Re: Opening RL02 disk pack

2018-12-05 Thread Earl Evans via cctalk
On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 5:09 AM Christian Corti via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hi, > how does one open a RL02 disk pack? A couple of packs need cleaning but I > can't figure out how to open them... > > I was curious to see if there would be any replies to this. I have just shy of 40

Re: sun model 47. code 4/40 does it have the nvram with battery?

2018-12-05 Thread Wayne S via cctalk
There are some sparcstation voyagers for sale on ebay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/WORKING-Rare-SUN-Voyager-SPARCstation-Model-146/131537725894?hash=item1ea04269c6:g:xAoAAOSwBLlVgLN8 Wayne > On Dec 4, 2018, at 9:05 AM, ED SHARPE via cctalk > wrote: > >

Re: Opening RL02 disk pack

2018-12-05 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
At 12:24 PM 4/12/2018 -0800, you wrote: >On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 5:09 AM Christian Corti via cctalk < >cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> Hi, >> how does one open a RL02 disk pack? A couple of packs need cleaning but I >> can't figure out how to open them... >> >> >I was curious to see if there

Re: Opening RL02 disk pack

2018-12-05 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
At 08:41 PM 5/12/2018 +1100, I stupidly wrote: >Ha, this made me realize I don't know either. Despite that I now have some >RLO3K-DC >packs, and one RLO2 drive. Typo. That should be RLO2K-DC.

Fwd: [rescue] Sun2/120 SunOS 3.2 suntools movie (was: advise on Sun2 disk install)

2018-12-05 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
I thought folk might enjoy this short-ish (~12min) Youtube video showing startup of arguably the first ever Sun workstation, from a contemporaneous SunOS... I did. Permission obtained before x-posting, naturally. -- Liam Proven - Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk -

Re: sun model 47. code 4/40 does it have the nvram with battery?

2018-12-05 Thread Rico Pajarola via cctalk
I have a Fujitsu Leia2 S-4. Does anyone have a manual for it? (even if it's Japanese) On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 2:03 AM Chris Hanson via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > There are also the Fujitsu LeiA SPARC portables. I’ve used OPENSTEP 4.2 on > one… > > -- Chris > > > On Dec 3, 2018, at

Re: SPARCstation 20 with SCSI2SD

2018-12-05 Thread Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk
On Sun, 2 Dec 2018, Jeffrey S. Worley via cctalk wrote: > The re-work of that Dallas nvram chip is just beautiful. It makes me > ashamed of myself. (I just chopped into the epoxy with a pocket knife, > soldered two leads, and velcroed the new batteries somewhere inside the > machine I installed

Re: Opening RL02 disk pack

2018-12-05 Thread Michael Fritsch via cctalk
Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: Hi, how does one open a RL02 disk pack? A couple of packs need cleaning but I can't figure out how to open them... Christian The top of the middle part of the handle (this with the slider) is only glued slighly at the base part. With a screwdriver it is

Re: Opening RL02 disk pack

2018-12-05 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
At 02:09 PM 3/12/2018 +0100, Christian wrote: >Hi, >how does one open a RL02 disk pack? A couple of packs need cleaning but I >can't figure out how to open them... Wait, by 'open' do you mean 'release the bottom dust cover', or 'disassemble and remove all plastic till the platters are fully

Re: P112 runs RSX-11

2018-12-05 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen via cctalk
There is a "contact" link on this page: http://p112.sourceforge.net/index.php?rsx180 Maybe it works. On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 6:48 PM Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > > > On 12/4/18 7:51 AM, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote: > > > That's all I could find, too. If anyone knows where the source might >

Re: [rescue] Sun2/120 SunOS 3.2 suntools movie (was: advise on Sun2 disk install)

2018-12-05 Thread Chris Hanson via cctalk
On Dec 5, 2018, at 3:59 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > > I thought folk might enjoy this short-ish (~12min) Youtube video > showing startup of arguably the first ever Sun workstation It’s a Sun-2 so it’s not really arguable whether it’s the first ever Sun workstation: It’s not. --

Re: P112 runs RSX-11

2018-12-05 Thread allison via cctalk
On 12/05/2018 05:00 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen via cctalk wrote: > There is a "contact" link on this page: > http://p112.sourceforge.net/index.php?rsx180 > Maybe it works. > On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 6:48 PM Al Kossow via cctalk > wrote: >> >> >> On 12/4/18 7:51 AM, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote: >>> >

Re: Opening RL02 disk pack

2018-12-05 Thread Marc Howard via cctalk
Sounds like a good youtube video topic... Marc On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 1:38 PM Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: > At 02:09 PM 3/12/2018 +0100, Christian wrote: > >Hi, > >how does one open a RL02 disk pack? A couple of packs need cleaning but I > >can't figure out how to open them... > > > Wait, by

Re: SPARCstation 20 with SCSI2SD

2018-12-05 Thread systems_glitch via cctalk
Nice work, indeed! The clearance issue is part of why I made the repair module boards. Thanks, Jonathan On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 9:54 AM Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Sun, 2 Dec 2018, Jeffrey S. Worley via cctalk wrote: > > > The re-work of that Dallas nvram

Re: Text encoding Babel. Was Re: George Keremedjiev

2018-12-05 Thread Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk
On Tue, 4 Dec 2018, Liam Proven wrote: > > I don't know if the unreal mode has been retained in the x86 architecture > > to this day; as I noted above it was not officially supported. But then > > some originally undocumented x86 features, such as the second byte of AAD > > and AAM instructions