At 02:16 AM 2/15/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Portables also make good collectibles because they tend to have the best
>technology of their time, are integrated, and don't take a lot of space!
And as the 10-year mark gets further into the dregs of pc-sameness,
portables still offer a wealth of individuality.
Some more recent portables of note:
Atari Portfolio (1989)
Fujistu Poquet (1989)
Gateway Handbook (?)
Dauphin DTR1
Various GRiD's and GRiDPads
NCR Pen computers
Dolch Lunchboxes
Various ruggedized laptops
etc.
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At 10:09 PM 2/13/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I've never HEARD of a disk exerciser.
>
>What on earth is one for? Pushups? Situps?
To get those oversized 8" disks down to a svelte 5.25"...
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THUS FAR, I HAVE SEEN NO COMPUTERS THAT SUCK. (EXCEPT ONE'S BASED ON MS
OS'S)
APPLE II'S HAPPEN TO BE ONE OF THE LONGEST RANGING, AND STILL EVOLVING
"SPECIES" OF COMPUTERS
>
>>Oh well, you gotta love it.
>>
>>PS. So the Commodore did suck after all ;)
>
>yes, but not quite as sucky as Atari's and especially Apple II's! : P
>
>Les
>
>
>
At 09:29 PM 2/16/98, Joe wrote:
>At 01:35 PM 2/16/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>Joe:
>>
>>Do you have any software???
>
> Nope, none, notta, zip. Do you have any software or docs for the 3B2?
>I did find an old software archive for the 3B1 at Ohio State U. There is
>supposed to be an archive for the 3B2 but I couldn't find it.
>>
>>-Mike
Software is going to be near impossible to find. have you started up the
3B2 yet?
If the root password is changed, your going to be screwed without system disks.
Check comp.sys.att for 3B2 stuff. Haven't checked in in a while but when i did,
there were hard disks, more 3B2's, NIC's, etc. for sale all the time.
System disks
are going to be hard to find. I've got a set (only thru extreme luck) but
nobody's
getting 'em! AT&T might actually still sell the disks though you'd probably pay
$1,000 for them or some other silly amount.
les
< Geez! An original 5 Mb Seagate 506! I used to have a maintenance
<manual for it but I haven't seen it in at least 10 years. I also have a
I must have 5 or 6 ST506 and ST412s all good here most with low time.
< The squeal is probably coming from the ground strap on the bottom
<spindle. Try putting a bit of powered graphite on it and see if that
Common!
Allison
Also used by C3, Sperry and Unisys for the 48 workstation serial link under
CTOS/BTOS.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Rollins <rexstout(a)ptld.uswest.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, February 17, 1998 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: GP-IB (was Re: Atari 8-bit Find)
>
>>>Which reminds me: why didn't IEEE-488 ever become a big hit in the
>>>computer biz? It's been around since the 60's, is standard, has good
>
>Maybe because the cables are so expensive?
>
>>It's used by:
>>
>>Commodore Pets
>>GRiD Compass
>>HP 3000
>>HP 1000 (I think)
>>
>>Probably others...
>And don't forget the HP 9000... Actually, HP uses their own variant, called
>HP-IB. It's probably compatible with GP-IB, but I'm not sure. I have an
>8-bit ISA HP-IB controller around here somewhere, but nothing to use it
>with(at least not yet).
>
>-JR http://members.tripod.com/~jrollins/index.html - Computers
> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/1681/ - Star Trek
>
>
<Are these all water machines? There are some air-cooled versions that ar
<probably reasonable.
Water cooling isn't that bad. You could use heating compoents for
pumps if needed and heat extraction from the water could be a automotive
radiator with a blower to room air. Of cource the room temperature would
rise but for short term ops that would work.
<Yes, the 400 Hz would be a problem, almost as much as a cooling system (i
<one went with a water machine - probably too big of a headache).
Assuming you need 50kw, if it were say 10kw or less the scale of things
drops to more managable proportions.
Allison
<the only thing that could cause this would be the 6845 CRTC chip (IC2 on
<my schematic). The cursor signal is produced by that chip (at least in
Unlikely but possible. More likely is a memory address error. A stuck
address line will cause data to repeat 2*n times in the display memory.
<modes 0-6), and so if there was any problem later on, then at least the
<cursor would be in the right _phyical_ position, (and would presumably
<not line up with what you are typing). If the 6845 is socketed, then try
<reseating it (pull it out and push it back in again).
Same for other chips around it.
Allison
At 10:55 AM 2/17/98 +0000, you wrote:
>> ABACUS (the Atari Bay Area Computer Users Society) still runs it's BBS on
>> an Atari 1040ST. (Though, to keep this off-topic, we're thinking of moving
>> to a linux box.)
>
> A travesty !! Or do you mean minix. The Toronto Atari Federation
>still uses FoRem on a TT. (still sucks) (The sys-op will get me for
>that ! )
Well, Most of the club members have non-Atari modems... Why stick to only
Atari when there is an alternative that will do a better job of letting us
make the most of our Atari's? I see the BBS like a modem; doesn't need to
be an Atari to host Atari discussions.
In any case, it's kind of a moot point as ABACUS now supports Mac and PC
users. We decided that the true value in the club was the members. We
knew each other, and enjoy our company, and don't want to lose that just
because some have moved on to another platform. So now we do everything.
Something to think about as an alternative to letting a good club die out.
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Here's a fellow looking for a good home for his MVII. Anyone?
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From: "Brett A. Farnam" <bfarnam(a)skantech.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Micro Vax II
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 19:59:49 -0500
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To any one interested,
I have a MicroVax II that is nicely configured and licensced in my name.
I need to find a home for it. Any thoughts? I am willing to donate it
before it becomes trash. I have Open VMS with DEC Net, (2) RA90's, (1) TK
50, (1) TS 05 all in a standard DEC issue 48" cab.
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