Still house cleaning. I scrapped an IBM 3274 but saved the floppy drive.
If anyone has a use for it, it's your's for $10 and shipping. It has a
connector for a ribbon cable and not the normal card edge connector and it
appears to be a double sided drive. I also have the manuals for the 3274
that I'll throw in.
Joe
The $12,000 bid DID actually happen. She didn't win the auction. I think no
one reached that particular auction price since the reserve was not met.
Anyways, its just a way to hype my website.. Heheh.
Daivd
While this might be considered more than a little off topic, I don't think
so, since a lot of us have classic computer documentation in the form of
MicroFiche. Does anyone know of a method of scanning this stuff into a
computer, or any idea as to what resolution of a scanner such a project
would require?
I've thought a 35mm slide scanner would work well, but I don't believe they
are constructed in such a manner that you could scan the fiche without
destroying it.
Zane
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Some time ago I mentioned a commodore 64 I'd been given and that I'd used the
mother board to experiment with washing the motherboard in the dishwasher with
favorable results. Well, today I finally got the replacement keyboard from
Creative Micro Designs (CMD) along with a cable to connect the thing to
a composite monitor I got with the thing. 10 minutes of surgery and I have
a functional c64 again. Celebrated by typing in the "Michael row your boat
ashore" program in the manual. Whee. :) Scarey thing is the catalog they
sent me, with all kinds of drives, a speedup system, hard disks, and so on.
I think I need to get rid of this machine before it sucks more money out of me.
--
Jim Strickland
jim(a)DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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Joe:
Okay, I have something that may interest you. One of Northstar's
first products, was a floppy disk drive, that could be used with
Altairs (among others). I have a pair of these 5.25" drives in an
aluminum/wooden cabinet.
There are inscriptions inside giving dates that it was built up,
upgraded, etc. I don't remember the exact dates, but it seems that
it was built in 1977.
I have reason to believe the drives are original; one still has the
N* nameplate attached thereto. The wooden top cover is in decent
shape, has a small bit of wood chipped from a front corner.
If this is interesting, I can get more particulars-- especially
corrolation of the dates with the actual Altair/Imsai/N* product
release timelines.
Jeff
On Wed, 09 Dec 1998 08:45:24 Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> writes:
>Jeff,
>
> That one is sold but I have another one that's still new in the bag.
> I'm
>looking for anything for my Altair, anything for my Tektronix 4051 or
>HP
>calculator or computer stuff. Machines, parts, manuals or whatever.
>
> Joe
>
>At 08:31 PM 12/8/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>Joe:
>>
>>I could sure use this. WHat sort of trades are you looking for?
>>
>>Jeff
>>
>>On Tue, 08 Dec 1998 14:17:39 Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> writes:
>>>Commodore marked cable with a card edge connector on one end and a
>>>male/female GPIB connectors on the other. Contact me if interested.
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>>>
>>
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Joe:
I could sure use this. WHat sort of trades are you looking for?
Jeff
On Tue, 08 Dec 1998 14:17:39 Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> writes:
>Commodore marked cable with a card edge connector on one end and a
>male/female GPIB connectors on the other. Contact me if interested.
>
> Joe
>
>
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I found an odd Apple keyboard yesterday. It says that it's an Apple
Adjustable keyboard. The main keyboard hinges in the middle and you can
bend it so that each half faces out at and angle. It also has an oversize
space bar. The numeric keypad is a separate piece and connects by cable.
Besides the numeric keys, it has cursor keys, 15 Pf keys and Help, Home,
End, Page Up and Page Down keys. The keyboard also came with an Apple
Desktop Bus Mouse II. Does anyone know anything about these? I've never
seen one before but they look pretty neat.
Joe
Saw this in comp.os.vms
I'd take it myself, but I'd have to mortgage the Town Hall to pay the
freight.
Anyone want a VERY well equipped, complete, older Vax, with loads of parts
and docs etc?
-----Original Message-----
From: Kent Rankin <kentrankin(a)theatreorgans.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Date: Tuesday, 8 December 1998 18:01
Subject: What is a VAX 8350 fully loaded worth?
>
> A friend of mine has a VAX 8350 that he picked up recently. It's quite
>a large setup, to say the least. I was wondering if someone could tell me
>what I should get(at least) for it for him, and what I could get for it.
>Here's what it has:
>
> VAX 8350 with 2 processors
> SA482 Storage array loaded with 3 RA82(6.22MB) drives
That's a typo I think, they are 622Mb each. And 64KG!
> A giant 200amp power conditioner that looks just like the VAX
> A TU81-Plus Tape drive
> Two DMB32-M things. I think that they are multiplexors
> Anyone know about them?
> Two LA120 printers. One DA model, and one AA model.
> A LA75 printer
> A VT420 terminal(JA model)
> Five DECServer200/DL Terminal Servers. Anyone know what
> the DL stands for?
>
> I think that is all that is included, but I could be wrong. I'm
>notreally sure as to what cards are in it(besides the TU81 Plus'
interface).
>
> The box has absolutely TONS of packages from DEC on it with the
>licenses. The manuals are all there, and many of them have extras that are
>shrinkrapped. Many spare parts for the machine are new, and in DEC boxes,
>still wrapped. There are boxes and boxes of new manuals, to give you an
>idea.
>
> The machine was on maintenance until September of 1998. Plus, as an
>added bonus, it has the whole Y2k support package.
>I do know that all of the packages are very recent versions, and that
>OpenVMS 7.0 is loaded on it.
>
> It was used(until upgraded) with MANY terminals running off of it for
>basic business uses, and for calculating the lights(andtheir positions)
>needed in a stadium, and is in perfect condition.
>
> Anyhow, anyone have any ideas on the pricing? Perhaps a good outlet
for
>me to sell it?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Kent Rankin
Cheers
Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Marks College
Port Pirie South Australia.
My ICQ# is 1970476
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-----Original Message-----
From: Huw Davies <H.Davies(a)latrobe.edu.au>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, 9 December 1998 15:19
Subject: Re: VAX collectors attention
>Well, anyone passing is more than welcome to drop in and I'll provide a
>guided tour for free.
If I ever get to Melbourne again, I'll be sure and take you up on that. :^)
> In the near future I'm going to have the Fifth Annual
>Junk Room Clearance. I guess this will only be of interest to local readers
I guess I must be local on this scale. I'd be interested. :^)
>but I'll attempt to provide a list of what we plan to junk.
It will make interesting reading I'm sure.
Cheers
Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Marks College
Port Pirie South Australia.
My ICQ# is 1970476
Ph. 61-411-623-978 (Mobile)
61-8-8633-0619 (Home)
61-8-8633-8834 (Work-Direct)
61-8-8633-0104 (Fax)
>From: Doug Yowza <yowza(a)yowza.com>
>
>I think the highest recorded sale for an Altair was around $5000, which
is
>still absurd, but only by an order of magnitude or so.
>
>-- Doug
It was exactly $5000, Doug. It was a pristine
perfect example.
But Uncle Sam will get well over $1K of it. So
think of it partly as a nice donation to your government
and all the good that money will do for us.
Bob Wood
Bob Wood
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