Earlier this week I wrote:
> I wonder. A few weeks ago I bought for L1 at a car boot sale a device
> called a Microscribe 320. (Made by a Welsh company, Microscribe Ltd.,
> but sold with a British Telecom badge.) This is a sub-notebook (7 in
> square) terminal with built in text editor, 32K battery backed RAM and
> 40 x 8 character display. Before you all jump on me, yes, I know it was
> built circa 1983. It is a very nice machine, the only thing wrong with
Further investigation shows that my estimate of 1983 was incorrect. The
design of the model 320 dates from around 1985, and mine appears to have
been built early in 1988.
Just to keep the record straight.
Philip.
At 07:07 PM 11/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>Actually, the 102 has the same size screen as the 100. Perhaps you're
>>thinking of the 200? The 200 is a clamshell design (iirc) with 24x80
>>screen. The 102 was simply a lighter, cheaper-to-make version of the 100.
>
>Wha? Whoa! Mmmmmm, noper. The 200's screen had only twice the real estate
>of the M100 -- it has a 40x16 screen. Yes it was a flip-top which was nice
Whups! Sorry. Us po' kids from the big city couldn't never afford none o'
dem fancy machineries. 8^) Don't know that I've ever seen a 200 (let alone
a 600) in the flesh. One of these days...
>(Get this -- the two halves are kept together during transit by *magnets*)
Hmmm...doesn't sound like such a great idea, but i guess since it doesn't
have a floppy drive...
P.S., has there been any messages on the m100 list? I've not gotten any
since you signed me up. Thanks!
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San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/
I'm looking for the following book. Does anyone have it? Amazon wants $80+
for it (I think that it's more of a text book than anything else). Thanks!
Title: "An Introduction to the Intel Family of Microprocessors: A
Hands-on Approach to Utilizing the 8088 Microprocessor" by James L.
Antonakos. There are two publishing dates: 1992 and 1996.
Rich Cini/WUGNET
Charter ClubWin! Member
MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking
I'd like to snag one of those as well. Any chance of doing some sort of coordinated roadtrip with folks meeting in a central place for distribution?
-- Tony Eros
Digital Equipment Corporation
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From: John R. Keys Jr.[SMTP:jrkeys@concentric.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 1997 7:44 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Re: FWD: FREE to good home: IBM RT 6150s
If no one close want them I could drive from Minnesota to your home a
meeting place close to the IL border one of these weekends before snow hits.
John
At 09:16 PM 11/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Found the following on comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
>Anybody near him wanna rescue these machines.
>
>I acquired one about a month ago here in Indiana, along
>with a fairly complete set of books and disks. Mine has
>two ESDI drives (300mb & 110mb) and loaded with
>AIX 2.2. It's a tower case about 24" x 24" x 9".
>If I remember the front panel says System 135.
>
>Mike Thompson
>
>==================================================
>Subject: FREE to good home: IBM RT 6150s
>From: Bill Bradford <mrbill(a)texas.net>
>Date: Sun, Nov 9, 1997 20:52 EST
>Message-id: <645pd8$cbc$1(a)news3.texas.net>
>
>I recently acquired this whole bunch, with the intention of getting
>at least a couple of them reloaded and working; however, I've now
>got plans to move soon, and cant afford to move these machines. I'd
>like to see them go to a good home; so they're free to the first
>person to come pick them up.
>
>System Configurations: (6 systems)
> EAP processors (16mb RAM each)
> dual ESDI hard drives (unknown size)
> SIIG ISA-bus I/O cards
> Graphic cards with 6153 mono monitors
> Ethernet (AUI / 10base2) cards
> ESDI controller cards
>
>The other system only has the HDs and ESDI controller card (no CPU card
> or other cards). Also, one of the above systems is lacking the 1.2mb
>floppy drive; it may be the same system that is lacking a CPU card.
>
>I beleive 3 or 4 of the machines also have tape drive controller
>cards; and I have three external IBM QIC tape drives to go with them.
>I've also got a 15" monochrome IBM monitor that has a DB9 data cable
>connector.
>
>I've got some manuals (User's manual, problem determination guide, and
>2-3 others) in the IBM binders.
>
>Systems are located in Austin, Texas. You'll need a good-sized pickup
>truck or van to haul all of them away. If you're interested, let me know.
>It sucks to let these go, but I cant afford to move them along with my
>other computer equipment.
>
>I can be reached at mrbill(a)texas.net.
>
>--
>Bill Bradford Sr. Systems Engineer ICQ: 1864511
>mrbill(a)texas.net Texas Networking, Inc. http://www.texas.net
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Actually, i have a C1P model that is untested at the moment. I also have
plenty of documentation which I have loaned out for copying purposes. My
particular model is tan with brown sides.
david
In a message dated 97-11-07 12:32:24 EST, you write:
> Whoops.... Try Challenger
>
> =========================================================
> George L. Rachor george(a)racsys.rt.rain.com
> Beaverton, Oregon
>
> On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, George Rachor wrote:
>
> > Forgive me as I have just joined the list but it seems that most of the
> > computer collections noted online have missed my favorite machine.
> >
> > My first machine was an Ohio Scientific C2-4p. I do think my most
> > efficient programming was done in that 4K of RAM.
> >
> > I no longer have the original but do have a couple of it's brothers.
The
> > last of the series was painted white and had introduced color. To
> > complete my collection I'd love to find either a C4 or C8 machine
complete
> > with Disk subsystem and software. I refuse to believe that I've got the
> > only ones left.
