I had some trouble with my email today and 20 messages were deleted. If
anybody on the list sent me any email and didn't receive a reply please
resend.
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< I'm just curious -- I always like to know more about how hardware works
< this case doesn't work). Could the drive have some sort of "intelligenc
< is trapping you? I put "intelligence" in quotes because these things ne
< actually intelligent.
No. it's a matter of media format. the FD55-B was designed for 40 track
two sided and works well for that. RX50 however is 80tracks 1 sided.
While the 1/2 side this is a us it or not thing the 40/80 track thing is
actually a mechanical design of the drive.
The FD55-b works for a lot of formats but DEC was always non-standard
with the rx50.
Allison
Here is a web page that lists auctions of former U.S. military equipment
(nothing *that* fancy, but there are CPUs, monitors, printers, copiers, etc in
there.) Lists by lots as well as by areas.
Here's the URL:
http://www.drms.com/
If anyone actually goes to one of these or wins a bid, let us know what you
get and/or what it's like, ok?
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Someone I know has just acquired a motherboard, XT type aftermarket,
with 768k onboard ram. I'm fairly sure the system is going to need a
special driver to access the memory over DOS's 640k. Anyone have such an
animal and can attach it to email or know of a commercial program that
will handle the job?
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< I have a copy of version 2.10 which I suspect will do the trick ( can'
< find any reference to a version 2.11). I collect DOSae and would be
there was a 2.11 and it was common as it was the bugfix for 2.10 and
before. if it runs under 2.11 there is no reson it can't run under 3.3.
I can't imagine what an app might use that wasn't in 3.3!
Allison
< Anyway, what can I do with this thing? I don't have the boot images fo
< VMS, nor do I currently have a running VMS machine.
As form of informationand explanation. It's a terminal server for VAX
systems. The protocal it uses is LAT/RLAT. LAT is a local area
protocal for terminal and printing services. It's a low level protocal
and not generally routable.
< When I turn it on, the D1 light turns on, followed shortly by the D2
< light, and the D3 flashes when it's transmiting. And there's MOP packet
< on the ether, so I must assume it's in working order. Eventually, the D
< light starts flashing constantly and D4 starts flashing every half-minut
< or so.
good sign.
< I don't suppose there's any way to do IP, is there? One thing I was
Nope.
< suprised to see in there was the face of a big original package 68k. I
< might be interesting to write a custom boot image. :)
It was enough CPU for the task at that time (late 80s).
< In any case, does anyone have a copy of the boot image for when I get a
< VMS machine back to being functional again?
I'd have to look myself, I have one but never needed an extra 8 serial
lines.
Allison
try setver [dos version]
CL>Why not just run... What's that DOS program that fakes out apps to make
CL>them think they are running on another version of DOS? I'm drawing a blank
CL>here, but I did use it one time to make Windows 2.03 think it was running
CL>under DOS 3.3 when it was actually running on DOS 6.0. Worked great. The
CL>command is documented in the DOS help file, 5.0 and up, IIRC.
CL>At 01:00 AM 8/11/98 GMT, kyrrin(a)jps.net wrote:
CL>> Can anyone help this fellow obtain a most ancient version of DOS?
CL>>Please contact him directly if so.
CL>>
CL>> Thanks!
CL>>
CL>>-=-=- <snip> -=-=-
CL>>
CL>>On Mon, 10 Aug 1998 19:07:07 +0100, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc you wrote:
CL>>
CL>>>>From: Alun <AJB(a)alunbell.demon.co.uk>
CL>>>>Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
CL>>>>Subject: Dos v2.11
CL>>>>Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 19:07:07 +0100
CL>>>>Organization: None
CL>>>>Message-ID: <McHCtNALbzz1EwkT(a)alunbell.demon.co.uk>
CL>>>>NNTP-Posting-Host: alunbell.demon.co.uk
CL>>>>X-NNTP-Posting-Host: alunbell.demon.co.uk:158.152.226.160
CL>>>>X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 902772436 nnrp-09:18077 NO-IDENT
CL>alunbell.demon.co.uk:158.152.226.160
CL>>>>X-Complaints-To: abuse(a)demon.net
CL>>>>MIME-Version: 1.0
CL>>>>X-Newsreader: Turnpike (32) Version 3.05 <zUgi5+4dx$uH8+eouyXlPLfuay>
CL>>>>Lines: 8
CL>>>>Path:
CL>blushng.jps.net!news.eli.net!news-out.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.c
CL>om!205.252.116.205!howland.erols.net!woodstock.news.demon.net!demon!news.dem
CL>on.co.uk!demon!alunbell.demon.co.uk!AJB
CL>>>>
CL>>>>Anyone got a copy? I'm happy to pay for it! I need it desperately to
CL>>>>rescue a customer whose PC2086 and software has died. They are a
CL>>>>veterinarians, and their drug labelling software only runs on this
CL>>>>version of DOS (seriously!). I'm rewriting it all, but there's thousand
CL>>>>of drugs to enter, and until I'm done, they really need their old
CL>>>>software to run on a spare machine.
CL>>>>--
CL>>>>Alun
CL>>
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Well, I got bored tonight and pulled out a DECserver 200/MC that somehow
ended up with many months ago. First thing was take a scredriver to it
(it was quite noisy and I figured I should probably figure out what the
obstruction was). Well, the obstruction was, well, dust. Although I'm
not writing this message to talk solely about dust, this was some
interesting stuff. From the looks of it either this thing had been
in/near a fire or it's administrator smoked at an unhealthy rate. Very
black and very plentiful. Also very difficult to remove (extremely fine).
Removing most of it made it quieter.
Anyway, what can I do with this thing? I don't have the boot images for
VMS, nor do I currently have a running VMS machine.
When I turn it on, the D1 light turns on, followed shortly by the D2
light, and the D3 flashes when it's transmiting. And there's MOP packets
on the ether, so I must assume it's in working order. Eventually, the D3
light starts flashing constantly and D4 starts flashing every half-minute
or so.
I don't suppose there's any way to do IP, is there? One thing I was
suprised to see in there was the face of a big original package 68k. It
might be interesting to write a custom boot image. :)
In any case, does anyone have a copy of the boot image for when I get a
VMS machine back to being functional again?
af
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