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by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On Sun, October 19, 2008 1:09 pm, Chuck Guzis wrote: >> Not to mention reliability! > > Yeah, but it's that nice toasty brown spot on the PCB where the > regulator is that lends a certain je ne sais quoi to the whole > experience. :) Yes! :) -Dave -- Dave McGuire Port Charlotte, FL

17 years, 6 months

SGI and Sun mainboards

by rescue＠hawkmountain.net

SS10 mainboard SGI Indy mainboard SGI Indigo2 R4400 mainboard SGI Indigo2 non impact midplane SGI Indigo2 audio module -- Curt

17 years, 6 months

Sun + SGI plastic

by rescue＠hawkmountain.net

SS10 top, excellent condition SS20 top, excellent condition SGI Indigo 2 top (Purple), some scuffs, nice condition SGI Indigo 2 top (Teal), some scuffs, nice condition SGI Indigo 2 teal front 'door' plastics SGI Indy top, very nice condition Sun 411 case top, no scuffs or digs Make an offer, this stuff is just taking up space. -- Curt

17 years, 6 months

cctech Digest, Vol 62, Issue 40

by jefferwin＠gmail.com

> > > > > PL/M was my favorite language. In those days I was designing and > programming control and data acquisition systems for automotive R&D. > > How do you have Intel compilers and assemblers running on the Imsai? > You must have ISIS-II running on it. How much work was that to do? > > Dave I wish! Although it isn't a bad idea, if one could find the source to ISIS. I am running the ISIS simulator in a DOS box in WIndows XP which is running in Parallels on my Mac Pro quad procesor. I use ZTERM on the Mac as a dumb terminal and load programs using the 'send text' command. I wrote a hex loader into the SCS monitor which I have in EPROM in the IMSAI so I just send the hex output from OBJHEX to the loader through zterm. I am now working on the floppy primitives and perhaps eventually will try to get CPM running. ISIS would be more fun, any idea where the source is? I did a consulting gig with an automotive diagnostic company in Kalamazoo, MI back in 1979 when I was working at National Semtconductor. Great fun, although I had NO idea what I was doing, being less than a year out of UC Berkeley. Those were heady days! Jeff E

17 years, 6 months

Req: Help/Advice on Cromemco System

by dm561＠torfree.net

--------Original Message(s): ---------- From: M H Stein[SMTP:dm561 at torfree.net] Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 5:11 PM To: 'cctalk at classiccmp.org' Subject: Req: Help/Advice on Cromemco System -------------Original Message: Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:29:14 -0400 From: "Roy J. Tellason" <rtellason at verizon.net> Subject: Re: Req: Help/Advice on Cromemco System <snip> The catch, though, is that the System 3 needs a +24V supply as well, for the FDD. I have one, and it uses an oddball connector, too, which is one of the reasons I haven't gotten around to fixing the drive yet (which has problems), I need to make an extension power cable for the drive so it can be powered up and out in front of the case. (Snip) ----------------Reply: Sounds like you've got one of the later System 3's with a Tandon TM848; the older ones used dual-slot Perscis, which used 110VAC for the motor. And of course he could also use a 5 1/4" drive instead. m ---------Correction: It's been a while, and memory's fading - of course the Perscis also used 24VDC, for head load etc, so yes, that's a snag unless he uses 5 1/4s. m

17 years, 6 months

Req: Help/Advice on Cromemco System

by dm561＠torfree.net

-------------Original Message: Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:29:14 -0400 From: "Roy J. Tellason" <rtellason at verizon.net> Subject: Re: Req: Help/Advice on Cromemco System <snip> The catch, though, is that the System 3 needs a +24V supply as well, for the FDD. I have one, and it uses an oddball connector, too, which is one of the reasons I haven't gotten around to fixing the drive yet (which has problems), I need to make an extension power cable for the drive so it can be powered up and out in front of the case. (Snip) ----------------Reply: Sounds like you've got one of the later System 3's with a Tandon TM848; the older ones used dual-slot Perscis, which used 110VAC for the motor. And of course he could also use a 5 1/4" drive instead. m

