test-drb March 2002

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by Mzthompson＠aol.com

Previously, I wrote: > > 2) Ultrix-32 V2.2-1 Supp TK50 1988 > > With this tape marked 'SUPP' I suspect that I only > > have the one tape of a multi-tape set. And then "DOUG PEKSA - COMPG" <PeksaDO(a)Cardiff.ac.uk> wrote (amidst all the HTML flotsam): > IIRC there were only two tapes in the set - SUPP and UNSUPP. > SUPP (which you have) is the only one you require to get going. Great! Hey Chris, you hear that? > > What are you considering new? I am looking at the Ultrix 4.x Basic > > Installation guide dated 1990 and it lists over a dozen uVAX's, > > VAXservers, and VAXstations. > I have seen an: > ULTRIX AND UWS V4.3 SUPP/UNSUPP (VAX) CD from September 1992 > and note that a VAX CD-ROM for Ultrix is mentioned in ULTRIX V4.4 > documenmtation. So it looks like VAX was supported by ULTRIX until > ULTRIX expired (can't remember - was there an ULTRIX V4.5) Yes, there was an Ultrix 4.5 and it was the last version. I don't know the date on 4.5, but the date on 4.4 is May 1995. Thanks Doug. Mike

22 years, 4 months

New hard drive in an Indigo2

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: jismay(a)gkar.unixboxen.net [mailto:jismay@gkar.unixboxen.net] > To answer your question, yes as long as you have the right > adaptors any drive should world in an Indigo2. I have had > 68pin,sca, and HVD drives in Indigo2's without any problems. > The only thing you have to do is make sure you set the drive > to the right SCSI ID. the lower left is (i believe) 1, upper > left is 2 and the 5-1/4 bay is 3. Great. I had no idea they even made HVD to NSHVSE (not-so-high voltage single ended? :) adaptors. Not that I want to actually use a HVD disk... I'll probably attempt to pick up a 18G or so ultra-scsi disk, in that case. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

22 years, 4 months

New hard drive in an Indigo2

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Doc [mailto:doc@mdrconsult.com] > I've got a Mylex PCI 20mbit adapter (DAC960[PL?]) I'll trade you > cheap. It's my opinion that on a non-server box, the gained speed is > minimal compared to the lost storage capacity suffered with > any reliable > RAID, unless you really need to mirror your data. Well, I've got a Mylex EISA RAID that would probably have a better chance of working. :) This machine has no PCI bus, but has EISA and GIO64... Even if it did have the bus for it, though, there would be the problem of finding an IRIX driver for that board. IRIX supported hardware isn't exactly plentiful. Anyway, shouldn't a decent RAID allow you to select the mode so that it only does striping ? Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

22 years, 4 months

Free SMD disks: Eagles and Super Eagle

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On March 12, Chris Craft wrote: > SMD drives hook up to a KDA50, yes? Nope...a KDA50 is an SDI controller, for RA-series drives. I don't know of any SMD controller made by DEC, though many other companies made SMD controllers for DEC machines. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

22 years, 4 months

DEC distribution tapes - VAX vs RISC

by PeksaDO＠Cardiff.ac.uk

<body> <div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">> 2) Ultrix-32 V2.2-1 Supp TK50 1988</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">></span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">> With this tape marked 'SUPP' I suspect that I</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">> only have the one tape of a multi-tape set.</span></font></div> <div align="left"><br> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">IIRC there were only two tapes in the set - SUPP</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">and UNSUPP. SUPP (which you have) is the only one</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">you require to get going.</span></font></div> <div align="left"><br> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">> What are you considering new?  I am looking at</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">> the Ultrix 4.x Basic Installation guide dated</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">> 1990 and it lists over a dozen uVAX's,</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">> VAXservers, and VAXstations.</span></font></div> <div align="left"><br> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">I have seen an:</span></font></div> <div align="left"><br> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">ULTRIX AND UWS V4.3 SUPP/UNSUPP (VAX) </span></font></div> <div align="left"><br> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">CD from September 1992 and note that a VAX</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">CD-ROM for Ultrix is mentioned in ULTRIX V4.4</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">documenmtation. So it looks like VAX was</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">supported by ULTRIX until ULTRIX expired (can't</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">remember - was there an ULTRIX V4.5)</span></font></div> <div align="left"><br> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size=3><span style="font-size:11pt">Doug.</span></font></div> <div align="left"><br> </div> <div align="left"><br></div> <div align="left"></div> </body>

22 years, 4 months

New hard drive in an Indigo2

by jismay＠gkar.unixboxen.net

To answer your question, yes as long as you have the right adaptors any drive should world in an Indigo2. I have had 68pin,sca, and HVD drives in Indigo2's without any problems. The only thing you have to do is make sure you set the drive to the right SCSI ID. the lower left is (i believe) 1, upper left is 2 and the 5-1/4 bay is 3. -- Love of the Goddess makes the poet go mad he goes to his death and in death is made wise. Robert Graves

