81's, a TU80, a pdp-11/44, 4 RL02's, an RP06, a TS11, and spare parts and printsets galore. (Yes, John Foust, the little pdp-11/44 in Milwaukee led to all that.) All the equipment was brought up a flight of carpeted stairs by a refrigerator dolly and human power, except the RP06 and the 780 where we used a come-along and a lifting frame I made. Heavy! Anyway, the 780 needs a floppy to boot. The previous owner says he doesn't have it, and I can't find it (although I'm not done searching yet). Is this the sort of thing that is generically available, on the WWW for instance, or is it something that is built up specifically for the mix of options I have in the machine? Incidentally, does anyone here that has a 780 (I know there are several in the group) run theirs? It takes 3 phase power, but there are no loads connected phase-to-phase, only phase-to-neutral (although there is a small 3-phase transformer in the power controller, it could probably be wired to only use one phase or else bypassed completely) so it can run entirely on 110 volts, at about 60-70 amps continuous draw. I was thinking of using split-phase 220, putting 2 phases on one hot and 1 on the other, then putting the Unibus cabinet and disk and tape drives on the hot with only 1 phase on it. I figure this would about balance the draw at 40 amps, 220 volts, which isn't too unreasonable. Richard Schauer rws(a)enteract.com

25 years, 4 months

Windes ME

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

There is another set of packages I know are real that work even 8086s that are very small but this one claims more and is far smaller. I'm not a believer. FYI: it's only 2mb! Even the dos 6.22kit is larger and www.newdealinc.com stuff wants something like 5mb zipped. Also MSwindows ME is on Win98 base which does run (slowly) on 386s. It runs better if you apply 98lite to it and get rid of the IE5x and some of the other sillyness. Allison -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Hellige <jhellige(a)earthlink.net> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Date: Sunday, January 21, 2001 11:30 AM Subject: Re: Windes ME >>Has anyone here heard of this? >> >>I just had an email saying that this had the functionality >>of Win ME but ran on older machines. They have a web site >>which adds suspision. >> >> http://216.183.9.122/windesme > > From thier website, I'd say it's functionality is as a >'work-alike' that they've made to have the same 'look' as Windows >2000 and which they've written a few applications for. it says >nothing about actually being compatible. Maybe a shell running on >top of something like a FreeDOS base? > > Jeff >-- > Collector of Classic Microcomputers and Video Game Systems: > Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File > http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757

25 years, 4 months

VAX-11/780 boot disk

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

From: Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks(a)yahoo.com> > >--- "Clint Wolff (VAX collector)" <vaxman(a)qwest.net> wrote: >>... I need a quick way to hook an 8" floppy up to a running computer to read >> it... >> >> Anyone know if I can plug an RX01 drive & QBus controller into a uVAX II? > >I think you need an RXV21 and an RX02. > >-ethan You can install either RX01 or RX01 with their respective controllers. I forget if there is device support beyond V4.7 but usually there are drivers (if they are there they may be officially unsupported). Allison > >===== >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!? >Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. >http://auctions.yahoo.com/

25 years, 4 months

Rare Tandy 1400???

by knezjr＠mediaone.net

Hey Joe, I have one of those tandy 1400 Lt. just lying around my pad. If you want to talk about it e-mail me. Matt

