-- Cory Smelosky Sent from a mobile device On 1 Mar 2013, at 20:20, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> wrote: On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote: Well, that's definitely a problem! ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Gregg Levine" <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> | To: hecnet at update.uu.se | Sent: Friday, 1 March, 2013 8:10:35 PM | Subject: Re: [HECnet] Personal DECstation 5000/25 | | On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote: | > | > On 1 Mar 2013, at 20:06, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> | > wrote: | > | >> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote: | >>> | >>> On 1 Mar 2013, at 19:57, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> | >>> wrote: | >>> | >>>> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 7:44 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> | >>>> wrote: | >>>>> | >>>>> On 1 Mar 2013, at 19:42, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> | >>>>> wrote: | >>>>> | >>>>>> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 7:40 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> | >>>>>> wrote: | >>>>>>> | >>>>>>> On 1 Mar 2013, at 19:38, Gregg Levine | >>>>>>> <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> wrote: | >>>>>>> | >>>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> | >>>>>>>> wrote: | >>>>>>>>> My Netra that functions as my router has a dead battery and | >>>>>>>>> she still runs fine. More stable than when my router was | >>>>>>>>> in a VM, too... | >>>>>>>>> | >>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- | >>>>>>>>> | From: "Ian McLaughlin" <ian at platinum.net> | >>>>>>>>> | To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE | >>>>>>>>> | Sent: Friday, 1 March, 2013 4:58:53 PM | >>>>>>>>> | Subject: Re: [HECnet] Personal DECstation 5000/25 | >>>>>>>>> | | >>>>>>>>> | | >>>>>>>>> | On 2013-03-01, at 1:57 PM, Mark Wickens | >>>>>>>>> | <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> | >>>>>>>>> | wrote: | >>>>>>>>> | | >>>>>>>>> | > On 01/03/2013 17:02, Ian McLaughlin wrote: | >>>>>>>>> | >> Mark, | >>>>>>>>> | >> I've grabbed the image from you - thanks! I look | >>>>>>>>> | >> forward to | >>>>>>>>> | >> seeing the patches also, once you've got slave online. | >>>>>>>>> | >> | >>>>>>>>> | >> As with most hardware this age, the clock battery has | >>>>>>>>> | >> died. | >>>>>>>>> | >> Unfortunately, this module is soldered to the | >>>>>>>>> | >> motherboard. The | >>>>>>>>> | >> original module is a DS1287. I have a DS12887 spare, | >>>>>>>>> | >> but I can't | >>>>>>>>> | >> tell if it's compatible without soldering it in. In | >>>>>>>>> | >> most cases | >>>>>>>>> | >> the DS12887 is a suitable replacement, but I can't | >>>>>>>>> | >> find any | >>>>>>>>> | >> discussion of anyone trying in a DECstation. Any | >>>>>>>>> | >> chance anyone | >>>>>>>>> | >> here has tried? | >>>>>>>>> | >> | >>>>>>>>> | >> I would normally install a socket, but this module | >>>>>>>>> | >> lives just | >>>>>>>>> | >> underneath the CPU board, and there's not enough | >>>>>>>>> | >> clearance to add | >>>>>>>>> | >> a socket. Whatever replacement goes in will have to | >>>>>>>>> | >> be soldered. | >>>>>>>>> | > They never make life easy do they? | >>>>>>>>> | > | >>>>>>>>> | > I'm guessing my 5000/240 probably needs a new battery | >>>>>>>>> | > by now! | >>>>>>>>> | | >>>>>>>>> | At least this machine lets me still play. I can change | >>>>>>>>> | settings, | >>>>>>>>> | boot the machine, etc. It just forgets them when I power | >>>>>>>>> | off. Some | >>>>>>>>> | machines will just totally lock up and refuse to operate | >>>>>>>>> | when the | >>>>>>>>> | battery is dead. | >>>>>>>>> | | >>>>>>>>> | Ian | >>>>>>>>> | | >>>>>>>>> | | >>>>>>>>> | >>>>>>>>> -- | >>>>>>>>> Cory Smelosky | >>>>>>>>> http://gewt.net Personal stuff | >>>>>>>>> http://gimme-sympathy.org Experiments | >>>>>>>>> http://dev.gimme-sympathy.org Home experiments | >>>>>>>>> | >>>>>>>> | >>>>>>>> Hello! | >>>>>>>> This does not explain why your Netra just ordered six feet | >>>>>>>> and plenty | >>>>>>>> of things to work with, because it wants to leave... .. | >>>>>>> | >>>>>>> Unfortunately not. ;) | >>>>>>> | >>>>>>> It also does not explain why despotify is giving me a Bus | >>>>>>> error. | >>>>>>> | >>>>>>>> | >>>>>>>> Dave stop staring at that car. The occupants want to finish | >>>>>>>> their | >>>>>>>> business and leave the area...... | >>>>>>>> ----- | >>>>>>>> Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com | >>>>>>>> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again." | >>>>>>> | >>>>>> | >>>>>> Hello! | >>>>>> Hmmm. I arranged that. Yes it wants to leave. It wants to work | >>>>>> in a | >>>>>> normal climate. | >>>>> | >>>>> I understand. Rivers catch fire here. | >>>>> | >>>>>> | >>>>>> Dave stop staring at that car. The occupants want to finish | >>>>>> their | >>>>>> business and leave the area...... | >>>>>> | >>>>>> ----- | >>>>>> Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com | >>>>>> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again." | >>>>> | >>>> | >>>> Hello! | >>>> Oh that problem..... I arranged that too. | >>> | >>> I didn't know you were over one hundred years old. ;) | >>> | >>>> | >>>> Dave now you did it, you have a very tall individual who's over | >>>> dressed for the area and an average height young woman who's | >>>> dressed | >>>> improperly for the the time, staring back at you. | >>>> ----- | >>>> Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com | >>>> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again." | >>> | >> | >> Hello! | >> I see you've not been reading the witty notes that I've been | >> including | >> regarding Dave's many problems. Or the reference to the Yetis. | > | > Hey, they were aimed at Dave, not me. ;) | > | >> | >> They were one of the problems of Doctor Who. And, ah, that's me. | >> | >> -- | >> ----- | >> Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com | >> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again." | > | | Hello! | Of course. But now you do have problems. There's a crowd of Cybermen | going through your garbage and the mail you did not bring in today. | | -- | ----- | Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com | "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again." | -- Cory Smelosky http://gewt.net Personal stuff http://gimme-sympathy.org Experiments http://dev.gimme-sympathy.org Home experiments Hello! Yes it is. Just be careful opening your mail box tomorrow....... I thought the post office was slated to stop Saturday delivery? ;) Dave don't do that. I can see you perfectly from there. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."