23 Nov
2005
23 Nov
'05
4:16 p.m.
I just rescued a complete IBM RT PC. It includes all the documentation.
AIX 2.x software, extra keyboards, extra cards, extra HDD;s and extra
tape drives. It also has an extra ESDI hard drive labeled Reno 4.3.
Was there a port of 4.x BSD to the ROMP processor? I thought that it was
tried but not completed.
There is also a backup tape labeled AOS?
The whole system looks like its in pretty good condition. And maybe
after consuming mass quantities of turkey tomorrow, I'll see if it boots up.
Cheers
Tom
4:24 p.m.
tom ponsford wrote:
I just rescued a complete IBM RT PC. It includes all
the documentation.
AIX 2.x software, extra keyboards, extra cards, extra HDD;s and extra
tape drives. It also has an extra ESDI hard drive labeled Reno 4.3.
Was there a port of 4.x BSD to the ROMP processor? I thought that it was
tried but not completed.
It's incomplete, but it boots and does most stuff.
I've actually been looking for an RT Enhanced Advanced.
Peace... Sridhar
4:36 p.m.
tom ponsford wrote:
I just rescued a complete IBM RT PC. It includes all
the documentation.
AIX 2.x software, extra keyboards, extra cards, extra HDD;s and extra
tape drives. It also has an extra ESDI hard drive labeled Reno 4.3.
<12-year-old girl>
OMG!!!
</girl>
Please to be transcribing all software, sir.
And if you have one more tape drive than you need, we should
negotiate offline.
Was there a port of 4.x BSD to the ROMP processor? I
thought that it was
tried but not completed.
There is also a backup tape labeled AOS?
AOS is IBM's port of BSD. AOS stands for "Academic Operating
System". IIRC, Reno is one of the "after-the-fact" versions of v4.3.
The whole system looks like its in pretty good
condition. And maybe
after consuming mass quantities of turkey tomorrow, I'll see if it boots
up.
Doc
26 Nov
26 Nov
10:37 a.m.
Just curious what model RT this one was & what exactly you got in it/
with it. Sounds like a good rescue ... I've got a bit of that old IBM
gear so I'm always curious when there is mention of it on the list...
-j
On Nov 23, 2005, at 7:16 PM, tom ponsford wrote:
I just rescued a complete IBM RT PC. It includes all
the
documentation. AIX 2.x software, extra keyboards, extra cards,
extra HDD;s and extra tape drives. It also has an extra ESDI hard
drive labeled Reno 4.3.
Was there a port of 4.x BSD to the ROMP processor? I thought that
it was tried but not completed.
There is also a backup tape labeled AOS?
The whole system looks like its in pretty good condition. And maybe
after consuming mass quantities of turkey tomorrow, I'll see if it
boots up.
Cheers
Tom
30 Nov
30 Nov
5:29 p.m.
Hi All,
Several people have requested information on what was acquired. Here
then is a partial (80%) of what I got. There is an additional
box with some more cards and HDD, but it's under some stuff so it will wait.
I did boot it up, but a problem with the keyboard didn't allow me to get
much info. That's fixed now but I can't find the system config that I
wrote down. I'll post that later. But here's the list:
=================
Hardware
=================
IBM RT PC 6150 26-0009018 w/
1 5/14 floppy Drive
2 ESDI HDD E70 & E114
1 Ethernet Card
1 Monochrome Graphics Card
IBM 6153 B/W Terminal
IBM 6100 2 button mouse (4)
IBM Type M keyboard (6 pin Square) (2)
HDD IBM E70 ESDI
HDD IBM E114 ESDI
HDD Maxtor XT-4380E H310 ESDI
IBM Tape Drive 6157-002 (2)
ADAPTER CARD ISA Ethernet
ADAPTER CARD ISA IBM Extended ESDI Adapter
ADAPTER CARD Mother/daughter Color Graphics Adapter (2)
w/ Color Graphics adapter cable
IBM 8MB Enhanced ECC Memory Boards (2)
IBM Streaming Tape drive Adapter
RS232 Multi port Serial Board
Misc. Serial Ports Boards (3)
IBM Co-processor Board
4 Inmar 6150 Data Cassette Cartridges
Miscellaneous cables and adapters
===============
Documentation
===============
AIX RT Network File System Reference Guide V2.2
IBM RT Advance Interoperative Executive Operating System Ver 2.1
Assembly Language Reference
IBM RT Personal Computer
Guide to Operations
IBM RT Personal Computer
6150 System Unit Hardware Maintainance and Service
Personal Computer AT Co-Processor Services
User's Guide
IBM RT Personal Computer
Planning Guide
IBM RT Personal Computer
Hardware Technical Reference
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
IBM RT Personal Computer
Users Setup Guide and Options Installation
==================
Software
==================
IBM RT Personal Computer
AIX Operations System Diskettes V2.2 (approx 24 5-1/4 Diskettes)
Volume 1 of 2
IBM RT Personal Computer
Problem Determination Guide
include 3 5-1/4 Diagnostic Diskettes
=====================
tom ponsford wrote:
I just rescued a complete IBM RT PC. It includes all
the
documentation. AIX 2.x software, extra keyboards, extra cards, extra
HDD;s and extra tape drives. It also has an extra ESDI hard drive
labeled Reno 4.3.
Was there a port of 4.x BSD to the ROMP processor? I thought that it
was tried but not completed.
There is also a backup tape labeled AOS?
The whole system looks like its in pretty good condition. And maybe
after consuming mass quantities of turkey tomorrow, I'll see if it
boots up.
Cheers
Tom
10 Dec
10 Dec
3:19 p.m.
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, tom ponsford wrote:
I just rescued a complete IBM RT PC. It includes all
the documentation. AIX
2.x software, extra keyboards, extra cards, extra HDD;s and extra tape drives.
It also has an extra ESDI hard drive labeled Reno 4.3.
Was there a port of 4.x BSD to the ROMP processor? I thought that it was tried
but not completed.
Absolutely.
There is also a backup tape labeled AOS?
That stands for Academic Operating System, aka 4.3BSD Looks like you have
it both installed on a drive and sitting on the tape.
There is also a port of 4.4BSD floating around which is far less complete
and somewhat unstable.
Steve
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