Just a quickie to say I'm bowing out for a while, I'm being laid off this
week (telecoms bubble finally burst here too)... heh heh, plenty of free
time to get the PERQ monitor fixed at last. I suppose I ought to attempt to
find another job too, every silver lining has it's cloud ;-)
Nice to have "met" you all, hopefully I'll be back soon!
Cheers
Al.
Hi folks,
I have an HP 85, that I believe needs a replacement CPU chip.
There was a power supply fault caused by a misaligned flexible cable, which I
managed to repair. But, now the machine won't boot, and the CPU chip gets
very hot with 2 or 3 seconds of turning it on. I think there may be an
internal short, but I really need the schematic to know which leads to take
resistance measurements at to verify this. Does anybody have a copy? Also,
are there any people still carrying parts for this machine? I'd prefer to buy
a replacement CPU if possible rather than cannibalizing another machine.
-Chris
> >I remember a couple of months ago there was discussion on
> >the proper cable for a BA440 power supply (normal North
> >American three prong power cord but with a notch where it
> >plugs in to the power supply). Was there a consensus on
> >the designation (and any place in the US that sell them)?
>
> Mine came off of a modern HP-UX Workstation..... In light of the news the
> last couple days, that's rather ironic.
So if the power cable has the HP logo then you are way ahead of the
rest of us...
Of course, all my stuff still says "|d|i|g|i|t|a|l|", except for
the distribution CDROMs. My SYS$WELCOME says:
Compaq may have bought Digital, but I'll
always call it DEC.
I'll have to update that now.
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
On September 4, Chad Fernandez wrote:
> Hopefully HP won't say, "Digital? whats that? Oh, that must be legacy
> stuff.... we don't handle that anymore" I hope they make alot of stuff
> availble online, plus keep VMS going.
HP knows quite well that "all the world's not a PeeCee", and they
understand...unlike many people...that PeeCees aren't the best tool
for every job. Last I heard, they were *still* making and selling
HP3000 systems.
This gives me some hope. I guess we'll all just have to wait and see
what happens.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD
You're referring to the thought of 'mint condition' type collectible
value, aren't you? Like an original Star Wars action figure being worth more
when it's in the original retail packaging?
If so, that would depend on the condition of the packaging. How much
of it you have, how un-damaged it is, etc. Keep in mind though, value is in
the eye of the beholder.
It sounds like you would get more enjoyment out of building & using
it, rather that letting it sit and collect dust. If you're toying with
building it, I would say go for it, but keep all the packing and paperwork,
too. That helps increase the 'value'.
I think it all depends on whether you plan on selling it, or keeping it. I
would definitely build & use it.
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! -----Original Message-----
! From: Cini, Richard [mailto:RCini@congressfinancial.com]
! Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 3:20 PM
! To: 'ClassCompList'
! Subject: Keep or assemble???
!
!
! 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
!
! ==========================
! Richard A. Cini, Jr.
! Congress Financial Corporation
! 1133 Avenue of the Americas
! 30th Floor
! New York, NY 10036
! (212) 545-4402
! (212) 840-6259 (facsimile)
!
Without question, I would keep it as an unbuilt kit.
For one, it is much more of a rarity that way.
Second, the unassembled parts can more easily be copied for new "reproduction" kits.
I believe that someone is now selling IMSAI reproduction kits.
Just my opinion,
Rob
BTW:
I retrieved much of my Altair stuff from my parents attic yesterday.
I did not see the VDM-1 manual, but I will look again.
-----Original Message-----
From: Cini, Richard [SMTP:RCini@congressfinancial.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 2:20 PM
To: 'ClassCompList'
Subject: Keep or assemble???
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
==========================
Richard A. Cini, Jr.
Congress Financial Corporation
1133 Avenue of the Americas
30th Floor
New York, NY 10036
(212) 545-4402
(212) 840-6259 (facsimile)
Looking to purchase retired software and / or installation guides or manuals for both the Unix based software and hardware made by Arete [Arix] in the mid-80's. Please contact Malinda Muller @ 213.689.6418 with information or offers.
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Ok, I took some of your suggestions, added some of my ideas, etc. and
instead of working on my exhibit (I have pleeennnttyyy of time!) I
designed & printed buttons today.
Here is a pic of 20 of the 25 or so designs:
http://www.jps.net/foxnhare/badges.jpg
(I left the jpeg maxed at 312k, just so you can read the small print.)
Many of those I have 3 or more, and a few I did one shot ones. These
are all saved and they also make great stickers. (=))
comments? I have 10 still to re-do if you have any last requests.
Larry
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Hopefully, there is one amongst you that can give this chap a
leg up on getting his H-89 going with a boot disk. Regrettably,
I am unable to help him.
Please contact him directly.
- don
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 03:31:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nick Sledz <nsledz(a)yahoo.com>
To: donm(a)crash.cts.com
Cc: nsledz(a)yahoo.com
Subject: HeathKit H-89 boot disks ?
Dear Mr. Maslin,
I am don't know if you deal with the Dina-SIG archive
anymore, but perhaps you could forward it to someone
who does....
I am attempting to locate a copy of the cp/m boot
disks for a HeathKit H-89 (circa 1981) which I
recently acquired. It uses hard sector 5 1/4 floppies
which is a real pain.
I remember seeing a newsgroup post that said you folks
had some H-89 stuff in your archive.
I may need to write a program to do a serial transfer
files onto the H-89 machine. Do you have any
programming languages available as well?
If you have this available, please let me know the
cost, and I'll send a donation.
-Thanks for your help!
Nick
****************************
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304 Winston Drive
Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: 607-266-0374
email: nsledz(a)yahoo.com
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In a message dated 09/01/2001 12:27:42, you wrote:
>
>I recently aquired an HP-9000/735-120, minus the RAM
>and (I've just realized) the CPU! Grrrrrr.
>
>Anyone know of a reasonably-priced source for these
>items?
>
Try Mike Nicewongers site twmaster.com
