Anyone able to tell me something about this type of system? It's about 300
miles north of me, and I'm considering
submitting a tender for it. Some idea of it's value, probably as scrap
(since that's who I'd probably be bidding against)
would be good. FWIW, I personally feel it is historically significant in
view of the job it did and worthy of preservation.
The system is from the (now closed) Joint US/Australian Space Defense
facility at Nurrungar, near Woomera.
('Way out in the desert of northern South Australia.)
The entire place is up for sale by tender, houses, buildings, radomes,
dishes, power & AC plant etc - plus the
IBM Mainframe that did all the data processing.
Quote:
"The Data Reduction Centre used the IBM 4381 Computer System to process and
record infrared data detected by satellite and transmitted by the Satellite
Tracking Station (SRS). The raw Satellite data was relayed through a variety
of computers and electronic equipment and finally to the DRC's IBM 4381
mainframe computers. The mainframe computers each had dual processors: a
support processor and an instruction processor. The processors filtered out
any spurious data by comparing the data against pre programmed event
criteria. Data that were not needed were discardedwhile data that met
certain criteria were formatted and sent to the SOC for further evaluation,
this time by human beings."
End quote.
There are numerous pics of the the system at:-
http://www.evansclarke.com.au/megatender/usaf_ibm_4381/index.htm
If you click on one of the thumbnails it will show a large version of the
pic with a next button to go through all of them.
If you want to see the other stuff that's on offer take a look at :-
http://www.evansclarke.com.au/megatender/index.html
Cheers
Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Mark's College
Port Pirie, South Australia.
Email: geoffrob(a)stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au
netcafe(a)pirie.mtx.net.au
ICQ #: 1970476
--- Gary Hildebrand <ghldbrd(a)ccp.com> wrote:
> Hello, all you guys out there
>
> I'm wanting to try out one (or both) of Open BSD and NetBSD on my lil' ol'
> Amiga -- I really need someone who has gone through the teething process of
> formatting drives and instaling necessary files, etc.
I haven't installed either on an Amiga myself, but I would recommend Open BSD
(http://www.openbsd.org/amiga.html) for one important reason: drivers for
my card, the GG2 Bus+ Zorro-to-ISA bridge, are included! Completely self-
serving, I know, but there it is. For the curious Amiga owner, the GG2 Bus+
web page is at http://penguincentral.com/GG2/
-ethan
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=:The VT100 keyboard mechanism was used on all sorts of machines (or
=:
=:VT100
=:Some HP terminals
=:TRS-80 Model 1 (older version keyboard)
=:Zenith/Heathkit Z19/H88/H89/Z90
=:TI 99/4a (I think)
Yes on the TI99/4a
Also kaypro, some not all I have two different keyboards.
NS* advantage
Haziltine 1500 and 1400 series.
and like you said a who raft of others.
Allison
Yes it is SCSI. I have a little info I will try to dig up for you. They
will do MSCP and a few other emulation's. (RL also IIRC) It all depends on
the PAL that is installed. Look for what is stamped on the PAL.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: jeff.kaneko(a)juno.com <jeff.kaneko(a)juno.com>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Monday, February 21, 2000 2:36 PM
Subject: T.D. Systems TDL-12
>
>Guys:
>
>Anybody know what this is? I'm almost certain it is a
>Q-BUS SCSI adaptor, but is it for disk, tape, or ???
>
>Is is MSCP? Does it emulate RK-0x's, or what?
>
>
>
>Thanks!
>
>
>Jeff
>________________________________________________________________
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----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Kolb <daniel.kolb(a)corpus-christi.oxford.ac.uk>
To: <port-vax(a)netbsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, 22 February 2000 5:20
Subject: Re: How many Vaxes?
> On a semi-related note, what sort of Vaxen do people on this list
Ok here goes.
At home.
1 Microvax II with 6mb & 85mb HDD TK50 running VMS 5.5
1 Microvax 3400 TK50 with 20Mb RAM, DSSI, SCSI, Pertec controller, no drives
yet.
1 Vax 6000-430 TK70 256mb SCSI,DSSI,CI & SDI/STI & 6 x RA90's running VMS
6.2/UCX/DECNET etc.
1 HSC50 & Star Coupler (not in use - the 6k has a KDB50)
1 x TA78 (PSU faulty)
1 TU78 (Slaved from the TA78)
2 x TA79 (working - sometimes used on the 6430)
3 VS3100's 8mb RZ23's. 1 currently running cut down NetBSD.
1 Decstation 3100 with 32mb & 500mb drive (non-dec) running (sorta) NetBSD.
1 Vax 6000-260 with 64mb (not running anything yet)
couple of partly dismembered 6000 cabinets for spares etc.
1 6000-320 minus ram and most of the cards (they're all in the 430) and a
faulty 5v supply.
(To be fixed later)
1 Microvax 2000 in bits not going. (Might be ok when I put it together)
1 Decmate in bits not going. (Floppy Drives u/s it seems)
16 RA70's in 4 x SA70 enclosures. Sa550 Cabinet(s)
1 Vax 8530 20mb ram - with CIBCI cabinet & Pro380 console. (Would be going,
but I lack the console to Vax cable)
At work
1 Vax 6000-440 TK70 256mb 3 x RA72 5 x RA70 6 x RA92 served from HSC70. 1
SCSI cd on a CMD controller 1 x TU81+ Running VMS6.0, Vaxcluster, Multinet
3.2 Rev B, MX Mail 5.1, IUPOP3, WASD Web/Proxy Server, Madgoat FTP.
1 VS4000-90 32Mb RAM numerous SCSI drives & Sony CDROM. 2.88 mb FDD. VMS
6.2 & UCX + Vaxcluster.
