test-drb April 2006

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earliest graphics display system in your collection?

by aek＠bitsavers.org

> What's LPS? Laboratory Peripheral System (for Unibus PDP-11's) THE MINC was sort of similar for the LSI-11. I think all DEC machines up 'til the VAX had some X-Y point plot display option. There were also attached display processors, like the DEC 340.

19 years

Back up 9 Track to CD

by steerex＠mindspring.com

Hey guys, I've got a bunch of old 9 track tapes, including bootable tapes for a variety of systems, that I'd like to "backup". The tapes vary from MPE install, HPUX install, and misc DATA tapes (multiple formats). Some of the tapes are pretty old and I really need to archive them. I think CD's are gonna be around for a while so, that seems to be the most reasonable medium. I know, I know... CD's don't last forever. That's a different topic and not something I can worry about right now. I've also got a pile of spare 9GB HD's. I suppose I could dump the images there as well. With multiple copy's on CD and on HD's. The data should be safe. There is a 9 track attached to my HPUX 10.20 box so, reading and writing the tapes is no problem. The HPUX box does not have a CD burner directly attached although, I can FTP files to a WINDOWS box and burn CD's there. So the question is: Can I just DD the tapes to a file and stick the file on CD/HD then recreate the tape from the CD when needed? NOTE: Some of the tapes span multiple volumes. Is this gonna be a problem. TIA, SteveRob

19 years

earliest graphics display system in your collection?

by bobalan＠sbcglobal.net

Tektronix introduced it's T4002 graphics terminal in 1969 and the 4010 in 1972 (my 4010 has boards copyrighted in 1971 but the 4010 is not in the 1971 catalog). The Tek 4012 & 4013 are in the '73 catalog and the Tek 4014 & 4015 are in the '74 catalog. Bob Message: 25 Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:45:10 -0600 From: Richard <legalize at xmission.com> Subject: earliest graphics display system in your collection? To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Message-ID: <E1FW4Yw-0002A9-00 at xmission.xmission.com> OK, what's the earliest graphics display system held by any of you collectors? "graphics display system" is anything that creates a graphics image with a display: calligraphic, storage tube, plasma, raster, etc. Block character graphics don't count (or I would include my Commodore CBM 8032 and all the stupid terminals :) . My timeline goes like this, based on year introduced: 196?: Evans & Sutherland PS-300 terminal 197?: Tektronix 4010 terminal 1974: Tektronix 4014 terminal 1977: Hewlett-Packard 2648A terminal Hewlett-Packard 1350A graphics translator 1979: Atari 800 microcomputer 1981: IBM PC CGA microcomputer 1983: Televideo TS-803 microcomputer 1984: Megatek Whizzard 1645 terminal Diser Eve workstation 1984?: Tektronix 4105 terminal 1985: Sun 3/110 workstation 1986: Hewlett-Packard 2397A terminal 1988: NCD 14p X terminal 1989: Evans & Sutherland ESV workstation 1991: Evans & Sutherland Freedom accelerator 1993: SGI Indigo2 workstation []? - I don't know for certain, can you fill in the year?

19 years

Pro-350 anyone?

by trygve.thue＠broadpark.no

Hi ! I have several Pro 350 and a Pro 380 mostly with RD53 . I also have a Vax Statin 2000 with TP and extra Harddrive. This has two RD54 installed. The sad thing is a non working Decna-K in one ofthe Pro's . I therefor am on the lookout to buy a Decna-K card. Please give me a note if you can help . Thanks Trygve Thue St.Halvardsvei 41 5052 Bergen Norway

19 years

Help ID oddball SCSI controller

by trag＠io.com

>Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 08:54:02 -0700 >From: Don Y <dgy at DakotaCom.Net> >Card is full length. PCI. Appears to be made by IBM >(FRU 76H6875). Has three AIC-7880's on it connected to >External connector appears to be LVD or SE (bummer, I >was hoping to find a HVD in this box of goodies...) > >I'll assume it's a RAID controller. I don't know anything about any RAID features, but the AIC-7880 supports Ultra-Wide SCSI, but not LVD. So assuming the firmware also supports it, you should have UW and earlier support on that card. The 7880 is the chip used on the Adaptec 2940UW and the 3940UW, but the 3940UW is just a DEC PCI-PCI bridge with two 7880 chips hanging off of it--basically two 2940UWs on the same card with a PPB to make it fit in one PCI slot. Some of the very late model Adaptec 2940UWs used a later chip (such as the Dual and the Pro models) but the vast bulk of the 2940UWs used the 7880. Jeff Walther

