test-drb March 2003

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by eric-nospam-117＠brouhaha.com

There's finally an early release of "tumble", my GPL'd TIFF/JPEG to PDF converter: http://tumble.brouhaha.com/ There's a lot of work yet to be done, but enough of the basic functionality is there that it is useful for simple things. Two few examples of DEC Field Maintenance Print Sets for the VT52 and VT78 are available[*] at http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/dec/doc/mp/ These files show the use of Tumble to produce PDF files from scanned images and create PDF bookmarks (aka outline) using a control file. The control file syntax is not yet documented, as it is undergoing change, but that provides an idea of what it can do. Eric [*] temporarily - they'll soon appear in a more appropriate place

21 years, 9 months

ampex 8k by 16 bit core memory

by ncsiusa＠stny.rr.com

Is there any place to buy Ampex core memory part number 3276194-01...jim shank http://server28.hypermart.net/ncsiusa

21 years, 9 months

"tumble" TIFF/JPEG to PDF converter

by eric-nospam-638＠brouhaha.com

21 years, 9 months

DEC 7000 (AXP) startup

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

Hi, thanks to Sridhar's kind encouragement, I turned on my new DEC 7000. I just used my special VAX6000 receptacle (that puts 220 V 2 phases on a 3-phase receptacle in just the right way for the VAX6000 to work.) I had to change the plug from a 30A to a 20A plug which was straight forward (almost same shape and dimensions). Plugged it in and turned it on and it would right work. I come to like this machine. A bit bulky, very modern looking. That blower fan is very impressive and it's humming very cool. Not so squeeky as the VAX6000 and not so blarringly loud as the 11/780. As usual, I had a bit of wobbling to do on the XMI bus to get all cards tested fine and that works now. This one has two StorageWorks boxes in its rack and the KZMSA cards. I loaded it with disks etc and attempted to boot from them. Turns out that this machine once ran under OSF/1 as all the disk had OSF/1 bootblocks on them. But unfortunately none of the disks I had left were actually bootable (missing osf_boot or causing some panic. So, my question is, where can I get a UNIX system for this machine? Are there any copies of OSF (bootables) around? How about DEC-UNIX? NetBSD/Alpha (or FreeBSD for that matter) won't run until we have fixed lack of an XMI bus driver. Are there any port-alpha people who are working on this XMI issue? (On the port-vax side it depends mainly on Ragge and the very few folks with VAX6000s to do that.) I tried the KZMSA board out in the VAX6000 just to see if this really doesn't work. Indeed the card was not detected right (shows up with ?????? in the SHOW CONFIGURATION). Is there really nothing one could do to get that to work on VAX6000? Would it work in a VAX7000? thanks, -Gunther

21 years, 9 months

Tape media

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> so I sorted through my last weekend's bait, hooked up my new HSZ40 > (with 50 GB in 4 StorageWorks boxes plus all sorts of tape drives, > TSZ07, TLZ07, TZ68, and ~88) to my PC for FreeBSD. It's so much > fun to read a 9-track reel from a FreeBSD PC (just too bad it doesn't > have a transparent top cover to show off the reels). > > I have bulk-erased a bunch of TK50 tapes in the hopes that they > would work as DLT III and IV tapes as well, but these drives > still went into write-protect mode. Does anyone here know details > about the DLT media? I mean it is a well-known fact (and I proved > it to myself many times) that CompacTape I works just fine as > CompacTape II. So why not as III and IV? Is it really the tape > or might it be some notches on the cassette that are used to > code the kind of tape? > > The problem is I didn't get any tape media for my nice DLT tape drives > and this stuff is so darn expensive if bought new. Any ideas? I really hope you didn't wreck that TZ86 and TZ88, thankfully these are the DEC drives and I think they might be more forgiving than something like a DLT2000 or DLT4000 drive. IIRC, the TZ86 is capable of reading TK50 and TK70 tapes. There is a drastic difference between TK50/70 and DLT III & IV media! I don't remember the specifics on the differences, part of it is that it writes in a different manner, and part is that the tape is different. Zane

21 years, 9 months

Strange/Wonderful Microchannel Vid - Aud caputre card

by jpl15＠panix.com

I have here what looks like a Microchannel Video/Audio subsystem. It has a Lucent logo on the breakout box. It is a full-length card and 3/4 length daughter card full of PLD and ASICS and other fat SMD chips. There is a header and 20-way shielded ribbon cable. The breakout box has two 1/8" jacks marked LEFT - MICROPHONE - RIGHT and beneath that a slide switch for mono/stereo. Then two yellow RCAs marked 2 - VIDEO - 1 Beneath that are 8 RCAs in two groups, AUDIO 1 and 2, LEFT/RIGHT, INPUT/OUTPUT. On the boards themselves, the main board is marked 'PCI ENCODER VER4' in solder mask - one big visble chip has: "LSI" logo; L64745QC-30 JPEG CODER WK82164P NNG 9540 6A13COPBFAA Another similar chip nearby says "DCT PROCESSOR" Obviously this is a Video / Audio capture subsystem of some kind. It also is obviously an advanced prototype - the breakout box is a standard molded plastic 'project box' with 'Brother P-Touch' type lables on it. Anyway, rather than put it on eBay (undoubtedly finding out that I have a priceless artefact that will ensure my happy and contented retirement) I thought I'd just see if anybody here a.) recognizes it and b.) wants it... Cheers John PS: No, I haven't posted pix yet. I s'pose I could be coerced, tho....

21 years, 9 months

FSOT: Sharp CE-126P printer and Cassette interface.

by bellbiz＠bigpond.net.au

I am looking to purchase ten of these units. Your one will bring it down to 9. My offer to you is USD75.00 and I can pay you by Visa Credit Card; PayPal or do a bank TT direct into your nominated bank account. My name is Roger Bell contact me at bell77(a)bigpond.net.au

21 years, 9 months

Look at this -

by mbg＠TheWorld.com

>2:28 p.m. -- Secret Service agents shove Reagan into the limousine while >other agents, with the aide of police, overcome the suspected assailant, >later identified as John W. Hinckley Jr. 25, of Evergreen, Colo. Minor piece of trivia... that year there was a TV show in its first season entitled "Greatest American Hero"... the hero's name was Hinckley. In the second airing of the opening episode, the name was covered over by a loud noise, like a plane taking off. Later in the season, his name was officially changed to Hanley... Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | email: mbg at world.std.com | | | | | "this space | (s/ at /@/) | | unavoidably left blank" | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (DEC '77-'98) | required." - mbg KB1FCA | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

21 years, 9 months

WANTED - VT52

by jwest＠kwcorp.com

Greetings; In my endeavor to get my 11/44 totally up and running... I'd like to get a good condition VT52 terminal for the console. I have 3 VT52's but they are all in truely horrible shape, especially cosmetically. Does anyone have a spare VT52 in good condition that they would be willing to sell or trade for? Jay West

21 years, 9 months

Apple IIe card

by cb＠mythtech.net

>I could use a copy myself, trying to get a stable system using system files >found on various hard drives is no fun. >Can anyone make it available for download? Preferably a .BIN image I can >burn on a PC or a self mounting image for the Mac (I don't have a CDR on >any of my macs). Putting 8.5 online for download may not be the greatest idea. Apple has NOT released it for free public access. You can get 7.5.3 for free from Apple's web site (as well as the .5 updater). That said, I am sure there are sites that already have 8.5 and other OS versions available to download. You just have to search thru the pirate sites. I can't quote any, but I'm 99.44% sure its available. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

21 years, 9 months

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test-drb March 2003