You're quite right, the 5161 Personal Computer Expansion Unit; just threw one out last week, as a matter of fact...
mike
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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 23:01:52 +0200 (CEST)
From: Kees Stravers <kees.stravers(a)iae.nl>
Subject: Re: SLOT 8 (was: ISA cards for free..
At 09:29 26-10-01 -0700, you wrote:
>I have no idea why IBM did that. Perhaps intending it for some
>"special" card that would need it, such as a coprocessor?
AFAIK slot 8 in the XT was meant for a bus extender card.
There was available a box which looked just like a XT but only
had a psu and a passive motherboard inside. You put a bus ext
card in that box and in the XT, and you could add seven more
cards to the system.
Kees.
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From: Eric Dittman <dittman(a)dittman.net>
>I recently swapped the MV II CPU and memory in my BA23 with a
>PDP-11/73 CPU and memory. I booted RT-11 V5.4D and attempted
>to init the RD54, which failed:
>
>.init /segment:5 du0:
>DU0:/Initialize; Are you sure? Y
>?DUP-F-Directory output error DU0:
>The drive was working just fine as a ODS-2 volume. I don't have
>to low-level format, do I?
It it was working before all you need to do is INIT the disk to establish
an RT file system. The problem is RT11 doesnt like 160mb as it wants
not more than 32mb per logical or physical drive.
Me I keep a bunch of quantum D540s (31mb) for that use.
Allison
Hey all,
Well, after dealing with my postings of rather mundane questions about the
PowerStation 530 about a month ago, I disappeared. Now I'm back, and I've
got only one question - who wants it?
The thing is, as much fun as it would be to screw around with the thing, I
simply don't have the time to do so, and what's the point of depriving the
world of a classic computer just so that someday, I'll look at it, forget
about this email list, and toss it in the trash. To hell with that.
So, here goes: I know someone from this list already wanted the computer
>from me, but I lost his/her email. If you still want it, you get first
crack. Otherwise, anyone who's willing to drive over to Ann Arbor and pick
it up from my dorm is more than welcome. Or, if the case need be, and you're
close enough (say... 50 miles or so) and you want to pay me gas money, I'll
drop it off (it gets really boring here, I drive around aimlessly to keep
myself entertained, so going somewhere would be perhaps even more
interesting).
Oh, the computer is a working IBM Powerstation 530 without a monitor,
keyboard, etc... I have an adaptor cable to convert the three D-sub mini BNC
to regular BNC, and also perhaps 3 30 or so foot RGB BNC cables (probably
not useful at all, but if someone wants them, again, just let me know). I
don't know how much RAM, etc. I do have the key for it.
Thanks, sorry for the length.
Blair
I have a BA350 that has quit. According to the doc's I have a dead power supply.
It would be a BA350-KF 150 watt power supply.
Does anyone have any tips or tricks to these?
If not any idea for finding a replacement?
TIA
Carl
Hi,
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001 Michael Nadeau wrote:
> Open Channel Software is making old NASA applications available for
> download. There is a fee involved for what's called the NASA Classics
> collection, and the goal is to encourage commercial development of the
> applications. The list is at http://www.openchannelsoftware.com/NASA_1.html.
> I have no connection with OCS or NASA, but just happened to come across a
> press release about the offer.
I'm not sure how their current license will encourage any develpment,
commercial or otherwise. I looked at the page for one program, for counting
lines of source code:
http://www.openchannelsoftware.com/projects/SLOCC/
Clicking the "Get SLOCC" link reveals cost of obtaining the source code to
this written-in-Microsoft-Access-BASIC program is $100.
According to the license, you can use, copy & modify the program only for non-
commercial, private, internal purposes. You can't distribute it to anyone
else. Very open source. How is that different from any other commercial
prodcut for which source code is/was available for a fee? (VMS?)
-- Mark
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From: John Allain <allain(a)panix.com>
To: One Without Reason <vance(a)ikickass.org>
> List me as one home-to-be for a working '11 system.
> Anybody know if an 11/70 can be fit into a single rack?
Yes but... You will be limited in options and cooling will likely require
no side
pannels or rear door.
Allison
>Earthlink & Covad offer a static IP DSL service using PPPoet that I
>should be able to make work under FreeBSD. 1.5MB down, 256? up, full
>time connection, static IP, $64.95 a month. Seems like a smoking
>deal to me... And QWest doesn't get a dime... And everyone I've
>talked to about earthlink is reasonablly happy...
I have been using SpeakEasy (www.speakeasy.net) for some time, and have
been very happy with them. I have a static IP and no PPPoe! (Of course, I
am also on iDSL). They offer a range of services, and a range of prices.
You can check them out if you want (I get nothing for refering you, so I
don't care either way, just figured I would give you another "good" DSL
provider to widen your options)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
> Does anyone have a VLB system that needs a VLB SCSI controllers?
> I have an Ultrastor 34F and an Adaptec 2842 free, just pay shipping.
> Otherwise, I'll just toss them.
That was fast. They've been claimed.
Thanks.
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/
Does anyone know anything about an ATEX system?
A friend works for a local newspaper, and they use a system called ATEX
(that is the only name anyone seems to know it by) to submit stories to
press. It has a remote dial-in ability and I just wasted 3 hours tonight
trying to teach my friend's friend how to use a terminal program to
access the system (it would have been less time if my friend would have
shut up and stopped trying to help... he just couldn't grasp that Zterm
on the mac that he uses shares no common abilities with HyperTerm on
windows that his friend is using).
My point to this is, I realized after spending 3 hours on this, that in
the SAME 3 hours, I could have written a simple GUI application to speak
to the system and made life a million times easier. When I mentioned this
to him and his friend, they started to drool. It seems most of the
writers there use the remote ATEX dialup, and they ALL hate the command
line terminals. He said people there would love to get access to a nice
friendly program. That of course sang songs of Shareware into my head.
So my question is... what are the possible commands that ATEX can use? My
friend knows a handful of the basic common ones, which is a good starting
ground, but he doesn't use all the features. He also knows there are
features he uses from the terminals at work, that he can't use from home,
because there are custom keys for them (I am sure they are just F keys
that are mapped to certain commands, but that is above his head). He said
he will try to get info on the system, but having dealt with the paper's
IT staff before, I am sure he will hit a road block.
I am looking for any info that anyone might have on one of these systems.
I am SURE it is classic, as I know the same terminals are in use now as
were in use when I toured the paper's offices in the 3rd grade.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Hi all.
Some weeks ago there was a thread about blinkenlights and consoles.
It was mentioned that a simple piece of hardware (just a few
resistors two transistors and 16 LEDs) connected to the printer port
of a PC can be brought to life when you run Ersatz-11.
Well, it took some time for me to decide whether I should go 'public'
with a project I intend to embark on.
In short: a *_full_* console on a PC that runs Ersatz-11.
The reason to announce the project is to get feedback. Am I on the
right track. Have a look, on this page (part of my website) you can
find a small ZIP file that contains the draft document that descibes
it.
http://home.hetnet.nl/~tshaj/pdpsite/homebrew/startframe.html
Any comment is appreciated.
- Henk.
