Today I was given a Dolch ADD-In computer C-P.A.C. it was a 386DX-33C and
has been upgraded to a 486 it's a cool looking color portable lunchbox. I
also picked up a monorail model 133 that works great but is missing the
stand, keyboard, and mouse. I talked with a guy at the thrift who claims to
have a monorail kb and mouse for these systems and is willing to sale them
to me. I will have to see what he has next week.
Thanks alot Ralph, this is enough information about this machine :)
Paxton, the CMI drives as the 6426S were real crap, you're absolutely right.
A Seagate drive should be ok. 1.2 Meg 5.25 inch drives are easy to find. Thanks to you, too.
Pierre
> Pierre,
>
> Here are 2 links concerning the XT-286.
>
> http://www.uncreativelabs.org/~matt/classic/5162.html
>
> http://safariexamples.informit.com/0789725428/Reference%5Chardware.pdf
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Ralph
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Hello All.
I've been keeping tabs on the complaints regard Jim Willing. I'm also
someone who has items owed to me by Jim.
Unfortunately, I just don't see this situation being resolved by Jim
anytime soon. I consider Jim a friend, and I know that if it was within
his means he would take care of this immediately. I've only known him to
be honorable. However, he seems to be compounding one bad move with
another, and the last thing I want to see is more trouble for Jim that he
just won't be able to handle. As much as it sucks to get stiffed, getting
the police involved or filing lawsuits won't make the situation any
better. Jim apparently just doesn't have the resources to follow through
on his commitments. The economy has ruined a lot of people, and it hit
Jim hard, perhaps harder than most. Keep that in mind.
That being said, I think the best way to go would be as follows: one or
two people who are close to Yates Center, Kansas, should arrange a visit
with Jim. They should bring boxes and packaging materials (tape, foam
peanuts, etc.) Anything that can be packed and shipped should be packed
up with Jim's help. Those packages and the remaining items should then be
loaded into the vehicle and driven off. Jim is no longer in the picture
and he can try to deal with life free from this burden.
The packed items can be taken to the local UPS or Fedex center and sent
off. The rest of the items can be distributed based on specific
arrangements to be decided.
I'm assuming that whatever money Jim received for both the items and
shipping has been spent on bills, so it would be wise to simply write this
off. Those folks who have already paid for shipping have two options:
either send more money for shipping (to the persons who are handling the
pickup) or try to arrange some way for items to be brought to them
through some relay mechanism.
I would also call on Jim to relinquish anything else of value that can be
added to the load when it's picked up. These items can be sold off by a
neutral party and the funds distributed proportionally to those folks who
are owed money for shipping.
I think the best way to coordinate this will be to have everyone who is
owed something write to me, and I'll form a small mailing list so we can
figure everything out.
None of this is to be construed as my acquiring responsibility for this.
I am just trying to find a solution that will remove Jim from the picture
and get everyone their stuff. Everyone will lose from this,
unfortunately. Jim stiffed a lot of people. However, there's no point in
trying to "ruin" Jim. That's already happened. Getting him in trouble
will most likely only guarantee that you'll never get what you paid for.
The best solution at this point is to work together to resolve the issue
in a manner that gets everyone what they are owed.
This is just a suggestion. No one is obligated to adhere to it. Anyone
is free to take their own independent course of action.
That being said, anyone who is interested please e-mail me and I'll
coordinate the effort. But this all rests on having at least two people
near Kansas who can take on the burden of the drive and the effort
required to retrieve the items.
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We run a speech perception lab at Northeastern University with
a microvax II with custom software from haskins labs/yale and also two
11/23 systems again with custom software. I am finally pulling the
plug on the 11/23 systems, but the microvaxes still run.
on the pc side, my eprom programmer runs on a 386, and some of my home
control stuff runs on a 486.
Joe Heck
lower left is console terminal connector, db9, to the right is two digit
display for power-on self test progress, upper left is rotary switch
for baud rate, middle rotary switch is power up mode switch, 3 position,
run mode (arrow), language inquire (human profile) asks for which language
you want, loopback test mode is third mode (with t in the middle) i think
last switch is halt enable/disable, that allows halt button front or break
key on terminal to halt system
joe heck
Hm, that's a good point. You know, I don't know. I have not
seen this thing. It sounded to me like it was something big.
So, may be it is an IBM with some AT&T label on it? I don't
know.
-Gunther
jim wrote:
> what is an at&t mainframe? one they owned, or manufactured?
>
> if it is one of the 3B's it probably wont get me interested, but if it
> is
> an IBM mainframe from a datacenter that is old, I am very interested.
>
> I just have not heard the term "mainframe" applied to any 3B's and
> don't know what else they may have.
>
> if these are switching systems, I assume they are of the 3, 4 or 5ESS
> classes?
>
> Jim
I know the Apple II series used something like 140k single sided floppies.
What is a compatible substitute? Double Sided Double Density? I would
assume side count doesn't matter and in fact DS might be be preferable as
then I can just notch the other side and safely flip the disk.
But what about density? I know in 3.5 disks, you can't safely interchange
DD and HD disks and expect them to work for long. But what about with
5.25 disks? Can I use DD or even HD disks with an Apple II?
Again this is so I make sure I keep a healthy supply of floppies when I
am done cleaning house (I have a case of 5.25 disks also to get rid of,
and they are a mix of DSDD and DSHD).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I have a Commodore 600 series B128 (low profile version similar to the
European 610) and I have been trying to diagnose a problem and fix. I do
not have diagnositcs for one of these guys to check the chips
automatically. When I power on the machine, it reports to be READY with
BASIC version 4. I can type one line of code (for example: 10
PRINT"TEST"), but when I hit enter, the cursor disappears and no more
screen IO can be generated. In other words, the cursor does not jump down
to the next line so that I may proceed with another line of code, it just
disappears. If I reset the computer and type "LOAD" at the prompt and then
hit enter, I am not asked to start the tape drive. There is also a return
key associated with the numeric keypad but this does not generate different
results than the Enter key.
I am guessing that I need to replace a chip or two someplace. I would like
to know if any of you have an opinion/suggestions. I have found one
interesting web page, http://www.funet.fi/pub/cbm/firmware/computers/b/
that links to schematics, etc. I am curious if anyone has had a similar
experience with any Commodore of this era. I am sure the cause of the
problem is not unique to the 600 series. Once I have a better idea what
the problem is, I can start replacing the appropriate chips. If I can find
any (!)
Thanks
Bill
Wilmington, Delaware
Hi guys
Does anyone know what the two small switches and two large red LEDs on the
BACK of the ba123's CPU control panel are for?
I'd look at the MV-II/BA123 Tech Man but I can't seem to get to the DFWCUG to
get them...
alex/melt
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