test-drb September 1997

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by dastar＠crl.com

I posted earlier this week about some dumb terminals a guy had for sale cheap. Well, I ended up acquiring the rest of the terminals and cables and stuff because Ralph wanted to get rid of them and couldn't hold onto them anymore. Whoever was working on a deal with Ralph, please e-mail me and I will honor whatever terms you guys came up with. Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass Attend the First Annual Vintage Computer Festival See http://www.siconic.com/vcf for details!

27 years, 3 months

Altair Scans update

by rcini＠classic.msn.com

On Tue, 16 Sep 1997 10:54:45, Kai Kaltenbach <kaikal(a)MICROSOFT.com> wrote: >>Whatever happened to these? Well, I got the Zip disk from my firend and it contained all of what was in my original post (91mb). I made a backup of the disk onto 4mm tape and mailed to Bill Whitson, by now about 3 weeks ago, for him to post on the ftp server. I have not gotten positive confirmation from him whether or not he received the package that I sent (via priority mail). I presume that as soon as he has had a chance to look through the scans to verify the contents, he will post them. If anyone else needs them quicker, contact me off-list and I can arrange to have them sent to you (you provide the media). ------------------------------------------------- Rich Cini/WUGNET <rcini(a)msn.com> - ClubWin Charter Member (6) - MCP Windows 95/Netowrking

27 years, 3 months

Lost Buys

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Well it happened again I walked into the place today as far the eye could see there apples, mac II's, 19 inch apple mono moniters, vax units, hp vectra's, and lots of other items all sold or on hold at 5 bucks each. It all came in Monday afternoon after I left around 12:30pm. They say that another truck load will be in later this week and may camp out. Monday I did get a Polymorphic System 8813 with keyboard, a Zenith model 14ZdC3, HP III laser, and a Bernoullibox II all for $5 each. Well back to testing the units from last week.

27 years, 3 months

help request sent last night re: Unisys/wrong name systems

by wpe＠interserv.com

Sorry all... Due to a cramp in brain cell #2, Convergent came out as Congruent... Will -- Sorry to have to resort to this, but, due to the myriad of automatic e-mail advertising ("SPAMming") programs out there, I've been forced to modify my "reply to" address. To reply to this message, you must remove the .spamfree from the reply-to address. To those friends, and folks who are trying to contact me with info that I will likely be happy to receive, I apologze for this inconvienence. To those out there, sending all these annoying "junk mail" messages, I say "Oh well...." Will

27 years, 3 months

Altair scans update

by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

Whatever happened to these? thanks Kai > ---------- > From: Richard A. Cini, Jr.[SMTP:rcini@classic.msn.com] > Reply To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 1997 5:31 AM > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > Subject: Altair scans update > > For those who have asked... > > The Altair scans are ready to post, I just have to ZIP them up and > send the > tape to Bill Whitson. Does anyone have his physical address?? > > > ------------------------------------------------- > Rich Cini/WUGNET > <rcini(a)msn.com> > - ClubWin Charter Member (6) > - MCP Windows 95/Netowrking >

27 years, 3 months

Fw: No more Free Apple ///s

by thedm＠sunflower.com

at least they werent trashed. ---------- > From: John David Rose <chernoff(a)hargray.com> > To: thedm(a)sunflower.com > Cc: quantum(a)telis.org; ;;;jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com;; ;;;jbcole(a)ix.netcom.com;; ;;;towad(a)aol.com;; ;;;Zhiyuan(a)world.net.att.net;; ;;;Yertzell(a)worldnet.att.net;; ;;;warpig(a)mindspring.com;; ;;;peterb(a)revealed.net;; ;;;jac(a)openix.com;; ;;;glee(a)millcomm.com;; ;;;MichaelGoe(a)aol.com;; ;;;gmast(a)polymail.cpunix.calpoly.edu;; ;;;shack(a)frii.com;; ;;;tnguyen(a)UDel.Edu;; ;;;bucho(a)magpage.com; > Subject: No more Free Apple ///s > Date: Tuesday, September 16, 1997 12:50 PM > > Thank you for your response and interest in the Apple ///s. We received an > immediate response from a school for disadvantaged youngsters within an > hours drive of our office. They have already come and picked up the gear, > and they have a greatly experienced computer guy to help them set them up. > Sorry, but great for them. > > JD >

