test-drb August 2001

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by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

> Alex White wrote: > >I am wondering what the power requirements of a fairly standard uVAX-II in a >BA123 case would be, what kind of hookup it needs, voltage and power >requirements... About 700W (8.8A in the US, 4.4A in the UK). Over here (in the UK) it just plugs into an ordinary socket. No special power or air conditioning requirements. Antonio

24 years, 1 month

[mac-nt] [Off] Token Ring Cards

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

Chris --- I'll forward this to the Classic Computing (classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org) list for you. --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 ! -----Original Message----- ! From: Chris [mailto:mythtech@mac.com] ! ! Ok, I have tried unsuccessfully to sell off these things, so now I am ! just offering them for free. ! ! I have a box load of 16/4 token ring cards. Most are ISA, but ! there are a ! few MCA and EISA cards. All are 16/4 cards, and all have at least an ! RJ-45 connector (but some also have a DB-9). ! ! They are FREE to anyone that wants them (well, free plus ! shipping). They ! will be shipping out of Northern New Jersey (07450 zip). ! Anyone can have ! as many of any style as they want (up to as many as I have obviously). ! ! I don't know if they work as I am not the one that removed them from ! operation. They were all removed from computers during a mass ! Ethernet ! migration, so I have no reason to believe that they won't ! work (but since ! I didn't pull them, I can't say for sure). They are JUST the ! cards, no ! cables, no manuals, no drivers, no warrenties, no nothing... ! just a box ! of cards. ! ! If anyone is interested, email me off list (lets not clutter ! up the list ! with this topic). I can ship pretty much any manner that you ! request, but ! remember YOU cover shipping costs, so take that into account before ! requesting FedEx P1 overnight. ! ! If no one here wants any... are their any recommendations as ! to where I ! might unload them (other than my dumpster which is where they will be ! headed soon). I just feel bad tossing out about 60 perfectly ! fine token ! ring cards, but no one seems to want them. ! ! -chris ! ! <http://www.mythtech.net> ! ! ! [DAW(a)yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu] This is a posting from the ! Mac-NT Mailing List. To unsubscribe, forward this message ! (Including these lines) to ! <unsub-mac-nt(a)lyris.sunbelt-software.com>. List Charter and ! FAQ at: ! http://www.sunbelt-software.com/mac-nt-list_charter.htm <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/mac-nt-list_charter.htm>

24 years, 1 month

symphony for dot matrix printers

by james＠cs.york.ac.uk

i don't know whether this has been sent to the list before, but it tickled me. most of the "performers" appear to be classic, so it is on topic. http://www.sat.qc.ca/the_user/dotmatrix/en/intro.html -- J.F.Carter http://www.jfc.org.uk/

24 years, 1 month

IBM PC 5150 memory device driver?

by mbbrutman＠magnaspeed.net

Hello all, I have an early IBM PC (5150) w/ 64K on the motherboard. This machine has the early BIOS bug that prevents it from recognizing over 544KB of RAM. Is there a device driver that can be used to fix up the memory area where the BIOS stores the amount of RAM? The area needs to be fixed up before DOS loads, or DOS won't see the changes. Also, is there a restriction on using an EGA card in this machine? I have a monochrome display adapter card in it; attempts to use EGA (either standalone or with the MDA) have failed. I think I'm setting the motherboard switches correctly. The EGA card in question is a genuine IBM card; two different samples have not worked. Thanks, Mike mbbrutman(a)magnaspeed.net

24 years, 1 month

Name that connector...

