23 Jan
2004
23 Jan
'04
4:07 p.m.
sluth was for the hp 3000 and came with the opp sys as I remember.....
I have seen mention of a program called SLUTH for disc drives, but my
impression was that it was a 3rd party program, not HP. HP always wanted you
to use their diagnostics to format the drive (plus, Access can format a pack
all by itself
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay West" <jwest(a)classiccmp.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: FW: HP2000/Access - benchmarks
August,
Access
you
Yes, GMU had
an HP 2000 ACCESS system with 21MX-E processors,
Are you sure it was 21MX-E and not 21MX-M? Just curious!
7920 disc (50
MB of which the ACCESS operating system could only address the first 33
MB), 32K WORDS of RAM in each processor, 32 MUX ports, SYNC card (for
RJE),
7970 1600 BPI tape, and an HP 2640B terminal as
the console.
My full 2000/Access config is 2100A cpu w/32K, 2100S cpu w/32K, 7906 drive
(20mb, 15mb usable cause access sees it as a 7905), 7900A drive (10mb) 16
Mux ports, Sync card for RJE, 7970 1600 bpi tape, 2748b paper tape punch,
2895b paper tape reader, 7261 optical card reader, and 2610 printer :) The
7261 and 2610 haven't been refurbed yet though. I hope to switch from 2100
cpus to 21MX-E's at some point.
> I was the system manager for the GMU HP 2000 from its delivery in 1978 until I
left GMU in January, 1984
If you are ever in St. Louis, stop by and you can reminisce and boot up :)
used
I used the source code and manuals to
patch the ACCESS OS we used.
I have a whole list of patches for 2000E, mostly with regards to terminal
handling (accepting 80 column lines instead of 72 max), baud rates, etc.
Was the 21MX-E twice as fast? Three
times as fast? I can't say - too many years have gone by.
Remember, there are like three different kinds of memory you can put in an
E, each one up the line is a fair amount faster. So, how fast the E is
depends on which of those memory types is installed.
> If I remember correctly, a
> disc diagnostic/utility program (which I think was called SLUTH) was to configure
the drive.
I have seen mention of a program called SLUTH for disc drives, but my
impression was that it was a 3rd party program, not HP. HP always wanted to use their diagnostics to format the drive (plus,
Access can format a
pack
all by itself).
Question: How are the 7905 and 7906 discs you
are using formatted?
The 7905/06 drives can be formatted with quite a few different
utilities,
most notably either the 13037/790x diagnostic, or via Access itself.
John
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