Hi,
Anyone near Grove City, PA ??? I have a solder rework station out
there that needs to be picked up, its about 100lbs or so and I don't
want to chance it being shipped. I'm willing to meet off of Route 84
to anyone willing to pick it up and make the trip part (or most) of the
way to Carmel, NY (its about a 5+ drive each way and I'm not allowed to
drive more then 2 hrs right now because of the heart surgeries I had.)
I'm willing to pay anyone for the pickup and delivery, let me know
off-list, thank you.
Curt
> I also found this: http://www.pdp8.net/tu56/tu56.shtml
> in which Dave G. describes a successful use of the CM2182 (14V,
> 80ma) bulb in this application.
>
I just replaced one of them again last week so I had taken a picture of
the indicator disassembled.
It is now up at
http://www.pdp8online.com/tu56/pics/p1000839.shtml?small
If your TU56 -15V input is high you may run this bulb above their rated
voltage shortening their life.
Hi folks,
> Well I was. Was the difference the fact video stopped when the cpu
> was not in the idle key press loop?
There's quite a few differences between the ZX80 & ZX81.
The ZX81 supported 'compute and display' thanks to its more 'advanced'
video chip!
The ZX81 was (AFAIK) the first use of a gate-array chip in a home computer!
The ZX81 had an 8K ROM with floating point arithmetic, 'graphics';
decent string-handling and ZX printer support!
The ZX81 syntax-checker was nicer.
The ZX81 had a heat-sink that worked!
The ZX81 was unbelievably slow!
The ZX80 had that certain 'je ne sais quoi' that makes it at least
worth 10x more than any ZX81. I'm convinced about this, being the lucky
owner of one* ;-)
-cheers from Julz @P
* It was given to me as well, for which I'm really thankful!
There was a company called "Athena Computer and Electronic Systems"
based in San Juan Capistrano, California in the early 1980s. The
president was David Mitchell. Anyone know where I can find him today?
Or does anyone know of other people who worked there?
There is a Data General Eclipse MV/9000-U CPU (and cabinet/power supply if
you want that) available in Hayward, California. Further model
information is "G11202-G7".
I don't know much about this.
Photos here:
http://siconic.com/crap/hayward/
Someone apparently dropped it since I last saw it. Don't know what damage
has occured, but at least the photos give you a general idea of the size.
My guess is if you want this you'll just want the CPU. It's in
there...somewhere.
Contact me directly if interested.
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2009/10/21 Mark Tapley <mtapley at swri.edu>:
> At 12:00 -0500 10/21/09, Dan wrote:
>>
>> If you have time it would be great to know if the machine will start
>> up with all the boards pulled except the i/o. It would narrow down
>> diagnostics.
>>
>> Dan
>
> Will try, subject to 1) I think I won't be able to get to it until Friday,
> and 2) not if anyone thinks that might cause problems with my machine. I'll
> let you know as soon as I can!
> --
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?- Mark ? ? 210-379-4635
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> Large Asteroids headed toward planets
> inhabited by beings that don't have
> technology adequate to stop them:
>
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Think of it as Evolution in Fast-Forward.
>
Thanks, that would be great.
Dan
At 12:00 -0500 10/21/09, Dan wrote:
>If you have time it would be great to know if the machine will start
>up with all the boards pulled except the i/o. It would narrow down
>diagnostics.
>
>Dan
Will try, subject to 1) I think I won't be able to get to it until
Friday, and 2) not if anyone thinks that might cause problems with my
machine. I'll let you know as soon as I can!
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Large Asteroids headed toward planets
inhabited by beings that don't have
technology adequate to stop them:
Think of it as Evolution in Fast-Forward.
There is a very nice condition (excellent cosmetic/physical) Kaypro II
(branded Non-Linear Systems, so it's early) available in Hayward,
California.
I've turned it on and booted it up and it seems to work just fine. The
video is nice and crisp.
It's a really nice Kaypro II, with minor wear. I believe it is missing
one of the keys on the numeric keypad, but otherwise is complete.
While it is not mine, I am selling it for the owner. Please contact me
directly with an offer if you're interested. Will ship to anywhere.
The same model sold earlier in the year at the ACCRC auction for a $151
high bid, FYI.
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