Here is more about that AT&T mainframe.
> It's a 3B20 mainframe. Probably missing a few things. It was a testbed
> that we used. Hasn't been run in maybe 5 years and may have had some boards
> stolen for orders along the way.
regards,
-Gunther
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It's huge. THIS IS NOT THE ONE I HAVE FO R SALE BUT at least you get the
idea of what I'm talking about.
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From: Gunther Schadow <gunther(a)aurora.regenstrief.org>
To: Joe Moir <PPSJM(a)prodigy.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 11:47 PM
Subject: [Fwd: Re: Anyone interested in an AT&T mainframe?]
> Joe, Sellam Ismail here is interested in the AT&T machine. May
> be I misunderstood and this isn't a big mainframe. May be it's
> an IBM? You can clarify.
>
> thanks
> -Gunther
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I sent a post for this item some time back but haven't seen it on the forum.
Perhaps it got lost.
Anyway I have a complete system - Ibm 5324, keyboard,monitor, 5242 printer
and a stack of manuals and 8" floppies taking up room in my shed.
Does anyone want any of these before I dispose of them - I know Tarsi posted
in June for info but he didn't reply to my email - assuming my email got
there.
Geoff.
Someone just posted 128 issues of Byte from 1977 through 1988 for $250 (a
pretty good deal):
http://marketplace.vintage.org/view.cfm?ad=156
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Ok, now I am on a quest for Uniform for the PC. (to go along with my
compaticard) am looking for different versions :) since the disk support
varied (thanks for reminding me of this guys)
If you happen to have an old x86 laying around (286sx - 486dx), with DOS 5
or earlier, your format command will tell you the types/capacities of
floppies available, and the switches required to format them properly. A
simple chkdsk command run on the FD will tell you what you actually have.
Prior to HD, I don't believe any of the disks were marked with type/size.
However, HD and DD (DSHD 720Kb & DSDD 1.44Mb) are both marked on the disk
housing on the top foreward right corner -- top foreward right as inserted
into the drive -- right next to the spring-loaded media cover. The cover,
itself, may also contain the disk capacity in KB or MB, but that's also
usually found in later model disks...
Cheers...
Ed Tillman
Store Automation Tech Support Specialist
Valero Energy Corporation
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Office: (210)592-3110, Fax (210)592-2048
Email: edward.tillman(a)valero.com <mailto:edward.tillman@valero.com>
-----Original Message-----
From: chris [mailto:cb@mythtech.net]
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 1:32 AM
To: Classic Computers
Subject: Re: Bulk Erase 8" floppies
>A hint : sort the floppies according to density. I would be rather p.....
>if I bought a stack of 20 floppies, believing they were DSDD, and I got
>some SSSD ones.
Is there a way to tell visually if they are DS vs SS? Not all the
floppies have their original factory labels on them any more, and I know
there are some of each.
If not, I'll make 3 groups. DSDD, SSSD, and "Pot Luck"
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Help! I can't work with any of my gear any more because it's
all in the way! But I really do like it all. Anyway, I will
have to let go of something.
There is that HP 9000 K class machine with Ethernet, FDDI,
dual DDS2 tape drive and RAID disk array, all in a nice setup,
original with HP-UX and an HP term. Not too loud and not
too slow. Nice useable UNIX system. So beautiful, but I don't
know where to put it and be able to do something with it.
Then the DEC 7000. What a beautiful machine! What a nice sound!
It's got plenty of CPU and memory and SCSI and all but still
I can't use it, or if I do I can't work on my VAX 11/780, which
is the main thing I want to do.
I am thinking about selling to recoup some of my costs, but
then, before I sell for a rediculously low price I'd rather
give it away or trade. I still want a VAX 4000 - 700 or 105A
in a pedestal as my last addition to the family. That would be
a trade. If you want some of it, make an offer in $$ or machine
or parts. I still need some PDP-8/A parts, memory, power supply,
or an RA60 drive, or VAX 11/780 cabinet remains (delivered to
my door.) This is not a OBO by next Saturday kind of sale,
but if you are interested you're welcome to make an offer.
I am in Indianapolis.
-Gunther
>A hint : sort the floppies according to density. I would be rather p.....
>if I bought a stack of 20 floppies, believing they were DSDD, and I got
>some SSSD ones.
Is there a way to tell visually if they are DS vs SS? Not all the
floppies have their original factory labels on them any more, and I know
there are some of each.
If not, I'll make 3 groups. DSDD, SSSD, and "Pot Luck"
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I came across this on eBay and figured there might be some interest in
such a unit here.
The seller does recommend against using the unit for three phase
electronics, but I dunno if he would consider big-iron to be in that
category or not ;)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2558575867
Not affiliated with seller, etc, etc...
-Toth
Someone just posted a Commodore Plus/4 on the Vintage Computer
Marketplace. Free (just pay shipping).
http://marketplace.vintage.org/view.cfm?ad=157
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