test-drb April 2002

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Explain the NeXTStation "dim monitor" problem, etc...

by dquebbeman＠acm.org

> First off -- can somebody explain the common problem with the > monitors going dim? Can I fix it? (How?) Is there an internal > "intensity" pot that I can adjust to get more life out of the > monitor? It is just bright enough not to strain your eyes at > the highest brightness setting right now... (It's B&W) I have always assumed that the electrons just kick the sh*t out of the phosphor, and the the phosphor just dies... but I hope that's wrong, and that something can indeed be adjusted or replaced (other than the daggone tube itself). -Douglas Hurst Quebbeman (DougQ at ixnayamspayIgLou.com) [Call me "Doug"] Surgically excise the pig-latin from my e-mail address in order to reply "The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away." -Tom Waits

24 years, 1 month

OT email response format (was Re: TTL computing)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Dave McGuire [mailto:mcguire@neurotica.com] > So, why don't you use a real mail client...? ... because restrictions here are such that they don't mind me using their pipe for personal things in a limited manner, but they really hate for people to put any software on their system (typical windows-using mindset, but let's not get into that :), and I'm really trying to play by their rules. They have no real mail client, in fact their installations of lookout(!) are even more broken than usual. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

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Download CD images for RSX-11 and RT-11 Freeware CDs from TimShoppa

by dquebbeman＠acm.org

Jerome writes: > There is a hobby version of Ersatz-11 which can be downloaded > for free: http://www.dbit.com/pub/ > You will want to download at least /e11/ and /putr/ followed by > those portions that you want to initially focus on. ... > The commercial version does cost $ US 2999 for DOS/W95/W98/NT. Well, considering what John's done for the emulator movement I can't call that predatory pricing. If the market is there, then so be it... BTW, I realize we have many consultants on this list who can justify that cost as a business expense. I also realize people of various means are on this list. I do confess to wishing I had more "leverage"; I hope that doesn't get taken as class jealousy. > In particular, I am allowed to use a raw SCSI hard disk drive by: > MOUNT DU0: SCSI5: > where "5" is the SCSI ID of the SCSI hard drive. This allows me to > use the same SCSI hard disk drive with both Ersatz-11 and on > a real PDP-11 system. Ken Harrenstein's KLH-10 has this ability, although I haven't used it yet. It sure would be nice if someone would do a commercial HP2000/2100 emulator and be able to cripple it slightly for those hobbyists who'd like to run one. Yes, Bob, I read your message, but I had something else in mind... ;) -Douglas Hurst Quebbeman (DougQ at ixnayamspayIgLou.com) [Call me "Doug"] Surgically excise the pig-latin from my e-mail address in order to reply "The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away." -Tom Waits

24 years, 1 month

Explain the NeXTStation "dim monitor" problem, etc...

by csmith＠amdocs.com

Ok, I've got my NeXTStation working, but I'm in need of some advice. First off -- can somebody explain the common problem with the monitors going dim? Can I fix it? (How?) Is there an internal "intensity" pot that I can adjust to get more life out of the monitor? It is just bright enough not to strain your eyes at the highest brightness setting right now... (It's B&W) Next, can anyone tell me why, after booting into single user mode, and changing the root password with 'nu -m' I might still be refused a login next time I boot? I was able to get in once yesterday, after which I tried this morning and was refused. I booted to single user mode again -- looked at the current password hash, changed the password again (the hash turned out different, but I'm not sure that means much really, and could just be different "salt"), booted again normally, and still couldn't get in. So... is there a possibility that either: A) It's getting another password from somewhere and overwriting the one I put in? (I hope not.. :) or... B) Something's not starting right during boot right now, and it needs this to log people into the system? (More likely, I think...) It does still want to connect to the network, and complains about not being able to talk to several machines when it boots. I'm not sure whether this would make a difference, or how I would convince it not to do this. :) Any suggestions? Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

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OT email response format (was Re: TTL computing)

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: John Foust <jfoust(a)threedee.com> > Unfortunately, I don't think Winston said anything > about the inability to format e-mail responses > in conventional style, so we're stuck. "see below, plz." > now induces an immediate "CTRL/D" from my left hand. Okay, so what is the *preferred* method of replying to classiccmp posts? Reply at top? Replay at bottom? Or, embedded comments interspersed throughout the replied-to post? I prefer the latter, more conversational style . . . Glen 0/0

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Looking for info on an HP-IB cable

by dan＠ekoan.com

Hi, I recently picked up an HP-IB cable, made by HP, with a part number of 12009-60015. One end is an HP-IB connector and the other end is a 15-pin card edge. Any ideas what device this cable connects to on the card edge end? Google isn't very informative with this one. Cheers, Dan www.decodesystems.com/wanted.html

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Explain the NeXTStation "dim monitor" problem, etc...

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On April 16, jpero(a)sympatico.ca wrote: > I know phosphors becomes fried slowly from long use but I'm referring > to cathode emissions: > > I wondered whom is right? > > cathode oxide or > heater coating? > > I think this is heater coating. Wouldn't this be an issue of indirectly heated vs. directly heated, i.e. having a cathode with an electrically isolated filament inside vs. just a filament acting as the source of electrons? Some filament-only tubes do have a coating, much the same as the cathode coating I believe. Though I've never seen a CRT with no cathode. -Dave -- Dave McGuire "Mmmm. Big." St. Petersburg, FL -Den

24 years, 1 month

Need Burroughs Tape Spec's

by dquebbeman＠acm.org

> UPS delivered my Burroughs tape unit model BU4180 yesterday > but it was destroyed. They must have dropped it from a high > place as this thing weighs in at almost 80 pounds. Things > inside are pretty bad but I would like to try and get it > looking nice again, since the boards inside are damaged I > do not think I can get it to work again. Does anyone on the > list have repair manual for this model? I would like to see > how he belts go around the pulleys inside the case. Thanks You are admirably mellow. In lieu of tasting the blood of the a**hole who did this, I'd want everyone who handled that package fired from UPS, Hell, everyone who *might* have handled it, except for the one I'd have the rapport with, the delivery guy. Don't tell me this was a 7-track drive, or I'll weep profusely... -dq -Douglas Hurst Quebbeman (DougQ at ixnayamspayIgLou.com) [Call me "Doug"] Surgically excise the pig-latin from my e-mail address in order to reply "The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away." -Tom Waits

24 years, 1 month

Champaign trip (aka DEC Galore)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Mzthompson(a)aol.com [mailto:Mzthompson@aol.com] > No doubt, Chris spent yesterday evening going through the > carload of stuff > I took over to him. I'll let him tell about that. Don't let him get Actually, I spent yesterday evening cleaning plaster dust out of my room, since the ceiling decided it was a good time to come loose in one spot, and fall down on my keyboard, minidisc player, apple newton, etc, etc... I did boot the NeXTStation (which now has a monitor cable and mouse, thanks to Mike), and get the XTerm talking to one of my other systems. (... Now if I can just figure out how to service XDMCP requests with GDM) > away with calling it his 'latest haul', because he didn't, it was > 'home delivery'. :) Indeed... > The big sour note, I recognized some single drive expansion > boxes. However, > the DEC badge had been replaced with a Compaq. Compaq > actually went to > the trouble of having the plastic badge inserts remade in their image. > Fortunately, I had not yet had lunch. Heh. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

24 years, 1 month

VCF Apple-1 Auction 4/19-4/21

by vcf＠siconic.com

The VCF is auctioning off another Apple-1 computer. Complete information on the auction can be found here: http://www.vintage.org/special/apple-1/ The auction will take place from April 19 through April 21. See URL above for complete information. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

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