31 Jan
2003
31 Jan
'03
12:19 p.m.
I recently aquired a Data General 4000 series server . It appears to be
complete (except for keyboard ,mouse and manuals as usual) ;however, before i
give it juice would like to confirm its condition.
Can anyone help me with manuals or point me towards downloadable manuals (any
thing that would be useful). Internet search returned very little info.
thanks
31 Jan
31 Jan
3:12 p.m.
pmulry wrote:
I recently aquired a Data General 4000 series server .
It appears to be
complete (except for keyboard ,mouse and manuals as usual) ;however, before i
give it juice would like to confirm its condition.
Can anyone help me with manuals or point me towards downloadable manuals (any
thing that would be useful). Internet search returned very little info.
http://www-csc.dg.com/csc/
Martin Marshall
1 Feb
1 Feb
7:18 a.m.
Are you Sure it is an Aviion? I'd love for it to be an MV/4000. It
seems I'm like the only person on earth who has his own DG/MV machine.
Mine runs AOS/VS II and is the size of a dormitory room refrigerator.
Most of them were much larger but I got the pint-sized one which is a
good thing.
Regards,
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Martin Marshall
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 12:09 AM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: aviion 4000 info
pmulry wrote:
I recently aquired a Data General 4000 series server .
It appears to
be
complete (except for keyboard ,mouse and manuals as
usual) ;however,
before i
give it juice would like to confirm its condition.
Can anyone help me with manuals or point me towards downloadable
manuals (any
thing that would be useful). Internet search returned
very little
info.
http://www-csc.dg.com/csc/
Martin Marshall
11:38 a.m.
positive, i know little about most things ,less about pc's and less again
about unix boxes but im sure it is an aviion.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffrey S. Worley <Technoid(a)30below.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 7:16 AM
Subject: RE: aviion 4000 info
Are you Sure it is an Aviion? I'd love for it to
be an MV/4000. It
seems I'm like the only person on earth who has his own DG/MV machine.
Mine runs AOS/VS II and is the size of a dormitory room refrigerator.
Most of them were much larger but I got the pint-sized one which is a
good thing.
Regards,
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Martin Marshall
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 12:09 AM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: aviion 4000 info
pmulry wrote:
I recently aquired a Data General 4000 series
server . It appears to
be
complete (except for keyboard ,mouse and manuals
as usual) ;however,
before i
give it juice would like to confirm its
condition.
Can anyone help me with manuals or point me towards downloadable
manuals (any
thing that would be useful). Internet search
returned very little
info.
http://www-csc.dg.com/csc/
Martin Marshall
2:26 p.m.
Well darn.
Anyway, I can direct you to a source for install media and
keyboard/mouse. Call Computer Parts Barn in Asheville, North Carolina.
The proprietor there has a ton of DG stuff including Aviion gear. He'll
be able to help you if anyone can. The number should be (828) 274-5963.
The name is Ed Kirby. He's a little hard to get to know, but he's a nice
guy and I swear by him.
IIRC, the Aviions generally ran a version of DG/UX which is DG's version
of Unix. There might be a version of AOS for it as well, but I'm not
sure on that score.
There were two kinds of Aviion (Nova in reverse if you didn't know).
There was a Motorola 88k CPU-based version (sometimes multiprocessor),
and an Intel version. The Intel versions are the latter.
Regards,
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of pmulry
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 8:44 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: aviion 4000 info
positive, i know little about most things ,less about pc's and less
again
about unix boxes but im sure it is an aviion.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffrey S. Worley <Technoid(a)30below.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 7:16 AM
Subject: RE: aviion 4000 info
Are you Sure it is an Aviion? I'd love for it to
be an MV/4000. It
seems I'm like the only person on earth who has his own DG/MV machine.
Mine runs AOS/VS II and is the size of a dormitory room refrigerator.
Most of them were much larger but I got the pint-sized one which is a
good thing.
Regards,
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Martin Marshall
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 12:09 AM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: aviion 4000 info
pmulry wrote:
I recently aquired a Data General 4000 series
server . It appears to
be
complete (except for keyboard ,mouse and manuals
as usual) ;however,
before i
give it juice would like to confirm its
condition.
Can anyone help me with manuals or point me towards downloadable
manuals (any
thing that would be useful). Internet search
returned very little
info.
http://www-csc.dg.com/csc/
Martin Marshall
3:11 p.m.
thanks for the info;
i must have the motorola 88k multiprocessor (3 chips socket mounted on
motherboard with 3 additional chips soldered directly to small board mounted
over other chips). 3 sticks of ram ,1 marked as 4Mb others unknown. No
graphics card (will have to learn to set up hyperterminal on old pc) .
Nothing tested yet ,still cleaning.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffrey S. Worley <Technoid(a)30below.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 2:23 PM
Subject: RE: aviion 4000 info
Well darn.
