26 Jul
1999
26 Jul
'99
11:05 p.m.
Yes! I finally scored a Pro380, well, actually it's a "VAX Console", but
hey, same thing right?
Question, does it use the same monitor as the DECmate and Rainbow's? I
know there was a colour and a mono version of the monitor, is do they both
work on the same computer, or do you have to match specific computers to
specific monitors? Having asked that, I should be getting the monitor in
the next few days from the person I just got the computer from.
I know it's got a RD52 in it, and I suspect it's a working system as it is
off a system that is currently being deinstalled (which is why I don't have
the monitor yet).
Yes, it's safe to assume I'm fairly clueless about Pro's.
This is so COOL!!!!
Zane
OK, I'm calmed down now.... NOT!!! :^)
Yep, I'm bouncing :^)
You'd never guess I've been wanting one of these would you? :^)
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27 Jul
27 Jul
1:49 a.m.
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Zane H. Healy wrote:
Question, does it use the same monitor as the DECmate
and Rainbow's? I
know there was a colour and a mono version of the monitor, is do they both
work on the same computer, or do you have to match specific computers to
specific monitors? Having asked that, I should be getting the monitor in
the next few days from the person I just got the computer from.
You can use a color monitor (VR241 I think) if you have a color board in the
machine. Otherwise the [really nice, really sharp] VR201 monitors are what you
need. Those monitors were used on the Rainbows and DECmates as well. They
were available in white, green, or amber.
This is so COOL!!!!
OK, I'm calmed down now.... NOT!!! :^)
Yep, I'm bouncing :^)
You'd never guess I've been wanting one of these would you? :^)
:-) Yup, PROs are really neat machines. I do hope you get it running.
-Dave McGuire
7:56 a.m.
Yes! I finally scored a Pro380, well, actually
it's a "VAX Console", but
hey, same thing right?
Same as a pro350 only uses a J11 cpu, faster and can carry more ram.
Question, does it use the same monitor as the DECmate
and Rainbow's? I
know there was a colour and a mono version of the monitor, is do they both
Yep! Don't know if it has the color option but the VR201 will work with
the correct cable. You also need a lk201/301/401 keyboard.
I know it's got a RD52 in it, and I suspect
it's a working system as it is
A quantum 30mb drive that is very solid.
off a system that is currently being deinstalled
(which is why I don't have
the monitor yet).
The console software if that wat it was running is rather odd stuff. It
runs RT11 and possible a hacked Venix(or is it Xenix) and POS. The Venix
is available at the UU.se FTP site and runs ok if your into unix like OS
of the V7 flavor.
Yes, it's safe to assume I'm fairly clueless
about Pro's.
They are compact PDP11s and while different form and bus they are pretty
slick. their primary differences are the console (integrated and graphic
capable) and serial IO are non-standard for PDP-11s.
Allison
10:36 a.m.
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11:33 a.m.
A quantum 30mb
drive that is very solid.
Better yet, I've got a couple spares :^) Am I correct in assuming that POS is also available at
the UU.se site? It
looks like it might be there in Teledisk images. I know it was released to
DECUS years ago. Hmmmm, this might be enough of an incentive to get one of my
DECmate III's up and running! I think I'll have to run up to storage tonite
and grab a keyboard, monitor, and that funky enclosure for turning a desktop
into a tower!
If not there also check John Wilson's site Dbit.com.
Johns site also has stuff for the DMII/III and the mono cable/keyboard/crt
works for both pro and DM!
POS is a like it or hate it OS, but it's light years ahead of NT being
based on the RSX-11 model. If you have POS and decnet... you can either
run DDCMP via serial to a decnet host or if you have the net card DECnet
10b5 phaseIII (maybe phase 4 was out there too).
Does POS include some kind of program to allow the
system to act as a VT100
or VT220? I seem to recall something along those lines.
Yes.
Allison
12:44 p.m.
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4:39 p.m.
> Might be... I thought some 'VAX Consoles'
were Pro350s.
Some were '380's... I was told they used whatever was in stock (first
the leftover 350's, (since who wanted a 350 when the 380 was
available)...
Then they used the 380's.
Hmmm, as it says PC380 on the back, I'm assuming it's a Pro380. Knowing my
luck I'm wrong.
I wish I had one here on my 350.
Be glad you found the 380. I'd kill for one and kill again for the J11
instead of the F11 chip...
The 'VAX Console' version has a special
I/O card in the rearmost slot of
the cardcage IIRC.
That it does, the only other cards in this particular system are the Hard
Drive and Floppy Controllers. I noticed that when I was trying to see if
the Ethernet port was connected to anything, doesn't look like it is, rats!
When I checked the cards last night one thing really struck me, and that was
how clean inside the system was. Of course it did just come out of a
computer room a few hours before I got it :^)
Doesn't matter. You should see some of the "computer rooms" these days.
Unless something prevents me, I hope to get it up and running tonite.
Zane
Good luck.
Bill
5:21 p.m.
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