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From: nospam(a)mail1.sas.upenn.edu (David Anstine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.marketplace
Subject: NeXT Clearing House
Date: 23 Mar 2001 17:02:05 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania
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Message-ID: <99fvid$ke2$1(a)netnews.upenn.edu>
I have the following NeXT equipment in my basement that needs to go. I'm
looking to move the whole lot and will take $1,000, or best offer.
If you are not serious, please do not jerk me around. I've already had
three parties back out at the last second. One more time and this stuff
goes in the dumpster.
40 NeXTstations (approximately 1/2 are turbos)
34 NeXT Monochrome monitors
2 Cubes (one is missing the back cover)
3 NeXT Laser printers (Only one is confirmed to be working)
38 NeXT keyboards
30 NeXT Mice
1 NeXT Color printer
1 NeXT cdrom drive
1 Digital Eye
Note that I can't vouch for the condition or existence of hard drives in
all of these machines. Also I, recently tested the monitors for screen
brightness; approximately 20 were ok, 8 were slightly dim, 2 were
definitely dim, and 4 had some weird distortion problems.
I also have:
Lots of software (FrameMaker, WordPerfect, Lotus, DataPhile, you name it,
I probably have it)
Lots of other junk (NextWorld Magazines, NeXT manuals, NeXT coffee cup,
NeXT stickers, etc..)
Note: I will not ship any items. This is simply too much stuff to deal
with (boxing, UPS, etc..). If you want it, you have to pick it up. I am
located in Philadelphia, PA.
-dave
email me at my last name at sas dot upenn dot edu
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Anybody near Philadelphia, please respond. I'll be off-line during the
weekend, but if you are interested email me and maybe we can put together a
group buy. Even assuming some bad units, this works out on the order of
$35/NeXTStation, near complete. Questions for the seller, if you contact him
directly to save time (and please feel free to do so) would include whether
he's got the mono monitor cables available.
- Mark
DEC has stated publically that any publication they no longer publish may
be republished by a third party as long as it is not for profit.
--Chuck
At 02:15 PM 3/23/01 +0100, you wrote:
>3. How about legal issues ?????
Peter Turnbull wrote:
>It sounds like you've shorted the cable. Do those transceivers have a set
>of LEDs on them? I suspect not, but that might tell you if anything is >being
transmitted/received.
The InterGraph transceivers have three LEDs labeled PWR, SQE and COL while
the NV1000 only has one located next to the AUI connector. It's been quite
some time since the error happened and I've forgotten how they behaved, but I'll
re-try and watch 'em this weekend.
>You could try removing one terminator and testing the DC resistance
>between core and shield of the coax; it should be 50 ohms with nothing >powered up.
If you have shorted it...
OK, I tested with my DMM and there was a reading of 51,4 Ohms on it - I
guess that's inside the tolerance and not to be called a short...
Tony Duell wrote:
>>we've put another transceiver on the cable strictly according to the
>>installation guide that came with it (drilling hole into cable with
>>recommended tool etc...).
>>Since we've done that, it's no longer possible to print from one of the
>>SUNs to the CalComp although the PC is not yet connected to the
>>transceiver.
>THis may be something that has been mangled by the translation into
>English, but I want to get it right : Can you print from one of the Suns
>and not from the other, Or Can neither Sun print?
Yes, it was a bit of a strange translation (my fault...) but the meaning is
the following: One SUN only can't print while the other one cannot be tested
as it doesn't boot up due to internal data loss in the battery buffered RAM.
>...I would suspect either damage to one of the transceivers (was the
network powered up when you drilled the cable?...
No, we had powered down everything and even disconnected the drop cables
>from all units on the network before drilling the tap hole.
>...or maybe a reflection from the 'stub' caused by the new transceiver (did
you follow all the rules about unequal spacing of the transceivers, etc?
There are several black marks on the yellow cable and when we got it, we
were told if we ever were going to add another transceiver, we should put it
next to one of those marks. And so we did. But as there seem to be rather
complicated rules for working out this, I'd like to know them in order to check if
the markings on the cable show the correct places.
Thank you all for your suggestions on finding the problem.
--
GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet.
http://www.gmx.de
Hi all!
> .....
I am not in the habit of actively reply to this group, although
I read ClassicCmp *every* day.
I work at Oc?, and even did the software of the scanner drive
and part of the Image Logic of the Oc? 3165. I also know of
ScanLogic and (of course) have access to all the goodies.
The scanner actually processes about 54 pages A4 / minute.
I copied almost all the Field Maintenance Print Set doc that I
have. To name a few: RL11, 11/40, RL02, RX02, TE16, TS03, TMB11.
