- test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org - classiccmp.org

by bob_lafleur＠technologist.com

This is the E-mail that I sent, and the message I received when inquiring about VAX hobbyist media. -----Original Message----- From: David L. Cathey [mailto:davidc@montagar.com] Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 6:49 PM To: bob_lafleur(a)technologist.com Subject: RE: OpenVMS hobbyist license >I am interested in obtaining the OpenVMS hobbyist license, but I see >from your order from that it is SOLD OUT. Do you plan to have another >version available soon? If not, is there another way I can obtain an >OpenVMS license for hobbyist use? Thanks for any information you can >provide. Licenses are still available, it's the media kit for VAX that is sold out. I'm not sure when we'll get new ones in at this time. However, you can still register for licenses and use borrowed media to bring your VAX on-line. If you need an Alpha, we still have several Alpha kits left. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - David L. Cathey |Inet: davidc(a)montagar.com Montagar Software, Inc. |Fone: (972)-423-5224 P. O. Box 260772, Plano, TX 75026 |http://www.montagar.com

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Wright Punch in Hawaii

by brian＠quarterbyte.com

Hi folks, There's a sealed-bid surplus lot for sale on www.govliquidiation.com with a Wright Line manual card punch and two paper tape readers of unknown provenance -- the only snag is they're in Kapolei, HI (Oahu). http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=60013 Might be a good catch for someone in the Islands. brian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _| _| _| Brian Knittel / Quarterbyte Systems, Inc. _| _| _| Tel: 1-510-559-7930 Fax: 1-510-525-6889 _| _| _| Email: brian(a)quarterbyte.com _| _| _| http://www.quarterbyte.com

24 years

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WTS: old windows versions

by pat＠purdueriots.com

If anyone's interest, I have my Windows 1.03 auction up on eBay. This will hopefully help fund some projects I'm working on... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2030077275 I still have copies of Windows 2.0 and Windows/286 (version 2.1) that I'd like to get rid of, but will offer to the group before I think about eBaying them. $20ea gets it. They're the original install disks.. email me off list if interested or you want a photo or something. All the disks read properly in a 1.2M DSHD floppy drive. -- Pat

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Fwd: Thanks for files

by Fritz_Chwolka＠t-online.de

==================BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE================== >Return-Path: <arlen.michaels(a)sympatico.ca> Just want to thank you for making the old manuals and image files available on http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/ I found things here (like the IMS information) I have been hunting for years. I am still looking for documents etc for some other IMS S-100 boards dating from around 1980-84: - A862 Z80 CPU - A930 Floppy Controller - A821 Winchester Controller - A1100 Winchester Controller - A1021 64K RAM You don't by any chance have files for these, do you? :) Best wishes, Arlen Michaels arlen.michaels(a)sympatico.ca ===================END FORWARDED MESSAGE=================== Greetings from Fritz Chwolka - Duisburg / collecting old computers just for fun at www.alterechner.de \

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OT: eBay insanity

by pat＠purdueriots.com

It's OT, but here's a humorous bit of eBay Insanity to cheer up everyone's morning (or afternoon or evening depending on time zone) ... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1357633571 -- Pat

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TI optoelectronics datasheet

by tothwolf＠concentric.net

I've got a couple Texas Instruments DIS1291's, and can't find a datasheet for them. If anyone has a TI optoelectronics databook from around 1981 or so and could put up a scan of the datasheet, I'd be most grateful. These displays are made up of 6 tiny numeric displays in an extra long (20 pin length, 1") 16 pin dip package. -Toth

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Still pineing for my own VMS machine

by rhudson＠cnonline.net

Well what's the cheapest way to get into somthing running real VMS? Even for a single user (can I connect it to my home network and telnet to it from linux) (wishing for authorize just one more time....) BTW I have PC-DCL (HMM gotta look up the source on that to see if it can be a linux shell.....) Ron.

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by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>> 5.5 is available on CD, it's just not easy to get. > >If I had it, I wouldn't be asking. :-) Do you mean 5.5 or 5.5-2? I certainly have the latter (as, I expect, do many others) and I may have the former. Assuming you have a hobbyist licence and can find wherever it is that says given the licence, you can have someone make you a copy, then I can cartainly do that - although you may find it easier to get someone in the US to do it for you. >Is that a DEC (HP) product or Freeware? LDDRIVER was a midnight project by an engineer inside DEC and is now on the Freeware CDs (and is accessible on the Web from the OpenVMS home page - browse the latest online Freeware CD). >> Actually on second thought this would probably be easiest on a SCSI based >> VAX with an RZ25. > >How about a SCSI-based Alpha? If you want to build a bootable VAX disk (even just S/A BACKUP then using aVAX and a container file is by far the easiest way). You can pull apart STABACKIT.COm >from a VAX distribution and see what it does and replicate by hand - but it's a fair amount of work! > And how about an RZ26 that isn't more than >65% full? If physical size really matters, I could throw an ST1480 >drive on the Alpha and have 424MB - plenty of room for this task. The trick is to use a container disk that is no more than 650MB (or 700MB). The problem is that your RZ26 has too much room and you have no control where things go unless you work at it very hard - it's just *so* much easier to use LDRIVER and a container file (on your RZ26 if you like). >Would it be a problem for cross-platform? I know it's easy to make No - just cluster a VAX with you Alpha for a while and let it take the strain :-) Antonio

