Anybody know what this card is? It has no card edge connectors like a Q-bus or Unibus card but does have a metal plate with connectors along one side. The plate has a BNC, DB-9M, DB-15M, DB-25M, RJ (something) and an eight pin Molex connecotr on it. The board has a NEC 7220 graphics IC, an AMD 8085 CPU and several LSICs with DEC copywrites on it.
Joe
Having fond memories of using VAXen (specifically, an 8800) back in my
'stoodent' days, and in more recent times too (unknown type @ JP Morgan),
and further having seen numerous references to OpenVMS & VAXen on this
list, I got to thinking...
I'd actually quite like a VAX.
Unfortunately, this is probably impossible in the short term - unless I
want to buy the MicroVAX 3100 currently on eBay @ a fiver. But that's not a
*real* VAX, it's just not big enough... And besides, it hasn't got a
CD-ROM, which I will need to load OpenVMS.
Anyway, following yet another link posted on this list revealed the PDP-11
(and, coincidentally, VAX) simulator. Nice. So I downloads it, along with
MinGW (anyone else think of "minging[1] Windows" immediately, or is it just
me?), compile it, and eventually figure out roughly how to get to the basic
VAX ">>>" prompt. And here, I'm rather stuck.
So, does anyone have any nice'n'easy instructions on how to get the SIMH
VAX simulator ready for OpenVMS? I've read both the simulator document &
the VAX document, and I'm still well in the dark WRT how to get it up &
running... Basically, I've no idea what devices to ATTACH, what or how to
configure it, and so forth.
Obviously, I'll have to sort out an OpenVMS kit before I can do anything
remotely useful, and I'll probably need an extra HDD in the PC (<1gig free
now), blah blah. (oh yes, and Hans has found several faults in my websites
which I /really/ ought to fix first... - but, well, you know how it goes :)
So, can anyone help?
TIA!
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Hello,
We purchased the domain names AdamComputer.com & AdamComputers.com for a project that we are no longer able to develop.
Domains for sale are:
www.AdamComputer.comwww.AdamComputers.com
I wanted to see if you have an interest or know of someone who could make use of these domains. We are just looking to recoup what we paid for these domains, as they no longer fall into our business plans.
Let me know if you are interested or if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Dusty
dusty(a)rumcakerecipe.com
Hello all,
Just broke my old Atari out of jail (closet). The setup is an Atari 800
with 2-810 disk drives, one of them with the Happy Enhancement. I can't for
the life of me fine the manual for the Happy drive. Can anyone help.
Thanks,
Dennis
Online staff -- Electronic News, 3/25/2003
Portable computer pioneer Adam Osborne died Monday at age 64 after a long
illness, Reuters reported.
The British immigrant and Berkeley, Calif., resident was famed for his
introduction of the 23-pound luggable computer in 1981. The technology and
his gutsy attempt to challenge then PC kings Apple Computer and IBM made his
start-up, Osborne Computer Corp., the fastest-growing company up to that
time.
But the success ended in bankruptcy two years later, making Osborne's trials
a forgotten example of the dangers of undisciplined growth that was recently
repeated by various dot-commers.
Career challenges were not new to Osborne, however. Originally a chemical
engineering with Shell Oil, he gambled on a career in technical writing and
publishing during the formative years of the PC industry.
With an opportunity to go head-to-head with Apple in his sights, Osborne
turned to developing the first commercially viable portable computer and was
backed by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Jack Melchor.
In Osborne Computer's first year, 1981, it had sold $5.8 million worth of
the Osborne-1. By the end of 1982, the company had sold $68.8 million. But
then Osborne boasted his second-generation product before it was ready to
ship, pushing sales of his first model down. As the tech industry's seen
happen many time since, an inventory build up occurred, forcing Osborne
Computer to close in 1983.
"His enthusiasm for the next big thing meant Adam couldn't keep a secret,"
Lee Felsenstein, co-founder of Osborne Computer, told Reuters.
Compaq Computer Corp. snatched up the opportunity and introduced its first
product, a portable computer, in 1983.
Osborne was buried today in a local cemetery near his sister's home, in
Kodiakanal, India, Reuters reported.
