test-drb June 1998

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Sun and the CPU Wars (was Re: NeXT cubes or slabs.)

by fmc＠reanimators.org

William Donzelli <william(a)ans.net> wrote: > Actually, the 88000 was killed off because Sun went with the SPARCs for > their next generation of machines, the Sun-4 series. So...how did/do you read the 386i? Back then, I read it as Sun hedging its bets against a total victory by Intel in the CPU Wars of the late 1980s: they could sell Motorola, Intel, and SPARC today (today being then, not now) and promise to be around tomorrow no matter what the CPU of tomorrow looked like. -Frank McConnell

26 years, 5 months

IBM RS6000 for sale

by Philip.Belben＠powertech.co.uk

> The 320H is a decent machine (unlike the 220 dog), but lacks a ethernet > port. Like most RS/6000s, it has screaming floating point, and can use XGA > (a bit more tube freindly than other workstations). [Pause while I get up from my desk and go and look at our RS/6000s] Hey! You're right! Our 320 machines (320E, upgraded from 320 something else I think, equivalent to 320H) have ethernet on a microchannel card. That shouldn't be too hard to find... We've had our 320s for six years or more, our 375 for four or five. We are thinking of getting something faster but it's hard to match the FP performance on anything modern. With luck, when (if) we do, I'll get the old ones. FWIW the fastest FP we found in our sort of price range was the RS/6000 model 397. The last of the POWER RISC machines, much faster than the Power PC RS/6000s... But I fear we're a bit off topic here... Philip.

26 years, 5 months

new additions (and plenty of em!)

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

some guy at work knew i enjoyed collecting old stuff so he contacted me and gave me all this: 15 apple scsi peripheral cables, 7 that were never opened 3 //e enhancement kits. 1 in original packaging. also some loose chips thrown in with the rest of the junk i got. localtalk locking connector kit. <?> 2 ext 80 col card 1 in original packaging never opened. 1 imagewriter 2 /lq localtalk option 2 mouse //e 1 never opened //gs mem exp card 2 supr serial card 1 never opened 1 mouse //e workstation card never opened <!> 6 apple 256k mem exp upgrade kits. only 1 was opened. microtek language card unidisk 5.25 controller undisk 3.5 controller many user manuals for apple // and mac some never opened tandy dcm3 modem 2 ext 80 col card 1 scsi cable extender grappler card ibm 2.88 floppy drive. has standard form factor unlike ps2 2.88 floppy. proprinter ribbons ps2 mouse never used in box ps2 tape backup for qic80 tapes with matching install b and c kits appleshare pc program future domain isa scsi card 2 ps2 4meg kits never used 1 16meg ecc mem 1 box of 10 2meg upgrade kits. never used! mca 16/4 token ring nic mca 2-8 meg mem expansion card 11 boca 512/1meg svga isa video cards never used apple tutorial disks never used. also a few other minor things i cant remember. everything above remain in their original boxes im cancelling a fishing trip to go back to his house tonight and pick up some more things. he used to either work for skool system or was with a servicer involved with skools which is where this probably all came from. i'll update when i get the other goodies. unfortunately, no lisa stuff, although it cant hurt to ask. i'll probably keep most of this although i bet i could make a killing hyping it up for sale on ebay... 8-( david

26 years, 5 months

Way to identify original IBM-PC?

by ds_spenc＠alcor.concordia.ca

Hi, I was wondering if there's a surefire way of telling if an IBM-PC has its original motherboard, without opening the case. I saw one at the Salvation Army today and was considering dragging it home (though I decided to take another machine instead). The machine did have a cassette port in the back, with a femal DIN connector. Is this attached to the motherboard? The machine also had a full complement of cards in its slots, with lots of ports coming out of it. And a 3.5" drive that was poorly fitted into the case. I'm wondering if I should make a trip downtown sometime this weekend, with the car. Doug Spence ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/

26 years, 5 months

NeXT cubes or slabs.

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

Sounds cool. Many of the greatest design concepts are stopped... not because of bugs, not because of tiredness of developers, but because of the only thing obstructing innovation: Money. Tim -----Original Message----- From: George Currie <g(a)kurico.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Friday, June 26, 1998 9:04 PM Subject: Re: NeXT cubes or slabs. Actually they (NeXT) had started work on a dual Motorola 88000 machines before NeXT dropped out of the hardware biz. Some former NeXT hardware guys went on to form a company called FirePower to design PREP?, CHRP? compliant PPC computers. They released a few but were then bought by Motorola and of course we all know what happened to PREP/CHRP/WhatEVER. George

26 years, 5 months

OS's In ROMs (was: Re: Mac Classic prob (was Macintoshes

by jeff.kaneko＠ifrsys.com

Not to mention the HP-110 Portables . . . > operating systems in rom? that seems fairly popular. my atari portfolio has > dos in rom as well as my tandy 100 has apps in rom. even the original 2011 IBM > PS1 had dos in rom. > > david > > In a message dated 98-06-26 14:22:44 EDT, you write: > > << I LOVE that idea. Now, it'd need to be EPROM, especially nowadays with bug > fixes, a new version every other day of the week, etc. but still, it's a way > cool concept. Which computers did this? > Ciao, >> > > > +------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Disclaimer: | | | | These opinions are entirely my own, and in no way reflect the | | policies or opinions of my employer. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------+

26 years, 5 months

CLASSICCMP digest 457

by yakowenk＠cs.unc.edu

On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Uncle Roger <sinasohn(a)ricochet.net> wrote: ] Picked up a cartridge for the Coco t'other day, and I'm not sure what it ] is. It says "Cat. No. 26-3129" and "Color Computer Controller" on it. Has ] the card-edge connector where it plugs in, then another, smaller one on the ] back end. My guess is it's a floppy controller? Here is a URL for you: http://members.tripod.com/~qtv/index-7.html It lists Radio Shack items and catalog numbers. According to that, what you've got is a "Color Thinline Disk #0 Kit 349.95". I suppose that part number was for the entire kit, drive and controller both. Bill.

26 years, 5 months

OS's In ROMs (was: Re: Mac Classic prob (was Macintoshes...))

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

operating systems in rom? that seems fairly popular. my atari portfolio has dos in rom as well as my tandy 100 has apps in rom. even the original 2011 IBM PS1 had dos in rom. david In a message dated 98-06-26 14:22:44 EDT, you write: << I LOVE that idea. Now, it'd need to be EPROM, especially nowadays with bug fixes, a new version every other day of the week, etc. but still, it's a way cool concept. Which computers did this? Ciao, >>

26 years, 5 months

NeXT cubes or slabs.

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

If you ask me, CHRP was worthless, like the rest of the Apple cloning program. In the end, not a soul made a cent off that whole thing, and many people were stuck with machines that didn't have warranty / support. Lastly, what's so good about a DB25 serial port on a Mac anyway? Now USB is good. Could NeXTs run any non-NeXT software? >Sounds cool. Many of the greatest design concepts are stopped... not >because of bugs, not because of tiredness of developers, but because of the >only thing obstructing innovation: Money. > >Tim >Actually they (NeXT) had started work on a dual Motorola 88000 machines >before NeXT dropped out of the hardware biz. Some former NeXT hardware >guys went on to form a company called FirePower to design PREP?, CHRP? >compliant PPC computers. They released a few but were then bought by >Motorola and of course we all know what happened to >PREP/CHRP/WhatEVER. > >George > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

26 years, 5 months

NeXT Resources?

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

Hi. Does anyone know of (or have) a page on NeXT's with photos, docs, etc.? Thanks, Tim

26 years, 5 months

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