RE: Mitsubishi Melcard (edge connect type)
After digging a bit further and disassembling a card I have here which was defective and peeling apart. I now know that this is a Seiko-Epson not a Mitsubishi Melcard. Seiko-Epson are 40 Contact Traces. Mitsubishi are 50 Contact Traces. I also found a data sheet from the p/n silk screened on the PWB of the card here: https://www.datasheetarchive.com/pdf/download.php?id=11082c69f543ba2dc23ee78386ce2ce49debd2&type=O&term=EPC032IEC0 Thanks for giving me a shove in the right direction. Don Resor -Original Message- From: cctalk On Behalf Of D. Resor via cctalk Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2021 5:09 PM To: 'Alexandre Souza' ; 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Subject: RE: Mitsubishi Melcard (edge connect type) I don't know. I do know that Roland also used something similar though the length of some of the contact points are different from the Mitsubishi Melcard. Don Resor -Original Message- From: cctalk On Behalf Of Alexandre Souza via cctalk Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2021 10:38 AM To: Chuck Guzis ; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Mitsubishi Melcard (edge connect type) Isnt that the epson card standard? Enviado do meu Tele-Movel Em dom, 11 de abr de 2021 14:37, Chuck Guzis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> escreveu: > On 4/11/21 7:08 AM, D. Resor via cctalk wrote: > > Does anyone recall what kind of hardware/software was used to > > read/write > the > > early Mitsubishi Melcard EPROM cards with the PCB edge connector > contacts? > > > > It was explained to me by someone that a EPROM programmer could be > > used, however I've never seen a socket which fits the edge card > > connector of > these > > cards. > > I don't know if it's exactly what you're looking for, but there's a > potload of information on Bitsavers, starting with PDF page 115: > > > http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/mitsubishi/Mitsubishi_VLSI_MOS_Memory_RAM > _ROM_and_Memory_Cards_Jan91.pdf > > --Chuck > >
RE: Mitsubishi Melcard (edge connect type)
I don't know. I do know that Roland also used something similar though the length of some of the contact points are different from the Mitsubishi Melcard. Don Resor -Original Message- From: cctalk On Behalf Of Alexandre Souza via cctalk Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2021 10:38 AM To: Chuck Guzis ; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Mitsubishi Melcard (edge connect type) Isnt that the epson card standard? Enviado do meu Tele-Movel Em dom, 11 de abr de 2021 14:37, Chuck Guzis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> escreveu: > On 4/11/21 7:08 AM, D. Resor via cctalk wrote: > > Does anyone recall what kind of hardware/software was used to > > read/write > the > > early Mitsubishi Melcard EPROM cards with the PCB edge connector > contacts? > > > > It was explained to me by someone that a EPROM programmer could be > > used, however I've never seen a socket which fits the edge card > > connector of > these > > cards. > > I don't know if it's exactly what you're looking for, but there's a > potload of information on Bitsavers, starting with PDF page 115: > > > http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/mitsubishi/Mitsubishi_VLSI_MOS_Memory_RAM > _ROM_and_Memory_Cards_Jan91.pdf > > --Chuck > >
Re: Anyone know ancient versions of XLC?
