Anyone here going? I'll be landing in LV tomorrow afternoon.
I haven't seen any word whether they're doing the great "Retro Room"
PDP display again. I never made it there to see it in person.
Anything else classiccmp-related that is worth seeing in Las Vegas?
-jht
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Retrocomputing and collecting in the Chicago area:
http://chiclassiccomp.org
Does anyone have a copy of the DEC VK100 'GIGI' Maintenance print sheet set?
The mp sheets are DEC part number #MP-00893-00
These are needed for repairing a VK100 and for a project
reverse-engineering how the hardware worked.
The Tech manual on bitsavers (
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/terminal/gigi/EK-VK100-TM-001_VK100_Techni…
) is missing a lot of information I need, and is also rife with errors!
I'd be more than willing to scan or photocopy them if anyone has a copy
they could lend me. Am fine paying shipping.
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jgevaryahu at hotmail.com
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> Sent from my iPad
>
> Why does anyone need ot know this?
>
> -tony
It's code for:
"Forgive me if this message is more lucid than my usual communication.
I've typed it on a device with slightly less tactile feedback than a
Sinclair ZX-81, and the gnomes inside are drunk, attempting to subtly
replace any misspelt word with lewd innuendos as offensive as possible
in the given context."
Joe.
(Sent using a device which was clearly created on a dare: "Yo Steve, I
bet not even you can market that silly wireless chicklet keyboard that
the PC JR shipped with!" "Oh yeah? Watch my Reality Distortion Field!"
<zooooooong>)
(And it's actually quite useable, thank you very much...)
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Tothwolf <tothwolf at concentric.net> wrote:
>On Mon, 23 Jul 2012, Kevin Reynolds wrote:
>
>> Hey guys and gals,
>>
>> I have tried and failed to get a successful connection between my uvax
>> II and a pc rs-232 serial port. The H8751-B didn't seem to work, so I
>> pulled it off and wired my own MMJ-DB9 connector. I have tested the MMJ
>> cable, and it works flawlessly.
>>
>> For my connectors I have followed "The Cable" documentation at
>> http://www.mcmanis.com/chuck/computers/vaxen/panels.htm (chucks house of
>> vax), under "The MicroVAX II" section but it hasn't helped. I have
>> tested the MMJ-DB9 connection from my uvax III consoles and from the
>> microvax 3100 and it works fine, so I think the PC side is working
>> correctly.
>
>The pinout for the cable at Chuck's House of VAX is correct. I just opened
>up the connector shells on my own cable which I assembled more than 10
>years ago and verified that it matches the information given there.
>
>Your other option would be to use a H8571-B on the VAX side connected with
>an MMJ cable to a H8571-J (or equiv.) on the PC side. While the two
>adapters are both DE-9, the pinouts for each are very different.
>
>I've used both solutions for my own systems, and I used to make and sell
>H8571-J "work alike" adapter cables on eBay (DE-9F adapter with crimpped
>pins to 6P6C jack, wired the same as a H8571-H, along with a 6P6C to MMJ
>modular cable; I sold 100s of those things).
>
>If you'd rather not butcher an MMJ cable, I'd suggest finding an H8571-J
>adapter (useful with an MMJ cable for many other purposes as well). If
>someone else can't supply you with a second hand H8571-J, I do still have
>some NOS inventory (still in the original DEC bags) stored away (but not
>/too/ difficult to get to) but I paid a good bit for them so I can't just
>give those away.
> On 7/23/12 1:12 PM, Richard wrote:
>> In article<500BAEE9.2090102 at gmail.com>,
>> Jonathan Gevaryahu<jgevaryahu at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> The Tech manual on bitsavers (
>>> http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/terminal/gigi/EK-VK100-TM-001_VK100_Techni…
>> l_Manual_Apr82.pdf
>>> ) is missing a lot of information I need, and is also rife with errors!
>> It would be good to have an errata to the technical manual. Can you
>> email up a list of the errors you've spotted so far?
> that would be a good thing
>
> GIGI documentation is very hard to find.
I'm working on a list of errata (which are currently just pencil notes
on a printout of the tech manual), I'll post it when I'm done.
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Jonathan Gevaryahu
jgevaryahu at gmail.com
jgevaryahu at hotmail.com
Hi Everyone,
I'm looking for a decent primer on Unibus termination. I'm a little
confused about M9300, M9301, M9302 and M9312. Which is to be used
where?
Camiel.
I have the power supply tested and reassembled and am ready to power
up the 11/04.
I am looking to limit the number of installed boards initially.
Certainly the RK05 controller boards can go as I haven't got the
drives operational yet.
The configuration of the 11/04 as I received it is as follows
(hopefully this is readable):
M7257 M7257 M9302
M7256 M7256 -
M7255 M7255 -
M7254 M7254 M920
M7258 M7258 M920
M7856 M7856 -
M7860 M7860 -
GRANT M9202
GRANT M9202
M7856 M7856 M7850
GRANT
M7847 M7847 M7847
GRANT
M7847 M7847 M7847
M7859 M7859 M9301
GRANT
M7263 M7263 M7263
Looking for some guidance if the following is a valid configuration:
GRANT M9302
M7856 M7856 M7850
GRANT
M7847 M7847 M7847
GRANT
M7847 M7847 M7847
M7859 M7859 M9301
GRANT
M7263 M7263 M7263
I am also looking to confirm my understanding of the M9301 card. I
have read the maintenance and operators manual for the M9301. I think
it is saying that the Console Emulator startup message from the M9301
and the console emulator commands will be available on the terminal...
which I take to mean the terminal connected to the M7856 in this
machine. Am I understanding that right.
Thanks everyone for your help.
Regards
Andrew
I shot an Tek 611 Storage display lately (230820230720), is there
documentaion available somewhere? Has someone a left over D/A converter
Card for an QBUS 11? I've found a pdf for an AA11-K card which should be
connected to such a display but this is a unibus card it seems..
I only have QBUS-gear.
Regards,
Holm
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