All,
I've been wrestling to get BSD 4.3 Quasijarus installed on my uVAX2. This
is what I'm doing...
1) Booting over the network to NetSBD over NetRoot
2) Used NetBSD to partition and format the disks
3) Used the 'restore' command to extract the 'dump''d root
4) Used tar to extract the proper usr (and other) directories
5) Edited the local disk's fstab
... where I'm getting hung up is bootblocks. What boot blocks do I write to
my drive and how?
I have an Emulex controller (MSCP emulator) with a SCSI disk attached. The
disk shows up as SCSI ID 1, and dua1 from the prom. It shows up as /dev/ra0
in NetBSD. I can mount/unmount the drive, etc.
I tried the NetBSD 'installboot' with 'raboot' as the bootblock and it
doesn't work with the output below...
>>> b dua1
2..1..0..
?06 HLT INST
PC = 00100529
Not sure what's going on. Any ideas?
--
-Jon
Jonathan Katz, Indianapolis, IN.
I was so impressed by my recently acquired 1982 CP/M-based Panasonic
JD-850M business computer, I had to add it to my YouTube video collection.
http://youtu.be/9GUDsYdF23A
Terry (Tez)
Hi everyone,
I just successfully repaired the CRT on my ADM-3a, which was suffering
very badly from "CRT cataracts". Here's a before and after picture:
http://www.loomcom.com/junk/adm3a_lens_removal.jpg
On the left, you can see the CRT removed from the ADM-3a and supported
in a cardboard box for repair. I've already cut through and partially
removed the sealing tape that went around the edge of the CRT and the
lens. The cataracts are clearly visible, they were extremely bad. The
adhesive between the CRT and the lens had broken down significantly and
partially liquified, leaking through the sealing tape.
On the right, you can see the CRT after removing the lens and peeling up
the sheet of adhesive under it with the aid of a razor blade. I used a
heat gun in concentric circles over the face of the CRT, the technique
shown in this series of videos on YouTube (not mine):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l1EoMmmOcQ
I just wanted to confirm that this technique works well. I have not yet
finished cleaning the lens and CRT, but after that's done I will apply
double-sided tape, re-attach the lens, and seal it with packing tape, as
shown in the videos.
DISCLAIMER: If you do this, you are doing it at your own risk. I wore
safety glasses, gloves, and a long-sleeve shirt. There is significant
risk of CRT implosion.
-Seth
The 'dd' usage I provided has nothing to do with tape images, only copying
raw disk images.
Personally after a bit of actual usage of the 11/44 to do builds and patching
in situ, I gave up. Just too slow. So I went back to an emulated 11/44 in SIMH
and did all the patching and sysgens there. Is is at least 10X-20X faster doing
all the work on a PC and copying the completed disk images over to the 11/44 at
the end.
-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark G Thomas <Mark at misty.com>
>Sent: Nov 30, 2013 3:01 PM
>To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>Subject: Re: installing 2.11BSD on a pdp11/53
>
>Hi,
>
>> Am 30.11.13 18:23, schrieb Mark G Thomas:
>> >I followed the 2.11BSD setup.ps and HOWTO file instructions to create
>> >a tape with dd, using a Sun Solaris SPARC server connected to the DLT8000.
>
>On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 08:04:12PM +0100, Jochen Kunz wrote:
>> You need to use maketape.c to get the right block structure.
>> Jochen
>
>I used maketape.c instead of the dd instructions, and that worked perfectly.
>
>Thanks everyone for the help!
>
>Mark
>
>--
>Mark G. Thomas (Mark at Misty.com)
The process I outlined is purely for disk image manipulation, it has nothing
to do with tape images or usage.
The UC17/18 Emulex controllers I have maintain the per disk configuration info
in a separate NVRAM on the card. They don't store any info on the disk itself.
-----Original Message-----
>From: Holm Tiffe <holm at freibergnet.de>
>Sent: Nov 30, 2013 4:10 PM
>To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>Subject: Re: installing 2.11BSD on a pdp11/53
>
>Don North wrote:
>
>> If you can get a SCSI card for a PC, or a unix system with SCSI disk
>> interface, you are golden.
>>
>> Here is what I did to get 2.11BSD over to my 11/44 with an Emulex UC18 SCSI
>> controller:
>>
>> (1) Use SIMH to configure/build a working 2.11BSD system from scratch
>> tapes, if you desire.
