At 2:38 AM +0000 10/28/09, Sampsa Laine wrote:
I'm going to order a whole bunch of null-modem cables and wire them into my DECserver 200 - wire up CHIMPY, CHIMPY and RHESUS through it that way - I assume it's possible to connect from one serial port on a DS to another?
I don't know if the DECserver 200 allows you to hook up system consoles. I know that my 90L+ does not. :-( One problem I see is that you have to boot the DECserver 200 via MOP if I remember correctly before you can use it.
Zane
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I'm going to order a whole bunch of null-modem cables and wire them into my DECserver 200 - wire up CHIMPY, CHIMPY and RHESUS through it that way - I assume it's possible to connect from one serial port on a DS to another?
Sampsa
On 28 Oct 2009, at 02:36, Zane H. Healy wrote:
At 2:19 AM +0000 10/28/09, Sampsa Laine wrote:
I figured my Keyspan USB-serial adapter had finally given up the ghost so wired a null-modem between CHIMPY and RHESUS - discovered it was the idiotic ginormous-DB25-to-3xDB9-dongle-thing had fallen out of RHESUS, yet again. God that is the stupidest cable I've ever seen.
:-)
Maybe I should post a photo of what I have to do in order to connect a cable to MONK. :-) The weight means I have to have something under it to support it.
Though this morning it was that stupid VT420 that I'm currently using that was giving me fits. There is something not quite right about that particular terminal, and one of these days I'm going to have to dig up a better system console.
Zane
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At 2:19 AM +0000 10/28/09, Sampsa Laine wrote:
I figured my Keyspan USB-serial adapter had finally given up the ghost so wired a null-modem between CHIMPY and RHESUS - discovered it was the idiotic ginormous-DB25-to-3xDB9-dongle-thing had fallen out of RHESUS, yet again. God that is the stupidest cable I've ever seen.
:-)
Maybe I should post a photo of what I have to do in order to connect a cable to MONK. :-) The weight means I have to have something under it to support it.
Though this morning it was that stupid VT420 that I'm currently using that was giving me fits. There is something not quite right about that particular terminal, and one of these days I'm going to have to dig up a better system console.
Zane
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Guys,
Heads up again, RHESUS is coming back online as I write this, I'd set the sysboot flags to conversational, can't recall why but oh well. This led to me needing to connect to the console on RHESUS by serial cable, which didn't work from my laptop.
I figured my Keyspan USB-serial adapter had finally given up the ghost so wired a null-modem between CHIMPY and RHESUS - discovered it was the idiotic ginormous-DB25-to-3xDB9-dongle-thing had fallen out of RHESUS, yet again. God that is the stupidest cable I've ever seen.
Sampsa
Just an FYI in case anyone noticed, PDXVAX and MONK were down for about a
half hour this morning as the electric company cut off power while they put
an electronic power meter in place. I think I got everything fully online
before I headed into work.
Zane
On 27/10/09 07:53, Christine Caulfield wrote:
On 26/10/09 22:28, Gregg Levine wrote:
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Chrissie Caulfield
<christine.caulfield at googlemail.com> wrote:
On 26 Oct 2009, at 17:34, Gregg Levine wrote:
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Sampsa Laine<sampsa at mac.com> wrote:
I'll take one if you've got spares..
Sampsa
On 26 Oct 2009, at 09:11, Christine Caulfield wrote:
On 26/10/09 08:55, Mark Wickens wrote:
Sampsa Laine wrote:
Guys, just a heads up, had to "reboot" my whole flat - gas
boiler lost
the plot, can't reach the Reset button as it's behind about 2
metric
tons of random crap. Long story short, licked off the electrical
circuit instead - managed to knock out the whole flat. Epic. Fail.
Anyway, the rest of my machines have come up except for RHESUS,
I need
to get into my rack with a serial cable to get it up and am frankly
too hung over to deal with this right now :)
Sampsa
Sounds like the kind of day I had yesterday. The deserver 90TL
through
which my entire vax/alpha/ia64 collection have their consoles routed
has
had an intermittent problem which I attributed to a dodgy power
cable.
