test-drb January 2013

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by terry＠webweavers.co.nz

As 1981 rolled around to 1982, how could you not get excited by the Epson HX-20?! http://youtu.be/q-Esopw_KK8 Terry (Tez)

11 years, 7 months

FW: lost emails on SCSI to IDE/SD converter project

by LYNCHAJ＠YAHOO.COM

Hi Below is an edited for privacy update on the S2I project. There is no over-stating the importance of today's developments. This is huge! I am sending this to you for a couple of reasons. First, we are getting close to needing some additional builders to build and test S2I on some other platforms for compatibility testing. In particular, I would like early Mac and early Amiga fans since I think both of those are rich areas for SCSI quirkiness. Also the early DEC might be good too but I don't know enough about them one way or the other. Second, we are reaching the end of the first batch of S2I prototype boards and will soon need the second prototype board. So far we've raised $130 of the $200 we'll need for the new PCBs. If you would please consider helping out with the second batch of boards I would appreciate it and it will benefit many in the vintage/classic/hobbyist/home brew community. More news as it becomes available. Please ask questions or contact me at LYNCHAJ at YAHOO.COM Thanks and have a nice day! Andrew Lynch Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 11:47 AM To: Andrew Lynch Subject: Re: lost emails on SCSI to IDE/SD converter project Hi Folks, Just another quick progress report. I managed to get a few hours of uninterrupted time yesterday and continued to have more success. Although the code is a complete disaster, I now have full read/write functionality. I am running the SCSI2IDE from my Xi 8088 with a Future Domain adapter that has a boot ROM. I am able to run DOS from the SDSI2IDE with no problems. Reading and writing data between the host and my CF card seems to be rock solid. I even ran an Adaptec utility that does a read/write test and it worked fine. At present, I am dumping a lot of diagnostics with every command including portions of data, so it is very slow. Additionally, I have not implemented the pseudo-dma mode. I am nowhere near working on performance -- that comes last. The only anomaly I have observed is that DOS 6.22 FDISK reports "No space for DOS partition on drive" when I try to use it to create a primary partition. However, I am completely successful if I use DOS 3.3 FDISK to create the partition, then use DOS 6.22 to format the partition and make it bootable. I see odd command requests from the host when trying to use DOS 6.22 FDISK to create the partition and suspect there is something about the ROM in my adapter that is problematic for newer versions of DOS. To be clear, the command requests are valid SCSI commands, it is just that they don't make sense given what FDISK is supposed to be doing. I will try to get the code straightened out enough to post an update on the Wiki in the next few days. We are very close to the point where it will be helpful to get others running this "alpha" code on a variety of different systems for compatibility testing. I'm hoping some of you folks can help with that. Thanks,

11 years, 7 months

CD-ROM drive "is offline. Mount verification in progress." (one more try)

by spectre＠floodgap.com

Reposting, since I got a 7.2 CD and other than a different version string, the same thing happens. What am I doing wrong? -- original message -- Okay, VAX heads. I got an external SCSI cable for my VAXstation 3100 M76 and connected it to my old Apple SCSI CD-ROM that boots pretty much anything in my collection (Apple, SGI, you name it). At the chevron prompt, >>> b/r5:10000000 dkb500: -DKB500 [...] OpenVMS (TM) VAX Version X7G7 Major version id = 1 Minor version id = 0 [...] PLEASE ENTER DATE AND TIME (DD-MM-YYYY HH:MM): 13-JAN-2013 16:14 [...] %SYSTEM-I-MOUNTVER, DKB500: is offline. Mount verification in progress. It just sits there. So I tried it without the /r5 bit: >>> b dkb500: -DKB500 [...] OpenVMS (TM) VAX Version X7G7 Major version id = 1 Minor version id = 0 [...] PLEASE ENTER DATE AND TIME (DD-MM-YYYY HH:MM): 13-JAN-2013 16:20 Configuring devices . . . Available device: DKB500: device type SONY CD-ROM CDU-8 Available device: DKA0: device type RZ26 %BACKUP-I-IDENT, Stand-alone BACKUP V7.2; the date is 13-JAN-2013 16:21:06.64 $ So far so good. $ BACKUP/IMAGE/VERIFY DKB500:VMS073.B/SAVE_SET DKA0: %SYSTEM-I-MOUNTVER, SABKUP$DKB500: is offline. Mount verification in progress. And sits there again. What am I doing wrong? (Don't say use another CD-ROM drive; this one works perfectly with every other computer I've used it with. And if it *is* the drive, why would it boot from it but not install from it?) -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckaiser at floodgap.com -- Helmet: But when will Now be Then?!?! Sandurz: Soon. -- "Spaceballs" -------

