On 01/21/2018 01:25 PM, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote:
So, I picked up (and I did just carry it into the house, and now I hurt) a
Microvax II from another list member yesterday.
OK, the top PSU of the pair in this machine appears to be healthy. The
bottom one, however, sits at around 2.5V
On 01/23/2018 07:58 PM, Jules Richardson via cctech wrote:
> On 01/22/2018 02:05 PM, allison via cctech wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 1/22/18 2:18 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctech wrote:
>>> I can't believe you 'just carry it into the house' all by yourself,
>>> unless you are professional athlete.
>>> I also ha
On 01/22/2018 02:05 PM, allison via cctech wrote:
On 1/22/18 2:18 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctech wrote:
I can't believe you 'just carry it into the house' all by yourself,
unless you are professional athlete.
I also have a MicroVax II in the BA123 world box and it has wheels for a
reason! The
On 1/23/2018 7:58 PM, Jules Richardson via cctech wrote:
On 01/22/2018 02:05 PM, allison via cctech wrote:
On 1/22/18 2:18 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctech wrote:
I can't believe you 'just carry it into the house' all by yourself,
unless you are professional athlete.
I also have a MicroVax II in
On 01/22/2018 08:07 AM, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote:
At this stage I've got no idea if it's a SMPSU or a linear (I've not
popped the panel off)... I suppose if it's linear then it perhaps doesn't
even need a load to do its thing. If it's a switcher then I expect it'll at
least need something
On 1/22/18 2:18 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctech wrote:
I can't believe you 'just carry it into the house' all by yourself,
unless you are professional athlete.
I also have a MicroVax II in the BA123 world box and it has wheels for
a reason! The damn thing weighs 130 lbs!
I took it to the VCF E
I can't believe you 'just carry it into the house' all by yourself,
unless you are professional athlete.
I also have a MicroVax II in the BA123 world box and it has wheels for a
reason! The damn thing weighs 130 lbs!
I took it to the VCF East last year, never do that again. Too heavy.
When I
On 1/22/18 8:43 AM, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote:
On 01/21/2018 04:04 PM, Rob Jarratt wrote:
You might find that the filter capacitor goes up in smoke soon after you
connect the PSU to the mains, even without powering it on.
Yes, Adrian Graham mentioned that (via FB), too. I seem to hav
On 01/22/2018 07:43 AM, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote:
On 01/21/2018 04:04 PM, Rob Jarratt wrote:
You might find that the filter capacitor goes up in smoke
soon after you
connect the PSU to the mains, even without powering it on.
Yes, Adrian Graham mentioned that (via FB), too. I seem to
>At this stage I've got no idea if it's a SMPSU or a linear (I've not
popped the panel off)... I suppose if it's linear then it perhaps doesn't
even need a load to do its thing. If it's a switcher then I expect it'll at
least need something on +5V, and maybe +12V too (unless it has built-in
load re
On 01/21/2018 04:04 PM, Rob Jarratt wrote:
You might find that the filter capacitor goes up in smoke soon after you
connect the PSU to the mains, even without powering it on.
Yes, Adrian Graham mentioned that (via FB), too. I seem to have extremely
good luck with the RF filter caps, unlike oth
Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Cc: Jules Richardson
Subject: Re: Microvax II 'primer'?
On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 3:50 PM, Warner Losh mailto:i...@bsdimp.com> > wrote:
On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 3:04 PM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk mailto:cctalk@classic
On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 3:50 PM, Warner Losh wrote:
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>
> On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 3:04 PM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
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>>
>>
>> > -Original Message-
>> > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jules
>> > Richardson via cctalk
>> > S
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> > Richardson via cctalk
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> > Su
> -Original Message-
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> Richardson via cctalk
> Sent: 21 January 2018 19:26
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> Subject: Microvax II 'primer'?