22 years, 4 months

Semi-OT: PMac 6100 DOS

by Marion.Bates＠dartmouth.edu

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22 years, 4 months

Semi-OT: PMac 6100 DOS

by mythtech＠mac.com

>The PC side _seems_ to be booting up ok (I can hear faint Windows system >beeps, and the PC Setup control panel reports that "PC is running") but I >can't switch over. When I hit "switch to PC" the Mac's screen goes dimmer, >the cursor disappears, and the PC Clipboard becomes the active app, but >nothing else happens after a good 5 minutes of waiting. In the PC Setup control panel, change the C: drive to a new drive file, make it an brand new drive file, with nothing in it (just make a 5mb or something). Then boot the PC. You should get a BIOS boot screen, and eventually see a typical PC error of non system disk, replace and press a key. If you don't get that far, then the card isn't working properly. At that point, I would verify it is installed correctly (I'm not sure if that model card needed a video dongle or not... the Q610 "Houdini" card does, and so does the later 586 and Pentium card, although the latter can use an internal video cable in place of the normal external one.) After verifying the card is installed ok (fully seated, CD Audio cable is connected, and video dongle connected if needed), and it still doesn't boot... reinstall the Mac PC Setup software. You want version 1.5. You can get it here <http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html#doswin> v1.0.2 is for the Q610 card, v1.5 is for the Q630/PM6100 card, and v1.6.4 is for the later 586/Pentium cards. If is STILL doesn't boot... check to see if a ram chip is installed directly on the DOS card. If so, remove it. The cards are very picky over using the right chip. Remove an installed one, and then tell the PC Setup you want to share ram with the Mac (it should default to that automatically when it doesn't detect a chip installed). If it STILL doesn't boot... let me know, we'll go from there. But by now, it should at least boot to the BIOS screen. Once you get to the BIOS screen, you can then either retry the old drive file, or just start from scratch and install DOS or Windows. The card you have officially supports up to Win95. You should NOT have the drive file open and mounted on the Mac when you are trying to boot from the PC. And after changing drive files in the PC Setup control panel, you will need to reboot the PC (but not the Mac). -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 4 months

Semi-OT: PMac 6100 DOS

by csmith＠amdocs.com

-----Original Message----- From: Marion.Bates(a)dartmouth.edu [mailto:Marion.Bates@dartmouth.edu] > The PC side _seems_ to be booting up ok (I can hear faint > Windows system beeps, and the PC Setup control panel reports > that "PC is running") but I can't switch over. When I hit > "switch to PC" the Mac's screen goes dimmer, the cursor > disappears, and the PC Clipboard becomes the active app, but > nothing else happens after a good 5 minutes of waiting. Sounds like maybe the Mac drivers for the card need re-installed. Not that I have any more experience with this stuff than you, probably... > I mounted the PC disk image on the Mac side and poked through > it, and it looks like there are some major filesystem issues > -- open a folder and it contains the whole top level > directory listing, including itself -- open a subfolder, same > thing, etc. probably to infinity. It needs a complete This "folder" isn't named '.' is it? ;) Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

22 years, 4 months

Someone can make a picture of a KDA50 cab kit please?

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

> Doug Carman wrote: >Gunther Schadow wrote: > >> I guess so. I personally have a uVAX-II in the small cabinet, but >> I take anything, I don't care about the larger metal pieces, what >> I care about is the cable to the card and the SDI connectors. Those >> should be the same. I need the picture so a guy who doesn't know >> these things but may have the cables in a pile of stuff can recognize >> it. > >I have the cable kit for the BA200 series cabinets as well. You are >right, it will work in a BA123 if you just route the pigtails out a hole >in the rear bulkhead. The part number for the one I have is >17-00951-03. It has a 32 pin Berg connector on the module end with a >funny flat plastic retainer that holds it in. The pigtails are about 30 >inches long and each has the metal 8 pin connector that mates to the >disk drive cables. The KDA50 User Guide is at: http://208.190.133.201/decimages/moremanuals.htm The BA23 cab kit is pictured on p2-2. It's basically a rectangular panel with two connectors for SDI cables. The internal cable just plugs in on the inside (and the external cables - somehwhat thicker) plugs in externally. You need two bulkheads if you want to use all four possible drives. The internal cable is four tails connected to a single flat head with a plastic cover at the KDA50 end. (It's not *that* clear from the picture unless you already know what you are looking at). More pictures on pp 2-14, 2-15 and 2-16. I cannot find a picture of the BA213 arrangement. The KDA50 board pair sits behind a three-wide metal panel (the third slot is occupied by the cabling). The internal cable is the same and heads up and to the top left drive bay. There is where the bulkhead lives ... a recessed four-way connector. I expect I'll find a picture as soon as I hit "Send" ... Antonio

22 years, 4 months

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test-drb March 2002