Re: DEC archives

> On Jun 16, 2017, at 07:20, Liam Proven via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > >> On 16 June 2017 at 16:17, Alan Perry via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> >> wrote: >> that it was in an inappropriate format and that I was "wasting every

Re: DEC archives

> On Jun 15, 2017, at 23:11, Lyle Bickley via cctech > wrote: > > > > Having volunteered with Collections (cataloging, etc.), I know that one > session at VCF would be insufficient to qualify someone to properly > handle and copy documents to museum standards. In

Re: OT: the death of shortwave / Re: Hallicrafters S-85

> On Oct 7, 2017, at 17:57, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: > >> On 10/07/2017 04:46 PM, Brent Hilpert via cctalk wrote: >> >> SW is dead. The internet killed it. > > I tune through the commercial broadcast bands every couple of years > Bible-thumpers mostly. The

Re: The origin of the phrases ATA and IDE [WAS:RE: formatting MFM drives on a IBM PC]

On 10/2/17 5:22 AM, Jules Richardson via cctech wrote: On 10/02/2017 01:46 AM, Alan Perry via cctech wrote: There was a call to form the CAM (Common Access Method) Committee of X3T9.2 (SCSI-2) on 30 Sept 1988 and they first met on 19 Oct 1988. The primary goal was to come up with a SCSI

Re: The origin of the phrases ATA and IDE [WAS:RE: formatting MFM drives on a IBM PC]

On 10/2/17 11:34 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctech wrote: On 10/02/2017 10:03 AM, Alan Perry via cctech wrote: Here is a complete quote from the minutes: "Jim McGrath of Quantum defined his company's interest as being primarily in the ability to embed SCSI into a drive without there being a

Re: The origin of the phrases ATA and IDE [WAS:RE: formatting MFM drives on a IBM PC]

On 10/3/17 11:40 AM, Phil Blundell via cctalk wrote: On Tue, 2017-10-03 at 18:56 +0100, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: So there's clear proof that at least three companies in the UK were using the term IDE before (or at least by) 1990.  I never heard it called anything else in that

Re: The origin of the phrases ATA and IDE [WAS:RE: formatting MFM

On 10/3/17 12:09 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: Scott Mueller mentions it in his "Upgrading And Repairing PCs" http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2028834 He said that "IDE" was a "marketing term", with "ATA" being the "official" name.  Which is pretty much the same as the

Re: OT: the death of shortwave / Re: Hallicrafters S-85

What kind of nets are you looking for? I am an emergency communications volunteer with Kitsap County so I am aware of all sorts of emergency response related nets, but I only have equipment for the local nets. Have you looked at the ARRL Net database? alan On 10/16/17 11:24 AM, Ian S.

Re: The origin of the phrases ATA and IDE [WAS:RE: formatting MFM drives on a IBM PC]

On 10/1/17 1:22 PM, Fred Cisin via cctech wrote: On Sun, 1 Oct 2017, Tom Gardner via cctalk wrote: I've looked for but cannot find any WD or Compaq documents publically using IDE to describe what ultimately issued as ATA-1.  My search included various Compaq maintenance manuals. Thank you

Re: Solaris on PPC?

I worked on Solaris when the PPC work was done. Solaris 2.5.1 was the release that included PPC support. Here is a link to the Solaris 2.5.1 release notes, which describe some Solaris on PPC details - https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19695-01/802-5366/802-5366.pdf alan On 8/30/17 6:35 PM,

Re: The origin of the phrases ATA and IDE [WAS:RE: formatting MFM drives on a IBM PC]

Yesterday I exchanged e-mail with Dal Allan (who gave the CAM committee reports to X3T9.2). I didn't get permission to post the e-mail here, so I will summarize. He said that the AT Attachment project got its name on 30 Mar 89. He said that WD was the source of the name IDE, but he doesn't

Re: The origin of the phrases ATA and IDE [WAS:RE: formatting MFM drives on a IBM PC]