Yesterday I bit the bullet and replaced the cable only to have an
epic
fail myself. Not even a power light. At least when I break
decservers
they have the courtesy of giving me a power light. Anyway, my spare
decserver exhibits random and totally undesirable behaviour, so my
collection is effectively offline for the most part until I find a
replacement.
Anyone got a 90TL or 90M going spare?
I've got two 90L+ s and a 90M. I *think* they're spare. To be
honest I'm
clearing out a lot of old computers (mostly but not all DEC) so if
anyone
wants them too I'll list them here ;-)
Chrissie
Hello!
**Elbows Sampsa.**
"What he said."
Same here.
Now now boys, no pushing :-)
Sorry, but Mark asked first about the servers. I just have to find some
packaging now.
Chrissie
Hello!
Then I'll accept any seconds.
What's left is:
HP 9000/C110 (4GB & 2GB disks internal) Linux/HPUX
DEC 3000/300 (2x 1GB disks, one internal, 1 external) DEC Unix/VMS
VAXstation 3100/95 (1gb disk external) VMS
Alpha pws433au (2 4GB disks) Linux/VMS
1 single speed caddy-loading CD reader - unknown marque
1 rrd42 single speed caddy-loading CD reader.
4 CD caddys
Lots of SCSI cables (including, I think, one of those funny-sized ones
that only DEC ever used) and a video cable for the 3000/300
Oh and there's a SPARCstation Ultra5 too ...
Chrissie
Oh god, my boiler is the same.
It used to crash every two or three weeks. And the plumber told me how to refill it and reset it. In the end it turned out to be a very slightly leaky radiator and it's been fine after that. I'm still supposed to check the pressure now and then though.
/me goes off to do it while she remembers.
Chrissie
On 27/10/09 15:30, Sampsa Laine wrote:
OK, cool, we'll synchronise schedules with my friend, probably come up
on Wednesday or Friday (Wed ideally, I'm thinking the traffic into
London on Friday might be a lot of Epic Phail).
As for the boiler repair, it was free - only had it installed a few
months back (behind my spare freezer, which isn't so great). Turns out
it just needed a top-up - this involved the guy fiddling with two dials.
Now the stupid thing cost me thousands AND has a computer already built
in, how freaking hard can it be to make the topping-up thing automatic.
Sampsa
On 27 Oct 2009, at 15:27, Christine Caulfield wrote:
Ahhh No problem.
That week is fine apart from Monday and Thursday.
I hope the boiler doesn't cost too much to fix :S
Chrissie
On 27/10/09 15:09, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Oh crap, so it was - I ACTUALLY mean the week commencing the 9th - sorry
about the confusion, been dealing with boiler repair guys all day.
Sampsa
On 27 Oct 2009, at 14:27, Christine Caulfield wrote:
Hiya
That's the week I thought you meant anyway! So that's fine.
My address is
39 St James Terrace
Horsforth
Leeds
LS18 5QT
Phone 0113 2288310
Chrissie
On 27/10/09 14:01, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Actually, if you can hold on to them for another week - i.e. the week
commencing 2 Nov, I'd be able to synchronise giving my friend a
lift to
London with the pick up. If this is a problem, no worries, I'll
come up
on next Thursday.
sampsa
On 27 Oct 2009, at 13:50, Christine Caulfield wrote:
On 27/10/09 12:41, Sampsa Laine wrote:
I'll take the VAXstation and Alpha PWS if you can spare them and
the CD
drives - as for pick up, well I'm between jobs so it's no biggie,
could
come up next week if that works for you.
Yes, that's fine. I work from home so most days during the daytime
will be OK, apart from Wednesday morning. Just give me a day or so's
notice when you'll be here and I'll be ready.
Chrissie
OK, cool, we'll synchronise schedules with my friend, probably come up on Wednesday or Friday (Wed ideally, I'm thinking the traffic into London on Friday might be a lot of Epic Phail).
As for the boiler repair, it was free - only had it installed a few months back (behind my spare freezer, which isn't so great). Turns out it just needed a top-up - this involved the guy fiddling with two dials. Now the stupid thing cost me thousands AND has a computer already built in, how freaking hard can it be to make the topping-up thing automatic.
