test-drb July 2001

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Problems installing Solaris 2.4 on SPARCstation LX

by cryhavoc_q＠hotmail.com

Hi folks! I'm a newbie - I just subscribed. ;-) I'm having some difficulty with a SPARCstation LX I rescued from the dumpster at work. It's got SunOS 4.1.3_UI installed on it, but it expects to find a server on a network. I can boot to the "#" prompt with "boot -s" but with autoboot the machine tries to find a server called "scanlab" on the TPE. It reports le0: No Carrier... and retries ad infinity. But what I really want to do is just install a fresh copy of Solaris 2.4. I've got a CD marked "Solaris 2.4 Hardware: 11/94" but I don't know if it is really the solaris install cd. Also, when i boot from the cdrom ("boot cdrom"), the system starts loading SunOS 5.4. But I get a warning immediately after the copyright appears. "Data transfer overrun" and it prints out "current esp states:" and lists several esp states.... (whatever those are)... The LX reboots from the default boot directory. I'm sorry that I'm such a newbie. This is my very first Sun machine and I'm very excited about getting it up and running, but I know nthing about it :-( I'm open to any suggestions that you folks might give me... Here's my setup: Sun SPARCstation LX, 48MB RAM, 450MB internal hd, external 411 hd (ID 1) - not sure of the capacity but I think it's ~500MB, and a Matsushita (LaCie rebranded) CD-R at ID 6. Thanks for being patient with me! Peace, Drew _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

25 years, 1 month

It's Alive, ALIVE!

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On July 16, R. D. Davis wrote: > Out of curiosity, how many others here have Dynabyte systems or > components? I've a Dynabyte 5100 system running MP/M, lots of serial > ports, two 8" Shugart floppy drives and a 10" Micropolis (IIRC) hard > drive. *drool* I've wanted one for years...does that count? ;) -Dave McGuire

25 years, 1 month

Collecting vs. My Wife

by healyzh＠shell1.aracnet.com

> My wife has grumbled a bit about my collecting, esp. > when I use the loft in our house as a staging area. > Most of the stuff is either in the computer room or > the garage, but nothing beats being able to spread > a system out on the floor and coffee table to either > repair or build the system. Before I asked my wife to marry me, I gave her a tour of my storage units, and the computers I had at my folks (especially the ones in the garage). Plus I'm the one that came up with the rule that computers are only in the computer room in our apartment. Although at times there are computers, or computer related stuff in the entryway or hall. > I've recently decided to limit myself to VAX, PDP-11, > and Alpha systems. I'm going to be selling off my > CP/M and TRS-80 collection (except for my Cyzern > System 7000 and possibly my very rare Norcom clone). > When I mentioned this to my wife, I was extremely > surprised when she said I should keep the stuff! > > I guess that's one of the reasons I love her so > much; she supports my computing habit (she even > bought me my first Alpha). In my case I'm trimming my collection down to being primarily DEC because that's what I find myself the most interested in, and spending what time I have for the hobby on. The most shocking hobby/wife event happened about a month ago when she told me that she really wanted to go big swap meet. It wasn't just me that left with stuff either, she found about as much stuff to bring home as I did (it just weighed less). OTOH, a certain part of my interest in collecting classic computers has shifted over to collecting old video game systems and games, as that's something we can enjoy together. The scary thing with that is she's encouraging me to get a Neo Geo arcade machine! Anyone know of any cheap ones in the Portland, OR area? Zane

25 years, 1 month

QBUS Board Identification

by dittman＠dittman.net

I found some QBUS boards that I can't identify from the field guide. The numbers are: M8950 M8951 M8952 M8953 M8955 M8958 M8970 M8971 M8972 M8973 I believe some of them are parts of a tape controller, and one of the boards had an i8085 along with some ROMs. There's also a board with a bunch of ROMs that has the notation "8085 ROM BOARD". I have no idea of the origin of the boards. I found them in a cabinet while I was looking for some documentation. -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net