3 Oct 2017, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: As I previously posted, these minutes refer one of two CAM Committee meeting in May or Jun 1989 where it was announced that the "ATA document" was nearly complete: http://www.t10.org/ftp/x3t9.2/document.89/89-075r0.txt I have found two independent s

Re: PCMCIA (Was: The origin of the phrases ATA and IDE [WAS:RE: formatting

On 10/3/17 4:25 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: Q: was the card slot in the Poqet "PCMCIA"? ("People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms"  ("Personal Computer Memory Card Industry Association", for those who want more formality)) Maybe later ones were, but the first ones were just "card

Re: The origin of the phrases ATA and IDE [WAS:RE: formatting MFM drives on a IBM PC]

On 10/3/17 5:33 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 10/3/17 5:03 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: Compaq and WD also worked with CDC to use the Wren II HH drive in the Compaq Deskpro 286. I found separate reports confirming the Miniscribe HDD in the Portable II and the Wren II in a Compaq

Re: Details about IBM's early 'scientific' computers

On 11/15/17 11:13 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 11/15/2017 10:17 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: MANY companies were quite bad at making a go of the computer business. Xerox is probably legendary, but GE and RCA were certainly also famous for this.  Honeywell made a LOT of computers

Re: Sparc Laptops

I am looking for the older SPARCbook laptops from Tadpole. I have been going back and forth this morning on whether to try and get one of those UltraSPARC laptops. alan On 5/8/18 1:21 PM, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote: I have to laugh. The Sun dealers think these are absolute junk, and

Kei cars and motorcycles (Was: Rick Dickinson, ZX Spectrum designer, RIP)

On 4/26/18 11:52 PM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 at 00:48, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: The Honda 600 was NOT a bike. Well, mostly not. After demise of the mid 1960s Honda S600/S800 ("poor-man's-Ferrari" design exercise that got out of hand and

Re: SPARCstation rescue giveaway (Was: Kei cars and motorcycles (Was: Rick Dickinson, ZX Spectrum designer, RIP))

On 4/27/18 3:03 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 1:55 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: - SPARCstation 1. Chassis is intact. It has a bad IDPROM; aside from that it passes onboard diagnostics. It has 12M memory, no HDD now, and a 3.5&quo

Re: SPARCstation rescue giveaway (Was: Kei cars and motorcycles (Was: Rick Dickinson, ZX Spectrum designer, RIP))

, Alan Perry via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: - SPARCstation 1. Chassis is intact. It has a bad IDPROM; aside from that it passes onboard diagnostics. It has 12M memory, no HDD now, and a 3.5" floppy drive. It has no SBus cards. Aside from the IDPROM, it doesn't have any issu

SPARCstation rescue giveaway (Was: Kei cars and motorcycles (Was: Rick Dickinson, ZX Spectrum designer, RIP))

I wrote: >... yesterday I managed to take the two SPARCstation 20s that I gotfrom >Pete's and make one working dual-processor SS20. I alsopassed on one of >the SS5s to its new owner. The person who originally spoke up for the >SS20 has not responded to subsequent e-mail, so it may be available.

Re: SPARCstation rescue giveaway (Was: Kei cars and motorcycles (Was: Rick Dickinson, ZX Spectrum designer, RIP))

that's 100% compatible. Yeah, the "still works but pukes errors" is the typical symptom of the newer, slightly incompatible 48T02s in Sun machines. I don't recall if mine kept accurate time with the newer modules. Thanks, Jonathan On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 6:28 PM, Alan Perry via cctal

Re: R: Sparc Laptops

On May 10, 2018, at 1:44 PM, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote: >>> I'd be interested as well if any are left. >>> I sold a Sparcbook a while back that was missing the hard drive caddy. I >>> just couldn't find a caddy and had a random buyer that wanted it for a >>>

HP 9000 model 300 (was: HP Series 9000 early 1980’s computer hardware)

