test-drb March 2006

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Hospital surplus?

by Useddec＠aol.com

Hi John, Interested in trading off the Zeiss scope for a different one or any DEC stuff? Thanks, Paul

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POWERstation 370

by compoobah＠valleyimplants.com

The 7030/3CT (why do you suppose they recycled 7030? shouldn't it have been retired after Stretch?) is even ummm pokey with AIX 5.1 My 012/370 plods along fairly well with 4.3.3, though. I went into AIX with a bit of trepidation, having heard the BSDers whisper that it really stood for Aix Isn't uniX, and that it was mostly "UNIX compatible". 4.3 (and perhaps the rest of the 4.x series) is pretty close, except for some weirdness in the /etc files (for which smit is a godsend when you first start out). After banging my head against it a while, I have grown to admire it. I should get a faster machine, however. (interesting how RS6Ks and Alphas seem to hold their value much better than SGI/Sun/HPPAs)

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Hospital surplus?

by lee＠geekdot.com

> Keep mercury away from structural aluminum, stuff eats it alive. As does lead, so no writing on aluminium with real lead pencils. > What do people and or companies do with the stuff anymore? I use it to stop people casually stealing my big Marmite jar, it's just over 400cc in volume but now weighs over 5Kg. Lee.

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Data IO Programmer V pictures.

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

FWIW I dug these out the other day. Two of them are Programmer Vs and one is a Programmer Satellite. I took some pictures of them and posted them at <http://www.classiccmp.org/hp/Data%20IO%205/>. Note that the two Programmer Vs have different keypads! Anybody know what the story on the Programmer Satellite is? Joe

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Hospital surplus?

by lee＠geekdot.com

>> What's so bad about that? Mercury is about as dangerous as lead. > But organic mercury salts are much more dangerous, As are organic lead salts, the native metal though is most dangerous if you drop it on an extremity. > and there are definitely people out there that are stupid enough to > generate them. For them we have natural selection. 8^)= > Didn't we have this discussion not too long ago? Not me, unless decades of soldering has done for my memory. Lee.

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ImageDisk / PC FDCs & single-density

by CCTalk＠catcorner.org

> -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Finnegan [mailto:pat at computer-refuge.org] > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:04 PM > On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 07:57:30PM -0500, Kelly Leavitt wrote: > > > From: Dave Dunfield [mailto:dave06a at dunfield.com] > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 2:54 PM > > > > > > This may or may not help, but I have used a 1542c with > > > > imagedisk to create mixed density floppies. Others have > > > > then used these to successfully create new images. > > > > > > > > > > Interesting - I have a 1542 which does not work with > > > ImageDisk or TeleDisk/TESTSD > > > at single-density - the user reporting the problems also has > > > a 1542 which does not > > > work with any of the three programs ... Mine is a '1542CF' - > > > I assumed the 'F' ment > > > "with floppy" ... Is this the same as yours? > > > > > > Sorry, my confusion. I have used an Adaptec '1542B' (no F) > bios copyright is > > 1988 (checksum BB00) with mcode copyright 1990 (checksum > F3F7). I have read > > and written mixed density images using the floppy portion of this > > controller. This is a 16-bit ISA SCSI controller with a big 50 pin > > centronics type connector on the bracket. > > It might be more useful to know what kind of floppy chip it > uses, rather > than what BIOS/uCode it has installed.. > National Semiconductor DP8473 52 pin plcc Theoretically supports 4 drives. Datasheet: http://www.ortodoxism.ro/datasheets/nationalsemiconductor/DS009384.PDF Kelly

