4 Jul
2009
4 Jul
'09
5:53 a.m.
At 07:38 PM 7/3/2009, you wrote:
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Douglas
Taylor<dj.taylor4 at verizon.net> wrote:
I've only been on the system a few times, but the commands are
definitely Unix. I'm spoiled because of Linux, Idris did not have
commands like more, and df is different. The hardware is a single
board computer with a co-processor board of some sort, probably
floating point. The box looks like an ancient 1st generation IBM PC,
with a huge on/off switch on the side.
I tinker with old laboratory equipment and got a
Bio-Rad 3200 computer the
other day that runs a spectrometer.
It is a 68030 based system that runs a version of Whitesmiths
unix. It came
with a bunch of floppys dated 1992.
It runs just fine and I would like to get advice on how to preserve the
contents of the small SCSI disk inside the computer and the floppys.
As an aside, I didn't know any passwords to get me into the system. My
first try to log on as root using the password 'password' worked, I had to
laugh.
Doug---
That's awesome! I have always wanted to play with Idris but it's
almost impossible (as far as I know) to find systems that have it.
Mark 
4 Jul
4 Jul
5:17 p.m.
Douglas Taylor wrote:
I've only been on the system a few times, but the commands are
definitely Unix. I'm spoiled because of Linux, Idris did not have
commands like more, and df is different. The hardware is a single
board computer with a co-processor board of some sort, probably
floating point. The box looks like an ancient 1st generation IBM PC,
with a huge on/off switch on the side.
I am going to guess you bought ebay item 270418666033 since it
disappeared off my watch list right before you posted. Some good
pictures of it in the listing if so. Is that company a CIA front ? They
sell nothing but, spy gear and laboratory equipment. Some of the stuff
they sell honestly creeps me out a bit.
5 Jul
5 Jul
9:08 a.m.
At 08:17 PM 7/4/2009, you wrote:
Douglas Taylor wrote:
What creeps you out? The lie detectors? The satellite phones? I
don't know where they get their inventory, but they have some
interesting stuff. I think a lot of it comes from universities. I
also got the spectrometer head, but, alas, although the unit was
complete the KBR beamsplitter was in very bad shape.
The spectrometer has an air bearing and needs an compressed air
supply, which I don't have. I also requires 20 degrees C water.
I've only been on the system a few times, but the commands are
definitely Unix. I'm spoiled because of Linux, Idris did not have
commands like more, and df is different. The hardware is a single
board computer with a co-processor board of some sort, probably
floating point. The box looks like an ancient 1st generation IBM
PC, with a huge on/off switch on the side.
I am going to guess you bought ebay item 270418666033 since it
disappeared off my watch list right before you posted. Some good
pictures of it in the listing if so. Is that company a CIA front ?
They sell nothing but, spy gear and laboratory equipment. Some of
the stuff they sell honestly creeps me out a bit.
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