test-drb June 2007

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by RodSmallwood＠mail.ediconsulting.co.uk

Well I tried it. The two systems were connected together with 50Ohm co-ax and terminators at both ends. I hooked in a hub that had a BNC connector to monitor what was going on. After running @SYS$MANAGER:CLUSTER_CONFIG_LAN on the -200 it became a boot server and I did a BOOT EZA0: on the -300. Both systems were talking to the network but ignored each other. On the console of the -300 it just printed 'Retrying Network Boot' for ever. Hardly a surprise wth no DecNet or TCP/IP running. Oh well back to trying to create a bootable tape and put MOP on my list of fables and fairy stories. Rod -----Original Message----- From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Sridhar Ayengar Sent: 02 June 2007 00:36 To: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Bringing the VAX 4000-300 back to life. arcarlini at iee.org wrote: > Rod Smallwood wrote: >> Sounds like a good idea. How do I do that? > > You configure the 4000-200 into a cluster (of one). > Then you tell it that it will have the VAX 4000-300 as a LAVC cluster > member. Then boot the VAX 4000-300 into the cluster. Then proceed as I > outlined previously. And if you want to know how to do that, per se, RTFM at: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/os73_index.html Much of the v7.3 documentation there applies fairly well to older versions. Peace... Sridhar

17 years, 6 months

Bringing the VAX 4000-300 back to life.

by RodSmallwood＠mail.ediconsulting.co.uk

Well I tried it. The two systems were connected together with 50Ohm co-ax and terminators at both ends. I hooked in a hub that had a BNC connector to monitor what was going on. After running @SYS$MANAGER:CLUSTER_CONFIG_LAN on the -200 it became a boot server and I did a BOOT EZA0: on the -300. Both systems were talking to the network but ignored each other. On the console of the -300 it just printed 'Retrying Network Boot' for ever. Hardly a surprise wth no DecNet or TCP/IP running. Oh well back to trying to create a bootable tape and put MOP on my list of fables and fairy stories. Rod -----Original Message----- From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of arcarlini at iee.org Sent: 01 June 2007 17:43 To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Subject: RE: Bringing the VAX 4000-300 back to life. Rod Smallwood wrote: > Sounds like a good idea. How do I do that? You configure the 4000-200 into a cluster (of one). Then you tell it that it will have the VAX 4000-300 as a LAVC cluster member. Then boot the VAX 4000-300 into the cluster. Then proceed as I outlined previously. Antonio

17 years, 6 months

HELP NEEDED - moving DEC PDP-8/A from Ottawa, Canada to VCF East (New Jersey)

by jack.rubin＠ameritech.net

Is anyone driving from or through Ottawa on the way to VCF East next weekend? I have an 8/A to pick up in Ottawa and will be at VCF. If you can provide help moving the (not small) system from Ottawa to New Jersey, I will be happy to pay $200 toward your gas expenses. An alternative might be someone traveling through Ottawa who could move it to Toronto or London (Canada!)in the near future, but the machine must be picked up in the next week or so. I'm on the digest version of classiccmp, so please feel free to contact me directly or call. TIA, Jack jack/dot/rubin/at/ameritech/dot/net 847.424.7320 work No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.6/828 - Release Date: 6/1/2007 11:22 AM

17 years, 6 months

Bringing the VAX 4000-300 back to life.

by RodSmallwood＠mail.ediconsulting.co.uk

Firstly a big thanks (THANKS) to all those who responded to the power plug question. I bought the VAX 4000-300 system on UK Ebay and did the 250 mile trip to Cambridge to collect it early on Saturday. These things are not that big but weigh a ton!! The guy selling it was lot larger than I (thank heavans!) I did not know the suspension in may car went that low! There it sat until Tuesday evening when my son (6'4" & 210pounds) who's a trained weight lifter helped me ge it out of the car and onto its wheels. It need a good clean inside and out but otherwise is undamaged and complete. I extended the notch in the power cable I had and fired it up. First level diagnostics OK Choose a language OK Boot er no but as it seems as the system spent some or all of its life in the insurance industry I'm not surprised the disks have been wiped. Ok so next move. I'm going to try and make a VMS 6.2 bootable tape on the -200 as the -300 has a TK70. The -300 also has a KZQSA (SCSI) controller and whilst they are no good with hard drives I think they work with CD ROM's I also have a stand alone SCSI CD drive (Yamaha CRW4416SX) it has the really small SCSI plugs (inch and a bit long) on the back and the KZQSA has the really big ones. Comments on which is best way to proceed welcomed. Rod Smallwood