25 years, 4 months

Intel ???? rescued, weekend finds

by rigdonj＠intellistar.net

I went out to a scrap place yesterday and found a large white Intel box sitting out in the dirt. It looks like some kind of emulator. It's *about* 12" tall, 24 deep and 16 wide. There's no marking on the front except "Intel" on the top RH corner. It looks like there may have been another tag on the front at one time but it's gone now. The back has a tag that gives the voltage, etc and says model no. "PIII515". There's a large ribbon cable connected to it that ends in a cigar sixed box. A thin flex cable comes out of the other end of the box and has plug on it. It's marked "286" so I assume it replaces a 286 CPU. There are no displays, switches or other controls on the box. However it does have some more sockets on the back but I didn't note the labels on them. Does anyone know exactly what this is? Of course, we brought back with us but it's now here now so I can't give better details. Other finds included an I/O expander for the HP 1000 (pn 12979), a HP MultiProgrammer and lots of extra cards, a complete monitor for a HP 9835 (With a good CRT! Yippee!), a pile of VME cards, a CPU card to replace the bad one in Bob's Sun 670(?), two more Exor-bus cards (Hey Mike!), a big pile of chip clips and EZ-hooks, several HP-IB cards for PCs, also three circuit boards and a gyro from a Hellfire missile! Joe

25 years, 4 months

HP 9825 mailing list

by rigdonj＠intellistar.net

Dave Meier has started a mailing list for the HP 9825 calculator. If you're interested contact him at "Meier, Dave" <dmeier(a)dscr.dla.mil>. Joe

25 years, 4 months

OT - Declaser 1152

by mgarron＠webination.com

Did you manage to get a solution to this problem? Regards, Mark Garron declaser 1152 owner.

25 years, 4 months

NeXT equipment available

by mtapley＠swri.edu

NeXT wanna-owners: A surplus electronics place, Electronics Plus, located in Kerrville, TX (about 70 miles from me) has contacted me with a surplus of NeXT equipment. They have N4000A monitors, keyboards, and mice - no CPU's, but if you have or contemplate acquiring a headless system, these would (obviously) be useful. They are as-is, and "the dust is free". Contact email address is sales(a)elecplus.com or phone 830-792-3400 and ask for Cindy. (You are welcome to mention my name if you wish.) I believe she is looking for prices in the $10-20 range for the monitors; I don't know whether she's willing to box and ship, but I can help out with that if needed. Electronics Plus has about 10,000 square feet of space, with a very wide variety of equipment, from military surplus to just about anything else. Cindy specifically mentioned AT&T 3b2 equipment and IBM printers and other systems. I have not been there yet, but plan to soon, and I'll try to take notes/digital snaps on anything I see that looks interesting. - Mark

25 years, 4 months

KIM-1 paper tape format

by John.Honniball＠uwe.ac.uk

All this talk of the KIM-1 reminded me that I'd prepared an HTML file of the MOS Technology paper tape format, also used by other 6502 machines (UK101 in particular). Anyway, without further ado, here's the link: http://www.gifford.co.uk/~coredump/mosptp.htm Hope this helps anyone who's trying to get data on/off a KIM, or indeed anything that uses this format. Many EPROM programmers will accept it, for instance. -- John Honniball Email: John.Honniball(a)uwe.ac.uk University of the West of England

25 years, 4 months

FS: IBM/Lexmark 4033-001 TR print server

by russ＠rbcs.8m.com

I have one excess IBM/Lexmark model 4033-001 token ring print server to part with for what I paid for it. It's in like new condition, has the power supply and manual. Has it's own unique ID, 16/4 switch and serial/parallel ports. The serial port is a standard 9 pin d-sub and the parallel is a standard 25 pin d-sub. It does not include a token ring whip, you add your own style with 9 pin end to the unit. The 4 I installed on an AS/400 network and they flawlessly installed and I have spoken with others that have used these on System/3x and RS/6000 systems without problems, although they say it's a little more manual due to the older OS. The unit is in great cosmetic shape as well. I had bought 6 of these and used 4 on a projest and had 2 left. One is now spoken for and I have the last one left(the best of all of them I think). I paid $7.50 per unit and that's what I need to get from it plus shipping. Shipping should be minimal as the whole unit w/PSU weighs about 2.5lbs (prob 3 packed). I would prefer that this be shipped only within the US 50 states and APO/FPO addresses to preclude all the time I'd have to invest in international shipping documents. If I don't get this unit spoken for by Monday 1/29 I'll be putting it on eBay. Russ Blakeman Clarkson KY 42726 USA

25 years, 4 months

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