16 Jun
1998
16 Jun
'98
11:56 a.m.
How nice: Both of the video cards I got are toast.
One acts completely dead, the other shows a series of red vertical bars
about .25" apart, with crap in between.
Apparently, these were decommissioned for a reason...
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16 Jun
1:57 p.m.
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2:15 p.m.
[Any of those sound like my card?]
The color one with all the SMD chips sounds right on.
The RAMDAC is the only socketed chip, right?
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2:29 p.m.
[Card you described...]
That's it.
I tried swapping the RAMDAC chips, and now I have a different behavior.
The screen is all blue. Nothing at all.
Swapping them back, now my origional ramdac gives no signs of working.
No signal at all. Switch them - all blue screen. Something's seriously
wrong with the other card, it toasted the ramdac I put in it...
(And YES, I checked orientation before applying power.)
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20 Jun
20 Jun
10:01 p.m.
New subject: BULL - XPS 120 - HELP!
I have a BULL XPS 120 (or 100 not sure) .. either way its a Mini Frame..
that I got from a college here, and it is supposed to work.. now my
question is how do I do this :). I am fairly knowledable with Unix..
etc..and I have ALL the docuamentation, and DISKS that came with it. and
terminals ..etc Can anyone help me get this pumping :).. Also I heard
rumors of being able to still order cards for it .. like RJ45 ethernet
add on board. I would love to get one of those. If you can help I would
be forever in your debt :)
Thanks :)
Kenny
21 Jun
21 Jun
7:13 a.m.
New subject: BULL - XPS 120 - HELP!
I have a BULL XPS 120 (or 100 not sure) .. either way
its a Mini Frame..
Not sure if I should congratulate or pity you. Is this any relation to the
Honeywell systems that Bull bought off of Honeywell? In any case it's a
really cool sounding setup!
question is how do I do this :). I am fairly
knowledable with Unix..
etc..and I have ALL the docuamentation, and DISKS that came with it. and
terminals ..etc Can anyone help me get this pumping :).. Also I heard
In this I envy you, I'm never that lucky! I've one question, are you sure
it runs UNIX? Or does it run GCOS?
Unfortunatly all my experience was with the DPS-8 Mainframe, with a little
time on a couple different DPS-6's. On a slightly interesting note, I've
seen a DPS-6 emulation on a HP9000 so the Navy could run certain legacy
apps.
Zane
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8:24 a.m.
New subject: BULL - XPS 120 - HELP!
>I have a BULL XPS 120 (or 100 not sure) .. either way its a Mini Frame..
A friend of mine (on the list) has been restoring a couple of MiniFrame's.
(John -- any comments?)
Not sure if I should congratulate or pity you. Is this any relation to the
Honeywell systems that Bull bought off of Honeywell? In any case it's a
really cool sounding setup!
Well, the miniframe was an early Convergent Unix micro with some advanced
functions... like loadable device driverss.
AT&T's Unix PC (7300,3b1) were based on Convergent's work.
question is how do I do this :). I am fairly
knowledable with Unix..
etc..and I have ALL the docuamentation, and DISKS that came with it. and
terminals ..etc Can anyone help me get this pumping :).. Also I heard
In this I envy you, I'm never that lucky! I've one question, are you sure
it runs UNIX? Or does it run GCOS? 
22 Jun
22 Jun
1:58 a.m.
New subject: BULL - XPS 120 - HELP!
Bill/Carolyn Pechter wrote:
No, the AT&T Unix PC, hardware and OS, _was_ Convergent's work with
some design parameters input by AT&T.
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
>I have a BULL XPS 120 (or 100 not sure) .. either way its a Mini Frame..
A friend of mine (on the list) has been restoring a couple of MiniFrame's.
(John -- any comments?)
Not sure if I should congratulate or pity you. Is this any relation to the
Honeywell systems that Bull bought off of Honeywell? In any case it's a
really cool sounding setup!
Well, the miniframe was an early Convergent Unix micro with some advanced
functions... like loadable device driverss.
AT&T's Unix PC (7300,3b1) were based on Convergent's work. 
9:41 a.m.
New subject: Convergent Technology - miniframe
Bill/Carolyn Pechter wrote:
>
> >
> > >I have a BULL XPS 120 (or 100 not sure) .. either way its a Mini Frame..
