test-drb January 1999

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by davidfreibrun＠home.com

This page should answer your most of your questions. http://www.geocities.com/~compcloset/MITSAltair8800.htm#MITS Advertisements David davidfreibrun(a)home.com http://altaircomputers.org -----Original Message----- From: Marvin <marvin(a)rain.org> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Saturday, January 30, 1999 3:16 AM Subject: Altairs >There is an ebay auction with two what look to be Altairs, but the second >does not have the MITS "title bar" at the bottom. I thought this was >discussed earlier but I can't find it. Were the early kits, machines, or >??? supplied without the strip, or did someone build it and just not attach >that trip? > >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=60303160 > >Is there a way to date when an Altair was made if the serial number is >missing or was not applied (type of motherboard, or other parts)? > >Did all the early Altairs have the crude 4 S-100 socket boards, or did they >make some that were more than 4 sockets?

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Soviet BK-0010

by Anthony.Eros＠digital.com

Wow! That sounds all kinds of neat -- any chance you have a line on more than one of these? I'd love to add a "computer-in-a-keyboard" PDP-11 to the collection! -- Tony Eros Computer History Association of Delaware ---------- From: Andrew Davie[SMTP:adavie@mad.scientist.com] Reply To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu Sent: Friday, January 29, 1999 9:23 AM To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Subject: Soviet BK-0010 I recently posted about the Soviet BK-0010 computer. I've since found out a bit more information about it. I'm reliably told that it has an actual PDP-11 processor inside it - and I naturally assumed it was a PDP-11 clone. Its not. In fact, it is a computer-in-a-keyboard, somewhat akin to the Commodore 64. The whole thing weighs 2kg or thereabouts. It's a simple home computer. There are two versions - a membrane keyboard (with brightly coloured keys!) and a "normal" keyboard one. More information as it becomes available. And here I was, expecting to have to arrange shipping for something the size of a fridge! I'm trying to arrange pictures - I may extend my site to include Soviet Microcomputers, too :) But that would be "MOSMOW" and it doesn't have the same catchy ring to it. I need a new acronym! A -- adavie(a)mad.scientist.com visit MOSCOW - the Museum of Soviet Calculators (on the Web) at http://www.comcen.com.au/~adavie/slide/calculator/soviet.html a Yahoo!, Netscape, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek and New Scientist Cool Site!

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No Thank You [Re: Daily Laugh!]

by joe＠barrera.org

I already subscribe to other (better) joke lists.

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Sharp MZ80-B

by ard＠p850ug1.demon.co.uk

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GE Mainframes (235)

by museum＠techniche.com

Hi John, You know the mind works in weird ways. Your message just made some of my synapes fire. I believe you work for MGM right? I don't know if you caught my message from a few weeks ago, but I have a Qantel that my wife occasionally uses in our business. I remember hearing about 10 years ago that one of the markets that Qantel captured early on (late 70's?) was the intertainment industry. They used to have applications for off the wall vertical markets (e.g. film studios, football teams, etc). Have you ever seen one of these in use in your travels? I'm always surprized by what's still out there chugging away after all of these years. Jon ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > The Very First Computer I ever saw, in 1965, was the brand-new GE >235 that my father's company had installed. Because he was a VP, I >got to actually *go in the room* with all that machinery, though I >was but 12. Of course I died right then and went straight to Heaven. > > My question to the List is: are there any of these GE machines >from that era still extant? (let alone still working...) > > My absolute/ultimate Vintage Computer fantasy would be to have >that old 235 up and running... just so I could *smell* it once >more. I have never forgotten the warm smell of all that >electronics, and the Ampex tape machines, and the printer clattering >away.... > > > Sigh. > > > I have pictures of the 235 and 635.... but it's not the same... > > > Cheerz > >John > > > >

