On June 11, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> > Anybody want a KDF11-B (M8189), or a M7165 (1/2 of a 2 board set)? They
> > are yours for shipping.
>
> Is that 1/2 of an RLV11?
1/2 of a KDA50.
-Dave McGuire
Uhhhh...ahhh....a Cyber205? 8-) That's a VERY historically important
machine in my opinion.
I'd been deleting these messages as yet-another-ebay-related-flame
but this message caught my attention. If there's a complete Cyber 205
in existence anywhere, I'd sure like to know about it. What is the
status of this machine? Is it available? Anybody know?
-Dave McGuire
On June 11, Tom Uban wrote:
> Not too long ago (and perhaps still) the CDC Cyber 205 was complete and
> sitting in one of the Purdue University salvage buildings. This is a *BIG*
> machine and would require some serious space, power, etc.
>
> The machine has a panel on it which there are the signatures of many
> people. I think they are the signatures of the installers, maintainers,
> etc.
>
> --tom
>
> >Do you *really* know people who keep mainframes rusting
> >in the yard? CDC Cybers, by any chance?
> >
> >;-)
> >
> >-dq
> >
> >
> Not too long ago (and perhaps still) the CDC Cyber 205 was complete and
> sitting in one of the Purdue University salvage buildings. This is a *BIG*
> machine and would require some serious space, power, etc.
>
> The machine has a panel on it which there are the signatures of many
> people. I think they are the signatures of the installers,
> maintainers, etc.
Do you have connections there?
The first programming environment I used was ALFIE- Algebraic
Language for an Interactive Environment. It was a subsystem
running under Dual-MACE that provided a superset of BASIC,
adding FORTRAN-like formatting.
I really enjoyed running it on the ASR33s...
GOOD MORNING.<DING><DING> THIS IS ALFIE.<DING><DING>
Of course, morning would be replaced by afternoon and evening
at the appropriate times. I also ran it on some NCR ttys and
the first of many Silent 700s I've used, but it never sounded
quite the same.
Anyway, I'd love to get a copy of the source, if it still
exists in an archive. It'll take some modifications to get
it running under Kronos, but that's just work.
So if you can direct me to the right person, I'd really
appreciate it. Ditto for anyone who might know about the
205...
Regards,
-dq
Not too long ago (and perhaps still) the CDC Cyber 205 was complete and
sitting in one of the Purdue University salvage buildings. This is a *BIG*
machine and would require some serious space, power, etc.
The machine has a panel on it which there are the signatures of many
people. I think they are the signatures of the installers, maintainers,
etc.
--tom
>Do you *really* know people who keep mainframes rusting
>in the yard? CDC Cybers, by any chance?
>
>;-)
>
>-dq
>
>
> Maybe the way to stem this trend is to make it known that there are people
who'd
> pay MORE for the complete units than the parts will bring. If that's not
the
> case, ... well ...
Agreed...
-dq
Yes, Missouri. <begin nitpick mode> Also, it was the Mississippi River
(which diverted into an area where the ground fell), forming Reelfoot Lake,
and the year was 1811 (there were also quakes in 1812). <end nitpick mode>
The main quake was felt over all of the US east of the Rocky Mountains.
-----Original Message-----
From: Vance Dereksen [mailto:vance@ikickass.org]
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 1:24 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: Talking 'bout shakin & quakin (was Re: Storage of computer
and parts in the residential area)
I believe the New Madrid fault is in Missouri.
Peace... Sridhar
On Sat, 9 Jun 2001, John Lawson wrote:
>
> IIRC, the largest US quake (of which we have reliable evidence) in the
> last 150 years was on the New Madrid fault in (I think) Tennessee, which
> changed the course of the Ohio River. It was approaching a 9.0 R.
>
> So California can not claim to have *all* the fun.
>
> Cheers
>
> John
>
>
>
> > I'm so mad. I'm watching on Ebay now as a greedy seller takes
> > apart a PCjr, and parts out the individual pieces for obscene
> > amounts of money compared the the cost of an intact system
> > unit.
>
> Have you noticed the seller that is splitting up IBM 360 and
> CDC cores and selling them one board at a time?
If that's the same ad (CDC) I saw, he is at least offering
full stacks, at the [StackSize] * CostPerStack price.
-dq
Here's an email I got today. Any help anybody could provide the person
would be greatly appreciated, as I don't have the material myself. Please
reply to the original sender directly.
Jeff
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>From: "Sean & Donna Campbell" <jcdc(a)danah.com>
>To: <jhellige(a)earthlink.net>
>Subject: Microvax II
>Date: Mon, Jun 11, 2001, 2:16 PM
>
>Dear Jeff
>With reference to you article on Microvax II do you happen to have or know
>where I could get access to a circuit diagram for the ASTEC power supply
>Model no AA13010 that is inside the Microvax.
>Many thanks
>Sean Campbell
> >There are some folks who think dead computers are of value for something
other
> >than parts, but I don't know very many. Give the sensible ones a break,
will
> >you?
>
> I'm not saying that the PCjr falls into this category, but there are any
> number of systems that even if they're not working should be kept intact and
> not junked or canibalized for whatever useful parts you can get. This
> mainly applies to those machines that a collector is happy to find in any
> condition due to their rarity.
Yeah, I was really pissed when a breaker beat me out of a local PDP-11/73
last year. Enough that I almost tried to talk the seller out of selling
to me anyway, thinking I'd have to offer him some kind of sweetener for
the deal so living with a bad E-Bay rep wouldn't bother him so much.
Had it been an 11/40, 11/45, 11/50, or 11/70, I *would* have done it.
-dq