test-drb June 2002

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by carlos_murillo＠epm.net.co

At 07:22 AM 6/14/02 -0700, you wrote: > You probably mean a DECStation 2100 or 3100. Those are both R2000 >based, only difference between 2100 and 3100 is that the 2100 runs at 12 MHZ >and the 3100 at 16. NetBSD supports them quite well. Probably the fastest >small workstation at the time they came out (1989). They look like, and use >the same (or very similar) case, power supply, peripherals, as VS3100/30/38. Of course, silly me. I meant the 2100. carlos. -------------------------------------------------------------- Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo(a)nospammers.ieee.org

22 years, 1 month

New IBM system stores 25 times as much data as hard drives

by foo＠siconic.com

Here's a new technology with a classic twist: http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/3444884.htm IBM invented a medium based in part on scanning electronic microscope technology that creates tiny indentations or holes on a polymer. Each whole is "half a billionth of an inch" in diameter. The storage density is purported to be 25 times that of current hard disk technology (200 CD ROMs on a stamp). This is amazing. The technology is being compared to punch cards. Check out the article above soon as the full-text goes away after a day or so. I see this as one of the most significant inventions of the modern (i.e. < 10 years) computer age because it represents a high-density, long term storage media that can be reliably used for non-volatile archival data storage. And based on mechanical technology. Who woulda thunk? Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

22 years, 1 month

No IMSAI on ebay

by emu＠ecubics.com

Richard Erlacher wrote on june 13, 1988: > > That's particulary so when one considers that most S-100 hardware was really > not Imsai-comaptible due to timing problems. Talking about timing, you email was sent 14 years ago ;-)

22 years, 1 month

Mounting tapes on VMS *AAARRRRRRGGGHHHHHH*

by msell＠ontimesupport.com

erf. I've done just about everything I can think of to mount TK50 tapes on my MicroVax (and also on my TK70 on the 4000), and I keep getting the "%MOUNT-I_OPRQST, Please mount device" error. I've tried mounting the tapes with "/FOREIGN" as well - no luck. If I try mounting the tapes with the "/NOASSIST" option - I get the "%MOUNT-F-VOLINV, volume is not software enabled" error. I'm running VMS 6.1. Any ideas? I've tried a half-dozen tapes on both drives with no luck. In fact, there is no tape drive activity at all when the mount command is given. I have been trying to "allocate" the drives beforehand, with no luck in mounting. AGH! Am I doing something dumb? I've been searching the 'NET and "Googling" this problem to death - but I've been following all of the examples. Any ideas? Thanks! - Matt Matthew Sell Programmer On Time Support, Inc. www.ontimesupport.com (281) 296-6066 Join the Metrology Software discussion group METLIST! http://www.ontimesupport.com/subscribe_t&c.html. "One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler Many thanks for this tagline to a fellow RGVAC'er...

22 years, 1 month

Network card for LaserJet

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

I used to work at a law office that had an AT&T Starserver. It had two "concentrators" that each could attach to two 12 port (IIRC) serial "hubs". The serial lines went to terminals and printers, and used RJ-45's with TP wiring. Bob -----Original Message----- From: David Woyciesjes [mailto:DAW@yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu] Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 9:30 AM To: 'cctalk(a)classiccmp.org' Subject: RE: Network card for LaserJet > From: Jim Arnott > > Thanks. > > Never seen Serial RJ-45 ports before > > Jim > F.Y.I. - My Cabletron MRXI hubs have RJ-45 sockets, for hooking up to a serial VT420 terminal... :) But, yes, I agree. Those hubs are the only time _I've_ seen RJ-45 used for serial communication. -- --- 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

