Didn't someone on the list create a program to load disk images from a pc
serial port to a pdp's hard disk? I know vtserver, but I thought someone on
the list wrote something smaller....?
Jay
Hello all,
Just to put my belated two cents in about VCF 9.0... This was my second time around and this year was even better than the last! I particularly enjoyed the build sessions for the Replica I (bravo Vince!) and the ELF 2000 (a big bravo to you Bob!, thank for swapping my board for yours!). If Sellam is a lurking out there, I sure hope there are more build sessions in future years. Maybe a P112 or Howard Harte's eZ80 perhaps? Just like David's better half, my wife also made the semi-long trip from home (Calgary, Canada) to Mountain View and actually took in some sessions on Sunday. Evan's session on collecting helped her understand my obsession (and yes I'm going to take your words to heart about specializing... spreadsheet software! it made my career possible and nutures it today) She also quite enjoyed Christine's talk about retro-tech (among other things).
Got some great deals on the sales floor and shipped them all home via UPS. I learned that most UPS stores (my sample of one at least!) have never sent anything out of the country, no wonder so many of my eBay sellers are reluctant to ship to Canada! But after only an hour of filling and re-filling forms they went on their way. Arrived in good shape thanks to copious amounts of bubble wrap. I know my bad embay experiences with bad packing jobs would have some eventual benefit.
(Ha! that would be a whole other thread, like the 50 lb North Horizon I got packed in a flimsy box with some balled-up plastic grocery bags!)
Anyway, it was nice to meet some of you in person, and I hope to see you all next year. My best wishes to Sell and his crew for an excellent job!
GF
This was a message from Gary Fisher
GaryDFisher at shaw.ca
Most helpful
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Graham
Sent: 17 November 2006 08:14
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Vax 4000-200 - The Saga continues
On 17/11/06 05:10, "Rod Smallwood"
<RodSmallwood at mail.ediconsulting.co.uk>
wrote:
> This is mostly correct.... But what they don't say is the system gets
> left in a minimum condition.
Since you're only really doing this to reset the password the lack of
other devices is unimportant, all you need access to is
sys$system:sysuaf.dat.
> OK so lets try reversing the commands at the SYSBOOT prompt
>
> SYSBOOT> SET/STARTUP SYS$SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM;2
Set/start sys$system:startup.com. I'm not aware of any file called
sys$systartup_vms.com, the site specific file is
sys$manager:systartup_vms.com.
You can see this yourself by doing SHOW/START when you first get to
SYSBOOT.
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
Thanks that's moved me on a bit
Rod
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of arcarlini at iee.org
Sent: 17 November 2006 08:24
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: RE: Vax 4000-200 - The Saga continues
Rod Smallwood wrote:
> SET/STARTUP OPA0:
> SET WINDOW_SYSTEM 0
> SET WRITESYSPARAMS 0
> CONTINUE
OK so this bit says "start fromm OPA0: (the console), don't do any of
this next time".
> $ SPAWN
> $ @SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP
After this bit you have enough of OpenVMS running to fiddle with the
system manager's password.
At this stage you would do:
$ SET DEFAULT SYS$SYSTEM:
$ MC AUTHORIZE
UAF> MOD SYSTEM/PASS=somethingmemorable/PWDLIF=0
UAF> EXIT
(It's been years since I've had to break in so I may have mis-typed or
missed a step ... I'm sure someone will chip in if I have)
So now reboot and when the system comes up normally you just login as
SYSTEM with your memorable password.
> This is mostly correct.... But what they don't say is the system gets
> left in a minimum condition.
Did you log out and did it reboot?
> In my case only the drive it booted from ie no 2/3rd drives, no tape
> and no ethernet devices.
> Under the low level prompt (>>>) all devices are shown as present.
> i.e. DIA0 (RF71), DIA1 (RF72), DIA2 (RF72) MUA0 (Tape) and EZA0
> (ethernet)
I'm guessing that
$ MC SYSGEN A A /LOG
would have sorted you out but ...