Is there interest here in the HP 9000 Series 300? I know nothing about them, but there is one in the AS-IS section at the local computer recycler (RePC in Seattle) for $40. alan > On May 17, 2018, at 3:15 PM, Frank McConnell via cctalk > wrote: > > The 9000 Series

Re: WTB: Solbourne computer

There are some that a recycler has been trying to sell on eBay. However, they need a special mouse and keyboard and that seller has none. alan > On May 23, 2018, at 2:18 AM, Kevin Bowling via cctalk > wrote: > > Looks neat, anyone have one of these things they'd sell

Re: WTB: Solbourne computer

On 5/23/18 8:54 AM, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: On Wed, May 23, 2018, 9:46 AM Al Kossow via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: On 5/23/18 7:51 AM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: they need a special mouse and keyboard You can run them headless, so they aren't completely usele

Re: WTB: Solbourne computer

4, 5 and 5e I/O boards. I know a guy that I used to work with there that will know for sure. I'll ask him. He still has a series 5e in service... Warner On Wed, May 23, 2018, 8:51 AM Alan Perry via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: There are s

Re: (OT) Re: Is This A Shill?

> On May 2, 2018, at 9:20 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk > wrote: > >> On May 2, 2018, at 09:08, Chuck Guzis via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> Although eBay in the past has tried to kill off sniping because it >> reduces the number of visits an

Re: Is This A Shill?

> On May 2, 2018, at 8:58 AM, Cory Heisterkamp via cctalk > wrote: > > On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 10:22 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >>> On 05/02/2018 08:06 AM, Eric Christopherson via cctalk wrote: >>> >>> When you say you snipe with a

Re: (OT) Re: Is This A Shill?

> On May 2, 2018, at 9:34 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk > wrote: > > > >> On 5/2/18 9:20 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: >> change the format from fixed ending time to automatically extending the >> auction period N minutes past the last bid. > Ain't gonna happen. >

Re: Is This A Shill?

On 5/2/18 9:55 AM, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote: On May 2, 2018, at 9:50 AM, Alan Perry via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: On May 2, 2018, at 8:58 AM, Cory Heisterkamp via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: [snip] Chuck makes a good point about the Make-O

Re: SPARCstation rescue giveaway (Was: Kei cars and motorcycles (Was: Rick Dickinson, ZX Spectrum designer, RIP))

On 4/30/18 10:20 AM, Eric Christopherson via cctalk wrote: On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 5:40 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: I keep them all. Not counting the bad ones in the SS1 and 2, I have 7. I can send them to you. I don't mind pick up the shipping

Save or throw out - ST1480N HDD edition

Actually, for me, this could probably be expanded to "early 90s SCSI HDD edition". As a collector of early 90s Sun systems, I have many Seagate ST1480N (aka Sun 424 drives). Starting two year ago, they all started dying. Out of a dozen, I am now down to one working one. Is anyone

Re: Getting Sun Sparcstation 10 to recognize its graphics card

Jonathan may be on to something here. I only deal with Sun stuff and am mostly unfamiliar with SGI stuff. However, I use LCD displays with 13W3-to-VGA adapters on my Suns and, relevant to this discussion, I know that the adapters used with Suns are different from the ones with SGIs, though I

Re: Sold on eBay: Convergent Technologies S/50 a.k.a. Unix PC, AT 3B1 Unix Workstation

Are you sure? The B20, B21, B22 looked like this - http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102662660 - and nothing like the 3B1 or the S/50. The B25 and subsequent models (which are often referred to as B20s) are modular systems that are box-shaped and got wider as "slices" were

Re: Sold on eBay: Convergent Technologies S/50 a.k.a. Unix PC, AT 3B1 Unix Workstation

As I mentioned elsewhere, I worked on software for them at Burroughs ('86-'89). I picked up a bunch of B25 stuff in '03, but I could never find any software for them. In retrospect, I wish that I has stashed away B25 (and B1000 (I was one of the last people in the office supporting software on