>>
>> (2) Or you can get pre-built 2.11BSD image from here:
>> http://www.ak6dn.dyndns.org/PDP-11/2.11BSD/
>> or other locations on the net as well. The image I built is current
>> thru the latest patches.
>>
>> (3) Mount the SCSI disk on which you will be installing the 2.11BSD image
>> on your PC/linux box. Use 'dd' to blast the whole image (from (2)) to the
>> disk.
>>
>> (4) Dismount the SCSI disk from your PC/unix box, carry it over to your
>> PDP-11, install it, and boot it up.
>>
>> Any way you can do a byte-for-byte copy of the SIMH .dsk file to your
>> target SCSI drive should probably work.
>>
>> Don
>>
>>
>May be this works wit an CQD220 Controller, but I don't think that this
>will work with an Emulex UC07.
>The Emulex can partition the disk in some slices, the information where the
>partitions are, is somwhere on the disk.
>
>I wrote out Tapes with SIMH to a Unix file and converted those files with
>the containing Block length information to a real tape (on some qarter Inch
>Tapes with an Tandberg drive [525 MB and up, the smaller Tapes don't
>support variable block lenghts]). Done this on FreeBSD.
>
>This way I've created install tapes for 2.11 BSD, RT11, RSX11 and
>XXDP.
>
>Regards,
>
>Holm
>--
> Technik Service u. Handel Tiffe, www.tsht.de, Holm Tiffe,
> Freiberger Stra?e 42, 09600 Obersch?na, USt-Id: DE253710583
> www.tsht.de, info at tsht.de, Fax +49 3731 74200, Mobil: 0172 8790 741
>
I recently picked up the following cards at a Radio Rally and I don't
really need them, but thought they might be useful to someone.
1 x Oak VGA card. No Manual (but I think I have a table of switch
settings somewhere as I used to own one as well)
1 x Emulex Persyst IBM CGA Compatible Card with Printer Port. No
Composite out but has header on card. Boxed and with manual.
1 x Western Digital WD1002S-WX2 "Winchester" Controller Card. The
Manual for this is here:-
http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stut...nual_Jul85.pdf
<http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/westernDigital/WD100x/79-0…>
All Items truly untested, "sold as seen" as I don't have any real XT's
or an MFM hard disk to test with.
Pictures are on the Vintage Computer Forum but you will have to sign up
to view:-
http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?40341-PC-XT-Cards-VG…
Oh and in case any one doesn't know, I am in Greater Manchester, England....
--
Dave Wade G4UGM
Illegitimi Non Carborundum
If anyone would like to sell their Mac Powerbook 160 or 180 to me for the
Media Archaeology Lab, please let me know! I'm hoping to demo an early
Hypercard project...
thanks, Lori
--
Lori Emerson
Assistant Professor | Director, Media Archaeology Lab
Department of English, University of Colorado at Boulder
Hellems 101, 226 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0226
loriemerson.net | mediaarchaeologylab.com
Hi all,
I just picked up a DECwriter II, and after the elation of receiving it, the reality is sinking in that I just don't have any more space for any new projects of this physical dimension.? As much as I'd love to have this (I learned on these in the 70's), I have to find a home for it.? I'm asking $100, which is less than half of what I laid out to acquire it.? Is there anyone with an interest who would be able to pick it up, or arrange a pickup, in the Dallas/Fort Worth area?
Dave
Hello,
ANyone know if mouser carries anything that'll work for this? I'm going to
try and make home-made cab kits for a DEUNA and DQQNA. I seem to have
found the connectors (to plug in to the berg and the AUI socket)
The things I need to grab next are: wire/cable and those fuses. As I need
to get caps and a thermistor from Mouser, i'd prefer 'em all from the same
place.
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
What unit numbers to the drives on the second controller show up at? I have
a CQD-223 as the primary controller and an RQDX3 as the second controller
with an RX50.
I thought this was rather interesting.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bob Armstrong <bob at jfcl.com>
Date: Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 9:41 AM
Subject: [Simh] Resurrecting the ARPAnet IMP
To: simh at trailing-edge.com
This summer a group of us worked together to resurrect the original
ARPAnet IMP software, and I?m now happy to say that the IMP lives
again in simulation. It?s possible to run the original IMP software
on a modified version of the H316 simh and to set up a virtual network
of simulated IMPs talking to each other. IMP to IMP connections,
which would have originally been carried over leased telephone lines,
are tunneled over IP. As far as we can tell, everything works pretty
much as it did in the early 1970s. IMPs are able to exchange routing
information, console to console communications, network statistics,
and they would carry host traffic if there were hosts on the network.
