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Charles H. Dickman | 4 Aug 2003 02:38
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DELQA Turbo -- M7516-YM

I see a turbo DELQA on ebay and I was curious if anybody figured out if 
this was only a firmware change, or if it was a hardware change from the 
original DELQA. I remember some talk about this a while back, but never 
saw anything definitive.

I see from the pictures that the ROM is 365E5 and 366E5.

-chuck
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Robertdkeys | 13 Aug 2003 02:32
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Which NetBSD for a VAX 4000 108

I am working on a VAX 4000 108, for a friend.  I tried an
install of OpenBSD 3.3 current builds 14 and 33, and both
of those come up although the build 33 has some strange
disk layout issues that prevented me from doing much.
The build 14 worked fine.  I wanted also to see if a NetBSD
would run on the box, and tried a NetBSD-1.6 stable from
a couple of days ago, and that just locked up the machine,
not even getting into the boot.  The same disk runs fine on
VAX 31xx boxes, and 4000 60/90 boxes.  Is there a better
set of binaries for NetBSD VAX that I should be using to
try to run on a 4000 108?  I was under the impression that
current was sort of not-there yet, because of compiler
issues.  Anyone actually running a NetBSD on a 4000 108
class machine?  (That is one nice little peeceeVAXentoy,
with a few hundred mb of ram and some decent HD space!
Too bad it had to look like a peecee rather than a VAX!)

Thanks

Bob Keys
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M J Dowden | 13 Aug 2003 05:35
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Re: 1.5.3 ISO for VAX?

At 3:20 PM -0400 7/22/2003, Brian Hechinger wrote:
>On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 02:32:42PM -0400, David Woyciesjes wrote:
>  > 	I'm not sure about 1.5.3, but I have found & used a 1.5 ISO for Vax.
>  > Can't recall where at the moment, though.
>
>if it's really that big a deal i'd be more than happy to make some ISOs
>after i get the 4000/90

     How did this story end? Is there a 1.53 ISO image in some 
non-standard location?

     Best regards,
     Mike dowden

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Jochen Kunz | 13 Aug 2003 10:13
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Re: Which NetBSD for a VAX 4000 108

On 2003.08.13 02:32 Robertdkeys <at> aol.com wrote:

> I wanted also to see if a NetBSD would run on the box, 
> and tried a NetBSD-1.6 stable from a couple of days ago, 
Somthing from 1.6-release/stable is what I would recommend at the
moment. I tried -current from late May and it was quite unstable. (NFSD
causes kernel panics.)

> and that just locked up the machine,
> not even getting into the boot. 
Maybe this machine has a similar system architecture like the MV3100m9x
or VAX4000m100? If yes you need patched boot blocks. Try
http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/tmp/mv3100_kern_boot.tar.gz 
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Brian Hechinger | 13 Aug 2003 15:25

Re: 1.5.3 ISO for VAX?

On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 11:35:57PM -0400, M J Dowden wrote:
> >
> >if it's really that big a deal i'd be more than happy to make some ISOs
> >after i get the 4000/90
> 
>      How did this story end? Is there a 1.53 ISO image in some 
> non-standard location?

i don't remember anyone mentioning anything.  i got the /90, let me get it
setup, and i'll make you an iso.

-brian
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But you can't let the package hide the pudding. Evil is just plain bad! You
don't cotton to it! You gotta smack it on the nose with the rolled up newspaper
of goodness! Bad dog! Bad dog!"		-- The Tick
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Gordon Zaft | 13 Aug 2003 19:01
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Re: 1.5.3 ISO for VAX?


 I have yet to find a 1.5.3 port-vax .iso anywhere.

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--- M J Dowden <mjdowden <at> panix.com> wrote:
> At 3:20 PM -0400 7/22/2003, Brian Hechinger wrote:
> >On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 02:32:42PM -0400, David
> Woyciesjes wrote:
> >  > 	I'm not sure about 1.5.3, but I have found &
> used a 1.5 ISO for Vax.
> >  > Can't recall where at the moment, though.
> >
> >if it's really that big a deal i'd be more than
> happy to make some ISOs
> >after i get the 4000/90
> 
> 
>      How did this story end? Is there a 1.53 ISO
> image in some 
> non-standard location?
> 
> 
>      Best regards,
>      Mike dowden
> 
> -- 
> M J Dowden <mjdowden <at> panix.com>
> PGP key: <http://www.panix.com/~mjdowden/keys.shtml>
> No Microsoft products were used in the preparation
> or transmission of
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Robertdkeys | 14 Aug 2003 01:51
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Re: 1.5.3 ISO for VAX?

