test-drb March 2003

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free Tektronix 7603 manual for shipping costs

by jonmonk＠orange.net

I don't suppose you still have this manual do you? I have just acquired the scope without any documentation and would like to get hold of some. I am happy to pay for any shipping costs. Regards Jon

21 years, 10 months

Locating older systems & parts... (was: RE: making disk images)

by dzubint＠vcn.bc.ca

If you are VERY familiar with your home city, you can also scout out the garage sales in communities which were "new" in the 1970s I see things like Mattel Intellivison's, original Apple II systems and such but they always seem to appear in areas which were newly built in the early 1970s. My wife and I attend garage sales all through our city, but only certain neighbourhoods seem to have the classic computers. Still looking for a working Exidy Sorcerer... Thomas

21 years, 10 months

Univac $$$ on E-OverPay

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Well, the auction closed. You DON'T want to know the closing price! However it didn't meet the reserve. Does anybody know who the high bidder (TSSWEEN) is? The seller must be nuts! Or else he just wants a new Mercades! Joe

21 years, 10 months

Power pinouts for Compaq SLT286?

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

I'd like to know the pinouts for the power connector (6 pins) and or battery pack (4 contacts) for the Compaq SLT286. I have a battery pack, but it is dead and too well sealed for me to want to open it up. Bob

21 years, 10 months

HP 9845B possibly available in Australia

by dan＠ekoan.com

Hello, There may be a Hewlett-Packard 9845B computer coming up for sale in Queensland, Australia. As much as I'd like this machine, it would be too expensive (for me) to have it shipped from down under to the United States. If anyone closer, or better funded, is interested in this classic machine, contact me off list and I'll give you the details. Cheers, Dan www.decodesystems.com/wanted.html

21 years, 10 months

(Fwd) A 4331 in MA, USA

by Hans.Franke＠mch20.sbs.de

I just got news about a nice 4331 to be scraped in MA. ------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: "Dom Rodriguez" <dom(a)calldrw.com> To: "Hans Franke" <Hans.Franke(a)mch20.sbs.de> Subject: RE: Ausstellungsidee Date sent: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 14:30:13 -0800 > > We have an IBM 4331 System with peripherals that would like to sell > I assume the Computer is lovated in the US? > Unless it's in Germany, I can't realy do anything. > I took the Producer of the US VCF on CC, maybe he > is interested or knows someone. > Best Regards > H. Yes it is in Massachusetts, if you have any referrals please let us know. It includes tape drives, disk drives, 1401 printer 2540 card reader punch etc Thanks Dom Rodriguez ------- End of forwarded message ------- The 4331 is (in my opinion) eventualy the single most desirable classic /370 Machine for a proivate collector. It's reasonable compact, but got all the bells and whistles of a real IBM of the early '80s. Ok, the odd I/O chanels are a minus, but beside that it can't co better for the spacewise challenged amon us. It looks almost as if he thinks he may still get money, but he might learn soon that he should be happy if someone is willing to pick it up without having him to pay for that service. Gruss H. -- VCF Europa 4.0 am 03./04. Mai 2003 in Muenchen http://www.vcfe.org/

21 years, 10 months

MITS Altair 8800a for sale on eBay

by dgari＠msn.com

Joe, The RQM Systems Power-Start boot loader board has 16 'load address' switches (set to C000h), 8 'sense' switches, and 8 each called 'IN 376', 'IN 375', and 'IN 374' (obviously octal representation). There is a 'Board Enable' paddle switch on the right, tons of basic TTL and a 74S472 PROM (512x8 bits) with room for one more. Probably loads the disk controller start code... >Message: 19 >Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 19:34:44 >To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org >From: Joe <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> >Subject: Re: MITS Altair 8800a for sale on eBay >Reply-To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org > >David, > > I looked at your auction. What is this > "one RQM Systems Power-Start >boot loader board w/ 48 DIP switches"? I had two Altairs and one had the >MITs autostart board. It was a standard MITs EPROM board with one >pre-programmed 1702 in it that contained the same code that you normally >had to toogle in by hand. IIRC the code was only 48 bytes or some such. No >DIP switches on it though. > > Joe As for your question below Sellam, I'll give you 3 guesses and the first 2 don't count. P.S. I'm unemployed. David Gari >Message: 23 >Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 19:08:25 -0800 (PST) >From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> >To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> >Subject: Re: MITS Altair 8800a for sale on eBay >Reply-To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org > > >Hi David. > >Why on Earth would you be selling your "pride and joy"? > >-- > >Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer >Festival _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

21 years, 10 months

Dragon 64

by alhartman＠yahoo.com

> From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) > > If it's a 40 pin chip then you might br able to do > it by a process of elimination! > > The 5 40 pin chips in a Dragon or CoCo are 6809E, > 6883, 6847, 2 off 6821. Good point. But, I need to know which chip goes in which position... Using your idea, it looks like the two missing chips are the 6809 and the 6883 (which would make sense, as Bob sold those as spare parts). But, I don't think it would be a good idea to put the wrong one in the wrong place, and I still need a set of ROMS. Al

