test-drb May 2004

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by David.Kane＠aph.gov.au

> > > Cameron, > > > Do you have any docs on the ICs used on this board? > > > > I'm not Cameron :-), but I have a 1983 Zilog Components Databook in my > > hand > > that has datasheets for all of these parts. > > What he said. ^_^ Any chance that the data book has a datasheet for the Z8016. I got some on ebay and I don't exactly know what they are. I think they are a some form of DMA chip as they are labelled Z-DTC, which I have read somewhere means DMA Transfer Controller. David

21 years, 1 month

Sun Ultra 1 questions

by dave04a＠dunfield.com

>At the moment it's set to boot from the network - any idea how I can >interrupt that and get into the boot monitor in order to switch that >off? I think there's some key combination to do it from a keyboard, but >of course I don't have one handy at the moment - just the console. I don't know it it changed by the time of the Ultra, however I just "figured this out" for a Sparc-1 ... You hold down STOP+A (Press STOP and 'A' at the same time) while it powers up. Regards, -- dave04a (at) Dave Dunfield dunfield (dot) Firmware development services & tools: www.dunfield.com com Vintage computing equipment collector. http://www.parse.com/~ddunfield/museum/index.html

21 years, 1 month

Morrow MD2

by scfarms＠socal.rr.com

I just saw a year old post where you were looking for a Morrow boot disk. I still have m y old MD2 and all the manuals and applications. (it doesn't run anymore--as I recall the drives gave out). If I can help you (and this reaches you) let me know. Don D O N A L D W . R I C K E T T S <http://home.socal.rr.com/scfarms/resume.html>Attorney at Law 28855 Kenroy Ave. Santa Clarita, CA 91387-1721 Phone (661) 250-3091 Fax: (661) 250-1767 E-Mail: scfarms(a)socal.rr.com ---------- Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. ----------

21 years, 1 month

Z8000 data sheets posted

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

David Bryan has scanned the data sheets for the following Z8000 parts; CPU (1.1 MB), MMU (0.7 MB), SCC (0.9 MB), CIO (1.0 MB), CGC (0.3 MB). I've posted them on my website at <http://www.classiccmp.org/hp/zilog/>. Joe

21 years, 1 month

Z8000 parts question

by David.Kane＠aph.gov.au

Only a very minor detail, but I beleive that the certain Zilog chip designations also indicate the max clock speed. For instance the Z0800110PSC is a Z8001 (Z08001.. portion), with a max clock speed of 10MHz (..10.. portion), and the PSC indicates a palstic DIP package. So I would guess that the CPU, clock generator, and MMUs are 10MHz, and the Z-CIO is 6MHz. The Z-SCC is probably an older chip that predates the current Zilog chip designation standard. > Z0800110PCS CPU Central Processing Unit, 4.0 MHz segmented version (8 MB addressing). > Z08030AB1 Z-SCC Serial Communications Controller (dual channel), 6.0 MHz. > Z0803606PSC Z-CIO Counter/Timer and Parallel I/O Unit, 4.0 MHz. > Z0801010PSC Z-MMU Memory Management Unit, 4.0 MHz. > Z0858110PSC Clock Generator and Controller, 6.0 MHz. David

21 years, 1 month

A little help from my friends...

by ron.hudson＠sbcglobal.net

Ok, perhaps this is on-topic because I am writing a program for (at first) an apple IIC+ I need names for 50 kinds of cargo for a SPACE TRADER game... stuff like "Military Electronics", "Computer Software" , "Industrial Gems" "Metal Ore","Dangerous Plants" (what? man eating?) My imagination gave out after the first 8-10 ...

21 years, 1 month

Helping a Neighbor - Need Syquest SyJet (IDE) Driver SQATDRVR.SYS (DOS)

by patrick＠vintagecomputermarketplace.com

I'm helping a neighbor who's helping a neighbor. He's trying to get a Syquest SyJet IDE drive running under DOS (the neighbor->neighbor has a bunch of DOS games she loves to play). Does anyone have a Syquest SyJet IDE driver for MS-DOS? After a bit of Googling, it would seem the file might be called SQATDRVR.SYS. It's possible to set the BIOS parameters so the drive can be seen/read that way, but cartridges can't be removed when it's done this way. Apparently the driver facilitates that. If there's an accompanying utility that mounts and/or dismounts the volume, I suppose it would be necessasry to have that too. TIA! --Patrick

21 years, 1 month

Need help with Sparc-1 (SUN)

by dave04a＠dunfield.com

Hi Gang, Recently acquired an old Sun SPARCstation-1. It boots! - but I don't know the root password - Guy who gave it do me did so because he was moving, and I can't locate him now. Got Solaris 2.6 CD/docs with it, so I figured I'd just reinstall a fresh system. Can't get it to boot from CD. When I power on the system, hit STOP-A to get to the boot prompt, then do: boot sd(0,6,2) It thinks a while, then I see one access to the CD, and I get the message: (From memory so not exact quote but pretty close): "The magic character in the label is incorrect. The file loaded, but it does not appear to be executable". Tried everything I can think of, but this is the only response I am able to get which involves any CD activity at all. Same procedure works perfectly on a Sparc-2 - boots right up off the CD. I'm assuming that this CD works on the Sparc-1, because A) it came from the same source at the same time (not a guarantee), and B) It's GOT Solaris 2.6 already booting on it (I just can't login) - I'm guessing that it was installed from this CD. Also tried a Solaris 2.7 CD that I have onhand - exactly the same result. Anyone have any insight to offer? Regards, Dave Dunfield -- dave04a (at) Dave Dunfield dunfield (dot) Firmware development services & tools: www.dunfield.com com Vintage computing equipment collector. http://www.parse.com/~ddunfield/museum/index.html

21 years, 1 month

midiboard

by synthesis＠telia.com

Hello- Do you still own a MIDIBoard? Still having trouble with it? Regards Michael Bransome

21 years, 1 month

Driver downloads

by vcf＠siconic.com

Patrick, Try DriverGuide: http://www.driverguide.com They fool you into registering (I always use fake info to avoid spam) but they have one generic login/password for all users: Login: drivers Password: all Keep this handy. I usually find what I need there. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

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test-drb May 2004