> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Honniball [mailto:coredump@gifford.co.uk]
>
> It's in an ICL One Per Desk, and of course is capable of
> pulse-dialling
> only. Have you considered repairing the one you've got?
>
Actually, it's just occurred to me; it should be capable of tone or
pulse dialling - it's set on the dipswitch bank on top of the module.
Unless your module is rather older than mine?
No, should work with either serial (3-wire or 7-wire null-modem cable) or
parallel (bidirectional cable). However, for intersvr /rcopy, if you are
using any port other than COM1 on the _destination_ computer, make sure you
are _not_ running SHARE on that computer.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chad Fernandez [mailto:fernande@internet1.net]
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 9:06 AM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Interlnk (was RE: New bounties ($$$) )
Feldman, Robert wrote:
> Correct.
>
> On the _client_ computer, add the following line to CONFIG.SYS:
>
> device=c:\dos\interlnk.exe
>
> (if interlnkexe is in C:\Dos, of course!).
>
> On the _server_ computer, at the command prompt, type:
>
> intersvr<cr>
>
> Intersvr can also pump the needed files to a second computer using:
>
> intersvr /rcopy<cr>
Doesn't that have a restriction of being only with a serial connection?
I don't think that works with parallel.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
I'm not sure you understood my question. I was asking about pin 4 the power
transformer pinout, not the battery.
Using the information you provided, though, I opened up my SLT over the
weekend and pulled out the power supply unit. Looks like the middle two of
the battery contacts are for charging, as the one on the left is ground and
the one on the right goes directly to a small fuse. Pinouts on the power
supply connector are harder to trace (especially with the limited equipment
I have).
So, anyway, I put 12V into the contacts in the unit where the battery fits
and turned on the switch. The keyboard LEDs went on for a second, then off
-- no beeps or other sounds. A little more investigation revealed that the
LED Indicator board is missing. It fits in the memory shield and plugs in at
the front of the motherboard. From what little it says and shows in the
Maintenance and Service Guide pdf (amazingly available on the Compaq web
site!), the LED Indicator board just has LEDs, so it shouldn't be too hard
to duplicate or work around, but it would be nice to get a scan of both
sides of that board (hint hint :) ).
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: JP Hindin [mailto:jplist@kiwigeek.com]
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 8:11 PM
To: 'cctalk(a)classiccmp.org'
Subject: RE: Power pinouts for Compaq SLT286?
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Feldman, Robert wrote:
> Thanks, this is a good start.
> Question, though: on the brick, is pin 4 positive or negative?
They're all +vDC. I charged the batt up, and now 2 & 3 show 12.9v, and 4
shows 13.9v, so there's some tolerances for you. (Nothing you didn't
expect, I'm sure)
JP
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JP Hindin [mailto:jplist@kiwigeek.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 3:19 PM
> To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Power pinouts for Compaq SLT286?
>
> <snip>
>
> The battery, when looking at it towards the connectors:
> ----------------------
> | XXXX |
> |______________________|
> Where X's are contacts, from left to right:
> GND, 12.5v, 12.5v, 13.3v
> (Batt is Compaq part #130538, Model 2682)
>
>
> I don't know enough about electronics to understand how the power supply
> works. The unit has two lights, which I'm guessing are 'On' and 'Charging
> Battery'. When the unit is first turned on, the 'On' pulses.
> There are Eight pins, not 6: (Piss poor ASCII arrangement on left, my pin
> numbering on right)
>
> X X X 1 2 3
> X X X 4 5 6
> _ _ 7 8
>
> If you cross 3 & 6, the 'On' light stays on, presumably the trigger to
> tell it to send voltage.
> With one probe between the 3&6, and another on 4, I get 18vDC.
> <snip>
>
> JP Hindin
> Hi,
>
> "Adrian Vickers" <adrian.vickers(a)blue-edged.com> said:
> >
> > Absoulutely. Now, a /real/ rarity would be a 4-rotor U-boat
> cipher; of
> > which probably only hundreds were made, and most will be
> quitely rusting
> > & rotting at the bottom of the ocean...
>
> We have a salvaged U-Boat here on Merseyside, not far from Adrian's
> famous shed. I wonder what happened to the Enigma machine??
Good point; although as that Boat was sunk, I suspect the enigma was
destroyed either by the crew, or by spending 40-odd years under water.
