In article <BLU139-W25029DA6E84E88C266FB0AC99C0 at phx.gbl>, Dan Gahlinger <dgahling at hotmail.com> writes: Yeah. Shipping from Toronto is a lot more expensive than driving up to the University and loading it in the back of my car :-). BTW, what graphics does yours have? -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/> Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

In article <BLU139-W34168ED690125866233B11C99C0 at phx.gbl>, Dan Gahlinger <dgahling at hotmail.com> writes: Can you run hinv on it? -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/> Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

In article <BLU139-W15D39857668800C95AD9DDC99D0 at phx.gbl>, Dan Gahlinger <dgahling at hotmail.com> writes: Ah, then we'd have to identify the graphics based on the boards that are installed in it. Fairly easy to do actually. Assuming you care enough to find out :-) -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/> Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

I just checked, and seems my brain was out to lunch (ok, no jokes). it's an O2, not an onyx2 - it *has* been sitting in a corner of the garage for 5 years untouched til today. in this case it's probably worth quite a bit less :(

Does anyone here have a video cable suitable for an Octane they'd like to part with? I got a complete system a few weeks ago, but no video cable. :( tnx! g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!

Richard wrote: Sun 13W3 cables do not work correctly with SGIs and most monitors. I disremember what the signal is, but pin 10 needs to be *removed* from the Sun cable. IIRC, SGI is SOG and Sun is composite sync. Doc

here is a couple links that might work *HD15 Male to 13W3 Male(Sun) Cable - 6FT = $11.24* http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10203&… *Sun 13W3-M to HD15-F (VGA) Video Port Adapter =$6.82* * http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10401&… * *Sun 13W3-F to HD15-M (VGA) Video Port Adapter = 6.82* http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10401&… On 8/18/10, Gene Buckle <geneb at deltasoft.com> wrote:

Does anyone recognize this? http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/DSC05820.JPG It's laid out similar to an 029 keypunch keyboard. Perhaps an IBM key-to-tape machine? The switches look very un-IBM-like, though. Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/

On 24 Aug 2010 at 16:06, William Donzelli wrote: Almost appears as if it went to a verifier and not a punch. --Chuck

Mike Loewen wrote: That second one looks a lot like (from what I can remember that far back when I went to college) the ADDS 580 terminals I used (on DECsystem 10). I'd like to find an ADDS 580 with amber screen.... not sure why... but I really liked those terminals.... big honkin' tanks however.... I liked them better than the ADM3A terminals they had (not that ADM3A is a bad terminal... I just liked the ADDS). -- Curt

Mike Loewen wrote: indeed.... looks like my memory isn't as bad as I thought it might be :-) Anyone with an ADDS 580 like this one that doesn't want it :-) ? -- Curt

In article <Pine.LNX.4.64.1008271526590.28158 at cpumagic.scol.pa.us>, Mike Loewen <mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us> writes: It has no id plate on the back or on the bottom? -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/> Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

ADDS Beehive? With a bad case of blue spot just like some DEC VR's get. BTW I have managed to successfully remove the outer faceplate on a VR201. You have to sacrifice it but the jelly like bonding underneath just peels off to reveal a clean tube face giving a good display. If you are not used to handling CRT's don't try this. Regards ? Rod Smallwood ? ? -----Original Message----- From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. Sent: 26 August 2010 19:26 To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Terminal ID? Mike Loewen wrote: That second one looks a lot like (from what I can remember that far back when I went to college) the ADDS 580 terminals I used (on DECsystem 10). I'd like to find an ADDS 580 with amber screen.... not sure why... but I really liked those terminals.... big honkin' tanks however.... I liked them better than the ADM3A terminals they had (not that ADM3A is a bad terminal... I just liked the ADDS). -- Curt

On 8/27/10, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote: I saw some ADDS-branded terminals this year that were some flavor of re-ROMmed VT420 or something similar (they were from the parts counter of a local car dealership, AFAIK). I posted about them here but got no interest.. They were scrapped. I did save a couple of VT220 logic boards and PSU/analog boards from the same lot, though, since I have at least one VT220 that has a horizontal tearing problem. -ethan

Are you running that CRT without the outer faceplate? I am pretty sure that faceplate is part of the implosion protection system, and I would not want to sit in front of a CRT without it! -tony

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hmmm, I used an adapter off ebay labeled for SUN to VGA, used it on every single machine up to the octane without an issue, but i couldn't get my dell CRT to work with it, only my samsung syncmaster710n LCD. it must be more tolerant of sync on green... On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Gene Buckle <geneb at deltasoft.com> wrote:

Ah, this discussion pops up from time to time among SGI fans. I can't remember the definitive answer though. A SUN adapter will work on machines later than the Indigo2, but you monitor needs to handle sync on green. An SGI adapter might be needed on an Indigo an earlier, but I'm not sure about it. Perhaps its the sync on green thing again. /P On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 02:42:26PM -0500, joe lobocki wrote:

Hmmm.. While you might think it unlikely for 2 machines to develop the same fualt, if this is, say, due to dried-up capacitors, it could well happen. So my first suggestion is to forget you have a second machine, and to debug the first one 'properly'. Sounds fine. I really think you need to find that 'socpe and check thsoe supplies more carefully... I have the advantage of owning a 'scope I can't easily lose -- a Tekky 555 :-). I wm wondering just what the DMM is displaying -- you say it's a 'freqeuncy measuring' range, but you're giving a voltage. Some DMMs will display the ripple voltage if set to ACV and conencted to the DC power eail (they ignore th standard DC level), but you want to make sure it's doing what you think it's doing before you trust the readings. If you think it's the power brick (and it might be), you could test things by using the 9V AC otuput from that 'brick' (that is unlikely to fail in an odd way, it's just the secondary wining of a transformer), along with a separate 5V supply connected in placeof the 5V output from the brick (in other words, desolder the 5V wire at the C64 conenctor and connect a 5V PSU to the C64). If it works, then you know ehre the problem lies. If it's not PSU problems, my next approact would be to try freezer spray on the ICs in the C64. -tony

On Friday 20 August 2010 03:10:24 pm JP Hindin wrote: Coming in *way* late on this, but I worked on a heck of a lot of C64s. The 9VAC is what eventually leads to both +5V and +12V regulators internal to the 64, 9V in the last revision or two -- if it's not there you won't have proper operation of the VIC chip, and no video. Or sound. What I did with these when seeing that kind of symptom was first off to check those two supplies, easy enough at the regulators, and the +5 coming out of the brick. Then check the 3 or four pins on either side of the PLA at the end furthest from the notch with a scope -- this would be 10, 11, 12, 13, and 15, 16, 17, 18. Pin 14 is ground if I'm remembering right. I've often seen bad outputs here, that wouldn't present a valid high logic level. Or no activity at all where there should have been some. Subsequent to that check I scope the data bus at each of the RAM chips. Usually one of those two things will point to the problem. Occasionally I've run into RAM that was so hot you didn't want to touch it, I suspect that finding this would go hand-in-hand with loading down a power supply rail as well. PLA chips were the single most common failure part with those machines, giving a variety of symptoms. Blank screen was one of them. We also had quite a pile of those bricks, all bad, and sold a lot of aftermarket supplies back in those days as well. -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters" - Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James M Dakin