Our DECstation 3100 has been in a sad state recently. Both the monitor (that
old monochrome thing without a stand which was used with the VS2000 amongst
others) and the keyboard (LK201) had given up the gist (the monitor would just
make a flickery sound, without the CRT coming alive, the keyboard didn't blink
and the console would blink "??" when it reached test 3).
I plugged in a Nokia monitor, which worked, if you can live with the green
picture, and another LK201. That worked for a while, but when I managed to
boot it (NFS wasn't so cooperative this day), and reached X, the mouse just
stopped moving after a while. I rebooted it, and suddenly this keyboard had
died as well.
What the hell is going on? Is it possible to save the LK201s? We're running
short of DEC keyboards as it is, and we certainly don't need this.
--
En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.
If the designers of X-Windows built cars, there would be no fewer than five
steering wheels hidden about the cockpit, none of which followed the same
principles -- but you'd be able to shift gears with your car stereo. Useful
feature, that.
- Marus J. Ranum, Digital Equipment Corporation
I was able to see them yesterday but, now they are gone.
SteveRob
>From: "Glen Goodwin" <acme_ent(a)bellsouth.net>
>Reply-To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
>To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
>Subject: Re: Central Florida Junk Fest report.
>Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 23:40:16 -0400
>
>Hey Mike, I'm getting a 404 on all of these :>(
>
> > The pics didn't come out very well with alot of cc gear hiding in the
>shade,
> > but here they are:
> >
> > http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/d/o/dogas/Jf1.jpg
> > http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/d/o/dogas/Jf2.jpg
> > http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/d/o/dogas/Jf3.jpg
> >
> >
> > > ;)
> > > - Mike: dogas(a)bellsouth.net
>
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Track the clock through the logic... there is a divide by 2 in there.
Also the 9080 250ns part was late in the game and hard to find.
If you want an 8080 that was really fast use a 8085-5 (5mhz)
or the later 80c85-6(6mhz). the latter was a nice part as it
was CMOS.
I still have a potload of 8080s and 8085s and my design favorite
for small systems is the 8085 over the Z80.
Allison
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Erlacher <edick(a)idcomm.com>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Sunday, September 30, 2001 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: 8080 vs. 8080A
>Well, Allison, it appears you're right. The AMD 9080 was the one with
the 250ns
>clock (4 MHz) period, now that I've looked a couple of references.
Thanks for
>clearing that up.
>
>However, that doesn't explain what's going on in my iSBC8020-4's. I'll
have to
>figure that one out.
>
>Dick
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "ajp166" <ajp166(a)bellatlantic.net>
>To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
>Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 5:12 PM
>Subject: Re: 8080 vs. 8080A
>
>
>> no, it was 2mhz.
>>
>> using 8224 the usual crystal was 18.435 (2.0483333*9).
>> there was a -1. -2 and -3 version of the part but the fastest was
3mhz.
>>
>> I used to sell upD8080AF for NEC and I had to know my competition.
>>
>> Allison
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Richard Erlacher <edick(a)idcomm.com>
>> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
>> Date: Sunday, September 30, 2001 6:23 PM
>> Subject: Re: 8080 vs. 8080A
>>
>>
>> >BTW, the 8080 was a 2.5 MHz part, wasn't it? I've got a couple Intel
>> app-notes
>> >where they generate a baud-rate clock from 24.576 MHz and generate
the
>> CPU clock
>> >from that, at 2.4576 MHz for the CPU. That's on an i8080-2.
>> >
>> >Dick
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "ajp166" <ajp166(a)bellatlantic.net>
>> >To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
>> >Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 2:31 PM
>> >Subject: Re: 8080 vs. 8080A
>> >
>> >
>> >> Wrong!
>> >>
>> >> The I8080A is AS fast as the i8080. the i8080A-1 is faster but not
>> twice
>> >> as the fastest 8080[A] was only 3mhz and hte standard part was
2mhz.
>> >>
>> >> Allison
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: John Galt <gmphillips(a)earthlink.net>
>> >> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
>> >> Date: Sunday, September 30, 2001 3:57 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: 8080 vs. 8080A
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >"The i8080A is essentially twice as fast as the
>> >> > standard i8080 and COULD be used more easily with low-power logic
>> since
>> >> its
>> >> >demands aren't as stringent".
>> >> >
>> >> >Ok, that's a good start.
>> >> >
>> >> >But, I don't think "low power" TTL (transistor transistor logic)
had
>> >> >anything to do with the complexity of the code being executed on
the
>> >> chip.
>> >> >True? I had assumed
>> >> >that the references to the 8080 only being compatible
>> >> >with "low-power TTL" and the 8080A being compatible
>> >> >with "standard TTL" had something to do with the support chips
(Ram,
>> >> clock,
>> >> >etc) that could be used with the 8080 vs. the 8080A.
