test-drb April 2002

test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

280 participants
1162 discussions

by celigne＠celigne.freeserve.co.uk

It never ceases to surprise me how many ancient terminals are secreted away at work. On Saturday I found a Motorola EXORterm 155 which had been put out for the skip. There is no keyboard unfortunately, just a ribbon cable protruding from underneath the main body, which is about the size of a VT52. It appears to date from 1980, but I have no clues about how we used it. Google doesn't turn up many references, apart from a 1997 listing of Herr Franke's collection from our archives and a company called RA Ventures, who developed it for Motorola. So, any other info?

23 years, 1 month

DEC AUI stuff (was re: A2065 Ethernet)

by rmurphy＠itm-inst.com

At 09:52 AM 4/13/02 -0500, pat(a)cart-server.purdueriots.com wrote: >Looks like I'm getting my DEC 5-letter scrambles confused. I don't >remember what it was called, but it has a pair of AUIs on the back, DEC >and its name on the front, and that's about it. Network bridge of some >sort? I didn't see any other ports like a console or anything. That's the DEBNT. (10 Megabit ethernet bridge). -Rick

23 years, 1 month

Central Point Option Board

by nemesis-lists＠icequake.net

Hello, I'm sorry if this is a double post; I didn't see my message when the digest came out. I put together a site with information and software for the Central Point Deluxe Option Board and related things. If anyone is still looking for the software, documentation, or whatnot, here's your chance. :) http://dbz.icequake.net/oldskool/dob/ There is also some tidbits at the top that are requests for information on various topics related to the Option Board; I'd appreciate it if anyone with a board would take a second to look it over and see if they can help. Thanks! -- Ryan Underwood, <nemesis at icequake.net>, icq=10317253 jabber=nemesis at jabber.icequake.net http://www.icequake.net/~nemesis |= icequake networks, ltd. =|= university of missouri rolla =| |= system administration =|= computer science =|

23 years, 1 month

Tinnerman nuts

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

Carl --- That's close, but what I'm looking for clips around the rails, not into the hole, which is round. This looks almost exactly like it, at the bottom of the page... "Palnut Multi-Thread U-Nut" http://www.tt-ec.com/showcase/retaining/palunut.html ..that's it, I think... --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 Mac OS X 10.1.2 - Darwin Kernel Version 5.2: Fri Dec 7 21:39:35 PST 2001 Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash > ---------- > From: Carl Lowenstein > > You would be happier with the type of fastener that uses real machine > screws rather than the sheet-metal type screws that some racks have. > There is a nice picture of them on the Tinnerman Web site at > > < http://www.tt-ec.com/showcase/nutbolt/nutretcat.html > > > Of course, now that I think of it, DEC used something like that. > It was another brand of racks that used the sheet-metal screws. > > carl > -- > carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego > clowenstein(a)ucsd.edu > >

23 years, 1 month

Vax 4000/300 and Ultrix

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On April 15, Carlini, Antonio wrote: > > Isn't the MicroVAX-I CPU called "KD32"? > > Sometimes. But then sometimes it's called > the KA610. I'm assuming a late-breaking > name change (KD32->KA610) caused > the confusion in the various docs, but > I wasn't there and I don't know > anyone who was. Ahh, ok. I'd never heard the KA610 designation before. I'm getting my old VAXstation-I back in a few days; I haven't seen it for nearly ten years. A reunion! :-) I've got a nice Emulex MSCP ESDI controller for it...now I need to find a decent-sized (300MB-1GB) ESDI drive for it. -Dave -- Dave McGuire "Hush and eat your vegetables, young lady!" St. Petersburg, FL - Mr. Bill

23 years, 1 month

Vax 4000/300 and Ultrix

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On April 15, Jochen Kunz wrote: > Even on a MV II / KA630 the QBus is not the system bus. The QBus is > attached through a bus bridge to the on board system bus. The console > SLU, TOY clock, ... reside on this bus too. So, by this definition, > no VAX is a QBus VAX. Hmmm. Maybe the MV I / KA610 can be a real QBus > machine, as it uses QBus RAM. Isn't the MicroVAX-I CPU called "KD32"? -Dave -- Dave McGuire "Hush and eat your vegetables, young lady!" St. Petersburg, FL - Mr. Bill

23 years, 1 month

Vax 4000/300 and Ultrix

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

> Isn't the MicroVAX-I CPU called "KD32"? Sometimes. But then sometimes it's called the KA610. I'm assuming a late-breaking name change (KD32->KA610) caused the confusion in the various docs, but I wasn't there and I don't know anyone who was. Antonio

23 years, 1 month

Berserker Works vintage computer games (fwd)

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>If you could give me ANY information on who might deal in such >vintage computer games, or even where I might look to try to find >someone, that would be great. Any leads would be much appreciated. >Thank you very much, A few seconds with google produced a possible C64= version (but I'm assuming it's not an entirely legit site ... http://www.c64.com/search.php?com=search_detail&search_year=1982) The next few hits were similar looking sites for Atari machines (just guessing from the hostnames) and an auction with what might be a relevant manual: http://www.bidville.com/listings/index.cfm?category=416&listing=current&sort by=date_desc&group=1 Surely *everyone* knows about search engines? Antonio

23 years, 1 month

FWD: Re: Goodbye VAX hello ALpha

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

> Mmmm, Windows user. Crunchy and good with ketchup. The original poster may well be. The responder isn't (you only have to read a few of his posts ...) ... he's got the right idea, he wants them for himself ! Antonio

23 years, 1 month

Goodbye VAX hello ALpha

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>Has anyone seen this news posting? Yes. Nothing particularly surprising about it. I doubt that anyone would pay very much for VAXen that old. It's probably not worth a reseller's while trying to make a business out of selling them on ebay. The only businesses that might be interested are those that have such a machine in a mission-critical environment and they want one for spares or theirs just blew up and they need a replacement *now*. The only VAX 4000's that might sell would be the very latest -705As and maybe a -700A. VAX 7000's might sell too. Good luck with anything older. Why buy a VAX now when an Alpha can almost certainly do the same job (for most jobs, that is) and run rings around it too? Now my point of view as a hobbyist, is entirely different. I want *both* VAXes and Alphas :-) Antonio

23 years, 1 month

Jump to page:

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

test-drb April 2002