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Motorola S-record converter source for new project

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jun 5, 23:59, Tony Duell wrote: > If it's that much work to get it to compile, it's going to be less work > to write my own from scratch. Intel Hex is hardly complex [1] and all I > need is binary -> hex (so I can transfer files to my EPROM programmer...) > which is the easier direction in general. > > [1] And I even have an Intel manual giving a semi-official version of the > spec... There's a flat-ASCII copy of the Intel spec, including type 3,4, and 5 records, for 8-, 16- and 32-bit formats, at http://www.dunnington.u-net.com/public/IntelHEX/hexspec.txt as well as my simpler description at http://www.dunnington.u-net.com/public/IntelHEX/IntelHEX.txt I'm sure you could just use James' code (plain C, no fancy C++ or other complexities, and quite small) at http://www.dunnington.u-net.com/public/IntelHEX/ihex.tar -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Still pineing for my own VMS machine

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>The Hobbyist license allows you to make copies of >DEC/Compaq media, however, I'm not sure if it allows >you to make copies of the Hobbyist CD's. At http://www.montagar.com/hobbyist/terms_and_conditions.txt it states that you can make *one* archival backup for yourself of the Hobbyist media. I don't see anywhere that states that you can copy that media for other hobbyists (which, admittedly, you didn't claim it said you could do) nor do I see anywhere that states that anyone else can copy something for you. Antonio

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Still pineing for my own VMS machine

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

> >Is it legal to distribute an ISO file of that to people with >a hobby license? I have the later Hobbyist CD, but would >love to have a copy of the original one. No idea. I'm pretty sure I've seen trustworthy people indicate that this can be done and that the licence allows you to get media anyway you can, including copying. If you can find a statement to that effect on either the montagar webpage or somewhere in the OpenVMS web pages, that'll do for me. Quite how you convince anyone that you have a hobbyist licence is another matter. Antonio

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Any familar with "Disk-A-Tape"?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Is anyone here familar with a device called Disk-A-Tape? It's paper tape emulator that uses a HH 5 1/4" floppy disk drive. (The drive is mounted in a filler plate that fits in a mount for a HH 8" floppy drive). It mounts in a 19" rack and is about 8" tall and 12" deep. Besides the drive, it has a reset pushbutton, an Init/Job toggle switch, FWD/Rev toggle switch, Read/Write toggle switch, Emulate/Off/RS-232 toggle switch and a small 8 digit LED display and an AC power switch on the front panel. On the back it has a DB-25M and DB-25F connectors. There are two circuit cards in them, one small one and a larger wire wrap card. I haven't taken it apart and looked at the ICs on the boards yet. I picked up two of these today, mostly out of curiousity. They came out of what looked like some kind of CNC machinery controller. There was also a DEC PDP-11/04 in one of the chassis. BTW I was searching the net for info on this and found this <http://www.fastec.com/xdisk/> instead. Interesting but I'm not sure it's it's related to what I have or not. joe

24 years

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Replacement tube for IBM 026 Printing Card Punch

by mhscc＠canada.com

IIRC, the pile of punch card equipment manuals I sent to Norm Aleks included the 24/26 Operating Manual, the 24 Series Customer Engineering manual, and schematics for the 24 and 56, and Norm did solemnly promise to scan these and make them available on the Web; why not drop him a line. mike ------------Original Message---------- From: Sellam Ismail <foo(a)siconic.com> To: Classic Computers Mailing List <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Subject: Replacement tube for IBM 026 Printing Card Punch So I'm off to look for a 25L6 tube for my IBM 026. <snip>

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Still pineing for my own VMS machine

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>ISTR hearing mention a while back that the remote diag console on the 6K >VAXen spoke a flavor of serial DECnet. Any experience with something like >that? It would be useful, or at least interesting, to provide a remote >console for them. The remote diag consoles spoke (I guess) plain serial between the console and the local DEC Remote Diagnostic Console box and some undocumented, secret (and now probably forgotten) protocol between the RDC and its partner unit at the support centre. As for running DDCMP over the console line, it's probably possible but usually not a good idea (the console line is usually deliberately pretty dumb, the principle being that it's harder to screw up that way). Antonio

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Motorola S-record converter source for new project

by fmc＠reanimators.org

ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote: > Earlier this evening I was thinking about a project that will involve (in > part) translating binary to/from IntelHex (or Motorola S-record would do, > actually). Can you give me a URL for that source code you mentioned (or > any other source code for a simular program). http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/srecord/srecord.html My recollection is that when I first tried to install SRecord version 1.5 (a couple of years ago) I found that it was written in a sufficiently new dialect of C++ that it didn't want to go down the gcc 2.7.mumble that I was running on the intended FreeBSD box. One short upgrade of FreeBSD later I had a newer version of gcc in the base system and it was building and running SRecord. #include <rant/c++/moving-target> -Frank McConnell

