Now that I've got "broadband", I'd like to see my VAXstation on the net. It's
running VMS 5.1 and UCX, but does it have any DHCP capabilities?
It's not a great problem, but if there is some option for getting config info
via DHCP, it'd save me the trouble of setting up a NetBSD environment in order
to run dhclient. =)
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Heller to everyone and Tony. ;-)
What do you do about a squealing CRT? I've got this nice terminal which is
working, but it emits a high-pitched whine which is not only unpleasant and
annoying, but quite scary, too. It feels as thoughit's going to blow in your
face any minute.
The terminal in question is a green-screen TECO VA120.
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Ky?suke: Jag heter Kurre, Kurre Carlsson!
Jag: Det heter du inte alls!
Tony Duell wrote:
> Sinclair would never do anything that would cost a few pence more, even
> if it made the machine more useable, or work better (or in a couple of
> classic cases, even work at all).
Which Sinclair machines are you referring to here -- which ones didn't
"even work at all?"
Glen
0/0
Hi!
I just picked up an IBM PowerStation 320H from the property disposition
warehouse of my friendly educational institution. It seems to be in relatively
good shape with all components present, but all I could really afford was the
system unit (which was only one dollar).
Although the University seems to be pretty consistent with wiping the hard
drives of all the machines that it disposes of, I'm still rather eager to try
and power it up and see what the firmware's like, and whether or not it is
ACTUALLY wiped. Since I don't have a monitor/keyboard/mouse for it, though,
my only option is to try to use a serial console.
Unfortunately, these machines use a really wierd 10-pin serial port. I've
tried searching around on the Internet for a pinout, but to no avail. Does
anyone here have any idea how I can break this out to something more
standard? I think I remember reading somewhere it was rather similar to the
PC-RT serial ports...
Thanks for any help!
--Sean Caron (root(a)diablonet.net) | http://www.diablonet.net
! >>Sounds like a 486SX/25 system upgraded to a DX2/50 with an
! OverDrive chip.
! >
! >Or somebody stuck in a DX-50 and its just running at 25 MHz.
I ran an Evergreen test program on it last night. It said it was running at
50MHz, internally?
! If the chip inserted into the other socket is a plain DX-50
! then it would be just running at 25mhz. The insertion of the DX-50
! or a 487 'coprocessor' would've disabled the SX-25 as well, if it was
! left installed. Too bad the DX-50 got such a bad rap for heat
! problems early on.
!
! BTW, does anyone know how the mainboard tells the difference
! between the 486SX and a 486DX/487? Just looking at them, there
! aren't any pin differences externally, at least between the 486DX-33
! and 486SX-25 I have sitting here.
IIRC, it's how you set the jumpers for the clock multiplier, for the
speed; and it does some sort of detection test for the numeric processor. I
think...
These clock speed jumpers are what I'd like to identify first. I
have a DX4/100 just sitting here. Then, I want to identify the purpose of
the other 20+ jumpers on this board...
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On Oct 8, 23:11, Tony Duell wrote:
> > Anneal - is that where you heat it up & hit it with a hammer? Or do you
> > just heat it up and let it cool again? I forget now... It's been a long
>
> Heat it up and let it cool slowly (very slowly).
Only for steel. Most other metals either don't care (unless the quenching
is incredibly rapid) or actually require to be quenched.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Hi again folks,
My US 8032 turned up today (yay!). Since I can't modify the transformer
(unfortunately - it looks like the US one doesn't have dual primary taps
like the UK one), I've swapped it out with the 240vac transformer from my
other (still broken) 8032.
This machine has a wobbly screen, just like the 8032-SK (which was broken,
but I installed the working motherboard), the other 8032 (which was
working, until I swapped the broken m/b), and the 3016. In fact, the only
PET I've got which *doesn't* have a wobbly screen is the 2001. Well, it
does wobble, but only a tiny bit.
ISTR a discussion (mostly with Tony) about dried electrolytics maybe
causing the problem. However, I spoke to the chap in the US who said that
when the 8032 left America it had a rock-steady screen... Since I left the
big cap in place, it can only be the transformer which is causing the
wobble - can't it?
I genuinely don't know. That's the only part I've swapped in the new 8032.
Could a flakey transformer be making the screen wobble? How do transformers
go flakey anyway, if indeed they *can* co flakey? Or is the US chap telling
porkies?
Thanks, again, in advance.
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Be where it's at, B-Racing!
http://b-racing.co.uk
On October 9, Iggy Drougge wrote:
> But if I have a toasted line driver, wouldn't that strike both inbound and
> outbound data?
Nope...many RS232 interfaces are built with 1488 driver and 1489
receiver chips. Nowadays the Maxim MAX232 (and family) chips are
popular for that sort of thing since they only require +5V...but I'll
bet the VT420 uses 1488/1489 chips.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD
I have a Unisys 486 computer. It's a SX-25, with a DX-50 in it also.
It's mfg date is 10/92, and style number is SG-3102-425. It's "plateau" is
labelled Evaluation Unit A. That would explain the XXXX in the FCC ID
field...
On the motherboard itself, it has a sticker with...
43611896-000
PW300 486SX/25
9240 AVEX
...while near the 30-pin memory, printed on the board is...
UNISYS
PW2 300/486
PWBA 43188028-000
Does anyone know where I can find out what the jumpers do on this board? Or
other specs for it? I though I heard someone mention dual processor WRT this
board, but I doubt it. There is also a smaller LIF socket next to the 2 LIF
processor sockets. IIRC, that is for a 487 math co-processor...
--- David A Woyciesjes
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--- Yale University Press
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I found this on USENET. Interesting?
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DAVID L. ORMAND <dlormand(a)aztec.asu.edu> at Arizona State
University
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
I know this isn't quite the forum for this, but maybe there are
old computer types out there (mainframe hobbyists?) who would be
interested. I've rescued a practically new-in-box Visual 50,
which is an ASCII RS232 terminal with your classic green CRT look.
It handles VT52 and ADM3A protocols. Includes operator's and
maintenance manuals (with schematics!). I've tried it out and it
works fine. I don't want anything but the shipping to a good home
>from Tucson, 85711.
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About 15 years ago(in 1984), I played many time HYDLIDE like monkey's self-
acting! HaHaHa!! Here in Nippon(Japan), many many MSX Freak played HYDLIDE
1/2/3 on MSX1/2. Perhaps, also you like HYDLIDE series!!!
K. Ikeda, MSX-Print
