Re: hate when I run out of interrupts and exceptions

2016-12-09 Thread Fred Cisin

On Fri, 9 Dec 2016, jim stephens wrote:

And don't have any spares on the shelf.  The title on this just was funny,
maybe it's time to crash, since it's late.
VINTAGE-DEC-DIGITAL-Empty-case-of-the-VAX-VMS-exceptions-interrupts-CASE-ONLY-/
http://www.ebay.com/itm/291941009551
(posted for levity, no warning on this posting)


Thank you
If I were to buy the case, where can I get interrupts and exceptions 
in bulk to refill it with?   Can it be done without a special tool, or do 
I need an exception handler?






Re: hate when I run out of interrupts and exceptions

2016-12-09 Thread Charles Anthony
On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Fred Cisin  wrote:

> On Fri, 9 Dec 2016, jim stephens wrote:
>
>> And don't have any spares on the shelf.  The title on this just was funny,
>> maybe it's time to crash, since it's late.
>> VINTAGE-DEC-DIGITAL-Empty-case-of-the-VAX-VMS-exceptions-
>> interrupts-CASE-ONLY-/
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/291941009551
>> (posted for levity, no warning on this posting)
>>
>
> Thank you
> If I were to buy the case, where can I get interrupts and exceptions in
> bulk to refill it with?   Can it be done without a special tool, or do I
> need an exception handler?
>
>
>
Be sure to get NOS; the imported replacements have the wrong bus threshold
voltages.

-- Charles


Re: hate when I run out of interrupts and exceptions

2016-12-09 Thread Pontus Pihlgren
On Fri, Dec 09, 2016 at 09:56:14AM -0800, Fred Cisin wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Dec 2016, jim stephens wrote:
> >And don't have any spares on the shelf.  The title on this just was funny,
> >maybe it's time to crash, since it's late.
> >VINTAGE-DEC-DIGITAL-Empty-case-of-the-VAX-VMS-exceptions-interrupts-CASE-ONLY-/
> >http://www.ebay.com/itm/291941009551
> >(posted for levity, no warning on this posting)
> 
> Thank you
> If I were to buy the case, where can I get interrupts and exceptions in bulk
> to refill it with?   Can it be done without a special tool, or do I need an
> exception handler?
> 
> 
> 

I'm sure I've seen it in a Lucas catalog next to these:

http://w0nqx.blogspot.se/2016/01/the-majic-of-smke.html

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