Re: First VAX-11/730 VMS Boot! (was: Re: VAX-11/730 %BOOT-F-Unexpected Machine Check)

2015-06-14 Thread Peter Coghlan
Thanks! I'll look up all of those commands to understand them better. ^Y looks familiar. I think this is the second time I have learned about it. :) On Jun 13, 2015, at 18:40, Jerry Weiss j...@ieee.org wrote: If you are running backup and it is asking for additional tapes, then I

Re: ultra sonic washing

2015-06-14 Thread Adrian Stoness
what about boards with 400 plus pots on it and sliders? On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 11:56 PM, wulfman wulf...@wulfman.com wrote: nothing like running them through the dishwasher with hot water and good soap. I repair old arcade boards and i have found nothing better. after they are hot from the

Re: First VAX-11/730 VMS Boot! (was: Re: VAX-11/730 %BOOT-F-Unexpected Machine Check)

2015-06-14 Thread Mark J. Blair
I'm still fumbling around with the multi-tape backup of the R80 drive and haven't quite gotten it working yet. But I've made some other good progress! That RL02 pack labeled VMS53RL02SYS does contain a working VMS 5.3 installation. I backed it up to tape while booted from the R80, then did a

Re: Front Panel Tech Note No3

2015-06-14 Thread Rod Smallwood
Well wadda you know! Guess what I'm working on? For a working 8/i replica kit contact oscar vermeulen On 14/06/2015 09:52, Paul Birkel wrote: IMO the 8/I (assuming that you're not heading back to the straight-8 :-). On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 4:17 PM, Rod Smallwood

Re: First VAX-11/730 VMS Boot! (was: Re: VAX-11/730 %BOOT-F-Unexpected Machine Check)

2015-06-14 Thread Mark J. Blair
On Jun 14, 2015, at 02:36, Peter Coghlan cct...@beyondthepale.ie wrote: Another way is to log on a second time using a terminal other than the console, issue reply/enable and then reply to the messages you receive there. I'll eventually hook up more serial lines, but at the moment the

Re: First VAX-11/730 VMS Boot! (was: Re: VAX-11/730 %BOOT-F-Unexpected Machine Check)

2015-06-14 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-06-14 19:25, Mark J. Blair wrote: On Jun 14, 2015, at 10:01, tony duell a...@p850ug1.demon.co.uk wrote: If the connector on the DELUA board is a normal Berg-type header (and I think it is) then maybe you could use a piece of (twist-n-flat?) ribbon cable to make an extension that

RE: First VAX-11/730 VMS Boot! (was: Re: VAX-11/730 %BOOT-F-Unexpected Machine Check)

2015-06-14 Thread tony duell
Ok, next puzzle is figuring out how to route the cable between the DELUA and the bulkhead panel. I removed it because it kept getting tangled when rolling the CPU chassis in and out. The cable clamps under the cabinet deal with flat cables much better than round ones, so I'll need to

Re: Altos ACS 8000-15A

2015-06-14 Thread Ian McLaughlin
Nice find! I have a vague recollection of doing repairs on something similar that was used as a Unix machine to run cash registers at a pharmacy during the late 80s. Sure looks familiar. Any idea what it runs? Ian Sent from my iPhone On Jun 14, 2015, at 12:47 PM, Chris Osborn

Re: First VAX-11/730 VMS Boot! (was: Re: VAX-11/730 %BOOT-F-Unexpected Machine Check)

2015-06-14 Thread Mark J. Blair
On Jun 14, 2015, at 10:01, tony duell a...@p850ug1.demon.co.uk wrote: If the connector on the DELUA board is a normal Berg-type header (and I think it is) then maybe you could use a piece of (twist-n-flat?) ribbon cable to make an extension that could be routed through the cable pan

Re: Altos ACS 8000-15A

2015-06-14 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Chris Osborn fozzt...@fozztexx.com wrote: ,,, Altos ACS 8000-15A... nothing spits out on the Console 1 RS232 port. From what I understand the serial ports are wired DTE (which seems odd since you use it with terminals) and so I’m using a null modem adapter.