I found this and thought someone here might find it of interest... (reply
to Kevin, not me :)
Kevin Willis <kwillis41(a)home.com>
Chester, Va US - Monday, September 25, 2000 at 11:35:50
I have several old systems and was curious if they have any value and advice
on what I can do with them. All I know about them is their BIG and HEAVY.
Don't know what works and what doesn't
1 - Burroughs B96 unit - Model #31821150
2 - Burroughs Disk Drives - Model B9493-80
2 - Burroughs Streaming Tape Drives - Model 15 MTS Streamer
2 - Burroughs Printers on stands - Model B9246-6
7 - Burroughs Terminals
Any help appreciated
Kevin
Bob Stek
Saver of Lost Sols
From: Mike Ford <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com>
>As much as I would "like" to hate windows, I seem to have beaten the
beast
>into submission currently so that it is no worse than driving an old
>foreign pickup instead of a Porsche.
On a serious note win95 is not that bad (get osr2 though), it's the MS
apps that are really the major pain with office97 being a POS!~
I have one system 486 powered that has only w95 no IE/outlookexpress
or added apps that runs wp6, netscape, RFDmail that is fast and tight.
The basic kernal is fair what is done to it is horrors.
Allison
From: Kevin Stewart <stewart_kevin(a)hotmail.com>
>Yes, actually I am... I've been talking with Richard Erlacher about a
Z80
>box (and trying to decide whether or not to use S100 or just make it an
SBC
>;) ) but I'm still open to any project at this point. What has been
removed
>& how far is it from being operable?
My $0.02 is go with an SBC based design as S100 has a high
overhead getting onto and off the bus.
Despite Richards dislike for zilog peripherals and being less than
lightining fast that combo would be easier and manageable for a fist
time.
Allison
From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis(a)mcmanis.com>
>I got to "play around" with a 1KW CO2 laser this way. After getting
tired
Same here college was a chance to talk to others and also access
somethings I didn't have access too in the two way comms industry.
As a result while others were studying neon lamp relaxation oscillators
and I was using the faraday cage for very small signal expriments or
mapping VHF oscillators phase noise.
Allison
ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
> It's the same on the 1Mbyte 95LX (which is the model I have). Shift-filer
> (leftmost application key) is setup, and then select System and Memory
> from the menus. I don't know if the 512K version is like that, though.
It should be. My recollection is that the only differences between
the 512KB and 1MB units were the extra memory and "1MB RAM" being
printed above the top right of the screen. I do remember being able
to repartition the RAM between filespace and system RAM on my 512KB
95LX, just didn't do it very often.
> > cable terminates in a DE3S intended for attachment to a PC/AT style
>
> You've been working on larger HP machines too much :-). Those have the
> strange 3 and 5 pin DE connectors.
Fumble-fingered me. I meant DE9S. You're right though, I crimped a bunch
of those funny 3-pin connectors way back in 1984 when we installed an
HP3000 Series 64 where I worked. Those connectors were expensive, too.
-Frank McConnell
I've got a Sun 386i that I rescued from the dumpster sitting here
taking up precious space. I originally thought I'd grab some disk for
it and play with it, but, well, spare time and all that.
It has the following cards:
540-1062-01 (Framebuffer)
555-1006-01 (?)
501-1423 (Memory, populated by 270-1394's)
501-1244 (?)
It has no disk. It also has the storage expansion that clips on top,
but that is also empty of disks and tape, and is missing its side
panel. The floppy drive is still there, though. :-)
I have full documentation for this guy, including all original
manuals, the full users' and programmers' documentation sets which
cover slightly more than just this machine, much of the promotional
materials for it and for the parts it at one point was accompanied by,
plus most of the purchase orders for it. I've also got a bunch of QIC
media with SunOS and OpenWindows.
It's taking up room here, and since I haven't done anything with it
yet, I suspect I never will. It's free to whoever wants it; they'll
have to pick it up or pay for shipping -- or, if you're a BSD person
thinking about a port, talk to me. The machine itself weighs 45 lbs,
the expansion unit 25 lbs, and the documentation, um, weights as much
as a square foot of paper weighs, times three. :-) I do ask that
anyone interested take at *least* the main box and one box of
documentation (with the brochures, main manuals, and purchase order
history).
Shipping would be from Montreal, Quebec.
-Rich
--
------------------------------ Rich Lafferty ---------------------------
Sysadmin/Programmer, Instructional and Information Technology Services
Concordia University, Montreal, QC (514) 848-7625
------------------------- rich(a)alcor.concordia.ca ----------------------
Kevin-
Have you found something to soothe the classic computer beast within?
I have an unfinished Sol motherboard & documentation available.
The motherboard actually appears to have been finished, when some
previous owner decided to unsolder the connectors from the board;
however, most all the IC sockets are still in place.
Since the docs include theory-of-operation, you should be able to
make a working Sol out of this- except, of course, it does not
come with a case, keyboard, or power supply.
Interested?
regards,
-doug q
On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, NetBSD Bob wrote:
> > Get a Lexmark Optra E310. The LN03 is not postscript, the LN03R is.
> That E310 looks interesting, but at 400 bucks a pop, that will break
> my VAX beer kitty.
Well now... if anyone wants an LN03R (aka - DEC ScriptWriter) and will be
at the VCF this weekend, I have a pair that could *REALLY* use a new home.
Heck, I'll even throw in some extra toner kits.
What's the catch? You *gotta* be there! (promise that I won't have to
take them back home again), and buy me a Coke (no Pepsi!) or throw a few
$$ for gas... Or if you are feeling *really* guilty, bring some old DEC
goodies to trade. (I have 8's, 11's, and VAXen so there is lots of
variety)
-jim
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Hi,
Not classic, but a related question: are 230MB Bernoulli drives capable of
reading the older 20MB 5.25" Bernoulli disks? I know they can read 44MB and
various other capacities.
-- Mark
