test-drb September 2001

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by matt＠knm.yi.org

Hi, Before I get swamped with "Hey, why not get a SCSI controller instead" replies - I have a few unused fullheight ESDI drives, and I figure the best box I have to put them in is my MV3300. Sooo... poor little me sat here in Manchester, UK has a MV3300 just waiting for an ESDI controller, and I figured someone out there in vaxenland might have one going spare for the cost of postage, and maybe a contribution of some sort (but not too much cause I am but a poor student). So - anyone out there think they can help? :&) -- Matt --- Web Page: http://knm.yi.org/ http://pkl.net/~matt/ PGP Key fingerprint = 00BF 19FE D5F5 8EAD 2FD5 D102 260E 8BA7 EEE4 8D7F PGP Key http://knm.yi.org/matt-pgp.html

23 years, 3 months

Paging Bill Bradford

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Sep 13, 13:05, Bill Bradford wrote: > bash-2.03$ nslookup subatomix.com > Server: localhost > Address: 127.0.0.1 > > Name: subatomix.com > Address: 24.94.226.65 > > bash-2.03$ nslookup 24.94.226.95 > Server: localhost > Address: 127.0.0.1 > > Name: okc-94-226-95.mmcable.com > Address: 24.94.226.95 > > DNS be brokie. I guess I"ll have to turn off the reject-mailhosts-with-bad-dns > requirement.. Um, not necessarily. You mis-typed the IP address on the second lookup. subatomix.com is indeed a valid domain name, registered by Tierranet whose nameserver (ns1.domaindiscover.com) will give you the A record and MX record for subatomix (both point to 24.94.226.65). However, there's no necessary correspondence between the domain name registrar, DNS provider for forward lookups, and ISP who provides the actual connection and address (usually also the DNS provider for reverse lookups). The reverse lookup for 24.94.226.65 comes out as okc-94-226-65.mmcable.com which isn't surprising. The reverse lookup is done by the mmcable servers, since they own the address space. If you look at Jeffrey's home page, it's URL is http://home.mmcable.com/xoraxax/, so that fits. Whether your mailserver will accept mail directly from Jeffrey's machine probably depends on what his machine is calling itself in the HELO and whether your mailserver does a reverse and forward lookup to check (as you've implied). If so, possible solutions are (1) turn off the double check, (2) have Jeffrey's machine give its mmcable.com name when sending mail, (3) have Jeffrey's machine relay mail through mmcable's server (assuming mmcable really is his ISP), or (4) persuade mmcable (again, assuming they're his ISP) to include his properly registered domain name in their DNS. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 3 months

Why is this so slow?

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

! From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick@idcomm.com] ! ! I suspect that this delay is provided so that one can figure ! out how to word an ! apology for having made an inane comment in the midst of an ! OT thread. It's ! seldom used, though. Rich --- Was that a poke at me? :-) --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818

23 years, 3 months

DEC Keyboards (was: Re: Classic Computers vs. Classic)

by dittman＠dittman.net

> >Okay, this lead me to pull an LK201 out of the closet. You're right, the > >LK401 > >is not as mushy as the LK201. > > That's only part of it, the angle of the keys are slightly different, and > (and this is the part that is really hard to explain) somehow the LK201 > seems to have sharper corners to me, with the LK401 seeming to be a more > polished feel to it. A big difference is the LK201 uses those easily-lost black plastic posts to raise the back of the keyboard to a decent height. The LK401 does have a more polished look and feel. The LK201 keyboard always looked to me like the case was a temporary prototype. The old flip-top version of the LK201 struck me as too much for what it does. The simpler slot for the strip in the later version was simpler and less trouble. > BTW, I just checked and it's a pair of LK450's I got recently, though I > think I've got a LK461 up in storage. The LK450 is almost identical to > LK401, except it's got the PS/2 interface, and the keyboard is about as > mushy as the LK201. I wonder if the mushiness of the LK201 was a response to complaints that the VT100 keyboard was a little too heavy at times. As a VT100 keyboard aged the keys seem to develop little "catches" that made some keys more difficult to depress. > Of course for the people that prefer a VT100, none of these keyboards are a > substitute, but for those that want a proper keyboard for VMS, they're > great. I personally don't really care for the VT100 keyboard, though I am > trying to figure out where in here I can set one up as I want to use it to > access the PDP-10 emulators. A VT2x0/VT3x0/VT4x0/VT5xx can emulate a VT100, so use an emulated VT100 with an emulated PDP-10. :-) -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net Check out the DEC Ethusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/

23 years, 3 months

Why is this so slow?

