test-drb September 1999

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Wait! There's more including MS-DOS 1.25!!!! was Sanyo MBC-550 (Yuck!) software available

by rigdonj＠intellistar.net

I'm still digging. I found more 550 stuff. I think this is everything that came with the 550. Here's a chance for you 550 owner's to get the whole set at one shot! Original DS-DOS box and invoice. Original Sanyo Easywriter ver 1.3 disk Original Sanyo disk box with 550 dos ver 2.11 and BASIC 1.25, two original Sanyo disk for InfoStar (set B disk 2 and 3 of 4; disks 1 and 4 are below), original Sanyo disk for DOS 1.25 and BASIC ver 1.1 Original Sanyo disk box with all three original disk of set A, WordStar and CalcStar and a backup copy of DS-DOS. Two card board dummy disks used to protect the floppy drives duing shipment. Joe > >A few weeks ago we were talking about the Sanyo 550 series and someone mentioned one of the alternates operating systems that supported 80 track drives in the 550. I said that was DS-DOS by Michtron. > > Today I found an old Sanyo disk package with four disks for the 550. One of them is DS DOS 2.11, one is InfoStar, one is MailMerge/SpellStar and the other is a disk of misc utilities. The first three are original disks. In additon, the InfoStar, MailMerge/SpellStar are Sanyo labeled disks that came with the 550. If anyone wants them, trade me something I can use and they're all your's. > > Joe

11 years, 11 months

recent additions

by KenzieM＠sympatico.ca

I recently filled the car with these: Apollo DOMAIN Series 3500 Domain series 3000 model 3010 HP/Apollo series 400 (2) Sun 3/60 + tape drive and tapes Sun 3/50 Apple lisa 2 (2) apple II Ci Mac SE/30 with radius monitor Mac color classic Quadra 610 Quadra 800 Quadra 860 power mac 7200/90 Also available was a volker Craig terminal, and a copy apple's unix I also have "quite a pile of HP 712/715/725s in various condition" for me to pick up when I get some space cleared. IKEA has said that the missing piece to complete the shelving will be delayed another 3 weeks, and my wife says no more machines until the shelves are up!

23 years, 4 months

Equipment needs home: Portland, OR. area

by wolf＠nwinfo.net

hey do you have any ideas about using relays or some thing connected to a parallel or aerial port to control the power to an outlet, you know like a dimmer switch controlling motors ETC if you have any thought or ideas I'd be glad to hear them.

23 years, 5 months

ldb4401 can be replaced by .....?

by General＠cyber.net.pk

dear sir please address the issue regards nasir

23 years, 7 months

TRS-80 Model II

by pdp-11＠swbell.net

>Also, if anyone wants one of these things, $10 plus shipping. The >condition >is unknown since I haven't fired them up ... and they don't include >keyboards :). Do you know how much shipping will be?

24 years, 3 months

PDP-11/34 & RK05 Questions

by pdp-11＠swbell.net

I am getting my PDP-11/34 and my RK05 disk drives and packs tommorrow, and I have a few questions.They have have been in storage for years, and, although they have been kept dry, they are probably dusty. Can anyone tell me how to clean the drives and the disk packs before I use them? Thanks, Owen

24 years, 4 months

Decserver 200/mc

by af-list＠lafleur.wfi-inc.com

In case anyone is looking for one, there's a DECserver 200/MC on haggle.com, currently at $13.00 (no bids), closing in 4 hours. http://www.haggle.com/cgi/getitem.cgi?id=202107926 Aaron

