>
>Subject: RX02 Problem solved...
> From: Gary E Kaufman <gkaufman at the-planet.org>
> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:55:45 -0400
> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
>
>Thanks to tremendous help from several folks I've isolated my formatting
>problem.
>
>Turns out to be a hardware issue with the DY1: drive. I've tried
>cleaning heads etc. The read/write boards are fine ( I swapped them
>with my Decmate I to check).
>
>So now I need a single drive for an RX02. Any idea's of a source?
>
>Many thanks!
>
>- Gary
Yes and no. The Drives are same as RX01 and also same as those used
in the PDT-11/150..
Before I'd run out and kill a RX. I'd try cleaning and relubing the
leadscrew and making sure the head load pad is still there.
I had one that once both were taken care of it was perfect.
Allison
Tony,
> OK, HP Pascal may be worth a try sometime. Is it related to any other
> Pascal (like, say, the UCSD P-system)?
HP Pascal is also very powerful, and modular, i.e.: allows compiled modules,
or units in Borland Pascal terminology. It includes UCSD file IO, and it has
an assembler and debugger. I think in terms of HP hardware supported,
Pascal 3.1 is roughly equivalent to Basic 5.1. All of this is gleaned from
the various documents at http://bitsavers.org/pdf/hp/9000_200/ as my Pascal
knowledge is a little rusty!
> you get the idea)). And floppy / floopy drive wear has to be balanced, I
> guess, agaisnt the possiblity of a headcrash on the hard drive...
It was with this in mind that I did an RS232 byte transfer of all three
volumes of my 9153 to files on PC. It took a while! But at least I have a
form of archive besides for floppies. I believe that the HP LIFUTIL program
will allow connecting an HP drive to PC via HPIB, but I don't have one of
those cards currently!
> As regards convenience, if I can fit a BASIC configured the way I want
> (with the necessare I/O drivers) on one disk, and have a second disk for
> my programs, that should be quite useable. I can make backups/images of
Suggestion: you could have Basic on the 1st disk, with a startup program
that loads drivers from the 2nd disk, and then loads main program(s) from
subsequent disks.
Regards,
Peter
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On 12/09/06, Andy Holt <andyh at andyh-rayleigh.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > What about Science & Industry museum in Manchester? They've got some
> early
> > Manchester Uni hardware, haven't they?
> >
> They may have (I believe they have the replica of "Baby"); but, as I
> discovered on Friday, they have absolutely none of the computing history
> on
> normal public display - this is a disgrace!
>
> Andy
Especially given the amount of spare exhibition space they seem to have in
the big warehouse that backs onto Coronation St.(1). I didn't get enough
time today to have a proper look but given the Manchester Uni/Ferranti/ICL
connection you'd think they could put something together.
However, the replica "baby" can be seen every Tuesday, respect is due to the
volunteers running the demo, they're ex Ferranti and ICL and know their
stuff. It's definitely worth a visit, but be aware the gallery isn't open at
all other days of the week.
(The whole museum is worth a look btw, mostly free too)
--
Pete Edwards
"Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future" - Niels
Bohr
(1) Set of popular UK TV soap opera.
--- "John R." <jhoger at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/25/06, aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
> <aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone has any data on
> > the Dymo Labelwriter 330 Turbo?
> >
>
> I seem to recall downloading the command format fr
om
> their website.
> Keep looking. Did you try downloading the SDK
> through the Developers
> tab? Maybe there's a document in there.
>
> If you can't find it you can always use a machine
> with two serial
> ports (serial protocol analyzer to snoop the
> traffic. HP serial
> protocol analyzers up to 19200bps units go pretty
> cheap on ebay these
> days if you want a stand-alone. This is not a task
> you can con someone
> else into doing if it ain't already done (well, yo
u
> could pay them, I
> guess). It is a challenge that you will have to me
et
> yourself if you
> cannot find documentation.
>
> -- John.
>
Thanks for that, if no-one can help I'll look
out for that piece of kit on eBay and get
myself a laptop (I hate MS & Windoze)
I did some research before buying myself the
Labelwriter, and some guy (I forget his name)
has written a driver for a modern printer
so he could use it with his retro one.
He used software to intercept the data being
sent/recieved, rather than some equipment.
I also hooked up the Labelwriter to my Amiga
600, and used AMOS BASIC to try and get it
to print something by sending random data
(perhaps a bad idea) to it with no luck.
I did, however, confirm that the Amiga
recognised that the printer was connected.
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
I just picked up a ton of dec stuff including, 8's 11's, hardware, prints
> and manuals. If you have any interest, please phone me or contact me off
> list for details.
Thanks, Paul Anderson
217-586-5361
I have some chips here, I'm pretty sure they're DRAM, marked with both a
Motorola logo and a "T/C" (Tandy Corp.?) logo, and with the part number
8040016 followed by what I'm pretty sure is a data code of QQ8301. Anybody
know what these are, exactly?
I have a bunch of them, and no particular use for them, if anybody needs
some, though I'm curious as to what they are.
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M Dakin
I've been going through a whole mess of stuff trying to get a CD burner
working here, one I have won't work at all, one won't open and close its
drawer reliably, and what I finally got to work was an external unit, a
Yamaha CRW4260tx. Not new, but hey, it works...
The thing is, I've currently got it hooked up by having the cover off, using
a 50-wire ribbon cable from the rear of the actual drive assembly to the
internal connector of the Adaptec 2940 that's in the computer, which also
has its cover off. I'd like to put the covers on again, particularly since
someone mentioned in here that cooling is critical with those drives, but to
do that I need the right cable.
The person I got this stuff from gave me *all* of their SCSI stuff, they ssy.
And included in that was a ribbon cable, but that's apparently for internal
use as it has three connectors on it and they're all the same size. I do
have the book for the burner handy, and the cable shown in there is round.
And the connector on the burner (2 of them actually) is *smaller* than the
external connector on the 2940, I don't know exactly what you'd call this
one.
Anybody have such a cable they'd be willing to part with? I don't have much
cash to work with at all, but could probably cover postage, or maybe trade
some stuff.
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ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
Out of interest, are the stats for daily list traffic recorded anywhere? I've
not seen any obviously missing messages, I just don't seem to be seeing much
list traffic right now (since hopping the pond a couple of weeks back and
using a different ISP)
Although maybe this is in relation to the DoS attack on the classiccmp
servers, and things still aren't 'quite right'...
cheers
Jules
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