Peter
Thanks for the kind offer of the DEC mouse.
Are you local to the UK?
Robin
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--Steve.
I'm looking for a game I once had on an old ibm personal computer, it was vary simple, the carecter you controled looked kind of like a triangle, or an upsidedown boot.
the level was an open room with a stair case of some sort leading up to a doorway near the sealing. I cant remamber much, it was years ago. But as far as i'm concerned, it was the best game ever. And i wish i could get it back, I'm fixing an old ibm to run it, but cant find the game anyware. If you have any information on this, or someone i may turn to for info, that would be great. Thanks
steve(a)lhi.net
Hi all !
Hmm.
Although I did find that great, pristine PDP-8 at that scrapper,
and *did* manage to get it out of the melting queue, it's not all
safe yet...
As it turns out, this stuff is actually owned by someone else, who
just stored it there. However, that person has not paid their
storage bills (just over a year behind) *and* does not answer
calls. This is why the scrapper eventually decided to move it
into the melting queue, simply to recover cost of storage. That
is how they make their money, so be it.
Now.. I *did* spend a few hours today on tracking down that guy,
and he is still alive. We're all going to work on getting that
machine out of the danger zone, which is why I paid a large sum
of money (one year of storage past due, and one year of storage
as a bonus etc etc) to put a "hold" on it. Legally speaking,
my attorrney tells me, the debt from that guy to the scrapper
has now "moved' to me, so if he does not pay me, I can go and
pick it up.
I am sending to all on the list, simply because of the important-
ness of the machine to us all, and so there are no misunderstandings
on the matter. :)
When I am back here in march, I will arrange for storage and a nice
work area where all these will go. Until then, they are locked :P
The same goes for the four PDP-11/34's: they are safe now, and, as
above, locked until march when I'll clean em up, test them and
call people to let them know their "order is ready" :)
[yes, I eat at In-N-Out too often, I know..]
Ohyeah. I *did* save the two VT100's (Jay got em, if anyone else
wants one, let Jay know ;-) and tried to save the two Tek's, but I
was too late for those.. they had just, er, died^H^H^H^Hmelted. :(
So there :)
If there is anyone in the Bay Area (er, within sane driving distance)
who can spare an H960, or bumps into one, please let me know !
Cheers,
Fred
--
Fred N. van Kempen, DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) Collector/Archivist
Visit the VAXlab Project at http://VAXlab.pdp11.nl/
Visit the Archives at http://www.pdp11.nl/
Email: waltje(a)pdp11.nl BUSSUM, THE NETHERLANDS / Mountain View, CA, USA
Fred N. van Kempen <waltje(a)pdp11.nl> wrote:
> Ohyeah. I *did* save the two VT100's (Jay got em, if anyone else
> wants one, let Jay know ;-) and tried to save the two Tek's, but I
> was too late for those.. they had just, er, died^H^H^H^Hmelted. :(
Can we get a posse out there to arrest that guy, give him a speedy and public
trial, and take him to California gas chamber for the murder of classic
computers? That's the same guy who just murdered a VAX 7000, right?
MS
Fred, et.al.
I was afraid of that ;)
On a more serious note, there are a large number of collectors here. Many
have different areas of interest. What might be VERY important to one, could
merely be "interesting" to someone else.
Recently I have been in contact with a number of local (Long Island, NY)
firms that deal in older equipment. Most of them handle Telecom, PC's and
maybe a few Sun's. I talked with owners/managers and left business cards
(magnetic and stuck to various file cabinets etc in their offices!). I have
also made phone calls and send both e-mail and snail mail to other possible
sources.
The more people who know that I am serious about this item, the better
chance I have of obtaining one. Also I will pass on any information relating
to items which I am not interested in (or simply unable to acquire).
Since there is a fairly large contigent of people who are intersted in the
PDP-8, any "open" post of "Hey I just found one who wants it..." will likely
lead to rioting. It is my hope to get my interst well known so if anyone
finds something (that they are not capable of taking), they can contact me.
David V. Corbin
Dynamic Concepts
Sayville, New York
631-244-8487
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred N. van Kempen [mailto:waltje@pdp11.nl]
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 11:10 PM
To: David V. Corbin
Subject: RE: The PDP-8, PDP-11, VT100 and Tek rescue
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, David V. Corbin wrote:
> ps: This goes for anyone who may come across PDP-8 and/or TU-56 material.
The reference to the credit card was to Michael's beef re not saving
the VAX 7000, my friend :)
--f
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Tom Ponsford wrote:
> It's a beast, but unfortunatly no Vax to go with it :-( Still if you
> want lots o' DSSI storage?
Exactly how much storage are we talking about? SF200 is the array carcass.
What disks are in it?
MS
I almost hate to post this, I don't know how well known it is, and I
like to get first grabs... :-)
www.powellsbooks.com, an incredibly great bookstore for any number of
reasons, has had an Early Computing section (online) for years. I get a
lot of stuff from them. Prices aren't bad. CP/M, Amiga, old old, etc.
Selfishness aside, I think the Early sections would benefit from more
traffic.
Browse (left column): Computers -> Computers: Early. At the top "list
all titles" etc.
They buy too.
> I was given a device which was claimed to be a Mac Omninet adapter.
> Which Mac model was this intended to work with?
The CIII docs show it working with an SE. It connects to the serial
port. Inside they're a corvus transporter with a serial interface.
Version 2 of CIII supported HFS, so it would be System 4/5 timeframe.
