This is my latest project. I have an Emulex TC02 that I want to use with a
pertec formatted Qualstar tape drive, model 1260.
The TC02 is plugged into a Vax 4000/400, hobbyist openvms version 7.2. It
is curious but when I start the Vax it does not see the TC02, this is at
the console prompt stage, >>>> show dev does not list the tape controller,
but >>>> show qbus lists it as a tsv05. Is this correct?
Anyway when I boot the Vax VMS does list an MSA0: drive but it is not
online or available, just what does this mean?
I also have a Dilog DQ3153, but no cables to attach the drive.
Anyone have success with hooking a Qualstar to a Vax or PDP?
Doug
At 07:20 AM 7/7/04 -0700, you wrote:
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>What I'd really like to get my hands on is one of those little printers
>that make wire numbering labels. The new ones are insanely expensive.
Why not just print them out in a small font and then stick them to the
cable with some kind of temporary glue and then put clear heatshrink over
the label and shrink it in place? (Avery self stick labels and Avery's
label software might be good to use for this.) FWIW a lot of the new cables
that I'm seeing simply print the label on a piece of plastic then then wrap
it on the cable and tie around the ends of it with lacing cord or plastic
tie wraps.
Joe
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I have a large multi-tier printer stand on casters that I use for my HP
logic analyzer setup. 1631D analyzer, 9122 dual floppy drive, 2225 printer,
probe hangers, etc. It's nice to have on that stand because I can roll it
around the work area from system to system easily.
I would like to put a computer on that stand too, that has HP-IB interface
(all the gear above is HP-IB). The primary purpose of the computer is to
interface to the logic analyzer, but I will also use it for interfacing to
my Data I/O programmer, various DOS programs like IC stat lookup, etc.
My problem is I'm not that familiar with HP DOS machines. I have particular
requirements for this and I'm not sure what model to look for. Perhaps those
familiar with HP's DOS machine lineage can suggest a machine I should look
for. Here's the criteria:
1) It has to be an HP. My TI3100 would look out of place with all the HP
gear on the rack :)
2) It has to allow putting an 8 bit ISA HP-IB card in it (or dare I say
already support HP-IB)
3) It really needs 1mb of RAM for some of the programs I want to run on it.
4) DOS version needs to be 5.0 or better, would be nice if I could use the
free DR-DOS
5) It would have to have an external serial port
6) I would like to get it on the wireless network. I was thinking of using
the zircom parallel port adapter I have, and then getting an ethernet to
wireless bridge. Of course, I have to find DOS TCP/IP drivers for the
zircom, if such a thing exists. I'm open to options here.
7) Vertical space is a premium on the rack, so I would prefer something
without a full-size monitor, preferrably an all-in-one unit rather than
separate cpu, keyboard, monitor, etc.
8) Would need at least 40mb hard disk.
9) Need a somewhat standard size keyboard (this rules out my 200LX).
So far from my looking around, the HP 110 seems very close to what I'd want.
The small vertical height of the screen is a big plus, but, I really have to
have 80x24. Plus the 110 seems to be stuck with 256k ram and only DOS 2.11.
I would LOVE to use my HP-85 for this, but alas, it isn't going to be
running promlink anytime soon. Can anyone suggest a vintage PC machine for
this purpose?
Thanks!
Jay West
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Hey Bill, I'll be looking for you at VCF east. I'm setting up a vendor
booth so if you get a chance come visit me. The booth will have a sign
saying "Technical Assurance Resources. I'm bringing a few items to sell,
but mostly I'll be looking for a buyer interested in purchasing my
entire lot of DEC and VAX stuff (over 5000 boards plus a whole lot more)
I'll be staying at the Holiday Inn and I'll be arriving on Thursday as
well. I hope to meet a lot of the people I've been dealing with. A lot
of names on this forum are very familiar! See ya there.
Thom
Hiya all
I've a number of boards (old PC motherboards, VAXen bulkhead panels /
planars) where the NiCds have 'leaked', covering areas of PCB and
metalwork / screws with a greyish 'corrosion'. What is this, and how
does one clear the boards / metalwork to get rid of it and return to
nice & clean? On the VAX TOY batteries, the corrosion seems to have
followed one battery wire (black, -ve) to the molex connector,
corroding / coating that, and then spreading across the boards...
ta
greg
Stumbled across a few free printing terminals today, if anyone is in
the right place and interested. Michigan State University's Salvage
yard had a few serial interface units of some sort, assorted cables,
three DEC Letterprinters and two Decwriter III's in their free pile
as of about 1:20 this afternoon. I grabbed one of each terminal,
a couple of serial line driver units, and a nice cart. I would have
taken all of them, but the truck was full. No guarantees they're
still there of course.
De
I have an ASR33 that exhibits the following symptoms in local
mode (I have not attempted to test online):
1) Paper will not advance (roller seems to move OK when turned
by hand)
2) Bell will not ring
3) When at the start of a line (carriage to the left) it will
over print several characters before it starts moving to
the right
4) Carriage returns very slowly and sometimes does not make it
all the way back
5) Filthy inside (although not as bad as when I got it... I've
vacuumed and blown a lot of crud out of it)
6) Smells a little funky... not the clean warm oil smell that
I remember from high school days
As well as being dirty, I suspect that it was improperly
lubricated by the previous owner as it seems to be particularly
sticky inside.
I also have a nearly new KSR33 from the same source that was
improperly handled to the extent that its plastic shell was
shattered (it was in a cardboard box with some newspaper, none
of the shipping bolts in place, and apparently roughly moved
around his ham shack). I have made no attempt to power up the
KSR (in case stuff got bent) but I think that it could be used
as a source of replacements if some of the parts of the ASR are
badly worn.
I would like to recruit 3 or 4 knowledgeable and highly motivated
classiccmpers (motivated by the prospect of DINNER and BEER on me)
at VCF East to completely tear down, clean, adjust, lubricate and
reassemble the ASR. I will supply all of the tools and materials
(unless you have special purpose tools that will help). I picture
a marathon operation, with the experts doing the disassembly,
assembly and adjustment work and me with a toothbrush and a pan of
Simple Green (or alcohol or kerosene or whatever solvent the experts
suggest) busily scrubbing parts as they are handed to me. With four
guys and one scrubber, could this be accomplished in a couple of
hours?
Why don't I do this myself?
1) I don't really have the space. Having the entire interior of a
hotel room to myself will be something of a luxury to me (I have
two kids). Or maybe I can ask Sellam for some space at the
festival and we can make it a spectator sport. It could even
become sort of a challenge...
"The crew at VCF East was able to rebuild an ASR33 in two hours,
how fast can the West or Europe do it?"
2) I don't have the unbroken periods of time. I have the fear that I
would get it all apart, have one of my all too frequent family
"emergencies" and then have to pack it up, resulting in lost parts
when I finally get back to it.
3) I'm a gutless wimp. If I get it apart, I'm not sure I could get
it all back together, even with the docs. I have original prints
of some of the docs and the rest in electronic form.
Email me if interested,
Thanks,
Bill
Looking for owner manuals for a DECstation 5000/125
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Hello,
I saw your note from a google search that you were at one time
looking for TIL306 displays?
I have some TIL306 displays.
I'm looking for TIL308 displays. Do you have these?
I'll buy, sell trade the TIL306 for the TIL308.
Let me know,
Willie
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