test-drb December 2001

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Scrapping hardware to get it off the books (RE: Is it a Lisa or Mac XL?!)

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> ! I saw ... a SuperMac monitor, smaller than the 19inch > ! Radius I've got, but the bug mentioned a "huge" one in back. > > Really? Any idea if they work, and what shipping to CT > (06520-9040) might be? I'll make an effort to get you the info you're asking for on this, but please be patient, I'm not sure when I can get back there during business hours. > ! I have ... and/or the split keyboard. > > Cool. That is a neat piece of Mac history. How much? How about $25 plus S&H? The numeric keypad is in great shape, but the main KB has yellowed. -dq

22 years, 7 months

FLUKE?

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On December 2, Douglas Quebbeman wrote: > > I was at the other yard of the scrapper yesterday. He just had in a > > bunch of IBM 3174's and a few large Hitachi data storage units. > > Beside this was another large unit labelled FLUKE. It's too late for > > it but I did get the 8" floppy disks for it. It was raining so they > > got a bit wet. They are drying now. > > > > Does anyone know anything about FLUKE machines? > > They DVMs, specialized test gear, and ISTR a logic analyzer... And a large line of microprocessor emulators and related development systems. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL

22 years, 7 months

FLUKE?

by Innfogra＠aol.com

In a message dated 12/2/01 9:35:32 AM Pacific Standard Time, KenzieM(a)sympatico.ca writes: > Does anyone know anything about FLUKE machines? > Fluke makes test equipment including some Board Test machinery in the State of Washington. Paxton Astoria, OR

22 years, 7 months

FLUKE?

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> I was at the other yard of the scrapper yesterday. He just had in a > bunch of IBM 3174's and a few large Hitachi data storage units. > Beside this was another large unit labelled FLUKE. It's too late for > it but I did get the 8" floppy disks for it. It was raining so they > got a bit wet. They are drying now. > > > Does anyone know anything about FLUKE machines? They DVMs, specialized test gear, and ISTR a logic analyzer... -dq

22 years, 7 months

jumper pin settings for ALR (non-LVD) backplane

by ehenson＠erols.com

I acquired an ALR raid cage with a non-LVD backplane for which I cannot find the jumper pin settings. I have been able to identify it as a "quick hot swap cage 3 drive board" with the following markings: 12609700 Rev. G1/A. There is also a sticker that reads: ALR s.a. # 9705/A and KIT# 3134/KS. Any direction would be appreciated. Thanks.

22 years, 7 months

PDP-9 lives

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Dec 1, 18:59, Hans B Pufal wrote: > I am very happy to be able to announce that the PDP-9 that we have been > working on for quite some time finally began talking to the world again > today. Congratulations! That will be a very satisfying feeling after a lot of work. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

22 years, 7 months

AW: Atari 4160STE ?!

by walgen＠e-Spirit.de

>>I just got an Atari 4160STE (case only) - does anyone know >>details about the history of this machine? Some sources say >>that it was a developer version of the Atari 1040STE ... >>http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=272 > >I believe some makers of memory upgrades made replacement model stickers > to match the upgrade. The STE uses SIMMs, though, but it could have been > made by some dealer in any case. That might be true - the lower case has a 1040STE label - first I thought it would not be the matching part but it defintely is. >>Atari 520+ ST > > What's that? an early version of the Atari 520ST factory upgraded to 1MB. It has a second 512kB RAM-Chip solderd on top of the regular RAM - very strange. That was my first Atari ST - it has an original Atari ST label with a small blue "+" ... Stefan

22 years, 7 months

IBM 3290 Plasma Display?

by mrbill＠mrbill.net

Anybody know if these are usable in any way on a non-EBCDIC system, or where I could find specs? I see a couple really cheap on eBay, and would make a nice display for a serial console or something, if I could get them hooked in up the right manner. Bill -- Bill Bradford mrbill(a)mrbill.net Austin, TX