Jon Titus
Milford, MA
jontitus(a)attbi.com
[demime 1.01a removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a name of winmail.dat]
Gents, I have in my posession an Industrial VAX 630.
Seen here...
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dwoyciesjes
I was curious, can anyone give more info on it?
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Coleco Adam, two digital cassette drives, think it had a Z80, could run CP/M. Was also an add-on to the Coleco game console at the time, to turn it into an Adam as well. Don't remember time frame, mid eighties?
"Jay West" <jwest(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>Question....
>
>Was there a vintage computer called an "Adam"? I *THINK* I recall hearing
>something about that name. If so, then the below email MAY be of interest to
>someone. If there wasn't such a computer, then this email is SPAM and I
>apologize for posting it here.
>
>Jay West
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dusty Fohs" <dusty(a)rumcakerecipe.com>
>To: <jwest(a)classiccmp.org>
>Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 11:01 AM
>Subject: AdamComputer.com domains
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> We purchased the domain names AdamComputer.com & AdamComputers.com for a
>project that we are no longer able to develop.
>>
>> Domains for sale are:
>>
>> www.AdamComputer.com
>> www.AdamComputers.com
>>
>> I wanted to see if you have an interest or know of someone who could make
>use of these domains. We are just looking to recoup what we paid for these
>domains, as they no longer fall into our business plans.
>>
>> Let me know if you are interested or if you have any questions.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dusty
>> dusty(a)rumcakerecipe.com
>
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> From: Jay West [mailto:jwest@classiccmp.org]
>
> Question....
>
> Was there a vintage computer called an "Adam"? I *THINK* I
> recall hearing
Indeed there was: The Coleco Adam. A Google search throws up a number of
links & pix.
Hans wrote:
> Now, does anyone of you know about a similar machine
> (especialy about the desktop part) produced in series
> before 1963?
All of the following are electronic desktop
personal computers used by engineers and mass
produced before 1963.
I have copies of magazine ads for these computers:
Electronic Associates Inc. Model TR-48 April 1962
Electronic Associates Inc. Model TR-10 June 1960
Donner Scientific Co. Model 3500 April 1960
Donner Scientific Co. Model 3400 February 1960
Of course there is also the Heath EC-1 introduced
in 1960 and the Heath ES-400 introduced in 1956.
--Doug
=========================================
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@ home in Poulsbo, WA
Analog Computer Online Museum and History Center
http://dcoward.best.vwh.net/analog
=========================================
>From: "Jim Donoghue" <jim(a)smithy.com>
>
>I have several 5 1/4" *hard-sectored* floppy disks. These are in some
>proprietary format, they are read by a controller that consists of a Z80
>CPU, an EPROM, and some TTL chips. All this thing does is read the
>entire contents of the disk, outputting the data in parallel format over
>a ribbon cable. This is used to load CPU microcode into static RAMS.
>I want to be able to read the data from the disks, as I no longer have
>the controller/drive (or the mainframe it came from.)
>Any ideas?
>--
>Jim Donoghue
>Smithy Co.
>(734) 913-6700
>
Hi
Get something like an EZKIT-lite from Analog Devices.
These are proto typing boards for their DSP chips. These
processors are fast enough to bit bang the data from
floppies. You use one of the digital input lines.
Once you determine the encoding method, you can look
for the directory area or what ever.
Dwight
I have several 5 1/4" *hard-sectored* floppy disks. These are in some
proprietary format, they are read by a controller that consists of a Z80
CPU, an EPROM, and some TTL chips. All this thing does is read the
entire contents of the disk, outputting the data in parallel format over
a ribbon cable. This is used to load CPU microcode into static RAMS.
I want to be able to read the data from the disks, as I no longer have
the controller/drive (or the mainframe it came from.)
Any ideas?
--
Jim Donoghue
Smithy Co.
(734) 913-6700
> On Tuesday, March 25, 2003, Jay West wrote:
> > FYI - I'm likely going to be bidding on the DEC "3 high" rack on Ebay that
> > includes an RA81. The RA81 is missing the HDA, and I have no need for it,
> > I just want the rack as it's the right height to mate to my 11/44X. If
> > anyone wants the RA81-HDA, let me know before it gets skipped.
