The other day, my University (U of M @ A^2) threw away an old PowerStation
530. Having never seen anything like it before, I grabbed it up and carted
it to my dorm room (alone). I've never really seen anything this old, and
I'm not sure if this behemoth is even worth keeping. Perhaps it could
replace my current Pentium I 110MHz (24MB RAM) as a server, but I'm not
sure.
Anyway, anyone here have any experience with these machines? Know where I
can get a manual? I've only been a computer geek for about... oh... 6 years
now, so I've never seen the monitor hook-up either... it's mini-coax and
looks like the diagram below:
(o)(o)(o)
I'm assuming that's RGB...
Thanks in advance for any and all help. Now, back to trolling. :o)
Hello, all:
I'm wondering, without creating flame bait, the pros and cons of
keeping a computer kit versus assembling it?
I have an unbuilt Sinclair ZX81 kit that I'm toying with assembling.
I also have a TV Typewriter-6 kit. I bought the TVT6 for my KIM-1 and the
ZX81 I got in a trade.
Thoughts?
Rich
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> They are not cheap, but they are not too expensive either, and often
> they're the only source for the manuals.
Their CDROM compilations are 25UKP or so each.
A single manual runs to 10-15UKP (typically).
So if you make reasonable use of their
service, it may well pay off to find
some way of reading PDFs :-)
Antonio
Tony Duell wrote:
> The only other issues are 'do you enjoy assembling kits'. And 'how much
> enjoyment would you get out of assembiing the kit, compared to other uses
> of the money'
>
> In other words, if it took me a couple of days to assemble the kit and I
> enjoyed all of it (that would not be the case with a ZX81 kit, but it
> would be the case with some of the Heathkits I've read the manuals for)
> then $70 is pretty cheap entertainment ;-)
Why would you not enjoy assembling and using a ZX81 kit?
Glen
0/0
The University of Wollongong in Australia did the 7/32 port IIRC
at about the same time.
Bill
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---- On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, Will Jennings (xds_sigma7(a)hotmail.com)
wrote:
> The CPU uses DTL. I ought to know, I have 2 of those machines.
No, Bell
> Labs
> ported UNIX to the 8/32, the follow-on machine to the 7/32. It
was the
> subject of a paper on porting UNIX to other architectures.
>
> Will J
>
>
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The CPU uses DTL. I ought to know, I have 2 of those machines. No, Bell Labs
ported UNIX to the 8/32, the follow-on machine to the 7/32. It was the
subject of a paper on porting UNIX to other architectures.
Will J
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I've got a lead on a full and working electron microscope.
It's on-topic because it's old and has some sort of
computerized digitizing unit. :-)
The console is 41" x 43" and weighs about 300 pounds.
The column is 33" x 33" and weighs about 1,200 pounds.
It'll suck at least 20 amps so I may need to wire
its own circuit.
It's wrapped and probably palleted at the pickup location.
They have a hand-fork to roll it to the loading dock.
I've lined up a big Diesel stake (flat-bed) truck.
It'll be about a 2-3 hour drive. We've got straps,
boards, tarps. I'm most concerned about getting it
*off* the truck and into my office or home basement.
Any other thoughts from the group?
- John
I just acquired an Apple IIgs (thanks Rich!) and am anxious to try it out. I
have downloaded the system software from the Apple site but an unsure how to
go about making 800K disks for use on the IIgs as none of my local computer
stores stock 800K floppies. Is it possible to cover over the hole that tells
the drive that it is a HD disk and format it as an 800K disk? Will the 800K
drive on the IIgs be able to read it? Or do I have to find a source for real
800K media?
> Typically someone who has licensed a machine can transfer the license to
> you by filling out the license transfer paperwork and by you paying Compaq
> $300 to process it.
Not all licenses are eligible for transfer, unless this has changed recently.
Only the OS, DECnet, and I think cluster license can be transfered.
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