> I can keep my eyes out. Let me know offline what you are looking for and I'll
> beat the bushes. Older Sony monitors are much easier to find than anything
> else, of course, and weigh a ton.
I don't want to have to ship one, and now that I've got the IBM P200 sitting
next to my Viewsonic P815, I don't really have room.
> I do not know much about any other 13W3 monitors, except that SGI also has
> their own 13W3 pinout, but you can make a swabber.
I thought SGI and Sun used the same pinout.
> > Get the Ancient UNIX License, IIRC, the PUPS archive has Ultrix-32.
> > Remember though, it's a VAX, it *SHOULD* be running OpenVMS!!!
>
> What versions? I have distro kits for lots of VAX Ultrix releases in the
> 1986 - 1994 timeframe. Mostly on 16MT9, but a couple of TK50s. I'd be
OK, I just dug around to figure out what they've got up. It's odd, I could
have sworn they had stuff newer than V1.2! Geez, this is stuff I've
actually got the doc's for. I might have to setup a system running it
eventually.
32m-1.0-bin
Ultrix-32M V1.0 BIN; 1984
2 RX50 images; format unknown
32m-1.0-sw
Ultrix-32M V1.0 D-SOFTWARE; 1984
13 RX50 images; tar
32m-1.2-acct
Ultrix-32M V1.2 BIN ACCOUNTING; 1985
1 RX50 image; tar
32m-1.2-bin
Ultrix-32M V1.2 BIN; 1986
4 RX50 images; tar
looks like kernel sources only
32m-1.2-binxx
Ultrix-32M V1.2 BIN; 1986
1 RX50 image; tar
looks like field-service exercisers
32m-1.2-comm
Ultrix-32M V1.2 BIN COMMUNICATIONS; 1985
5 RX50 images; tar
32m-1.2-fort
Ultrix-32M V1.2 BIN FORTRAN; 1985
1 RX50 image; tar
32m-1.2-filt
Ultrix-32M V1.2 BIN FILTERS; 1985
1 RX50 image; tar
32m-1.2-prog
Ultrix-32M V1.2 BIN PROGRAMMER; 1985
4 RX50 images; tar
RX50 4/4 is mis-labelled EXERCISER but contains what is
pretty clearly PROGRAMMER contents (libc_p libplot libtermcap ...)
32m-1.2-pas
Ultrix-32M V1.2 BIN PASCAL; 1985
2 RX50 images; tar
32m-1.2-sccs
Ultrix-32M V1.2 BIN SCCS; 1985
2 RX50 images; tar
32m-1.2-writ
Ultrix-32M V1.2 BIN WRITERS; 1985
2 RX50 images; tar
decnet-1.1
DECNET-Ultrix V1.1 BIN; 1986
3 RX50 images; tar
Looks like they also have the following BSD stuff:
-r--r--r-- 1 pups archive 6744143 Jul 24 1997 3bsd.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 1011 archive 512 Jun 27 2000 4.2BSD
drwxr-xr-x 2 1011 archive 512 Jun 27 2000 4.3BSD
drwxr-xr-x 2 1011 archive 512 Jun 27 2000 4.3BSD-Quasijarus0
drwxr-xr-x 2 1011 archive 512 Jun 27 2000 4.3BSD-Quasijarus0a
drwxr-xr-x 2 1011 archive 512 Jun 27 2000 4.3BSD-Reno
drwxr-xr-x 2 1011 archive 512 Jun 27 2000 4.3BSD-Rev2-Foreign
drwxr-xr-x 2 1011 archive 512 Jun 27 2000 4.3BSD-Tahoe
drwxr-xr-x 2 1011 archive 512 Jun 27 2000 4.4BSD-Alpha
drwxr-xr-x 3 pups archive 512 Jun 27 2000 Misc
drwxr-xr-x 2 1011 archive 512 Jun 27 2000 Net2
-rw-r--r-- 1 1011 archive 2042 Oct 10 1999 WELCOME
drwxr-xr-x 3 1011 archive 512 Jun 27 2000 components
drwxr-xr-x 2 1011 archive 512 Jun 27 2000 odds-ends
drwxr-xr-x 3 1011 archive 512 Jun 27 2000 thirdparty
drwxr-xr-x 2 1011 archive 512 Jun 27 2000 tips
Zane
Fellow classiccmp'ers,
I have an interesting situation here. It's a 12-year old datascope, made by Atlantic Research (their 'Interview 7500'). I had it apart last night to clean the innards and replace a noisy fan, and I was struck by how beautifully made it was. Fully modularized, plasma display up front, dual floppies, and the entire case made out of that heavy resin-style plastic, sprayed on the inside with conductive coat for shielding.