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by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>Sounds close. Maybe a DMR11 for Unibus? (We didn't have one for >Qbus) I know that machine also had a DMR11 but I'm pretty sure that was a high speed parallel interface. My docs are not handy, so I'm not going to swear to it. >Why do bugs matter? In that machine's case, because I was using it to support the Phase IV and Phase V WAN Drivers code on OpenVMS VAX. In the general case, because they've paid for my house (either because I had to fix other people's or because other people paid me to generate them :-) ) > Antonio

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[CCTECH] Motorola S-record converter source for new project

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jun 5, 0:09, Tony Duell wrote: > > S-records. There is a nice source code file that exists for reading/writing > > Intel HEX files but I haven't been able to find a similar one for S-records. > Earlier this evening I was thinking about a project that will involve (in > part) translating binary to/from IntelHex (or Motorola S-record would do, > actually). Can you give me a URL for that source code you mentioned (or > any other source code for a simular program). Ages ago, I wrote a "loader" that will convert Intel HEX records to binary, on a Unix machine (or about anything else with a C compiler). It's quite powerful, being designed to handle multiple files, sparse files, patch files, etc, for EPROM programmers. I planned to make a whole set of HEX -> binary, HEX -> S-record, S-record -> binary, etc, but I never quite finished. Most of this has been available on my web site for a while, and I've just added a couple of files for anyone who wants them. http://www.dunnington.u-net.com/public/IntelHEX/ IntelHEX.txt is a simple explanation of comon HEX records (as used by CP/M and some programmers, for example) S-records.txt is a similar explanation of S-records (not written by me) ihex.tar is the source/manpage for a binary-to-HEX converter, written by my friend James Carter mload.tar is the source/manpage for my HEX-to-binary and S-record-to-hex converters, along with some notes. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Still pineing for my own VMS machine

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> >Is it legal to distribute an ISO file of that to people with > >a hobby license? I have the later Hobbyist CD, but would > >love to have a copy of the original one. > > No idea. I'm pretty sure I've seen trustworthy > people indicate that this can be done and that > the licence allows you to get media anyway > you can, including copying. If you can find > a statement to that effect on either the montagar > webpage or somewhere in the OpenVMS web > pages, that'll do for me. Quite how you convince > anyone that you have a hobbyist licence is > another matter. > > Antonio The Hobbyist license allows you to make copies of DEC/Compaq media, however, I'm not sure if it allows you to make copies of the Hobbyist CD's. Zane

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Still pineing for my own VMS machine

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> > 5.5 is available on CD, it's just not easy to get. > > If I had it, I wouldn't be asking. :-) It would be really nice if someone could make the first Hobbyist CD available. As far as I'm concerned the V2 CD is basically worthless (OK, I confess that's becuase I've plenty of real Compaq/DEC kits), however, the V1 CD has all kinds of cool stuff on it as well as various versions of VAX/VMS between 5.5 and 6.1. > > What you want instead of mkisofs is something called the "Logical Disk > > Driver", IIRC. That allows you to create a CD sized ODS-2 logical disk > > that you can copy stuff onto. > > Is that a DEC (HP) product or Freeware? Freeware. Check the FAQ, it's probably got pointers. > > > Actually on second thought this would probably be easiest on a SCSI based > > VAX with an RZ25. > > How about a SCSI-based Alpha? And how about an RZ26 that isn't more than > 65% full? If physical size really matters, I could throw an ST1480 > drive on the Alpha and have 424MB - plenty of room for this task. I'm not sure what it would take to build standalone backup on a disk attached to an Alpha, or if it's even possible. As for a RZ26, I suspect you'd have some major problems, however, I don't know for sure. The ST1480 would be a safer choice. > Would it be a problem for cross-platform? I know it's easy to make > a disk on your own machine bootable to standalone (SYSE and whatnot). > I guess given the DCL script to make the standalone partition in the > first place, it wouldn't be impossible to modify it to pull from > someplace other than SYS$SYSROOT. By cross-platform are you talking VAX vs. Alpha, or VAX vs. PC? In either case I really don't know, the VAX vs. Alpha concerns me. > Pity it probably won't fit on a ZIP disk - I'll have to physically > move a drive from machine to machine. I think for V5.5 you'll need roughly 150MB for the full install (at least IIRC it will fit on a RD54). > That's the easy part. I'll probably do it on SPARCstation instead of > an Intel Linux box, but that's no big deal. Hmmm, I like that idea! I think you just pointed out how I can save some space! Zane

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Still pineing for my own VMS machine

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>None. We either had a two-board Unibus set that provided an >intellegent DDCMP connection (forget the model number, but *boy* >were they expensive when they first came out) Might that have been the DMV11? I had one hanging off the UNIBUS of the VAX 8350 for a while. Luckily noone ever logged a bug so I never had to fidn out whether it worked or not :-) >had one anyway), but it was hard on the CPU. We did have some >old Qbus sync ports (DPV11?), but we never attached a MicroVAX The older one was indeed the DPV11. The newer, spiffier and more expensive one was the DSV11. Antonio

