I found some memory specifically for my poor little Mac IIsi. Does memory
need to go into the system in matched pairs or can it go singly?
Sorry for the slight OT.
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>Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 10:25:12 -0500
>From: "FBA" <fauradon(a)mn.mediaone.net>
>Subject: Re: Moving a Microvax II
>Speaking of ebay: here is a $700 commodore 64 with the reserve not met
>http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=454431985
>Francois
Pfffffft! <wipes monitor> Clearly someone who hasn't done any research.
As a CBM-related aside, having found one of the rare/ultra rare/not rare at
all/discuss P500s a while back I get a phone call from an ex-collector who's
found the stable-mate to mine in his loft, in identical condition, serial
numbers only 32 apart, another one appears on eBay and sells for ukp300 then
someone ELSE offers me ANOTHER P500 with a couple of chips missing, Highest
serial number seen so far: 1296.
I don't know whether to be pleased with mine or not!
BTW, big site update at www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk (or
www.fop.i12.com/museum-frame.htm if that doesn't work). Many new pictures,
all pong carts catalogued and some info added on some of the more uncommon
machines, eg Enterprise 64, P500, BBC Domesday etc. Come along and don't
forget to stand on the antistatic mat on the way in. :)
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"Missing you already" - Mark Radcliffe
ZDNet has actually published something interesting for a change. An
article on "Why the world needs reverse engineers." Here's the link.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2636304,00.html
I read it through, and thought it was pretty decent. There's space for
talkbacks as well. Enjoy!
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Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies
http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77 (Extra class as of June-2K)
"I'll get a life when someone demonstrates to me that it would be
superior to what I have now..." (Gym Z. Quirk, aka Taki Kogoma).
This sould just make the 10 year rule.... Ran across one over the
weekend at a local University auction. Anyone have pointers to Doc's on
these cool Hypercubes? Did a fair bit of surfing over the weekend and
didn't turn up much. Lots of parallel processor info but all too new.
Obvious questions---- what did it use for a console & storage? I know
it ran their version of UNIX [ZENIX?] As I'm not wired for 220 yet it
will probably sit but I would like to complete a static display at the
very least. [couldn't talk my wife into using it for a lamp table in the
living room...although it is pretty cool & "modern" looking]
Any info appreciated.
Thanks, Craig
On October 10, Jerome Fine wrote:
> > There's nothing anyone here can say that would convince me that this
> > message is anything but a very enthusiastic and rather caustic TROLL.
>
> Jerome Fine replies:
>
> Thank you for the compliment - was it? What does TROLL stand for.
> If you are going to pay me a compliment, at least have the courtesy
> of explaining it. Thank you.
Oh, it was intended neither as a compliment or as a derogatory remark.
A "troll" is an opinionated statement on a volatile subject intended
to start a flame war.
-Dave McGuire
Don't forget the main thing that UNIX needs...
Useful error messages!
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Here in India, because of my previous association with MGM Studios, I
find myself cast (rather unwillingly on my part) as a bit of a celebrity,
and so I have been interviewed by several different reporters from various
media.
During an interview with a fellow from The Hindu, the largest paper in
India, we got into a discussion of my own personal recording studio and
collection of vintage electronic instruments. I had been asked to provide
photos, which I brought.
In the pack pf pictures, two or three of my computer collection were
intermingled, and the discussion turned for a few minutes to the
preservation of technology in general, and why anyone would want a house
full of PDP11s, etc. They took several of the photos to run with the
article; I gave them a brief description of the studio and it's equipment,
and... they ran the picture of am DEC stuff, over the caption for the
music gear, after we all agreed *not* to.
I'm *still* getting calls from tech-heads who can't figure out just what
model Moog Synth takes up 11 linear feet of 6' racks with a Kennedy 9100
stuck in the middle of it.
sigh.
This, more or less, has happened each and every time I have given a
press interview on a technical subject in the last 15 years.
This one just happens to be classiccmp-related...
Cheers
John
There's nothing anyone here can say that would convince me that this
message is anything but a very enthusiastic and rather caustic TROLL.
-Dave McGuire
On October 9, Jerome Fine wrote:
> Jerome Fine replies:
>
> First I must admit I am biased since I do not regard PDP-11 hardware
> as being very important as opposed to the software. On the other
> hand, I have attempted to keep available a reasonable REAL PDP-11
> system at considerable expense compared to that $ US 100 mentioned
> above.
>
> BUT, unless there is some specific reason as to why some of the specific
> hardware mentioned is extremely important, I would suggest that the
> requested price is in excess of the value by a factor of 100. Old
> LSI-11 or 11/02 systems are so inhibited as compared with even an
> 11/23 CPU, let alone a 11/73 system, that I can't see why anyone
> would want one - except maybe to fill out a full line of PDP-11
> systems. When an emulator on a PC can duplicate most, if not
> all of the functions, only a die-hard hardware fan (addict - yes I am
> a PDP-11 software addict) would want an 11/02 system. And at
> $ US 100, that is so overpriced compared to an 11/73 in a BA123
> box no less about 2 years ago at $ US 10, I can't begin to see why
> Tom thinks or feels that such a price is reasonable. If Tom really
> wants to see it go to a good home, he should be offering to help
> with the shipping as well.
>
> Anyone willing to suffer through the hardware problems of an old 11/02
> system needs to be encouraged. I actually have a couple of such old
> systems which I haven't used in 10 years, but have kept just in case
> someone might want then, but if and when they are ever available
> (which could be within a year or two since I must start cleaning up
> the basement), they will be for free. Anyone who has that in mind,
> contact me and I will keep you on a list. Note that they are in Toronto
> and local; pickup only. The last time I gave away an 11/34 backplane
> and power supply, it took over a year to get someone to pick it up
> and almost ended up in the dumptser.
>
> Sincerely yours,
>
> Jerome Fine
Picked this machine up today and it works fine even though i didnt get the ac
adaptor. thankfully it uses a 7.2v battery so I used my rc car battery to run
it. The only info i can find is that it's a 10mhz 8088 with a 1.44 floppy and
1 meg. it also has a ram drive or DOS in ROM <?>. does this thing have a hard
drive or graphic LCD? what about memory expansion?
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