I got to walk away from a computer store's sale yesterday with a Fujitsu 2444ac rack mountable sweet 9-track and PC interface card, a Computer Logics PCTD16 standard Pertec Interface ISA card & cableing that will run it all from a fairly current PC plus a few tapes to play with too. $5 and my back still hurts. ;)
I also got copies of the CE Manual and the Engineering manual for the Fuji and manuals and (I hope a) liscence for Chi Corp's OutRight and ReelView software too. I'll try Chi on Monday because we couldn't find only the disk....
Meanwhiles, I couldn't dig up anything usable from goodle or even info on the "Standard Pertec Interface" for natively talking with the card... Chi's OutRight API looks like
Anyone have any freeware or specs for working with this?
Thanks
- Mike: dogas(a)bellsouth.net
I'm cleaning out the shop. This stuff will go out in the trash on Tuesday
unless someone says they want it:
Televideo 925 terminal & kbd, works (not VT100 compatible)
Wyse WY-50 terminal & kbd, green screen, works, non-VT100
four manuals:
AT&T UNIX PC
UNIX System V
- Users Manual
- Programmers Guide
- Utilities
- Virtual Device Interface
The manuals are in four boxed 3-ring binders. The backs have a little
surface mold that can probably be wiped off.
Four ~1986 Micropolis hard drives, all look identical except for labels:
- 2 RD53
- 1 ST506 86 meg (same Micropolis part number as RD53)
- 1 1355 170 meg ESDI
All of these are unknown except I know the EDSI drive won't spin up
correctly. The ESDI was my DOS 5 system disk.
Free if you want it, I'll pack it, you pay shipping. Email me if interested,
I haven't been reading this list regularly of late.
I also have two RL01 drives and 14 disks. These are also free, but are not
going to be trashed. I'll keep them until someone claims them. These are too
big for me to pack, so you'll have to make all arrangements if you want
them. If you come pick them up, you can have the 19" rack and I'll throw in
a free PDP-11/23 and a VT-320 just for taking them away for me.
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Jonathan Engdahl
Chardon, OH 44024
"The things which are seen are temporary,
but the things which are not seen are eternal." II Cor. 4:18
while browsing through your messages I noticed someone in need of
hard/software for a Triple Crown 700 Eprom burner. I have the whole system if
still intersted.
In cctalk digest, Vol 1 #643 Lee.Davison(a)merlincommunications.com wrote:
> I don't think the HP-85 writes a LIF format [...]
The HP 85 uses LIF, that is why LIFUTIL can read HP 85 disks
> There's no option on a 85 to save the program files in an ASCII format
You have to use the GETSAVE utility that adds the SAVE and GET commands
that use ASCII files.
GETSAVE is a binary utility, so you need a different one depending on
whether you have an HP83/5 or HP86/7. Both versions may be
found at http://www.series80.org/Programs
At the top of that page you can find instructions on how to get the
LIFUTIL software (for those that do not have it) and also instructions
for exchanging programs and data between PCs and HP Series 80 machines
with floppy drives.
**vp
I must relate a bad experience I had with an eBay seller. The account
name is "rexbassdesigns". The auction in question was a lot of three
Altair 8800's and an ADM-3A terminal. I was purchasing them for a client.
The ad stated that the units were in "very good" condition. The seller
fired them up and showed one picture with the unit on. The pictures
indicated that they were indeed in "very good" condition, and the photo
gave the impression that they had been stored in a good, clean
environment. The ADM-3A terminal was described as "missing a few keys"
but the seller said he might have a "replacement set or two".
Upon receiving the units, I noticed right away that the machines were not
as described. They looked as if they'd been stored in an outdoor shed or
something. They had a lot of dirt inside and some boards had obviously
been exposed to moisture over a long period of time.
The ADM-3A terminal was a complete mess. The seller's description of
"missing a few keys" was rather optimistic, as the keyboard was missing
half its keys. Overall it was in terrible condition, having obviously
been stored outdoors.
The lot is not a complete loss; the Altairs should be able to be restored
to working condition and cleaned up, and the price paid was certainly
reasonable. However, the seller was quite misleading in his description,
and the "replacement set" for the ADM keyboard turned out to be a spare
keyboard from a totally different terminal, which of course is silly.
I tried to explain to the seller that I felt he was misleading, but he was
way too defensive for anything constructive to come out of it, so I
informed him that I would simply have to leave him negative feedback,
which I rarely do (this is only the second time, the first was because
some guy up and disappeared and didn't send me the goods). I don't like
leaving negative feedback, but I felt I had to in this case to warn
others about this seller, as he's selling other old computer stuff.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4193&item=2729439759
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org
* Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *
OK, I've long since lost the orignal post, but wasn't Ethan specifically trying
to run Wolf3D?
My memory's pretty darn hazy on this, but I have a feeling that game may
support parallel-port audio devices. Back then soundcards were expensive but a
parallel-port DAC could be wired up quite cheaply; I remember rigging one up so
I could play Amiga soundtracker mod files on the PC. There was also a Windows
3.0 driver floating around.
