On Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 02:16:44 PM PST, Sellam Abraham via cctalk
wrote:
[...]
> But basically, Jobs never stole anything. He was pretty much invited to
> take a look, and then entered into some sort of exclusivity deal (I may be
> wrong about this detail) to use Xerox tech.
On Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at 11:29:36 AM PST, thomasdzubin--- via cctalk
wrote:
> Can I install the KFQSA card in my 4000-200, disconnect the internal disks
> from the SHAC and connect the disks to the KFQSA thereby allowing NetBSD >to
> run?
Oh wait, your "Vax 4000-200" is a KA660 in a
On Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at 11:29:36 AM PST, thomasdzubin--- via cctalk
wrote:
> Can I install the KFQSA card in my 4000-200, disconnect the internal disks
> from the SHAC and connect the disks to the KFQSA thereby allowing NetBSD >to
> run?
Ive read (here?) that he BA430 has special
Hi,
has this found a new home? If not, Is it Pertec-compatible?
I live on the Peninsula and I have a pickup truck. I'll find it a hom if the
alternative is landfill.
thanks
-Jonatahn Stone
On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 10:05:04 PM PDT, Len Shustek via
cctalk wrote:
I bought
I have a Gesswein MFM emulator from decromancer.ca; who offer an adaptor that
yields a 2nd MFM data connector.
I'll use mine in a Microvax 2000. Does anyone know how to hook it up as two
MFM drives in a Microvax 2000?
The vendor sold a 1in high adaptor box, BA40A, with DD50 connectors to a
On Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 05:20:28 AM PDT, Santo Nucifora via cctalk
wrote:
> I bought mine from this ebay auction: https://www.ebay.com/itm/171649843131
>Specifically, the "D-SUB 3W3 Male" item.
[...]
Note these are 50 Ohm impedance. I always assumed the OEM originals were 75 Ohm.
I've
Digital Equipment Corp. VK100, aka GIGI. Try searching for "DEC GIGI" On
Thursday, July 21, 2022, 06:59:20 PM PDT, Grant Taylor via cctalk
wrote:
On 7/21/22 6:30 PM, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote:
> Indeed. I've fiddled with Sixel in xterm, for example.
I've got both Sixel and
If available, I'd like to purchase a bunch. I am setting up a lab to work on
X11 (and then accelerated X11) support for NetBSD, on:
- Vaxstation II
- Vaxstation II/GPX
- vaxstation 2000 with 8-plane GPX, and mono if I can find another chassis
- microvax 3100 with. mono, GPX, and/or SPX
-
On Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 01:34:34 PM PST, devin davison via cctalk
wrote:
[...]
>Im looking to get some offers and see what i can expect to get for them. [...]
>
For comparison purposes, recycledgoods.com has listed a couple of BA213
chassis, still unsold, for at least 18 months.
The first system says no storage. Second system is unspecified.
A KA655 does not have onboard DSSI, so DSSI would be via KFQSA/M7769.
I've expressed interest in at least one system, tho shipping to California will
cost about as much as the hardware. On Wednesday, January 26, 2022,
I've read that there is circuitry in the expansion base (BA40A?) has circuitry
. Does anyone know what the circuitry does? Is it required for SCSI
operation? (I hope not, or I'll have to kludge one up to make use of pk2k SCSI
boot-roms!)
On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, 01:37:28 PM PDT, Jonathan Chapman
wrote:
>> The DEC-badged Data-IO " on eBay is tempting, but expensive, and I don't
>> know where to find software.
>If it is just a regular Data I/O underneath, head over to the groups.io page:
>
On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, 05:39:23 AM PDT, Holm Tiffe via cctalk
wrote:
>I've tried this almost 2 years before..and it worked "somewhat".
>An VS2000 booted up in the first stage but the NetBSD Kernel couldn't
>mount root since nothing in the loader expected a disk at the NCR SCSI
On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, 11:02:38 AM PDT, Antonio Carlini via cctalk
wrote:
> My recollection is that the MicroVAX 2000 SCSI isn't complete and was
> only intended for the tape unit. Whether its performance beats an RD54
> will be interesting to see.
