test-drb October 2012

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by christian_liendo＠yahoo.com

Did I miss something or is there another Apple 1 for sale http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2221860/Rare-working-Apple-1…

13 years

VMS newbie with sick VAXstation

by technobug＠comcast.net

On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:56:00 -0700 (PDT), Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com> wrote: >>> OpenVMS (TM) VAX Version V7.2 Major version id = 1 Minor versio [cut] >>> %DECnet-I-LOADED, network base image loaded, version = 05.0D.00 >>> >>> %DECnet-W-NOOPEN, could not open SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSEXE]NET$CONFIG.DAT >> >> Bizarre, even missing DECnet/OSI configs (which is what that error points >> to) shouldn't cause a crash. >> >> Time for a conversational boot. At the dead sergeant prompt (>>>) do B/1 >> >> You'll get a SYSBOOT> prompt. Type 'set startup_p1 "min"' then C to >> continue. This will at least get you running. Once logged in do 'product >> show product' and give us the output. DECnet is obviously not happy. > > So I did this. First time through, it appeared to boot happily and asked > for the date and time, let me log in, and then crashed, so I never got to > the point where I could PRODUCT SHOW PRODUCT. > > Next and all subsequent times through, it crashes at the same point above > without even getting to a Username: prompt, MIN or conversational boot or > otherwise. > > Ideas, or reach for the OpenVMS CD? Is there an easy way to use the SCSI > port on the VAXstation 3100 (I hear it has a different pinout)? Are you assuming the hardware is operating properly? I went through this a while back with one of my VAX Station 3520s. I could sometimes boot to a usable point, but then crash - normally, it wouldn't make it that far. I put a known good drive in and attempted to load a new version of VMS. It would get partially through and then crash. Turned out that a +5 volt supply had nearly 0.5 V of ripple. Changing a few caps in the power supply fixed things up... ->CRC

13 years

Cray-Cyber... down ?

by spedraja＠gmail.com

As far as I can check it, the systems in Cray-Cyber.org are down *all the time* (with the exception of the 'login' front-end). Somebody know what happens with this initiative ? Regards SPc.

13 years

Blog: Scanning Documents with Limited Colors for Optical Character Recognition

by legalize＠xmission.com

<http://computergraphicsmuseum.org/2012/10/23/scanning-documents-with-limite…> Please post comments on the blog, thanks. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book <http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline> The Computer Graphics Museum <http://computergraphicsmuseum.org> The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org> Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

13 years

Flossie makes the news ICT 1301

by dave.thearchivist＠gmail.com

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-20031487 Dave Caroline

13 years

Our Museum Need a special help..

by curador＠museudocomputador.com.br

we need to buy 15 000 3 1/2 Inch Floppy Disk Drive new in box for our museum here in Brazil. could someone help us? with some donation, any amount helps. We also appreciate, as our museum needs to reopen. Please send by bank of Brazil (Banco do Brasil) agency: 2445-7 account : 8975-3 Associa??o Cultural dos Amigos ad Informatica . our direction if sending by mail: Museu do Computador - Roma Street, 75 - Itapecerica da Serra -SP 06855-410 Brazil Thanks -- *E-mail do facebook: jose.c.valle at facebook.com * *Cel CLARO: 8874-0100* *Cel VIVO: 9562-0211* *Cel: TIM : 5142-5559* *SKYPE: JOSECVALLE* *Twitter: @curadordomuseu* * *

13 years

IBM DOS/VSE Listing in eBay

by spedraja＠ono.com

Not sure if this would be interesting for someone (Herculeans specially)... http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-DOS-VSE-Supervisor-Assembly-Listing-Rel-3-0-PTF… SPc.

13 years

VMS newbie with sick VAXstation

by saquinn624＠aol.com

Message: 26 Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 06:31:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: Re: VMS newbie with sick VAXstation Message-ID: <201210221331.q9MDVxS117432808 at floodgap.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Wish I'd known you were after MMJ stuff, could've made you some! Postage > from the UK wouldn't have been prohibitive :) > >> > %SYSBOOT-I-SYSBOOT Mapping the SYSDUMP.DMP on the System Disk >> > %SYSBOOT-I-SYSBOOT SYSDUMP.DMP on System Disk successfully mapped >> > %SYSBOOT-I-SYSBOOT Mapping PAGEFILE.SYS on the System Disk >> > %SYSBOOT-I-SYSBOOT SAVEDUMP parameter not set to protect the PAGEFILE.SYS >> > OpenVMS (TM) VAX Version V7.2 Major version id = 1 Minor versio [cut] >> > %DECnet-I-LOADED, network base image loaded, version = 05.0D.00 >> > >> > %DECnet-W-NOOPEN, could not open SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSEXE]NET$CONFIG.DAT >> >> Bizarre, even missing DECnet/OSI configs (which is what that error points >> to) shouldn't cause a crash. >> >> Time for a conversational boot. At the dead sergeant prompt (>>>) do B/1 >> >> You'll get a SYSBOOT> prompt. Type 'set startup_p1 "min"' then C to >> continue. This will at least get you running. Once logged in do 'product >> show product' and give us the output. DECnet is obviously not happy. > > >Thanks for the tips. I'll give this a spin this evening after work. >I was puzzling over the bits I needed from the URL Jonathan provided. Couldn't this be a symptom of a redefined SYS$SYSROOT: pointing somewhere else other than DKA0: (such as an external expansion pack)? In any case, if your VS isn't running a new version of UCX or MultiNet/TCPware go ahead and get TCPware or Multinet, as the version of UCX that came with 7.2 would bring the machine to a crawl under light network load.

13 years

unibus to modern disk interface? (tangent on MFM drives)

by js＠cimmeri.com

Subject: Re: unibus to modern disk interface? From: allison <ajp166 at verizon.net> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:17:57 -0400 ... Me I planed ahead and kept all the small drives that people didn't want but still ran from older MFM and IDE to SCSI. That and old boards even if flagged dead.. they can be fixed or used for parts. Allison Hey, A. How are you keeping the bearings in your MFM drives lubed (if you are)? Most of my MFM drives still work, but the bearings are drying out. As the motors work harder to turn, the motor controllers run hotter and will burn out there first unless a way can be found to apply lube to the motors. Lou Ernst and I have been mulling over this issue. - John S.

13 years

Anyone want an intel overdrive chip?

by wackyvorlon＠me.com

I have an Intel Overdrive DX4ODP75 kicking around. Anyone interested? Free to good home:)

13 years

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test-drb October 2012