22 years, 7 months

History of Computing exam question :

by netsurfer_x1＠hotmail.com

>From: Michael Maginnis <celt(a)chisp.net> >Reply-To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org >To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org >Subject: Re: History of Computing exam question : >Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 23:41:31 -0700 > > >> >>List the 20 to 30 systems you would display and briefly explain the >>reason for choosing each. Okay, I think I can do that, in (more or less) chronological order no less! 1: Xerox Alto Reason: Because, after all, where would the GUI have come from without this thing? 2: IBM 5100 Reason: To show that, just because it was IBM, & it was the frist intergrated computer (sans printer), the people will not always buy it. Also I think the $16,384 price tag may have had something to do with it, I don't know. 3 & 4: Altair 8800 & IMSAI 8080 (respectively) Reason: The first commercially available computers, & to illustrate that the clone wars did not start in the 80's, they started much earlier than that. 5. Apple I Reason: Pretty self explanitory. 6, 7, & 8. Apple ][, Commodore PET, TRS-80 Model I (respectively) Reason: After all, these were "The Big Three", weren't they? 9. Compucolor Reason: (Allegedly) The first computer to inexpensively offer color graphics. 10. CBM 4032 Reason: Commodore's most famous (infamous?) business computer. 11. Apple ][+ Reason: Finally, Apple's figuring out how to be a computer company! 12. TI-99/4 Reason: TI's first foray in the computer market, as if anyone cared. 13. Commodore VIC-20 Reason: "The friendly color computer that anyone can afford" --William Shatner. 14. TI-99/4A Reason: To show that it is not a good idea to hire a pitchman who sells Jell-o and (New) Coke. 15. Commodore 64 Reason: Requires no explanation. 16. GRiD Compass 1100 Reason: I would think that the first clamshell laptop should deserve a place in computer history! 17. Apple LISA Reason: Sometimes Apple can just way too ahead of themselves. 18. TRS-80 Model 100 Reason: When these things came out, who didn't own one? 19. Otrona Attache Reason: Wow! A small "luggable", how about that! 20. Apple Macintosh Reason: "On January 24th, Apple will introduce Macintosh. And you will see why 1984 won't be like *1984*" 21. Commodore Amiga Reason: And you thought Macintosh pioneered multimedia! 22. NeXT Cube Reason: Who would have thought a black cube for a CPU would look so cool? 23. Apple Macintosh Portable Reason: Portable? Riiiiiiight! 24. Atari Portfolio Reason: Now you know where your PDA came from. ____________________________________________________________ David Vohs, Digital Archaeologist & Computer Historian. Home page: http://www.geocities.com/netsurfer_x1/ Computer Collection: "Triumph": Commodore 64C, 1802, 1541, FSD-1, GeoRAM 512, MPS-801. "Leela": Macintosh 128 (Plus upgrade), Nova SCSI HDD, Imagewriter II. "Delorean": TI-99/4A, TI Speech Synthesizer. "Monolith": Apple Macintosh Portable. "Spectrum": Tandy Color Computer 3, Disto 512K RAM board. "Boombox": Sharp PC-7000. "Butterfly": Tandy Model 200, PDD, CCR-82. "Shapeshifter": Epson QX-10, Titan graphics & MS-DOS board, Comrex HDD. "Scout": Otrona Attache. ____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

22 years, 7 months

History of Computing exam question

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

From: Geoff Roberts <geoffrob(a)stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au> >were electromechanical. Bletchley Park were well into much Enigma traffic, >(except for the Reichsmarine, who were much more careful in their useage >habits) long before 1943. The enigma used by the Reichsmarine was different and had an additional code wheel as well. >> 13) 1968/9 >> The Apollo guidance computer - Helped get man to the moon. > >Are we talking about the ones on the ground or the ones in the spacecraft? >If the spacecraft, was the one in the LEM the same machine? Anyone got any >info on it? Any examples survive? The ground, CM and LM all had computers none the same. LM and CM copies still exist as part of the ground simulators and ground test vehicles. I'd love to see more detail on the CM or LM systems. Allison

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