A (very) few DOS games supported such devices - and talking to a parallel port
hasn't exactly changed over the years (whilst bus connection methods have). The
extra CPU load from driving a parallel port device isn't exactly a problem on
modern hardware either :-)
Just an idea if you have no ISA slots on the PC and can't rig up another
machine anyway - but of course no use whatsoever if the games you want to run
won't support a parallel port device! :)
I can't find my copy of Wolf3D in order to check :-( I used to have it but I
think it's long since vanished - shame as it was a pretty neat game from what I
recall.
cheers
Jules
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Now that school is over, I have more time to work on classic computers,
but first I really need to reduce the clutter in the basement/workshop.
I have accumulated a lot of spare parts and duplicate machines over the
last few years, and I really don't need them, and I would like to
reclaim some of my space to make room for more interesting things. So,
here is a partial list of stuff that I would like to sell.
NOTE: All prices are just suggestions, no reasonable offer refused. I
am not trying to make money here. Buyer to pay actual shipping charges
>from ZIP 12309
Everything is tested and working, and in pretty good condition unless
noted. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Macintosh ADB keyboards - I have lots of these and lots of different
models, if you want a specific model, just ask; I probably have it.
I'll also include a cable - $3
Macintosh ADB mice - $1
Macintosh ADB cables - 50 cents
Apple IIgs keyboards - $3
Apple Disk II disk drives - $5
Apple UniDisk 5.25 drives, both beige and platinum colored - $3
Apple 800k external 3 1/2" floppy drives - $5
Apple IIe computers, both regular and extended models - $6
Apple IIgs computers, both ROM 1 and ROM 3 models. Includes keyboard
and mouse - $8
Macintosh Plus computer, 4mb RAM, with keyboard and mouse - $10
Macintosh SE computer, 4mb RAM, 40 meg hard drive, with keyboard and
mouse - $10
Macintosh Classic II computer, 4mb RAM, 80 meg hard drive, with
keyboard and mouse - $10
Macintosh LC II and LC III computers, I think these have 80 meg hard
drives, and I forget how much RAM. I'll check if you want. No keyboard
or mouse - $3
Macintosh 1.44 meg auto inject floppy drive - cleaned, lubricated and
tested - $4
Tri-color ribbons for Apple ImageWriter II printers. New, sealed - $1
DEC VT-220 terminals. These are rather used and somewhat yellowed, but
they have been very well cleaned and work well. Some have light screen
burn. They were used in a school for a time, and have had the school
graffiti cleaned off of them, but some still have faint traces. Also,
on the backs, they have some engraved numbers. Includes keyboard.
Available with green, amber or white video tubes - $15
DEC LK-201 keyboards - These were used in a school for a time, and have
had the old markings cleaned off. All keys and the cable are present
and accounted for, and all keys work. - $5
Computer power cords - 25 cents
PC 3 1/2" floppy drives - $2
PC 5 1/4" floppy drives (1.2 meg) - $1
AT style PC keyboards - $1
AT style PC power supplies - $2
486 computers - $5
80 megabyte SCSI hard drives - $2
I also have some random extra parts for many models of old Macintosh
computers, as well as for older x86 PC's. If you are looking for
something that isn't listed, don't hesitate to ask, I might have one.
Ian Primus
ian_primus(a)yahoo.com
No, Its Not because it has those long flimsy skinny legs!
Really I brought my Flamingo DEC 3000 Model 500 Home. Set it in the
basement and the thing won't boot. It had had DEC UNIX on it ....I
had rescued it from from my former employer- it wasn't a PC so they
could find any takers...
Now the Panel cycles up and goes through a series of numbers Gets
to #63 and retries 5 more times and then posts a couple of numbers
in the 70's like 72... 74.... and then stops with DD lit in the
status indicators.. It does all this without bringing up the console.
?? Any help out there???. I dont have the distribution media, or
tape media for back- ups, for this machine If I could force a boot
off CD?
I have one CD which is an alpha version of linux called Potato?
Any thoughts? I am in central Ohio.
At 12:17 PM 6/20/03 -0600, you wrote:
>AARGGH!
>
>Read Ethan's posts. He can NOT use ANY ISA sound cards, because the
computer does not have any ISA slots. Period.
>
>So, can anyone answer Ethan's question about how to get a PCI sound card
to work with a ca. 1994 MS-DOS game?
What about using a PC emulator? I run DOS inside Windows using Virtual PC
and sound works, though it does skip in some games.
There are other PC emulators that I haven't tried yet. Bochs and DOSbox
comes to mind. DOSbox may be the better one to try as it's freeware (as
far as I know) and is designed specifically to run DOS games on Windows
PCs. A known limitation is that it currently does not support 32 bit
protected mode, but for wolf 3d and other pre DOS4GW games this shouldn't
be a problem. I'll get around to trying it one of these days.
If the 2 cards will coexist or he's willing to replace his current card it
may be worth looking for a SB PCI64. I use one and compatibility with
older software is usually pretty good.
