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Hihi, I just won a side-table VAX for $5 :-)

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

Hi friends, luck was on my side today. I just won a government auction VAX 4000-200 with 3 RF72 DSSI disks in a nice pedestal for five bucks! :-) :-) The shipping from Salem, OH to Indy will add up to quite a bit more, but it could have been that and $200 if the market had been responsive to those as it usually is. This is quite likely the last VAX that will have a permanent place in my home (yea right, they all say that :-). I will probably get another VAX 6000 sometime soon, which I will give away to Micheal McCabe, if he still wants one. Next summer I am planning on two 6630 but those will be merged to one 6660 and then swapped against one of my 6400s. That will make another two 6420s available. And those go to Shengchao Li and/or Isildur, if they want them by then. regards, -Gunther -- Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow(a)regenstrief.org Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School of Medicine tel:1(317)630-7960 http://aurora.regenstrief.org

23 years, 10 months

O.K. test is done. Re: [test] what's the scoop with MSV-11

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

Thanks, the test was fine today. Sorry to bother you with this, Jay. -Gunther Pete Turnbull wrote: > On May 25, 13:14, Gunther Schadow wrote: > >>[I think I can still not post to cctalk, even though I'm subscribed. >> may be it just doesn't echo it back to me. Could someone send me an >> ACK if (s)he sees this message? Jay, could you check the maillog again >> for what's wrong?] Thanks!!! >> > > I got it OK... > > -- Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow(a)regenstrief.org Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School of Medicine tel:1(317)630-7960 http://aurora.regenstrief.org

23 years, 10 months

[test] what's the scoop with MSV-11

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

[I think I can still not post to cctalk, even though I'm subscribed. may be it just doesn't echo it back to me. Could someone send me an ACK if (s)he sees this message? Jay, could you check the maillog again for what's wrong?] Thanks!!! Hi, I don't understand MSV11 MOS RAM. I tried to use M8044 in a PDP11/03 and it won't work. This is the KC780 which I want to provide with more memory in order to get ready for my upgrade to the VAX 11/785. But the console program won't accept it. It seems to mumble about something that might be fixable with the dip-switches or jumpers on the card. What could it be? thanks, -Gunther PS: I can post more detail, but for now I'm just fighting with classiccmp to make it accept and forward my posts. Thanks. -- Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow(a)regenstrief.org Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School of Medicine tel:1(317)630-7960 http://aurora.regenstrief.org

23 years, 10 months

AT&T 705 multitasking terminal

by rdd＠rddavis.org

Yesterday, I discovered part of an AT&T model 705MT terminal in a thrift shop... it was just missing the keyboard. At the time, I didn't know that it was a "multitasking" terminal - still not sure what that means, but I figured that it should be possible to find a keyboard for it somewhere at some point in time. From what I can tell, it's VT100, etc. compatible. Since it was priced at only US$4 for the base unit, which appeared to be in good cosmetic condition, except for some screen burn, I bought it. Is anyone on this list familiar with these terminals? What is a "multitasking terminal"? ...also bought an Insync 1428NI monitor for US$4, thinking it to be a generic VGA monitor (taking a guess at this). -- Copyright (C) 2001 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other animals: All Rights Reserved an unnatural belief that we're above Nature & rdd(a)rddavis.org 410-744-4900 her other creatures, using dogma to justify such http://www.rddavis.org beliefs and to justify much human cruelty.

23 years, 10 months

Godbout Econoram X control settings

by fmc＠reanimators.org

Jim Battle asked for info on how his Econoram X is configured. I finally got the manual out to look at it. Guess I should scan it (12pp) before I put it away again. Econoram X is a 32Kx8 RAM board, designed for compatibility with the proposed IEEE standard for the S-100 bus. Date on the manual is 1/79. The board is addressable as three blocks of RAM: two blocks of 8KB called blocks A and B, and one block of 16KB called block C. The 8KB blocks reside at 8KB boundaries and the 16KB block resides at a 16KB boundary. Each block may also be disabled. Blocks A and B can be write protected, and each half of block C can be write protected. S1: 1: block A write enable (write enabled if on, protected if off) 2: block B write enable 3: block C lower 8KB write enable 4: block C upper 8KB write enable 5: block A disable (disabled if on) 6: block B disable 7: block C disable 8: write strobe select grounds S-100 bus pin 68/MWRITE, should be off if your front panel or CPU board drives this S2: 1-3: block A base address (1,2,3 are address bits 15,14,13) 4-6: block B base address (4,5,6 are address bits 15,14,13) 7-8: block C base address (7,8 are address bits 15,14) J1: (down by bus connector, near U7) if installed, board supports PHANTOM feature (Note there is also an Econoram Xa which is different: it is two 16KB blocks which can be located within a 64KB extended-address block, i.e. it knows about the IEEE 696 extended addressing, unlike the Econoram X.) -Frank McConnell