The hooks are in there to allow simh to support the IMP side of the
1822 host interface, and the next step would be to recover the OS for
an ARPAnet era host and then extend the corresponding simulator to
talk to the IMP simulation.
If you?d like to know more, you can read a detailed account of the
whole adventure here ?
http://walden-family.com/bbn/imp-code.pdf
Everyone involved has agreed to release their work under the same
terms as Bob Supnik?s original simh license, and I?m looking for
suggestions as to how to handle that. We could just ZIP everything up
and host it on the website along with all the other BBN and ARPAnet
documentation. If the community considers the simh extensions for the
BBN hardware to be of general interest then it could be submitted to
the current simh repository. Or it could go somewhere else - I am
open to suggestions.
Thanks,
Bob Armstrong
_______________________________________________
Simh mailing list
Simh at trailing-edge.comhttp://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
Hi,
Does anyone have the manual or at least the ODT prompt commands to
get into F.R.D. mode on an Emulex QD0110202 controller?
So far my google-foo has failed on this one. The closest I have found
so far is for a QD21, but I think close but no cigar in this case.
Thanks,
Mark
--
Mark G. Thomas (Mark at Misty.com)
While on the subject of SMS, does anyone have an SMS-1000 PDP-11 system?
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/sms/qbus/
3001076A_SMS1000oem_Feb87.pdf
The built in storage controller is supposed to be fully MSCP
compatible and while I have been able to get RT-11 working on the
internal hard drive I have never been able to get it to work with
RSTS/E or 2.11BSD. It has been a while since I've powered up the
system and from what I remember the firmware would display a version
less than 1.0, maybe something like 0.8, or maybe the version was
written on the firmware EPROM labels. Also, the CSR address choices
available to configure the built-in MSCP controller in my SMS-1000
don't match the CSR address choices listed in the manual.
If anyone else has one of these SMS-1000 systems I would be curious to
know what firmware versions you have, and whether you have been able
to get anything other than RT-11 working with the built in MSCP
controller.
-Glen
Hi Jan,
>I've found some stuff;
>
>Here is some history:
>http://www.computer-museum.ru/books/vt_face/9_staros_1.htm
>
>And here is a general summary of the machine:
>http://www.computer-museum.ru/books/vt_face/prilogenie_16.htm
--- Thank you so much for digging up the additional references. It's interesting that it differs somewhat from the existing ones I have insofar as word length and power consumption. The new figure of 200-Watts seems more plausible than the 100W the other sources give. The new reference also reveals that production didn't start until 1963. With no mention of the previous UM-1 model, one can only assume that it wasn't produced in quantity.
--- Truly useful parts of the puzzle.
Thanks,
Steve L.
Evening,
What're the components most likely to fail in a BA23 PSU? I have one that
keeps pouring smoke out of it...yet I can never see a component that's
burnt, punctured, or other stuff like that. I also never hear an arc or
anything exploding. The PSU also squeals when powered down.
Yes. It seems to STILL work despite smoke coming out of it. Haven't
confirmed after today's magic smoke release though. I'll test again once
I get a warmer day.
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
Hi Ethan,
Yeah, that's exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for.? I have a few early Infocom titles for DECmate II and Rainbow:
http://yois.if-legends.org/vault.php?id=553
But the holy grail has always been the PDP-11 version of the original mainframe Zork.? I've seen the scans, and have held an original printed version in my hands when I visited a German collector years ago, but am looking for an original for myself.? Same with the map in DEC Professional.
The TRS-80 Personal Software Zork is also fairly rare and sought-after, so congrats on finding that.
>________________________________
>Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 21:59:38 -0500
>From: Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
>To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
>??? <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>Subject: Re: Seeking a few game-related DEC PDP-11 items
>Message-ID:
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>
>>>C.E. Forman wrote:
>>> I collect old computer games and am trying to find the PDP-11 version of
>>> Zork, complete with the original media, instructions and printed map.? I am
>>> also looking for the November 1982 issue of DEC Professional, which featured
>>> a hand-drawn map of the game.