17 years, 6 months

Req: Help/Advice on Cromemco System

by dm561＠torfree.net

----------Original Message: Message: 28 Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:01:40 -0700 From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> Subject: Re: Req: Help/Advice on Cromemco System On 17 Oct 2008 at 12:21, Dave McGuire wrote: > > Since I have been unable to find any power supplies which provide > > the +/- 8 and +/- 16 volts, I just thought of an idea the other day > > of using a PC power supply and shorting out the on-board voltage > > regulators to allow them to work at the +5V and +12V of the power > > supply. In order to do that though, I would need a small (3-5 > > slot) motherboard to test a couple of cards together. > > I don't think it's going to be possible to short around the +5 and > +12 regulators in a PC power supply, as they're not discrete in that > way. Your best bet (IMO) is to surf eBay for an big open-frame > linear power supply. Brute-force linear is definitely the way to go. I'd be tempted to grab a couple of filament transformers, a couple of bridge rectifiers and some big caps. The great thing about S100 power supplies is that PSU regulation isn't important. A 6.3VAC filament transformer hooked through a bridge rectifier and a big electrolytic should be close enough. +/-16 could be furnished by a small 12.6v transformer. The real job of regulation is furnished on each board (usually something like 78xx 79xx linear regulator ICs). Cheers, Chuck -------------- -----------------Reply: A misunderstanding, I think: he's talking about shorting out the regulators on the *cards*, not in the PSU, and running regulated +5 & +/-12 on the bus; should be doable with a heavy enough bus and sufficient bypassing, in fact I think some manufacturers did indeed do just that. I have a Cromemco PSU BTW, but probably not worth shipping. mike

17 years, 6 months

AlphaServer 1000a troubles

by alexandre.laguejacques＠gmail.com

Hello all, This is a slightly modified version of the message that I've posted to comp.os.vms. Wanted to see if anyone here might have an idea. I'm trying to prepare an old AlphaServer 1000a with installed video card for an installation of VMS or Tru64. The difficulty starts when I turn it on. Sometimes the LCD on the front is active and displays the self tests and beeps once. More often than not, however, it remains blank and there is no beep. When the LCD _does_ turn on, the blue SRM console appears _temporarily_ some moments later on the monitor. For example, I notice that the tests have been successful and the machine gives me the ">>>" prompt. Then, about 1 min later, the screen goes dark -- even if I'm in the middle of typing something! Any ideas? Thanks, - Alex

17 years, 6 months

Req: Help/Advice on Cromemco System

by granz_consult＠hotmail.com

I have most of the stuff to put together a System 3. I have the card cage with the 21-slot motherboard and a bunch of cards. The manuals I got with the system include the Cromix manual, I have more than 1 64-K RAM card and at least one TPU, so I believe that mine was a multi-user system. I would like to put this back to near-original, but need a case and power supply. Since I have been unable to find any power supplies which provide the +/- 8 and +/- 16 volts, I just thought of an idea the other day of using a PC power supply and shorting out the on-board voltage regulators to allow them to work at the +5V and +12V of the power supply. In order to do that though, I would need a small (3-5 slot) motherboard to test a couple of cards together. If anyone has any of these available, I would be interested in obtaining them. I do not have much money, but do have some other old computer stuff that I can trade: a VAX Station 2000, an old Sun workstation, many, many old PC parts and systems, lots of electronic parts, lots of microcontroller stuff including several Dev Kits. Also if anyone has done this before please let me know how it went. Thanks, Art

17 years, 6 months

PLM/80 compiler docs

by aek＠bitsavers.org

> The one that Jeff is asking for is in this list. 9800268B It's now up under http://bitsavers.org/pdf/intel/PLM