It doesn't officially exist, from what I can tell.  You can boot a
1.5.2 iso and ftp install or such the 1.5.3 stuff.  I hear Brian
may make a 1.5.3 iso for us.  If so.... great!

Bob Keys
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Susan Leake | 15 Aug 2003 00:37

11/750 minimum config

Hi guys :)

The time of my life has finally rolled around that I can have a good crack
at getting my VAX 11/750 up and roaring (as i'm sure David Brownlee would be
pleased to note!)

I'd like to canvass your opinions on the absolute minimum of hardware that I
need in there (I know f'rinstance that I can remove the floating-point card
and the RDM) to have something that should at least get to console.

I would also like to know what sort of power load we would be talking per
card, if anyone is privvy to that sort of information, or at least an
informed guess.

Same applies for the system blower - does anyone have a ballpark figure on
how much air it should be pushing?

Thanks
meltie/alex

[ps apologies for any previous badly formatted copies of this message.
Mutter mutter crappy webmail clients mutter...]
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ragge | 15 Aug 2003 11:07
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Re: 11/750 minimum config

> 
> The time of my life has finally rolled around that I can have a good crack
> at getting my VAX 11/750 up and roaring (as i'm sure David Brownlee would be
> pleased to note!)
> 
Nice! :-)  I have a 11/750 myself that I powered on yesterday :-)
It just needs network to be happy.

> I'd like to canvass your opinions on the absolute minimum of hardware that I
> need in there (I know f'rinstance that I can remove the floating-point card
> and the RDM) to have something that should at least get to console.
> 
Well, that depends. You need the four CPU cards (L0002, L0003, L0004 and
L0008) and also the memory/unibus/rom card (L0010, L0016 or L0022).
Then you need some memory (M8750, 1MB each). If you have Massbus disks
there must also be a L0007 Massbus controller, for unibus disks choose
the controller you need. The only additional card you need is the 
Unibus terminator card.

> I would also like to know what sort of power load we would be talking per
> card, if anyone is privvy to that sort of information, or at least an
> informed guess.
> 
Per card is a strange way of measure, but the whole machine runs nicely
in a 10A fuse in Europe (230V).

> Same applies for the system blower - does anyone have a ballpark figure on
> how much air it should be pushing?
> 
``Much''. There are air-flow sensors inside the machine that will shut
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Patricia Bullrich | 16 Aug 2003 23:27

Vamos que llegamos...

Estimado Vecino

Soy Patricia Bullrich. Creo firmemente que la política debe ser la gestión eficiente 
y honesta para lograr el bien común.

La política está a merced de aparatos y corporaciones que he combatido y que 
seguiré combatiendo. Pero para eso necesito llegar al gobierno y contar con tu 
apoyo.

Tengo la decisión para cambiar las cosas, tengo el coraje para enfrentar a los 
mafiosos que están en todos lados, tengo la capacidad para ejercer con éxito 
y mano firme una administración, y soy una mujer honesta que ama entrañablemente 
a su país. 

Me he preparado toda mi vida para esto. No tenemos recursos económicos, pero 
tengo un equipo con el que diseñamos el mejor Plan, la mejor opción para Buenos 
Aires.

Necesito tu ayuda. 

Te pido que rompamos esta falsa polarización instalada  en los medios a fuerza 
de dinero. Te pido que votes en positivo, a favor de Buenos Aires, y no "en contra 
de".

Te pido que me acompañes. Todos nos merecemos otro destino: Vos, tu familia, 
y esta Buenos Aires que supo ser "la Reina del Plata"

No te dejes llevar por el triunfalismo falso de los que inventaron la polarización 
de esta nueva interna peronista.
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