test-drb April 2002

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by nemesis-lists＠icequake.net

Hello, I've begun to prepare a site with a wealth of Option Board information. Hopefully, the end result will be that any person with an Option Board and no docu/software will be able to use it productively. http://dbz.icequake.net/oldskool/dob/ I would appreciate any comments, criticism, flames, corrections, information, whatever. 8) -- 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

my little idea...

by john_boffemmyer_iv＠boff-net.dhs.org

Well, from the overwhelming response already, it seems like a good one =) Now for an important issue: I have no real clue of electronics pathways, circuity (board level repairs), soldering, etc. nor am I knowledgeable of electrical currents, signalling or anything else necessary. I have quickly realized this. If I paid money is some form or means, would it be possible for someone to actually set this up in a provided 5.25" or 3.5" bay blank? I am fully willing to pay for components, shipping and labor. The concept is thus: 2 LED's for SCSI controller I/O, 2 LED's for Ethernet and 4 LED's for SCSI drives. Was hoping for SCSI LED's to be orange, Ethernet to be yellow and SCSI drives to be possibly blue. I would have to assume that even the blue LED's can be obtained reasonably from somewhere to make this work. Again, I am ignorant of electrical work and this is why I ask for help. The SCSI controller is an LSI Logic 22910, the Ethernet controller is an IBM PCI Ethernet adapter (AMD PC-Net II) and I think the SCSI drives for front panel LED's are pretty standard. I DO HAVE THE SHEETS ON ALL OF THESE. Anyone interested? Please email me in private: john_boffemmyer_iv(a)boff-net.dhs.org I am a computer technician and network troubleshooter. I am in NO way a rocket scientist or experienced avid hobbiest like some of my brethren here. Many of you have this knowledge and experience, please help if you can. ...BTW Doc, yes, I really do have too much time on my hands sometimes... when I am not commuting 2 hours each way to work and putting in 42hr+ work weeks. The weekends become a lull and boredom sinks in... that is when my damned mind rears it's ugly head and starts thinking (I hate when it does that). Thanks gang, John ---------------------------------------- Founder, Lead Writer, Tech Analyst and Web Designer Boff-Net Technologies http://boff-net.dhs.org/index.html ---------------------------------------

23 years, 1 month

test, disregard please

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

sorry, classiccmp stopped forwarding my messages. I just resubscribed and this is a probe to see if it works now.

23 years, 1 month

Ready for another junk ^H^H^H^H er,ah, computer feast? (Central Florida)

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On April 11, Joe wrote: > I just talked to Eric Smith and he's going to be visiting this area (Orlando) around May 17 or 18. I thought it might be a good time for another Junk Feast. Let me know if you're interested. Hey! Yes!! :-) I missed the last one because I hadn't moved down here yet...but now I'm just a little ways away in St. Petersburg. Barring any catastrophe, count me in! -Dave -- Dave McGuire "Hush and eat your vegetables, young lady!" St. Petersburg, FL - Mr. Bill

23 years, 1 month

HSC90: who knows what K.ci status 111 means?

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

Hi, few days ago I moved my HSC90 into the basement and today I changed the power-plug to a 4-prong household kind, plugged it in and it actually powered up. I could even boot it from the RX33 disk that had been sitting for years on a scrap yard. All good news. But seems like I have a serious error in the CI "host adapter" and the HSC User Manual doesn't say anything about it. the K.ci fails DIT with status 111. SHOW ALL says that K.ci was not detected. The three boards show the follwing lights: | R | R R 1 2 3 where "R" marks a red LED and | marks a row of yellow LEDs. Notably the green LEDs underneath the red ones don't come on whereas they do come on on all the SI interfaces. Knowing that the CI is finnicky with unterminated ports I did connect all four to the star coupler. But it didn't change the error. Are my cards broken? I hope there's some other oversight that can be uncovered with the deciphering of the status 111. Thanks, -Gunther -- 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

