What is this, Murphy strikes again? I moved my Apple /// so I
could open it all up and insert the new SoftCard ///. I have 2 profile
hard drives and placed one on its side beside some bookshelves
while I worked on the ///. A few minutes later I hear a crash and
look over at the shelf. The middle shelf had dropped down and
dumped everything on top of the profile knocking it over and burying
it. These shelves have been doing just fine for over 5 years, why
now? At least the SoftCard is in and working fine. I now have
CP/M installed and working with the other profile. I now only have
one slot left open, what else is available for the ///? As for the
other profile, I guess it is still ok. I've never used it and I'm not sure
if I want to use it on my ///. You see, it has a hand written label on
the front which says the Lisa Office System (scratched out) and
below that MacWorks 3.0 12/16/85. I can't decide if I want to
format it and use it on my /// or save it in case I ever get a Lisa.
Any way to copy off anything on it without a Lisa? Could the Lisa
format be read from a ///? Ok, it's a shot in the dark.
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David Williams - Computer Packrat
dlw(a)trailingedge.com
http://www.trailingedge.com
At 08:36 PM 9/10/98 -0700, you wrote:
>resistors and capacitors. On the circuitboard it says "NAVARONE (C)" and
>next to the contacts where the little carbon pad on the underside of the
IIRC, Navarone made a video interface for (at least) the Atari ST -- plug
your camcorder/vcr into the cart, plug the cart into the computer, and
capture images. Kinda like the Snappy thing you can get these days.
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roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
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Does anyone know if a TRS-80 Model II hard drive will work with a TRS-80
Model III? Are they the same thing?
--
-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318
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> From: George Rachor <george(a)racsys.rt.rain.com>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Radio Shack Model ][ available (Portland Oregon)
> Date: Saturday, September 12, 1998 12:53 AM
>
> I have decided at long last to part with a Model 2 of unknown condition.
> The only thing I know is that the keyboard cable is slightly crushed at
> the keyboard connector end. The System comes with a couple of hard
drives
> also of unknown condition.
>
> Please be prepared to pick this up in the Beaverton Oregon area as this
> isn't something that I'd really want to ship.
>
> =========================================================
> George L. Rachor george(a)racsys.rt.rain.com
> Beaverton, Oregon http://racsys.rt.rain.com
>
I pretty much got it working (aside from a few keys on the keyboard). I
basically had to just hose the boards down, because they weren't just
submerged in water, they were submerged in sewage.
--
-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318
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> From: Keith Whitehead <K.J.Whitehead(a)massey.ac.nz>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: WTB: TRS-80 stuff.
> Date: Sunday, September 06, 1998 4:56 PM
>
> Well water (especially Distilled water) is a great start for this sort of
> thing.
> However I always rinse the boards thoughly with ethanol (If you can
> submerge them for a half hour or so even better), this will displace the
> water in all of those hard to get places. After this I would then go
> through the drying out process...Oh BTW do this is a well ventilated
> area...you can get very drunk from the fumes :-), take note that ethanol
> can attack some plastics and may affect some solder masks and screen
> printing, so you may want to try iso-propyl alcohol...its less abusive.
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
>
> k.j.whitehead(a)massey.ac.nz
>
> Keith Whitehead
> Electronics Technician
> Electronics Services
> Institute of Fundamental Sciences
> Massey University
> Palmerston North
> New Zealand
> 5301
>
>
>
Hi All:
I am attempting to break up the logjam in the basement, and have the
following machines available to any interested parties:
- Sun 3/50;
- Sun 3/60.
Both are in working order, but the 3/60 has an inoperative CG4 frame
buffer. No matter, you can boot it off of the serial port.
No monitors, and you would have to supply a SCSI hard disk. Both can run
SunOS or NetBSD.
Free for the taking, limit one per person. I'd prefer you to pick up, but I
could be convinced to ship as long as you pay for it.
I also have a spare Sun 4/110, this one has a keyboard, mouse, and hard
drive, with NetBSD installed on it. I'm looking to recoup $100 for this
machine, however!
I'm located near Vancouver, BC.
Kevin
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Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD
mcquiggi(a)sfu.ca
That would have been exactly what I would have needed, although I would
have needed the CRT, too.
The mention of the 8088 board reminded me of something:
Is there any way to convert an XT keyboard to make it work with an AT? If
so, how?
ThAnX,
--
-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318
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> From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram(a)cnct.com>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: WTB: Portable
> Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 11:47 PM
>
>
> Well, I'd offer the relatively gutted Compaq portable I got free at
> the last Trenton festival, but I'm sort of in the middle of building
> a TRS-80 Color Computer 3 into the beast. (The 8088 board is a wall
> decoration, wasn't worth fixing).
> --
> Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram@cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
>
> When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked me if I had any
> firearms with me. I said "Well, what do you need?" -- Steven Wright
Hi Gang:
I am looking for some RX01 8" floppies, for use in my recently-acquired
RX01 drives (thanks go to John Lawson!!).
I can trade a few boxes of 5-1/4" DD floppies for them. Software on the
diskettes would be a bonus (OS/8 would be great!) but is not a
requirement. I just need some floppies that I can use in my new drives.
Thanks,
Kevin
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Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD
mcquiggi(a)sfu.ca
But not within 1000 miles of El-Lay, dammit!
I would love to find a '750 system. Preferrably with a TE16 and RL02s.
And docs and software.
Is that too much to ask of the Universe? O Great Gods of Scrap:
Just one 11/750, then I'll shut up.
I promise.
sigh.
John.
Today I had to transfer a vast quantity of old computers from one uni
faculty down to residences (where I am sysadmin), now this load of
equipment was mainly older PC's, and some Apple II and Mac stuff, now the
interesting part.. Amongst the boxes of disks there is a box of about 30
hard-sectored disks, including a couple labelled 'CP/M Ver 2.2 Rev 1.2.1
9600 Baud, PIP,FILES,SYSGEN,STAT,DO(=SUBMIT),DSKCOPY(=COPY)' and a few
disks of something called "GDOS". Also I was given a few shelves full of
technical books, including what appears to be a complete set of Philips
component books, as well as other data books, and the most interesting
being the Motorola 8-bit devices manual, and a Kaypro technical manual.
There is also a collection of Kaypro PC's.
Would this be CP/M-86 or the Z80 version,and are they useful to anyone?
Cheers
Karl
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Karl Maftoum
Computer Engineering student at the University of Canberra, Australia
Email: k.maftoum(a)student.canberra.edu.au
