"Robert Schaefer" <rschaefe(a)gcfn.org> wrote:
> Hey, I've got a DCA controller here in front of me. It's a full-length
> 8-bit ISA/MCA flippy card, with 1 BNC & 1 RJ-11 (4P4C) ports on it. One
> sticker says `*LA 0006E1*' and one says `003581 REV.A' A little googling
> indicates this might be some sort of 3270 controller, but I couldn't find
> anything to confirm this. Anyone know what it is/want it?
I haven't seen the thing in years, but Wollongong had something like
this in the QA lab. Made by DCA, ISA on one edge, MCA on the
opposite, with a daughterboard that plugs into one side or the other
depending on which bus you want it to ride. Oh, and it had two
different back plates (one for MCA, one for ISA); you attached the
appropriate one to the daughterboard. I don't remember what
connectors it had poking out the back.
Anyway, it was an Ethernet interface. I wouldn't be surprised to find
out that they made IRMA 3270 interfaces this way too.
What does surprise me is that Attachmate (who bought DCA) appears to
still sell something like this: the "IRMA 3 Convertible Adapter".
http://www.attachmate.com/products/profile/0,1016,416_1,00.html
-Frank McConnell
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r. 'bear' stricklin [mailto:red@bears.org]
> On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Christopher Smith wrote:
> That's a shitty answer.
> That being said, I concede the point.
Well, my father was an electrician, and I was raised with stories
of incredibly non-compliant I-can't-believe-it-doesn't-melt wiring
schemes...
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
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Hello, all:
Has anyone used the USB to parallel port adapter cables for homebrew
projects? I'm wondering if it can truly function as a parallel adapter for a
non-printer application (a LCD display hack) and if anyone has done this.
Rich
Rich Cini
Collector of classic computers
Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project
Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: chris halarewich [mailto:halarewich@shaw.ca]
> Sent: 12 February 2002 11:19
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: great site
>
>
> that sells old computer stuff
> http://www.aftermathtechnologies.com/index.html
It would've been a greater site if it'd had let me spend money and not just
tell me half the things I wanted were reserved. Mmmm boxed Magnavox
Odyssey.....had 3 of 'em too.
a
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Woyciesjes [mailto:DAW@yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu]
> Oh boy! What did I do! I was just trying to make up an
> example of
> dumb-ass electricians! At least this thread does relate to
> Classic Computer
> Collecting...
Well, a common problem I've seen three or four times personally is
to wire the neutral and earth swapped. This causes all manner of
trouble for UPS systems. They don't like it at all. :)
I've also seen wires taped together with incredibly
not-good-at-insulating masking tape, causing a high-resistance
(if you're very, very lucky) short.
Last one of those I found was when I went to change a light bulb,
and wondered why the ceiling felt all tingly. Joking aside, I'm
lucky the ceiling tile was between me and the wires.
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tothwolf [mailto:tothwolf@concentric.net]
> Needless to say, a 20A system (max inrush) running from a 15A
> outlet/circuit just does not seem all that safe. I put the
> proper plug on
> the cord just this weekend, since I got one in with that
> weekends haul.
Well, isn't the breaker on the SGI desksides 16A?
I suppose, in that case, that they'd be relatively safe on a 16A
"air conditioner" circuit, or the like, but 15A is living
dangerously. :)
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
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And I do mean "haul".
I found the stash at work today, and dragged it home.
I had already copped the DEC 3000/300x Friday, and my boss told me he
thought there was some more of that stuff around somewhere. So I
snarked it.
3 DEC 3000/300x
2 untested as yet, w 2xRZ26E each and looks like 64M RAM
also MAGMA 2+1 TC (serial/parallel adapter?)
1 w/2xRZ26E and 80M RAM. no MAGMA
booting OSF/1 v3.2, Oracle
1 Mouse/KBD breakout w/mouse.
1 DEC SZ12 expansion unit with an RZ58 and a Seagate ST32430N
1 DEC MicroVAX 3100-90 w/serious problems - system board looks like it
was wet & powered up. :o(
Boots to console, but gets errors at several checkpoints and
ends up with "normal operation not possible". Haven't done much
trouble-shooting.
Looks like 128M RAM
*** RRD42 - with "OpenVMS v6.2 Binaries 1 of 1" in caddy!
2xRZ26-E 1G
RZ26L-E 1G
3 DEC MicroVAX 3100-80
1)
72M
RZ25-E 425M
No OS
2)
40M
TLZ06 4mm DAT
2xRZ25-E @425M
OpenVMS 6.2
3)
40M
TLZ06 4mm DAT
3xDSP3107 @1G
OpenVMS 6.2
RZ26-E
OpenVMS 6.0
1 VSXXX-AA Mouse untested
1 VSXXX-AB Graphics Tablet & Puck. untested, and haven't found the
Stylus yet.
Do the RZ26-E drives always sound like a gravel-crusher, or are all
these toast?
All this cool stuff, and the other day I was heavily lusting after an
MV3100-30 on eBay, and right now I'm just p*ssed because the '90 is
broken. Spoiled, huh?
Doc
I'm trying to get my brand new (to me) Emulex QT13 working on my QBus
VAXstation 3200, and am having some troubles. When I have the card set to
MicroVAX mode, it doesn't get recognized by the hardware. When I set it
to LSI-11 mode, it gets recognized, but doesn't seem to work. I've tried
both TSV05 and TMSCP emulations, and neither one will seem to work. I've
even run the on-card diagnostics, and haven't had any success getting the
card to recognize the drive, either (it just waits a few seconds and then
says *** TAPE ERROR ***). I've tried swaping the data cables to the
drive, with no luck in getting it to work.
Help!
-- Pat
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russ Blakeman [mailto:rhb57@vol.com]
> Ever thought to take a plane/train/bus to Mass (Doesn't Amtrack run to
> Chicago still from Shampoo-Banana?) and once you get there
Yep, thought about that. The problem is that I guess it will likely
take more than a weekend to do it. I could try to get a day off of
work, but I'd really rather not do that.
Another option is to send somebody else. I know a few people crazy
enough to try it... who knows.
> If Amtrak doesn't come from C-U, I know there are commuter
> planes from the
> C-U airport to both Midway and O'hare and Greyhound should
> still run there.
Yep -- all true, though it still may be a longer trip than I'd
like to make.
> be the best in this case. truckers won't appreciate the
> equipment and will
> charge big bux for crating and handling as well.
Well, I'd hope they won't go out of their way to screw it up. ;)
Chris
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