test-drb July 1999

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by rhblake＠biigfoot.com

Sorry for the sales ad people but I need to move these quick... I just picked up a dozen Dell 425s/NP machines last night in place of payment for work done for someone. They all work great and look like new. Each has 4 mb ram and most have 213mb hard drives, some 120mb. A cdrom can be installed as there is a closed off 5.25" baywhich can be used by opening the cut out in the front bezel. They run a 486SX-25 processor and are in a very durable low profile steel desktop case. Each has built in serial, parallel, mouse, keyboard and video ports. You use a PS/2 style keyboard or an adapter, and use either the PS/2 style mouse port or one of the serial ports. They each have 3 spare ISA slots as well and a 3.5" floppy and IDE hard drive interface. All onboard jumpers are plainly marked and onboard video can be disabled to accomodate a separate video card. BIOS is easy to get into as well and very easy to work with. RAM is 72 pin SIMMs. Beige in color, good condition. Most had DOS and Windows 3.11 and many had OS/2 originally. Win95 will function well on them with added RAM. These would make excellent linux boxes as well, or even a low buck machine for those odd tasks or for the kids. Each has been tested and loaded with MSDOS boot only. Add your own operating system, monitor, keyboard and mouse for a sweet little machine. They've been tested with both mono and color VGA monitors. I can add one of the 2S/2P cards I have if you desire additional ports, for $3.00 more. Will include setup docs. I traded these for a $300 debt long overdue so $300 * 12 is $25 each. That's what I need from each plus the shipping via USPS (insured). They weigh roughly 22 lbs each for shipping. Drop me a line at RHBLAKE(a)BIGFOOT.COM if interested. if I'm able to get my video capture back in use soon I can send out clips of one of them. I'm located in central KY (zip 42726) and if someone is nearby and would like to pick one up they can contact me to arrange a daytime meeting. These need to go soon so contact me quick so I can hold one for you. I prefer to get payment by money order but personal checks are fine if you don't mind wating an additional 8-10 days for it to clear.

24 years, 12 months

WD-1002-05

by edick＠idcomm.com

Yup, shure do! Dick -----Original Message----- From: jeff.kaneko(a)juno.com <jeff.kaneko(a)juno.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Saturday, July 24, 1999 9:16 PM Subject: WD-1002-05 >Guys: > >Anybody have the docs for this? >I know it is a combination floppy/harddisk >controller, but I need some particulars . . . > >Thanks. > >Jeff > > >___________________________________________________________________ >Get the Internet just the way you want it. >Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! >Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

24 years, 12 months

Qualstar 1052 info?

by CLASSICCMP＠trailing-edge.com

>I picked up a Qualstar 1052 9-track drive at a hamfest this morning. Has >anyone used one of these? What interface is it? Two 50-pin edge connectors (Pertec Formatted)? A SCSI 50-pin connector? Something else? >Do I have any hope of using it to read old RSTS, VMS and MUMPS-11 tapes? Sure, with the right controller/host adapter. What sort of system do you want to put the drive on? -- Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com Trailing Edge Technology WWW: http://www.trailing-edge.com/ 7328 Bradley Blvd Voice: 301-767-5917 Bethesda, MD, USA 20817 Fax: 301-767-5927

24 years, 12 months

Epson I and II+ available

by pwhiting＠imt.net

Hi folks, Am new to this list, hope I post this msg correctly. I have two working Epson computers, a I (an 8088) and a II+ (a 286). Both have hard drives, I believe a 20 and a 40, respectively. I have original OS disks, manuals, etc. They are solidly built, classics (I guess they meet that definition!) and I got them cuz I thought Epson printers were so well-built (still have an MX80, btw, maybe someone wants that). Turns out the Epson computers were not 100% IBM compatible, they had some proprietary features as in the keyboard, floppy controllers I think, and maybe a couple of other items. I cut my computer teeth on these guys, and miss the days when you could get under the hood of a computer and fix 'em yourself! Anyway, I've been advised to chuck 'em in the alley but I really hate to do that. Would like to find 'em a good home. Are they worth anything to anyone, and if so how much? I will trust the fairness of the group here in establishing their worth... maybe they're not worth that much, but they'd be a pain to pack. I don't have the original cartons :( but maybe someone would pay what it would cost me to dump 'em (gently) on the counter at the local MailBox and say to the guy "pack 'em up". TIA! ... Paul -------------------------- Paul Whiting Full Circle Communications Billings, MT

24 years, 12 months

DECpc 433 workstation/any documentation on this?

by cdrmool＠interlog.com

I found the above box recently and would like to get it up. Can anyone help me with info on this? The ram has been pulled as has the cpu so I need to know what its chip settup was. Seems to be Intel stuff otherwise. There are numerous adds on the net re; ram for this but virtually no other info. Other than that, the information I've collected is that it ran off of Dos (!?!) and was used in a token ring. Interesting layout inside. I also need to know if there was anything special about the floppy drive as I'd need to replace that as well. Last, is there anyway to rig a harddrive into one of these? TIA colan ____________________________________________________________________ Vintage Computer Collectors List and Info: http://members.xoom.com/T3C Mail us at: T3C(a)xoommail.com

24 years, 12 months

Altair speech synthesizer card by AICS :: anyone have one?

by ss＠allegro.com

Hi, I'm looking to find a speech synthesizer card for the Altair, built in 1975 or 1976 by AICS (Artificially Intelligent Cybernetic Systems), in Las Cruces, New Mexico). If you have one, even if you want to keep it, please drop me a line. thanks, Stan Sieler sieler(a)allegro.com

24 years, 12 months

WD-1002-05

by jeff.kaneko＠juno.com

Guys: Anybody have the docs for this? I know it is a combination floppy/harddisk controller, but I need some particulars . . . Thanks. Jeff ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

24 years, 12 months

mailing list

by pwhiting＠imt.net

Do you have a mailing list for classic computers, and if so, may I subscribe to it? Please send instructions... Thank you! ... Paul Whiting -------------------------- Paul Whiting Full Circle Communications Billings, MT

24 years, 12 months

hp2100 memory problems

by jlwest＠tseinc.com

Anyone on the list familiar with the memory subsystem on HP 2100s? I'm getting parity errors on both 2100s. Each one has 32k, so my idea was to switch to an 8k configuration, swapping till I isolate which boards are bad. The CE goldbook talks about this a small amount, but even with that info all eight 8K boards appear bad. I find this hard to believe, so I must be doing something wrong. Can anyone help??? Jay West

24 years, 12 months

New Acquisitions! (HP2000)

by jlwest＠tseinc.com

You're right, it's a 4070. Any clue how to tell if it really is serial vs. parallel? Thanks! jay West -----Original Message----- From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Friday, July 23, 1999 6:52 PM Subject: Re: New Acquisitions! (HP2000) >> A Facit RS-232 paper tape punch (don't recall the model offhand, but it's >> rackmount) > >Probably 4070s. They are used on just about all old minis... > >Are you sure they're RS232, though. There is an RS232 interface for the >4070, but it's not common. Most of them have a parallel interface also on >a DB25-S connector. It's close to Centronics, but some of the signals are >inverted. > >-tony > >

24 years, 12 months

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test-drb July 1999