>
>I know what he's after.? I've never personally seen any commercial Infocom
>games except for a new copy of "Deadline" hanging on the wall at the
>DEC store in downtown Columbus, c. 1984.? You can find downloads of
>Interactive Fiction for the PDP-11, but genuine original media and paper
>manuals are quite rare.? I did manage to get some version of the Infocom
>interpreter hacked to run under RSTS/E for VCFmw last year (the
>memory allocation code for RT-11 does not run unmodified under RSTS/E,
>you have to add one more system call to make it work), but, again, it's
>not an original.
>
>Just the map from the November 1982 DEC Professional has been scanned
>and can be easily googled, but the whole paper magazine is somewhat
>uncommon, owing to age.
>
>Good luck on your search.? My oldest Infocom goodies are a TRS-80 disk
>and Personal Software-published manual.? I've downloaded the scans of
>the PDP-11 manual (a copy surfaced a couple of years back), but as I
>said, I've never held an original.
>
>-ethan
I pulled my Corvus Concept keyboard apart for cleaning and managed to
knock loose the white nylon "collar" around the caps-lock key mechanism.
Apparently there was a microscopic pin inside with an equally microscopic
load spring behind it... At any rate, no toggling anymore :-(.
Is there anyone on the list who may have cannabilized a Sun 4 keyboard and
can spare the caps-lock assembly from it? Or, any suggestions for getting
this to work again?
Steve
--
I'm dumping about 40 manuals, pics at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61575639 at N06/sets/72157638073631285/
Mostly DEC/Digital from the mid-90s (VMS 5.x guide, OS/2 1.3 manual,
various Storageworks things, OpenVMS cluster config, Alpha 3000 owner's
manual, etc.) but a bit of everything... Hypercard, ISDN, Sun E450
owner's manuals, etc. I'll probably try to ebay the NeXT manuals.
This stuff is free if you show up in Somerville Massachusetts soon to
collect it, and I could be convinced to pay to ship it to a public
archive (if bitsavers or archive.org wanted any of it, for example), but
I'm likely to want money from anyone else who wants me to ship things;
it takes a lot of time and attention away from sorting stuff.
--cheers
--akb
I've used the following references:
http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faqhttp://ftp.rodents-montreal.org/mouse/docs/Sun/nvram/stop-the-clock
While doing some clean up, I found my notes where I figured out how to
stop the time of day clock on a 6X0MP system
@ open boot prom:
f1201000 f o map-page
80 ff8 c!
80 ff9 c!
0 ff8 c!
At the time I had done this, I could not find a source on the net on
how to do this. I did some research, and based the above on Sun-4c
instructions modified for the boot rom and the different addresses of
the location of the NVRAM in memory, and the different position in that
model of NVRAM used on the 6X0MP for the clock itself.
I just did some searches now, and it looks like nobody indicated the
above for the 6X0MP, but I found references to the above for the SS10
and SS20.
Thought I'd pass this along.
On one of the links it shows a one liner on stopping the TOD clock on
an ss1000:
00280000 f
Anyone know if that is all that is required, or is was this just
identifying where it is in memory, but no specifics within the TOD clock
memory on what to do ?
Anyone have the mojo on stopping the TOD clock on:
Ultra 1
Ultra 2
Ultra 60
Ultra 10
SparcServer 1000E
Sunblade 1500
Sunblade 2000
???
Thanks,
-- Curt
Folks,
anyone interested in an IBM RS6000 7248, model 100. I have the system
unit only, no keyboard, display or mouse. I also have manuals, AIX 4.3
Quick Beginings, AIX 4.3 Install Guide and AIX 4.3 Network Install
Management and Reference. This machine is roughly the size of an IBM
AT and it is HEAVY.
Ellis
Greetings, everyone.? Jim Leonard (Trixter) of oldskool.org referred me to this list.
I collect old computer games and am trying to find the PDP-11 version of Zork, complete with the original media, instructions and printed map.? I am also looking for the November 1982 issue of DEC Professional, which featured a hand-drawn map of the game.
Thanks in advance for any assistance in locating these.
Hi Folks,
I've been searching for historical info on the Soviet UM-1 or UM1-NKh, which some have claimed to be the "first" minicomputer. (Of course, that has little meaning without a careful definition of terms.)
So far, I've only uncovered a little approximate info about it, including:
- Approved for production in 1962
- 13-bit word
- 8000 transistors
- 150-lbs
- 100 Watts (!)
