On Sep 17, 2013, at 7:28 PM, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> wrote:
Hello!
Bob how big is the DELNI? And the DECserver-100? I am always
interested in new gear.
Those are both 19 inch rack devices, 2 or 3 U, forgot which. Not very deep, less than 19 inches as I recall.
paul
Hello!
Now there's an idea.
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However how's that device shutdown coming?
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Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
On 17 Sep 2013, at 19:33, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> wrote:
Hello!
I already asked about that one!
I pressed return before i received your reply! ;)
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And until the Yetis resolve the bandwidth problem you're not allowed
anything else, they want you to turn off six items including the game
system and that strange looking thing in someone's bedroom.
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Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 7:29 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
On 17 Sep 2013, at 19:25, Bob Armstrong <bob at jfcl.com> wrote:
... well, sort of. It's time to clean out the storage place, and as a
result I have a lot of DEC stuff that I need to make "go away". Most of it
is just spare parts and those I'm willing to just give away to the first
person who picks them up in Milpitas CA USA. Most of this stuff is big and
heavy and I absolutely am not willing to ship any of it - sorry. I realize
that most of HECnet is not local and so it's probably a waste of your time,
but I thought I'd share the list just in case I have that one single item
that somebody can't live without. It'd be a shame to see it go to the
recyclers if that's the case.
There are a few complete systems and peripherals at the end of the list
(e.g. 9 track drives) that I'd rather trade for something I can use. I
don't really want money for any of it, and in a pinch I could probably be
persuaded to give that away too. And just in case you have any doubts as to
what I can use, send me an email and I'll send you a wish list :-)
Free Stuff
----------
Chassis and parts
Several BA23 boxes (floor stand, rack mount, you name it ...) and
various related bits
Two BA11-L chassis (the short box for the 11/04-34)
One H775 power supply for the BA11-L
One or two BA11-N chassis (11/03-23)
Several short corporate rack end panels, doors, etc
A couple of doors for the older, pre-corporate short DEC racks (I forget
the H number - sorry!)
Rainbow/Pro/DECmate floor stand
Spares
RA8x spares - motors, starting capacitors, power supplies, etc. No
HDAs!
VT1xx spares - power supplies, CRTs, etc
Extra BA23 power supplies
Many LK-xxx keyboards
I could use some of these. Hmmmmm.
Other
A couple of crashed RL02 packs (well, you can always make a clock out of
'em!)
one or two DELNIs
one DEMPR
DECserver-100
Would you be interested in shipping the DS100? Those can t weigh much.
Four new rolls of palette wrap
Several 874 power controllers
H919 20 slot 8/E OMNIBUS backplane
12 slot OMNIBUS PDP-8/A backplane
Trade Stuff
-----------
DS20E ALPHAserver (incomplete)
Cipher F880 9 track drive (Pertec interface)
Four DEC TS05 drives (identical to the F880)
Two DEC TU81+ 9 track drives (LESI interface)
8 line DECtalk-III IVR system in DF100-RM rack mount enclosure (bad PS)
What do you want for that? It might run off an ATX supply. ;)
One VAXstation-4000/VLC
Various VAXstation-3100s
Various VAXstation-2000s
DEC2000 (aka the Jensen) missing skins
Various DECPCs
Various DEC3000
On 17 Sep 2013, at 19:33, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> wrote:
Hello!
I already asked about that one!
I pressed return before i received your reply! ;)
------
And until the Yetis resolve the bandwidth problem you're not allowed
anything else, they want you to turn off six items including the game
system and that strange looking thing in someone's bedroom.
-----
Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 7:29 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
On 17 Sep 2013, at 19:25, Bob Armstrong <bob at jfcl.com> wrote:
... well, sort of. It's time to clean out the storage place, and as a
result I have a lot of DEC stuff that I need to make "go away". Most of it
is just spare parts and those I'm willing to just give away to the first
person who picks them up in Milpitas CA USA. Most of this stuff is big and
heavy and I absolutely am not willing to ship any of it - sorry. I realize
that most of HECnet is not local and so it's probably a waste of your time,
but I thought I'd share the list just in case I have that one single item
that somebody can't live without. It'd be a shame to see it go to the
recyclers if that's the case.
