Added the following to my growing collection today :
Commodore 1201 monochrome monitor ($2) works too.
Triumph Adler Alphatronic PC, came with monitor, cables by the
bucketload, manuals & 2 external 320k floppies.
This one cost $12. It powers up with Microsoft ROM Basic 5.1, but
apparently can also run CP/M, so will see what I can do with it.......
it originally had a system disk as well, but that no longer exists. If
you power on with no disk in the first drive, it won't work ......
What I didn't get : An old HEAVY Osbourne 8088 "portable" (sure - if
you've got a crane), they've put it aside for me - next week!.
An HP 85 - this one looks interesting, it has a full sized (88) key
keyboard, also a tiny 5" green monitor built in, as well, it has a built
in printer (dot matrix I *think*), that has a paper roll about 4" wide,
not sure exactly what this thing is, anyone know ? (this also is put
aside).
An IBM (no model number) two internal side-by-side black 3.5" floppies,
non-standard monitor connector, PS/2 style mouse & k/brd connectors,
small grey box, about the width of a normal keyboard, 5" high, about 12"
deep. On the rear "Manufactured by IBM Japan 1987" nothing else.
And the final one, at first sight it looked like two floppy drives in a
box, closer inspection showed that it was actually a PC of some
description, standard RS232 & Centronics port at rear, looks like a
normal 9 pin RGB connector & a k/brd connector that was 25 pins, 13 on
top, 12 on bottom. Only identification was "Made in South Australia by
Australian Typewriters, lisenced from Ohio Computers USA (c) 1980" They
want $20 which is a little hexy for something unknown, with no manuals,
or keyboard.
Oh, the TA is up for grabs (in Australia) if anyone wants it for my cost
price plus postage.
Cheers,
Lance
> Anyone heard of the old newsletter Cursor? Is there anyone out there
> with backissues that might be persuaded to photocopy a few?
I seem to recall - I was about 15 at the time so I could never afford it -
Cursor was a newsletter for the Commodore PET that came on (or accompanied
by) a cassette full of fun programs.
Does this tally with other people's memories, or am I thinking of some'at
else?
Philip.
> I'm posting this to the list so you can't say I didn't do my homework.
> I tracked down a 4051 that I saw mentioned on the web and asked about it.
> Here's their response:
>
> Greetings Joe,
> I have had your e-mail on my to do list for
> sometime but the alligators have been chasing me on other chores. Any
> how The tek 4051 is about 1976 vintage and it is only recently that we
> disposed of them to our surplus place. We had 4051, 4052 ,plotter,
> joystick and a printer. I still have all the manuals and microfiche for
> them I think.
> The address for our surplus unit is <sniped>.
>
> I'm already working on trying to get the manuals and to find out about
> their surplus disposal.
Keep up the good work! I never meant to imply that you had failed to do
any homework...
Philip.
Greetings DEC gang:
I need an RL02 printset. I have an extra RL01-A printset. Will anybody trade?
I'll take a good xerographic copy. If a copy, I would like it kinda sized
to fit in my DEC blue prinset binders with my other prinsets.
Thanks much.
Regards, Chris
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>An IBM (no model number) two internal side-by-side black 3.5" floppies,
>non-standard monitor connector, PS/2 style mouse & k/brd connectors,
>small grey box, about the width of a normal keyboard, 5" high, about 12"
>deep. On the rear "Manufactured by IBM Japan 1987" nothing else.
Sounds like an IBM PC JX.
Apparently when the IBM PC JR failed in the US market, they sold the design
to IBM Japan who revamped it, called it the JX and sold it in places like
Australia.
ACONIT recently acquired an Apple Lisa. It appears to be fully
functional except that the video signnal is shited right horizontally
about an inch or two. Doeas anyone know of an adjustment for this?
Regards
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Lawrence Walker wrote:
> Yeah, but the last time I looked they wanted something like $500 for
Executor.
The demo version is free and can read Mac disks.
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Hi Zane:
Here are XT-4380 jumper settings, from the functional drive sitting here
in front of me:
DS1 jumpered
JP42 on
JP30 on
JP31 on
JP25 on
JP6 on
JP17 on
JP19-22 on
4 bottom jumpers to the right of JP24 also on. This set of jumpers is
bordered on both sides by 10 pin terminators.
JP1 on
5 by 2 pin jumper block at the rear of the drive: nothing installed here.
This works for me, on an Emulex QD21.
Hope this helps,
Kevin
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In a message dated 3/3/99 5:30:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, mbg(a)world.std.com
writes:
> >What movie featured a group of kids who traveled into space with a ship
> >they built controlled by an Apple //c?
>
> I think it was 'Explorers', starring a very young River Phoenix as
> the computer nerd... all the schematics for the devices which
> produced oxygen for them, surrounded them with a force field,
> and allowed them to translate from position to position all came
> to them in dreams...
>
> I loved the space aliens in it (obviously brother and sister)
> who had stolen their parent's space vehicle... the brother talked
> in sound bites from old tv shows...
>
> It comes on once in awhile on HBO (or can be rented)...
>
it was a neat movie especially since it showed the //c but i always thought it
was stupid that they made the apple continually make disk drive access noises
to make people think it was "working"
david
