2 Dec
2022
2 Dec
'22
1:14 p.m.
Dear all,
I am still trying to declutter enough to empty the storage container,
and have room to move around in my basement. I have decided not to
renew the lease on the storage container on 10 January, so stuff needs
to go by then.
The following stuff will go in the skip if no one comes and collects it
by early January:
D-Scan video printer
DECwriter 2 printing terminal
A device for cleaning DEC RK05 platters, poor condition, mechanicals
corroded, no cleaning pads or fluid - probably display only.
The following stuff will probably also go in the skip:
Teletype 43 (the dot-matrix Teletype - this is rare but boring; probably
rare because boring)
A wide range of other small dot-matrix printers - let me know if you are
interested in anything of that nature, and I'll try and make a list.
The following are available free to anyone prepared to collect:
IBM System/23 Datamaster - complete with (yet another!) dot matrix
printer. I have some software for this as well.
ACT Sirius 1. A fairly complete system including some software
(Wordstar and some accounting packages). I may need help disentangling
Sirius stuff from Apricot stuff, since the same ACT logo often appears
on both.
The following are available, but I'd like to be offered a non-negative
amount of money:
Apple II systems. Four system units (I think they are two //e, one ][
plus and one ][ Europlus, but I can check. Some disk drives. I should
be able to find a monitor or two. Quite a lot of manyals, plug-in
cards, probably some software disks - but I may need help sorting out
Apple II disks from others. Some of the plug-in cards are prototyping
cards, and I think one has been set up to talk to some analogue gaming
paddles.
Research Machines 380Z. (One of the people who collected other stuff
from me has expressed an interest in this, and his prior interest will
be taken into account in considering offers.) I have a system box (I
haven't yet looked inside) with diskette drives on the front; I also
have a GIPB (IEEE-488) card and a rather nice I/O prototyping card - it
is pre-populated with three PIO chips and one other large chip, all in
wire-wrappable sockets, and lots of space for a homebrew interface.
A Victor V86P laptop. I know nothing about this machine, but it has the
Sirius logo on it (I think the Sirius 1 was sold under the Victor brand
in some places, so this figures)
As before, please reply to declutter(a)axeside.co.uk, whether or not you
reply here. If I get interest in some of the machines, I'm happy to
look more closely at them and try to answer queries. In general, I'd
prefer people to come and collect stuff, but for the smaller items (e.g.
the Victor laptop) I'd be happy to discuss shipping. Collecting stuff
yourself is a more reliable way of getting the parts you need (e.g.
cables), and of finding other stuff that I don't mind getting rid of.
As regards the systems for which I want money, I do not guarantee to
accept the highest offer; as I said, I have already had interest in the
380Z and this will be taken into account.
Finally, I am trying to contact Anthony Sibley. We started making
arrangements for him to collect some stuff, and then I stopped getting
replies to my e-mails. Either he is not receiving them or I am not
receiving his replies. Please get in touch, or your TU16 will go
elsewhere, maybe even in the skip.
Philip.