I can't tell you specifically, but I worked with the 6300's for some time back
in the mid 80's. If I remember, they had a generic 10Mb drive, so I would
imagine a Seagate 225 would be about the right generation. The floppies were
black on the units we used, and were also otherwise unremarkable. The floppy
controller I can't comment on, other than I would imagine an ISA controller
would work with them.
As far as I could tell, the 6300 series were essentially an IBM clone minus
the basic. They ran MSDos and PCDos equally well.
Steve Wilson
Tobias Otto-Adamczak wrote:
right place to ask, hopefully someone has a schematic.
I'd say that you have something bad in the data path fromt
he cpu to the video chip (obviously). Since it is painting the
the screen in a stable fashion, I'd think the video portion
of the chip, and memory is working, but the data and
commands into that chip and circuitry is scrabmbled.
Does the display stay stable, or do the characters change
w/o any keyboard input? If they do, then you may have
other damage too.
Did you drop it, or know of any event related to the
start of the symptoms? Might help others here help
you if so.
Jim
Hi
There is another 2116B on ebay but the fellow
must think it is a little rarer. He is starting
at $1200.
Dwight
>From: Joe <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com>
>
>At 09:19 PM 10/29/03 -0600, you wrote:
>>HP 2116B Computer System RARE!! Vintage 1969
>>
>>or so it says:
>>
>>url =
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/
>>eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2761963221&category=1247
>>
>>oh well, so far it's only up to 99.00
>>
>>
>
> Damm! Why is this stuff always on the wrong side of the continent?
>
> Joe
>
>
This guy asked nicely to join the list.. I asked him what he collects and
below is the response I got. As I said before, I don't intend to post these
kinds of emails to the list, but this one I'm a little torn on and not sure
what to do. Do you guys think this person should be on the list? Let him on
with a warning? I'm kinda leaning towards "no", but... You guys tell me!
Jay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Rowe" <browe58(a)comcast.net>
To: "Jay West" <jwest(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 4:56 PM
Subject: RE: membership to your mailing list
> hi jay,
>
> i buy/sell surplus computer and test and measurement equipment so i have a
> warehouse full of vintage stuff such as......
>
> _ industrial computer source model 8630-rm-8mb
> _ ibm 7015
> _ texas micro systems 3014
> _ digital technology dti-5750 fddi network analyzer
> _ proteon p4200-31
> _ american automation ez-pro development system aa545/546 68k in circuit
> emulator
> _ dec microvax II
> _ force computers teraforce-2ce model summa 4 tera
> _ magnetic peripherals removable storage drive
> _ zenith vsb modulator
> _ nortel fmt-150c fiber multiplex terminal
> _ tekelec
> _ radisys
> _ first pacific networks telephone interface unit model tiu178
> _ bellcore network services test unit
> _ tau-tron
>
>
> to name a few. thnax.
>
> bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete Turnbull [mailto:pete@dunnington.u-net.com]
> Sent: woensdag 29 oktober 2003 22:47
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: Re: list change
>
>
> On Oct 28, 22:22, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> > On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Pete Turnbull wrote:
>
> > > Because it's not two lists. It's two views of the same list --
>
> > It's sort of like Quantum Physics. Only more complicated.
>
> Yup, more uncertainty principles :-)
>
> --
> Pete Peter Turnbull
> Network Manager
> University of York
>
Yes, for that we can install the Heisenberg coils to compensate.
- Henk.
In line with the protein glue idea, maybe the only thing that keeps the
mold from normally growing is the x-rays created when the system is on.
Store the system = no x-rays
I therefore coin the slogan "Terminals use them or they will grow on you"
It may be that x-ray sterilization may be the explanation of some of our behaviors
while collecting computers.
Mike
(may be sterile and not even know it)
I've recently run across some "MBR Products Inc." systems, which appear to
be controllers used in structural (like building materials) testing
systems, and included an MTS 442 and MTS 438 (436?) "Controller" in one
of the racks with the MBR units. As far as I can tell, the MBR machines
are S-100 bus based rackmount machines, with a built-in keyboard and
video display, and an 8" floppy drive connected to some of them. There's
also some other smaller MBR systems with no drive attached, but they
didn't easily come apart for me to see inside them : ).
Does anyone know anything more about these things? They look like they
might just be a generic S-100 bus system with some special peripheral I/O
for data capture/controlling. The processor board is a CompuPro board
with a Z80B on it, for instance.
Thanks for any information!
Pat
--
Purdue University ITAP/RCS
Information Technology at Purdue
Research Computing and Storage
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/rcs/
Is anyone interested in a DEC VR241A (color RGB monitor)? If so, it's
yours for 1.2 * shipping.
Contact me privately, please.
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On Oct 29, 17:54, Jay West wrote:
> This guy asked nicely to join the list.. I asked him what he collects
and
> below is the response I got. As I said before, I don't intend to post
these
> kinds of emails to the list, but this one I'm a little torn on and
not sure
> what to do. Do you guys think this person should be on the list? Let
him on
> with a warning? I'm kinda leaning towards "no", but... You guys tell
me!
I lean towards the "yes, but.." side. How much harm can he be? Might
one or two people get something out of it? Might his subscription
succumb to bit rot if he misbehaves? I've seen his name somewhere else
but I can't think where, offhand.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
The local paper has asked for an interview about my collection.
They're asking the usual why and how much is it worth.
Any words of caution when dealing with the press?
Anything that I should make a point to emphasize?
mike
--
Ottawa, Canada
Collector of vintage computers
http://www.ncf.ca/~ba600
