10 Apr
2007
10 Apr
'07
5:20 p.m.
From: Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com>
Where did you manage to dig up a PC532? Or did you
build it yourself?
I purchased the original kit from Dave & George. However, this one isn't
it. My original, partially built kit got accidentally tossed in a breakup
something like 15 years ago. There was wailing and gnashing of teeth.
A couple of years ago, I mentioned that I was interested in ns32000 gear and
got an email to the effect "I've got some of that, make me an offer". A bit
of cash later I had the PC532, an ICM3216, a custom built ns32332 unit and a
Heurikon VME532, along with some doco and a bunch of extra parts.
Pretty decent haul.
Ken
10 Apr
10 Apr
6:18 p.m.
Hi Ken,
if you want to dump any of these, please let me know :)
Ciao Bernd
On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:20:33 -0400, Ken Seefried wrote:
From: Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com>
> Where did you manage to dig up a PC532? Or did
you build it yourself?
I purchased the original kit from Dave & George.
However, this one isn't
it. My original, partially built kit got accidentally tossed in a breakup
something like 15 years ago. There was wailing and gnashing of teeth.
A couple of years ago, I mentioned that I was
interested in ns32000 gear and
got an email to the effect "I've got some of that, make me an offer". A bit
of cash later I had the PC532, an ICM3216, a custom built ns32332 unit and a
Heurikon VME532, along with some doco and a bunch of extra parts.
Pretty decent haul.
Ken
6:55 p.m.
Speaking of *nix on "classic" systems...
If anyone is interested in distribution media and documentation for a
no-longer-common flavor of x86 UNIX, "Interactive", write me off list
and I'll put you in touch with a fellow in Ohio with a few cubic feet
of boxed paper and floppies. ISTR it's Interactive 3.2 and includes a
license key for 'vpix', the DOS emulator that was an optional product.
Strangely enough, years ago, I _needed_ that tool because I didn't
own a DOS C compiler, but a friend of mine did - he put it up under
vpix (I already had a login) and was able to compile whatever tool it
was I was working on at the time.
As I said, write me off list if you are looking for what looks to be a
full set of Interactive UNIX materials. The cost should be very close
to "Mailboxes, Etc." postage from Ohio (43085-ish), but I'll let you
and the present owner hash that out.
-ethan
6:21 p.m.
On Tuesday 10 April 2007 12:20, Ken Seefried wrote:
A couple of years ago, I mentioned that I was
interested in ns32000
gear and got an email to the effect "I've got some of that, make me
an offer". A bit of cash later I had the PC532, an ICM3216, a custom
built ns32332 unit and a Heurikon VME532, along with some doco and a
bunch of extra parts.
Hey, I've got an ICM-3216 which I picked up. Wow, it was 5 years ago
already...
Anyways, the HDD (a Seagate ST225N maybe?) and QIC tape drive were
borked when I got it, and I hadn't had any success finding any OS
(Genix maybe?) for it. I've got replacement drives to use, but no
media to install from. :(
Any chance that you (or someone else here) could help me out with that?
I've also got a fully maxed-out Encore Multimax which I finally have
somewhere I might be able to play with it (and I've got all the manuals
and install media for it). IIRC, it's got (I think) 40 x NS32332's and
128MB of RAM (and some big SMD disks and a nice-looking
vertical-rack-mount 9-track drive).
I think that those are the only two NS32k architecture machines that
I've got (and they're pretty well spread between low and high-end :).
Pat
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