test-drb December 2001

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1096 discussions

VAX 6400 booting saga: barred from using MULTINET (sigh!)

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

Robert Schaefer wrote: >>Here is what you do: If you have a TK70 writable tape, you simply >>do SAVE EEPROM for those processors that you will update. Then >>switch to the processor with the prevailing EEPROM image and say >>UPDATE or UPDATE ALL ... can't remember off the bat here. Just make >>sure you upgrade them all to the most recent revision. >> > > I'd like to archive a copy of all (both?!?) the versions I have, just to > keep the bits from fading away. Only trouble is, I only have one, suspect, > TK70 tape. You can use TK50 tape as well. Just put them under a bulk-eraser first. It is said that the media is actually physically the same, just different labels. > If I had ole' Betsy booting into NetBSD, I'd just dd an image of > the tape and reuse it each time, but she don't, and I dunno if it's even > possible to make a bit-for-bit copy of anything under VMS. It's less difficult than you think. But I know just what you mean, VMS is just trying to be too clever :-). But you can do binary copies, just do this: $ MOUNT/FOREIGN/BLOCK=512/RECORD=512 MUC6: $ COPY MUC6: FILE.001 $ COPY MUC6: FILE.002 Now you don't know off hand what the block size on the tape is. I think, if you pick a block size smaller than the tape's, you will receive error messages. Experiment with it a little bit. Analogously, copy as many files as you can, for you don't know how many files the SAVE EEPROM command has written. -Gunther -- Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow(a)regenstrief.org Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School of Medicine tel:1(317)630-7960 http://aurora.regenstrief.org

22 years, 9 months

Rescue list?

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On December 10, LFessen106(a)aol.com wrote: > > I think Bill no longer considers it really Sun-specific, Linc.. > > That's the impression I get as well. Well, he announced it, and all... 8-) -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL

22 years, 9 months

Rescue list?

by LFessen106＠aol.com

In a message dated 12/10/01 1:32:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, mcguire(a)neurotica.com writes: > I think Bill no longer considers it really Sun-specific, Linc.. > > -Dave > That's the impression I get as well. -Linc. In The Beginning there was nothing, which exploded - Yeah right... Calculating in binary code is as easy as 01,10,11.

22 years, 9 months

Availability of DSP56K chips

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On December 10, Carlos Murillo wrote: > So my question to the list is: do you know where to get dsp56001A > chips? Or better yet, do you have some that you don't plan to use? I found a small pile of them on eBay about a year ago. I don't recall how much I paid, but I remember thinking it was pretty cheap. I may have some left...I will dig for them when I get over to my new place. Ping me off-list if you don't hear from me by tomorrow. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL

22 years, 9 months

Smoking around computers

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote: > > Bear in mind that I'm a FORMER smoker, and that there's no Catholic like a > > convert, as they say ... > > I've disassembled a number of CDROM drives that clearly suffered from > > D'ya mean that retractable ashtray holder? > > I once encountered a TRS-80 whose keyboard wasn't working due to a > chronic accumulation of marijuana seeds that had fallen in. One for to rot, One for the crows, One for the farmer, and one for the keyboards rows? -dq

22 years, 9 months

11/44 power problem... (Oh, not again...)

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 06:20:52PM -0500, Dave McGuire wrote: > > Well, by way of explanation... My trademark on the rescue list is to > > say "Is she cute?" for ANY mention of any sister, wife, female > > coworker, any female at all. Somehow I didn't think that'd go over > > very well on this list. In spite of the unbelievably long off-topic > > threads that occur here, this is definitely a much less "social" and > > more "down to business" mailing list. ;) > > Actually, its "is she cute"? followed by "does she have a > sister?" 8-) > > Bill (admin of the sunrescue list, > www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue) Suns got their own rescue list! (with a nod to Johnny Hart)... -dq

22 years, 9 months

11/44 power problem... (Oh, not again...)

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

Not a bad truck... Let's see, 96 S-10? 2WD, right? And does it really _use_ the cowl-induction hood scoop? ;) --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 ! -----Original Message----- ! From: Daniel A. Seagraves [mailto:DSEAGRAV@toad.xkl.com] ! Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 11:30 PM ! To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org ! Subject: Re: 11/44 power problem... (Oh, not again...) ! ! ! [Is she cute?] ! ! I dunno. She's my sister. She's more of a pain in the ass ! than anything. ^_^ ! http://www.lunar-tokyo.net/pictures/ she's in there somewheres. ! ! ------- !

22 years, 9 months

Toshiba T2200SX

by tordsson＠c2i.net

My Toshiba doesn't work! Is it any place out there where I can buy a new "head card"? Answer

22 years, 9 months

Several Apollo computers for free - Raleigh, NC

by cdrice＠pobox.com

My mail to this list keeps bouncing, but I'm still getting the digests. I haven't seen my message in a digest, so I'm assuming no one else saw it either. So, here we go (again) -- sorry if everyone gets this three times... -------- Original Message -------- I've been following this list for some time; however, recent family emergencies have required me to give up most of my hobbies for some time, and likely in the future. I'm also having to move rather quickly across the state and sell my home in Raleigh; I'm selling and giving away a number of things that I just don't see myself having time to deal with in the near future. Among them are several Apollo computers, and stack of misc. hardware (token ring parts and cables, misc. video and i/o cables, etc). and a very large stack of documentation. There are free (unless you feel compelled to make a donation to the feed- a-Chuck fund). :) >From my notes (I do NOT absolutely guarantee this is accurate): - 3500 with: - 170MB HD - SMS/Omti controller - mono video card - 19" mono monitor - 32MB RAM - 3COM 3C505 - DomainOS 10.4.1 - 5 1/4" disk drive - 3000 (unknown contents) - 3500 (unknown contents) - 2500 (unknown contents) - Another CPU (maybe a 4000?) with color card and monitor; I don't have all the specs with me, but it was fully functional when I last shut it down. - Apollo token ring - Isolan multiplex repeater - Lots of misc. parts (cables, keyboards, etc.) - Lots and lots of books; some still in original shrink-wrap **I WILL NOT SHIP THESE ITEMS.** Sorry; they're just too heavy and bulky for me to package and ship; I just have too much else going on right now. With everything going on, I STRONGLY prefer someone take everything. I will not be able to take the time to go through any of this and pick out parts that people want. I am in Garner, NC (just south of Raleigh). I can provide exact location and directions upon request. I am usually only in town on Thursdays and Fridays. Please email me if you are interested and we can work out the details. Please help me find a home for these guys; if I don't find a taker pretty soon, they'll have to go to the recyclers. - Chuck -- | Charles Dee Rice ------------------------------------- cdrice(a)pobox.com | | "You know how it is with me baby - You know I just can't stand myself | | It takes a whole lot of medicine, darlin' | | For me to pretend I'm somebody else." |

22 years, 9 months

Rescue list?

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> What rescue list? > > For all the rest of us who were going to ask but didn't want > to look stupid, I thank you. 8^)= I *think* he's referring to a human rescue list, i.e. paramedics, people who fly helicopters, rappel down the sides of cliffs, looking for lost or injured people. -dq

22 years, 9 months

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