Well, the Univac III is back: UNIVAC III Computer (In Storage since 1975),
eBay auction Item # 2733726990. This time the starting price is $7,500 and the
buy-it-now is $11,000.
The URL is:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2733726990&category=1247
OK, somebody, jump right on it! :-)
(Not me, I'm into LITTLE computers like PDP-11's and VAXen, with an occasional
side dish of 6502 or 8085)
Stuart Johnson
Certainly, there are a lot of logic analyzsers (or
analysers, if you are English) floating around. I was
told by a guy who specializes in "refurbished" (i.e.
dusted off) test equipment that this is because a lot
of it is gov't surplus where they just grab the unit.
He also mentioned that a lot of university surplus has
partially blown pods because of carelessness - due to
the nature of what they do, not much protection on the
inputs.
I have a Tek 1230 which I was lucky enough to get some
pods with. I had another one w/o pods and GOOD LUCK on
getting schematics, etc on this stuff - it's a "black
art" proprietary sort of thing.
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Anybody know what this is? I found three boxs of new 5 1/4" disks for one
today. I picked them up becuase they're 96TPI DS DD (aka DS QD) and I can
use them in my SB-180 puters and Nicolet DSO. I'm just wondeering about
the computer that they're supposed to go with.
Joe
I just got a package from Hamvention with my spaces ... I'll be in 3127 and
3128. My plans are still to arrive on Thursday night and show up early on Friday
morning to set up and check out the other flea market sellers.
I'm currently in the process of seeing what other ARDF/transmitter hunting
people might be available for dinner, but no reason it can't include classic
computers! So if anyone is available, let me know. It should be a lot of fun!
A somewhat belated reply to this thread, as I read the list irregularly...
DECserver series: Some models are LAT only (such as 100, 200, 90), some
also talk TCP/IP. Note there is also a TCP capable version of the 90
called the 90TL. I believe there's an open source LAT daemon now. The
90 is a compact 8 port module that plugs into the DEChub-90 or DEChub-1.
Some of these will need a MOP server to boot. Any of these should be OK
to attach terminals to. IIRC, I wasn't able to associate DECserver-100
ports with services for attaching it to a console port ("reverse LAT"),
only some models support that. DS550 is a big box with a PDP inside,
90 and 900 are little, 100/200/300 are in between.
Lantronix: ETS series terminal servers are compact boxes with varying
numbers of ports, with a DECserver-like interface. They can be used as
terminal servers as well as console servers. EPS series devices are
intended as print servers -- IIRC you can use as console servers, but
not as terminal servers, because the commands for outgoing connections
are gone. There's also the LRS series, which were intended as small RAS
boxes, but will also be OK as console or terminal servers -- but the
LRS2 hardware seems to have problems. The LRS1 is OK. They also have a
few other product lines such as MPS. Many of their products talk both
TCP and LAT, some of them are TCP-only unless you purchase a LAT license.
Some of them can be used as TCP/LAT gateways.
Shiva LanRover: Intended as a RAS, can also be used as a console server.
1U rackmount box with up to 8 ports. Probably not useful as a terminal
server, unless you have a machine that can talk the Shiva Hose protocol
and take over the ports. (It's been a while but I don't believe it wanted
to give a login prompt to an attached device that doesn't act like a
modem.) They also made an OEM version for IBM. TCP.
Xylogics Annex: A few different products, usable as console or terminal
servers. Annex 3 squeezes dozens of ports onto one box, with Centronics
connectors.
Livingston Portmaster: This series was popular with ISPs as a RAS, can
also be used as a terminal or console server IIRC. TCP.
Bridge Communications CS/100, 3Com CS/2100: Not sure what exactly these
will do, but without the boot floppy or TFTP image, they won't do much
useful! The software was available in several versions including one
that only talked OSI. A dozen or so ports.
Xyplex, Emulex, others: Various DECserver workalikes.
