Hi,
I just got myself a really cool machine. It is a Parsytec Xplorer.
It contains 16 T805-30Mhz transputers with 4Megs of memory
for each node. This is something to gloat about! I am planning
on running PVM, MPI, COSY, and PARIX on this baby.
Ram
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>Yes, this is exactly the point that should have been raised first. We are
>spread far and wide it seems. Kevin Stumf is about the closest to me as far
>as the folks on this list whom I know their hometowns. He's over in
>Kitchener, ON and that's about 3 hours drive. Another fellow on the list
>(who's a relatively infrequent poster here and forgot his name [sorry!!])
>lives east of here in Ithaca and that's about 3.5 hours away. Pittsburgh is
>3 hours too. There're several close together around Boston region though.
>Everybody else of us Easterners are farther yet from me so it truly is more
>difficult to keep personal contact unlike some of you Westerners who seem
>to be pocketed in SoCal, NoCal, OR, WA. This is a big continent for sure.
I'm in York County, PA. Anybody else from Pennsylvania or Maryland? How
about New Jersey? I get the impression there aren't many computer
collectors there as I've gotten more (and better) computers from Jersey
than from here in Pennsylvania.
Tom Owad
Applefritter - Apple prototypes, Apple II & Early Mac clones, and the
Compubrick.
<http://www.applefritter.com/>
Slightly off topic, but if you're looking for cables for some wierd application
(IE a classic computer?) I'd suggest looking at Cables 'n Mor at
www.cablesnmor.com. I've dealt with them twice, including one return and been
amazed with their service. Their prices (at least for Scsi stuff, which is what
I've bought from them) are quite good too.
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Jim Strickland
jim(a)DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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Every old copy of OS/2 (versions 1.1 and 1.2) I have found and tried to set
up seems to have the same problem. The setup disk can't read or can't see
the country.sys file even though it is there. A chkdsk with version 2.1
can't find any problems.
Could the original setup operation have disabled the disk set? I have tried
all reasonable country/keyboard combinations.
Anybody have any leads?
(v1.1 is on-topic. v1.2 will be on-topic in September)
There is this minicomputer I was given by a process control
engineering firm. It resembles a PDP-8/e, but it is blue like a
PDP-15 or PDP-10, and it has the name DECset 8000
printed on the upper right corner of the control panel.
Please respond privately and only if you know for sure.
I am picking up other DEC gear this weekend and will post
photographs of everything, on my web site, next week.
Thank you.
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Kevin Stumpf * Unusual systems * www.unusual.on.ca
+1.519.744.2900 * EST/EDT GMT - 5
Collector - Commercial Mainframes & Minicomputers from
the 50s, 60s, & 70s and control panels and consoles.
Author & Publisher - A Guide to Collecting Computers &
Computer Collectibles * ISBN 0-9684244-0-6
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Building one shouldn't bee too difficult. I learned years ago, that
building two with interchangeable parts is what's a challenge.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: digital cameras
>> I do see real ratty ones for $10-$20 at flea markets,
>> with almost certain holes in the bellows and gummy shutters on the
lenses,
>> and usually with visibly broken rangefinders. These are things that can
>> be patched up, certainly, but I wouldn't turn an absolute beginner onto
>> such a fixer-upper when for a very reasonable price you can get a clean
>> one.
>
>Sounds like quite a fun project, though. I don't subscribe to the myth
>that cameras can't be fixed at home, and that parts for them can't be
>made. I do both when I need to. Maybe I'm not an 'absolute beginner' :-)
>
>A large format camera is something that I want to have a go at making
>sometime. It doesn't look _too_ hard - certainly no worse than the sorts
>of things that model engineers routinely make. I'll not know until I try,
>I guess...
>
>
>-tony
>> And on the digital camera topic, can anyone recommend a make/model of
>> digital back for a 4x5? I've been following with interest, since I've been
>I've not looked into the price of digital backs, but I did once (about 8
>years ago) price some _large_ CCDs. The prices were (IIRC) many 10's of
>thousands of pounds. OK, so those were high-speed multiple port devices,
>but...
>
>I doubt you'll get a 5*4 CCD for the sort of price any of us could afford
>:-(. I would love to be proved wrong, BTW.
Prices are still high, but it's entirely possible to rent a 4x5 CCD back
>from a professional camera shop for a reasonable amount. Of course,
you get almost instant feedback about detailed camera movements, so
this sort of setup is extremely popular among advertising/product
photographers.
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Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com
Trailing Edge Technology WWW: http://www.trailing-edge.com/
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Bethesda, MD, USA 20817 Fax: 301-767-5927
Hello Dick:
In a message dated 7/14/99 11:04:46 AM EST, edick(a)idcomm.com writes:
<< What really puzzles me is whether it can process and render a photo as
black
and white line-art. Anyone have
experience with this? >>
It's possible, but not much fun. We used to use rasterization software to
convert TIFF files from scanned photos into DesignCad 2D images. Using a
dig. tablet we cleaned up the images, which were then suitable for printing
(or engraving, in our case). A tremendous, time-consuming hassle which
requires a thorough knowledge of the CAD software, as well as a certain
"knack" -- which my wife has, but I never quite got the hang of it :>(
Glen Goodwin
0/0
> Are there any
> polaroids out there with interchangeable lenses ?
Not in their current lineup.
> If not, one of the mayor advantages from using
> 35mm cameras is cone.
Of course, if you're using a camera better than a 35mm
(say, a Medium Format or Large Format camera) you just put
a polaroid back on your camera and you're there.
At least here in the US, if you check out the swap meets and
flea markets it's easy to find an older 4x5 Crown Graphic with
good quality lens and 4x5 polaroid back for a few hundred $.
I got mine with a 127mm Ektar, a truly excellent lens from the
late 40's.
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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
