Here in the Boston area, we have the streets paved with XT's; I pick them up
>from the trash every once in a while. Often I leave them for lack of space.
By the way, does anyone know about the System/74?
Original Message:
Hello everyone. I'm new here, but am very interested in collecting
computers. I want two things:
1. Information etc. on the Androbot. (Remember, the little robot that
premiered about the same time as the XT?)
2. Any extra classics that you have that you could sell to me. In my
area, it took me 4 months just to track down 1 XT in relatively bad
condition.
Thanks,
Hello everyone. I'm new here, but am very interested in collecting
computers. I want two things:
1. Information etc. on the Androbot. (Remember, the little robot that
premiered about the same time as the XT?)
2. Any extra classics that you have that you could sell to me. In my
area, it took me 4 months just to track down 1 XT in relatively bad
condition.
Thanks,
Tim D. Hotze
i lurk alt.folklore computers, and some guy on there claims that he's
discovered a cache of NOS 5 meg st506 drives. he hinted at some volume
purchase from interested parties. i'd be willing to buy a few as a group
purchase, like the deal that fell through with the little handheld machines
earlier this year. for more info, check out the thread in
alt.folklore.computers.
david
Do you want to sell these things? Because if so, I'm really interested.
Where I live (In Bahrain, in the Mid-East), everyone has gotten rid of
anything 5+ years old. (But not to many people have anything much newer :)
!) I might have a lead on an Apple I, and other of the older models of
Apples, but that's with a friend in the US, but if I do get some, I'll let
everyone know. I REALLY want a NeXT cube, and a Sun, if you find enough.
Thanks,
Tim D. Hotze
photze(a)batelco.com.bh
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From: John R. Keys Jr. <jrkeys(a)concentric.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Friday and Saturday Finds
Date: Sunday, October 26, 1997 4:12 AM
Well the Hamfest is over and I got a few items but missed alot more, too
big
for one person to be get to the tables fast enough. Got some leads on Next
cubes and Sun items for little or no cost, will be talking with them more
next week. If they have enough I will post the information. About a two
hour
drive from me. On to the list
On Friday I found a Zenith luggable ZFA121-52 not tested yet $5 this baby
is
big with the flip up floppy drives on the top, Apple mouse IIe platinum
free, digital tape unit TLZ04-DA $5, 2 Mac Plus M0110A keybroads, a couple
of laser printers and several USR password modems for $10. Today at the
Hamfest I got digital GIGI model VK100-AA with manuals for free, HP model
433SX station $10 no power supply uses the external power brick like the
old
plotters will have get one from storage and test this unit, Commodore
CBM4040 dual drive .80, a Sharp Wizard 64KB for $20 needs new batteries
can't test it yet, a old 256k/64k RAMCHECK tester for $10 this unit is by
Innoventions of Houston need to write and see if the have doc's on this old
unit, and last a few cables and other odds & ends for $1 each. The day was
not as good as hoped as there were several really good bargins that got
away
by seconds. Well hope everyone else also had a good week and Keep
Computing.
John
I have a similiar problem: Due to the large size of the XT style
motherboards, my desk devoted to classic computers isn't big enough. I can
fit the computer on, the monitor on the computer, and the keyboard on the
floor. When you try to type, it's not fun. (Type a command. Stop. Before
entering it, look up at monitor. Takes about twice as long.)
PS- How do you post an origional message? Do you just send one to9
classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu , or somewhere else?
Tim D. Hotze
photze(a)batelco.com.bh
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From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram(a)cnct.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Space problems in the UK and US
Date: Sunday, October 26, 1997 4:09 AM
Philip.Belben(a)powertech.co.uk wrote:
> > Actually, I'm one of the lucky ones. My fiancee permits me a whole 8"
by 10"
> > room in the basement for my laboratory. Not much room to actually
_move
>
> Eight by ten inches? You poor thing! But I expect you are
exaggerating...
One of the minor annoyances about collecting classic computers is the
variety of decisions that were made in placement of punctuation on the
keyboards. That was supposed to be feet, not inches, of course. And it
would be worse, not better, if I were a touch typist.
--
Ward Griffiths
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails
of the last priest." [Denis Diderot, "Dithyrambe sur la fete de rois"]
Well the Hamfest is over and I got a few items but missed alot more, too big
for one person to be get to the tables fast enough. Got some leads on Next
cubes and Sun items for little or no cost, will be talking with them more
next week. If they have enough I will post the information. About a two hour
drive from me. On to the list
On Friday I found a Zenith luggable ZFA121-52 not tested yet $5 this baby is
big with the flip up floppy drives on the top, Apple mouse IIe platinum
free, digital tape unit TLZ04-DA $5, 2 Mac Plus M0110A keybroads, a couple
of laser printers and several USR password modems for $10. Today at the
Hamfest I got digital GIGI model VK100-AA with manuals for free, HP model
433SX station $10 no power supply uses the external power brick like the old
plotters will have get one from storage and test this unit, Commodore
CBM4040 dual drive .80, a Sharp Wizard 64KB for $20 needs new batteries
can't test it yet, a old 256k/64k RAMCHECK tester for $10 this unit is by
Innoventions of Houston need to write and see if the have doc's on this old
unit, and last a few cables and other odds & ends for $1 each. The day was
not as good as hoped as there were several really good bargins that got away
by seconds. Well hope everyone else also had a good week and Keep Computing.
John
> > No. Typical house sizes here in the UK mean that all of us UK members have
> > it. I imagine many of the US crowd have the same problem, too. In
> > continental Europe, typical house sizes are larger, but most people live in
> > apartments, so goodness knows what they do!
>
> Hey, all of the BBC shows I see on Public Broadcasting over here in the States
> show these huge houses with broad sweeping staircases (which would be great
> for stacking a whole lot of desktop-style systems). Am I being deceived by
> the media? Do some Brits live in extended closets like we have here in the
> U.S.?
Yes, you've been deceived. I shall cite my own house as a fairly
typical example of a British family home, circa 1928. I am lucky in
that I live alone in it; such a house would normally hold a family of 4
or so.
Upstairs, three bedrooms (12' x 12', 12' x 11', 6' x 6') and a bathroom
(just large enough to hold bath, wash basin and one other item).
Downstairs, lving room and dining room (match the two large bedrooms),
kitchen (6' x 10' approx) and conservatory. Shelves full of computers
etc. in every available space, even the living room, which I had
originally intended to reserve for the piano and things.
> Actually, I'm one of the lucky ones. My fiancee permits me a whole 8" by 10"
> room in the basement for my laboratory. Not much room to actually _move
Eight by ten inches? You poor thing! But I expect you are exaggerating...
Philip.
Hello, all:
I just got my hands on a North Star system with a load of S-100 boards
(mostly Vector Graphics boards; some of which labeled "BAD"). Does anyone
have any info on the following:
Vector Graphics: ZCB Z80 processor board, 12k PROM board, 16K SRAM
board and 64k SRAM board, Micro-Disk floppy controller. I also need info on
a Solid State Music video interface board (I think that I have a bad RAM
chip on mine).
TIA!
Rich Cini/WUGNET
<rcini(a)msn.com>
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