17 years, 6 months

SGI IRIX licenses?

by legalize＠xmission.com

I've not installed IRIX from scratch before. I recently purchased some install media from ebay and the item description said "does not include licenses". Is this boiler plate disclaimer, or am I still needing something else to install the OS? Another item on ebay says it *does* include licenses. Is there some sort of license key? Does SGI have a hobbyist/deprecated-ware license available? -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>

17 years, 6 months

SGI IRIX licenses?

by compoobah＠valleyimplants.com

> MIPSpro (SGI's compilers) are the only things on the install CDs that > use > keys IIRC. One should be just fine installing gcc and friends from > pkgsrc. MIPSpro is not included in the default software library from SGI. What is included is the "IRIX Development Libraries" and "IRIX Development Foundations" which provide the headers, static libraries, and a few development tools (but not compilers). For IRIX 5.3, the full IDO (with C compiler) is downloadable from ftp.sgi.com, for IRIX 6.2 the IDF/IDL parts are on ftp.sgi.com (IRIX 6.2 did not ship with the development tools and headers as standard). Many versions of MIPSpro function as "nagware" and will still compile while you're waiting for your license >from SGI, or developer program members get access to an account on a Origin running the latest MIPSpro compilers. No official hobbyist program, there just isn't any return in it for SGI (the MIPS-based IRISes were discontinued in December).

17 years, 6 months

Anyone for a RELLY expensive 11/780 (UK)??!!

by pechter＠gmail.com

On 6/1/07, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote: > > At 10:25 AM +0100 6/1/07, Pete Edwards wrote: > >On 31/05/07, James <james at machineroom.info> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180125971585&fromMakeT… > >> > >>Optimistic is an under statement :-) > >> > > > >I shudder to think what the price tag would be if it had a power supply > and > >a console:) > > At 1490UKP, I'd say they're crazy. Am I correct in assuming the > power supplies are likely to be the most valuable pieces on a > VAX-11/780? Without all the doors, it is even more worthless. I > wonder what condition the card cage & backplane is in, and how many > cards it is missing. > > Zane > > > -- > | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | > | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | > | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | > +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ > | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | > | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | > | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ | > Probably worth about $50 USD as untested spare parts. Not worth the petrol to drag it home in my opinion. Now if it was complete and in working condition... I might think it would have some value. Bill -- d|i|g|i|t|a|l had it THEN. Don't you wish you could still buy it now! pechter-at-gmail.com

17 years, 6 months

[more-or-less-offtopic]:68301 stuff

by lee＠geekdot.com

For running generic 68000 code on a PC you can't do much better than this .. http://www.monroeccc.edu/ckelly/EASy68K.htm Lee.

17 years, 6 months

Booting a Vax 11/750

by ian_primus＠yahoo.com

Well, the consensus is that I really don't need that RDM board in order to boot the Vax. So, I'm going to go ahead and see if I can boot something (anything) on this machine. I figure I'll start with NetBSD, since it's free and easy to get. I have no disk controller. But I do have an M7454 TU80 controller. Will this controller work with a normal pertec tape drive, like a Cipher? Since I have SCSI nine track drives, I can write a tape from my PC (linux box) and then I can move the tape over to the Vax. (hopefully). Once there, how do I boot - is the boot device switch controlled by the RDM, or something else? Thanks! -Ian

17 years, 6 months

Byte magazines in SF for library or museum

by cisin＠xenosoft.com

There are some Byte magazines available to a public access home: > I have a fairly complete series of Byte magazine issues from 1/78 > through 12/88 (missing seven issues) that I no longer have space for. I > am looking for a library or museum to provide them with a good home -- > someplace with public access. I can deliver them within the San > Francisco Bay Area. If interested, contact Harry Chesley at > chesley at acm.org

17 years, 6 months

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test-drb June 2007