I'm looking for an operational Osborne I or Executive CPM machine to operate
or restore. If you know of one I would be interested.
Thanks! Joe Avery jvaverysm(a)sprintmail.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 1:58
Subject: Re: Original IBM PC (was Re: Prices to pay for old
>At 02:40 PM 5/27/98 +1000, you wrote:
>Desie,
>
> Let me know if you want some. There's plenty of them here in the trift
>stores. I can buy the entire PC for about $5. If you want some drives and
>are willing to pay the cost ($5) and shipping (?), I'll get some for you.
>
> Joe
>
>
>>
>>oh well with my 5150 it has two FH IBM drives in i and they both seem to
be
>>dead, Ive replaced the controllor card check the dips,
>>checked power output, it seems here in Austrlaia these drives are almost
>>impossable to get a hold of......
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
email: desieh(a)southcom.com.au
desieh(a)bigfoot.com
museum_curator(a)hotmail.com
Apple Lisa Web Page:
http://www.southcom.com.au/~desieh/index.htm
where abouts do you live??
to ship from anywhere other than within Austrlaia would cost a small furtune
considering the weight of a IBM PC
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Jenkins <adam(a)merlin.net.au>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 12:04
Subject: Re: Compaq Portable in OZ?????
>
>>anyone on this list in OZ have a original Compaq Portable they want to
>>sell/trade or give away??
>
>Are you still after one? What are you after generally? I might have a
>lead on one, but I am inclined to keep my own unless it is for something
>urgent. :)
>
>Adam.
>
>
email: desieh(a)southcom.com.au
desieh(a)bigfoot.com
museum_curator(a)hotmail.com
Apple Lisa Web Page:
http://www.southcom.com.au/~desieh/index.htm
Im looking for a original Compaq Portable the first one, (1981-1982)
I have 2 x Compaq Portable IIs and I love them.............
In a message dated 98-05-28 21:20:23 EDT, you write:
<<
I believe it wants you to use the \\c propped up on the handle because
it will air out better. They didn't have as good fans as they do now in
those days. I'm not sure though. That computer is before my time (i'm
only 12). I'll check in my \\c manual though.
mike >>
because the //c was compact and had more capabilities in it than the //e, i
guess it runs much hotter so propping it up by the handle allows more air
access for cooling. i never had a problem with it though. i thought the
pivoting handle was just to tilt the keyboard for certain typists.
david
I believe it wants you to use the \\c propped up on the handle because
it will air out better. They didn't have as good fans as they do now in
those days. I'm not sure though. That computer is before my time (i'm
only 12). I'll check in my \\c manual though.
mike
I searched and came up blank! is that the part number or fru number? are you
sure thats the board number, or just a number for one of the components?
In a message dated 98-05-28 17:41:47 EDT, you write:
<< trying to find some info about an IBM ISA SCSI board which has
the following part number etched onto it 75H8895.
This group seems to have the most diverse resources of any I've seen
so I figured I'd give it a try and hope someone's got some info.
Any info on this not too classic board would be appreciated. >>
From: Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net>
> Good question. I have a couple of 150s and I have WS for the 150 but my
> disks have bit rot :-(
Last time I was in Sunnyvale, CA I found a pile of WordStar 3.24 distribution
kits at Weird Stuff Warehouse. I payed (IIRC) $2 for the one I wagged off.
There were several other copies. They're marked "CP/M-86 or MS-DOS" or
somesuch only because it's not obvious from the documentation which version
it is; the one I bought is for MS-DOS and I presume the remaining ones are
as well.
I picked up a copy of Desqview/X there, too. It's a good thing I don't live
in Silicon Valley; Weird Stuff Warehouse would get all my money.
Roger Ivie
ivie(a)cc.usu.edu
How would you tell a prototype from the conversion?
thanks
Kai
-----Original Message-----
From: KFergason [mailto:KFergason@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 8:19 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Re: Apple IIgs in Apple II case?
I can verify this. We got 2 beta units to develop on, in the IIe case.
I always wondered what happened to them.
Kelly
In a message dated 5/26/98 10:01:56 PM Central Daylight Time,
photze(a)batelco.com.bh writes:
> I seem to remember hearing (although I couldn't tell you where if my life
> depended on it...) that Apple made it's earlier IIGS prototypes inside of
> IIe cases.
> Ciao,
>
> Tim D. Hotze
>
So, indeed, you're talking about a keyboard buffer, only intelligent
and on a much larger scale. Or multiprocessing.
>> Back when I asked about the HP 3000, someone mentioned that it
>> processed data in blocks. What exactly does that mean? How does it
>> work?
>I think the comment you're talking about was directly related to
>HP3000 full screen editors; these generally need a HP terminal
>that's capable of block-mode operations. This means that
>the terminal is capable of simple on-screen editing tasks by itself,
>and transmits a bunch of changes to the computer only when the
>computer needs to ask for the accumulated changes.
>
>This is very different than the mindset in the microcomputer and Unix
>world, where it is expected that the main CPU will want to devote
>attention to each and every keystroke typed by every user, and then
>the main CPU will devote all its effort (for a little while) to
>echoing this single character. This simply isn't the way
>things are done on mainframes and "heavy-duty" mincomputer OS's.
>
>Tim.
>
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I'm trying to find some info about an IBM ISA SCSI board which has
the following part number etched onto it 75H8895.
This group seems to have the most diverse resources of any I've seen
so I figured I'd give it a try and hope someone's got some info.
Any info on this not too classic board would be appreciated.
Bill
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