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

by John Stoffel

Jorden> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Gary Hanley <gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: >> Doug C. Says, >> >>> Yes, VMS rocked. Best OS ever, IMO. >> >> Naa. AOS/VS wiped the floor with VMS. ;-) 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. John

May 21, 2010

Re: [Wlug] Need a bigger ULTRA1 disk

by Adam Gomes

Actually some models of the Ultra sparcs used IDE disks. For example, my Ultra 10 uses IDE disks, and any IDE disk would work. I believe that the Ultra 60 was also IDE based. On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 10:14 AM, jbaillie(a)netzero.com <jbaillie(a)netzero.com > wrote: > If you are talking 68 pin I may be able to help you out with a disk. It > probably has a generic firmware on it. I don't know if that makes a > difference to your situ. > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: "Ken Jones" <kjones(a)ziplink.net> > To: <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Subject: [Wlug] Need a bigger ULTRA1 disk > Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 22:56:34 -0400 > > Hello again, > > I have down loaded the six CD Fedora-12-sparc-beta-disc.iso set. It > appears to be about 3.4 Gig. That is about the size of the hard drive on > which I had hoped to install it. > > Anybody know where I could get a bigger ULTRA sparc64 compatible hard > drive? > > Ken > > > > > > ======= > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.15020) > http://www.pctools.com<http://www.pctools.com/?cclick=EmailFooterClean_51> > ======= > > ____________________________________________________________ > *Refinance Now 4.0% FIXED!* > $160,000 Mortgage for $633/mo. Free. No Obligation. Get 4 Quotes! > <http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3232/4bf69580c22af5bdf5st02duc> > Mortgage.LendGo.com<http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3232/4bf69580c22af5bdf5st02duc> > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

May 21, 2010

Re: [Wlug] Need a bigger ULTRA1 disk

by jbaillie＠netzero.com

If you are talking 68 pin I may be able to help you out with a disk. It probably has a generic firmware on it. I don't know if that makes a difference to your situ. ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Ken Jones" <kjones(a)ziplink.net> To: <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Subject: [Wlug] Need a bigger ULTRA1 disk Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 22:56:34 -0400 Hello again, I have down loaded the six CD Fedora-12-sparc-beta-disc.iso set. It appears to be about 3.4 Gig. That is about the size of the hard drive on which I had hoped to install it. Anybody know where I could get a bigger ULTRA sparc64 compatible hard drive? Ken ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.15020) http://www.pctools.com ======= ____________________________________________________________ Refinance Now 4.0% FIXED! $160,000 Mortgage for $633/mo. Free. No Obligation. Get 4 Quotes! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3231/4bf69580c22af5bdf5st02duc

May 21, 2010

Re: [Wlug] Need a bigger ULTRA1 disk

by Justin St. Marie

I believe the UltraSPARCs were SCSI disks. You can probably find some of those on ebay real cheap. I could be wrong, though....and judging from the mails over the last few days I bet other people here will be able to correct that. Might as well take this time to introduce myself... My name is Justin St. Marie. I live in Worcester and have been using linux for years, but only for about a year professionally. I do what I can, but I am far from an expert in any *nix environment. I am a RHCT, hopefully able to pass the RHCE in a few months...we'll see... When is the next meeting? The website only said where it was, that I saw. On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Ken Jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> wrote: > Hello again, > > I have down loaded the six CD Fedora-12-sparc-beta-disc.iso set. It > appears to be about 3.4 Gig. That is about the size of the hard drive on > which I had hoped to install it. > > Anybody know where I could get a bigger ULTRA sparc64 compatible hard > drive? > > Ken > > > > > > ======= > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.15020) > http://www.pctools.com<http://www.pctools.com/?cclick=EmailFooterClean_51> > ======= > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- Justin St. Marie, RHCT Systems Engineer

May 21, 2010

Need a bigger ULTRA1 disk

by Ken Jones

Hello again, I have down loaded the six CD Fedora-12-sparc-beta-disc.iso set. It appears to be about 3.4 Gig. That is about the size of the hard drive on which I had hoped to install it. Anybody know where I could get a bigger ULTRA sparc64 compatible hard drive? Ken ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.15020) http://www.pctools.com/ =======

May 21, 2010

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

by Richard Klein

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. :] Heh. I live in Clinton. Route 70 does, in fact, run through Lancaster, where it's also called Lunenburg Rd. It's right by Norm Wagner Toyota: http://maps.google.com/maps?cid=0,0,5185522724830873118 (I elided the bits of the URL that I though were irrelevant. It still works for me, but may not for you.) I guess Lancaster would be part of "beyond". :) -- Rich

May 20, 2010

Re: [Wlug] Progress - hardware issues...

by Mike Frysinger

On Thursday 13 May 2010 17:00:28 Ken Jones wrote: > I fail to see the difference between the minimal and the universal versions > once they are installed. that's because there is no difference just like the documentation explains: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-sparc.xml?part=1&chap=2 -mike

May 19, 2010

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

by Jorden M

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Gary Hanley <gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: > Doug C. Says, > >> Yes, VMS rocked. Best OS ever, IMO. > > Naa. AOS/VS wiped the floor with VMS. ;-) Plan 9 > * Too bad it can hardly browse the web. > > But really, those OSes were great at the time but I can't image ever > wanting to return to them. Linux and any UNIX is just so much more > efficient, functional and fun. > > -- Gary > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

May 19, 2010

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

by Gary Hanley

Doug C. Says, > Yes, VMS rocked. Best OS ever, IMO. Naa. AOS/VS wiped the floor with VMS. ;-) But really, those OSes were great at the time but I can't image ever wanting to return to them. Linux and any UNIX is just so much more efficient, functional and fun. -- Gary

May 19, 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 12:28 PM, David Hardy <belovedbold357(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> I don't have any old DEC equipment anymore, but I started my so-called IT >> career on a PDP-11 out in gorgeous Gardner, MA back in 1986. It ran RSX for >> an engineering CAD/CAM shop and we also had a VAX 780 running VMS 3.5. Last >> version of VMS I've worked with was 7.1, right here in Wormtown. I love >> Linux but I have to say I also was in love with VMS. >> Rumor had it, back in '89, that there was a field somewhere off Route 12 in >> Leominster, where DEC had dumped loads and loads of equipment, including >> computers, printers, cables, you-name-it. One of my operators when I was a >> sys admin at DEC Marlborough at that time had his front yard filled with >> that stuff, and the weather allegedly had no effect on any of it. >> I would imagine by now that the field, if it ever existed, is now a condo >> development or a semi-abandoned strip mall. >> Cheers from South Woostuh! 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. :]

May 19, 2010