At 06:23 PM 3/3/98 PST, Max Eskin wrote:
>>I'll differ on this point. one of the primary things that killed the
>'6300
>>was that it was NOT totally IBM compatable. The video subsystem (noted
>>below) is a prime example.
>Is it possible to somehow slap a CGA or any standard monitor into
>one of those?
Yup, just set switches 5 and 6 to on dipswitch 1 to disable the video
controller.
>Was the thing designed for UNIX or was it just a plain "enhanced" PC
>clone?
I think it was just meant to be an enhanced PC clone. I have to admit tho,
the 6300 case design is still one of my favorites (looks real purdy sittin' next
to a 3B2) and not a bad overall machine for it's age.
Les
PS If anyone else needs any dipswitch settings, etc. I have the tech manuals.
>Hmm? It must be the contrast between the white 3B2 cases and the black
>fronts of the 6300s, because I've always thought the 6300 was as ugly
>as party politics. The 7300 (and 3B1), now that's another story.
Well my 3B2 and 6300 cases match exactly. (Brown bottom, white tops, black
inserts, etc.)
les
At 11:58 PM 3/8/98 -0600, you wrote:
>On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Joe wrote:
>
>> >Any additional info (and offers to give me one) appreciated.
>>
>> Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha! Fat chance!
>
>FWIW, I got email earlier today from somebody who threw his IPC away when
>nobody took him up on his offer of taking it away for free....
That's very strange since I frequently see ads from people wanting to
buy them. There was an ad in one of the HP news-groups just a few days ago.
Joe
I'm surprised the IBM drive caused such comment.
All I was re-iterating was what the guy said "an original IBM 10Meg drive" -
and as I saw IBM embossed on the front black plastic cover part, I figured
thats what it was. It's just a 5" or so hard drive, and nothing special.
Unless I'm mistaken, which is possible, as I don't know my stuff!
Add to the list from the other night a mint Z80 Big Board II
Cheers
A
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Shoppa <shoppa(a)alph02.triumf.ca>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, March 09, 1998 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: Motherload
>> >> > original IBM 10Meg hard drive
>> >>
>> >> Did IBM make this? I thought it was Seagate...
Hi. I just read about a Tandy 2500 XL with a 286 10MHz, 2MB RAM, MS-DOS and
DeskMate GUI built into ROM.
So, if anyone has one of these that they'd be willing to part with....
Thanks,
Tim D. Hotze
I picked up two cards rather than having them trashed.
They're approximately square in size about mmmh....20cm to a side.
I counted about 73 or 74 pins on the connector on one side of each card, the
other side a solid block connect. The 1st card is labeled "Q050 DUAL TVT"
and has a MCM2708(?) eprom and a 10 pin output port, whilst the 2nd is
labeled "Q025 16K RAM". Were these worth rescuing?
I can do images if really necessary.
Cheers
A
The 2650 card is called a SBC-2650, and the manual does not mention the
vendor, but does mention Microbyte as the supplier of the software (eg: ACOS
operating system).
>> - S100 speech card
>By who? Votrax, by any chance?
Nup, board is labeled "Electric Mouth - 1 NETRONICS R&D Ltd. (c)1981"
>> 4 x 1702A EPROMS that I was after! (whoo hooo)
>Well, if you run out of these, they're readily available here in
>North America, at $1.95 each, from Jameco
Its not so much the value of them, but that I wanted some and *there they
were*
Cheers
A
>> > S100 system with prototype of Signetics 2650 processor board
>> > - this board later went into commercial production
>>
>> Who sold it, out of curiosity?
>>
>> I remember a _Radio-Electronics_ (or was it _Popular Electronics_?)
article
>> from '76 or '77 that had construction plans for a 2650-based machine.
>> I don't remember it being S-100 based, though.
I will put the whole story up on my website as soon as I can. The design
was published either in Electronics Australia or ETI, and basically the gent
was ripped off. However, he told me they sold perhaps 100 of these boards.
I have lots of software for it, both on floppy and casette!! and this
includes... wait for it.... an 8080A emulator. Bizarre.
Cheers
A
The beast runs OK, just a couple of LEDs out on the front panel, it seems.
A brief brief play showed stepping through worked OK - will play with it
more, later.
At least the PSU is OK - next to check the EPROMs.
Cheers
A
The hitherto unseen Matell Aquarius II machine is pictured on the top menu
option on
http://www.comcen.com.au/~adavie/weird/
Enjoy!
A
PS: I have TWO Aquarius II machines.
