Hi,
I am moving to a smaller place and need to off-load some bits I am not
going to have space for.
An Octane (works but case in a bad shape) dual processor sse graphics
it had 1gb of memory but some was bad, I think it's 768mb
A Sun Blade 2000 Dual processors with 1gb memory and 18gb drive.
2 rack mount sparc machines with 2xmachines in each unit (Non sun) I
think they are 500mhz and 1gb memory
A Dell Itanium rack mount machine which won't run VMS. I
Vax 4000/90 with a non working PSU
A non working ex-millitary oscilloscope
I need to check but a number of vt220 terminals with keyboards.
I'm sure these will be popular: I have 8x big heavy drive DSSI drive
units. They have not been powered up for a few years. They have
scsi-->dssi convertor cards in them. They currently have 1GB and 2GB
full height drive units in them. But they can take up to 9GB.
I also have cabling which I have to sort out mainly for SUN and DEC. I
have all the cabling for the dssi drives and a lot of monitor and
other cables for Vaxstation 3100's.
I am based in Central London and all of the machines are too heavy for
me to ship. But let me know I'm sure we can work something out.
These are available for free, but as at the moment the only machines I
am keeping (or allowed to keep) are my RM machines I am interested in
any cables software and monitors for 380Z, 480Z and early PC's
I am going to be quite busy all over the weekend, so I may not get a
chance to reply until monday.
Dan
There are a couple of gaps in the documented opcodes for the 8008, namely:
0x22, 0x2a, 0x32,0x38,0x39,0x3a
Is the behavior of the 8008 CPU when executing any of these bytes
described anywhere?
There are a lot of maindec ppt images on the net, but I fail to find 8/L specific ones.
Or could I just use the 8/I maindec to check out the 8/l core stack, since they share the same stack ?
Jos
> From: Charlie Carothers <csquared3 at tx.rr.com>
> According to this:
> http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/650/650_ch1.html the first
> 650 was installed at a customer site in December, 1954.
Indeed but when was the machine which is working first? The 'Mini' car was first sold in 1959 but some are older than others, indeed a car of the same name is still in production. I'm now after the oldest ten working stored program computers. I'd also be interested in the oldest working stored program computers with core memory.
Thank you very much for your efforts.
> I thought this was pretty interesting as well:
> http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_FT1.html
> It indicates the 701 was around in 1952. I'm not sure if you want to
> limit your list to core memory or not. It appears that the 701's
> internal memory consisted of a drum and a CRT. In any case, I need to
> waste a lot more time exploring these pages. :-)
> Later,
> Charlie C.
That is a great find. It even includes the first machine I ever wrote a program for, the IBM 7094 (in Fortran IV using the Purdue University Fast Fortran Translator).
I too will have to crawl around the tree and hopefully learn more about the early IBM machines.
A friend has found that he has an Apple IIa with two Apple disk drives. I
know nothing about Apple machines and would like to tell him if this is
something relatively rare or still quite common. I know I asked a similar
question a while ago for another friend but I have been unable to find the
email in the archives so I don't know if I am asking about the same model
again this time. Any information appreciated
Thanks
Rob
> From: Simon Fryer <fryers at gmail.com>
>>> Yes, and made the mistake of buying one. Couldn't believe it when it
>>> actually arrived. I left an interesting review on Amazon.
>>
>> Do you happen to remember the title (or have a URL) for this? I wonder
>> how the authors of that/those wikipedia articles feel about this? I know
>> I'd be pretty annoyed if somedy did that with something I'd written.
>
> ISBN 10: 1155452186
> ISBN 13: 978-1155452180
> Title: ICL Mainframe Computers: Leo, English Electric Kdf8, Elliott
> 803, Ict 1900, ICL 2900 Series, English Electric Kdf9, Ict 1301
> By: Books LLC
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/ICL-Mainframe-Computers-English-Electric/dp/1155452…
Thank you very much for the warning. I would have been very annoyed if I bought it and discovered the only information on the 1301 was mainly what I had written myself on Wikipedia. I knew it had been copied onto other web site but at least they were free. Every now and again I do a search on ICT 1301 and the number of hits keeps expanding. A few real gems get added sometimes and a lot of stuff about Info & Comms Technology (hence ICT) which happens to have 1301 on the page but almost every time there is a new web site or two with yet another copy of my words. Why do they bother?
Hi Gang,
I just got a Compaq lugable, and it seems that the XT IDE board is the next thing to add.
Anybody (Andrew Lynch?) have some blank boards and the rom, or a completed board, cable, drive they what to sell?
Thanks,
Randy
Hello,
Yes the tape should poition and the head seak track one. The 2150 has a puck
that pinches when the slide locks the cartridge in place. Check to be sure
that the puck is not soft with your finger. DO NOT APPLY ALCOHOL TO THE
PUCK.
The puck is driven by a belt from the drive motor.
Hope this helps.
Phil
