| WoW! The more I hear about this thing the more I want one.
It's amazing
| that this system was so unknown in the states. It's like
discovering a
| whole new species.
Yep, I was obviously thrilled when I ran into my Spectravideo 328 in its
original box, for $5 at a local thrift...
Sorry Sam, didn't mean to gloat there.
Did I mention it was accompanied by the cassette drive in its original
box too?
Kai
somebody, i dont remember, put forth:
>Mayhaps, as a parallel to the 'Classic Computer Index", we need to develop
>> a 'Classic Computer Collectors Index' so that we know where others are
>> when things like this pop up so that we could have some local options.
>> Even if a person did not want the particular item, they might be able to
>> pick it up while arrangements were made to get it to someone who did want
>> it.
feel free to add me to the list. i'd be glad to go out and discover new finds
and give the opportunity for others to get it before the scrapyard does. i've
a truck and a 3 bedroom house, so storage is no problem! =D
david
Ok, I have taken the info I got from today, and put it up on the web.
Nothing fancy, and I haven't indexed it yet with any search engines. Take a
look at it and let me know what you think, or if you want to change your
information. The url is:
http://www.comland.com/~idavis/classic/classic.html
Any suggestions? Let me know and I will change it before we tell the rest
of the world about it.
Isaac Davis
idavis(a)comland.com
indavis(a)juno.com
My GOD! Has anyone seen this??? SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING!
Sam
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here's the major info about the mini's now sitting under the Tucson
sun, soon to be landfill......
PDP 11/34: two machines - one with 3 lights, 2 toggle switches and a
rotary switch; one with a 4x5 keypad, rotary switch, and
little digital display (led's?)
PDP 11/35: full front panel with maybe 35 switches in a row across the
bottom (sort of like an Imsai)
Industrial 11 (in pieces) front panel looks something like 11/35, but in
red and blue (even more like Imsai)
RX02 pair of 8" disk drives in a box
several assorted hard drives, rack mount, desk-top 14" (VERY heavy!),
9672-type CDC disk drive in cabinet, etc
VAX 11/780 double-wide 5-1/2 foot high cabinet - can't get to the front
so don't know if there's anybody home there.....
Large rack mounted tape unit....about all I can tell is it's DEC
Rack box (sitting on the ground) RK05f DEC Pack
DECScope - looks sort of like a desk-top micro all-in-one
keyboard/monitor
several other DEC racks; many reels of tape; manuals; misc
also many terminal/monitors
I doubt this stuff will be around for more than a day or two.....
bill_h(a)azstarnet.com
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Sam
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Hey everyone. There has been a great response to the list of people willing
to go out of their way to pick up our beloved classics and save them from a
fate worse than death. I have added all of the people that have requested
it so far today, and did a little work on the page. I think it is ready for
the general public to know about. There wasn't a single complaint about any
part, so I think that's a thumbs up. I will be getting it listed in the
major search engines on the web, so maybe we can get some real results from
it soon. I am currently in the process of attempting to get a couple of
pdp8's, and am working on arrangements to store them for a fellow classic
computer list subscriber until he can pick them up. Exactly what this list
is all about. Comments are more than welcome, and let me know if you want to
be on the list.
http://www.comland.com/~idavis/classic/classic.html
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Howdy:
Does anyone out there have the old Atari 800LX Atari Artist cartridge? It
is catalog # RX8053. Please let me know as I have been looking for it for
some time.
Thanks,
CORD COSLOR
Archive Software
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> > PS I've been having a little surf trying to find this info, and in
> my
> > travels came across a site that has a 2600 emulator for download on
> > various platforms! It's at
> > <http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/ahornby/v2600.html>
>
> >You should also be able to find a site whereby you can order a
> joystick
> >from. There are probably a couple places in Europe.
>
> From my investigations, new joysticks for the 2600/etc are getting a
> might hard to come by. From what I can tell, no one is making them
> anymore. I do know that Video 61 has them.
