Time to clear the closets! I have one great condition ZDS ZWX-0248-62
(aka Z-248) unit as follows:
*Case - has two external bays, 4 internal. Filler plate on one external
*Power supply - standard Z-248 power supply in great condition
*Motherboard - standard 286 Z-248 motherboard
*Both drive bay inserts (the steel drive holders that slip in/out)
*Hercules/parallel video board - use with a monochrome monitor for
outstanding graphics, even in Win 3.xx
*ZDS I/O board with 1 serial, 1 parallel
*MFM and FDD controller (no cables) Should take both sizes of 3.5" and
5.25" floppies.
*Memory expansion board - gives the system a total 640k base memory,
1024k addition ext. memory (allows Windows to run nice and fast!)
The unit does NOT have a hard drive, floppy drive or the FD or HD
cables. This saves weight in shipping since most of us have closets full
of 360k, 1.2, etc drives and tons of MFM hard drives.
How much? $10 plus actual USPS shipping. This mostly covers my time in
packing it up and hauling it to the post office. (I've seen the memory
upgrades go for $20 easy by themselves) It seems to weigh in the area of
around 15 lbs. My zip is 40144 in case anyone wants to estimate
shipping. Payment by money or cashier's checks only, prepaid. This is,
if anything, a cheap source of upgrade and parts for someone with an
in-use Z248. Add a floppy, HD and cables and you have a working unit for
next to nothing as well. Should someone really need a floppy drive, all
I can offer is a good original black faced 360k that came in the unit
new, free with the unit, but it will add shipping weight. I can also
toss in a Seagate MFM hard drive but since I have no cables the drive
will not be guaranteed to work.
I need this out of my way soon or it goes to the scrap heap. Let me know
by January 2nd if you're interested, by direct email to
RHBLAKE(a)BIGFOOT.COM
Serious US/APO/FPO addresses only.
I wonder if these things would work with my GS and let me read PC disks with it?
This sounds like a fun thing. :) What was that price again?
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Jim Strickland
jim(a)DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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In a message dated 12/25/98 10:41:57 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
kurtkilg(a)geocities.com writes:
> Dunno. Whatever 386 PS/2 w/SCSI and MCA. Seemed like a 2.88 at the time.
i believe that would be the 8556/8557 models. they had built in scsi and those
2.88 drives. the 95xx series did as well.
david
I have a bunch of new SCSI to floppy only controllers. They are of NCR
manufacture. I got them from the Biin project, about 1991 so they would run
at least 1.2s, maybe 1.44s.
$5 each plus shipping. If there is any interest I will get more info. Replies
should go off list. Contact me at whoagiii(a)aol.com.
Happy Holidays.
Paxton Hoag
FOR SALE - Tandy 1000 Series items, all in like new condition:
*Tandy 1000 model TL/2 main unit. 250-1602
Specifications can be seen in the pages at
http://support.tandy.com/support_computer/1220.htm
Unit has 40 mb IDE hard disk with controller, 3.5" and 5.25" floppy
drives. Can use either a composite or CGA monitor, TV (using modulator
or VCR as a modulator) or you can optionally add a VGA card and monitor
(see item at above site for specifics on this). Has 768K RAM, 80286
processor, 4 open slots. Unit DOES NOT include monitor or keyboard. The
keyboard can either be the enhanced 101 that Tandy made for it or a
generic 101 (switchable XT/AT type preferably) one. Has DOS 3.3 and
Deskmate in ROM.
$20 plus actual USPS shipping (about 25 lbs)
*Tandy CM-11 Hi Resolution CGA monitor 25-1024/A/C
Specifications can be seen in the pages at
http://support.tandy.com/support_accessories/6011.htm
Monitor in beautiful condition, very clean crisp video that can be used
on a Randy or standard machine with CGA output. Has been run tested for
12 hours to insure that there are no heat problems. A very nice addtion
to your Tandy system.
$20 plus actual USPS shipping (about 24 lbs)
*Tandy 1000 90 key scultured keyboard (8 pin DIN)
This is the standard white keyboard used on the earlier 1000 series.
This keyboard is near new, was a sealed spare with vitrually no use.
Looks as if it were just made and operates as if it were just made as
well.
$10 plus actual USPS shipping (about 5-6 lbs)
Contact me SOON by direct email at RHBLAKE(a)BIGFOOT.COM
Items are located in central Kentucky and ship from zip 40144. Serious
inquiries only. US shipping addresses only, including APO/FPO. Payment
to be made by money order or cashier's check in advance.
Items will go on auction if no responses by January 2nd, 1999
In a message dated 12/25/98 1:07:38 AM Pacific Standard Time, Innfogra(a)aol.com
writes:
> >
> > I found an amusing listing tonight on ebay for a Kaypro 2 listed at
$1000.
>
> >
> With that kind of asking / starting price I bet he gets no bids.
> Paxton
you obviously did not check it out, but you are correct. the bidding had
closed
with no bids.
Merry Christmas!
>Yes, but the controllers might be different, or at least have different
>link options on them.
>
Possibly. I thought you meant the main controller/bus.
>
>That's odd. A single SCSI bus is limited to 8 devices, but the host
>adapter counts as one of them. So it can't be all one bus...
>
My slip-up. I re-checked the manual. It doesn't say how many devices can
be connected at once, except the three drives and the HD. I just remembered
the 0-9 ID setting wheel.
I'll check on the controller tomorrow.
--
-Jason Willgruber
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#: 1730318
<http://members.tripod.com/general_1>
In a message dated 12/25/98 2:10:15 PM Pacific Standard Time,
rhblake(a)bigfoot.com writes:
> Either that or the person that listed it is a lurker in here and saw the
> comments
> and decided to get real.
>
my original comment was made about 30 seconds after the first msg
pointing to it. the auction was already closed. I don't believe our list
is that slow.
it would be interesting to know why it was removed.
also, i can't seem to find it again. i deleted the original message with the
url, but i would think I could search on ebay and find it, but it ain't
showing
up.
kelly
> I know it was mentioned here before that the rz23 drives don't autostart.
> Does anyone know if older macintosh's (say, an se30) can give the device
> start sequence? or if there's any simple way to force the drive to start
> anyway?
It's possible to make the drive autostart; it's some sort of settable
option in the drive's firmware. The only program I've seen to manipulate
it, however, is rzdisk on the MIPS-based DECstations. Using rzdisk under
Ultrix, you can configure the drive to spin up on power on. I believe
there's also a version of RZDISK available for Alpha VMS, but I've not
encountered it there.
Roger Ivie
ivie(a)cc.usu.edu
On Fri, 25 Dec 1998 rhblake(a)bigfoot.com wrote:
> Huh? The 55SX has an ESDI controller for the HD and uses stock MFM 1.44
> floppies. It can use the floppies from other units as well Even the 56/5gSLC
> that has a SCSI interface and 2.88 mb floppy doesn't have a SCSI floppy. Where
> did you get this from?
Dunno. Whatever 386 PS/2 w/SCSI and MCA. Seemed like a 2.88 at the time.
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