On 10 Apr 99, at 14:25, Geoff Roberts wrote:
> I got one of those things. 33mhz 88k with 32mb ram and a couple of 500mb
> scsi drives. Not sure if it's the same model, but came loaded with DG
> unix, which I eventually managed to get in to. I did find a couple of
> sites with a fair bit of gear for the 88k. I'll dig up the url and mail
> it to you. Is your system complete? I lack the mouse and a monitor.
Well, it appears this system is from around 1991 or 1992 so it isn't
far from the 10 year rule. It seems to have dual 88k processors
with 64 mb ram. Not sure of the drives (they are SCSI) as their
way of reporting mounted disks is throwing me. I'll have to open it
up and look. Running DG/UX 5.4.2. I don't have the mouse or
monitor which could plug directly into the system. I'm running a
vt100 clone terminal on the console port at the moment.
Now, if anyone out there has any experience with DG/UX or these
AViiONs please contact me. This system has a built in ethernet
port but it wasn't configured as the company installed a token ring
card and used that instead. I'd like to hook this to my network but
haven't been able to get the internal ethernet setup. Also, the DG
terminal which came with it has a standard IBM 101 type keyboard
but appears to be misconfigured for the console port. I've tried lots
of key combos but can't figure how to enter a setup mode so I can
set the main port for 8N1 which is what the console port comes up
as.
Thanks.
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David Williams - Computer Packrat
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Received on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 11:14:00 BST