Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-06 Thread Holm Tiffe
Dave Woyciesjes wrote: > How about all of you shut the hell up, drop this, and talk > computers, okay? > > >>.. > >>Now, after that many text about "Role of Meaning" is it just me that > >>thinks that the time where better to be used for clearing technical > >>problems? > >> > >>Regards, > >

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-06 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
How about all of you shut the hell up, drop this, and talk computers, okay? On 09/05/2015 06:10 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote: Holm. You may call it whatever you want. I found your comments insulting. And following your advice I'll not ignore you. Have fun. Johnny On 2015-09-05 09:00,

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-06 Thread Holm Tiffe
Johnny Billquist wrote: > On 2015-09-05 12:10, Johnny Billquist wrote: > >Holm. You may call it whatever you want. > > > >I found your comments insulting. And following your advice I'll not > >ignore you. Have fun. > > s/not/now/ > > Johnny > > > ..my advice? You don't want to ask what

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-05 Thread Holm Tiffe
Jay West wrote: > This thread has migrated into the realm of "should be handled off-list". > > J > agree.. Regards, Holm -- Technik Service u. Handel Tiffe, www.tsht.de, Holm Tiffe, Freiberger Straße 42, 09600 Oberschöna, USt-Id: DE253710583 www.tsht.de, i...@tsht.de, Fax +49 3

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-05 Thread Holm Tiffe
tony duell wrote: > > > As a bystander, I would much rather see silence than some forty or > > > fifty "sorry, don't know anything about that" responses flooding the > > > list after every request for help. > > > > I couldn't agree more, Mouse! lol. > > \begin{aolmode} > > Me too > > \end{aol

RE: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-05 Thread Jay West
This thread has migrated into the realm of "should be handled off-list". J

RE: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-05 Thread tony duell
> > As a bystander, I would much rather see silence than some forty or > > fifty "sorry, don't know anything about that" responses flooding the > > list after every request for help. > > I couldn't agree more, Mouse! lol. \begin{aolmode} Me too \end{aolmode} Nobody here knows everything, and

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-05 Thread j...@cimmeri.com
On 9/5/2015 8:02 AM, Mouse wrote: I think it where much more helpful to answer things like "Sorry don't know, never had todo with that", vs. simply saying nothing at all, leaving the man that looks for help alone. As a bystander, I would much rather see silence than some forty or fifty "sorry

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-05 Thread j...@cimmeri.com
On Fri, 4 Sep 2015, j...@cimmeri.com wrote: culture re what is offensive. His remarks did not bother me because they were "typically German." Maybe me saying that will offend Holm... lol... On 9/5/2015 5:40 AM, Christian Corti wrote: Hey, they weren't "typically German"... we don't

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-05 Thread Mouse
> I think it where much more helpful to answer things like "Sorry don't > know, never had todo with that", vs. simply saying nothing at all, > leaving the man that looks for help alone. As a bystander, I would much rather see silence than some forty or fifty "sorry, don't know anything about that

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-05 Thread Holm Tiffe
Johnny Billquist wrote: > Holm. You may call it whatever you want. > > I found your comments insulting. ..but that was never my intention. > And following your advice I'll not > ignore you. Have fun. > > Johnny :-) German saying "Nichts wird so heiß gegessen wie es gekocht wird" Don

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-05 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-09-05 12:40, Christian Corti wrote: On Fri, 4 Sep 2015, j...@cimmeri.com wrote: culture re what is offensive. His remarks did not bother me because they were "typically German." Maybe me saying that will offend Holm... lol... Hey, they weren't "typically German"... we don't want to

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-05 Thread Christian Corti
On Fri, 4 Sep 2015, j...@cimmeri.com wrote: culture re what is offensive. His remarks did not bother me because they were "typically German." Maybe me saying that will offend Holm... lol... Hey, they weren't "typically German"... we don't want to make generalizations, do we? I think the

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-05 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-09-05 12:10, Johnny Billquist wrote: Holm. You may call it whatever you want. I found your comments insulting. And following your advice I'll not ignore you. Have fun. s/not/now/ Johnny Johnny On 2015-09-05 09:00, Holm Tiffe wrote: Johnny Billquist wrote: [..] He

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-05 Thread Johnny Billquist
Holm. You may call it whatever you want. I found your comments insulting. And following your advice I'll not ignore you. Have fun. Johnny On 2015-09-05 09:00, Holm Tiffe wrote: Johnny Billquist wrote: [..] He Johnny, clam down. There was _NO_ Answer at all. Yes. And what is yo

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-05 Thread Holm Tiffe
Johnny Billquist wrote: [..] > > > > > >He Johnny, clam down. > > > >There was _NO_ Answer at all. > > Yes. And what is your problem with that? Noone answered, so live with it. > > >Did you mean that it is better for me that people that doesn't > >answer me additionaly can't read my messages? >

RE: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-04 Thread Jay West
John wrote Might I respectfully just quip here, that different countries have different culture re what is offensive. [snip] I think the best policy is to let as much as possible "slide" here in the online world. VERY well put. About 1% of the time I post a question here, I get sile

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-04 Thread Dave Wade
I took it as a cry of desperation, nor sure what was intended, but that's how it came across to me... Dave wade On Sep 5, 2015 12:03 AM, "j...@cimmeri.com" wrote: > > > On 9/4/2015 5:41 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote: > >> On 2015-09-05 00:31, Holm Tiffe wrote: >> >> >> Let me live the rest of my ti

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-04 Thread j...@cimmeri.com
On 9/4/2015 5:41 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote: On 2015-09-05 00:31, Holm Tiffe wrote: Let me live the rest of my time like a child playing with old computers, that's exactly why we are here; nothing else matters. I know that people trying to help, trust me, I'm doing that in other, cases

