Does anyone know the part number for the KDA50 distribution
panel that mounts on the S-box (the one that is a two-wide
or three-wide cover plate) with the four SDI sockets? Does
anyone have a spare they'd sell? I lucked into a set of
four RA73 drives in the cage with the cable.
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
I saw an odd-looking Storageworks shelf on eBay. The
opening bid was $19.95, so I figured why not give it
a try and see. The auction closed without any other
bids, so I got the box. After it arrived I took it
apart to see what I could find. It turns out this is
an engineering evaluation shelf for the the next
generation Storageworks product. The design was
cancelled when Compaq bought Digital and they went
with a completely new design (the "universal" shelf).
This shelf is a copper FC storage cabinet with room
for eight FC drives. There's a controller unit and
two 8x4 FC switches. I'm now in the process of getting
an FC controller. This should be interesting.
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
Before I start, I suspect that I will catch some flak from some
list members over this. If that be the case, then so be it.
With that said, an earlier haul consisted of 115 NeXT machines, all
mono, with roughly 90 slabs and the rest cubes. Also included some
80 monitors, and about a dozen laser printers. And that of course
included keyboards, mice, cables, and boxes of other flotsam.
These were literally days away from being put in the dumpster, so it
was a big task just to rescue them before that happened. Then it took
weeks just to get a decent inventory. From that I realized it would
take months to test eveything. That made me realize that I am a
hobbyist and have no desire to become a NeXT dealer.
With the exception of a couple machines and some other stuff, I sent
the inventory list to Rob at Blackhole. The machines are now in his
capable hands.
Back on 7/9 and under the title "Attention NeXT Owners", I asked if
there were any list members in need of specific items to 'complete'
their machines. I held back enough to probably fill most of those
requests. After I have tested those items to make sure they work,
I will contact those who responded then. After that, I will make
available to the list anything that might still be available.
So under the heading "Recent addition", I can now say that I
have two complete working mono turbo slabs. Needless to say I
maxed them out with the largest hard drives and the most memory
I could find. It was not until I finished with the two machines
did I realize somthing. So I will ask:
Q: What is the the NeXT best thing to having a NeXT machine?
A: Having two NEXT machines & WITH consecutive serial numbers.
As I said, there are probably those that will give me some flak
for 'selling out'. The machines had to be rescued, but I had
no desire to test, pack, and ship that many machines. If you
want to give me hell, go ahead. I use to say that I considered
the day a total loss unless I caught hell from someone. The
line "Make My Day" comes to mind at this point.
On a good note. During my last phone call with Rob, he indicated
he was contemplating a mono slab special. He mentioned the price
of $99.
All of this was in a 10x20 rental storage locker. Although the
NeXT is gone (and I forgot to take pictures), there is still some
other machines there. I will probably post a list of that and
some other stuff shortly. Most of it will be free for the taking.
Mike
Well, I've done it again.
This time, I went all ~1400 miles to San Diego. I've been saving my money
for this one, and it paid off nicely. I picked up:
* PDP-11/20 -- According to the owner, this one worked last time it was
booted (no idea when that was), and I should expect the monitor to still
be loaded in the core.
* PDP-11/20 -- Not known to be in working condition. Missing a few
switches up front and maybe a few boards inside. Basicaly, a spares
machine. The faceplate is the older one that just says "PDP11" instead of
"PDP11/20", and I'll probably transplant it to the working machine for
that reason.
* PDP-11/05 chassis -- In great condition, but with no boards. Anybody
have a set up for trade?
* TU56 -- Looks to be in great condition.
* TC11 -- Looks to be in great condition.
* DECtapes -- About 100 of them. I think there's an operating system and
a fortran compiler in there somewhere.
* A few printsets.
I'd like to find a couple of RK05 drives, maybe a PCxx paper tape
reader/punch, and their controllers to round out this system. Anybody
have any of these up for trade?