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Gandalf DOV 640

by pat＠purdueriots.com

I've got a pair of these Gandalf DOV 640's (Data Over Voice units) and I was wondering... 1) Is there a difference between 'master' and 'slave' units? I have a pair of what is marked 'slave' units. 2) Does anyone have a manual for these or can anyone tell me what the RDL and TL switches do, along with the dip switches inside? I'm not sure this things strictly meet the 10-year rule, but they should at least be close to it. Thanks for any info! -- Pat

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Integra Systeme 2/5

by hansp＠aconit.org

Anyone know anything about the Integra Systeme 2/5. Most likely a French OEM. We just picked one up in a 6ft rack with a tape drive, two removable disk drives, a Kennedy 9218 Format Control Unit and a Kennedy 1629 Half Duplex Interface. We are told the system orginially came with 8 terminals. I have not had chance yet to see how the units are identified inside the cabinet. From the front panel switches the processor is a 16 bit mini. Any further information is welcome -- hbp

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Still pineing for my own VMS machine

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>My best VAX processor is either the 8200 or a MicroVAX-II. Neither >have Ethernet at the moment (I'm working on getting a DEBNT going). The easy option is to buy or borrow a DELQA - but I think we've been there before :-) The alternative is to have someone who does have a VAX running V5.5-2 and sufficient disk space to build you a 650MB disk container file with OpenVMS V5.5-2 S/A BACKUP on it, drop it on a 700MB CD (or build a 700MB container file and zip it up and drop that on CD) and post it to you. Then you pop the CD into your Alpha and copy off the resulting container file, connect an LD device to it and just add files to [000000] until cooked. Then take that and burn to CD. If you had asked about two years ago I could have done that easily. Right now I have no VAX running V5.5-2. Why does your S/A BACKUP have to be 5.5-2? Will not V7.2 do? All you want to do is boot and install whatever version of OpenVMS you have put togetehr, no? Antonio

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SURVEY: Powering big iron in your home.

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

Scrap dealers don't pay much for big transformers due to the fact that they are not worth very much.. You know something can't be too valuable when the yard won't even give you any money for it, heh. Will j _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

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SURVEY: Powering big iron in your home.

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

Hi, I wanted to conduct some survey of the common practices (which may or may not be good practices) to powering your very own mini and maxi big iron in your home. I think this topic may be embarrassing so PLEASE let's wait 10 days or so before flaming and blaming each other for our risky ways of squeezing the last amp out of our feeds. I would hope that in the end we could summarize in a calm and sensible way what the general suggestions might be to a safe but reasonable way of running equipment. Here I go then. As you know, I have two hot-spots: (1) 2 VAX 6000-460 and 8 to 10 RA90 and 2 RA8x and one HSC90 that I run in my basement. I have a dedicated 60 A 220 V 4-wire line going right into that room. I have terminated that line in a circuit breaker box and feed the computers with a 25 A 220 V line. This is about 6 to 9 foot cable of AWG #10 that I run without a metal conduit. (The other breakers feed German household stuff that we still have in use here and there.) I noticed that when I have everything on, the 25 A breaker gets warm. Fairly warm. Not hot, but markedly warm. I made sure the wires are screwed very tight and the breaker is seated right, but still it gets warm. That worries me a bit. Also, I think that my #10 wire is under-dimensioned after all. Since all the consumers are essentially doing some (more or less) good job of load balancing, eventually the neutral wire gets quite a bit of load, possibly beyond 25 A. Theoretically up to 50 A. So, I should have used #8 or even #6 then. However, the practical problem is that you can't fit #6 wire into a breaker contact screw. And even #8 is going to be on the low end with 50 A. The best thing would be if neutral was twice as thick here. I am considering to put in two lines in parallel from the same breaker through the same conduit (if any) the outlets very close together. (2) The VAX 11/780, UNIBUS, TU78, and TE16 in the garage. They run off the same line (so that line is no longer dedicated.) I spliced a branch off with split bolts and lots of electric tape. for insulation. The branch terminates in a dedicated box with the original outlets. The initially #8 AWG is distributed through #10 wires to the various outlets. Even some #12 to the two standard 110V outlets in that box. My concern there is, of course, that (a) the split bolt construction may develop resistance and increased heat dissipation. Also (b) the way I downsize and distribute the #6 feet to smaller wires in the outlet box may lead to overcurrent if the devices aren't connected where they should. I did my best to have the big suckers on thick AWG and shorter length than the moderate consumers. On the other hane, turning the VAX 11/780 on is an extremely rare event right now and will probably be in the future. Some hours per week perhaps. I was concerned about what to do whe I have my VAX party (when everything works.) If we want to turn it all on at the same time, something might happen... I regularly check the warmth of that breaker downstairs and now that that spplit-bolt tap is insulated I can check that for heat. But it's nothing I want to run 24/7 without attention. So, I know I have to do something about it. I usually take the circuit off line when I am done with it. The problem of course is that to do it properly would require upgrading the main feed, replacing the main breaker panel running thousands of new wires, and sub-panels, where each machine essentially has its own breaker, and of course the outlets and plugs need to be all proper. Easy to spend $2000 or more in material and labor for that upgrade. For equipment we run a few hours per week. I'm really interested in hearing how others with minis do it. (If you don't have a mini yourself but want to teach the dangers of electricity and the demands of the NEC, please hold off for 10 days, O.K.?) Any good or bad example is welcome. 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

