On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 03:38:28AM +0100, Johnny Billquist wrote:
On 2013-12-25 03:36, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 12/24/2013 09:35 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
I have had a whole bunch of VT320 give up on me over the years. It's
always been the flyback... I think there might even be some info on the
net about it. And I think I've heard of people locating a source for new
flybacks.
Oh really? That would be great...I have at least two with dead flybacks.
*Heard of*. I have not ever fixed any myself. I'm running on VT525
nowadays. Also have some VT420, VT510 and VT520...
Johnny
Update has a bunch with cracked flybacks. I did find an
Italian(?) reseller of replacements but we mever got arround
to ordering.
I could search for those old emails.
/p
On Wed, 25 Dec 2013, Gregg Levine wrote:
Cory see if the blasted thing has a serial number on it, and ask
Google. Worse thing that can happen is that the example will be
unknown to it.
Will do next time it's not working. It decided to work again.
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"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
On 2013-12-25 03:36, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 12/24/2013 09:35 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
I have had a whole bunch of VT320 give up on me over the years. It's
always been the flyback... I think there might even be some info on the
net about it. And I think I've heard of people locating a source for new
flybacks.
Oh really? That would be great...I have at least two with dead
flybacks.
*Heard of*. I have not ever fixed any myself. I'm running on VT525 nowadays.
Also have some VT420, VT510 and VT520...
Johnny
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
On Wed, 25 Dec 2013, Johnny Billquist wrote:
On 2013-12-24 20:40, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 12/24/2013 12:27 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
DEUNA and DELUA are the same from a program point of view. They have
different
microcode, but that is detected at runtime, and the right microcode is
loaded.
The rest work the same. They use the same drivers, both in DECnet and in
plain
RSX. (Yes, there is an ethernet driver for Unibus, that you can use if
you
have the controller, but do not want DECnet.)
What're the differences between the two again? I have a DEUNA for my
11/44 I still need to get rolling.
The DELUA is one board, while the DEUNA is two, I can tell you that much.
Right. In addition, the DEUNA have a PDP-11 at the heard, while the DELUA have
a 68K.
An -11 powering the NIC for a bigger -11. neat. ;)
So, at the microcode level, they are totally different.
The DELUA also have a better ethernet controller (a LANCE chip).
In short, the DELUA is improved in most ways. But it's fine details.
Johnny
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
Hello!
The last time I had a monitor throw a spanner into its flyback, and
this was a long while ago, when I found out why they need them, it was
a problem to find a new one.
Then since the first repair firm fouled it up, the second stuffed a
generic inside and it continued to work for many more years.
(Actually they looked up what was the designated non manufacturer's
replacement number for it.)
Cory see if the blasted thing has a serial number on it, and ask
Google. Worse thing that can happen is that the example will be
unknown to it.
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Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
On 2013-12-25 03:36, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 12/24/2013 09:35 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
I have had a whole bunch of VT320 give up on me over the years. It's
always been the flyback... I think there might even be some info on the
net about it. And I think I've heard of people locating a source for new
flybacks.
Oh really? That would be great...I have at least two with dead
flybacks.
*Heard of*. I have not ever fixed any myself. I'm running on VT525 nowadays.
Also have some VT420, VT510 and VT520...
Johnny
On 2013-12-25 03:36, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 12/24/2013 09:35 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
I have had a whole bunch of VT320 give up on me over the years. It's
always been the flyback... I think there might even be some info on the
net about it. And I think I've heard of people locating a source for new
flybacks.
Oh really? That would be great...I have at least two with dead flybacks.
*Heard of*. I have not ever fixed any myself. I'm running on VT525 nowadays. Also have some VT420, VT510 and VT520...
Johnny
On 2013-12-24 20:53, Cory Smelosky wrote:
I lack the bootstrap module for the 11/03 (does anyone have RQDX3 bootcode
for RT-11 memorised?
Didn't some RT-11 manual have the bootstrap code for all kind of devices in it?
Johnny
On 12/24/2013 09:35 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
I have had a whole bunch of VT320 give up on me over the years. It's
always been the flyback... I think there might even be some info on the
net about it. And I think I've heard of people locating a source for new
flybacks.
Oh really? That would be great...I have at least two with dead flybacks.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 2013-12-24 18:33, Cory Smelosky wrote:
Did this email send previously 4 times? I never got a response nor did I
get my own email, so apologies if Exchange being the dumbest mailserver
ever has caused you pain and suffering in the form of repeated emails.
My VT320 decided to fail last night.
It was running fine, I stepped away, returned to it off and repeatedly
clicking/ticking. It sounded like either a stuck relay or the flyback
arcing. The screen would occasionally flash and the current draw would
fluctuate between 2W and 17-25W until it eventually turned on and ran
fine.
Any theories? Should I distrust the VT320 or was it just something like a
stuck relay that's older than me? I grabbed pictures of the board but
they never seemed to actually get anywhere.
I have had a whole bunch of VT320 give up on me over the years. It's always been the flyback... I think there might even be some info on the net about it. And I think I've heard of people locating a source for new flybacks.
Johnny
On 2013-12-24 20:40, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 12/24/2013 12:27 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
DEUNA and DELUA are the same from a program point of view. They have different
microcode, but that is detected at runtime, and the right microcode is loaded.
The rest work the same. They use the same drivers, both in DECnet and in plain
RSX. (Yes, there is an ethernet driver for Unibus, that you can use if you
have the controller, but do not want DECnet.)
What're the differences between the two again? I have a DEUNA for my
11/44 I still need to get rolling.
The DELUA is one board, while the DEUNA is two, I can tell you that much.
Right. In addition, the DEUNA have a PDP-11 at the heard, while the DELUA have a 68K.
So, at the microcode level, they are totally different.
The DELUA also have a better ethernet controller (a LANCE chip).
In short, the DELUA is improved in most ways. But it's fine details.
Johnny
On Tue, 24 Dec 2013, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 12/24/2013 12:33 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
Did this email send previously 4 times? I never got a response nor did I
get my own email, so apologies if Exchange being the dumbest mailserver
ever has caused you pain and suffering in the form of repeated emails.
My God. Why do you run that garbage? Nobody with half a clue runs
that shit on purpose.
It was more reliable than my previous mailserver which is the absurdly sad
part.
I can set another mailserver up in a couple hours for $7/mo....I don't
know why I don't do that.
My VT320 decided to fail last night.
It was running fine, I stepped away, returned to it off and repeatedly
clicking/ticking. It sounded like either a stuck relay or the flyback
arcing. The screen would occasionally flash and the current draw would
fluctuate between 2W and 17-25W until it eventually turned on and ran
fine.
Any theories? Should I distrust the VT320 or was it just something like a
stuck relay that's older than me? I grabbed pictures of the board but
they never seemed to actually get anywhere.
Electrolytic capacitors. Though that's a bit early for them to start
failing; VT320s aren't all that old, and I have yet to see a bad one.
That would explain the fluctuating voltage until everything settled.
-Dave
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
