Picked this up on a local Tulsa-area bulletin board; I don't know a thing
about it, but didn't know if someone here might be interested:
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>From : JON JUREK
We hava micro Vax II that we are trying to sell or get rid of somehow and
would like to know if anyone has a need. Please send e-mail to
jonj(a)fly.aeromet.com. Sorry for this garbled message. my terminal
emulation leaves a lot to be desired. Thanks a bunch.
Tim or Allison, I could really use your help. Tim, I think something in
the mail system may be preventing my messages from reaching you.
I have O-VMS 6.2 up and running. What I need is someone else with a
MicroVAX to create an RX50 floppy, initialized with VMS, with VMSTPCE
(unzipped and ready to roll, ideally) copied to it. I cannot seem to
transfer it from my PC, via PUTR and VMS's EXCHANGE, to save my life.
This evening, I will try installing TCP/IP services on the VAX and try to
FTP the appropriate file from its resting spot on my server. However, I'm
not sanguine about the results given my difficulties over the last few weeks.
Sheesh... it should NOT be this hard to do a simple binary tape copy! If
tonight's effort fails, and no one else can help, I'll just install Ultrix
and try it that way.
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Bruce Lane, Sysop, The Dragon's Cave BBS (Fidonet 1:343/272)
(Hamateur: WD6EOS) (E-mail: kyrrin2(a)wizards.net)
http://www.wizards.net/technoid
"Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our own
human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."
> Anybody know what this baby runs??? I heard in passing that they used
> to run PICK on it. I think PICK is some kind of manufacturing software
> but what was/is the operating system?
IIRC, PIC is its own operating system -- useful for database work. A
village down near me still uses it for its town hall records, and -- last I
hear -- was still supported.
I decided to drag out my kaypro II for testing/cataloging/photos and noticed
it's even worse than before. previously, i was able to boot a cpm disk but
got no keyboard activity. now, it powers on, spins the floppy a few
rotations, then prompts to place a disk in drive a: and no more than that.
hitting the reset button didnt do anything. it keeps coming back to the same
screen. while typing this note, i noticed it finally booted off a floppy in
about 5 minutes' wait and now i'm getting no keyboard input (not even ^M or
^G) and the floppy light is staying on but not spinning. i do get an a:
prompt though. someone mentioned the keyboard controller chip missing, but
it's there. this machine has two half height floppies which i assume
incorrect. would full height pc/xt drives be "correct"? what should i check
now?
david
Anybody here able to help this guy out?
i don't believe he is a subscriber so if you could e-mail him directly,
that'd be preferred,
thanks.
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Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 14:35:26 -0400
From: wgh <wgh(a)wgh.org>
To: more(a)camlaw.Rutgers.EDU
Subject: setup for IDS PC-88 Turbo
Hello,
I am in need of a setup program for an Intellegent Data Systems PC-88
computer running DOS 3.2. The copy I have simply locks up the computer
after the main menu is displayed. Any help you could give would be
appreciated.
Timothy J. Hummer
wcpgoa(a)penn.com
Hello all,
I just spotted this on the austin.forsale news group. I have no
other connection with the guy or the computer. Hope someone can use this.
(Hmm. I hope the UNISYS is > 10 years old ... if not, please excuse me.)
- Mark
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I am giving away a GE dishwasher, A UNYSIS mainframe computer, printer,
disk subsytem and a old metal school teachers desk (disassembled) and
matching chair to anyone who can come get it out of my garage FREE.
Please e-mail me.
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Ron E. Marks
http://www.tab.com/~scratch/home.html
Austin, Texas
Those who know use MACINTOSH...those who don't, call "Tech Support"
> Anybody know what this baby runs??? I heard in passing that they used
> to run PICK on it. I think PICK is some kind of manufacturing software
> but what was/is the operating system?
PICK is the operating system.
PICK is a combination operating system/programming language/user environment.
It was created by Dick Pick on a military computer (I think one of those
militarized UNIVAC thingies) and ported to a variety of other machines.
AFAIK all legitimate ports were done by Dick Pick himself, although the
book I found talks about people cloning PICK without Dick's permission (since
this is a book of the "PICK rah, rah, rah!" variety, this is said to be
a Bad Thing).
Personally, it looked to me like there were holes in the PICK system you could
drive a truck through; security seems to be done mostly through obscurity.
Roger Ivie
ivie(a)cc.usu.edu
Anybody know what this baby runs??? I heard in passing that they used
to run PICK on it. I think PICK is some kind of manufacturing software
but what was/is the operating system?
BC
I was curious. I have the pinout in the 11/44 book, but it doesn't say
what any of the pins do. I have something I want to try, but to try it
I'd need to know what the pins do.
Hello, all:
If anyone has sent me any e-mail since yesterday 8/26 at 5pm, please resend
it. Somehow, Exchange and Windows 95 trashed my e-mail store.
Thanks!
Rich Cini/WUGNET
rcini(a)msn.com