23 years, 10 months

Interface the keyboard from a Displaywriter with a modern PC?

by MTPro＠aol.com

Hello everyone, I like the new discussion system. Anyway, could someone please write directly to this man and possibly help him out? Please reply to: malcolmdean(a)earthlink.net -------------------------------------------------- Say, here's a question: I have several Displaywriter systems plus an extra keyboard, which in my opinion was the best every produced. I would like to interface the keyboard with a modern PC. I've been through months of trying to network within IBM and with the person who originally ported MS-DOS for the Displaywriter, but all I've got so far is that the keyboard PROBABLY has a standard IBM serial interface, and it MAY be possible to write PC software which would translate the serial input into "normal" keycodes. Any suggestions? Malcolm

23 years, 10 months

OT -- Paging . . . . .

by ghldbrd＠ccp.com

? McFadden, please call Joe Rigdon on his cell phone . . . he's in the middle of Kansas somewhere. I tried mcfadden(a)cmh.edu, and got a reject. If anyone else knows your correct addy, pass it along so we can get connected Gary Hildebrand St. Joseph, MO

23 years, 10 months

PowerBook 180c

by torquil＠rockbridge.net

Heya, I am looking to pick up a PowerBook 180c. Anyone got one? Thanks, Torquil MacCorkle III Lexington, Virginia

23 years, 10 months

Microvax 3100/90 OPA0

by bob_lafleur＠technologist.com

My "new" Microvax 3100/90 has 4 serial ports, 3 MMJ's and one DB25-M. The MMJ's are numbered 0, 1, and 3, and the DB25-M is labeled 2. I assume the one labeled 0 is the console OPA0 port. There is a big yellow sticker above the ports that says "0 OPA0" but it has a big arrow pointing to the RIGHT. (the ports are numbered 0, 1, 3, 2 from left to right). This sticker seems to be really odd. My MMJ cable should arrive Tuesday. I'm planning to connect to my PC serial port and use a terminal emulator to control the console. I assume I need a null-modem/crossover cable to go from my PC COM port to the MMJ jack... Correct me if I'm wrong. Does anyone know if it is possible to use the DB25-M port as OPA0 instead, like you can on the VAXstations? My MMJ will be here on Tuesday, but if I could use the DB25-M, I could get my machine up and running this weekend :) - Bob

23 years, 10 months

Apple //e with Swyft Card

by foo＠siconic.com

Here are the pictures I took of the Apple //e with the Swyft card I recently acquired: Picture of //e keyboard with Swyft labels http://siconic.com/computers/Swyft%20Apple%20IIe.jpg Swyft Card http://siconic.com/computers/Swyft%20Card.jpg Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

23 years, 11 months

Just found a VERY VERY VALUABLE TOOL!!!!

by mbg＠TheWorld.com

Unfortunately, www.dec.com is one of the blocked sites... "Per the request of the site owner, http://www.dec.com is no longer available in the Wayback Machine. Try another request or click here to see if the page is available, live, on the Web." Damn! Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | email: gentry at zk3.dec.com (work) | | Unix Support Engineering Group | mbg at world.std.com (home) | | Hewlett Packard | (s/ at /@/) | | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (603) 884 1055 (DEC '77-'98) | required." - mbg KB1FCA | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

23 years, 11 months

[CCTECH] Seagate SMD disk infoe needed

by jkunz＠unixag-kl.fh-kl.de

Hi. I have a 1GB 5,25" SMD disk from Seagate. It is a ST-41097J or ST-41201J. I didn't identify it yet exactely. All I found is the quick spec: st41097j.txt st41201j.txt, but I need the full manual with a description of the DIP switches and the pinout of the power connector. Has anyone this information? This disk and my QD33 would be a really nice disk sub system for my portable VAX / PDP11 project.... -- tsch??, Jochen Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/ _______________________________________________ cctech mailing list cctech(a)classiccmp.org http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctech

23 years, 11 months

[CCTALK] another test...goodbye to ftp.digital.com?