Re: Sold on eBay: Convergent Technologies S/50 a.k.a. Unix PC, AT 3B1 Unix Workstation

There is a link with a photo in my post that you replied to. Here is another photo link - https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/images/d/db/Windowsbyte27_%28Burroughs_B20%29.png Here is a link to a B25 type system -

Re: SDL and SunOS

What vintage SPARCstations and what version of SunOS? Are you talking about BSD SunOS or Solaris? On 7/20/18 4:30 PM, David Griffith via cctalk wrote: How feasable is it to compile and run SDL for SunOS?  My main reason for doing this is to play Z-machine games on Sparcstations using Frotz

Re: Shipping

I have been thinking about building a Cray 1 cabinet replica for use as storage and seating in my office/machine room, so I looked at the one at the LCM very closely during VCF PNW. They don't have much padding on the cushions. alan On 2/27/18 11:10 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:

Re: To be scrapped in as little as 2 months

There are a few cross conversations going on here and in separate e-mail and maybe some confusion. On Friday, I am going to meet Pete to pick up the Suns and do some prep for later coming back to get the Alphas and the keypunch. I may also pick up Alphas, depending on my judgment on Fri

Re: To be scrapped in as little as 2 months

> On Apr 16, 2018, at 8:05 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > wrote: > > > >> On 04/16/2018 10:54 AM, Alan Perry wrote: >> There are a few cross conversations going on here and in separate e-mail and >> maybe some confusion. >> >> On Friday, I am going to meet Pete to

Re: To be scrapped in as little as 2 months

Do you know the size/models of the Alpha systems? I want to make sure they will fit in my car. alan > On Apr 14, 2018, at 7:43 PM, Pete Lancashire via cctalk > wrote: > > 3 x DEC Alphas, small deskside models > > 5 to 6 x Sun pizza boxes one a Sparc 1 prototype > >

Re: To be scrapped in as little as 2 months

On 4/15/18 11:30 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 04/15/2018 01:44 PM, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: wish this  was  closer!  ed# Me too.  I could use an Alpha or two for running VMS. Where are you? I am picking up the Alphas so they don't get scrapped. I will be looking for

Re: To be scrapped in as little as 2 months

On 4/15/18 11:59 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 04/15/2018 02:37 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: On 4/15/18 11:30 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 04/15/2018 01:44 PM, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: wish this  was  closer!  ed# Me too.  I could use an Alpha or two

Re: To be scrapped in as little as 2 months

ndard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: On 04/15/2018 02:37 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: On 4/15/18 11:30 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 04/15/2018 01:44 PM, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: wish this  was  closer!  ed# Me too.  I could use an Alpha or two for running VMS. Whe

Re: To be scrapped in as little as 2 months

the SPARCstations from the recycler. Thanks, Jonathan On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 6:43 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: On 04/15/2018 03:30 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: On 4/15/18 11:59 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 04/15/2018 02:37 PM, Alan Perry via

Re: To be scrapped in as little as 2 months

348 5922 again he will be at the banks house at 8 a.m. His name is > Charles Osborne > >> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018, 8:39 AM Alan Perry via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> >> wrote: >> >> >> > On Apr 16, 2018, at 8:05 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk >> &

Picked up stuff from Pete's

For those follow the rescue of equipment from Pete Lancashire's place outside of Portland ... I went out there last Friday. Pete was unavailable, so a friend of his let me and showed me where to avoid stepping. The amount of stuff there was impressive/amazing/overwhelming. Aside from the

Re: Instruction video on laserdisk

I have a NTSC LD player AND a video capture device (or two). Located in the Seattle area. I recently picked up some Prisoner LDs and confirmed that LD player is still working. It did involve opening it up and blowing dust off of the optical sensors inside of it. alan On 3/31/18 10:28 AM,

Re: Microsoft-Paul Allen

> On Oct 24, 2018, at 2:47 AM, Liam Proven wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 at 20:01, Alan Perry via cctalk > wrote: > >> Excuse me, but I work for Oracle on Solaris (primarily on USB code) and >> it is not EOL. Oracle just released Solaris 11.4 and the next

