test-drb June 2002

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RT-11 on a PRO (was Re: Stuff available...)

by pat＠purdueriots.com

On Sun, 4 Jan 1970, David Betz wrote: > I'd like to find a good home for the following equipment: > > DEC VT-180 "Robin" with dual 5.25" floppy drives I wish I was near NH... > RT-11 distribution for the Pro-380 Hey, this reminds me of something I though of earlier. Would it be possible (not necessarly legal) to use a copy of RT-11 'for SimH' on the pro-3{5|8}0 ? Also, how would I go about getting data from an RX-50 from the PRO into an image that SimH likes? I've got access to a DOS and Linux box with a 5.25" HD drive that I've used to successfully make copies of RX-50's with teledisk. Is there a readily availble program, or will I have to go play with INT 13h on my DOS machine to try and copy things into an image file? Thanks -- Pat

22 years, 1 month

RA82 belt tension adjustment, how?

by m_thompson＠ids.net

Replacing the starting capacitors in the RA81 disk fixed the spinup problem. They are a cylinder about 2" in diameter and 4" long and located behind and below the HDA. They take about 10 minutes to replace. Michael Thompson E-Mail: M_Thompson(a)IDS.net

22 years, 1 month

Bulk Tape Eraser

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> From: Chris > > > Or a drink coaster. The circuit boards is good as a backer for a > >notepad. And use the cases for banks, letter holder, pen holder, etc... > > Humm... I have a few dead drives here... maybe I'll yank the boards, use > some small hinges, and make myself a note pad case (I've seen them for > sale before, but never with components on them) > > But I think if I start making all my office desk items from used computer > parts, then the staff here will REALLY think I have gone insane... then > again, maybe that will be a good thing, they'll stay out of my office > (barricading the door and covering the floor with electronic junk hasn't > stopped them... it just makes them trip when trying to come near my desk) > Well, the 3' x 5' Jolly Roger flag on my wall has slowed them down a bit. :) Not to mention that my "office" is really in the back of the printer room, I just used some 7' cabinets to form a wall, so my office is sort of "hidden". -- --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 Mac OS X 10.1 - Darwin Kernel Version 5 Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash

22 years, 1 month

Lisa Pascal

by paulrsm＠buckeye-express.com

> Do any of you folks know where to disk find images of Lisa > Pascal/Development kit? Check out the following two eBay auctions: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2032923599 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2032088987 I purchased a copy of the second one for the Apple II software. You will need an old Macintosh to create the images. Paul R. Santa-Maria Monroe, Michigan USA

22 years, 1 month

Wirth's first DEC Pascal Compiler

by paulrsm＠buckeye-express.com

> Anyone have a copy of this DECtape ? > More likely it was a compiler/pcode interpreter > for a PDP10or 11, but I could be wrong. Year: 1969-70 I have the NBS (National Bureau of Standards) Pascal compiler for the PDP-11 if you want it. It is written in Pascal except for the run-time library. It appears to be part of a DECUS tape dated Fall 1980. > I was able to find source for a pascal -s compiler > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bnielsen/pascals1.html A lot of links to Pascal-S are close by: http://hjem.get2net.dk/bnielsen/pascals.html Paul R. Santa-Maria Monroe, Michigan USA

22 years, 1 month

Non-DEC SCSI tape drives with VMS

by bob_lafleur＠technologist.com

Has anyone successfully used non-DEC SCSI tape (cartridge) drives with VMS? If so, what types have you been successful with? Travan? DAT? 8mm? Which models? I just hooked up an HP SureStore TR4, and it's recognized, the device is an HP T4000s. But when I try to access it (INIT a tape, etc) I get a "parity error". I don't have any Travan-4 tapes though, just Travan-5 tapes, so that's what I tried... Could that cause a parity error?

22 years, 1 month

Timex Sinclair 1000 Update and Questions

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Doc <doc(a)mdrconsult.com> > Headphone socket to "Ear" on the TS-1000. I didn't hook up the > Mic-mic line. Glad you mentioned that -- don't hook up both cables at the same time or strange things may happen. Also, what tapes do you have? I'm working on completing the entire set as produced by Timex Computer Corp. and might be interested. Later -- Glen 0/0

22 years, 1 month

Zebra Systems (was Re: Timex Sinclair 1000 Update and Questions)

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Gene Buckle <geneb(a)deltasoft.com> > Glen, isn't there a company out there somewhere that is selling unbuilt > kits still? I seem to recall them going for $99. Yes: Zebra Systems in NYC. BUT I suggest you exercise caution when dealing with this firm, i.e., only pay them with a charge card in case they "lose" your order or find they can't provide the products as advertised. I've had a couple of unsatisfactory dealings with them. Another gripe of mine is that in the last three years or so they've bumped the price from $29.95 to $99.95. If you do a search on eBay for "timex,sinclair" you'll often find Zebra selling kits there, usually with a starting bid of $49, so you can save a lot by going that route. The kits themselves (I've built at least two or three) are great. They're not exactly identical to the original retail versions (no original Sinclair BASIC manual, Zebrafied assembly instructions instead of original) but they work, and one advantage is that the RF modulator (if you care to use it -- I don't) is UHF instead of VHF and provides a much cleaner signal. Later -- Glen 0/0

22 years, 1 month

Bulk Tape Eraser

by mythtech＠mac.com

> Or a drink coaster. The circuit boards is good as a backer for a >notepad. And use the cases for banks, letter holder, pen holder, etc... Humm... I have a few dead drives here... maybe I'll yank the boards, use some small hinges, and make myself a note pad case (I've seen them for sale before, but never with components on them) But I think if I start making all my office desk items from used computer parts, then the staff here will REALLY think I have gone insane... then again, maybe that will be a good thing, they'll stay out of my office (barricading the door and covering the floor with electronic junk hasn't stopped them... it just makes them trip when trying to come near my desk) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 1 month

Indigo2 and Exabyte 8200

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jun 18, 10:14, Jeff Hellige wrote: > Well I finally found a system that still likes my Exabyte > 8200. My Mac's have never liked it and my Amiga's were tempermental > with it, not always working. My SGI Indigo2 appears to happily deal > with it though, even if it is quite slow. Is there a way of making a > backup done to it bootable? I don't know for sure that it works with an Exabyte 8200, but look for an executable file called mkboottape (and then "man mkboottape" and distcp -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

22 years, 1 month

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