From: The Basement <swolfe1(a)mail.gcnet.net>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>;
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Date: Monday, August 28, 2000 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: CP/M for HP 87?
>The 86's and 89's and 92's ( I think the 92 may also have a Z80, though)
are
Are you saying the TI86 is or is not z80? Some of the web sites
I've looked at since posting seem to make a strong point that it is.
Allison
ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
> Incidentally, the CPU in the Thinkjet printer also seems to be a Saturn.
> It's a 48 pin package containing the CPU, I/O ports, some of the ROM
> (there's an external ROM and RAM hooked up to it), and an HPIL interface.
Even in the non-HP-IL Thinkjets? I really don't know, I've never taken
screwdrivers to Thinkjets to compare their internal architectures.
-Frank McConnell
The 86's and 89's and 92's ( I think the 92 may also have a Z80, though) are
powerd by a cmos version of the Motorolla 68000, the same processor as the
68k Macs. The 82, 83 and 85 are powered by Z80's. HP48g's use a processor
called the Saturn that was made for the calc, which I think is far superior
to the TI Calcs. The HP48gx has a card slot to upgrade the ram, add
functions, printers, etc. It also has an IR port.
Found the following on usenet. If interested, reply directly, not to
me.
- don
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Subject: Xerox 1186 Give away...
From: Scott Ballantyne <sdb(a)ssr.com>
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I have an old 1186, one of the early lisp machines from Xerox, which I
have had in a warehouse for too long, awaiting my move to a larger
apartment. Well, I live in NYC, and larger apartments still cost more
than I'm willing to spend.
So the long and the short of it is, if you want this machine, you may
have it. The monitor is a greyscale, of the huge, Startrek variety, I
have forgotten which release of the OS I have, possibly Koto, quite a
few of the original manuals, loads of fonts, contrib disks, etc.
It worked well when I warehoused it, and I assume it would still work,
modulo reseating some of the chips, and reloading the OS, natch.
So if you are in the NYC area, and want it, drop me a note.
Best,
sdb
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Hello Collecting friends.
I am currently on 'inactive' status as far as classic computer
collecting goes, so my participation on the List has been mostly in R/O
mode.
My old (+7 years!) ISP has seen fit to discontinue all it's Unix Shell
accounts effective Sept 30 of this year. I have therefore signed up with
another old-line ISP, panix.com in New York.
Should any of you on the list be considering changing your ISP for any
reason, especially if you are primarily a telnet user.. I can highly
recomend them. Their customer service has been a) excellent and
b) proactive; a state of affairs unheard-of in my years on the Net.
Since I am now living and working in Southern India, I have bestowed my
collection en masse to a couple of Listmembers and will not be actively
pursuing the hobby for a year or two. Getting a full-blown 11/44 system
thru checked baggage is one thing, but dealing with Indian customs.....
;)
I would like to take this small opportunity to publicly thank each and
everyone of you one the List who help to preserve these old beasts, and
also I would like to thank Allison, Megan, Tim, Sellam, Bruce, Marvin,
Tony Duell, Eric, Don Maslin, Hans Franke, Eliot Moore, and all the rest
who took time and effort to help me unravel DEC as it was meant to be.
I have unsubbed the netcom account and subscribed at the panix addrr,
and I'll continue to monitor the list, although it is doubtful I'll be
posting much. I have found one cache of more-than-ten-year-old stuff,
mostly Commie and Atari. I'll post more when I have a chance to check it
out. Don't get too excited. Buyer pays shipping...
Cheers
John
> John said:
>
> > My old (+7 years!) ISP has seen fit to discontinue all it's Unix
> > Shell accounts effective Sept 30 of this year. I have therefore
> > signed up with another old-line ISP, panix.com in New York.
>
> Excellent choice! While I hope that Panix isn't the last Unix shell
> ISP around, I'm very happy with it and I hope that people wanting more
> options from their ISP continue to find Panix.com.
>
> John A.
> allain(a)panix.com since 1994
They are dwindling, but not gone; IGLOU.COM (Internet Gateway of LOUisville)
has grown from a local to a regional provider, and without shell access I
don't know what I'd do...
-doug q
dougq(a)iglou.com since 1994 (or sooner)
Hello,
would anyone know where I could find the MS-DOS progam asgnpart.com,
which was part of some of the versions 3.x and 4.x, but not of all these
versions.
None of the versions in my possession have it, unfortunately, and some
application I want to run has to have it.
Thanks and regards
John G. Zabolitzky
>
>Say, this is Mike Dogas' collection. It's a shame he has to let
>everything go like this. It *is* an impressive collection.
>
Yep, and like everyone else here probably: I worked hard to find them all.
And then I worked hard to get some free time to play with it all, and I did,
and have been so there isn't much actually lost beyond the kinesthetics and
glow.
But I still have (many) more computers that will get maybe now more of my
attention and I sure can use the money.
Thanks for the sympathy, but dont let your posessions become your master.
Thanks
- Mike: dogas(a)leading.net
