I probably do but where are they used. I don't keep my cables sorted by
part #.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: Jay West <jlwest(a)tseinc.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 4:53 PM
Subject: Looking for two BC08-J cables
>Would anyone happen to have two BC08-J cables lying around?
>
>I'm in need :)
>
>Thanks!
>
>Jay West
>
At 12:45 PM 2/17/99 -0800, you wrote:
>On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Michael Grigoni wrote:
>
>> PIC has quoted price and availability for the two HP-85 Calculator belts
>> as follows:
>
>Are we talking about the same HP85 that's the size of an Apple ][?
Yes.
How
>would one wear that on a belt?
You wouldn't. It's belts for the integral printer.
Joe
>
>Sellam Alternate e-mail:
dastar(a)siconic.com
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>
> Coming in 1999: Vintage Computer Festival 3.0
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>
>
Make that a _cancer_ charity...
-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Eros
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 3:31 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: RE: FWD from alt.folklore.computers
Possibly, but I remember seeing an eBay auction last year that was
structured in a similar way. Winning bid went to a cancel charity
(I
think...)
-- Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com [SMTP:SUPRDAVE@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 3:13 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Re: FWD from alt.folklore.computers
In a message dated 2/17/99 11:48:17 AM Pacific Standard
Time,
steverob(a)hotoffice.com writes:
<< My wife's aunt just cleaned out her closet and gave us a
digi-comp 1 in
excellent shape with all the manuals, box, etc. I see from
previous
discussion that this is a beloved object to many of
you.Since I
don't want
to profit on her (pre)spring cleaning, I would be happy to
ship the
unit to
the first person who would be willing to make a $500
donation to
the
charity of my choosing (for a 40% bracket, that is a $300
net
expense).I
will be happy to confirm contents and quality of the unit
with
_serious_
purchasers. Since this is a charitable donation, I will not
go down
on the
price (if no buyers emerge by March 1st, it's off to ebay).
It will
be sold
first come, first served basis.Please, no haggling, and I
hope that
we can
find a nice home for this little red computer, while
supporting a
worthy
charity as well. Best regards,Lionel >>
i'll be willing to bet one of my old computers that any of
the ebay
profit
wouldnt goto charity...
> On Wed, 17 Feb 1999 SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com wrote:
>> steverob(a)hotoffice.com writes:
>> << My wife's aunt just cleaned out her closet and gave us a digi-comp 1 in
>> excellent shape with all the manuals, box, etc. I see from previous
>
> "All the manuals"? There's the rather slender "Manual" and the
> assembly instructions. That's all that ever came with mine, long gone.
Maybe she bought the other manuals - there was a manual of detailed
explanations of the various "experiments" (cost: $1), a "Digi-Comp Romps"
booklet of games and clever tricks, and possibly another book of additional
serious experiments.
My Digicomp also came with a brochure for the other ESR products: Digi-comp
2, Dr. Nim, and Think-a-dot.
--Larry Groebe
(new! webpage for Digicomp fans:
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/friendsofdigicomp)
In a message dated 2/17/99 11:48:17 AM Pacific Standard Time,
steverob(a)hotoffice.com writes:
<< My wife's aunt just cleaned out her closet and gave us a digi-comp 1 in
excellent shape with all the manuals, box, etc. I see from previous
discussion that this is a beloved object to many of you.Since I don't want
to profit on her (pre)spring cleaning, I would be happy to ship the unit to
the first person who would be willing to make a $500 donation to the
charity of my choosing (for a 40% bracket, that is a $300 net expense).I
will be happy to confirm contents and quality of the unit with _serious_
purchasers. Since this is a charitable donation, I will not go down on the
price (if no buyers emerge by March 1st, it's off to ebay). It will be sold
first come, first served basis.Please, no haggling, and I hope that we can
find a nice home for this little red computer, while supporting a worthy
charity as well. Best regards,Lionel >>
i'll be willing to bet one of my old computers that any of the ebay profit
wouldnt goto charity...
Possibly, but I remember seeing an eBay auction last year that was
structured in a similar way. Winning bid went to a cancel charity (I
think...)
-- Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com [SMTP:SUPRDAVE@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 3:13 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Re: FWD from alt.folklore.computers
In a message dated 2/17/99 11:48:17 AM Pacific Standard Time,
steverob(a)hotoffice.com writes:
<< My wife's aunt just cleaned out her closet and gave us a
digi-comp 1 in
excellent shape with all the manuals, box, etc. I see from previous
discussion that this is a beloved object to many of you.Since I
don't want
to profit on her (pre)spring cleaning, I would be happy to ship the
unit to
the first person who would be willing to make a $500 donation to
the
charity of my choosing (for a 40% bracket, that is a $300 net
expense).I
will be happy to confirm contents and quality of the unit with
_serious_
purchasers. Since this is a charitable donation, I will not go down
on the
price (if no buyers emerge by March 1st, it's off to ebay). It will
be sold
first come, first served basis.Please, no haggling, and I hope that
we can
find a nice home for this little red computer, while supporting a
worthy
charity as well. Best regards,Lionel >>
i'll be willing to bet one of my old computers that any of the ebay
profit
wouldnt goto charity...
