I believe this is a drive file you have sent me when I was trying to
get mine going. I lost it. Could you please send it, preferrably
UUencoded, to me so that I can test?
>I have one in my basement. I don't know what it's condition is. It's
>been a while since I used it. It is labeled 'CD-Fiche' and looks about
>the same size as a CD player for a stereo component system. I'll have
to
>see what I have left for it. I don't know if I have a driver or
>interface card anymore. the driver name was called HITACHIA.SYS (yes,
>the extra A is at the end). I do remember, it was SLOOOWWWW.
>
>Jeff Salzman
>
>>>Hello. I'm looking for one of the OLD CD-Rom's that are sometimes
pictured
>>>with old IBM's in TAB books. They are the old, big (well, wide)
external
>>>drives that were in a case about 12-18" wide, and about 3-4" high.
>>
>
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Need a couple (any capacity) 3.5" SCSI hard drives to use in a couple
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up here. The machines are complete but no hard drives at all. The
machines will end up as workstations under Win95 so I imagine 80's would
have to be a minimum.
Have tons of things to trade and would prefer that.This project is a
total donation of time on my part and I'm trying to get as much together
without a huge cost as possible.
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I have one in my basement. I don't know what it's condition is. It's
been a while since I used it. It is labeled 'CD-Fiche' and looks about
the same size as a CD player for a stereo component system. I'll have to
see what I have left for it. I don't know if I have a driver or
interface card anymore. the driver name was called HITACHIA.SYS (yes,
the extra A is at the end). I do remember, it was SLOOOWWWW.
Jeff Salzman
>>Hello. I'm looking for one of the OLD CD-Rom's that are sometimes pictured
>>with old IBM's in TAB books. They are the old, big (well, wide) external
>>drives that were in a case about 12-18" wide, and about 3-4" high.
>
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
What I've been told is....
Power on with LTA switch off (down) CPU Swith up (CPU)
Init switch up
at $ prompt type in drive name
$ DK0
It now takes me back to the @ prompt.
Type in 0g
@0g
and I get 000002 back.
I'm assuming that the '2' I get back is an error of some sort. Can anyone
shed any light
on this one for me.
Thanks in advance
Grant Mitchell
On Aug 30, 20:15, Sam Ismail wrote:
> Subject: Sinclair ZX-80 first Sinclair kit?
>
> I believe I've heard reference to a kit computer that Sir Clive Sinclair
> sold before the ZX-80. Is this correct? If so, what was it called, what
> CPU was it based upon, and what year did it come out?
I think you're referring to the MK14. It's a single board about 4" x 9"
with a 20-key hex keypad and LED hex display at one end. The processor is
an SC/MP, with 512bytes ROM (2 ICs) and 256 bytes of RAM (expandable to
almost 2K) on early versions (I think later versions had more).
Programming was done by entering opcodes in hex. It came out in late 1978
or early 1979, AFAIR.
Take a look at
http://users.aol.com/mk14emu/
for more information.
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Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
Unfortunately, that's not the one that I need. I have 3 of them. I need
one with an edge card on both ends. 34 pin on one end, and slightly larger
on the other.
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> From: Don Maslin <donm(a)cts.com>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: Cable needed
> Date: Sunday, August 30, 1998 11:02 PM
>
> > Is that the standard Model 3 printer cable? 34 pin card edge connector
->
> > 36 pin Amphenol plug?
>
> If that is the one that you need, e-mail me. I have one or two here.
>
> - don
>
Hi gang.
In my various travels I have accumulated a ridiculous amount of DIP ram, which
to me is entirely worthless.
Does anyone have a use for
24 HY53C256LS-80 (other number is 9122B) (known good)
or how about
36 8806B (the other number is MT1259-10) (unknown quality)
Basically I hate to toss good silicon in the trash, so if you want these
let me know and we'll arrange something - max cost would be postage.
--
Jim Strickland
jim(a)calico.litterbox.com
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I just picked one up today. I don't know what kind of shape it's in. The
salesman said, "Why wouldn't it be in working order?" -- I can think of many
answers to that question and (as I know from reading the list) it's always a
good idea to check something out before wrecking it by turning it on.
My model is a tasteful shade of dark green, with "MARCHANT" in gold Art Deco-
ish letters. I think it's one of the earlier electtric models (it may be one
produced from 1939-1945).
I'd like to know if there is any simple cleaning up I can do. What's the best
way to clean the plastic exterior? Is it possible to operate the mechanism by
hand? (The machine didn't come with a power cord. It's in an "unstable"
state -- some dials are in intermediate positions, and some multiplier keys are
engaged. So it might be a good idea to clear everything.)
And does anyone have advice on repairs? I've taken off some of the panels and
I was rather intimidated by the mechanical complexity. Then I did some reading
on the Web and learned about the insane mechanisms these things use for speed
(proportional gearing to handle the carries, tiny differentials, three drive-
shafts, the division mechanism which has an analog comparator, etc.) and now
I'm *really* intimidated. :) If there are any repairmen in the Seattle area,
I'd love to hear about it.
(The same guy had a Comptometer which I wish I had bought -- a friend of his
apparently has it, and when she opens her store in November it will surely go
for 1.5 to 3 times the price he was charging.)
Thanks,
-- Derek
Sorry about this, but since we have some politicians here, I thought
this might be of interest: today, I was biking past the MA State
Police station, and I noticed an interesting thing on the door:
one of those Crime Watch 'eye' stickers, but instead of 'Crime Watch',
it said 'Big Brother is Watching You'. I don't know how to take it;
I guess someone in there has a very strange sense of humor. High on
donuts or something....
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