Hi
I started to look and see what hidden
codes might be in this processor. My memory
said that there was something useful but I
couldn't find anything. Here is what I saw:
08 nop
10 nop
18 nop
20 nop
28 nop
30 nop
38 nop
CB JMP
D9 CALL
DD CALL
ED CALL
FD CALL
I did see something unusual. Looking at
the PSW, bit# 5 would change, depending
on if an add or subtract was done on an
earlier instruction. If there was a subtract,
it would be set to a '1'. It would set to '0'
on anything that did an add, ADD, ADI, ACI, ADC,
DAD, INR and INX. It would go to '1' on DCR,
DCX, SUB, SUI and SBB.
I looked for anything related to overflow
conditions but didn't see anything. None
of the NOP codes effected any of the registers
or flags. The PSW bits 1 and 3 were always
set to '1'.
How dull!
Dwight
> From: "Joe" <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com>
>
> > At 07:02 PM 7/23/02 -0700, Fred wrote:
> >
> >
> > >In their early days of the PC, IBM had worse field staff than Radio
> Shack
> > >did!
> >
> > Wow! That's hard to beleive! Especially since RS had no field service
> AFIK and the service in the "Service Centers" was utterly worthlss!
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
>
> ----------
> From: Curt Vendel
>
> That's cause the IBM field service guys spent too much time typing to
> fellow
> friends and co-workers on their wireless XT handhelds.... man those things
> were cool!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Curt
>
>
Are you talking about those things with the 2 (or is it 3?) line LCD
displays? You know, the brick? That's about the size of them...
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Mac OS X 10.1 - Darwin Kernel Version 5
Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash
> From: Tarsi <tarsi(a)binhost.com>
> Organization: OrangeNET
> To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: Sun IPC OS?
> Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 23:57:03 -0500
> Reply-To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
>
> What do you all recommend I run on my Sun IPC machines for an OS? I've never
> messed with them before, myself. Just got some new harddrives for them,
> eager to try them out.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tarsi
>
All my experience says SunOS 4.1.4 or 4.1.3_U1 with the y2k patches works ok.
Replacing the resolver with resolv+ v2.1 is also recommended by me.
Somewhere I've got a tape with the 4.1.4 patches cpio'd up to be overlayed on a
4.1.4 system for Sparc2...
I did all the y2k patching for my group at Lucent and found the "drop the cpio on top"
method of patching got me down to 15 minutes per machine and one reboot
after I did the first Sparc10 and Sparc2 and made the tapes.
Bill
pechter(a)ureach.com
hello
I have also a COMPATICARD II and the manual only treat about Compaticard IV.
There are any documentation about DMA and IRQ.
The jumpers J1 and J2 A and B position respectively.
IRQ 6 and DMA 2 (two jumpers).
I have lost the software to enable the overdrive 1200. Can you send
me a copy by e-mail?
Thanks
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Hello, I received both of these message yesterday and I cannot help the people. Anyone have an answer for them? Please respond driectly to them and not me, thanks:
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I am looking for a converter to convert some old Wordstar documents.
I'm wondering if you might have one handy and could email it here (Sydney, Australia).
Or else, do you have any idea where I could get one on the web.
I have had a search but with little precise luck.
It looks like Microsoft offers a massive 12+ Mb solution to everything which likely would contain it.
I will come at that if needs be but thought I'd first try to just get a simple worstar-only translator if I can. Years ago I used to have such things myself but I no longer could locate it now.
Kind Regards
John Byrnes, Geologist
byrnesj(a)minerals.nsw.gov.au
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Ref: xerox computer/ser.#m92-013062/1983/bios ver. 5.00
Would you have any info on this machine? I am not certain if it works so I need to obtain it's original operating system or at least a start-up disk. I would like to try and move it for a friend. He has a pawn shop, and this is a case where he got the shaft. A little joke. He is a fair person as far as I can see, and I just want to help him if I can. Any help you might send my way about this machine would be helpful. All it has as far as a model is xerox both on the monitor, and the cpu. I needed to type aa: to get it to recognize the floppy drive of which it has two 51/4" drives. The monitor is connected to the cpu with two wide insulated ribbon cables. the serial, parallel, and keyboard ports are at the back of the monitor at the bottom. It is a different configuration than I am used to, but it seems to work. I don't believe it has a hard drive, but I haven't taken the hood off to check. The drives search the disks I have put in, but to no avail. I think it might be that cm/p operating system, like the old kpro I have, but there again I am not certain. I hope that what info I have given is sufficient to identify this machine.
