Anyone have one of these in use and could possibly be a source for a copy of
the manual, disks, etc? Just bought one on auction but of course no docs or
software and this is NOT SCSI to the server, it works on the LAN and has
SCSI drives in it. Even if someone can send me the manual so I can scan or
copy it and send it back that would be great too and maybe I might have
something excess here (besdies actual cash to pay the shipping and materials
back) to express my thanks.
Russ Blakeman
Clarkson, KY USA
John,
Gee, just dumpstered 3 System 3's and 2 CS100's; since we're now shipping all our Toronto garbage to Michigan, ya coulda stopped at the dump on your way back & picked them up as well :-)
However, although the rest of the chassis (2xCS420, 2xCS300, 1xCS2H, 3xCS1H, 1xSystem3, 1xZ2, BRZII, C5 etc., and nice and clean at that), will probably have to go as well 'cause nobody wants to come up here to the frozen north, the cards, manuals & software may be around a little longer, so let me know if ya need anything.
mike
----------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 18:54:05 -0500
From: "John R. Keys Jr." <jrkeys(a)concentric.net>
Subject: Cromemco Pick-up on 10-13-01
This pass Saturday was a long drive MN to IL (12 hours total drive time)
to pick up 2- Cromemco System Three's, a Systemv CS-300, one new in the
box KB for these systems, lots of manuals and software for them, a
Cipher 1600BPI tape unit, a model BRZ-III fan for the units, and some
parts. All will have to be cleaned up as they are pretty dirty and need
some loving care. The guy had over 1600sq feet of computer stuff he is
selling most on eBay.:-( At a local thrift I got some Sega master
stuff, like the 3D glasses that have been selling on eBay for $50, I got
mine for a couple dollars. Got a Virtual Boy system for $11.99. Got
some Atari 2600 stuff also they were selling cartridges for 80 cents and
they had two big boxes full. Now I will start the clean-up and entering
all the info into the database (my paper notebooks). Keep computing John
Ah, yes, remember them well, and the mechanical B series they replaced; might even still have some parts and ledger cards... Those were the days, programming with metal punches and tweaking and debugging with a file... made great desks when they were scrapped...
But while on this topic, anybody out there doing anything with Burroughs L series or B80/90 systems? Have tossed most of it out, but still have some cards, manuals and a cassette drive with controller if anyone's at all interested.
And of course some paper and mylar tape stuff...
And some Burroughs calculator manuals, mechanical and electronic..
mike
----------------------------
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 17:29:07 -0500
From: "Patrick L. Boland" <plboland(a)home.com>
Subject: Re: Burroughs E6000
As late as 1977 ! was using two Burroughs E6000 computers to perform the
function of loan payment application. The loans were for health club
membership in the Chicago area and a great deal of the rest of the upper
midwest area. We had over 50,000 loans outstanding at any time and
processed from 1,000 to 3,000 loan payments a day. The machines we had were
magnetic stripe ledger card readers and they would punch an output card
with the results of the processing of the transaction. The latest
information about the loan kept on a master deck of cards was replaced with
the card that was punched as a result of the transaction on the E6000. The
update was performed on a daily basis using the 085 sorter and a
reproducer/collater. During the last 8 to 12 months of the use of the
E6000, while a conversion was being worked on, we used only one E6000 and
kept the other one for spare parts. Burroughs had run out of spare parts.
I have mirrored the three scsi documents to my own site. I will keep them up and available for the forseeable future. http://agamemnon.unixboxen.net/scsi
>> I think I still have mine, and in working condition. Although I would not
>> be willing to part with it (thus why I think I still have it), I CAN open
>> it and send some digital pics of the chips. Maybe even draw out some
>> schematics.
>
>That would be helpful.
Ok, I will stop by my parents house tonight and pick mine up. Then
tomorrow when I am supposed to be working (who wants to work when you can
goof off), I will take it apart and take some pics. I will do what I can
for schematics (I'm not an EE, just a hobbiest, so they might not be
pretty, but I will try to make them correct).
Although I am sure they will laugh hysterically, have you thought of
contacting the game manufacturer? (Don't recall who it was, but I will
know tonight when I pick mine up)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Hi,
I've got a Olivetti M20 Z8001 PC, and it appears that once there was a
CP/M-8000 version available for it.
Has anyone got such thing? I'd be interested in this, I could swap
with some PCOS programs. (Assuming the copyright holder (Olivetti)
doesn't mind.)
regards,
chris
>Are you SURE? I have an HD20 which works just fine on a Plus, but which I
>have NEVER been able to make work on a 128k. My 512k has video problems
>and I haven't had a chance to sort those out so I can test the HD20 on it.
Not to double reply... but now I am going to start beating my head into a
wall.
Apple's technote article # 8169 (in the archives section), claims that
the only way to add a hard drive to the 128 and 512 is by using the HD20
non-scsi drive (the one in question here). This seems to contridict a
previous technote that lists the first supporting mac as the 512ke.
So now I am REALLY going to have to pull out my 128 and see what
happens... it seems Apple doesn't even know which way it goes.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
>Won't work, simply because the floppy port on the GS doesn't have the
>firmware to support the HD20, while
>the early Macs did. But there are many better hard drive options for a
>GS, anyway.
I guess I will have to keep an eye out for a SCSI board for the IIgs.
Maybe I can also track down an original Apple HD SC... just to keep
everything matching.
So much for using parts on hand <sigh>
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
