[cctalk] Re: Looking for an HP 9000/778 workstation B160/180

uch from random ebay sellers, but a few pictures of the LED light bar after a few minutes of power on the front may be within their scope and could let you know if you have a functional PSU. > Thanks > > > On 4/5/2024 1:10 PM, Kevin Bowling via cctalk wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at

[cctalk] Re: Looking for an HP 9000/778 workstation B160/180

On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 8:33 AM Keith Monahan wrote: > > Thanks guys for pointing out what's available and the references > which will be useful the next time something good comes around! > > The C200 runs the newer 64-bit processor, the PA8200, which is RISC 2.0, > and (I'd imagine is) quite

[cctalk] Re: Looking for an HP 9000/778 workstation B160/180

eBay prices have gotten silly. Sellers seem a lot more willing to sit on items for years hoping they get 4-5x what something should sell for rather than moving volume these days. It's odd psychology when you know a lot of it just gets scrapped eventually when it never sells. There is an ebay

[cctalk] WTB: IBM 9221 ESCON card

Hi, I am looking for a CH3s QH50, P/N 63F3825 for a 9221 ES/9000. A CH1s would also do. Anyone have an ES/9000 that is a brick because no processor console that can help me out? Regards, Kevin

[cctalk] Re: Intel Developers' Insight CD-ROM collection archived anywhere?

Can someone upload the ISOs of what we do have to archive.org? I found http://intel-vintage-developer.eu5.org/ but I'd like to grab it without the free web host ads. On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 4:47 PM Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk wrote: > > On Thu, 1 Oct 2020, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: > > > >

Digital Control Applications with the TMS320 Family

Does anyone have a hardcopy of this book they'd be willing to part with? http://www.bitsavers.org/components/ti/TMS320xx/1991_TI_Digital_Control_Applications_with_the_TMS320_Family.pdf USPS managed to lose the one I ordered but delivered me the damaged packaging with tire marks on it :(

Re: PCIe/PCI I/O access (was: Re: VT340 Emulation)

Thanks this was interesting learning. On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 9:41 AM Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Sun, 27 Jun 2021, Paul Koning wrote: > > > > However both serial and parallel ports remain reasonably available as > > > PCIe option devices. Though parallel

Re: Anyone know ancient versions of XLC?

On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 8:14 AM Liam Proven via cctech < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Sun, 11 Apr 2021 at 19:46, David Schmidt via cctech > wrote: > > > > AIX 3.2.5 was so much leaner and meaner than 4.x that came along next... > > I never did warm up to it the same way. > > Twas ever

Re: OT: Newsreader for Windows

You can make a pretty nice native command line environment on Windows with “Windows Terminal” from Microsoft and the Chocolatey package manager (which is like homebrew for Mac or similar to apt for Debian). There is also WSL which lets you run a native Linux distro in a fairly integrated way. If

Re: NCR 3550 Digital Library Was Re: System Pro WAS RE: Compaq Smart Array 3200 Controller as a SCSI Controller

Wow, would love to have a machine like that. The “weird unix” was probably MP-RAS which was NCR’s SysVr4. NCR was selling massive x86 MCA systems for Terradata setups in the early ‘90s. On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 8:54 AM Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > Now in terms of the most MANLY system I

Re: tape baking

Out of curiosity has anyone tried running tapes at different temperatures, for instance in a relative cold or hot environment? Either on a simple winder or even a recovery drive. On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 11:47 AM Chuck Guzis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I'm a bit surprised that

IBM SP/SP2 9076

Anyone have one of these collecting dust? Regards, Kevin

Re: Update: Shipping 50 lb computer from Zell am See, Austria to CA.