Thanks , Jimmy Dean Fisher ,phydauex56(a)yahoo.com
Hello, all:
I decided to pull-out my Mac Portable to charge it after it being on
the shelf for about 1 year. I put the battery in and plugged in the power
adapter. As soon as I insert the battery, the unit immediately starts up but
doesn't boot and I get lots of vertical lines on the screen (in no
discernable pattern). I know that the screen has a few defective rows near
the bottom but had no other issues the last time I used it. It wasn't stored
in extreme temperatures (either cold or warm). I hope that some of the
screen drivers didn't go flaky on me.
Since I haven't used it in a while, I've forgotten a lot about it.
Does this have a reset button on it? Any thoughts on what else to look for?
Rich
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Richard A. Cini, Jr.
Congress Financial Corporation
1133 Avenue of the Americas
30th Floor
New York, NY 10036
(212) 545-4402
(212) 840-6259 (facsimile)
I need some help with a ".tif" file. A scan was made of a CD label.
The label can be printed on a laser printer and the result is great,
but in the wrong position.
I am a dummy using Windows 98 SE. When I use Windows
Explorer and click on the file name, up comes the image of
the label. It can be rotated, but there does not seem to be
anything that will allow me to move the image sideways nor
down so that the image is printed on top of the label.
Can anyone suggest what I need to do?
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
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Hey.
This is sort of long, but relates a major wake-up call for me.
I have a J-Series RS/6000 7013-560 that I rescued from Goodwill awhile
back. It's an awesome machine, and one of my favorites.
My company works occasionally with/for a firm who produces traveling
AIX classes. They move machines from city to city, doing one-week IBM
curricula. About 15-18 months ago, their shippers lost 8 of 12 machines
on the way to San Antonio. My boss & I rented them all our equipment -
6 RS6ks and a couple of terminals - for a week to keep the class from
folding. The 560 went, against my better judgment.
When the computers came home, the first thing I did was reinstall a
clean OS on each one. It's amazing how many ways students can hose an
install. The 560 stays on 4.3.2, for sentimental reasons. It wouldn't
load properly. The BOS would install with no errors, and come up on
reboot to a 554 error code. Unable to find bootable device.
I swapped drives, I reset jumpers, I verified termination, I unplugged
everything that spins. I even found a replacement IBM CD-ROM. I
eventually narrowed it down to the SCSI cable. (A J-box internal SCSI
cable is a nightmare to behold, and hell to replace. Let alone _find_
one) Last week I picked up a 520 and swapped the cable, then the SCSI
adapter. Same problem. The 520 also came with full hardware docs and
diagnostic floppy set, so I ran a full suite. Everything checked out,
except for that 554 error.
I finally decided to load v3.2.5, which also came with the 520, just
because. When I pulled the 4.3.2 CD out of the caddy, where it's lived
for 2 years, I found an ugly little dob of some pink gel on the data
side. I cleaned the disk, put it back, installed AIX v4.3.2 on my 560,
and it's running happily right now.
I get so accustomed to old hardware having issues, and especially
after it had been transported, and unsupervised lusers had their hands
on it, that I completely bypassed some elementary checkpoints and lost
the use of my machine for a year.
Bah. I'd feel like an idiot if it wasn't so, ummm, "classic".
Doc
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> From: geoffr(a)zipcon.net
> To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
> Cc: geoffr(a)zipcon.net
> Subject: Re: Re: ST-225 help needed
> Date: Monday, July 22, 2002 10:48 PM
>
> http://www.aquascape.com/theref/controllers/layouts/cs_wd1002s-wx2.html
>
> this will give you the setup for your card :)
>
Okay, the drawing show settings for Rev G and Rev H BIOS -- anyone know how
I can tell which version these cards have?
Thanks --
Glen
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