Re: SCSI2SD in a DEC 3000/300 - T-ERR-SCSI A

2021-09-26 Thread Jerry Weiss via cctalk
On 9/26/21 4:04 PM, Alexander Jacocks via cctalk wrote: On Sep 26, 2021, at 10:03 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: I was either sacrifice a data drive to make it a backup of the primary or find a like drive first, get the system stable and then upgrade. I have a 3000 too here if you

Re: An American perspective on the late great Sir Clive Sinclair, from Fast Company

2021-09-26 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
My girlfriend commented to me that Americans don't understand London"s Fleet Street scene of the 70's and early 80s and how Sinclair products were represented there. In the US the "Timex Sinclair TS-1000" was a budget $99 computer for sale in Hallmark gift stores and its marketing represented

Re: SCSI2SD in a DEC 3000/300 - T-ERR-SCSI A

2021-09-26 Thread Alexander Jacocks via cctalk
> On Sep 26, 2021, at 10:03 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk > wrote: > > I was either sacrifice a data drive to make it a backup of the primary or > find a like drive first, get the system stable and then upgrade. I have a > 3000 too here if you want to work together to troubleshoot yours > >

Re: HP-UX on HP 9000/217

2021-09-26 Thread Plamen Mihaylov via cctalk
5.1 installation diskettes from bitsavers and hpmuseum are labeled "series 300", we should try to locate the correct release (I also have 217 without software). Regards, Plamen On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 8:06 PM Larkin Nickle via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hey all, > >

Re: Burnable, patched Microvax-2000 SCSI-boot EPROM images?

2021-09-26 Thread Mike Katz via cctalk
I just purchased an RK05 Controller for my PDP-8/E, does this emulator work to emulate RK05 packs?  If it does then maybe I can use it as mass storage until i can find an RK05 (or Plessey or Diablo clones) . Thanks... On 9/24/2021 3:19 PM, David Gesswein via cctalk wrote: On Tue, Sep 21,

Re: Burnable, patched Microvax-2000 SCSI-boot EPROM images?

2021-09-26 Thread David Gesswein via cctalk
On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 12:15:12PM -0400, Paul Koning 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. > > If I'm going to buy a disk emulator, I'd much

Re: OpenVMS/VAX license expiration

2021-09-26 Thread geneb via cctalk
On Sun, 26 Sep 2021, geneb via cctalk wrote: On Sat, 25 Sep 2021, Adam Thornton via cctalk wrote: I REALLY hate how the list munges email addresses. That was intended to be a private reply. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.

Re: OpenVMS/VAX license expiration

2021-09-26 Thread geneb via cctalk
On Sat, 25 Sep 2021, Adam Thornton via cctalk wrote: You might want to search the Github repositories of a certain "athornton" looking for something called "yarr". I'm not finding anything. Help! :D Obviously it would be wrong to use it. So don't. Oh absolutely. g. -- Proud owner of

An American perspective on the late great Sir Clive Sinclair, from Fast Company

2021-09-26 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
I found this interesting for perspective. The British media (and AFAICS of Australia, New Zealand and several bits of Europe) have been saturated with coverage of a much-loved, widely-celebrated and revered hero of tech. As FC points out, even the American _tech_ media barely noticed. « The

Re: SCSI2SD in a DEC 3000/300 - T-ERR-SCSI A

2021-09-26 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
I was either sacrifice a data drive to make it a backup of the primary or find a like drive first, get the system stable and then upgrade. I have a 3000 too here if you want to work together to troubleshoot yours Bill On Sun, Sep 26, 2021, 9:46 AM Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > On Sep 26,

Re: SCSI2SD in a DEC 3000/300 - T-ERR-SCSI A

2021-09-26 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
On Sep 26, 2021, at 12:22 AM, Alexander Jacocks via cctalk wrote: > > I’ve got a DEC 3000/300 system that has some SCSI drives with aging bearings > installed. I’d like to be able to start to migrate some of my systems, like > this, to flash media, of some kind, as even my large repository of

SCSI2SD in a DEC 3000/300 - T-ERR-SCSI A

2021-09-26 Thread Alexander Jacocks via cctalk
I’ve got a DEC 3000/300 system that has some SCSI drives with aging bearings installed. I’d like to be able to start to migrate some of my systems, like this, to flash media, of some kind, as even my large repository of SCSI disks is starting to dry up. Here is my SRM level info: DEC 3000