Subject: OLD 8 inch floppy disks please take 'em.
From: aek <aek(a)all-electric.com>
Date: 1998/03/10
Message-ID: <350600A1.A84(a)all-electric.com>
Newsgroups: aus.ads.forsale.computers.used,aus.electronics
Y-ellow Y'all
I have an unknown number of old 8 inch floppies in 10 boxes. Some are
Burroughs brand others are verbatum. Plus two old disk cleaning kits. I
guess you could use the cleaning disks but the rest of the stuff looks
crusty.
Take 'em away or pay the COD if you really want 'em. If no-one want's
'em they're beyond history.
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Well this has been really a slow wek on the finds. today I picked up IBM
6156 portable disk drive bay that holds 3 drives for the IBM RT PC. I got
the user manual and the service manual with it for $25 at Goodwill. Picked
up a MAc 512ke unit that I've been looking for at a thrift for 80 cents
does not work, no screen display. Picked a complete manual set for the NCR
PC6 along with 4 setup disk. A AST Bravo/286 for 80 cents without monitor
or key broad have not tested it yet. today I also picked about 30 books and
manuals covering all makes of hardware and some software titles. I've got
hurry and a warehouse setup for the museum. Well that's it for now I will
list some of the other items later. Keep computing !! John
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>At 12:54 09/03/98 -0500, you wrote:
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>>I don't recall if there was a "WGS" or not (in storage now) but it does have
>>the 25 pin video connector. The color scheme is brownish-black base with
>>the top being approx 1 1/2" white bordered and about half of the middle
>>section being black, the other half, or course, depending on the color of
>>the drives in the system.
>About the drives bay(s), have anyone a transparent-red HD cover in these
>positions, like the Olivetti version have?
I've wondered about those too. There are several AT&Ts in a trift store
here and some have the red covers and some have a second drive in that
position. I guess it's just a blank cover.
Joe
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>Here's a question: What's the differences between a VAX 785
and a 780?
>
Hmmm, going strictly from memory, wasn't the 785 some kind of
dual-processor or failsafe setup? I remember it dropped off the
VMS supported hardware list back on V5.something or other.
Jack Peacock
To first update all of you on the three terminals I advertised before,
the two Digitals are presently spoken for and the Visual 102 w/keyboard
is still available. I need $5 plus shipping for it and an answer before
the 15th or it finds a hole to fill in the nearby dump.
I also have three Hewlett Packard 700/44 terminals with keyboards that
look just like new and work great. Not sure which emulations they can do
but while going through the setup before I saw quite a few. These have a
current loop connector as well as a 25 pin RS-232 connector on back. I
need $10 each plus shipping (pretty light for their size) or all three
for $25 plus shipping. I'll hang onto these as I have money into them
(swapped for labor charge equivalent) but I do need to find out soon
before I bury them in my storage building for a while.
Contact me by direct email please.
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At 12:54 09/03/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>I don't recall if there was a "WGS" or not (in storage now) but it does have
>the 25 pin video connector. The color scheme is brownish-black base with
>the top being approx 1 1/2" white bordered and about half of the middle
>section being black, the other half, or course, depending on the color of
>the drives in the system.
About the drives bay(s), have anyone a transparent-red HD cover in these
positions, like the Olivetti version have?
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
? Riccardo Romagnoli,collector of:CLASSIC COMPUTERS,TELETYPE UNITS,PHONE ?
? AND PHONECARDS I-47100 Forli'/Emilia-Romagna/Food Valley/ITALY ?
? Pager:DTMF PHONES=+39/16888(hear msg.and BEEP then 5130274*YOUR TEL.No.* ?
? where*=asterisk key | help visit http://www.tim.it/tldrin_eg/tlde03.html ?
? e-mail=chemif(a)mbox.queen.it ?
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Do they have the service manuals for the CPC et al too? If so I would be
interested in the 6128 manual. What are the coordinates of the company?
Thanks
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Francois
Visit the Sanctuary at: http://home.att.net/~francois.auradon
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From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 1998 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: Amstrad disks
>BTW, the service manual (an Amstrad Service manual = parts lists +
>schematics _only_, virtually no text) is available from CPC in the UK if
>anyone needs one. It's not that expensive (say about \pounds 15.00).
>
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>> Joe
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>-tony
>
Hi. After noticing how boring stuff was getting (between exams (no
homework), and decrease of after school activities), I've decided to beef-up
my involvement. So, I'm offering my help doing classiccmp/semi-classic
stuff. I can't do everything, but I can do web pages, basic tips, etc. If
anyone wants my help, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Thanks,
Tim D. Hotze
Here we go... I moved the RA81 to school. Whilst running the RA81
checkout tests in the manual, I get to step 11 of the checkout tests, and
I get the following:
%RA81-TEST: SUBTEST:0F ERROR:D8 UNIT:000
%RA81-FRU-SERVO,HDA
This indicates that the HDA needs replacing
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> Subject: Re: Preserving old floppies, fixed disks...
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> At 11:46 AM 3/11/98 -0500, you wrote:
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> >I know I saw a post on this a while back but I don't recall
> >any of the suggestions for preserving old floppies. I have
> >a few things on 8 inch floppies that are pretty much irreplacable
> >so any ideas are welcome!
> >
>
> Other than storing them in a cool, dark place I don't thing there's a whole
> lot you can do to curb the aging effects. We're starting to see problems
> with 9 Track and QIC tapes (5-10 yrs. old or >), not so much with 8"
> diskettes--yet.
The concensus on the "Community Memory" computer-history list, IIRC, was
that to preserve the DATA it was a good idea to periodically migrate it to
newer (types of) media. If you want to continue using the same PHYSICAL
media (type), for purposes of "completeness," sentiment, etc., I assume
you could simply (?) read-and-rewrite the data back onto the "same" media
(whether the "same tape," or just "another tape of the same kind," is up
to YOU). I can however envision situations in which system resource
limitations might make it difficult to do that -- only one drive, no spare
"blank" media, insufficient memory to buffer a copy of ONE tape/disk
while swapping to the next one (more of a problem with tapes than with
disks). You might be able to get around some of these problems with
clever programming (i.e. tracking media position and restoring positions
around multiple medium-swaps!) -- but I'm not about to assume that you guys
can all PROGRAM all the machines you COLLECT. (Can you?)
Me, I'm a DIY-software-head. I don't buy, or even dumpster-dive for,
much hardware that I can't at least POTENTIALLY program...
Chris Chiesa ("the still-pretty-new guy")
