I spotted this on E-bay and thought some of you might be interested. Don
Maslin has SW for this. I own a 125 and I can tell anything that you need
to know about them. E-mail directly since I'm not on the list any more.
<http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1318084983>
Joe
I went to university salvage today, and along with a bunch of WY-60's they
had one lone WY-50. If anyone is interested, I'm willing to ship it for
what ever it costs me plut $5.
Best guess, it'll cost $5 to purchase, but I have no clue how much to
ship. I should be able to find packing material and a box around here for
free, though.
It it's wanted, I'll go Tuesday to pick it up.
-- Pat
West Lafayette, IN 47906
The 3Station was an early IBM compatible diskless workstation.
They used a 12Mhz 80286 IIRC. The network boot protocol was
proprietary to 3COM, but once you were linked to a disk image
on a Server running 3+Share (and 3+Start) you could use any
protocol that had drivers for the NIC on the 3Station.
There were two version of the 3Station; the main differences
being Video and maximum memory size. It seems like there were
ROM's available that allowed you to use it on a Novell network,
but I don't remember the details.
I don't think using it as an X-Station is a good idea-- I
strongly suspect you'll need a bit more muscle to do X.
Besides, if it's the earlier model 3c1100 (very likely)
it can only do EGA, MDA or (yeek) CGA.
I still have a copy of 3+Share (and 3+Start) around here
someplace . . .
That remark about the 3Server needing constant attention
was right on the mark. I lost quite a few nights sleep
maintaining one of these beasties (my first SYSADMIN job).
I could almost run the diags in my sleep after awhile.
The backup system almost never worked.
Jeff
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:06:55 -0600 Jon Auringer <auringer(a)tds.net>
writes:
> Hey Pat,
>
> Pat Finnegan wrote:
>
> > I just picked up a 3com 3station for a few $$ at university
> salvage today.
> > It seems to be a rather neat little system. Inside it has a
> header (J9)
> > that appears to be a floppy disk connector (34pin header). Does
> anyone
> > know anymore about these things or have software for it (it'd be
> nice to
> > use it as an Xterminal, but who knows if that'll ever work...)
>
> I don't have direct information on the 3station, but I do have a
> 3server. The 3server is based on a 80186 processor. Luckily it was
> pulled from service here before I took over. I recall that is was in
> need of almost constant attention. I will see if the documentation I
> have includes the 3station or any other pertinent information. Time
> permitting, of course. :)
>
> Later,
> Jon
>
> Jon Auringer
> auringer(a)tds.net
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As asked elsewhere: If I find it & Sellam doesn't, how would I get it to ya in a useful
format?
mike
------------------Original Message----------------
From: Bryan Pope <bpope(a)wordstock.com>
Subject: Re: Reading PET tapes (was Re: Apple disk -> MSDOS)
Ok then... Do you have "Phuzzy and Wuzzy go to the Moon"? It was a short
"movie" for the PET.
Bryan
> my DEC Rainbow, miscellaneous PDP-10,PDP-11 and IBM manuals, and
miscellaneous
> office equipment. Then, after depositing the remains in the dumpster, they
> called us out to observe their handiwork and ridicule us.)
I don't know what I'd have done had this happened to me.
But I recently saw the following .sig line that expresses
an almost appropriate opinion:
> W
> . | ,. w , "Some people are alive only because
> \|/ \|/ it is illegal to kill them." Perna condita delenda est
> ---^----^---------------------------------------------------------------
Grrr....
-dq
Hi guys,
I'm sat here wondering what I should do with this empty BA23 I've got.
I'd like to get another machine up and running, either VAX or PDP, but I
don't have the bits :&)
If anyone in the UK has any spare bits kicking about, I'd be intrested,
if not, I might be able to arrange shipping from the US. If all else
fails, anyone think of an alternative use for a BA23? :&)
Otherwise it's just going to carry on what it's been doing so far - sat
on the side gathering dust :&/
On another note - anyone in the UK with a spare QBus ethernet card
(DELQA or such) they're willing to part with? I'd love to get my MVII on
the network here :&)
-- Matt
---
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http://knm.org.uk/http://pkl.net/~matt/
Very useful indeed, although I do prefer an external P-S converter;
cheap, nothing to build, and plugs into anything with a serial port.
Also love those KB converters for an easy way to get contact closures
or serial data into unfriendly PC apps.
On a semi-related note, does anyone know of a program that can read a
text file and send it to a Windows app as keyboard input like the DOS
keyboard emulators of old? Or can I do that with the Win Scripting Host?
mike
-----------------Original Message--------------------
From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell)
Subject: Re: Apple disk -> MSDOS
A fairly useful thing to have/build is a computer with a parallel
'printer' input.
<snip>
Don't I recall correctly that someone (Jay?) tracked him down
in Korea, but that he was going to be back soon?
mike
-----------------Original Message--------------------
From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502(a)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Musicians (and computer music)
<snip>
>>Hal Chamberlin
<snip>
>> Maybe he's got something to contribute to posterity when he gets
>> back from Korea.
>Korea?
On Jan 9, 20:54, Tom Leffingwell wrote:
> Besides being able to map memory up to 2MW, is there any advantage
> to being 22-bit over 18-bit?
Not that I can think of.
> Also, can you think of any cheaply available Q-bus module that I
> could set the address of to match the ADV11? I called 3 surplus places,
> all of whom wanted $750 - $1,000 for their ADV11's! I talked one guy
down
> to $350 for one with a bad A-D converter, but was still addressable.
> That's still a lot, especially for a broken board.
Ouch! Sorry, I can't think of anything else offhand. Besides, if the
software is checking for the presence of the board, it might write some
initialisation value to it and try to read its status back. That would
most likely fail if you had the wrong device at that address.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