>
> -Matt Pritchard
>
>
>
Due to massive amounts of caffeine & sleep deprivation, Kai Kaltenbach said:
>Actually the Tandy 600 was a 1989 concoction. It looks like an early
>Toshiba laptop, with flip-up narrow LCD display. It has Multiplan, a
>subset of MS Word, a built-in modem, 360K 3.5" drive, 80x16 display, and
>sold for $999. I passed up one of these at a swap meet a few weeks ago.
>
>Kai
<MODE GOOFY=ON>
Nee-ner-nee-ner-neeeee-ner!!!
I finally know something that Kai doesn't!!! ;^>
</MODE>
Sorry, but *my* T600 was built in September of 1985! AAMAF, I have a 1989
sale flyer yet that shows the T600 in "where-is-as-is" status, for the same
$$$ or cheaper than the T200. (one of which I also have!)
Processor was an 80c88 and standard memory was 32K (which was close to
useless, from what I hear. Mine came with 128K, so I wouldn't know.) which
was expanded with up to 2 banks of 96K.
Yes, the floppy was 360K, as it was single-sided with double-density.
Power: 4 internal D-sized nicads giving 11 hours use with no floppy
activity. Files are stored in RAM (like the 100/200/102/NEC 8201A/Olivetti
M10/etc.) and can be copied to floppy using the copy command.
More questions? You can ask me or the list, with the details below.
There is an FTP site for the Tandy 600 at:
ftp://ftp.northernway.net/Tandy600/
and there is a listserve dedicated to the Tandy 600. To find out more about
the listserve, send a message to:
m600-request(a)list.northernway.net
with the word "info" or "help" in the subject.
To subscribe, send a message to:
m600-request(a)list.northernway.net
with the word "sub" or "subscribe" in the subject.
To post a message to the listserve, send a message to:
m600(a)list.northernway.net
and it will automatically go to several people (always looking for more,
folks!) including a man named Larry Kollar, who wrote and maintains a Tandy
600 FAQ.
URL for the FAQ: http://www.nyx.net/~lekollar/t600/t600faq.html
Hope this helps!
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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Programmer, NorthernWay | nuclear warhead disarmament should
zmerch(a)northernway.net | *not* be your first career choice.
Hi all...
I just picked up an Atari 2600 with 3 catridges but there's no power
supply or joysticks. I'm not complaining though, as it only cost 5
Pounds from from a charity shop here in London!
So, the predictable question is what are the specs
for the power supply? (i.e. voltage, current and polarity of what
appears to be a 3.5" jack).
Also can i use the joysticks from a ZX Spectrum or TI-99/4A with it?
If not, can anyone give me details of the pin-out so i can wire up my
own?
TIA...Nick.
PS I've been having a little surf trying to find this info, and in my
travels came across a site that has a 2600 emulator for download on
various platforms! It's at
<http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/ahornby/v2600.html>
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Nick Challoner nickc(a)ladyland.demon.co.uk
Aviation photographs at: http://www.ladyland.demon.co.uk
"Bother" said Pooh, as he deleted his root directory.
At 08:51 AM 6/12/97 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Oh yea, I should mention the last time this thing was fired up about
>5-7 years ago it had some sort of problem with it staying powered up
>or something. They where not able to get the data off their disks.
>Other then that I don't know anymore details. The original owners of
>this thing was Robert Mueler(sp?) Airport(ATC at its best).
>
>---
>
>So, anyone in the Austin, TX area want to grab this one either for their
>collection, or for holding while it seeks a home?
>
>-jim
>---
>jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com
>The Computer Garage - http://www.rdrop.com/~jimw
>Computer Garage Fax - (503) 646-0174
>
>
Jim,
I have already emailed Micah, and am waiting for a response. Here a
conincidence for you. My dad works for the FAA, at Robert Mueller as the
Radar Technician. If I get this, I will see if he knows about it. I will
let everyone know how it goes.
Isaac Davis
idavis(a)comland.com
indavis(a)juno.com
