20 Dec
1999
20 Dec
'99
1:45 p.m.
Does anybody know what is the asking price for a GRiD PalmPad (XT class)? I
am thinking about getting one of these one of these days.
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20 Dec
20 Dec
2:16 p.m.
On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 12:45:37AM +0000, David Vohs wrote:
Does anybody know what is the asking price for a GRiD
PalmPad (XT class)? I
am thinking about getting one of these one of these days.
I've seen them go for under $100, easily findable on eBay.
Bill
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3:52 p.m.
New subject: Microvax 3400
Have acquired at auction for a mere $30AU (a real one not Ebay) a Microvax
3400 ex Defence Science and Technology Organisation at Salisbury.
Unfortunately it's missing its (DSSI) drives. I hate that. Security...
Seems to have the following bits in a biggish cube on casters. (BA213 I
think).
TQK50 M7546-00 TK50 Controller
TK50 tape drive
KFQSA-SA M7769 Storage Adapter (DSSI Disk Interface)
It/they seems to have about 6 of the little Honda connectors. I think this
might
have multiple controllers or something similar. There are 3 front panels
with the same
lights and connectors anyway.
DRQ3B-SA M7658-PA 2 port parallel interface (If I'm looking at the right
bits, it has a couple of
connectors that look more like old type SCSI (Sorta oversized female
Centronics connectors?)
on the front panel. What in heck did these talk to? A line printer?
What was evidently the DSSI daisy chain cable is floating around in the top
section
with the dinky little DSSI terminator on a plate mounted at the top left.
There is another ribbon cable that has male and female three row DB type
connectors (DB68??)
on it. Looks vaguely like one on my 6000's DMB32's Synchronous port. No
idea what module
it comes from yet. Presumably the DRQ.
MS650-BA M7622-A 16Mb RAM (That's an easy one)
KA640-AA M7624-CA Microvax 3300/3400 CPU with 4MB Ram
Usual console MMJ port and switchable AUI/10Base2 ethernet.
(Finally, a biggish Vax I don't need a txcvr for....)
Seems intact except for the missing drives and the dress panel that covers
the leds, TK50 etc.
The sliding cover is still there but the one behind it on the bulkhead is
missing. (Any spares out there?)
I will be pulling the modules over the next few days for a clean and check.
It's got ribbon cables coming out of
the front between the gaps in the modules, pretty messy looking, one goes to
one of those
big centronics connectors on a mounting plate, that looks like a scsi
connector.
According to a good source, the machine (NODE::TITUS) was part of the JANUS
war game network at DSTO.
It seems mostly alive, a quick power up had the LED countdown going through
ok, apart from stops due to lack of
disk drives and no smoke or bad smells.....
All I gotta do now is scare up some RFxx drives I guess.....
Cheers
Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Mark's College
Port Pirie, South Australia.
Email: geoffrob(a)stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au
netcafe(a)pirie.mtx.net.au
ICQ #: 1970476
7:13 p.m.
New subject: Microvax 3400
At 01:22 PM 12/21/99 +1030, Geoff Roberts wrote:
Have acquired at auction for a mere $30AU (a real one
not Ebay) a Microvax
3400 ex Defence Science and Technology Organisation at Salisbury.
Its a nice little VAX, nicer still if you upgrade it...
Unfortunately it's missing its (DSSI) drives. I
hate that. Security...
Seems to have the following bits in a biggish cube on casters. (BA213 I
think).
Fortunately DSSI drives seem to be popping up a lot lately. I've seen
several on Ebay and the local scrap yard had a bunch recently (RF30's so
hardly worth it, but whatever) check the Austrialian DEC reseller near you.
They may be willing to let one or two go for a "song."
TQK50 M7546-00 TK50 Controller
TK50 tape drive
Interesting, mine came with a TK70.
KFQSA-SA M7769 Storage Adapter (DSSI Disk
Interface)
The 3400 has a DSSI interface on the CPU card, did you get another board as
well?
It/they seems to have about 6 of the little Honda
connectors.
I'm unfamiliar with the term "honda" connector but the DSSI connector looks
like a SCSI-2 high density connector with a couple of guide pins stuck up
from it.
I think this might have multiple controllers or
something similar. There
are 3 front
panels with the same lights and connectors anyway.
Three disk control panels? That they should each have a little ID plug in
them and the read/write/fault panel.
DRQ3B-SA M7658-PA 2 port parallel interface (If
I'm looking at the right
bits, it has a couple of
connectors that look more like old type SCSI (Sorta oversized female
Centronics connectors?)
on the front panel. What in heck did these talk to? A line printer?
Sweet! It talks to anything you want it to talk to. General purpose DMA
driven parallel port (dual)
What was evidently the DSSI daisy chain cable is
floating around in the top
section
with the dinky little DSSI terminator on a plate mounted at the top left.
Inside the top of mine is space for three drives on the DEC side rails plus
the TK70. THe DSSI cable connected to each of them.
There is another ribbon cable that has male and female
three row DB type
connectors (DB68??)
on it. Looks vaguely like one on my 6000's DMB32's Synchronous port. No
idea what module
it comes from yet. Presumably the DRQ.
