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Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?]

From supervinx <nessuno@libero.it>
Newsgroups comp.sys.apollo
Subject Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?]
Date 2012-02-07 11:21 +0000
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Il Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:08:05 -0800, l-lopez@uiuc.edu ha scritto:

> On Jan 26, 7:28 pm, supervinx <ness...@libero.it> wrote:
>> Recently I restored two DN3500 (from tapes !) and tried all possible
>> netboot and connection through ethernet, because I haven't domain ring
>> cables and can't figure out to connect two or more ATR cards :P
>>
>> Now it's the turn of a DN3000.
>>
>> I tried three framebuffers, but had the funniest things on the monitor.
>> The machine works, since I can connect through serial (removing video
>> adapter and keyboard)
>>
>> It's diskless, so I prepared elsewhere a floppy disk with /sau8, in
>> order to quickly reconfigure the DN3000 (calendar, config)
>>
>> It asked me the MMU type: the card is marked 007965 Rev. 0, so it
>> should be an old type (AFAIK)
>>
>> After the reconfigure, nothing changed. The three framebuffers proved
>> to work, on the DN3500.
>>
>> I put an Apollo 3COM 3C505 and tried
>>
>> di N 0C707
>> ld N
>> and got an error, E
>>
>> The transceiver on the back signals all OK...
>>
>> There's some Bus/MB trouble or am I missing something ? DN3500
>> framebuffers don't work on the DN3000? Can't netboot from ethernet on
>> th DN3000?
>>
>> --http://www.supervinx.com/Retrocomputer
> 
>    It's been a very long time so I can't help much.  The Apollo
> network cables were nothing but coax cable.  The system had a way of
> constantly tuning them for length etc. As far as I am concerned, SR9.7
> was the last good and reliable release.  SR10 was generally too big and
> contained too much Unix stuff in it.  It turned a DN3000 into a piece of
> junk.
> 
> Len


I was able to find only 10.x tape images, around.

I have a 9.something installed in a DN3500 disk, but is a cutdown 
version. Someone removed a lot of stuff to make room for user data ...


-- 
http://www.supervinx.com/Retrocomputer

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DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-01-27 01:28 +0000
  Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] Lothar Paltins <lptmp01@arcor.de> - 2012-01-27 20:32 +0100
    Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-01-27 20:44 +0000
      Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] Lothar Paltins <lptmp01@arcor.de> - 2012-01-28 18:02 +0100
        Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-01-28 20:10 +0000
          Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] Jim Rees <jim.rees@rees.org> - 2012-02-05 19:26 -0800
            Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-02-07 11:20 +0000
              Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] Jim Rees <jim.rees@rees.org> - 2012-02-07 22:06 -0800
                Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-02-08 10:32 +0000
  Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] "l-lopez@uiuc.edu" <l-lopez@uiuc.edu> - 2012-02-05 10:08 -0800
    Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-02-07 11:21 +0000

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