22 Sep
2003
22 Sep
'03
8:16 a.m.
In the great HP2000 rebuild project, thanks to a huge bevy of spare parts
from Bill, the IOP is now again singing with 32Kw! Yes,
a happy snoopy dance
was performed :)
Now it's on to resurrecting a 7905 in a lowboy cabinet. Can't decide if I
will use only 13037 style drives, or stick with multiple 7900's (or both).
That should pretty much finish the runnable system restoration. Then the
only thing left will be the refurb of the 2610 printer, and the 7261 mark
sense card reader, but those certainly aren't required to run the system.
Thanks Bill!!!
Jay West
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23 Sep
23 Sep
10:49 p.m.
what turned out to be the problem with the iop?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay West" <jwest(a)classiccmp.org>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 6:16 AM
Subject: HP2000 progress
In the great HP2000 rebuild project, thanks to a huge
bevy of spare parts
from Bill, the IOP is now again singing with 32Kw! Yes, a happy snoopy
dance
was performed :)
Now it's on to resurrecting a 7905 in a lowboy cabinet. Can't decide if I
will use only 13037 style drives, or stick with multiple 7900's (or both).
That should pretty much finish the runnable system restoration. Then the
only thing left will be the refurb of the 2610 printer, and the 7261 mark
sense card reader, but those certainly aren't required to run the system.
Thanks Bill!!!
Jay West
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24 Sep
24 Sep
12:03 a.m.
I would assume the data transfer rate on the 7905 is faster? remember there
is a lot of swap action that goes on there... each user is swapped in and
out of core to the drive...
Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
Please check our web site at
http://www.smecc.org
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buy, and by all means when in Arizona drop in and see us.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "ed sharpe" <esharpe(a)uswest.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: HP2000 progress
I
what turned out to be the problem with the iop?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay West" <jwest(a)classiccmp.org>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 6:16 AM
Subject: HP2000 progress
> In the great HP2000 rebuild project, thanks to a huge bevy of spare
parts
from Bill, the
IOP is now again singing with 32Kw! Yes, a happy snoopy
dance
> was performed :)
>
> Now it's on to resurrecting a 7905 in a lowboy cabinet. Can't decide if
> will use only 13037 style drives, or stick with
multiple 7900's (or
both).
> That should pretty much finish the runnable
system restoration. Then the
> only thing left will be the refurb of the 2610 printer, and the 7261
mark
> sense card reader, but those certainly aren't
required to run the
system.
Thanks Bill!!!
Jay West
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7:36 a.m.
The 7905 is bigger. That's the main plus. The OS will fit on a 7900, but not
the entire contributed library. In addition, 7900 drives are extremely
difficult to find. 7905's are almost, but not quite, as hard to come by.
7906's are technically not supported, but rumor has it they may work, just
not at full capacity, and 7906 drives are pretty easy to find. 7920's...
well, I've heard they exist.
Last night my 2000/Access MCP (initial load) tape bit the dust.. it's my
only copy. Not sure what to do there. In addition, this morning, the system
cpu now developed parity errors.
Very very demoralizing.
The first 2000/Access build I had to move the paper tape reader from the IOP
to the system processor, because I couldn't get the mag tape cross loader to
load correctly. I have since found that this is because of an error in the
2000/Access operators manual. When using the loader loader, bits 14-12 get
set to on, not clear, as stated in the manual. 14-12 on is what gets the
special IOP BBL off the loader loader tape, thus letting the cross loader (&
mag tape loader) work right.
Jay
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I would assume the data transfer rate on the 7905 is
faster? remember
there
is a lot of swap action that goes on there... each
user is swapped in and
out of core to the drive...
Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
Please check our web site at
http://www.smecc.org
to see other engineering fields, communications and computation stuff we
buy, and by all means when in Arizona drop in and see us.
address:
coury house / smecc
5802 w palmaire ave
glendale az 85301
----- Original Message -----
From: "ed sharpe" <esharpe(a)uswest.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: HP2000 progress
if
what turned out to be the problem with the iop?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay West" <jwest(a)classiccmp.org>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 6:16 AM
Subject: HP2000 progress
> In the great HP2000 rebuild project, thanks to a huge bevy of spare
parts
> > from Bill, the IOP is now again singing with 32Kw! Yes, a happy snoopy
> dance
> > was performed :)
> >
> > Now it's on to resurrecting a 7905 in a lowboy cabinet. Can't decide
I
the
> will use only 13037 style drives, or stick
with multiple 7900's (or
both).
> > That should pretty much finish the runnable system restoration. Then > only
thing left will be the refurb of the 2610 printer, and the 7261
mark
> sense card reader, but those certainly
aren't required to run the
system.
Thanks Bill!!!
Jay West
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