- The UM-1 was an earlier (military?) model but it's not clear if it was manufactured.
The key info that I'm looking for includes:
- Date of first production shipment
- Amount of RAM
- Memory cycle time
- Approximate price (whatever that meant in the USSR)
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Steve Lafferty
http://tronola.com
Hi, everyone.? Jim Leonard (Trixter) referred me to this list.
I'm lookingfor PDP-11 items related to the Advent / Colossal Cave adventure game, and the Dungeon / Zork game developed at MIT.? Anything related to them -- source code printouts, any documentation, etc.? For Dungeon / Zork, there was an official version sold by the creators that included a manual and map along with the original media.? If you have that you can pretty much name your price and I'll pay it.
I'm also looking for the November 1982 issue of DEC Professional magazine, which included a hand-drawn map of the game, and any boxed software for the DEC II or DEC Rainbow computers.
Thanks for your time.
I recently got a deal on an '80's HP protocol analyzer - really handy
when you're trying to get a terminal to talk to a PDP-8 or -11, among
other things :)
But I need the cable that connects the interface pod to the analyzer.
It's a straight 37 pin D-size I think... not sure if shielded, twisted
pair or what's inside. Probably not fancy since the 4951C only goes to
19.2 kbps.
I could make one from ribbon cable and IDC connectors, but would
rather have an original.
Anyone got a spare?
thanks
Charles
ps already posted request on HP group ;)
Hello Al,
I have an interface like this, and an attached working hard disk that
boots RT11.
I don't have an original floppy disk with drivers or tools, I'm
searching for it too,
but some time ago I did a copy of the hard disk content, thus also of
the drivers for the interface.
I'll be glad to send / upload an RT11 floppy image for SIMH including
these files.
Furthermore a guy an year ago contacted me about drivers for SMS (I
posted a message searching for manuals at the time);
he had a copy of manuals and ROM onboard with latest version.
I can provide a copy of all of this.
Let me know how I can send you the files.
Andrea
Anyone want to spend $1900 on a Mac 128k?
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/sys/4209740677.html
This isn't the only insane request in New York..?
I think the people on Craigslist in this city are a bit crazy in the prices they ask for.?
I am looking for documentation for an IMSAI DIO/PDS floppy controller board set. The boards are revision 1.1, I believe. I have pictures here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/106931119 at N08/
I eventually hope to connect them up to an IMSAI 8" disk subsystem (old Calcomp 142 drives), but I am interested in finding out if they will work with other drives, what cables I need, etc. Also, I want to know if there is some kind of monitor on what looks like a rom chip on the DIO card, and if so, what address it shows up at?
I have emailed Mr. Fischer at IMSAI.net, but haven't heard back.
James
I have one as well, tethered to a IBM 5170. I have pretty full documentation and also have the OS media, though I have never checked it out to determine if it works. I bought my 5364, with PC card and cable, on Ebay in 2004 for $101 from digitaldinos.com. Thought it was a pretty decent deal at the time . . .
-W
On Fri, 22 Nov 2013, at 09:45:51 Colin Eby <colineby at isallthat.com> wrote:
I have one, but couldn't quote you a fair price. They're rare enough, but without having the DEC collect-ability cache. I would advise anyone acquiring one to be sure they get the customer console adapter and cable with the system. The system has to be pretty permanently tethered to a PC. I believe the PC needs to be a fairly compatible XT, though I've so far failed to get mine to boot properly, so take my advice on this with a grain of salt. I also have the docs for one. Not sure they've made it to bitsavers yet, so might be useful. I believe other people on the list have the OS media. That's something I currently lack.
-Colin
On 22 Nov 2013, at 01:43, Benjamin Huntsman <BHuntsman at mail2.cu-portland.edu> wrote:
> Anyone have or have seen a 5364?
> Any idea on a fair price?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
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Message: 14
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 02:13:04 -0500
From: Paul Birkel <pbirkel at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
Subject: DEC VAX-11/730 Boot Tape
Message-ID:
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I've thus far been unsuccessful locating any TU-58 emulator "tap" files for
booting an old 11/730. Or any "tap" files specific to, or appropriate for,
the 11/730.
Is it just that my google-fu is bad, none are posted, or possibly none
exist?