25 years, 1 month

QBUS Board Identification

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

I believe these are a board set from a TU78 or TA78 tape drive. -Dave McGuire On July 16, Eric Dittman wrote: > I found some QBUS boards that I can't identify from the field > guide. The numbers are: > > M8950 > M8951 > M8952 > M8953 > M8955 > M8958 > M8970 > M8971 > M8972 > M8973 > > I believe some of them are parts of a tape controller, and > one of the boards had an i8085 along with some ROMs. There's > also a board with a bunch of ROMs that has the notation "8085 > ROM BOARD". > > I have no idea of the origin of the boards. I found them in > a cabinet while I was looking for some documentation. > -- > Eric Dittman > dittman(a)dittman.net

25 years, 1 month

Light Pen for PCjr or PC?

by jfoust＠threedee.com

At 09:44 PM 7/14/01 -0700, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote: >When the computer hears from the lightpen that it sees the light, it knows >(I promised over-simplification!) where the light is at that instant, and >therefore, now knows where the lightpen is. It's all about light detection and horizontal and vertical scan timing. There were light pens for the Amiga that worked at a distance and with projection televisions, for example. The same principle is used in old console games for the "gun" that knows what you're pointing at on-screen. - John

25 years, 1 month

Test - List working?

by geoffrob＠stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au

Don't seem to have seen any traffic here for a while. Geoff in Oz

25 years, 1 month

Another Amiga question

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> For Iggy or whoever else might know... > > Ok, after about 4 years, I now have another Amiga 3000. > Cool! The only thing is, after I've popped a set of 3.1 ROMs into > it, gotten new from Sotware Hut, it's having SCSI problems. It's > giving data errors from the internal drive. I vaguely remember > having the same problem with my other 3000 but do not remember the > fix. Other than the ROMs, nothing else was changed. I plan on > putting the 2.0 ROMs back in just to recheck everything. Anyone? The first thought that comes to mind are you running with the newest revision of the SCSI chip? I've got two A3000's, one is near pristine, sitting in the box as a spare (got it from a guy locally who had taken beautiful care of it and a A2000. The other is a *major* dog, BUT, I've upgraded all the chips to the latest Rev, added a DIP to SIMM board with 16MB RAM, added a Picasso IV video board, 10Base2 Ethernet, and a Catweasel. The only thing it needs is an accelerator and a way to add more RAM :^) Downside being I've not used it in 2-3 years. However, I've had major problems with the internal HD getting corrupted. In my case thank goodness for having had a Exabyte 8500 hooked up to it. This was with 3.1 ROMS and OS. I've never run any other version on it except for the few days it took to get 3.1 from Softhut. BTW, what version of the OS are you running? I've been wanting to get the system back out of storage and buy a copy of Amiga OS V3.9 and try that out. Zane

25 years, 1 month

Osborne One -- No video.

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

Hello all, I recently acquired an Osborne One, but it seems to be having a video problem -- as in no video at all. I did the obvious - played with the brightness and contrast -- but still nothing. If I press a key on the keyboard, the floppy starts seeking, so I assume the rest of the computer is at least partially working, but I get no video output at all. I have NO docs or schematics, so it's a bit hard for me to test stuff out. The CRT make no noise at all when power is either turned off or on (no static or hum, or anything else). Also, I took the cover off, and carefully looked inside while turning the power on, and the CRT didn't light up, or have any other response. After powering down, a very careful disassembly showed no physical damage signs -- no burn spots, missing components, broken wires, etc. Any clues? This is the blue case, with the modem, and a composite video jack (female RCA jack) in the bottom right.... Rich B.

25 years, 1 month

Osborne One -- No video.

by fmc＠reanimators.org

"Rich Beaudry" <r_beaudry(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > I recently acquired an Osborne One, but it seems to be having a video > problem -- as in no video at all. I did the obvious - played with the The O1 has a card-edge out the front that carries video signals. If you were using the Osborne external monitor, it would have a cable to mate with this connector. If you are using the internal monitor, there's supposed to be a loopback connector plugged into this (covering the card-edge). Sometimes the loopback connector gets separated from the O1, though, in which case you get no video on the internal monitor. -Frank McConnell

25 years, 1 month

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