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Old Sony Optical Drive

by scotto＠attbi.com

Hello all, I just acquired a "PLI Infinity Optical Disk" which is actually a Sony SMO-C501-00 magneto optical drive. I believe the firmware is v2.13. Does anyone know if I can make this drive work under Windows98se? I have no drivers. When I connect it to my SCSI card (Jaz Jet Ultra), it shows up on the SCSI chain. I have it set as device #4. But when I insert a disk, it spins up, then down, then up, then down, etc. etc. etc. There are a bunch of DIP switches on the back of the drive, between the SCSI ports. They are all set to "ON". Any help would be appreciated. -- Scott Orlowski Elizabeth, PA scotto(a)attbi.com http://scotto.home.attbi.com

24 years

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Still pineing for my own VMS machine

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>I have a box of VMS 4.x and VMS 5.x magtape and standalone TU58s and >RX50s. I want to create a CD-ROM that acts like a VMS 6.1 CD for >installation under, say, simh. I know I can extract saveset files, etc., >to install VMS under simh. I want to package the savesets in a >more modern fashion and save a step or two at install time. I assume you have access to a VMS box that can read the relevant media. If so you can create a container disk using LDDRIVER (or one of the many other equivalent freeware utilities). Then use VMSINSTAL to extract the savesets (all the savesets) to [000000] on this disk. You may or may not have to manually intervene since VMSINSTAL depends on saveset naming conventions that may not have been applied in the V4 days. Assuming you fill in the blanks above, you will end up with a bunch of valid savesets in [000000]. You can now use STABACKIT to make the LD disk bootable into Standalone BACKUP. (If you feel like it, you can put a complete OpenVMS system on there ... you might as well since your kits *must* reside in [0,0] to work!!). Now disconnect and dismount the LD disk and burn the contianer file to CD as a block-by-block binary (CDR-Win and Gear can both do this, Easy CD cannot AFAIK and Nero and Clone CD I have not used enough to have a worthwhile opinion). You can, assuming you are set up to do this, burn directly from OpenVMS with CDRECORD. >Is this possible? I have a SCSI CD-R drive (Smart & Friendly 2006, a >rebadged Sony 926) and SCSI magtape on an AXP/VMS box. I presume >there is a version of cdrecord for VMS, or an equivalent. Is there an >ODS-1 or OSD-2 equivalent of mkisofs for VMS? Does there have to be? For the above method you do not need mkisofs since you are building an ODS-2 disk. If, however, SIMH won't accept an ODS-2 CDROM, you'll have to do a binary FTP of the savesets to a PC and burn >from there (although how SIMH can cope with the result, I do not know) or pick up the OpenVMS mkisofs (I have a pointer somewhere ...) and use that directly. Antonio

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SURVEY: Powering big iron in your home.

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> I wanted to conduct some survey of the common practices (which > may or may not be good practices) to powering your very own mini > and maxi big iron in your home. I think this topic may be Well, the biggest I've got in our apartment is my PDP-11/73, and a couple of PDP-8's. They're small enough they plug into a normal wall socket. Oh, there is also the VAX 3500, but I've not even plugged it in to see if it works. Hmmm, then there is the really big 'computer', does a 4 slot Neo Geo Arcade machine count as 'Big Iron' :^) Or is that 'Big Wood' :^) However, in my folks garage I've got my PDP-11/44 with a pair of RL02's. Since the system is supposed to have a 15A feed, my Dad built a 'extension' cable that plugs into one of the sockets next to their washer & dryer (not sure why they've a spare socket). It's been a few years since he built it, however, I remember that he built it useing parts that were spec'd at 15+ amps. The only problem with this is you can't do laundry while the PDP-11 is running. Now my question is, what are you doing about cooling? I know the /44 will get my folks garage up to a comfortable temp fairly quickly in the winter, and it can only be run in the morning in the summer. Zane

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Diagnosing a non-working Mac Performa 476?

