>Anyone heard of a Hazeltine? Not sure of the model but I have a black
>one piece terminal looking unit that I'm curious of the sentimental,
>astetic or collector value of this brand of machine. Any input
>appreciated and maybe there will be one up for adoption soon.
Sure - Hazeltines in general but specifically the model 1500 were a
"standard" of sorts for terminals long ago.
I'd give it a home if no one else has an interest. It's not particularly
rare at all, but has a sentimental value to probably most on the list here.
If someone else here winds up getting it - keep in mind that I have a
genuine hazeltine1500 manual if anyone needs it.
Jay West
> >On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Mike Ford wrote:
> >
> >> Can you tell me much about the AC adapter? (why is it the adapter always
> >> gets lost. I didn't get one with the PowerBook 5300CS I bought last
> >> Saturday either.) I wonder if a generic adapter will be OK to use?
i used an a/c adaptor from my atari 2600 on my epson, and worked fine. I think
the milliamp rating was off a little, but it did charge the computer's battery
for a few minutes.
david
Does anyone recall when version control tools became available on IBM
mainframe OSs?
--
David Wollmann
DST / DST Data Conversion
http://www.ibmhelp.com/
ICQ: 10742063
>My source came through again. Today I picked up what is supposed to be a
>PDP-11/03. Can anyone point me to a good URL to identify the cards in it
>and provide some general info. I don't know anything about PDP-11s.
Try the pdp-11 Field Guide...
There is a copy I've been working on which you can find through a link
on my home_systems page... that text file will have the pointer to the
official version...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | Internet (work): gentry!zk3.dec.com |
| Unix Support Engineering Group | (home): mbg!world.std.com |
| Compaq Computer Corporation | addresses need '@' in place of '!' |
| 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ |
| Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler |
| (603) 884 1055 | required." - mbg |
+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
OK, I've been soft brained lately. I do have a copy of the articles May,
June and july 1976 (Last one is incomplete:(.
If there is enough interest I can try to scan all I have and post it
somewhere (I'm running low on web space so it might have to be somewhere
else..). It's about ten double sided pages (I can renove the adds from the
scans)
My Dyna Micro came without any chips, they apparently have ben canibalized
is there any way that I can obtain a 1702 with KEX???
Also if anyone has the July 1976 of Radio Electronics, the end of the
article is at page 85, I'd love to get a scan of that...
Thanks
Francois
At 09:59 AM 3/3/99 -0800, you wrote:
>And I already have a ][c+.
Okay, so what's a ][c+ (or //c+)? And how does one distinguish it from the
normal, run-of-the-mill //c? (Preferably without having to open it up?)
Are they worth picking up (//c or //c+) for trading fodder? Anyone need a
//c?
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Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad
roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/
I know that Company A would take one of Company B's products and stick a
"Company A" label on it... that's what most people mean when they say
"rebadging", I think. It's pretty easy to spot, if you can find one of
Company B's products for sale.
But I'm also wondering about the case in which Company A *hires* Company B
to make a product, and may even deny that Company B did any of the work. Is
that also called rebadging?
What classic hardware/software companies were most famous for this? I've
learned (from Allison and Megan's various posts) that Digital sometimes used
other companies' stuff -- often at the cheap end of a line of products, I
suspect. What about IBM? Wang? Microsoft?
I'm thinking mostly of the 60's to early 80's. I don't need to ask about
the current state of the computer industry, since I already *know* that it's
near-total anarchy.
You may wonder what brought this stream-of-consciousness eruption on. Every
time I look at TI's calculator web site, I see that they state their
calculators' features in terms of "bid specifications". Now I find that
creepy, personally. I always thought that TI didn't care very much about
its calculators (anyone see any vintage TI calculators to go with the fine
HP machines at the last VCF?). But if TI puts bids out, then they care even
less than I thought. Unless they have some perverse internal bid system?
And that ties into the other reason I made this post. What does the
computer industry look like from the companies' perspective? What sorts of
nasty deals have gone on in back rooms? Big companies love to use terms
like "OEM" or "supplier" but that doesn't even scratch the surface of a
complex web of relationships.
Then there's the even more intricate question of the *information* behind
all of the energy (i.e., the source code, algorithms, proprietary
techniques). Sometimes a high enough price will buy it; sometimes it isn't
available for any price... wierd.
I'll save the question about the quality of the finished product for next
itme. :) Besides, I already think I know the answer: often the quality is
the last priority on the list, and the customer gets the shaft. (At least
lately. Maybe it was different 25 years ago.)
Thanks for reading this ramble,
-- Derek
In case anyone is interested in things of this nature, I have the following
Multibus-1 hardware available for reasonable swap.
iSBC 215 - Intel's "Generic" Winchester controller for "all" (14", 8",
5-1/4") drives. Has the scarce (nearly unheard-of) 8089 I/O (Intelligent
DMA) processor.
iSBC 214 - Intel's 4-Floppy disk + 2 HDD's adapter with an on-board '186.
iSBC ??? - can't find an identifier, '186 CPU board with DRAM and ROM on
board along with serial and parallel I/O + 512k on-board DRAM.
Plessey 512K DRAM board with 256k of 4164's soldered in.
somebody else's 128k DRAM (4116) board with provision for SECDED logic.
4- and 8-slot cardcages
There's a Central Data FDC somewhere . . . Maybe it'll turn up.
Dick
...of the Rhode Island Computer Museum please speak up? I'm trying to
record your payment for the Teledisk group buy, but I cannot match your
check with a person's name or E-mail addy.
Thanks much!
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Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies
http://www.bluefeathertech.com
Amateur Radio:(WD6EOS) E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
SysOp: The Dragon's Cave (Fido 1:343/272, 253-639-9905)
"Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our own
human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."
At 11:08 09-03-1999 -0500, you wrote:
>RCS/RI? That would be me or Allison, I think. I know nothing about the
>Teledisk deal...
>
>William Donzelli
>william(a)ans.net
I'm surprised. I had the offer to do a group buy splattered all over the
list, and it garnered nearly 50 responses.
Anyway... here's what I have. A business check with:
'The Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.'
And an address in North Kingstown, RI.
It's made out for $6.06, as per my request, and was mailed to me wrapped
in stationery from the museum. The letter specifically references the
Teledisk group buy, but there is no E-mail addy given and the signature is
unreadable (looks kind of like an 'M' with a diagonal line under it).
I'll include a request for further details in the reminder I send out
tonight. Thanks in advance.
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Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies
http://www.bluefeathertech.com
Amateur Radio:(WD6EOS) E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
SysOp: The Dragon's Cave (Fido 1:343/272, 253-639-9905)
"Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our own
human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."