>
>
> So, I picked up (and I did just carry it into the house, and now I
On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 11:25 AM, Jules Richardson via cctalk
wrote:
>
> So, I picked up (and I did just carry it into the house, and now I hurt) a
> Microvax II from another list member yesterday. Cosmetically it's a disaster
> (BA123 has a cracked top panel, broken wheels, missing front door, mi
On 01/21/2018 01:25 PM, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote:
So, I picked up (and I did just carry it into the house,
and now I hurt) a Microvax II from another list member
yesterday. Cosmetically it's a disaster (BA123 has a
cracked top panel, broken wheels, missing front door,
missing right-
>
> Unfortunately I spoke too soon. When I tested it again a bit more
> extensively, it suddenly stopped working. I am going to have to solder in
> some wires to pins 2 and 3 and see if that helps.
>
Removing and then resoldering J3 (the smaller of the two ribbon cable
connectors) seems to ha
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ethan
> Dicks
> Sent: 25 August 2016 18:12
> To: r...@jarratt.me.uk; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
>
> Subject: Re: MicroVAX II Console Garbling Character
On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Rob Jarratt
wrote:
> Just a bit more info on this.
>
> I tried cleaning up the corrosion, and that briefly seemed to make a
> difference, but then I realised the problem persisted. I looked again and
> realised that the corrosion around the DE-9 pins was a bit bad.
> It turns out the problem was the cab kit. I replaced it with a spare and
the
> machine worked great. On closer inspection I found some corrosion and
> possible evidence of a previous battery leak, so I am going to take it
apart,
> check it and clean it up.
>
> The other thing that made me susp
On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 4:08 AM, Rob Jarratt
wrote:
> It turns out the problem was the cab kit. I replaced it with a spare and the
> machine worked great. On closer inspection I found some corrosion and
> possible evidence of a previous battery leak, so I am going to take it
> apart, check it and
> -Original Message-
> From: Paul Koning [mailto:paulkon...@comcast.net]
> Sent: 24 August 2016 17:59
> To: r...@jarratt.me.uk; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
>
> Subject: Re: MicroVAX II Console Garbling Characters
>
>
> > On Aug 24,
On 08/24/2016 11:05 AM, Rob Jarratt wrote:
Well, it does "lose" characters. It seems to be that after
a short burst of characters it just gives up and I don't
see anymore characters for a while, then it will show a
few more after a bit of a pause (but not always).
Hmmm, that sounds like possibl
> On Aug 24, 2016, at 12:21 PM, Rob Jarratt wrote:
>
>> Incidentally, the terminal and the machine *were* plugged into different
>> sockets, but now they are connected to the same wall socket and the
>> problem persists.
>>
>
>
> Actually, since connecting terminal and machine to the same wal
> Incidentally, the terminal and the machine *were* plugged into different
> sockets, but now they are connected to the same wall socket and the
> problem persists.
>
Actually, since connecting terminal and machine to the same wall socket, the
garbling seems to have much reduced, but I do get lo
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mouse
> Sent: 24 August 2016 16:35
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: MicroVAX II Console Garbling Characters
>
> >> I have a MicroVAX II which has started gar
On 08/24/2016 10:34 AM, Mouse wrote:
I have a MicroVAX II which has started garbling and losing
characters output to the console. [...]
Iâ??ve seen similar with under two occasions. [...]
Furthermore, "garbling" is horribly imprecise.
And, of course, you should make sure it is not the termin
On 08/24/2016 09:53 AM, Jerry Weiss wrote:
On Aug 24, 2016, at 9:41 AM, Rob Jarratt wrote:
I have a MicroVAX II which has started garbling and losing characters output
to the console. It had seemed that re-seating the processor board would fix
it, but that no longer seems to be the case.
I w
>> I have a MicroVAX II which has started garbling and losing
>> characters output to the console. [...]
> Iâ??ve seen similar with under two occasions. [...]
Furthermore, "garbling" is horribly imprecise.
If certain characters always get corrupted, and a given character
always gets corrupted
>
> On Aug 24, 2016, at 9:41 AM, Rob Jarratt wrote:
>
> I have a MicroVAX II which has started garbling and losing characters output
> to the console. It had seemed that re-seating the processor board would fix
> it, but that no longer seems to be the case.
>
>
>
> I was just wondering if any
On 8/20/2016 10:35 PM, Jerry Weiss wrote:
On Aug 20, 2016, at 10:27 AM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
When I started this I hadn't put the RQDX2 back in, so I had only one UDA
controller and that's how I saw the DHV11 show up. When I put the RQDX2 back
in that's when I lost the DHV11.