by mythtech＠mac.com

>When I power up the system, with monitor attached, the internal cooling >fan spins up, the hard drive spins up (and sounds normal), and the >machine chimes what I seem to recall as being the regular start up sound >for this era of Mac. However, the display remains dark. If I power off >the Mac, leaving the monitor on, the monitor makes a light >static/crackle noise; it's the sort of sound I normally associate with a >monitor that's lost the video input signal. I've played with the >brightness and contrast controls without any success. Your start up bong should be a single smooth tone. If it is a "melody" of any kind, it is not a startup bong, but rather chimes of doom. The melody will tell you what may be the problem. The first thing is to check the PRAM battery. Many Macs will not start properly with a dead battery. If it is dead, Radio Shack stocks all 3 kinds used in Macs (but ironically, standard PC CMOS batteries are special order). I don't recall if the Performa 47x used the square 4.5 volt, or the 1/2 AA 3.6 volt. I think it might be the 1/2 AA, but either way, it will be pretty obvious when looking at the logic board. Also, press the CUDA button on the logic board (again, I don't recall off the top of my head if the 47x has one, but I think it does). This will be a small red button on the logic board. I seem to recall on the 47x it was either near the ports on the back of the board, or near the front by the floppy and HD connections. But again, it might not be there at all. The CUDA button will do a deep hardware reset, this will clear any screwed up hardware settings it might have (and is usually recommended to do after changing PRAM batteries, or adding or removing cards). Finally, if none of that works, disconnect the HD and floppy. You should get at the very least when no drives are connected, a grey screen with a disk with flashing question mark. If THAT doesn't work... do you have access to another Mac? Can you make a known good bootable floppy disk? (you can download a 7.5 disk tools image >from Apple's web site). Build a disk, and put it in the drive (reconnected drive that is), and try to boot from it. If your system is working, but the monitor is dead, you will head the Mac doing a bunch of accessing of the floppy drive as it boots (They will boot fine with no monitor attached). But with all this, I suspect the problem will be a bad PRAM battery, or a need to press the CUDA button. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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[CCTECH] Motorola S-record converter source for new project

by RCini＠congressfinancial.com

Hello, all: I'm starting a new project...an emulator for the Altair 680b. So, I'm collecting random bits and pieces of code that I might need to implement it. What I'm looking for now is source code to read/write Motorola S-records. There is a nice source code file that exists for reading/writing Intel HEX files but I haven't been able to find a similar one for S-records. Does anyone have such a thing? Rich ========================== Richard A. Cini, Jr. Congress Financial Corporation 1133 Avenue of the Americas 30th Floor New York, NY 10036 (212) 545-4402 (212) 840-6259 (facsimile) _______________________________________________ cctech mailing list cctech(a)classiccmp.org http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctech

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[OT:] "VGA loop cable" pinout for Hauppauge WinTV Prism

by Arno_1983＠gmx.de

Hello guys, this item is almost certainly not to be considered "classic" yet, but it also isn't "leading edge" any more, is it? I'm asking here because even with hours of googling, I wasn't able to find a pinout for the missing cable and I figured that somebody on the list might have the thing and be willing to meter it out for me. The installation procedure tells you to disconnect the monitor >from your graphics card, connect it to the TV card and plug the loop cable into the graphics and the TV card. It is the exterior cable that I didn't get (DE15HD -> Mini-DIN-7); I have the interior "feature connector" ribbon cable. If you could tell me which pins to connect, I should be able to solder a replacement cable. Many thanks in advance Arno Kletzander Arno_1983(a)gmx.de -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net

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KC/Topeka prowling with Mr. Rigdon

by ghldbrd＠ccp.com

Returned to my last gold mine in Topeka; Joe and I found some nice stuff. With his sharp eyes he found more Amiga memory & SCSI cards for me. He went home with some S100 memory cards, and a B&H (black) Apple II. I came home with another C64, two 1541 drives, another Ozzie I with modem, and miscellaneous Apple II cards and documentation. Surplus Exchange(in the west Bottoms) had the goodies cordoned off; I believe they are throwing out the vintage stuff and rearranging the salable PC stuff. Had a find time killing the day. My thanks to Joe and his sharp eyes; what he found really made my day. Gary Hildebrand St. Joseph, MO

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Replacement tube for IBM 026 Printing Card Punch

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

Hi Look at the wiring. If it looks similar to what is on the other 25L6's, you should be OK. You should check the grid voltages on all of these tubes. Incorrect bias can cause excess plate disapation. This will shorten the tube life to minute/hours. See below for pinout: http://www.nostalgiaair.org/scripts/showbase.dll?TYPE=25L6&BASE=7AC later Dwight >From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo(a)siconic.com> > > >So I'm off to look for a 25L6 tube for my IBM 026. John Lawson says that >the tube is a 25L6 because all the other tubes in the rack are 25L6 types >and he believes they are hammer drivers. Not to doubt the venerable >Mr. Lawson, since he did used to service these, but I just want to make >sure this is in fact the right tube type that goes into the socket that is >currently empty. See photo here: > >http://www.vintage.org/gallery.php?title=IBM%20026%20Printing%20Card%20Card… unch&grouptag=IBM026 > >I'd hate to plug in the wrong tube and then witness volumnious >amounts of smoke billow from within the machine. Can someone verify that >the 25L6 is indeed the correct tube for the empty socket? > >Thanks! > >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 * > > >