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

Yep... Someone whispered to me that ftp.digital.com seems to be evaporating? -- --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 Mac OS X 10.1 - Darwin Kernel Version 5 Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash > ---------- > From: Jay West > > this one should include non-digest subscribers >

23 years, 11 months

OT question and On-T info for the SGI crowd

by doc＠mdrconsult.com

I think all the pertinent hardware is really a couple of years too young, but hey. First the on-topic. Re: the recent thread about the ultra-weird PI SIMMs, I did find some 2M modules, and a shop here will do the chip conversion to 8M. With the caveat that he has no way to test the finished product, and offers no guarantee at all. He has worked on RAM for me in the past with very satisfactory results. It's M.C. Howard, here in Austin, they have a toll-free number listed on their website - http://www.mchoward.com - and the solder-wizard's name is Mel. They've been around for a very long time. Now the off-topic. I'm going to be doing some testing of a Challenge S, and will need to do it from a serial console, as it has no graphics option. The serial port's an RS422 just like a Mac, right? So a Mac printer cable from the Challenge to the Indigo2 serial port should work? I suppose I could figure out which one of my DE9-RS422 adapters isn't a null, chain that to a DE9-MMJ and just use the VT420, but that sounds sort of screwy, and not nearly as fun. Doc

23 years, 11 months

Need an EDAC connector

by foo＠siconic.com

I need an EDAC connector for the DEC CR-11 (Documation M200) punch card reader I am trying to interface. This is 1-5/8" wide by 3/4" high. It has 37 conductors and is of the female persuasion. I need it's male counterpart to breed it. Does anyone have a spare/know of a source? Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

23 years, 11 months

1541 cables (Was: VIC-20 stuff available)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick@idcomm.com] > DIN-5 cable - ~1 meter > DIN-5 cable - ~3 meter (home-made) This reminds me -- isn't standard MIDI also a DIN-5? Is it the same plug? If so, will the cables work? I might have to test this out. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

23 years, 11 months

Recent score: CBM 8032

by jplist＠globe.net.nz

Greetings all, Picked up a CBM 8032 today, amongst other good stuff a little more recently produced. I've plugged in and attempted to power it up, but I get zip... Bad power supply I guess? Anyone got any experience with these units, and/or fixing them? My favourite feature so far: The keyboard/monitor tips up and backwards and there is a prop rod to hold the upper chassis up, just like a hood prop :) JP

23 years, 11 months

AMD 2901 Microcode Meta-Assembler

by aek＠spies.com

> There was supposed to be an AMD assmebler for these chips. There was an entire CP/M based development system called the amsys/29 that AMD sold, which included AMDASM. I just scanned in the docs, and will be up on www.spies.com/aek/pdf/amd/2900 in a few days.

23 years, 11 months

1541 cables (Was: VIC-20 stuff available)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Gary Hildebrand [mailto:ghldbrd@ccp.com] > BTW, the standard MIDI cables are DIN-5, with pin 3 (middle one) as > shield/ground, pins 4&5 are a current loop to the LED in the > opto-isolators. I just bought a handful of DIN-5 plugs from > Mouser and > used shielded audio pair. I'd use god mic cable if you need something > more rugged. I might try making some drive cables up -- I have three 1541 drives (I think three...) setting in the basement doing nothing. A shame when they could be attached to a commodore which is also doing nothing at the moment ;) Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

23 years, 11 months

Need an EDAC connector

by jimw＠agora.rdrop.com

Sellam Wrote... ____________________________________________________________ I need an EDAC connector for the DEC CR-11 (Documation M200) punch card reader I am trying to interface. This is 1-5/8" wide by 3/4" high. It has 37 conductors and is of the female persuasion. I need it's male counterpart to breed it. Does anyone have a spare/know of a source? ____________________________________________________________ Oh yeah, THAT critter! Interestingly enough, it is still a production part (popular in the commercial aircraft world among others) and I got some for my reader from Grainger. To quote 'Beat The Geeks' (I love that show - should do a variation of that at VCF, no?) "That's the good news, now the bad news..." They run about $90 EACH! (eek!) Altho if you guilt trip on me bad enuf, I did buy two and might even know where the spare is... (maybe, sorta, aprox...) -jim --- jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com The Computer Garage - http://www.rdrop.com/~jimw

23 years, 11 months

VS3100m40 RAM?

by rschaefe＠gcfn.org

What kind of RAM do I need for an m40? Is it the same as the m38/m48? I've got 16MB in mine now, but I'd like to take that up to the max if I get a chance.