25 years, 1 month

Kaypro Computer History

by philclayton＠mindspring.com

Since everyone is on the subject of Kaypro here is some information that I have compiled from articles I have read.. Kaypro BTW is my favorite computer I have at least one of every model in my collection, excluding a Kaypro Robie.. ALso have a Model 16 .. Perhaps someone could update this list and ad to it.. The more information the better.. Hope this is of some interest to everyone.. Phil... Kaypro Computer and Non-Linear Systems After Adam Osborne came out with the O-1, it was immediately set up as a target. Every company started shooting at the magic price of $1800. Among the people to set their sights at this figure was Alan Kay. Alan had originally started a company which sold oscilloscopes called Non-Linear Systems. He decided Osborne had the right idea, but needed a little tweaking on the case. He envisioned a computer which would not only be rugged enough to be carried around, but would be tough enough to be carried out in the field by engineers. With this idea in mind, he designed the Kaypro Computer. The case was made of aluminum which allowed it to be extremely rugged, but still save a little weight. These are sometimes nicknamed "Darth Vader's lunch box." Needless to say, this case passed the test for ruggedness. Except for the Robie and later DOS machines, all Kaypros had the same case and varying shades of gray paint. All the computers came bundled with software, originally the Perfect Series, but later WordStar and SuperCalc. Kay originally sold his computers under the company name of Kaypro, but it turned out this name had already been taken. He then sold the computers under the Non-Linear name, but was able to keep the Kaypro name on the computers. Somewhere along the way, he did manage to acquire the rights to Kaypro Company, but it was late in the company's life. The Kaypro II is the oldest computer Kaypro made. It has SSDD disks and the screen is green and it has the standard 64 K of RAM. After Kaypro left Chapter 11, they came out with several DOS compatibles, but were no longer considered a force in the industry. There were several unique units that came out including some extremely compact units that were designed to be desktop computers but were light enough to be carried from place to place. Kaypro II In the beginning there was the Kaypro II (aka II'83 later). It came with 2 SS/DD full-height floppies, a 2.5 MHz Z-80, one serial port, and bundled software from Perfect Software. Introduced late 82. Kaypro 10 Next was the original Kaypro 10. It came with 1 DS/DD floppy drive, a 10 meg HD, a 4.0 MHz Z-80A, two serial ports, light pen port, rudimentary graphics, a real time clock, and software from Perfect Software and dBase II. Introduced mid-83. Kaypro IV Then there was a Kaypro IV (aka IV'83 later). It was a II, but with DS/DD full-height floppy drives. Wordstar started being included in addition to the Perfect Software suite. Introduced in mid-83. (Same goes for the II'83, late versions included Wordstar also.) 1984 rolls around, and some changes made. Kaypro 4 The 4 (aka 4'84) is introduced. It now has two DS/DD half-height floppy drives, a Z-80A at 4.0 MHz, 2 serial ports, internal 300 baud modem, a real-time clock, rudimentary graphics. Software is from Micropro (Wordstar, Calcstar, etc.) Early 1984. Kaypro 2 The 2 (aka 2'83) is introduced. It has two SS/DD half-height floppy drives, a Z-80A at 4.0 MHz, 2 serial ports, rudimentary graphics. Software is from Micropro. Slightly later in 84. Kaypro 2X The 2X is introduced. This is closer to an old IV, or a 2 with DS/DD half-height drives. Again a Z-80A running at 4.0 MHz, 2 serial ports, rudimentary graphics, software from Micropro. Kaypro Robbie Early 84. The Kaypro Robie is introduced. This is the first non-portable machine, a black desktop. This has 2 2.6 Megabyte (not a typo) floppy drives. Motherboard is basically the same as a 4, with the 300 baud modem, rough graphics, etc. (late 84?) 1985 arrives. Kaypro upgrades most of the machines to the "Universal ROM", so a boot disk for one can be used in another. The 4'84 is renamed the 2X (sometimes known as 2X MTC). Old 2X, 2'84, 4'84 are all dropped. Kaypro New 2 The "New 2" is introduced. This is basically an old 2X motherboard, but with just one DS/DD floppy drive. It comes with just CP/M and Wordstar for software. (early 85?) Kaypro starts producing the II'83 again, with Perfect software as opposed to Micropro software. (early 85). Kaypro 4X The Kaypro 4X is announced. It's a Robie but in the standard portable case. I also have seen reference to the 12X, which was going to be a Kaypro 10 but with a Robie floppy drive. (I've never actually seen a 4X or a 12X. The store where I worked might have sold only one or two Robies, so it wasn't a big seller.) 1986 or so arrives. Kaypro 1 The Kaypro 1 (yes one) is introduced. It's equivalent to the old 2X, with 2 DS/DD floppies, 4.0 MHz Z-80A, 2 serial ports, etc. The floppies are vertical as opposed to horizontal. It comes with CP/M and Perfect Writer for software. At this point, Kaypro is producing just the 1, 2X MTC, 10 and Robie basically. This continued until they got out of the CP/M machines. There were also a few variations on some of these machines, such as the 4+88, which had a SWP (?) co-processor board with an 8088, 256K of memory (which could be a ramdisk under CP/M), and could run some MS/Dos software.

25 years, 2 months

Here's another find...

by CLASSICCMP＠trailing-edge.com

>Mark game me this board because he didn't know what it was, and he wasn't >interested in it. If it is what I think it is, it's probably pretty rare. >It has 4 large Xlinx chips on it, a smaller Xlinx chip, a MC68020, and a lot >of glue logic. It's made by Micro Technology, Inc, copyrighted 1990, and the >sticker reads "CIQBA +". The only connector coming off the board is a small >10-pin connector like the one on a DLV11J. It looks like it's a Q-Bus >CI (Computer Interconnect) board, Is this right? Yes, it is. > Anyone have more info >on this? Web search turned up nothing useful... Simply put, you plug the board into your Q-bus VAX, cable it to your HSC/HSD/HSZ/star coupler, install MTI's PQDRIVER, set up the MTI and VAXCLUSTER license PAKs, and you're on the air! If you don't have a HSC/HSD/HSZ/star coupler, you don't have much need for the CIQBA, do you? :-) Tim.

25 years, 2 months

Here's another find...

by DSEAGRAV＠toad.xkl.com

Mark game me this board because he didn't know what it was, and he wasn't interested in it. If it is what I think it is, it's probably pretty rare. It has 4 large Xlinx chips on it, a smaller Xlinx chip, a MC68020, and a lot of glue logic. It's made by Micro Technology, Inc, copyrighted 1990, and the sticker reads "CIQBA +". The only connector coming off the board is a small 10-pin connector like the one on a DLV11J. It looks like it's a Q-Bus CI (Computer Interconnect) board, Is this right? Anyone have more info on this? Web search turned up nothing useful... -------

25 years, 2 months

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test-drb September 1999