11 years, 7 months

migration pretty much complete

by JHMcCarthy＠aol.com

Jay: I think you have copied me in error. ----- Justin (Jud) McCarthy 251 SW 9th Ave Boca Raton, FL 33486 Home (561)391-1422 Cell: (561)504-7048 In a message dated 1/21/2013 10:30:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, jwest at classiccmp.org writes: That's just freaking awesome :) The archives appear to be up as well. There seems to be an older period of time that is missing from the re-generated archives (1997 and thereabouts). They are there 'behind the scenes' but just not displaying in the web interface. Other years appear fine. I've yet to test the search function that AEK mentioned. Due to time-constraints I need to put those on the back burner for a bit and move on to migrating other client machines. Once that's done I'd appreciate a nudge to remind me to get back to that. If anyone notices any major issues, please let me know asap. And now... back to out regularly scheduled programming :) J On Jan 19, 2013, at 11:39 PM, jim davis wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org > [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Jay West > Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 8:50 PM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: test > > > test through new mx host > working a-ok

11 years, 7 months

Apple Lisa

by sales＠elecplus.com

The Apple III is gone, but the Lisa is still here. Appears complete and in good condition, but does NOT power on. Keyboard is included. $125 takes it away, plus shipping. Since UPS killed the Z100 I shipped to California, I will pack VERY well in oversized box, so shipping will be a little higher because of the big box. Estimated shipping within the US on UPS ground is about $75, give or take. Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus 1613 Water Street Kerrville, TX 78028 (830)792-3400 phone (830)792-3404 fax AOL IM elcpls _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2890 / Virus Database: 2638/6034 - Release Date: 01/15/13

11 years, 7 months

Black screen on C64; continuous IRQ from VIC?

by fraveydank＠gmail.com

Hi all, I bought a C64 marked "non-working" at last year's VCF East as a project machine. Alas, I wasn't able to make it to Bil Herd and Rob Clarke's session on Commodore maintenance at the same show, so perhaps I missed this part. :-) Anyway, the screen is totally black, but it is syncing. I've verified on my scope that the VIC is generating the proper NTSC vertical and horizontal syncs, as well as the color burst, but there's no content. On further inspection, I've found that the IRQ line is pulled low as soon as the reset line is released, and it does not release. If I pull the VIC chip, the IRQ does not do the same thing. I know better than to assume correlation is the same as causation; it's entirely possible that by pulling the VIC, I've caused some crash in the initialization sequence that would cause one of the CIAs to pull the IRQ line constantly or something of the sort. I'm a Commodore newbie, so I don't know how the thing is *supposed* to behave, but I do know that a constant low on the IRQ line is going to keep the CPU from doing anything terribly useful unless it's masked. Anyone have advice? Is my VIC blown? I sure hope not, because those things are not easy to find outside of finding a scrapped C64. - Dave

11 years, 7 months

drivers and software

by sales＠elecplus.com

I have about 50 pounds of old software, driver disks, motherboard disks, etc. Is there some site to upload these to, that is not full of junky ads, trying to get you to buy misc crap? I would love to share them with the community, but I don't know where to upload them? Drivers range from old video and sound cards, almost every HP deskjet there ever was, to current motherboards, etc. Software ranges from Windows 1.0, AutoCad 13, and lots of other misc stuff. Large selection of shareware/freeware for 8088 on up. Sorry, there is nothing that is not PC or Mac related, that I know of. Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus 1613 Water Street Kerrville, TX 78028 (830)792-3400 phone (830)792-3404 fax AOL IM elcpls _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2890 / Virus Database: 2639/6046 - Release Date: 01/20/13

11 years, 7 months

Sun Solaris 2.5 x86 boxed

by marcogb＠xs4all.nl

Not mine, but just in case anyone may be interested, I saw this boxed Sun Solaris 2.5 box set today on a local (Dutch) auction site: <http://www.marktplaats.nl/a/computers-en-software/software-besturingssoftwa…> (For those from abroad: It's probably best to e-mail the seller.) - MG

11 years, 7 months

list status

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

The mailmain service and the inbound/outbound mail seems to be working ok on the new server at the new datacenter. However, it's using the front-end at the old location, and it needs to use the front-end at the new location. I'll start working on that right now... yes... further traffic interruptions. This should be the last major "event". J

11 years, 7 months

test 1

by jwest＠dewey.classiccmp.org

first test to list, using old front-end

11 years, 7 months

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test-drb January 2013