Those of you in or near Milwaukee may want to take note of this... ;-)
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>Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 15:12:35 -0600 (CST)
>From: "HULBERT JOSHUA" <hulbertj(a)msoe.edu>
>To: port-vax(a)netbsd.org
>Subject: Free VAX Cluster!
>Sender: port-vax-owner(a)NetBSD.ORG
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>Hi,
>
>To anyone interested, my school is looking to make the old VAX cluster
>disappear. It consists of two MV3600's, several racks of RA81/82's, one
>MVII, and a TU-something-or-other. I haven't had time to go down and look
>at the innards of any of the machines, but I will if anyone expresses an
>interest in them. The whole shebang was operational the day they took it
>to the basement, so I assume it still is.
>
>We also have two or three VS3100's, but I'm really not sure what shape
>they're in.
>
>We are located in downtown Milwaukee, WI. The machines would be free for
>the taking, or if anyone wants to pay the shipping, we could work
>something out. I'd really like to see it all go toward the NetBSD cause,
>otherwise they'll be scrapped for the gold :(
>
>Please get back to me as soon as possible. I'm guessing we have until the
>end of the week, at which time the scrap metal man comes. I've had
>phantasies about bringing the stuff home, but "home" is actually a dorm
>room. Dunno if plugging the 3600's in will actually cause a brownout or
>not. Housing wouldn't be pleased, I'm guessing.
>
>Cheers!
>
>Joshua Hulbert
>Milwaukee School of Engineering
>hulbertj(a)msoe.edu
>(414) 287-4827
>
>
>
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At 09:09 PM 2/2/98 -0600, you wrote:
>As a side note... the Tandy 1000 line also supported three-voice digital
>sound--also stolen from the PCjr. You will also find this supported in
>those games too.
Yeah, I played quite a few games on my 1000tx with both these features.
Sure beat standard CGA and PC speaker!
-John Higginbotham-
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At 08:59 PM 2/2/98 -0500, you wrote:
>logic that drives those busses is strong enough that if one were to
>assert a logic 1 and the other a logic 0 the result literally would be
>smoke.
But wouldn't it be fun to watch as a spectator? :)
-John Higginbotham-
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Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> wrote:
> Thanks Frank. I have two HP 2626s coming. I'd like give them a try just
> for kicks. I understand that they'll support up to four sessions
> simultanously. Seems stange to think of running the Altair via something
> like that.
2626A or 2626W? The latter were intended for use with a word-processing
product for the HP3000, called HPWORD. But that's another story, and
as terminals they don't behave much different from each other.
It's been a while since I did anything with them but I do remember
setting one up to do the multi-session thing just to see how it
worked. Conceptually it goes something like this: the terminal can
have up to four workspaces, where each workspace has a chunk of the
terminal's display buffer memory. You can then split the display into
two or four windows (tiles) into the workspaces and associate devices
with the workspaces (don't remember the details of this). But you
only have two datacomm ports, so I'm not really sure how you can
manage four sessions.
Oh, how well did it work? I seem to remember thinking that it was
cumbersome to use, difficult to switch between workspaces and to
resize them as you were going. But I knew some other people who used
this to move small chunks of text between two connected host
computers, so maybe it was just something that you could get used to
after a while.
> I do have some junk VT-320s that I had forgotten about. I'll see if one
> of them works in the mean time.
Should be OK too, even if you end up working with software that expects
a VT100. But I bet the Portable Pluses are easier to move!
-Frank McConnell
Could I attach two PC motherboards (ISA? PS/2? PCI? EISA? NuBUS?
Others?) together via a ribbon cable by the bus connectors and then
transfer data among them, of course having written the approporiate
drivers?
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OK
Thanks for the pointers.
>To the original poster - you may have better luck asking on the classic
>videogames mailing list (classic-videogames(a)moose.webworks.ca) or if you
>have usenet access, on rec.games.video.classic.
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<an Intel Multibus Single Board Computer 80/10A, and an Intel Multibus 80/
<card of some sort. The only reason I picked up the Intel Multibus board
the 80/10a was a multibus 8080 card. I have a few but they are fried.
When I get crazy I'll fix them. The 80/10 desn't date from '76 though
the '76 is the date intel trademarked the MULTIBUS name.
Allison
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<make the computer do TCP/IP via serial or parallel port? So, could you
<please tell me, COULD I STICK A RIBBON CABLE INTO TWO DIFFERENT
<MOTHERBOARDS AND PRETEND THAT THE MBs ARE CARDS OF EACH OTHER?
Max I answered the question and you didn't understand.
----> NO!!! YOU CAN NOT. <----
Doing that would have the two opposing CPUs competing without any way
to resolve that nondestructively. That last word is important and the
logic that drives those busses is strong enough that if one were to
assert a logic 1 and the other a logic 0 the result literally would be
smoke.
Allison
you asked for an straightforward answer? it's NO.
In a message dated 98-02-02 17:49:20 EST, you write:
<< >>Could I attach two PC motherboards (ISA? PS/2? PCI? EISA? NuBUS?
>>Others?) together via a ribbon cable by the bus connectors and then
>>transfer data among them, of course having written the approporiate
>>drivers?
>>
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For one thing, please answer the question without going into philosophy.
The other is that I am looking not to transfer files, etc. but for a
way to have two computers share information a la multiproc. systems.
>>
In a message dated 98-02-02 17:09:25 EST, you write:
<< >Didn't the IBM Portable (or convertible...whatever) do that?
I seem to recall that the convertible (the laptop) had a printer available
that attached to the rear, although iirc, right side up and ready to print.
(It connected directly through an expansion port on the back of the
computer.) >>
uncle is right, the pc convertible has a small printer that connects right to
the back of the computer, and other options can plug into it. it can print on
thermal paper, and print on regular paper i think too. i found the printer for
my convertible at a thrift store for $1. talk about lucky!
david