>
> :-) Of my 12 RA81s, 10 or so have Post-it notes saying "Bad HDA". I'm
> starting to see a pattern here...
If you look at the seller on eBay's auctions, you'll notice that he's pulled
all the 'high demand' parts from everything that he's selling. In fact I
don't think he's selling anything that's actually usable, unless like Jay
you need a specific part of what he's selling.
Zane
Hi Glen and Joe,
Thanks for your replies. I've had a closer look at the controller /
computer / terminal connections. It seems to work something like this
The 2648A terminal has a 13260A card that is connected via a short hooded
edge connector and cable to a longer hooded edge connector on the rear of
the 'controller' box. The controller box is then connected via another
cable (that I have) to a 12531 card the HP 1000 computer.
The long hooded connector on the controller has the same number of contacts
as the 12531 card in the computer - so I would assume that it is just
replicating the contacts in the computer.
The controller box has a number of short-cut keys for various functions that
the system can perform so I would guess that the controller can inject
characters into the connection between the terminal and the computer.
My memory is that all the funcions have two character shortcuts that can be
typed in at the terminal and I notice a couple of cards with diode matricies
in the controller. There is a diode array for each key consisting of up to
16 diodes - 2 lots of eight bit ascii - maybe.
Anyhow, Glen it looks as though your cable detective work is correct. The
cable is a 13232B p/n 02640-60058 for connecting the 2648A to a 12531
interface.
Joe can you please have a fish around and see if you have the right cable +
we can work something out.
If not then I'll have to take the build-it-yourself approach.
Many thanks to you both.
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I have acquired an HP-86B. Will this work with any older composite
monochrome monitor with an RCA video in jack or only the HP monitors which
seem to be hard to find?
Thank you
Ethan Dicks wrote:
.
> I brought home an 11/34, several RL02s and the two H960 DEC
> racks (72" tall) in the back of my 1976 VW Microbus.
Darn. I was getting set to respond to this thread with the tale of
borrowing a friend's camper version Microbus to haul home my "new"
VAX-11/730 in late 1990. But that was just a single low-boy cabinet,
and now I feel like a whiner... ;^)
--Steve.
OK, it's a few decades late, but I've got a few dozen Motorola
chips from the early 70's that must be interesting to somebody:
MC679P
MC675P
MC669P
MC688P
etc., all 14-pin DIP packages. I think these were Motorola's DTL
line, but maybe they were really RTL - my brain cannot recall. Anyway,
they're free (I'll even pay shipping) to whoever wants them, first come,
first served.
Tim.
Hre's one for the old-iron and who-was-first buffs.
Take a look at
http://www.tsd.de/lehmann/framed4a.htm
The displayed machine is an East German development from
the early 60's. The unit went into 'mass' production in
1963. It is sait that this might be the first desktop
PC ever. The whole unit is self contained with CPU, two
paper tape drived (one is also, IIRC, a puncher), and a
front panel. THe comuter was ment to be as a 'workstation'
on an engeneers desk.
Now, does anyone of you know about a similar machine
(especialy about the desktop part) produced in series
before 1963?
Gruss
H.
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What kind of connector is on the system controller end? A card edge
connector on an I/O board or something else?
I have 264x terminal manuals at home that should have the pinout for the
card edge connector on the terminal end and I can look that up later if no
one else beats me to it.
I think the card edge connector on the terminal end is not difficult to
obtain but the 48? conductor card edge connector on HP 1000 I/O cards is
difficult to obtain if that's what you have on the system controller end.
>After pulling the parts of the system out of the store and trying to put it
>all together I find that I am minus the cable that connects the display
>terminal (an HP 2648A) to the system controller. The connector at the
>system controller end is marked 'teletype'.
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collect a NEC Multisync 5D.
It's getting skipped on Friday - I cannot arrange shipping, so please
don't ask.
Please contact me off list, as I'm not monitoring the list actively for
various political reasons...
Tim.
