test-drb March 2002

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by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Tothwolf [mailto:tothwolf@concentric.net] > On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Christopher Smith wrote: > > Well, on one hand, yes, but on the other hand, I like my > Indigo 2 Elan with > > no texture memory just fine. I'm also considering trying > I didn't know you had another SGI box ;) Yep. > A couple people I've known who ended up with old SGI gear thought they > were going to create some kind of fancy animations with this kind of > hardware, so I never know what to think now. Depends on what you mean by "fancy animations." It will probably do better out of the box than most new peesees depending on what you'd like to animate. (and whether it requires texture memory, of course) Both of my SGIs, for instance, have analog video in/out, which is a start. On the other hand, you can't really do a good animation with anything "out of the box." It usually takes a lot of strange stuff. The graphical prowess of the machines is still something, though. For instance, the ability of the machine to provide individual color-maps for different windows on the screen, without the nasty palette-flashing that's seen in xfree86 on an intel box (for example) when you try the same... > Sounds like you at least have an original VGX chassis then. > It is possible > someone upgraded some of the boards, but the only way you'll > be able to > tell is to pull them and cross reference the part numbers. I'm thinking about doing that. The label on top of the chassis actually says "4D/440 VGX" or something to that effect. Regards, 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

Toshiba 3100SX laptop

by mythtech＠mac.com

>-> It is the laptop, and a toshiba carry bag for it. There was no power >-> supply that I saw, or manuals. > >Doesn't need one. Uses standard 120vac power cord. Humm... maybe I didn't pay enough attention (I wasn't really that interested in it myself), but I could have sworn their was a port marked DC and it was a small 3 pin jack that looked alot like the old Hayes modem power jacks (squarish with the edges cut off). But maybe in my quick glance I either looked at the wrong port, or just had a brain fart at what I was looking at. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 4 months

Top collectable machines

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

>Out of curiosity, how many here care whether or not the machines they >collect are considered "collectable" or "top collectable?" Isn't the >point of collecting these machines to have fun toys to play with? >Collecting was more fun, and the machines were easier to find, when >nearly everyone considered them worthless a decade or so ago. As many other have said here, I try to hang on to only those machines that I can put to use. One exception would be the various SBCs I own, but you could argue that they are useful for learning about the procerssor they host. Also, like others, nobody is really impressed by my collection. I don't do it for them, I do it for me.... My "lab" is in the finished basement of our new-to-us house (and leaking into the garage). The previous owners left brown shag rug and paneling, so it has that nice '70's look, to match the computers! :-) One friend of my wife, whose husband works for the government, remarked upon coming down the stairs and seeing my stuff scattered about: "This looks like one of those places my husband goes into where the bust the guy for having all his kiddie porn stashed on his computers". She laughed, I didn't... :-( Rich B. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

22 years, 4 months

Slightly OT: 8T01 Nixie Decoder/Driver Information Needed

by bill_r＠inetnebr.com

Does anyone have any information (ideally, data sheets) on the 8T01 16-pin DIP Nixie Decoder/Driver IC? I had no luck with the IC Master online or a Google search... -Bill Richman (bill_r(a)inetnebr.com) Web Page: http://incolor.inetnebr.com/bill_r Home of the COSMAC Elf Microcomputer Simulator, Fun with Molten Metal, Orphaned Robots, and Technological Oddities.

22 years, 4 months

Toshiba 3100SX laptop

by mythtech＠mac.com

My local Salvation Army store has a Toshiba 3100SX laptop for $8.00 if anyone wants it. It is the laptop, and a toshiba carry bag for it. There was no power supply that I saw, or manuals. Also, on the back there is a spot for what looks like a modem (don't remember exactly what it said, something about phone interface though)... but other than the cover plate, whatever is supposed to be installed in that spot is missing (there is a whole in the plate, and you can see inside to where something should be). It was there as of Saturday, and they are closed on Sunday's, so it is probably still there. If someone wants it, just let me know, I'll grab it for them and ship it out. Obviously if you want it, you cover actual purchase cost ($7.99 + 6% sales tax) and shipping... I'm not interested in making money off it (but if you want to slip me a buck for picking it up, that's always nice). -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 4 months

VMS: problems with INITIALIZE MUC6: (TK50)