There are a few complete systems and peripherals at the end of the list
(e.g. 9 track drives) that I'd rather trade for something I can use. I
don't really want money for any of it, and in a pinch I could probably be
persuaded to give that away too. And just in case you have any doubts as to
what I can use, send me an email and I'll send you a wish list :-)
Free Stuff
----------
Chassis and parts
Several BA23 boxes (floor stand, rack mount, you name it ...) and
various related bits
Two BA11-L chassis (the short box for the 11/04-34)
One H775 power supply for the BA11-L
One or two BA11-N chassis (11/03-23)
Several short corporate rack end panels, doors, etc
A couple of doors for the older, pre-corporate short DEC racks (I forget
the H number - sorry!)
Rainbow/Pro/DECmate floor stand
Spares
RA8x spares - motors, starting capacitors, power supplies, etc. No
HDAs!
VT1xx spares - power supplies, CRTs, etc
Extra BA23 power supplies
Many LK-xxx keyboards
I could use some of these. Hmmmmm.
Other
A couple of crashed RL02 packs (well, you can always make a clock out of
'em!)
one or two DELNIs
one DEMPR
DECserver-100
Would you be interested in shipping the DS100? Those can t weigh much.
Four new rolls of palette wrap
Several 874 power controllers
H919 20 slot 8/E OMNIBUS backplane
12 slot OMNIBUS PDP-8/A backplane
Trade Stuff
-----------
DS20E ALPHAserver (incomplete)
Cipher F880 9 track drive (Pertec interface)
Four DEC TS05 drives (identical to the F880)
Two DEC TU81+ 9 track drives (LESI interface)
8 line DECtalk-III IVR system in DF100-RM rack mount enclosure (bad PS)
What do you want for that? It might run off an ATX supply. ;)
One VAXstation-4000/VLC
Various VAXstation-3100s
Various VAXstation-2000s
DEC2000 (aka the Jensen) missing skins
Various DECPCs
Various DEC3000
Hello!
I already asked about that one!
------
And until the Yetis resolve the bandwidth problem you're not allowed
anything else, they want you to turn off six items including the game
system and that strange looking thing in someone's bedroom.
-----
Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 7:29 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
On 17 Sep 2013, at 19:25, Bob Armstrong <bob at jfcl.com> wrote:
... well, sort of. It's time to clean out the storage place, and as a
result I have a lot of DEC stuff that I need to make "go away". Most of it
is just spare parts and those I'm willing to just give away to the first
person who picks them up in Milpitas CA USA. Most of this stuff is big and
heavy and I absolutely am not willing to ship any of it - sorry. I realize
that most of HECnet is not local and so it's probably a waste of your time,
but I thought I'd share the list just in case I have that one single item
that somebody can't live without. It'd be a shame to see it go to the
recyclers if that's the case.
There are a few complete systems and peripherals at the end of the list
(e.g. 9 track drives) that I'd rather trade for something I can use. I
don't really want money for any of it, and in a pinch I could probably be
persuaded to give that away too. And just in case you have any doubts as to
what I can use, send me an email and I'll send you a wish list :-)
Free Stuff
----------
Chassis and parts
Several BA23 boxes (floor stand, rack mount, you name it ...) and
various related bits
Two BA11-L chassis (the short box for the 11/04-34)
One H775 power supply for the BA11-L
One or two BA11-N chassis (11/03-23)
Several short corporate rack end panels, doors, etc
A couple of doors for the older, pre-corporate short DEC racks (I forget
the H number - sorry!)
Rainbow/Pro/DECmate floor stand
Spares
RA8x spares - motors, starting capacitors, power supplies, etc. No
HDAs!
VT1xx spares - power supplies, CRTs, etc
Extra BA23 power supplies
Many LK-xxx keyboards
I could use some of these. Hmmmmm.
Other
A couple of crashed RL02 packs (well, you can always make a clock out of
'em!)
one or two DELNIs
one DEMPR
DECserver-100
Would you be interested in shipping the DS100? Those can t weigh much.