I have the following stuff at a location near (115 miles west) Denver, Colorado;
S100 Mainframe with:
20 Amp Power supply
Godbout 6Meg-Z80 card
Godbout disk controller card
Godbout I/O card
64K memory card - mfg ?
2 DSDD 8 1/2" drives
Visual 330 terminal
Misc books and software
All in unknown condition, worked 20 years ago when I last tried it.
Been stored since then in a barn, was dry though.
I could not figure out where to sell it on EBAY, any suggestions?
Jim
> Knew there was a reason why I wasn't a real Apple fan:
> >
> >Gore Joins Apple Board
> >
> >Apple CEO Steve Jobs said Gore "brings an incredible wealth
> >of knowledge and wisdom to Apple from having run the largest
> >organization in the world--the United States government--as
> >a congressman, senator and our 45th vice president."
> >http://eletters1.ziffdavis.com/cgi-bin10/flo/y/eUOp0BzN6x0DUm0vVG0AK
> >
> >
> Joe
>
Yep, I view this as and MacOS X as good reasons to give up on Apple.
Zane
My 264X manual says a 13232B cable (p/n 02640-60058) connects a 13260A async
interface in a 264X terminal to an HP 12531D or an HP 12880A computer
interface.
The 30 conductor card edge connector for the 264X terminal side should be
easy to obtain. I think EDAC part 305-030-500-202 would work, approx $2.50
at DigiKey.com. For the 12531 side you need a 48 conductor card edge
connector. I think EDAC part 305-048-500-202 would work, but I don't know
where you can order that part without a large minimum order.
Here's the 13232B cable wiring scheme from my 264X manual. Some day I
should scan the picture...
264X Terminal 12531D Interface
13260A Interface 12880A Interface
Data Out B --> X Data Out
Data In C <-- W Data In
CB E <-- U +12 VDC
Ground H <-> 24 Ground
CF J
X8 Clock Out K --> L X8 Clock Out
E,J connected D,4,Y connected
T,16,V connected
>>After pulling the parts of the system out of the store and trying to put
>>it all together I find that I am minus the cable that connects the display
>>terminal (an HP 2648A) to the system controller. The connector at the
>>system controller end is marked 'teletype'.
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> From: Ron Hudson <rhudson(a)cnonline.net>
> Date: Tue Mar 25, 2003 7:08:22 PM US/Pacific
> To: m100(a)list.30below.com
> Subject: Re: TPDD Assistance Request
>
>
> Anyone interested in trade?
>
> Workslate Computer - Working
> Workslate Pen printer - Not Tested
> Workslate Coms Pod - Not Tested
> Books for above - Working :^)
> 2 power adapters. - Working
>
> What am I bid? : ^ )
>
> I also have a Model 102 that is not available
> and a NEC PC8300 which may be...
>
>
>
> ron.
> > What about software that will emulate a VT100 on a PC?
>
> Not that I'm the original requestor (I have VT52s, VT100s, VT220s
> and VT240s, myself), but if one is going to consider using an
> emulator, one has to ask does it do double-high-double-wide? 132 column?
> Have a PF1/Gold key for EDT, etc.?
That's the *real* trick, finding *anything* that comes close to giving you
keypad support along with any other features that you might require. I can
live without the double-high-double-wide and 132 column, but I've got to
have the keypad!
> I use emulators because I have to, but occasionally I find times where I
> _really_ want a terminal (and not just 'cause it looks right). OTOH, if
> I need to force-feed stuff down the throat of a classic system, even
> an xterm window that's connected in some way to a serial port (kermit,
> typically), is a great way to go.
I find that the following script, that I got off of USENET a few years ago,
is able to turn a Xterm into a usable VT100 (with keypad support).
ftp://zane.brouhaha.com/pub/vms/vt100.sh
> But, I suspect, in this case, it's simple aesthetics - the VT100 was
> the dominant terminal when the 11/44 was current. It's nice to have
> the proper accessories for ones vintage machines.
I think Jay said as much, and I know that is why I've got a DECwriter II and
three VT100's. They're for my /44, despite the fact that I really prefer a
VT420 (and that's all I've used on the /44 so far). Still I've got them so
that should I ever want, I can set the /44 up for a 'museum type' display.
