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urbancamo
From Windermere, UK
Who joined Jan. 13, 2011, 1:33 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of FS: VAXstation 4000 VLC at Aug. 26, 2015, 4:06 p.m...
The most power efficient VAX. Not as quick as the 4000/60 or 4000/90 by any stretch but useful with 24 MB RAM for sure.
Oh, and look at the size of that motherboard. I've often contemplated making a briefcase VAX out of one of these systems.

Mark
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urbancamo
From Windermere, UK
Who joined Jan. 13, 2011, 1:33 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of FS: VAXstation 4000 VLC at Aug. 26, 2015, 4:10 p.m...
Yes, I did measure power consumption a while ago... I quoted 45 watts idle but there is no power saving features that I know of in this box so it is 45 watts whatever.

http://lakesdev.blogspot.com.es/2008/09 ... s-and.html
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urbancamo
From Windermere, UK
Who joined Jan. 13, 2011, 1:33 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of Tru64 failing to install EV47 - makes for nice boat anchors! at Nov. 16, 2015, 12:42 a.m...
I probably have that somewhere... let me have a root around and get back to you.
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urbancamo
From Windermere, UK
Who joined Jan. 13, 2011, 1:33 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of Tru64 failing to install EV47 - makes for nice boat anchors! at Nov. 16, 2015, 12:55 a.m...
No sorry, I don't think I do. I have a load of patches and an iso image for tru64-v5.1b which probably isn't what you need.
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urbancamo
From Windermere, UK
Who joined Jan. 13, 2011, 1:33 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of Tru64 5.1b-6 and EV47 still a boat anchor at Nov. 16, 2015, 3:21 p.m...
OK, well, just for the fun of it the image I have is here: http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/images/tru64v5.1b.iso.bz2
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urbancamo
From Windermere, UK
Who joined Jan. 13, 2011, 1:33 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of HP Superdome, Windsor UK at Nov. 17, 2015, 12:46 a.m...
Anyone fancy a Superdome? Currently at 100 quid collection from Windsor UK ;)
Nothing to do with me, just spotted the listing with just over a day to go.

    A9834A HP SUPERDOME SX2000 32SKT CHASSIS
    24x Itanium2 1.6GHz/24MB Dual Core Processors
    288GB DDR II MEMORY
    6X 2800W PSU
This system comes complete with the following parts and also software, all internal cabling and external cabling.

PART Description QTY
A9836A HP Superdome 12 SLOT PCI-X I/O CAGE 4
WITH..
AD194A HP PCI/PCI-X 4Gb FC & Gigabit Adapter 12
AD221A 1P 4GB FC & 1P 1000BT COMBO CARD PCA 4
AD339A HP NC364T 1GbE 4-Port PCI-E Controller 1
AB290A HP PCI-x COMBO 2-Ports 1000BT U320 SCSI 2
A9834A HP Superdome sx2000 32 Skt Chassis SN: DEH49296XT 1
A6475-60201 UTILITIES BOARD 500MHz FOR SUPERDOME SX2000 1
A5201-60406 PCA ASSY, SBCH4 for sx2000 Superdome 1
SANDISK 8MB CF HP5821 FIRMWARE 733M 1
A9834-60200 PCA ASSY, SBCH4 for sx2000 Superdome 1
A9837-60701 SX2000 CELLPROCESSOR VRM BOARD 4
A5201-62045 2800W 2 SINGLE PHASE RDNT 200-240VAC 18A PSU 6
A9837-61002 HP SUPERDOME SX2000 SD CELL BOARD 6
A9837-60303 HP PCA COMMON PDH DAUGHTERCARD 6
A9846-60301 HP SUPERDOME 2GB DDR II (1X2GB) MEMORY MOD 144
AD374A (AD374-2100C) HP Superdome Itanium 1.6GHz/24MB Dual Core Processor 24
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-SUPERDOME-SX2000-AP9834A-COMPLETE-SYSTEM-inc-VAT-NO-RESERVE-/371484741978?hash=item567e37515a

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urbancamo
From Windermere, UK
Who joined Jan. 13, 2011, 1:33 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of Tru64 5.1b-6 and EV47 still a boat anchor at Nov. 17, 2015, 3:06 a.m...
Just found another image... looks promising...
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urbancamo
From Windermere, UK
Who joined Jan. 13, 2011, 1:33 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of Tru64 5.1b-6 and EV47 still a boat anchor at Nov. 17, 2015, 3:18 a.m...
Give this image a try: http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/images/v5.1r732_o1.iso.bz2

I presume you're trying to install this on an Alphaserver ES47 (rather than EV47) - I get confused between model and processor numbers too.
It's an Alphaserver ES47 containing an EV7 processor?
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urbancamo
From Windermere, UK
Who joined Jan. 13, 2011, 1:33 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of Tru64 5.1b-6 and EV47 still a boat anchor at Nov. 21, 2015, noon..
Did you give the last image I posted a try?
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urbancamo
From Windermere, UK
Who joined Jan. 13, 2011, 1:33 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of XVR-100 DVI console at Dec. 13, 2015, 2:46 p.m...
Just to add a further bit of info - I recently tried to set up an Ultra 5 with a XVR-100 running at 1920x1200 using the DVI connection. After a lot of frustration and monitor swapping I came to the conclusion (which was backed up by a friend looking into what was *officially* support) that this resolution is not supported. I suspect if my monitor could handle 1920x1200x70 or x75 it *might* have worked.

I haven't had any issues configuring it to work at 1920x1080x60 however. The 1920x1200 monitor would work using the VGA connection but I tried several cables and the picture wasnt *quite* perfect (not far off mind, and the quality did improve with better cables). I'm suspecting that 1920x1200 is really stretching the VGA bandwidth.

I set the X display specifically to the pfb0b device so that it would be brought up in DVI mode.

(this was done by editing /usr/dt/config/Xservers and adding -dev /dev/fbs/pfb0b to the end of the :0 directive.

Regards, Mark.
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urbancamo
From Windermere, UK
Who joined Jan. 13, 2011, 1:33 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of Looking for ipf40a31.tar.gz at Dec. 16, 2015, 3:29 a.m...
Is that for tru64?
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urbancamo
From Windermere, UK
Who joined Jan. 13, 2011, 1:33 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of rx4640 loses USB keyboard support when booting OpenVMS at Dec. 19, 2015, 5:51 p.m...
I also found that I needed a straight HP keyboard for console to work on the ZX6000 (and probably by implication RX2600) - various other brands or anything with a PS-2 -> USB adapter was a no-no.
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urbancamo
From Windermere, UK
Who joined Jan. 13, 2011, 1:33 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of rx4640 loses USB keyboard support when booting OpenVMS at Jan. 31, 2016, 2:16 a.m...
Using the vga console was fixed in firmware not available to the rx2600 or zx6000 so for OpenVMS you are stuck with serial. The management processor card vga is not available except via serial/network

This is all from memory mind!
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urbancamo
From Windermere, UK
Who joined Jan. 13, 2011, 1:33 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of FS: Octane 300mhz, "later" green skin at Feb. 2, 2016, 2:30 a.m...
Nice!
What part of the world do you live in?
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urbancamo
From Windermere, UK
Who joined Jan. 13, 2011, 1:33 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of Putting the C8000 to good use? at May 6, 2016, 12:16 a.m...
'consultant slut' is a new one on me. I used to use 'intellectual prostitute' or EKS (Evil-Kontractor-Scum). Happy days...
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