I did the conf
> On Aug 20, 2016, at 10:27 AM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
>>
>
> When I started this I hadn't put the RQDX2 back in, so I had only one UDA
> controller and that's how I saw the DHV11 show up. When I put the RQDX2 back
> in that's when I lost the DHV11.
>
> I did the configure from VMS 5.5, it wa
On 8/19/2016 6:49 PM, Glen Slick wrote:
Device,Number? dhv11,1
Device,Number? tqk50,1
Device,Number? rqdx3,1
Device,Number? exit
Address/Vector Assignments
-772150/154 RQDX3
-774500/260 TQK50
-760440/300 DHV11
configure
Enter device configuration, HELP, or EXIT
Device,Number? dhv11,1
Device,
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
>
> It is the World Box, BA123 and I have hardware manuals that came with the
> MVII.
> When I got it this was the configuration:
> Slot 1 - CPU
> Slot 2 - Memory
> Slot 3 - Bus Grant Card M9047
> Slot 4 - DHV11
> Slot 5 - TQK50 (upper) M9047
On 8/19/2016 4:55 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
Yes, it is an MSCP disk controller, and it seems to work OK. I boot
from it and the CSR is at the standard 1st address, it is connected
to a SCSI2SD board.
I think you have a good point about CSR addresses. There is a
CONFIGURE tool that tells y
On 08/19/2016 12:36 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
The MicroVax II is about 30 years old, should I suspect
the backplane? How do you clean it? Should I try another
CPU card?
My cobbled-together uVAX-II ran continuously from 1986 to
2007. Sometime in the late 1990s, it started to get flaky.
I
On 8/19/2016 12:19 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Aug 19, 2016, at 11:58 AM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
...
It is the World Box, BA123 and I have hardware manuals that came with the MVII.
When I got it this was the configuration:
Slot 1 - CPU
Slot 2 - Memory
Slot 3 - Bus Grant Card M9047
Slot 4 - DHV11
Yes, it is an MSCP disk controller, and it seems to work OK. I boot from it
and the CSR is at the standard 1st address, it is connected to a SCSI2SD board.
I think you have a good point about CSR addresses. There is a CONFIGURE tool
that tells you what set the addresses to for a particular
> On Aug 19, 2016, at 2:55 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
>
> On 8/19/2016 12:19 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
>>> On Aug 19, 2016, at 11:58 AM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
>>>
...
>>> It is the World Box, BA123 and I have hardware manuals that came with the
>>> MVII.
>>> When I got it this was the config
On 8/18/2016 5:12 PM, Adrian Graham wrote:
On 18/08/2016 04:37, "Douglas Taylor" wrote:
I've brought up a MicroVax II and installed VMS 5.5-2 on a SCSI2SD disk
and it is fun to work with. (I also installed openvms 7.2 without much
drama)
The problem I am having is that is has a TK50 tape dri
On 8/19/2016 6:04 AM, Peter Coghlan wrote:
[snip]
Device Device Error
Name Status Count
MPA0: Offline 0
PTA0: Online 1
PUA0: Online 1
PUB0:
> On Aug 19, 2016, at 11:58 AM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
>
>> ...
> It is the World Box, BA123 and I have hardware manuals that came with the
> MVII.
> When I got it this was the configuration:
> Slot 1 - CPU
> Slot 2 - Memory
> Slot 3 - Bus Grant Card M9047
> Slot 4 - DHV11
> Slot 5 - TQK50 (upp
On 19/08/2016 09:56, "Peter Coghlan" wrote:
>>>
>>> Does Autogen recognize new hardware?
>>>
>> Yes, definitely. Some older devices have switches (or even
>> soldered jumpers) to set the CSR address. If some of these
>> are wrong, it could mess up the automatic address assignment
>> of later
>
> Does Autogen recognize new hardware?
>
Yes, definitely. Some older devices have switches (or even
soldered jumpers) to set the CSR address. If some of these
are wrong, it could mess up the automatic address assignment
of later MSCP hardware.
Not exactly.