Zane
Hi to all on the list,
I've got an HP 5451c Fourier analyser that I'm trying to resurrect.
The machine is basically an 'embeded' HP 1000 (2113B - I think but called a
54451 A/B processor in the literature) with a multi-channel digitizer, an
oscilloscope display a system controller and a display terminal.
The system allows time signals to be recorded and then viewed in the
frequency domain (amongst many other functions)
After pulling the parts of the system out of the store and trying to put it
all together I find that I am minus the cable that connects the display
terminal (an HP 2648A) to the system controller. The connector at the
system controller end is marked 'teletype'.
Is there anybody out there who has a spare cable?
Does anyone have a pin-out for the correct cable?
Does anyone know the correct part number for the cable? - I think that this
may be 13232B but the literature I have is a little sparse
Thanks in advance
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>2 to 5 cents (US) per pound as Motor Breakage. They are heavy.
Ok... not enough to worry about. I'm not sure how much it weighs, but
even at 500 lbs (which it isn't) and 5 cents per pound... that's only 25
bucks.
The nearest public scrap yard that I am aware of is a good 25 minutes
away, plus I would need to line up a van to cart it. I'm not sure the
effort is worth a max of 25 dollars.
Of course, knowing my speedyness on this, I can probably just take it
with me the next time I go to one of my remote offices... there is a
scapper 5 minutes down the road from them. Provided the line isn't too
long, I can take it there (and if it is long, I can just take it there
and dump it for free... that is what I usually do when I have to junk
stuff there).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
>I'm scrapping a Printronix P-300 printer and thought
>I'd check to see if anyone needed any parts before
>it hits the scrapper.
I've got one as well that is available for parts. Everything in mine
should be good other than the power supply (was working fine when the
power supply blew, a repair tech said the transformer in it is dead).
I may also have some unopened ribbons for it. I probably also still have
a few extra fuses for the power supply (I bought them when it first died,
and when it blew the next set, I called in a repair guy to look at it)
And mine is mounted on a rolling stand, and has a paper catch bin for the
output.
Are these things worth anything at a scrap yard? I've been planning to
just flip mine into the dumpster one of these days (its in a back corner
of an unused section of office space, so I just keep forgetting about it).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Hello,
I'm scrapping a Printronix P-300 printer and thought
I'd check to see if anyone needed any parts before
it hits the scrapper.
Contact me off-list if you need any parts.
Cheers,
Dan
www.decodesystems.com/wanted.html
I was involved in a trial of resistivity surveying in Peru in 1979, but it
was not very successful -- the desert sands were too dry for there to be
much conductivity! We had better luck with a simple seismic unit (womp the
ground with a sledge hammer and pick up the waves on a pair of geophones).
I have a copy of AutoCad 1.4 (that's one point four, not fourteen) that was
customized by John Walker for use on the Otrona Attache at the request of
University of Chicago archaeologists working in the Middle East. It was
successfully used for mapping and architectural drawings at Nippur, in Iraq
(see http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/AGS/About_AGS.html).
After using the Osborne 1 in Peru, I got an Otrona 8:16 that I also used in
Peru. I wrote a simple program for it to take raw theodolite data and
generate a graphic of the architecture`we were mapping. I also used a
commercial graphing program (Golden Graphics Plotware) to create a contour
map based on pottery sherd frequencies that nicely revealed house patterns
on a wind-deflated site (where all evidence of the cane-walled houses had
been blown away by the wind). We used the computers mainly for writing and
data base applications, though. Just having a portable computer for that was
a great help, though. We owe a lot to Adam Osborne for opening up that
market.
BTW, the acquaintance that I got the AutoCAD 1.4 from, McGuire Gibson, and a
Grad school classmate, Elizabeth Stone, have been lobbying/advising the US
on where _not_ to bomb in Iraq in an attempt to minimize damage to
historical and archaeological sites there.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ethan Dicks [mailto:erd_6502@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 9:05 AM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Computing "in the field" (was RE: Osborne)
--- "Feldman, Robert" <Robert_Feldman(a)jdedwards.com> wrote:
> Ah, yes, I got my start in computers on with an Osborne 1...