Four new rolls of palette wrap
Several 874 power controllers
H919 20 slot 8/E OMNIBUS backplane
12 slot OMNIBUS PDP-8/A backplane
Trade Stuff
-----------
DS20E ALPHAserver (incomplete)
Cipher F880 9 track drive (Pertec interface)
Four DEC TS05 drives (identical to the F880)
Two DEC TU81+ 9 track drives (LESI interface)
8 line DECtalk-III IVR system in DF100-RM rack mount enclosure (bad PS)
What do you want for that? It might run off an ATX supply. ;)
One VAXstation-4000/VLC
Various VAXstation-3100s
Various VAXstation-2000s
DEC2000 (aka the Jensen) missing skins
Various DECPCs
Various DEC3000
On 17 Sep 2013, at 19:25, Bob Armstrong <bob at jfcl.com> wrote:
... well, sort of. It's time to clean out the storage place, and as a
result I have a lot of DEC stuff that I need to make "go away". Most of it
is just spare parts and those I'm willing to just give away to the first
person who picks them up in Milpitas CA USA. Most of this stuff is big and
heavy and I absolutely am not willing to ship any of it - sorry. I realize
that most of HECnet is not local and so it's probably a waste of your time,
but I thought I'd share the list just in case I have that one single item
that somebody can't live without. It'd be a shame to see it go to the
recyclers if that's the case.
There are a few complete systems and peripherals at the end of the list
(e.g. 9 track drives) that I'd rather trade for something I can use. I
don't really want money for any of it, and in a pinch I could probably be
persuaded to give that away too. And just in case you have any doubts as to
what I can use, send me an email and I'll send you a wish list :-)
Free Stuff
----------
Chassis and parts
Several BA23 boxes (floor stand, rack mount, you name it ...) and
various related bits
Two BA11-L chassis (the short box for the 11/04-34)
One H775 power supply for the BA11-L
One or two BA11-N chassis (11/03-23)
Several short corporate rack end panels, doors, etc
A couple of doors for the older, pre-corporate short DEC racks (I forget
the H number - sorry!)
Rainbow/Pro/DECmate floor stand
Spares
RA8x spares - motors, starting capacitors, power supplies, etc. No
HDAs!
VT1xx spares - power supplies, CRTs, etc
Extra BA23 power supplies
Many LK-xxx keyboards
I could use some of these. Hmmmmm.
Other
A couple of crashed RL02 packs (well, you can always make a clock out of
'em!)
one or two DELNIs
one DEMPR
DECserver-100
Would you be interested in shipping the DS100? Those can t weigh much.
Four new rolls of palette wrap
Several 874 power controllers
H919 20 slot 8/E OMNIBUS backplane
12 slot OMNIBUS PDP-8/A backplane
Trade Stuff
-----------
DS20E ALPHAserver (incomplete)
Cipher F880 9 track drive (Pertec interface)
Four DEC TS05 drives (identical to the F880)
Two DEC TU81+ 9 track drives (LESI interface)
8 line DECtalk-III IVR system in DF100-RM rack mount enclosure (bad PS)
What do you want for that? It might run off an ATX supply. ;)
One VAXstation-4000/VLC
Various VAXstation-3100s
Various VAXstation-2000s
DEC2000 (aka the Jensen) missing skins
Various DECPCs
Various DEC3000
Hello!
Bob how big is the DELNI? And the DECserver-100? I am always
interested in new gear.
-----
Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 7:25 PM, Bob Armstrong <bob at jfcl.com> wrote:
... well, sort of. It's time to clean out the storage place, and as a
result I have a lot of DEC stuff that I need to make "go away". Most of it
is just spare parts and those I'm willing to just give away to the first
person who picks them up in Milpitas CA USA. Most of this stuff is big and
heavy and I absolutely am not willing to ship any of it - sorry. I realize
that most of HECnet is not local and so it's probably a waste of your time,
but I thought I'd share the list just in case I have that one single item
that somebody can't live without. It'd be a shame to see it go to the
recyclers if that's the case.
There are a few complete systems and peripherals at the end of the list
(e.g. 9 track drives) that I'd rather trade for something I can use. I
don't really want money for any of it, and in a pinch I could probably be
persuaded to give that away too. And just in case you have any doubts as to
what I can use, send me an email and I'll send you a wish list :-)
Free Stuff
----------
Chassis and parts
Several BA23 boxes (floor stand, rack mount, you name it ...) and
various related bits
Two BA11-L chassis (the short box for the 11/04-34)
One H775 power supply for the BA11-L
One or two BA11-N chassis (11/03-23)
Several short corporate rack end panels, doors, etc
A couple of doors for the older, pre-corporate short DEC racks (I forget
the H number - sorry!)
