> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tothwolf [mailto:tothwolf@concentric.net]
> The video really was nice for its day, but a lack of texture memory
> somewhat limits it for today's graphics intensive software.
Well, on one hand, yes, but on the other hand, I like my Indigo 2 Elan with
no texture memory just fine. I'm also considering trying to dig up a
reality engine for the thing, at which point it would have texture memory.
> What color is the wrap-around part on the front/top of the
> machine? The
> standard colors that I'm familiar with are; blue for a VGX,
> red for a GTX,
> and green for GT.
It's blue.
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
There was an analog CPU meter on a PDP 11/70 in the Computer Graphics
Lab at UC San Francisco back in the late 70's. The meter was mounted
in the middle of a large black & beige plastic rack fill-in plate. I
thought it was hilarious, and very cool. It has to be an analog
meter.
I dimly remember seeing the schematic. The meter was wired up as a
dwell meter, and hooked up to some signal in the CPU that indicated
that it was running, or at least running usefully. I can't remember
if it was the user-mode bit, or "not wait". IIRC Unix V7 ran an idle
process so the CPU never waited. I think it was the user-mode bit.
Anyway, the circuit was simple. They buffered the CPU signal,
smoothed it through a resistor and a capacitor, and that drove the
panel meter. You just have to work out the appropriate values for the
series resistor, capacitor and load resistor to get appropriate
scaling and timing.
I've always wanted one... wonder if there's an appropriate pin
to monitor on a TBird?
I talked to a man named Jon Ikoniak at temple.edu in PA not too long ago.
Seems he has a large collection of old DEC gear he inherited from a
predecessor. He said that a lot of the complete units have been gobbled up,
but there are still a few racks
left, and lots of drives and parts. They appear to be free. I was planning
on posting his email address, but after the last virus I got from my buddy
s.ring, contact me off-list for email or a voice number.
ja ne
Bob
Hi,
I've got recently 2 old, but very good NCD Xstations 88k & 88kP6
based on Motorola 88100 processor. It looks great, much better
than what they are selling know :-)
But unfortunately they are without Boot Manager EPROMS ...
Does anyone could help me and tell where I can find such EPROM
or just the image file which I can use to program one ?
As far as I know BM from HMX & HMXPro doesn't work because
it is made for R4xxx processor.
Darek
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Thank you for taking the time to do the translation. As it
turned out the bidding went too high for me. It's too
bad because I dont often see items like this offered
that often here in Europe. If this is an example
of the prices an item sells for on eBay, I think I
will have to depend on other means of finding an
affordable, classic.
Bill
Amsterdam, NL
On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 12:02:29PM +0100, The Wanderer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The text says
>
> 2 VAX-VMS computers Digital 4000-200
>
> Model 660-QR) with the following config:
> 16Mb ram, KA660-AA cpu, 200MB HD, 296 MB TK70 tapeunit & network
> connection.
>
> With it belongs 2 VT420 terminals and console switch as well as all the
> necessary
> cabling. This machine is from the 89/90 era and is a solid machine.
> Both machines were running until the middle of last year as a production
> cluster
> under VMS control. It can however also run NetBSD.
>
> picture
<snip>
> I can't believe it.
>
> This success suppose to me to change some of my
> thinkings about the life, the religion and other matters.
> By example: Santa Claus exists ? Etcetera.
I'll Second that!!!
> >> One Dilog DQ614 driver disk for RT-11. I have
> >> one of these boards inoperative because I can't
> >> configure it.
> >
> >Was it Zane or Ethan who was also looking for this?
Only for a few years :^)
> >Well, it's a bit late, but I have an extra Christmas present for you guys.
> > You'll find the diagnostic and formatter program, along with a diagram of
> >the board, and the jumper tables, at
> >
> > http://www.dunnington.u-net.com/public/DQ614/
Amazing! Now the question is, does anyone know which HD's will work with
this? I just might have to go digging through storage in the very near
future!
The other question is, once the disk is formated, does it matter what you
use for an OS on it, or does it need to be RT-11? I was hoping to be able
to use this board for OS's that expect RL02's instead of MSCP disks.
Zane
Hi,
I've got recently 2 old, but great :-) NCD Xstations 88k & 88kP6
based on Motorola 88100 processor.
Unfortunately theirs network cards are without Boot Manager
EPROMS ...
Does anyone could help me and tell where I can find such EPROM or
or just the image file which I can use to program one ?
BM from HMX & HMXPro doesn't work because it is made for R4xxx
processor.
Darek
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Well, I made room on my bench, opened up my grubby, new-to-me 4000/60,
and it only has one of the two RZ24 drives my partner paid for. I've
fired off email to the vendor asking him to ship the drive and mounting
hardware, but I don't expect that he'll have either.
What does DEC call the flat metal plate that the hard disk bolts onto?
"Mounting bracket"? Does anyone have a spare? I figure I'll have to
settle for a newer narrow SCSI drive and the price of the mounting
hardware, if it's available.
Lastly, while I'm wading through all the Google hits, are there any
good reference sites for this box? This is the first 4000 I've been
into, and I'd like a map.
Doc
I can't believe it.
This success suppose to me to change some of my
thinkings about the life, the religion and other matters.
By example: Santa Claus exists ? Etcetera.
But, by the moment, in case this driver works, I can put
you in my list of fortunate with one bottle of Red Wine
>from Spain, variety Rioja.
Thanks and Greetings
Sergio
-----Mensaje original-----
De: Pete Turnbull <pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com>
Para: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Fecha: viernes, 28 de diciembre de 2001 21:04
Asunto: Re: What did you ask "Santa" for this year.... : )
>On Jan 6, 16:33, SP wrote:
> ^^^^^^
>Someone needs to set their clock... it was Dec 22, actually
>
>> One Dilog DQ614 driver disk for RT-11. I have
>> one of these boards inoperative because I can't
>> configure it.
>
>Was it Zane or Ethan who was also looking for this?
>
>Well, it's a bit late, but I have an extra Christmas present for you guys.
> You'll find the diagnostic and formatter program, along with a diagram of
>the board, and the jumper tables, at
>
> http://www.dunnington.u-net.com/public/DQ614/
>
>It would have been done on Christmas Eve, but my RX02 drives needed a
>severe talking to, along with the 11/23 they are on.
>
>--
>Pete Peter Turnbull
> Network Manager
> University of York
>It might help. Assuming the modular keyboards are the same. :)
<http://www.mythtech.net/wysekey.gif>
Sorry for my very crude drawing.
The RJ has a cable hanging off it that ties to CPU chassis for ground, so
the RJ side really ends up with 5 connectors (4 in the plug, plus 1 for
tail)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