Computers that never crash (Was: Microsoft-Paul Allen)

> On Oct 23, 2018, at 8:48 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk > wrote: > > On 10/22/2018 08:33 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: You've discovered some computer that doesn't ever crash? >> On Mon, 22 Oct 2018, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: >>> Hmmm, well, my home desktop has been up 478 days, my web

Re: Microsoft-Paul Allen

Even though Oracle only sells server hardware running Solaris, there are customers running Solaris on laptops and other systems with graphic consoles. When I bring up Solaris 11.4 in VirtualBox, I get a Gnome desktop. (I work on USB and boot, so I don't pay much attention to the desktop and

Re: Microsoft-Paul Allen

On 10/23/18 10:37 AM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: On 10/23/2018 11:19 AM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: When I bring up Solaris 11.4 in VirtualBox, I get a Gnome desktop. Ya, I think that Solaris has started using Gnome as the default desktop.  But I'm fairly sure that C.D.E. is still

Re: Microsoft-Paul Allen

On 10/23/18 10:45 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 at 19:05, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: On 10/23/2018 10:47 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: This may be an unfortunate mismatch of English idioms. Fair. "Out there", to me, means "current, available/on sale/in

Re: Microsoft-Paul Allen

On 10/23/18 11:00 AM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: On 10/23/18 10:45 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 at 19:05, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: On 10/23/2018 10:47 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: This may be an unfortunate mismatch of English idioms. Fair. &quo

Re: Microsoft-Paul Allen

On 10/23/18 11:41 AM, Paul Berger via cctalk wrote: On 2018-10-23 2:45 PM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 at 19:05, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: On 10/23/2018 10:47 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: This may be an unfortunate mismatch of English idioms. Fair.

Got a Rainbow 100 and ...

Today I picked up a Rainbow 100. The seller bought it new for a specific need and he says that it had been sitting in his barn since '84. It looks like it was a dry barn because things look pretty clean for the most part aside from a thick layer of dust on everything. What I got was the

Re: Got a Rainbow 100 and ...

On 11/10/18 11:00 PM, Tony Duell wrote: On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 6:56 AM Alan Perry wrote: On 11/10/18 10:51 PM, Tony Duell wrote: On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 6:47 AM Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: What I got was the system unit, a VR201 monitor, a keyboard, a vertical deskside stand

Re: Got a Rainbow 100 and ...

On 11/10/18 10:51 PM, Tony Duell wrote: On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 6:47 AM Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: What I got was the system unit, a VR201 monitor, a keyboard, a vertical deskside stand for the system unit, and a LQP02 daisy wheel printer. I also got the MS-DOS and CP/M doc and software

Re: Got a Rainbow 100 and ...

On 11/10/18 10:47 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: Today I picked up a Rainbow 100. The seller bought it new for a specific need and he says that it had been sitting in his barn since '84. It looks like it was a dry barn because things look pretty clean for the most part aside from

Re: Advice requested on proper disposal of Seagate ST3000DM001 disk drives

I find it enjoyable to disassemble the drives that I want to dispose of. I take all of the metal bits and throw them in my scrap metal recycling bin. I throw the boards in my electronics/e-waste recycling bin. I used to keep the magnets, but I have a pretty good magnet collection now and, with

Re: Retarded ebay prices

Is that a crazy price for something like that? The other ones that I have seen are in museums. Given what I got for my 11/750 in the condition that it was in a few years ago, the price on this doesn't seem bad to me. alan On 12/19/18 9:26 AM, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote:

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

A 4/40 is a SPARCstation IPC. It used a M48T02 NVRAM for the IDPROM. Yes, one with the dreaded battery. alan On 12/1/18 5:04 PM, Ed via cctalk wrote: we were given this and a hard dribe a floor standimg decwriter. does this use NV ram with dreaded battery? thanks,ed Sent from AOL