17 years, 6 months

Newsgroups Server: freetext.usenetserver.com

by jhfinedp3k＠compsys.to

Does anyone use the following server for newsgroups? freetext.usenetserver.com [208.49.83.84] I am able to ping and get a response, but for the last 2 days, when I try to download posts from my favourite pdp-11 newsgroups, I get no reply. Can anyone help? Sincerely yours, Jerome Fine

17 years, 6 months

Disk Translation software (was Re: Looking for AT&T 3B1/UNIXPC/PC7300 software)

by feldman.r＠comcast.net

Message: 10 Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:04:00 -0400 From: "Roy J. Tellason" <rtellason at verizon.net> Subject: Re: Looking for AT&T 3B1/UNIXPC/PC7300 software <snip> >I remember some of those, too, and in fact had some in the files section of >my bbs. But I also remember stuff that would deal with "foreign" formats, >in particular there was "Media Master" and "Uniform". The former was simply >a file transfer program, while the latter would actually "mount" a foreign >format disk under an otherwise unused drive letter, both of which I had >occasion to use under CP/M. I'm pretty sure that at least MM was available >under DOS as well, dunno about Uniform. I have MS-DOS versions of Media Master and Uniform, if anyone is interested in a copy. As I remember Media Master, it would let you set up a drive as the foreign type, to read/write/format a disk (except you could not format a Kaypro and one other type using MM). Bob

17 years, 6 months

West Coast VCF scheduled this year?

by stevew＠intrinsix.com

Is it going to happen? Thanks, Steve Wilson

17 years, 6 months

Q on 3.5" Sony floppy drive

by rescue＠hawkmountain.net

I have MP-F17W-50L I've tried to use this on a PC (long time ago), and it wouldn't work. It came out of Codex equipment... Unsure if there is just some magic jumpers required, or this was custom made for Codex. So, anyone know anything about that model drive ? -- Curt

17 years, 6 months

Antique Intel Intellect MDS-230 computer - $550 in Phoenix

by tosteve＠yahoo.com

Saw this on Oct 10th Craigslist: http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/sys/874746543.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

17 years, 6 months

PLM/80 compiler docs

by aek＠bitsavers.org

> I will start scanning the PL/M-80 syntax manual next week. here is a list of Intel documents that have already been scanned. 121539-003 121539-005 121570-002 121575-003 121609-003 121612-001 121616-001 121616-002 121616-004 121617-001a 121618-002 121628-001 121628-003 121636-002 121636-003 121703-002 121711-001 121748-001 121752-001 121753-001 121753-004 121756-002 121756-003 121757-002 121757-005 121758-003 121776-002 121880-001 121966-003 122014-002 122015-001 122085-001 134860-001 142721-003 142887-001 142926-004 142978-001 142982-002 9800292-04d 9800306-06 9800317D 9800463b 9800478-04 9800555-02 9800556-02 9800559-03 9800559-05 9800605-02b 9800639-03 9800639-04e 9800642-02 9800672-02 9800758-02 9800819-03 9800902-02 9800938-01 9800949-01 9803122-02 9803123-05 9803124-02 ice85 prompt48 serIII_Schem serIIrom_rev_1.2 9800447-03_79 121539-001_pascal86 121725-001_8087lib 9800481a_fortran80 9800640-02_86macro 9800478-04D_plm86operInstr 9800967-01_flp_nov79 121703-003_asm86 9800133F_promProg 210341-004_jun83 9800292D_isisII8080macro 162180-001A_hse-49_Oct80 121797-001_uSftUtilSw_nov81 9800451A_sdk85um_jul77 121570-003_fort86ug 9800758-02_basic80 9800452-03_8080fpLib 9800268B_PLMprogMan 9800902-02_isisIIcredit 121624-001_x86macro 121776-002_runtime 9800268b_plm80 121956-001_alterTextEditor 121570-001_fortran86 9800641-02_isisIIx86macro 121539-003_pascal86 9800642-02_x86asmConv 9800301-04_8080asmLang 145412-001_videotex_mar83 143587-001_edit 121505-002_ddenUpgr

