Ok, is there some trick to identifing pdp8/a quad height boards? Or maybe
most of these boards are not standard DEC issue... I have a lot of boards
that have wierd markings on the green or grey handles, all have VG DS on
two sets of handles, but one of those is covered with a round sticker with
a 3 digit number on it... very strange...
-Lawrence LeMay
>Has anyone out there heard of a Multi-Mac Apple ][ Clone, model MT-600? I
>was digging along the back shelf in my basement and found one... it's been
>there for quite some time (a friend abandoned it with me when I was still in
>college).
That one's new to me. Is it in a similar form factor to the Apple II, or
something more original?
>It appears to be an unremarkable clone, c. mid-1983 (S/N 8306055, suggesting
>to me a manufacturing date of June, 1983, which jibes with the chip dates).
>Inside were two cards - a clone language card with a 4-pos DIP switch and
>a clone dual disk card with PROMs labelled P5 and P6 (like a real Apple
>Disk ][ card). The RAM is 8 4164s, the ROMs are a wad of 2732s. It booted
>almost everything I threw at it except a "Castle Wolfenstein" disk that may
>or may not be defective (I/O error on boot after loading the HELLO program).
I run a site that documents Apple clones. May I quote you on
<http://www.applefritter.com/appleclones/other.html>?
Tom Owad
------------------------------Applefritter------------------------------
Apple Prototypes, Clones, & Hacks - The obscure, unusual, & exceptional.
---------------------<http://www.applefritter.com/>---------------------
>On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Wayne Smith wrote:
>
>> I am looking for a source of new, or nearly new, HP 85 tapes.
>> These are HP no. 98200A, and are sometimes referred to as
>> HP200 9800 series. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
>
>Don Maslin <donm(a)cts.com> 10/06 11:59 AM
>
>Wayne, I believe that they are the same as DC-100 tapes.
>
> - don
Don:
A little research has proven you correct as usual. They are DC-100A's.
Thanks for your help.
Wayne
!
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!
Hi Everyone, my roommate and I are moving to a larger apartment and
we have tons of computer junk and my girlfriend won't let me keep it at her
house! I really have no use for it but I don't want it to go to waste if
someone has a use for it.
1) MGA Matrox PCI graphics card. 1mb ram. pretty slow.
2) RampAT 16 bit card. Adds 4 SIMM slots to any computer with a 16 bit ISA
card slow. Manual and instructions included.
3) various CGA and Monochrome 8-bit graphics cards.
4) various old 286 and AT mother boards IBM.
5) A whole bunch of old computer manuals. Please take the whole lot.
6) E-ISA Scsi controller 32-bit
Everything is free, just pay for the shipping.
Thanks!!
Todd
>> NeXTStations can indeed run standalone...just like cubes...they just
>>don't have expansion slots.
>
>Darn. OK, I'll remember that for next time. :)
I had a NeXTStation TurboColor for a while, which required a sound box to
plug the keyboard, mouse, and monitor into. If the unit you're looking
at is anything like mine, it would be rather useless without that part.
Tom Owad
------------------------------Applefritter------------------------------
Apple Prototypes, Clones, & Hacks - The obscure, unusual, & exceptional.
---------------------<http://www.applefritter.com/>---------------------
Greetings,
Does anyone here know anything about an Autologic APS5-1 system, model
number APS-5y-70-NFPA Type2? It's a rather large machine with a paper
tape punch, a large optical assembly inside the cabinet, a CPU with
lights and switches, and a serarate cabinet with a tape drive.
Between the 74xx series logic and the appearance of the system, I'm
guessing it was made in the 1970's.
--
R. D. Davis
rdd(a)perqlogic.com Be careful what you wish for --- you
http://www.perqlogic.com/rdd may get your wish ...and it might not
Tel: (410) 744-4900 be what you were expecting.
Hi,
I visited A1 Vente Ordinateur in St. Laurent, Quebec, today. They're
still operating, and they've still got stacks of stuff.
Most of what I saw were monitors, and everything I had on my personal
list was 'out of stock' thanks to their recent problems, but they're
expecting more loads of stuff in the coming week. I didn't ask about a
MicroVAX because I was there by foot (quite a long walk from the Metro!)
and probably wouldn't have been able to afford one anyway. :)
Most of the stacks are off-limits to customers, but I did find a
NeXTStation in the public area. I didn't take it because I don't think
it can do anything on its own. :) I asked if they had a Cube, but they
didn't. No Amiga stuff, either, although they did have a Toaster 4000 a
while back that apparently sold very quickly.
Anyway, SPAMmers or not, I'll probably be doing business with them in
the future. There is, after all, a lot of stuff that never appears at
the Salvation Army stores. :)
--
Doug Spence Hrothgar's Cool Old Junk Page:
hrothgar(a)total.net http://www.total.net/~hrothgar/museum/
One of the other recycled computer places I went to yesterday had an
interesting non-classic PC. It was a small, heavy, metal thing, with a
marbled paintjob, called a "Moby Brick". 486-DX25. It had a matching
marbled keyboard. Really cute. I would have taken it home with me had
it not been missing the external power supply, or if they hadn't wanted
$40 for it. (For a cute doorstop, maybe I'd pay $25-$30, but not $40.
At least not until I regret leaving it behind and go back for it. :) )
Anyway, I think this machine might be a future collectable. There are
so few modern machines with anything interesting about them, that I
think that unusual case designs might be the only thing to look forward
to.
Other than the BeBox and wierd Atari ST and Amiga clones, anyway. :)
--
Doug Spence Hrothgar's Cool Old Junk Page:
hrothgar(a)total.net http://www.total.net/~hrothgar/museum/
Yes indeed! The data sheets for the two parts will answer all the
questions. All one has to do is to stay awake. I wouldn't make such a
statement if I didn't know of instances where one has gone to sleep . . .
that's one who shall remain nameless . . .
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: Help wanted in dumping EPROMs
>>
>> This particular case might be just a bit more involved, since pin numbers
>> are more difficult for the unititiated to track between the 44-pin PLCC
and
>> the 40-pin DIP. However, it really doesn't require one be a rocket
>
>Hmm... A good data sheet will show the pin numbering and positions for
>the PLCC device.
>
>[..]
>
>> In fact, I'd recommend one attempt to do this via the EPP port.
>
>It's not much harder (if at all) to use the plain old standard parallel
port.
>
>The best way to think of an IBM printer port is that it's 12 TTL outputs
>and 5 TTL inputs that you can do what you like with. Use a 74157 (or
>similar) to multiplex the 8 EPROM data lines onto 4 of the inputs (control
>the mux with one of the outputs). Use 8-bit latches (3 would be enough) to
>latch 8 of the outputs (might as well make it the standard 'data' lines),
>using other outputs to select them. Use the 24 lines you get by doing that
>to address the EPROM, and read the data back in via the mux.
>
>-tony
>
I have heard from the folks at the Computer History Museum,
regarding the non-commercial use of photos taken of the Exhibits.
They have asked me to limit the number of pictures to five or less,
and to include the credit info specified in their copyright info.
Thus shall I do.
The pix all came out well. I'll scan the ones I think are best and
we can find a classic computer site to put them on... I am trying
to get the (wierd) issues resolved vis-a-vis FTP access to my own
website... if I can do this quickly, then I'll post them there.
Cheers
John