LAN Access LANAserver: Dunno much about this except it was available
with 4 and maybe 8 ports, it's 1U and it has an LCD on the front. Company
was sold to Digi in '95, they sold the product to NNTI, NNTI went out of
business. I think Digi might have also had their own product.
Cyclades: They make some sort of nifty little box with L*n*x inside, I
think it's intended as a console server.
Cisco: They made a box with a bunch of serial ports, I think it was
intended as a RAS but could be used as a console server and maybe a
terminal server.
Hmm, I know I'm forgetting something here...
-- Adam
Among things I am finding is the following:
PC 200/300 MEGA/MDA
Video Controoler Diag.
Utility Disk
Rev. 2850 704-5133
(C) 1988, Wang Labs., Inc.
The files on the disk are:
. <DIR> 07-18-05 3:16p .
.. <DIR> 07-18-05 3:16p ..
DIAGUTIL EXE 35,688 05-04-88 12:37a DIAGUTIL.EXE
DIAGUTIL MSG 3,197 05-04-88 12:03a DIAGUTIL.MSG
EGAVIDEO EXE 13,262 05-06-88 3:51p EGAVIDEO.EXE
EGAVIDEO WDM 14,977 05-06-88 3:41p EGAVIDEO.WDM
EXECDIAG EXE 753 05-04-88 12:39a EXECDIAG.EXE
HIRES COM 2,944 07-01-87 3:27p HIRES.COM
IBMBIO COM 22,486 05-04-88 12:39a IBMBIO.COM
IBMDOS COM 30,128 07-24-87 12:00a IBMDOS.COM
WEGA EXE 25,728 01-22-87 11:42a WEGA.EXE
9 file(s) 149,163 bytes
2 dir(s) 21,699.92 MB free
If anyone needs a copy of the disk contents, let me know and I'll email a copy
of the contents in zip format (runs about 76K.)
I won the prime computer, I paid more then I really wanted, but there
you go. I was expecting it to go out of my reach though.
I will pick it up sometime this week. Watch this space for info...
Dan
Answer: Darned near everyone.
I'm trying to locate a game I used to play on my cousin's computer back in
the early 90s. The game is most likely older than this, but I can't say
how much. (The only other games on this machine was Test Drive (#1) and
some horrendous ASCII golf game)
The game was a top-down dungeon style game (As in the location, rather
than D&D or Zork association). The game used ASCII characters to build out
the 'map' that you walked through using the arrow guys to guide your
character, if memory serves an *, running into monsters and treasure and
the like.
I -think- the dungeon view only took up a portion of the screen, perhaps
the right-half only, and your view was fairly limited to a "if you were in
the dungeon this would be the extent of your eye line" sort of thing.
Pretty nifty.
Does this sound famaliar to anyone? A name would be great, a link would be
disco, and source code would be fascinating.
Thanks all for your hive-mind;
JP
Oh, what the hell! I sent outside and dug the rest of the stuff out of
the car. Here's what I have:
6800/02/08, 65xx, 8085, Z-80 and 27xx (programmer?). Looks like a nice
collection of vintage stuff!
I have both pods and interface cards for each of them. In fact, this
stuff looks NEW! Most of it is still wrapped in foam plastic sheeting and
it's VERY clean.
Joe
At 05:06 PM 4/26/06 -0700, you wrote:
>Joe R. wrote:
>
>> Is anyone familar with this stuff? I picked up a pile of it a week or
>>two back. The pod that I'm looking at right now if for the 6800/02/08 but I
>>think the others are for other CPUs. Anyone know what system it's for? The
>>interface board uses the same type female connectors as the ss-50 stuff but
>>many more pins and much larger circuit card. I found some mentions on the
>>net but nothing useful.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
>>
>>
>I work for arium. What do you have? We are now American Arium, and
>I can at least find out what you have it you send photos or descriptions.
>
>I suspect maybe you either have an analyzer with some trace pods, or
>if you have run control, you may have an EZ/Pro system.
>
>Jim
>
