test-drb December 1997

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by allisonp＠world.std.com

<From: Zeus334 <Zeus334(a)aol.com> <What exactly is a PX-8? BTW, I have a Mac Portable, which I got because it PX-8 aka geneva is a z80 based CP/M portable circa 1984. <few seconds, it worked. The battery is dead now, though. I use another AC <adapter for the battery, as well as the normal one. That thing eats power! <your battery is alive and mine died, god only knows. Well I've had to replace the cells due to age based failure. The CPU is a CMOS z80 and uses very little power, combine that with no backight LCD, no hard drive (uses ramdisk or microcassette) the power consumption is extremely light. FYI the two week limit was not for lack of battery but the fact that nicads self discharge and would be dead within 30 days if not charged. The nicads used for PX-8 are real cheap I got a set of 4 cells for $10 new. Allison

26 years, 5 months

FREE! Trash-80 Model 4's

by manney＠nwohio.com

Another person asked first. He asked about "the TRS-80s", which indicates he wants all of them. I e-mailed, mentioning someone else (you) wanted some, and will wait for his e-mail. manney(a)nwohio.com ---------- > From: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu > To: Manney > Subject: Re: FREE! Trash-80 Model 4's > Date: Friday, December 05, 1997 3:08 PM > > I'm interested in the TRS-80s you mentioned. How much will it cost? I'm in > PA 17347. > > Thanks, > Tom

26 years, 5 months

RED ALERT!! BIG LOAD OF FREEBIES!!

by Anthony.Eros＠digital.com

I stopped in there today and they're not kidding. Piles of PDP-11s: 11/04, 11/23, 11/34, 11/44. VAX, MicroVAX, VAXstation (I picked up a Tempest-shielded VAXstation cabinet), disk and tape drives, terminals (tons of VT100s,) monitors, documentation, you name it. I didn't see any PDP-8s, though the guy said he thought there might be some 8/a stuff squirreled away. The DECsystem 2020 is in a single cab. They're anxious to empty the building and stop paying rent, so at some point, the unclaimed items will be tossed. I snagged a small pile of stuff and put dibs on a couple others that I'll be picking up early next week. -- Tony ---------- From: kyrrin2@wizards.net[SMTP:kyrrin2@wizards.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 1997 3:30 PM To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Subject: RED ALERT!! BIG LOAD OF FREEBIES!! ATTN: Classic Computer Rescue Crewmembers in the Dover, Delaware area! Take note of this missive I found on Usenet. If I were ANYwhere near the east coast, I'd already have visited the place. This is a terrific opportunity for those of you who want to get your hands dirty on DEC hardware to do it. And, if anyone goes down there and finds an M7552 module (RRD50 controller), please snare it for me! ;-) Attachment follows. -=-=- <snip> -=-=- OK. The powers that be no longer want to store this stuff, so the time has come to make it go away. We have around 5000 square feet of Vax and PDP equipment that needs to find new homes. It's mostly older Qbus and Unibus stuff, so don't expect to find state of the art stuff in here. There is way too much stuff to list, but in a nutshell, there are vaxen from 11/730 up to 8820, with many microvaxen in ba23's and ba123's. There are many unibus pdp-11's, and some pdp-8 stuff. There is also a DEC-system 2020. Many peripherals. TONS of books, manuals, and printsets. Miles of tape, zillions of disk packs, many 8" floppies, etc. If someone is looking for something in particular, let me know and I can see if it is there. Your best bet, however, is to come walk around and see what you can use. Equipment is free for the taking and is located in Dover, Delaware. Don't respond if you are only interested in scrap. We want to get rid of it, but don't want to see the stuff junked. Hell, we can junk the stuff ourselves if that is what we wanted to do. We thought there should be people out there that can use this equipment. take one piece, or take everything. First come, first served. You haul. Unfortunately, we do not have time to package things for shipping, although if the item is small enough, and you make a good enough case, exceptions may be possible. :-) We are interested in moving this stuff quickly, so please respond if interested. Email address has been purposely munged to prevent spam. Re-assemble the address below to respond. Thanks, Jim Bender jbender at corpamerica dot com

26 years, 5 months

Spoiled by geezers

by Zeus334＠aol.com

In a message dated 97-12-05 05:03:13 EST, you write: << Yes but the PX-8 is now 13 years old and the nicads in it could sustain continous computing for 12-16 hours. I've tried one for logging data and it ran for two weeks at 1-2 minutes per hour without trouble. The time and autostart/shutdown was built in, no extras needed. Most laptops would be hard pressed to run the total uptime without killing the battery. Allison >> What exactly is a PX-8? BTW, I have a Mac Portable, which I got because it wasn't working. After connecting the battery directly to the AC power for a few seconds, it worked. The battery is dead now, though. I use another AC adapter for the battery, as well as the normal one. That thing eats power! Why your battery is alive and mine died, god only knows.

