>
>Subject: Re: VAXmate for Windows
> From: Adrian Graham <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk>
> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:49:48 +0000
> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>
>On 22/11/07 14:03, "Allison" <ajp166 at bellatlantic.net> wrote:
>
>>> This is why I've kept some ST225s behind. I'm pretty sure both VAXmates are
>>> hard driveless, though I can't really speak for the boxed one as I've never
>>> really delved in further than below the top foam :)
>>
>> Generally thy are. Theres a seperate underbox that adds the hard drive
>> and controller.
>
>Ah yes! I remember those now from somewhere like the DECdirect catalogues,
>though I never saw them in the field....must've been too expensive for our
>customers.
>
>>> Yep, the one I remember using was a PCSA terminal. This was shortly before
>>> we went through the sheer pain of a PCSA to LANMAN migration with Pathworks
>>> V5, that's a few weekends of my life I'm not going to get back, heh.
>>
>> It was during my time at DEC and they wer like flies there. I still
>> have kits for PCSAV4 and V5.
>
>Mostly the same here, I'm a CDDS hoarder, but lost the PCSA floppies I had
>many moons ago.
I have the complete slipcase kits with PAKs, TK50s and floppies (5.25").
However with more modern PC OS (95 on) having DECnet as a networking
option along with LANman I haven't used it much. I have the uVAXes!
Allison
>
>--
>Adrian/Witchy
>Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
>Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
>collection?
>
>
>Subject: Re: *updating* 8088's
> From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:41:07 -0800
> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>
>On 21 Nov 2007 at 7:32, Allison wrote:
>
>> >> Anyone remember the name of the program which facilitated this?
>> >
>> >Nope. Haven't a clue.
>>
>> 22nice and there were a few others.
>
>That was intended as a bit of mock humility... :)
>
>Cheers,
>Chuck
;)
Yep, and I've found people that used it have forgotten it existed
along with many other still useful tools.
Allison
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:58:17 -0500
From: "Richard A. Cini" <rcini at optonline.net>
Subject: Re: FD400 drive troubleshooting
>The way that the service manual tells you to check the speed is the pulse
>width on a specific test point on the PCB. I was just going to use a laser
>tach on the spindle...but I have to get a tach first :-)
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Strobe disk?
-------------Original Message:
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:31:10 -0800
From: "C. Sullivan" <feedle at feedle.net>
Subject: Re: Documentation for the AT&T Sceptre Videotex terminal
On Nov 20, 2007, at 1:36 PM, Mark Meiss wrote:
> It consists of a base unit that's somewhere around 13" x 11" x 4",
> connected to a (fairly wretched) chicklet keyboard with a standard
> 4-conductor telephone handset cord. The keyboard is powered by a
> 9-volt battery. On the back of the main unit are connectors for
> power, the keyboard, RS-232C (DB-25 female), composite video out, and
> audio out.
I had an AT&T SCEPTER terminal that was used with the Gateway service
offered in Southern California from Times-Mirror/Pacific Telephone.
It had a 1200 baud Bell 212-style modem built in. Also, the keyboard
was infrared on the model I had.
<snip>
Gateway was a killer service back in 1983. It was expensive, but it
was a lot of fun. And I remember dialing up BBSes with the SCEPTER
terminal when my C-64's power supply crapped out...
--------------Reply:
Yeah, I have one of those (keyboards) somewhere in the pile and mine's
IR as well, with the Gateway sticker still on the back. No worse than a PET
to type on (if I had something to type to ;-)
No Windows key either and not supported by Microsoft, so Woodelf would
probably like it...
m
>
>Subject: Re: VAXmate for Windows
> From: Adrian Graham <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk>
> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:03:30 +0000
> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>
>On 19/11/07 14:23, "Allison" <ajp166 at bellatlantic.net> wrote:
>
>> If the VAXmates have the optional hard disk box mind the cooling if RD32
>> (ST250? 40mb) as it ran very hot and tended to fail. The RD31 (st225 20mb)
>> was lower power, cooler and far more reliable.
>
>This is why I've kept some ST225s behind. I'm pretty sure both VAXmates are
>hard driveless, though I can't really speak for the boxed one as I've never
>really delved in further than below the top foam :)
Generally thy are. Theres a seperate underbox that adds the hard drive
and controller.
>> If you make it operational the VAXmate was a PCSA(Pathworks) terminal
>> with Ethernet access to shared and private files on VAX/OpenVMS. The
>> result made it a very useful system. Typical VAXmate had 2MB of ram
>> some had 4, back then that was a large amount.