>
> A friend of mine (on the list) has been restoring a couple of MiniFrame's.
> (John -- any comments?)
I do have some spares and documentation for trade if needed. I wouldn't
try running more than 2 terminals on one box though. I think there were
2 terminal types - one text only(ct?, vt100 emulation) and one graphics (gt?)
Not sure if I should congratulate or pity you. Is this any relation to the
Honeywell systems that Bull bought off of Honeywell? In any case it's a
really cool sounding setup!
Well, the miniframe was an early Convergent Unix micro with some advanced
functions... like loadable device driverss.
AT&T's Unix PC (7300,3b1) were based on Convergent's work.
3:47 p.m.
New subject: BULL - XPS 120 - HELP!
Then I believe it would be a Convergent Mini, because it does run System
V, what does "Convergent" mean? There were actually to cases that came
with this system (each about the size of a dishwasher) and I was told
the two systems ran parralell to each other or something.. they were
hooked together. The second case and components is trashed but the one I
do have is in very good condition. It is an XPS-100 after I did some
checking. Also it has 3, 340 meg ESDI drives sitting in it.. and about 16
meg of ram. plus a tape backup, and 5.25 floppy drive. Also I have more
terminal cards, and procesor cards also.. to stick in it. How does one
go about re-installing System V unix?
Kenny
4:18 p.m.
New subject: BULL - XPS 120 - HELP!
Ken Kant wrote:
Then I believe it would be a Convergent Mini, because it does run System
V, what does "Convergent" mean? There were actually to cases that came
with this system (each about the size of a dishwasher) and I was told
the two systems ran parralell to each other or something.. they were
hooked together. The second case and components is trashed but the one I
do have is in very good condition. It is an XPS-100 after I did some
checking. Also it has 3, 340 meg ESDI drives sitting in it.. and about 16
meg of ram. plus a tape backup, and 5.25 floppy drive. Also I have more
terminal cards, and procesor cards also.. to stick in it. How does one
go about re-installing System V unix?
Convergent Technologies of San Jose California built a number of Unix
and other platforms, most of which were OEMed by other companies --
NCR, Burroughs, Sperry, AT&T are the most prevalent. A few years
after Burroughs and Sperry merged into Unisys, they bought Convergent,
so I'm an ex-Unisys person since I got there a year later. Anything
you find running CTOS or CTIX is a Convergent box -- the AT&T Unix PC
ran CTIX, though the name didn't show up on screen. Convergent's
68xxx systems included the Miniframe and the Megaframe that later
evolved into the Convergent S-Series and the Unisys 5000 series.
(When I was there I got stuck on the damned U/6000 series, with
bloody Intel CPUs and ISA buses).
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
3:42 p.m.
New subject: BULL - XPS 120 - HELP!
Yes, I am posive that it runs unix, all the disks ..etc say it runs
System V, so I am for sure :) Not sure about the history .. if it was
bought from Honeywell or not.. I am not very knowleagable with minis.. I
am more into miros :) Thanks :)
Kenny
On Sun, 21 Jun 1998, Zane H. Healy wrote:
I have a BULL
XPS 120 (or 100 not sure) .. either way its a Mini Frame..
Not sure if I should congratulate or pity you. Is this any relation to the
Honeywell systems that Bull bought off of Honeywell? In any case it's a
really cool sounding setup!
question is how do I do this :). I am fairly
knowledable with Unix..
etc..and I have ALL the docuamentation, and DISKS that came with it. and
terminals ..etc Can anyone help me get this pumping :).. Also I heard
In this I envy you, I'm never that lucky! I've one question, are you sure
it runs UNIX? Or does it run GCOS?
Unfortunatly all my experience was with the DPS-8 Mainframe, with a little
time on a couple different DPS-6's. On a slightly interesting note, I've
seen a DPS-6 emulation on a HP9000 so the Navy could run certain legacy
apps.
Zane
| Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Adminstrator |
| healyzh(a)ix.netcom.com (primary) | Linux Enthusiast |
| healyzh(a)holonet.net (alternate) | Classic Computer Collector |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
| Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
| and Zane's Computer Museum. |
| http://www.dragonfire.net/~healyzh/ |
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