Tony Duell skrev: I'm sorry, I sent that message off before I'd finished it. But your interpretation is correct. I've also tested the cables. With the nullmodem I'm using right now, I get a whole line of reverse question marks when the HP does its double-beep to signal that it's entered the self- test sequence. It works fine when the Amiga's acting as a terminal, both ways. The VT seems to sense that there is communication going on, though, since whenever I press return, and the HP generates a new prompt, additional question marks are printed. Will do, as soon as it discharges. BTW, the VT420 service manual has recently been uploaded to http://www.vt100.net/, though it's a bunch of multi-page TIFFs, so I'm unsure what programs will support those. -- En ligne avec Thor 2.6a. Schont die Sockel, wenn ihr die Denkm?ler st?rzt. Sie k?nnten noch gebraucht werden. --- Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

I *think* these are slightly newer than the 10-year rule, but they're a rather "odd" machine, so I'll post anyway... I just purchased a "new" computer for my wife (Compaq 300Mhz PentiumII dual-processor server -- $50 USD - can't complain -- she needs to run office software now, so it'll be staroffice & linux)...... Anywho, I now have a "spare" DEC Model 3000/300, 150Mhz Alpha 21064 (or 66, can't remember now), 64Meg RAM, (2) 2-Gig DEC (barracuda) drives, 19" monitor, 2Meg framebuffer, TurboChannel slots, etc. etc. This machine will not (easily) run anything but Tru64 Unix or OpenVMS/Alpha... primarily due to it's TurboChannel architecture. My wife was using Tru64 Unix V.5.0 - it was easiest to set up, had Nutscrape preinstalled, and with my extensive Linux/Solaris background, made it a relative cakewalk to set up & maintain... but Emacs & sc *aren't* office software... I had installed OpenVMS/Alpha V7.2 on the machine, but I had problems with the dual-booting, due to boot flags that there was no way I could get my wife to remember... (She's a "click here", "mouse there" kinda person. She's not a geek, that's why she married *me*... ;-) so I deep-sixed the VMS install (which never did work outside of single-user mode) on that box. I've *wanted* to learn VMS, but my current VAX makes it difficult, mainly because it's "Beefed" to the max -- VaxStation 3100/m38, 32Meg RAM, 1Gig HD, VMS 7.1 (full distro - like 11 CD's) 2Meg 8-plane framebuffer & 17" monitor. I have successfully installed & hobby licensed VMS 7.1 on the machine - that's as far as I got, mainly due to that blasted 8-plane framebuffer. None of the text editors that I can find work right - they can't figure out how to run the terminal "text-mode"... so I can't modify the config files to try to get DECWindows running, which makes it impossible to read my dox, because they're only on CD-ROM -- it's a vicious cycle... :-( I also have a distro of Ultrix/VMS for that box, and had gotten that running well, but 1) was dog-slow, and 2) I don't really need YAUB (Yet Another Unix Box) -- I wanted VMS! Anyway, I've heard that 64Meg RAM was awfully tight to run VMS on an Alpha, but is it still faster than Tru64 Unix? (The machine was no screamer, but it was still faster than my wife... ;-) Or should I just sell it to someone willing to give it a good home? (I have too many computers now - and I'm trying to purchase a [smaller] house so may be moving soon... I *need* to consolidate my collection & am downsizing machines which I will never have time to tinker with...) Advice?? Ideas?? Thanks!! Roger "Merch" Merchberger

Roger Merchberger skrev: NetBSD has got TC and 3000/300 support. -- En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.

So I hate to ask the obvious, but why didn't you just change the frame buffer to one that would work with your applications? Roger Merchberger wrote: > > I *think* these are slightly newer than the 10-year rule, but they're a > rather "odd" machine, so I'll post anyway... > > I just purchased a "new" computer for my wife (Compaq 300Mhz PentiumII > dual-processor server -- $50 USD - can't complain -- she needs to run > office software now, so it'll be staroffice & linux)...... > > Anywho, I now have a "spare" DEC Model 3000/300, 150Mhz Alpha 21064 (or 66, > can't remember now), 64Meg RAM, (2) 2-Gig DEC (barracuda) drives, 19" > monitor, 2Meg framebuffer, TurboChannel slots, etc. etc. > > This machine will not (easily) run anything but Tru64 Unix or > OpenVMS/Alpha... primarily due to it's TurboChannel architecture. > > My wife was using Tru64 Unix V.5.0 - it was easiest to set up, had > Nutscrape preinstalled, and with my extensive Linux/Solaris background, > made it a relative cakewalk to set up & maintain... but Emacs & sc *aren't* > office software... I had installed OpenVMS/Alpha V7.2 on the machine, but I > had problems with the dual-booting, due to boot flags that there was no way > I could get my wife to remember... (She's a "click here", "mouse there" > kinda person. She's not a geek, that's why she married *me*... ;-) so I > deep-sixed the VMS install (which never did work outside of single-user > mode) on that box. > > I've *wanted* to learn VMS, but my current VAX makes it difficult, mainly > because it's "Beefed" to the max -- VaxStation 3100/m38, 32Meg RAM, 1Gig > HD, VMS 7.1 (full distro - like 11 CD's) 2Meg 8-plane framebuffer & 17" > monitor. I have successfully installed & hobby licensed VMS 7.1 on the > > I also have a distro of Ultrix/VMS for that box, and had gotten that > running well, but 1) was dog-slow, and 2) I don't really need YAUB (Yet > Another Unix Box) -- I wanted VMS! > > Anyway, I've heard that 64Meg RAM was awfully tight to run VMS on an Alpha, > but is it still faster than Tru64 Unix? (The machine was no screamer, but > it was still faster than my wife... ;-) Or should I just sell it to someone > willing to give it a good home? (I have too many computers now - and I'm > trying to purchase a [smaller] house so may be moving soon... I *need* to > consolidate my collection & am downsizing machines which I will never have > time to tinker with...) > > Advice?? Ideas?? Thanks!! > > Roger "Merch" Merchberger