Anyway, I can direct you to a source for install media and
keyboard/mouse. Call Computer Parts Barn in Asheville, North Carolina.
The proprietor there has a ton of DG stuff including Aviion gear. He'll
be able to help you if anyone can. The number should be (828) 274-5963.
The name is Ed Kirby. He's a little hard to get to know, but he's a nice
guy and I swear by him.
IIRC, the Aviions generally ran a version of DG/UX which is DG's version
of Unix. There might be a version of AOS for it as well, but I'm not
sure on that score.
There were two kinds of Aviion (Nova in reverse if you didn't know).
There was a Motorola 88k CPU-based version (sometimes multiprocessor),
and an Intel version. The Intel versions are the latter.
Regards,
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of pmulry
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 8:44 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: aviion 4000 info
positive, i know little about most things ,less about pc's and less
again
about unix boxes but im sure it is an aviion.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffrey S. Worley <Technoid(a)30below.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 7:16 AM
Subject: RE: aviion 4000 info
> Are you Sure it is an Aviion? I'd love for it to be an MV/4000. It
> seems I'm like the only person on earth who has his own DG/MV machine.
> Mine runs AOS/VS II and is the size of a dormitory room refrigerator.
> Most of them were much larger but I got the pint-sized one which is a
> good thing.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]
> On Behalf Of Martin Marshall
> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 12:09 AM
> To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: aviion 4000 info
>
> pmulry wrote:
> > I recently aquired a Data General 4000 series server . It appears to
> be
> > complete (except for keyboard ,mouse and manuals as usual) ;however,
> before i
> > give it juice would like to confirm its condition.
> > Can anyone help me with manuals or point me towards downloadable
> manuals (any
> > thing that would be useful). Internet search returned very little
> info.
>
> http://www-csc.dg.com/csc/
>
> Martin Marshall
2 Feb
2 Feb
1:22 a.m.
Jeffrey S. Worley wrote:
There were two kinds of Aviion (Nova in reverse if you
didn't know).
Wow! No, I hadn't spotted that! Now I want one even more than I
did before. Darn, and the house is full.
There was a Motorola 88k CPU-based version (sometimes
multiprocessor),
That's the one I want, the 88000 version. A CPU chip that I don't
yet have. Anybody know of a source of these in the UK? Or even a
Nova, if it's not too big. I did see one of those in the Science
Museum, next to the brain scanner exhibit.
--
John Honniball
coredump(a)gifford.co.uk
3:09 a.m.
Not in Europe unfortunately, but I know that Computer Parts Barn has a
perfect Nova 4 in stock. At least he did a couple of years ago. But it
is pretty darn big. Multiple 19" racks with drives and tape decks etc.
Nice blue Nova logos on it. I helped get it off the trailer when it came
in.
He has some older Nova's. I'm thinking of one in particular that is a
desktop-style machine, but IIRC, that one is partial.
Regards,
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of John Honniball
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 10:06 AM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: aviion 4000 info
Jeffrey S. Worley wrote:
There were two kinds of Aviion (Nova in reverse if you
didn't know).
Wow! No, I hadn't spotted that! Now I want one even more than I
did before. Darn, and the house is full.
There was a Motorola 88k CPU-based version (sometimes
multiprocessor),
That's the one I want, the 88000 version. A CPU chip that I don't
yet have. Anybody know of a source of these in the UK? Or even a
Nova, if it's not too big. I did see one of those in the Science
Museum, next to the brain scanner exhibit.
--
John Honniball
coredump(a)gifford.co.uk
3:34 a.m.
I can relate. I got really hot and bothered when I got my MV. I took
five months of solid after-work labor to bring it back to life. It is a
close relative of the Eagle machine that was the basis for Tracy
Kidder's Pulitzer prize winner 'Soul of a New Machine' which I read from
the camp library in Okinawa.
Man, I scoured the Earth for install tapes. I eventually found them and
strangely only four miles from my home in NC. I had to buy a 9track
drive and rig it to the MV, but it worked.
DG has a rich history. I'm sorry it has fallen into such a hole. They
are a part of EMC now. EMC bought them for their disk array technology.
No more DG computers that I'm aware of after that.
Regards,
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of John Honniball
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 10:06 AM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: aviion 4000 info
Jeffrey S. Worley wrote:
There were two kinds of Aviion (Nova in reverse if you
didn't know).
Wow! No, I hadn't spotted that! Now I want one even more than I
did before. Darn, and the house is full.
There was a Motorola 88k CPU-based version (sometimes
multiprocessor),
That's the one I want, the 88000 version. A CPU chip that I don't
yet have. Anybody know of a source of these in the UK? Or even a
Nova, if it's not too big. I did see one of those in the Science
Museum, next to the brain scanner exhibit.
--
John Honniball
coredump(a)gifford.co.uk
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