On 2012-07-05 09:40, Johnny Billquist wrote:
On 2012-07-05 08:22, Boyanich, Alastair wrote:
G'day $ALL.
Quick question. I've just snaffled an M8190-AE with what I think is the
21-21853-06 FPU as an upgrade for either the 11/70 or 11/23Plus at home.
I've seen reference to CIS microcode for these boards about the place
and am extremely keen to have a go at it with macro. I'm not "actually"
sure if it has it in the PROMS, but being handy with a EPROM programmer
hopefully I can find it. Does anyone have any reading material on how to
figure out if the CIS microcode is installed ?
This CIS option is not a PROM, even though it might sound like that.
It's more like a co-processor.
If the CIS options is installed, you can easily see that, physically, by
the large chips next to the CPU. If it's not there, you have some empty
sockets...
Oh! And Darn! I should have checked proper. The M8190 is indeed the 11/83 and 11/84 CPUs. That's a J11 CPU. There is *no* CIS for this CPU.
I thought you were talking about the 11/23+ and 11/24 in my first reply.
Johnny
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On 2012-07-05 08:22, Boyanich, Alastair wrote:
G'day $ALL.
Quick question. I've just snaffled an M8190-AE with what I think is the
21-21853-06 FPU as an upgrade for either the 11/70 or 11/23Plus at home.
I've seen reference to CIS microcode for these boards about the place
and am extremely keen to have a go at it with macro. I'm not "actually"
sure if it has it in the PROMS, but being handy with a EPROM programmer
hopefully I can find it. Does anyone have any reading material on how to
figure out if the CIS microcode is installed ?
This CIS option is not a PROM, even though it might sound like that. It's more like a co-processor.
If the CIS options is installed, you can easily see that, physically, by the large chips next to the CPU. If it's not there, you have some empty sockets...
Johnny
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
G'day $ALL.
Quick question. I've just snaffled an M8190-AE with what I think is the
21-21853-06 FPU as an upgrade for either the 11/70 or 11/23Plus at home.
I've seen reference to CIS microcode for these boards about the place
and am extremely keen to have a go at it with macro. I'm not "actually"
sure if it has it in the PROMS, but being handy with a EPROM programmer
hopefully I can find it. Does anyone have any reading material on how to
figure out if the CIS microcode is installed ?
Al.
On 07/04/2012 06:00 AM, Mark Wickens wrote:
On 04/07/12 06:47, Dave McGuire wrote:
Hey folks, does anyone here have contact info for whomever owns
9track.net?
Thanks,
-Dave
scope.matthew at btinternet.com
Got it. Thanks!
-Dave
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New Kensington, PA
On 3.7.2012 9:12, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 07/02/2012 11:02 PM, Gregg C Levine wrote:
Would anyone on the list recall when the first generation Vaxes were off and
running? For example I know that in the time frame when "Cuckoo's Egg"
happened we were right in the middle of the model series that DEC happened
to be building. But that the BSD release that ran on those was from the 4
series.
The first VAX was the VAX-11/780, which was announced in late 1977 and
shipped in early 1978, if memory serves. (if that was what you were
wondering about)
-Dave
Quite right.
Gregg, please check this:
http://www.dtjcd.vmsresource.org.uk/pdfs/dtj_v07-01_1995-insert.pdf
Kari
On 3 Jul 2012, at 02:57, Johnny Billquist wrote:
We are indeed drifting way off hecnet here. I think I'll continue this outside of the list.
I apologize for the drift as well...
This is why I have a general discussion list at DECtec.info :)
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On 07/02/2012 11:02 PM, Gregg C Levine wrote:
Would anyone on the list recall when the first generation Vaxes were off and
running? For example I know that in the time frame when "Cuckoo's Egg"
happened we were right in the middle of the model series that DEC happened
to be building. But that the BSD release that ran on those was from the 4
series.
The first VAX was the VAX-11/780, which was announced in late 1977 and
shipped in early 1978, if memory serves. (if that was what you were
wondering about)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 11:13 PM, Tony Blews <tonyblews at gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 5:02 AM, Gregg C Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com>
wrote:
That Doctor Who book I mentioned
Did you mention the name of it? If so I missed it. What was it?
Tony
Hello!
I didn't mention it, the book's name is "Blue Box". Its one of the
Original Adventures for the Sixth Doctor and Peri. I did describe it
once probably, and that was during the original starter for the thread
we've got running.
Sampsa please don't feed the Yeti, they've been busy glomming food
from the vendors who largely feed tourists.
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