17 years, 6 months

Sparc desktop vs x86 desktop

by williams.dan＠gmail.com

2008/10/16 Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com>: > At 12:21 PM +0100 10/16/08, Dan Williams wrote: >> >> I have just bought a dual 900mhz Sparc machine with 2gb memory. for >> ?130. I haven't got it yet. But I am quite sure it will be fast enough >> to use as a desktop machine. Also should be fairly quick at compiling >> bits and pieces. > > Is it a SunBlade 1000 by any chance? If so you'd better have a good A/C in > the room. :-( I've only been able to run mine in the dead of winter when I > could open the door and let cool air in. > > Zane > > > -- No it's a 2000. It's a lot bigger, noiser and heavier then I was expecting. I was thinking it was just a tower machine. I didn't realise the depth of it. Any idea how well these run with Solaris 10, do you know if it would run any quicker with 8 or 9. Dan > | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | > | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | > | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | > +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ > | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | > | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | > | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ | > >

17 years, 6 months

Symbolics Genera

by alexandre.laguejacques＠gmail.com

Thanks to those who responded publicly and privately to my request for information. It appears that OpenGenera, the port of Genera to the Alpha running Tru64, is the quickest way to gain exposure to the operating system. (Which is why you'll notice my previous messages concerning one of my misbehaving Alphas. The other is running OpenVMS 8.3 -- no touch!) Will try to get my hands on a copy. The hardware -- i.e. a real Symbolics computer or alternatively an Alpha or a Mac with the necessary hard or software -- can be had from the source (David Schimdt) but it's not cheap and he's based in Virginia. Which is not to say that it's not an interesting offer -- I just need to try the OS first! - Alex

17 years, 6 months

INS2651 uses

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

I have a sparsely-populated S100 board carrying an INS2651 chip and a 50-pin header. There's little other clue as to the function of this board. I'm guessing it's a floppy drive interface of some sort, but the maker and model have me guessing. I've never heard of "Alloy Eng. C.P.D.". What appears to be a model number is "DWG NO. 100055 REV. H". Does anyone know anything helpful about this? -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

17 years, 6 months

Line printer available

by djg＠pdp8.net

A digital line printer LG05 Plus is available for pickup in Gaithersburg MD. Comes with spare ribbons and a box of paper. This is a high speed dot matrix line printer for the standard wide pinfeed paper. 500 LPM. 29"x27"x41". Its a little too new for my pdp-8 collection, deafening drum or chain is more appropriate. http://www.sinca.biz/compaq-line-printer-speed-500-lpm-lg05-plus-lg05plus-p… .html May have windows drivers for people without vaxes. http://www.tallygenicom.com/support/line/LG-drv.htm Reply to me, not list.

17 years, 6 months

DEC OMNIBUS Signal Definitions

by djg＠pdp8.net

>I'm looking for a reference document that defines the functions of the >various signals on the DEC PDP 8/e/f/m Omnibus. It's in here, see chapter 9 http://www.pdp8online.com/pdp8cgi/query_docs/queryb.pl?level=1D-09-100;id=1…