And yet, in the midst of all that gorgeous engineering, there was one fly in the ointment. The unit boots and runs off an ancient Kyocera(!) 20 meg MFM hard drive, run from a dedicated controller port on one of the boards.
Now, I know darn good and well that older hard drives tend to be pretty rugged, especially the lower densities. However, I have no backups, floppy or otherwise, for the unit's OS, and I've not had any luck so far finding boot/run floppies for it. I'm fortunate in that it's still working quite well, but I'm also painfully aware that I might be running on borrowed time.
Inrange Technology bought out AR's entire line of datascopes, and I do have an inquiry going with them. However, I'm not holding my breath due to the age of the unit.
The core CPU in the unit is a Motorola 68010, so it's a pretty safe bet that the OS is not DOS-based. This means the hard drive would likely be unreadable to a PC if hitched, say, to a WD MFM board.
Any thoughts on how I can back this beastie up? Anyone done anything with this line of datascope?
Thanks much.
I've just put up two SCSI 9-track tape drives (front autoloaders) on Haggle under 'Drives.' The first one is a SCSI-SE M4 Data 9914 at:
http://www.haggle.com/cgi/getitem.cgi?id=202390084
The second is a SCSI-DIFF interface HP 88780 (Tandem 5190 badged) at:
http://www.haggle.com/cgi/getitem.cgi?id=202390090
The 9914 is known to be working, if a bit dinged cosmetically. The 88780 is unknown condition at this time, but it was pulled out of a working system. I may be able to do a basic power-on test for it in the near future.
FWIW, the M4 drive is still a current/supported product. The 88780 may or may not be.
I'm -really- reluctant to ship these because of size/weight. With either unit, you'd be looking at shipping costs of around $170 ($100 for a custom box, another $70 or so for ground shipping and insurance).
So, unless you're not local to the area and are REALLY desperate for a SCSI 9-tracker, I'd prefer local pickup. Thanks much.
I've been fascinated by micro-computer monitors
for years. Possibly because my original Atari ST
had such a convoluted 13pin
interface.
As a result I've tended to grab any monitor
that didn't have a vanilla
or plain 9pin or 15pin connector. Ditto when it comes to video cards.
So the NEC series of multi-sync and other monitors with additional
switches have been high on my collectables.
The Amiga newsgroup is always full of queries regarding which
Nec works with it (3C ?}. Similiarly each of the older platform
newsgroups have the same questions.
While I know Tony Duell and others have posted the video
requirements of different systems, it has always been a
bit of a grey area for me. For example what do the dip-switch
settings on most of the configurable cards indicate ?
Some of my monitors include a Radius full-page display,
and I have a kit which supposedly allows a Mac+ to use it.
A DEC VR201 with the retactible support pole and transporting
handle which works on my DEC Rainbow.
Tatung configurable, Tandy CM5, Several Hi-resolution configurable
monitors Compaq and TVM ,Commodore 1402, Apple Color RGB
(for A2 GS),Supermac rebadged Sony GDF1950, and Magnavoxes
and NECs.
However, I have yet to see a good FAQ regarding these monitors.
There seems to be more info on the fixed freq. and sync on green
and I have book from MS Press on IBM CGA thru VGA monitors but
little on their configuration and platform-specific features.
Possibly each mfg. issued a booklet with their monitors and the
market wasn't big enough for a book. An area to explore.
My system includes a JDH Videomate external box which is a
TV to VGA converter and my main TV when not displaying
computer-specific info. Again , a defunct company, so no info.
ciao larry
ciao larry
lgwalker(a)look.ca
walkers(a)altavista.net
bigwalk(a)xoommail.com
Got the attached in the evening's mail. If anyone on the list can help, please contact Mitch directly. Thanks!
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>Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 20:03:52 -0400
From: "mbillian" <mbillian(a)erols.com>
>To: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
>X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I)
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>Subject: Vintage Calculator Restore
>
>Bruce, was wondering if you might be able to help me restore a piece of
>obselete equipment. I recently acquired a Compucorp 140 (nixie) desktop
>calculator which works perfectly, however it's missing 3 keys: 'chg
>sign' key, 'reset' key and the key with 2 bell shaped curves on it. I
>would buy the keys or ones of the same style with different
>markings. Let me know if you could suppy them or know of a source.