23 years, 1 month

TTL computing

by Lee.Davison＠merlincommunications.com

> Are you saying that a program in a mask programmed ROM is > not firmware? Because everybody else that I know would call it > that. > There are many who would disagree with them, Tony. One characteristic common to all definitions I've run into in firmware is that it's FIELD-Programmable. Another is that it's non-volatile, i.e. persists between power cycles. Richard, you seem to be forgetting all those adverts from the 70s and 80s that boasted "Firmware in ROM!". Also a quick look at a dictionary reveals ... 8^)= --------------------------------------------- firm?ware Pronunciation Key (f?rm w?r ) n. Computer programming instructions that are stored in a read-only memory unit rather than being implemented through software. Source: The American Heritage? Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright ? 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. --------------------------------------------- firmware n : (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory. Source: WordNet ? 1.6, ? 1997 Princeton University --------------------------------------------- firmware Software stored in read-only memory (ROM) or programmable ROM (PROM). Easier to change than hardware but harder than software stored on disk. Firmware is often responsible for the behaviour of a system when it is first switched on. A typical example would be a "monitor" program in a microcomputer which loads the full operating system from disk or from a network and then passes control to it. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, ? 1993-2001 Denis Howe --------------------------------------------- Lee. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- This email is intended only for the above named addressee(s). The information contained in this email may contain information which is confidential. The views expressed in this email are personal to the sender and do not in any way reflect the views of the company. If you have received this email and you are not a named addressee please delete it from your system and contact Merlin Communications International IT Department on +44 20 7344 5888. ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________

23 years, 1 month

Fw: Help on two new finds

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

----- Original Message ----- From: "John R. Keys Jr." <jrkeys(a)concentric.net> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 8:13 PM Subject: Help on two new finds > Today I found a Black IBM external 8 inch drive at a Goodwill here for > $12.99. I checked google and could not find any real good info on it. > IBM's site was not much help either since this unit is from 1995. Anyone > have in details on it, I would like to hook it up to the AS/400 I got > the other day. > > Down at my warehouse while looking for some manuals I came across a box > that was addressed to someone in MN. I opened it and found a strange > looking keyboard/computer. It's black with gold stripes and says on the > front "System Logic / KBD-1 SYNERGISTIC DESIGN INC." . This is a > strange looking machine, the key caps are white clued on paper using > black and red print. Anyone have one of these along with a manual or > any information on it? Thanks in advance John >

23 years, 1 month

list server computer hardware will change

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

Greetings; FYI - at some point in the not too distant future (read weeks) I want to move the classiccmp list onto a different machine (but same location). This isn't being done for cpu/memory load or bandwidth reasons, it's mainly for logistical reasons. So - one machine will be dedicated to handling all classiccmp list traffic and that is all it will do. Right now the machine the list is on is also one of several doing backup DNS and mail for the ISP. Once the classiccmp stuff is moved it will also be shadowed by some of our other servers, but the primary server will be dedicated to classiccmp. I am perfectly willing to subsidize the entire cost of the hardware for the new machine. However, I am also willing to accept any donations of cash or hardware to cover the cost. I will host the machine and maintain it always for free, but the initial hardware would be nice to get some help with (although not required!). Here are the components and costs. If anyone has any of the components to spare and is willing to donate them, great - or if you want to kick in some cash to defray the cost - great too. But whatever people don't cover, I'm willing to cover myself even if it is the entire amount. ASUS micro-ATX motherboard with built in video and network interface: $65.00 Intel celeron 1.2ghz $80 Teac Floppy: $10 IDE CD-ROM: $30 256mb RAM: $80 30gb ultra IDE hard drive: $0 (I already have this sitting around, but a 2nd to mirror might be nice) 1U rackmount chassis: $150 In order to address the previously discussed issues of [offlist] tags and html rejection, as well as because of a lot of other nifty features, I'm also considering using mailman. It gives a wonderfull web interface for those that want to do their subscribes/unsubscribes & the like on their own. Yes, it still supports email subscribtion requestions. Basically, it gives me a lot of flexibility and options that majordomo doesn't. Not sure about this all yet. Thanks! Jay West

23 years, 1 month

Paper tape encoding scheme needed

by mranalog＠attbi.com

Bill Richman wrote: >... > while having the reader software ignore them, I'd like to follow some > kind of established standard. Can anyone give me any pointers on > this? Since DATA I/O makes a paper tape reader to connect to some of their PROM programmers, there a great description of various paper tape and data formats included in their PROM programmer manuals. http://www.spies.com/arcade/TE/DataIO29A.pdf See Appendix A Regards, --Doug ========================================= Doug Coward @ home in Poulsbo, WA Analog Computer Online Museum and History Center http://dcoward.best.vwh.net/analog Analogrechner, calculateur analogique, calcolatore analogico, analoogrekenaar, komputer analogowy, analog bilgisayar, kampiutere ghiyasi, analoge computer. =========================================

23 years, 1 month

Free TK50 cartridges

by lists＠subatomix.com

I have a line on "at least 32 tk-50 tape cartridges" for free in (I think) Ohio. If you want these, follow the sig instructions and mail me. I may then put you in contact with the owner. -- Jeffrey Sharp The email address lists(a)subatomix.com is for mailing list traffic. Please send off-list mail to roach jay ess ess at wasp subatomix beetle dot com. You may need to remove some bugs first.

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test-drb April 2002