Hi, I came across your address while researching Osborne computers.
My mom is moving, and in packing her things, we came across my late father's
Osborne Model OCC1 computer, printer, and original manuals. The unit was
barely used, as my father passed away shortly after purchasing it.
I was wondering if there is any interest out there for this piece of computer
technology history--either via purchase or donation.
Thank you for your time.
On May 11, 23:16, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> I've gotten boards wrapped in foil, not sure if they worked, don't
remember
> if I tested them (scares the H*** out of me having them wrapped that way
> even though I hear it's safe)
Foil is fine[1], because it's conductive, just like black conductive
plastic bags and black conductive foam, only more so, of course. The
drawback is that it tends to get punctured by the protruding leads and is
easily torn. The point of any static dissipative system is to keep
everything at the same potential.
[1] except for anything that has a backup battery on board, or for a few
CMOS real-time-clock chips (most are OK, though).
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
On May 12, 6:50, Pete Joules wrote:
> I found the commmand line interface 'by accident' simply pressing all of
the
> non alpha keys in turn, F12 scrolled the desktop up by one line and a *
> prompt appeared so as a first guess I typed 'help' and found what appears
to
> be quite a comprehensive help system. The only trouble is, I can't find
a
> way back to the desktop without resetting it :(.
Assuming the default settings for the system is the desktop, you can get
back simply by pressing the RETURN key on a line by itself (no spaces,
etc).
You can see the system settings by typing *status. You can set them with
*configure. You can see the environment settings (which mostly also apply
to the desktop) with *show. You can set them with *configure. You can
enter BASIC from the command line with *BASIC. And so on... All of these
commands accept abbreviations, eg *sh. for *show. They're not
case-sensitive, by the way.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
From: Don Maslin <donm(a)cts.com>
To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
Subject: (fwd) Free HP-9000 system
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Somebody out there must collect these old things?
System includes:
Qty Part
---- ----
1 HP-9000 CPU
2 HP-9144 Tape drive
1 HP-9121 Floppy Disks
1 HP-9122 Floppy Disks
Many Sketch Pro digitizing pads
2 Think Jet Printers (HPIB)
2 Paint Jet Printers (HPIB)
Some Miscellaneous odds and ends, includes box of operating system tapes.
0 Documentation
First person to email, and is able to pick up (or I'm willing to drop off) takes
it all. But you got to be smart enough to remove all the spaces in the
following email address:
zonn @ zonn . com
I'm not interesting in shipping this anywhere, I'm in the North County area of
San Diego, CA
-Zonn
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I probably should have been more specific about the network card I need.
I'm trying to set up a basic peer-to-peer network between my P200, a P70,
the Mac, and a 5170 in the garage. I have cards for the PC's, but I need
one for the Mac. I'm not sure what kind of card I need (first experience
with a network), so I hope the ones I have for the PC's are the correct type
(they have the BNC connector). Is there any way to tell what type they are
by looking at them?
ThAnX,
--
-Jason Willgruber
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#: 1730318
<http://members.tripod.com/general_1>
BTW: My school ran a token ring network until this year. They had a full
256bps transfer rate by the time the computers in the basement got connected
(which took about 30 minutes).
-----Original Message-----
From: Stan Perkins <stan(a)netcom.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 6:21 AM
Subject: Re: Mac II stuff needed/wanted
>Jason Willgruber wrote:
>>
>> I'm not sure if this in On-topic or Off- topic. What year was the Mac II
>> introduced?
>
>I bought my first Mac II in September 1987.
>
>> Does anyone have, or know where I can get, for a fairly low price a MIDI
>> card for a Mac II? I'm also looking for a network card for a Mac II.
>
>If you want a Token Ring NuBus card, I've got one you're welcome to
>have.
>
>Regards,
>Stan
>
Thanks to everyone who offered advice; something I was thinking
was to use warm water, and some dishwashing liquid. Does that
seem safe?
I used to use something similar when I worked for FLUKE-- we'd
use water with like a mild detergent. But then, these boards
were specifically manufactured to be cleaned this way.
I'll leave the corestacks alone (well, I'll use a soft brush to
remove the dust from the *outside* of the 'sandwich').
Thanks again, guys.
Jeff
On Tue, 11 May 1999 09:05:06 -0400 (EDT) allisonp(a)world.std.com writes:
> > >Allison keeps mentioning putting them in the dishwasher...
> > >I'm somewhat hesitant to do so. But she's had good luck
> > >with doing it...
> >
> > That kind of scares me also. I've had good luck with Mac's with a
> deep
> > sink, mild detergent, and a rather large food dryer.
>
> The PDP-8f boards (except core and FP) were cleaned in the dish
> washer.
> All that needs to be done is put them in like plates and use the
> standard
> dishwasher soap remove before the dry cycle (too warm) and dry in a
> 160-170 degree Farenheight oven. A little air to get water from
> under
> chips is not a bad thing. High pressure air can be deadly as some
> boards
> may have jumpers and ECO wire that can easily be bown off with
> 120psi air!
>
> Same for scrubbing as solvents like Isopropanal will swell some
> plastics
> used then and the tooth brush may remove part numbers you may later
> need
> to read.
>
> Allison
>
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On May 11, 11:00, John Foust wrote:
> At 10:16 AM 5/11/99 -0500, Doug Spence wrote:
> >BTW, what is a "Hurkle" tape? :)
>
> Hurkle was a game, way back when. I don't remember the theme offhand.
> I don't know where it originated, but I'm sure it was in Computer Lib
> and/or David Ahl's early books.
It's in "BASIC Computer Games", and also on one of the RSTS tapes, I think.
It's one of the classic guess-the-location games; the hurkle hides on a X
by X grid, you guess which square, and for each guess, the computer tells
you roughly which direction you'd have to go in to reach it.
Anyone who can't bear to miss it, can see hurkle and other exciting
inducements on my Exidy Sorcerer, at York University's Open Day tomorrow
(Wednesday). The Computer Science Department has a small exhibit of
historical micros, including a PDP11/23 running 7th Edition UNIX, an Apple
][, a PET 2001-8K (calculator keyboard, and the original PET MOONLANDER
program), Sorcerer, BBC Model B (running Elite and REVS), Apple Mac Plus,
Archimedes A310 (serial no.2, running RISC OS, and acting as the tape drive
for the Sorcerer :-)), SGI Indigo R3000. I'd show more of my collection,
but there's not enough room.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
I realize this is totally off topic, but I've really no idea where to go
with a PC question. After months of searching I managed to aquire a brand
new Matrox Millenium II PCI 4Mb Video board, and a 4Mb expansion.
Stupid question, which way does the expansion plug in? I've no doc's for
the expansion and the Matrox web site seems to be useless!
For the curious, yes, there is a reason I've been searching for one of
these boards for months. It's about the best board supported by OPENSTEP,
it is also supported by BeOS, Linux, and some flakey little OS or two out
of Washington.
Zane
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