HECnet January 2013

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by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On 01/24/2013 01:43 PM, Kari Uusim ki wrote: Yes, there are takeup leader which you can buy. I don't have prices right now, but I know where to find them. Are there others here at HECnet who might need them? I could check if we could get a good bargain if ordering several. Yes, I could use a few. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

11 years, 10 months

Tape drive explosion

by uusimaki＠exdecfinland.org

On 24.1.2013 13:11, Jordi Guillaumes i Pons wrote: El 24/01/2013, a les 11:06, Kari Uusim ki <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org> va escriure: Is the takeup leader (the plastic ribbon which is fastened to the internal reel) intact? Its outer end which grabs the tape from the cassette is arrow-shaped. Is the "arrow" quite in order? If not, the takeup leader should be replaced. I have got a dead TK70 drive for that reason. Is there any source of replacement parts? Jordi Guillaumes i Pons jg at jordi.guillaumes.name HECnet: BITXOV::JGUILLAUMES . Yes, there are takeup leader which you can buy. I don't have prices right now, but I know where to find them. Are there others here at HECnet who might need them? I could check if we could get a good bargain if ordering several. Sorry for this OT. Regards, Kari

11 years, 10 months

Resurrect VAX 4000/90

by fcoffey＠misernet.net

Hi all: Have a VAX 4000/90 I've acquired (it was free). With video card in, all memory slots populated, new Dallas chip installed (research showed it may be a dead Dallas chip, which is why this was tried), all front diag lights light up, and do not move. No beeps, nothing. Nothing on a connected terminal. (which I know works as it's connected to my DECServer 90M that I use for consoles and other terminal access). I've tried with less memory, different memory, etc. Anyone have any pointers? Hitting the search engines hard (including finding the PDF manuals) has really come up empty on this specific set of circumstances. I am hoping this isn't too far OT - I could post on c.o.v. but I think it's less of a "tiger pit" here. :) (Apologies to anyone on the list that also posts to c.o.v, *chuckle*) Thanks, Fred ---- Lets call it for what it is - "legacy" is a term that people use in a polite but derogatory manner to imply that the future direction they prefer is not that which they view as the current direction.

11 years, 10 months

New Node please, 4.245 ENGINE

by bqt＠softjar.se

On 2013-01-24 07:57, Mark Wickens wrote: Johnny, Could you please add node 4.245 ENGINE to Hecnet. This is a 're-purposed ZX6000' - I bought an RX2600 motherboard and have swapped it into the ZX6000 case. Done. Johnny

11 years, 10 months

VMware, was Re: [HECnet] Sort of off-topic, co-locating area 8

by wonko＠4amlunch.net

On 1/23/2013 9:09 PM, Dave McGuire wrote: On 01/23/2013 08:38 PM, Brian Hechinger wrote: With the move to ESXi from "full blown" ESX VMware has been moving more and more out of the ESXi host. Are they reducing the functionality that's available there? I don't *want* full-blown ESX. You will never again have full blows ESX so you don't have to worry there. :) It's been a while since I've ssh-ed into a 5.1 host, but I know it's getting to be slim pickings for CLI stuff on the hypervisor itself. The vMA has *all* the tools that you are used to using. You also only ever have one place to log into as well if you have more than one host. Another nice feature of the vMA is you can auth against vCenter to do things on your ESXi hosts so your admins can do everything they need without actually giving them the root password of the ESXi box. However, you can download the API tools (perl or PowerShell versions available) or install the VMA (Virtual Management Appliance, just a linux box with the tools already installed) you can do everything you need to do from the CLI of your favorite OS. Got a link for that? And will it work with 4.1? vMA: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?productId=229&downloadGroup=VMA50 It should work with 4.1 as the API is backwards compatible. Newer vCenter can manager older ESXi, for example. If you can use vCenter, the web based GUI in 5.1 is FANTASTIC and only required flash. Works fine in Chrome. If you need keys for 5 I might *cough* know *cough* where *cough* to get some. *cough cough*. :) Hmm! Please to be sending! Can I do an in-place upgrade from 4.1 to 5? Yes. I'll send you an offline email. -brian