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-04 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-09-05 00:31, Holm Tiffe wrote: Johnny Billquist wrote: On 2015-09-04 20:31, Holm Tiffe wrote: Mike Stein wrote: - Original Message - From: "Johnny Billquist" Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 12:52 PM On 2015-09-04 08:01, Holm Tiffe wrote: Hmm.. I see, I must be the only

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-04 Thread Holm Tiffe
Johnny Billquist wrote: > On 2015-09-04 20:31, Holm Tiffe wrote: > >Mike Stein wrote: > > > >>- Original Message - > >>From: "Johnny Billquist" > >>Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 12:52 PM > >> > >> > >>>On 2015-09-04 08:01, Holm Tiffe wrote: > >>> > Hmm.. I see, I must be the only o

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-04 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-09-04 20:31, Holm Tiffe wrote: Mike Stein wrote: - Original Message - From: "Johnny Billquist" Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 12:52 PM On 2015-09-04 08:01, Holm Tiffe wrote: Hmm.. I see, I must be the only one that has ever seen a DSSI disk... Thanks to all that haven't

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-04 Thread Holm Tiffe
Johnny Billquist wrote: > On 2015-09-04 18:19, Glen Slick wrote: > >I just acquired a KA640 VAX in a BA215 (thanks Josh) which has one > >working RF30 and one dead RF30 with failure code 300B(X). I don't have > >copies of any manuals which list the error codes. I just figure at > >this point that

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-04 Thread Holm Tiffe
Glen Slick wrote: > I just acquired a KA640 VAX in a BA215 (thanks Josh) which has one > working RF30 and one dead RF30 with failure code 300B(X). I don't have > copies of any manuals which list the error codes. I just figure at > this point that the drive is dead and there is nothing that can be

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-04 Thread Holm Tiffe
Mike Stein wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Johnny Billquist" > Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 12:52 PM > > > >On 2015-09-04 08:01, Holm Tiffe wrote: > > > >>Hmm.. I see, I must be the only one that has > >>ever seen a DSSI disk... > >> > >>Thanks to all that haven't answered.

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-04 Thread Holm Tiffe
Johnny Billquist wrote: > On 2015-09-04 08:01, Holm Tiffe wrote: > > >Hmm.. I see, I must be the only one that has ever seen a DSSI disk... > > > >Thanks to all that haven't answered. > > You do understand that noone is *required* to help, do you? This message > really sends the wrong impressio

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-04 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: "Johnny Billquist" Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 12:52 PM On 2015-09-04 08:01, Holm Tiffe wrote: Hmm.. I see, I must be the only one that has ever seen a DSSI disk... Thanks to all that haven't answered. You do understand that noone is *required* to

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-04 Thread Glen Slick
On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote: > >> The working 150MB RF30 is too small for a useful VMS system although >> it would be a decent size if I set up the system as a PDP-11 with an >> M7554-PB KDJ11-SB CPU instead of the VAX KA640. > > Be aware that no PDP-11 system knows abo

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-04 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-09-04 18:19, Glen Slick wrote: I just acquired a KA640 VAX in a BA215 (thanks Josh) which has one working RF30 and one dead RF30 with failure code 300B(X). I don't have copies of any manuals which list the error codes. I just figure at this point that the drive is dead and there is nothin

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-04 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-09-04 08:01, Holm Tiffe wrote: Hmm.. I see, I must be the only one that has ever seen a DSSI disk... Thanks to all that haven't answered. You do understand that noone is *required* to help, do you? This message really sends the wrong impression, and rubs me the wrong way... People

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-04 Thread Glen Slick
I just acquired a KA640 VAX in a BA215 (thanks Josh) which has one working RF30 and one dead RF30 with failure code 300B(X). I don't have copies of any manuals which list the error codes. I just figure at this point that the drive is dead and there is nothing that can be done to try to fix it. The

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-04 Thread Richard Loken
On Wed, 2 Sep 2015, Holm Tiffe wrote: > Since the capacity of 2x RF31 and 1x RF71 disks is a little bit low > for VMS with some compilersi (~400MB every disk), I've looked for a bigger > disk, at least for the sytem itself. (I've already relocated the pagefile > to the 2nd disk). > Ok, there are R

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-04 Thread Peter Coghlan
Holm Tiffe wrote: > > Hmm.. I see, I must be the only one that has ever seen a DSSI disk... > I have a MicroVAX 4000/100A with two DSSI disks that slowly died one after the other, not long after I got it. From the errors they logged and the clunking and rattling noises they started making, it see

RE: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-04 Thread Dave G4UGM
> -Original Message- > From: Dave G4UGM [mailto:dave.g4...@gmail.com] > Sent: 04 September 2015 09:16 > To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' > > Subject: RE: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk > > > > > -Original Messag

RE: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-04 Thread Dave G4UGM
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ethan > Dicks > Sent: 04 September 2015 07:51 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk > > On Fri, Sep 4,

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-03 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 2:01 AM, Holm Tiffe wrote: > Hmm.. I see, I must be the only one that has ever seen a DSSI disk... > > Thanks to all that haven't answered. Sorry I can't help. I own no DSSI gear, never had to fix it, and from your well-written description of the problem, clearly know far

Re: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-03 Thread Holm Tiffe
Holm Tiffe wrote: > Since the capacity of 2x RF31 and 1x RF71 disks is a little bit low > for VMS with some compilersi (~400MB every disk), I've looked for a bigger > disk, at least for the sytem itself. (I've already relocated the pagefile > to the 2nd disk). > Ok, there are RF73 available at eba