9 Jul
2018
9 Jul
'18
12:21 p.m.
I'm evaluating two that came in as a donation, and the donor didn't have any
passwords
9 Jul
9 Jul
2:17 p.m.
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 09:21:28 -0700
Al Kossow via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I'm evaluating two that came in as a donation, and
the donor didn't
have any passwords
They are crackable (I did it for my two HAL's - a 350 and a 375). Hint:
Use Solaris running on SPARC.
I also created a forensic copy of the VIRGIN Halstation System Image for
the standard Micropolis 4221W system drive. I wouldn't feel comfortable
making this pubic domain w/o permission from whomever currently owns the
rights to HAL (Fujitsu, IIRC).
However, I would be willing make a copy of the forensic image available
to the CHM on the condition that it not be made public.
Lyle
--
73 NM6Y
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
4:31 p.m.
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 09:21:28 -0700
Al Kossow via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I'm evaluating two that came in as a donation, and the donor didn't
have any passwords
Al - I made ISOs of the media I had before giving away my HALstations
in 2009. I will email you directly with a link.
-j
4:34 p.m.
cool, thanks!
I don't currently have a Solaris box set up or I would have edited
the password file, after dealing with finding an 80 to 50 pin adapter
for the drive.
On 7/9/18 1:31 PM, Jason T via cctalk wrote:
Al - I made ISOs of the media I had before giving away
my HALstations
in 2009. I will email you directly with a link.
11 Jul
11 Jul
2:12 p.m.
Hi Al
I have a line on a CD and may be find some documents to go with it. A friend has this and
I hope to get a copy next week on Tues or Wed. Are you going to be at the Museum next
week. I don't know where you office is on the East bay side. It might be closer.
Dwight
________________________________
From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> on behalf of Al Kossow via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, July 9, 2018 1:34:24 PM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Anyone have a HALstation 300 install CD?
cool, thanks!
I don't currently have a Solaris box set up or I would have edited
the password file, after dealing with finding an 80 to 50 pin adapter
for the drive.
On 7/9/18 1:31 PM, Jason T via cctalk wrote:
Al - I made ISOs of the media I had before giving away
my HALstations
in 2009. I will email you directly with a link.
4:05 p.m.
that would be great. I've not been able to get Jason's images to boot
I also got a Sparcstation 5 running Solaris 2.6 and have had no luck getting it to
recognize the HAL boot drives.
Their is something odd about the drives, I've only been able to image one of the boot
drives on a Linux machine
even though they boot fine.
On 7/11/18 11:12 AM, dwight wrote:
Hi Al
?I have a line on a CD and may be find some documents to go with it. A friend has this
and I hope to get a copy next
week on Tues or Wed. Are you going to be at the Museum next week. I don't know where
you office is on the East bay side.
It might be closer.
Dwight
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*From:* cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> on behalf of Al Kossow via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
*Sent:* Monday, July 9, 2018 1:34:24 PM
*To:* cctalk at classiccmp.org
*Subject:* Re: Anyone have a HALstation 300 install CD?
?
cool, thanks!
I don't currently have a Solaris box set up or I would have edited
the password file, after dealing with finding an 80 to 50 pin adapter
for the drive.
On 7/9/18 1:31 PM, Jason T via cctalk wrote:
Al - I made ISOs of the media I had before giving
away my HALstations
in 2009.? I will email you directly with a link.
12 Jul
12 Jul
3:06 p.m.
I may be that the 300 required some special init sequence to the processor. It seems like
I recall that it needed to do a scan to initialize a couple of values. This may make it
not work on a Sparcstation 5. I don't recall if we shipped units with this problem or
if they made a rev of the silicon before shipping???
Dwight
________________________________
From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> on behalf of Al Kossow via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 1:05:23 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Anyone have a HALstation 300 install CD?
that would be great. I've not been able to get Jason's images to boot
I also got a Sparcstation 5 running Solaris 2.6 and have had no luck getting it to
recognize the HAL boot drives.
Their is something odd about the drives, I've only been able to image one of the boot
drives on a Linux machine
even though they boot fine.
On 7/11/18 11:12 AM, dwight wrote:
Hi Al
I have a line on a CD and may be find some documents to go with it. A friend has this
and I hope to get a copy next
week on Tues or Wed. Are you going to be at the Museum next week. I don't know where
you office is on the East bay side.
It might be closer.
Dwight
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*From:* cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> on behalf of Al Kossow via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
*Sent:* Monday, July 9, 2018 1:34:24 PM
*To:* cctalk at classiccmp.org
*Subject:* Re: Anyone have a HALstation 300 install CD?
cool, thanks!
I don't currently have a Solaris box set up or I would have edited
the password file, after dealing with finding an 80 to 50 pin adapter
for the drive.
On 7/9/18 1:31 PM, Jason T via cctalk wrote:
Al - I made ISOs of the media I had before giving
away my HALstations
in 2009. I will email you directly with a link.
7:52 p.m.
Hi Al
So, do you still need the CD?
Also, my friend may have some manuals. I don't know if it is just Solaris stuff or HaL
specific.
Dwight
________________________________
From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> on behalf of Al Kossow via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2018 3:32:12 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Anyone have a HALstation 300 install CD?
I also got a Sparcstation 5 running Solaris 2.6 and
have had no luck getting it to recognize the HAL boot drives.
Operator error on my part, didn't know about "drvconfig" and
"disks" since I've never used Solaris 2.x before.
18 Jul
18 Jul
4:34 p.m.
Hi Al
I have a bunch of HaL stuff in my car. When and where do you want to meet? I have a
number of HaL specific manuals an empty disk holder ( possibly for a CD ROM drive ) a disk
drive of unknown source and a couple CD-ROMs One is the system and the other is the
languages ( things like the HaL compiler, no license required ).
Dwight
________________________________
From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> on behalf of dwight via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2018 12:06:59 PM
To: Al Kossow; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Anyone have a HALstation 300 install CD?
I may be that the 300 required some special init sequence to the processor. It seems like
I recall that it needed to do a scan to initialize a couple of values. This may make it
not work on a Sparcstation 5. I don't recall if we shipped units with this problem or
if they made a rev of the silicon before shipping???
Dwight
________________________________
From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> on behalf of Al Kossow via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 1:05:23 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Anyone have a HALstation 300 install CD?
that would be great. I've not been able to get Jason's images to boot
I also got a Sparcstation 5 running Solaris 2.6 and have had no luck getting it to
recognize the HAL boot drives.
Their is something odd about the drives, I've only been able to image one of the boot
drives on a Linux machine
even though they boot fine.
On 7/11/18 11:12 AM, dwight wrote:
Hi Al
I have a line on a CD and may be find some documents to go with it. A friend has this
and I hope to get a copy next
week on Tues or Wed. Are you going to be at the Museum next week. I don't know where
you office is on the East bay side.
It might be closer.
Dwight
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*From:* cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> on behalf of Al Kossow via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
*Sent:* Monday, July 9, 2018 1:34:24 PM
*To:* cctalk at classiccmp.org
*Subject:* Re: Anyone have a HALstation 300 install CD?
cool, thanks!
I don't currently have a Solaris box set up or I would have edited
the password file, after dealing with finding an 80 to 50 pin adapter
for the drive.
On 7/9/18 1:31 PM, Jason T via cctalk wrote:
Al - I made ISOs of the media I had before giving
away my HALstations
in 2009. I will email you directly with a link.
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