Rainbow/Pro/DECmate floor stand
Spares
RA8x spares - motors, starting capacitors, power supplies, etc. No
HDAs!
VT1xx spares - power supplies, CRTs, etc
Extra BA23 power supplies
Many LK-xxx keyboards
Other
A couple of crashed RL02 packs (well, you can always make a clock out of
'em!)
one or two DELNIs
one DEMPR
DECserver-100
Four new rolls of palette wrap
Several 874 power controllers
H919 20 slot 8/E OMNIBUS backplane
12 slot OMNIBUS PDP-8/A backplane
Trade Stuff
-----------
DS20E ALPHAserver (incomplete)
Cipher F880 9 track drive (Pertec interface)
Four DEC TS05 drives (identical to the F880)
Two DEC TU81+ 9 track drives (LESI interface)
8 line DECtalk-III IVR system in DF100-RM rack mount enclosure (bad PS)
One VAXstation-4000/VLC
Various VAXstation-3100s
Various VAXstation-2000s
DEC2000 (aka the Jensen) missing skins
Various DECPCs
Various DEC3000
On 18 Sep 2013, at 01:25, Bob Armstrong <bob at jfcl.com> wrote:
Rainbow/Pro/DECmate floor stand
Anybody know where I could procure a DEC Rainbow and/or a VT180?
I would LOVE to own either one of those systems..
sampsa
... well, sort of. It's time to clean out the storage place, and as a
result I have a lot of DEC stuff that I need to make "go away". Most of it
is just spare parts and those I'm willing to just give away to the first
person who picks them up in Milpitas CA USA. Most of this stuff is big and
heavy and I absolutely am not willing to ship any of it - sorry. I realize
that most of HECnet is not local and so it's probably a waste of your time,
but I thought I'd share the list just in case I have that one single item
that somebody can't live without. It'd be a shame to see it go to the
recyclers if that's the case.
There are a few complete systems and peripherals at the end of the list
(e.g. 9 track drives) that I'd rather trade for something I can use. I
don't really want money for any of it, and in a pinch I could probably be
persuaded to give that away too. And just in case you have any doubts as to
what I can use, send me an email and I'll send you a wish list :-)
Free Stuff
----------
Chassis and parts
Several BA23 boxes (floor stand, rack mount, you name it ...) and
various related bits
Two BA11-L chassis (the short box for the 11/04-34)
One H775 power supply for the BA11-L
One or two BA11-N chassis (11/03-23)
Several short corporate rack end panels, doors, etc
A couple of doors for the older, pre-corporate short DEC racks (I forget
the H number - sorry!)
Rainbow/Pro/DECmate floor stand
Spares
RA8x spares - motors, starting capacitors, power supplies, etc. No
HDAs!
VT1xx spares - power supplies, CRTs, etc
Extra BA23 power supplies
Many LK-xxx keyboards
Other
A couple of crashed RL02 packs (well, you can always make a clock out of
'em!)
one or two DELNIs
one DEMPR
DECserver-100
Four new rolls of palette wrap
Several 874 power controllers
H919 20 slot 8/E OMNIBUS backplane
12 slot OMNIBUS PDP-8/A backplane
Trade Stuff
-----------
DS20E ALPHAserver (incomplete)
Cipher F880 9 track drive (Pertec interface)
Four DEC TS05 drives (identical to the F880)
Two DEC TU81+ 9 track drives (LESI interface)
8 line DECtalk-III IVR system in DF100-RM rack mount enclosure (bad PS)
One VAXstation-4000/VLC
Various VAXstation-3100s
Various VAXstation-2000s
DEC2000 (aka the Jensen) missing skins
Various DECPCs
Various DEC3000
Anyway, I'm going to get one of those 10-20 quid extended Mac keyboards from ebay and let you guys know how it works out.
