info-3b2@lamc (Info-3b2 Mailing List) (09/21/88)
Info-3b2 Digest, Number 16 Tuesday, September 20th 1988 Today's Topics: Parts is Parts(RESENT) Mailx problem A request for information Re: Parts is Parts(RESENT) RE: mailx ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 8 Sep 88 07:11:25 cdt From: hoptoad!lll-crg!mordor!cs.utexas.edu!astro.as.utexas.edu!sooner!dewey Subject: Parts is Parts(RESENT) -->Subject: Re: Looking for info on 3B2 -->>From egranthm@amyerg.UUCP (Ewan Grantham) -->Subject: Re: Looking for info on 3b2 -->Date: 26 Aug 88 14:17:11 GMT --> -->Was wondering if anyone could point me toward some cheap hard disks -->for a 3B2/300. I've been told by my VAR that a 72 meg replacement -->for my 30 meg drive would cost $1500, while I see drives in the -->magazines with the ESDI interface for 150 megs at this price. Any way -->to get a 60 or 70 meg ESDI drive to replace my internal one for -->about $600-$700? --> -->Thanks, -->Ewan Grantham --> -->-- -->Ewan Grantham (601) 354-6454 ext. 452 Miss. Dept. of Corrections -->{}!swbatl!amyerg!egranthm (The Prison People) -->My bosses aren't responsible for me, and vice versa -->Go Broncos!!! --> -->--- End of forwarded message from egranthm@amyerg.UUCP --> I thought this might be of general enough info to post. It seems that Congruent Technologies of Austin has been bought out by or is now in association with O/E Distribution, Inc. of Troy Michigan. I feel this lends credit to Congruent Tech. Anyway, on page 116 of the September issue of UNIX World the ad show that they offer hard disk along with other products. Names and addresses follow. O/E Distribution, Inc. Congruent Technologies, Inc. 3290 Big Beaver Suite 200 9065 Jollyville Rd. Troy MI 48084 Austin, TX 78759 313-649-0540 512-346-4761 800-762-7222 On another note, the question about 3b5, 3b15's and 3b20's. the 3b5 is a mini, unlike the "desktop" 3b2 line, these are "floor" models, the 3b15 is a super-duper 3b5, with all the options on it, it's like or better a vax 11/780. the 3b20 is used with 5ESS Digital switch, I don't think it's used for anything else, but I'm sure it could be. maybe 3b2fst!randy (now ocrjd!randy) could fill us in on the particulars if you specfiy them dewey coffman austin, texas ------------------------------ From: lll-tis!ames!rutgers!princeton.princeton.edu!mccc!pjh Date: Mon, 19 Sep 88 22:57:11 EDT Subject: Mailx problem I just restored SysV R3.1.2 and now no longer get notified when there's mail for me. What's worse is that mailx doesn't use a pager any more, despite the fact that I have PAGER=/usr/local/bin/less in my environment! Should I put it into .mailrc as well? Pete Holsberg UUCP: {...!rutgers!}princeton!mccc!pjh Technology Division ...!att!jonlab!mccc!pjh Mercer College CompuServe: 70240,334 1200 Old Trenton Road GEnie: PJHOLSBERG Trenton, NJ 08690 Voice: 1-609-586-4800 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Sep 88 15:51:21 BST Subject: A request for information From: hoptoad!quaduk!graham (Graham Glen) People, forgive me please if I am going over old ground, but I have only recently started to receive this newsletter. I have two questions. 1. I am thinking (when I can find some free time) of writing a code generator for the GNU C compiler to suit the WE32k chipset. But, I don't really feel like doing it if someone else has done it. 2. On one of our 3B's here, I have a National Intstruments GPIB card. This card is used to drive a 9 track tape deck, and has been operating reliably for 2 years now. Unfortunately all my attempts at getting some information out of National Instruments about the low-level interfaces (software) to the card have failed, because of which I cannot turn my code into a device driver. Has anybody else had any success? Graham Glen Technical Manager Quadratron Systems (UK) Ltd. ------------------------------ Date: Mon Sep 19 23:27:47 EDT 1988 Subject: Re: Parts is Parts(RESENT) From: netsys!cucstud!eawa2!ean6cc1!wpeace I think you've missed the point on the balance of this discussion. The 3B20D is used on the #5ESS, but that is but one of its uses. And this was one of the first places it appeared because it is a PRE-Divestiture computer. AT&T was NOT allowed to sell it commercially. In addition to the 3B20D there is also the 3B20A (Adjunct) ((Ever wonder how calling card calls were processed?)) and the 3B20S (Simplex) The 3B20's have seen sometime in the Federal Arena; but as a commercial offering, AT&T has made available only the lower end of the line. 3B2, 3B5, 3B15 and now the 3B4000. All of commercial offering uses the WE320XX line of mpu. ------------------------------ Subject: RE: mailx From: pacbell!att!iwsag!jww Sounds like your .mailrc in your home directory got munged ... but the answer to your question about using less as a pager is: in your .mailrc have the following line: set PAGER=less or if less is not in your path, then use set PAGER=/the/full/path/name/to/less Questions ? Jeff Wolford att!iwsag!jww ucbvax--| | decvax--+--- att --- iwsag!jww | harvard-| ------------------------------------- To join this group or have your thoughts in the next issue, please send electronic mail to Ken Davis at the following address; {pacbell,netsys,hoptoad,well}!lamc!info-3b2-request The views expressed in Info-3b2 Digest are those of the individual authors only. ********************* End of Info-3b2 Digest *********************