>> >> >
>> >> >Since I'm new to this mail list, let me explain why I would
>> >> >show up here and ask such a question to begin with.
>> >> >
>> >> >I'm a chip collector. I am trying to document the differences
>> between
>> >> the
>> >> >different early Intel microprocessors. Not worried about massive
>> >> detail,
>> >> >just the major differences (PMOS, vs. NMOS, vs.
>> >> >HMOS, clock speed, transistor count, etc).
>> >> >
>> >> >The only microprocessor that I don't have a good handle
>> >> >on is the 8080 and the difference between the 8080 and 8080A.
>> >> >
>> >> >I also know that the 8080 was introduced sometime
>> >> >around April 1974. I have not been able to find an
>> >> >introduction date for the 8080A. Was it introduced at
>> >> >the same time? Does anyone know?
>> >> >
>> >> >I also need an Intel C8080 or C8080-8 for my
>> >> >collection. If you have one, I want it. I have been looking
>> >> >for one for months and have not been able to find one.
>> >> >If you have either of these chips in good condition
>> >> >(no desoldered parts wanted), I'm offering 400.00
>> >> >for the C8080-8 and 500.00 for a C8080.
>> >> >
>> >> >If you need a replacement for the C8080 or C8080-8 you sell me,
I'll
>> >> GIVE
>> >> >you a D8080A free as part of the
>> >> >deal.
>> >> >
>> >> >----- Original Message -----
>> >> >From: "Richard Erlacher" <edick(a)idcomm.com>
>> >> >To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
>> >> >Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 1:21 PM
>> >> >Subject: Re: 8080 vs. 8080A
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >> This makes no sense at all, though it may be because I'm
>> >> misinterpreting
>> >> >the way
>> >> >> in which you've put it.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I have Intel boards that come in versions with the i8080 and
also,
>> >> >> optionally,with the i8080A, and, aside from the clock frequency
and
>> >> memory
>> >> >> access times, they're identical. The i8080A is essentially
twice
>> as
>> >> fast
>> >> >as the
>> >> >> standard i8080 and COULD be used more easily with low-power
logic
>> >> since
>> >> >its
>> >> >> demands aren't as stringent.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The i8080A will, AFAIK, replace the i8080 in all applications
>> without
>> >> ill
>> >> >> effects.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> BTW, please turn off "rich-text" mode in your email editor when
you
>> >> >compose
>> >> >> messages for this group, as some folks' mail readers can't
>> interpret
>> >> the
>> >> >> rich-text/HTML format.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Dick
>> >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> >> From: John Galt
>> >> >> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
>> >> >> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 10:17 AM
>> >> >> Subject: 8080 vs. 8080A
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Can anyone here describe the technical differences between
>> >> >> an Intel 8080 and Intel 8080A CPU?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The ONLY ref. I have been able to find seems to indicate that
there
>> >> was a
>> >> >bug in
>> >> >> the 8080 and as a result it would only work with low power TTL?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The problem was fixed in the 8080A and it would work with
standard
>> >> TTL?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Does this make sense to anyone?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Could anyone put this into laymans terms for me?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> George Phillips - gmphillips(a)earthlink.net
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
Hello,
I just picked up a 9K 847S, upgraded to H50 with two SCSI-buses, one mux
panel, a few disks and 384MB of memory (hmmmmm...). I'm not sure on the
ten year rule as I'm relatively clueless regarding this machine. This is
my second PA-RISC machine and it seems refreshingly better than the 840.
A few questions:
a) Introduction date ?
b) Where can I get HP-UX 10.x cheaply :)? (ie. for free)
--
jht
QBASIC's sitting on my machine here at work (NT4), so I guess it's part of
the default NT installation. There's no reason for us to use QBASIC here,
it's too useful - we're mostly doing PL/SQL or MFC ;-)
-al
I believe that qbasic was included in some older nt and win9x
installations only as support for "edit"; i.e., you typed
"edit autoexec.bat" and the qbasic editor would be the
actual invoked program.
carlos.
At 05:52 PM 10/2/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Yay on NT4 Server, nay on NT2K Server.
>
>George
>
>On 2 Oct 2001 11:6:7 +0100, Iggy Drougge wrote:
>
>>Glen Goodwin skrev:
>>
>>>> Isn't QBASIC delivered even to this day with Windows systems? That's a
>>>much
>>>> nicer basic, and it features online help, which is great for kids.
>>
>>>No BASIC of any kind from Win95 on up.
>>
>>Since my only Windows machine is de-electrified right now, I can't test
that,
>>but I am certain that I've run QBASIC on it. Would anyone sitting at one try
>>that from a prompt?
>>
>>--
>>En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.