VMS automatically looks for a
> On Aug 18, 2016, at 4:39 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>
>> From: Paul Koning
>
>> A lot of Unibus/Qbus devices have "floating CSRs" which means they
>> don't have fixed address assignments. Instead, the correct address is
>> based on a set of rules, which puts devices in an ordered list and
>> ass
[snip]
Device Device Error
Name Status Count
MPA0: Offline 0
PTA0: Online 1
PUA0: Online 1
PUB0: Online 1
I sw
On 08/17/2016 10:37 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
I've brought up a MicroVax II and installed VMS 5.5-2 on a
SCSI2SD disk and it is fun to work with. (I also
installed openvms 7.2 without much drama)
The problem I am having is that is has a TK50 tape drive
and controller, but it never has shown
On Aug 17, 2016, at 10:37 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
>
> I've brought up a MicroVax II and installed VMS 5.5-2 on a SCSI2SD disk and
> it is fun to work with. (I also installed openvms 7.2 without much drama)
>
> The problem I am having is that is has a TK50 tape drive and controller, but
> it
On 18/08/2016 04:37, "Douglas Taylor" wrote:
> I've brought up a MicroVax II and installed VMS 5.5-2 on a SCSI2SD disk
> and it is fun to work with. (I also installed openvms 7.2 without much
> drama)
>
> The problem I am having is that is has a TK50 tape drive and controller,
> but it never ha
On 8/18/2016 4:39 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> From: Paul Koning
> A lot of Unibus/Qbus devices have "floating CSRs" which means they
> don't have fixed address assignments. Instead, the correct address is
> based on a set of rules, which puts devices in an ordered list and
On 08/18/2016 03:39 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> From: Paul Koning
> A lot of Unibus/Qbus devices have "floating CSRs" which means they
> don't have fixed address assignments. Instead, the correct address is
> based on a set of rules, which puts devices in an ordered list and
> From: Paul Koning
> A lot of Unibus/Qbus devices have "floating CSRs" which means they
> don't have fixed address assignments. Instead, the correct address is
> based on a set of rules, which puts devices in an ordered list and
> assigns addresses in sequence. .. If you get t
> On Aug 17, 2016, at 11:37 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
>
> I've brought up a MicroVax II and installed VMS 5.5-2 on a SCSI2SD disk and
> it is fun to work with. (I also installed openvms 7.2 without much drama)
>
> The problem I am having is that is has a TK50 tape drive and controller, but
>
>
>
> >
> > Is it possible to use the SCSI2SD on a microPDP-11 under RT-11? I ask
> because of the disk size limit under RT-11.
I believe so. It can be configured to look like several disks <1Gb for this
reason.
> >
> > Doug
> >
Dave
> On Aug 5, 2016, at 10:24 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
>
> On 8/5/2016 6:18 PM, Jerry Weiss wrote:
>> On Aug 5, 2016, at 3:48 PM, dersc...@gmail.com wrote:
On Aug 5, 2016, at 1:42 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
Progress on getting the MVII up and running:
I ordered the SCSI2S
On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 7:44 PM, Douglas Taylor
wrote:
> On 8/5/2016 4:48 PM, dersc...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>
>> On Aug 5, 2016, at 1:42 PM, Douglas Taylor
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Progress on getting the MVII up and running:
>>>
>>> I ordered the SCSI2SD adapter and it has come in, the plan is to use i
On 8/5/2016 6:18 PM, Jerry Weiss wrote:
On Aug 5, 2016, at 3:48 PM, dersc...@gmail.com wrote:
On Aug 5, 2016, at 1:42 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
Progress on getting the MVII up and running:
I ordered the SCSI2SD adapter and it has come in, the plan is to use it as the
system disk on the MVII.
On 8/5/2016 4:48 PM, dersc...@gmail.com wrote:
On Aug 5, 2016, at 1:42 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
Progress on getting the MVII up and running:
I ordered the SCSI2SD adapter and it has come in, the plan is to use it as the
system disk on the MVII.
The hobbyist VMS PAKS have arrived and I was
On Aug 5, 2016, at 3:48 PM, dersc...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> On Aug 5, 2016, at 1:42 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
>>
>> Progress on getting the MVII up and running:
>>
>> I ordered the SCSI2SD adapter and it has come in, the plan is to use it as
>> the system disk on the MVII.
