I've noticed all this time that DECwindows is on this MV3100.
What is it? It it like Macro$oft's windows, or Xwindows?
And when it says "display device", what is it expecting, a Tek terminal,
or VT of some sort, or some special adapter?
At 23:03 11/15/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Ive found a guy locally who has a GS for sale, but hasnt set a price....
If the 486 has decent RAM and disk I would trade him level, but only if you
really want the IIGS.
>its a woz version
This is not the Good Thing it may sound like, apart from cool appearance.
The Woz sig on the front of the case implies Rev 00 ( = earliest) ROMs and
very limited expandability. AFAIK the released ROM versions were 00, 01,
and 03; 00 could be upgraded to 01 with a chipset, but 03 was a logic board
swap. There never was an 02; 04 existed, but the GS was killed before 04
went into production. Some of the 04 ROM code was written into GS/OS
instead, but beyond this I yield gracefully (I hope) since others here
surely know more than I do.
>coupla megs of memory. (exp card?)
>external cms hard drive (scsi?)
>has a sound card. he says it's not the ensoniq sound chip, but an adaptor
>card.
>3.5 drive.
>also has some books and sw.
oh....like I said, how bad do you want it?
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I have seen them go from free to $30 with less extra's them the one you are
looking at.
At 11:03 PM 11/15/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Ive found a guy locally who has a GS for sale, but hasnt set a price. ( i
>hate that) what does everything think it's worth?
>details are sketchy, but here's what he said
>
>its a woz version
>coupla megs of memory. (exp card?)
>external cms hard drive (scsi?)
>has a sound card. he says it's not the ensoniq sound chip, but an adaptor
>card.
>3.5 drive.
>also has some books and sw.
>
>what would be a decent price for this? he may be interested in a basic 486 i
>have to barter with.
>
>david
>
>
Can anyone tell me if Linux will run on the IBM Powerstation 7012/300 and
7011/200, these are both rs6000 machines. I got them at auction and the
aix/unix operating systems and everything else was removed from the
harddrives. I'm looking for some low cost operating system software to run
these machines with. Thanks in advance. John Keep on computing !!!
I dont have the exact same thing, but an old IBMer gave me something called a
videotrax, which is an 8bit isa board that connects to a vcr for backup
purposes. I got the complete thing, with box and sw. of course, this one only
holds 80meg per vcr tape.
david
In a message dated 97-11-15 12:53:59 EST, Bruce Lane put forth:
> Came across an interesting find recently. Manufactured by Digi-Data
> Corporation, out of Maryland (yes, they are still around), it's a
> Pertec-interface TBU that uses, of all things, a VHS cassette mechanism to
> back up as much as 2 gigabytes to a normal T120 VHS tape.
>
> Darndest thing I've seen this year! I've spoken to Digi-Data already, and
> it is still possible to get a manual for the thing (you better believe
I'll
> be doing so!), so I intend to put it to good use.
>
> I'm just curious if anyone else has crossed paths with this unit. It's
> called a 'Gigastore.'
On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Mr. Donzelli mentioned:
> Quite a few years ago, I scrapped out a big drive that had an arm
> with very fine brushes that would sweep the platters just after the
> thing came to speed.
DEC RP04s (Sperry drives, IIRC) had that as a feature. It was later
found that the brushes did more damage than good, and the brushes were
subsequently all tied back with wire-ties as per an ECO.
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On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Mr. Shoppa made this observation:
> The most amazing thing is being in a real computer room (i.e. dozens
> of 14" drives) when the power suddenly goes *off*. The silence is
> astonishing.
In an installation that size, the environmental A/C makes a sub-
stantial amount of noise as well.
The eeriest moments I've even encountered were at my first employer
who had a _monster_ UPS supplying a pair of 5000 sq. ft. computer rooms
and the power failed. The UPS held the computers up, but the A/C spun
down and the lights all went off (save the battery-operated ones). It
was, shall we say, strange. The backup generator (a big old V-16 diesel
in the parking lot) came on about 20 seconds later and the A/C and
lights came back on. Oddly enough, the A/C made more noise than the
computer gear.
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| Carl Richard Friend (UNIX Sysadmin) | West Boylston |
| Minicomputer Collector / Enthusiast | Massachusetts, USA |
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While wandering around one of my favourite surplus gear haunts today, I cam
across a couple of HP 1000 F series minicomputers. While they look neat, I
know just about nothing about them. Anyone out there familiar enough with
them to give me the 'infamous 25 words or less' speech on their significance?
It might take a few $$ to break one or more of them loose, so I'd like to
have a bit of info before I make a concerted effort to procure them...
-jim
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The Computer Garage - http://www.rdrop.com/~jimw
Computer Garage Fax - (503) 646-0174
Thanks for the input John
At 02:05 PM 11/15/97 -0500, you wrote:
>John R. Keys Jr. wrote:
>>
>> Can anyone tell me if Linux will run on the IBM Powerstation 7012/300 and
>> 7011/200, these are both rs6000 machines. I got them at auction and the
>> aix/unix operating systems and everything else was removed from the
>> harddrives. I'm looking for some low cost operating system software to run
>> these machines with. Thanks in advance. John Keep on computing !!!
>
>To the best of my knowledge, probably not now and likely not soon. As I
>recall, those machines are old Power (or maybe Power2) architecture (Bill
>Donzelli knows which models are which better than I do) and the closest
>Linux porting project is for the PowerPC, which is less closely related
>than the similar names might imply.
>--
>Ward Griffiths
>"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails
>of the last priest." [Denis Diderot, "Dithyrambe sur la fete de rois"]
>
>
