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-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Antonio Carlini
Sent: 06 June 2007 17:49
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: RE: New DEC problem
Rod Smallwood wrote:
> Hi
>
> Boot, well sort of. Its down loading a file from a boot server using
> BOOT EZA0 (The ethernet port).
> That it does OK and on the boot server it says download OK.
> However it does not run the downloaded file. I may have the wrong one.
If it manages to download something (and thinks that it is successful)
then that sounds like a non-fatal error.
What are you downloading?
Antonio
Voltage problems apart what do you have?
Rod
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Paul Anderson
Sent: 06 June 2007 18:33
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: My Collection Profile
Hi Rod,
I have most of the items on your wish list, but I'm in the states.
Thanks, Paul
On 6/5/07, Rod Smallwood <RodSmallwood at mail.ediconsulting.co.uk> wrote:
>
> The story so far:
>
> VAX 4000-200 x1
>
> VAX 4000-300 x1
>
> PDP11/94 x4 No CPU cards
>
> SA600 (4 x RA92) x1
>
> SA600 (2 x RA92) x1
>
> VT420 x3
>
> VT320 x1
>
> VT330 x1
>
> LA75 x3
>
>
>
>
>
> Of these, plus other (Non-Dec kit) for sale or swap
>
> (All funds to save other old DEC kit)
>
> PDP 11/94 (No cpu cards) x2
>
> VT 420 x2
>
> LA75 x2
>
> HP 700 Terminal x1
>
> HP 2392A Terminal x1
>
> Shiva LAN Rover x1
>
> Victor PC in pristine condx. X1
>
> SA600 (2 x RA92) x1
>
> Wish list
>
> PDP-8/E
>
> KDJ11-BF (M8190-AE) x 4 Replacements for the missing 11/94 CPU
>
> MSV11-JE x 4 " " 11/94 Memory
>
> VT05
>
> VT100
>
> VT220
>
> LA36
>
> LA180
>
> DELNI
>
> DECSA
>
> Rainbow
>
> Anything else with a DEC label I can lift and and will fit into the
> car.
>
> Objectives
>
> Working Examples of PDP8 , PDP11, and VAX systems.
>
> DECNet Network to connect the above.
>
> Working Examples of VT100, VT200, VT300, VT400, and VT500 series
> terminals
>
> Decserver 200 connecting the above to the network
>
> Working Examples of LA series terminals/printers
>
>
>
>
>
> Rod Smallwood
>
>
>
>
Hi Guys
The most useful internal document we had when I was at DEC was the
Price Book.
It consisted of a 250 page line printer document reduced from 15" to A3
and bound into
Book format. Every saleable item was in there.
There must have been a database somewhere with every item DEC sold and
its part number.
Im unsure but there may well have been a corporate DEC 10 in the Mill.
Somebody, somewhere must have a tape backup of the price list. (Now that
would be a real find!!)
We never knew how the part numbers got allocated either.
However the product numbers like DLV11-J tended to be generated by the
Product Line
And the module numbers like M7786 were of engineering origin.
It makes a little more sense if you know the internal structure of DEC
(yes it did have one!)
Rod Smallwood
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Antonio Carlini
Sent: 06 June 2007 22:28
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: RE: DEC parts code reference?
Jules Richardson wrote:
> That's precisely my problem - I was spotting vague patterns earlier,
> but then something would come along that just didn't fit in, and
> having a few exceptions makes the whole idea of sifting things based
> on part code alone rather redundant :-)
DEC produced "stuff" for (just) over 40 years; naming consistency over
that period is a tad tough :-)
Someone sent me a copy of an Options and Modules CD set from the mid
1990s ... I think I sent it to Manx but I'm not sure how easy it would
be to make available over the net. (It's not the amount of data, it's
more how to present it).
Antonio
Still clearing things out...
I found a spare PDP-11/34 front panel -- the "Programmer's" type, with
the octal display and octal keypad. Complete with all the cables but
does not include the KY11-L SPC card that would control it. Free for
cost of postage from York, UK.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
>Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 02:32:54 +0100
>From: "Rod Smallwood" <RodSmallwood at mail.ediconsulting.co.uk>
> Subject: RE: Repairing the damage.
> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech at classiccmp.
org>
>
...
>I probably failed to make my self clear.
