test-drb May 2001

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273 participants
642 discussions

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On May 19, 19:24, Tony Duell wrote: > Unfortunately, I don't have a basement. Wish I did, I'd have more space > for classic computers :-)... > > > yesterday afternoon I made several hundred dollars babysitting someone's > > WinNT box, coaxing its 5-gig Travan cart tape backup unit to > > retrieve one 13K file, and that took about three hours total > > But if what I find when I leave my machine room and get into the 'real > world' is machines running Lusedoze that take 3 hours to recover one 13K > file (heck, my calculator is faster than that), then I am not sure I want > to 'get out more' :-) It could be worse. Our campus filestore has gotten so big so fast that the backup technology installed couldn't keep up. At one point, it was taking 25 hours to do one day's backup, so *recovering* anything was not an option to be undertaken lightly :-) -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 7 months

qx-10 powersupply needed

by jackknive＠bmi-computers.com

i am looking for a working powersupply (or even case portion) for a epson qx-10 if anyone has one or knows where i can get one, please mail me i'm trying to make a old man happy -adam

23 years, 7 months

8008 book identification

by jim＠jkearney.com

Forgive me if this is common knowledge, but I haven't been able to dig up any information with a search engine, probably due to my very vague search terms... Around 1974-6 I had a book that covered 8008 system design, in a kind of cookbook fashion. I'm thinking it might have been published by Ohio Scientific, but that's far from reliable. As I recall, the cover was black and it was relatively thick. I built a 8008 system using it (wire wrapped, with 256 bytes of RAM), but book and computer have both vanished since then. I'd like to find another copy for nostalgia's sake. Does anyone have any clues?

23 years, 7 months

VCF East 1.0 Web Pages Are Up -- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

by vcf＠siconic.com

The VCF East 1.0 web pages are now up: http://www.vintage.org/2001/east/ Please spread the news far and wide! *** VOLUNTEERS NEEDED *** I am seeking about 8-10 volunteers to perform various pre-event chores as well as to staff certain necessary positions at VCF East 1.0. Volunteers will be rewarded with free admission to VCF East 1.0, a free VCF t-shirt and free food and drink. Volunteers are needed to post event notices in and around the Boston/Marlborough area, spread flyers around at various functions that would attract attendees, send out messages to newsgroups, and also to perform certain duties at the VCF East. If you are interested, please e-mail me at <sellam(a)vintage.org>. Thanks! SPREAD THE WORD!!! Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org

23 years, 7 months

Looking for : SUN S-BUS ethernet card (s) -- would like to trade

by claudew＠videotron.ca

Hi I would need one or even better, two of these. See my for trade page. I have quite a bit of stuff... http://computer_collector.tripod.com/vintagecomputers/fortradeindex.html I have more. Ask. Thanks Claude http://computer_collector.tripod.com

23 years, 7 months

DEC Rainbow & LA50 and other finds...

by claudew＠videotron.ca

Well a good week for me. I found a "not to active anymore" collector who lived around here and traded a few duplicate extra systems and periphs I had... And I got: Full kit DEC Rainbow with DEC LA50 printer and all original binders, reference cards, stickers etc...I guess everything there except the original boxes... TRS80 model I with monitor in very good shape. TRS80 model 200 that looks like it was almost never used at all. I might not be keeping the DEC LA50 so trade offers welcome I guess...I have no idea of how interesting this LA50 printer is...or is not... I just have no space for printers... Claude http://computer_collector.tripod.com

23 years, 7 months

PDP-11/53

by mbg＠world.std.com

>Actually I was talking about using the 3rd party controller to boot the >system after you remove the ROMs from the /53. I'm not talking about >putting the ROMs from the 3rd party disk controller into the sockets on >the /53, which obviously wouldn't work so well. A perfect example would be the DSD-880 unit. The interface for it can be configured not to provide the boot code if the system has integral code for booting RL02 or RX02, but the interface can also be configured to provide boot code appropriate for either at the standard address. The only question is whether the KDJ11-D can get out of the way of such memory references. It obviously has to be configured such that the on-board ROM doesn't respond to any of the normal addresses for boot code (beginning at 17765000 and 17773000, if I remember correctly). I would have to check the manual to find out how to configure it to do so, if it is possible. Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | Internet (work): gentry!zk3.dec.com | | Unix Support Engineering Group | (home): mbg!world.std.com | | Compaq Computer Corporation | addresses need '@' in place of '!' | | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (603) 884 1055 | required." - mbg KB1FCA | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

23 years, 7 months

WARNING. You sent a potential virus or unauthorised code

by support＠star.co.uk

The MessageLabs Virus Control Centre discovered a possible virus or unauthorised code (such as a joke program or trojan) in an email sent by you. Please read this whole email carefully. It explains what has happened to your email, which suspected virus has been caught, and what to do if you need help. ------------------------------------------------------------ Some details about the infected message ------------------------------------------------------------ To help identify the email: The message sender was owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org nellielide(a)starpower.net classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org (if this is not your email address, the message sender possibly belongs to a mailing list to which you both subscribe.) The message was titled 'Re: HP 1631D logic analyzer help' The message date was Fri, 18 May 2001 22:26:27 -0400 The message identifier was <000701c0e00b$223f26c0$10152c42@nqezxeod> The message recipients were Lee.Davison(a)merlincommunications.com To help identify the virus: Scanner 1 (F-Secure) reported the following: F-Secure Anti-Virus for i386-linux Release 4.08 build 2260 sign.def version 2001-05-17 fsmacro.def version 2001-05-16 sign2.def version 2001-05-17 669139_2MH_message.htm infection: JS/Kak.A@m 1 files scanned 1 infections found The message was diverted into the virus holding pen on mail server server-3.tower-17.messagelabs.com (id 669139_990239910) and will be held for 30 days before being destroyed. ------------------------------------------------------------ What should you do now? ------------------------------------------------------------ If you sent the email from a corporate network, you should first contact your local Helpdesk or System Administrator for advice. They will be able to help you disinfect your workstation. If you sent the email from a personal or home account, you will need to disinfect your computer yourself. To do this you will need an anti-virus program. We suggest using one of the leading industry anti-virus packages such as McAfee, F-Secure or Cybersoft, which cost £15-£30 per copy. ------------------------------------------------------------ Getting more help ------------------------------------------------------------ If you believe this message to be a false alarm or you require further assistance, you can email Star Internet Support at:- support(a)star.net.uk or contact Star Helpdesk by telephone on:- +44 (0) 1285 884433 Please quote the following Virus Pen ID when contacting Support. <<< mail server server-3.tower-17.messagelabs.com (id 669139_990239910) >>> If replying by email, please forward this entire email. _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp

23 years, 7 months

P/OS Installation Problem

by dittman＠dittman.net

When I try to install PRODCL from the DECUS distribution I get the error: An RMS error occurred at point 0. The sts,stv values are -384. , 0. Does anyone know what this error is, and what the problem is with the installation? -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net

23 years, 7 months

PDP-11/53

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On May 18, 16:06, healyzh(a)aracnet.com wrote: > Actually I was talking about using the 3rd party controller to boot the > system after you remove the ROMs from the /53. I'm not talking about > putting the ROMs from the 3rd party disk controller into the sockets on the > /53, which obviously wouldn't work so well. I wondered about that -- but it won't necessarily initialise everything correctly. Emulex boot ROMs won't always set up all the registers in a J11, or initialise large amounts of parity or ECC RAM, for example. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 7 months

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test-drb May 2001