>Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 23:29:08 -0600
>From: Owen Robertson <univac(a)earthlink.net>
>Subject:
>
>I just got my NeXT Cube (Yeah!!!). It's running NeXTStep 3.3, and I am
>trying to connect it to my AppleTalk network, via LocalTalk or Ethernet.
>Could anyone help me?
>
>Thanks,
>Owen
http://www.this.net/~frank/next_cap.html
I've run the older version and the v.10 Beta with no problems, but YMMV.
For me it works on my office's net and with just a crossover RJ-45 ethernet
cable to my Mac Laptop. I'm also running NS 3.3 on an 040 Cube.
- Mark
Any listmembers interested in the following items which are about
to be heaved as part of the annual cleanup at my workplace:
(free; pickup only in the Houston area unless otherwise noted)
- DEC BA23 enclosure, unpopulated, with RX50; badged MicroPDP11
- T.I. silent 700 mini data terminal w/plug-in cart (works)
- VT100 logic boards (6) were spares for our VT100 fleet being
scrapped - pickup or you-pay-shipping
- I'm still trying to free up a SGI 1400 system (kbd mouse manuals
and 19" industrial monitor). This is about the size of a BA123.
If anyone is interested in this, let me know, I will try harder.
Last years cleanup saw 8 cartons of PDP1145 core mem get heaved (I was
on vacation and thought I had them safely stshed out-of-sight) Thats
over 200 boards! Still pains me when I think about it.
Any other interesting items that surface will be added to list.
Email me your wants; shipping for single logic board, $4.20. Thanks.
nick oliviero
More stuff found while digging through the piles:
HP88780 SCSI 9-track front-loading tape drive, with rack slides,
DIFFERENTIAL SCSI interface. Tandem-badged, working when pulled out of
service. NVRAM got cleared during checkout, so the front panel controls are
now HP default instead of the Tandem labeling -- I can include a page from
the 88780 manual describing the correct layout.
One person can lift it if they're strong (it's slightly heavier than a
Cipher F880 front-loader), but it would be -expensive- to ship. Prefer
local pickup in Kent, WA, southeast of Seattle. $50.00 takes it.
Three SysKonnect dual-port FDDI cards for EISA bus systems. Two are NOS/in
their box, one is loose. $10.00 each, $25 for all three. Shippable.
Condition: Probably work just fine, but I don't have any FDDI hardware to
test them with.
More to come as the swap meet draws close. Whatever I don't move here will
be taken out to said swap. Remember the date and place: March 10th,
Puyallup (Western Washington) Fairgrounds, Puyallup, WA (southeast of
Tacoma). Enter through the Gold gate, and get there early! This is WA's
biggest electronics/ham swap meet, and we usually see quite a line,
people-wise.
Thanks much.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies
http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77 (Extra class as of June-2K)
"I'll get a life when someone demonstrates to me that it would be
superior to what I have now..." (Gym Z. Quirk, aka Taki Kogoma).
> > >I'm a tech at United Space Alliance in Cape Canaveral Florida. I have a
> > >Computer Automation LSI 2 computer that doesn't boot up and I'm not
sure
> > >why. We use this computer to run automated tests on the space shuttle
Ku
> > >band comm systems and need to get it fixed fairly quickly. Can you
help? if
> > >so, drop me a line and we'll see if we can work something out.
>
> Holy crap. Why is an aerospace company still using such an old-assed
> computer? Anyway, I may be able to help them.
Because most fiscal conservatives don't see the point of a space program.
Regards,
-dq
Here's a note that I spotted on the Sun Rescue mailing list:
--- Begin Forwarded Message ---
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 19:47:07 -0600
From: Steve Hatle <shatle(a)vue.com>
Subject: [SunRescue] PDP 11/34 in Twin Cities
Sender: rescue-admin(a)sunhelp.org
To: rescue(a)sunhelp.org
Reply-To: rescue(a)sunhelp.org
Message-ID: <000001c08cba$0d1883d0$3201a8c0@thor>
All who are interested in DEC,
The local Lockheed/Unisys surplus store has a PDP 11/34 available. It's part
of a "Dicomed" system that was apparently used to create microfiche
film/prints- there's a bunch of stuff like cameras, etc that are with it.
I don't know much about this vintage of DEC, but there's an 11/34, 3 DEC
disk packs (19" by approx 12") a DecWriter, a 9 track tape drive and all the
film crap, housed in approx 3-4 5 foot racks.
Apparently it was all in working order when it was pulled- they outsourced
the film biz. The guy at the warehouse knows nothing about it beyond that.
When I asked him what he wanted for it, he just said it would go "cheap". I
would guess a couple hundred bucks would get you the whole shootin' match.