>>
>>"Real life is full of idiots, and tons of ads. I don't see how IRC is any
>>different, other than a lot more people want to have sex with you."
>> -- m3000
>>
>
>
>
>
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> Drop to DOS on any machine with a 5.25" drive you have access to. Type:
>
> format /u /s a:
Okay Sellam, I'll bite -- what's the /u parameter?
Glen
0/0
From: Chris <mythtech(a)Mac.com>
>I just did a search in win95 for basic (this is a fresh install of
win95,
>so no other software has been added)... and there are NO matches. Going
>to a command line and typing Qbasic give a "bad command or file name" as
>I would expect since find found nothing.
the standard install does not copy it to the disk. Check the CDrom as
it's there
in a seperate directory.
>WinME has the same results. I can't test 98 or NT 4 or 5 from home, so I
>can't say what is on them, but I would guess the same thing (nothing).
It's also on my NT4/server, Nt4/workstation, 98 and 98se none of which
install it automagically. it can be installed on W2000 from what I've
been
told but again it's a manual install.
Allison
I also have W95osr2 cdroms with Qbasic on them as old software.
My dos 5.0 kit has Qbasic and the 6.22full kit has it as well. the 6.22
upgrade does nto as it already part of the system (upgrade from dos5.0).
Allison
-----Original Message-----
From: Sipke de Wal <sipke(a)wxs.nl>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: IBM ROM BASIC or lack thereof
>My CD-ROM is a special release for educational institutions and
>may have the PLUS CD incorporated !
>
>Sipke de Wal
>---------------------------------------------
>http://xgistor.ath.cx
>---------------------------------------------
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Russ Blakeman <rhblakeman(a)kih.net>
>To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 12:04 AM
>Subject: RE: IBM ROM BASIC or lack thereof
>
>
>> Not on my 95, 98 second edition or ME machines, even searched using
>> FIND...nope but it is on my Windows 3.11 machine, as it came with DOS
>> 6.22...
>>
>> -> -----Original Message-----
>> -> From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
>> -> [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Iggy Drougge
>> -> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 12:00 AM
>> -> To: Glen Goodwin
>> -> Subject: Re: IBM ROM BASIC or lack thereof
>> ->
>> ->
>> -> Glen Goodwin skrev:
>> ->
>> -> >> Isn't QBASIC delivered even to this day with Windows systems?
That's a
>> -> >much
>> -> >> nicer basic, and it features online help, which is great for
kids.
>> ->
>> -> >No BASIC of any kind from Win95 on up.
>> ->
>> -> Since my only Windows machine is de-electrified right now, I
>> -> can't test that,
>> -> but I am certain that I've run QBASIC on it. Would anyone
>> -> sitting at one try
>> -> that from a prompt?
>> ->
>> -> --
>> -> En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.
>> ->
>> -> "Real life is full of idiots, and tons of ads. I don't see how IRC
is any
>> -> different, other than a lot more people want to have sex with you."
>> -> -- m3000
>> ->
>> ->
>>
>
>
> Isn't QBASIC delivered even to this day with Windows systems? That's a
much
> nicer basic, and it features online help, which is great for kids.
No BASIC of any kind from Win95 on up.
Glen
0/0
>>No BASIC of any kind from Win95 on up.
>
>Since my only Windows machine is de-electrified right now, I can't test that,
>but I am certain that I've run QBASIC on it. Would anyone sitting at one try
>that from a prompt?
I just did a search in win95 for basic (this is a fresh install of win95,
so no other software has been added)... and there are NO matches. Going
to a command line and typing Qbasic give a "bad command or file name" as
I would expect since find found nothing.
WinME has the same results. I can't test 98 or NT 4 or 5 from home, so I
can't say what is on them, but I would guess the same thing (nothing).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I wrote:
> > This was the point to my original question: why would clone makers go
to
> > the trouble of displaying the message and then halting the system,
instead
> > of just *halting the system*? (Unless they were using stolen code.)
Just
> > doesn't quite make sense . . .
Hans replied:
> To tell the user what had happened?
> The code pointed to by Int 18H is responsible for printing that message
> and could be invoked from elsewhere than th BIOS boot sequence so it
> seems just user friendly to display some message if you are going to
> hang the system.
"No ROM BASIC" does not tell the user what happened. "No bootable device
found" would be more helpful.
> Of course today you would get a BSOD - much more informative ;-)
Yes, thank God for Bill Gates ;>)
Glen
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So I dropped by the computer shop today and they had a Tandy 1800HD laptop
for $10. I grabbed it. It's in excellent condition. Unfortunately, someone
stole the power-supply... Any idea where I can get one? Also, were might I
find a scanned manual for this thing?
Blair
>/U (do a REAL format) is faster for you than
>/Q (DON'T do a real format, just write an empty directory) ??
>
>Would you care to post some measured times for how much faster it is?
