wnp@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Wolf Paul) (02/15/89)
Hello All! I have just purchased a used UNIX PC (1MB RAM, 40MB Hard Disk, Unix 3.51), and wonder if someone could answer a few questions for me. 1. How can I access the "window" icon without a mouse, to switch between different login sessions without going through the user agent? 2. I looked at Emmet Grey's MTOOLS and notice that these programs use device names "/dev/rflp", "/dev/rflp40t8s1s", "/dev/rflp40t9s2s", etc. Can I just "mknod" these devices, and what would be the major/minor device numbers for them? 3. I have lots of source code on 360K diskettes written on my old Microport/AT system -- cpio format, on 40 track, 9 sector diskettes. Can my UNIX PC read these, and if so, what is the device I need to use? 4. Will the stock disk driver handle a high density floppy drive, or a 3.5" floppy drive, and if so, how? 5. Is there a way to connect more than one floppy disk, and more than one hard disk, to this machine? 6. Is there a QIC-II interface for this machine? Please mail your replies to killer!doulos!wnp or killer!wnp, or post them to this group if you judge them of sufficient interest for others. Wolf Paul -- Wolf N. Paul * 3387 Sam Rayburn Run * Carrollton TX 75007 * (214) 306-9101 UUCP: killer!wnp ESL: 62832882 DOMAIN: wnp@killer.dallas.tx.us TLX: 910-380-0585 EES PLANO UD
pfales@ttrde.UUCP (Peter Fales) (02/16/89)
In article <7159@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>, wnp@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Wolf Paul) writes: > Hello All! Hello > I have just purchased a used UNIX PC (1MB RAM, 40MB Hard Disk, Unix 3.51), > and wonder if someone could answer a few questions for me. > > 1. How can I access the "window" icon without a mouse, to switch between > different login sessions without going through the user agent? Just push the "suspend" or "resume" key. This will get you a menu of windows from which you can select the one you want. I highly recommend the fast window switch from THE STORE. With it, each time you hit Rsume you switch to a new active window. > 2. I looked at Emmet Grey's MTOOLS and notice that these programs use > device names "/dev/rflp", "/dev/rflp40t8s1s", "/dev/rflp40t9s2s", etc. > Can I just "mknod" these devices, and what would be the major/minor > device numbers for them? There have been (at least) two versions of mtools posted to the net. One is designed for porting to various UNIX systems, and uses the device names you mentioned. Emmet has also posted a version specifically for the UNIX-PC. I compiled and ran it with no changes to the source or my system whatsoever. > 3. I have lots of source code on 360K diskettes written on my old > Microport/AT system -- cpio format, on 40 track, 9 sector diskettes. > Can my UNIX PC read these, and if so, what is the device I need to use? I am sure it is possible to write a program (witness mtools) to do this. With standard tools, I suspect it may be difficult. UNIX expects a VHB (Volume Header Block) in the first block which includes things like number of tracks, and sectors per track. /dev/rfp020 is the partition which includes the entire disk, and /dev/rfp021 is the partition which includes all of the disk except the VHB, loader, etc. and is the device normally used for cpio and such. > 4. Will the stock disk driver handle a high density floppy drive, or a > 3.5" floppy drive, and if so, how? I have heard of someone using a 720K 3.5 inch or 5.25 inch disk. All it takes is a new VHB specifying the additional tracks. However, it will not (with the stock software) be able to read 360K drives as will. (See below). > 5. Is there a way to connect more than one floppy disk, and more than one > hard disk, to this machine? Not easily. The people with 720K drives I have heard about kludge up a mechanical switch to allow access to the original 360K drive as well as an additional floppy. 1.2 MB or 1.44 disks would not be possible without hardware changes. There has been much talk on the net about putting multiple hard disks on the machine, but there is no way to do it short of hardware mods to the motherboard. Several people have (or will) offer kits and instructions to perform this upgrade. > 6. Is there a QIC-II interface for this machine? Not to my knowledge. AT&T sells (used to sell?) an exorbitantly priced 23MB tape backup unit compatible with the CTC tapes used on the 3B2. Pete -- Peter Fales AT&T, Room 2F-217 200 Park Plaza UUCP: ...att!ttrde!pfales Naperville, IL 60566 Domain: pfales@ttrde.att.com work: (312) 416-5357
dave@arnold.UUCP (Dave Arnold) (02/18/89)
Would somebody mind posting the recent catalog from The STORE! I didn't know there was a fast window switch available, so I wrote my own to use with GNUemacs. -- Dave Arnold ...!uunet!ccicpg!arnold!dave Volt Delta Resources dave@arnold.volt.com (714) 921-7635