I had a Siemens Nixdorf MIPS system shipped from Germany using their post office. It took forever and was fairly banged up but made it to the US. On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 1:19 AM steven stengel via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Well, I knew the computer, just not the city. > > It's

Re: IBM Series/1

I'm pretty sure it was intended as a PLC or more precisely a PDP11 competitor as others stated. I am reading an excellent book "The Small Computer Concept" which kind of awe inspiring lays out the need for the Series/1, the ISA, and monitor functions in 400 pages. On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 10:29 AM

IBM Series/1

Anyone have one of these? I'd like to find a system, but images of the OS media would be interesting. Regards, Kevin

Re: Telex 274-61C Establishment Controller

It's labeled Visara, 1174-25S mfg date is 2003. It only has a 3.5" floppy, it boots off an internal HDD, so I'm not sure how to load code for DFTs yet. Regards, Kevin On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 9:16 AM Al Kossow wrote: > > > > On 4/22/19 8:15 PM, Kevin Bowling wrote: > > I have a late model 1174

Re: Telex 274-61C Establishment Controller

I have a late model 1174 it looks like they kept the same basic architecture, each board has a full 68k. On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 2:29 PM Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > > On 4/21/19 9:11 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > > Today's project is to go through the later-gen 1174 controller docs to

Re: IBM 3174 C 6.4 Microcode Disks?

There was quite a bit of difference up until POWER6 although each generation came closer and closer together. It wasn’t just the IOPs, the systems had different management controllers, cases, expansion enclosures, etc as late as POWER5 and only ran AIX in LPARs or PASE. The early PowerPC 400s

Re: sun 88780 on ebay

I am in the market for this option as well, after Al is taken care of if he needs it. On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 1:27 PM Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 11:18 AM Al Kossow wrote: > > > Does it have the 800 bpi option board? > > > > I haven't yet unboxed it. I took photos of

Re: Hewlett-Packard 3000, 9000, Itanium (HP-UX & MPE/iX) Servers, Storage Arrays, Replacement Parts, Maintenance, & Disaster back-ups

Do you have any MPE systems that would be interesting for a hobbiest but not too expensive? On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 10:13 AM Jesse Dougherty via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > how about 50 bucks? > > Jesse > > Cypress Tech > > > On 1/23/19 6:37 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: > > How much would

Re: SCSI for HP 9000/380

It looks like the on board SCSI is straight through wikimedia has images of the 380 CPU board plumbed to the bulkhead with just a cable/connector On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 2:22 PM Kevin Bowling wrote: > I have one of these, but the system has HP-IB disk and tape. I'd like > to use a SCSI tape to

Re: SCSI for HP 9000/380

I don’t see a manual for the 380 on either On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 2:34 PM Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > > On 12/27/18 1:22 PM, Kevin Bowling via cctalk wrote: > > I'd like > > to use a SCSI tape to install on it. > > Series-300 doesn't support booting from SCSI/Q

SCSI for HP 9000/380

I have one of these, but the system has HP-IB disk and tape. I'd like to use a SCSI tape to install on it. On the CPU card, there is what looks like a 50-pin connector. Does that need active electronics to work like the second HP-IB bulkhead that currently occupies the slot? Also does anyone

HIPPI devices

Anyone have any HIPPI stuff, preferably for sale? The machine I have uses the big parallel cables 100-pin but I guess there is a converter to serial fiber. Regards, Kevin

HP 88780B density

I have a dual density 88780B. Is it possible to upgrade to quad density by acquiring/swapping boards? Or does someone have an 800bpi 9-track on SCSI Incan borrow or buy? I have a pair of 1984 pdp11/70 UNIX SysV (R0, R1?) tapes that need to be archived. Regards, Kevin

Re: RS6k 7012/320H woes

http://ps-2.kev009.com/rs6000/serialconsole.html On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 3:30 PM Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Since RS6K systems have been mentioned recently, I thought I should ask > for advice. I have a Powerserver 320H with 32MB of RAM, an 8-port

Re: i860: Re: modern stuff

That’s interesting stuff, get it done! :) On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 3:01 PM William Donzelli wrote: > I have quite few NSFnet backup tapes that need to go to Al at some > point. They likely have good stuff on them. > > -- > Will > On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 5:03 AM Kevin Bowling > wrote: > > > > Do

Re: i860: Re: modern stuff

Do you have software or docs for any of this stuff? I run ps-2.kev009.com On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 3:41 PM William Donzelli via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > OK, I assumed the 6611s used the NSFnet type cards. Artic960s are > different animals - but probably very similar in idea. > > My

Re: i860: Re: modern stuff

Yes, they are. There are reference to those machines in the various nsfnet written histories but not cross linkage to those great pictures. On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 2:57 PM William Donzelli wrote: > > Right, thanks. 6611 is correct. I do not think the FDDI or HSSI cards > made it into those. > >

Re: IBM Xstation 140?

