test-drb June 2001

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VME connector name?

by rigdonj＠intellistar.net

What is the name of the 3 row connector used for the sockets where VME cards plug in? Joe

23 years, 6 months

OSI schematics needed

by bills＠adrenaline.com

I've just encountered a new (well, to me anyway) revision of the SuperBoard II (OSI model 600): revision D, copyright 1980 I'm only familiar with REV B and this puppy has some significant differences. All of these guys had schematics with them when sold. If you have a C1P or SuperBoard II, could you check the revision and see if you have matching schematics. I'll pay for a copy of REV D or any revision other than B for that matter. Thanks, Bill Sudbrink

23 years, 6 months

UUCP -- uucpd (for those interested in the source code)

by fmc＠reanimators.org

Alexander Bochmann <ab(a)gxis.de> wrote: > I have the "Managing uucp..." book here, and "Using UUCP..." > at work... Unfortunately, the books seems to be neither on > one of the ORA Bookshelf CDs, nor on Safari... The sad bit is, I know I have this book, just can't remember where I left it last. > From a quick scan through the book, it seems you're right. > > But if you don't want to use uucpd, probably only a small > perl hack is enough to replace it's basic functionality > and possibly fake a suitable environment... Well, it would be easy enough to hack different authentication into uucpd too, and make the hacked uucp setuid the user you want to use for uucp. Would that be sufficient though? I think Taylor UUCP gets away with doing its own authentication and running all peer requests as the uucp user because it does not rely exclusively on Unix filesystem access controls for validaction of the peer's requests. I'm not sure how true that is of HDB UUCP. > I assume that Taylor UUCP is old-style enough... > If I had to run a non-leaf system, I would chose to install > Taylor UUCP regardless of possible lack of coolness ;) I remember that there used to be protocol/performance advantages to Taylor UUCP vs. other UUCP implementations. I don't remember the details, but they were sufficient to make the (small) trouble of building it for SunOS 4.1.1 worthwhile. Just looking at the docs, though, if I were building something to support UUCPs running on various oddball classic iron peers I might go for Taylor UUCP because it does seem to support some protocols that are specific to non-Unix UUCPs ('y' and 'v' protocols especially). -Frank McConnell

23 years, 6 months

Intergraph 2430 video output format

by hans＠Huebner.ORG

Hi, I've recently acquired an Intergraph 2430, a Workstation based on the Fairchild Clipper processor. The machine came without a monitor but with a 13W3 cable. In full confidence that my Hitachi CM803ET would be perfect for the machine, I connected the machine, but it fails to sync. I tried a couple of other fixed frequency monitors, but none of them properly synced. Does anyone have detailed information on the pinout of the 13W3 connector of Intergraph workstations, on the video parameters used or any other helpful information which could help me use this machine? Thanks, Hans -- finger hans(a)huebner.org for details

23 years, 6 months

Apple II stuff available in Sunnyvale [Fwd: Apple II]

by celt＠chisp.net

Reply to the original sender if you can help him. Mike The Tarnover Apple II Repository http://tarnover.dyndns.org -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Apple II Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 17:58:40 EDT From: BernieRS(a)aol.com To: celt(a)chisp.net Dear Rubywand-- I would like to donate all my old Apple II stuff to some worthy organization. I live in Sunnyvale, California. Perhaps you can help me locate someone closer to me. What I have includes 2 clone CPUs with numeric kepads, shift keys and function keys, 2 floppy drives, 2 monitors, Okidata printer with graphic ROMs, printer card, language card, 80-column card, modem card, Z-80 card, joy sticks, joy stick switch box, PC joysticks with adapter, many floppies of applications and games, and documentation. Thanks for your help. --Bernie

23 years, 6 months

OT - F-15C Cockpit [was Enigma [was Ebay horror]]

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

Maybe an Enigma could end up in the trash. There are amazing thing that end up in the trash by accident, Between 1977 and 1983 when I worked at McDonnell-Douglas a cruise missile case ended up at a high school shop class, they received the leftover wood crates. It was locked and nobody was sure if there was a missile inside. Of course the cases and the missiles were serial numbered. The company hadn't reported any missing and all were accounted for. Of course nobody actually visually counted them. Everybody believed it was a hoax until the school brought the case to the plant and then heads rolled. Actually only an empty case. I've heard that small military items, weapons, occasionally disappear because they are never visually counted only accounted for in the computer. Never blame a human blame it on the computer. Mike mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu

23 years, 6 months

FYI: Digital MINC-23

by wonko＠tmok.com

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 10:53:04PM +0100, Tony Duell wrote: > I have 3 of them. 2 were originally MINC-11s, the other a MINC-23 > (according to the nameplates on the front of the machines). cool. thanks for clearning that up. i obviously forgot more than i thought. ;) if i wasn't so tight on cash/space right now i would love to rescue that MINC. i never did get mine running, and i had really wanted to. oh well, i'm sure i'll do better in the future (gotta move, this place sucks, ugh) thanks for the info. -brian

23 years, 6 months

Need Compaticard II jumper and driver docs

by epgroot＠ucdavis.edu

I am trying to set up a Compaticard II Rev D as a secondary FDC, but I don't have the documentation. Anyone have a scanned copy of the manual? The Micro Solutions Web page does not have it online! The only parts I can figure out is the interrupt jumper on the card, and the drive type number on the ccdriver.sys command line. On the card why are there 2 sets of jumpers for I/O address and 2 sets of jumpers for DMA? I know that my primary FDC is at IRQ6 and DMA2. Do I have to jumper my Compaticard to both different IRQs and DMAs? Thanks for your help, Edwin

23 years, 6 months

IBM Infowindow

by optimus＠canit.se

I was strolling in some suburb this evening when I found an old PS/2 monitor abandoned in a parking lot. Only it was no monitor, but an IBM Infowindow terminal. I really liked the flattish, grey screen, but it was a bit too heavy to carry, particularly since there was no underground nearby. I did however snatch the D15->twinax cable, which was a fancy plastic construction, as opposed to the heavy-duty metal thing I've had before. It seems that every other PS/2 I get has been used as some IBM mainframe terminal. It was a sad parting, but would that terminal have done me any good? I've read that IBM terminals are not really interactive, but just glorified punched cards. The hardware interface doesn't make things easier, either. The terminal had a female DB25 as well on the back, I suppose that was for a printer and no serial async connection? -- En ligne avec Thor 2.6a. Idealismus ist die F?higkeit, die Menschen so zu sehen, wie sie sein k?nnten, wenn sie nicht so w?ren, wie sie sind. --- Curt Goetz

23 years, 6 months

AT&T 353A Adapter

by stefan＠softhome.net

Anybody interested in one or more AT&T 353A adapters ? Here is a quote from the manual : "The 353-type adapters are coaxial-to-twisted-pair baluns that eliminate the need for coaxial cable to connect IBM 3170- and 3270-type data equipment using the Type A protocol. The adapters balance the unbalanced coaxial signals from the IBM equipment so that they are compatible with the unshielded, twisted-pair wiring of the AT&T Premises Distribution System (PDS). By using the 353 adapters at the terminal and controller, you can maintain a data transmission link at a speed of 2,36 Mbps while saving the expense of coaxial cable." If anybody wants more information please let me know. Stefan. http://www.oldcomputercollection.com

23 years, 6 months

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