test-drb August 2001

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by cmurillo＠emtelsa.multi.net.co

Gang: I asked a question regarding what I thought was a software problem in Usenet; now it seems that this might actually be an odd hardware problem in the framebuffer or monitor that I am using with my HP735. I think that I might actually get better advice on this list. I am including the posts below; they appear in reverse chronological order; please start reading at the bottom. carlos. From: cem14(a)cornell.edu (Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez) Subject: Re: Some fonts fuzzy/blurry in 10.20 CDE apps Date: Wed, 29 Aug 01 11:51:53 GMT Organization: Cornell University Electrical Engineering Oh-oh. You are right, I have just looked at the image in another system and it looks fine. Now, this is _very_ hard to understand: why would some fonts (even some with very small/narrow features) be displayed fine by the CRX24Z and others not? Since thist now seems to a hardware problem, I have cross-posted to comp.sys.hp.hardware. One more clue: when an improperly displayed font is against a light background and you proceed to highlight it such that it becomes white font over black background, it looks fine! But if the highlighting is white over some lighter background (such as yellow in Netscape) the problem remains. In article <3B8C5279.DD0D1B79(a)hp.com>, Chuck Slivkoff <charles_slivkoff(a)hp.com> wrote: >Carlos, > >I looked at both your screen captures and I don't see anything >that looks bad. The font used in the buttons across the top of the >docs site have been smoothed (anti-aliased), but those are bitmap >images which will look the same on any display. I don't see any >problems at all with the other. Perhaps you can edit the images >and circle some examples of which fonts are causing you the problem. > >Can you take a look at your captures from another system? Do they >look the same? If not, I suspect that you may have a hardware >problem, most likely with the graphics adapter. > >-chuck > >Carlos Murillo wrote: >> >> I am having a problem with some of the fonts displayed by >> X apps; they appear washed out, with some of the normally >> dark pixels appearing in white. Hardware: 735/99, CRX24Z; HPUX 10.20 . >> I have changed most settings accessible via SAM on the X server, >> as well as the font sizes in the CDE settings. Nothing happens. >> Note that not all fonts are rendered improperly; just some of them. >> >> I have posted sample screen captures at >> >> http://jimulco.autonoma.edu.co/~carlos/hpux/capture1.tif (60k) >> >> http://jimulco.autonoma.edu.co/~carlos/hpux/capture2.tif (26k) >> >> I have also searched the HP IT Resource Center, but I did not >> find anything relevant. >> >> Does anybody know how to correct this? My eyes are hurting... >> >> carlos. -------------------------------------------------------------- Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo(a)nospammers.ieee.org

23 years, 4 months

california digital

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> IIRC, those things ( the TTY model 40's) WEIGH a TON! I had something like > that, including the printer, and I think the only part I could lift by myself > was the modem, which was a Bell 202. Not to be negative, but ... $49 might be > OK, but freight will be quite a bit more. In that case since the page says they were made for the US Navy they're probably TEMPEST. In looking at them my concern was, what would support them? Zane

23 years, 4 months

Heurikon (was: RE: Solbourne VME Boards)

by ken＠seefried.com

From: "McFadden, Mike" <mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu> > There used to be a www.heurikon.com page. They are at http://www.artesyncp.com/. They've changed "corporate focus", so support for things like my V532 (NS32532) and Nitro260 (MC68060) are not a priority, although their support folks have really done all they can to help me out. Nice people. Ken

23 years, 4 months

S-100 Power Supplies: thanks!

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

Rich, If you need a S100 PS I have one free for picking up. That transformer is far to heavy to ship. FYI this one has the regulators for 8" drives. Allison -----Original Message----- From: Rich Beaudry <r_beaudry(a)hotmail.com> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Date: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 10:06 AM Subject: S-100 Power Supplies: thanks! >Hello all, > >Thanks to all those who replied to my message regarding S-100 power >supplies, and thanks especially to Dick Erlacher, who offered to sell me >some cheap. I got a private email reply from someone offering the same >thing, and I took him up on it first. So to Dick, I'll pass but thanks >anyway... > >The main problem in all of this was not ever the design. As Allison pointed >out, an unregulated supply is dead simple to design. Even looking at some >commercially designed/built S-100 supplies, you can see it's not rocket >science. The problem nowadays is finding one part -- the transformer. Most >all computers are +5V, +/-12V now, and of course transformer manufacturers >gear towards those. Even some of the surplus places I've gone to on the web >only have "common" voltages (+5V, +/- 12V, +24V, etc). That's why I wanted >to see if there was an SMPS that would do the trick. After looking at SMPS >prices, however, I've decided no to go that route. I'm sure they're >bullet-proof, and would function admirably, but I'm not going to plunk down >$200+ for one :-) (remember, we're talking high current here, not just the >little 1A switcher). > >Anyway, thanks to all ... > >Rich B. >

23 years, 4 months

Plessey "PDP-11"

