You wrote in January:
" Wonderful, thanks much for the information!!! Due to financial
concerns, I am selling my IBM 5100 (sigh) on Ebay. Most of the tapes
were DC300A, and the extra ones I have are the DC600s. I am in the
process of duplicating the tapes, 1) so I can keep a set of the Patch
and Games tapes in case I can ever afford another one :), and 2) to
make sure the tapes are readable. Thanks again! "
Did you sell it? I'm looking for such a unit.
Thanks
Emmanuel
> > However, I have run Windows NT 4.0 on both DEC Alpha systems, and on an
> > IBM RS/6000 box** .
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> You are so weird.
>
> > (** I'm probably one of the .0001% of people who has seen
> a Windows NT
> > desktop on a PowerPC system)
>
> (but then so am I ;)
Did you see it running on an Apple Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP) box, or an IBM one? I was really looking forward to being able to run my Mac OS and IBM's OS/2 on future Macs back in 1995! That's almost 10 years ago now! Best, David Greelish, classiccomputing.com
Hello everybody,
as there were a few posts about HP Convex multiprocessor computers on the
list last week, I thought I'd jump in and ask a few questions for the job
I'm currently doing a few hours a week.
The University of Erlangen (Northern Bavaria) has a collection of computing
equipment and the like, which is run by a former boss of the regional
computing centre. When I showed up there at the beginning of my Electrical
Engineering studies and had a talk with him, he offered me a student job -
which I subsequently accepted.
A few months ago we got a Convex SPP-1600 which was decommissioned by the
computing center due to a hardware fault (rumour: Bad PSU in one cabinet).
This is a 3-cabinet unit and we would like to show part of it as an exhibit
- since the entire computer is too big to fit in our showroom, we would like
to set up only one unit and put the remaining two into storage.
The question now is: Could this sucker be reconfigured in a way which would
allow the separated unit (obviously one with a sound PSU...) to actually
operate, using the original HP frontend machine? I understand the memory
interconnects between the processors are fairly complex so I fear it's not
just a matter of "un-plug and play"...
We haven't found any documentation about such reconfiguration jobs and we
think it might not even been handed out to customers. Calling HP Field
Service is obviously out of question (obsolete machine, constrained budget),
so any information about this is greatly appreciated.
Yours sincerely
--
Arno Kletzander
Stud. Hilfskraft Informatik Sammlung Erlangen
www.iser.uni-erlangen.de
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> Are we really "doomed" to re-invent the vacuum tube? ;)
My dad told me that he designed special vacuum tubes for the Soviet
Venus missions, which were special tubes made of ceramics that could
work at 500 deg C. Those spacecraft were able to last several hours
on Venus before giving up the ghost. No semiconductor can work at
500 deg C.
MS
Greetings:
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This drive was part of a Data General Nova configuration; this model was
also commonly used on Datapoint (2200) systems and many other
minicomputers. The Diablo I/O bus was also used by plug-compatible
drive makers.
Included is a complete set of manuals on CD-ROM in PDF format.
Funds are badly needed and any interest in this drive is much appreciated.
Regards,
Michael Grigoni
Cybertheque Museum
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Never owned one, but couldn't resist. Complete Atari 520 ST, with floppy
drive and power supplies. Any ACTIVE resources out there for these? I
wouldn't mind upgrading the TOS, memory or putting together a hard disk
interface. It has a video out port, and a composite NTSC out too.
Thanks,
Kelly
David V. Corbin <dvcorbin(a)optonline.net> wrote:
> If a "sufficiently advanced technogoloy is indistinguishable from magic" and
> many people that magic once existed on earth, is it not possible that the
> older civilizations were actually more advanced than ours?????
That's what Erich von Daniken, Zecharia Sitchin, Michael Cremo, David
Hatcher Childress and me have been saying for a long time.
MS
Actually, I guess what I really need is one of those 14 slot double
high BA23 rack mount chassis that DEC used on big MicroVAX systems.
It probably wasn't called a BA23, but it was effectively two BA23s
stacked up, with two power supplies, a double backplane and room for
four 5 1/4" drives.
Just in case somebody happens to have one lying around that they
don't want :-)
Bob
I am resubscribing to the list after about 2 years absence due to the # of
posts, the DEC and mini predominance, and the time I was spending
going thru the posts. I had also forgotten the access to info and the humor
and off-beat perspectives of many of the members.
The final thrust was the post by Tony Duell which I am still giggling about.
> And FWIW, according to the current UK educational standards I don't know
> how to use a computer (!)...
> -tony
So I'm back unless Jay rejects me. And I imagine some members will not
welcome the crazy Canuck. Too bad Ward (Mr. TRS-80) still hasn't relented.
(I hear a collective groan from some members)
Lawrence