And many more.
The problem is that I can not make it all available for the
following reasons:
1. it is scanned at 600 dpi (!) --> *BIG* files (see my website)
When you print it on A3 (ledger), the copy is sometimes even
better than the original, because Image Logic enhances thin
lines. Coffee spots are less visible.
2. Because it is so many, it fills more than 4 CD-ROMs.
3. How about legal issues ?????
If Sellam (or anybody else) has some 2,4 Gbyte space available
I am willing to make a copy of the 5 CD's, and share the data
with everybody on this fine list.
When the problems (making it available) are all solved, I am
willing to continue scanning. I can scan all manuals (A4, letter)
and quick ref cards just as easy.
I can post a complete list (with file size!) if you like.
When you send me doc, I will scan that too, but I am not going
to pay for the return postage, if you want the doc back....
Kind regards,
Henk Gooijen,
PDP-11 collector
Sneak-peek of retro-computing: http://home.12move.nl/~sh416008
(by far not up-to-date, heavily under construction)
What we need is a central repository for classic computers:) About 15 miles
down the road from where I live, near Kansas City, the National Archives has
a big underground spot for all sorts of records. Part of the Smithsonian
Archives is there. Space is cheap.
A piece of trivia, I once heard that all of the population of Kansas City
could be housed underground in case of Nuclear War. The entire area is
underlain by limestone quarries. There are spots where they run trains full
of frozen vegetables in and unload them. They can have a power failure and
the temperature only goes up about 3 degrees in a month. Although they had
a fire and it took several months to choke it off and they ended up pumping
in liquid CO2 to smother the fire.
The local newspaper, Kansas City Star, sent all of their reporter's
notebooks and unpublished photos to a one of the "caves". Lots of valuable
information especially about President Truman who's from the area. The
newspapers and paper have to be acid neutralized or you end up with powder.
Actually logistics and conservation is always a problem. You actually need
an ongoing process to reexamine and prevent rust, vermin, and oxidation.
You can't just store it you must actively maintain it.
I'm sure I'm "Preaching to the choir".
Mike
mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu
As previously mentioned these are probably MS01-CA for DECstation
3100 or DECstation 5000/1xx or Personal DECstation 5000/xx.
Note that MS01-AA (a pair of 2Mb SIMMs) and MS01-CA (a pair of
8Mb SIMMs) cannot be mixed - well they can but then the 8Mb SIMMs
pretend to be 2Mb SIMMs, i.e. 2Mb+2Mb + 8Mb+8Mb => 8Mb.
Doug.
PS - Anybody got any to sell - I'm looking for 3 MS01-CA, i.e.
6 x 8Mb SIMMs for a total of 48Mb.
I have been given a Model 5363 and would like to try to get it
operational. Does anyone have any suggestions on where I might find
documentation? Even an operators manual would help.
Thanks
Charlie Fox
Chas E. Fox Video Productions
793 Argyle Rd. Windsor ON N8Y 3J8
foxvideo(a)wincom.net
Check out:
Camcorder Kindergarten at http://chasfoxvideo.com
>Keeping track of the finances would be tricky. Someone will have to manage
>the money, and they will be met with varying amounts of distrust by those
>who would donate. Maybe a good thing would be to either form a nonprofit or
>get one to assimilate us.
>And it would need a cool name. :-)
>Thoughts?
Not only keeping track of the finances, but what about actual ownership?
I like the club idea but I can just see someone down the road trying to sue
the club for ownership of a particular piece in the case of a dispute. No
doubt there are a lot of legal aspects that would have to be worked out to
protect everyone involved. Then there's the logistics if the club does have
a single repository for storage of the equipment.
I'd certainly be interested in being part of it though. All of us
together could certainly make a bigger impact than singularly.
Jeff
On Mar 22, 18:11, Edwin P. Groot wrote:
> 60 pages per minute scanner, double-sided? Holy Crap that's fast!
Do
> not wear a loose necktie when working on that machine! I don't know many
> high-end photocopiers that would go that fast.
Our two Oce 3165's do 62 ppm double sided. See
http://dev.oce.co.uk/Copying/Products/Digital/3165/Default.htm
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
Hi, I am interested in old computers especially in i286 (PC/AT)class
computers. I am looking for a multitasking OS which uses the capabilities
of this CPU like memory protection, 16MB address space, etc.
I only found Xenix/286 which take advantage of this 286 features or are
there other ones as well?
Is it still possible to find copies for this version of Xenix?
Thanks in advance
Mario Premke
