Here are some responses to a question I asked of the
people-who-who-would-know about the Convex C210 that is currently on
Ebay. It looks to me like the machine hadn't been used in quite a
while. Also, It doesn't look like the power cable assembly is
included. Also, it seems that the machine was NOT in use in Oct of this
year, regardless of what the Ebay blurb says. Email addresses and last
names have been removed to protect the innocent.
-----Forwarded Message-----
> From: Phil
> ----- Forwarded message from Roger -----
>
> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:06:37 -0500
> From: Roger
>
> Yeah, we dumped it. Hasn't run in sometime to my knowledge. Had a very
> heavy power cable assembly that we kept. I unbolted the cables myself,
> and disconnected the cables between the units. I wonder if Mo remembered
> to format the drives before it was dumped?
>
> We have been surplusing lots of Mo junk here recently.
>
> Will be interesting to watch this auction. Can't believe the guy has a
> reserve on it.
>
> - RAL
>
> Phil wrote:
> >Did the Convex get surplussed?
> >
> >----- Forwarded message from Christopher McNabb <cmcnabb(a)vt.edu> -----
> >
> >Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 00:42:42 -0500
> >From: Christopher McNabb
> >
> >Know anything about this one:
> >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2072169868&category=1479
> >
> >It is in Blacksburg and come from the Physics dept. at a "Major
> >University"
> >
> >
> >Looks like VT property tags in the upper left hand corner of each
> >cabinet (first photo)
> >
>
> --
> Roger
> Virginia Tech Physics Department, Computing Systems
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
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The McNabb Family
I find that sellers auctions disturbing, since at least one the boards has a
comment of "just removed from the rack" : (
Will J
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Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 13:50:38 -0800 (PST)
From: Lori Britton <lbritton(a)sbcglobal.net>
Subject: TI99
Hello,
I bet you already have a ton of TI 99's, right? :o)
I have one, mint condition, in box.
Let me know.
Best regards,
Lori
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mike, just read your thread. I've got a wall of vr201's and the keyboards.
I've been testing them on decmate III's of which I have about a dozen. If
your looking for a monitor and keyboard at a real good price email me at
trestivo(a)tarinc.com. I don't know if this is proper protocol for this board
as it is my first visit here. If I am out of line my apologies and please
let me know. thanks, thom.
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~ I have to prepare a 1 hour lesson on history of computer architecture
as a part of a university exam.
It must be a technical lesson (ie: process technology, innovations such
as pipelines & superscalar processors, risc vs cisc, and so on - I study
informatic engineering), not just a historical resume.
I started collecting informations, but I wonder if you can suggest me
some interesting sites and/or books.
Tank you!
Davide Rizzi
ps: Sorry for my bad english...
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> (0) A 6'Hx10'W superwall of VAX, VMS, and layered product manuals. There
> is an orange wall, a grey wall, a white wall, a multicolored wall,
> another white wall, and so on. I don't remember how far back it goes,
Orange will be V4 and grey will be V5. Newer than that (V6 and V7) will be
the perfect bound white books. That's assuming these are all VMS manuals - it's
possible, given the history, that you may have scored some RT11, RSTS or RSX stuff.
> (1) About 100 blank magtapes, as soon as <name> runs them through the
> bulk eraser.
If these are original DEC media tapes (rather than people's data) it might be
possible to persuade him not to erase them, since the hobbyist program allows
you to use them. (OTOH it might be safer to wipe them any way from <name>'s point
of view).
Antonio
At least $1500, ending today....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2071171983
>From: Sellam Ismail <foo(a)siconic.com>
>Reply-To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
>To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
>Subject: Re: Whats wrong with chip collecting?
>Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 14:04:53 -0800 (PST)
>
>I suggest the former. Prices for old computers are fairly well
>established by now. These prices are independent of, for instance, the
>CPU that may power the computer. For example, if a SOL-20 goes on the
>market, chances are it could fetch up to $1,200, regardless of whether it
>had an Intel C8080 on the original Processor Technology CPU board or if
>it had a Cromemco ZPU with a Zilog Z80 (even a first run Z80). The CPU
>has no bearing on the valuation of the machine.
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Hi Lawrence:
I expected a keyboard problem, since the owner said it had a stuck key.
Sure enough, the boot screen would flash as if you were holding down an
incorrect key.
When I opened it up, the row and column flex connectors were plainly
visible. Also, the keyboard pinout is in the tech ref (which is online, if
you don't already have it).
I peeled a corner of the flex circuit up off the aluminum plate, and could
see metallization crossovers where the shorts likely exist. I could punch
a hole at the crossover to break the short, but then I would need to jumper
the cut traces. And this does not look like a solder job -- liquid
conductive ink perhaps? There could be shorts in the middle of the key
array too. The keyswitches are plastic, with posts that protrude through
the mounting plate, and then melted into place.
All in all a nasty thing to even think about repairing. Perhaps I am on
the wrong track (no pun intended), but I pulled the two flex connectors
out, so the ribbon cable is not connected -- I can measure many shorts
right at the flex terminals. All of the melted-in-place keyswitches would
need to be removed to asses the situation properly. Bummer.
At least I have a new keyboard I can plug in. I have not opened that one
up, so I don't know if it is different.
gil
> Uh-Oh ! I picked up a beige Osborne 1 last summer. It's in my
>lengthening To-Do queue. I booted it at the time but it had a problem
>not recognising the keyboard. I simply figured it was likely a cable
>fault. Now I wonder if there may be larger problems with the
>keyboard. What was your methodology to check the k-b ? I don't
>want to open mine up now to do a visual inspection, lest I be
>captured by the "fix-it" bug and neglect more pressing tasks.
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Complete, pristine Convex with lots of original docs, tapes, etc. No
idea what the reserve is (and no connection to it):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2072169868&category=1479
Been up there for almost a week already and I haven't seen any talk
of it here. Hopefully someone can save it - someone else, the house
is filling up as it is... ;^)
--Steve.