Thank you for any guidance or commentary that anyone cares to offer,
paul
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Message: 15
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 01:20:12 +0000
From: Rich Alderson <RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org>
To: "cctech at classiccmp.org" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
Subject: CompuServe PDP-10 programming?
Message-ID:
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I'm currently pulling the CIS-local code out of DECWAR in aid of installing
it on the DECsystem-1070 (KI-10 #587) running at the museum. It would be
very helpful to (1) talk to someone who programmed in Macro-10 on the CIS
systems, or (2) at least find someone with UUO and programming environment
manuals. (I don't see either CIS or CompuServe on Bitsavers, but I may be
missing something.)
Does anyone reading CCtech/CCtalk want to confess to having experience in
these matters? Privately or publicly?
Thanks,
Rich
Rich Alderson
Vintage Computing Sr. Systems Engineer
Living Computer Museum
2245 1st Avenue S
Seattle, WA 98134
mailto:RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.orghttp://www.LivingComputerMuseum.org/
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Message: 16
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 08:26:14 +0100
From: supervinx <webmaster at supervinx.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: IBM 5364 System/36 PC
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Il giorno ven, 22/11/2013 alle 01.43 +0000, Benjamin Huntsman ha
scritto:
> Anyone have or have seen a 5364?
> Any idea on a fair price?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
I have three and a half... but I acquired it almost for free...
A fair price is near to zero :)
You need also the special cable and the PC receiver, besides PC software
and a suitable host pc acting as a console (usually an XT).
I have some software disk images, also...
--
Retromuseum:
http://www.supervinx.com/Retrocomputer
You can reach me at:
http://www.youtube.com/supervinxhttp://www.myspace.com/supervinxhttp://www.facebook.com/supervinx
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Message: 17
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 10:41:50 +0000 (GMT)
From: P Gebhardt <p.gebhardt at ymail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Alphaserver 1000 diagnosis?
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Hi Tom,
thanks for sharing your experience with the list !
There are two 1000A Alphaservers in my collection also waiting for a revival. They had been used by a german TV-sender to broadcast publicity. I think I'm well prepared now when I'm going to find the time to fire the systems up regarding pitfalls known about these machines.
Kind regards,
Pierre
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Pierre's collection of classic computers : http://classic-computing.dyndns.org/
>________________________________
> Von: Tom publix <ittybittybytes at gmail.com>
>An: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>Gesendet: 23:06 Donnerstag, 21.November 2013
>Betreff: Re: Alphaserver 1000 diagnosis?
>
>
>I got A AS1000 on ebay as we speak. It woks fine but getting it ready I
>found out a few things. TRU64 is really picky. If you have unsupported
>cards or even supported cards with the wrong or outdated firmware you can
>get machine checks.
>
>Older version of BSD's Net, Free and Open will machine check. I use NetBSD
>6.1 and it works fine in almost any configuration and even with cards with
>outdated firmware (it will complain though)
>
>If you have the StorageWorks backplane misconfigured it can machine check.
>
>By the way, I had the Storage works backplane configured just to use the
>qlogic 1020 controller and not the raid card, and I had concurrently 50/68
>and SCA containerss and the AS1000 running Netbsd identified them all
>correctly and I was able to read and write to all the disks even the SCA
>one!!.
>
>tomp
>
>
>
>On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Daniel Seagraves
><dseagrav at lunar-tokyo.net>wrote:
>
>> (I think I asked this once before, but I can't remember the result and I
>> can't find the thread in the archive)
>>
>> I have an Alphaserver 1000 that I would like to resurrect. It periodically
>> hangs or reboots. When it reboots the error is usually "Machine check while
>> in palcode". When it hangs, the hang is so severe the halt button does not
>> work. Either way, it always happens within 20 minutes of booting. I ran all
>> of the diagnostics you get by moving the CPU card jumper (cache memory
>> tests, RAM tests) and they run for an hour or so with no error. (I am
>> assuming the diagnostic halts on error instead of just looping again, is
>> that correct?) During the course of these I moved the jumper to the wrong
>> place and wiped out SRM, so I had to reload SRM from floppy using the
>> failsafe loader. That worked. The SRM diagnostics will also run for as long
>> as I want without error. Does anyone have any idea what's wrong here or is
>> there some kind of XXDP-like thing I can run that will better test the
>> machine?
