Anyone got an 11/03 they'd care to sell to this fellow?
Please respond directly to him if so.
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From: Ron Maxwell <rmaxwell(a)nyct.net>
Subject: WTB: DEC PDP 11/03.... Yup!!
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Hi there... I am looking to buy a DEC PDP 11/03 with 2 8" floppy drives
and a terminal...
Why??? Because!
I am lookin for the following software:
Some kind of DOS with BASIC, Fortran, Pascal, and/or COBOL with
manuals. Blank Floppy disks a plus!!!!
This was the fist computer I evered programmed and am looking for some
serious nostalgia!
Ron
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Hi! I used a search engine and it pointed me to this email address. I have
no idea if this is a person or a listserv, but I've been trying for a long
time to find an old (circa 1980) "APF Imagination Machine". I'm NOT a
collector, but am looking only for this machine because it was the first
computer I ever owned.
If you know of anyone who has one that might be willing to sell it, or see
one for sale anywhere, PLEASE let me know! Thanks!
Larry Greenfield
Email: lgreenfi(a)nyx.net
At 11:39 PM 8/4/98 -0700, you wrote:
>On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, james london wrote:
>
>> I am desperately seeking a Burroughs 205 computer controller console,
>> circa 1957. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!
>
>You mean besides a time machine? Keep looking...a lot.
>
>Sam Alternate e-mail:
dastar(a)siconic.com
Well... Just for reference, the Burroughs machines were very popular with
the TV and Movie industry as props due to the large number of lights on the
panels. A number of the Burroughs 205 programmers consoles can be seen on
the show "Lost In Space" as the flight consoles on the bridge of the
"Jupiter 2" spaceship
A fan group of this show called "Alpha Control" (found at
www.alphacontrol.com) does have some 'extra' panels for sale as memoribelia
(can't spell that) of the show for only $7500US.
So... it becomes a matter of just how much you really want one... B^}
-jim
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I didn't think it was the first. I have a Tandy Model 600, from 1985, and
I *had* a model 100.
I think I also have the first (correct me if I'm wrong) laptop with a
printer. The Wang LapTop Computer (WLTC). It weighs about 16-20 lb., not
including the external SCSI 5.25" 360K floppy (there's no internal disk
drive), which weighs at least an extra 15 lb.. These things were
definitely NOT for the light traveler.
I think the WLTC came out in '84 or '85 (not sure). Mine is date Dec. 24,
'86. I think it runs on a PASCAL-based operating system, with an MS-DOS
emulator. Mine is "fully loaded", with a 10 MB "Winchester Disk" (hard
drive), 1 meg RAM (alot for then), a modem (not sure what speed. if any
one knows, let me know), and an RS-232 serial port. The battery even holds
a bit of a charge)
I have another WLTC - w/ 10 MB Winchester Disk, 512k RAM, and the RS-232
serial port. If anyone is interested in it, make me an offer. All of the
parts are good, but the power supply. There is a blown capacitor in it -
easy fix. It also does not have an external AC-DC adapter. I'm currently
using a Tyco racing pack on the one that works. I also don't have a
battery, but can give plans to build one. Make me an offer + shipping.
--
-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318
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> From: Doug Yowza <yowza(a)yowza.com>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: Vintage Computer Festival Announcement
> Date: Tuesday, August 04, 1998 11:47 PM
>
> The T1100 was Toshiba's first laptop, not *the* first laptop. I think
the
> T1100 came out in 1986.
>
> Other laptops that have been called the "first":
> 1981 Epson HX-20 (first A4-style laptop)
> 1982 GRiD Compass (first clamshell laptop)
> 1983 Gavilan (Gwen Bell called this one the first laptop)
> 1983 TRS-80 Model 100 (M100 owners like to call this the "first")
> 1984 HP 110 (first battery powered clamshell?)
> 1984 DG/One (Data General says there's was first)
>
> -- Doug
>
> From: "Hans Franke" <franke(a)sbs.de>
> Subject: CBM B500
>
> Since I rediscovered a B500 in my junk some weeks ago,
> I'm searching for information. Until now i could trace
> nothing in the web or any magazine from that time.