>Here is a picture:
>http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7510/compucorp140.html
>
>thanks
>
>Mitch
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
I purchased an interesting system at the Timonium Hamfest last weekend. It's a
SparcStation IPX, refitted to a military case. I've put some pictures up at
<http://www.applefritter.com/temp/saic/>. It consists of the computer itself
and an expansion chassis that latches onto the bottom of the case.
Right now, I don't have the machine running. The power supply I got with it is
a LAMBDA, 24VDC, 10.5 A. I don't have a military connector, so I've been
sticking the wires onto the pins. I managed to get the system to power on.
It gives a splash screen reading "Tech-Source Inc." followed by a line I didn't
think to write down before it started having problems.
At the next spring it tells me a bit about itself:
SparcStation IPX, Keyboard Present
ROM Rev. 2.9, 64 MB memory installed, Serial #2219226
Ethernet address 8:0:20:1a:c:28, Host ID: 5721dcda
And informs be that it can't boot off the hard drive (the seller told me its
been wiped clean).
Just a few minutes ago the power supply apparently gave out. I had the machine
powered on and was copying down the above information when it seemingly powered
off and the screen started flickering on and off. I'm not at all familiar with
Sparcs, and I really don't know much about power supplies either. Does this
strike the anybody as a faulty power supply connection, or something else?
The expansion chassis needs its own power, so unless the power supply I have is
powerful enough to power both (opinions?) I'm going to need a second. I need to
get the expansion chassis up and running as it has the CD-ROM drive (along with
a second hard drive and a tape drive) in it which I need to install the
operating system.
Does anybody have any suggestions regarding getting this system running? Know
where I can find some decent power supplies that will work? Ideally with the
three-prong military connectors?
Thanks for the info.
Tom Owad
I have a dual-height QBus board from Micro Technology that I cannot identify. I suspect it's a tape/disk/both controller.
Model is MQD19. It has the following headers: 2x10-pin, 1x20-pin, 1x34-pin, 1x60-pin.
Any ideas? Thanks much.
A while ago, we tried to stuff a TZ-30, which is the SCSI version of a TK-50,
into a ?VAX 3100. Only some clumsy bastard managed to tear off the ribbon
cable, which DEC stupidly enough had mounted externally to the entire case.
The ribbon cable goes from a PCB on the back to a smaller one mounted on the
head. Whereas the cable may be slid back and forth in a connector on the back
PCB, it is "mounted" with a blob of glue on the head PCB. And that's exactly
where it's been ripped off. =(
Thus my question: Does anyone happen to know whether there are holes in the
head PCB between which one could put normal wires and bypass the ribbon cable
entirely? I've identified the holes and solder spots on the back PCB which
represent the ribbon connector, but the ones on the head PCB aren't as clearly
laid out.
--
En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.
SCSI is *NOT* magic. There are *fundamental technical
reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young goat
to your SCSI chain now and then. -- John Woods
On Jul 13, 22:07, Brian Hechinger wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 09:57:27PM -0400, linc wrote:
> > > How about on my DS5840/VAX6000? Doesn't have MFM.
> >
> > Possibly a pertek interface.
>
> good point, didn't think about that.
But a Pertec interface uses *two* 50-way connectors.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
On Thursday, 12 Jul 2001 at 18:04:08 +0200 "W.B.(Wim) Hofman" wrote:
> The uVax1000 is for real time purposes. A uVax II with a level of memory
> management removed. Ran typically VaxEln. Last year I desperately needed
> one to expand an industrial control application. We found one.
Wim is correct, and I miscopied the information from the front of the machine.
I went back to the warehouse and it actually says "rt 1000" where the "rt"
is in
a cursive-like script. Must have been too many machines in that warehouse and
not enough light. Sorry for any confusion.
I did pick up an HP 9000/C110, CPU only. Is anyone familiar with these
machines?
This box has the A4071B graphics card installed, but I don't have one of
the two
monitors HP says must be used. Will a standard PC-type VGA monitor work, or do
I really need to find an HP A4032A or A4033A?
I also picked up the DEC MicroServer (DEMSA-A) as well as a nifty little
data line monitor
called the ByteBug (model 625) made by Hard Engineering out of Huntsville,
Alabama,
in the early 1980's. Google didn't turn up anything on either the ByteBug
or Hard Engineering.
By any chance has anyone heard of them?
Cheers,
Dan
