Quothe Gunther Schadow, from writings of Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 09:00:47PM -0500: Funny thing, that reminds me of how I acquired two PERQ-T2 chasis, over a decade ago. While at a hamfest and looking for a UNIX box, I saw a maching that had already been sold, but the seller told me about a local warehouse where I could obtain another one. The machine turned out to be a PERQ graphics workstation, and was not runnign UNIX... although I did eventually get a copy of PNX to run on it. Anyway, when I got to the warehouse, the seller told me that I couldn't buy the one complete machine unless I also hauled away the chassis of another PERQ-T2. Note: these are not small. Smaller than a VAX 11/750, but much larger, and heavier (about 150 lbs, IIRC) than a PeeCee. To make things more interesting, the machines had to be taken out of the building from a shipping platform, which was many feet higher than the tailgate of the station wagon... so, they had to be lowered by hand from the taller than usual shipping platform. The PERQ's (Keytronix, IIRC) keyboard decided to dive off the top of the PERQ on the loading platform into the asphalt below. The only damage was a barely noticeable flattened area on one corner of the keyboard! It wasn't long before I was on my way home with two T2 chasis, a 19" monitor and a keyboard. It's a good thing that real station wagons (which are, alas, no longer made) have lots of cargo space. The only problem was that, with the tailgate window blocked by the PERQs, I could only see PERQs in the rearview mirror, which made the 20+ mile drive home, on the highway, fun. :-) -- Copyright (C) 2002 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other animals: All Rights Reserved an unnatural belief that we're above Nature & rdd(a)rddavis.org 410-744-4900 her other creatures, using dogma to justify such http://www.rddavis.org beliefs and to justify much human cruelty.

--- Owen Robertson <univac2(a)earthlink.net> wrote: I brought home an 11/34, several RL02s and the two H960 DEC racks (72" tall) in the back of my 1976 VW Microbus. -ethan

http://www.techren.net/mccall/ There's a number of the MP3s available on the site (legal), 2 CDs are available through Amazon, and American Gramaphone has another. I recently "discovered" his other songs besides 'Convoy', and grabbed everything I could. 'The Silverton' is one of my favorites. --John

Quothe Roger Merchberger, from writings of Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 11:50:24PM -0500: Do you get less than 12 MPG on the highway and about 7 MPG or less in the suburbs or cities? If not, then you might want to trade up to something with lower gas mileage that can shock more people. :-) Funny thing... the fuel economy sticker in the station wagon's window, when it was new and on the dealer's lot, read something like 18 MPG, but I don't think this was ever achieved (is it possible for a 351C engine to ever achieve mileage like that when the car weighs over 5000 lbs?) Agreed. CB radio has gone from fun to annoying. Between the idiots in the inner city who never shut up and those with high-power transmitters, it's nearly impossible to even a CB radio within a few miles, or more, of the city. Thats why I keep one as well, in case the cell phone isn't working. However, I wonder if it would even work with all of the high-power transmitters blocking other people out. The HP 98789 is rather heavy as well... it sure takes up a lot of space for a 17" monitor, and is possibly one it's way to being offered to a new home if I can't find some place to store it where it isn't in the way of something else. Oooooh,.. cruel! ...to the monitor, that is. After all, what if he drops it? -- Copyright (C) 2002 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other animals: All Rights Reserved an unnatural belief that we're above Nature & rdd(a)rddavis.org 410-744-4900 her other creatures, using dogma to justify such http://www.rddavis.org beliefs and to justify much human cruelty.

