Hi All,
I found 3 tapes, 2 are containing TCPWARE for OpenVMS v4.0-5 on TK-50's
and a TK-50 containing 'ScriptServer printing system' V3.2-8 from
GayMatter.
Anybody interested in them?
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Certified : VCP 3.x, SCSI 3.x SCSA S10, SCNA S10
At 12:00 -0500 10/20/09, Doc replied to Dan:
>Dan Williams wrote:
>> I just turned on my Alphaserver 2100 after being powered off for
>> around 6 months. It will not power up at all. I have reseated
>> everything and tried a new PSU. Anyone got any ideas what would stop
>> this machine from powering up ?. The service manual just mentions the
>> door switch which seems ok.
>
> ASSuming you're working with a deskside and not a rackmount, the door
>switch may be the problem. I've had 2 AS2100s fail to power on when the
>PCB in the LCD/switch panel became loose in its mounts. It's mounted on
>4 split pins and the PCB wears and I think the pins lose their spring,
>so when you close the door it pushes the whole board aside instead of
>closing the switch.
>
> The fix was insanely difficult and technically challenging - I jammed
>the point of a plastic toothpick into the center of each of the split
>pins and cut it off flush. :-)
>
>
> Doc
Dan,
I also have an AS2100 4/275 deskside, I think. If there are
useful tests that won't toast my machine, I can try to dig it out and
run them for you if it'll help. Mine also hasn't been on in many
moons, though, and I have not had a chance to get familiar with it at
all. :-( .
I assume you have access to all the documentation you want?
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I just turned on my Alphaserver 2100 after being powered off for
around 6 months. It will not power up at all. I have reseated
everything and tried a new PSU. Anyone got any ideas what would stop
this machine from powering up ?. The service manual just mentions the
door switch which seems ok.
Thanks
Dan
Folks,
Starting this coming Sunday (10/18), I'm planning to embark on a
road trip in a truck from SW Florida to Poughkeepsie, NY, then to
Boston, then back through the Columbus, OH area. I will have LOTS of
extra room (at least half of a 28' truck) on all legs of this trip.
The truck has a hydraulic lift gate and I have experience moving big,
heavy computer equipment.
I can be bribed to move big stuff along this route, should that be
of use to anyone. I'm looking to defray the cost of the trip for my
employer, but if it doesn't cost any extra money (i.e., not too far
out of the way and not too time-consuming) I can be bribed with Cool
Stuff too.
Also, if anyone along that route has any spare DEC H960 racks or
RA60 drives (preferably functional) that they want to unload, I'd
happily take them away. :)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Hi guys,
Does anyone know what the largest capacity MFM or RLL (i.e.
ST-506/ST-412 type interface) hard disk was? I know the AT drive types
go from 0 to 46 (plus user defined type 47), and the largest of these is
#46: 1224 cyls, 15 heads, 17 secs (152MB). Question is, did anyone
ever make an MFM drive that big, or was that strictly IDE territory?
I know 80MB and 120MB IDE drives existed -- I used to have a Conner
120MB that was an utter pig to make work with any other drive, and I
still have an IBM WDA-L80 80MB IDE drive. Thus far, the largest MFM
drive I've found is the Micropolis 1325 (85.3Mbytes unformatted).
Reason I'm asking is that I'm working on the seek logic for the disc
analyser. At the moment, you can seek 127 cylinders at a time in either
direction (there isn't a track-counter on the hardware, so all seeks are
relative) and I was wondering if there's any point in increasing this
further to accommodate drives with higher track counts.
Cheers,
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Phil.
classiccmp at philpem.me.uk
http://www.philpem.me.uk/
Hi! I just finished building and testing the new N8VEM VDU board PCB
version. It is a 6545 based video board for monochrome character display on
your home brew computer much like a KayPro 10 display. It works OK and
provides a composite video display, PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse and a parallel
port printer interfaces.
It is meant for the N8VEM SBC but the design is general enough it should be
useable on most any Z80 style system. If you are interested in building
your own and/or writing software for the N8VEM VDU please contact me.
When the SBC, ECB backplane, Disk IO board and VDU are combined they offer
the potential for a completely stand alone home brew Z80 CP/M computer. The
software for the VDU is still in development and it
There are pictures and code on the N8VEM wiki in the VDU folder. Schematics
and PCB layout are available. I have several PCBs. Constructive comments
welcome. Please no flames.
Thanks and have a nice day!
Andrew Lynch
I "need" two of these things at $121 a piece. So I figure I'll start
ebaying some things to feed my habit. If anyone would like a working amiga
2000 with hard drive or a steel case commodore 128D, let me know. I'd
prefer to make a deal with someone on the list than to put up with ebay. I
also have three JVC TM-9U 9" studio color monitors with BNCs and RCAs on the
back. thanks.
brian