17 years, 6 months

Req: Help/Advice on Cromemco System

by dm561＠torfree.net

---------------Original Message: Message: 11 Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:15:03 -0400 From: "Granz" <granz_consult at hotmail.com> Subject: Req: Help/Advice on Cromemco System I have most of the stuff to put together a System 3. I have the card cage with the 21-slot motherboard and a bunch of cards. The manuals I got with the system include the Cromix manual, I have more than 1 64-K RAM card and at least one TPU, so I believe that mine was a multi-user system. I would like to put this back to near-original, but need a case and power supply. Since I have been unable to find any power supplies which provide the +/- 8 and +/- 16 volts, I just thought of an idea the other day of using a PC power supply and shorting out the on-board voltage regulators to allow them to work at the +5V and +12V of the power supply. In order to do that though, I would need a small (3-5 slot) motherboard to test a couple of cards together. If anyone has any of these available, I would be interested in obtaining them. I do not have much money, but do have some other old computer stuff that I can trade: a VAX Station 2000, an old Sun workstation, many, many old PC parts and systems, lots of electronic parts, lots of microcontroller stuff including several Dev Kits. Also if anyone has done this before please let me know how it went. Thanks, Art --------------Reply: In my Cromemco pile I have a System3 that I will probably scrap, but I don't suppose that's much help since shipping for the box & PS would be pretty steep. Why not just use your backplane for your test? What's a TPU? Did you mean ZPU or DPU by any chance? The most important card in a Cromemco is probably the FDC; hope you've got a working one. Pretty well every Cromemco manual has been scanned and is on the Web in several places; good luck! mike

17 years, 6 months

dead 4114's was: Re: Tektronix 4108 terminal?

by legalize＠xmission.com

Appendix B for the 4113 appears identical to the Appendix B in the 4114 Operator's Manual that's online. <http://vt100.net/manx/details/5,16299> -- "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, 6 months

