Hi,
Having got my Model III back together only to discover the CRT *has*
decompressed has anyone got a spare they'd like to sell?
This one is a 16K non-floppy model with a serial number less than 1400 so
I'd like to get it running again!
cheers folks,
--
adrian/witchy
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - The online Computer museum
www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - monthly Gothic shenanigans
It would have helped if the installers (before my time)
hadn't wire-tied the cat 5 runs to the nearest 110v A/C
lines... three-foot parallel runs, in fact...
and management refuses to believe we need to re-cable..
I was even threatened by my supervisor-at-the-time and
told not to bring it up again, as it would be a 5-digit
refit cost.
-dq
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russ Blakeman [mailto:rhblakeman@kih.net]
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 9:53 AM
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: RE: HP & Compaq
>
>
> Sounds like you need to think about using STP shielded
> cabling if you have
> that much noise on the LAN.
>
> -> -----Original Message-----
> -> From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> -> [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of
> Douglas Quebbeman
> -> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 7:21 AM
> -> To: 'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org'
> -> Subject: RE: HP & Compaq
> ->
> ->
> -> > > They BOUGHT it...BOUGHT != KILLED. Now Tulip chips have
> -> Intel logos
> -> > > on them. At least I'm pretty sure I've seen some...it may
> -> have been a
> -> > > nightmare or something. ;)
> -> >
> -> > Those el-cheapo Linksys cards that I like because the
> newer ones rarely
> -> > fail on me and when they do they are cheap to replace,
> are Tulip. And
> -> > they're faster because of it.
> ->
> -> I hope you don't mean the EtherFast 10/100 LNE100TX
> cards... they are
> -> *way* too sensitive to noisy LANs... I've had to pull
> several and replace
> -> them with either Intel Pro/100 adapters, or drop back to
> some old 3Com
> -> 3c509 10Mbps combo cards... Of course, YMMV, etc...
> ->
> -> -dq
> ->
>
Well, I'd only store them (for possible future use), if I get them. If
someone will actually use it, then it's thiers...
--- David A Woyciesjes
--- C & IS Support Specialist
--- Yale University Press
--- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu
--- (203) 432-0953
--- ICQ # - 905818
! -----Original Message-----
! From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) [mailto:cisin@xenosoft.com]
! Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 2:18 PM
! To: 'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org'
! Subject: RE: IBM DOS 3.0, MS-DOS 5.x etc
!
!
! On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, David Woyciesjes wrote:
! > Nevermind me taking them. Fred would put them to better
! use with his
! > students, as a history lesson ;-)
!
! I already have enough that nobody need hold back if they want them.
!
! --
! Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
! <A HREF= "http://merritt.edu/~fcisin" >classes</A>
!
I was successful in upgrading my VAX 4000/300 to a /500. I had the
CPU but had to buy MS690 memory to replace my MS670. I also went
>from 96MB to 128M. Now to find a used /700A or /705A CPU to upgrade
further.
I was a little worried that my backplane was not of the right revision,
but the barcode part number matched that of a /500 and /400 at work, so
I wasn't too worried. I'd seen conflicting information when I searched
DejaNews^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HGoogleGoups, so I figured I'd better check. If
anyone else needs this information, the bardcode part number on all three
systems is 54-19354-01.
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
Check out the DEC Ethusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/
! From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) [mailto:cisin@xenosoft.com]
!
! On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Chuck McManis wrote:
! > I've got some copies of DOS. I know, I know. Does anyone want them?
!
! If nobody else steps forward (or in it), I'll gladly take any
! copies of
! DOS. Besides my personal "collection", it is handy to have a
! lot of DOS
! manuals for various versions available for use by the students in my
! Microcomputer Operating Systems class.
Chuck ---
Nevermind me taking them. Fred would put them to better use with his
students, as a history lesson ;-)
--- David A Woyciesjes
--- C & IS Support Specialist
--- Yale University Press
--- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu
--- (203) 432-0953
--- ICQ # - 905818
> So what I predict, is that in the near future (probably 1 to
> 2 but certainly less than 5 years) you will only see
> "computers" sold as either big-bad-ass servers, or small
> embeddedable controllers. The middle ground, the so called
> "Personal Computer" will cease to exist as a general purpose
> machine. And only the programmers will notice.
I don't think so- there is a significant market for a particular
form-factor of personal computer, the workstation, that just won't
go away. It's too small a niche market to justify the engineering
and production of a "CAD appliance" and too large to justify killing
the general purpose computer on which it's based.
Ditto for "Programming appliances", "research applicances", and so
on. These just won't come to be. Rather, the general purpose PC
will live on to fill those market niches.
Regards,
-dq
I've managed to push back the age of
the oldest computer user manual in my
collection by another 42 years.
SCREW PROPELLER COMPUTER
Geo. McDermott
52 pages, hardbound, first edition
Taylor and Carpenter, 1902
This book describes a mechanical computer
with two separate rotating discs to enter
variables and used to calculate the dimensions
and proportions of screw propellers
The last chapter is entitled "Directions
for operating the computer" with 7 example
problems.
Unfortunately there are no pictures of the
computer in the book so I'll have to wait
until the book attracts the computer. :)
--Doug
=========================================
Doug Coward
@ home in Poulsbo, WA
Analog Computer Online Museum and History Center
http://www.best.com/~dcoward/analog
=========================================
! It would have helped if the installers (before my time)
! hadn't wire-tied the cat 5 runs to the nearest 110v A/C
! lines... three-foot parallel runs, in fact...
!
! and management refuses to believe we need to re-cable..
! I was even threatened by my supervisor-at-the-time and
! told not to bring it up again, as it would be a 5-digit
! refit cost.
Oooof, that bites. Knowing me, I probably would mention it again,
then once my boss reprimands me for it, I'd be up in HR (or the Big Boss)
getting him tossed for being a (insert adjective of choice) moron... it's
good he's gone now.
Time to pitch the re-wire job...
--- David A Woyciesjes
--- C & IS Support Specialist
--- Yale University Press
--- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu
--- (203) 432-0953
--- ICQ # - 905818
Chuck ---
If no one else wnats them to use, stick them in with my Trimm case
you're sneding. I'll keep them around, just in case!
Geez, it looks like I'm starting my own library/museum!
--- David A Woyciesjes
--- C & IS Support Specialist
--- Yale University Press
--- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu
--- (203) 432-0953
--- ICQ # - 905818
! -----Original Message-----
! From: Chuck McManis [mailto:cmcmanis@mcmanis.com]
! Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 4:18 AM
! To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
! Subject: IBM DOS 3.0, MS-DOS 5.x etc
!
!
! I've got some copies of DOS. I know, I know. Does anyone want them?
!
! I've got PC-DOS 3.0 in the original IBM slipcase
!
! I've got two copies of MS-DOS 5, one is still shrinkwrapped
!
! I think I have PC-DOS 3.2
!
! anyway they are available for postage or free if you come to
! sunnyvale to
! get them.
! --Chuck
!
Don't know how old Novell 3.11 is, so this might be offtopic - if so, my
apologies...
We're dumping the last remaining trash out of our old office. I came across
a (likely) complete manual set for novell 3.11/3.12. They are free for the
cost of shipping if anyone wants them.
If you want them, speak up before noon tomorrow or they're going into the
dumpster
Jay West