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Possibly OT: IBM 4224-01 printer question

by msspcva＠yahoo.com

Hi: I think the subject of this message isn't quite 10 years old yet, thus the "OT". I've got two IBM 4224-01 printers I recently acquired >from a company going out of business. Both units exhibit the same problem/symptom - when I power them up, the LED display will flash, the fan just starts to spin up, and then - nothing. It seems to die off completely. Since both are doing this I thought I'd ask the list to see if there's something else I need. Both of these have Twinax interfaces, which I'm not familiar with at all - I've tried connecting a T-connector to one of them to see if it's some sort of termination problem, but see no difference in behavior. My purpose in getting these is to resell them, so I'd like to know if they work or not so I can price them. Any help appreciated! -- Frank ===== = M O N T V A L E S O F T W A R E S E R V I C E S P. C.= Clayton Frank Helvey, President Montvale Software Services, P. C. P.O. Box 840 Blue Ridge, VA 24064-0840 Phone: 540.947.5364 Email: msspcva(a)yahoo.com ============================================================ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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[CCTECH] Unknown terminator identification

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

Hello gents. Considering all of the old DEC equipment, and other old hardware that is, and has been, in use here in my building, I'm fairly positive this terminator falls in the 10-year rule... I have here a terminator of some sort. It's a male 37 pin (DE37?), the hood is black plastic, no identifying marks on it. Only " CONTACT 11.2964 075 " on the metal shroud that surrounds the pins. Inside is one of those orange circuit sheets, with an blue rectangle chip on it. The chip is marked... 14-3- 221/331 *B 8418 ... there is 106027 on the end of the sheet, with REV. B on the side. The logo on the sheet looks like a stylized MB. Here's what the pinout is... Chip - Connector 1 - 21 2 - 20 3 4 - 16 5 - 14 6 - 13 7 - 1 8 - 29 9 - 22 10 - 23 11 - 24 12 - 25 13 - 26 14 - 27 Any ideas what it is, and what its for? Anyone? -- --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 Mac OS X 10.1 - Darwin Kernel Version 5 Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash _______________________________________________ cctech mailing list cctech(a)classiccmp.org http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctech

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re-keying an RS/6000 lock?

by fernande＠internet1.net

I just picked up an RS/6000 7012-320H this weekend from Sean Caron. It seems complete, but I haven't tried to power it up yet. It's currently keyless. How hard would it be to re-key it to use the key from my 7013-530? I've never tried such a thing. Anybody done it, or tried it? Chad Fernandez Michigan, USA

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Finds

by pat＠purdueriots.com

I got a few things today at Purdue Salvage: Copies of a few old copies of Microsoft Windows on original disks (Windows 1.x, Windows 2.0, and Windows/286 (2.1)), along with a copy of Microsoft Word 4.0 (for DOS). Does anyone have interst in a having a copy of these? Also, is there a chance that it'll catch me any money on [faint of heart turn away] eBay? I don't have the boxes or manuals, but it looks like I have a complete set of disks. I also got a VT220 (no kb, unknown condition) so I can have another VAX console to use... Amazing what you can get for free, eh? -- Pat

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The prices on ebay are going UP

by CordaAJ＠NSWC.NAVY.MIL

Actually, I'd prefer not to find a box included with one of my discoveries... I have virtually no storage room left for my systems, and cardboard boxes take up a _lot_ of space. I would really prefer not to be put in the position of throwing away something that I recognize might be of some historical value, simply because I have to devote my remaining space to systems, not packaging... (It can definitely be a guilt trip ;-) -al- > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Smith [mailto:csmith@amdocs.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 3:06 PM > To: 'cctalk(a)classiccmp.org' > Subject: RE: The prices on ebay are going UP > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk [mailto:ard@p850ug1.demon.co.uk] > > > I don't get it either. I have no interest in cardboard boxes. > > I _use_ my > > classic computers, I don't keep them in boxes... > > Well, I agree, but I'll say that I find original boxes, which > usually contain advertising material of the day, interesting > in a historical side-note sort of context. Certainly not > something to influence a purchase decision, but possibly an > interesting bonus. > > Chris > > > Christopher Smith, Perl Developer > Amdocs - Champaign, IL > > /usr/bin/perl -e ' > print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); > ' > >

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The prices on ebay are going UP

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk [mailto:ard@p850ug1.demon.co.uk] > I don't get it either. I have no interest in cardboard boxes. > I _use_ my > classic computers, I don't keep them in boxes... Well, I agree, but I'll say that I find original boxes, which usually contain advertising material of the day, interesting in a historical side-note sort of context. Certainly not something to influence a purchase decision, but possibly an interesting bonus. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

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The prices on ebay are going UP

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Did everyone see the IBM 5100 that just sold for $5,656 item #2026242813 ( what can I get for my two 5110's ?)and the Lisa I the sold for $10,000 item #2026966399. So one got me at the last minute on a Hasbo Think-A-Tron in orig box went for only $38.50. I was out this morning when it sold. Also a Mac 128k went for around $1250 and I'm setting on about 10 of those things but not in the shape this one was. And Mr. "aek" took me out on two mainframe books that I had the high bids on. All-in-all a bad day on ebay for me (lost five and won 1).

