test-drb July 2001

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by jfoust＠threedee.com

Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 16:28:53 -0500 To: Greenkeys(a)qth.net From: Bill Henry <ghenry(a)halcomm.com> Subject: [GreenKeys] PDP-11 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-greenkeys(a)qth.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Bill Henry <ghenry(a)halcomm.com> Status: Anyone have the hots for a PDP-11/30 - circa 1980? It's sitting here in Urbana, IL. Worked last time we used it - maybe 10 years ago. Includes CRT terminal, 3 hard disk drives (the BIG drives) 2 floppy drives (also BIG), 3/4 height DEC rack (about 4 1/2 ft.). RSX-11 Operating System, Runoff Word Processor, VERY early Basic. Call me if you're serious. The price is right - and no charge for the dust. Bill Henry HAL Communications Corp. 367-7373 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- George W. (Bill) Henry Internet: ghenry(a)halcomm.com President WWW: halcomm.com HAL Communications Corp. Phone: 217-367-7373 1201 W. Kenyon Rd. FAX: 217-367-1701 Urbana, Illinois 61801 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Submissions: greenkeys(a)qth.net

23 years

Sparc at home

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> will an ultra 2 mainboard fit in an ultra 1 chassis? Not a chance, the Ultra 2 is quite a bit larger than an Ultra 1, plus the Ultra 1 is a non-changable single cpu system while the Ultra 2 can have one or two CPUs and they are changeable. Zane

23 years

OT Celebration (Not intended to be offensive, possible humor)

by msell＠ontimesupport.com

Joe, You seem to be wrong on both counts (don't take personal offense to that...). Check this out: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,28855,00.html You don't actually believe that you would be informed that your state government was going to be watching did you? I didn't know that my state government (Texas) was watching license plates at the borders. I make trips to Louisiana quite frequently to visit family. Gives me the shivers..... - Matt >> I'm thinking of those cameras attached to computers which are >>being used in Florida to identify and track people, based on their >>facial features, walking on the streets and sidewalks, in an attempt >>to "catch criminals." > > WHAT??? where did you hear that? I live in Florida and I've never > heard it. > > > You'd guess wrong too! We have very few cameras here. The ones > that we have are mainly located in banks, ATMs, convience stores and the > like. We have very few cameras in public areas. > > Joe "One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler Many thanks for this tagline to a fellow RGVAC'er...

23 years

Sparc at home

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On July 13, Eric Dittman wrote: > > On July 13, Eric Dittman wrote: > > > > DECserver 700, DSRVW-CA.AC1. > > > > > > I'm not sure if the -CA has FLASH capabilities. I know the -ZC > > > does for sure. If the -CA does have FLASH capabilities, do you > > > have a FLASH memory card for it? > > > > Nope. I haven't cracked it open. I was just going to netboot it. > > Then you'll want to make sure the system you boot it from doesn't > have its console on the terminal server. I like having a FLASH- > capable terminal server so I don't have to rely on any of the > systems being up and functioning to get the terminal server going. Yes, I will have to be careful with that. At this point I'm kinda limited by what I have on-hand. -Dave McGuire

23 years

Sparc at home

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On July 13, Eric Dittman wrote: > > DECserver 700, DSRVW-CA.AC1. > > I'm not sure if the -CA has FLASH capabilities. I know the -ZC > does for sure. If the -CA does have FLASH capabilities, do you > have a FLASH memory card for it? Nope. I haven't cracked it open. I was just going to netboot it. -Dave McGuire

23 years

Apple II wooden case

by paul＠orchard.wccnet.org

The wooden case is a protective shell around the Apple II. It was probably marketed for schools, especially for the teacher's computer. I bet there is a way to lock the shell down with either a bolt or a cable. The computer itself is either an Apple II or Apple II+. Paul R. Santa-Maria Monroe, Michigan USA

23 years

Sparc at home

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On July 13, Tom Uban wrote: > I run a sparc IPX with NetBSD as my firewall. I use the serial console > so that I don't have to have a big non-multisync monitor and/or extra > keyboard/mouse pair sitting on my desk. The box is plenty fast enough > for a firewall and it sits there running quitely month after month, quite > happy. It is on a UPS:-) Ahh, sanity! Bravo! The idea that "every computer must have a bitmapped display, a keyboard, and a mouse" that the PeeCee world has infected us with is utterly ridiculous. -Dave McGuire