by mjsnodgr＠rockwellcollins.com

Sounds like you've discovered the classiccmp version of the "guess the number of pennies in the jar and win $100" game. A grand prize of 300 5.25" floppies goes to the person who can correctly name all the connectors on the back of the most obscure machine that Fred can come up with. <grin> - M.S. "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>@classiccmp.org on 08/27/2001 11:22:45 AM Please respond to classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Sent by: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org To: "'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org'" <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> cc: Subject: RE: Are office people really that, umm shall we say...slow? > ! > Slot 1 : Female DA15, Female DB25 > 15 - joystick port, 25 is printer port, and I bet these go to the same card > as slot 5, the DB 9 and DB25 serial ports... The most common uses in a PC for a female DA15 is joystick. The most common uses in a PC for a FEMALE DB25 is printer. But the FEMALE DB25 could be SCSI, and the female DB15 could be sound. But keep in mind that Tony's machine might not be very ordinary. > ! > Slot 2 : 6 Ribbon cables come out (a) ending in a male > ! > DC37, (b,c) ending > ! > in female DB25s, (d,e) ending in male DB25s (narrower > ! > ribbon cables than > ! > b,c), (f) ending in a female DC37 > ! No idea, but from you, probably something homemade :-) > Hard drive controller? EPROM programmer, expansion chassis? Although male DB25s are most often serial, and FEMALE DB25s are most often parallel, they also get used for a LOT of random other general purposes. > ! > Slot 3 : Pushbutton switch, Mini-DIN 6 > ! The switch might be a reset, but no idea on the mini-din 6, > ! M$ bus mouse > ! perhaps? Based on Tony's feelings about mini-din, I'd have to assume that it is a commersial product that he has yet to get around to customizing. Non-maskable interrupt/hardware debug assist (Atron, ...)? > ! > Slot 4 : RCA phono socket, female DE9 > ! That's your video card I think. The most common card for a PC with RCA socket and female DE9 is CGA. No homemade notch for access to the 4 and 6 pin bergs? > ! > Slot 5 : Female DE9, female DB25 > ! serial ports FEMALE!!!! The most common card for a PC with FEMALE DE9 and FEMALE DB25 is the IBM "Monochrome Display and Printer" No notch for access to the 6 pin berg? > ! > Slot 6 : Female DC37 > ! again, I 'm not sure what a DC connector is.... is it a floppy > ! controller? I can't recall the pin count. The most common card for a PC with female DC37 is the IBM Floppy disk controller. But it could be SCSI, expansion chassis, or miscellaneous homebrew. > ! > Slot 7 : Male DB25 > ! parallel port? MALE!!! The most common use of a MALE DB25 for a PC is serial. > ! > Slot 8 : Female DC37 ! ! a second floppy controller? > Also on the back : another male DB25, female 5 pin DIN, ! male and > female IEC mains connectors. ! ! The DB25 could be another > parallel port, MALE!!! serial > the din 5 your ! keyboard, and I ! don't know what IEC > is, but since you say mains I assume that's your ! power cord and > monitor power points. -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com

24 years, 1 month

Bell Technologies Workstation Graphics Engine

by engdahl＠cle.ab.com

"Bell Technologies Workstation Graphics Engine" I got this in a box of other computer junk a long time ago. It's a full size PC-AT card with an Intel 82786 (some sort of graphics controller), some 16 pin DIP DRAM (256K bits), and a bunch of logic chips on it. The date codes on the chips are 1987. I think it might have been a very early X-windows accelerator for the PC-AT. The graphics chip might be kind of interesting, but I don't have time to fool with it. You can probably find some info on it in a mid-80's Intel data book. Does anybody want this? -- Jonathan Engdahl???????????????? Rockwell Automation Principal Research Engineer????? 24800 Tungsten Road Advanced Technology????????????? Euclid, OH 44117, USA Euclid Labs????????????????????? engdahl(a)cle.ab.com 216-266-6409

24 years, 1 month

BA123 Power

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

UK? Oh well, kills the deal for me... I was hoping for maybe something like an Alpha... --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 ! -----Original Message----- ! From: Alex White [mailto:awx@btinternet.com] ! Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 12:48 PM ! To: David Woyciesjes ! Cc: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org ! Subject: RE: BA123 Power ! ! ! It's a rather standard i486/25 with 4Mb RAM and integrated ! VGA. Nothing ! special at all really, I bought it as a cheap server and ! because of the DEC ! link but now as it's been replaced it's free to anyone. One ! caveat - i'm in ! the UK... ! ! Alex ! ! -----Original Message----- ! From: David Woyciesjes [mailto:DAW@yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu] ! Sent: 31 August 2001 17:17 ! To: 'awx(a)btinternet.com' ! Cc: 'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org' ! Subject: RE: BA123 Power ! ! ! What's in the DECpc? What are it's specs like? ! ! --- David A Woyciesjes ! --- C & IS Support Specialist ! --- Yale University Press ! --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu ! --- (203) 432-0953 ! --- ICQ # - 905818 ! ! > ---------- ! > From: Alex White ! > Reply To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org ! > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 11:23 AM ! > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org ! > Subject: BA123 Power ! > ! > Hello All! ! > ! > I am wondering what the power requirements of a fairly ! standard uVAX-II in ! > a ! > BA123 case would be, what kind of hookup it needs, voltage and power ! > requirements... ! > ! > also, for the DIGITAL fanatics i've got an old DECpc sitting here if ! > anyone ! > wants it to complete collections..... no? thought not, just couldn't ! > resist ! > asking! ! > ! > Alex ! > --- ! > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. ! > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). ! > Version: 6.0.268 / Virus Database: 140 - Release Date: 07/08/2001 ! > ! > !

