Ben wrote:
> > *If the answer is 'the couch' then you've lost it.
> I thought 'the wife' would be when you lost it.
Usually, getting rid of the wife doesn't make a lot of room for
new machines. There _is_, however, a good chance of ending up
with more cash to spend on 'em... :)
--fred (doing only DEC PDP-11/VAX/Networking himself..)
John Allain wrote:
> And, ultimately 'what will I have to throw out to keep it?'*
> ...
> *If the answer is 'the couch' then you've lost it.
I know several people who seem to have no problem dropping furniture
in favor of Good Iron, _provided_ the iron looks or smells good enough
for a livingroom or bedroom :)
(no, not me... I prefer the soft couch.. ;-)
--f
On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, Lawrence Walker wrote:
> I am at a point where I am thinking about divesting myself of the
> majority of my computer collection.
Good luck! I'm not aware of anyone successfully doing this. But in weaker
moments, I've considered it. Here's my choice(s)
1) Find a worthy recipient willing to take it *all*. Keep a modern machine
only, make a clean break. Farewell.
2) Pick the minimum combination of machines that will do the things you
*need* to do, then get rid of the rest. This may default to option 1). (It
wouldn't in my case - the Mac Plus still has many games I consider
indispensable, and the NeXT is my only Mathematica platform (and is thus
heavily used at work). But I couldn't justify keeping my Rainbow, for
example.)
3) Pick the minimum combination of machines that'll still do all or most of
the things your current collection will do. Rainbow is good here, because
it'll do both CP/M and DOS; Could argue that a NeXT with SoftWindows and
Daydream covers three operating systems (Mac, Win, Unix) as well as
NeXTStep. For Macs, a II and a G4, will probably run all of your Mac
software, etc.
4) Take two aspirin and wait for the aberration (getting out of classic
collecting) to pass. You'll feel horrible if you give it all away and then
start trying to re-assemble a collection.
- Mark
There used to be a comprehensive timeline of computers available online,
but I have been unable to find it. It might have been put out by Hans
Pufal, but I'm not sure. Anyone have a link to such a list?
>Oops-- You're right, of course. Can't wait to get 'em spinning...
>Can the OpenVMS page file (or whatever it's called) span disks?
No, but you can create multiple page files (up to 4 IIRC) so
you can spread stuff around that way.
Antonio
>I ran across an old XT clone with bus board in it instead of a true
>motherboard. I have never seen an IBM PC compatible computer like this
>before. Is this common?
The first 286 and 386 systems of the Dutch manufacturer Tulip were built
with this design (resp. AT Compact and AT 386).
In the AT 386 the processor was on one board, and the memory on another.
They had special connectors at the top side of the boards to connect the CPU
board to the (one or two) memory boards.
Freek.
Hi guys!,
Go easy on me, I'm new here and don't know the ropes yet :S
I have an old Intel RMX Sys86/330 system (white cabinet)which I'd got
working a few years back, but has fallen over again.
All I'm really interested in is getting the data (mostly ASM source)on the
hard drive onto a PC. I also have boxes full (heaps!) of 8" floppies for
this system that I'd like to get the data off and over to a PC.
I've searched classiccmp archives and google and can't find quite what I'm
after, though I did find ppl trying to run 3.5" and 5.25" fdd's on 8"
systems.
What I'd like to be able to do is connect my 8" HDD to a PC and D/L all the
data directly - likewise with the 8" FDD. Am I wasting my time, or is this
possible? Making interfaces / electronics is no problem, and I have all the
gear like CRO, logic probe, etc.
Hard drive is -
Priam Model 3450-10
8" HDD
Floppy disk drive is -
Mitsubishi Model M2894-63D June 83
8" FDD
I believe this is DSDD based on some of the disks I have.
Any help would be appreciated
Regards
Grant Mc :o)
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