>
>Yep, the one I remember using was a PCSA terminal. This was shortly before
>we went through the sheer pain of a PCSA to LANMAN migration with Pathworks
>V5, that's a few weekends of my life I'm not going to get back, heh.
It was during my time at DEC and they wer like flies there. I still
have kits for PCSAV4 and V5.
Allison
>
>--
>Adrian/Witchy
>Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
>Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
>collection?
>
I've been attempting to get a MicroVax II set up with
a working, large hard drive. I have an Emulex QD33
Qbus SMD controller, and I'm trying to get it to work
with a Seagate Sabre 9720-1230 hard drive. It's listed
as being compatible with this controller in the
manual.
So far, I've gotten everything hooked up, and I can
get into the controller's firmware by depositing
various values at the >>> prompt. After entering the
relevant settings (from the manual) for the hard
drive, the controller will sort-of talk to the drive.
It shows it as being available, but when I try to
format it, the drive makes a buzzing noise for about
30 seconds, then I get the message that "This
operation timed out". When I answer the error message
with the enter key, the buzzing from the drive stops.
This buzzing sounds like fast seeking, but it's not
what I would expect a format to do, I am expecting
more of a slow clunk... clunk... clunk... tapping
noise as it seeks, and formats the drive. The CYL:
display on the LCD of the drive never increments. I've
tried various dip switch settings on the drive itself.
The drives I have were originally used with a Wang
computer system, but other than the faceplates being
painted "Wang light brown" I don't know what other
differences there might be. Their sector switches are
set for 22 sector, so I entered that into the
firmware. My next attempt, I'm going to try and change
it to the default listed in the Emulex manual - but as
long as the firmware and the drive agree, I don't
think it much matters.
I've tried different cylinder addressing modes, and
both SMD modes (dip switches on the back of the drive)
and no change. I've tried two identical hard drives,
and get the same result, so I don't think I've just
got a bad HDA. Both drives spin up and don't fault.
Any ideas?
-Ian
I have a few AT & T monitors (mono) I'm either giving
away or throwing out. These were used w/the 6300 (640
x 400). One I found in someone's trash, the other in
someone's yard (it was sitting out there for quite
some time) in the snow. I turned both on 6 months to a
year ago, and both worked, exhibited no noticeable
screen burn, but one rolls, the other jitters. Free
for shipping. If you think I'm nuts for even bothering
to offer them, you're likely correct, but I hate
throwing (most) anything away w/o seeing if someone
can make use of them.
Also 2 Atari (520ST etc) monitors, one mono, one
color. Condition unknown. Found them in the trash too.
Cables were snipped. There's a growing contingent of
yuck-yucks 'round these parts who must think
copper=gold. These were also exposed to some moisture,
but not submerged.
Both sets operate at about the same frequencies as a
Tandy 2000, NEC APC III, and other TTL 400 line units.
I also have ~2 dozen NOS SASI boards by Adaptec. I
can e-mail a jpeg to any interested parties. About 1/3
are in anti-static bags, the rest wrapped in some
other kind of clear plastic. 2$/plus shipping. They're
driven by an 8085.
I may have 2 or 3 Tandy 1000's for phree or close.
Eventually I'll be unloading a few 2000's also, but
those might have an issue (changing the video mode in
BASIC cause the screen to lock up - ???). They
belonged to a developer dude, so I'm wondering if he
tinkered with them. Or maybe, just maybe the trace
wasn't cut as required to upgrade the mono graphics
cards to color, along with the addition of necessary
ic's. Will have to check...
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>
>Subject: Re: *updating* 8088's
> From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:38:01 -0800
> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>
>On 20 Nov 2007 at 16:27, Fred Cisin wrote:
>
>> Wasn't the PS/2 30 an 8086? (can't remember for sure)
>
>Initially. A later version used the 286. The model 25 was, as far
>as I'm aware, always an 8086.
The model25 was 8088 powered and I think a few others of that series.
Allison
>Cheers,
>Chuck
>
>
Al was right about the Sun 3/200 - it was the PROM - more specifically
the complete absence of the PROM - that left the diag lights on all the
time. That board's been shelved for a while.
The 4300 is up though - it was the NVRAM (someone had put it in
backwards at some point during the board's lifetime). Fortunately I had
another 4300 board (suffering from the "all lights on" plague) that I
grabbed the NVRAM from and it now works fine (but 200+MB of memory
makes the diag boot excruciatingly slow).