7010 Xstation 120 CPU Planar 8 MHz 80186 190-027-1 130 CPU Planar 12.5 MHz 80C186 190-027 140 CPU Planar 33 MHz LSI R33020 193-273 150 CPU Planar Motorola 88110 193-018 160 CPU Planar 66 MHz PowerPC 603 195-027 On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 2:51 PM Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk wrote: > >

Re: i860: Re: modern stuff

6611 was the commercialized version. One early model was a standard 7012 desktop with the special cards. A later cost optimized version had a custom PowerPC backplane. There were some good pics of the nsfnet T3 racks I linked onto nekochan forums but that site is gone. Wish people would migrate

WTB: Solbourne computer

Looks neat, anyone have one of these things they'd sell me? I'm in the US Southwest, can ship or travel a bit. Regards, Kevin

Re: UUCP "bag" files

As in mail bag On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 8:30 AM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > Does anyone know why UUCP "bag" files are called "bag"? > > Thanks in advance. > > > > -- > Grant. . . . > unix || die

Re: FS: Livingston Portmaster 2e

Dan > > > > On 1/15/2018 10:42 AM, Kevin Bowling via cctalk wrote: > > This one is fully upgraded to 30 serial ports. Just shoot me an > > offer, I'll probably say yes > > > > Regards, > > Kevin > > >

Re: Sun3 valuations?

Several people asked my location.. Phoenix, AZ. Freighting stuff is neither hard nor expensive if it comes to that but I'm just trying to gauge value at the moment. On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 3:47 PM, Kevin Bowling wrote: > I have some sun3/vme systems > > Several 3/60 >

Sun3 valuations?

I have some sun3/vme systems Several 3/60 3/260 sparcstation 4/370 SMD disk array for 3/260 The 3/260 and 4/370 have some oddball boards for data (cosys) and video acquisition (Aviv). I also have some spare sparcstation 10s and 20s. I haven't seen sun3 stuff for sale much. Does anyone know

FS: Livingston Portmaster 2e

This one is fully upgraded to 30 serial ports. Just shoot me an offer, I'll probably say yes Regards, Kevin

Re: AIX 4.1.3 on 7009-C20 RS/6000

Yes, http://ps-2.kev009.com/ has my RS/6k preservation Why are you trying to install that specific version? For "standard" MCA systems there are only three versions the really "matter" IMHO and backward binary compatibility is good in AIX: 3.2.5, 4.3.3, 5.1. 3.2.5 is best for early POWER1 and

Re: WTB 3270 terminal

rder to work? > > Something like a 3174-1, 3174-11 or 3174-6x. > > Also 327x terminals are *hard* to find. Partly because the keyboard > collectors (may they be forever damned) > take the keyboards and scrap the rest. > > What mainframe do you have? > > TTFN - Guy > >

WTB 3270 terminal

Hi, I want to get a fixed function term for my mainframe. Ideally looking for a 3290 and would offer around $1000 as an initial feeler for a good one. I'm in Arizona, willing to pay for shipping or I can come collect it. Please reply direct, I don't watch the list too hard. Regards, Kevin

WTB 3270 terminal

Hi, I want to get a fixed function term for my mainframe. Ideally looking for a 3290 and would offer around $1000 as an initial feeler for a good one. I'm in Arizona, willing to pay for shipping or I can come collect it. Please reply direct, I don't watch the list too hard. Regards, Kevin