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PRIME COMPUTER FAQ ------------------ $PIC 750.bmp Last Updated: 28th August 1999 This FAQ is compiled by Richard Clarke ([email protected]) Further Prime resources can be found at: http://www.malch.com comp.sys.prime (USENET) The information presented here has been assembled from many contributions and is included in good faith but use it at your own risk. Thanks to everyone who contributed. { CONTENTS -------- S) 1.0 PRIME HARDWARE Q) 1.1 How does my xx50 CPU compare to the others? Q) 1.2 What is my Prime worth? Q) 1.3 What can I use my 300MB disk drive for? Q) 1.4 Why was Master Clear under a shield when Power was not? Q) 1.5 What type of machines did the Specials group produce? Q) 1.6 Does anyone have the CBL6124 pinout? Q) 1.7 Wasn't there a Prime Supercomputer once? Q) 1.8 What are the two phone plugs (T1 & T2) on the PT200 terminal? Q) 1.9 What is an EXL? Q) 1.10 Wasn't there a Prime PC once? S) 2.0 PRIME SOFTWARE Q) 2.1 What is/happened to Primos? Q) 2.2 What were the features of the various Primos releases? Q) 2.3 Why the strange PDEV numbers, such as 460, 21460, and 100461? Q) 2.4 What was the first revision of Primos which passed C2? Q) 2.5 Why is CMDNC0 called that? Q) 2.6 How do I emulate Unix "set-uid"? Q) 2.7 What is/happened to Primix? Q) 2.8 What do the files in the DIRECV directory do? Q) 2.9 What's a V-mode .SAVE file? Q) 2.10 What is a terminfo/termcap entry for a Prime PT200/PT250 terminal? Q) 2.11 What CAD packages ran on Prime? Q) 2.12 I heard that Primos had been ported to the ....., what happened? Q) 2.13 I've got a Rev X MAGSAV tape, can I read it with Rev Y? Q) 2.14 I've got a MAGSAV tape, but no Prime... help! Q) 2.15 Anyone know about the HERO monitoring package? Q) 2.16 Problems stopping/restarting printers Q) 2.17 Prime ASCII Unix ASCII conversion problems Q) 2.18 R-mode, S-mode, etc: What were they? Q) 2.19 What's an EPF? Q) 2.20 Any way to transfer files off a Prime? Q) 2.21 SCCS Anyone? Q) 2.22 PKZIP or GZIP for Prime? Q) 2.23
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