> I even took it to Peru for the archaeological projects I worked
> on.
Interesting. We took Kaypros (one 2, and later, a 10, IIRC) to
the dig I worked on in College (1985, 1987, 1989). One of our
guys tried to write a program to graph our results on-site, but
those efforts didn't appear to be rewarding (we were using non-
invasive survey techniques with a soil resistivity box that I
had to keep repairing, and a proton magnetometer)
-ethan
Ah, yes, I got my start in computers on with an Osborne 1. $1795 _with_
software was such a deal at the time. The screen was small and the ~90KB the
floppies held made for some interesting disk juggling (I wrote a MailMerge
program so I could print my papers that were longer than ~15 pages -- 30KB
-- with continuous page numbering), but it was a computer that I could
afford. I even took it to Peru for the archaeological projects I worked on.
The computers today may be faster and the programs can do more (often _too
much_, IMHO), but the Osborne 1 met my needs quite well, thank you.
Bob
One obit: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/29921.html
-----Original Message-----
From: David Vohs [mailto:netsurfer_x1@fastmailbox.net]
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 11:37 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Osborne
Indeed, the man was quite a genius in his time.
Sometimes it makes me wonder what the computer world (especially the
portables market!) would be like if he had never joined the business.
That's some food for thought, huh?
> Sorry to hear that. Seems like quite a guy.
> <bows head>
>
> Eric
>
> "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" wrote:
> >
> > Adam Osborne is dead.
> >
> > Osborne Books (sold, became Osborne McGraw Hill)
> > Osborne Computer (when you brag too much about your NEXT product, you
kill
> > sales of the current one)
> > Paperback Software (killed by Lotus for being a Visi-clone too similar
to
> > their Visi-clone)
>
--
David Vohs
netsurfer_x1(a)fastmailbox.net
--
http://www.fastmail.fm - And now for something completely different...
Adam Osborne is dead.
Osborne Books (sold, became Osborne McGraw Hill)
Osborne Computer (when you brag too much about your NEXT product, you kill
sales of the current one)
Paperback Software (killed by Lotus for being a Visi-clone too similar to
their Visi-clone)
Somewhat ontopic:
Anyone else here planning on going to Hamvention 2003 in Dayton, OH? It's
looking like I'm going to be able to go this year, and was wondering what's
the best way for a coupla newbies to get around to best experience this,
without spending all day running in circles...
[[ And altho I won't have my truck, I'll have my wife's van -- which has
big mirrors, in addition to a 1/2 ton truck frame, so 3 other adults & I
will still have *lots* of storage for goodies... ;-) ]]
Thanks,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
Hi,
I have hooked up 2 VAX6k and 1 HSC90 and one MTI StingRay CI-SCSI
adapter to my two star couplers all properly. Still I could never
get any of my CI stuff to work. I tried under ULTRIX 4.5 just to
ping through the SCS (?) IP physical/data-link layer but to no
avail. Don't get any errors configuring the interface and pinging,
just no host reachable. I may not have the CI nodes configured
right, I may need to figure out how to plug the jumpers on the VAXBI
backplane.
Two additional observations: my HSC90 reports K.ci status 111 and the
CI LINK module tells me it is not happy. Also, when I try to boot
any of the VAXen from media that I don't think is really bootable,
I get some funny error on the console: "Insufficient memory for CI"
(even though I have full boat of memory 0.5 GB in each VAX.) Could
everyone be unhappy about something strange in the CI system?
Otherwise:
- who knows how the CIBCA is configured with the jumpers?
- who knows how best to debug CIBCA under Ultrix or VMS?
- who knows how to set up (and debug!) IP over CI on Ultrix?
(I do not dare ask about IP over CI on VMS, but appreciate if
there are answers.)
I also have a VAX6000 Diagnostics tape (TK50) which I should be
using. I tried booting from it but I get this "insufficient memory
for CI" error soon after the first few blocks are read from tape.
I also didn't see much in the way of VMB.EXE on that tape. Anyone
know what to do with a VAX6k diagnostics tape? Do I need to use it
under VMS? (PS: if someone needs VAX6k diagnostics, I could help :-)
regards,
-Gunther
"RHahm" <rhahm(a)nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> I have acquired an HP-86B. Will this work with any older composite
> monochrome monitor with an RCA video in jack or only the HP monitors which
> seem to be hard to find?
