On Wed, 2021-05-26 at 12:00 -0500, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote:
> If you were to find an M7626 KA660 CPU you could do away with all of
> the DSSI cabling between the CPU and the M9715 (in addition to having
> a CPU that is around twice as fast).
KA660/BA430 makes for a nice MicroVAX, had one for a while. You can
even route the SCSI on the backplane as well, and the sleds pick up
whichever you need. Too bad DSSI stuff either isn't more common or DEC
found a way to route full cluster over SCSI, that was neat too (and
faster than LAVAC for KA660).
I seem to recall a highly opinionated VAX/BSD partisan also bestowed on
it the rare (in his system) title of "real VAX"
In the completely unrelated category my state has signs out asking us
to "VAX up" which has me itching to get my VAXes out again. Sadly HP
shut down the hobbyist license issuing before they got to my request
:(.
A photographer I know contacted me last night asking about reading Osborne 1 floppies. What does it take to read these?
The only Catweasel board I have is the old Zorro 2 board for the Amiga. I do have 5.25? floppy drives. Neither of us have an Osborne anymore (I think mine went to Jim Willing).
Zane
Q: Does anyone have any IBM PC Network hardware and / or software that
they would be willing to part with?
The recent "COMPAQ ISA PC to ethernet" thread got me thinking about IBM
PC Network (and ARCnet) again.
Sadly, Wikipedia's IBM PC Network article [1] is about the most concise
/ complete source of information that I've seen in the past. I'd like
to learn more. I knew about the F connectors on coax cable, but was not
aware of centralized device needed to do frequency translation.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_Network
--
Grant. . . .
unix || die
What sort of mice does a VAXstation 4000 (vlc/60/90) take? I?m pretty sure they don?t need a DEC ?hockey puck? mouse.
I?m trying to get a VAXstation setup as? A VAXstation! I?ve always run them headless, usually with SBB?s in a BA353 or BA350.
Zane
On Sun, 2021-05-23 at 12:00 -0500, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote:
> To: Grant Taylor <cctalk at gtaylor.tnetconsulting.net>,
> ????????General at ezwind.net, Discussion at ezwind.net:On-Topic and Off-
> Topic Posts
> ????????<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> Subject: Re: COMPAQ ISA PC to ethernent
> Message-ID: <60A9DFDE.9080300 at charter.net>
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>
> Grant and et al,
> ???? I have several hundred MB and expansion cards from 30 years ago
> up
> to about 5 years ago. I would like to sell all of my computer
> equipment.
> Boards, cards, cables, covers, printers, monitors, computers. The
> whole
> works.
> ???? I probably have cancer and if I do I am dead. i have been
> selling
> off everything that I own and I have been using the funds to drive
> all
> around the country full filling my bucket list. Please help me by
> taking
> everything off my hands? I still have two Simpson 260 VOMs that I
> want
> to see go to a good home instead of hitting the trash.
> ???? Grant, Randy has not responded to me. Yes, I have Arcnet and
> Ethernet ISA cards. What info do you need?
> GOD Bless and Thanks,
> rich!
Man, that bites. Seen too many people I know die of cancer.
Simpson meters are nice, and having an analog around is good, hope
someone snags them. Too rich for my blood.
Reminds me have a old NRI VTVM I need to get working, think I'm gonna
try to wire in a 50B5 instead of the dead 50C5. FETVOMs interest me but
don't see many of those around.
On Mon, 2021-05-24 at 12:00 -0500, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote:
> Message: 25
> Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 09:24:22 -0700
> From: Jason Howe <jason at smbfc.net>
> To: Chris Zach <cz at alembic.crystel.com>, "General Discussion: On-
> Topic
> ????????and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> Subject: Re: Writings on AI from 17 years ago....
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> <e5a3d9aba75a6d0fbfb377372cf3f1a7d29fffde.camel at smbfc.net>
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> On Sun, 2021-05-23 at 21:34 -0400, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
> > Anyone know if the LCM will be open
>
>
> Considering there is no staff as they were all laid off and have now
> all found other jobs, I'd guess that's a hard no.? They'd basically
> need to spin up from 0 again -- considering Vulcan shut down LCM,
> Cinerama and the Flying Heritage Museum as soon as they could after
> Paul's death -- I put my money on asset dispersal, rather than
> reopening.
>
> I say with a pit in my stomach as a former member and regular
> visitor.
>
> EMP (or whatever the hell they're called now) survived because they
> had
> been spun off as a separate legal entity from Paul's Vulcan empire.
>
>
> --Jason
I fear so as well, but one of the other MS teachers in my district has
done some remote training recently through them, so there might still
be hope.
On 5/24/21 11:47 PM, Richard Pope wrote:
> Grant,
Hi Rich,
> Did you receive my last email?
Yes, I did receive it.
I've not had an opportunity to reply to it.
--
Grant. . . .
unix || die
> From: Lars Brinkhoff
> Chris Zach wrote:
>> I'll drop by and see which CHAOSNet card it has.
> It may have been removed when we worked on getting ITS booted.
For a long time AI used a UNIBUS CHAOSNet card, plugged into an -11 connected
up to AI via the Rubin 10-11 interface. (I'm not sure which -11; maybe the
TV-11, but I think I remember there was another one used for the CHAOSNet? I
think the same -11 that the AI Lab's 3-mbit Ethernet interface was plugged
into. If I wasn't so lazy I'd look at TV > and see.)
I'm not sure what happened after the Rubin interface died. Maybe they
built another KA I/O bus interface (like the one on ML)? Config > might
answer that question.
Noel
Interesting article on Link Rot and its prevalence. According to the article even sources being referenced as early as 2018 have about a 60% Rot.I think all of us in this hobby can relate nor only to loss of articles but from sites, drivers, file repositories, etc....https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/21/22447690/link-rot-research-new-yo…
Free Macintosh IICX in Orange County CA area. Sometimes it boots, often it doesn?t (power supply issue?). Also HD has stiction issues. Also the tall profile monitor has a very smeary image. Other than that, it?s great! Everything is included - computer with cover, keyboard, mouse, monitor.
