test-drb May 2002

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HP minicomputer (HP3000 ?) avaialble (soon, perhaps)

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

Hi, my neighbor's work place used to have some HP minicomputer, HP 3000 (? I don't know anything about HP minis.) They plan to get rid of it sometimes soon. Anybody interested? I am not interested in it myself but I could potentially store it in my garage on a (very) temporary basis. I don't know exactly when it will be available and under which conditions, but I'll follow up. regards, -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

22 years, 8 months

Hihi, I just won a side-table VAX for $5 :-)

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

Hi friends, luck was on my side today. I just won a government auction VAX 4000-200 with 3 RF72 DSSI disks in a nice pedestal for five bucks! :-) :-) The shipping from Salem, OH to Indy will add up to quite a bit more, but it could have been that and $200 if the market had been responsive to those as it usually is. This is quite likely the last VAX that will have a permanent place in my home (yea right, they all say that :-). I will probably get another VAX 6000 sometime soon, which I will give away to Micheal McCabe, if he still wants one. Next summer I am planning on two 6630 but those will be merged to one 6660 and then swapped against one of my 6400s. That will make another two 6420s available. And those go to Shengchao Li and/or Isildur, if they want them by then. regards, -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

22 years, 8 months

O.K. test is done. Re: [test] what's the scoop with MSV-11

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

Thanks, the test was fine today. Sorry to bother you with this, Jay. -Gunther Pete Turnbull wrote: > On May 25, 13:14, Gunther Schadow wrote: > >>[I think I can still not post to cctalk, even though I'm subscribed. >> may be it just doesn't echo it back to me. Could someone send me an >> ACK if (s)he sees this message? Jay, could you check the maillog again >> for what's wrong?] Thanks!!! >> > > I got it OK... > > -- 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, 8 months

[test] what's the scoop with MSV-11

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

[I think I can still not post to cctalk, even though I'm subscribed. may be it just doesn't echo it back to me. Could someone send me an ACK if (s)he sees this message? Jay, could you check the maillog again for what's wrong?] Thanks!!! Hi, I don't understand MSV11 MOS RAM. I tried to use M8044 in a PDP11/03 and it won't work. This is the KC780 which I want to provide with more memory in order to get ready for my upgrade to the VAX 11/785. But the console program won't accept it. It seems to mumble about something that might be fixable with the dip-switches or jumpers on the card. What could it be? thanks, -Gunther PS: I can post more detail, but for now I'm just fighting with classiccmp to make it accept and forward my posts. Thanks. -- 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, 8 months

AT&T 705 multitasking terminal

by rdd＠rddavis.org

Yesterday, I discovered part of an AT&T model 705MT terminal in a thrift shop... it was just missing the keyboard. At the time, I didn't know that it was a "multitasking" terminal - still not sure what that means, but I figured that it should be possible to find a keyboard for it somewhere at some point in time. From what I can tell, it's VT100, etc. compatible. Since it was priced at only US$4 for the base unit, which appeared to be in good cosmetic condition, except for some screen burn, I bought it. Is anyone on this list familiar with these terminals? What is a "multitasking terminal"? ...also bought an Insync 1428NI monitor for US$4, thinking it to be a generic VGA monitor (taking a guess at this). -- Copyright (C) 2001 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other animals: All Rights Reserved an unnatural belief that we're above Nature & rdd(a)rddavis.org 410-744-4900 her other creatures, using dogma to justify such http://www.rddavis.org beliefs and to justify much human cruelty.

22 years, 8 months

Godbout Econoram X control settings

by fmc＠reanimators.org

Jim Battle asked for info on how his Econoram X is configured. I finally got the manual out to look at it. Guess I should scan it (12pp) before I put it away again. Econoram X is a 32Kx8 RAM board, designed for compatibility with the proposed IEEE standard for the S-100 bus. Date on the manual is 1/79. The board is addressable as three blocks of RAM: two blocks of 8KB called blocks A and B, and one block of 16KB called block C. The 8KB blocks reside at 8KB boundaries and the 16KB block resides at a 16KB boundary. Each block may also be disabled. Blocks A and B can be write protected, and each half of block C can be write protected. S1: 1: block A write enable (write enabled if on, protected if off) 2: block B write enable 3: block C lower 8KB write enable 4: block C upper 8KB write enable 5: block A disable (disabled if on) 6: block B disable 7: block C disable 8: write strobe select grounds S-100 bus pin 68/MWRITE, should be off if your front panel or CPU board drives this S2: 1-3: block A base address (1,2,3 are address bits 15,14,13) 4-6: block B base address (4,5,6 are address bits 15,14,13) 7-8: block C base address (7,8 are address bits 15,14) J1: (down by bus connector, near U7) if installed, board supports PHANTOM feature (Note there is also an Econoram Xa which is different: it is two 16KB blocks which can be located within a 64KB extended-address block, i.e. it knows about the IEEE 696 extended addressing, unlike the Econoram X.) -Frank McConnell

22 years, 8 months

Interface the keyboard from a Displaywriter with a modern PC?

by MTPro＠aol.com

Hello everyone, I like the new discussion system. Anyway, could someone please write directly to this man and possibly help him out? Please reply to: malcolmdean(a)earthlink.net -------------------------------------------------- Say, here's a question: I have several Displaywriter systems plus an extra keyboard, which in my opinion was the best every produced. I would like to interface the keyboard with a modern PC. I've been through months of trying to network within IBM and with the person who originally ported MS-DOS for the Displaywriter, but all I've got so far is that the keyboard PROBABLY has a standard IBM serial interface, and it MAY be possible to write PC software which would translate the serial input into "normal" keycodes. Any suggestions? Malcolm

22 years, 8 months

OT -- Paging . . . . .

by ghldbrd＠ccp.com

? McFadden, please call Joe Rigdon on his cell phone . . . he's in the middle of Kansas somewhere. I tried mcfadden(a)cmh.edu, and got a reject. If anyone else knows your correct addy, pass it along so we can get connected Gary Hildebrand St. Joseph, MO

22 years, 8 months

PowerBook 180c

by torquil＠rockbridge.net

Heya, I am looking to pick up a PowerBook 180c. Anyone got one? Thanks, Torquil MacCorkle III Lexington, Virginia

22 years, 8 months

Microvax 3100/90 OPA0

by bob_lafleur＠technologist.com

My "new" Microvax 3100/90 has 4 serial ports, 3 MMJ's and one DB25-M. The MMJ's are numbered 0, 1, and 3, and the DB25-M is labeled 2. I assume the one labeled 0 is the console OPA0 port. There is a big yellow sticker above the ports that says "0 OPA0" but it has a big arrow pointing to the RIGHT. (the ports are numbered 0, 1, 3, 2 from left to right). This sticker seems to be really odd. My MMJ cable should arrive Tuesday. I'm planning to connect to my PC serial port and use a terminal emulator to control the console. I assume I need a null-modem/crossover cable to go from my PC COM port to the MMJ jack... Correct me if I'm wrong. Does anyone know if it is possible to use the DB25-M port as OPA0 instead, like you can on the VAXstations? My MMJ will be here on Tuesday, but if I could use the DB25-M, I could get my machine up and running this weekend :) - Bob

22 years, 8 months

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