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

Rich --- Actually, my time estimate was a little wrong. The messages take about an hour and a half... And the speed some discussions go at sometimes, it is almost like a chatroom. --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 ! -----Original Message----- ! From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick@idcomm.com] ! Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 2:18 PM ! To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org ! Subject: Re: Why is this so slow? ! ! ! I'm curious why it's important that it be quick? This is a ! mailing list, not a ! chat room. ! ! Dick ! ! ----- Original Message ----- ! From: "David Woyciesjes" <DAW(a)yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu> ! To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> ! Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 9:06 AM ! Subject: Why is this so slow? ! ! ! > Does anyone have any idea why it takes upwards of 15-20 minutes ! > (seems longer sometimes) for my postings to this list to ! get sent back out? ! > ! > --- David A Woyciesjes ! > --- C & IS Support Specialist ! > --- Yale University Press ! > --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu ! > --- (203) 432-0953 ! > --- ICQ # - 905818 ! > ! > !

23 years, 3 months

Classic Computers vs. Classic Computingt

by dittman＠dittman.net

> >The PIII will emulate the keyboard layout of a VT220 if you use an LK461 > >keyboard. > > What makes the LK461 special? The LK461 (and related keyboards, like the LK46W) have the same layout as the LK401, including all the keys. I use a couple on my Alphas and VT525. -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net Check out the DEC Ethusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/

23 years, 3 months

Why is this so slow?

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

Jay --- Actually, the messages I sent in this thread, I've been checking the time, and they're taking 1.5 hours to come around... Is that normal? --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 ! -----Original Message----- ! From: Jay West [mailto:west@tseinc.com] ! Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 1:31 PM ! To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org ! Subject: Re: Why is this so slow? ! ! ! Yes, I know exactly why it takes 15-20 minutes for postings ! to be echoed to ! the list. ! ! How is this a problem? There's several reasons why it is set ! this way, but ! if it's a problem for folks that classiccmp reflections take ! 30 mins to go ! out, just let me know. ! ! Jay West ! ! ! ----- Original Message ----- ! From: "David Woyciesjes" <DAW(a)yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu> ! To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> ! Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 10:06 AM ! Subject: Why is this so slow? ! ! ! > Does anyone have any idea why it takes upwards of 15-20 minutes ! > (seems longer sometimes) for my postings to this list to ! get sent back ! out? ! > ! > --- David A Woyciesjes ! > --- C & IS Support Specialist ! > --- Yale University Press ! > --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu ! > --- (203) 432-0953 ! > --- ICQ # - 905818 ! > !

23 years, 3 months

Classic Computers vs. Classic Computingt

by dittman＠dittman.net

> >The LK461 has the same feel and layout as the LK201 used on the VT-330 and > >VT-340. > > Oh, I'm going to have to disagree there! The LK201 has the same layout, > but the LK401 has a better look and feel! The only advantage the LK201 has > is the place to stick something that tells what the function keys are > mapped to. In fact the LK401 feels about as good as my Apple Extended II > Keyboard! Okay, this lead me to pull an LK201 out of the closet. You're right, the LK401 is not as mushy as the LK201. -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net Check out the DEC Ethusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/

23 years, 3 months

Cromemco 16FDC and IMSAI front panel

by bills＠adrenaline.com

I brought this up some time ago, but never got a satisfactory answer... When I use the above combination (regardless of CPU board), while the system in general works fine, the deposit/examine functionality of the front panel stops working. Somebody said they knew of a fix, but then never posted anything else. I've looked at the schematics (I have them for both items) and can't for the life of me see anything that would conflict. Any help greatly appreciated.

23 years, 3 months

Solomon Splitting the list... (was: Classic Computers vs. Cl assic Computing

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

! > Now, if anyone's ever *heard* of a SPDT DIPswitch bank, let ! >alone where I ! > could find some... otherwise I'll be stuck with jumpers ! >(which is O.K., but ! > dip switches would look nicer & be harder to lose from the finished ! > project...) So far, Jameco, JDR Microdevices & B.G. Micro ! >don't list them... ! > ! > == I'm sure I haven't said this enough, so: "Thanks, Tony!" == ! > ! > "Merch" ! > -- ! > Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers ! > Recycling is good, right??? Ok, so I'll recycle an old .sig. ! ! I've never seen SPDT dipswitches in computers. ! ! The closest thing I've seen, I believe, are the dip switches ! in Sears Garage Door Openers and the handheld clicker for them. ! ! They've got two positions + and - but a central neutral ! position IIRC which makes them kind of SPDT with a neutral position. ! ! Hope this is some help. ! ! Bill Well, you could always take a DPDT switch, and wire up only one half of it.... Try Radio Shack? --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818

23 years, 3 months

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test-drb September 2001