test-drb January 2002

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so, can you run UNIX on a PDP11/03 or not?

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

I hear mixed messages about that. Is there someone who knows, and not only if any, but also which version of UNIX would run? I want to give it a shot. Also, has anybody ever run a VAX11 in PDP mode for real? Sound pretty wild to me to spend so much money only to not use the virtual memory. cheers, -Gunther -- Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow(a)regenstrief.org Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School of Medicine tel:1(317)630-7960 http://aurora.regenstrief.org

22 years, 10 months

Low cost Thin Film Thickness Measurement System

by foo＠siconic.com

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22 years, 10 months

Bell & Howell Apple II update

by Lee.Davison＠merlincommunications.com

> Monitors of the time, at least of the NTSC-compatible > type, were typically equipped with PL-259 connectors > on the rear. Not true, at least in the video industry. >By the time consumer video equipment became popular, > the PL-259, which was also common in the '70's for other > 75-ohm applications e.g. antennas and the like, had been > replaced by the 'F' types in video hookups, since those > were MUCH cheaper. The PL-259 was in use primarily for carrying VHF and UHF signals, not baseband video. The PL259/SO259 was originally designed in the 1940's to carry the then high resolution 3.5MHz 405 line baseband video signal. They remained as the connector of choice, at least in europe, until the 70's when the more compact BNC took over. Patch pannels were, and are still, mostly Musa as they are easy to (un)plug even when packed closely. As I said, I may be sorry to have chimed in on this nearly off-topic conversation, but when I see blanket statements being made that are obviously incorrect I have a hard time remaining silent. Ah, ok. 8^)= Lee. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- This email is intended only for the above named addressee(s). The information contained in this email may contain information which is confidential. The views expressed in this email are personal to the sender and do not in any way reflect the views of the company. If you have received this email and you are not a named addressee please delete it from your system and contact Merlin Communications International IT Department on +44 20 7344 5888. ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________

22 years, 10 months

S/370 docs (was: Re: IBM big iron.)

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

Now why can't anyone ever say "Hey, I have 4381, 3380, and 3880 docs to get rid of... Want em?" It sucks owning what is essentially 3000+ pounds worth of paperweights. Will J _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

22 years, 10 months

New Buy & VMS help wanted

by pat＠purdueriots.com

I just got a VAXstation 3200 today for about $15... Amazingly enough, it boots up to VMS 5.3-1 (can't log in though.) Can anyone recommend a good guide for using VMS that's either avalible at a good book store or (preferred) availble online? Specs: 8 line serial card (forgot to look at the model #), TK-50 controller (didn't grab the drive, but might do that tomorrow..), 8-plane framebuffer, 2x8M QBus memory cards, 2x760M ST-506 interface hard drives, DELQA ethernet, KA650-B cpu card, (and that's about all I think...) pics at http://purdueriots.com/imgs/vs3200-back-lores.jpg and http://purdueriots.com/imgs/vs3200-front-lores.jpg -- Pat

22 years, 10 months

S/36Doc (skating on thin ice)

by aek＠spies.com

>While the offer to scan them was certainly noble, I really wouildn't expect >anyone to actually do it. We're talking about perhaps 10,000 pages of >documents here! Assuming they're loose sheets, it can be done in a few days. I scanned 15000 pages of HP 2100 docs last week in less than a week working a few hours per day. Scan cleanup and pdf conversion is the bottleneck right now.

22 years, 10 months

HP 9000 800/G40 battery?/cable

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Brown [mailto:bbrown@harper.cc.il.us] > The batteries are supposed to keep ram intact for a SHORT duration > power failure...20 seconds might be longer than they would > last..especaially since > they are probably 10 year old batteries. > It's definetly NOT a full ups system. Ok, when I turn the system on afterwards, all lights -- including the battery charging light -- flash. I've assumed that this is just a test. In that case, shouldn't the batteries need recharged, and the battery light stay on for a while after this? It does not. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

22 years, 10 months

Packrat genome project questions

by mhstein＠canada.com

First computer used: IBM 604 & assorted peripherals (If that counts). If not, then a Burroughs B260. First one owned: Original blue-trimmed 8K 2001 PET, w/ built-in tape & chiclet keys; still have it, with case/keyboard/memory upgrade. mike

22 years, 10 months

Packrat genome project questions

by alan.pearson＠cramer.com

> How many people on this list still have their 1st computer? > second? third? > every computer you ever used/owned? I've still got mine (ZX81) - fired it up last Sunday in fact :-) It wasn't the first machine I ever used though - a few years before I got the ZX81 one of my cousins lent my dad his MK14 for the weekend, and I spent most of one evening typing in the "lunar lander" program and playing that... that was my first experience of a computer. Since then I've had various machines - Spectrum (original 48K rubber keyboard thing, Spectrum+, Spectrum+ 128K), QL, Dragon 32, Atari ST, Memotech MTX512, Acorn Electron, BBC, BBC Master (4 of them!), C64, Vic-20 - the usual UK "home micro" collection I suppose. I'm slowly accumulating machines that I've used a lot of in the past - last week I got a VAXstation 3100 (the closest I'll come to owning an 11/785!), and I'm on the lookout for the following: CBM 4032, Sun 3/60, Sun 4/110, Sparc IPC, HP9000/725, RS/6000, Apollo DN300. I know where I can get an IPC and the HP, but the other Suns, the IBM and the Commodore so far remain elusive. There are a bunch of others that I've used, but no way would I ever have room for them (eg Burroughs B5800(?), AT&T 3B2, PDP-11/24) :-) As for all the PCs I've used or owned... nuff said. Although at college I remember our hardware lecturer getting all excited about the new thing from IBM in the corner - a "personal computer" that seemed very over-engineered and under-spec'd - 16K memory, odd "clicky" keyboard, long-peristence phosphor mono (green) monitor, no disks (cassette interface only!), ... we all thought it'd never catch on ... how wrong is it possible to be :) -- Al.

22 years, 10 months

New Buy & VMS help wanted

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> SWEET, an ESDI controller that does MSCP. Very nice. :-) What's even nicer is that he's got fairly big ESDI disks from the sounds of things. The biggest I've found is 300MB, but since I'm not using ESDI any more I don't mind. Zane

22 years, 10 months

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