On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:39:03 +0100, you wrote:
I too have hardware in waiting - a growing collection. And if anybody is
able to help I have:
- A VAXstation 2000 in need of an RD53/54 and a KVM cable (mono)
I would like to point out that since about 1999 it is possible to use a SCSI
disk even in VAXstation 2000s, thanks to a patch that transforms the awful
almost-SCSI tape interface into a fully working SCSI disk interface! :)
The kit is made up of a patch for the console ROM plus patches for the SCSI
port driver for OpenVMS (PK2KDRVR.EXE) and other system images.
Look here: http://users.bart.nl/users/pb0aia/vax/vs-scsi.html
and here: http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/vms/pk2k/
And if someone is not willing or not able to patch ROMs, there is also a boot
image that can be loaded via MOP or tape to start a SCSI boot from disk.
HTH, :)
G.
Sorry, but my first thought was 'nice piles'...
Mark (needs to get out more!)
On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 22:46 +0300, Saku Set l wrote:
Kari,
I got several VS2000's and other stuff. You can contact me directly.
http://openvms.megabaud.fi/setala/pics/net/kanny/28112007%28002%29.jpg
Regards,
--Saku
2009/9/18 Kari Uusim ki <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org>
Possibly not fully working, but mine has a problem with the
console port. It doesn't allow me to type anything it only
produces output. The serial port controller seems to be bad.
If someone has a spare motherboard, I'm very interested. :-)
Kari
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Kari,
I got several VS2000's and other stuff. You can contact me directly.
http://openvms.megabaud.fi/setala/pics/net/kanny/28112007%28002%29.jpg
Regards,
--Saku
2009/9/18 Kari Uusim ki <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org>
Possibly not fully working, but mine has a problem with the console port. It doesn't allow me to type anything it only produces output. The serial port controller seems to be bad.
If someone has a spare motherboard, I'm very interested. :-)
Kari
Zane H. Healy wrote:
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009, Steve Davidson wrote:
Of the two (2), only the VS2000 has the formatter built-in. The formatter
on the VS2000 will format drives compatible with the RQDX3, maybe even the
RQDX2 and/or RQDX1. I seem to remember that "test 70" does the trick.
-Steve
Not only that, but I've been able to successfully format a Maxtor XT 2190 as
an RD54 using my VS2000, in spite of the fact the VS2000 is broken. My
VS2000 has bad RAM, and maybe other issues, so I know it doesn't need to be
fully working to do the format.
The Customer diagnostics tape for a standard MVII can't do the format, but a
FE Diag tape can. Has anyone ever imaged a FE tape?
Zane
.
Possibly not fully working, but mine has a problem with the console port. It doesn't allow me to type anything it only produces output. The serial port controller seems to be bad.
If someone has a spare motherboard, I'm very interested. :-)
Kari
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009, Steve Davidson wrote:
Of the two (2), only the VS2000 has the formatter built-in. The formatter
on the VS2000 will format drives compatible with the RQDX3, maybe even the
RQDX2 and/or RQDX1. I seem to remember that "test 70" does the trick.
-Steve
Not only that, but I've been able to successfully format a Maxtor XT 2190 as
an RD54 using my VS2000, in spite of the fact the VS2000 is broken. My
VS2000 has bad RAM, and maybe other issues, so I know it doesn't need to be
fully working to do the format.
The Customer diagnostics tape for a standard MVII can't do the format, but a
FE Diag tape can. Has anyone ever imaged a FE tape?
Zane
Of the two (2), only the VS2000 has the formatter built-in. The formatter on the VS2000 will format drives compatible with the RQDX3, maybe even the RQDX2 and/or RQDX1. I seem to remember that "test 70" does the trick.
-Steve
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Paul Koning wrote:
Excerpt of message (sent 18 September 2009) by Kari Uusim ki:
Andrew, have you tried other ST506 disks than RD53 or RD54? IIRC none of
the RD disks were DEC built disks, but relabeled ones from other
vendors.
That's true, but I think at least in some cases (and, perhaps, on some
systems, like a Pro) they required non-standard jumper configurations.
Also possibly low level formatting, which might require tools that
aren't easily available.
paul
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Yes, low level formatting might be needed. If my memory serves me right,
both VS2000 and the RQDX* have a low level formatting utility in the ROM.
I have to check that out.
Kari
Paul Koning wrote:
Excerpt of message (sent 18 September 2009) by Kari Uusim ki:
Andrew, have you tried other ST506 disks than RD53 or RD54? IIRC none of the RD disks were DEC built disks, but relabeled ones from other vendors.
That's true, but I think at least in some cases (and, perhaps, on some
systems, like a Pro) they required non-standard jumper configurations.
Also possibly low level formatting, which might require tools that
aren't easily available.
paul
.
Yes, low level formatting might be needed. If my memory serves me right, both VS2000 and the RQDX* have a low level formatting utility in the ROM.
I have to check that out.
Kari
Excerpt of message (sent 18 September 2009) by Kari Uusim ki:
Andrew, have you tried other ST506 disks than RD53 or RD54? IIRC none of
the RD disks were DEC built disks, but relabeled ones from other
vendors.
That's true, but I think at least in some cases (and, perhaps, on some
systems, like a Pro) they required non-standard jumper configurations.
Also possibly low level formatting, which might require tools that
aren't easily available.
paul
Andrew Back wrote:
On (12:17 18/09/09), Kari Uusim?ki wrote:
Very good point!
I agree.
Unfortunately I have the same situation as G?ran and my hardware is waiting for a glorious future. But the winter is coming and (running) computers provide heat. ;-)
I too have hardware in waiting - a growing collection. And if anybody is
able to help I have:
- A VAXstation 2000 in need of an RD53/54 and a KVM cable (mono)
- A VAXstation II/GPX missing the GPX board, TK50, RD53/54 and Ethernet
- A PDP11/53 missing RD53/54 and Ethernet
A lot of wants, I know (and worse still RDs!) :o/
Cheers,
Andrew
Andrew, have you tried other ST506 disks than RD53 or RD54? IIRC none of the RD disks were DEC built disks, but relabeled ones from other vendors. I found earlier many ST506 disks for sale on Ebay.
Unfortunately my VS2000 has a problem with the motherboard and I cannot test the disks I have right now.
TK50's shouldn't either be very difficult to find.
A DELQA should also be easily found.
Have you tried Ebay?
Regards,
Kari
Ok, I'll start looking to pull that together. It'll be a couple weeks
till I can get the new machine into colo (I'm not installing anything
new on the old colo box since it's a complete POS). I'll let you all
know when it's ready.
-brian
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 02:24:06PM +0100, Sampsa Laine wrote:
That would work quite well, let me know when it's up.
Sampsa
On 18 Sep 2009, at 14:12, Brian Hechinger wrote:
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 10:07:21AM +0100, Sampsa Laine wrote:
That could work but like you said needs quite a bit of designing to
work well - I would suggest that for now we maybe set up mirrors like
FTP sites do, i.e. complete copies on more than one host, this way
the
bandwidth load is at least shared.
Does anyone have any objection to a private bittorrent tracker? It
would
help with the centralized management/searching/etc and if more than
one
person has space to keep stuff it helps everyone overall with download
speeds.
Just a thought. :)
-brian
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