>
> 1. Yes MOP is part of a whole heap of programs that go to
> make up DECNET
>
> 2. MOP stands for Maintenance Operations Protocol and that
> what is was for.
>
> 3 It pre dates DECnet (Well at lest internally in DEC)
MOP is part of the DECnet architecture set, and like DECnet has gone
through a number of versions, and releases. It actually underwent a
boom in the later years, as Ethernet got cheap and diskless network
devices became attractive.
It is a simple lower level datagram protocol, and does not need the
normal session stack to run. In smarter network devices, a MOP
bootstrap can be in the device ROM.
All that said; architecture, implementation, and deployment vary with
platforms and time.
For those that grew up on TCP/IP only (and thus doomed to repeat the
past), it is best to think of MOP as the DECnet analog of BOOTP, with a
little bit of DHCP and ARP sprinkled in.
...
> 8. Its twenty-five years since I was a product manager in
> DEC SWS. No wonder I'm a bit hazy on this stuff!
>
> Regards
> Rod Smallwood
There's your problem. I was a software engineer for DECnet-RSX,
DECnet-PRO, DECnet-DOS, and PATHWorks. I was also the architect of the
DAP Protocol v6 and a DECnet Token Ring Datalink. The later included
MOP specfications too.
I still have copies of all the Phase IV era DNA specs.
Dave.
> > Hi,
> >
> > >> Changing the subject slightly, IIRC the original "Acorn 6502
> > >>Second Processor" cheese-wedge was just that, a faster 6502?
> > >
> > > Actualy, it's a 3MHz 65C02.
> >
> > Ah, thanks for that....it's been a few years since I had the lid off mine.
> >
> >
> > >>....problems (in fact, total failure IIRC?) when I tried running
> > >>a 65c02 in a Model B sometime in the early 90's?
> > >
> I too recently tried that, with three new 65c02's. The BBC would have
> none of it : it only booted with the NMOS 6502
>
> Jos
IIRC this was caused by a slight timing difference of the Phi2 signal.
This could be solved by placing two 220pF ceramic capacitors over pins
7 and 11 of IC29 and IC37. This would fix the Beeb's booting problem, but
unfortunately this would create a DRAM timing problem for Solidisk's
96k Sideways RAM expansion for the 32k SWR board. Took me (literally)
years to figure that out!
One of my 'when-i-have-time' things is experimenting with the capacitor's
value to see if I can find the right value :-)
Cheers,
Eelco
did DEC (or a
third party) ever produce a reference listing of DEC "parts codes" against
function (e.g. RK05 = removable disk, KL11 = serial interface etc.)
--
Yes, the 'edited' and 'unedited' options/modules list(s)
The April 1983 edited document can be found at
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/modules/modulesAndOptions/
There are separate catalogs for documentation, since they changed more often
with software releases.
The story so far:
VAX 4000-200 x1
VAX 4000-300 x1
PDP11/94 x4 No CPU cards
SA600 (4 x RA92) x1
SA600 (2 x RA92) x1
VT420 x3
VT320 x1
VT330 x1
LA75 x3
Of these, plus other (Non-Dec kit) for sale or swap
(All funds to save other old DEC kit)
PDP 11/94 (No cpu cards) x2
VT 420 x2
LA75 x2
HP 700 Terminal x1
HP 2392A Terminal x1
Shiva LAN Rover x1
Victor PC in pristine condx. X1
SA600 (2 x RA92) x1
Wish list
PDP-8/E
KDJ11-BF (M8190-AE) x 4 Replacements for the missing 11/94 CPU
MSV11-JE x 4 " " 11/94 Memory
VT05
VT100
VT220
LA36
LA180
DELNI
DECSA
Rainbow
Anything else with a DEC label I can lift and and will fit into the
car.
Objectives
Working Examples of PDP8 , PDP11, and VAX systems.
DECNet Network to connect the above.
Working Examples of VT100, VT200, VT300, VT400, and VT500 series
terminals
Decserver 200 connecting the above to the network
Working Examples of LA series terminals/printers
Rod Smallwood
I have mentioned this system on this list a couple times before. The
IMS 5000 IS is a S-100 based multiprocessor system running turbodos 1.3
(an extended multiprocessing CP/M clone). It is a very well built
machine, clearly intended for office use.