27 years, 3 months

Fw: No more Free Apple ///s

by alanr＠morgan.ucs.mun.ca

Can't think of a better or more deserving place for them, maybe these kids will grow up to appreciate computers as wonderful tools rather than the 'appliances' the industry would try to push on us. At 12:54 PM 16/09/97 -0500, you wrote: >at least they werent trashed. > >---------- >> From: John David Rose <chernoff(a)hargray.com> >> To: thedm(a)sunflower.com >> Cc: quantum(a)telis.org; ;;;jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com;; >;;;jbcole(a)ix.netcom.com;; ;;;towad(a)aol.com;; ;;;Zhiyuan(a)world.net.att.net;; >;;;Yertzell(a)worldnet.att.net;; ;;;warpig(a)mindspring.com;; >;;;peterb(a)revealed.net;; ;;;jac(a)openix.com;; ;;;glee(a)millcomm.com;; >;;;MichaelGoe(a)aol.com;; ;;;gmast(a)polymail.cpunix.calpoly.edu;; >;;;shack(a)frii.com;; ;;;tnguyen(a)UDel.Edu;; ;;;bucho(a)magpage.com; >> Subject: No more Free Apple ///s >> Date: Tuesday, September 16, 1997 12:50 PM >> >> Thank you for your response and interest in the Apple ///s. We received >an >> immediate response from a school for disadvantaged youngsters within an >> hours drive of our office. They have already come and picked up the >gear, >> and they have a greatly experienced computer guy to help them set them >up. >> Sorry, but great for them. >> >> JD ---------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________Live from the GLRS The Man From D.A.D ----------------------------------------------------------------

27 years, 3 months

MV-II or PDP?

by kyrrin2＠wizards.net

You wrote... >I have just got a 'new' computer over the weekend. It was advertised as >a MicroVAX II with 2xRA81, 8Mb, and tape drive. >It has VMS 5.x on one of the RA81s and Ultrix on the other. It looks >like the picture in the Digital manuals of a MicroVAX II 630 (tall rack >unit with RA81 at top and bottom with the processor modules in between), >however it was only when I got it home that I saw the badge above the >On/Off switch which says "Digital PDP11/83". <snip> It's a MicroVAX II. MicroPDP's cannot boot or run VMS (that I know of) due to a different CPU. What's most likely happened is, somewhere along the line, somebody had a PDP-11/83 in that box, then pulled out the CPU and memory cards and replaced them with MicroVAX equivalents. You can easily do this, as the box, power supply, and backplane are compatible with either CPU. As an example: If I were to pull some spare 11/73 cards out of my stash, and replace the MV-II boards in my VAXStation II/GPX with them, said VAXStation would suddenly become an 11/73. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Sysop, The Dragon's Cave BBS (Fidonet 1:343/272) (Hamateur: WD6EOS) (E-mail: kyrrin2(a)wizards.net) http://www.wizards.net/technoid "Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our own human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."

27 years, 3 months

MicroVAX II or PDP 11?

by pjoules＠coleg-powys.ac.uk

I have just got a 'new' computer over the weekend. It was advertised as a MicroVAX II with 2xRA81, 8Mb, and tape drive. It has VMS 5.x on one of the RA81s and Ultrix on the other. It looks like the picture in the Digital manuals of a MicroVAX II 630 (tall rack unit with RA81 at top and bottom with the processor modules in between), however it was only when I got it home that I saw the badge above the On/Off switch which says "Digital PDP11/83". When VMS starts it says VAX/VMS Version 5.x (can't remember the minor version number) and when Ultrix starts it reports that it is running on: MicroVAX II with FPU What have I got? By the way, the date stamped on all of the cases and labels is in 1988 if that helps. Can anyone tell me anything about it? -- Regards Pete #include <std_disclaimer>

27 years, 3 months

Rescue needed!!!

by thedm＠sunflower.com

Do we have someone in the Carolinas that can contact this person and get these, I would LOVE one. I have emailed him saying will wil try to get someone out. But I havent heard a response. Bill G. Subject: Apple ///s FREE! From: chernoff(a)hargray.com (John David Rose) Date: 1997/09/15 Message-Id: <chernoff-1509971002150001(a)dial-08.r8.scptvl.infoave.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.usergroups [More Headers] We have five working, plus two for parts, Apple /// computers, complete with all utility disks, drivers, documentation, Cobol, Pascall, Basic, Word Juggler, Visicalc, Micro-Terminal programs, plus back-issues of "On-Three" magazine, plus three working impact printers. We hate to throw working equipment away. Can some computer tech school, lab, anyone take these off our hands before we simply have to junk them? Located in South Carolina. Send E mail message of interest to J.D. Rose at chernoff(a)hargray.com. thanks

27 years, 3 months

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test-drb September 1997