Without conducting a detailed inventory:
TI:
TI 99/4 (1) Currently disassembled, as I received it.
TI 99/4A (I'd have to count them all) Enough to build 3 or 4 full
systems with loaded p-boxes. Much software, documentation, and
literature, including sekrit internal TI software specs, source code,
etc. 3rd party hardware and addons eg ramdisk, 128/512K cards, DSDD
controller, graphics tablet, barcode reader, p-code, etc. etc. etc.
Myarc 9640 Geneve (1) 512K TMS9995/V9938 SBC for TI p-box. Full system
includes Myarc HFDC MFM disk, floppy, QIC-02 controller. Multi-tasking
OS, 5-6x 4A speed, 4a hardware emulation. Licensed native-mode P-system
port specifically for this machine.
TI VPU200 (1) This is basically a "luggable" (49 lbs) TM990-100M micro
with a 5TI sequencer interface. Options for other TI PLC interfaces and
has CRU bus to interface to 990 and 960. Need software and docs.
TI 990/1 (1) Intelligent Terminal or Small Business Computer. Needs
FD800 or FD1000 disk subsystem and software. Have *ample* docs.
TI 990/10 (1) 13-slot chassis, TTL, mapping option. DS10 and DS50
drives on separate consoles. Need software, more docs, tape, drives need
*much* work. In 70"(?) 990/4 rack cabinet. Assorted extra boards,
cabling, leased-line modems (P202T mostly.)
TI 911 VDT's (3)
I'm hoping to get an Explorer real soon now, along with a lot more TI
stuff.
10-year-rule PC's:
Televideo 1605C (1) Disassembleed to install HD and repair keyboard
Runs DOS 5.0 just fine.
Compaq Deskpro 386s (1) I believe this may be one of, if not the
first, Compaq 386 desktop model.
KLH 195 (1) 286-12 AT clone with VGA graphics, 4Mb RAM.
Assorted Tandy 1000's (3)
Commodore Colt (1) bad mobo
Commodere PC (2) unknown working order
I have stacks of 386 and 486 machines, of course, which I mostly rob for
parts, or upgrade to socket 7, having plenty of Pentium mobos lying
around, but these are not classic yet, even if they are thoroughly
"obsolete".
Others:
Altos 8000 (1) HD model, have docs and schematics, some software.
Rums MP/M.
C64 (1) have a couple of C64 floppy drives and monitor, too, can't
remember the models.
Commodore/Diablo daisywheel for CBM 8032, I think, plus parts unit.
Apple IIc (1)
Had an Apple IIe but I just sold it to some kid for $10.
Apple Mac SE (1) flaky ps., w/ImageWriter, mice,3rd external 800k
floppy, no HD, much lit, all docs except oper. manual, no software.
Probably more that I'm forgetting.
Wanted: TI computers, peripherals, software, docs. Interested in all
kinds of stuff, but that's what I focus on.
--
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
-- Pablo Picasso
Paul never tried to build or restore one.
-- jbdigriz
From: James B. DiGriz <jbdigriz(a)dragonsweb.org>
>
>A corporate budget backing you up would help.
Only a little. It was the chip level microprocessor and memory
marketing arm. Total number of people about 100.
Allison
I have a bit of down time, so I wanted to make archival copies of the
Commodore disks that I have. I have an old copy of X1541 which I was going
to use, but I wanted to take a quick survey and see what other methods list
members use?
Rich
Rich Cini
Collector of classic computers
Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project
Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/
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Does anybody here have the sourcefiles (or a source for them) that drive the SPX and GPX framebuffers of vax 3100 or so vintage (the terminal vt1300 seems to support them too) ?
Possibly in ASCII, as I can't read microfiches...
I'd like to try my hand at an 8bit xserver on netBSD/vax on these machines.
No: port-vax(a)netbsd.org is not a source.
Fred
If there is enough interest I might make a trip from Kansas City to St.
Louis to visit some friends and pick up the load. I bet I could take my
wife's Ford Aerostar extended cab.
Mike
mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu
In a message dated 4/14/01 8:35:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
tony.eros(a)machm.org writes:
<< I'm in Delaware, so the neighborhood's not that much bigger!
-- Tony >>
hey hey
im in Northern Virginia....
