Paxton -
Thanks for thinking of me. I have my hands full right now, but I'm sure
that someone else on the list would like a SOL. (And whoever that someone
is, contact me if you need docs or software.) And in the unlikely event that
no one comes forward shouting, "Me! Me! Me!" then I will save it.)
BTW, I had been meaning to get back to you about that 8" HH DSDD drive, but
"stuff" happened... Still have one?
Bob Stek
bobstek(a)ix.netcom.com
Saver of Lost SOLs
Immaculate condition 286 machine! 768k ram, 40 mb IDE hard drive, 3.5"
and 5.25" floppies, monitor port, 101 key keyboard port, 2 joystick
ports, 9 pin serial port microphone and earhone jacks, volume control,
reset, more. Has 4 open 8 bit ISA slots, nice looking case. Has MSDOS
3.3 and Deskmate built in on ROMs leaving the hard drive free for your
programs.
Main unit ONLY - no keyboard or monitor selling for $30 plus shipping
Main unit with CM-5 color monitor (like new) selling for $50 plus
shipping.
Buyer can use a standard 101 key enhanced keyboard with the standard 5
pin DIN, available everywhere. Documents laying out the specifications
and enhancements are available in the manuals section at
http://support.tandy.com/ and there are also downlaodable setup programs
available for it as well.
NOTE: US 48 states only, no out of country shipments. Contact me direct
at RHBLAKE(a)BIGFOOT.COM if interested. SHipping will be the actual USPS
rate plus applicable insurance from zip 40144 in central KY to your zip.
Prepayment by cashier's check or money order, COD's may be possible.
Russ Blakeman
Harned, KY
At 08:36 PM 12/10/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>a little 'shuttle', spaced 5 characters apart in the same horizontal
>>line. A motor/scroll cam assembly wobbles this backwards and forwards
>>across the paper and moves the paper up one dot line for ever complete
>
>May I ask, why do this when it's probably easier to use 9 vertically
>aligned pins like the rest of the civilized dot matrix world? (Except for
Compare:
o o o o o
to
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
Any difference jump out at you? Yep, the latter uses a lot more vertical
space. In a laptop, that translates into thickness. If you want a skinny
laptop, all your parts have to be thin.
As to five heads versus one, you can print five characters at once. Faster
printing.
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At 07:25 PM 12/10/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I just saw an HX-20 today! I was at a customer's house... he cannot talk
If you've never seen an HX-20 before, go to
<http://www.sinasohn.com/clascomp/> (or /clascomp/index2.htm for the new
and improved CGI version!) and check it out. No pics of the HC-20 yet, but
I'm working on it.
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San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/
At 02:36 AM 12/11/98 +0000, you wrote:
> This was a battery-powered printer? In that case, I sit slackjawed in
>fascination at the ingenuity of this engineering. I want one!
There are, of course, lots of battery-powered printers. I used a Canon
BJ-20e (or BJ-10e?) for years to print invoices at client sites. Had a
switch to turn on/off battery charging when using AC so as not to build a
memory in the battery.
Radio Shack had one that was about the size of half a ream of paper, or one
of those clipboards with storage underneat. Slip some paper inside, hook
up a cable, print, and out comes a printed page.
Mannesman-Tally had one that ran on batteries, did 300dpi, 6ppm, LJ II
compatible printing for under $1K, at a time when LaserJets were about that
price.
I believe HP's portable deskjet ran on batts too.
Then, of course, there were plenty of portables with built-in printers,
especially those from Panasonic, Canon, and Sharp. And a lot of the
"pocket computers" (Casio, Sharp, TRS-80, Panasonic) had portable printers
they could attach to.
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roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/
At 11:22 PM 12/10/98 -0000, you wrote:
>Since I'm not getting any manuals, schematics, or software with the machine,
>any contributions for the web site will be welcomed.
A bit of trivia... I was in Denver on holiday a while back, and went to
the Colorado History Museum (Denver has great museums!) There, amidst a
lot of other Colorado stuff, was a Digital Group computer. Very Cool, but
I'm sure there are still drool stains in the carpet around it. 8^)
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roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/
I have a chance to speak with the designers of some of the machines in my
collection. But other than the basic "when was it intro'd, what are the
specs, what did it cost" stuff, what should I ask? What sorts of stories,
info, etc. should I be trying to preserve?
Thanks...
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roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/
The Tek 8000s are about 20"X12"X24". They weigh a good 75 or 80 pounds, 90 to
100 pounds shipping weight. My Zip code is 97214. Check UPS' Web Page
Calculator for shipping costs.
This is an approximate weight. The machines are in my whse and I haven't been
down there yet today.
Paxton
>MiniMinc was the PDT11/150 with the EIS/FIS Microm...
>I had one for a while purchased under the DEC employee purchase plan.
Thanks, I didn't know that is what constituted a MiniMINC. Since I
upgraded all the PDT-150s I have at home to EIS/FIS, then I guess
they all qualify as MiniMINCs now, eh?
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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At 08:41 PM 12/10/98 -0500, you wrote:
>On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Joe wrote:
>
>> Stil cleaning. Found a molded plug with no cable so I guess it's a
>> shorting plug. It's bigger than a DB connector but the same style. It has
>> 51 pins in three rows. The name R Squared is molded into it. Anyone know
>> what it's for? Anyone need it?
>
>Sounds like an old-style Sun or DEC SCSI terminator. If you count again,
>you should see it has 50 pins.
>
You're right it has 50 pins. My eyes aren't what they used to be :-/
Joe
