X-Received: by 10.28.94.5 with SMTP id s5mr354125wmb.10.1523451913492; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 06:05:13 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.31.199.67 with SMTP id x64mr544484vkf.7.1523451913302; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 06:05:13 -0700 (PDT) Path: csiph.com!news.redatomik.org!fdn.fr!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!74.125.82.87.MISMATCH!9no349046wml.0!news-out.google.com!k195ni6092wmd.0!nntp.google.com!9no349045wml.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.sys.xerox Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 06:05:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1993Feb10.140257.1869@spectrum.xerox.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=82.255.187.223; posting-account=j5Os2woAAADOqe5jWL-cJUnTsOiaACPO NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.255.187.223 References: <1993Feb10.064248.5519@cs.su.oz.au> <1993Feb10.140257.1869@spectrum.xerox.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <36cd6ba1-367f-4690-9652-54464920d46e@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: What is this xerox box I have? From: RP Sobek Injection-Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 13:05:13 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.xerox:97 On Wednesday, February 10, 1993 at 3:02:57 PM UTC+1, Hugh J.E. Davies wrote: > In article 5519@cs.su.oz.au, linda@cs.su.oz.au (Linda Distributed Language) writes: > >I have aquired a xerox computer of some sort. I have no idea what it does. > >Here is a descpiption: > > [description deleted] > > I'm sitting in front of one of these. Except that mine works! > > It's variously called a Xerox 6085 or 1186 workstation, depending on > what microcode is loaded. If it's running Dove microcode, it's called > a 6085 and runs Xerox Viewpoint (now called GlobalView) office automation > software, and/or XDE (Xerox Development Environment). If it has LISP > microcode loaded, it's called an 1186, and runs LISP. > > BTW, the mouse is optical, but uses infra-red (I think - that or UV) > diodes, so you can't see the LEDs lit up. The row of icons you get at > switchon tells the machine where to boot from - the spanners mean to boot > with diagnostics. If you press the hard disk icon (F1) and it fails to > boot, you should get a display of four small numbers (called an MPU code, > for Maintenance Panel). What are they? This should tell you why the boot > failed. If it's 7511, the file system is corrupt, and you need to run > a scavenge, which you unfortunately need to get from somewhere else, since > it isn't installed on the machine. If it hangs with an MP code of 0937, > it's trying to get the time from the Ethernet, and this will fail unless > it's plugged into an Ethernet with another machine running XNS time service. > > You can't run anything vaguely industry standard on this machine - you'll > need to approach Xerox for Viewpoint (they probably won't sell you XDE), or > Envos in California for LISP. Both will probably cost you serious money. I > doubt if there are enough of them in the world for there to be a serious > hobbyist community to approach for software. Since you're an academic site, > there *may* be a possibility of getting it looked at for free, but don't > hold your breath, especially since Xerox have stopped making 6085s, and now > run this stuff on Suns, instead. > > 6085s (depending on configuration) sell for between US$500 and US$1000, in > the States. I've never seen one for sale here, and I've no idea about Australia! > > > > > >Any ideas? Particularly, does any body have any technical specs on the monitor, > >or where I can get them? Or can tell me how to get into a setup mode, or has > >a floppy for it or something? > > > >Thanks in advance, > > David Monro > > > > > > --- > > > Regards, > > Hugh. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > I don't speak for Xerox. | "It's no use being clever - we are all > Rank Xerox Centre, UK. | clever here; just try to be kind - a > Huge.wgc1@rx.xerox.com | little kind." (F.J. Foakes Jackson) Are any 1186's anywhere in existence ? If so I am interested??? --Ralph