21 years, 10 months

fair price for apple articles

by cb＠mythtech.net

>Apple //gs - $20 each Wanna buy some from me?!? At that price I'll be happy to sell you a few. >Apple //c new in box - $50 If it is really new in box, then yeah, I could agree with that price. But I have seen MANY things claimed as "new in box" that are really "we used it for 12 years, and before throwing it out realized we still had the old box so we repacked it". I have seen very few really new in box items, so I am sceptical to those claims. >Mac Plus - $5 >Monitors - $5 each >Misc. drives - $10 >"scads of software and manuals" - I'm assuming "scads" is worth about $25 I consider all of the above to be "Thanks" prices. ie: they really aren't worth anything, but you feel compelled to give the person something for being nice enough to save you the effort of digging thru the trash to get it. In my opinion, Thanks prices don't really add up. Kind of like coupon actual value prices. Its worth $1.00 during the transaction, but if you add the value up, you find it is worth half a cent. So 10 monitors @ $5 each would not equal $50, but rather maybe $10 if you were feeling good. >Including a "new in the box" //c and "scads" of software? That's what I >would value most in the lot mentioned. Got about 3 moving boxes full of assorted software just a few months ago. All that was headed to the dumpster (I intercepted it on the way). About half Mac, half PC. I also got 2 paper case boxes of IIgs software not much before that, probably 20 or so titles, most in their boxes. All free. >> are large (20" monitors, and 10+ gig drives). The software and manuals, > >We're talking Apple ]['s here. 20" monitors and 10+ gig hard drives do >not even come into the equation. I went under the assumption that it could refer to Mac monitors and hard drives since there are Macs included in the list. Actually, now that I think of it, if we are talking about Apple II hard drives (regardless of size), then those are worth something as they are much tougher to find. >That's where you are completely wrong and why you don't understand my >pricing. The software, as long as most of it is in original boxes with >original disks, is the real prize. Your opinion may vary on this of >course, but the fact is that original software in the box is harder to >find than the machines themselves. And without the software and manuals, >the computer is just a pretty object. Yes, we differ here. You fit into the exclusion that I mentioned. That is, you care about having real copies of software. So to YOU the software might be worth something. There are lots of people like me that could care less about original copies, vs getting an "abondonware" copy off an FTP site or so. To people like me, software is of no real $$ value. What's interesting here is I see your point with your pricing. You consider some items to be of value, that I don't. And vice versa (I find some value in a Woz IIgs). So it just goes to show, when pricing things, you can't rely on one source for info, and you should shop around to figure out the best place to market stuff. Maybe this is why eBay prices are always so high... with the wide audience, they increase the odds of hitting someone that lays value on the item. And I'm still amazed that you would give a decent price. I had thought of you as a person that will always claim things are worth far less than they are just to keep prices down. I miss judged you... it must just really be a pure hatred of eBay instead. :-) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

21 years, 10 months

[Fwd: VAXStation Cluster up for sale.]

by dwoyciesjes＠comcast.net

I saw this on the NetBSD-Vax mailing list. Maybe someone here has the $400 to spend on this lot? "J. Buck Caldwell" wrote: > > So I've reached the point where I have no more room/time/energy for my > poor neglected Vaxen. I'm dumping the load. I want to offer the lot to > you all first, knowing that they'll get a good home - but if they don't > go here, I'm putting them individually on EBay. I can't justify giving > them away to my wife - she insists I charge back rent to the new owner. > > Here's a rough list: > (8) VAXStation 3100/m38 - one SPX - all with various drives, one with > SCSI TK50. All have 16Megs. > (1) DECServer 300 (with MOP image on CD) - 16-port MMJ Terminal Server > (9) 10BaseT Transcievers - one for each of the above. > (9) 6' 10BaseT Cables (red) > (10) 6' MMJ Cables > (1) 3Com SuperStackII Switch 1100 - Manageable, 12-port 10BaseT, 2-port > 100BaseT switch. > > I have, at one point or another, put NetBSD on each of these systems, > but only 3 of them recently. They will all come with what is on them > now, which may or may not be bootable. They are all BELIEVED to be in > working condition, but no guarentees. Now for the bit that will scare > everyone off: I'd like to get $400 for the lot. I'd also like someone to > come pick this up in St. Louis, or meet me within 100 Miles. I can ship, > but shipping would be rediculously expensive, I imagine, but it's your > dime if you want it shipped. First come, first served - and if no > takers, the lot goes on EBay sometime next week. I will NOT part this > out unless it gets to EBay. -- ---Dave Woyciesjes ---ICQ# 905818

21 years, 10 months

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test-drb March 2003