Sam Ismail wrote:
> Ok, here it is.
>
> Mike Westerfield, the guy with the AIM65s, phoned me yesterday and we
> spoke about the deal. He has been offered $125 for EACH unit from a
> company called Dynatem which still uses the AIMs commercially. Mike
> started a company way back with a product based on the AIM65. It was
> an insurance rate calculator. In order to make the product marketable,
> he designed a plastic and a metal-base enclosure. He also placed a
> compact power supply inside the enclosure to make for a nice complete
> package.
>
> He apparently was very successful with this venture and sold many. At
> this point, unless someone comes along and offers him more than $125
> per unit and buys the whole lot, they are going to Dynatem. That's too
> rich for my blood.
The problem lies in the fact that in the early/mid 80's Dynatem *bought*
the rights to the AIM-65. Lock stock and barrel. I guess they have a
right to buy them. I don't think they are going to get tossed anytime
soon. I might try to contact them and maybe buy one of of them.
BC
In a message dated 97-06-21 21:41:21 EDT, you write:
<< I found an interesting printer today. It is an SR2000, produced by
Sears Roebuck & Company, or at least it has their name on it. According
>>
I have one also, and have the manual somewhere if you need specific
info. might take me a week or two to find it though. :-)
Kelly
KFergason(a)aol.com
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> From: Paul E Coad <pcoad(a)crl.com>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: Who was in Australia?
> Date: Saturday, June 21, 1997 7:39 PM
>
>
> On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, Kai Kaltenbach wrote:
>
> > Subject: Mint Commodore PET FOR Sale
> > From: "Stephen McCoy and Charmiane Barr"
> > <mrsmrx(a)efni.com>
> > Date: 1997/06/17Message-Id:
> > <01bc7b43$fddee5c0$b8933dcf@charmaine>
> > Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga[More Headers]
>
> I'll bite on this. How much is one of these worth? I have almost
> zero experience with PETs having only seen 2 in person. What are the
> relative rarities of the various models of PETs? Did they make a
> bunch of them? Are they really common in some places and pretty
> rare in others?
>
> The ones I have seen are pretty cool looking in a retro-future kind of
way.
>
> Also note that whois reports that efni.com is in Canada. The machine
> might not be in Australia.
>
> --pec
>
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> Saved From The Dumpster Collection:
http://www.crl.com/~pcoad/machines.html
Well I'm in Australia and naturally have emailed mrsmrx(a)efni.com to ask
their location.
Unlike Altair and Imsai, PETs are obtainable here. I have one chicklet
keyboard 4k version, a CBM 3032 and a CBM 8032 hulk. I suspect they will
always be around because they are so hard to destroy. The case is very
solid. I found the "hulk" in a paddock, like some people find ancient cars!
I've never attempted to power this one up though.
>> If you get one of these up and running, I have a Scelbi book, "Space
>> Wars for the 8008 Microprocessor" with full hex code listings...
>
>I also have the three books -
>
> An 8008 Editor Program
> Machine Language Programming for the 8008
> Assembler Programs for the 8008
>
>I am such a packrat 8-)
>
What would be the chances of getting copies of these books?
Tim Olmstead
timolmst(a)cyberramp.net
Just to help me understand better...when you refer to Cocos, do you
refer to the Tandy TRS-80 COlour COmputers?
Thanks
enrico
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> >c) You are against helping "foreigners" (and therefore "different")
> >collectors to export "your" stuff perhaps in the wrong perception that
> >it will diminish the heritage of the country (yours). I have striken a
> >deal with one of the subscriber here and he disappeared in the distance
> >after a while (he did not answer anymore...) By the way does anybody
> >need British stuff? I would be glad to help you with it.
There is the matter of customs which many americans have little experience
with.
I sent a floppy to someone in canada and despite it being our neighbor the
customs paper was amazing! I was told it's worse if there is a transaction
involved.
Allison
>Actually a 8ksram and a 8kprom would do it.
Actualy what I had in mind was for the EPROM to copy itself into RAM and
then switch itself out. THat way, you could have as much, or little, in ROM
as you want, and not loos any RAM.
>That this is slow enough you could use the EEprom for sram! (the slow parts
>was 20us and the real fast one was 10us (single byte instruction).
I believe that the fast one was 12.5us wasn't it? That is what I have.
>
>The real annoying part is capturing all the muxed status and syncing it.
>
If you've ever done anything with an i960, this is duck soup.
>Making the front pannel logic is the real work, it wouldn't be right without
>the FP!
>
My original 8008 system had a home-brew front panel. I would GLADLY do
without that and just drop in a monitor ROM this time.
>> What do ya think?
>
>Tim, your a sick puppy.
THANK YOU!!!!
>
Tim Olmstead
timolmst(a)cyberramp.net
"J. Maynard Gelinas" <maynard(a)jmg.com> writes:
> You know, I may have a dissenting view here, but I think some of
> this stuff *ought* to go in the landfill. Sure, it will get destroyed,
> but landfills will be our legacy 500 years from now. It would be
> wonderful for a few high quality specimens of every type of computer made
> to survive in museums, but we also want to give our future archaeologists
> some reasonable sample of system distribution geographically. Oh well,
> disagree if you like.
Y'know, they don't just plonk the stuff down and spread a layer of
dirt on top. They run it over with this nice bulldozer sort of thing
that has steel wheels with cleats. Crunches the stuff up better.
-Frank McConnell
>I found an interesting printer today. It is an SR2000, produced by
>Sears Roebuck & Company, or at least it has their name on it. According
>to it's test printout, the date stamp on it is 9/25/86.
I recently found a Sears Roebuck & Company SR3000, which is oddly enough
a RGB/Composite monitor made for the commodore line? Who knows. It even
has a speaker in it! Picture is really nice. Made around the same date!
Got it for only $10!
If I don't use it for an old computer, it is a great way to view the
camcorder stuff!
Josh M. Nutzman
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