I spotted an 8" floppy disk subsystem (2 + controller board) for an
HP 9??? system (was in a rush and didn't have time to get the
particulars). If anyone is interested, ring my bell and I'll follow
up with the details.
CRC
Rich,
I checked out your web site and you have an IMSAI and an Altair on your
wanted list. You can be like Austin Powers and scratch those off the list.
Michael Holley
> Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 21:55:36 -0400
> From: "Richard A. Cini" <rcini at optonline.net>
> Subject: IMSAI Score update/Spare BYTEs/Got an Altair too
> To: CCTalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> Rich Cini
> Collector of classic computers
> Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project
> Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/
I just noticed somebody from Austin, Texas trying to access my pictures
>from last year's VCF East. I had a drive on my server crash a couple of
weeks ago and hadn't gotten around to restoring them. They are available
now:
http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/vcfe2004/
Bill
>In a message dated 6/2/2005 11:17:51 AM Eastern Standard Time,
lproven at gmail.com >writes:
>This is the original IBM VGA monitor from 1987.
>I'm still using one of these alongside my classic Model M keyboards.
>I'm keeping it to go with my original (but now heavily tricked-out)
>PS/2 Model 80-A21 (16MB RAM! 1.3GB of SCSI disk! CD! NIC! Windows NT
>Server 3.51 SP5! (All right, it does also have PC DOS 7 and OS/2 Warp
>Server 4, but I can't get Warp to talk to the NIC, so that's just a
>curiosity, whereas NT runs like a dream on it. Rock solid, just
>sluggish.)
I'm surprised you cannot get a NIC to work in OS/2. If it's a 3com or
Cabletron, it should be dead easy, as long as you've got the NDIS drivers.
Sometimes you have to monkey around with ibmlan.ini I think.
Just scored (and received in the mail today) something off ebay I've been
wanting for some time.
There was a nice 8 page foldout color brochure with intact "more info"
mail-in card for the HP2000 (TSB) computer system there, mint condition. I
halfheartedly bid, because I couldn't tell for sure if the brochure was for
the general HP2000 stuff or if it was specific to TSB. Turns out it was
quite specific to TSB and it's simply gorgeous.
Am I the only collector that actually ponders sending in warranty cards or
sales response cards (as a joke) for a product that was discontinued 30
years ago? I always giggle about the look on the recipients face. But I'd
never write on an original card :)
Now I need to see if Kinkos can blow the cover up into a nice marketing
poster to frame and hang on the wall next to the old girl - since I can't
seem to find any real HP2000 posters.
On another note... the brochure reminded me that there are a few bits and
pieces of HP2000/TSB software that I've never found. They aren't terribly
critical, but I want to be complete. Would anyone have copies of any of the
following HP software on mag tape?
SDE/2000 (source data entry)
EDITOR/2000 (duh)
TSP/2000-HASP (telecommunications supervisory package)
FCOPY/2000 (file utility)
I think FCOPY I already have on the MCP tape, but I think the others were
separate tapes.
In addition, it would be rather neat to have a copy of the CAI (computer
assisted instruction), IDF (instructional dialogue facility), and CWF
(course writing facility) software load tapes. I actually used IDF on the
HP2K at my high school, but it'd be nice to find all these optional software
modules.
Regards,
Jay West
On Jun 2 2005, 13:16, Jules Richardson wrote:
>
> Does anyone have the pinouts of the Nascom 2 keyboard connector
handy?
>
> I'm wondering if there are any duplicated ground lines such that I
can
> get away with running a cable via DA15 connectors (the connectors on
the
> '2 and keyboard PCBs are 16 pin headers)
Mine's not handy, but it does in fact have a DA15 plug on the keyboard
and a DA15 socket on the Nascom chassis. So although I can't tell you
which line to drop, it would seem it is possible to do so.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
On Jun 2 2005, 16:01, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Computer Collector Newsletter wrote:
>
> The list said "Owner: Peter Gibbons" and the task item was "Review
TPS
> > reports."
> >
> > Gotta love nerd humor. It was a fairly tiny font, so I wonder how
many
> > people will notice the joke.
>
> I don't get it.
>From the film "Office Space". See
http://www.answers.com/topic/office-space
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
David Bryan just scanned and sent me a copy of "HP's 5 1/4-Inch
Winchester Disc Drive Service Documentation" (HP
09134-90032, August 1983) for the old style HP 9133/9134 and 9135 disk
drives. Besides the always useful service information, it includes
explainations of which drives can be made to look like 4 1.15Mb floppy
drives for use on the HP-85 and other small systems that don't normally use
the HP hard drives. I've posted it at
"http://www.classiccmp.org/hp/HP%20Docs/".
Thanks David!
Joe
A collector in Arizona or Nevada (can't remember which) emailed me yesterday
or today, and when I was accessing my mailbox remotely I accidentally
deleted the email :\
Can whoever it was please re-email me? I know I wanted to respond to that
email.
Jay West
Going back to 2003 and a post you made about the Radio Shack
Science Fair 10 in 1... :)
I have a manual for the 28-225 if you would like a scanned copy.
Just let me know.
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