On May 7, 20:38, Robert Schaefer wrote:
> > You can upgrade a 4MB SIMM to an 8MB one very easily -- just add the
chips
> > and change one (? IIRC) SMD resistor.
>
> Verrrryyyy interesting. Are these the PI 4D/35 specific SIMMS you are
> refering to? I do have at least four 4MB SIMMS installed.
I meant Indigo SIMMs, but I *AFAIK* the 4D/35 uses the same SIMMs.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
> Wow... and additionally, the right-hand bank of switches
^^^^^
Left. left.
"And he knew not his hole from an ass in the ground..." [0]
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> I have seen some discussion on the list recently regarding
> the Toshiba 3100 laptops...
>
> I was just curious - is there some reason that these are sought after? I
> believe I know where a pretty decent sized stack of them is (about 15 or
> so).
If they have plasma screens, I'd say that's your answer.
The first such screens with a wide audience were the
Magnavox-produced PLATO IV terminals. I'd yield up a
body part in trade (no organ meat) for one of those...
Anything else with a plasma display had my interest,
but not to the point of trading precious me away...
;)
> I've been trying to build a kernel with TCP/IP & DEQNA support for the
> PDP-11/93. After reassigning some of the overlay inclusions, the kernel
> builds OK, and will boot, up to looking for the root filesystem. The
> boot fails with an error that there's no root fs at major, minor (5,0).
> I've verified that my root filesystem is indeed at that device.
I would guess that if the generic kernel is able to find the root fs, but your custom kernel can't mount root, you may have an object that needs to be in a different place.
Looking at the kernel Makefile for 2.11BSD on my 11/83, I see that I have ra.o in the BASE.
When the kernel first starts to load, you should see something like:
<5>ra0: Ver 4 mod 3
ra0: RD54 size=311200
There were two versions of Futurebus. The original version dated from the
early 1980s and was described in the IEEE 896 standard. It used standard
9Ux280mm euroboards and three 96 pin DIN connectors. Tektronix used this in
their 3000? series workstations.
The second version, Futurebus+, used improved backplane connectors and hard
metric packaging. This is the version that DEC included in two different
VAXen. Futurebus+ was a great intellectual exercise but was a market
failure. Lots of Futurebus+ technology has made it's way into otehr products.
Michael Thompson
E-Mail: M_Thompson(a)IDS.net
Does anyone have any drivers for a Newport systems solution,
8 ports serial ISA card ? its based on a cirrus logic cl-cd180
and has a NEC V50 cpu with onboard. Google does not find
anything usefull.
Regards Jacob Dahl Pind
--
CBM, Amiga,Vintage hardware collector
Email: Rachael_(a)gmx.net
url: http://rachael.dyndns.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick@idcomm.com]
> muscle, to use to do the "standard" sorts of things.
> Moreover, Windows isn't
> that expensive. The updates cost about $85US.
Of course, given microsoft's somewhat -- um -- aggressive
"bundling" deals, nobody knows what an initial installation
costs. :)
> I've heard lots about what "you can get" but all I ever hear
> from the guys who
> use Linux every day is that they "don't have that." Some of
What don't they have?
> Not all college graduates are in computer science. Most, in
> fact, are not,
> and a computer is just a tool, like a screwdriver, not a
> deity. Most folks
> just want to get their work done, and don't care to worship
> at the shrine of
> M$ or *nix.
... but to have gone all the way through college using the things
and not have picked up any fundamental knowledge of them? Sure,
this happens, but I can't fathom how someone could possibly do it.
(I'm sure I can blame microsoft, but let's not get into that
again :)
> with, he'll be done
> by 3:30 and have $100 in his pocket, still, if he does the
... if you say so. :)
> obvious. If he
> tries something else, what does that say about his ability to
> get the job
> done? (see what I mean about disparate views of the same thing?)
That depends on whether it works better, doesn't it?
> The thing about the "standard solution" is that it's a solution.
Possibly a solution to the wrong problem.
> That's a different problem. I don't understand it either.
> People, in
> general want to do as little as they can "get by with,"
> saying nothing about
> doing a creditable job.
I'm sure most of us will agree on this, at least, then.
> If someone gives you a Lear Jet and all you want is to use
> the installed
> flashlight, why should you have to learn to fly?
You shouldn't. Sell your lear and get a $5 flashlight from
a department store, pay your mortgage, and maybe get a new
car ;)
So I suppose if someone give you a computer, and all you need
to do is type letters, you should get a word processor, and
keep the rest of your money.
If you want to web browse, there are things floating around
for that now too. You certainly don't need a desktop (or notebook)
computer for it.
> (1) Windows would not be one of those, and (2) most of the
> *nix users I know
> enjoy the long cryptic command lines more than anything else.
Personally I like that most of the commands are shorter, though, I
also get along find with systems that have longer commands.
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
I've got an HP Jetdirect EX, Model J2383 for Token Ring available for
$5.00 including US Shipping ($5.50 if paid by PayPal to cover their
fees.) to the first person who wants it. It does not have a power supply
with it, and since I have never used it, I can't guarantee it works.
Hi peoples,
sort of off topic but just saw this
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/07may02b.htm
True 64 is being dropped and HP-UX will be hp/compaq's UNIX product,
and then this
HP also will deliver on the previously announced Compaq OpenVMS. roadmap,
including the port to Itanium.
Benjamin