>>
>> The hobbyist V
> On Aug 5, 2016, at 1:42 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
>
> Progress on getting the MVII up and running:
>
> I ordered the SCSI2SD adapter and it has come in, the plan is to use it as
> the system disk on the MVII.
>
> The hobbyist VMS PAKS have arrived and I was able to download the VMS 7.3
>
On Aug 3, 2016 3:10 AM, "Peter Coghlan" wrote:
>
> >
> > Also, the built in SCSI on a VAX 3100 doesn't support drives over 1GB.
> >
>
> That's not quite correct.
>
Yeah, more details than I could be 100% accurate about off the top of my
head and had the patience to type with one thumb.
The only
>
> Also, the built in SCSI on a VAX 3100 doesn't support drives over 1GB.
>
That's not quite correct.
The firmware on VAXstation 3100 and early MicroVAX 3100 machines has issues
addressing directly attached SCSI disks larger than 1.073GB for booting and
doing system dumps only. The issues can
On 7/29/2016 10:55 PM, Glen Slick wrote:
On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
I just got a MicroVax II in the BA123 world box chassis. I has a TK50,
RX50, RXDQ2, but no DEQNA. I'd like to get it running an OS.
The DU disks don't work, but I have a couple of Qbus SCSI contro
On Aug 2, 2016 7:50 PM, "Douglas Taylor" wrote:
>
> I had 3 different types of SCSI CDROM's and none of them worked, they are
DEC RRD42, Toshiba and a Sony.
> The DEC was dead, removed the drive and applied power that I know is good
(from a PC power supply in a working PC)
> and nothing, no led, n
On 08/02/2016 19:49, Douglas Taylor wrote:
>
> I had 3 different types of SCSI CDROM's and none of them worked [...]
> Is there a SCSI CDROM to look for?
That's unfortunate. The DEC badged drives would be ideal, but you should
be good with Sun-, HP- or SGI-badged drives, or Plextor and Toshiba
dr
On 7/29/2016 10:30 PM, Jerry Weiss wrote:
On Jul 29, 2016, at 8:30 PM, Zane Healy wrote:
On Jul 29, 2016, at 6:08 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
I just got a MicroVax II in the BA123 world box chassis. I has a TK50, RX50,
RXDQ2, but no DEQNA. I'd like to get it running an OS.
The DU disks do
On 8/1/2016 11:26 AM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
On 7/31/2016 10:38 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
That sounds good. BTW, where do I go to get the VMS hobbyist license
PAKS and downloads? I'm running into dead links.
Doug
Things recently (last few months) changed and the OpenVMS Hobbyist
license
On 7/31/2016 10:38 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
That sounds good. BTW, where do I go to get the VMS hobbyist license
PAKS and downloads? I'm running into dead links.
Doug
Things recently (last few months) changed and the OpenVMS Hobbyist licenses are now
handled by the HPE office in India. T
On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 10:38 PM, Douglas Taylor
wrote:
> On 7/31/2016 10:35 PM, william degnan wrote:
>
>> I have the multinet install on a SCSI vax expansion hard drive on my 3100,
>> I have a way to use this on someone's main system, to install it. Clunky
>> but it works. I also have the pro
On 7/31/2016 10:35 PM, william degnan wrote:
I have the multinet install on a SCSI vax expansion hard drive on my 3100,
I have a way to use this on someone's main system, to install it. Clunky
but it works. I also have the process documented.
Bill
That sounds good. BTW, where do I go to get
I have the multinet install on a SCSI vax expansion hard drive on my 3100,
I have a way to use this on someone's main system, to install it. Clunky
but it works. I also have the process documented.
Bill
On 7/31/2016 3:58 PM, Steven M Jones wrote:
On 07/31/2016 11:27, Douglas Taylor wrote:
On 7/31/2016 2:44 AM, Graham Reid wrote:
They were just networked, it wasn't a cluster.
Do you remember if the networking software was part of VMS 5.5 or was it
a third party? I seem to remember third party
On 7/31/2016 5:40 PM, william degnan wrote:
On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Steven M Jones
wrote:
On 07/31/2016 11:27, Douglas Taylor wrote:
On 7/31/2016 2:44 AM, Graham Reid wrote:
They were just networked, it wasn't a cluster.