>
> OK so lets try reversing the commands at the SYSBOOT prompt
>
> SYSBOOT> SET/STARTUP SYS$SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM;2
Should this not be SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP.COM? It absolutely should not have
a version number in there.
> SYSBOOT> SET WINDOW_SYSTEM 1
>
> SYSBOOT> SET WRITESYSPARAMS 1
>
> SYSBOOT> CONTINUE
>
> startup begins,
>
> Then the following errors:
>
> invalid logical name
> previous value of SYSUAF has been superseded
> error opening SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]BT$DEFINE_SYSTEMS.COM; as input
> file not found
> ON MIN OR UPGRADE START UP CLUE IS NOT RUN
You are using the wrong startup procedure and some pre-requisite has not
run.
> Then a load of OPCOM messages
Definitely set the startup procedure properly.
> If anybody does know where the answer is a link would be nice.
After your first reboot the startup would have been restored to the
correct value. WRITESYSPARAMS of 0 means "don't write anything I've
changed back to a file on exit so none of the changes will be present on
next boot". If all you've changed is as described above, then reset the
startup procedure (WINDOW_SYSTEM is fine as is) and you'll be OK.
Antonio
I've had this thing kicking around for a very long time and could
never figure out a use for it. It's an ALF 811 diskette copier and
copies 96 tpi 5.25" diskettes. It seems not to care a bit if the
floppies are FM or MFM or if they're DD or HD. It will NOT copy 48
tpi media.
It's eBay item 320050592195.
It's kind of cute, but since there is no way to retain an image of a
diskette, just the physical media, it hasn't been terribly useful.
I do note what looks like an empty socket for a MAX232 next to a
header on the PCB, so it's possible that there's an RS-232 interface
that I'm not aware of.
Cheers,
Chuck
Hi,
I received a 4MB PCMCIA ram card off of eBay
today. It's by Amitek and is for the A600 &
A1200. It is known as RAM 6040 and has the
serial number A010100. It states on the back
of the video box (yes, it's in a video box) that
it was distributed in the UK by SDL. On the
front of the box it states "4MB populated",
what does that mean?
However, the main reason for this post is this:
Inside the box is (as the seller stated) "a
thing". It's a small oblong object with a
female 9 pin connector (like a mouse port). On
the opposite end is a smal sticker with
"K50076" on it. On the top of the "thing" is a
chequered pattern in silver which starts about
2cm from either end. It is completely sealed
all the way around, no screws or join marks,
with the only exception being the connector
bit. I even tried shaking it! No sound at all.
As stated the seller has no idea what this is
and I am totally stumped too. What is it?!
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
At 12:10 AM 11/17/2006, Rod Smallwood wrote:
>
>OK .. I login and am still in minimum mode.
>
>I can't see anything in the online docs to cover this.
At the SYSBOOT prompt, try
SHOW STARTUP_P1
it's probably set to "MIN". You need to clear that, so:
SET STARTUP_P1 " "
CONTINUE
That'll get you a normal (non-minimum) startup.
-Rick
On Nov 16, 2006, at 15:54, Dave McGuire wrote:
> "147" sounds VERY familiar. I've not really "gotten into" those
>boards, but I'd sure like to. Could you share your files?
>
> -Dave
>
>--
>Dave McGuire
>Cape Coral, FL
Sure,
Give some more specifications, MVME147 or earlier 141,131,130?.
Should we continue privately, please email m n u s a 2 at hotmail dot
com.
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>Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:02:18 -0800 (PST)
>From: Chris M <chrism3667 at yahoo.com>
>Subject: wtd tandy 6000. sanyo mbc-xxx, tektronix tc-2000
>some trades possible. Also want Zenith Z-100 and
>related stuph
I've got an MBC555/2 up here in Toronto if you want it; do you
want it as badly as that person with the Apple/// ?
mike