It has a single DSDD 96 tpi 5.25" floppy and a 10 MB hard disk (rodime
ro 200). It boots off the hard drive, and couple months ago I spent
some time and cracked the login/password file. The floppy disk appears
to work (I can "dir" and get files off a floppy created on a PC using
the teledisk program).
The system doesn't have much on it in the way of development software,
just some custom apps written for the dentist's office this came out of.
As it is a CP/M system, though, you can use standard CP/M programs on it.
The master system has a 8085-based intelligent terminal card, plus a
master Z80 CPU and two slave Z80 CPUs. Each cpu has 64 KB of parity
checked DRAM.
I tried plugging in the slave to the master but I suspect things are not
cabled right, as the slave terminal acts as if it is wired in parallel
to the master terminal.
I'd like to find a new home for this system. I simply don't have enough
time to mess with it, and I don't have enough interest to make the time.
Here are some a few cruddy pictures:
http://home.pacbell.net/frustum/ims5000/
The only problem is that the local/remote key on the slave terminal
keyboard is broken off (before I received it). The key still works; you
can depress the stub of the plunger that is left, but luckily it is a
key that normally doesn't need to be used.
This system would be shipped from austin, tx 78737 at your expense. I
recommend fedex ground, as it seems to be the least expensive of the
majors for heavy items like this. It would be two boxes. I haven't
weighed them, but I would guess 50 lbs and 30 lbs. They were shipped to
me in their original boxes, and I'd ship them to you the same way. This
means that there is a custom foam shell for each unit, but it also means
that the original boxes are somewhat tattered and one has been
reinforced, so don't wail that I've ruined everything by harming the
original boxes.
I'll give preference to anybody willing to come and pick them up, soon.
Hi
Boot, well sort of. Its down loading a file from a boot server using
BOOT EZA0 (The ethernet port).
That it does OK and on the boot server it says download OK.
However it does not run the downloaded file. I may have the wrong one.
Rod
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Antonio Carlini
Sent: 05 June 2007 22:54
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: RE: New DEC problem
Rod Smallwood wrote:
> After selecting the language it counts down to 10 and then fails test
> C5.
>
> Does anybody know what test C5 tests.
> If its an unterminated DSSI bus thats OK anything else could be a
> problem.
When I had a KZQSA in a VAX 4000-500 I found that it would fail
self-test if either port was left unterminated. I would not be surprised
if an unterminated DSSI port had the same effect.
Does it still boot if you make it boot manually (i.e. is the error fatal
or does it just interfere with automatic booting?)
Antonio
Well the DELNI can come off the list and from using a Chase IOLAN box
as terminal server.
I now have enough Decserver 200's to connect every type of serial
device DEC ever made.
They were going for a song so I gave them my version of "My Way" and
got them very cheap!!
Rod Smallwood
Thanks Rick
I'll get the CPU manual from bitsavers.
Rod
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rick Murphy
Sent: 06 June 2007 11:49
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: New DEC problem
At 04:43 AM 6/4/2007, Rod Smallwood wrote:
>Hi
> And now something for all you Decsperts to get your teeth into.
>My VAX4000-300 is failing the self test.
>
>After selecting the language it counts down to 10 and then fails test
>C5.
>
>Does anybody know what test C5 tests.
>If its an unterminated DSSI bus thats OK anything else could be a
>problem.
According to the KA670 Tech Manual (EK-KA670-TM, it's on bitsavers.) the
C5 diagnostic is for the system support chip. I don't know if an
unterminated DSSI will cause this, but it's plausible.
Hopefully this additional information will elicit a more helpful reply.
-Rick
Hi
Thanks for the positive feed back. Needless to say like all standards
S100 had different versions.
For example the Northstar Horizion had some active components on the
mother board.
However if we look at a basic passive (other than power) back plane.
What are the potential problems? Firstly the connectors are they
available? They had two rows of fifty connections.
Spacing pin to pin .125in. Mother board was thicker than the usual 1/16
in for rigidity possibily 3/32 in.
Card guides pretty standard but how high? Then the metalwork supporting
the card guides.
Possible Parts List
1. Double sided S100 motherboard (Say twelve slots)
2. Aluminium base plate drilled for backplane and card guide
supports.