Considering that all this was free to a good home and that it fit in the
back of the Suburban I borrowed from my parents, this has turned out to
the be least expensive haul this summer. All in all, I'd say that this
summer has been very successful.
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)ou.edu
On Jul 17, 20:47, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> Um, I hope you got RAM with those systems. If not unless they're 5/110's
or
> 5/170's you're probably better off sticking them on eBay and putting the
> money towards a Sparc 10 or 20. Simply put Sparc 5 RAM costs and arm and
a
> leg unless you get lucky! Only RAM I've found that's worse is
> AlphaStation 500/333 RAM (I've got both a Sparc 5/70, and a AS500/333).
What's special about the RAM for a Sparcstation 5 ?
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Jeffrey S. Sharp WROTE:
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> > In some ways he should be paying you to remove the RA81's!
>
> They're *that* common?
Ticking time bomb. Someone decided to use
a(n allegedly) cheaper glue even though the
spec more or less said "do not substitute".
The result was that a fair number of RA81s
failed early in service.
They have a bad reputation.
Antonio
I found this on a web page from 1996.
http://www.3dsite.com/3dsite/cgi/publications/daily-spectrum/issue226.html#M
ountainGate
MountainGate will manufacture, market and distribute the RCI line of Video
Disk Recorders (VDR) and Real-time Disk Recorders (RDR) which provide
large-capacity uncompressed storage solutions.
Looks like MountainGate RDR is a real time video recorder.
Mike
mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu
Or you can sign up for DSL service, wait 5 months to get the line brought
into your house, during which time you have to be home for half a dozen
service calls, then the Telco will run the test and tell you that you are
too far away. That was my experience with Telocity and Ameritech in Chicago.
:(
-----Original Message-----
From: McFadden, Mike [mailto:mmcfadden@cmh.edu]
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 3:53 PM
To: 'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org'
Subject: RE: Plato terminal
I think you call up the telco and ask them the question and then they run
some test and report back to you.
>How do you find out the exact number of feet you're out from the CO?
>
>Peace.. Sridhar
Mike
mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu
This virus is about 30KB of _assembler_ code:
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/magistr.shtml
-----Original Message-----
From: Glenatacme(a)aol.com [mailto:Glenatacme@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 10:36 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: OT: Virii
OT, yes (maybe some virii are >10 years old??) but related to programming in
general. Plus, if no one on this list knows the answer, then there probably
*isn't* an answer ;>)
I received a virus in an e-mail attachment a few minutes ago. The sender is
a wholesale supplier I'm acquainted with. NAV spotted the
"W32.Magistr.corrupt" virus, could not repair the infected item, and asked
for permission to delete the item, which I granted.
I looked this virus up in the list of 50K+ virii that NAV currently claims
to
cover. No information was available, except that this virus is rare, it
infects .exe files, and it is zero bytes in length.
Now, I've cranked out a couple of boatloads of code over the last 19 years,
and the smallest useful program I ever wrote was 3 bytes in length. It's
easy enough to create a zero byte file, but as far as I can tell such a file
can't *do* anything.
How can I write a zero-byte program? How does NAV identify this virus if
it's zero bytes in length? What real threat to my PC is an
e-mail-propagated
virus of length zero?
WTF???
TIA,
Glen
0/0
>Charles E. Fox wrote:
> I would very much like to get a copy of the Osborne
> 1 manual. I
> have been searching the web, but haven't located anything so
> far. If you
> want to scan yours and post it, you would be doing a great service.
Scanning is no problem - I can scan the
user guide (or whatever the correct title
is), always assuming the sheet feeder
does not eat the bog roll it seems
to be printed on :-)
I doubt I could post more than a CD
since previous experience leads me
to believe that the FS manual will
end up in the region of 50-100MB
and the UG could easily top 200MB.
I'll leave it up to some genereous
hoster to make them generally available
(and possibly split them up for
those with narrow straws between them
and the net).
I have other commitments that mean this
probably won't happen until mid-August.
Give or take six months :-)
Antonio
arcarlini(a)iee.org
