On Fri, 8 Aug 1997 01:43:36 -0500, Brett spake thusly unto us:
> Allison, Andy, Brett, Carl, Frank McConnell, Guest, Jim Willing, Kai,
> Thorhallur, Zane, dseagrave, and spc all came over to the chatroom.
> A good discussion about TI Silent 700's ensued.
I either arrived late for the S700 chat, or departed early, so I
missed it. The software seems to work well enough, although it some-
times slowed to a crawl (which could have been my comms line). Next
time, I'll try to be _awake_! (And running a different browser - I
think Lynx may be excellent for the task.)
> I don't know if this is something anybody wants to use.
On the surface of it, it looked very interesting; I'm certainly
game for another round. The only fly-in-the-ointment is getting
chats scheduled and publicised. A look at the S-100 would be
interesting.
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Just found this in uk.comp.misc...
Does anybody out there collect old Prime kit. IBM, DEC, DG seem to be
popular, so what is it about Primes that make them unpopular. I have
enquired about the size of this Prime because I know they made a small
50 series machine because we used to have one when I worked for
Computervision.
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From: Kevin Bradly <sales(a)bradassoc.co.uk>
Newsgroups: uk.comp.misc
Subject: Old equipment (Prime, Sun386 etc.) for FREE
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 09:47:01 +0100
Organization: Bradly Associates Ltd
Message-ID: <3wf0lAAF0t6zEABY(a)bradassoc.co.uk>
Hi
We have some redundant computer equipment that we are happy to give away
for free providing it is collected from our premises.
The following is available:
PRIME 2350, 4Mb memory, 258Mb disk, 60Mb tape cartridge
Mag-Tape unit, PT250 terminal
SUN 386i workstation, 8Mb memory, 327Mb disk, 19" colour monitor,
60Mb tape cartidge
DEC Rainbow PC100+, 10Mb disk, graphics board, MS-DOS, MS-Fortran.
DEC VT125 graphics terminal, greyscale, 768 x 480 resolution
PERICOM 7350 colour graphics terminal, 19" monitor, 1024 x 768
PERICOM MG200 B/W graphics terminal
SIGMA 5688 colour graphics terminal
Please help me clear some space in our office or suggest any other good
rest-homes for this old retired equipment.
Kevin Bradly
Bradly Associates Ltd
Manhattan House
140 High Street
Crowthorne
Berks. RG45 7AY
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1344 779381
Fax: +44 (0) 1344 773168
e-mail: sales(a)bradassoc.co.uk
URL: http://www.bradassoc.co.uk/
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I recently aquired a 1040 STf, what's the deal with the f designator,
anyone know? Im still workin on finding a monitor.
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> From: Hans Pufal <hans1(a)filan00.grenoble.hp.com>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
> Subject: CCC : Atari machines
> Date: Thursday, August 07, 1997 12:19 AM
>
> OK, here is the complete listing from the CCC of the machines made by
> Atari. Please consult your favorite references and confirm/deny or
> complete the missing data.
>
> I would like a month/year for the first customer shipment or the first
> public working demonstration of the machines. Please provide references
> where possible, if they are on-line then so much the better.
>
> I am also planning to extend the information per machine to include data
> about processor used, word-size, memory configurations etc. so feel free
> to add that data also.
>
> I have set the reply to address to my personal Email so as not to
> clutter the mail list. You can always go to the CCC to recover the
> updated data. If there are enopugh requests I can post an updated
> preview table here before the CCC gets updated.
>
> I would also be interested in a potted history of the manufacturer, date
> started where located and significant events in its history. I know most
> of this is probably available on the NET for Atari, but not for some of
> the more obscure companies.
>
> CCC list for Atari
>
> I think I am correct in saying that all Atari machines were designed in
> the USA.