3. Twelve double sided 2x50 edge connectors.
4. Card guide support frame.
5. Twenty four card guides.
6. Nuts, bolts and screws etc.
Rod Smallwood
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Dan
Sent: 03 June 2007 12:59
To: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: New pcb design for S-100 prototype board available
Rod,
I see what you mean. I'm just starting off small right now since it's
mainly a hobby. It's mostly to support the existing vintage computers
out there. I really don't know what the demand there is for a new S-100
chassis. I suppose that might be a good kit to build with the right
parts. I can look into this.
=Dan
[ My Corner of Cyberspace http://ragooman.home.comcast.net/ ]
Rod Smallwood wrote:
> Prototype boards are nice but whats really needed is an S100 card cage
with back plane and PSU.
> Its normal to build the foundations before the rest of the house!!
>
> Rod Smallwood
>
>
At 04:43 AM 6/4/2007, Rod Smallwood wrote:
>Hi
> And now something for all you Decsperts to get your teeth into.
>My VAX4000-300 is failing the self test.
>
>After selecting the language it counts down to 10 and then fails test
>C5.
>
>Does anybody know what test C5 tests.
>If its an unterminated DSSI bus thats OK anything else could be a
>problem.
According to the KA670 Tech Manual (EK-KA670-TM, it's on bitsavers.)
the C5 diagnostic is for the system support chip. I don't know if an
unterminated DSSI will cause this, but it's plausible.
Hopefully this additional information will elicit a more helpful reply.
-Rick
Have a few AT&T terminals free for local pickup.
I'm located in Kent, Wa. South of Seattle. These have been
tested.
Models 513 and 615. include keyboards (80's vintage)
-Jerry
Jerry Wright
g-wright at att.net
Hi
It would appear we are saying the same thing.
It looks like I got reasonably close and you are confiming that
I'll also take it that my interpretation of the relative positions in
the OSI model etc. are OK.
You imply this anyway.
Would you mind answering one or two DECnet questions?
Regards
Rod
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of dave at mitton.com
Sent: 06 June 2007 00:30
To: cctech at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: DECnet and MOP
>Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 02:32:54 +0100
>From: "Rod Smallwood" <RodSmallwood at mail.ediconsulting.co.uk>
> Subject: RE: Repairing the damage.
> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech at classiccmp.
org>
>
...
>I probably failed to make my self clear.
>
> 1. Yes MOP is part of a whole heap of programs that go to make up
> DECNET
>
> 2. MOP stands for Maintenance Operations Protocol and that
> what is was for.
>
> 3 It pre dates DECnet (Well at lest internally in DEC)
MOP is part of the DECnet architecture set, and like DECnet has gone
through a number of versions, and releases. It actually underwent a
boom in the later years, as Ethernet got cheap and diskless network
devices became attractive.
It is a simple lower level datagram protocol, and does not need the
normal session stack to run. In smarter network devices, a MOP
bootstrap can be in the device ROM.
All that said; architecture, implementation, and deployment vary with
platforms and time.
For those that grew up on TCP/IP only (and thus doomed to repeat the
past), it is best to think of MOP as the DECnet analog of BOOTP, with a
little bit of DHCP and ARP sprinkled in.
...
> 8. Its twenty-five years since I was a product manager in DEC SWS. No
> wonder I'm a bit hazy on this stuff!
>
> Regards
> Rod Smallwood
There's your problem. I was a software engineer for DECnet-RSX,
DECnet-PRO, DECnet-DOS, and PATHWorks. I was also the architect of the
DAP Protocol v6 and a DECnet Token Ring Datalink. The later included
MOP specfications too.
I still have copies of all the Phase IV era DNA specs.
Dave.
Had a Symbolics 3640 dropped off on Sunday evening along with a Symbolics
model OP36-DISP display. Missing are the keyboard, FD, and all the needed
cables (power cord also). I opened the front door and saw two hard drives
mounted inside. Will also be looking for manuals and some software. Anyone
would information please email me.
Thanks John
Hi
Well done that guy!!
What you have done is both the spirit and the essence of classic
computing.
You are to be congratulated on both effort and persistence.
"A shining light to lead others into the darkness of old computer
restoration"
I was at DEC (UK) in the 70's and Modcomp would pop up as competition
>from time to time.
Hasn't that front panel got DEC overtones?
Is there a keyboard terminal or screen with it?
Rod Smallwood
DecCollector
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Lyle Bickley
Sent: 05 June 2007 05:07
To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only
Subject: MODCOMP II Rescue Revisited...
