> ..I remember that somebody on the list tried to make a collection of
zilog chip documents.
That might be Joe R. (looking at old messages), or Al Kossow might want
it for bitsavers.
Any chance the book has details on the Z-ASCC?
David
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
> [mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Vintage
> Computer Festival
> Sent: 04 August 2004 19:23
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: RE: rarest computers
>
> rush for a Computer History Museum event, but I think it
> boiled down to dirty contacts on everything. I unseated and
> re-seated all the modules and it finally came up. There
I did all that before I discovered it was an NTSC box :) Didn't have any
compatible display device at the time so it went back in its box....
> BTW, when I was in Japan at the National Science Museum, they
> had on loan the original "Brown Box" prototype of the
> Odyssey. They actually had it turned on and connected to a
> television, and it was still working!
Brilliant! Do you know if there are any pictures of that? I've seen
original 1960s photos of the brown box but a current one would be
excellent.
Cheers
--
adrian/witchy
owner & curator, Binary Dinosaurs - the UK's biggest online home
computer collection?
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the Museum
www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - former gothic shenanigans
www.aaghverts.co.uk - the place to whinge at adverts!
> I fact let's start a thread of what items people feel are missing from
> their collections, Here's mine... (No, I am not asking for any of these...)
I would kill for a VAX 6000 in the UK. Mmmmm... *dribble*
I'm still a student though, so i've not got a permanent base to keep one at. And I thought a uV-II in a BA123 was a bastard to heft around every end-of-academic-year...
alex/melt
Anyone have installation and service manuals for the following in electronic
format?
Tektronix 455 S/N: B055329
Tektronix 465 S/N: B306547
Thanks in advance!
Jay West
I get no spam on this email list. Best run list I have ever seen.
I use this email address only for this list.
Actually that is not entirely true. Usually I get about one spam a week but
lately there have been none. I don't think spam comes through this list.
Paxton
Astoria, OR
Hiyall,
Bah.. where's spam when ya need it. Waiting for some to arrive
to test the new antispam stuff...
I have been getting a growing number of spam messages through
this address, which is only used for this list, so there have
to be spam-harvesters out there. Jay, could you enable a
monthly (or longer) "please verify your address" email system
where address get dropped off the list of they dont reply,
meaning, a human is using it?
Thanks,
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
Someone mentioned some time ago a metal case instead of the standard
case for the Northstar Horizon. Can anyone confirm if they did put out a
computer in a metal case, and if so, (wishful thinking) how many they
might have produced? I have one here in a powder blue metal case similar
in color to the IMSAI, but I thought it was something someone just put
together. I talked to the person a few days ago that I got it from, and
he couldn't remember any details except that it came from a swap meet
many years ago.
Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> wrote:
> > If you mean a clock that maintains time when power is off or gets the time
> > by radio then we are probably into the micro era.
>
> Yes.
>
> But I can't imagine there was not a real-time clock (i.e. as described
> above) as at least an option for an earlier computer system.
VAX Architecture Reference Manual requires every VAX to have one,
and they all indeed do starting with the 11/780. Was the 780
introduced in 1978 or 1979? In any case it was designed in the late
1970s.
MS
Hi
I have one that is in a beige metal case.
Yes, they did do metal case ones. These are
not as desired as the wood ones but more
practical.
Dwight
>From: "Marvin Johnston" <marvin(a)rain.org>
>
>
>Someone mentioned some time ago a metal case instead of the standard
>case for the Northstar Horizon. Can anyone confirm if they did put out a
>computer in a metal case, and if so, (wishful thinking) how many they
>might have produced? I have one here in a powder blue metal case similar
>in color to the IMSAI, but I thought it was something someone just put
>together. I talked to the person a few days ago that I got it from, and
>he couldn't remember any details except that it came from a swap meet
>many years ago.
>
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 10:53:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Dwight K. Elvey" <dwight.elvey(a)amd.com>
Subject: rarest computers. was: RE: Xerox Alto Restoration + Emulation
>>From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com>
>>
>>They have a *very* well done restoration page. Cool project! However, I
>>don't believe their claim to have the only original Alto left in existence
>>is accurate.
Al Kossow would certainly beg to differ... he has some, I believe, and knows
others who do.
>Hi
>I was just wondering. What people on this list consider their
>rarest computers in their collections. Here is my list
Oooooooh a liststorm coming! First, define 'rare'... I would say, less than
10 machines known to exist, as an arbitrary figure.
OK, here's the Corestore contribution:
Two pdp-12s (not 'rare' by above definition, but rareish and very much in
demand)
Three pdp-10s (a KS (not very rare), a KL 1091 (rare), and a KL 2065 (rare)
Two pdp-15s (I know of one other in UK, 4 others in USA)
An IBM 1800 (unique, as far as I know)
Two IBM System/32s (again unique - know of no others in collections)
A Thinking Machines CM-2a (very few other CMs around, but my -2a is unique
AFAIK)
I'd like to add an IBM System/360 Model 40 to the list, but it *still* isn't
here... negotiating!
Any of these systems folks wouldn't consider 'rare'? Curious...
What rare machine do I covet most? A System/360 Model 30. KA or KI pdp-10 a
close second.
Web pages:
http://www.corestore.org/12.htm (no page for 2nd pdp-12 yet)
http://www.corestore.org/15-1.htmhttp://www.corestore.org/15-2.htmhttp://www.corestore.org/dec20.htmhttp://www.corestore.org/dec10.htmhttp://www.corestore.org/2065move.htm (no proper page yet)
http://www.corestore.org/1800-2.htmhttp://www.corestore.org/32.htm (no page for 2nd System/32 yet)
http://www.corestore.org/cm2a.htm
Mike
http://www.corestore.org
