test-drb June 2003

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by allain＠panix.com

I have a 'new' microVAX 4000-200 here that has a few small oddities with it, and I could use some advice. Number one is that it will not boot. I tried 'b dia0' and 'b/r5:e0000001 dia0' and both times it's nothing until timeout. Number two is that 'show dssi' and 'sho dev' show no disks, nor the TF85. After some initial confusion where one or more disks were tried uncabled before powerup, the DSSI terminator was discovered missing, so I used one from another machine. My questions are, are there other tests for a disk besides booting it, and, what could be wrong with the DSSI bus? I tried other DSSI ID's on the disks but no real change. Do the ID's have to start with 0? A tidbit with the terminator off was that the countdown tests went from 95.. to 60.. and then autobooted immediately back to 95 without continuing down. I could have sworn at the time that 'sho dssi' worked then. Probably unreleted but FYI. TIA John A.

21 years, 6 months

Siemens System 4004 on Willy Wonka

by vcf＠siconic.com

I was channel flipping and came across a movie on The Disney Channel where a guy was standing in front of the front panel of a computer with tape drives spinning in the background. He was doing some demonstration for three men, pushing buttons and flipping switches on the front panel and then the computer was spitting out results on punch card from the front (this part was fake). At first I thought it was a recent film. I thought the tape drives looked very authentic, because their movement was very real. Then I looked at the front panel and saw "Siemens System 4004", and was quite surprised. It turns out the movie is "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory". The last time I saw this was probably 15 years ago. The Siemens System 4004 is very interesting in this context. According to Hans, it is the first fully transistorized digital computer, beating out even the MIT TX-0. The Austrian Mail?fterl also vies for the title, but Hans Franke claims it wasn't fully completed or something: http://www.museumonline.at/2000/wien-feuerbach/mailueft/mailueft_de.htm http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/5163/1.html A quick Google search turned up a computer that I was not previously aware of: http://www.pbs.org/transistor/background1/events/sscomputer.html This is the TRADIC (TRAnsistorized DIgital Computer) built by Bell Labs. If the year is correct, I believe this is a contender for the title. This site says 1955: http://www.cedmagic.com/history/tradic-transistorized.html Here's a couple pages on the Siemens 4004: http://www.wolfgangtroeger.de/museum.htm http://www.computermuseum-muenchen.de/computer/siemens/ Pretty cool stuff. Is anyone still keeping track of these vintage computer movie appearances? This one is pretty significant ;) -- 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 *

21 years, 6 months

http://www.decdocs.org

by jhfinexgs2＠compsys.to

I just attempted to check this address: http://www.decdocs.org/ =============================================== This domain has expired It will be deleted in the next few days. If you are the owner of this domain, you still have a chance to renew it. Domain Name Expires decdocs.org 19-JUN-03 You can renew all or part of the listed domains immediately; we recommend doing this, in case we don't have your credit card on file. Domains renewed manually will not be auto-renewed. If you own this domain, you can also log in to your account by clicking this button. =============================================== Anyone interested? Sincerely yours, Jerome Fine -- If you attempted to send a reply and the original e-mail address has been discontinued due a high volume of junk e-mail, then the semi-permanent e-mail address can be obtained by replacing the four characters preceding the 'at' with the four digits of the current year.

21 years, 6 months

Computerized Music Gear On eBay

by mail.list＠analog-and-digital-solutions.com

I remember someone was interested in music gear. Don't know if you'd consider this worth the asking price or not, but it looks like a nice set. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2539449598&category=38071

21 years, 6 months

IBM PC3270 (5271) keyboard connector?

by drido＠optushome.com.au

I just picked up an IBM PC3270 with the 122 key keyboard. The 122 key keyboard has a 5 pin connector, but the pins are in different positions so it won't plug into to the keyboard socket as is. I assume there is an adapter that it usually included. Does anyone have the pinout? It does boot with a standard XT keyboard, but give a 302 error. It would be nice to use the original keyboard if I can.

21 years, 6 months

Diablo 630 daisywheels (UK)

by luc＠e2t.be

Hi, John, I do have one - I never dumped it, because I loved those (bloody) 630's I's a metal one with the USA Titan10 character set, never used... You can have it if you want it... I might have the service manuals of this 630 too - somewhere... gr. Luc Belgium -----Original Message----- From: cctech-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-admin@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of John Honniball Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 11:27 PM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Diablo 630 daisywheels (UK) Does anybody have any spare daisywheels for a Diablo 630 printer? I have one of these printers, apparently complete and working, but without a daisywheel. Alternatively, does anybody here want it, as it is? I'm in Bristol, UK. -- John Honniball coredump(a)gifford.co.uk

21 years, 6 months

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by mail.list＠analog-and-digital-solutions.com

Stuart, You out there? Best Regards Bennett

21 years, 6 months

HP1350 Graphics Translators

by vassilip＠dsl.cis.upenn.edu

Bob Shannon <bshannon(a)tiac.net> in cctalk-647 wrote: > As long at I have the HP bus analyzer connected, and set for SLOW or > HALT bus speeds, I can correctly transfer commands and data to the HP > 1350 (a listen only device). When the bus analyzer is removed, or > connected and set to FAST the bus transfers > will lock up at the inter-command "::" seperator characters. Its almost > as if the HP 1350 cannot signal the bus that it needs to > wait and think about the last command. > > What would happen if a HPIB listener could not drive NRFD? I think that what may be wrong is a simple pull-up or pull-down resistor (which may explain why the setup works with the bus analyser connected). NRFD and NDAC are supposed to be "weakly" pulled high (so that even one device pulling it low wins), so your 1350 may be allowing this line to float rather than pulling it high. If the bus analyser is connected, it will pull the line high (since the 1350 is floating the line) and the bus cycle will work. With the bus analyzer removed, the line stays floating and the cycle freezes.

21 years, 6 months

WTB: Shugart 800/801 drives

by dmabry＠mich.com

Hi folks, For some reason, I've gotten the bug to get some of my Intel Development Systems working again, and it seems that the main part I need is the floppy drive. The Intels use single sided, double density drives. All mine have Shugart 800/801 variety. I would like to buy two or three of them, preferable working. If anyone would like to sell up to three of them, please let me know. Also, if there is anyone local to me (Detroit area) who would like a working Intel Series II development system, I have one to sell. Everything is checked out and works. I really don't want to ship it. It is a major hassle to palletize it and then shipping costs about $150 because of the weight. So, local only for now. Thanks. Dave -- Dave Mabry dmabry(a)mich.com Dossin Museum Underwater Research Team NACD #2093

21 years, 6 months

Bootstrap for TS11 (or TU80)

by ggs＠shiresoft.com

Hi, I'm looking for a PDP-11 bootstrap for a TS11 (or a TU80 -- same thing actually). I can't seem to actually located one. I've created a unix v7m distribution tape and I want to see if I can't install from it. Thanks. -- TTFN - Guy

21 years, 6 months

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test-drb June 2003