At least it's what they appear to be...
Found at a local electronic "computer" store: several
printer cards for what appears to be Apple ][ computers.
(I'm not an Apple person, so I don't know the bus layout.)
The connector is a 50 pin edge-card (25 per side)
and there is a 20 pin header on the board, to which
attaches a companion flat cable with a conventional
Centronics-style 36 pin connector at the end. The cable
is 3 feet long, and it looks like it was meant to
exit the enclosure and plug directly into a printer.
There is an on-board 2716 eprom (I might dump the contents
at work to see if there is any manufacturer info inside.)
There is absolutely no manufacturer name or info on the
board other than what appear to be part numbers (I think):
"APL B" and "SP-201-EP-0" in the silkscreen and "H-002" in
the copper foil. Parts are all SSI (74LS00 series) with
date codes around 1984.
They were free, so if anyone wants one or more, let me know.
All I ask is shipping or "you pick up." I'm in Corvallis,
Oregon.
Oh, and I should say for emphasis: I HAVE NO IDEA IF
THEY WORK and NO WARRANTIES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.
Contact me by email if you want them. I don't have any
Apples, so don't have a reason to save them. Just didn't
want to see them dumpstered.
Gary.
Hello.
I'm going to get one of these from Jeff Kaneko. One thing: What OS's are avaible? I tried looking on Apple's site, but didn't really find anything too interesting. What's the one that the most sofware was written for? Most "standard", and what kind of stuff's avaible for a II+ (I'm sure that that's not a simple question.)
Thanks,
Tim D. Hotze
PS-Does anyone have Apple ][+ disks?
I'm behind in my e-mail again...
At 10:09 PM 1/11/98, you wrote:
> I have a bunch of HP 75Ds. I also have the manuals for them. Let me know
>if you need any info about them. What is a HP LS/12 ? I've never heard of
The LS/12 is actually made by Zenith; I think it's a Supersport? Basic
'286 (iirc) PC laptop. I'm working on scanning the photos I've taken;
someday I'll get a web page set up. 8^)
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roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
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At 09:51 PM 1/29/98 -0600, you wrote:
>be some GREAT surplus stores in San Francisco - saw my only wire recorder
>there as well as some interesting radar equipment, that at the time, I
>thought was still classifed. Years later (88) I couldn't find them.
>Anybody know what happened to them? I think they were on Market street
Hmmm.. There's Kaplan's on Market about 6th; They do mostly
army-surplus-esque camping gear and some uniforms and tenner shoes.
There's another one about between 7th & 8th that (last time I was in) seems
to cater only to the bigger-is-better-in-knives-and-forget-about-quality
crowd. (They're actually probably just about right above me as I type this!)
There used to be a really good one on Mission (one block south) between 7th
& 8th, but they went out of business in the early 80's.
I don't know of any *real* military surplus stores around SF anymore;
though you'd think there would be some, what with Mare Island Naval
ShipYard, Treasure Island, Alameda (Nuclear Wessels!), The Presidio, etc.
There are a few electronics surplus stores around, especially down in the
(silicon) valley.
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roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/
Haven't seen this mentioned on the list. The VCF was, of course,
organized by our very own Sam...
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Subject: Vintage Computer Festival 01 photo web site!
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 15:04:16 GMT
From: kenm(a)nospam.csus.edu (Ken Montgomery)
Organization: CSU Sacramento
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers, comp.society.folklore
I wanted to let everyone who watches this group for information about
the history of computing and old computers that I have put up a new page
with lots of photographs taken at the Vintage Computer Festival that was
held on October 25th and 26th 1997, at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in
Pleasanton, California. The Festival was an event held to celebrate
computers and their history. The site is:
<http://members.tripod.com/~km88mph/>
The site contains photographs that I took of the exhibit area and the
sellers area, both were inside the same hall. So check out the page and
drop me line!
I have the following items that have to go:
MAC Plus, good basic system w/key & mouse 1 - 4 meg of mem $10
MAC 512k, monitor fuzzy, but works free with Plus.