The more you take, I'm sure the cheaper it would get. <grin>
If anyone wants more info, let me know, and I can pass on contact info.
Steve
shatle(a)vue.com
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--- End Forwarded Message ---
--
John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball(a)uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England
Hi folks,
The following is a message from Julian Richardson () - he'd post it himself
but for some reason the list is bouncing his messages......
<cough>
<clears throat>
-------------------------------------
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Adrian Graham MCSE/ASE/MCP
C CAT Limited
Gubbins: http://www.ccat.co.uk (work)
<http://www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk> (home)
<http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk> (The Online Computer Museum)
0/0
I thought most of you could relate to this! :-)
Joe
>Subject: Put Down Engineers" Week
>
>Q: When does a person decide to become an engineer?
>A: When he realizes he doesn't have the charisma to be an undertaker.
>
>Q: What do engineers use for birth control?
>A: Their personalities.
>
>Q: How can you tell an extroverted engineer?
>A: When he talks to you, he looks at your shoes instead of his own.
>
>Q: Why did the engineers cross the road?
>A: Because they looked in the file, and that's what they did last year.
>
>Q: How do you drive an engineer completely insane?
>A: Tie him to a chair, stand in front of him, and fold up a road map the
>wrong way.
>
>And you might be an engineer if:
>
>Choosing between buying flowers for your wife and upgrading your RAM is a
>problem. (This is a no-brainer - RAM all the way.)
>
>You still own a slide rule and know how to use it.
>
>You take a cruise so you can go on a personal tour of the engine room.
>
>In college, you thought Spring Break was metal fatigue failure. (We had
>Spring Break in college ? I didn't know that - I must have missed it.)
>
>The salespeople at the local computer store can't answer any of your
>questions. (Yeah - some knowledgeable salespeople they are.)
>
>At an air show, you know how fast the skydivers are falling.
>For your wife's birthday you gave her a new CD-ROM drive or a Palm Pilot.
>(Look at it this way - she's very lucky I even remembered her birthday with
>all the important things going on in my mind.)
>
>You can quote scenes from any Monte Python movie.
>
>You can type 70 words per minute but you can't read your own handwriting.
>(It's a code, fool !!)
>
>You comment to your wife that her straight hair is nice and parallel. (You
>forgot the humorous followup question: "What'd you do - stick your finger
>in the wall outlet ?" Hahahahaha !!!!!)
>
>You sit backwards on Disney rides so you can see how they do the special
>effects.
>
>You have saved every power cord from all your broken appliances.
>
>You have more friends on the Internet than in real life. (What's a
>"friend"?)
>
>You know what http:// stands for. (Damn right, and what's more, I'm not
>going to tell you.)
>
>You look forward to Christmas so you can put together the kids toys. (Damn
>right again - that's why I had kids - so I'd have toys to assemble on
>Christmas Eve - why else and so what ?)
>
>You see a good design, and have to change it. (Hey, I can always make a
>good thing better.)
>
>You spent more on your calculator than you did on your wedding ring.
>
>You think that people yawning around you are sleep deprived. (I'm really
>not sure why they are yawning, but I know it's not due to my vibrant
>personality.)
>
>You window shop at Radio Shack. (I hate the drool left on the windows by
>the previous engineer window shoppers.)
>
>Your laptop computer cost more than your car.
>
>Your wife hasn't the foggiest idea of what you do at work. (My wife hasn't
>the foggiest idea about a lot of things.)
>
>You've already calculated how much you make per second.
>
>You've tried to repair a $5 radio. (It seemed like a good idea when I
>started.)
>
Apologies in advance.
I rolled back from Juno 5 (bug-ridden memory hog) to Juno 4 and although
I used the backup option in 5, 4 doesn't have any way to read the backup
file.
I was in the middle of a sale (core memory frame) to one individual,
haven't gotten fundage from him yet, and don't know how to let him know.
I was discussing VAXstation 4000 VLC options with somebody else, also
lost.
Thanks for your forebearance.
William W. Webb
Owner of:
-----------------------------
VAXstation 4000 VLC
VAXstation 3100 Model 38
VAXstation 3100 Model 76
DEC Multia UDB (VMS 7.2 Hobbyist-licenses)
DEC PC XL590 (Win NT4/Linux 6.0)
and numerous quality firearms, but that's another mailing list. ;-)
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Uh, DPS-6's and 8's were made by Honeywell, not GE, and it doesn't really
look like either of them, from the one I own and the pictures I've seen...
It really looks more like some kind of huge printer or something... and
there's what looks like an LSI ADM terminal of some sort too, and the
Honeywell terminals don't look like those...
Will J
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