24 years, 1 month

AT&T 7300 Manual

by fire＠dataflo.net

I am looking for someone with AT&T 7300 paper manuals. I have a set but was missing a few pages and borrowed a manual from my friend. Unfortunately, the first day I did not notice that I was missing the lpsched(1M) page. Later I took just that page out of my friend's copy and carefully photocopied it. Here is the amazing part, I lost BOTH copies. So... if anyone has User's Manual Volume I, I would be very grateful if I could get just that one page photocopied and sent to me via snail mail. And my friend won't have to figure out where to hide my body. (Seriously, my negligence bothers both of us greatly) thanks a lot, Bradley Slavik

24 years, 1 month

Hello World! on modern processors.

by ken＠seefried.com

Iggy Drougge wrote: > >Oh, but can you go out and buy yourself an m68k/MIPS/PPC >meainstream distro in the bookshop, Yes (though more likely for Alpha/SPARC/PPC...m68k & MIPS are a bit more obscure). Not at Barns & Noble, to be sure, but certainly at more technical bookstores (e.g. Engineers Bookstore near Georgia Tech had them last I was there). >or can you buy any software for non-i386 platforms? Usually not. Yes. See above. >What about Netscape? Several alternative platforms run Netscape just fine, even if some of them are emulating the version of Unix that originally ran on that chip. Of course, trying to make such sweeping statements about Linux based on what can be purchased commercially in a bookstore is like making judgements about advanced telecommunications based on a visit to Radio Shack. Ken

24 years, 1 month

classic comp CD library?(RE: HP2000 Access - It LIVES! *GRIN*)

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

This brings up a thought... Can all this stuff you have be put onto a CD somehow, for preservation purposes? We all have programs and stuff, I'm sure, that exist only on magnetic media. Wouldn't having all this on a CD (or something) library make sense as backups? --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 > ---------- > From: Jay West > Reply To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 6:24 AM > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: HP2000 Access - It LIVES! *GRIN* > > I am now the proud owner of a living breathing HP2000Access system. Today > I got the IOP configured and running, then the system processor followed > suit in short order. I was quite concerned that after spending years on > getting the hardware all tested and passing diagnostics that I'd go to > load the OS and the OS tape would be bad. Fortunately, that was not the > case, the OS tape read and installed just beautifully! I was able to do > system console commands like ROS, DIR, SLE, HIB, CRE, etc. Was even able > to do ANN-ALL,System going down now! before shutting it down. > > The biggest wrinkle I ran into at the last minute was loading the > cross-link and mag tape boot loader from the IOP to the system processor. > The documentation was slightly obtuse about this, and I just couldn't get > it to work. Finally I just said "heck with the cross-link" and moved the > paper tape reader to the system processor and did it there. That means I > can't share the paper tape reader to users on the system, something I > really need to do so I can easily duplicate tapes and read them under > BASIC. The way I was trying to load that tape was strange anyway, because > I don't have the "loader/loader" tape. If anyone has a copy of the > "loader/loader" tape, I would GREATLY appreciate a copy so I can install > and configure the system the way you're supposed to instead of the kludge > that I did. > > I did not hook up a terminal to the system other than the system console, > I need to do many hours of soldering to rebuild the mux panel that I have. > But since the MESS and ANN commands work, it's pretty likely the mux > boards are in fact fine. I just may take tomorrow off work to build the > mux panel and hook up a terminal other than the console. > > The only thing left to do on the system is rerack everything. The > components aren't in my better racks, and some are not quite mounted > properly, etc. So, basically cosmetic stuff. > > One thing I need to ask the list for (besides a copy of the loader/loader > mentioned above) - an initial system load of TSB doesn't have any system > library. I seem to recall one or more list members telling me they had HIB > tapes of system libraries (hopefully including things like startrk, > wumpus, hanoi, etc.). Now that the system is up and running, I would love > to borrow any and all HIB tapes I can get to build a nice system library. > If I get multiple tapes from multiple people, I'd be happy to send a tape > back that includes the entire library from everyone. I'll probably key in > all the programs from the David Ahl computer games book too. > > Finally - I suspect others on the list might be trying to build HP2000 TSB > systems too - now that mine is running, after the dust settles I will most > likely have duplicates of things that I have amassed - software, hardware, > etc. I will gladly offer the excess/duplicates of stuff to listmembers. > Preference will be given to people who are fairly close to a running > system, so that we can get as many of these machines up as possible. > > Regards, > > Jay West > > >

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