3 Dec
2004
3 Dec
'04
10:56 a.m.
Check the rollers in the tu-58 before you stick a cart
into it. I'll
bet you a steak dinner they are mush. You'll be better off using a PC
as a tu58 server.
Personally I'd rather rebuild the roller (I've done HP [1] ones, I can't
believe the DEC ones are any worse) than adulterate a perfectly good DEC
PDP/VAX with a PC :-)
[1] Including the 9100 and 9810, for which I had to make special tools...
There have also been some good posts about checking
out old unibus
equipment on the list recently. I'm a fan of removing all the cards and
checking the supplies with a VOM first and then adding them back in one
As am I!. In the case of the 11/730, I think you want to remove the TU58
chassis as well, you don't want to cook the chips on its controller board
if the PSU is malfunctioning...
by one. It depends on how recently it was powered up
and/or maintained.
I'd be curious to hear what peripherals you have
and what you plan to
boot it from. Do you have a working RL02 / R80 drive combo?
I really must dig out my 11/730 and get it going. I've got the R80 drive
and the TSU05 magtape system (this was a standard cofiguration in
half-height rack). Of course I've also got an RL02 on one of my 11s that
I could hook up.
What are my choices for an OS, given that I have no official license,
live in the UK, and am not a member of DECUS (the UK chapter charges an
extortionate membership fee).
-tony