In Roger's case, I know where he lives. He'd do better with Soviet equipment intended for Arctic exepeditions. No kidding. He's lucky to get to work on a proper winter's morning in a 4wd truck. Thank God once again that 30below's service area is unadulterated by hills, valleys or other such line-of-site obstacles or they never would have considered much less implemented a wireless Ethernet system. That system serves pretty darned well all things considered. An Amtrack or a m113 might be 'reliable transport' in the winter in his part of the world. They might even be too heavy to track through. An m1 or a 60 would be lost til' summer. Crew and all. My brother works at Roger's company. He runs an old 80's Chevy Blazer with all the stops pulled. My brother generally gets to work on time. In the Seabees, the Blazer was our Hmmv back in the old days. Different engine of course, but the same chassis. I don't remember there being heat in them but we were in the desert most of the time so that wouldn't come up would it? The Blazer in my brother's custom configuration could pull a freaking stump. A nice snowmobile is the only bulletproof way to go all the way up there short of Ezekiel's firey chariot. Best, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Roger Merchberger Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 1:28 AM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: No Rear View (was Re: Take Two or Nothing) At 01:05 03/25/2003 -0500, you wrote: 11:50:24PM loads, I've been wanting a new Avalanche... ;-) (well, everything *except* the pricetag/payments...) Dunno -- the last new vehicle I bought was a '89 S-15 mini-pickup, with a grand total of 3 options: rally wheels (the not *quite* ugly ones), split-rear window, and high-output alternator. No, it didn't even have a radio or lighter. Sticker said 26 Highway, I usually got 29-33. My 6000lb. truck I got used, fairly low mileage -- 350ci, Z71 offroad package... if I kept my foot out of the fuel-injection (<65mph) I could get 17-18 highway, but as the speedo climbed over 70, the mileage dipped... (and yes, I can tell you that at 115mph for 20 miles, I don't think I got 10mph... long, offtopic story... but it *was* an emergency. BTW, the truck had over 100K at that time, so it's a credit to Chevy's engineering... 140K now, gets 15hwy, and still starts NP w/o block heater at -30F. Yes, there's a reason for my email domain!) was the it My Ham radio rig kept my bacon outta the fire more than a few times... ;-) (rather does him one teach says He used to lay block & work construction... I wouldn't want him on the wrong side of a barfight... ;-) [ granted, that still doesn't stop him I've had 2 heart attacks [10 years ago] and haven't been as serious as I should be about reclaiming my musculature since; the monitor's in a lot more danger when I pick it up than if he does... Gaak... 16 hours behind these damn things... I'm headed for the rack! Laterz, Roger "Merch" Merchberger

--- "R. D. Davis" &lt;rdd(a)rddavis.org&gt; wrote: No problem... 2 x H960 1 x 11/34 3 x RL02 2 x RX02 1 x MINC-11 papertape & floppies That's about 5-6 passengers worth of mass. The racks rode empty on the back deck, the contents rode on the floor below (no middle bench seat). It's in much nicer shape than my '68 Beetle (that needs new floors/ heater channels). Did they even mention Microbuses? That song make me think of "pick-em-up trucks". -ethan

On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Ethan Dicks wrote: I brought home an IBM AS/400 (plus a butt-load and a half of other stuff Honda Civic. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

On Monday, March 24, 2003, at 09:00 PM, Gunther Schadow wrote: Hey, now THAT'S tempting. :-) -Dave -- Dave McGuire "I've grown hair again, just St. Petersburg, FL for the occasion." -Doc Shipley

Sounds like a job for Dr. McGuire. On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Gunther Schadow wrote:

It's being discussed, but no firm arrangements have been made yet. -Dave On Friday, March 28, 2003, at 04:00 PM, Gunther Schadow wrote: -- Dave McGuire "I've grown hair again, just St. Petersburg, FL for the occasion." -Doc Shipley

Dan Veeneman wrote: I don't think I have the service manual, but here are the six types of errors indicated by the self-test error messages, from the User Guide. VT125 Offline VT100 text terminal is LOCAL. LOCAL was saved in SET-UP, or user permanent memory problem. Terminal can only process received graphics commands. VT125 BM Error Video bit map memory has one or more bad pixels. VT125 VG Error Vector generator could not draw sample shape. Graphics probably does not work, but terminal may communicate normally. VT125 IC Error Internal communications failed. VT125 cannot communicate with VT100. Terminal can only process received graphics. VT125 SC Error Auxiliary port failed data loopback test. Terminal cannot send data to printer. VT125 EC Error Computer port failed data loopback test. Terminal can only operate as text terminal in LOCAL. As this is a comms failure, I would check out the 24-pin and 16-pin cables that run from the graphics processor to the other boards. I think there are tight twists in both cables that may have cracked over time. - Paul