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, 5 months

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, 5 months

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, 5 months

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, 5 months

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, 5 months

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, 5 months

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, 5 months

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, 5 months

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, 5 months

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