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makeiso.exe for Windows 98

by jhfinepw4z＠compsys.to

I would like to set up an image of a CD in a hard disk file. I understand that makeiso.exe does this in UNIX. Does anyone have an executable version for Windows 98? Sincerely yours, Jerome Fine -- If you attempted to send a reply and the original e-mail address has been discontinued due a high volume of junk e-mail, then the semi-permanent e-mail address can be obtained by replacing the four characters preceding the 'at' with the four digits of the current year.

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Diagnosing a non-working Mac Performa 476?

by mythtech＠mac.com

>Someone mentioned a CUDA switch on the motherboard for >clearing the PRAM, but the closest thing I can find is an unidentified >pair of jumper pins in rough proximity to the battery. No the CUDA switch is a button. Don't go jumpering unknown wires (not that you planned to I am sure). I just popped the top on an LC 2, no switch. So there may not be one on the 476 either, I would verify, but both my 475's are in use at another location. >I tried the >command-alt-p-r thing with the existing batteries without luck, but >then there's no Alt key on this particular keyboard (Apple Keyboard II). There is no ALT on the Mac. Some keyboards have "Alt" inked above "Option" on the OPTION key, because Apple wanted compatibility with PCs, but in all cases, it is "Option" when talking Mac-speak. So you would press Command-Option-P-R. Hold these down right after hearing the startup bong, and continue to hold them until you hear the Mac bong again. It is recommended that you do this until it bongs 3 times total (just keep holding them down). I don't know exactly why, but that is what Apple's TIL suggests. In the event you are doing this on a soft-power Mac, (and more specifically a PowerBook), rather than going BONG and starting the boot again, the Mac may go BONG and then turn off. That is normal behavior on most PowerBooks most of the time, and occasionally on soft power Macs (ones that don't have a physical power switch, but rather you have to use the Power Key on the keyboard... the 476 is NOT one of them). -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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The prices on ebay are going UP

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

Eek, does that mean that I shouldn't print out items? Hehe.. Will J _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

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The prices on ebay are going UP

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

I dunno, I never really run into classic computer boxes, but then again, since I care mostly about minis and larger, thats probably why.. Personally, I use boxes to house manuals, sorted materials for recycling, and refuse until I put it in the dumpster. Will J _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

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[CCTECH] Unknown terminator identification

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

! From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk [mailto:ard@p850ug1.demon.co.uk] ! ! > ! >... ! > ! > I have here a terminator of some sort. It's a male 37 ! pin (DE37?), ! ! DC37M. The Second letter is the shell size. Each shell size normally ! exists in a standard and high-density version : Okay. Noted. And printed out & posted on my corkboard here, for future reference... :) ! ! > ... The chip is marked... ! > 14-3- ! > 221/331 ! > *B 8418 ! ! Read the 221/331 as 22*10^1/33*10^1. In other words 220 ohms and 330 ! ohms. A standard pair of values for a terminator circuit. ! > Any ideas what it is, and what its for? Anyone? ! ! No idea. Assuming the resistor network has power on the ! corner pins (1 ! and 14) then it's only terminating 11 lines. There aren't ! many interfaces ! using 11 lines that need termination, are there? Well, anyone's guess is better than mine... --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 Mac OS X 10.1.2 - Darwin Kernel Version 5.2: Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash

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Amiga A2000 POST

by ghldbrd＠ccp.com

When powering on, the power LED flashes 10 times then a long flash, and repeats. Nothing else plugged in, no floppy, keybaord, mouse or cards. Anyone remember what that means??? Gary Hildebrand St. Joseph, MO

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Wanted: CSA T805 Transputer Boards

by craig-c＠campbellsci.com

My company is interested in purchasing working CSA T805 transputer boards. If you have some to sell, please email me. Thanks, Craig Christensen Campbell Scientific, Inc craig-c(a)campbellsci.com

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Looking for OMT Inc. Board

by lemole＠peoplepc.com

Hi all, I am looking for a OMT Inc. Model 5300 or Model 5400 disk/tape controller. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Jerry Curles

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Wanted: Kaypro 2'84/2x

by winnderfish_falls＠yahoo.com

My Kaypro 2'84 died. I need a replacement as this was the only CP/M machine for the display. A donation of a working 2'84 or 2x would be greatly apreciated, after all it is going towards education. Thanks, David G. winnderfish_falls(a)yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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[CCTECH] Cards to Identify

by Innfogra＠aol.com

In a message dated 6/1/02 11:28:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Andreas.Freiherr(a)vishay.com writes: > All these boards (#1 Ethernet adapter, #2 motherboard, #2a/b > daughterboards) have "Ungermann-Bass" printed on them, so I am sure who > made them. Only the board with the 68000 CPU is obviously from somebody > else IIRC Ungerman Bass made repeaters and terminal concentrators also. Are there any serial plugs on the large MB like cards? Some of the terminal concentrator cards had 4 serial ports, some would take plug in cards at one end, usually for an Ethernet card. They have a processor and are about the original XT MB size. You could jumper some of the 4 serial port cards together to form a stack of 8 ports, maybe more. This stuff is old and probably only good for parts. We bought a bunch of this in the early 1990s and sold it back to Ungerman Bass because it was upgradable. Paxton Astoria, OR

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