Scene 1.
[[ Taps is being played in the background, as you see the 7-man U.S.
military formation raising their weapons, a staff sergeant yelling "Fire"
and the roar of 7 M-1 Grand Carbines being fired simultaneously.
The rain is coming down harder now, with the occasional flash of lightning
in near the horizon. Over the patter of the rain, women and young children
are heard sobbing quietly, muffled by kerchiefs... ]]
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to mourn the passing of an
Interdata rack system, tape drives & all...
........
One of my cow-orkers [Gawd, I like that...] decided to toss nearly
*everything* from the Interdata machine that I mentioned earlier, on my day
off on Monday. Altho I'm not against dumpster diving, the trash man comes
early Tuesday, whereas I don't work until noon.
Needless to say, I was pissed beyond believe. I damn near quit my job over
it (and I'm co-owner of the store) and am still quite steamed over the
entire thing. So I hate to report, all that's left of the system is the
Interdata front panel (which they were "nice" enough to break 3 keypad keys
off of) a few of the power supplies, and most of the HP 14 inch hard drive,
but the top lid & front panel is also no longer of this world.
I have 1/2 a mind to give everyone here his email address, so you can
berate him personally... Let me think about that...
..........
I did spark up the HP64000, and everything works on it, (all of the
built-in diagnostics work out fine) but I have no method of booting it - it
was booted via it's "network", so it doesn't have a ROM card. :-(
Here's a list I jotted on my palm about it:
Hp 64100A mainframe
sn# 2033a01075
--I/O Ports --
2 rs232c ports
(to modem/to peripheral)
current loop
4 bnc ports
300 w. Power supply
-- Internal Slots--
slot a: (red) i/o
slot b: (white) dspl ctrl
slot c: (blue) cpu
slot 0: 64940a (tape)
slot 1: 64501a (prom)
slot 2: (empty)
slot 3: (empty)
slot 4: (empty)
slot 5: (empty)
slot 6: 64153a (mem.16k) [1]
slot 7: 64151a (mem.con)
slot 8: 64300a (int.anl)
(internal analysis)
slot 9: 64211a (em 6800)
The "System Port" on the back looks to be the same thing as the port on the
back of the HP 14 inch hard drive mentioned above -- what port is that? (it
looks like a 16 or 18 pin Centronics interface)
Anyone have any info at all on this beastie? What CPU does it use? (I've
found a few webpages so far, but nothing concrete...)
Thanks, and sorry for the bad news,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
Recycling is good, right??? Ok, so I'll recycle an old .sig.
If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead
disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.
Received on Thu Aug 03 2000 - 15:28:52 BST