(The 4000-90 is actually mine, I just use it at work)
Cheers
Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Mark's College
Port Pirie, South Australia.
Email: geoffrob(a)stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au
netcafe(a)pirie.mtx.net.au
ICQ #: 1970476
IIRC there's a free/demo package from IVEX that might do, though I don't
know whether it's time limited or not. I am unfamiliar with it because I
felt that it was missing about 99.99% of the library component symbols and
models I expected to see. It's not missing too much from their viewpoint,
but The first five or six components I tried to use in their demo software
were absent, so I ditched it. I'm not even sure that IVEX isn't the vendor
of the Windraft, etc packages which I seem to recall it is, but they seem to
reflect the same problems. There's a PD add-on for AutoCad, which isn't
free, that is claimed to work well, though I haven't tried it.
What I use for the bread-and-butter stuff myself is the classic DOS-based
OrCAD v3.22 which works, I find, much better than the more recent GUI-based
versions. OrCAD has recently come out with a schematic capture package for
which there is supposed to be a route editor as well, accessible over the
web only. That might meet your short-term needs.
If you like the EAGLE stuff well enough, it's not terribly expensive, and
certainly costs in the range from 1..10% of what the OrCAD which does from
1..10% of Eagle will do, costs.
If you plan to integratge shcematic capture and PCB routing with other
packages, you should look at VIEWLOGIC despite its higher cost, because it's
the package now most-used to support entry on the low-cost CPLD/FPGA
verndors' software.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Pachla <peter.pachla(a)wintermute.org.uk>
To: Classic Computer <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 10:45 AM
Subject: Schematic capture/PCB design software
>Sometime last month there was a discussion here about members' preferred
PCB
>layout software - most of which I appear to have missed thanks to my ISP
>having problems....
>
>Anyway, what came of that discussion and what were the recommendations for
a
>good free package?
>
>
>Personally I've been using the DOS based "Easy PCB" for about 10 years now
>(does that make this on topic? <grin>) but would "prefer" to switch to a
>Win95 based package since I don't have a Linux box up and running yet. I've
>got "Eagle CAD v3.55r3" which is great, but the limitation on board size
>makes it impossible for me to use it for the project I'm playing with at
the
>moment. :-(
>
>
> TTFN - Pete.
>
>--
>Hardware & Software Engineer. Sound Engineer.
>Collector of Arcade Machines, Games Consoles & Obsolete Computers (esp DEC)
>
>peter.pachla(a)wintermute.org.uk | www.wintermute.org.uk
>--
>
>
>
Sometime last month there was a discussion here about members' preferred PCB
layout software - most of which I appear to have missed thanks to my ISP
having problems....
Anyway, what came of that discussion and what were the recommendations for a
good free package?
Personally I've been using the DOS based "Easy PCB" for about 10 years now
(does that make this on topic? <grin>) but would "prefer" to switch to a
Win95 based package since I don't have a Linux box up and running yet. I've
got "Eagle CAD v3.55r3" which is great, but the limitation on board size
makes it impossible for me to use it for the project I'm playing with at the
moment. :-(
TTFN - Pete.
--
Hardware & Software Engineer. Sound Engineer.
Collector of Arcade Machines, Games Consoles & Obsolete Computers (esp DEC)
peter.pachla(a)wintermute.org.uk | www.wintermute.org.uk
--
> Here's a new discussion for ya': a top ten list of the best laptop
> kayboards! I already know who's going to be number 1, but, just the same,
> here are my picks for the list:
OK, I'll be controversial.
1. Epson HX20
2. Tandy TRS-80 model 100
3.... I've never used any other laptops with decent keyboards.
In fact, I've used very few pcs with decent keyboards. I have a PS/2 keyboard
on my machine at work - it has followed me through at least three machines
now...
Philip.
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Just picked up some interesting goodies this weekend. How about a UNIVAC
1610 card punch station. Its in great shape and I think it'll work with
a good degrunging. Also got a whole boatload of DEC manuals and
handbooks including the original handbook for the classic 8 including a
software reference and price list.
I also received a VAXstation II that had a card by CMD in it. It may be
wishful thinking but it has a 50 pin header on it with three resistor
packs like a SCSI. The model is CQD-220/M. Anyone heard of this one?
Brian.
This message is something of a test message since it appears my last few
messages haven't made it through to the list. :-(
Anyway, I've a few machines I want rid of:
Apple II Europlus
Apple //e
Psion Organiser II, CM
Available free or in exchange for any interesting DEC/HP or IBM PS/2 bits (I
*NEED* case parts etc for a 9595 I'm trying to restore).
I'm located in the UK (Birmingham) in case anyone doesn't already know.
TTFN - Pete.
--
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Collector of Arcade Machines, Games Consoles & Obsolete Computers (esp DEC)
peter.pachla(a)wintermute.org.uk | www.wintermute.org.uk
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