Brett,
I couldn't help myself (and besides, I won't have web-acess this
weekend) and looked already.
This is gonna be way, way, way cool.
I have some minor questions/suggestions.
1) Check those features/dates/etc I posted for the Rainbow with somebody who
actually knows. I have not done so, and they were just from my often-flaky
memory. Some real Rainbow expert should please chime in here and set me
straight on whatever I missed.
2) There actually does exist a Rainbow web site. Under construction at the
moment, its url is: http://b61984.student.cwru.edu/rainbow.htm
Can users just enter a link like that instead of a link to an image? Or can
you add a field for that kind of link?
3) How does info get edited? Is it locked once entered (to prevent
net.vandalism or well-intentioned but incorrect "corrections")? Maybe each
computer web page can be changed only by emailing you, and is put under the
responsibility of a single volunteer to make sure what's there is correct? Or
maybe just put in an edit facility so anybody who so desires can add info?
In any case, *thanks* for setting this up. I am really looking forward
to browsing this site.
- Mark
Hello all,
Just wanted to ask if anyone out there has an Intel MDS (Microcomputer
Development System). That was the 8080-based system that Intel sold for
developers to develop hardware and software based on their
microcomptuers. It ran an operating system called ISIS-II from Intel.
An interesting point of trivia is that Gary Kildall originally developed
CP/M on the first 8080-based MDS called an Intellec 800. This system
was based on the Multibus (a bus system developed by Intel and used in
lots of industrical applications of single board comptuers). If you
happen to buy a CP/M in the generic form it would run on one of those
Intelled 800.
Anyway, anyone who would like to discuss these systems, I'm game. I
have an Intellec 800 and a Series II (the successor).
I would be interested in anyone who might have for sale a set of floppy
diskette controller boards for these systems. It is a two-board set and
I need the double density version.
Thanks.
--
Dave Mabry dmabry(a)mich.com
Great Lakes Maritime Institute Underwater Research Team
NACD NSS-CDS #42872
Hi all,
I picked up a very nice Osborne 1 from a local thrift store yesterday. The
system powers up. Everything looks good. However, I don't have the boot
disk. I tried the CP/M boot disk from my Kaypro II. No good. If I
remember correctly, the disk drives on old CP/M machines are not compatible
with each other even though the binaries are. It looks like that I need an
Osborne formatted CP/M boot disk. Does anyone know where I can get one?
Also, it would be nice to get a CP/M communication software on an Osborne
formatted disk so that I can start transferring other CP/M software to it.
In the same store, I picked up a Peripheral Expansion Box for my TI 99/4A.
It comes with 1 floppy disk drive, 32K memory expansion, serial adapter,
and flex cable adapter. However, the fuse and the cap that holds the fuse
in place are gone. Does anyone know the specification for the fuse or know
where I can get a replacement for it and the cap?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
George
--
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Network Architect, MIS enterprise document managment."
Documentum, Inc. (Nasdaq: DCTM) http://www.documentum.com
Inet Fax: mailto:remote-printer.George_Lin@4.3.8.6.3.6.4.0.1.5.1.tpc.int
My PGP Public Key for encryption is at http://george.home.ml.org/pgp.htm
Ok, what do people do about insurance of their computer collections. I
guess mine is covered on the plain old house contents insurance, but
the more I think about it the more I worry about a potential claim for
over 60 old (and I guess in the minds of insurers, obsolete) computers.
I guess insurers will want a current market value, but what is current
market value for old computers? As far as I am concerned there isn't
a market value and each computer is only worth as much as the person
selling it wants for it, or what the purchaser is willing to pay.
I have recorded the prices I have payed for most of the things I have
in my collection, but some of the rarest and most valuable to me I got
given for free. Other items I have payed a lot of money for, probably
too much sometimes when I realy want the item. In no case have I got a
reciept for a purchase.
Thoughts please.
--
Kevan
Old Computer Collector: <URL:http://staff.motiv.co.uk/~kevan/>
Please excuse the global post everyone, but Jay, if you could send me your
email address, I will email you the fedex tracking number for your terminal.
Thanks
Isaac Davis : Doing the bull dance.
idavis(a)comland.com : Feeling the flow.
indavis(a)juno.com : Working it. Working it.
I'm about to become the proud owner of my first Osborne Computer. An
"Executive" is being sent to me next week. I can't wait to get it going.
I have on old catalog from the "JMM Computer Products" from Auburn
Washington which details many accessories and cables that they sold for
the Osbornes.
I may be interested in getting a Parallel Cable, maybe an internal Ram
Disk known as "Drive C" or maybe a Bios upgrade, or some software.
Anyone have a source for these items now? Such as the Ram Disk or maybe a
Hard Disk upgrade??
BTW, I have color brochures of all three of the Osborne machines, the O1,
Exec. and the Vixen that I have stashed away since the 80's. They are fun
to look at once and a while.
At 12:48 PM 3/28/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi!
>
>If you still have this, I would definitely have a use for it... I have about
>7 Unix machines that I could use an extra dumb terminal on...
> Jay Vaughan
Jay,
It's yours. I will try and box it up this weekend and ship it out
early next week, it's not extremely heavy, but it's close. I will even see
if I can get the crayon off of it. There's not much, just a little
scribble, but everything works just fine on it. I don't have any cables to
hook it up, just the keyboard and the monitor, but it looks like it has
standard rs232 and parallel ports on the back. I knew someone could use it,
and sure hated to throw it away. I have never really shipped anything(man
i'm naieve), so if you want anything special fed-ex wise, email me and let
me know what to do.
Isaac Davis : Doing the bull dance.
idavis(a)comland.com : Feeling the flow.
indavis(a)juno.com : Working it. Working it.
I have a C Itoh Video Terminal model number CT101. If anyone can use it,
and doesn't mind paying shipping, I would be happy to send it to them. It
is in good working condition, there are some crayon marks on the side, but
I'm sure they will come off. I put it into my kids room and let them hit
the keys and watch the characters come up on the screen. They thought it
was the neatest thing. It is nothing more than a dumb terminal, but I know
some of you have mini computers and might be able to use it as a console or
something like that. Just email me and let me know, or if you need more
information. I live in Austin, TX. and would bring it to work if you are
local and don't mind picking it up. It's nothing really special, but I hate
to throw out something that someone might be able to use.
Isaac Davis
idavis(a)comland.com
indavis(a)juno.com
Greetings;
I've found/uncovered another computer in my garage, does anyone
know anything about it?
The label says Epic Computer Products, Inc.
Fountain Valley, Calif.
Model 2296
It measures about 9" wide, 7" high, and 14" deep (breadbox size)
Most of the space is taken by 2 FH 5?" drives (Qume model 592)
one drive has a disk in it which is labeled 77 tracks/side, so I
assume they are 640K or 720K.
The processor is a Z80A with 64KB, so my best guess is that it's a
CP/M system.
The back panel contains a RESET button, a TEST/NORMAL switch, a DB-25F
connector with a switch labeled toCOMM EQUIP/toPRINTER, a Centronics
connector labeled PARALLEL, and a couple of other "phone jack" type
connectors. (I don't know the name for these connectors, but they're
the same size as the one on my phone-handset connection, not the
plug-in-the-wall size) One of these connectors is labeled CONSOLE, the
other is labeled PRINTER SERIAL.
I would like to get this thing running, but don't know how to do it,
what to use, or where to connect it. Any help/info would be
appreciated.
_______________
Barry Peterson bm_pete(a)ix.netcom.com
Husband to Diane, Father to Doug,
Grandfather to Zoe now and to Tegan soon!
