test-drb June 2001

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by univac2＠earthlink.net

I have pretty much no experience with DEC systems, or at least PDP-11s anyway. I have an 11/34 with three RL01 drives (only two are connected). The system works fine, I get the register printout on the console LA120, and I can examine, deposite, etc. When I put the RSX-11M pack in the RL01 drive, and ready it, I don't get any fault ligtht or anything. When I get everything set up, I tell the system to boot from drive 0. The light on the drive flashes rapidly, and I can hear it spinning. Then I get a lot of line feeds on the console, along with a few seemingly random characters, usually lower case Rs, Ss, and Ms. So, if anyone can tell me what I am doing wrong, or what I need to be doing, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks, Owen

23 years, 1 month

QBus spec manual scans

by rcini＠optonline.net

Someone contacted me about scans of the QBus hardware manual scans. Before I dig the book out of storage and begin scanning it, I thought that I'd ask and see if someone else has scanned it already. If someone does, can you send me a pointer to it. Thanks. Rich Rich Cini Collector of classic computers Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ /************************************************************/

23 years, 1 month

Talking 'bout shakin & quakin

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

Actually all of the planning I have seen in Missouri about a major earthquake around New Madrid fault or St. Louis results in major casualties being sent all the way to Indianapolis. There are very few burn patient beds available nationwide. I felt a weak earthquake in St. Louis in about 1978. I though my alarm went off early or it could have been the F-104's on afterburner. I don't know why everybody gets crazy, the last tornado alert I took a bottle of wine down to the basement and played some pool. If it hits that's the breaks. Mike mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu

23 years, 1 month

Intecolor Updated Request

by jeff.kaneko＠juno.com

The power connector takes what we used to call an 'adding machine' linecord. These things surface at thrifts. I haven't seen one in awhile; but then again I haven't looked, either. I could probably locate one if no one else has it . . . The fuseholder I'm not sure; kinda hard to tell from the pix-- but it looks to me like the sort that used standard 'buss' glass fuses. . . . Jeff On Sat, 9 Jun 2001 19:11:15 -0500 "Anthony Clifton - Retrocomputing.com" <vaxcat(a)retrocomputing.com> writes: > > [Message sent to classiccmp and carbon-copied to Carl Friend.] > > Hmmmm... > > 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. > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

23 years, 1 month

Usenet

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On June 6, Jeff Hellige wrote: > Geez....Microsoft created over 300 new newsgroups in the last day.... As if it's not bad enough that those idiots have set our industry back about fifteen years. NOW they're wasting bandwidth on top of it! -Dave McGuire

23 years, 1 month

IBM 5150 key board

by Cliffatpms＠aol.com

I got your address from witchy(a)vorbis.demon.co.uk (Adrian Graham) who thinks you can help me out. I need to buy an IBM 5150 keyboard for an exhibition. AG thinks you can help. I need it in 10 days in the UK. Regards, Cliff

23 years, 1 month

FS: Trakker 350 tape drive

by rhblake＠bigfoot.com

Have a Colorado (HP) Trakker 350 tape drive that's excess I need to sell as I've recently had to go to 3 gb tape due to expansion. If you have a broken Trakker drive or need to upgrade your present 250 to an increased size drive this works as a great replacement. Just the external drive, no power supply or cables though. $5.00 plus applicable USPS shipping cost - weighs about 4 lbs. Email me direct at rhblake(a)bigfoot.com if interested

23 years, 1 month

Subject: Lilith schematics anyone ?

by ken＠seefried.com

> From: "jos.mar" <jos.mar(a)bluewin.ch> > Subject: Lilith schematics anyone ? > > I just took possession of a Lilith workstation, including two diskpacks > and some spare boards..... Now *that* is a real prize! I'm very envious. I would suggest you contact Dr. Wirth (wirth(a)inf.ethz.ch) directly and as him about this. Since he designed them, I assume he could help you. Ken Seefried, CISSP

23 years, 1 month

Proteon P4200 and Suminet 3500H/FDDI

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jun 9, 10:13, Brian Hechinger wrote: > On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 09:50:58AM +0000, Pete Turnbull wrote: > it's got DAS FDDI on the system board, a Dual AUI ethernet card and a > token-ring card. each card has a set of status lights (couple leds in a row > numbered starting from 0) and the DB-25 on the system board. Well, you've obviously worked out what the ports are, and I doubt I can add anything to that. > > for the serial port, I'd expect it is indeed a console line, and you've > > just got the wrong baud rate. Or it's Japanese! > > well, hmmmmm. i've tried a handful of rates/settings and haven't come up with > much, tried straight through and roll-over, nothing works for me. if it's in > japanese i have no idea what to expect output to look like on a non japanese > terminal (if i added japanese support to solaris would tip be able to take > advantage of that??) i can plug the thing in and show you the garbage i get > at 9600 8n1 if you'd like. No, sounds like you've started where I would have. I'd have guessed most likely speed as 9600, 19200, and 1200. If you get garbage, you probably have the Rx/Tx round the right way, and I expect you've tried the comon speeds. I doubt if tip has Japanese support and it probably wouldn't help anyway. I wonder if it's worth snooping on either of the Ethernet ports? I wonder if it tries to bootp when it starts up? That might provide a way in. > On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 09:50:58AM +0000, Pete Turnbull wrote: > > I still haven't quite got my own FDDI up and running, partly due to a > > faulty SAS card in one of my SGIs. If anyone has any surplus FDDI boards > > for SGI kit, especially GIO DAS, or any surplus *small* bridges or routers, > > I'd be interested to hear from you... > > nope, don't have any of that, sorry. finally got my FDDI ring into a sane > state. DAS backbone ring with all the network equipment hanging off of that. > all the sun boxes (that can support it anyway) have SAS FDDI cards and hook > into a 3Com FDDI Hub. Sounds pretty cool. All I have is a Netbuilder with a DAS card set (and some AUIs and 10baseFL), and two SAS cards for my Indys. Hard to build a proper ring with SAS :-( > -brian (who has too many machine, most of them LARGE) Pete has, too :-) -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 1 month

Subject: Re: Storage of computer and parts in the residential are a

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> What we really need is a lending library and a central repository for > classic computer equipment. The obvious solution is to go underground. [..snip..] > How about decommissioned missile silo? A recent episode of 60 Minutes or one of its clones howed a guy out west (relative to Indiana) who's bought a silo and is living in it. Only in America... -dq

23 years, 1 month

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test-drb June 2001