In reference to some items I mentioned for sale recently; the items that I
haven't sold directly are now on http://marketplace.vintage.org/. The most
recent nine postings are all from me. I would appreciate anyone taking a look. I am
motivated to sell these and some other items, reasonable offers are welcomed.
Thank you, David Greelish, classiccomputing.com
"Joe R." <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> at Sun, 15 Feb 2004 12:18:01 -0500
bragged:
[hack...]
> NuBus prototypiong board made by Apple. This one has two ROMs and a
> 68000 installed at the factory. Anybody know what the story is on that?
You found yourself a Macintosh coprocessor board. They developed a
RT/OS called A/ROSE (and the extension A/ROSE that no one knew what to
do with...) to go with it.
<http://www.mactech.com/articles/develop/issue_04/coprocessor.html> has
a good write-up on the beast.
[...]
> Drum roll please. Taa Da!
> National Semiconductor Pacer SBC
Another monument to Nationals propensity to shoot themselves in the
foot. I was running a DG Nova 1200 at the time this POS came out and
was one of the first to stand in line to get the micro version of the
1200, And then only tot find that they split the Program Register into
two 8-bit registers thereby making it a paged machine and rendering the
thing useless. And then there's the static registers in the 32000
series... National had the chance to do right in many cases, but always
got it wrong. AHHHHHHH!!!!! Enough of my rant.
Claude
In a message dated 2/15/2004 6:55:57 AM Eastern Standard Time,
dickset(a)amanda.spole.gov writes:
Long ago, before I even had a hard drive on my A1000, I had a game for the
Amiga that I think was called "Portal". It was more of an interactive
story where you played the part of an astronaut returning to a deserted
Earth.
I have been googling, etc., and can't find it on any game lists. Given that
AFAIK, it runs under AmigaDOS 1.1 and probably doesn't have a hard-disk-
installable version, I'm sure all of these newcomers to the Amiga scene have
never heard of it.
So... does this ring any bells with anyone? Do I have the title right?
heh, I remember that game and have it for my apple //e. Something about
finding out where everyone went and you interact with some computer system that
will help you find out what happened.
--
I am not willing to give up my liberties for the appearance of 'security'
Just got back from the last (1/2) day of the hamfest. Todays haul;
Two boxs of HP and Tektronix manuals.
A pile of IBM RS/6000 docs
A studio grade RGB monitor (hopefully to replace SEVERAL of the Sun, HP
and SGI RGB monitors that I current have)
A Compaq Portable III
A HP 214A Pulse generator (an oldie but it will pulse 100V into 50Ohms
and none of the new stuff will do that)
A Sinclair ZX-61 with accessories (Glen, are you listening?)
An IBM PS/2 model 8525 (Kelvin?)
A pouch with a HP Logic Probe, Currrent Probe, Chip Clip and Logic Pulser.
Joe
PS the LD Xpro programmer has the plug in for the 44 pin PLCC 80x51
type devices.
Two days down and one to go. Here's the haul so far"
HP 9845B (appears to be loaded)
HP 1000 computer (yes, another one!)
HP 1351 Graphics Generator (vector graphics for the HP 1000!)
HP 3468 DMM with HP-IL interface
Three large boxs of early data books
Original early IBM PC. Appears to be untampered with.
Some NEC APC III manuals. Passed up several more boxfuls of these.
Anybody need them?
NuBus prototypiong board made by Apple. This one has two ROMs and a
68000 installed at the factory. Anybody know what the story is on that?
P133 notebook computer with Network Stumbler installed (this should be
fun!)
A like new Logical Devices XPro EPROM programmer with the PLCC plugins.
An IR black body source with controller
Drum roll please. Taa Da!
National Semiconductor Pacer SBC
Passed up a Sparc notebook computer but got a lead on some Apple Lisa
parts.
Joe
> I believe all they need is a good sample from which to shoot a
master.
--
I have a high resolution scan of the panel
If someone were to do repros, I'd suggest using polycarb instead of glass
The good thing is, unlike later machines, it is just a rectangle w/o cutouts
McCollum, Peter wrote:
> Hi all,
> Just joined up.
> I have a straight-8 in the garage (not working, but repairable I think) with an ASR-33. No other perpherals.
