test-drb May 2001

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642 discussions

by jarkko.teppo＠er-grp.com

(..must...try...resending...) Quoting Iggy Drougge <optimus(a)canit.se>: > > PCI runs on shared interrupts and seems fast enough to me. Well, DIO-II maxes out at about 5MB/s :) > > HPIB disks? Can't say that I've seen a single one in my entire life. They're lovely. I'm just saving them for those /500-machines as they can only use HP-IB disks. > > >Depends if you want to use it for anything useful or not. > > I really can't imagine either system doing anything useful, since I'm > essentially a UNIX hater, so that is of secondary importance. I just > can't > deal with HP-UX 10.something on the 822, it's so dreadfully slow, and > then > it's got binaries cluttered all over /etc for some very odd reason. Well, gimme the 822 if it bothers you that much :-). Anyway, it's probably possible to run HP-BASIC on it too but if I had to choose between HP-UX and NetBSD I'd take NetBSD. I do have HP-UX on some machines tough. > But then all that would require is a new crystal, right? There are some conflicting rumors on the 385. Basically HP-UX and NetBSD recognise the machine (380/385) via MMU_ID. This changes if you move one of the wait-state jumpers near the processor (marked 33/25 or something). I have a 25MHz 385.. Anyway, some reports say that a real 385 would be 33MHz and some say 40MHz. > I don't suppose HP have got any hobbyist programme? Not that I know of. You can shell out couple of thousand bucks on 9.1 or contact someone with a lot of different HP-UX versions on CD or 9144 tape. -- jht ----- End forwarded message ----- -- jht

23 years, 7 months

VME532, GNX Unix and want for a Maxtor XT-4175E

by ken＠seefried.com

I need to find a working Maxtor XT-4175E disk drive. I've had the wonderful fortune to have picked up a Heurikon VME532 (NS32532 based) development system. This is probably the fastest single-processor 32532 system produced (Encore MultiMax was of course faster, with more processors). The bonus is that this system is running GNX 3.1 with the National Semiconductor cc compiler, along with a bunch of other development tools (and source code for odd ns32k bits). Unfortunately, I don't have the distribution media, so a disk crash would be fatal, wiping out an almost unique machine. GNX is running on a Maxtor XT-4175E 175MB ESDI drive, and if I could find another one, I should be able to 'dd' a bootable backup. Does anyone on the list have one of these drives that they'd be willing to part with, or knows where I can buy one, in order for me to have a working backup of this system? P.S. - Of course, if someone has GNX distribution media, I'd love to hear >from you! P.P.S. - If anyone has any Heurikon VME532 bits, or GNX knowledge, I'd love to hear from you as well. P.P.P.S. - How long has it been since I ran a Unix (a 32-bit Unix, no less) that could fit, with development system, et. al., on a 175MB drive with room to spare (113MB used). Ken Seefried, CISSP

23 years, 7 months

My IBM 1130

by bakcc＠bigoakhill.com

I've put some new info about the 1130 on the website, like sizes (big) and weights (heavy). Also, I'm accepting offers on it until June 15th. We'll see what happens... (www.bigoakhill.com, click on ForSale). -Bruce Keller P.S. I'll be off-web most of next week, so I won't be able to respond to emails until Friday.

23 years, 7 months

Slicing open the top of a 48T02 Sun Sparc chip to replace b

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

> From: Geoff Reed <geoffr(a)zipcon.net> > I downloaded the datasheet for the 48t02's, i think i may have a handful of > 32.768 xtals here so I'm looking ar chopping the tops off the bad chips I > have and taking protoboard and refitting them with a new xtal and > batteryholder package that can take a replacable lithium cell. :) I > sacrificed one yesterday to the great dremel in the sky to see how the top > was put together... Your sound like serious ly damaging the top. First you can locate the battery with a small magnet as it's steel/nickel cased. Then grind down the the approximate center and do not grind metal away if you can. then grind to the edges and pry old battery out. I've done a few of these and it's that simple. Making it rocket science is unneeded. FYI the top carries, diode, battery, crystal and two capacitors. Allison

23 years, 7 months

? DEC FAQ

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On May 19, Bill Janssen wrote: > I have been looking without success for a listing of boards > for the DEC PDP8. I have a couple of boards that I can't identify > for DEC but am not sure what they are or what computer they are for. A good reference can be found at: http://world.std.com/~mbg/pdp11-field-guide.txt [Thanks Megan!] > The boards are M5903 and M5904. There are a couple more that I left in > the pile. M5903 and M5904 aren't PDP8 boards...they're part of an RH11, a Massbus controller for Unibus-based PDP11 systems. If you plug them into an Omnibus system like a pdp8/e, you'll likely "let the magic smoke out". -Dave McGuire

23 years, 7 months

? DEC FAQ

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On May 19, 16:40, Bill Janssen wrote: > I have been looking without success for a listing of boards > for the DEC PDP8. I have a couple of boards that I can't identify > for DEC but am not sure what they are or what computer they are for. > > The boards are M5903 and M5904. There are a couple more that I left in > the pile. M5903 and M5904 are MASSBUS terminal and control transceivers, respectivley, probably out of a PDP-11. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 7 months

? DEC FAQ

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

From: Bill Janssen <billj(a)ieee.org> > >The boards are M5903 and M5904. There are a couple more that I left in >the pile. Dont recognize them as PDP-8. >Also is there a cheap or free terminal program that runs under MS DOS >that will run at 110 baud. The ones I have start at 300. I gave away >my TTY many years ago and now I can't run my PDP8E as it only goes 110. Try an old version of procomm. Allison

23 years, 7 months

? DEC FAQ

by dburrows＠netpath.net

>From the PDP11-field-guide that was last updated my Megan: M5903 RH11 U MASSBUS terminal transceiver M5904 RH11 U MASSBUS control transceiver Which explains why you could not find anything looking at PDP8 Lists.:) Dan -----Original Message----- From: Bill Janssen <billj(a)ieee.org> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Date: Saturday, May 19, 2001 7:48 PM Subject: ? DEC FAQ >I have been looking without success for a listing of boards >for the DEC PDP8. I have a couple of boards that I can't identify >for DEC but am not sure what they are or what computer they are for. > >The boards are M5903 and M5904. There are a couple more that I left in >the pile. > >Also is there a cheap or free terminal program that runs under MS DOS >that will run at 110 baud. The ones I have start at 300. I gave away >my TTY many years ago and now I can't run my PDP8E as it only goes 110. > >Thanks >Bill K7NOM

23 years, 7 months

HP 1631D logic analyzer help

by nellielide＠starpower.net

Anyone know where I can get a manual and logic probes for an HP1631D logic analyzer ? thanks, dave

23 years, 7 months

CMD drops Commodore 8-bit support

by spectre＠stockholm.ptloma.edu

Creative Micro Designs, the last "big name" in Commodore hardware development, is dropping Commodore 8-bit support as of 1 June. :-/ http://www.cmdweb.com/ -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * ckaiser(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu -- The superfluous is very necessary. -- Voltaire -----------------------------

23 years, 7 months

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test-drb May 2001