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

Yes. It is next to floppy in the upper half of the chassis. There is a 50-pin (IDC connectors) ribbon cable that goes down to system board at the bottom of the lower half of the chassis. The chassis splits in the vertical middle in a, if looking at the chassis, fairly obvious place. Because of

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

Well, as I said, in my experience, the NVRAMs that you can buy new from Mouser work good enough. And the mod to the original battery isn't that hard to make. In my experience with IPCs, the bigger problem is the power supplies. If the PS on the IPC that you have now doesn't need to be

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

A company called RDI made the Britelite and Powerlite laptops. They eventually merged with Tadpole, which made its own SPARC laptops (SPARCbooks). As someone else mentioned, there were different Britelite models based on the various Sun lunchbox system boards. When I had my Britelite IPX on

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

On 12/3/18 5:00 PM, Michael Thompson via cctech wrote: Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 16:49:37 -0800 From: Alan Perry Subject: Re: sun model 47. code 4/40 does it have the nvram with battery? The RDI Britelite (laptop) is a SPARCstation IPX system board in a laptop chassis. I have IPC,

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

There is only room for drives in the top half of the chassis.  The PSU and an assembly that holds the drives fills the top half. A 3.5" half-height drive fits in one side of the assembly and a 3.5" floppy drive fits in the other. The PSU cables go from the rear to the front of that side of

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

I will have to get back with you on the audio. It is on offline backup media and I need to find it. Here is a link to some photos of the exhibit - https://photos.app.goo.gl/7qC8UbEYCeCf9CBo7 The RDI Britelite (laptop) is a SPARCstation IPX system board in a laptop chassis. It was in the Day

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

> On Dec 6, 2018, at 3:00 AM, Liam Proven via cctech > wrote: > >> On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 at 23:12, Chris Hanson wrote: >> >> It’s a Sun-2 so it’s not really arguable whether it’s the first ever Sun >> workstation: It’s not. > > Not my claim; the author of the video's. Take it up with him,

Re: Removing PVA from a CRT

On 11/19/18 1:48 PM, Paul Koning wrote: On Nov 19, 2018, at 4:01 PM, Alan Perry via cctech wrote: Finally, a VR201 specific question. I booted the Rainbow over the weekend and, looking through broken-down PVA, I could see the Rainbow has booted and I could enter DOS

Re: Removing PVA from a CRT

On 11/19/18 12:18 PM, Warner Losh wrote: On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 11:41 AM Alan Perry via cctech mailto:cct...@classiccmp.org>> wrote: I recently picked up a Rainbow 100. The PVA between the safety glass and the CRT on VR201 that came with it has broken down and failed badly.

Removing PVA from a CRT

I recently picked up a Rainbow 100. The PVA between the safety glass and the CRT on VR201 that came with it has broken down and failed badly. I have seen videos and read about removing the safety glass, cleaning out the PVA, and reattaching and resealing the safety glass. All that I have

Re: Removing PVA from a CRT

In the video that I looked at, the guy cut 8 1/8" pieces of double-sided foam tape, three each along the top and bottom and one on each side, then sealed it with clear packing tape. It seemed to me that using some optically clear adhesive sheet would accomplish both jobs. I have some heat

Re: SPARCstation 20 with SCSI2SD

On 11/25/18 7:49 PM, Ethan via cctalk wrote: The NVRAM is totally dead; I've been reloading the IDPROM contents each time. I've already ordered replacement NVRAMs from China; we'll see how they do. Otherwise, I'll be going with the filing/coin cell trick. Interesting. Are they no longer

Re: NVRAM resuscitation (Was Re: SPARCstation 20 with SCSI2SD)

One reason that I buy the new NVRAMs is that I keep failing at modifying them. Got the polarity wrong and fried one. I destroyed one cutting down to the terminals. I got one working, but have had problems convincing the battery to stay in place and not rip the leads off. There is a reason I am

Re: SPARCstation 20 with SCSI2SD

On 11/26/18 2:08 PM, systems_glitch wrote: I don't have any spare modules to rebuild, so I don't have premade replacements up at the moment. I've been rebuilding them for people when they send in their dead modules, but I'd guess most people here can do the rebuild themselves, time

Re: Retarded ebay prices

Well, if someone in the Puget Sound area has a HP250 desk that they would sell for the equivalent of 200-250 Euro, let me know and I will be over tomorrow to pick it up. All of this stuff is worth what someone will pay for it. All it takes is one person for that system to be worth 6000 Euro.