19 years

Pro-350 anyone?

by Useddec＠aol.com

Sorry, This was supposed to be off list. Paul

19 years

Pro-350 anyone?

by Useddec＠aol.com

Hi, I think I have a have a 350 and a 380, and some extra boards. Do you have an actual part #? Are you interested in selling/trading the RD54's? Thanks, Paul

19 years

very OT (Dr Who) was Re: there is hope for tiny code!

by kyrrin＠bluefeathertech.com

Hi, group, *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 18-Apr-06 at 15:06 Sridhar Ayengar wrote: >Bruce Lane wrote: >> Hi, group, >> >> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >> >> On 17-Apr-06 at 22:43 Zane H. Healy wrote: >> >>> At 6:14 AM +0100 4/18/06, Andy Holt wrote: >>>> 1st episode was broadcast on Saturday. Spoilers withheld to avoid >>>> being murdered :-) >>>> >>>> Andy >>> Argh!!! How is the new Doctor so far? >> >> A-frelling-MAZING! They couldn't have picked a better one in the form >of Chris Eccleston if they'd tried! SciFi channel's been running the new >series as well, and it is (so far) an outstanding tribute to the original. >> >> Watch for the episode 'Dalek.' If SF series could win Emmys, It'd win >one in a heartbeat. >> >> Keep the peace(es). > >Those episodes aired in Britain last year. They're talking about season >two. I figured that out. SciFi's running Season One at the moment. I expect they'll start in on #2 later in the year. Thanks... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m "If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with surreal ports?"

19 years

another DECmate - looking for media

by jack.rubin＠ameritech.net

I too just got a "new" DECmate/VT278. I?m a half-step ahead of Richard in that I have a set of RX02's to go with it but the donor hasn't yet been able to locate the software that he's sure he still has "somewhere". I've downloaded some telnet images of OS/278 but I don't have a PC running 8" drives to use to create the disks. Can anyone help by providing a physical copy of an RX02 OS/278 boot floppy? Please contact me directly if you can send a disk. In the meantime, if the docs remain elusive, I'll be glad to ring out my VT278 - RX78 cable. best, Jack -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.3/316 - Release Date: 4/17/2006

19 years

Storage Works RAID 410 for DEC Alpha Server. Free, pickup only. Last post before I part it out.

by whdawson＠nidhog.net

Firstly, this is located in Washington, PA 15301. I'm close to the I-70 / I-79 junction, near Pittsburgh, so if you're traveling to the VCF East from anywhere west of here... ----------------------------------------------------- Storage Works RAID 410 for DEC Alpha Server, SWXRA-YJ ----------------------------------------------------- All of the 4.29gb hard drives have been removed but the caddies are present. Here's a list of the contents of this HSZ70 DEC RAID Subsystem with 2 controllers: SW300 Door Assy 70-31470-01 Rev A02 Power Module SWXBF-SD, 70-29764-01, quantity 1 Power Module BA35X-HA, 70-29764-01, quantity 6 Dual speed blower BA35X-MD, 70-29761-03, quantity 8 4.29gb "caddy and connector only" SWXD3-SE, 70-31499-02, quantity 15 32mb R/W cache module 54-22910-001 A06, 5022909-01-H01 SMS1 RAID array logic controller SWXRC-04, 70-31457-02 B02 SCSI/DSSI Controller 54-23369-01 with i960 PCMCIA Firmware card labeled SWKS HSZ40 B/C MSC PCRM Card V3.1-0 BG-QHD30-50.A01 EMU (Environmental Monitoring Unit) 54-23354-01, 70-31459-01 A05 Wide Ultra Diff. SCSI-3 6 inch cable BN21L-0B Wide Ultra Diff. SCSI-3 5 meter cable BN21K-05 Wide Ultra Diff. SCSI-3 TRI LINK SCSI-3 connector H885-AA Rev A02 Wide Ultra Diff. SCSI-3 Datamate DM2050-01-68D connector Only if there is no interest in someone taking this entire unit will I consider parting it out for spares to classiccmp list members. I would like to see this box gone ASAP but I can hold onto it a while longer if I have a guaranteed pick up date or time frame. Regards, Bill Dawson

19 years

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test-drb April 2006