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

I've acquired a Plessey PDP-11 clone, which has a KDJ11-AC and a bunch of Plessey boards (no other original DEC parts). I was interested in it because it has a full install of RT11 V4.00 and TSX-11, and it has a SCSI (or maybe just SASI) card in it. However, it has no documentation :-( It also has no floppy, just a winchester and an ancient QIC tape drive. Has anyone got any information on the Plessey cards in this machine? Here's the layout: [ DEC KDJ11-AC ] [.....empty.....] [.....empty.....] [ 705919-001 "MIN 1360" 1MB RAM ] [.....empty.....] [ 703755-600E ] [ 703330-100L ] [.....empty.....] [ 703330-100L ] [ 703330-100B ] [.....empty.....] [ 703330-100C ] [.....empty.....] [.....empty.....] [.....empty.....] [.....empty.....] [.....empty.....] [.....empty.....] [.....empty.....] [.....empty.....] [.....empty.....] [.....empty.....] [.....empty.....] [ 705200-300E ] [ 703365-100J ] [.....empty.....] 705919-001 is 1MB DRAM. The board is 1/4 populated, with 36 DRAMs. 703755-600 is a tape controller. It's connected by a 50-way ribbon cable to an Archive Corporation Cartridge Tape Drive, Model 9020L-2. QIC02? QIC36? 703330-100 is a DLV11-J lookalike. Links and switch settings unknown! I could probably work out the address and vector switch settings without too much trouble, since I have four of them set for consecutive addresses, but I don't know about the rest. 705200-300 is a SCSI (SASI?) disk controller. It appears to emulate an RLV21 with 4 x RL02, and has a Wren-2 43MB drive on it. It has a couple of PROMs, one labeled "UK5" and the other "335-100A". 703365-100 has a serial line for the console terminal, connections to the front panel switches, terminators, a bootstrap (?) made up of 4 x TBP28L22 PROMs, three 8-pole DIL switches and several wire-wrap posts. Any info/docs welcome, as would be formatting software (or instructions, if it's built in) for the disk controller... -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 4 months

Altair documentation

by mranalog＠home.com

Hi, Does anyone know how to contact Steve Shepard in Albuquerque? Has anyone talked to him lately or know if he still sell copies of Altair manuals? It's been a couple of years since I talked to him and I don't think I ever did have his email address. Regards, --Doug ========================================= Doug Coward @ home in Poulsbo, WA Analog Computer Online Museum and History Center http://www.best.com/~dcoward/analog =========================================

23 years, 4 months

Corvus OmniNet Protocol???

by aek＠spies.com

The basic transporter was a Motorola synchronous serial interface chip, a 68xx microcontroller, and a Corvus ASIC. NEC built an integrated device for them later. The service manuals for some of the early peripheral controllers described it in detail, unfortunately the only person that still has that information is Eric Lander, and I have no good contact info for him any more. The Macintosh version of the Constellation software just used the SCC I assume in HDLC mode.

23 years, 4 months

Solbourne VME Boards

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

Several types of Heurikon boards are listed in the VME bus FAQ. About 1988 we used to build Heurikon based Unix systems for medical image processing. We used the Multibus variety not VME. 400MB Fujitsu eagles 800/1600 bpi Kennedy tape drives 40MB QIC tape drives Hyperchannel Network RAMTEK color monitor 512X512 Megascan BW Monitor 2500 X 2000 Later we added 12" LMSI WORM drives Each image was 10MB and I put 4 per tape. There used to be a www.heurikon.com page. Mike mmcfadden@com

23 years, 4 months

Opening a Z-19: Thanks!

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

Hello all, Thanks to those who answered my inquiry on opening a Z-19. You were spot on, and the case opened quite easily! There were no physical signs of damage, so I replaced the cut-off power cord, and fired it up. Unfortunately, the same problem as my Osborne I -- no CRT glow from the neck, and nothing on the screen. Twiddling the brightness did nothing. Oh well, one more thing to fix. I did pull it from a dumpster, so what can I expect, right? :-) I'm not going to ask for docs or information at this time, as I have two other major projects to dive into (the Northstar and the Osborne). When those are done, I will revisit the Z-19. Thanks again to all who helped me "crack the case" :-) hahahahhaha Rich B.

23 years, 4 months

Are office people really that, umm shall we say...slow?

by Gary.Messick＠itt.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk [mailto:ard@p850ug1.demon.co.uk] > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 7:48 PM > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Are office people really that, umm shall we say...slow? > <snip> > > The most amusing (after the event) version of that was the idiot who > connected the BNC on the back of a VT220 to a thinwire > ethernet network. > No, it didn't do any lasting damage, but needless to say the > network went > down... > > [for the uninitiated, the BNC socket on a VT220 is a composite video > output...] > <snip> We had a secretary do that once on an early Novel network, didn't bring it down, just made it VERY SLOW. (The only thing we could figure was that it allowed data during the re-trace(?). Gary

23 years, 4 months

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