Re: RS/6000 7043-140 boot floppies

On 2/18/19 10:42 AM, Patrick Finnegan wrote: On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 12:49 PM Alan Perry via cctech mailto:cct...@classiccmp.org>> wrote: Is there some trick to making boot floppies for the RS/6000 7043-140 (a mid-90s PReP architecture machine)? The NetBSD boot floppy

RS/6000 7043-140 boot floppies

Is there some trick to making boot floppies for the RS/6000 7043-140 (a mid-90s PReP architecture machine)? I initially tried to install Solaris 2.5.1 on it and created the boot floppy by dd'ing the image using a SPARCstation (running NetBSD). I dd'ed the image over, dd'ed it back and

Re: RS/6000 7043-140 boot floppies

On 2/18/19 12:20 PM, r.stricklin wrote: On Feb 18, 2019, at 9:49 AM, Alan Perry via cctech wrote: The 7043-140 does not appear on the list of supported systems in the Solaris 2.5.1 release notes, so, even though 2.5.1 supports PReP and the 7043-140 is a PReP machine, maybe they aren't

Re: RS/6000 7043-140 boot floppies

On 2/18/19 1:55 PM, Tapley, Mark wrote: On Feb 18, 2019, at 11:49 AM, Alan Perry via cctech wrote: Is there some trick to making boot floppies for the RS/6000 7043-140 (a mid-90s PReP architecture machine)? I initially tried to install Solaris 2.5.1 on it and created the boot floppy by

Rainbow 100 PSU capacitor list

Hi, I think that I need to re-cap the power supply in a Rainbow 100. Does anyone here know if anyone has put together a list of capacitors used in the power supply that I can use to order parts? alan

Re: Rainbow 100 PSU capacitor list

Initially it booted and ran for a while until I switched it off. The last time it responded to the power switched, components powered up and the FDD started operating. Then suddenly everything stopped like the plug had been pulled. Now it does nothing (apparent) when it is switched on. alan

Re: Rainbow 100 PSU capacitor list

I will look at that when I get back home after the weekend. > On Mar 1, 2019, at 2:01 PM, Warner Losh wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 2:56 PM Alan Perry via cctech >> wrote: >> Initially it booted and ran for a while until I switched it off. >> >> The last time it responded to the

Re: Rainbow 100 PSU capacitor list

> On Mar 1, 2019, at 7:52 AM, Ethan Dicks wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 1:21 PM Alan Perry via cctech > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I think that I need to re-cap the power supply in a Rainbow 100. Does >> anyone here know if anyone has put together a list of capacitors used in >> the power

Re: Rainbow 100 PSU capacitor list

OK, got back to this ... Plugged in the Rainbow 100. Flipped the power switch. No LEDs lit. There is a white circuit breaker on the power supply. When I switch on the power, it pops out. I switch off the power, reset the breaker, switch on the power and it pops out again. alan On 3/1/19

Re: Rainbow 100 PSU capacitor list

For a little background, I had run the system for about 15 minutes, then it sat for a couple months while I removed the PVA from the display, then, when I tried to run the system again, the system started to boot and then the circuit breaker popped. On 3/5/19 4:02 PM, Fred Cisin via cctech

Re: Rainbow 100 PSU capacitor list

Yes, with the power supply disconnected from the mobo, it pops. alan On 3/5/19 3:43 PM, Warner Losh wrote: If you disconnect the power supply from the motherboard, disks, etc, does it still pop? If so -> bad power supply. If not, reconnect one at a time and see if it is load based (eg each of

