Do not email me, Steven, please respond to Don:
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Compaq Portable III - plasma screen - 2 20M drives
Hi,
We're moving and I'd hate to junk this.
Needs setup disk according to boot error. Otherwise in
great shape.
Let me know if you're interested.
Thanks,
Don
donantal at comcast.net
(h) 703-684-8401
(c) 703-624-8702
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Do not email me, Steven, please respond to PJ:
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Does anyone know where I can get my Amiga A1000 and
Amiga A2000 reparied. Preferably in the Spokane area?
It would be very much appreciated. I can not get them
to turn on!
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I'm trying to update stuff on the DEC Emulation website.
What is the current status of 2.11BSD, and where would one go to find
the patch archive these days?
Zane
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I did a few more tests with the RK07.
As I did not have the correct bulkhead, I made one from a
"decommissioned" RL02 drive. The socket to the cable is identical to
the one for the RK07.
As nothing seemed to work, I guessed that I might have the flatcable
between the socket on the "bulkhead" and the RK611 controller (M7904
module) the wrong way around installed.
So, I installed the flatcable the other way around on the bulkhead.
I get quite different responses now! The command ".INIT DM0:" gives
the response "?DUP-F-Error reading bad block replacement table DM0:"
but the FAULT light is turned on!
When I enter the command ".FORMAT DM0:", the FAULT light goes off,
and I get the response as written in my previous post.
When I enter "DIR DM0:" the FAULT light is turned on also.
On many occasions the system hangs, although that is not apparent
>from the front panel on the 11/34. But the system does not respond
nor echo anything I type on the VT100 console terminal anymore.
What is even more strange, is that when I repeat (after rebooting)
the .INIT command or the .FORMAT command, is that I can see clearly
the READY lamp flash off/on, and after a few more attempts, I can
hear the movement, and *see* the whole drive "shake" (it still on
its wheels and not on the rubber "feet"). I can even see the "A"
lamp go on and off a few times, so that shows that the controller
accesses the drive. Then the system hangs again.
Can I conclude that the cable is now correctly connected from the
RK611 controller -> bulkhead -> RK07 drive ?
What could explain the symptoms that I see?
- what can cause the system non-responsive (RT11 does not catch the error)
- why does the execution of the command seems to get a step further
every time I run them?
thanks,
- Henk.
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Van: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org namens Gooijen, Henk
Verzonden: zo 22-01-2006 12:53
Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Onderwerp: RE: RK07 questions
I must make a correction to a remark I made on a reply of Tony.
Tony wrote to FORMAT the RK07 pack. I told that under RT11, you
can use INIT, but to FORMAT you need XXDP.
Allthough that can be true for some media, I was wrong regarding
the RK07. Perhaps I was a bit mislead by my RK07 drive, but the
following tests show that Tony was correct.
I booted RT11 on the 11/34 from DL0:. These are the commands and
their responses that I got, after I loaded a pack (and READY on)
.DIR DM0:
?DIR-F-Error reading directory
.INIT DM0:
DM0:Initialize: Are you sure? Y
?DUP-F-Size function failed
.FORMAT DM0:
DM0:FORMAT-Are you sure? Y
?FORMAT-F-Device not ready
?FORMAT-I-Formatting aborted
Looking at the RT11 response, it seems that FORMAT is supported
for the RK07, just as Tony said!
It also shows that I am not completely out of the weeds ...
- Henk.
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I must make a correction to a remark I made on a reply of Tony.
Tony wrote to FORMAT the RK07 pack. I told that under RT11, you
can use INIT, but to FORMAT you need XXDP.
Allthough that can be true for some media, I was wrong regarding
the RK07. Perhaps I was a bit mislead by my RK07 drive, but the
following tests show that Tony was correct.
I booted RT11 on the 11/34 from DL0:. These are the commands and
their responses that I got, after I loaded a pack (and READY on)
.DIR DM0:
?DIR-F-Error reading directory
.INIT DM0:
DM0:Initialize: Are you sure? Y
?DUP-F-Size function failed
.FORMAT DM0:
DM0:FORMAT-Are you sure? Y
?FORMAT-F-Device not ready
?FORMAT-I-Formatting aborted
Looking at the RT11 response, it seems that FORMAT is supported
for the RK07, just as Tony said!
It also shows that I am not completely out of the weeds ...
- Henk.
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Is the moderator of cctech on vacation or has that list been merged with this one? I've tried to
subscribe twice and haven't yet received a single digest. My cctalk subscription succeeded the
same day (obviously).
Thanks,
Bill
Colorado Springs, CO
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Somebody here asked about the Fuji 2444 tape drive power cord
in the past couple of months. Sweeping up my basement, I found an
example, and for future reference the connector is made by AMP, and
it has the numbers 8542 and 206037-2 on the locking ring.
If anyone wants this cord, they can E-mail me with their shipping
address and we'll work out getting it to them.
I think the locking ring on this particular cord is missing part
of the locking ring (although it seems to mostly be there and it still
rotates like I'd expect.)
Tim.
Does anyone have a data sheet on an AMI S1427A clock chip? I have
this Pernicka Corp 'Model 100-C' panel-mount clock (S/N C008).
The clock itself is self-contained - runs off of a 9V battery, has two
switches for setting the time and date, and is set in a nice round
panel-mount housing. The PCB has just the chip (with a date code of
7728), 3 diodes, 2 resistors, 2 caps, a crystal and a trimmer. The
S1427A drives a 4-digit unbuffered LCD panel.
Thanks for any pointers,
-ethan