11 years, 10 months

Tape drive explosion

by jg＠jordi.guillaumes.name

El 24/01/2013, a les 11:06, Kari Uusim ki <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org> va escriure: Is the takeup leader (the plastic ribbon which is fastened to the internal reel) intact? Its outer end which grabs the tape from the cassette is arrow-shaped. Is the "arrow" quite in order? If not, the takeup leader should be replaced. I have got a dead TK70 drive for that reason. Is there any source of replacement parts? Jordi Guillaumes i Pons jg at jordi.guillaumes.name HECnet: BITXOV::JGUILLAUMES

11 years, 10 months

Tape drive explosion

by uusimaki＠exdecfinland.org

On 24.1.2013 8:55, Mark Wickens wrote: On 24/01/2013 06:35, Ian McLaughlin wrote: On 2013-01-23, at 9:28 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net <mailto:b4 at gewt.net>> wrote: Eeeeeep! Was it an important tape? AQ-JP22D-BE VMS V5.2 BIN TK50 1/2 I think I have another copy somewhere. I'm suspecting that the TK50 drive in this external SCSI chassis might be bad... Ian Ian, This is usually down to the tape rather than the drive. It is recommended that you 'bake' old tapes before reading them - over time they become 'sticky'. IIRC a couple of hours at around 50 degC. I have a load of tapes that I need to read off but I've currently got no way of baking. I suspect that a standard oven, even on it's lowest setting, will be too hot - you need something like an incubating oven. I know someone who used to do this on a regular occasion and had very few failures using this method. Regards, Mark. Is the takeup leader (the plastic ribbon which is fastened to the internal reel) intact? Its outer end which grabs the tape from the cassette is arrow-shaped. Is the "arrow" quite in order? If not, the takeup leader should be replaced. You can also read a TK50 tape with a newer DLT drive like TZ85, TZ86 and TZ87. As Mark said, the tapes tend to deteriorate even when stored in good conditions. It is recommended to retension the tapes at least once a year by winding it completely in and out. That recommendation is written in the tape manufacturers' preserving guide. It will also prevent edge deterioration. Regards, Kari

11 years, 10 months

Sort of off-topic, co-locating area 8

by sampsa＠mac.com

I started it to ask for opinions on rack mount intel servers to use as a base for mostly hecnet stuff. Sent from my iPhone On 24 Jan 2013, at 08:44, "John H. Reinhardt" <johnhreinhardt at yahoo.com> wrote: On 1/23/2013 8:57 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote: On 2013-01-24 02:44, Brian Hechinger wrote: On 1/22/2013 9:15 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote: Is that a proper Xeon or a P4 Xeon? If it's a quad core it's a core2 arch xeon. P4 (Pentium-D) only came in dual core. Gents... Fun as all the small talk is, this is getting a little much outside of hecnet stuff, isn't it? Johnny It's iffy... Since we're discussing a host where a SIMH-11 VAX might run with a HECnet connection. Besides, Sampa started it. (Sorry about throwing you under the bus) John H. Reinhardt

11 years, 10 months

New Node please, 4.245 ENGINE

by mark＠wickensonline.co.uk

Johnny, Could you please add node 4.245 ENGINE to Hecnet. This is a 're-purposed ZX6000' - I bought an RX2600 motherboard and have swapped it into the ZX6000 case. Regards, Mark.

11 years, 10 months

Sort of off-topic, co-locating area 8

by gregg.drwho8＠gmail.com

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 1:44 AM, John H. Reinhardt <johnhreinhardt at yahoo.com> wrote: On 1/23/2013 8:57 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote: On 2013-01-24 02:44, Brian Hechinger wrote: On 1/22/2013 9:15 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote: Is that a proper Xeon or a P4 Xeon? If it's a quad core it's a core2 arch xeon. P4 (Pentium-D) only came in dual core. Gents... Fun as all the small talk is, this is getting a little much outside of hecnet stuff, isn't it? Johnny It's iffy... Since we're discussing a host where a SIMH-11 VAX might run with a HECnet connection. Besides, Sampa started it. (Sorry about throwing you under the bus) John H. Reinhardt And decidedly rewarding. Dave be very careful of those snowmen..... ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."

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