PLM/80 compiler docs

by jefferwin＠gmail.com

<snip> Love the old update letters. I was working for Intel in Oregon back then on the 380 and 310 RMX development systems. We never saw anything that went out to actual customers. The compiler cost $250? Wow. I appreciate the scanning of the docs. If you email me the actual docs I will get them up on the various archive sites as well. There could be other dinosaurs out there looking for it. I am able to compile and run PLM80 apps on my Imsai 8080 now, I am rewriting all of my floppy drive control stuff from asm80 to plm80 as we speak. I have forgotten how much easier PLM was from asm80! Thanks again for the info. Jeff Erwin > > > > > Sorry about using facts. ;) I was really trying to validate MY rusty > brain cells. One thing I do claim is a pretty good knowledge of > PL/M-80. In the old days I did many projects with PL/M-80 and some with > PL/M-51, and I think I still remember it. A couple of years ago I was > able to write a small program in PL/M-80 using one of my working MDS's > and get it to compile and run without opening the manual. > > > > The one thing that seems to have changed from V3 to V4 is the following > > statement: > > > > In V3: DECLARE HELLO DATA ('Hello world.'); > > in V4: DECLARE HELLO (*) BYTE DATA ('Hello world.'); > > > > There are other subtle changes I have found. I discovered these as I was > > using older PLM source code for CPM as a programming example, and certain > > constructs were being rejected by the V4 compiler. > > > > I could also just be screwing something up. I always reserve the right > to > > do that... > > > > I *was* wrong when I said that DATA was used to initialize a variable at > run time. The DATA construct puts the variable initialization into ROM > and therefore that variable can't be changed at runtime. It is fixed. > The "*" in the array length declaration is called "implicit array > length" and just means that the array is defined to be the length needed > to hold the contents that follow the word DATA in the declaration. > > That implicit (*) specifier was part of the syntax in the very first > version of PL/M-80 that ran on the MDS. It was NOT part of the syntax > for the original cross-compiler that was written in Fortran for mainframes. > > I have found all my PL/M-80 documentation and it is a treasure trove. I > have a short document from Intel that tells a programmer what has to be > changed in source code in order for a cross-compiler compliant program > to compile on the resident compiler. In that document it talks about > the implicit specifier. So that construct was in the very first > resident compiler (V1.0). > > In your example above, if the line you label V3 would actually compile > correctly in V3, then it was not documented to work that way. It may > have passed the compiler syntax check, but the manual never specified it > would. If the (*) was required for V4 to be happy, it was a case of the > compiler now enforcing what was *always* documented as the correct syntax. > > > > > > > >> I have the "ISIS-II PL/M-80 Compiler Operator's Manual", no. 9800300-04, > >> dated 3/82. It is the manual that was issued specifically for V4.0 of > >> the compiler. There are several "$" commands listed. All those "$" > >> commands are also listed in the V3.0/V3.1 version of that manual > >> (9800300C). > >> > > > > > > I have this for V3, I figured out the V4 compiler commands by going > through > > the PLM80 executable. V3 used the $P=1 construct, V4 used the > $CODE/$NOCODE > > constructs which were a lot clearer. The $P=1 model does not work with > the > > V4 compiler I have, the one with the overlays. > > > > $CODE and $NOCODE worked with V3.0 of the compiler. I have that in the > documentation and I remember it. It would force 8080 assembly language > equivalent to be placed into the listing file generated by the > compiler. The $P=1 directive is unfamiliar to me. It is not in the > manuals that I have and I don't remember it. Do you have an example of > that? What does it do? It must predate the V3 compiler. > > > > >> The Programming Manual did not change from V3.0 to V4.0. The language > >> was really the same. I programmed a lot in those days and I never had > >> to change anything moving from V3 to V4. > >> > > > > > > It would be interesting to look up the DATA syntax above in V3 and V4 and > > see what is confusing me. > > > There is no mention of DATA in the operators manual. And, as I said, > the syntax manual is the same. It didn't change from V3 to V4. > > > >> I think the main changes from 3 to 4 had to do with newer operating > >> system environments. Newer versions of ISIS-II could have more than the > >> four or six or seven disk drives by allowing networked drive assignments > >> up through :F9:. File names could be longer, as well. I think those > >> were some of the differences from V3.x to V4.0. But the language syntax > >> was the same. > >> > >> > >>>>> Specifically, I am in need of: > >>>>> > >>>>> 98-00268B plm 80 programming manual, V4 > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks. > >>>>> > >>>>> Jeff Erwin > >>>>> > >>>>> > >> > > Can I offer to pay you for a copy of the two manuals you refer to above? > > > > Jeff Erwin > > > > > I will work on scanning these manuals. You don't have to pay me. It > won't happen