i had a similar problem to this
i have a PII/400 and an ATI Rage Fury Maxx
everytime i tried to use any special functions of the graphics card, my
computer froze...
Tony...
Even better idea! Yeah, I was a bit bothered by the idea of hacking this
nicely built Godbout EconoROM board. Might just try your idea, though not
THIS month! Life is too dang busy! (sigh)
Joel A. Weder
jweder(a)telusplanet.net
403-556-4020
Thanks to everybody who's replied about how to read these EPROMs. I'll
likely be contacting somebody within a couple of weeks to get it done, or I
MIGHT get crazy and buy a Data I/O 29B burner (tho I'm not feeling all that
wealthy right now!) I like Dick's idea of modifying the board for 2716's
after getting the data read out of the 2708's mind you...
It'll be interesting to see what's on these dang things. I have an idea one
program might be some kind of ham radio software, as I just found some
pencilled notes about AFSK and CW outputs to one of the ports. Sure be nice
to find BASIC!
Joel A. Weder
jweder(a)telusplanet.net
403-556-4020
Well, sometimes great things just happen when you aren't looking.
Friday night I got an email from a woman who lives 10 minutes from me. She
was moving and had a Sol-20 with a Helios II disk system and would I want
to take it?
Needless to say, I did. I'm a happy guy. Well, I was before I got it, so
maybe I should say even happier guy.
There are two problems: although she had about 8 8" floppies, only one of
them appears to be hard-sectored, which I think the helios system
was. Second, although there is a very nice persci manual, the manual
containing the technical information (programming, schematics, theory of
operation) for the two-board disk controller wasn't to be found.
So, a few pleas:
1) Does anybody have the technical docs for the P.T. disk controller for
the Helios system?
2) Does anybody have any disks images for the Helios? Any disks? Bob Stek
was kind enough to supply me with a copy of a listing of the source code
for PT-DOS, but OCR'ing and correcting over 200 pages of source code in a
very small font might be too much to take on.
3) What should I do with my one disk that might work with this system?
3a) Just try and boot off of it
3b) Try to tune up the persci disk (and maybe make it worse) then boot the
disk
3c) Find a service that specializes in recovering data from old disks
On 3a, I'm discouraged from doing this as the cabinet is full of dust and
spider carcasses. If I do a thorough job cleaning, then perhaps as long as
I'm there I should adjust things.
On 3b, has anybody done this (back in the day)? Is it for mere mortals, or
does it really require special skills to prevent making things even worse?
On 3c, does anybody know how much that costs for doing just one disk? Ten
disks? Are there any risks of the disk getting trashed?
My ultimate hope is to get PT-DOS running on Solace. I know it is a pain
to dig out old docs, but if you have them, please contact me and I'll try
to work out something with you to make it worth the effort.
(BTW, a few weeks ago I updated Solace to fix a few bugs and add a few
minor features -- it is at version 2.3 now:
http://www.thebattles.net/sol20/sol.htmlhttp://www.thebattles.net/sol20/solace/solace.html
)
Thanks.
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Jim Battle == frustum(a)pacbell.net
Previously you wrote: [Sat, 9 Jun 2001 19:11:15 -0500]
>The ISC Intecolor 8001 is missing the power cable (which is a funky
>connector I can't
>seem to locate a cord for) and the fuse holder and fuse, which I can't
>identify. You can see the power connector in the lower left and the fuse
>holder in the lower right.
>
>http://asp1.secure-shopping.com/aclifton/intecolor.back.jpg
>
>If anyone can help me locate or can provide the correct power cable, fuse
>holder
>and fuse for it (assuming it's not a standard fuse type), I would be GREATLY
>appreciative. I'm prepared to pay money for them as I'd really
>like to have this unit going in it's original condition.
>
Such the coincidence -- for the last few weeks I've been searching for this
exact power cord -- and now, just this week, I can say I am the proud owner
of one brand new, black, 12' power cable manufactured by Electri-Cord.