23 years

Sparc at home

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On July 13, Eric Dittman wrote: > > I have a 700-16 here that I plan to put into service soon. Looks like > > a damn nice box. > > What is the model number? DECserver 700, DSRVW-CA.AC1. -Dave McGuire

23 years

More DEC doc scans up

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

Bill Bradford wrote: > I've put the handbooks off for a while until I can decide on > how I want to do them. Until then, MACRO-11, BATCH-11, and > RSTS-11 brochures: > > http://www.decdocs.org/docs >if anybody else has more stuff like this, please let me know. At the very least the following sites have (or will have) DEC & DEC-related docs (no order implied): http://montagar.com/~patj/hcps.htm http://www.pdp8.net/query_docs/query_all.html http://www.vt100.net/ http://www.spies.com/~aek/pdf/dec/ http://www.mainecoon.com/classiccmp/ http://www.36bit.org/dec/ I can remember yours (rather than having to hunt through bookmarks) so a few more links on there would be a quick and easy useful addition IMHO! Antonio arcarlini(a)iee.org

23 years

Problems installing Solaris 2.4 on SPARCstation LX

by cryhavoc_q＠hotmail.com

Thanks for the info everyone! Yeah, I understand that Solaris 2.5.1 is probably better, but I can only get my hands on 2.4 or 8. And I want to install OpenStep 1.0 (for sentimental reasons) on top of Solaris. I understand that OpenStep for Solaris doesn't work with anything newer than 2.5... Also, I've got a ton of 72 pin SIMMs sitting around (well over 128MB worth) pulled from 68k and PPC 601 Macintoshes... So I'm not concerned about the memory. I dunno if they are parity or not, though. Macs don't care... Any way I can tell by looking at the SIMMs? Nah, I'm not looking for a speed deamon here. I know I won't be setting any records or anything. I just want a chance to get an older box up and running so when I'm at school I can proudly say: "Look at this! I got an LX >from a dumpster, put Solaris 2.4 and OpenStep 1 on it, and now I'm running OmniWeb 2.5!" *grin* Well... first I'd like to get it running... ;-) In the meantime, I'll be looking for an older CD-ROM drive that will do 512 byte blocks. It seems people here are correct - the Matshita CD-R i have probably is the problem. I just succesfully started a Solaris 2.4 installation on an LX here at work for a co-worker... He's not sticking with Solaris though, he'll be moving to a Mandrake Linux distro. Question about the audio: It's 44kHz 16bit stereo, right? Any chance I can play MP3s? :-D heh.... 50MHz is a bit slow for 128kbps audio I imagine. But it's worth a try just for the heck of it, right? Peace, Drew P.S. I'm sure I'll have more difficulties ;-) I'll write again once I locate a CD-ROM which can do 512byte blocks ----Original Message Follows---- From: Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks(a)yahoo.com> Reply-To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Problems installing Solaris 2.4 on SPARCstation LX Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 07:42:31 -0700 (PDT) [snip] > Ugh. > Solaris 2.4 was no bargain... I wouldn't use anything less than 2.5. > I'd probably try 2.6. On IPX's and Sparc2's I'd prefer the SunOS > 4.1.3_U1. Agreed. For a flood of reasons, I'd consider 2.5.1 to be the baseline for experimenting with old Solaris unless you are aiming for something historical. [snip] You can also stuff a pair of 32Mb 72-pin parity SIMMs in the first bank (it's all done in pairs), giving you a maximum of 128Mb on a Classic or LX. Mine has 2 x 32Mb + 2 x 16Mb + 2 x 4Mb for a total of 108Mb. That and a couple of 9Mb SCSI-narrow drives and it hums along nicely under Solaris 7. It will never set any speed records, to be sure. It's about the same level of responsiveness as a SPARC2 or IPX even though it's a 50Mhz MicroSparcII chip (QFP soldered, no upgrade possible, unlike the SPARC2 and IPX), but the big benefit is that it is sun4m and has a longer useful life if you don't need to wring any speed out of it. [snip] -ethan _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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test-drb July 2001