test-drb March 2002

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DEC VRE01-AA Plasma screen monitor on eBay

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On March 21, Eric Dittman wrote: > > Congrats on the VRE01; I have one that I bought brandie-new from > > Heffron's a couple of years ago...I use it on my VT1000; a great > > combination. I don't actually have it connected to the network...I > > use it as a dual-session serial terminal. :-) > > What is Heffron's? Eli Heffron's...I think they're called E.L.I. Systems or something like that nowadays. A neat but WAY overpriced surplus-ish shop in Boston (or is it Cambridge?)... -Dave -- Dave McGuire "Watch those lateral G's man, St. Petersburg, FL I've got sandwiches in my lap!" -Sridhar

23 years, 1 month

DEC VRE01-AA Plasma screen monitor on eBay

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On March 21, Eric Dittman wrote: > > For those that might be interested in it, there's a VRE01-AA > > on eBay right now with a 'buy-it-now' price of $100. > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2011589633 > > > > As usual, I have no connection with the auction, I'm just > > passing the info on in case anyone here is interested. > > I happened to notice that a bit ago. It is no longer available > as I BIN'ed it. :-) Congrats on the VRE01; I have one that I bought brandie-new from Heffron's a couple of years ago...I use it on my VT1000; a great combination. I don't actually have it connected to the network...I use it as a dual-session serial terminal. :-) -Dave -- Dave McGuire "Watch those lateral G's man, St. Petersburg, FL I've got sandwiches in my lap!" -Sridhar

23 years, 1 month

Destruction of DEC

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> Anyone have a stock certificate from COMPAQ they want give away or sell > cheap? I need one for my collection and a HP would be nice also. I will > frame them and put up with the others. Thanks I'd like one too, but I have in mind integrating it with the Re: Toilett processing (Was: ZX-TEAM meeting and Webcam) thread in some creative fashion... ;)

23 years, 1 month

VT-320 Hack+Tip for Smokers

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>The LK201, 301 and 401 are interchangeable, regardless of the cpu >used internally. There is NO VAX, Decmate, Pro version or >rainbow version save for different colored key caps. I regually swap >LKx01 where x={2,3,4} keyboards with any VAX, Decmate, VT220, >320, 330, 340, Pro3xx and friends. They all used the same cord set. See ... told you I'd get it wrong. At least there actually is an LK250 :-) >I happen to prefer older LK201 for keyfeel, and later LK401s for >the sculptured layout. LK401 roolz! >The LK250 however is a TOTALLY different animal and uses >different keycoding to be compatable with PCs or VAXmate >(a sorta PC). There are several different cordsets for this one. Perhaps I can make up by offering a pointer to the VAXmate Tech Ref V1 at: http://208.190.133.201/decimages/moremanuals.htm This includes a description of the LK250 in Chapter 8. The LK201 is described in some detail in EK-104AA-TM-001 VCB02 Video Subsystem Technical Manual (see Appendix B for the LK201 and Appendix C for the Mouse) which is available at the same location. It is also described in the PC100 Technical Reference Manual, which I'll send over when I get a round tuit (same goes for the LK201 printset). Antonio

23 years, 1 month

Ultrix' /etc/crontab as a time-bomb [short joke].

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Mar 20, 18:05, Gunther Schadow wrote: > Hihi, our little training in risk-assessment tonight is the following > sippet of a crontab entry, scheduled to run dayly around midnight: > > (cd /usr/preserve ; find . -mtime +7 -a -exec rm -f {} \;) > > why is this a bad idea and what happened to me last night as I was > playing with my VAX6460? Because Bad Things happen if the cd fails... > Answer: the /usr/preserve was a symlink to /usr/var/preserve which > didn't exist. What happened next? > All files that were not accessed for more than 7 days were being deleted The correct way to do someting like this in a cron entry is to check the return code from the cd command, and only execute the rest of the command if the cd succeeds, eg (cd /usr/preserve && find . -mtime +7 -a -exec rm -f {} \;) -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 1 month

ZX-TEAM meeting and Webcam

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Ben Franchuk <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca> > Glen Goodwin wrote: > > > 1 -- Build an interface for every device under the sun, including the > > toilet seat. > > That is easy -- a micro switch ... Not as easy as you might think. You want it to flush when you get up, but not when you sit down, or when the seat is unoccupied . . . > now how do you tell if the ROLL is > almost empty ? This one *is* easy: the holder must be spring-loaded. As the amount of paper on the roll decreases, and the roll becomes lighter, the roll and holder will be pulled toward the spring, eventually closing a micro switch ;>) Glen 0/0

23 years, 1 month

MSCP Initialization

by chd_1＠nktelco.net

I am trying to get a KFQSA to work with 2.11BSD on a pdp-11. It always fails with an error in the SA register during the transition between STEP 3 and STEP 4 of the initialization sequence. The SA register ends up with the value 101513. The error bit is set and I think that the rest is an error code. I can't find a reference to describe these error codes. An RQDX3 and a CQD-223 in the same machine initialize fine. The KFQSA initializes in an MVIII using NetBSD 1.5. I have looked over the initialization code from NetBSD, Ultrix-32, 4.4BSD, Ultrix-11, and 2.11BSD. The values being sent, are all very similar. One difference is that the VAXen OS use polling during the init, and the pdp-11 code uses interrupts. Any suggestions or comments about the MSCP 4 step init and how it works on the KFQSA? A pointer to error code reference would be great too. -chuck

23 years, 1 month

Wright Punch up for auction

by brian＠quarterbyte.com

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 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _| _| _| Brian Knittel / Quarterbyte Systems, Inc. _| _| _| Tel: 1-510-559-7930 Fax: 1-510-525-6889 _| _| _| Email: brian(a)quarterbyte.com _| _| _| http://www.quarterbyte.com

23 years, 1 month

Ultrix' /etc/crontab as a time-bomb [short joke].

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Mar 21, 11:47, Andreas Freiherr wrote: > > Pete Turnbull wrote: > > The correct way to do someting like this in a cron entry is to check the > > return code from the cd command, and only execute the rest of the command > > if the cd succeeds, eg > > > > (cd /usr/preserve && find . -mtime +7 -a -exec rm -f {} \;) > > Hm. I'm not a Unix guru, so it's well possible I'm missing something > here. Perhaps you can enlighten me. > > Why don't you just > > find /usr/preserve -mtime +7 -a -exec rm -f {} \; In this case, that would do as well. I was just illustrating that you have to be careful with unattended operations, and not do anything dangerous unless you're sure you're in the right place (or other prerequisites have been met). -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 1 month

ZX-TEAM meeting and Webcam

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Mar 20, 0:06, Glen Goodwin wrote: > > From: Pete Turnbull <pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com> > > > > Wasn't the ZX81 board already prepared to use a 6116 instead ? > > > > Yes, it was. I put 6116's in several. > > Pete, what modifications to the board are required in order to use a 6116? I don't have either the service manual or my ZX81 handy, so I can't check, but as far as I remember, just remove the 4118 and replace with a 6116. There might be a wire link to change (if so, it's obvious) but I don't remember having to do that. It is good practice to fit a socket, though. A few ZX81's had a pair of 2114's instead of the normal 4118, which were in short supply at one time, but the same principle applies (the PCB is the same). -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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