>>
>>
>>
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Message: 18
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 11:31:41 +0000
From: Adam Sampson <ats at offog.org>
To: "General Discussion\: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Getting ITS running under simulation
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Josh Dersch <derschjo at gmail.com> writes:
> the KLH-10 page (and all the others I've found) link to
> ftp://ftp.its.os.org/its/klh10/pi-its-a11110.tar which is dead, and I
> don't see it archived elsewhere.
I had that file sitting around from when I'd played with ITS some ten
years ago, so I've uploaded it to archive.org:
https://archive.org/details/KLH10-PI-ITS
The instructions I actually wound up using to build an ITS system were
these ones, though:
http://www.cosmic.com/u/mirian/its/itsbuild.html
--
Adam Sampson <ats at offog.org> <http://offog.org/>
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I have 81 more P112 boards, so I need 81 more boot rom chips. I managed
to buy Atmel 28c256 parts (which are eeprom) rather than the 29c256 (which
are flash) parts. Is there someone out there who wants to do a swap?
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
>
>It seems the 12V rail disappeared now...I'll confirm tomorrow. No serial
>and no AUI. System is...difficult to get to a console prompt now unless
>it is moved or smacked.
>
Is the 12V rail present at the power supply connector? If not and the other
rails are working, it is likely that only a very small number of components
and could be responsible. If the problem is intermittent, it is likely to be
due to a bad solder joint between one of these components and the power supply
PCB or a bad contact in a connector.
If you trace the wire carrying the 12V line into the power supply, it should
be possible to find which rectifier and reservoir capacitor produce it from
the chopper transformer. The only other components involved are likely to be
a filter choke, a fuse or circuit protector of some kind and maybe a low value
resistor to sense current draw. Identify the components involved and check
that they are all securely soldered to the PCB. Try tapping the components
involved and the PCB in their vicinity with something insulated while
monitoring the 12V rail to see if the problem can be provoked.
Be very careful to avoid touching or short circuiting anything on the live
side of the chopper transformer and the mains input side of the power supply
in general if you have to run it with the cover off.
Regards,
Peter Coghlan.
I'm looking for the set of BASIC ROM images for the HP E130X 75000
mainframe. Visually, the unit looks like this:
http://www.dontscrapit.com/Vermont-/Hp-75000-series-b-mainframe-w-E1326B-me…
some don't have the front panel. If it comes with a floppy drive, it
is
likely to have the BASIC ROMs. If anyone has one of these and can check the
ROMs, please let me know. I believe there are only two EPROMs that contain
the BASIC image.
Thanks!
Kyle
W4GNU
>
>Replacing the battery should get rid of a lot of errors. ;)
>
>Is there a way to disable the charging circuit? I can get 3.8V without too
>much trouble but the batteries would be non-rechargable.
>
The simplest thing is to buy a little NiCd or NiMH battery pack containing
three cells, designed for use in cordless telephones. It may even be possible
to find one with the right connector to plug directly in to the VAX.
If you can only get non-rechargable batteries, you could use three 1.5V cells
and two silicon diodes all in series which will prevent charging as well as
dropping the voltage from the battery by roughly 0.6V to 0.7V per diode. (Two
cells and one diode might work too.)
Whatever batteries you use, don't leave them in the machine when it is not
being used for long periods.
Regards,
Peter Coghlan
I think we should all get together and send Tony Duell a new spell
checker for Christmas. I think his old one finally bit the dust, LOL!
All in good humor Tony. You're a great contributor to the list!
Dave L.
--
Dave Land
Land Computer Service xmechanic at landcomp.net
I have been working to validate the FreHD hard disk emulator (
http://www.vecoven.com/trs80/trs80.html) with the Kaypro.
Good progress on the 4/84 with the Advent TurboROM but I want to validate
it on my 4/83 also. (Unfortunately finding a 4/84 is not so easy.....
Kaypro are not very common in New Zealand so I am stuck with the 4/83 but
also very keen to try and get it going).
Searching for the TurboROM for the 4/83 has been unsuccessful. The
available ROM's on the internet are the 84 version (8k). I have seen
several requests for it on different sites but no ROM unfortunately and no
"hey look what I discovered" posts.
After reading the TurboROM notes in this really good overview document (
ftp://ftp.barnyard.co.uk/cpm/walnut-...O/TURBOROM.DOC) and some work with a
disassembler on the '84 ROM I have confirmed that it is specific to the
machines with the 6845 video controller so modifying the 4/83 to use an 8K
rom isn't enough.
