>> Far as I can tell one of the few active women in legacy(old machines are
>> us) computing. For me thse old system were the computer I couldn't
afford
>> when I was playing with them new.
>
>Well, unless someone else pops up, you're probably the ONLY woman into
>this sort of thing. You're like the Grace Hopper of vintage computer
>enthusiasts :)
What's a woman?
Can you program it? Does it have a nice chassis?
Is there somewhere to rest your beer while you're working on it?
:)
A
I forgot to mention one last thing I picked up today.
The CE-125 Printer and Microcassette Interface for a Sharp Pocket Computer
PC-1250. This basically adds a 20 column printer and micro-cassette to
the Sharp Pocket Computer. Basically makes the equivalent of a small
Epson HX-20 (almost). The Sharp would slide into this unit and you could
then carry the whole contraption around in a carrying case which came with
the interface. Very cool. Now all I need to find is a Sharp PC-1250. In
the box with all accessories and manuals, $15.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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<> Correction it's the BIG blue box. Mine is circa '76 or earlier and was
<> used by the DEC VT100(and others) development team.
<
<Hmm, the one I'm thinking of may be a later vintage. But if BIG means
<a cube about 3' on a side, then it may be the same.
The MDS800 was about 13" tall, 28" deep and 19" wide box and the 8" disk
box was another 8" or so tall. Nice multibus system. Most of the MDS
systems were nominal rack width. My favorite was the series 225 with the
integrated crt and seperate keyboard, did a lot of development time on
those. I wouldn't mind finding one.
<You've caught me with my hardware pants down. To my software eyes, they
<look like VME cards, but I know Intel doesn't do much VME stuff. They'r
<386-16 boards from circa 1987 (just slipped under the 10-year barrier).
Two bus edge connectors 12"wx6.5"? If so it's Multibus.
Myself I'd find a 80/10 or 80/20 or BLC80/204 for multibus more appealing
as I can use them.
Allison
<> 1 SB180 with SCSI adaptor and 20meg HD(also used frequently)
<
<BTW, what's this? Someone is going to sell me one and all I know is tha
<it runs CP/M.
SB180 Micromint (in CT), circa 1985 and featured in both BYTE September
and october 1985 (byte back issues is still available).
The SB180 is a 64180 (z180) with 32k Eprom, 256k of dram and floppy
controller for 8/5.35/3.5" drives on a really small card. Very low power
and runs CPM. There was a piggyback board that added a 300baud modem and
NCR 5380 scsi chip, mine only has the SCSI. Most were clocked at a cpu
speed of 6mhz but 9mhz was possible with a fast chip. Good little board.
I have mine stuffed into a old PS2/25 case using the 3.5" floppies (780k)
and a Xybec scsi controller that's twice the size of the sb180 card!
Allison
<I might as well get the ball rolling with an introduction of sorts.
Oh why not.
I'm older at 45 so, that means I have hands on time with new PDP-8Is and
KA/I/L-10s. I was in EEschool when the 8008 hit and I was already working
(to pay for school) with it soon after it was available at work. I've
done design with everything from DC to 1ghz RF analog and even a fair
amount of digital from transistors to asics. Likely one of the few that's
designed with tubes, transistors and ICs. Former companies I've worked
for Automated processes(maglink SMPTE timecodes), Tandy(trs80),
NEC(chips), Hazeltine(terminals), DEC(printing systems) and a few more
inbetween.
Far as I can tell one of the few active women in legacy(old machines are
us) computing. For me thse old system were the computer I couldn't afford
when I was playing with them new.
My collections includes:
4 operational s100 machines
Vector MX (vector box computime boards)
Northstar* horizon (actively used has HD)
Explorer-85
S-S100 (my design z80 supersystem) (active and archive system, big HD)
3 Vt180s (in use)
1 kaypro (in use)
1 Epson PX-8 with 120k wedge (my laptop)
1 amproLB+ with 45mb scsi drive (used often)
1 SB180 with SCSI adaptor and 20meg HD(also used frequently)
1 DECMATE-III runs OS/278
VAXEN: All operational ant netted via decnet/eithernet
1 MV-II ba23
1 MV-II ba123
3 VS2000 2 vms and one ultrix
1 Vaxstation3100-m76 VMS
PDP-11 systems: all operatonal
1 ba11n 11/23b (rx50)
1 ba11n 11/73 (rx33, rd52, RX02, RL02, TK50)
2 BA11va 11/23 (shoebox system with tu58 tape)
1 PDT11/130
1 Pro350 with venix
Misc SBCs: operational
IMSAI IMP-48 (8035 based SBC)
COSMAC ELF (base design)
national SC/MP Demo board
National TBX tinybasic chip on a board
Technico superstarter sytem (TI9900)
Misc 8085 boards used for random uses.
NEC TK-80 8080 system
DEC ADVICE microvax-II chip based sbc/ice
Intersil 6960 demo kit (pdp-8 cmos chip (6100) to make a minimal system)
Misc machines:
INTEL MDS-800 multibus 8080
TI99/4a with PEB, disk, mem exp, voice, disk software and 20+ carts.
Altair (retired)
PCs:
Leading Edge mod D (XT class) running dos
DTC turboXT slated for minix (running dos)
386dx/33 running linux
486dx2/50 running dos (this system)
My wish list includes:
more SBCs (mostly because they are fun and small)
PDP-8/e/f/m series (always wanted one since '69)
any pdp-10 ( I can wish!)
Intersil/harris 6100/6120 based systems
Allison
<From: Doug Yowza <yowza(a)yowza.com>
<> Misc machines:
<> INTEL MDS-800 multibus 8080
<
<Is this a blue box? I had a chance to get one once....
Correction it's the BIG blue box. Mine is circa '76 or earlier and was
used by the DEC VT100(and others) development team.
<That reminds me. I have two piSBC 386/116's that I have no plans to do
<anything with (I don't have a card cage for them). They are available a
<trading fodder for just about anything smaller than a breadbox.
What are they? Most of the SBCs I'm interested in are of the mid '70s
through mid 80s designs.
Allison
In a message dated 98-03-01 17:25:56 EST, you write:
<< It was thus said that the Great Seth J. Morabito once stated:
>
> I'm kind of curious as to the demography of the Classic Computer
> Mailing List. What are people's backgrounds, what are they doing now,
> and so forth. >>
My name's david, and i'm based in north carolina. I do level 2 technical
support for IBM's consumer line. I only started really collecting computers
about 3 years ago and am up to ~75 or so. It all started way back in 1984 in
high skool when i discovered the apple //e. I flunked computer science, but it
eventually worked out pretty well. I never did get my own computer until 1987
when i bought a second hand apple ][+ with no disk drive for $200. ( i still
have it) I've got quite a varied collection which includes apple // series,
68k compact macs, IBM, a microvax, xycom business cpm machine, osi, atari, TI,
heathkit,kaypro, tandy, and some others i cannot think of right now including
spare parts for the apples and xt era pc machines. most machines will be on a
website soon once i can get my mind back into it. my primary interest is early
pc era stuff from big blue, naturally, such as ps2 models, pcrt, and pcjr
types. i also have an extensive collection of nibble and compute! magazines
>from the 80s as well. It would be nice to find some old working minicomputer,
but for right now, it's just 80s micros, since that's what I grew up with.
david
Ok, it sounded stupid...I'm basically asking where there's a list of
these type message areas, such as the one we're reading right now. I
know about the Heath area and the Classic Computer area by word of
mouth, but is there a place to get an overall listing of all that a
person could subcribe to? Newsgroups are easy as they show with the
newsgroup reader in your browser.
Appreciate the time in responding to this or any of my messages.
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