Speed will be HIGHLY dependant on what size disk it is. A 360k disk
formats with /u fairly fast, and although it is STILL quicker to do /q,
it isn't a huge difference... however, when doing a 1.4 disk, it cam be
the difference between over a minute and under 10 seconds. /q is
basically the same as doing "del *.*", it doesn't reformat the disk at
all, it just rewrites the FAT so the disk thinks it is blank, the fastest
way to clear a disk is "format a: /q /u"... UNLESS there are only a few
items on it, then del *.* might edge it out
Also, with all this /u business... be careful when doing that on 5.25"
disks in a high density drive. If you put a DD disk in, and do format /u,
it will NOT warn you that it is going to attempt to format a DD disk as
HD. In MS DOS, when you format on a HD 5.25 drive, it automatically tries
to format HD... you need to specify the format size (or use /4) to format
360k... leaving off the /u will warn you that the format is different
then what you are about to try. Unfortuantly, leaving off the /u ALSO
fails to remap bad sectors, AND saves the unformat info adding a few more
seconds onto the disk format.
None of this warning business applies to 3.5" drives, they will detect
the HD vs DD disk, and format correctly... so with those it is safe to
always use /u if you want to.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Hi,
I am planning on converting the Radio Shack Armatron to run off the
parallel port
of a PeeCee but need the plans to do it. I found the following site
that contains the conversion
needed for an Atari at:
http://www.bitsofthepast.com/atari/arm.html
The May '85 Radio-Electronics has the necessary instructions, sooo I was
wondering if someone would be kind enought to either scan or mail me the
article.
Thanks,
Ram
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I've got a used ASCII Terminal, with detached keyboard
for whoever is the first to contact me to take it away.
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I'm in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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OK, I'm thinking of doing a wierd mod on a VT100, just how much room is
inside one of them? I need room for a 7 1/2" x 9" x 2 1/2" board (the
2 1/2" is thanks to the heatsink and RAM), and would also like to be able
to fit in a smallish 250W PS (3 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 6"), and a 3 1/2" HD.
I've got 2 or 3 VT100's, but they're so buried it's going to take a lot of
work to get to them so was hoping to get an idea if there is room first.
Basically I'm trying to build a PDP-10 into a VT100 by using an Intel
D810EMO MicroATX board.
Zane
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! From: Joe [mailto:rigdonj@intellistar.net]
!
! At 10:33 AM 9/28/01 -0400, you wrote:
! >Hmmm, is there going to be one up here around Connecticut sometime?
!
! Sure, if you'll organize it.
!
! Joe
!
Okay then, what's involved with one of these festivals? Can someone who
organized one of the other fests e-mail me with the info?
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>LOGO
YEAH... that was the language (logo, topal... hey this goes back to the
4th grade, I am lucky I remembered playing with it at all) :-)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Hans....
I may be wrong in my explanation to the following question you posed but I
will give it a shot.....You said:
I don't know any reason why the system has
to be keyed, I always assumed the US development of keyed plugs
was triggered by old DC systems (since in DC Eq. it is necersarry
to know the orientation), but not a new addition. Strange, we
dropped all orientationwhen switching to AC (with Protective
Ground). Could anyone give give a reason why the system has
to be keyed _IF_ a Protective Ground is included (other than
define the Protective Ground pin)
If you hook an scope up circuit such as a TV and hook the ground probe up to
signal ground but you have the plug reversed the circuit will short out and
you will blow the device you are testing. That is because you just provided
a current path to frame ground for the signal which you thought was signal
ground. TV repairman who have used scopes have done this more than once.
Tony Niemann
2606 Merriwood Avenue
Louisville Kentucky 40299
tniemann(a)msn.com
502-267-9233
> /u = Unconditional, it will do a real format, as opposed to
> quick format
>
/U - unconditional, prevents checking of sectors for read errors
before formatting them. This is the only way to format unformatted
or non MSDOS disks or to overwrite any blocks on MSDOS disks
that are marked as bad.
Lee.
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Just in case:
The default password at the "#" prompt is access
The default privileged password is system
Otherwise, I'll see if I have
the manual around somewhere to
dig out the set-to-factory-defaults
sequence.
Antonio
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Absurdly Obtuse [mailto:vance@ikickass.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 6:34 AM
> To: Classic Computers Mailing List
> Subject: DECserver 700
>
>
>
> Hey there. I was wondering if someone could help me break into the
> privileged mode on my DECserver 700 without the password. Do
> I have to
> remove the RAM, the battery, or something? Thanks.
>
> Peace... Sridhar
>
>
>
Hey there. I was wondering if someone could help me break into the
privileged mode on my DECserver 700 without the password. Do I have to
remove the RAM, the battery, or something? Thanks.
Peace... Sridhar