>
> 400 Dec-78
> 800 1979
> 1200XL 1982
> 600XL 1983
> 800XL 1983
> 1040 ST 1985
> 130XE 1985
> 520 STfm 1985
> 520 ST Jan-85
> 65XE Jan-85
> Mega ST 1987
> Mega STe 1987
> XE Game system 1987
> STe 1990
> TT 1990
> 1024 STe
> 1040 STf
> 1040 STfm
> 260 ST
> 2600
> 520 ST+
> 520 STe
> 520 STm
> 800XE
> ATR-8000
> Falcon 16
> Mega 1
> Mega 4
> STacy
> STbook
> TT/16
>
> Thanks for you help
>
> Hans B Pufal
-----Original Message-----
From: Mr. Self Destruct [SMTP:more@camlaw.rutgers.edu]
Sent: donderdag 7 augustus 1997 19:26
To: Rene van der Meer
Subject: Re: XT COMPUTERS
On Wed, 6 Aug 1997, Rene van der Meer wrote:
> Hi my name is René
Hello.
> I am looking for a program that allows me to break the 640kb and uses the
> cga memory address to make 768kb I am not sure if this exists I belief so..
I've heard of such programs, but many were machine specific and/or flaky.
I'd recommend asking the fellows at the classic computer mailing list at:
"classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu"
> it is for a KAYPRO XL
> my direst computer that I ever had...
> please help me ...
> my e-mail address is renemeer(a)xs4all.nl
> I to like old junk
Glad to hear that!
Les
Allison, Andy, Brett, Carl, Frank McConnell, Guest, Jim Willing, Kai,
Thorhallur, Zane, dseagrave, and spc all came over to the chatroom.
A good discussion about TI Silent 700's ensued. The largest number at
one time was 7 and it didn't even dent my ISP. Well, as far as I know 8-)
For most of us this is something we have heard about but not really tried.
Bill Kendrick's Free Chat seems to be pretty good but not really ready
for heavy usage. I am in comms with him to see if we can't get it beefed
up. The next release is supposed to have multiple chatrooms so we could
have a wider range of subjects.
I don't know if this is something anybody wants to use. There can be a log
of messages that could be condensed to keep everybody informed of any info
that is dispensed on the chatroom.
This is basically a test for Special Chats - in which case I think the
usage would go heavier than 7 - maybe upto 40 at one time. Maybe we could
have something like PDP-11 nights or Amiga nights or something like that.
I would like to get *authorities* involved. Maybe "Dr. S-100" would like
to host a S-100 run - something that is useful anyway.
BC
We are running the Chatroom again for another test - come join us!
We are trying to bring my ISP to it knees - don't worry - can't happen.
URL: http://www.xnet.com/~danjo/classic/chat/
The Chat software will belly up LONG before the server 8-)
We will be on until - oh Midnight CST - maybe 8-)
BC
Please help identify these pieces of hardware! I finally got around to
shooting some pictures of these to help ID them.
Item #1: An 8080 prototype board. Who made this?
http://pw1.netcom.com/~mir/S001I001.JPG
Item #2: A SCSI hard disk interface box for some home computer. It has
a 50-pin female edge connector on the left, an edge connector on the
upper right labeled 'printer' and a 50-pin male pin connector for the
hard disk. What machine is this for?
http://pw1.netcom.com/~mir/S001I002.JPG
Item #3: A front panel. The switches are labeled CLR, STP, MRD, MWR,
ADR, EXE and numbers 2 through 15. What mainframe did this come from?
http://pw1.netcom.com/~mir/S001I004.JPG
Item #4: Another front panel. No bezel on this one. Has black
IMSAI-style paddle switches and a hex keypad.
http://pw1.netcom.com/~mir/S001I005.JPG
thanks all!
Kai
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<CZZMCI0 DYDP+3 LSI-11 #1
Marvin,
For the clue impaired , the machine is LSI-11 Aka PDP-11. Those are what
are known as xxdp diagnostics for rx02. they are quit hand to hae if you
have a pdp11.
Allison
Hi, folks,
I've been loaned the full-service diagnostics tape for the MicroVAX II.
I've attempted to copy said tape using a pair of SCSI TK50 drives and a
binary (bit-by-bit) image copy utility.
It didn't work. For some bizarre reason, I cannot boot from the copy.
Question: Short of installing a second TK50 in the MicroVAX long enough to
make a mirror-image copy under VMS (which is something else I don't know
how to do yet), what can I do here? This is a limited-time deal; I do need
to have the tape back to its original owners next week.
Another question: Can I initialize the target tape with VMS in some way to
make it bootable, and then copy the diags from the source tape?
Please help! If I can solve this, I'll be able to archive the thing on
CD-ROM and make the image available to other MicroVAXen owners.
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