test-drb November 2005

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by mwelch＠redwoodalliance.org

Hello Friends: Just cleaning out storage and decided to sell my one-owner HP150B. But first I need to make it work. It was working when I put it back in its boxes 20 +/- years ago. But, I can't get past the pre-boot error message, "Power-on test failed 0004" or sometimes "0000c". Anybody know these error messages? Or better yet, where I can get a list of power-on error messages?

18 years, 4 months

"Market" for old macs?

by James＠jdfogg.com

> James Fogg wrote: > > My interests stop at the "classic" Macs, of which the SE30 is the > > height of engineering achievement (in my opinion). > > Why? I know a bit of the classic Mac engineering history > thanks to Andy's retro website/book, but I know nothing of the SE30. OK, neither do I (it's too late to argue). It is the last of the classic Macs and has the greatest number of features and capabilities.

18 years, 4 months

More parts I need to replace on the VT100

by fireflyst＠earthlink.net

Okay, I pulled the power supply on the VT100 after replacing the two video board components, only to find 3 resistors on the PSU burned out. I know I should probably get a book on how to read a schematic (I will soon) but in the meantime can someone tell me what these resistors are? http://home.earthlink.net/~fireflyst/images/burnedpsu.gif I copied a portion of the diagram image on page 23 of the VT100 found at: http://vt100.net/mirror/antonio/mp00633.pdf If someone could tell me what resistor is what, that would be awesome. Thanks again for everyone's help (and time) Julian

18 years, 4 months

need drivers for old graphics card

by chrism3667＠yahoo.com

made by Vermont Microsystems. Takes up 2 card slots, like an IBM PGA card. Has on onboard 80188. Is VM still around? __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

18 years, 4 months

More parts I need to replace on the VT100

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

Hi I would suggest that you get your self up on reading schematics. Resistors rarely just burn up without there being some other cause. Just replacing the resistors will most likely result in more burnt resistors if it is powered up without locating the reason for the resistors to burn in the first place. Many IC's and transistors show little to no visual indications that they are shorted inside. I don't know how one can find these without understanding where the resistors are in the schematic and how the resistors are being used. Dwight >From: "Julian Wolfe" <fireflyst at earthlink.net> > >Okay, I pulled the power supply on the VT100 after replacing the two video >board components, only to find 3 resistors on the PSU burned out. I know I >should probably get a book on how to read a schematic (I will soon) but in >the meantime can someone tell me what these resistors are? > > > >http://home.earthlink.net/~fireflyst/images/burnedpsu.gif > > > > > >I copied a portion of the diagram image on page 23 of the VT100 found at: > > > > http://vt100.net/mirror/antonio/mp00633.pdf > > > >If someone could tell me what resistor is what, that would be awesome. > > > >Thanks again for everyone's help (and time) > > > >Julian >

18 years, 4 months

Berg connector repair

by dbetz＠xlisper.mv.com

I have a wire that is broken on the Berg connector that plugs into my DLV12 controller for my RL01 drive. How do I remove one of the pins >from the Berg connector so that I can reattach the broken wire? Is it possible to repair these connectors or do I have to replace it?

18 years, 4 months

A heads-up: updated holiday vintage computer buyers guide

by news＠computercollector.com

Just an FYI, today I updated the buyers guide. (Is it missing anything?) http://www.snarc.net/c-holidays.php ----------------------------------------- Evan Koblentz's personal homepage: http://www.snarc.net Computer Collector Newsletter: >> http://news.computercollector.com Mid-Atlantic Retro Computing Hobbyists & Museum: >> http://www.marchclub.org >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/midatlanticretro/

18 years, 4 months

PDP-11/73 booting!

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

> >Subject: PDP-11/73 booting! > From: David Betz <dbetz at xlisper.mv.com> > Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:56:03 -0500 > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > >I got my PDP-11/73 booting by connecting an RX02 drive to the system >and using an RT-11 boot floppy. I've convinced myself that the 1.5mb >of memory (two M8059s and a third party card) works and that the >KDJ11-A CPU is working as well as the multi-function boot card >(M8047) and the RX02 drive and controller (M8029). > >Unfortunately, I still can't access the RL01 drive. RT-11 sees the >controller card but if I type "DIR RL0:", there is no indication that Ah thats... dir DL0: the RL02 is accessed by the DL: driver. is there a DL.sys on the disk? >the drive is even accessed. The disk seems to spin up and the ready >light comes on on the drive but I don't seem to be able to access the >drive from RT-11. I've also tried using a scratch pack and typing >"INIT DL0:" but that doesn't work either. Does anyone have any idea >what might cause this kind of behavior? Also, can anyone make me a >bootable RX02 disk with the RL01 diagnostics on it? I can supply the >blank disk? Assuming the interrupt grant is good (no empty slots between the cpu and the RLV controller. the cables are good and connected correctly. No fault light and When the load bitton is in you get spin up and a white load lamp. It should work. Allison

18 years, 4 months

Which paper tape hole is bit 1?

by pete＠dunnington.plus.com

On Nov 19 2005, 9:50, Barry Watzman wrote: > I have a chart of paper tape hole patterns for all 128 characters, and it > shows the LSB (bit zero, although the chart numbers them 1-8) as the edge > hole on the 3-hole side, with the bits in order 0 to 7 (or 1 to 8). > > However, one question, this chart shows the high-order bit (parity bit) > punched for every character, no exceptions. Was that a standard convention > in sending ascii files to paper tape? It was for DEC, at least with PDP-8s. I don't know about anyone else. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

18 years, 4 months

IBM AS400?

by john_boffemmyer_iv＠boff-net.dhs.org

... Not funny VAX. I still use and am a fan of IBM PS/2's. So are a couple others on here. A few still use IBM RS6000 machines and one or two use AS/400's. Please watch the generalizations... -John Boffemmyer IV At 09:20 PM 11/28/2005, you wrote: > > BIG GOTCHA- you need to make sure your machine comes with > not only the OS, but also the mashine-specific intermediate layer > software. Unless you have a friend at IBM, they may be happy to > give you a replacement in return for much cash, or they may do the > snooty Maitre d' thing . . . and OS/400 is rumored to lock itself > after a certain period of inactivity as well. > >You have found the reason why there are so many DEC fans and no IBM >fans on the mailing list. > >vax, 9000 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.8/184 - Release Date: 11/27/2005

18 years, 4 months

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test-drb November 2005