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mine has a separate power cord

by Ken Jones

Thanks, Chuck, for noting the two variations. My ULTRA 1 has an oval connector with 68 (I did not count them) pins and a separate four wire power cord. Ken ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.15050) http://www.pctools.com/ =======

May 22, 2010

Re: [Wlug] Need a bigger SCSI disk

by Chuck Anderson

On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 10:14:11AM -0400, Ken Jones wrote: > Yes this is one of those oval connectors. It is designated as sdb > which (I always thought) means the second SCSI drive disk. I'd be > glad to take a drive to where ever you are for a 35Gig drive. Does it have a separate power connector? There are actually two kinds of "oval" connectors, 68-pin and 80-pin. The 68-pin ones are SCSI only, no power. Those drives use a separate 4-pin molex power connector. The 80-pin ones are known as SCA, Single Connector Attachment, and the extra pins provide power among other things (SCSI ID configuration pins). They are designed for hot-swap disk array shelves. -- - Chuck (291 Days until IPv4 depletion: http://ipv4depletion.com/)

May 22, 2010

Need a bigger SCSI disk

by Ken Jones

John, Yes this is one of those oval connectors. It is designated as sdb which (I always thought) means the second SCSI drive disk. I'd be glad to take a drive to where ever you are for a 35Gig drive. Ken

May 22, 2010

Re: [Wlug] 232-TTL, locally?

by Tom Misilo

If you cannot find anything locally, I would recommend picking up this: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9718 It is a USB cable with a built in FTDI Chip. Very good support for Linux and Windows alike. They also make cables that can be found at www.mouser.com that do not have the 6pin .1 header, but bare tinned wires. Tom On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 7:03 PM, soup <soupforare(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Anyone know of a hobby/electronics shop where I could get a 232-TTL > dongle, board or kit? Even just a bare MAX232 IC would be cool. > I don't want to have to drive up to you-do-it, that's the only place I > can think of that's left... > > Take care, > soup > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

May 22, 2010

232-TTL, locally?

by soup

Anyone know of a hobby/electronics shop where I could get a 232-TTL dongle, board or kit? Even just a bare MAX232 IC would be cool. I don't want to have to drive up to you-do-it, that's the only place I can think of that's left... Take care, soup

May 22, 2010

Systems Administrator position available at TripAdvisor in Newton

by Ryan Pugatch

TripAdvisor is looking for a mid- to senior-level Systems Administrator who will join a team of two systems administrators to support, maintain, and enhance a rapidly growing IT infrastructure that spans across the globe and serves roughly 350 employees worldwide. We are not your typical Windows / Active Directory / Exchange shop. Our servers are primarily Linux (CentOS) with a handful running Windows. We tend to prefer open solutions that we can take off the shelf and adapt to our needs, but we are not wedded to a particular OS or vendor. We aim for the solution that makes the most sense. We utilize Zimbra for mail, Asterisk for telephony, OpenLDAP instead of Active Directory, and Samba for our domain controllers and file sharing—all on Linux servers. To be successful in this role you will: - Have strong troubleshooting skills and a diagnostic intuition - Be a self-starter. If you don’t know how to do something you consider it a challenge to try to figure it out for yourself - Have a genuine desire to learn and expand your skill set You will have demonstrated experience with: - Linux systems administration (especially Red Hat variants) - Windows systems administration - Samba - OpenLDAP - Mail server administration - Server virtualization - Scripting (especially perl and bash) - Networking (especially Cisco PIX, ASA and IOS) Duties and Responsibilities include: - Racking and installing servers - Troubleshooting network and server hardware and software problems - Maintaining network infrastructure including switches and firewalls - Maintaining patch management and endpoint security - Assisting with SAN management - Handling escalated helpdesk support tickets - Participating in a 24x7 on-call emergency pager SAN administration experience is highly desired. Experience with Zimbra or Compellent storage equipment is a plus. Please email me directly if you have any questions. You can apply via https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_expedia/external_tripadvis… Thanks, Ryan

May 21, 2010

Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 79, Issue 9

by Jorden M

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 1:37 PM, John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > Jorden> Plan 9 > * > > Jorden> Too bad it can hardly browse the web. > > Heh, I've got a pristine boxed copy of Plan9 sitting on my shelves, > just the day I decide to fire up a VM and have it running and > useable. Now that would be neat to do. > 9vx provides a pre-packaged lightweight Plan 9 VM that possibly integrates better with the host system than an older, unpatched shrink-wrapped copy in a VM. Just FYI. Personally, I'd keep it in the box just for nostalgia. Maybe you could make a tag that reads: The OS That Should Have Won But Didn't. Oh well. Back to GNU and Firefox...

May 21, 2010

Re: [Wlug] Need a bigger ULTRA1 disk

by John Stoffel

Adam> Actually some models of the Ultra sparcs used IDE disks. For Adam> example, my Ultra 10 uses IDE disks, and any IDE disk would Adam> work. I believe that the Ultra 60 was also IDE based. Yup, Ultra 5/10 (same motherboard, difference cases) used IDE. I *think* the U60 is SCSI based, like the U80 (same motherboard as 420R, different cases). You might be thinking of the U30/40 being IDE based. John

May 21, 2010

Re: [Wlug] Need a bigger ULTRA1 disk

by John Stoffel

Ken> I have down loaded the six CD Fedora-12-sparc-beta-disc.iso set. Ken> It appears to be about 3.4 Gig. That is about the size of the Ken> hard drive on which I had hoped to install it. Ken> Anybody know where I could get a bigger ULTRA sparc64 compatible Ken> hard drive? I might have some, since I assume it's just an SCA SCSI drive? Is it the oval connector, like most SUN drives from that era were? I've got a 36G Ultra SCSI drive sitting on my desk right now. Not sure if it's working or not though... John Ken> ======= Ken> Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. Ken> (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.15020) Ken> http://www.pctools.com/ Ken> ======= Ken> _______________________________________________ Ken> Wlug mailing list Ken> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Ken> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

May 21, 2010

Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 79, Issue 9

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Klein <richspk(a)gmail.com> writes: Richard> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 4:38 PM, John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: >>>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Klein <richspk(a)gmail.com> writes: >> Richard> I think DEC had a big facility along route 70 in Lancaster Richard> (near route 2) that was sold to Mass. Youth Soccer. That's Richard> right near Leominster. >> >> Umm... Rt 70 runs from Worcester out to Clinton and beyond. The >> facility you're thinking about is in Boylston, and it now the town >> hall, etc. >> >> Now I know this 'cause I live in Boylston. :] Richard> Heh. I live in Clinton. Route 70 does, in fact, run through Richard> Lancaster, where it's also called Lunenburg Rd. It's right Richard> by Norm Wagner Toyota: Richard> http://maps.google.com/maps?cid=0,0,5185522724830873118 (I Richard> elided the bits of the URL that I though were irrelevant. It Richard> still works for me, but may not for you.) Heh, you're right! I'm just too focused on my own little stretch of 70 I guess. I don't get up there at all very often. Richard> I guess Lancaster would be part of "beyond". :) Sorta like how when I grew up in NY, anything above the Tappan Zee bridge was "upstate" to me. :]

May 21, 2010