> 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
"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
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
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.
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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
cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote:
> S/370/158 maybe?
>
> Peace... Sridhar
>
> Amdhal? Looks like they might be Fujitsu chips.
>
> Bob
>
>
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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
> 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
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.
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.
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