[cctalk] Re: How to shutdown RT11?

2024-03-21 Thread W2HX via cctalk
Ok, Bill. Still feels strange. No need to park the HD head either I guess. Please take a look at this picture. Knowing nothing, I did a .SHOW ALL and this list of JOBs showed up. Are these not background processes? https://w2hx.com/x/VintageComp/micropdp/20240321_203329.jpg Thanks 73 Eugene

[cctalk] Re: How to shutdown RT11?

2024-03-21 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 3/21/2024 9:19 PM, W2HX via cctalk wrote: I just got a pdp-11 to boot and it seems to have rt-11 installed. How do I do an orderly shutdown? Google has info on simh but this ain't that. Thanks! 73 Eugene w2hx Turn off the power switch. Unlike most other OSes people here are

[cctalk] How to shutdown RT11?

2024-03-21 Thread W2HX via cctalk
I just got a pdp-11 to boot and it seems to have rt-11 installed. How do I do an orderly shutdown? Google has info on simh but this ain't that. Thanks! 73 Eugene w2hx

[cctalk] Re: Cleanup time again

2024-03-21 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 3/21/2024 6:52 PM, mark audacity romberg via cctalk wrote: Why are you paying for postage as an eBay seller? Buyer paying postage is the standard. At sub $20 they aren't worth the effort. It would cost more than that in postage. And if the cost of shipping is more than the cost of

[cctalk] Re: Cleanup time again

2024-03-21 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 4:52 PM Ali via cctalk wrote: > > Why are you paying for postage as an eBay seller? Buyer paying postage > > is the standard. > > > > I think Bill is just being a decent guy and saying that it would cost more > to ship it out then the item would cost/be bought for (i.e.

[cctalk] Re: Cleanup time again

2024-03-21 Thread Ali via cctalk
> Why are you paying for postage as an eBay seller? Buyer paying postage > is the standard. > I think Bill is just being a decent guy and saying that it would cost more to ship it out then the item would cost/be bought for (i.e. $20 for item, $50 to ship) and how that wouldn't be nice or make

[cctalk] Re: VAX 4000 console SLU in need of some TLC

2024-03-21 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 21/03/2024 21:51, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote: Assuming you find a solution for the console port issue, can't you just try netbooting it and see what mac address the load requests have? You could either use some ethernet monitoring software such as tcpdump, ethermon, wireshark or whatever

[cctalk] Re: VAX 4000 console SLU in need of some TLC

2024-03-21 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 21/03/2024 22:03, Jonathan Stone wrote: What kind of VAX 4000? One with DSSI connectors on the "S:U", or the /VAX 4000-200/KA660, which has serial and Ethernet? IIRC you can klludge up the latter using a KA630 SLU, and either re-using the AUI/10base-2 part of the SLU, or kludging one from a

[cctalk] Re: Cleanup time again

2024-03-21 Thread mark audacity romberg via cctalk
Why are you paying for postage as an eBay seller? Buyer paying postage is the standard. > At sub $20 they aren't worth the effort. It would > cost more than that in postage.

[cctalk] Re: VAX 4000 console SLU in need of some TLC

2024-03-21 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
Pin 2 is TXD+ so I suppose that the RX side still works. I have no suitable storage for this system (well, I have some RF71 drives but not the carriers that would be needed to connect to the backplane properly), so I was planning to netboot from a SIMH instance on a PC. However, to configure

[cctalk] Re: Cleanup time again

2024-03-21 Thread Mike Katz via cctalk
Considering how high some prices are on eBay.  I would rather something go to a good home at a lower price than help drive the prices up on ePay. On 3/21/2024 4:01 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 12:33 PM CAREY SCHUG via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

[cctalk] VAX 4000 console SLU in need of some TLC

2024-03-21 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
I have a VAX 4000 with a console SLU that has been host to a battery for far too long. I removed the battery some time ago and cleaned things up with vinegar and IPA. Then I had PSU issues, which I've resolved by swapping for a NOS one (thanks Witchy!). Last Wednesday (13-MAR-2024) it

[cctalk] Re: Cleanup time again

2024-03-21 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 12:33 PM CAREY SCHUG via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > --does anybody want to comment on whether ebay prices are less, similar, > or greater than at live VCFs? I have not made the effort to collect > history. > It depends, usually less. Sometimes the same

[cctalk] Re: Cleanup time again

2024-03-21 Thread CAREY SCHUG via cctalk
I assumed the checking ebay was to get a price. I do that all the time, but have never sold anything. --to see what they sold for over time, maybe the last few weeks they went for $50, but most of the time they go for $30, so if not in a hurry, I just keep bidding $30 till I get one. --does

[cctalk] Re: Cleanup time again

2024-03-21 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 3/21/2024 2:02 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 10:58 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: Are Wacom CTE-430 tablets worth anything? bill Bill, eBay is good for gauging interest and pricing out stuff like this. Recent sales

[cctalk] Re: Cleanup time again

2024-03-21 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 10:58 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > Are Wacom CTE-430 tablets worth anything? > > bill > Bill, eBay is good for gauging interest and pricing out stuff like this. Recent sales there show there is at least general interest, and they

[cctalk] Re: Cleanup time again

2024-03-21 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
Are Wacom CTE-430 tablets worth anything? bill

[cctalk] Cleanup time again

2024-03-21 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
Time to dispose of some more of my stuff so it doesn't end up in the trash when my widow has to clear the house. Any interest in BA356-SBs? All with disks in them. And I have a decent stack of used RZs in caddies. I even still have 11 RZ28's still in the static bags. Would have to be