test-drb March 2002

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Infoserver 150 DEC

by fdebros＠verizon.net

Does anybody here have a Users Manual I could purloin? Fred

22 years, 4 months

New Additions to the Museum

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

1. Singer/Friden EC 1117 calculator that works got it for $3. 2. 20+ different mousepads. 3. NEC TurboGrafx 16 with CD ROM missing controller and ac adapter. 4. NEC TurboBooster 5. TRS-80 fifteen meg external harddrive. Model 26-4156 6. TRS-80 Model II KB 7. Entex electronics Hockey hand held console from 1979. 8. GI Joe MAINFRAME action figure - New from 1986. 9. Atari 7800 Pro system with 15 + cartridges. 10. Box full of Sega Saturn items. 11. A Nintendo Virtual Boy 12. Compaq Portable 386 "lunchbox style". 13. Book Computers The Machines We Think With by D.S. Halacy, Jr - 1969. Have not read it yet but the pic's are nice. I have already spotted a few items that I will have to start looking for.

22 years, 4 months

MiniMINC

by mbg＠TheWorld.com

Oh yeah... the PDT had 6 terminal connectors on the back -- the console port, three serial lines for terminals, one serial line for a printer and one modem port which could be either asynch or synch. Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | Internet (work): gentry!zk3.dec.com | | Unix Support Engineering Group | (home): mbg!world.std.com | | Compaq Computer Corporation | addresses need '@' in place of '!' | | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (603) 884 1055 | required." - mbg KB1FCA | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

22 years, 4 months

FS/Trade: StorageTek 2920 9track

by pat＠cart-server.purdueriots.com

I'm looking to get rid of my StorageTek 2920 9track tape drive, if anyone is interested. It *might* need a new head, but probably just needs a better I/O card than what I had. PERTEC interface, rack-mountable (actually needs to be racked for it to sit up correctly), about 150lbs, 120VAC in. It worked for a few tapes I tried - the problem might actually be in the tapes I was attempting to use with it. Would prefer local pickup, but could ship (assuming I can find somewhere that'll take something this heavy) if paid enough to do it. I'm not really looking for much money, just 'enuough' for a couple meals or so. Best offer within 24hrs gets it (or a flip of the coin if I get multiple offers). -- Pat West Lafaytte, IN.

22 years, 4 months

My VMS Conundrums... (was: Toilett processing...

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

From: Geoff Roberts <geoffrob(a)stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au> >?? I didn't think the video device need to be configured. VMS should take >care of that, and it should 'just work'. Yep, usually on install. RE: printing. The default printer will go to one of the serial ports, nominally one labeled with a printer. You can do a {print/que=devname} also. UCX or one of the IP stacks can be installed. However I vaguely remember around V5.5 remote ques and printservers were incorperated into VMS services. Allison

22 years, 4 months

IBM 3480 parts

by pat＠purdueriots.com

Well, I can't find any buyers for my IBM 3480 units, so I'm starting to disassemble one of them so I can re-gain some free space and probably sell off the large chunks of steel. I was wondering - does anyone (Sridhar?) have any technical docs for the 3480, like a service manual or something that would tell me the pinouts of things like the display? Thanks -- Pat

22 years, 4 months

SIMTEL (was Re: Source code for 805x line-by-line assembler?)

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> I'm hoping to come up with an alternative to this, naturally, but I have to > start somewhere, and that will require a line-by-line assembler, so one can > use the mnemonics instead of having to learn the HEX codes for each > instruction. > > Hopefully there's one already been done out there somewhere ... Brain rot kept me from remembering how I handled this... I didn't... well, I have a hardware debugger called DryIce-51 or something like that. You pull your 8051, plug this in, it has its own 8051, and IIRC it has an assembler built-in. Handy for debugging interrupt routines, althought it's not a true ICE, so you can't trace through machine states. Then again, more brain rot... I had *some* kind of monitor, because for the DS5000, I found it handier to use it than to pull the chip and stick in the DryIce. Found the SIMTEL 8051 stuff, at least what I downloaded. Wasn't much. But I have a WIC-80 tape labeled to indicate some more 8051 stuff is on it. The 486 with the Jumbo-250 seems to be dying... -dq

