test-drb December 2009

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by healyzh＠aracnet.com

Okay, this is the first time I've ever had to worry about this. When is it to cold to run a computer? It's 35F out in the garage, and it is supposed to get a lot colder tonight. I just shut the dehumidifier down (to cold to run it) and setup a heater near the computers (and other stuff I don't want to freeze). 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/ |

14 years, 5 months

PCMCIA (not Cardbus) interface (was Re: isa usb card)

by ethan.dicks＠gmail.com

On 12/9/09, Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote: > I know for a fact that there once was made a USB interface for > non-Cardbus PCMCIA, because I have one. I would assume this card would > Just Work(tm) in an ISA->PCMCIA adapter. What's the vendor and part number? I once had a Dell Latitude LM I bought new in 1996 that was running Solaris 7 or RedHat Linux depending on what disk I had installed (I recently saw the Solaris 7 disk for it in my box of 2.5" IDE disks). The Dell FAQ at the time said that there was no way to put a USB port on the machine (I think it was one of the last name-brand laptops to not have that capability). For machines of that era, a PCMCIA (not-Cardbus) USB adapter would be perfect, depending on driver support (i.e. - something more than Win95 or Win98). I have some interesting machines, like a Planar-brand 486-based "medical PC" that's sort of like a wall-mount tablet or laptop - no batteries, but has a built-in LCD, PCMCIA, one ISA, *external* IDE CD-ROM interface (DB-44HD), external floppy (DB-25), that could use a USB 1.1 interface for either external storage or unusual HID goodies. -ethan

14 years, 5 months

Running Computers Cold

by jlobocki＠gmail.com

Not too sure, but I remember reading an article about the IBM PS/2 model 25, and how they had to sit and come to room temperature after being moved or something would fry.... On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote: > Okay, this is the first time I've ever had to worry about this. When is it > to cold to run a computer? It's 35F out in the garage, and it is supposed > to get a lot colder tonight. I just shut the dehumidifier down (to cold to > run it) and setup a heater near the computers (and other stuff I don't want > to freeze). > > 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/<http://www.aracnet.com/%7Ehealyzh/> | >

14 years, 5 months

HW supported by ULTRIX?

by oldcpu＠rogerwilco.org

I've been trying to find a chart of support hardware under the various releases of DEC's ULTRIX flavor of UNIX, but am drawing a blank. I have a couple of systems that came to me with versions of ULTRIX, a MicroVAX II/GPX running v2.2, and a DECSystem 5400 (RISC-based) running v4.2 (I've since upgraded this to v4.5...thanks Barry!) So, I'm curious about which VAX and RISC systems were supported by which versions of ULTRIX. A lengthy Google search finally turned up a chart for VMS/OpenVMS at: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/hw_supportchart.html which is useful for the VMS side of things. Glad to have found it. Can anyone point me to a similar reference related to ULTRIX? -- Jared

14 years, 5 months

Iomega Click drives (was Re: Iomega Click Of Death (was Different take on 10 Yr. 'RULE'))

by ethan.dicks＠gmail.com

Previously in this thread: >> But Iomega already marketed a drive named "Click" (20M? too little, >> too late) > > 40mb. I inherited a drive and some disks... I find it remarkable that > they managed to fit a spinning-removable-media drive inside a standard > PCMCIA card. Somehow, I don't really feel like trusting it to anything > important, though :). I have a couple of these I picked up cheap from a surplus company a few years back. I would never rely on these as a primary backup, but as a fun little device, they are amusing to watch work. My thought when I first saw them was that they reminded me of the storage device show in the alien tech "museum" in "Men in Black", where Tommy Lee Jones picks one up and says, "now I'll have to buy the White Album all over again". It has tempted me to rip my real White Album to Click and see if I could fit the Iomega PCMCIA card into a 3.5" PCMCIA-IDE adapter frame and mount _that_ in a 3.5"-5.25" adapter frame, then mount *that* in my Apex DVD/CD player in place of the IDE DVD-ROM drive. A long way for a gag, but I think it would work. -ethan P.S. - in the box with my Click stuff is a CF-to-Click adapter - the idea was you'd take a 16MB or 32MB CF card from your camera, drop in a Click disk, then siphon off your pictures without a PC in-between. It was a fine idea except it was a) expensive, and b) camera cards quickly blew past the size of a Click disk.

14 years, 5 months

VLSiCE96

by cfs＠ecs.soton.ac.uk

Hi, We are looking for a second hand intel VLSiCE96 emulator. I have seen incomplete ones on eBay but would prefer the complete kit including the 'umbilical cord' and software. Does anyone still have these? We are in UK but may be able to arrange shipping etc. Thanks Colin

14 years, 5 months

another magazine article request

by evan＠snarc.net

Anyone have the Nov. 1973 issue of Datamation? I'm looking for a scan of the article titled "APL for teachers".

14 years, 5 months

Offer: HP Laserjet III and spare parts, non-working

by classiccmp＠philpem.me.uk

Hi guys, Does anyone want a HP Laserjet III? I've got one sitting on the floor next to me occupying valuable space, which quite frankly needs to go. Last time I checked it was flagging one of the two common Service errors (I think it was Service 50), and it's missing a button off the front panel (the one that goes underneath ON LINE). I've also got a spare toner cartridge (in unknown condition), and possibly a bag of spare parts that were scavenged off another LJ3 (that one had a dead laser scanner). Nuts, bolts, rollers, front panel buttons, that sort of thing. I might also have some modules, e.g. power supply, and almost certainly have a spare LJ3 motherboard that can go as well. If you don't want the full machine, I'm also willing to part it (or the Big Bag O' Spares) out. Let me know what bits you need... Quite frankly I need the space, and don't need the printer (my Kyocera laser speaks HP-PCL and "KPDL" aka PostScript quite fluently). If nothing happens with it "soon", it's getting scavenged then scrapped. Location is Leeds, West Yorkshire. Buyer collects, price is zero, zilch, nada if you take the whole bloody lot off my hands. If I have to get a screwdriver out and package things up to post, it'll be cost of post and packing materials... Cheers, -- Phil. classiccmp at philpem.me.uk http://www.philpem.me.uk/

14 years, 5 months

Reanimating a PDP-11/23

by pontus＠Update.UU.SE

Hi all. I've been trying to get my 11/23 back on its feet. I've tried the following setup: KDF11-AA (M8186, CPU) MSV11-DD (M8044-DD, Memory) DLVJ1-M (M8043, SLU) BDV11 (M8012) The power check out ok and I've turned it on with the HALT switch up or down and get the following behaviour. With halt switch down: The run light goes out and all diods on the BDV11 lights up. With halt switch up: The run light stays on and the diods on the BDV11 indicates that the console terminal test routine is waiting for response >from operator on keyboard. In both cases I see nothing on my terminal (I tried both a vt100 and vt320) were I think I should see the ODT @-prompt. I'm not sure what to do next, any suggestions? Also, the AUX on/off switch does not work, how is it connected to the PSU? Kind Regards, Pontus.

14 years, 5 months

Nitron

by wdonzelli＠gmail.com

I have a few Nitron NC7040LC chips - 24 pin DIPs. They have 1980 datecodes. Any idea what these might be? Who was Nitron anyway? I see some of the chip merchants on the net have some as well. -- Will

14 years, 5 months

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test-drb December 2009