(...you know how it is -- you're searching for something real mundane --
thinking you'll find it in the first place you look. After multiple failed
attempts, and before you know it, you're on a mission to find what has
become anything but mundane - and more like the crown jewel of your
collection. Passionate about a power cord? ...but you don't understand -
this isn't just "any" power cord! :P)
I recently added a Computer Devices, Inc. Miniterm 1203a portable printing
terminal to my collection -- and sho 'nuff -- when it arrived -- no power
cable.
If you need one - contact me off list & I'll see if they're still available
(I believe they are.)
Eric F.
Hello from Spain. I give all of you a little list of DEC old items I'm
searching
actually:
* VT100\VT102 terminals (until FOUR) with cables.
* VT52 terminals (until FOUR) with cables.
* TU58 tape unit with cables.
* External tabletop DEC rack or support structure for 19" items.
* RX02 disquette units cabinet with two disquette units + controller +
cables
* RL01/02 disk unit (TWO) + controller + cables
* One paper tape reader/puncher
* One card reader/puncher
* One LA100 or similar terminal/printer
In CPU's chapter...
* One VAX-11 of little size, with disk and tape unit (and even better with
diskette unit(s) ).
* One PDP-8 cpu minimally operative
* One UNIBUS PDP system minimally operative.
If somebody has this items in Europe and with 220 volts power supply
unit it would be better. With spanish keyboard it would be wonderful,
but not imprescindible.
I know about shipping cost matters, but is not neccesary to locate and
ship all items at same time, etc.
You can contact in my e-mail address.
Thanks for all and best regards
----------
Sergio Pedraja
Santander
Spain
----------
mailto: spedraja(a)ono.com
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Today I drove through Pleasant Hill, Missouri, the site of one of NOAA's
weather radar units. Large radar dome on a stand, it's pretty neat to see
the radar track of a severe storm, especially when I'm within 7 miles of the
radar. I can go online on the cable modem and watch the storm real-time
>from the NOAA radar. When the neighbor's boat and dock flipped upside down
into the yard I knew the wind was howling. It's only a tornado if the house
explodes and there's not much left standing. Straight-line winds are more
common.
I tried to tour the place during an open house but the line was 1/2 mile
long.
Mike
mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu
OK, this is seriously off-topic, but I know someone around here has to
know, and I'm not sure where else to ask.
Can you put a AGP 2x or 4x card in a system that only has a plain AGP slot?
I've got a PII/333 in a 440LX system I'd like to put something like an ATI
All-in-Wonder Radeon card into.
Zane
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On Jun 10, 11:35, Owen Robertson wrote:
> I got the system as a whole. Everything came from the same person, except
> for the LA120, which I bought refurbished from a local dealer. I think
the
> communications settings have to be correct, because I get the register
> printout, and when I send an ASCII character to the LA120 through the
> programmer's console, it prints out correctly.
Assuming you have a standard DL11-E or DL11-W, you do have the settings
correct. Some third party serial cards (and some DEC multiplexers) have
software-programmable baud rate, but not the standard DL11s. It's possible
that RSX is faking the parity, but that would be easy to check by setting
the LA120 to 7E1 (or, less likely, 7bits, odd parity, one stop bit).
> I'm not sure I have all the right packs mounted, because
> A) I only have 2 of the 3 drives connected, and
> B) the labels on a lot of the packs are faded, or have come off
> completely. The RSX-11M version is 3.1. The system has 8 (I think)
> additional serial
> lines. I have lots of software manuals, but other than the processor
> handbook, I have no hardware documentation. How many RL01 packs does an
> average RSX-11M installation use?
If you have a non-bootable pack mounted it should print a message on the
console and then halt. Or maybe just halt (I can't remember for 3.1). If
you have a bootable pack, it should boot (not surprisingly!) and print
stuff on the console but it might complain about hardware being offline if
you don't have the same setup it was built for (eg missing serial lines or
missing disk packs).
A normal RSX 3.1 installation would use 2 x RL01 or 2 x RL02. Fitting a
useful system into a pair of RL01s is a bit of a squeeze, and building one
like that is a pain, which might explain why you have three drives.
> Also - do the drive numbers (0,1,2...)
> depend soley on the order they are connected in?
They don't depend at all on the order they're connected in. The depend
only on the unit select plug (the white one with the number on it) plugged
in to the front panel of the drive. Usually the system would boot from
drive 0.
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