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GE Mainframes (235)

by jpl15＠netcom.com

The Very First Computer I ever saw, in 1965, was the brand-new GE 235 that my father's company had installed. Because he was a VP, I got to actually *go in the room* with all that machinery, though I was but 12. Of course I died right then and went straight to Heaven. My question to the List is: are there any of these GE machines >from that era still extant? (let alone still working...) My absolute/ultimate Vintage Computer fantasy would be to have that old 235 up and running... just so I could *smell* it once more. I have never forgotten the warm smell of all that electronics, and the Ampex tape machines, and the printer clattering away.... Sigh. I have pictures of the 235 and 635.... but it's not the same... Cheerz John

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Really Very Common and Ordinary, Hard Not To Trip Over, GE-645s [Re: Antique Computer Rare Vintage HP-41C Classic [Re: FW: Nice finds]]

by joe＠barrera.org

Are there going to be any systems still running MULTICS in ten years? The list at http://www.multicians.org/sites.html sure looks dire. I don't have to tell anyone on this list how incredibly historically important MULTICS is. - Joe

25 years, 10 months

Original Mac (fwd)

by siconic＠jasmine.psyber.com

Here's a guy wanting to sell his original MAcintosh. Please send e-mail directly to the seller: Mail-to: walk(a)me.unlv.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 20:18:29 -0800 From: Ray Kozak <walk(a)me.unlv.edu> Subject: Original Mac Have an original Mac 128 with image writerII, external drive, extermal modem and lots of software I would like to sell. Do you have any resources I can contact to detetermine a fair price and any bbs to list the system for sale? Thanks RCK Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)verio.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Always being hassled by the man. Coming in 1999: Vintage Computer Festival 3.0! See http://www.vintage.org/vcf for details [Last web site update: 01/15/99]

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Attn: Andrew Davie-is e-mail address right?

by adavie＠mad.scientist.com

OK, sorry about this post to the list... People having trouble contacting me please use adavie(a)comcen.com.au The adavie(a)mad.scientist.com is a valid iname redirected address - obviously they're having some problems. I use mad.scientist as it's cool :) and, should I change ISPs, I won't have to tell the world. A -----Original Message----- From: Computer Room Internet Cafe <netcafe(a)pirie.mtx.net.au> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Friday, January 29, 1999 1:49 PM Subject: Re: Attn: Andrew Davie-is e-mail address right? -----Original Message----- From: Richard A. Cini, Jr. <rcini(a)msn.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Friday, 29 January 1999 13:16 Subject: Attn: Andrew Davie-is e-mail address right? >Sorry for the intrusion, but I'm getting a bad IP address error on Andrew's >e-mail address. >

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FW: PDP11/70 + Lots of goodies available!

by kyrrin＠my-dejanews.com

Anyone want an 11/70? This guy's going to trash it if no one steps forward. -=-=- <snip> -=-=- From: David Low <ghb04(a)dial.pipex.com> Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp11 Subject: PDP 11/70 Any value Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:00:45 +0000 Organization: UUNET WorldCom server (post doesn't reflect views of UUNET WorldCom) Lines: 52 Message-ID: <36ADBC79.5508E5E1(a)dial.pipex.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: usern243.uk.uudial.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------1B1F62740C54D10DB1C9CABC" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en Path: news1.jps.net!news.pbi.net!131.119.28.147!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!18.24.4.11!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!bore.news.pipex.net!pipex!not-for-mail Xref: news1.jps.net alt.sys.pdp11:804 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------1B1F62740C54D10DB1C9CABC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am finally having a clear out of my garage, amongst the stuff I have there is A Digital pdp11/70, including processor, 64 ports (emulex controllers) Kennedy tape deck, Processor has 4mb memory (Systime), there is a unibus expansion box which contains a disk controller, and the 2 x 32 port emulex controllers. I dont have the disk drives (which were 2 x Fuji super eagles). I have the software tapes, manuals etc. The sysgen listing and patches for Rsts/e 9.3. Is this worth out, or should I finally consign to the skip. (btw all the above is in a systime double width cabinet. regards,, David Low -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies -- kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech [dot] com Web: http://www.bluefeathertech.com "...No matter how we may wish otherwise, our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our own human terms. It cannot possibly define any of them..."

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