23 years, 11 months

VAXStation 2000 SCSI (Was: TK50Z-GA and MicroVax 3100/90?)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Ethan Dicks [mailto:erd_6502@yahoo.com] > I'm sure that Ethernet was standard on the VAXstation 2000. I have at I didn't know that. > least one MicroVAX 2000 - it has the DHT32 8-port serial option, but I've seen two, both with ethernet. > did not come with Ethernet. It came out of a law office that had > terminals on everyone's desk (I got it when they asked their support > guys how much it would cost to add another 8 terminals - they went > with PC-XTs...) Funny and tragic at the same time. > > Wolfgang Moeller's SCSI drivers for these systems. (Which I've not > > tried yet, but will eventually... > I haven't tried that either. I got it as patches, but not patches > to my version of the ROMs. I got them as a solid block of code to > be split into ROM images, but haven't played the swapping game to > figure out which ROM works in which socket. :-( Hmm -- he also has a "boot disk" that will supposedly make them work without patching the ROMS, or you can install the driver into a VMS system on an MFM disk, and still use SCSI disks, without either the boot disk or the ROM patch. Wolfgang is a helpful guy, and last I talked to him I got the impression that he'd very much like to see somebody other than himself use them ;) Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

23 years, 11 months

OT - Rock salt or bullets

by Innfogra＠aol.com

In a message dated 5/23/02 10:22:07 AM Pacific Daylight Time, doc(a)mdrconsult.com writes: > Hurts a _hell_ of a lot worse than getting shot. > This I have to disagree with, Having taken two 45 slugs for selling a fictional Laser Sculpting Tool I think that actually getting shot is much more painful. The short story is that a local crazy thought I sold a laser to a couple of other locals who were going to use it to give him a lobotomy (1980). He came looking for them. When I told him it wasn't true, he shot me. The moral is not to tell a crazy that he is wrong. I only spent 11 days in the hospital thanks to an Ex Air Force doctor that had had experience with gunshots. No permanent disabilities, thank goodness. In the long run it lead me to moving to Portland and getting into the computer business. If I hadn't gotten shot many of you on the list would not have gotten the classics from me that you did. (to make it a little on topic.) Paxton Astoria. OR

23 years, 11 months

Fujitsu HALstation 330

by dtwright＠uiuc.edu

I just picked up one of those today. I'm not sure of the date, but I think it might only be 7.5-8 yrs old, making it slightly OT... anyway, does anyone know anything about this box? All I've been able to find out so far is that it was the first marketed SPARC64 machine, it was technically very good, but was a total market failure. In other words, it's obscure and weird, perfect for a classiccmp find ;) It's a sun-compatible box -- I've fired it up with a serial console and I get a sun-ish OpenBoot prompt, etc. So, my question is, does anyone know more about this thing? Anyone have docs, OS media (if it won't run normal solaris...not sure), or anything? Thanks! - Dan Wright (dtwright(a)uiuc.edu) (http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright) -] ------------------------------ [-] -------------------------------- [- ``Weave a circle round him thrice, / And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honeydew hath fed, / and drunk the milk of Paradise.'' Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan

23 years, 11 months

DEC Pro350

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> Might it be possible to use the colour output when connected > to the TV? Now that would be an interesting appliance? Shoot, I think just getting it to work in monochrome on a TV is interesting! > > Is VENIX worth trying on this thing? > > I don't know what VENIX is or how it works, but I get the > impression that VENIX was used on the PRO350 when > the PRO350 was used as the console device for the > VAX 780?????? VENIX is a UNIX varient. Personally, of all the OS's available I'd recommend RT-11. My Pro380 was originally a VAX console (they were used on the 8000 somethings). It's still got the software for that on the hard drive. I'm not sure what exactly it is, other than I don't think it's P/OS, and it's most definitly not RT-11 or a UNIX varient. I think it's also possible to run a version of 2.xBSD (2.9 IIRC) on the Pro's. Zane

23 years, 11 months

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