test-drb September 2012

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by BHuntsman＠mail2.cu-portland.edu

Hi all! Since it'd been talked about before, I thought I'd share some photos, in case anyone ever wanted to see what this stuff looks like! Here are some pictures of my prototype P/390E board with 1GB of S/390 memory: http://www.flickr.com/photos/87479714 at N05/sets/72157631592809957/ And, after years of searching, and quite a bit of help, I managed to land an "ESCIMO" ESCON channel board from an IBM 3006 S/390 Integrated Server. Just got this in the mail today! It will work with the P/390E board, though I'll probably have to remove the blue extension at the end to get it to fit into my PC Server 330. Here are some pictures of it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/87479714 at N05/sets/72157631592838663/ -Ben

12 years, 3 months

proud (soon to be) owner of a VAXstation 3100

by cctech＠beyondthepale.ie

> >For a VS3100 M76 SPX the video cable is a BC23J. That's the cable I use >with my M76 SPX to connect it to an NEC MultiSync CRT. 15-pin to 3 BNC >connectors. > >The SPX graphics controller is switchable between 60 Hz 1024 x 864 and 66 >Hz 1280 x 1024. > >http://home.iae.nl/users/pb0aia/vax/vs3khw.html > That webpage has the correct pinouts listed. However, under the heading "How to connect a Sony Multiscan monitor to a VS3100", it suggests connecting pin 9 on the VAX (monochrome signal) to pin 6 on the monitor (red return). The monitor may well have all the returns connected together so the display may work fine and the incorrect connection may not be noticed but damage could be done to whatever is driving the monochrome signal on the VAXstation system board. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

12 years, 3 months

proud (soon to be) owner of a VAXstation 3100

by cctech＠beyondthepale.ie

> >> There is also a monochrome video signal available from the frame buffer on the >> system board which is not usually used if you have one of the optional colour >> graphics cards: >> >> 3. Monochrome ground >> 9. Monochrome video > >What are the specs on this signal? Can I feed it to, say, a composite display? > It's the same as the GPX rate and the lower of the SPX rates - 54kHz horizontal, 60Hz refresh, 1024x864. It is a 1V pk-pk 75 Ohm composite video signal but a TV rate only monitor is not going to like the horizontal frequency. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

12 years, 3 months

PromICE 'loadice' software

by snhirsch＠gmail.com

Does anyone have support software for the Grammar Engine PromICE ROM emulator? There were utilities built for Mac, Sun SPARC and MS-DOS (I'm primarily interested in the last). Mine seems to be what's discussed in the V3.0 manual on bitsavers. If bitsavers has the diskette images, I couldn't find them. Steve --

12 years, 3 months

proud (soon to be) owner of a VAXstation 3100

by cctech＠beyondthepale.ie

> >Got it. I'll verify the connector when it arrives. I do know that I have a >DA-15 to 3BNC connector around here, though I *thought* it was for a >Macintosh. Do you know the pinout? When I look for DA-15 video pinouts I >keep getting Mac ones. > (Do the Mac people not call it a DB-15? :-) It's the same as for a VAXstation 2000 and I have a manual for that which has the pinouts. Hmmm. Perhaps it's only the VS2000 that also passes the keyboard and mouse signals through that connector - there is no room for more connectors on that machine. The video signals are: 1. Red 2. RGB ground 10. Green 11. Blue There is also a monochrome video signal available from the frame buffer on the system board which is not usually used if you have one of the optional colour graphics cards: 3. Monochrome ground 9. Monochrome video If you make up an DA-15M - DA-15F adapter to get at these, you can probably run your VS3100 double headed. I've done it with a GPX graphics card and VMS. I assume it is also possible with an SPX graphics card. I can't see why not. (I remember our sales guy's jaw nearly hitting the floor when I showed him the Decwindows mouse pointer moving from one monitor onto the other :-) Regards, Peter Coghlan.

12 years, 3 months

First FORTRAN Program Runs, Sept 20, 1954

by cclist＠sydex.com

An interesting article about one of the granddaddies of programming languages: www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4396778 --Chuck

12 years, 3 months

Wanted : Dunp of HP9820 Peripheral Control II module

by ard＠p850ug1.demon.co.uk

Does anyone have a dump (in any sane format [1]) of the Peripheral Control II (PC-2, whatever) ROM module for the HP9820 calculator? Not PC-1, which I already have. Last time I looked, it wasn't included with the HP9800e emulator. Also looking for dumps of the DataComm 2 and DataComm 3 moduels for the HP9830 (I have DataComm 1), but these are much less important at the momnet. [1] Plain binary, Intel Hex, List of octal numbers (as used by HP9800e), BPNF, Motorola S record, whatever. Thanks in advance ofr any help -tony

