7 Jun
2004
7 Jun
'04
10:27 p.m.
Good catch - I did mean Amiga. I've seen about everything the web has
too offer on this and am hoping to get my hands on some actual hardware.
Thanks.
-W
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 12:19:52 -0500 (CDT)
From: Martin Scott Goldberg <wgungfu(a)csd.uwm.edu>
Subject: Re: Atari Mandala VR System
To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org
Message-ID: <200406061719.i56HJqdK017402(a)alpha2.csd.uwm.edu>
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I'm looking to buy (or at least get a chance
to look at) an original
Mandala virtual reality system for the Atari - the one that
was sold by
Vivid beginning in around late 1989 or so.
Basically works like the
Playstation Eye Toy.
Anybody have one or know who does?
-W
Actually that was an Amiga driven system, not Atari. You can
read the specs about it here:
http://www.siggraph.org/~fujii/etech/1991_14.html
7 Jun
7 Jun
11:55 p.m.
New subject: MicroVAX 3100-30s available in Cambridge, UK
Folks,
Today we're going to dump 20 or so MicroVAXen because they're taking up
too much space and we only need half a dozen as emergency spares......
Any takers? They're just the machines themselves (ie no disks) with
probably 8 or 16mb memory, all tested working in the past otherwise we'd
not have them in stores :) Mostly 3100-30s but there's also a couple of
3100-20s.
I've rung Jules R in the hope he's got some spare room we can keep them in
temporarily - I'm currently living out of the back of my car so can't
easily keep them there......
let me know ASAP
--
adrian/witchy
Binary Dinosaurs owner/curator
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UKs biggest home computer collection?
8 Jun
8 Jun
3:53 a.m.
New subject: MicroVAX 3100-30s available in Cambridge, UK
On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 08:55, Witchy wrote:
I've rung Jules R in the hope he's got some
spare room we can
keep them in temporarily
... which turns out to be the back of my car - getting home proved
interesting with no suspension travel at the back :-)
they can't stay there for long of course, but at least it's a stay of
execution!
cheers
Jules
4:07 a.m.
New subject: MicroVAX 3100-30s available in Cambridge, UK
On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 08:55, Witchy wrote:
Bet yer steering was nice and light though.....
I've rung Jules R in the hope he's got
some spare room we can
keep them in temporarily
... which turns out to be the back of my car - getting home proved
interesting with no suspension travel at the back :-) they can't stay there for long of course, but at
least it's a stay of
execution!
Excellent - can you do a count up for me so I know how many of each we've
got?
cya
--
adrian/witchy
Binary Dinosaurs owner/curator
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UKs biggest home computer collection?
8:45 a.m.
New subject: MicroVAX 3100-30s available in Cambridge, UK
Hi,
"Witchy" <witchy(a)binarydinosaurs.co.uk> said:
Today we're going to dump 20 or so MicroVAXen because they're taking up
too much space and we only need half a dozen as emergency spares......
D*mn! Why is this sort of thing always so far away :-(
--
Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb(a)dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
10 Jun
10 Jun
2:18 a.m.
New subject: MicroVAX 3100-30s available in Cambridge, UK
Hi Stan,
D*mn! Why is this sort of thing always so far away :-(
Whereabouts are you? I'll be back Oop North on saturday for a week.....
cheers
--
adrian/witchy
Binary Dinosaurs owner/curator
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UKs biggest home computer collection?
8 Jun
8 Jun
10:35 a.m.
New subject: MicroVAX 3100-30s available in Cambridge, UK
Any takers? They're just the machines themselves
(ie no
disks) with probably 8 or 16mb memory, all tested working in
the past otherwise we'd not have them in stores :) Mostly
3100-30s but there's also a couple of 3100-20s.
MicroVAX 3100-30 is faster that a MicroVAX 3100-20 (or
did you mean VAXstation 3100-30)?
I'm sure that there would be takers on the netbsd
port-vax mailing list or the linux-vax mailing list.
Failing that, ebay is better than binning!
Do you have an accurate inventory? A list of
KA?? versions (the MicroVAX 3100-10/20e and
the MicroVAX 3100-10/20 post April 1992 [IIRC]
have ROMs that can cope with big(ger) SCSI
disks).
Given the recent discussions, you could
contribute a decent set of ROM images now :-)
Antonio
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Antonio Carlini arcarlini(a)iee.org
10 Jun
10 Jun
12:12 a.m.