Hoping that someone on the list may know a source for the Advent TurboROM
for the 4/83.
Regards
Andrew
In my pursuit of IBM Displaywriter hardware I spied these boards on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/111224097497
Compared with these boards there are some similarities regarding the edge
connector and overall shape/size:
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ibm/6580_Displaywriter/photos/
but of course these boards were used in many other IBM peripherals and
small systems from that era.
Does anyone recognise what they might be from?
There are three boards for the IBM Displaywriter I am seeking to find:
Memory Extender Card (fits into Slot F)
Printer Sharing or 3277 DE Card (for Slot C) - not sure if same or
different boards
Communications Card (slot A)
There may also be another board that fits into the external floppy drive
unit to support the additional communication ports that were available on
the back of that unit.
I've thus far been unsuccessful locating any TU-58 emulator "tap" files for
booting an old 11/730. Or any "tap" files specific to, or appropriate for,
the 11/730.
Is it just that my google-fu is bad, none are posted, or possibly none
exist?
Thank you for any guidance or commentary that anyone cares to offer,
paul
Hi
I was referred to this group by Vintage Computer Forums at
vintage-computer.com.
I was told a Al Hartman at this list might have the info I need.
I have an Epson FX-185 impact printer. It was in storage for several
years. It now makes a constant high pitched noise from the speaker as
soon as it is turned on. The noise is definitely coming from the
speaker. It is supposed to do so when out of paper. The out of paper
sensor is functioning correctly I even disconnected that sensor from the
board and still get the sound whether or not the circuit is completed.
No bulging capacitors. Parts of the board are grungy. Wondering how to
go about cleaning the circuit boards.
Tom
Hi all --
I have a bit of spare time again over the next couple of weeks and I
would like to spend at least a little bit of that spare time getting
Maze War running on my Imlac emulator; this entails first getting the
Maze War "server" code running on a simulated PDP-10. (After this I
hopefully just need to get the Imlac emulator talking to the PDP-10
emulator over a simulated serial port...)
The Maze War server runs under ITS and I cannot for the life of me find
a copy of an ITS distribution; the KLH-10 page (and all the others I've
found) link to ftp://ftp.its.os.org/its/klh10/pi-its-a11110.tar which is
dead, and I don't see it archived elsewhere.
What's the done thing these days for getting ITS up and running?
Thanks as always,
Josh
Hello.
First of all, you need a copy of the CONSOLE cassette, that contains
microcode for the 11/730
(mine remained inserted in the drive for years and has a bad sticky
syndrome and black spots).
I have a VAX11/730 sitting in a depot, and a lot of TU58 cassette, with
various software, but
unfortunately no spare console or diagnostic cassette.
I would try to dump it, but unfortunately I don't have a TU58 drive unit
to read it
(I'm searching for one to buy since a lot of time, if someone in EU or
around has one, please let me know thanks!)
On this site there should be a copy of the CONSOLE:
http://www.heeltoe.com/download/vax/tapes-730/
Here some diagnostic for 750 (could work on 730 too?) and some software:
http://iamvirtual.ca/VAX11/VAX-11-software.html
Falls somebody has something more, please let us know!
Thanks
Andrea
>>
>> The single question marks are non-fatal errors and the double question marks
>> are fatal errors.
>
>It runs OpenVMS fine despite the fatal memory errors.
>
In this context, non-fatal selftest errors are ones which still allow the
machine to automatically boot at power on, assuming it is configured to.
Fatal errors are ones which prevent the automatic boot sequence from completing
and leave you at the >>> prompt. You can still decide to ignore the errors
and boot manually. The fatal errors are more of a "you really should know
about these problems before you attempt to boot" rather than "booting will
definately not work".
Regards,
Peter Coghlan.
Came across this today, patent 6606589
which describes a SMD accellerator that has a SCSI disk connected to
circuitry to simulate an SMD interface through a DRAM buffer, with
schematics.
Pretty late patent, given the technology it was built out of.
>> >> [...non-ancient disk on Unibus machines...]
>>
> > I'm surely not the only collector who would be willing to pony up
> > some $$$ for such a project....
>
I would certainly pony up some $.
I built my own IDE->S-100 interface (with guidance from my amazing friend, Allison P); it was very easy, hardware-wise.
What makes IDE to Qbus or Unibus interfacing so difficult? There must be reasons, otherwise it would have been done by now.
JS