I've heard that they're going to preserve it as-is (i.e. in it's rusty
wrecked state), which I think is a shame; it'd be interesting to see it
restored IMHO.
One of these days, I really must get around to visiting the historic
ships...
Correct.
On the _client_ computer, add the following line to CONFIG.SYS:
device=c:\dos\interlnk.exe
(if interlnkexe is in C:\Dos, of course!).
On the _server_ computer, at the command prompt, type:
intersvr<cr>
Intersvr can also pump the needed files to a second computer using:
intersvr /rcopy<cr>
-----Original Message-----
From: vance(a)neurotica.com [mailto:vance@neurotica.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 2:56 AM
To: Doc Shipley
Cc: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: New bounties ($$$)
<snip>
I'm pretty sure it's INTERLNK that runs in CONFIG.SYS and INTERSVR runs on
command-line.
Peace... Sridhar
> From: Joe [mailto:rigdonj@cfl.rr.com]
>
> >I wonder how many are out there in private (non government) hands.
> >
> I doubt there are any still in governement hands except
> perhaps in museums. But stop and think for a moment, every
> unit of the German army, air force, navy and even railroad
> police had one during WW II. They must have made tens if not
> handreds of thousands of these! And that's not including the
> ones that were probably used by Germany's allies.
Absoulutely. Now, a /real/ rarity would be a 4-rotor U-boat cipher; of
which probably only hundreds were made, and most will be quitely rusting
& rotting at the bottom of the ocean...
Cheers,
Ade.
I've made some progress with my PDP-11/34. Since last week's PSU
corn-fusion, I pulled all the cards, air-dusted them, air-dusted and
inspected the backplanes, took an inventory of jumper and DIP switch
settings, put a minimal CPU+mem+console card set in, connected the
backplanes to the PSU, and turned on the machine. It was a little more
complicated than that, but I've got what seems to be a working 11/34 in my
living room.
Learned: As I had mentioned previously, my M9312 had a strange start address
dialed into its DIP switches by one of the previous owners. That has to be a
mistake. When the machine boots, it immediately halts. If I manually start
the processor at the correct address for the console emulator, I get a
steady run light. I do not have a console terminal attached yet.
Learned: A previous owner had a rocker-style DIP switch block on the console
DL11-W set backwards (i.e. one's complement of the correct setting). The
DL11-W was being configured with the wrong interrupt vector.
Learned: If you plug in a G727A bus grant card backwards, the processor will
not halt. :-)
To do: My only existing cable that plugs into a DL11-W is for 20mA current
loop. I have a current loop VT52 that I haven't yet tested. I'll see if I
can do that tomorrow. After all, it would be nice to know if the register
printout is actually occurring.
It's so late it's early; therefore, I should go to bed. Tomorrow I'll run
some test programs!
--
Jeffrey Sharp
Well, good news & bad news from the weekend regarding the HP1000's.
First, the good news: I've confirmed that both CPUs are in working order,
and they both have 4 bootloader ROMs. Testing went little further than
this, because:
a) I couldn't make it read from the disk, either because the interconnect
is wrong, or I'd got my MAC address wrong, or hadn't done something
required by the bootloader ROM, or don't have a disk bootloader. I tried
all four ROMs, but no visible life from the disk. 'course, not having a
terminal to plug in didn't help...
b) The bad news - both 'A' and 'B' machine cabinet PSUs failed (with a
distinct smell of Magic White Smoke about them), causing the supply ELCB to
trip. I'm unsure as to whether it's the fan, or the PSU which caused the
problem (the fan sounded pretty bad). The individual internal components
(CPU, mem extender, etc.) are all fine, so surgery will be simple. However,
I suspect the cause is damp, so I'm not going to fix & power up again until
summer and/or I get the paraffin heater working again.
