>Post a digital pic on your webpage so we can look 'n' see?
Ok... pics are up (sorry, no risque terminal pics).
Go to <http://www.mythtech.net/terminal>
There are two terms there. One is a Wyse something (maybe a 60 based on
pics I just saw on ebay). The other is a Qume, that I am fairly certain
is a Qume QVT-108 (seeing as that is silk screened on the main board).
Both have some kind of a daughter card. Are the cards normal or are they
some custom programmable thing to give the terminal special abilities for
its used application.
The Wyse terminal is from an Isoetec EZ-1/66 phone system. The Qume is
>from an Isoetec EZ-1/96 system.
If people can ID these, are there any recommendations as to where to get
these terminals CHEAP (I saw some Wyse 60's on ebay for about $40, but I
can't find any Qume QVT-108s). If terminals aren't available, does anyone
have a recommendation of emulation software I can run.
Thanks muchly
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
On Oct 11, 10:41, Chris wrote:
> >The Wyse does indeed look like a 60, but I think the 55 and 35
> >look similar. Had it been a 50 or a 100, it would have been a
> >more obvious identification.
>
> I have a wyse 50 (I know it is, cause the case says so). I have tried it
> in place of this dead one, and it didn't work. I don't know how different
> each model is from one another, but maybe since the 50 didn't work, I can
> rule out a 55?
Probably not. If the daughtercard is indeed an RS422 interface, as someone
suggested, an ordinary RS232 or RS423 terminal will probably not work.
RS232 and 423 are single-ended interfaces, which means that each signal
consists of one wire plus a common ground connection. RS422 is a
differential system, where each signal has a positive and negative
connection. If your system is intended to connect to an RS422 terminal,
you'd need to do some hardware hacking to make it work. Do you have any
information on the pinout of the interface?
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
On Oct 10, 8:00, Russ Blakeman wrote:
> It may be that they are hooked to a SCSI controller, many have floppy
> controllers on the SCSI board. Only ones I've ever heard of, including
the
> PS/2 drives, are MFM like any other.
> -> On Wednesday, October 10, 2001 4:46 AM, Mike Ford
> -> [SMTP:mikeford@socal.rr.com]
> -> wrote:
> -> > I've been looking for some 2.88 non-IBM PS/2 floppy drives, and I
found
> -> > some, but the guy says they are SCSI. Is that nuts or what?
> -> >
> -> > TEAC FD-235 J 5670-U W/SCSI Card
> -> > TEAC FD-235 J 5670-U W/SCSI Card
> -> > TEAC FD-235 J 610 W/SCSI Card
Teac made SCSI floppies which were used by SGI and others; one of my
Indigos has one, and a couple of friends have them too. The floppy is a
more-or-less standard FD-235, except that most have a motorised eject. The
SCSI card is an add-on, albeit a very compact one.
If you don't want the SCSI cards, I can use them :-)
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
> HARDY, Simon wrote:
>
>Desperately seeking any 480z or 380z manuals or
>other information, online,
>original or photocopy.
I have the 380Z manuals and I can (and will!)
scan them at some stage - although I have
a couple of weeks worth of stuff in the queue
right now.
Having said that, I'm not sure how much
help the 380Z manuals will be if you have
a 480Z. (I'm not saying they won't be
useful ... just that the 380Z and 480Z look
quite different to me!)
Antonio
Jeff,
I have a data file on SCSI that I'll try to access
sometime soon that may help you avoid problems that
can arise when integrating SCSI. I had a link to it,
but so much time had passed, it didn't seem to be there
anymore, but I had also downloaded and saved it, just
not on this system and drive.
Sincerely,
Bennett
> I agree, as any machine I spend any kind of time with
> generally has it or has it added, whether Mac, PC, Amiga or whatever.
> Even my laptop and PS/2 portable have SCSI adapters installed. There
> are those that dislike fooling with the SCSI 'voodoo' though. It can
> be a pain at times.
> Jeff
> >What's the fuss about adding SCSI . . . In my world I consider that a
> >necessity
>
> Then you haven't added it to PCs. =)
> PS/2s which are built with SCSI in mind seem to behave well, but adding
it to
> IDE motherboards seldom works out for me.
Hmm -- my personal experience is that, unless the machine is already
junked-up with a random assortment of TV and radio tuner cards, video
accelerators, SoundBlasters and DVD decoders, SCSI is easily added to a
motherboard with onboard IDE ports. I've personally built a few dozen of
them, using both IDE and PCI SCSI controllers.
What sorts of problems are you encountering?
Glen
0/0
>Hi Chris. I don't think I said hello yet (I help run the list).
Hello.
>UNIX systems have a library of routines (collectively called "curses")
>for sending commands to an idealized terminal, and a database format
>(called "termcap", for "terminal capabilities") which contains entries
>for various terminal types. Each entry describes the characters to send
>to carry out the various commands on the actual terminal. And then there's
>terminfo (another database format, more flexible than termcap, but in-
>compatible).
Makes sense. Sorry, my *nix is limited. I used an old AT&T unix machine
many many years ago (running System V), but that was limited to "user"
knowledge. I knew how to turn it on, and start up the software I needed
to use. I have recently begun to play with linux, but havent had much
time to really sit down and learn it (althought that will probably
change, since I need to upgrade my web server, and Linux with Apache
seems like a good option)
>It would help you if you wanted to hook up your Wyse in place of another
>brand of terminal, but what you want (I guess) is for another terminal --
>or computer -- to act like your Wyse.
Correct. I need to connect something that the system will think is a Wyse
60.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
>the keyboard repeats (a bit like local
>echo). If I press a key, I get two of the same character on the screen. One
>appears when the key is pressed, and the other when it is released.
I have seen this happen MANY MANY times with PC keyboards, so maybe my
findings apply. In every instance that I have found it, it is beacuse
someone spilled either soda or coffee into the keyboard, and the pads
were sticking. The key would register when pressed, and then when
released, the pad wouldn't pop up right away, instead it would "peel" up,
and cause a 2nd (or sometimes a 3rd if it was sticky enough) registration.
Opening the keyboard and washing with alcohol or contact cleaner has
always fixed it for me.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
>>> Solve your SCSI problems with one word, Granite.
>>
>> What do you mean by this?
>
>http://www.scsipro.com/
>
>Granite Digital makes the best cables etc. If you use them most SCSI
>weirdness will never effect you.
ROFL... I was taking it to mean smash it with a big heavy rock. :-)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
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Well if you can find the file, I (and I'm sure others) would like to
read it...
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! -----Original Message-----
! From: Jeff Hellige [mailto:jhellige@earthlink.net]
! Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 5:04 AM
! To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
! Subject: Re: Avoiding SCSI Problems
!
!
! > I have a data file on SCSI that I'll try to access
! >sometime soon that may help you avoid problems that
! >can arise when integrating SCSI. I had a link to it,
! >but so much time had passed, it didn't seem to be there
! >anymore, but I had also downloaded and saved it, just
! >not on this system and drive.
!
! Actually, I don't have many problems myself, outside of the
! occasional questionable cable since I've gotten them from many
! different sources over the years and some are of better quality than
! others. I was just stating one of the reasons people state for
! avoiding using SCSI. Some implementations, such as that on the Amiga
! 3000, are quirkier than others though.
!
! Jeff
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