I haven't had my 86A out in a while, but when I did I was using an
Amdek monitor with it, and I believe it was standard horizontal scan
rate.
-Frank McConnell
What is DEC AUI Cable? ie: What is it used for, and what kind of wire is
inside?
I have 3 lengths of the stuff, and its stiff as hell. Feels like maybe
multiple strands of co-ax or something. The jacket is labeled 4PR so that
might make sense. It has 15 pin D-shell right angle connectors on it.
I'm just curious about it.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
In my never ending attempts to find more space, I've started sorting thru
the book vaults and culling out the duplicates. Following is this week's
sortings.
In general, any book listed will go for $7.50 delivered in CONUS unless
otherwise noted. Where there are multiples this will be noted. If you
are outside of 'states', please drop me a note to sort out postage.
Available volumes:
Digital Microcomputer Handbook 1977-78 (5 available)
Digital PDP-11 Peripherals Handbook 1976 (3 available)
Digital Microcomputer Products Handbook 1985
Digital Logic Handbook 1970
Digital Programming Languages 1970 V2
Digital Labratory Computer Handbook 1971
First Called, First Served! As-Is, where is! All are readable and
appear complete, but remember they are old.
More later;
-jim
---
jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com
The Computer Garage - http://www.rdrop.com/~jimw
There's finally an early release of "tumble", my GPL'd
TIFF/JPEG to PDF converter:
http://tumble.brouhaha.com/
There's a lot of work yet to be done, but enough of the
basic functionality is there that it is useful for simple
things.
Two few examples of DEC Field Maintenance Print Sets for the
VT52 and VT78 are available[*] at
http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/dec/doc/mp/
These files show the use of Tumble to produce PDF files from
scanned images and create PDF bookmarks (aka outline) using a
control file. The control file syntax is not yet documented,
as it is undergoing change, but that provides an idea of what
it can do.
Eric
[*] temporarily - they'll soon appear in a more appropriate
place
There's finally an early release of "tumble", my GPL'd
TIFF/JPEG to PDF converter:
http://tumble.brouhaha.com/
There's a lot of work yet to be done, but enough of the
basic functionality is there that it is useful for simple
things.
Two few examples of DEC Field Maintenance Print Sets for the
VT52 and VT78 are available[*] at
http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/dec/doc/mp/
These files show the use of Tumble to produce PDF files from
scanned images and create PDF bookmarks (aka outline) using a
control file. The control file syntax is not yet documented,
as it is undergoing change, but that provides an idea of what
it can do.
Eric
[*] temporarily - they'll soon appear in a more appropriate
place
Hi,
thanks to Sridhar's kind encouragement, I turned on my new DEC 7000.
I just used my special VAX6000 receptacle (that puts 220 V 2 phases
on a 3-phase receptacle in just the right way for the VAX6000 to
work.) I had to change the plug from a 30A to a 20A plug which was
straight forward (almost same shape and dimensions). Plugged it in
and turned it on and it would right work.
I come to like this machine. A bit bulky, very modern looking.
That blower fan is very impressive and it's humming very cool. Not
so squeeky as the VAX6000 and not so blarringly loud as the
11/780. As usual, I had a bit of wobbling to do on the XMI bus to
get all cards tested fine and that works now. This one has two
StorageWorks boxes in its rack and the KZMSA cards. I loaded it
with disks etc and attempted to boot from them.
Turns out that this machine once ran under OSF/1 as all the disk
had OSF/1 bootblocks on them. But unfortunately none of the disks
I had left were actually bootable (missing osf_boot or causing
some panic. So, my question is, where can I get a UNIX system
for this machine? Are there any copies of OSF (bootables) around?
How about DEC-UNIX? NetBSD/Alpha (or FreeBSD for that matter)
won't run until we have fixed lack of an XMI bus driver. Are
there any port-alpha people who are working on this XMI issue? (On
the port-vax side it depends mainly on Ragge and the very few folks
with VAX6000s to do that.)