right away, but I will do it. Watch for further updates! > > For now, here are a few interesting documents. > > http://home.comcast.net/%7Ehp41cx/PLM/V4_letter.jpg > > http://home.comcast.net/%7Ehp41cx/PLM/V4_dear_PLM_owner.jpg > > http://home.comcast.net/%7Ehp41cx/PLM/V4_dear_PLM_owner (2).jpg > > http://home.comcast.net/%7Ehp41cx/PLM/V4_update.jpg > > > Dave > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:05:23 -0500 > From: Jules Richardson <jules.richardson99 at gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Great day at Tek > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > Message-ID: <48F89BA3.10803 at gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed > > Randy Dawson wrote: > > I want a Ardent or Stellar or Stardent if any body finds one being > dumped. > > Someone contacted me early in the year about an Ardent going surplus in > Colorado, then the conversation went quiet on me :( I should do some more > digging on that one and see what happened to it. > > I still want a Tex XD88/30, should you see one at your surplus sales :-) > I'll > get my XD88/10 shipped here at some point, but I'd still like to mess > around > with the 24-bit version! > > cheers > > Jules > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:15:03 -0400 > From: "Granz" <granz_consult at hotmail.com> > Subject: Req: Help/Advice on Cromemco System > To: <cctech at classiccmp.org> > Message-ID: <BAY141-DAV10D69972705E072E06CC7A8C320 at phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I have most of the stuff to put together a System 3. I have the card cage > with the 21-slot motherboard and a bunch of cards. The manuals I got with > the system include the Cromix manual, I have more than 1 64-K RAM card and > at least one TPU, so I believe that mine was a multi-user system. I would > like to put this back to near-original, but need a case and power supply. > > Since I have been unable to find any power supplies which provide the +/- 8 > and +/- 16 volts, I just thought of an idea the other day of using a PC > power supply and shorting out the on-board voltage regulators to allow them > to work at the +5V and +12V of the power supply. In order to do that > though, I would need a small (3-5 slot) motherboard to test a couple of > cards together. > > If anyone has any of these available, I would be interested in obtaining > them. I do not have much money, but do have some other old computer stuff > that I can trade: a VAX Station 2000, an old Sun workstation, many, many old > PC parts and systems, lots of electronic parts, lots of microcontroller > stuff including several Dev Kits. > > Also if anyone has done this before please let me know how it went. > > Thanks, > > Art > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:53:20 +0100 > From: "Dan Williams" <williams.dan at gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Sparc desktop vs x86 desktop > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > Message-ID: > <26c11a640810170753r69d1112fnc875f85e88d5644e at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 2008/10/16 Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com>: > > At 12:21 PM +0100 10/16/08, Dan Williams wrote: > >> > >> I have just bought a dual 900mhz Sparc machine with 2gb memory. for > >> ?130. I haven't got it yet. But I am quite sure it will be fast enough > >> to use as a desktop machine. Also should be fairly quick at compiling > >> bits and pieces. > > > > Is it a SunBlade 1000 by any chance? If so you'd better have a good A/C > in > > the room. :-( I've only been able to run mine in the dead of winter when > I > > could open the door and let cool air in. > > > > Zane > > > > > > -- > No it's a 2000. It's a lot bigger, noiser and heavier then I was > expecting. I was thinking it was just a tower machine. I didn't > realise the depth of it. > Any idea how well these run with Solaris 10, do you know if it would > run any quicker with 8 or 9. > > Dan > > | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | > > | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | > > | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | > > +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ > > | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | > > | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | > > | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/<http://www.aracnet.com/%7Ehealyzh/> | > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:21:08 -0400 > From: "Curtis H. Wilbar Jr." <rescue at hawkmountain.net> > Subject: 2 items for $5 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > Message-ID: <48F8AD64.4060204 at hawkmountain.