And now, the s/w which came with the machine. All of this is on 1600bpi tape:
KEY:
Format of tape in square brackets, where none, either unknown or
I forgot to write it down
p/n = part number
R. = Rev. (Revision) - where not present, I forgot to write down
-------------------------------------------------------------------
RTE-IVB GRANDFATHER FILES R.2140 p/n 92084-13528
RTE-IVB p/n 92068-13605
RTE-IVB RELOCATABLES [SAVER] p/n 92068-13605 *3
RTE-IVB RELOCATABLES R.2301 [SAVER] p/n 92068-13605
RTE-IVB ONLY R.2226 [WRITT] p/n 92068-13605
RTE-IVB ONLY R.2213 [WRITT] p/n 92068-13605
RTE-IVB ONLY p/n 92068-13605
RTE-IVB & SUBSYS Cust 1600 MAG 8010-0490655, p/n unknown
RTE-6 [SAVER format] p/n 92084-13528
RTE-6 p/n 92084-13538
RTE-6 CUST 1600 MAG R.2540 [TF] p/n 24998-13546
RTE-6/VM MASTER R.2340 [SAVER] p/n 92084-13528
RTE-6/VM & SUBSYS p/n 24998-13546
RTE-6(VM?) UPDATE p/n 24998-13538
RTE-6/VM [PSAVE] TAPE 1 of 2 p/n 92064-13506
RTE-6/VM [PSAVE] TAPE 2 of 2 p/n 92064-13517
CUSTOMISED RTE [TF] {see note 1 below} p/n 24998-13630
CUSTOM RTE O/S & SUBSYS DS5.0 UPDATE p/n 24998-13546
CUSTOM RTE O/S & SUBSYS DS5.1 UPDATE p/n 24998-13546
CUSTOM RTE O/S & SUBSYS DS5.1 UPDATE p/n 24998-13551
CUSTOM RTE O/S & SUBSYS DS5.1 UPDATE [FC] p/n 24998-13553
DS/1000 [FMGR] p/n 91750-13502
DS/1000-IV p/n 91750-13502 *2
DS SW ON MT (?) p/n 91750-13502
RTE-IVB IMAGE R.2040 p/n 92069-13502
RTE-IVB IMAGE R.2213 p/n 92069-13502
IMAGE/1000 [SAVER] p/n 92069-13502
RTE-IVB IMAGE R.2213 p/n 92069-13502
IMAGE R.2326 [FC] p/n 92069-13502
GRAPHICS/1000 [FMGR] p/n 92841-13502
GRAPHICS/1000 II p/n 92841-13502
RTE PROFILE MONITOR [TF] p/n 92068-13605
RTE PROFILE MONITOR R.2026 p/n 92083-13502
RTE PROFILE MONITOR R.2226 p/n 92083-13502
DEBUG/1000 R.2401 [TF] p/n 92860-13502
SYMB DEBUG0 R.2326 [FC] p/n 92860-13502
DSDFRTRN 7X/1000 (apr.18 1984) p/n 92836-13502
FORTRAN77 R.2213 [FC] p/n 92836-13502
FORTRAN77 R.2213 [FCOPY] p/n 92836-13502
FORTRAN77 R.2326 [FC] p/n 92836-13502
PASCAL/1000 R.2015 OPT 051 p/n 92832-13502
DGL DEMO#1 p/n 24998-13506
DGL MAG TAPE p/n 92841-13502
HP 935316 DUAL DISK DRIVER [SAVER] Rev.2215 p/n unknown
TDC Driver p/n unknown
OLD GRAPHICS -> NEW GRAPHICS (AUP) Conversion p/n unknown
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Note 1: The "CUSTOMISED RTE" tape also has the following on it:
Order No. : 80UB013758200000
System Handle: 8000319N
A.B5.27
-------------------------------------------------------------------
As for the disk packs, these mostly have handwritten labels, some faded to
obscurity. Three which looked interesting I wrote down:
BASELINE MASTER
SYSGEN MASTER
ESS BASELINE MASTER BACKUP
Also, 3 with just HP numbers:
HP 2213F00180
HP 2213F01585
HP 1940F00102
Any info on what the latter three might be would be most useful.
--
Cheers, Ade.
Be where it's at, B-Racing!
http://b-racing.com
I've finally come to realization that I do not need 2 (or more) of every
computer I can latch on to. I have a complete IBM PCjr system with monitor
and keyboard and several Apple IIGS systems all with keyboard, monitor and
floppy drive. I also have some CoCo 2's, TI-99/4A's, some ugly Amiga 1000's
and some C-64's. I realize these are aren't the rarest of computers but they
are still fun to tinker with and the price is right. These are free for
pickup only, I will not ship them. If you're passing through the St. Louis
area on I-70 in St. Charles drop me a line and we can arrange a meeting. If
you are able to stop by and feel like geeking out I have 300ish computers in
the basement including an Atari 1400XL with 1090XL box, Altair 8800, IMSAI
8080, PET 2001 and others that you might like to check out.
Nick