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

Hi, this is a followup to the problem I'm having formatting a TK50 drive with a VMS filesystem, needed to create a diagnostic tape. I am on a VAX 6400 with VMS 5.4 or 7.2 (dual boot so to speak :-), nether works. I do $ INITIALIZE MUC6: ELAN When that runs the tape scrunches and spins happily until suddenly: %PBC0, Port is Reinitializing ( 45 Retries Left). Check the Error Log. %INIT-F-VOLINV, volume is not software enabled then in the error log I find what's attached below. This time, I believe the critical entry is there. Could someone help me interpreting this? I suppose it might just have a data error, but this should really not make the whole thing stop. I had several warnings when I wrote a tape with this drive on a uVAX-II with NetBSD, and it still went on writing it all. So is there an easy fix? Could it be that the TK50 tape doesn't play well with the TQK70 controller? Would it be better if I hooked the TK50 to the DEBNT, but where on the backplane rear do I connect this sort of thing and how is the IDC connector wired on the VAXBI side? thanks for helping out, -Gunther ******************************* ENTRY 3695. ******************************* ERROR SEQUENCE 157. LOGGED ON: SID 0B000006 DATE/TIME 2-MAR-2002 14:18:55.32 SYS_TYPE 02400101 SYSTEM UPTIME: 0 DAYS 00:08:56 SCS NODE: VAX/VMS V5.4 ERL$LOGMESSAGE ENTRY KA64A CPU FW REV# 6. CONSOLE FW REV# 4.0 XMI NODE # 1. I/O SUB-SYSTEM, UNIT _MUC6: MESSAGE TYPE 0002 TAPE MSCP MESSAGE MSLG$L_CMD_REF 6ADA0004 MSLG$W_UNIT 0006 UNIT #6. MSLG$W_SEQ_NUM 0000 SEQUENCE #0. MSLG$B_FORMAT 05 TAPE ERROR MSLG$B_FLAGS 41 SEQUENCE NUMBER RESET OPERATION CONTINUING MSLG$W_EVENT 0068 DATA ERROR READ DATA CHECK MSLG$Q_CNT_ID 132B0008 0342F6A1 UNIQUE IDENTIFIER, F6A1132B0008(X) TAPE CLASS DEVICE TBK70 MSLG$B_CNT_SVR 00 CONTROLLER SOFTWARE VERSION #0. 0C UNIT HARDWARE REVISION #12. MSLG$B_LEVEL 01 MSLG$B_RETRY 2C MSLG$L_GAP_CNT 00000000 GAP COUNT = 0. MSLG$B_FMTR_SVR 00 FORMATTER SOFTWARE VERSION #0. MSLG$B_FMTR_HVR 00 FORMATTER HARDWARE REVISION #0. TK70 DEVICE/CONTROLLER DEPENDENT INFORMATION DRIVE FLAGS 13 CARTRIDGE PRESENT HEAD AT TRACK ZERO POSITIONED AT BOT TRK NUMBER 00 LOGICAL TRACK NUMBER = 0. PHYSICAL BLK# 0004 PHYSICAL BLOCK NUMBER = 4. LOGICAL BLK# 00 LOGICAL BLOCK NUMBER = 0. TAPE POSITION 0100B4 TAPE POSITION = 65716. DRIVE STATE 0A0C RD/WRT STATE 2B3C OPERATION FLGS 01A2 CNTRLR STATUS 02 RECOVERED BY RETRY DRIVE ERR CODE 13 COMMUNICATIONS ERROR ****** ENTRY 3694., ERROR SEQUENCE 156. LOGGED ON SID 0B000006 ERL$LOGSTATUS ENTRY KA64A CPU FW REV# 6. CONSOLE FW REV# 4.0 XMI NODE # 1. I/O SUB-SYSTEM, UNIT _MUC6: MSLG$L_CMD_REF 6ADA0004 ORB$L_OWNER 00000000 OWNER UIC [000,000] UCB$L_CHAR 0CC44038 DIRECTORY STRUCTURED SINGLE DIRECTORY "SEQUENTIAL BLOCK" ORIENTED FILE ORIENTED AVAILABLE ERROR LOGGING ALLOCATED CAPABLE OF INPUT CAPABLE OF OUTPUT UCB$L_OPCNT 00000003 3. QIO'S THIS UNIT UCB$W_ERRCNT 0001 1. ERRORS THIS UNIT UCB$W_STS 0810 ONLINE SOFTWARE VALID CDRP$L_MEDIA 00000000 CDRP$W_FUNC 000C READ PHYSICAL BLOCK CDRP$L_BCNT 00000050 TRANSFER SIZE 80. BYTE(S) CDRP$W_BOFF 0170 368. BYTE PAGE OFFSET CDRP$L_PID 0001000D REQUESTOR "PID" CDRP$Q_IOSB 000001F4 00000000 IOSB, 0. BYTE(S) TRANSFERRED -- 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, 4 months

990

by mhstein＠canada.com

Either of you guys want a copy of the 990 Computer Family Systems Handbook? mike -------Original Message---------- Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 22:28:17 -0500 From: "James B. DiGriz" <jbdigriz(a)dragonsweb.org> Subject: Re: 990 Merle K. Peirce wrote: > I think they are both variations of the 990/12. One may be a model 8. I > think one is a 13 slot chassis, the other a 17. > I have a /10 in a 13 slot chassis. ~512K installed, several more 192 and <snippage> __________________________________________________________ Get your FREE personalized e-mail at http://www.canada.com

22 years, 4 months

[lcolautti@libero.it: Two PDP-11 in Italy]

by mrbill＠mrbill.net

Contact him directly if interested. ----- Forwarded message from Lorenzo Colautti <lcolautti(a)libero.it> ----- From: "Lorenzo Colautti" <lcolautti(a)libero.it> To: <mrbill(a)pdp11.org> Subject: Two PDP-11 in Italy Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:38:13 +0100 Hello! I have two fully-functional PDP11-45 systems, with some spare parts, documentation, tests, ecc. But in Italy I was unable to find any person or organisation interested in this. Can you help me? I don't wont throw them! Lorenzo Colautti colautti.lorenzo(a)enel.it Endesa Italia s.r.l. Monfalcone (GO) ITALY ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Bill Bradford mrbill(a)mrbill.net Austin, TX

22 years, 4 months

OpenSTEP for VMS

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Doc [mailto:doc@mdrconsult.com] > a copy of 3.1. I just haven't found the hardware combo to run it. > I still don't know where I got this, but I found tarball & README. > It's AfterStep, with a title & readme touting it as "OpenSTEP for > Linux". Somebody's idea of a joke? No, somebody just probably forgot to check their facts. :) 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

Yahoo Free Listing Day on Tuesday

by marvin＠rain.org

Just a quick note to let everyone know that Yahoo is having a free listing day on Tuesday. I plan on putting a number of items there up for auction that might be of interest to listmembers, and will post the URL tomorrow.

22 years, 4 months

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test-drb March 2002