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Multi-floor household (DECnet) routing help needed

by clemc＠ccc.com

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com> wrote: Not bad for $39 for the single side Its now $29.99 in the US with free shipping here - this is both 110v and 220v but has US connectors http://www.buy.com/prod/zyxel-pla401v3-homeplug-av-200-mbps-powerline-wall-…

13 years, 1 month

Tape drive explosion

by uusimaki＠exdecfinland.org

On 24.1.2013 20:46, Dave McGuire wrote: 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 Didn't remember to tell that anyone who wants takeup leaders, please specify for which drive type (TK50/TZ30, TK70, TZ85, TZ86, TZ87, etc) you need a takeup leader. They are slightly different depending on the drive type. It would be good to know how many you want as well. Regards, Kari

13 years, 1 month

LQA system ID message

by Paul_Koning＠Dell.com

I was watching the MOP Console system ID messages from DECnet/E on simh, with an emulated LQA. Noticed something odd: the source address was broadcast. That's not valid, of course. The question is why that happened. The answer is that the emulation uses the address in slot 0 of the address filter as the source address. The hardware doesn't care what order the addresses go in as far as filtering is concerned; DECnet/E puts broadcast in slot 0 and the physical address in slot 1, followed by any multicast addresses. Is the SIMH behavior also what a real LQA does? That would be an interesting DECnet/E bug if so... Or does a real LQA just use the physical address, as a UNA would? paul

13 years, 1 month

Resurrect VAX 4000/90

by jg＠jordi.guillaumes.name

El 24/01/2013, a les 19:12, Fred <fcoffey at misernet.net> va escriure: all front diag lights light up, and do not move. Y soon-to-be-resurrected 4000/90 does the same... but if I cycle quickly the power button it begins to boot. It is probably something wrong with the PSU... that's an issue I will investigate after I get my replacement RTC chip (which should be somewhere between China and Europe right now... probably navigating the pirate-infested somali waters ;)) Jordi Guillaumes i Pons jg at jordi.guillaumes.name HECnet: BITXOV::JGUILLAUMES

13 years, 1 month

Tape drive explosion

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

13 years, 1 month

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

13 years, 1 month

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.

13 years, 1 month

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

13 years, 1 month

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

13 years, 1 month

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

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