>
> The Computer in question is a Commodore B500, Basicly
> a CBM II LP. I am not talking about the P500. The mobo
> is technicaly the same than the CBM 610 (B128) but a
> different layout (only some lines) and a (lower) part#.
>
Sure it's not a P-500? I currently have mine (P-500) opened for Information
Gathering, might well do some now...
The Motherboard's Assembly Number is: 4256046
The 3 8k ROMs are part numbers: 901234-02, 901235-02, and 901236-02
There is another chip marked FPLA #1 0906114-02
There is a second next to it with it's label removed (dried spooge on the top),
the chip ID is: N82S100N 8235 (I haven't searched the net to determine what
the chip is, one day I may study electronics more....)
> Also the Version/Part#'s of the kernal/basic EPROMS are
> lower than any known (to me) B128/B256/6x0/7x0 type.
>
> The mobo and all chips are dated to 1982 - again way
> before any other CBM II I know. AFAIR the CBM II line
> was introducted in 1983.
Could be a beta prototype or one recalled during the FCC proving. (Commodore
had a run-in with the FCC concerning the B and P series computers...)
>
> Any Info would be usefull.
>
>
> It may have been the first DOS based luggable, but it was preceded by
> some years by the Access Actrix - a CP/M based machine that sported an
> Epson DMP printer on top. It suffered from small screen and single sided
> drives, unfortunately.
> - don
>
I really wouldn't call it a luggable, mainly because it look like a laptop,
and can run off of a battery, not needing to be connected to an AC outlet.
If nobody minds, I may be able to upload a small picture of it so everyone
can see what I mean. I you don't want me to post the picture to the list,
let me know, and I'll send it to individual addresses.
--
-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318
feeling mean, i decided to email the induhvidual with the $6500 gs system and
feign interest. seems to be a nice setup, but not for the price. he can't
prove ownership and doesnt even have the original boxes for the main items.
maybe i'll think of a real valuable system that i could "trade" him for, or
either just tell him he's dreaming.
>8-)
In a message dated 98-08-05 10:54:48 EDT, you write:
<< I seem to have attracted several similar offers of late. I don't know
if something new has slipped into the water supply or they just
don't really know. I try and tell them but most seem to think they
can retire off their old computers. Maybe he'll come back around
after he can't sell it. I wouldn't mind having a ROM 0 just to round
out my IIgs collection but I don't want one THAT bad. >>
> No, it was the first "Laptop" computer (you got the quotes the other way
> around). You need to come to the VCF to hear Bruce Faust explain the
> distinction.
>
Don't think I'll make it, I live in PA. If someone would tell me a bit
more about it, I'd appreciate it, though.
> The T1100 was circa 1986. Someone else with more general knowledge of it
> fill him in on the significance of the T1100.
>
> Sam Alternate e-mail:
dastar(a)siconic.com
> I think the Panasonic Senior Partner was the first luggable with built-in
> printer: intro'd at Comdex in 1983, but there were HP's from the 70's
> which were just as (if not more portable) that also had built-in
printers.
> I don't think anything over 12 lbs or so could reasonable be called a
> laptop, though.
>
Well, It has a battery, and is fairly portable, despite the weight. It
originally came with a case, and so did the disk drive. I have the case
for the disk drive, but not the computer. the two cases connected together
to make one, large, heavy case.
>
> Say what? Could you elaborate on the Pascal-based OS and DOS emulator?
> The UCSD pSystem could be called a Pascal-based OS, but it didn't have a
> DOS emulator that I've heard of. Is that what you mean?
>
I can't be positive on how it works, but I can't run the WANG system disks
on my Win '95 computer. They will run on the WANG. It has some sort of
MS-DOS emulator, though I can't be sure that it's PASCAL that actually runs
on the thing. I'll look it up in the manual and see what it says.
--
-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318