> >
> > George Rachor
> >
<programs) and bank-switched RAM (up to 72K?). I thought the M102 had a
<40*8 display, and was simply a slimline M100 with a revised logic board
<(used surface mount chips?), etc.
<
<If that's incorrect, what is the size of the M102 display?
It was may memory that the 102 had 80x8.
Allison
Hi All:
I am working on a sick M8310 board from a PDP-8/f.
I've found and removed a broken diode. It has a glass housing and
resembles a germanium variety that I used to see often in my early days.
The board has over a dozen diodes, all are the same. The diodes are not
numbered but have three coloured bands: Orange, Black, Brown.
Not having a suitable reference, any '8 owners out there that can tell me
what kind of diode I should replace the broken one with?
Thanks,
Kevin
--
Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD
mcquiggi(a)sfu.ca
FW to: ClassicCmp(a)u.washington.edu
CC: cyber(a)prismnet.com
Can anyone give the hard drives and enclosures this fellow has a good
home? The price is certainly right ($10 + shipping). What they are is two
enclosures, each with a pair of Miniscribe 4022's (16 MB each, formatted)
in them, and I've also been led to understand that the enclosures contain a
SCSI-to-MFM bridge board.
Please reply directly to the offerer. Thanks!
Attachment follows.
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>Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 15:28:02 -0600
>To: Bruce Lane <kyrrin2(a)wizards.net>
>From: Tom Ray <cyber(a)prismnet.com>
>Subject: Re: weird SCSI drives
>
>I'll take you up on that offer. I hate to throw things out. Anybody wants
>them, they can have both of them for the cost of shipping via USmail plus
>$10. if that's too much, let me know. Only thing is, I don't even know if
>the drives work.
>
>tom
>
>
>
>[snip]
>> In short, even if their box does contain a SCSI-to-MFM bridge board,
>>they're pretty useless for much of anything current. HOWEVER -- do NOT just
>>throw them out! Sell them (at no more than $20 for the whole thing) to
>>someone who can give them a good home, or donate them to whatever computer
>>charity is in your area.
>>
>> One other alternative is that I'm a member of a mailing list of folks that
>>collect "classic" (read: more than 10 years old) hardware/software. Those
>>drives might be just what some collector needs to get that old Osborne or
>>Altair of theirs going with a good hard drive. I can, if you'd like,
>>forward a 'for sale/trade' note to the list for you. If anyone's
>>interested, they'd contact you directly.
>>
>> Best of luck, no matter what happens.
>>
>>
>>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>>Bruce Lane, Sysop, The Dragon's Cave BBS (Fidonet 1:343/272)
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Bruce Lane, Sysop, The Dragon's Cave BBS (Fidonet 1:343/272)
(Hamateur: WD6EOS) (E-mail: kyrrin2(a)wizards.net)
http://www.wizards.net/technoid
"Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our own
human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."
If no one close want them I could drive from Minnesota to your home a
meeting place close to the IL border one of these weekends before snow hits.
John
At 09:16 PM 11/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Found the following on comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
>Anybody near him wanna rescue these machines.
>
>I acquired one about a month ago here in Indiana, along
>with a fairly complete set of books and disks. Mine has
>two ESDI drives (300mb & 110mb) and loaded with
>AIX 2.2. It's a tower case about 24" x 24" x 9".
>If I remember the front panel says System 135.
>
>Mike Thompson
>
>==================================================
>Subject: FREE to good home: IBM RT 6150s
>From: Bill Bradford <mrbill(a)texas.net>
>Date: Sun, Nov 9, 1997 20:52 EST
>Message-id: <645pd8$cbc$1(a)news3.texas.net>
>
>I recently acquired this whole bunch, with the intention of getting
>at least a couple of them reloaded and working; however, I've now
>got plans to move soon, and cant afford to move these machines. I'd
>like to see them go to a good home; so they're free to the first
>person to come pick them up.
>
>System Configurations: (6 systems)
> EAP processors (16mb RAM each)
> dual ESDI hard drives (unknown size)
> SIIG ISA-bus I/O cards
> Graphic cards with 6153 mono monitors
> Ethernet (AUI / 10base2) cards
> ESDI controller cards
>
>The other system only has the HDs and ESDI controller card (no CPU card
> or other cards). Also, one of the above systems is lacking the 1.2mb
>floppy drive; it may be the same system that is lacking a CPU card.
>
>I beleive 3 or 4 of the machines also have tape drive controller
>cards; and I have three external IBM QIC tape drives to go with them.
>I've also got a 15" monochrome IBM monitor that has a DB9 data cable
>connector.
>
>I've got some manuals (User's manual, problem determination guide, and
>2-3 others) in the IBM binders.
>
>Systems are located in Austin, Texas. You'll need a good-sized pickup
>truck or van to haul all of them away. If you're interested, let me know.
>It sucks to let these go, but I cant afford to move them along with my
>other computer equipment.
>
>I can be reached at mrbill(a)texas.net.
>
>--
>Bill Bradford Sr. Systems Engineer ICQ: 1864511
>mrbill(a)texas.net Texas Networking, Inc. http://www.texas.net
>
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I spent a most enjoyable day today writing an emulator for the varian
620/i processor. I have a few questions about the handling of the
overflow flag if anyone can help.
Also does anyone have any software for the beastie?
What happend to the Varian computer division?
Regards,
--
Hans B. Pufal : <mailto:hansp@digiweb.com>
Comprehensive Computer Catalogue : <http://www.digiweb.com/~hansp/ccc/>
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