3 Oct
1999
3 Oct
'99
11:41 a.m.
Thanks Bill,
I don't remember seeing DIP switches, but then I wasn't looking
for them either. I'll try digging info out of the NCR website
that Russ pointed out, and hope it tells me which switch is which.
Gosh, the machine on which the Korn shell was developed! Almost
historic, aint it? Hope I can get it to go. Wonder if ksh is
actually installed on it? :-)
Cheers,
Bill.
On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Bill Pechter <pechter(a)pechter.dyndns.org> wrote:
] > The AT&T setup files (in case anyone needs them) are located for download at
] > http://www3.ncr.com/support/pc/pcdesc/library/63xx.shtml
] >
] > Me thinks he might have a 6286EL
]
] Sounds like a 6300+ to me... there was NO setup disk. Just dip switches
] like on the 6300's and XT's. There are no IBM AT compatible slots.
] Just Olivetti designed 16 bitters (this thing was designed before the
] AT Standard.)
]
] ...
and then, a few minutes later:
] > Does this box have a BIOS setup program onboard or must you use a
] > configuration disk? (if so do you have the disk?)
]
] Nope. No NVRAM either. Just a bunch of dip switches like an XT.
] Check the NCR web site for info.
]
] I had a 6300 and always wanted a 6300+. BTW, the story I heard is
] David Korn wrote the Korn Shell on a 6300+ for System V.
]
] It was used at AT&T as a single user development box for a while
] until the workstations began to appear as AT&T's Bell Labs moved from
] Vaxes and 3b's with BLIT's and 630 terminals to 7300's and later
] to Sun Workstations.
]
] ...
]
] Bill
] ---
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