tezza wrote:SpidersWeb wrote:I clicked buy now, because I'd already organized to pay/pickup after work lol
Thanks for pointing out the auction, otherwise that could have been weird.
Cool machine, will go nicely next to my RT.
Now where to find 20 or so terminals.... hmmm
Good one. That UNIX OS must be a beast because there are a huge number of manuals!
The OS itself is very close to AIX, but these manuals are much more detailed and themed (e.g. users, programmers, administrators) than what IBM provided for AIX and the RT.
e.g. in one book, it shows you how to insert and remove floppy disks, and in another it shows you how to write in assembly! In the IBM books it'd start you off with something less friendly like "Insert your VPM disk and perform an IPL" and doesn't touch on programming (that I could see, perhaps there was a separate book to order).
When my RJ45 crimper arrives, I'll make a serial cable, and see if I can get it to power up.
It appears to have:
Cipher 23Mb QIC + card (standard)
DSQD 720Kb floppy (standard)
2 x PORT cards - each has 4 x RS232 and 1 x Centronics parallel.
Haven't checked hard drive(s) yet, need to take the case off.