On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 5:41 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
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> Is there a schematic anywhere for the hockey puck mice?
Don't know if there is a VSXXX-AA mouse schematic anywhere.
There is a DEPCA print set:
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/ethernet/depca/MP02421_DEPCA_sch_May87.pdf
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> On Jun 3, 2022, at 8:55 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
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> On 6/3/22 08:46, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote:
>> On 03/06/2022 03:09, Rick Murphy via cctalk wrote:
>>> On 6/1/2022 12:49 AM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote:
No one ever called it a "Digital Ethernet Personal Compute
On 6/3/22 08:55, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
On 6/3/22 08:46, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote:
It's predecessor, the DEQNA, was "Digital ETHERNET Q-Bus Network
Adapter", according to its user guide, or "broken", according to most
people :-)
I see comments like this all the time bu
On 6/3/22 08:46, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote:
On 03/06/2022 03:09, Rick Murphy via cctalk wrote:
On 6/1/2022 12:49 AM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote:
No one ever called it a "Digital Ethernet Personal Computer Bus
Adapter", just a DEPCA. I never previously knew that there was any
meaning beh
> On Jun 3, 2022, at 8:46 AM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk
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> ...
> It's predecessor, the DEQNA, was "Digital ETHERNET Q-Bus Network Adapter",
> according to its user guide, or "broken", according to most people :-)
Yup. It went through 12 revisions, but even that last "rev L" didn
On 03/06/2022 03:09, Rick Murphy via cctalk wrote:
On 6/1/2022 12:49 AM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote:
No one ever called it a "Digital Ethernet Personal Computer Bus
Adapter", just a DEPCA. I never previously knew that there was any
meaning behind the DEPCA name.
Yes, that's what it meant. "DE
On 6/3/22 08:16, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
On Jun 3, 2022, at 12:47 AM, Glen Slick via cctalk
wrote:
On Thu, Jun 2, 2022, 9:36 PM Warner Losh via cctalk
wrote:
Speaking of DEPCA, does anybody (a) know what kind of mouse connects (the
docs just say DIGITAL MOUSE) and (b) know where to
> On Jun 3, 2022, at 12:47 AM, Glen Slick via cctalk
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> On Thu, Jun 2, 2022, 9:36 PM Warner Losh via cctalk
> wrote:
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>> Speaking of DEPCA, does anybody (a) know what kind of mouse connects (the
>> docs just say DIGITAL MOUSE) and (b) know where to get one?
>>
>> Warner
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>
On Thu, Jun 2, 2022, 9:36 PM Warner Losh via cctalk
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> Speaking of DEPCA, does anybody (a) know what kind of mouse connects (the
> docs just say DIGITAL MOUSE) and (b) know where to get one?
>
> Warner
>
The usual VSXXX round mouse that is also used with VAXstations, either the
ball versio
Speaking of DEPCA, does anybody (a) know what kind of mouse connects (the
docs just say DIGITAL MOUSE) and (b) know where to get one?
Warner
On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 9:47 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk
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> On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 10:09 PM Rick Murphy via cctalk
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> > On 6/1/2022 12:49
On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 10:09 PM Rick Murphy via cctalk
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> On 6/1/2022 12:49 AM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote:
> > No one ever called it a "Digital Ethernet Personal Computer Bus
> > Adapter", just a DEPCA. I never previously knew that there was any
> > meaning behind the DEPCA name.
>
> Yes
On 6/1/2022 12:49 AM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote:
No one ever called it a "Digital Ethernet Personal Computer Bus
Adapter", just a DEPCA. I never previously knew that there was any
meaning behind the DEPCA name.
Yes, that's what it meant. "DELNI" - Digital Ethernet Local Network
Interface. "D
> On Jun 2, 2022, at 12:11 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk
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> ...
> When I added more RAM to the system to bring up to 512K and installed
> the DEPCA controller I was able to get the system to boot up and run
> the connection scripts that search for a DEC network and associated
> service
> > > ...
> > > I believe the DEPCA was based on the venerable
> > > SONIC chipset, but it may have been the LANCE. It wasn't NE-2000
> > compatible
> > > (that came later) :).
> >
> > LANCE seems plausible, or perhaps one of the later chips designed by DEC
> > Jerusalem (SGEC etc.). What's a SONI
On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 7:51 AM Paul Koning wrote:
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> > On Jun 1, 2022, at 5:53 AM, Warner Losh via cctech <
> cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >
> > ...
> > I believe the DEPCA was based on the venerable
> > SONIC chipset, but it may have been the LANCE. It wasn't NE-2000
> compatible
> > (that
On Wed, Jun 1, 2022, 6:52 AM Paul Koning via cctalk
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> > On Jun 1, 2022, at 5:53 AM, Warner Losh via cctech <
> cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >
> > ...
> > I believe the DEPCA was based on the venerable
> > SONIC chipset, but it may have been the LANCE. It wasn't NE-2000
> compatible
> On Jun 1, 2022, at 5:53 AM, Warner Losh via cctech
> wrote:
>
> ...
> I believe the DEPCA was based on the venerable
> SONIC chipset, but it may have been the LANCE. It wasn't NE-2000 compatible
> (that came later) :).
LANCE seems plausible, or perhaps one of the later chips designed by D
On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 10:08 PM Wayne S via cctech
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> I think Decnet can run over a serial connection (rs-232) if you have
> Decnet software. It’s not medium dependent. I got it to work years ago from
> vax-to-vax. I’m not aware of any pc decnet software although I haven’t
> looked much in
On 5/31/22 10:48 PM, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote:
If the stack that's installed is DECnet/DOS, then there are a few
docs on bitsavers. I'd guess that the command "C:\CJR" leads to the
stuff that loads the network stack and tries to set up the connections.
I have zero experience with DECnet
On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 8:56 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk
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> Specific to IBMPC to DECNET networking...anyone worked in this
> environment? Not me. I don't have the D drive that fails or the
> network, but I am curious what I would need to make this work. Maybe
> I can put something togethe
> Specific to IBMPC to DECNET networking...anyone worked in this
> environment? Not me. I don't have the D drive that fails or the
> network, but I am curious what I would need to make this work. Maybe
> I can put something together. Anyone using a Digital Ethernet
> Personal Computer Bus
Here is a link to a set of screen shot of the autoexec.bat and
config.sys for an IBM PC I came across today and the boot screen when
these are attempted without the networking hardware attached..
https://www.vintagecomputer.net/IBM/5150/5150_DEC/
Specific to IBMPC to DECNET networking...anyone wo
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