Do you remember if the networking software was part of VMS 5.
On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Steven M Jones
wrote:
> On 07/31/2016 11:27, Douglas Taylor wrote:
> > On 7/31/2016 2:44 AM, Graham Reid wrote:
> >>
> >> They were just networked, it wasn't a cluster.
> >
> > Do you remember if the networking software was part of VMS 5.5 or was it
> > a third pa
On 07/31/2016 11:27, Douglas Taylor wrote:
> On 7/31/2016 2:44 AM, Graham Reid wrote:
>>
>> They were just networked, it wasn't a cluster.
>
> Do you remember if the networking software was part of VMS 5.5 or was it
> a third party? I seem to remember third party TCPIP software,
> Multiware, etc.
>
>
> Graham;
>
> Do you remember if the networking software was part of VMS 5.5 or was it
a third party? I seem to remember third party TCPIP software, Multiware,
etc.
>
> Doug
>
MULTINET is what I think you mean.
B
On 7/31/2016 2:44 AM, Graham Reid wrote:
The company I worked for in 1989 had three hand-me-down MicroVax II from
the US parent.
They were originally a PDP11/73 box, which had been converted.
They ran VMS 5.5-2, all had DEQNA, with no problems that I remember. They
were just networked, it wasn'
The company I worked for in 1989 had three hand-me-down MicroVax II from
the US parent.
They were originally a PDP11/73 box, which had been converted.
They ran VMS 5.5-2, all had DEQNA, with no problems that I remember. They
were just networked, it wasn't a cluster.
The DEQNA may have been *unsup
On 7/30/2016 9:25 PM, Steven M Jones wrote:
On 07/29/2016 19:30, Jerry Weiss wrote:
Note that DEQNA will not work (at all) on either version.
You’ll need a DELQA.
On 07/30/2016 08:50, Paul Koning wrote:
Yes, VMS stopped supporting the QNA at some point because, even
after 12 ECOs, it could not
On 07/29/2016 19:30, Jerry Weiss wrote:
>
> Note that DEQNA will not work (at all) on either version.
> You’ll need a DELQA.
On 07/30/2016 08:50, Paul Koning wrote:
>
> Yes, VMS stopped supporting the QNA at some point because, even
> after 12 ECOs, it could not be made to work properly. If I
>
On Sat, 30 Jul 2016, Greg Stark wrote:
> The hardest part was getting mopd on Linux to serve up the NetBSD boot
> loader properly. The mopd for Linux didn't support ELF images and the
> NetBSD boot loader isn't in mopd format in more recent versions of
> NetBSD like it was in older versions. Now i
On 2016-07-30 12:09 PM, Greg Stark wrote:
On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 2:38 AM, Mouse wrote:
What OS's can I use with this hardware? NetBSD?
Yes. Recent (and some not-so-recent) versions are broken, in that they
can't self-host; as far as I know nobody knows exactly what's wrong.
My impression
On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Greg Stark wrote:
> headaches. Even the GCC in 6.1.5 is a bit buggy. I had to recompile
> awk with -O0 or else various
s/$/ configure scripts failed./
--
greg
On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 2:38 AM, Mouse wrote:
>> What OS's can I use with this hardware? NetBSD?
>
> Yes. Recent (and some not-so-recent) versions are broken, in that they
> can't self-host; as far as I know nobody knows exactly what's wrong.
> My impression (as someone who hasn't tried it, but
On Jul 30, 2016, at 10:26 AM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
>
> On 7/29/2016 10:30 PM, Jerry Weiss wrote:
>> On Jul 29, 2016, at 8:30 PM, Zane Healy wrote:
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On Jul 29, 2016, at 6:08 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
I just got a MicroVax II in the BA123 world box chassis. I has a TK50,
>>
> On Jul 30, 2016, at 8:52 AM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
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> I agree, I remember using a MicroVax II in the BA123 box back in the mid
> 1980's and wanted to have one and now I do.
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> The only thing I forgot was just how heavy the damn thing is!
