I finally checked out the HP 1000. It seems to work. I checked and the
CPU section has a DCPC card, Memory Protect Bd, Mem Bd, four 256KW memory
cards and a 2102E Memory Controller. The IO side is full of cards. Here's
the list: I/O Buffer, I/O Buffer, 12966A BACI Bd, 13183 7970 Mag Tape 2,
13183 7970 Mag Tape 1, 26099A Line Printer, 26099A Line Printer, Bus I/O,
12966A BACI Bd, 12966A BACI Bd, 13037 Intface, 12821A Disk Intface, Time
Base Gen, FEM. It seems to be quite a nice machine.
Joe
I went to one of my favorite scrap sources today but I was just there a
few days ago so I didn't expect to find anything. But I was wrong! I found
a NICE F series HP 1000 along with the Floating Point Unit. I haven't
looked at it closely yet but all the card slots are full and it's in very
good condition. It was mounted in a short (desk height) HP cabinet marked
"HP 1000 System" along the top. Unfortunately I had to leave the cabinet,
it was just too big and heavy fit in the vehicle that I was in. I'll go
through the computer later and give a full list of all the stuff in it.
Joe
Hi all,
did a little work on cp/m in the good old days, and thinking about
getting at least one machine up again. As it would be mostly for having
fun with the z80 again (or 8085, z180, z280?), I'm probably not
interested too much in having any of the collector grade machines.
So, the question is, what is the best cp/m machine for playing with the
software ?
cheers & thanks
At 11:48 AM 10/30/04 -0400, you wrote:
>I thought that the SD controller board set was also bit slice (the series
II internal was of course 8271 based).
That's possible but I've never seen a SD board set and I have 8 or nine
complete machines and about that many more for parts plus hundreds of
Multibus cards. I guess that anyone that paid for a board set went with the
DD set. I don't think that the SD set is even shown in the few catalogs
that I have. I wonder why Intel would use bit slice on the SD board set
instead of an 8271?
Joe
At 05:43 PM 10/27/04 -0400, you wrote:
>I concur with Joe, there never was a series I. The mds800 was the first
development system (not counting the Intellec 8). What Siemens did though
was contract with Intel to produce a "Siemens" development system which was
of course just a different color Series II machine. They were off white and
carried the Siemens logo.
I've never heard of a Siemans system. The white MDSs that I've seen all
have the standard Intel markings and labels. (I've got one sitting about 3
feet from me as I type.)
Joe
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: "Joe R." <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com>
>
> AFIK all of the MDS2xxs (including the blue ones) are series II machines.
>I've never heard of anything that Intel designated as a Series I. Most of
>the Series II machines have blue cases but some of them have white cases.
>The white ones are thought to be later machines but no one knows for sure.
>Just to further confuse the issue, ANY of the MDS2xxs can be upgraded to
>series III by adding a 8086 Resident Processor Card. I believe the MDS800s
>can also be upgraded to Series III the same way.
>
> Joe
>
>
Search Ebay for "7900A" and you'll find it. Missing front screen. There was
a day when I'd give most anything for one of these. Now I have a good supply
so I thought I'd mention it in case anyone needed one.
Anyways... the 7900A is one of the few HP drives that doesn't use a sector
surface, it uses a glass reticule. If someone gets this drive and it needs
work, let me know as I do have all the service manuals.
More importantly, the 7900A is supported on most versions of TimeShared
BASIC, including the "E" version which only needs one cpu.
Regards,
Jay West
I managed to pick up a pair of Mac IIfx's at "my usual supplier" a few
days ago, because I remember someone on this list wanting one. If
interested, they're available for $15+shipping...assuming they actually
work.
Mail me off-list if interested. I'm in West Lafayette, IN, USA 47906.
Pat
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>From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com>
>
---snip---
>
>Who would you rather have as President?
>
>a) Michael Sokolov
>b) Michael Moore
>c) Britney Spears
>d) the current jackass
>
>Let's see how off-topic this takes us :)
>
c) Britney Spears
But sadly, she has chosen not to run.
How about some better choices that are more realistic.
Why doesn't the Democratic Party do a better job of selecting
people. It is like idiot vrs. idiot again.
Dwight
I am finally getting a list ready of stuff I'll be bringing to VCF to
sell. It will be updated probably several times a day until there is no
time left and I have to leave for VCF :). I'll also be bringing most of
the stuff I have listed on VCM.
http://www.rain.org/~marvin/2004VCF.txt
It would be nice if others who will be selling there will also make and
post a list of stuff being sold :).
