Re: 370 control panel
> On Dec 8, 2021, at 10:20 AM, David Wade via cctech > wrote: > > Is "not on EPAY" a good thing. I see there is a 10% buyers premium plus 4% > for credit card > .. and " ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS WHERE IS AND HOW IS WITH NO WARRANTIES OF > ANY TYPE EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED CONCERNING" > > Give me EPAY any day > > Dave Personally I’d be more concerned with this… "SHIPPING IS ONLY WITH PRIOR ARRANGEMENT WITH AUCTION COMPANY ON SMALL ITEMS. PLEASE CALL 814-341-” (Note, I blanked out part of the phone number). With that, this might be a good deal for someone that can pick it up locally. Zane
Re: CPU Tests
On Aug 10, 2021, at 1:55 PM, David Coolbear via cctech wrote: > > My KA655 CPU is freezing during the power up sequence, after test number 04: > > KA655-B V5.3, VMB 2.7 > Performing normal system tests. > 40..39..38..37..36..35..34..33..32..31..30..29..28..27..26..25.. > 24..23..22..21..20..19..18..17..16..15..14..13..12..11..10..09.. > 08..07..06..05..04.. > > Any suggestions as to what might be wrong? You never get the dead sergeant prompt? Looking at the manual, I think you want pages 4-20 and 4-21. If I’m right, it’s failing on the board reset. http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/655/EK-306A-MG-001_655Mnt_Mar89.pdf Zane
Re: Looking for IBM 3278 Operator Console
> I'm afraid you'll be competing with keyboard fetishists and so now a > keyboard seems to fetch multiple times that of the terminal unit itself. > > Andrew Which might in part explain why so many terminals on eBay are missing the keyboard. Zane
Re: Scientific Micro Systems driver
On Aug 27, 2020, at 1:24 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctech wrote: > > > All; > > SMS made disk controller systems that used their own device driver, seemed to > be an enhanced DY (RX02) driver. Does anyone have the driver/formatting > software? > > The model I have is FWD 0106 and is described in bitsavers: > > http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/sms/brochures/SMS_FWD0106,1106_Flyer_Aug82.pdf > > Doug I’ve never seen it. I used to have two SMS-1000’s, one had a 5.25” floppy, the other an 8”. The disk controllers were part of why I sold them, the other is I found someone that needed them for production systems, and paid $$$’s. :-) The two I had had the dual height /73 boards without boot ROMs or SLU’s. As part of the deal, I got a quad-height /73 board, fully loaded. :-) Zane
Re: Free Acorn RISC OS kit offer (California, USA)
I can’t help but think that in the US, this belongs in a museum. For those wanting to give RISC OS a try, it’s available for the Raspberry Pi (and yes, that’s why I bought a Pi). I would have thought that the RISC OS community would be appreciative of an app such as Firefox being available. Zane > On Sep 18, 2017, at 4:13 AM, Liam Proven via cctech > wrote: > > Peter Naulls is the creator of the Unix Porting Project, which > successfully created Acorn RISC OS versions of some FOSS Unix apps > such as Firefox: > > http://www.riscos.info/index.php/Unix_Porting_Project > > Alas it never really caught on as Acorn users tend to be very insular > and did not understand the significance of this remarkable tool. > > He relocated from the UK to California a few years ago. > > He no longer works on RISC OS stuff and he wishes to dispose of the > machines that he took with him -- an original Acorn RISC PC and a > Castle Technologies Iyonix. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RiscPC > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iyonix_PC > > Apparently the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley has turned > them down after initially indicating interest. > > He hopes that they will be preserved in a collection or museum, > ideally for public display or failing that a private one. He's not > looking for money for them. As he puts it, "there's history there". > > He has given me written permission to post here and give his email > address, which is his forename, "peter" -- the domain is chocky.org. > > I know Acorn kit is relatively rate States-side so I thought this > might be of interest... > > I don't have much more info but I will help if I can. Best to contact > him directly, though. > > -- > Liam Proven • Profile: https://about.me/liamproven > Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • Google Mail/Talk/Plus: lpro...@gmail.com > Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven • Skype/LinkedIn/AIM/Yahoo: liamproven > UK: +44 7939-087884 • ČR/WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal: +420 702 829 053
Re: Atari ST SCSI hard drive question
I think you’ll find that’s an ACSI Disk, I’m not sure how compatible they are with SCSI. Zane > On May 24, 2017, at 5:12 PM, Win Heagy via cctech > wrote: > > I have an Atari 1040ST that I picked up some time back. It is very clean > and for the most part appears to work. It has what appears to be some kind > of generic SCSI hard drive (no markings except a serial number on the back) > as well as a DMA/SCSI adapter. The computer will boot to GEM/TOS with or > without a floppy, but I can't seem to get the HD to do much. The HD powers > up and spins/clicks like you'd expect, but after that, I get nothing on the > desktop. I tried different SCSI device number settings as well as moving > the SCSI plug to each of the two plugs on the drive. It did not have a > SCSI terminator with it, but I picked one up...made no difference. > > I know very little about STs, so am learning as I go. I'm guessing that > maybe there should be a driver for the HD? The machine came with software, > but I don't see anything that looks like an HD driver disk. It has two > slightly different language disks and will boot each of them successfully, > but the HD does not show up. Is anyone familiar with this particular drive > and can possibly point me in the right direction? > > https://imgur.com/a/pxMxl > > The adapter on top is a male to female adapter. Not sure what that was > for. The SCSI terminator is plugged in the back below the DMA/SCSI adapter. > > Thanks...Win > whe...@gmail.com
Re: RT-11 5.x install tapes?
I booted up RT-11 5.6, my install was done from original 5.6 floppies. I don’t find any sign of the DD driver, that could be because my /73 doesn’t have a TU58 drive, and I’m not sure where the floppies are right now. Booting 5.7 I find DD.MAC, my 5.7 install was from an original tape. Zane > On Mar 8, 2017, at 10:26 AM, Jörg Hoppe via cctech > wrote: > > Hi all, > > for work on TU58 emulator "tu58fs" I'd like to experiment with oversized tape > images under RT-11 5.5, 5.6 and 5.7. > The images I know about are the classiccmp collections, Earl Evans pointed me > to the RT11DV50.ISO archive. > > However, in these images the TU58 driver files DD.MAC/DD.SYS/DDX.SYS are > mostly missing. > Strange, because they claim to be pristine. > > Somebody knows about original RT-11 V5 installation tape images? > > Thanks, > Joerg >