The continuing story of a Rainbow 100 (Was: Rainbow 100 PSU capacitor list)

As noted in the subject, continuing the story of the Rainbow 100 that I rescued last year. The replacement PSU arrived today and I installed it. It came up to the Main System Menu, but I had forgot to plug the RX50 cable into the controller board and the RX50 power cable. Though it

Re: Rainbow 100 PSU capacitor list

There was a lot of related discussion to this, but my question was never answered. Now I seem to have found the answer myself. According to a post on VCF Forums, here is the list: 2x 3200uF @ 16V 1x 2200uF @ 35V 2x 820uF @ 250V 1x 560uF @ 20V 1x 330uF @ 20V 3x 47uF @ 16V 1x 10uF @ 35V 1x 2uF @

Re: Rainbow 100 PSU capacitor list

On 3/6/19 5:15 PM, Warner Losh wrote: On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 4:36 PM Alan Perry via cctech mailto:cct...@classiccmp.org>> wrote: There was a lot of related discussion to this, but my question was never answered. Now I seem to have found the answer myself. According to a

Re: SCSI2SD: Is it worth a try?

On 3/18/19 7:22 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 7:16 PM Charles Dickman via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: What is the experience with the SCSI2SD with old computers? It looks to be SCSI-1 and SCSI-2 compatible and I see a lot of reports of usage on this

Re: RS/6000 7043-140 boot floppies

Thanks. It has been reported that Solaris 2.5.1 does work with the 604e, which the 7043-140 has, so I will be looking for another box to run 2.5.1 PPC on. I worked for Sun on Solaris back when the PPC port was done (and work for Oracle now on Solaris). I asked among Solaris folks (current and

Re: RS/6000 7043-140 boot floppies

On 2/19/19 1:31 PM, Jules Richardson via cctech wrote: On 2/18/19 11:49 AM, Alan Perry via cctech wrote: The system does boot the AIX install on one of its hard disks, but this is a recycled system and I don't have usernames/passwords for that install. Does anyone here have a suggestion

Re: OT Parts houses & scrappers

On 1/29/19 12:45 PM, Marvin Johnston via cctalk wrote: Many times I find free to be far to expensive for most people including myself (think postage/shipping/prep time.) Aside from stuff like museum donations, I have found giving things away for free is usually a pain. In my experience,

Re: More TeleVideo, system repair

I rescued one of these from a recycler in PDX a few years ago. The recycler thought it was a 1603. It was interesting, but not something that I collect, so I donated it to the Living History Museum. alan On 1/25/19 8:46 AM, Patrick Finnegan via cctalk wrote: I have the next one up, after

Re: Value of Burroughs B9974 disk pack

oyees living in > the area, if you're lucky. > Bill > >> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 11:50 PM Alan Perry via cctalk >> wrote: >> So, I ended up getting it. Anyone got a running system that can try to read >> the data off of it? >> >> > On J

Re: Value of Burroughs B9974 disk pack

> On Jun 14, 2019, at 10:14 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk > wrote: > > > >> On 6/14/19 9:57 AM, Alan Perry wrote: >> >> >> I have been talking to other folks at CHM about seeing the one there, but >> need to work on my rationale. > > There really isn't much to see that is in the picture.

Re: Value of Burroughs B9974 disk pack

> On Jun 14, 2019, at 9:25 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk > wrote: > > > >> On 6/14/19 8:50 AM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: >> The large A Series work was done in Paoli, King of Prussia, Trediffryn and >> probably other cities around Valley Forge that I do

Re: One of the deeper dives into RISC vs CISC I've seen

Ok. Here is a second thank you. An interesting read. > On Jun 12, 2019, at 9:58 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk > wrote: > >> On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 at 18:55, David wrote: >> >> I found it most interesting, thanks for sending out the link. > > Oh good. I'm glad to hear that. One "thank you" makes

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