A number of you probably remember me "announcing" in Jan, 2007 that I
had rescued a MODCOMP II/12 from a lab here in Silicon Valley. The link
for that is below (sorry, it's slow - the pictures are large).
http://bickleywest.com/modcomp.htm
After a lot of work cleaning up both the CPU and I/O chassis I began
checking out the system. It turned out that the I/O chassis was in
pretty bad shape.
I went back to the lab facility where I found the MODCOMP II - looked
through several more buildings - and found another lone MODCOMP II I/O
chassis. I went through the "salvage" process again - and finally picked
it up about a month ago.
It was in a lot better shape than the original I/O unit. And the really
great news - it was an identical configuration to my original I/O
chassis.
After cleaning it up, doing all the usual capacitor, power supply
checking - I powered it up - and everything "looked" good - and no bad
"cooking"
smells ;-)
I cabled up the CPU and I/O unit, powered 'em up - and to my amazement
the front panel controls seemed to work O.K.
I then did the usual hand memory tests - and core memory worked O.K.
every location I tested.
I then wrote a bunch of small diagnostics (in machine code) - and found
that I/O was not easy to code - but I did enough to check that the
console in/out ports worked O.K.
Today I loaded diagnostic monitors, and diags - and most of the system -
including I/O is working! The really good news is that all 64K (words)
of core memory passed the long manufacturing memory diagnostic - which
even tests for "hot cores" failing.
It's been months in the making this critter come alive - but it sure
feels great when the diagnostics tell you that you are on the right
track :-)
Cheers,
Lyle
--
Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
Mountain View, CA
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
http://cgi.ebay.com/IDE-Controller-for-Hard-Drive-KS-4-16-Bit-ISA-1989_W0QQ…
Anyone have one of these they'd like to sell? I ain't
paying $50 though. Funny "Joe" seems to think generic
Taiwanese stuff should command that kind of value. And
he has a lot of it up for bidding, all priced in a
similar outrageous fashion.
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Hi,
I recently came into possession of a vintage video card apparently for
a NuBus Mac II. Can anyone help identify it? I do not have a Mac so I
cannot plug it into anything.
It is a two card video board from Rasterops with an apparent NuBus
connector. The boards both say "RASTEROPS CORP MADE IN U.S.A."
The main board says "(C) 1987" and the daughterboard says "(C) 1988"
The back of the main card says "P.C.B. 0001-0013 REV. XB1"
The back of the daughter card says "P.C.B. 0001-0019 REV. 01"
There are no visible FCC IDs anywhere on the card but may be buried
under the circuitry. I have not disassembled the card.
Here are some photos of the card. ?Any information would be
appreciated, even confirming what Mac II NuBus video card this model
is NOT would be helpful. ?Based on an earlier post on
"comp.sys.mac.graphics" with responses and some clues, I suspect it to
be a RasterOps 24L card cannot confirm it.
http://www.geocities.com/lynchaj/img_3023.jpghttp://www.geocities.com/lynchaj/img_3024.jpghttp://www.geocities.com/lynchaj/img_3025.jpg
Thanks in advance!
Andrew Lynch
Hi
And now something for all you Decsperts to get your teeth into.
My VAX4000-300 is failing the self test.
After selecting the language it counts down to 10 and then fails test
C5.
Does anybody know what test C5 tests.
If its an unterminated DSSI bus thats OK anything else could be a
problem.
Rod Smallwood
I also use PCBExpress for the small boards I make (transmitters and offset
attenuators for transmitter hunting), and they are quick and inexpensive. I'm
told by a friend of mine that a place in (I think) Bulgeria makes good quality
boards at a better price (and are ROHS compliant) but I haven't tried them.
Sidelight - The guy who started PCBExpress lives in Santa Barbara and used to
work for Polymorphic Systems. One of the things *I* am interested in is finding
out is if a "MicroAltair" was ever made by Polymorphic or if it was a
preliminary announcement that got quashed by MITS. That was why the reason for
the conversation I had with him (still don't know, but got another lead to find
out.)
Marvin, KE6HTS
> but the "bare bones" boards. I use them for prototypes too. If you want
> high volume large "bare bones" PCBs, NO ONE (that I've found) so far can
> beat PCBExpress. I used them to make 20 14x12" PCBs for my 19,008 LED
> bitmap display. I think the bill was $340. :D They are kind of strange
> about drill sizes... You have to choose from around 15 sizes.
>
> Grant