Robert
Well in classic style I was restoring a MicroVAX II (and this one is a true
classic as its in the BA23 pedestal case and everything). It is still
missing a couple of bits (like the brackets that keep the BA23 in side the
plastic area of which it has only one, apparently its previous owner liked
being able to pull out and re-insert the BA23.) So it also has a TK50 and I
took it apart, blew out the dust checked it over, and even loaded a test
tape (had standalone backup on it) and booted it and removed it. Great, a
working TK50. So I put what alleges to be a Ultrix 2.2 install tape, and
boot that. It boots! Yippee, and then rewinds the tape (I've got no idea
how to install Ultrix and typing 'install.1' got me a screen that said "no
devices to install on" :-(. So I figure it should at least see the tape and
I look back at the TK50 and it thinks its unloaded (green light on, red
light off) I pull the handle up and the red light comes back on, cartridge
comes half way out. I know that the solenoid has re-engaged for some reason
so I push the cart back in and do the unload fan-dang-go (you know push the
putton in and out, per the manual, six times) whiz, whirr, whiz, whirr,
ka-chunk. Green light comes on. I pull the handle and the red light comes
on again. So shut everything off, pull the tape unit, remove the cover and
1/2 of the tape is still on the take-up reel!
So this is a new failure condition I've not yet met, and I'd really, really
like to keep this tape. So does _anyone_ know of a way to "force" the motor
under the cartridge to rewind? A test point would be great but even just
"put 12v across it here and here and off it goes" would be doable. I'm
willing to sacrifice the drive to save the tape but don't want to if I
don't need to.
Perhaps a signal pin on the conecctor? (I've yet to find a pinout for this
connector in my docs or a schematic of the M7546 (TQK50)).
Sigh,
--Chuck
I've received all the files from the guy who scanned 20,046
pages of the classic docs listed below, at 300 to 400 DPI,
as G4 TIFFs.
They fit on two CD-Rs, un-tarred in their own directories.
I'll send copies to anyone in the world for $8. This offer
expires May 30, 2001 but may be renewed.
Payment accepted in PayPal to 'jfoust(a)threedee.com', or
check, or postal MO, 6-pack of microbrew or 4 ounces of
good chocolate.
I'm at 235 South Main St., Jefferson, WI 53549 USA.
- John
www.threedee.com/jcm
6502
MOS 6502 datasheet
6502 Assembly Language Subroutines (Leventhal)
AMD
AMD 29000 Memory Design Handbook
Am29027 Arithmetic Accelerator
Am29C327 Floating Point Processor
Data General
C Language Reference Manual
GATE User's Manual
AOS/VS Internals Manual
AOS/VS Programmer's Manual, volume 1
AOS/VS System Calls Dictionary
CEO User's Manual
Eclipse 32-bit Principles of Operation
Eclipse 32-bit System Functional Characteristics
Fortran-77 Environment Manual
Fortran-77 Reference Manual
Fairchild
Clipper User's Manual
IDT
RISC System Programmer's Guide
R3000 Assembly Language Programmer's Guide
R3000 Hardware User Manuals
R3000 Language Programmer's Guide
High-speed CMOS databook
Motorola
68000 Family Reference
68020 User's Manual
68851 User's Manual
88100 User's Manual
88200 User's Manual
Linear Interface Integrated Circuits
NCR
53C90A/B Advanced SCSI Controller (2 different manuals)
53C94/5/6 databook
53CF94/96-2 Fast SCSI Controller
Disk Array Controller Firmware
Disk Array Controller Hardware
Disk Array Controller Software
Floppy Disk Controller (SCSI-to-FD)
National Semiconductor
NS32532 Datasheet
Series 32000 Programmer's Reference Manual
DP8490 Enhanced Asynchronous SCSI Interface
NS32CG16 Programmer's Reference Supplement
Graphics Handbook
Series 32000 Databook
DRAM Management databook
Embedded Controller Databook
Ohio Scientific
C4P User's Manual (2 different manuals)
65V Programmer's manual
Schematics for:
502 CPU board
505 CPU board
527 24K memory board
540 Video board
542 Polled Keyboard
Pinnacle Systems
2 User's manuals for their 68k machine (My P-system machine)
P-system manuals IV.12
Operating System Reference
Program Development Reference
Application Development Guide
Fortran 77 Reference
Assembler Reference
Weitek
WTL4167 Floating-Point Coprocessor datasheet
Most of these are from about 1988 to 1992, with the exception of the OSI
documentation, of course, which is from 1979.
On Apr 13, 11:12, Jerome Fine wrote:
> Also, I am not surprised, but no one seems to consider software as part
> of their collection. Is it because they are mostly copies that have been
> "acquired" or because software is not really considered collectable by
> most list participants?
> Does anyone on the list run RT-11 still other than Megan Gentry?
Yes, two of my systems run RT-11 (V4.00 and 5.01). One 11/73 normally runs
RSX-11M (4.2). The 11/83 runs BSD 2.11, and an 11/23 runs 7th Edition
UNIX. The Microvax runs VMS, or at least, that's what's on the disks and I
will figure out how to make it do things one day, honest. I also have
various versions of XXDP on 5.25" and 8" floppies, and an RL02 pack.
I'm not quite sure what I have for the VT78 as it's been in storage since I
got it and I can't find the disks right now. David Gesswein has been
helpful in pointing me to some software, and I expect I'll end up
installing something something liek OS/8 or OS/278.