I tried the KZMSA board out in the VAX6000 just to see if this
really doesn't work. Indeed the card was not detected right
(shows up with ?????? in the SHOW CONFIGURATION). Is there
really nothing one could do to get that to work on VAX6000? Would
it work in a VAX7000?
thanks,
-Gunther
> so I sorted through my last weekend's bait, hooked up my new HSZ40
> (with 50 GB in 4 StorageWorks boxes plus all sorts of tape drives,
> TSZ07, TLZ07, TZ68, and ~88) to my PC for FreeBSD. It's so much
> fun to read a 9-track reel from a FreeBSD PC (just too bad it doesn't
> have a transparent top cover to show off the reels).
>
> I have bulk-erased a bunch of TK50 tapes in the hopes that they
> would work as DLT III and IV tapes as well, but these drives
> still went into write-protect mode. Does anyone here know details
> about the DLT media? I mean it is a well-known fact (and I proved
> it to myself many times) that CompacTape I works just fine as
> CompacTape II. So why not as III and IV? Is it really the tape
> or might it be some notches on the cassette that are used to
> code the kind of tape?
>
> The problem is I didn't get any tape media for my nice DLT tape drives
> and this stuff is so darn expensive if bought new. Any ideas?
I really hope you didn't wreck that TZ86 and TZ88, thankfully these are the
DEC drives and I think they might be more forgiving than something like a
DLT2000 or DLT4000 drive. IIRC, the TZ86 is capable of reading TK50 and
TK70 tapes. There is a drastic difference between TK50/70 and DLT III & IV
media! I don't remember the specifics on the differences, part of it is
that it writes in a different manner, and part is that the tape is
different.
Zane
I have here what looks like a Microchannel Video/Audio subsystem. It has
a Lucent logo on the breakout box. It is a full-length card and 3/4
length daughter card full of PLD and ASICS and other fat SMD chips. There
is a header and 20-way shielded ribbon cable.
The breakout box has two 1/8" jacks marked LEFT - MICROPHONE - RIGHT and
beneath that a slide switch for mono/stereo.
Then two yellow RCAs marked 2 - VIDEO - 1
Beneath that are 8 RCAs in two groups, AUDIO 1 and 2, LEFT/RIGHT,
INPUT/OUTPUT.
On the boards themselves, the main board is marked 'PCI ENCODER VER4' in
solder mask - one big visble chip has:
"LSI" logo; L64745QC-30
JPEG CODER
WK82164P
NNG 9540
6A13COPBFAA
Another similar chip nearby says "DCT PROCESSOR"
Obviously this is a Video / Audio capture subsystem of some kind.
It also is obviously an advanced prototype - the breakout box is a
standard molded plastic 'project box' with 'Brother P-Touch' type lables
on it.
Anyway, rather than put it on eBay (undoubtedly finding out that I have
a priceless artefact that will ensure my happy and contented retirement) I
thought I'd just see if anybody here a.) recognizes it and b.) wants it...
Cheers
John
PS: No, I haven't posted pix yet. I s'pose I could be coerced, tho....
I am looking to purchase ten of these units. Your one will bring it down to 9.
My offer to you is USD75.00 and I can pay you by Visa Credit Card; PayPal or
do a bank TT direct into your nominated bank account. My name is Roger Bell
contact me at bell77(a)bigpond.net.au
>2:28 p.m. -- Secret Service agents shove Reagan into the limousine while
>other agents, with the aide of police, overcome the suspected assailant,
>later identified as John W. Hinckley Jr. 25, of Evergreen, Colo.
Minor piece of trivia... that year there was a TV show in its
first season entitled "Greatest American Hero"... the hero's name
was Hinckley. In the second airing of the opening episode, the
name was covered over by a loud noise, like a plane taking off.
Later in the season, his name was officially changed to Hanley...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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Greetings;
In my endeavor to get my 11/44 totally up and running... I'd like to get a
good condition VT52 terminal for the console. I have 3 VT52's but they are
all in truely horrible shape, especially cosmetically. Does anyone have a
spare VT52 in good condition that they would be willing to sell or trade
for?
Jay West