Sampsa
On 27 Oct 2009, at 15:27, Christine Caulfield wrote:
Ahhh No problem.
That week is fine apart from Monday and Thursday.
I hope the boiler doesn't cost too much to fix :S
Chrissie
On 27/10/09 15:09, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Oh crap, so it was - I ACTUALLY mean the week commencing the 9th - sorry
about the confusion, been dealing with boiler repair guys all day.
Sampsa
On 27 Oct 2009, at 14:27, Christine Caulfield wrote:
Hiya
That's the week I thought you meant anyway! So that's fine.
My address is
39 St James Terrace
Horsforth
Leeds
LS18 5QT
Phone 0113 2288310
Chrissie
On 27/10/09 14:01, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Actually, if you can hold on to them for another week - i.e. the week
commencing 2 Nov, I'd be able to synchronise giving my friend a lift to
London with the pick up. If this is a problem, no worries, I'll come up
on next Thursday.
sampsa
On 27 Oct 2009, at 13:50, Christine Caulfield wrote:
On 27/10/09 12:41, Sampsa Laine wrote:
I'll take the VAXstation and Alpha PWS if you can spare them and
the CD
drives - as for pick up, well I'm between jobs so it's no biggie,
could
come up next week if that works for you.
Yes, that's fine. I work from home so most days during the daytime
will be OK, apart from Wednesday morning. Just give me a day or so's
notice when you'll be here and I'll be ready.
Chrissie
Ahhh No problem.
That week is fine apart from Monday and Thursday.
I hope the boiler doesn't cost too much to fix :S
Chrissie
On 27/10/09 15:09, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Oh crap, so it was - I ACTUALLY mean the week commencing the 9th - sorry
about the confusion, been dealing with boiler repair guys all day.
Sampsa
On 27 Oct 2009, at 14:27, Christine Caulfield wrote:
Hiya
That's the week I thought you meant anyway! So that's fine.
My address is
39 St James Terrace
Horsforth
Leeds
LS18 5QT
Phone 0113 2288310
Chrissie
On 27/10/09 14:01, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Actually, if you can hold on to them for another week - i.e. the week
commencing 2 Nov, I'd be able to synchronise giving my friend a lift to
London with the pick up. If this is a problem, no worries, I'll come up
on next Thursday.
sampsa
On 27 Oct 2009, at 13:50, Christine Caulfield wrote:
On 27/10/09 12:41, Sampsa Laine wrote:
I'll take the VAXstation and Alpha PWS if you can spare them and
the CD
drives - as for pick up, well I'm between jobs so it's no biggie,
could
come up next week if that works for you.
Yes, that's fine. I work from home so most days during the daytime
will be OK, apart from Wednesday morning. Just give me a day or so's
notice when you'll be here and I'll be ready.
Chrissie
Oh crap, so it was - I ACTUALLY mean the week commencing the 9th - sorry about the confusion, been dealing with boiler repair guys all day.
Sampsa
On 27 Oct 2009, at 14:27, Christine Caulfield wrote:
Hiya
That's the week I thought you meant anyway! So that's fine.
My address is
39 St James Terrace
Horsforth
Leeds
LS18 5QT
Phone 0113 2288310
Chrissie
On 27/10/09 14:01, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Actually, if you can hold on to them for another week - i.e. the week
commencing 2 Nov, I'd be able to synchronise giving my friend a lift to
London with the pick up. If this is a problem, no worries, I'll come up
on next Thursday.
sampsa
On 27 Oct 2009, at 13:50, Christine Caulfield wrote:
On 27/10/09 12:41, Sampsa Laine wrote:
I'll take the VAXstation and Alpha PWS if you can spare them and the CD
drives - as for pick up, well I'm between jobs so it's no biggie, could
come up next week if that works for you.
Yes, that's fine. I work from home so most days during the daytime
will be OK, apart from Wednesday morning. Just give me a day or so's
notice when you'll be here and I'll be ready.
Chrissie
