Forgive me if this is off topic, but I was reading about the fixes to the VAXStation 4000 regarding chips.
I bought a multia several years back and I think it sucommed to being moved to and from Germany and the States too many times.
I had it booting as a satelite off a DEC 3000 just fine, until this last move.
I thought the battery had died and replaced it. (dead battery prevents the bios from coming up)
I get the SRM console and i'd get MOP load message on the DEC 3000 but the MULTIA just hangs after message about bootstrapping.
I heard something about an I/O chip that can go bad on the MB and was wondering if anyone had any ideas that could be used to fix the MULTIA.
thanks
Mike
El 09/02/2013, a les 22:36, hvlems at zonnet.nl va escriure:
In most VAX or VAXstations you can use an SCA drive together with a converter. There'e enough room inside the box.
Yeah, I know. I'm using that thing in the 4000/60
Jordi Guillaumes i Pons
jg at jordi.guillaumes.name
HECnet: BITXOV::JGUILLAUMES
On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Jordi Guillaumes i Pons <jg at jordi.guillaumes.name> wrote:
DS1287A
Poking it around it looks like the DS1687 is reasonable replacement.
http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/Products/ProdDS/781134.pdfhttp://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/view/115535/DALLAS/DS1287A.html
The 1287A was a replacement for a Moto part used in the IBM PC: There is an app note on how to replace it, which is what made me look at the DS1687.
http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/Products/ProdDS/25101.pdf
Dallas semi says the 1687 is SW compatible with the 1287A which I think is what you need to care about and then maybe a little HW hacking, although it looks fairly close. Needs to check any timing differences and the name of the RW/WR pin is different - but they >>might<< work the same way (might also need to be inverted).
Clem
On 02/09/2013 04:31 PM, Jordi Guillaumes i Pons wrote:
El 09/02/2013, a les 7:44, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> va escriure:
I bought *new* ones from Mouser as recently as two years ago. I've
heard nothing about any of them being discontinued.
Right now if you search for DS1287A in their web you get nothing.
Well then that one may have been discontinued. I bet there are still
quite a few of them around, though. (one can readily buy brand new
7400-series TTL, for example...and I'm not talking 74LS!
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
In most VAX or VAXstations you can use an SCA drive together with a converter. There'e enough room inside the box.
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El 09/02/2013, a les 7:44, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> va escriure:
I bought *new* ones from Mouser as recently as two years ago. I've
heard nothing about any of them being discontinued.
Right now if you search for DS1287A in their web you get nothing.
Jordi Guillaumes i Pons
jg at jordi.guillaumes.name
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El 09/02/2013, a les 7:44, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> va escriure:
I bought *new* ones from Mouser as recently as two years ago. I've
heard nothing about any of them being discontinued.
Right now if you search for DS1287A in their web you get nothing.
Jordi Guillaumes i Pons
jg at jordi.guillaumes.name
HECnet: BITXOV::JGUILLAUMES
El 08/02/2013, a les 23:14, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> va escriure:
Sigh. The misinformation that keeps spreading. The problem is for specific older VAXen. I think it's even only specific 3100 models. And the problem is just that the boot rom uses a more restricted disk block addressing, limiting the booting to disks of less than 1G. (Actually, you can boot from larger disks as well, as long as the boot rom don't need to read from anything above 1G.)
Well, I'm in shopping mode now. Any suggestion for a reliable EU shop to get these kind of drives at a reasonable hobbyist price? I have done a quick google work and I have found http://www.scsishop.co.uk which seems to be pretty decent price-wise. Amazon also lists some american sellers, but the shipping costs are bigger than the drive prices :). And ebay is... well, ebay.
Jordi Guillaumes i Pons
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[mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Cory Smelosky
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 13:53
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] DFS kit for VAX-VMS 7.3
On 9 Feb 2013, at 13:51, "Steve Davidson" <jeep at scshome.net> wrote:
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[mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Cory Smelosky
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 13:49
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Subject: Re: [HECnet] DFS kit for VAX-VMS 7.3
On 9 Feb 2013, at 13:47, "Steve Davidson" <jeep at scshome.net> wrote:
Does anyone have a DFS kit for VAX-VMS 7.3? Thanks!
I think I found it in the layered products disc I was
looking through
-Steve
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net/ Personal stuff!
http://gimme-sympathy.org/ My permanently-a-work-in-progress pet
project.
If you can copy it to your default DECnet directory I can
pick it up
from there.
-Steve
GEWT::B4$ dir
Directory DUA2:[000000.DECDFS_0231]
DOCUMENTATION.DIR;1 KIT.DIR;1
Total of 2 files.
I'll copy DECDFS_0231.DIR over. It'll be on GEWT::
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http://gewt.net/ Personal stuff!
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pet project.
And if you have it... DQS for VAX-VMS 7.3. Thanks!
-Steve
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Subject: Re: [HECnet] DFS kit for VAX-VMS 7.3
On 9 Feb 2013, at 13:51, "Steve Davidson" <jeep at scshome.net> wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE
[mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Cory Smelosky
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 13:49
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] DFS kit for VAX-VMS 7.3
On 9 Feb 2013, at 13:47, "Steve Davidson" <jeep at scshome.net> wrote:
Does anyone have a DFS kit for VAX-VMS 7.3? Thanks!
I think I found it in the layered products disc I was
looking through
-Steve
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net/ Personal stuff!
http://gimme-sympathy.org/ My permanently-a-work-in-progress pet
project.
If you can copy it to your default DECnet directory I can
pick it up
from there.
-Steve
GEWT::B4$ dir
Directory DUA2:[000000.DECDFS_0231]
DOCUMENTATION.DIR;1 KIT.DIR;1
Total of 2 files.
I'll copy DECDFS_0231.DIR over. It'll be on GEWT::
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net/ Personal stuff!
http://gimme-sympathy.org/ My permanently-a-work-in-progress
pet project.
FYI -
SG1$$ dir gewt::
%DIRECT-E-OPENIN, error opening GEWT::*.*;* as input
-RMS-E-FND, ACP file or directory lookup failed
-SYSTEM-F-UNREACHABLE, remote node is not currently reachable
SG1$$
On 9 Feb 2013, at 13:51, "Steve Davidson" <jeep at scshome.net> wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE
[mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Cory Smelosky
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 13:49
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] DFS kit for VAX-VMS 7.3
On 9 Feb 2013, at 13:47, "Steve Davidson" <jeep at scshome.net> wrote:
Does anyone have a DFS kit for VAX-VMS 7.3? Thanks!
I think I found it in the layered products disc I was looking through
-Steve
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net/ Personal stuff!
http://gimme-sympathy.org/ My permanently-a-work-in-progress
pet project.
If you can copy it to your default DECnet directory I can pick it up
from there.
-Steve
GEWT::B4$ dir
Directory DUA2:[000000.DECDFS_0231]
DOCUMENTATION.DIR;1 KIT.DIR;1
Total of 2 files.
I'll copy DECDFS_0231.DIR over. It'll be on GEWT::
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net/ Personal stuff!
http://gimme-sympathy.org/ My permanently-a-work-in-progress pet project.