New subject: MicroVAX 3100-30s available in Cambridge, UK
MicroVAX 3100-30 is faster that a MicroVAX 3100-20
(or
did you mean VAXstation 3100-30)?
They're all MicroVAXen. There was one VAXServer 3100 that Jules kept.
I'm sure that there would be takers on the netbsd
port-vax mailing list or the linux-vax mailing list.
Failing that, ebay is better than binning!
I think they've all got homes now so that's good intit!
Do you have an accurate inventory? A list of
KA?? versions (the MicroVAX 3100-10/20e and
the MicroVAX 3100-10/20 post April 1992 [IIRC]
have ROMs that can cope with big(ger) SCSI
disks).
I can do that with the ones I've got in spare time so watch this space.
There's bound to be a couple of different revisions in amongst them all.
Given the recent discussions, you could
contribute a decent set of ROM images now :-)
Heh; time to see if the ROM reader/burner we've got upstairs works! It
looks like a parallel port job for a PC so I hope we've still got the
software for it too......
--
adrian/witchy
Binary Dinosaurs owner/curator
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UKs biggest home computer collection?
12:29 a.m.
New subject: MicroVAX 3100-30s available in Cambridge, UK
On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 09:12, Witchy wrote:
I should be able to do that with the pile here too, if someone lets me
know what I'm looking for. I'll borrow a console lead from Bletchley
this weekend and then check to see how they all are next week sometime.
I've got one set up here that'll read anything up to (and including)
256Kbit devices if that's less hassle. Again, just let me know what I'm
looking for inside the machines!
cheers
Jules
MicroVAX
3100-30 is faster that a MicroVAX 3100-20 (or
Do you have an accurate inventory? A list of
KA?? versions (the MicroVAX 3100-10/20e and
the MicroVAX 3100-10/20 post April 1992 [IIRC]
have ROMs that can cope with big(ger) SCSI
disks).
I can do that with the ones I've got in spare time so watch this space.
There's bound to be a couple of different revisions in amongst them all. Given the
recent discussions, you could
contribute a decent set of ROM images now :-)
Heh; time to see if the ROM reader/burner we've got upstairs works! It
looks like a parallel port job for a PC so I hope we've still got the
software for it too......
1:21 p.m.
New subject: MicroVAX 3100-30s available in Cambridge, UK
I've got one set up here that'll read anything
up to (and
including) 256Kbit devices if that's less hassle. Again, just
let me know what I'm looking for inside the machines!
OK. I assume you know how to hook up a terminal and watch
it boot and report its cpu type (e.g. KA42) and its firmware
version number.
I've just checked and I already have these:
KA42-B-V015-23-088E8-00.HEX
KA42-B-V015-23-089E8-00.HEX
KA43-A-V012-23-134E8-00.HEX
KA43-A-V012-23-135E8-00.HEX
KA650-B-V053-23-194E7-00.HEX
KA650-B-V053-23-195E7-00.HEX
KA655-A-V053-23-015E8-00.HEX
VS40X-VXXX-23-199E7-00.HEX
WS01-V013-23-115E8-00.HEX
The naming convention should be obvious: the
first one is:
a KA42-B,
firmware version V015 (displays as V1.5)
part number 23-088E8-00 (should be a sticker on the EPROM)
Where a machine has two or more EPROMs the part number should
distinguish
which is which.
The last two are a GPX and an SPX graphics card.
I do have other machines around that I could
(eventually) check and probably read the EPROMs
(once I check out the programmer - or image
them in the office).
So who is going to be the repository holder?
Antonio
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Antonio Carlini arcarlini(a)iee.org
11 Jun
11 Jun
1:34 p.m.
New subject: MicroVAX 3100-30s available in Cambridge, UK
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: 10 June 2004 23:22
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: RE: MicroVAX 3100-30s available in Cambridge, UK
The naming convention should be obvious: the first one is:
a KA42-B,
firmware version V015 (displays as V1.5) part number
23-088E8-00 (should be a sticker on the EPROM)
Where a machine has two or more EPROMs the part number should
distinguish which is which.
I'm back at home now so with the EPROM reader/burner I can hopefully get a
chance to scoop out the ROMs of the remaining VAXen in the back of the car.
Alister picked up 3 this afternoon so there's maybe 8 left plus the 2 model
20s I'm keeping.
--
Adrian/Witchy
Owner & Webmaster, Binary Dinosaurs
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