test-drb February 2007

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by legalize＠xmission.com

Sacramento: Wyse WY-100 terminal $10 <http://sacramento.craigslist.org/sys/267294791.html> -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>

18 years, 2 months

Foonly

by aek＠bitsavers.org

> Where did the name "Foonly" come from? google "FOO NLI"

18 years, 2 months

DATA General Stuff

by mdoyle＠printersupport.net

Hi, I am looking for a couple of data general 5220 crt`s can you assist Thanks Mike Doyle Printer Support Corp 508-665-6000

18 years, 2 months

Cromemco Unix?

by dm561＠torfree.net

----------------Original Message: Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:14:16 -0800 From: Gene Buckle <geneb at simpits.com> Subject: Cromemco Unix? To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Odd Cromemco system: http://cgi.ebay.com/CROMEMCO-SUPER-MICROCOMPUTER-VINTAGE_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ… I've never seen this machine before. I had no idea Cromemco was into Unix. g. ---------------Reply: Nothing odd about it; they'd had Cromix, a sort-of-UNIX available on their Z80 and 68000 systems since around 1980, but by the mid-80s they finally cried uncle and made UNIX systems available with the x20 series, essentially the same S-100 boxes as the older ones, i.e. a 120 was essentially an upgraded System 1, a 220 an upgraded CS-2 (Z-2) and the 320 was the System 3 (8" FD), all with slightly changed styling, a 68010 or 68020 with a 68881, minimum 2MB, minimum 9 ports and an external DC600 tape drive. They also brought out a new CS-400/420 tower version with the tape drive built in. The x00 series were essentially the same systems but running Cromix, although since they were S-100 systems you could put whatever cards you wanted into them and run whatever you wanted, even CP/M or CDOS (their CP/M clone), although with the later CPU boards without a Z80 those programs ran on the Z80 in the I/O processor. I believe there was also a 4000 Mammoth running parallel 68030s on the VME bus, although I don't have one and have never even seen one. I've got two of the 420s sitting on my verandah gathering snow; wonder what the cold'll do to the infamous rollers in the tape drives... I could dig out some old price lists if anyone's interested in the available models. mike

18 years, 2 months

MCA RAID card, Vaxstation, Sun SCSI boxes: free to a good London home

by david＠cantrell.org.uk

I'm having a clear-out of a load of old stuff that I'm no longer using (or in some cases acquired and never used). Of interest to this list: * MCA SCSI RAID card, Mylex DAC960M, known working about four years ago. no driver disks, no box, no anti-static bag, no cables, no nothing. * VAXstation 3100, not powered on since I acquired it. external SCSI cable. * miscellaneous Sun external SCSI boxes which might even have working disks in 'em. All free to good homes. New owner to collect in south London, or I can deliver the MCA card in central London. I won't ship anything. If you want any of it, please contact me by private email. Anything not gone by the end of the month will be thrown away. And somewhat off-topic, if anyone knows where I can get a DVI-to-SCART converter so I can attach a Mac Mini to a TV, do please let me know. -- David Cantrell | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david fdisk format reinstall, doo-dah, doo-dah; fdisk format reinstall, it's the Windows way

18 years, 2 months

Cromemco Unix?

by g-wright＠att.net

-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Gene Buckle <geneb at simpits.com> > Odd Cromemco system: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/CROMEMCO-SUPER-MICROCOMPUTER-VINTAGE_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ… > oryZ56084QQihZ010QQitemZ200074941857QQrdZ1 > > I've never seen this machine before. I had no idea Cromemco was into Unix. > > g. > > Yes, they did have sys V in the later years. I have both Cromix and system V systems here. Jerry Jerry Wright JLC inc g-wright at att.net

18 years, 2 months

shipping help, New Jersey

by drb＠msu.edu

Is there anyone near Fairfield, New Jersey who would be willing to palletize three lowboy computer cabinets and several boxes of docs and media onto two pallets and optionally drive them to a nearby truck freight terminal? I'm willing to compensate for your time. Thanks, De

18 years, 2 months

Book publishers

by vp＠drexel.edu

>It's all in how and who you ask. [...] yes you are right. I was lucky to talk with the right person in BYTE when I asked for permission to put up on the www.series80.org web site the BYTE review of the HP-85. The person was very polite and helpful and I got the permission with a minimum of hassle. **vp

18 years, 2 months

PDP-11/70 in Yates Center, KS

by bqt＠softjar.se

ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote: >>> "William Donzelli" <wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Jim Willing was one of the pioneers in this computer collecting hobby >>> > (I apply pioneers to those of us that were doing this seriously over >>> > ten years ago - before this list, and before there even was a hobby). >>> >>> Cool! I'm a pioneer, having collected these things for close to 25 years. > > Even longer than me. I started in May 1986 (yes, it'll soon be 21 years > of computer collecting here ;-)) Started playing with a PDP-11/40 in 1982 or 1983 in a computer club at that time. We also had some other very odd hardware that we tried to get working and had fun with. No software, but we had a few peripherials, so we had to write our own monitor just using the front panel. And of course we had all the drawings for the machine. And we were always trying to get someone to donate more stuff to us. And of course, my school at the time used a PDP-11/70, and at nights I was hanging out at the nearby university, where they had a whole bunch of DEC-10 machines on which I could get guest accounts. By 1986 I got my first two PDP-8 systems home. Almost wish I was back in those days. So much fun. And some really odd hardware was still around and possible to get your hands on... I wonder what happened to the VT05 terminals that we managed to get, and that I hacked to get rid of the margin bell... :-) >>> Well, I'm not sure I would call it collecting in the normal sense of the >>> word. I want to keep these machines running, useable, and in use. > > Just like me again. I keep on saying at HPCC that I am not an HP > calculator collector. Yes, I have old HP calculators (handhelds and > desktops), but I use them. I keep them operational, I do program them, I > do use them for calculators. And I don't try to obtain every cosmetic > version (that is, with differnt position of the serial number label, > etc), but I am interested in at least seeing versions with substantially > different internals (like the 2 very different logic boards that were used in the HP80 financial calculator). Still have my HP-41 around, and it's still my all time favourite. I must admit I have collcted some odd hardware for it over the years that I don't really use much though... But it's a rather hacked CX with modules built into it, and some nice stuff around. :-) > No, I am not intersted in having machines on the shelf in original > condition. I want to be able to sue them, investigate them, and so on. We think alike. :-) Johnny

18 years, 2 months

Jules Richardson on arty computers

by c.murray.mccullough＠gmail.com

I quite agree some classic computers have an internal beauty but some have an external beauty that is almost art-like. My vote goes to the Coleco ADAM as it's beauty lies both in its internal/external construction. What is deeper than that I'm not sure...! Happy computing! Murray :)

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