>
> I just looked and here is what I have:
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> VMS
On 7/30/2016 11:50 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Jul 29, 2016, at 10:30 PM, Jerry Weiss wrote:
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I have booted both V7.3 and V5.5-2 off a 4GB SD with SCSI2SD V4.6 on a
MicroVax II with 16 Mb. Note that DEQNA will not work (at all) on either
version. You’ll need a DELQA.
Yes, VMS stopped s
> On Jul 30, 2016, at 8:19 AM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
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> I have a couple of Viking (TD Systems) scsi controllers which is what I am
> thinking of using. I have some S-Box SCSI controllers then may come in handy.
>
> I like the idea of VMS 5.5 just to restore the system back to its former
> g
On 7/29/2016 10:55 PM, Glen Slick wrote:
On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
I just got a MicroVax II in the BA123 world box chassis. I has a TK50,
RX50, RXDQ2, but no DEQNA. I'd like to get it running an OS.
The DU disks don't work, but I have a couple of Qbus SCSI contro
> On Jul 29, 2016, at 10:30 PM, Jerry Weiss wrote:
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> ...
> I have booted both V7.3 and V5.5-2 off a 4GB SD with SCSI2SD V4.6 on a
> MicroVax II with 16 Mb. Note that DEQNA will not work (at all) on either
> version. You’ll need a DELQA.
Yes, VMS stopped supporting the QNA at some point
On 7/29/2016 10:30 PM, Jerry Weiss wrote:
On Jul 29, 2016, at 8:30 PM, Zane Healy wrote:
On Jul 29, 2016, at 6:08 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
I just got a MicroVax II in the BA123 world box chassis. I has a TK50, RX50,
RXDQ2, but no DEQNA. I'd like to get it running an OS.
The DU disks do
On 7/29/2016 9:30 PM, Zane Healy wrote:
On Jul 29, 2016, at 6:08 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
I just got a MicroVax II in the BA123 world box chassis. I has a TK50, RX50,
RXDQ2, but no DEQNA. I'd like to get it running an OS.
The DU disks don't work, but I have a couple of Qbus SCSI controller
>
> On 30 July 2016 at 02:30 Zane Healy wrote:
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>
>
> > On Jul 29, 2016, at 6:08 PM, Douglas Taylor
> > wrote:
> >
> > I just got a MicroVax II in the BA123 world box chassis. I has a TK50,
> > RX50, RXDQ2, but no DEQNA. I'd like to get it running an OS.
> >
>
> On Jul 29, 2016, at 6:08 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
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> What OS's can I use with this hardware? NetBSD? Are versions of VMS
> available? How do you get an OS onto this system?
By the way, from an educational standpoint, this is a very good system to run
VMS on, if you’re looking to learn
On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
> I just got a MicroVax II in the BA123 world box chassis. I has a TK50,
> RX50, RXDQ2, but no DEQNA. I'd like to get it running an OS.
>
> The DU disks don't work, but I have a couple of Qbus SCSI controllers that
> might come in handy.
>
>
On Jul 29, 2016, at 8:30 PM, Zane Healy wrote:
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>
>> On Jul 29, 2016, at 6:08 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
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>> I just got a MicroVax II in the BA123 world box chassis. I has a TK50,
>> RX50, RXDQ2, but no DEQNA. I'd like to get it running an OS.
>>
>> The DU disks don't work, but I have a
> I just got a MicroVax II in the BA123 world box chassis. I has a
> TK50, RX50, RXDQ2, but no DEQNA. I'd like to get it running an OS.
> The DU disks don't work, but I have a couple of Qbus SCSI controllers
> that might come in handy.
Ooh, those are (my impression!) substantially rarer than DE
On 2016-07-29 9:08 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
I just got a MicroVax II in the BA123 world box chassis. I has a TK50,
RX50, RXDQ2, but no DEQNA. I'd like to get it running an OS.
The DU disks don't work, but I have a couple of Qbus SCSI controllers
that might come in handy.
Can you use those SD
> On Jul 29, 2016, at 6:08 PM, Douglas Taylor wrote:
>
> I just got a MicroVax II in the BA123 world box chassis. I has a TK50, RX50,
> RXDQ2, but no DEQNA. I'd like to get it running an OS.
>
> The DU disks don't work, but I have a couple of Qbus SCSI controllers that
> might come in handy
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