> <>Does anyone know how well LCDs hold up against time (provided, of
course
> <>that they are not cracked!)?
>
> There is no finite life assuming they havent been abused.
I just picked up a Panasonic PC 7100 ('84 or '85) Lunchbox that works
fine, but the backlight's gone. I also have a NEC XT laptop (don't remember
the model) that has a screen in beautiful shape, backlight and all.
I should imagine that the cables feeding the display would be a weak link.
manney(a)nwohio.com
Found on Usenet. Contact this fellow directly if you can give his
offerings a well-deserved home.
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* * * FOR SALE OR DONATION * * *
Due to increasing financial and other pressures, I am being forced to
get rid of a substantial part of my Computer Collection.
Most of this stuff is heavy and bulky, so any local pickup that can be
arranged would be strongly preferred. I will deliver to you in the
area, but most of this stuff simply cannot be shipped. If there is
an individual part or board you want, and you want to pay for
shipping,
I will do my best to make that happen for you.
I will accept any amount of money for any given item, or I will accept
no money. If you are in the area or coming here to pick something up,
it probably wouldn't hurt to buy me a burrito or something, as its
going to hurt to part with some of this junk. My only condition
is that this equipment goes to a collector (at least someone who
appreciates the item) and not to the junk heap. I have spent far
too much time and effort preserving what little I do have to
allow this stuff to meet its end that way now.
I am in the Chicago, Illinois area. Please contact me through
email at devnull(a)pobox.com.
Here is a partial listing, I can search for specifics if you like.
Best Bet would be to come on by and take a look:
PDP 11/04 Computer with unknown boards.
DEC TU60 DECASSETTE DRIVE
AED 6200P quad-8" Floppy drive, I believe with PDP11 interface
(unbelievably heavy)
(Qty3) PDP-11 in BA23 enclosure (tower)
[two 11/23, one 11/53]
DEC TK25 tape drive
(various parts of) External RD52 Drives
Various Quadbus and Unibus PDP boards (list is being compiled)
Various Cables from above systems
3 good size boxes of repair manuals from Tandy repair shop
[mostly Panasonic Printers, Sony Monitors, Tandy stuff]
Ohio Scientific Challenger
TI Silent 700s
Various 8 bit systems/parts
Lots of 1200 baud modems
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Bruce Lane, SysOp,
The Dragon's Cave BBS (Fido 1:343/272)
kyrrin2 {at} wiz<ards> d[o]t n=e=t
"...No matter how hard we may wish otherwise, our science can only describe
an object, event, or living creature, in our own human terms. It cannot possibly
define any of them!..."
In a message dated 98-02-16 15:09:50 EST, you write:
<< BTW, I'm gonna run Norton Calibrate over it, just to see if it's toast or
not... >>
...or you could always call debug and low level format it after it's warmed
up. i have revived many mfm drives by doing so. most of them get a second
life!
david
Well it's been a busy weekend went to a Hamfest/Computer Swap this Saturday
in Blaine MN and got a Mac IIx for $25 unit works great has 16meg of
memmory and was loaded with good software and system 7.1; a NEC APCIV
PowerMate portable that works great for $10; a Mac LC475 new case for $1;
and alot of notebook power supplies for $1 each. A Commodore 1802 monitor
in great shape for $20 at Goodwill; a Compaq 286e with KB, mono VGA monitor
for $12.50 and it works great with 4 meg of memory, 42 meg HD with nice
software on it; a Hyperion model 3012 with a nice carrying case, a ram
upgrade in one of the case pockets and a owners' manual will be firing this
one up later tonight; a IBM 6091-19 monitor for $15 can't it to work with
my RS6000 box. I still have a pickup load of stuff to open and see what I
have purchased over the last few days, will update later. Well Keep
Computing - John
Well, if you could post the power specs, power cord pinouts, etc...
Also, if there is a main board, how much power does it need?
>From: Philip.Belben(a)powertech.co.uk
>To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers"
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
>Subject: Re[2]: System/34 contd.
>
>The mail software crashed while I was typing this. Oh well, try
>again...
>
>> I doubt I will be using the thing because it needs a 220-volt plug,
>> which there are at my school, but noone would let me put it in their
>> room. There isn't any space in my apartment either :). Could I
>> somehow wire to 110-volt plugs to get 220? If there is some kind of
>
>You can try it if you like, but you'd far better notter!
>
>Seriously, in most (afaik) homes/schools/offices in the US, it is
>possible to find 230V between the live terminals of two suitably chosen
>sockets. But this is not recommended. In particular, you cannot
>connect the output voltages of two randomly chosen sockets in series
>and expect the wiring to survive...
>
>I'd recommend a 110/220V transformer. They do exist and they are not
>very difficult to find. It may also be possible to modify the PSU.
>Don't give up that soon!
>
>> "getting started" thing, photocopies would be fun, just to look at...
>
>I may have spare copies of some pocket reference guides. There is one
>for the OS (about 1/2 inch thick) and one for the assembler at least.
I
>shall have a look - eventually!
>
>Philip.
>
>
>
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Hi just wont to say hello fro Germany.
That I have a Cromemco System 2 to in Use (But lack of Software)
Also 10 MB or I believe 5 MB HDD is not working correctly
It would be nice if we could xchange Info on these Very Huge and Old
Computers >>>>32 Bit in 1995 I don't think so Cromix 1977 <<<<<<<
Thanx
Ingo
<Remember, all older MFM, ESDI and some early SCSI drives always need
<annual or bi yearly LLF job.
I have a st506 that I formatted once and never again and it still works
fine. I do however run a program that checks it for bad sectors, haven't
found many over the years. The need for reformats is urban legend and I
have a bunch of RD52/53/54(mfm) and a potload of st506 and st412 drives
that haven't been reformatted unless moved to a different system where
the controller was incompatable with the former format.
However to qualify that I've seen many systems with power down problems
where they would write garbage to the disk causeing a need for reformats.
I've also seen system with power and heat problems. Optimally the drive
should run over a narrow temperature range that is centered at the
temperature they were formatted at. most time they are asked to run
much hotter and that means the stepper is not centered on the thermally
repostioned tracks. This can be made worse by reformatting the drive
as cold as it will warm up and all the track centering will be off leading
to errors and a likely reformat.
Later voicecoil and other servo positioned drives are immune to this as
the servo track or embedded servo information will insure it tracks with
temperature and bearing wear.
Allison
I know someone with 4+ DEC DSSI drives, you haul them away. Contact me if
interested.
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As part of my recent haul from Temple Univ., I got two versions of RSTS/E.
I can't seem to get my PDP-11/34 to read the disk packs. Can RSTS/E be used
on an 11/34? If not, does anyone want these packs? Also, the LA100/180
boards and the Printronix boards are up for grabs.
Rich Cini/WUGNET
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