12 years, 3 months

proud (soon to be) owner of a VAXstation 3100

by cctech＠beyondthepale.ie

> >Picked up a VAXstation 3100 M76 from Nekochan. Looks like a nice box, but >keyboards and mice on ePay are at ghastly rates. If anyone has a spare of >either or both they'd like to sell, please let me know. In the meantime, >I'll wire its MMJ port to one of the beige Macs' serial ports. > >It also has the SPX graphics board. How easy are those to convert to VGA? >It has a 3W3 connector, I think (it hasn't arrived yet). > My VAXstation 3100 M76 doesn't have a 3W3. It has a DA15M which carries RGB signals with sync on green. I have a DEC cable called a BC19S which converts >from the DA15 to three BNC connectors which plug into my monitor. The keyboard and mouse signals are also carried on the DA15 on some models but this doesn't seem to be the case with the M76. My keyboard and mouse are plugged in to the back of the VAXstation. There are no horizontal and vertical sync signals on the DA15 connector so conversion to VGA requires some sort of active device. The SPX card has two switches on it. One of them allows the resolution to be changed. One or other setting may be more suitable for whatever monitor you have available. Any sort of an LK201 or LK401 or similar keyboard as used on VT220 or VT420 or several other terminals seems to work fine with the 3100. There is a small recessed switch on the back of the VAXstation which allows a terminal plugged into an MMJ socket to be used as the console instead of using the graphics system as the console. Do not be tempted to plug in or out the DA15 cable while the power is on. I damaged my SPX card by doing that :-( Regards, Peter Coghlan.

12 years, 3 months

Early Sun manual archives?

by derschjo＠gmail.com

Hey all -- (Here's hoping this makes it to the list, my last couple of mails appear to have disappeared into the nothing...) I was fortunate to come into possession of a very complete Sun-2/120 workstation last week. (Complete enough that it came in the original boxes and included amongst other things a bottle of tape head cleaner with a Sun P/N on it...) Included with the system are maybe 8 feet of manuals and other ephemera, I haven't done an extensive inventory but it seems to cover SunOS 1.0 through 3.0, some hardware documentation, and I have other assorted goodies like the first few issues of the Sun User Group "README" newsletter, sales pamphlets, sales invoices and correspondence between the buyer and Sun. I haven't found any digital archives of this stuff (but perhaps I've been looking in the wrong places). Is any of it of particular interest w.r.t. archiving? (Anyone with a bulk scanning setup willing to take it on?) - Josh

12 years, 3 months

proud (soon to be) owner of a VAXstation 3100

by cctech＠beyondthepale.ie

> >ON top for the reason of.. > >What flavor of 3100? It makes a difference. > Do you mean it makes a difference as to what signals appear on the DA-15? The 3100 Cameron was asking about the video signals on and the 3100 I have which does not seem to pass the keyboard and mouse signals to the DA-15 connector are both model 76's. The 3100 I ran double headed some years ago was probably a model 30 or model 40 I've still got it somewhere but I haven't run it for a while now. I can't remember whether it passes the keyboard and mouse signals to the DA-15. My VAXStation 2000's definately pass the keyboard and mouse signals to the DA-15 as there is nowhere else to get them :-) > >I ask as I have 8 of them and no more than two of any variant. >The VS3100 series was not a monolythic model but the generic designation >for a group of system. > I have a few Microvax 3100's but I don't think I have any other variations of VAXStation 3100. Regards, Peter Coghlan. > > >Peter Coghlan wrote: >>> Got it. I'll verify the connector when it arrives. I do know that I have a >>> DA-15 to 3BNC connector around here, though I *thought* it was for a >>> Macintosh. Do you know the pinout? When I look for DA-15 video pinouts I >>> keep getting Mac ones. >>> >>> >> >> (Do the Mac people not call it a DB-15? :-) >> >> It's the same as for a VAXstation 2000 and I have a manual for that which >> has the pinouts. Hmmm. Perhaps it's only the VS2000 that also passes the >> keyboard and mouse signals through that connector - there is no room for >> more connectors on that machine. >> >> The video signals are: >> >> 1. Red >> 2. RGB ground >> 10. Green >> 11. Blue >> >> There is also a monochrome video signal available from the frame buffer on the >> system board which is not usually used if you have one of the optional colour >> graphics cards: >> >> 3. Monochrome ground >> 9. Monochrome video >> >> If you make up an DA-15M - DA-15F adapter to get at these, you can probably >> run your VS3100 double headed. I've done it with a GPX graphics card and VMS. >> I assume it is also possible with an SPX graphics card. I can't see why not. >> >> (I remember our sales guy's jaw nearly hitting the floor when I showed him the >> Decwindows mouse pointer moving from one monitor onto the other :-) >> >> Regards, >> Peter Coghlan. >> >

12 years, 3 months

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