test-drb April 2005

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by tponsford＠theriver.com

Hi all, Picked up some more auction goodies this week! LSI ADM-5. I have the pdf manual for my 3a, but so far no information on the 5, anybody have a link to some online documentation! Works fine, very clean, bright cursor, no burn-in, no stuck keys and no "mold" lol 2 Sony OA-D31V-14 "Doubleheight " 3-1/4 SS 360K floppy drives. The doubleheight as these are roughly double the height of a regular 3-/14 floppies(but not "full height") I believe these may have been used in older HP's. Does naybody know if these are the ones that require a "special" floppy disks that have to be manually opened, as the drives do not have a mechanism for opening them??? An unopened Caldera Desktop version 1.0 (circa 1995!) LOL Cheers Tom

20 years, 1 month

VAXstation 3100/76 SCSI disk over 1GB

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

> >Subject: RE: VAXstation 3100/76 SCSI disk over 1GB > From: "Antonio Carlini" <a.carlini at ntlworld.com> > Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 21:34:24 +0100 > To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > >Allison wrote: >> I affirm that having tried it. I also have two M76s and both >> will boot larger but only one has the factory console rom fix. > >I don't believe there was ever an official fix for the VS3100-76 >(or any of the VS3100 series). If there was, I'd like to know >about it so I can upgrade the one on my desk right now! It was the first one I'd tried the 2.7g in and crash tested it trying to get IP networking going. Since that one worked I tried same on an older one and it didn't pass the crash test. A crash with the wrong driver is really bad. I assume it was factory as it works fine with a larger disk. However, I got it that way and it's a later SN. If it werent under three other 3100s plus a VS2000 and a TK50 I'd read off the VS3100-76/GPXs SN for you. All my other VS and uVAX 3100s are older and therefor completly complient with the 1GB limit for the boot disk. They also work well with larger secondary disks and I have them configured that way. IE: 500mb or 1GB system disk and larger than 1gb for user disks. Allison

20 years, 1 month

VAXstation 3100/76 SCSI disk over 1GB

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

> >Subject: RE: VAXstation 3100/76 SCSI disk over 1GB > From: "Antonio Carlini" <a.carlini at ntlworld.com> > Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 19:20:00 +0100 > To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> >The console disk driver is used early on in the boot process >(until enough of OpenVMS has been loaded that it can switch >to its own full-featured driver) and also during crash dumping >(since the console driver is in eprom, it can be relied on not >have become corrupt). > >If any of the files needed during boot end up past the 1.073GB >mark, the system will not boot. Event if the files happen to lie >in accessible places initially, they might be moved by a >subsequent upgrade or disk defragmentation. > >Much, much worse is the behaviour during a crash. If the >crashdump file happens to be beyond the 1.073GB mark, then >anything actually at the wrapped around address is at risk! > >There are ways around this problem, but the only easy one >is to use an RZ26 (1GB disk) as the system disk. That's >not a problem at least for releases up until OpenVMS V7.1. >I stopped getting updates at that point so I don't know >how much bigger VAX releases have become. > >The problem is not such an issue with *BSD since you can >effectively control what lives where. > >The issue affects all VAXstation 3100s, the >MicroVAX 3100 Models 10 and 20 and the early releases >of the MicroVAX 3100 Models 10e and 20e. I believe that >a fix was produced for the 10e and 20e and ROMs dated >after April 1992 are fine. The OpenVMS FAQ has more details. > >So just because it seems to work, does not make it a good idea :-) > I affirm that having tried it. I also have two M76s and both will boot larger but only one has the factory console rom fix. My solution was simple, use a 1gb disk for the system disk, second drive is a nice 2.7gb and that works fine even with 5.4-4h. It's a cheap solution as 1g SCSI drives were easy to find for a while for free. I've found for a system disk 1gb is plenty even for 7.2 and likely later as I can put the page/swap files on the second drive along with user data/files. Allison

20 years, 1 month

$10K claimed for Electronics issue

by jfoust＠threedee.com

With every mania comes justifications... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4472549.stm Mr Clark, who admits he is "a bit of a hoarder", collected the Electronics magazine issues, as well as others, after the Philips Central Library in the UK - now closed - started to clean them out. "I could feel the hairs standing up on my arms. I think I've got that, I thought - although I wasn't sure." - David Clark "In the 70s, they started throwing out large quantities of these magazines," he said. "I was in my 20s at the time and thought you shouldn't throw them out because they are recording the golden age of electronics." He gave several hundreds of them a home first in his loft, then under the floorboards and had not looked at them since. - John

20 years, 1 month

OT Don't read this (was Re: Altair MBL source)

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

> >Subject: Re: OT Don't read this (was Re: Altair MBL source) > From: woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> > Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 13:29:19 -0600 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > >Dwight K. Elvey wrote: > >>Hi >> Higher quality AM receivers used the two diode tubes. >>One diode was for the detector while the other was >>used for the AGC. That way the loading could be optimized >>for each function. >>Dwight >> >> >I wonder if the quality of AM radio ( not counting the decline in music >taste) >has gone down since every thing uses soild state diodes as compared to tube >diodes. > Sounds like the common AA5 with the 12AV6 (duodiode/triode). Allison

20 years, 1 month

small valves

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

> >Subject: Re: small valves > From: Stan Barr <stanb at dial.pipex.com> > Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 18:48:03 +0100 > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > >Hi, > >Arno Kletzander said: > >> 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? >> > >I saw them, but by the time I could afford r/c myself it was solid state. >I remember guys using valves and miniature hi-sensitivity relays to run >things like "Galloping Ghost" - a pwm proportional setup. >There were tuned reeds as well for multi-channel. > I still have a complete GG setup, for 27mc using a 3a5 for the TX and 1s4 for the regen rx. Still works when I power it. The only reason I'd not fly it is finding batteries. As to wweight it was remarkably light considering. Allison

20 years, 1 month

TI 990/10 DX-10 disc images

by aek＠spies.com

Dave Pitts reminded me today about mirroring the DX-10 disc images he has along with a simulator capable of running them. The stuff is now up on www.bitsavers.org/bits/ti/www.cozx.com/dpitts

20 years, 1 month

Apple II/Older Mac stuff..

by dholland＠woh.rr.com

FWIW, One of the Dayton, Ohio schools around here is emptying some spare classrooms, and old storage area's of their older Apple computers. If anyone is interested in picking up a carload of stuff or so, send me an email, and I'll put you in touch w/ the appropriate person. (I believe he'd prefer me NOT to post his email address) The guy says its cheaper on the school district to give it away, and let someone pick it up, than to put it in the dumpster, and he'd rather see someone have them than dumping them. I don't know exactly everything he's got, nor am I certain he exactly knows, but I picked up a small Corolla's backseat/trunk's worth of Apple II stuff, and assorted Localtalk networking yesterday.. Said I'd see if anyone else wanted anything, and was in the area, so I am.. David

20 years, 1 month

SCSI CD drive capable of reading CD-R

by mokuba＠gmail.com

I'm desperate for a scsi drive capable of reading CD-Rs! If anyone has one, anyone at all, I'd love to hear from you! (External especailly, but I can swap drives in an external housing if needed, I guess) -- Gary G. Sparkes Jr. KB3HAG - FM19t

20 years, 1 month

Ever wondered what happened to all those missing keys from old keyboards...

by dholland＠woh.rr.com

http://j-walkblog.com/index.php?/weblog/posts/keyboard_car/ Well, now I know.. :) David

20 years, 1 month

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test-drb April 2005