I like the Future Domain cards, especially for older machines. Future
Domain had a chipset called 950 that was used on their 84x and 85x
series cards. There is great software support in DOS, but it is not
ASPI compatible. In their defense they do provide a device driver that
converts their CAM drivers (Common Access Method) to ASPI, but that
slows things down.
I've been able to hack a TMC 845 onto a PCjr using an ISA bus adapter
for the Jr. PC Enterprises also sold a SCSI sidecar for the Jr based on
the Future Domain chipset.
And as other people mentioned, Future Domain did a lot of OEM work for
IBM, including MCA cards.
Mike
I like the Future Domain cards, especially for older machines. Future
Domain had a chipset called 950 that was used on their 84x and 85x
series cards. There is great software support in DOS, but it is not
ASPI compatible. In their defense they do provide a device driver that
converts their CAM drivers (Common Access Method) to ASPI, but that
slows things down.
I've been able to hack a TMC 845 onto a PCjr using an ISA bus adapter
for the Jr. PC Enterprises also sold a SCSI sidecar for the Jr based on
the Future Domain chipset.
And as other people mentioned, Future Domain did a lot of OEM work for
IBM, including MCA cards.
Mike
jpero at sympatico.ca wrote:
> keep in mind they forked so there is two kind of X.
Are you referring to X Consortium vs. XFree86, or some other fork I'm
not aware of?
MS
On Apr 22 2005, 20:55, Scott Stevens wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 01:25:44 -0500
> Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org> wrote:
>
> > Michael Sokolov declared on Thursday 21 April 2005 06:39 pm:
> > > (Are there any 3-button sans-wheel USB mice?)
> >
> > I'd skip USB all-together, and just use a serial or PS/2 interface
> > mouse.
> >
>
> Further, if he wants to stay away from 'PC Clone-ness' in his design,
> there are some pretty decent 3-button PS/2-interface mice from SGI.
> The O2 workstation uses these.
Also for Indys and Indigo^2s. They're actually rebadged Logitech Pilot
PS/2 mice, made in "granite" grey. The same mouse was also used by
DEC/Compac for Alphas, in off-white.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
On Apr 22 2005, 17:34, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> > People might think that your next step is to replace your vintage
> > computers with simulators.
>
> Trust me, I gave that some serious thought. I'm not about to give up
the
> space that my PDP-11's take at home with 8-bit micro's, and I'm
seriously
> short on space for more HW.
>
> The odds are I'll use real monitors, I'm just exploring my options.
> Realistically this is most practical if I decide to setup one of my
//gs's,
> except I think they prefer a different type monitor.
I use a simple 2-way KVM (but only the V part, obviously) switch for my
BBC Micro (PAL composite) and my Exidy Sorcerer (NTSC composite). And
a second 4-way KVM (again, V part only) for another BBC Micro (using
the RGB output at 50Hz/15kHz), a PC (VGA), another Acorn machine, and
whatever random 4th device want to be viewed. This one's connected to
a multisync. So it can be done. I didn't really expect the KVM switch
to work properly like that, but it did.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
BOEING!!! if you're in Kent, you should definitely check it out.
Feast or famine, prices sometimes great, ok, or outrageous, but they have
everything from VAXen to ONYX/HP V-class machines, unfortunatly mostly PCs (but I
got my $5 Apollo, and my $25 Indigo2 IMPACT 10000 (this was 3 years ago)
- Scott Quinn
http://www.weirdstuff.com/cgi-bin/item/14178
I've never heard of the store selling it, I've never heard of the
company manufacturing it, but there you have it. A new-old-stock
eight-bit ISA SCSI card.
Does anyone think this is on the level?
>> Some mil gear (eg PRC-41) has very small ceramic tubes -not sure if
>> they are quite as small as the Nuvistor but they must be close-
>> likewise some hearing aid amp tubes were pertty damn small as well.
And don't forget the first generation of R/C receivers intended for use in
model airplanes. They needed something small, lightweight, battery-powered
and inexpensive, so voila - miniaturized valves. I can't claim to have seen
one "in the flesh" yet, but I have a hobbyist book on what they used to call
"micro-electronics" in the mid-50s (ooh, printed circuit boards instead of
solder lug strips!) which shows a device about the size of a packet of
cigarettes with several such valves directly soldered onto a board with the
wires coming out of them.
Anybody here been R/C-ing back then?
cheers
--
Arno Kletzander
Stud. Hilfskraft Informatik Sammlung Erlangen
www.iser.uni-erlangen.de
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On 4/21/05, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/20/05, Christian R. Fandt <cfandt at netsync.net> wrote:
> > Upon the date 22:44 19-04-05, Ethan Dicks said something like:
> > >Hmm... I had no idea. I have a several-inch-thick stack of prints for
> > >the 11/730-Z...
> >
> > Ohhhh, I would like a copy of any 11/730 docs you may find!
>
> OK... I'll do some digging this month.
Boy, that was a short month... I happened to be next to one of my
caches of DEC prints and lo and behold, the very 11/730-ZA print stack
I was after. It is about 2 cm thick, and contains mechanical drawings
of the cable tray, prints for the PSU, TU58, CPU, and memory,
schematics and PAL equations included.
It being B-sized drawings, I have no easy way to scan these... my
hardware tops out at 8.5"x14". Suggestions?
-ethan
