test-drb May 2008

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199 participants
350 discussions

by ragooman＠comcast.net

Would anyone have any of the MM57109 numerical processor chips ? I had no luck finding this at any of the parts suppliers. This was made about '78 =Dan -- [ Pittsburgh --- http://www2.applegate.org/~ragooman/ ]

16 years, 7 months

test

by jack.rubin＠ameritech.net

can you hear me?

16 years, 7 months

3B2 progress

by Saquinn624＠aol.com

About a year ago I was given a 3B2 1000/70 by Josh Dersch that I've finally gotten UNIX booted on (in a fashon). I've been spoiled by modern variants of UNIX that include the disklabel program in the miniroot, and it seems that 3B2 System V doesn't. The FAQs seem to address either installing on a MFM drive (V3 (500+) 3B2s are SCSI based), or bringing up a drive in parallel with a valid install (the original drive died), or installing on an AT&T sourced drive that's already been labeled (not an option). (A) Does anybody have the "3B2 Computer Maintenance Utilities" or "IDtools" floppy image floating around, or is this the one that I have with filledt and dgmon on it? (B) is the SCSI-FMT tape the equivalent of IRIX's standalone fx for setting up completely blank disks? (the one I'm using is an ex-Sun Seagate). (C) backplane slots: my machine is an interesting hybrid: it's a 3B2-1000/80 backplane with a 3B2-1000/70 system board. I'm trying to figure out if I have Pbus (looks like these are just an extention of the system bus), B?Bus (some buffered permutation of the above?), or something else entirely, since this machine came to me with a PE card (multiprocessor board). How much of the wiring is backplane-dependant, and how much is system board dependant? Anyone have spare bits for one of these? I wouldn't mind a network card, or more I/O (serial or serial/parallel). One further warning: if you use a SCSI cable scavanged from a dead HP 9000 Nova class (or the HP 3000 equivalent), be forewarned that on the end that connects to the backplane the IDC connector is installed backwards (as opposed to the ends that connect to the disks). I blindly assumed that SCSI was SCSI and d idn't think to check until it didn't work. ************** Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4& ?NCID=aolfod00030000000002)

16 years, 7 months

X11R7.1 nuisances (it does have bearing on classic comps)

by Saquinn624＠aol.com

Several months ago I upgraded my PC system to Debian 4.0 for several reasons, including being able to use X11R7.1 which was supposed to be a most excellent upgrade. I have had nothing but trouble attempting to run it as an X server for my classic-ish machines. IRIX 6.5.30/Origin200 gives random X-server crashes (when I try Xnest it crashes both Xnest and the parent X), and there is likewise wierdness when I try to use it to connect to my VAX 4000/200 running VMS v7.3 and DECwindows/Motif 1.2.6 (in Xnest windows will migrate outside of the designated server (to the :0 server), and running on it's own screen with XDM the server will often reset before I get the DECwindows "desktop", dropping me back at the XDM login screen). Anyone seen these types of problems before? It seems as though X11R7.1 just "doesn't work" remotely with R6.X and R5.x clients reliably (haven't tried it with my Suns or HP boxes). I currently was given a "new" machine (as in not classic), P4/2.8 with an nVidia 5200 (which might be the problem source) that I'm running. I've been considering whether this would be fixed in X11R7.2 or whether I should try to do a parallel install of X11R6.4 or if I should try it with a Rage128 card in place of the nVidia. ************** Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002)

16 years, 7 months

Free: SGI Pipeline newsletters

by silent700＠gmail.com

Dupes from a recent SGI motherlode I picked up. Take one, some or all, just pay shipping from 60074: May/June 94 Jan/Feb 95 Mar/Apr 96 May/Jun 96 Sep/Oct 96 Nov/Dec 96 Jul/Aug 97 Sep/Oct 97 Nov/Dec 97 Sep/Oct 98 -- j

16 years, 7 months

iob6120 construction

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

Is there someone here who has 1) sucessfully built an IOB6120 board for the SBC6120 and 2) would like to do it again? I have an IOB6120 kit that I'd like to finish, but after doing one of the harder surface-mount parts, I realize that I don't have the skills or tools to finish with the really hard parts. Is there someone who'd be interested in building my kit for me in exchange for goods or money? -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

16 years, 7 months

more stuff from the garage

by Saquinn624＠aol.com

Any interest in a Tatung Super COMPstation-20S SPARCstation 20 clone? Currently has 2xSM71 and 208MB and TGX graphics. If anyone has a hot yen for a HP9000 G70 (dual-processors with max RAM (768MB), I've had HP-UX 11i running on it), I might be easily persuaded. It's an unracked ex-rack model, so the front bezel is loose but present. Includes console cable and redundant power supply units. Also, it's sounding like the guy I was going to send my Origin200 (base model, 1x180MHz and 200-somthing MB RAM, no skins) to might be no longer interested, so that one could be available. Also have a set of purple SGI Indigo2 feet and a Xyplex Network 9000 terminal server (~20 ports, TS720 with Flash boot), and an almost-new-in-box (removed for testing) Litronic Argus 2102 SCSI PCMCIA reader. On the flip side, if anyone's getting rid of any little Alpha boards/systems that take an EV56 or better or 3B2 stuff I'd be interested provided it isn't the expensive stuff. ************** Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002)

16 years, 7 months

Victor 9000 PC dos needed (2.11.xx)

by g-wright＠att.net

I have a working Victor (9000) PC here with a HD. But for reasons unknown , it does not having any normal DOS files other than what it takes to run the machine. It does have Wordstar and procom but no format or any other external files. I want to back up the Hard drive and make a bootable floppy. This system, I would guess, use special Version of Dos. I saw a thread here last year on these, did anyone get a boot disk going. I believe mine might also have memory problems. did they have test programs for these . Thanks, Jerry

16 years, 7 months

Thurlby LA160 Logic analyser

by bwanyama＠icipe.org

Hi Out there! Anybody got the software for comtrol of the Thurlby LA160 logic analyser? Please Please send me a copy. Wanyama, B.O.K. Nairobi, Kenya bwanyama at icipe.org

16 years, 7 months

Wanted: DEC VT-180 "Robin" Corvus interface + software

by snhirsch＠gmail.com

All, Interested in finding the above item. I know they exist, but I have never encountered them in the wild. Have a nice VT-180 system waiting to go on the network and party like it's 1979 :-). I have an extensive collection of Corvus software, hardware and documentation and can offer interesting pieces in trade. Please contact me privately if you can help or know anyone who can. Steve --

16 years, 7 months

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test-drb May 2008