The SGI machines mostly run IRIX 5.3 (one Indy has 6.5), and several of
them have applications software (like MediaMail, Netscape, Acrobat Reader,
..) which I use regularly. One of them is the local mail server and
fileserver, an also acts as a modem server for some home-grown viewdata
software; one manages the print queues. The one with the modem is likely
to have HylaFAX added to it (fax server software). Two of them are the
machines my wife and I use for most day-to-day stuff.
The other machines that get used regularly are an Acorn Archimedes A440,
used as a fax server and DTP machine, using ArcFax and Impression
Publisher, One R260 does a similar job at work, where it's used to print
CD-R labels -- Publisher again -- and also acts as a terminal emulator to
connect to serial ports on hubs and switches.
There's a boring PC that gets used to decode Word documents sometimes, if
the SGIs' can't read them, and occasionally to use Powerpoint, and
sometimes to run some network management software for fun.
The Exidy Sorcerer and one of the BBC Micros are sometimes used for games.
I have a pretty good collection for the Beeb, including classics like
Elite, and Revs; not much for the Sorcerer except Galaxians and Breakout.
Anybody got any Sorcerer software?
One of the Beebs is also used for programming EPROMs, assembling Z-80 code,
and general hackery.
I have quite a lot of software, I suppose (looking at all the disk boxes
around here) but a surprising amount of it is systems software rather than
applications -- most of the useful applications get run on Indys that
aren't yet classic by the 10-year rule. If you want a list of O.S's:
Paradox OS for a 68K machine (eg Sage II)
CP/M for the Amstrad and Acorn Z-80
CP/M-86 for an Apricot which I no longer have
CPN (CP/M-like OS) for the Torch
UCSD p-System for the Apple ][ , Sage II, BBC Micro, and 11/23
RT-11 V2.00, V4.00, and 5.01 for almost any of my -11s
RSX-11M 3.1 and 4.2 for the 11/23 and 11/73, and occasionally the 11/34
XXDP for any of the -11s
DOS 3.3 and PRoDOS for the Apple ][ and //e
RISC OS 2 for the Acorn Archimedes machines
RISC OS 3 for the Acorn Archimedes and R260 machines
Arthur (predecessor of RISC OS) for the Archimedes A310
RISC iX (BSD 4.3, ported) for the R260s
BSD 2.11 for the 11/83
7th Edition for the 11/23 (and for the 11/73 if I rebuild the kernel)
MOS 1.0 for the BBC Micros, plus a couple of modified versions, along with
lots of additonal ROM software
IRIX 5.3, 6.2, and 6.5 for various SGIs
Solaris 2.3 and 2.7 for the Sparcs
DOS 3.30 for the PC used to run 22-DISK etc
DOS 6.2 for other PCs
Windows 2.0, 3.0, 3.11, 95, and NT for PCs (English and German versions)
Mac OS 6.something for the Mac Pluses
Mac OS 7.something for the IIvx
There's obviously a lot more but that's what comes to mind because I use it
"every so often" rather than "once in a blue moon". For example, I have a
licensed copy of RT-EMT which is an RT-11 emulator for Unix (mine was
licensed to run under 7th Edition on the 11/23), but it's not something I
use every day or even every year. 20 years ago it was in regular use.
I also have some "classic" software, like Elite for the Beeb (I still have
over a dozen shrink-wrapped copies), lots more Acorn/BBC software,
HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy for DOS and CP/M-86, ADVENT for RSX and
RT-11, Star Trek for umpteen machines, Galaxians for the Sorcerer, Kermit
for almost everything I own that has a serial port (still extremely
useful), assorted Claris software for the Mac Plus, Impression Publisher
for the Arcs, Netscape (ie, version 1) and Mosaic for the SGIs, and
probably 101 other things I can't think of this late at night :-)
The point, I suppose, is that the hardware is more visible, while most of
the software I use daily isn't exactly part of the "classic" collection.
The software is at least as important, of course, as is the documentation;
it's just less tangible.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
I've been working with someone who has an old 8080-based single board
computer he's trying to get to work. We're investigating several
possible problems but it's starting to look like there's a problem with
the EPROM. I have the ROM code he needs and will be checking out the
EPROMS, but we may be faced with a need to reprogram one or both of
these. They're the old 256 byte 1702A Intel chips (ceramic). I've only
programmed the 27xx series but have read that the 1702's are "really
difficult" to program. Was wondering if folks in this group could
comment on how to proceed if/when we decide we need to reprogram one of
these. Are there more modern plug compatible alternatives? We may also
need to replace one or both - any sources known other than eBay?
thanks.
p.s. FYI, the computer here is the "MMD-1", an old 8080
trainer/breadboarding box. here's a picture i found on the web:
http://online.sfsu.edu/~hl/c.E&L-MMD1.html
- glenn
