Just as I got my MicroVAX II booting, the TK70 controller has started to
play up and is no longer working correctly. If I try to boot off the tape I
get a CTRLERR, and if I boot VMS from the network and then try to mount a
tape I get "%MOUNT-F-DEVOFFLINE, device is not in configuration or not
available". It was booting from tape just fine a few days ago. I can see
that the controller has two LEDs on it. When I power it up they both come on
but then one of them switches off leaving the other one on. The light that
stays on is the one on the right when viewing the board flat, looking at the
ribbon cable connector, with the component side up.
I think this means its self test has failed in some way, but I cannot find a
manual anywhere online to tell me. Can anyone tell me what this might mean?
Thanks
Rob
At 12:02 PM 6/10/2009, William Donzelli wrote:
>I never said VMS is dead - if I did, please point it out and
>acknowledge. I did say VMS is a "sinking ship". Not only is the market
>share tiny and shrinking, but its installation base (number of
>machines running VMS in production) is also shrinking. There are
>pretty much no new VMS customers. VMS is speeding along to being
>insignificant.
Not intending to fan flames, but what might those two numbers be?
What's VMS's present estimated installed base, what was its
direction and rate of change in the last decade?
- John
It's running again! Please drop in and help me test it ...
For those of you who are new, it is a Telnet BBS that I am writing
running on an IBM PCjr. I have written all of the TCP/IP code and the
BBS code from scratch. The only thing I didn't write was the packet
driver for the Ethernet adapter and the version of DOS it is running.
The IP address is 96.42.239.42 . That goes to my cable modem - the
router port forwards telnet traffic directly to the PCjr. Pretty much
any telnet client will do including the one built into Windows.
Since the last round of testing I have added the following:
* A forum area with threads
* A private message area
* Bulletins (read only files that are longer in length)
* Basic user profile editing functions
* Better telnet protocol support with performance improvements
It is a pretty big set of changes. I am hoping there are no bugs, but
having a few people on at the same time will help flush them out and
give me an idea on if the machine is capable of servicing multiple users
doing real BBS functions. (My previous tests were pretty limited.) The
machine is setup to handle 6 online users at the same time.
I am also looking for feedback on the user interface .. if it is not
usable, then there isn't much point. I am limited with what I can do
given the hardware, but let me know what you think would be neat and
I'll add it to the todo list. (ANSI graphics isn't there, but I know how
to get it done.)
I will leave the machine running for about a week. If it falls over
before then I will fix the bug and restart it as quickly as I can. If it
makes it a week with no serious problems I'll be pretty happy.
Thanks,
Mike
Hello.
I think is difficult but... someone could have one Western Digital WD1000
controller in working condition ? I need it for one SGS CP/M system which
comes with one 8" hard disk but without controller.
Some equivalent device with working warranties (including other storage
device) would be helpful too.
Thanks.
Regards
Sergio
yes, it's on topic, I have one AT/DE9 breakout cable!
Seriously, it works well with any x86 OS and old PCs. Other
platforms, it's manageable. ;)
8-port Aten Masterview w/ wall wart, PS2 kbd/mouse & HD15 console
7 PS2 kbd/mouse, HD15 graphics breakouts
1 AT kbd, PS2 mouse, HD15 graphics
1 AT kbd, DE9 serial mouse, HD15
$30 + shipping, make offers offlist please.
Doc Shipley
I've been reading a little about the PDP-10 lately, and it seems like most
of the operating systems have survived and are publicly available.
Does anybody know if Tymcom-X by Tymshare survived? If it has, I wonder who
owns the rights.
John Finigan
Hi,
some weeks ago I sent a query for some old SC/MP documents to this
list, and Lars generously offered me these docs for scanning and
providing to the community.
Now, with a longer delay, these docs are available here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/16799273/Scmp-Microprocessor-Application-Handbook
and
http://www.scribd.com/doc/16797738/Scmp-Programming-and-Assembler-Manual-Fe…
I think to download them from there as a pdf, you have to register at the site.
I uploaded them there as there are some restrictions to provide them through
my employer's site, but as I haven't seen them yet in Internet, I used this way
to spread them to the interested classiccmp community here. Feel free to get them
>from there and reissue them in accordance to existing copyright issues.
--
Holger