On 4/9/21 3:23 PM, Nemo Nusquam wrote: On 2021-04-08 00:32, Ben Huntsman via cctalk wrote: I know this is a strange place to ask, but it's as good a place as any. Anyone on here used IBM's XLC in very old versions? Anyone know what the argument -qdebug=austlib does? I have the docs for IBM C Set++ 3.1 for AIX (1993) and it is not there.? As you probably know, the Austin lab was known for HPC s/w so they may have shipped special debug versions. [..] I used xlc in the early 90's at IBM in the Raleigh networking lab, along with the excellent xcdb debugger - Austin's debug libs weren't a part of our repertoire. There was plenty going on that was deeper and closer to the iron in Austin, so it could be just about anything. AIX 3.2.5 was so much leaner and meaner than 4.x that came along next... I never did warm up to it the same way. - David
Re: Mitsubishi Melcard (edge connect type)
Isnt that the epson card standard? Enviado do meu Tele-Movel Em dom, 11 de abr de 2021 14:37, Chuck Guzis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> escreveu: > On 4/11/21 7:08 AM, D. Resor via cctalk wrote: > > Does anyone recall what kind of hardware/software was used to read/write > the > > early Mitsubishi Melcard EPROM cards with the PCB edge connector > contacts? > > > > It was explained to me by someone that a EPROM programmer could be used, > > however I've never seen a socket which fits the edge card connector of > these > > cards. > > I don't know if it's exactly what you're looking for, but there's a > potload of information on Bitsavers, starting with PDF page 115: > > > http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/mitsubishi/Mitsubishi_VLSI_MOS_Memory_RAM_ROM_and_Memory_Cards_Jan91.pdf > > --Chuck > >
Re: Mitsubishi Melcard (edge connect type)
On 4/11/21 7:08 AM, D. Resor via cctalk wrote: > Does anyone recall what kind of hardware/software was used to read/write the > early Mitsubishi Melcard EPROM cards with the PCB edge connector contacts? > > It was explained to me by someone that a EPROM programmer could be used, > however I've never seen a socket which fits the edge card connector of these > cards. I don't know if it's exactly what you're looking for, but there's a potload of information on Bitsavers, starting with PDF page 115: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/mitsubishi/Mitsubishi_VLSI_MOS_Memory_RAM_ROM_and_Memory_Cards_Jan91.pdf --Chuck
Mitsubishi Melcard (edge connect type)
Does anyone recall what kind of hardware/software was used to read/write the early Mitsubishi Melcard EPROM cards with the PCB edge connector contacts? It was explained to me by someone that a EPROM programmer could be used, however I've never seen a socket which fits the edge card connector of these cards. I've uploaded an image of the edge contact end of this type of card here: http://www.hammondorganservice.com/downloads/images/melcard.jpg Seems these were also available in the SRAM variety as well. Thanks Don Resor
In search of RLX blade software
I’ve been given a couple of RLX blade server chassis loaded with blades (one with Transmeta Crusoe cpu’s, and one with Pentium III cpu’s). I hope you’ll allow me to count these as “vintage” because of their interesting origin: the Pentium III loaded chassis was part of a 768 node computer cluster at the Sanger Institute in the UK, and was used in the last stretch of the DNA sequencing computations for the Human Genome Project. I’d like to build a compute cluster out of these, but I don’t have the rpm’s they supplied to customize Linux for their blades. Ideally, I’d hope to find a copy of their “Control Tower” blade management software, and their customized Linux installation images, but just the bare rpm’s would do for now. From the RLX platform guide, I’d hope to find: kernel-*rlx*.i386.rpm kernel-headers-*rlx*.i386.rpm devfsd-*rlx*.i386.rpm ucd-snmp-*rlx*.i386.rpm net-snmp-*rlx*.i386.rpm ucd-snmp-utils-*rlx*.i386.rpm net-snmp-utils-*rlx*.i386.rpm bootctl-*rlx*.i386.rpm atftp-*rlx*.i386.rpm lm_sensors-*-*rlx*.i386.rpm lm_sensors-drivers-*-*rlx*.i386.rpm lm_sensors-devel-*-*rlx*.i386.rpm base-utils-*rlx*.i386.rpm runctl-*rlx*.noarch.rpm networkcfg-*rlx*.noarch.rpm mgmtmode-*rlx*.noarch.rpm namedcfg-*rlx*.noarch.rpm dhcpdcfg-*rlx*.noarch.rpm lilo-*rlx*.i386.rpm grub-*rlx*.i386.rpm rlx-clientpm-*rlx*.i386.rpm This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain privileged, confidential, proprietary, private, copyrighted, or other legally protected information. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity designated above. If you are not the intended recipient (even if the e-mail address above is yours), please notify us by return e-mail immediately, and delete the message and any attachments. Any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this message or any attachments by an individual or entity other than the intended recipient is prohibited.
