Multiple Crashes
I have been having a hell of a time today with the XL1201. It keeps crashing to the FEP from Genera. Very frustrating. You can Continue »
FEP on Serial
Getting the FEP display on the serial port isn't hard - as long as you want to use the serial port built onto the console. So »
Auto-setting Time
Every time Genera boots, it asks for the time. However, Genera clearly uses the RFC 868 Time Protocol. So, I thought I'd try to make my »
Genera X11 Fonts on Mac
Although away, I have my laptop with me and decided to try to get Xquartz running with the Genera X11 fonts. Find the Genera X11 fonts »
Autoboot Serial/Telnet and X
I've decided to take a minor detour when I get back from the gaming convention to make a disk image for someone with an XL400 without »
Displaying Genera on iMac
Well, on a whim I decided to see if I could get Genera running on my iMac's X display. (This way I can spare the 3620 »
Symbolics Filesystems (Updated)
Update 1: Added FEP Kernel image. ams asked me for a few clean filesystems so he can analyze how they work. Happy to oblige. They're here. »
Genera 8.3 Setup, Part 2
Good evening with the XL1201 tonight. TL;DR: Got NFS working on Genera, mostly Need to fix UIDs Showed editing a file on NFS server Showed »
Clean Genera 8.3 FEPfs
I was asked to provide a full list of all the files on the XL1201 Genera 8.3 hard drive I received from David K. Schmidt. »
Setting Up Genera 8.3, Part 1
I'm setting up Genera 8.3 on the XL1201 using a clean hard drive. Literally all this hard drive has on it is Genera 8.3 »
XL1201 Power Consumption
I was asked how much power is used by the XL1201. Here are a few data points... XL1201 with only SCSI2SD: 222-233W Console: 106W With the »
XL1201 and SCSI2SD v5 128GB
I'm attempting to use the SCSI2SD v5 with a 128G microSD card. You can find out the size of an SD card attached to a modern »
SCSI 50 to 68-pin Adapters
Well, it seems that not all SCSI 50-pin female to 68 pin female adapters are created equally. I bought several of these from Amazon, made by »
Console Internals
This is a Symbolics Model PE36-PCONS, Part No 365404 Rev C console. My serial number is 21811. ("There are many like it, but this one is »
3-button Mouse on MacIvory Fail
TL;DR: Still no luck using 3-button mouse on MacIvory. Need to find MouseKey 1.0 or 1.1 software. My MacIvory III in a Quadra »
XL1201 Mini-benchmark
UPDATED July 28, 2016: More mini-benchmark results added. I was asked to do a simple benchmark of the XL1201 by Jerome Ibanes and share the results. »
Status and Next Steps
Status XL1201 running clean Genera 8.3 on X15 drive from DKS MacIvory III running clean Genera 8.3 All physical drives ddpt'd for backup Next »
XL1201 Known Working Disks
Note: After formatting a disk to 1280-byte blocks on Genera, make sure to hard power cycle reboot the computer before trying to use it for a »
Large SCSI Disks and XL1201
TL;DR: SCSI disks with 20M 1280-byte blocks work SCSI disks with 25M 1280-byte blocks work SCSI disks with 28M 1280-byte blocks work SCSI disks with »
Clean Boot of Genera 8.3
The XL1201 now boots nicely from a new ST318451LW Cheetah drive that David K. Schmidt sent (sold) me. It loads FEP version 333 and a clean »