I've already decided that if the general public buys into it, and
that the obvious dystopian implications of Palladium pan out, that
my hobby use of computers can do quite well without the Internet as
it would be shaped into a toll road with armed checkpoints. Perhaps
this would spark a rennaisance of relayed messaging using modems a
la Fido and UUCP to create an alternative network of computers that
are controlled by their owners, rather than a cabal of "rights
managers." This all assumes, of course, that to do so wouldn't be
a felony.
Hi, I'm Doug.
I've just spent a whole week trying to get a "Sharp PC-4600" up and running. It's been dead as a door nail the whole time I've had it, Untill today. The third time I pulled it a part, I discoverd what was wrong and have since corrected it. Yay! blue screen, disk drive lights and beeps!
Now i'm stuck and need your help.
After seting up the bios (set time, ports etc..), It asks for a "system disk". I've tryed start up disks 95 & ME. I doin't have windows 3.1 .
In fact I doint know what operating system Sharp PC-4600 have, Since it does not have a HDD to store any thing.
So what does it run on? Dos?
If you have a System disk for a Sharp PC-4600, Could you copy whats on the disk and send it as an attach ment to me please!!!
Many thanks in advance
Doug.
zippydoug(a)yahoo.com.au
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> From: Chris
>
> >And I know Chris
> >has the version that goes into a Cabletron (?) network hub, as a module.
> >Ever start that up Chris?
>
> Not yet. I have more toys kicking around that I WANT to play with, than I
> have time TO play with.
>
- Well, what extras do you have? I may want to liberate some... :)
> Although, since Passwords seems to be an issue, I
> should really get it up and check it before it is too late to contact the
> person we bought it from in case I need a password.
>
- There's a fiber module in that hub too, isn't there? I'll try to get
the pinout of the console cable, so you can just zap the F/W if you have to.
> > As for documentation, I found...
>
> I also have a photo copy of the manuals that came with my Gator (the
> manuals went to Dave as part of a halfsies deal to get mine cheaper)...
>
- That's right. I almost forgot about all those books. I can flip
through them for info, if people need.
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> From: pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com
>
> On Jun 26, 12:20, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> > So... I had contemplated picking up one of the boxes I saw at Dayton,
> > but was concerned about passwords. Does anyone on the list have a
> > GatorBox? If so, what models? Docs? Know of any backdoors to get
> > around missing passwords?
>
> I have a GatorBoxCS, and I have all the docs for it. It's not running at
> the moment (temporary shortage of mains sockets) but IIRC you can reset it
> to factory defaults. It might need a server to get a boot image from,
> though.
>
> --
>
Before I moved, and put mine away, I was about to re-flash the
firmware, which clears all the asswords and settings. I'll try to dig up the
info and files for doing that. Then I'll find a place on the net to put
them, so other can download them.
Note: you need a Mac with a serial port, and the console cable that
came with them. I'll slap a meter on my console cable for the pinout, and
post that too. :) IIRC, you should be able to just hook up a VT420 to the
port after that, for twiddling the knobs.
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>From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh(a)aracnet.com>
>
>> Hi
>> Try
>>
>>
>> : HI ." Hello World" ;
>>
>> HI
>>
>>
>> Dwight ;)
>
>Looks a lot like the "Hello, World" program I found on the net, unfortuantly
>I'm not having much luck.
>
>: HI ." Hello World" ; ."?
>: HI ."Hello World" ; ."HELLO?
>: HELLO ."Hello_World" ; ."HELLO_WORLD"?
>
>
> Zane
>
Hi
Try doing VLIST. You should get a list of all
the words that are in this Forth. Look for words
with " in them and $ in them.
I doubt that it is missing ." but it might be.
Dwight
Does anyone know of any resources on the web that describe the various
sounds hard drives will make before they start to crash?
Like, I know from experience that when I hear a hard drive occasionally
buzz or give out a momentary high pitched squeal, it means the bearings
are failing and it will probably eventually crash (maybe not soon, but
eventually).
Anyone have any info on this?
Thanks!
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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> Hi
> Try
>
>
> : HI ." Hello World" ;
>
> HI
>
>
> Dwight ;)
Looks a lot like the "Hello, World" program I found on the net, unfortuantly
I'm not having much luck.
: HI ." Hello World" ; ."?
: HI ."Hello World" ; ."HELLO?
: HELLO ."Hello_World" ; ."HELLO_WORLD"?
Zane
On Jun 26, 12:20, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> So... I had contemplated picking up one of the boxes I saw at Dayton,
> but was concerned about passwords. Does anyone on the list have a
> GatorBox? If so, what models? Docs? Know of any backdoors to get
> around missing passwords?
I have a GatorBoxCS, and I have all the docs for it. It's not running at
the moment (temporary shortage of mains sockets) but IIRC you can reset it
to factory defaults. It might need a server to get a boot image from,
though.
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>
> > SOL-11 - A Small Language and OS for the PDP-11
> >
> > SOL is a small, non-standard, stand-alone FORTH kernel containing
> > everything that is required to edit, store, recall, compile, and run
> > programs on PDP-11 microcomputers. It is intended for a minimum
> > operating system and programming environment. The FORTH language offers
> > full access to the complete hardware. Device drivers for the console and
> > some block devices are included.
This is so cool!
> > Supported Hardware
> >
> > * PDP-11 CPU with EIS (required)
> > * 8K to 28K words of memory
Dang, the EIS requirement sucks! This would be perfect for PDP-11/03's and
SBC-11/21's. Unfortunatly the /03 needs the KEV11 option, and the SBC-11/21
is just plain out of luck.
> Presumably it ignores the MMU (but doesn't object if one is present, as
> few machines have EIS but no MMU).
>
> > * console terminal (preferrably VT100)
> > * RX01/RX02 floppy disk drives
> > * RL02 disk drive
> > * TU58 tape drive
>
> I assume it needs the CPU, RAM, console and at least one of the mass
> storage devices. It can't need _all_ the drives, surely?
It only needs one of the drives.
I just built it and booted the RL02 image on SIMH. It looks pretty cool, of
course I don't know FORTH, so can't actually do anything....
I suspect the TU58 option means that it's possible to run this on a PDP-11
that doesn't have any drives, but has two SLU's, just run a TU58 emulator on
a PC.
> > The Sources
> >
> > SOL is written in PDP-11 assembly language and FORTH. The BTN11
> > assembler (version 0.9 or later) is required to compile the assembly
> > part of SOL.
> > 40187 2001-07-17 sol-11.tar.gz version 0.4
>
> Sounds like just what I need (given that I have all of the supported
> hardware!). I will take a look. Thanks....
You'll want a UNIX box to build everything. If you don't have a way to
build the images I can through them up on my FTP site (if anyone needs this
it would be best to send me a private email so I'm sure to see the request).
Now to go googling for some FORTH documentation...
Zane