Could be SDI connectors.
MS650-BA M7622-A 16Mb RAM (That's an easy one)
KA640-AA M7624-CA Microvax 3300/3400 CPU with 4MB Ram
Usual console MMJ port and switchable AUI/10Base2 ethernet.
(Finally, a biggish Vax I don't need a txcvr for....)
Seems intact except for the missing drives and the dress panel that covers
the leds, TK50 etc.
The sliding cover is still there but the one behind it on the bulkhead is
missing. (Any spares out there?)
Well there is a "front" that sits over the front of the box and has a slide
up translucent door that covers the tape drive area. Are you missing the
metal frame that covers the disk bulkhead?
It seems mostly alive, a quick power up had the LED
countdown going through
ok, apart from stops due to lack of
disk drives and no smoke or bad smells.....
Well if it gets to number 3 then you can probably net boot it into a
cluster or netbsd. (NetBSD doesn't support the on board DSSI yet though)
--Chuck
8:44 p.m.
New subject: Microvax 3400
"Geoff Roberts" <geoffrob(a)stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au> wrote:
KFQSA-SA M7769 Storage Adapter (DSSI Disk
Interface)
It/they seems to have about 6 of the little Honda connectors. I think this
might have multiple controllers or something similar. There are 3 front
panels with the same lights and connectors anyway.
Strange! My M7769 has only one 50-pin Berg header (shrouded with ejector
latches).
Unfortunately it's missing its (DSSI) drives. I
hate that. Security...
I didn't get any DSSI drives with mine either :-(
8:31 p.m.
New subject: Microvax 3400
----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis(a)mcmanis.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, 21 December 1999 4:43
Subject: Re: Microvax 3400
Seems to depend when they were made I think. It's definitely a TQK50/TK50
combo, I've got
TK70's in my Vax 6000's.
as
slide
I have plenty of VMS and a couple of boxen for servers, we'll see.
Cheers
Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Mark's College
Port Pirie, South Australia.
Email: geoffrob(a)stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au
netcafe(a)pirie.mtx.net.au
ICQ #: 1970476
Its a nice little VAX, nicer still if you upgrade
it...
I don't think I'll need them. The mysterious cards are in fact 2 x Emulex
UC07 SCSI controllers.
There is also another Emulex card a QT1410402, which I am informed is a
Pertec tape controller.
Unfortunately it's missing its (DSSI) drives.
I hate that. Security...
Seems to have the following bits in a biggish cube on casters. (BA213 I
think).
Fortunately DSSI drives seem to be popping up a lot lately. several on Ebay and the local scrap yard had a bunch
recently (RF30's so
hardly worth it, but whatever) check the Austrialian DEC reseller near
you.
DEC Adelaide is about 140 miles. I guess that's near enough. Only one in
the state.
They may be willing to let one or two go for a
"song."
I'd REALLY like to see THAT.....;^)
TQK50 M7546-00 TK50 Controller
TK50 tape drive
Interesting, mine came with a TK70. KFQSA-SA M7769
Storage Adapter (DSSI Disk Interface)
The 3400 has a DSSI interface on the CPU card, did you get another board well?
Disregard. If it's in there, I haven't found it, and yes, what I take to be
the DSSI
cable seems to go to the KA640-AA
I'm unfamiliar with the term "honda"
connector but the DSSI connector
looks
like a SCSI-2 high density connector with a couple of
guide pins stuck up
from it.
That's the one on the end of the cable I took to be DSSI.
The others are in fact the SCSI-2 style high density connectors.
The UC07's have one each on the faceplate.
>DRQ3B-SA M7658-PA 2 port parallel interface (If
I'm looking at the
right
>bits, it has a couple of
>connectors that look more like old type SCSI (Sorta oversized female
>Centronics connectors?)
>on the front panel. What in heck did these talk to? A line printer?
Sweet! It talks to anything you want it to talk to.
General purpose DMA
driven parallel port (dual)
Could be SDI connectors.
?? As in Storage Device Interface? Or do you mean something else?
It's not SDI in that sense. Nothing like it.
The cables come from a board with LEXIDATA on it.
Hard to see numbers, the stuff in the etch is covered by one of the handles.
It could be anything.
the dress panel
that covers the leds, TK50 etc.
The sliding cover is still there but the one behind it on the bulkhead is
missing. (Any spares out there?)
Well there is a "front" that sits over the front of the box and has a
up translucent door that covers the tape drive area.
That's there and intact
Are you missing the metal frame that covers the disk
bulkhead?
The metal frame is there, with the buttons and leds mounted on it,
however,
it appears
it is missing a (presumably) plastic dress cover, that surrounds and covers
the led/button
area and the region around the TK50..
>It seems mostly alive, a quick power up had the
LED countdown going
through
ok, apart from
stops due to lack of
disk drives and no smoke or bad smells.....
Well if it gets to number 3 then you can probably net boot it into a
cluster or netbsd. (NetBSD doesn't support the on board DSSI yet though)
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