26 years, 5 months

Panasonic HHC

by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

At 07:01 PM 12/3/97 -0800, you wrote: >I have an HHC in perfect working order and was just wondering what it might be worth to a collector. I recently got mine for $15.50. See <http://komodo.ebay2.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1585402> for details. --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

26 years, 5 months

Forward: Atari STacy FS

by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

At 01:23 PM 12/5/97 EST, you wrote: >Atari STacy portable computer. 4MB RAM. 40 MB hard disk. Built-in >screen, MIDI, and trackball. Can also use external mouse and monitor if These still sell for several hundred dollars, mostly because they are just about the ideal MIDI solution for traveling musicians (except maybe for the never-produced ST-Book). I'd love to have one, but since I don't get to use my various ST's & Falcons as it is... --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

26 years, 5 months

FREE! Trash-80 Model 4's

by TOwad＠aol.com

I'm interested in the TRS-80s you mentioned. How much will it cost? I'm in PA 17347. Thanks, Tom

26 years, 5 months

Interest In Unix

by mark＠cyberlightstudios.com

Hi, Yes, I've got experience with Linux. Email me at mark(a)cyberlightstudios.com Mark -----Original Message----- From: Hotze [SMTP:photze@batelco.com.bh] Sent: Friday, December 05, 1997 9:49 AM To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Subject: Interest In Unix << File: ATT00000.htm >> Season's greetings! I have just gotten interested in Linux, (so, it's not truly classic content, but it's implementations are); and I was wondering if anyone here has experience with this kind of thing.... any Linux experience at all. (Sorry for the decipful headline) And I know that it makes me look like an idiot; but possilby if someone could transmit some good newsgroups. People have said time and time again that there are betternewsgroups where we can put all of our "modern" questions. Possibly, that could be included in the FAQ. (Or NAQ) Thanks, Tim D. Hotze

26 years, 5 months

Advice wanted for cleaning edge connectors, IC sockets, etc.

by bill_r＠inetnebr.com

I recently started the process of bringing my old IMSAI back to the land of the living; it's been packed away for about 10 years, and while it is still functional, the front panel (which never was too stable to begin with) is showing some signs of dirty connections, such as LEDs that flicker if the panel is bumped, unpredictable response to some address switches, etc. I would like to give it a good cleaning, and was wondering what I should use. I didn't know if something like "tuner wash" would be bad for the connectors, PC board, plastic IC sockets, silk screening, solder mask, etc. I considered rubbing alcohol, but I don't know what the effect of that would be either. I checked the FAQs that I know of, and about all I came up with was someone's technique of "giving the circuit board a good scrubbing" with dish soap and swinging it on the end of a string to dry it. As this technique strikes me as possibly dangerous, to myself, the boards, and passers-by, I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. :^) -Bill Richman bill_r(a)inetnebr.com http://incolor.inetnebr.com/bill_r ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "When they took the fourth amendment, I was quiet because I didn't deal drugs. When they took the sixth amendment, I was quiet because I was innocent. When they took the second amendment, I was quiet because I didn't own a gun. Now they've taken the first amendment, and I can say nothing about it." -www.paranoia.com

26 years, 5 months

Forward: Atari STacy FS

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

found on dc.forsale.computers, so it's located somewhere in northern va. email the seller, not me! For Sale: Atari STacy portable computer. 4MB RAM. 40 MB hard disk. Built-in screen, MIDI, and trackball. Can also use external mouse and monitor if desired. STacy is perfect for serving as the MIDI heartbeat of an art installation or for live gigs. To this day, the Atari has the most accurate MIDI clocking ever produced on a computer. No other full-computer package provides the perfect MIDI portablility of the STacy - one piece grab and go! Though the memory and disk seems small by modern standards, the software written for this machine (and there is lots of it) was written small and fast. Thus, MIDI-wise, STacy can do it all, and do it well, besting many modern boxes running modern un-tuned code. (No digital audio though...) Also, if you want to exercise the score-printing capabilities, I can provide an Atari laser printer with it. Though old, this is still a special box. I'm not "blowing it out", but all reasonable offers will be considered. Please respond via email. Subject: FS: Atari STacy portable MIDI computer Path: lobby01.news.aol.com!newstf02.news.aol.com!portc02.blue.aol.com!pitt.edu!dsinc !news.voicenet.com!netnews.com!howland.erols.net!feed2.news.erols.com!winter.n ews.erols.com!progster From: progster(a)erols.com (Progster)

26 years, 5 months

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