> Also have an 8-E (almost working I think). It has several option/IO cards in it, but no actual perpherals.
>
> I started with DEC in 1981, in a Test Engineering group for Storage.
>
> Here's my first question:
> What should I do about the glass on the straight-8 front panel? The paint markings are peeling off.
> Is there a recommended way to preserve it?
> Or, has anyone made a graphic template that can be used to print a new panel, and put it behind a piece of plain glass?
>
> Regards,
> Pete
You need to get in touch with this guy
about getting your straight 8 working.
His 8 has suffered major damage and
needs major parts like a core memory
and backplane and front panel.
See this web site for details.
http://nisler.org/crash/
** warning -- not for the faint hearted **
I am also posting this to classic computers
since a lot of people have 8's there.
A replacement front panel and other parts
may be a good group effort for the people
that still have straight 8's.
Ben.
Two days down and one to go. Here's the haul so far"
HP 9845B (appears to be loaded)
HP 1000 computer (yes, another one!)
HP 1351 Graphics Generator (vector graphics for the HP 1000!)
HP 3468 DMM with HP-IL interface
Three large boxs of early data books
Original early IBM PC. Appears to be untampered with.
Some NEC APC III manuals. Passed up several more boxfuls of these.
Anybody need them?
NuBus prototypiong board made by Apple. This one has two ROMs and a
68000 installed at the factory. Anybody know what the story is on that?
P133 notebook computer with Network Stumbler installed (this should be
fun!)
A like new Logical Devices XPro EPROM programmer with the PLCC plugins.
An IR black body source with controller
Drum roll please. Taa Da!
National Semiconductor Pacer SBC
Passed up a Sparc notebook computer but got a lead on some Apple Lisa
parts.
Joe
John:
My company's office is on South Lake at the corner of Del Mar. I don't have a map handy but I think that it's a softball's throw from CalTech.
Where in Old Town is Empire Electronics? Usually I walk to Old Town from my hotel to kill some time.
Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: dundas(a)caltech.edu
Date: Saturday, February 14, 2004 1:31 am
Subject: Re: Classic Computing in LA
> Well I work at Caltech (Pasadena) and live in a city immediately
> adjacent and
> I'm not aware of any good "classic computing" spots. Wish I did.
>
> My favorite electronics spots are Dow (now Mavac) and C&H, both on
> Colorado
> Blvd. Tim Shoppa turned me on to Empire Electronics in Old Town
> Pasadena.
> That's about it.
>
> Good luck,
>
> John
>
> > I'm going to Los Angeles, CA for a few days next week on
> business. Are there
> > any good spots to check out for classic computing / electronics
> gear? I'll
> > probably be in the Pasadena area. Last time I went I was in
> Ceritos, and all
> > the cool electronics surplus places I've heard of were closed. I
> also have
> > the luxury of several equipment boxes that will be shipped along
> with me and
> > returned on my way back :)
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
Recently rescued ..
HP 9000/300 - 68010 CPU, 1MB RAM + video (so it says)
HP 9153A - 2 of, floppy + HD (probably 10MB)
HP 35731A - 12" 512x400 monochrome monitor (some burn)
HP 46021A - keyboard
HP 46083A - HP-HIL rotary control
HP 46084A - HP-HIL ID module
One of the 9153A drives is alleged to contain the software
to dribe a gas chromatograph (written in PASCAL) the other
is alleged to contain the PASCAL compiller environment.
Not tested as yet. Also ..
MEM/340 - 4MB multibus II(?) memory card
And bought recently ..
Heurikon M220 - 5 of, VME, 68020/68881, 4MB DRAM, SCSI, 2 x SERIAL
Matrox MMG640 - 2 of, VME, graphics, ??
I need info for the Matrox and Heurikon boards, and possibly ROM
images, and I could use a VME backplane or two (or other VME cards
such as ethernet) so the HP stuff and the multibus card are available
for swap/sale. I can probably deliver/collect within the UK.
Cheers
Lee.
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A friend wants to know if he can use an ST238R RLL drive with am MFM
controller. It has been to long for me to remember the answer to
that question, so I'll let the knowing people of this list enter
your votes.
--tnx
--tom