As far as I can tell, it has enough buttons to do pretty much anything an LK keyboard does, and like I said, Terminal.app lets you map the keys to any escape sequence etc you want.
sampsa <sampsa at mac.com>
mobile +358 40 7208932
On 17 Sep 2013, at 20:54, Kari Uusim ki <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org> wrote:
Anyone tested the PowerTerm (which used to be included with the [later] Pathworks kits)? It's called PowerTerm Interconnect nowadays.
Does it work correctly in all emulation cases? I haven't found bugs in VT emulation, but rather in HP 700 emulation, which was fixed very quickly after reporting it.
I've found the support to be very responsive and to fix rapidly encountered and reported errors.
Kari
On 17.9.2013 19:20, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- wrote:
Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> writes:
On 17/09/2013 17:04, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- wrote:
Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> writes:
I'd also like to point out that the LK450 (which is the keyboard
following on from the LK250 and was designed for connection to a PC
running terminal emulation software) is a good alternative.
Right. HOwever, I know people who purchased the USB LK keyboards for use
with terminal emulation (Reflection specifically) and there are keys, when
used in that scenario, that can not be mapped because the WEENDOZE driver
simply doesn't recognize them.
Absolutely - you can't use the LK450 with a PS/2 -> USB adapter and
expect VMS-specific keys to be recognised fully.
I have found that the only combination that works for me when using
Windows is with the keyboard plugged directly into the PS/2 port and
Exceed. This may also involve using the Reflection LK450 keyboard driver
but I'm not sure about that without removing it. Bizarrely enough even
with the driver Reflection doesn't do the right think.
25 years ago (a bit more|less) when DEXPO was still in full swing alongside
DECUS, I dropped by the WRQ booth and asked to be introduced to any of the
support/development staff that might be there. One such was right there in
their booth, and I explained and demonstrated an improper handling of a some-
what uncommon VT escape sequence. This was VT200/VT300 series at that time.
That problem still has not been fixed. I don't use WEENDOZE or Reflection;
however, I was on-site at one of the pharmaceuticals here in the proNJ about
5-6 years ago and they used Reflection. In fact, the reason I was there was
because the problem they were experiencing with some software turned out to
be not in the software on their VMS systems but in the software performing
terminal emulation. Wanna wager a guess as to which product??? ;)
Anyone tested the PowerTerm (which used to be included with the [later] Pathworks kits)? It's called PowerTerm Interconnect nowadays.
Does it work correctly in all emulation cases? I haven't found bugs in VT emulation, but rather in HP 700 emulation, which was fixed very quickly after reporting it.
I've found the support to be very responsive and to fix rapidly encountered and reported errors.
Kari
On 17.9.2013 19:20, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- wrote:
Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> writes:
On 17/09/2013 17:04, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- wrote:
Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> writes:
I'd also like to point out that the LK450 (which is the keyboard
following on from the LK250 and was designed for connection to a PC
running terminal emulation software) is a good alternative.
Right. HOwever, I know people who purchased the USB LK keyboards for use
with terminal emulation (Reflection specifically) and there are keys, when
used in that scenario, that can not be mapped because the WEENDOZE driver
simply doesn't recognize them.
Absolutely - you can't use the LK450 with a PS/2 -> USB adapter and
expect VMS-specific keys to be recognised fully.
I have found that the only combination that works for me when using
Windows is with the keyboard plugged directly into the PS/2 port and
Exceed. This may also involve using the Reflection LK450 keyboard driver
but I'm not sure about that without removing it. Bizarrely enough even
with the driver Reflection doesn't do the right think.
25 years ago (a bit more|less) when DEXPO was still in full swing alongside
DECUS, I dropped by the WRQ booth and asked to be introduced to any of the
support/development staff that might be there. One such was right there in
their booth, and I explained and demonstrated an improper handling of a some-
what uncommon VT escape sequence. This was VT200/VT300 series at that time.
That problem still has not been fixed. I don't use WEENDOZE or Reflection;
however, I was on-site at one of the pharmaceuticals here in the proNJ about
5-6 years ago and they used Reflection. In fact, the reason I was there was
because the problem they were experiencing with some software turned out to
be not in the software on their VMS systems but in the software performing
terminal emulation. Wanna wager a guess as to which product??? ;)