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > pick any two items and they are just $5 + actual shipping costs. > let me know ASAP if you want anything here, as this stuff will be > going to the trash by Sunday. > > If you are local to me, you can pick up anything on this list for > free.... but let me know ASAP so I can put it aside for you. > > > PCI RAID card, SCSI HVD (differential), for Alpha (so I'm told) > Sun 501-1720 SLC mainboard w/o NVRAM > Sun 501-1720 SLC mainboard (w (dead?) NVRAM) > 501-1840 Sbus expansion sbus card > Coleco ADAM setup manual > Artecon SmartBox adapter board (Artecon's version of sbus expansion) > Global Villiage teleport Platinum Fax Modem model A812 (for Mac) > Maxtor RXT-800S Magneto Optical drive (not tested (no media)) > Syquest SparQ 1.0GB internal drive (not tested (no media)) > Corporate Systems Center PCI DIFF SCSI card (HVD), for sparc ? > Compaq drive 'sled' for Pentium II (and III ?) generation > -- has the two purple tabs/levers on the left/right ediges > LaCie FM radio tuner for Macs (ADB) > Performance Technology PT-PCI450 SCSI 3 Ultra Wide Fast Diff (HVD) (Sun?) > 2 PCI FDDI cards > Olicom OC-3161 16 serial port ISA card (just ISA card) > 2 x 5G + 1 x 4G laptop hard drives (password locked?) > SyQuest EZ Drive 135M EZ135EXT,P/PORT parallel port drive untested > SyQuest SQ555 40M drive > Sun 501-1861 ELC board untested > Apple QuickTake Battery Charger KB-39PA (4xAA charger) > Sparcstation 20 hard drive 'carrier' > 1G SCA scsi drives > HP Deskjet 600Cse (needs new ink cartridge) > Compaq PS4000 Power supply compaq part number 270371-001 > HP C2490A 2G differential SCSI drives 3.5" HH (6 available) > Compaq LCD front panel for Proliant 6000 and others > Sealed Copy of PC Anywhere 9.0 > Sealed copy of McAfee VirusScan Security Suite (from the 90s) > > -- Curt > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:34:13 -0400 > From: "Curtis H. Wilbar Jr." <rescue at hawkmountain.net> > Subject: FS: $5 + $10 items > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > Message-ID: <48F8B075.7030702 at hawkmountain.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > $5 Items (plus actual ship, or you pick up in Sharon or Cambridge, MA) > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > APEX Outlook EL-84DT (with the DT crossed out and SP handwritten) > - 8 port serial concentrator > > Indigo 2 audio module > - 2 available > > 4 x 8M 72 pin SIMMS for SGI with gold fingers > - 2 sets available > > DEC Turbo Channel PMAG A card > > HP Printer PAL (turns LJ III, III/D/P, 4, 4P/L/PLUS, 5P) into laser fax > machine > - new sealed in box > > 2G SCA SCSI drive > - multiple available > > 4G SCA SCSI drive > - multiple available > > Maxtor MXT1240S 50 pin 1.2 G SCSI drive (3.5" HH) > - these drives somtimes don't spin up on first power on > > SGI PM3 Indigo 2 CPU (200MHz 1M cache) > > > $10 Items (plus actual ship, or you pick up in Sharon or Cambridge, MA) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 9G SCA SCSI drive > - multiple available > > SPARCClassic, no HD, 6 x 501-1991 SIMMs > > Ultra 10 with 333MHz 2M cache CPU, no ram, no HD > > Mouse Systems PC Jr Mouse (optical, no pad (could use pad from Sun)) > > 3Com 3C597TX Fast Ethernet EISA (use on Indigo 2 for 100baseTX !) > > > > > Let me know if there is anything here you want.... before I scrap > some of it, ebay other bits, etc... > > -- Curt > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 15 > Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:23:42 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> > Subject: Re: Sparc desktop vs x86 desktop > To: cctalk at classiccmp.org > Message-ID: <200810171623.m9HGNgAU030912 at onyx.spiritone.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > Is it a SunBlade 1000 by any chance? If so you'd better have a good > A/C in > > > the room. :-( I've only been able to run mine in the dead of winter > when I > > > could open the door and let cool air in. > > > > > > Zane > > > > > > > > > -- > > No it's a 2000. It's a lot bigger, noiser and heavier then I was > > expecting. I was thinking it was just a tower machine. I didn't > > realise the depth of it. > > Any idea how well these run with Solaris 10, do you know if it would > > run any quicker with 8 or 9. > > OK, I'm not sure but I think the 2000 is probably about as hot as the 1000, > as it is basically the same system, and I believe the 900Mhz CPU's are the > same part (I have dual 750Mhz CPU's in my 1000). I don't consider my 1000 > to be noisy, but it is BIG and HEAVY! In some ways I regret retiring my > dual 450Mhz Ultra 60, but the dual 750's with 4GB RAM make for a nicer > machine. I run mine with Solaris 10, but I tend to run CDE rather than the > Gnome based desktop as the Gnome desktop seems sluggish. > > The sad thing is, since it runs so hot, the main thing I've used my system > for is to low-level format SCA SCSI HD's (in an external JBOD) prior to > installing the drives in my OpenVMS system. I'd really like to upgrade to > a > nice Sun Ultra 24 system, but can't justify the expense (a Mac Pro would > make more sense for me). > > Zane > > > > End of cctech Digest, Vol 62, Issue 38 > ************************************** >

17 years, 6 months

L&S 7105 Color Terminal

by silent700＠gmail.com

I took delivery tonight of this most interesting apparatus: http://picasaweb.google.com/Silent700/LearSiegler7105Terminal# I can find zero info out on the Internets about it. Has anyone seen/used/captured one? It seems to be ANSI and VT52 compatible, as well as a custom graphics language. I've yet to hook it up to a host, but that's coming soon. The setup screens are quite dazzling as they are, but I'd like to see what else it can do. I do know that my setup parameters are "questionable." I'd like to get the manual scanned for preservation as well, but I'd rather not destroy it to do so. So I guess it's one page at a time on the ol' flatbed... j

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