Described as "One of the first portable computers ever made," hex keypad,
the word "Eclipse" on side of unit, fits in a briefcase, seller claims it
was made for Lawrence Livermore Labs.
Any ideas?
Glen
0/0
Yes, the C.Itoh 8510 was the same as the original
Apple Imagewriter. NEC also sold this printer along
with the NEC 2001 Computer in the 80's.
A great printer.
Regards,
Al
> From: "Bob Lafleur" <bob_lafleur(a)technologist.com>
>
> As far as I am aware, the LA75 and AppleImagewriter
> are almost the same printer except for firmware.
> They both use the same ribbons, I'm 100% sure of
> that. I seem to recall that they're also similar to
> another "generic" printer (C-Itoh or something like
> that) but I don't remember what it was.
>
> - Bob
P.S. Sorry about posting an incomplete reply,
accidentally pressed <RETURN> at the wrong time, and
Yahoo! sent a reply before I was done..
From: "Bob Lafleur" <bob_lafleur(a)technologist.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:40:52 -0500
Reply-To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
As far as I am aware, the LA75 and AppleImagewriter
are almost the same
printer except for firmware. They both use the same
ribbons, I'm 100%
sure of that. I seem to recall that they're also
similar to another
"generic" printer (C-Itoh or something like that) but
I don't remember
what it was.
- Bob
I've heard these really aren't to be found anywhere, but thought I'd check
with the list.
I'd like to get a disk subsystem on my PDP-8E. I've pretty much given up
that I'll ever find an RK05 drive and controller for it, so I'm now looking
to hook up an existing RL02 drive to it. I think this is done via the M8433?
Would anyone have one available for trade or purchase (the controller, not
the drive)?
Thanks!
Jay West
In case any prime people are interested...
Jay West
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Enestvedt" <Will.Enestvedt(a)jwu.edu>
To: <rescue(a)sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 7:47 AM
Subject: [rescue] FW: Free RAM to Good Home
> > I have some RAM that will go to "Hazardous Waste" if someone
> > does not want it. All I would ask is that you pay the ground
> > shipping. All of the RAM is VERY old as you can see by the
> > list below. I tested some of the Clearpoint RAM as recent at
> > a year ago and it worked fine. However, I cannot guarantee anything.
> >
> > Marc B.
<snip>
> > 8 Prime Computer Inc RAM D/C 1190P Unknown
I was able to get an upper unit of a Racore 1500 for the PCjr. Many Racore Expansions have the standard 5.25" in them (model 1200) and then some even had 3.5" drives in them...what makes this one cool is that there is a HDD installed! The only thing missing is the double-height sidecar, and therefore is pretty useless at the moment. Does anyone have one of these sidecars for the 1500 in a pile of "Stuff" by chance? That might seem funny, but that is how this top unit was located, however ut seems to be in pristene condition.
Thanks!
Brian Heise
Now you come to mention it, there's no guarantee that it was a computer.
What you describe may well have been it. Do you have any model numbers or
manuafcturers for that thing you described?
cheers,
paul
-----Original Message-----
From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk [mailto:ard@p850ug1.demon.co.uk]
Sent: 27 March 2003 21:04
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Identification of an old machine
> This is going to be rather difficult I think. In 1977 when I first went to
> high school, we had a visiting computer science teacher (the school didn't
> own it's own computer). He used to come in with a PET mostly, but one day
he
> couldn't bring the PET so came in with this old machine which was roughly
> cubic, each side about 2 foot. On the front it had a wiring panel where
you
> had to plug in patch leads, and a rotary dial like on old telephones which
> was used to dial the numbers in. I don't remember how it displayed its
> results.
>
> Being a first year student and never faced with a computer before I had no
> idea what to do with it, and so don't remember much about it. However, now
> I'm intrigued - what was that beast? Does anyone have any ideas?
Are you sure it was a computer? And not a digital electronics 'trainer'?
There was a popular-ish school digital electronics trainer in the UK that
fits most of your description. It wasn't cubical, it was flat -- about 2'
long, 1' wide and a few inches high. There was a rotary telephone dial,
light bulbs, and patch sockets on the front. Inside were 5 or 6
flip-flops and a number of gates connected to the patch sockets. There
may have been other circuits, like a clock oscillator, monostables, etc too.
You could patch them together to make counters, shift registers,
combinatorial circuits, etc. Some of the 'applications' were quite fun
(there were certainly simple games for it, for example).
-tony
This is a BIG box with a front panel with blinking lights and switches. The switches are odd egg shaped things and not the usually round or flat handled things. I think this is some kind of PDP-11. Is was part of a Tektronix CS-3260 test station and has a Tektronix badge on it.
Joe
Ha ha, yes, seriously. I have a couple of new copies of the book, "Overdrive:
Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace" by James Wallace. Paperback,
320 pages, 1997. This was the sequel to "Hard Drive" and is the story of
Microsoft's response to Netscape's challenge to control the web browser
market. A pretty good read, as well as the original book. Anyway, just $5
gets you a copy shipped!
Also, if anyone is interested, I've got one more thing to hock:
A sealed VHS video, "Apple's Operating System Strategy, March 1997" and a
sealed CD, "The 1997 Apple MacAdvocate CD-ROM." This set is an excellent
snap-shot of the state of Apple in Mid-1997, when Steve Jobs returned. The
tape is just 15 minutes, but is great entertainment, with an explanation of
the "future" of the Mac OS, when it incorporates the NeXT OS. Remember the
blue box? A great feature is a presentation by Steve Jobs showing how easy it
is to create a simple app in NeXTSTEP. The CD has all kinds of information on
it, including the following folders: Read Me First!, Presentations, Goodies,
Comments?, Free Stuff!, Welcome from Guy!, Apple Products, MacOS, Product
Info, System 7.6 Demos, AppleFacts, and all of these Commercials:
1984_BIG.MOV, STEWART.MOV, DINOSAUR.MOV, ASTRONMY.MOV, SPIKELEE.MOV,
SALESREP.MOV, GATES.MOV, KAWASAKI.MOV, HIGHTIDE.MOV, MMATLIN.MOV, INTERN
ET.MOV, VALVOLIN.MOV, CURVEBAL.MOV, CRANBRIS.MOV, CROWD.MOV, BMW.MOV. $10
shipped!
Thanks, David
I thought you guys might enjoy the following photographs of a 486 based
NCR 3230 that is *still* in use, as a colocated server running a dozen
websites (including mine [1]) and email:
http://www.conman.org/people/myg/photos/tower486/
The photos were taken by my friend (who happened to stop the colocation
facility for another reason).
The machine in question was given to me in 1998 in the hopes that I could
use it, so one minimal installation of RedHat 5.2 (kernel is now Linux
2.0.39) later and it's colocated, running my website (and over the years, an
accumulation of websites of various friends) with an uptime (as of this
writing) of:
[spc]tower:~>uptime
11:48pm up 357 days, 1:05, 4 users, load average: 0.02, 0.14, 0.13
[spc]tower:~>
(Holy cow! Eight more days and I'll have a bona-fide year up time on
this! Didn't realize I was that close).
I should say that the machine has been running in this capacity since I
received it in late '98 without a major problem (In '99 or so I added a
second 17G harddrive to the system since the 162MB drive it came with is a
*wee* bit small for its intended uses).
-spc (In fact, I run elm on that system to check my email ... )