It's somewhat divergent from the current topic, but it might interest some
to know that the Honeywell '516 is the engine control computer which was
still in use on the space shuttle at the time of the Challenger accident.
There were two, one redundant, for each engine, of which I believe there
were three.
Dick
----------
> From: Sam Ismail <dastar(a)ncal.verio.com>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: Who invented the internet?
> Date: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 1:36 AM
>
> On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Doug wrote:
>
> > I was searching the web for a picture of a Honeywell IMP (DDP-516), and
I
> > found one sitting on the home page of Leonard Kleinrock,
self-proclaimed
> > Inventor of the Internet:
> > http://millennium.cs.ucla.edu/LK/Inet/birth.html
>
> He certainly has an interesting story for such a major contribution to
> computing since I've never heard of him either.
>
> Get this:
>
> "In this work, he developed the basic principles of packet switching,
thus
> providing the fundamental underpinnings for that technology."
>
> As far as I know the concept of packet switching was first described by
> Paul Baran of the Rand Corporation (see a timeline at
> http://www.unc.edu/courses/jomc050/pioneers3.html. Interestingly enough
> the name "Kleinrock" does not show up anywhere in this list).
>
> But this guy certainly takes the liberty of practically taking full
credit
> for single-handedly inventing the internet.
>
> How about this:
>
> "More recently, Kleinrock has taken the leading role in the new
technology
> of Nomadic Computing and Communications; the idea is to create a
> technology that will support the nomadic user in his computing and
> communication needs as he travels from place to place."
>
> This has already been pioneered by Steven Roberts and his BEHEMOTH (see
> http://www.doitsports.com/biketour/tolman/nomad.htm).
>
> Does this dude have an original idea?
>
> This guy seems to like to take credit for stuff other people invented. I
> hate guys like that. Maybe this is a scam web site like that one that
was
> posted last year about the one dude who purportedly single-handedly
> invented the personal computer and the GUI (didn't that guy also claim to
> have invented the internet?)
>
> Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
>
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> Always hasslin' the man.
>
> Coming in 1999: Vintage Computer Festival 3.0
> See http://www.vintage.org/vcf for details!
> [Last web site update: 02/15/99]
Found this in another news group. Please reply to the original poster not
this group...
<CLIP>
DIGI-COMP 1 FOR SALE
My wife's aunt just cleaned out her closet and gave us a digi-comp 1 in
excellent shape with all the manuals, box, etc. I see from previous
discussion that this is a beloved object to many of you.Since I don't want
to profit on her (pre)spring cleaning, I would be happy to ship the unit to
the first person who would be willing to make a $500 donation to the
charity of my choosing (for a 40% bracket, that is a $300 net expense).I
will be happy to confirm contents and quality of the unit with _serious_
purchasers. Since this is a charitable donation, I will not go down on the
price (if no buyers emerge by March 1st, it's off to ebay). It will be sold
first come, first served basis.Please, no haggling, and I hope that we can
find a nice home for this little red computer, while supporting a worthy
charity as well. Best regards,Lionel
zuckier(a)aecom.yu.edu
</CLIP>
Steve Robertson - <steverob(a)hotoffice.com>
<In which case you're restricting it to PCs and clones only I would think.
<
<The PC printer port has 12 outputs and 5 inputs IIRC. But for a _printer_
<you really only need to have the 8 data lines, strobe and either ack or
<busy. The others can normally be ignored. But non-printer PC parallel
<port devices often use all 17 lines for whatever purpose (e.g. reading a
<nybble in on 4 of the 5 inputs)
The implmentationwas full centronics parallel. The extra inputs are
PAPER OUT and a few other status indicators.
<Before that, centronics ports tended to be the 36 pin amphenol connector.
<But there were other printer port standards as well - like Data Products
<that was used on some line printers. And of course serial printer ports
<(RS232, current loop, etc).
Commonly it was 34 or 40 pin card edge or the amphenol that we see on the
back of the printer but 37 pin DB connectors were used as well.
In the olden days there were two common and nearly similar parallel ports.
Data Products (also used for DEC LP25/26/27) and Centronics.
Allison
