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From: Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks(a)yahoo.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, October 29, 1999 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: What's an RX01 drive worth to a commercial user?
>
>
>--- John B <dylanb(a)sympatico.ca> wrote:
>I wrote:
>> >I used to work there. I *can't* get the cool stuff out.
>>
>>
>> You have to pay something for the equipment.. more than the scrappers.
>
>No... I mean I _can't_ get it out. I would have to bid for *all* scrap
from
>a plant the size of 22 football fields. They are a large company with a
>large company mentality: all or nothing. Rules are rules. etc, etc.
That's terrible. I have dealt with a lot of companies and scrappers and
haven't found a company as nasty as that yet. I guess you will have to take
the scrapper out for drinks.......
john
>
>They don't part this stuff out by lots, they bid out all the work to one
>company (whose name I've never been able to learn or I'd just go right to
>them).
>
>> Companies do not care about "rescuing".....
>
>Very much true.
>
>-ethan
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I've just been given a HP9845B. But I was told the monitor had long ago
been broken and thrown away.
There was a brief discussion on the list about this last giant HP desktop
calculator/computer back in March and April this year. There is still almost
nothing useful I can find on the web about it.
The monitor appears to connect to the body by two combined
mechanical/electrical connectors, sort of "monitor leg bases", protruding
>from the top of the case. The rest of the unit appears to be in good shape.
I have to clean it and check it out before trying to apply power, but is
there any other way of getting a monitor output from this thing, other than
>from its own monitor - I suspect it will be hard to find another one of
those? The only other thing I have for it is a HPIB connector cable.
Any other hints appreciated.
I never expected to find one of these, but it was high on my wanted list. I
clearly remember going to a presentation by HP at the University I was
working at in 1979 or 1980 where one of these was the star attraction, and I
still have the brochure for the 9845 from that day. Now for the 9815..25..35
etc!
Phil
Brisbane, Australia.
This sounds like the 9373 Entry Level 370 System. It should have a type/model designation on it..
You can go to http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/ and select the Unites States IBMlink and check the
sales manual.. It has a listing of all the different models of the 9370 and their capability.. It has an
ASCII console which required an IBM PC with specially loaded software to configure the system.
Rgds,
Simmi
Hi all
Scored some nice new toys, an Osborne 1, and two Apollo
workstations, a 3000 and a 3500, with one mono monitor.
The 3000 has the following boards:
Clearpoint memory card, 72 x 4256 chips (8M?)
8496 rev 01 (4M memory)
8157 Rev 03 (19" mono video adaptor)
7831 rev 0, 5885 rev 4, 5891 rev 4 (Ring Adaptor board set)
Western digital MFM/floppy controller (I think)
and a MFM 86MB drive, and a floppy (The floppy is loose,
don't know if it's original. NEC FD1155C. 1.8 degrees/step
stepper, so it's 80 track, probably 720K, or 800, whatever.
I also have the monitor that goes with this machine.
The 3500 has the following:
9988 rev 3 memory card (no idea of it's size)
3com ethernet card
9016 (RGB video adaptor)
WD7000 scsi/hdd controller
tape drive
unknown
Unfortunately I don't have the RGB cable or the monitor.
Questions:
* Can I use the mono display adaptor in the 3500? Can I run one
of these boxen without a display card, or do they check like
peecees?
* How ISA compatible is the ISA bus? Can I stick a VGA card in
there and expect it to work (OK, I know I'll have to write
the code (port the VGA BIOS) but I mean electrically? Or
an IDE controller?
* Where can I find memory maps, circuit diagrams, whatever?
* How rare are these beasts? I gather they're common? Any
objections to me ripping out all the cards and the boot
rom, sticking vmebug in the socket, and an IDE drive in
the bay, and playing with the thing?
re the Osborne 1 : where do I find a boot disk image, what
format is it, and how can I write one on a peecee? ISTR a
program that writes all these formats, I'll probably have
to go dig up a 360k floppy drive, yes?
Thanks
Wouter
I asked on of our system programmers, where I work, because we used to have
one. This is what he said:-
The dates and market appear reasonable.
Ours was running VM/SP and then VM/XA.
Refrigerator size is right (including disk arrays).
Ours had a S370 channel and an ASCII subsystem.
Hope that is of some help
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Gregory [SMTP:gregorym@cadvision.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 6:53 AM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: IBM 9370 Mainframe Specs?
>
> There is an IBM 9370 Mainframe coming available in my area, and I'm
> considering acquiring it (never had my own mainframe to play with).
> I haven't been able to find much on the Web about this family of systems.
> Can anyone point me to some info or confirm/deny the following facts:
>
> System produced: circa 1986 - 1988
> Intended market: "departmental mainframe", 20-100 users
> Operating system: VM/SE
> Dimensions: Refridgeratorish
> Weight: 300 lb racks; 200-300 lb processor assembly; drives ???
> Typical peripherals: DASD drives, high-volume, heavy printers (500 lbs +),
> tape drives, PS/2 consoles
> Networking: ASCII subsystem for terminals, Ethernet?
> Power and Cooling requirements: 3 phase power (240 V)??
>
> I suspect that this system will be too large for my available space; is
> anyone else in or near Western Canada interested in the system in whole or
> in part? Thanks for any help.
>
> Mark Gregory
>
At least here in Germany they are still manufactured and can be bought
at the manufacturer, minimum amount 20,000 pieces, price around
US$ 250 for the 20,000 pieces.
I am going to order some soon, so if you can't find them easier, I could add
your requirements to my purchase. Keep in mind that in bulk they are heavy,
shipping cost will be probably more than buying cost.
Regards
John G. Zabolitzky
In einer eMail vom 28.10.99 18:50:11 MEZ, schreiben Sie:
<<
Does anyone know where I can buy some of the old IBM Hollerith 80 column
punch
cards? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Ken Guenther
ken_g(a)mailandnews.com
>>
<Help! I have a partially finished N* z-80A processor card. Does anyone
<have docs for this so that I can finish it? It's a model ZPB-A2.
If the 2708 eprom is not on it that because its an option that was rarely
used.
I have docs, copying them is likely out of the question for weeks. I'm
totally out of time and the work copiers are not up to the task.
Allison
Will Kai Kaltenbach please contact me?
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