Before I go hauling all those little Torx screws out (yes Tony I *do*
have proper Torx bits, unlike the last person to be inside it), can
anyone point me in the direction of the CMOS battery?
I bet it's right underneath the monitor, or something.
Gordon
Hi,
Thanks for the encouraging responses, I'll go and have a read. Someone also kindly emailed me these URLs with further useful info:
http://www.pimpworks.org/ibm/aixled.htmlhttp://www.pimpworks.org/ibm/ledcomm.txt
I have contact with a AIX CD, and I have obtained (a few!) SCSI CD drive that cn be tweaked to the correct sector size.
Couple more questions though:
1. Is there a back-up battery (perhaps in a RTC chip like on a Sparcstation 2), that will have surely failed by 2008.
2. Is there a source to download diagnostic floppy set, I hadn't known about these until today.
Thanks again,
John
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You are probably right. Its not like I'm trying to hide anything but I
really don't know much about these. Other than the fact that it powers up
that's about it. Picked it up local with the idea of "wow IMSAI" but
realized it's a bit out of my realm of interest, I'll never actually use it,
and I need the money to go to school this Fall. I'm more than happy to
answer any questions anyone has though.
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:03:19 -0500
From: "js at cimmeri.com" <js at cimmeri.com>
Subject: re: IMSAI 8080 on eBay
To: cctech at classiccmp.org
Message-ID: <48D3E967.2020104 at cimmeri.com>
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>From: "Mike" <michaelgreen42 at comcast.net>
>Subject: IMSAI 8080 on eBay
>To: <cctech at classiccmp.org>
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>I've decided to sell my IMSAI 8080. It is in excellent condition and comes
>with two Discus 8" floppy drives. It has been posted on eBay.
>http://cgi.ebay.com/IMSAI-8080-with-8-Floppy-Drives_W0QQitemZ120307050411QQ
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>mdZViewItem?hash=item120307050411&_trkparms=72%3A1205|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12
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>240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
>
For a big ticket item, that ad is really lacking in pics and information.
I stumbled on a disturbing thing on Ebay. There's a guy who seems to
specialize in taking apart perfectly good classic computer stuff to sell
the pieces. I found him when looking for a VT100. He's selling a naked
CRT that he says was taken from a working VT180. I asked him why. No
answer.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
The first to reply has claimed the MD3. Thanks. I'll have some
motherboards for sale later on.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
I have some more free-for-shipping stuff that I'm tired of looking at:
Seven LM-D501W 5.25" magneto-optical disks by Panasonic
Six LMR1300 5.25" magneto-optical 5.25" disks by Micro Design International
I'm in California.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
I seem to recall someone asking for manuals for the Toshiba T1000. I have
the user and tech manuals on Ebay now (item 230296780064). If you're not
on speaking terms with Ebay, email me privately.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:58:00 -0400
From: "Roy J. Tellason" <rtellason at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: LED displays (TIL305, TIL308, etc.)
On Tuesday 30 September 2008 16:43, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> Didn't Motorola package one if its early mask-programmed RTL ROMs as
> a standard BCD-to-seven segment part?
I remember that, but if you wanted more bits either way than the number of
bits the chip was set up for their app info had you cascading some absurd
number of them.
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And then there's Motorola's MC14489, directly drives 5 7-seg LED displays
(and/or discrete LEDs &c), cascadable, hexadecimal decoding (among others) etc.
Serial input, only 1 resistor required to limit current.
mike
I have a Morrow MicroDecision 3 that won't post and I'm not interested in
restoring it myself. The case is in fair condition with some cracks to
the front. I have at least fifteen MD3 motherboards in storage. What I'm
offering is this nonworking computer and a couple motherboards marked
"good" by whoever put them in the box I found them in -- all this for cost
of shipping.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
