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by tiggerlasv＠aim.com

> The later the version, the more MSCP boot devices are > supported, and you're supposed to upgrade the ROMs in a KDF11 to match > those in the RQDX1 or RQDX2 controller *and* vice-versa, and you should > definitely use -BF or later for RQDX3.? Version -BG (called -BH in some > places, it's the same ROM set and same code) introduced TK50 boot > support, and -BJ refined that to make it more reliable. That would make sense, then. I had the -BF proms, when my 11/23+ had an RQDX3 and some RD52's. (This was back around 1990-ish) At that time, I was using?a Cipher F880?under?TSV05 emulation, so I wouldn't have noticed the lack of MU boot support. . .?? The TK50 was on my "new" 11/73. Darned if I can remember what I was running for disk back then. Fujitsu Eagle, with an SC03, maybe???? ;-) T

17 years, 8 months

was "Re: old 386 pc, vga port" now DS1287

by brad＠heeltoe.com

"Antonio Carlini" wrote: > >Well a 386 may not count as vintage yet (or ever ...) but isn't it more >in keeping with the spirit of what we do here to hack, twist and bend >the modern to fit in with the old, where possible? Shouldn't the OP pull >a pin on a common or garden cable rather than drill a mobo connector? I pulled the pin :-) I got the compaq setup program to work but it would still not boot. I'm sure the DS1287 rtc has lost it's battery but I would have thought it would be ok as long as I didn't turn off the power. I reset all the settings but it complains when I reboot that it does not have it's settings. %^$^$^%$#$. Am I high to think that if I buy one of the DS1287's on ebay it might work? Or all those so old that it's a waste of money? Anyone try lately? A while back I brought an IPX back to life replacing the dallas chip, but that was easily 5 years ago, maybe longer. (I even tried putting the old compaq ESDI controller in a newer pc, but it's not happy; it does auto discover the drive & geometry but the boot fails with an error that looks like a bios problem) I'm going after the DS1287 with a dremel tonight and solder a 3v battery to it :-) hi ho! -brad

17 years, 8 months

Apple IIe or Apple //gs FORTH or LOGO recommendations?

by legalize＠xmission.com

Does anyone have any particular recommendations for a FORTH or LOGO environment on an Apple IIe or an Apple //gs? -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>

17 years, 8 months

old 386 pc, vga port - but one pin is blocked?

by brad＠heeltoe.com

This is something I've never seen before; I'm trying to revive an old dead Compaq for a friend of a friend. I went to plug in a stock VGA cable (15 pin) and it would not go. The connector on the Dell motherboard (this is a very very old 386) has one pin blocked. Someone here must know what that means; what do I do? grab the needle nose and hack my cable? -brad

17 years, 8 months

OT: Deciphering disk format

by sellam＠vintagetech.com

This is a somewhat OT request. I'm trying to recover files from a 4 disk (3.5") floppy set of Sybase SQL Anywhere for QNX Version 5.5.05. The first thing I tried to do is mount the disks under Linux using the QNX4 filesystem, but it bombs out. So I imaged the disks using ImageDisk (of course) and looked at the image file. It doesn't contain a filesystem as I had initially guessed, so now I'm trying to figure out what it represents. As best as I can currently determine it looks to be some sort of archive that spans across multiple disks. I'm not sure if this is a Sybase specific format, a QNX specific format, or what. The disks all have the following similar header information on T0, S0: vol 00001 00002 000000 5d69b244 11/Jul/99-17:00 wsql50 Disk 2 has: vol 00002 00002 000000 f9f96f2f 11/Jul/99-17:00 wsql50 ...etc. So the first group of digits is obviously the disk number, the third group is probably some CRC hash, etc. The contents of the disk are entirely binary. There is no text, lending further evidence that this is some sort of compressed archive. Does anyone recognize this as a header for a known archive format? Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

17 years, 8 months

a DG /20 up for auction

by jos.mar＠bluewin.ch

A local auction site ( Switzerland ) lists a Data General DG/20 Micreclipse system. I believe it is rare enough to mention here . I would take it but there is just so much you can tackle. http://www.ricardo.ch/accdb/viewitem.asp?AuctionNr=550137758 Jos

17 years, 8 months

"scrap" auction... (Bob Rosenbloom)

by roosmcd＠dds.nl

cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote: > S/370/158 maybe? > > Peace... Sridhar > > Amdhal? Looks like they might be Fujitsu chips. > > Bob > > > ------------------------------ > This looks like a match for the board on eBay: http://www.deadprogrammer.com/amdahl-business-in-the-front-party-in-the-back So what do I win? :) Also take note of the following statment: "and pound for pound there was more dead Amdahl hardware repackaged as kitsch on the desks in sales than we had actually moved in Amdahl equipment. ? with regards, Michiel

17 years, 8 months

Need help with dead 11/23+, FIXED :)

by tiggerlasv＠aim.com

> Are these the most recent versions of 11/23+ proms?? I have an 11/23+ > that I was going to update.? Are both of these versions compatible > with all M8189 boards and would the M8189-BG version be the better > image to use? Got me on that one.?? All of the boards I've ever owned have had proms -183 and -184.?? I was thinking those boards were -BH, but I could be mistaken; they might have been -BF . . . As long as they would boot DU/MU, and supported auto-boot, I wasn't terribly concerned about anything else. . . T

17 years, 8 months

"scrap" auction...

by wh.sudbrink＠verizon.net

Anybody recognize the board in this lot: 120314777595 transputer maybe? I hope the bidder isn't really going to reclaim the obvious "pounds" of gold on it.

17 years, 8 months

Anyone need a very old Xyplex switch?

by dgahling＠hotmail.com

Stumbled across this in my closet, it's a very old (probably about 8 years) Xyplex switch, 8-12 slot, chasis. it's very large, at least half the size a PDP BA-123 chasis it runs usual routing protocols, and *may* include BGP. it hasn't been turned on in many many years I have to move at the end of the month and would like to get rid of it before then. Otherwise it's going to the scrappers. Dan. _________________________________________________________________

17 years, 8 months

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