22 years, 4 months

Wright Punch up for auction

by mhstein＠canada.com

Gee, Brian, I offered one of these right here at the same time as that pile of IBM docs that I sent to Norm & you; ya shoulda spoken up. How are you guys coming along with scanning those manuals? Anything on line yet? mike -----------------Original Message----------------- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:08:22 -0800 From: "Brian Knittel" <brian(a)quarterbyte.com> Subject: Wright Punch up for auction There's a Wright Punch up for auction at www.govliquidation.com. The Wright Punch is a cool little manual hollerith card keypunch machine. Someone ought to get it! It slipped by me -- auction closes at 8 PM eastern time, that's less than an hour from now. Sealed Bid sale, $35 min. The downside is you have to pick it up in Norfolk, VA next week, and take a big pile of other junk along with it. You'll need a pickup. If you're interested it's event 623, lot 46, item 37. http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=25154 Brian

22 years, 4 months

ZX81 and 6116

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On March 23, Tony Duell wrote: > IIRC it's a true static RAM, 1K*8, 24 pin DIL, pinout similar to the 2716 > or 6116. I think WE/ is on pin 21, and I can't remember what's on pin 19 > (which would be A10 if it were a 2K device). Maybe nothing, maybe another > CS input. > > It was not commonly used, but my Nascom2 has a few in it... What's a Nascom2? That name sounds familiar. -Dave -- Dave McGuire "Watch those lateral G's man, St. Petersburg, FL I've got sandwiches in my lap!" -Sridhar

22 years, 4 months

My VMS Conundrums... (was: Toilett processing...

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

> Roger Merchberger wrote: > >The usual... I don't have any paper-based documentation whatsoever -- all I http://www.openvms.compaq.com:8000/ Admittedly not as convenient as paper-based, but pretty useful nonetheless. Start, I guess, with the User's Manual: http://www.openvms.compaq.com:8000/73final/6489/6489pro.html >I've tried 'help' but there are a lot of things that *just* *won't* *run* >whatsoever, including [but not limited to] every text editor I've tried, >because I can't figure out how to get the terminal screen configured... >which (of course, with my luck) 'help' either 1) doesn't tell me, or 2) has >obfuscated it *so* badly that I won't have a chance in Hades of ever >finding it there... What terminal do you have connected? If it's one of the VT series, try: $ SET TERMINAL/INQUIRE and don't type anything until the $ prompt comes back >I used the VMS construct of DOS's 'copy con filename.txt' {I don't remember >what it is anymore -- it's been 6-9 months since I've even sparked up my >VAX} to try to do a few things on it, but it's so hard editing anything >that I took what little spare time I had towards other pursuits. :-/ $ EDIT filename.txt will fire up some variant of TPU with an EVE personality but EDIT/EDT is still around (if you've ever used a standard editor on RT11 or RSX, this is pretty near identical. emacs and vi[m] are available too. >The system: >VAXStation 3100/m38, 32Meg RAM, VMS Version 7.1 [the full monty - even has >the BASIC package in the distro - 11 disks worth!], (2) 1Gig hard drives >{RZ26s? I think - it's been a while}, 2Meg 8-plane grafix buffer [this is >the biotsch that won't config right for the terminal settings, hence no >text editors] 17" display, keyboard, mouse [of course] & I just got off >eBay 5 AUI->RJ45 transceivers [$22US shipped! Whoohoo!] so I won't have to >have thinnet strung all over my new ancient house - I can stick with Cat5. Did it come with the OS installed or did you do it? You could just re-install to get DECwindows. Without DECwindows you cannot do full-screen editing on the monitor - it's just a dumb glass tty. Your options appear to be: 1) flip S3 and hook up a VT to the printer port and use it as an alternate console 2) log in over the network (telnet or SET HOST) 3) Install DECwindows 4) Use EDT in line mode or use TECO (4) would be an education, but perhaps not ideal :-) (3) is the way to go. (2) you should do ... all VAXes have the right to be networked. Antonio

22 years, 4 months

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