Mounting tapes on VMS *AAARRRRRRGGGHHHHHH*

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>I've done just about everything I can think of to mount TK50 tapes on my MicroVax (and also >on my TK70 on the 4000), and I keep getting the "%MOUNT-I_OPRQST, Please mount >device" error. > > > >If I try mounting the tapes with the "/NOASSIST" option - I get the "%MOUNT-F-VOLINV, >volume is not software enabled" error. > /NOASSIST is what you want. Otherwise it is asking an operator (human being) to go off and put the tape in the appropriate device and let the system know when it is in there. You could have done this and then issued the appropriate REPLY command, but on the whole /NOASSIST is much easier. > > I get VOLINV when (from memory) either the tape is not in properly (are the appropriate lights lit?) or I have an unlabelled, unitialised tape. Try $MOUNT/FOREIGN/NOASSIST device: and see what it thinks the volume label is. If you have a scratch tape, you could try: $ INIT device: MY_LABEL $ MOUNT/NOASSIST device: MY_LABEL and see what happens. Make sure it really is a scratch tape though, otherwise the data that was on it will be permanently lost. Antonio

22 years, 1 month

IMSAI News?

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> Today, I noticed a link on Slashdot about the IMSAI > Series Two at www.imsai.net. Shipping in July. It > LOOKS real, but there are mostly drawings and not > pictures. Uses a Z80 successor CPU. Switching power > supply, though. $995. Still the beautiful front panel > that was as good as most mini's. Frankly, I find this > price hard to believe - too low, given the super > quality of the original machine and the volume this > might be made in. I was looking at the site myself earlier. Most of the cost looks to be from the front panel, and aparently that $995 gets you a pretty bare bones system. I think the disk controller and stuff is extra. Any idea how legit they are? I'm tempted to order the metal piece I needfor the front so I can convert my rack mount case to a tabletop. > Does even discussing this violate the 10 year rule? Not if the "so cool it's already classic" rule is still in effect :^) Sort of like a BeBox is more or less ontopic or NeXT HW was a few years ago :^) Zane

22 years, 1 month

Mac Color Classic II

by mythtech＠mac.com

>I was wondering... it it capable of 'talking' since it has a 68030 and >built-in speaker? I just installed MacOS 7.5.3 onto it and haven't seen >anything related to speech, and the 'Speak' options in SimpleText are >greyed out. Is there something else I need to do to get it to work? [Yes, >I'm going to update to MacOS 7.5.5.] Yes, it can talk. Actually, the 128k Mac can talk with the right version of MacInTalk (anyone remember the Talking Moose). You need to make sure MacInTalk is installed. I don't think it was a default part of 7.5, so you may have to do a custom install to get it. If MacInTalk is installed, and you still can't talk, let me know, I'll throw 7.5 on a Classic II and see what's up. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 1 month

Mac Color Classic II

by mythtech＠mac.com

> On this particular desk, for the benefit of the clients (to keep them >occupied and out of the mixer's hair) was a Mac SE running (among other >amusements) a copy of MacPlaymate, and early soft-core 'porn' game. One >of it's attributes was, that as long as the program was launched, it would >grab the speaker and purr lascivious nothings at random intervals. My copy doesn't make noise :-( I guess maybe I'm just not treating her right. Although this does remind me of one of the MANY occasions I got in trouble in high school. I was in a "Computer Music" class, and we were using Mac SEs. Since my lab partner and I were way ahead of the rest of the class (he was a die hard musician, and I knew the Mac and MIDI like the back of my hand), I brought my MacRecorder into class, we hooked it up, and started recording our own samples for our compositions. Well, one of them "accidentally" got left as the alert sound on the Mac. It was a nice clear mix of my partner and my voices going "PENIS.... Wheeeee" (hey, I was in High School, immaturity was in) The Band instructor was in that afternoon trying to use a Mac to write a letter of recommendation for a student... whose parents were there with them. Since he knew almost nothing about computers, he was making quite a few mistakes... with each one getting a solid "PENIS... Wheee" sound. Needless to say, when we showed up for class the next day, we just about had our heads bit off by the Band instructor... and it was all we could do from laughing our asses off at him as he was relaying the events to us in that ever so parental "I'm very pissed off" tone. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 1 month

Mac Color Classic II

by pat＠purdueriots.com

I was wondering... it it capable of 'talking' since it has a 68030 and built-in speaker? I just installed MacOS 7.5.3 onto it and haven't seen anything related to speech, and the 'Speak' options in SimpleText are greyed out. Is there something else I need to do to get it to work? [Yes, I'm going to update to MacOS 7.5.5.] Thanks -- Pat

22 years, 1 month

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