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ImageDisk / PC FDCs & single-density

by CCTalk＠catcorner.org

> From: Dave Dunfield [mailto:dave06a at dunfield.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 2:54 PM > > This may or may not help, but I have used a 1542c with > > imagedisk to create mixed density floppies. Others have > > then used these to successfully create new images. > > > > Interesting - I have a 1542 which does not work with > ImageDisk or TeleDisk/TESTSD > at single-density - the user reporting the problems also has > a 1542 which does not > work with any of the three programs ... Mine is a '1542CF' - > I assumed the 'F' ment > "with floppy" ... Is this the same as yours? Sorry, my confusion. I have used an Adaptec '1542B' (no F) bios copyright is 1988 (checksum BB00) with mcode copyright 1990 (checksum F3F7). I have read and written mixed density images using the floppy portion of this controller. This is a 16-bit ISA SCSI controller with a big 50 pin centronics type connector on the bracket. > > > I have at least 3 controllers that will work at SD with > imagedisk. I have > > tried ID in single density with about 15 different floppy > controllers, and > > have one more to test. Is there a FAQ about what > controllers will write SD > > images? If not, I'd gladly maintain a list. > > I've found 6-7 that work OK - and I've been adding them to > the documentaion. > Feedback on what other controllers do and don't work would be > appreciated, > however as noted here - some controllers seem to work for > some people and > not others (more likely, there are "minor" version variations > in the controller). > Here is what has worked for me: Adaptec 1542B (as primary and secondary) BIOS: BB00 MCODE: F3F7 LCS-6625 REV:A2 copyright 1992 - This is a german made 4 floppy controller that autmatically works under 6.22 to give you 4 floppy drives. Tthe second two use the "standard" secondary floppy port and come up as E and F for me. C & D are hard drives and G is the CD-ROM drive in this machine. Works the same under Linux. I also have a scan of the manual that the maufacturer was kind enough to send along (just last year). ACER MIO-400KF - works as primary only. The jumper settings for this are available in TheRef99. > So far - every controller I've tried that passes Chuck's > "testsd" program > also works for me with ImageDisk at single-density - the case > I have been > discussing is the only one I am aware of where this has not > been the case. > I have one more to test. Are the above notes enough for you to go on? Do you want me to try "testsd" on any of them? Kelly

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Hospital surplus? (was: OT: Microsoft in the medical field was Re: OT: video signal question)

by Billy.Pettit＠wdc.com

Richard asks: So what do hospitals do with all that gear that they've had in pristine lab conditions for years when they upgrade and no longer need it? I've never seen any sort of surplus venue for this sort of thing. -- I can't speak for all of them, but I do have a cousin who has made a decent living for 30 years by refurbing this equipment and reselling to smaller hospitals or even off shore. He has built up a network of customers in the Pacific Northwest that contacts him any time something becomes surplus. His specialty is X-Ray and MRI, but any kind of medical electronics is fair game. The cost of medical equipment is such that even 20 year old electronics is state of the art to smaller, isolated hospitals. Billy

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Writing Apple ][ disk images...

by paulrsm＠buckeye-express.com

For all Apple II questions, start with the FAQ: http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs1START.html > What are the various options available for > getting disk images onto media that an Apple ][ > can read? What disk images are you starting with? .SHK, .SDK, .DSK, .PO, .DO, .IMG, .HDV, .NIB, .2MG, or other disk image file? What hardware are you starting with? Apple II, II+, IIe, IIc, IIgs? PC? Macintosh? For 5.25" disks, the simplest and cheapest setup is a real Apple II to write the disk. You can get the data there via the game controller port, a serial port, or over a network. Hardware to write Apple II disks using a PC exists but is rare. The Mac hardware is an Apple IIe card. For 3.5" disks, the rules are different. Another way is a compact flash drive. You can remove the CF card and plug it into a PC to transfer files. -- Paul R. Santa-Maria Monroe, Michigan USA

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PBXAG-AV (acceleragraphics)

by waisun.chia＠gmail.com

On 3/22/06, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote: > Are you sure you have the part number correct? Are you sure that > isn't a PCXGA-AV? No. It's staring at me right now. PCXAG-AV 155-0189-20 2360268 RevC ACCELGRAPHICS INC. (c)1996 FALCON BOARD I think it's a DEC OEM from AccelGraphics Inc. > 4a. What DEC/Compaq video cards for the Alpha aren't supported by OpenVMS? > > PBXGA-JA DEC864 > PBXGI-AA PowerStorm 4D40T > PBXGI-AB PowerStorm 4D50T > PBXGI-AD PowerStorm 4D51T > PBXGI-AC PowerStorm 4D60T > Hey! If the above isn't supported by OVMS, then what OS supports these? Tru64? Especially the high-end PowerStorms...

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