The ROM/VMB support certainly
On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, 11:04:22 AM PDT, Josh Dersch
wrote:
[...]
>No, there's no QBus involved here. The M7452 "UNIBUS Window Module" connects
>the VS100 to the VAX via a fiber-optic link.
thanks for the correction. I wonder what I was mis-remembering. maybe a
QBus-to-Unibus?
On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, 10:17:33 AM PDT, Chris Zach via cctech
wrote:
> How the hell did I miss *that*? Cool beans device, I've never heard of a
> VS100. Was it in a Rainbow sized box or a Pro/350 box?
If old memories serve, you'd also need the Unibus-to-Qbus converter. I recall a
On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, 09:15:20 AM PDT, Paul Koning via cctalk
wrote:
>> On Sep 21, 2021, at 12:00 PM, Jonathan Stone via cctalk
>> wrote:
>>
>> The RD53s in both Microvax 2000s are dead. I'm reluctant to buy more 30+
>> year old rotating media.
The RD53s in both Microvax 2000s are dead. I'm reluctant to buy more 30+ year
old rotating media.
If I'm going to buy a disk emulator, I'd much prefer SCSI to MFM, for the
obvious performance reasons.
Reseller price for a Maxtor XT-2190 (RD54) is just over US $1000. Disk
Emulators are
know what type of ROM/PROM is needed
Dave
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk On Behalf Of Jonathan Stone
> via cctalk
> Sent: 20 September 2021 20:02
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org; port-...@netbsd.org
> Subject: Burnable, patched Microvax-2000 SCSI-boot EPROM image
I recently rescued two Microvax-2000s but both have dead RD53s. Does anyone
have a ROMable image of the Microvax 2000/Vaxstation 2000 boot-PROM patches
from Wolfgang Moeller at http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/vms/pk2k/ ? I'm looking to
install NetBSD, not VMS and I don't have any VMS systems on which
I had suggested a hair-dryer, as recommended circa 20 years ago for drive
"stiction" after disuse. It seems that worked.
On Sunday, September 19, 2021, 08:58:57 PM PDT, Bill Degnan via cctalk
wrote:
I have simply opened and physically moved the disk counter clockwise a
turn, in a
Hello,
You mentioned a VAXstation and a Microvax. What encosures are they in? (That
will affect shipping costs).
Is the micro-pdp/11 in a BA23 with complete skins?
thanks
-Jonathan Stone
The old-school way to do this is to install inetd, ensure it gets started up,
and uncomment the line in its config-file (/etc/inetd.conf ?) for telnet.
Setting up an ftp chroot area is painful. If you're using cleartext passwords
(telnet) anyway, I'd set up rlogin/rsh, and use rcp.
Same story:
Doe anyone have an "owners manual" or technical manual for the KA600 aka
VaxBrick aka Vax 4000-50?
I have most of a Vaxbrick, but I'd sooner run Unix on it that VMS. But I know
of no open-source OS which supports the KA600.
I'd guess most of the internal devices are similar to SCSI or DSSI on
On Tuesday, June 1, 2021, 09:39:41 AM PDT, Jonathan Stone via cctalk
wrote:
>The described behavior is what you'd get in X11 if the middle-button is "stuck
>on" (autorepeating) after being pressed the first time, >and you move the
>mouse. Not sure if that helps, thoug
The described behavior is what you'd get in X11 if the middle-button is "stuck
on" (autorepeating) after being pressed the first time, and you move the mouse.
Not sure if that helps, though.
On Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 09:14:16 PM PDT, Zane Healy
wrote:
[[ reference to service manual for converting BA400 to BA400X ]]
>Do you happen to know what Manual this is? I’ve spent a lot of the last
>couple days reading up on the BA430/B400X, and the :KA640/KA660.
I looked for it
On Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 03:38:43 PM PDT, Jonathan Stone via cctalk
wrote:
Please ignore point 2. Even the KN220 uses an M9715 in the slot between its
CVAX I/O board and the power supply.
On Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 02:35:32 PM PDT, Zane Healy via cctalk
wrote:
[]
two points:
1. MS650-AA 8mb modules from a KA650 will work in a KA640. They won't work with
a KA655 or a kA660 (or a KN210_. Those need the MS650-BA, or the 16MB MS650-BB,
or the third-party 32MB modules.
e-block CD-ROM ? If the former, I
guess I'll have to find an old, 512-byte-block jumperable SCSI CD burner.
On Thursday, May 20, 2021, 02:15:39 PM PDT, Christian Groessler via cctalk
wrote:
On 5/20/21 11:05 PM, Jonathan Stone via cctalk wrote:
> MacOS (Mojave) can mount an image re
MacOS (Mojave) can mount an image read from a 512-byte UFS CD.
What does one have to do (Linux, MacOS, *BSD) to write such an image to the CD
with 512-byte blocks, so it can be read by a DEC boot-ROM?
Ultrix UFS is 4.2SD plus some big fixes. It's definitely pre-4.3BSD. So 44BSD
won't work.
I hit fsck errors anytime I mounted Ultrix FFS read-write with (very early
NetBSD).
You may be better off if you can try with *BSD.
OSF1/Digital Unix/Tru64 has a newer FFS, definitely 4.3BSD or newer --
Speak of the devil: https://www.ebay.com/itm/393325339070
On Thursday, May 20, 2021, 11:53:50 AM PDT, Antonio Carlini via cctalk
wrote:
On 20/05/2021 18:22, Jonathan Stone via cctalk wrote:
> It does indeed need a VSXXX-AA mouse (the round puck) or a VSXXX-AB
> tablet (or compatible). \
> I recently checked both installation guide an
On Thursday, May 20, 2021, 10:38:56 AM PDT, Malte Dehling via cctalk
wrote:
> The VSXXX-GA mouse or VSXXX-AB tablet is the correct model for the 4000
> series, but the older puck mouse (VSXXX-AA) will work as well.
Exactly, since the -GA is compatible with the -AA. And the MoseTrack model
On Thursday, May 20, 2021, 10:16:03 AM PDT, Zane Healy via cctalk
wrote:
>. What sort of mice does a VAXstation 4000 (vlc/60/90) take? I’m pretty sure
>they don’t need a DEC “hockey puck” mouse.
It does indeed need a VSXXX-AA mouse (the round puck) or a VSXXX-AB tablet (or
compatible).
On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, 10:12:15 AM PDT, Antonio Carlini via cctalk
wrote:
On 12/05/2021 17:53, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
> The normal mouse specs are in VCB02 Video Subsystem Technical Manual,
> EK-104AA-TM-001 (appendix C).
>
>The LK201 is in there too.
It's possibly in the
On Tuesday, May 11, 2021, 10:49:05 AM PDT, Paul Koning via cctech
wrote:
> Last year I created an LK201 keyboard emulator that uses a USB keyboard.
Just curious; have you thought of adding VSXXX-?? mouse emulation, using input
from either USB or PS/2 mouse?
With a mini-DIN output? These
You need a video cable with a 3W3 connector on one end. Original was likely a
DEC BC29G-10.
That, plus 5BNC-to-VGA cables, and 3 F/F BNC barrels, will work with a
multisync monitor that handles sync-on-green.
I just went through this with several DECstations, where the Turbochannel
graphics
Hello Rob,
If you end up parting this out to others who have dying motherboards or PSUs:
How much RAM does it have? I bought a 3000/700 last week on eBay, it's supposed
to arrive this week.
For what it's worth: I have about a dozen Turbochannel machines that I'm slowly
reviving, to work on
Google Shopping shows the PA2067 MMJ die available at 3 online stores.
Digi-Key lists it too.
What are the pros and cons of the die and a PA8000 CrimpALL, versus the IEC
tool ( https://iec.net/product/modular-crimp-tool-for-rj11-dec-mmj-connectors/)
? If one either already has an RJ45 crimp
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