External 400k drive for Mac $5
Bernoulli 5mb Removeable drive for Mac $10 (+ Software)
Apple IIe Enhancement kit. (A2M2052) Don't ask me. New in
shrinkwrapped box $5
Northgate DOS 4.0 with Manuals (3 ring) and Covers + Install disks $10
I've got other but that's it for now.
Please keep shipping in mind. If you really need something on this list
or off, please email me off line and I'll see if I can find it.
Thanks,
Mike
At 22:33 1/29/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I think laptops will be hot collectables, as they are small and often
>clever.
Especially the early color laptops (e. g. NEC Multispeed 386) which very
few people bought. Laptops made out of funny materials -- the magnesium
GRIDs or the Toshibas with carbon-fiber cases. The nicer palmtops (they
can pry my Pofo from my cold dead fingers....) And, of course, several of
the hardened military micros. And the rarer Ataris. And Lisas!!
>>Suns and SGIs, probably. Acorn RISC-PC's, probably. Alphas, again
>>probably.
MIPS. HP Kayaks -- buy now while they're cheap! ;-)
>I say yes to all of these.
Me^2,
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Kip Crosby engine(a)chac.org
http://www.chac.org/index.html
Computer History Association of California
Thanks for the update that's what I was figured would be the answer. The
S-bus card was a surprise, now I have to go on the hunt. Thanks again John
At 10:20 PM 1/29/98 -0500, you wrote:
>> Sun SPAREprinter model QA-6, anyone know how to do a self
>> print test on this unit I can not find any buttons or anything;
>
>It will not do much unless you have it connected to a SPARCstation running
>NeWSprint. The SPARCstation also requires a special S-bus card to
>interface to the printer.
>
>In other words, you have either a worthless printer, or a good excuse to
>go get yourself a SPARCstation.
>
>William Donzelli
>william(a)ans.net
>
>
>
I have several questions on some computers I have that I'm stuck in the
mud on.
Point Four Data Systems Mark 3 minicomputer: This thing dates from
1985-ish. It's rack-mountable, and I have a CDC Lark 25+25MB removable
hard drive for it. The manuals I got with it are for a different model of
computer. I can get into the MANIP monitor but few of the commands do
anything (particularly the one to IPL off the drive- it either hangs or
goes back to the MANIP prompt immediately.) I don't know if the drive
or any of the cartridges contain anything at all. Does anyone know
*anything* about this thing? Any info would be helpful, as I'm out of
ideas.
Anadex DP-6500 RapidScribe printer: I'm told it works. All of the DIP
switches are set off (and there's 30+ of them). It doesn't do much at
all. Does anyone have the DIP switch settings for it? I've searched the
WWW and found ribbons for sale but that's it.
Commodore 64: I bought a boxful of C=64 stuff today at a nifty junk market
I've never noticed before. The 64 boots to one of the following screens
(at random): black, blue and black stripes, blue and red stripes, red
screen, red-white-blue-black stripes, white and black stripes, or
multi-colored graphical garbage. Does this sound like a common failure
mode, and if so, which chip?
Also, what's a fair price for a Coleco Adam system: 2 keyboards, memory
box with datacassette drives, external numeric keypad with knob (paddle?),
and printer.
One more: fair price for Apple //c+ system: CPU, monitor, two disk drives
(one Apple, one other).
Enough questions. Thanks for your help,
Richard Schauer
rws(a)ais.net
Hi,
Picked up a few more items today. A book named The AmigaDOS Manual by
The Bantam Amiga Library and a copy of the Operating Manual for Jet also
for the Amiga. Also two manuals for Commodore disk drives, one says 1541C
and the other says 1541. And a GEOS User's Mamual for the Commodore 64 or
128. Any need any of this stuff? E-mail me privately.
Also got a strange Commodore cable. It has what looks like a double
ended HP-IB connector one end and a card edge connector on the other. All
the connectors have 24 contacts. Both ends have a heavy braided ground
strap. It looks like it's about 2 foot long. Any one know what this is for?
Joe
