On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
> I just got the second load of Commodore gear (including a mint C16 and tape
> recorder). ?In the load was some stuff for the Tandy, which reminded me I
> got one in January with the other load. ?It works! :-)
The 10x series have a hardcore following that appears to be going
strong. I've heard this is the nexus of all info online re: Tandy
10x. Messy page, but dense with data:
http://www.club100.org/
Earlier Byte magazines: 8/76, 11/76, 1/77 through 6/77, 2/80, 5/80 and
8/80. All in good condition.
Best offer for all eleven will take them. Shipping additional.
Contact me at bcmactuary at gmail.com.
Bruce
I have decided to put my Commodore PET 2001 with blue bezel up for
sale. It is in beautiful condition with both the computer and tape
drive working very nicely.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190399121787
or
Item #190399121787
Cheers,
Bryan
I just got the second load of Commodore gear (including a mint C16
and tape recorder). In the load was some stuff for the Tandy, which
reminded me I got one in January with the other load. It works! :-)
A couple questions. First any recommendation on cleaning the screen.
It looks like it sat in its bag for too many years. Second, are
there any good manuals for the BASIC implementation online? How does
one save or load a BASIC program?
I'm so excited, and I can't believe I forgot I had this for almost 4
months! I've wanted one of these for about 20 years.
Zane
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They have been claimed. Thanks to all who inquired.
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> I think you may be being a little too critical. I too raised an eyebrow at
> the 64K memory thing, however I think is it not meant to be taken literally,
30-odd years of working with computers had made me take things
literally.. And I would suspect a lot of other computer enthusiasts
would feel the same way, particularly in the rules for an event so-say
aimed at computer enthusiasts and related to said computers
> but just intended to mean that recent-ish PCs do not count. Also regarding
I realised what it was supposed to mean... However I feel it could imply one
of the following
They believe that no vintage computer ever had a memory module > 64K
(again, what units?)
They believer that while such machines existed, nobody has got them in their
private collections
> space, I quote (my emphasis) "*Typically* we will have 2m x 1m available for
> those bringing systems, *although we will make more space for something
> special*.". They also link to pictures of the US VCFs, indicating this is
Yes, I read that. My point is that 2m*1m is too small IMHO for _any_
meaninful exhibit othter than posisbly a 1980's home micro. Again, it
appears that's the sort of machine they are expecting.
My view is that they should have asked people who wanted to exhibit what
they were planning on brining, the size, the power requirements, and so
on.
There should also have been a web page for potential exhibitos giving
details of power, access (could you get a vheicle near the exhibition
room?) and so on.
> what they want to replicate, and those *do* show working systems etc, so I
I have learnt by bitter experience not to make assumptions like that.
> don't think it is fair to say they want art pieces and they don't want them
> to work. I have to agree that there is no info on power available, so that
> would be a concern. I would imagine that the security of your collection
> would have to be your responsibility though, and I think that is as it
> should be. I also can't see why you think this is a non-technical event, I
I would agree that security should be the exhibitors responsibiliy. Which
essentially means a 1-man exhibit is impossible. And that exhibitoirs do
not get to enjoy the rest of the VCF.
> actually can't see anything that says it is either technical or
> non-technical, I think people will make of it what they want, and I
> certainly can't imagine anyone in my immediate family ever wanting to attend
> such an event, so I am pretty sure most attendees will be enthusiasts.
Hmmm.. Amoe years ago I volunteered at Bletchley park (I gave up for
several reasons, mostly due to terminally clueless management). THe
visitors on those days certainly included a large number of non-technical
people (thei did not really suprise me). Since the VCF is going to be
open to all of those who are attending BP on that day, I would guess
there will be some non-technical people at the VCF too.
-tony
In honor of the 30th birthday of Pac Man, today's Google Doodle is a
playable Pac Man game in the shape of the word "Google".
http://www.google.com/
Peace... Sridhar
More stuff from my closet that's gotta go. These are offered as AN ITEM. I
will not part them out. Actual shipping or pickup gets them. Pickup and
USA requests have priority, but I will consider international requests.
Pickup from Inland Empire, CA. Need to be out by the end of the month.
I don't testify to their completeness or functionality, but they all appear
to contain manuals and the full complement of disks.
- Now Utilities 5.0. Includes Now Foldermenus + Now Menus (hierarchical file,
utility and folder menu extension), Now Save (autosave tool), Now Startup
Manager (Extensions Manager on roids), Now Super Boomerang (enhances the
standard Save/Open dialogues without Nav Services), Now Scrapbook (image
and media converter and archiver), Now Profile (spiritual ancestor to
Apple System Profiler), Now Quickfiler (fast find) and Now WYSIWYG Menus
(WYSIWYG font menu extension). System 7.0+, PPC enhanced, 68K compatible.
- DataDesk by Odesta. Stats package, interactive graphs, ANOVA analysis,
etc. Mac 68K. Used this tool a lot as an undergrad.
- AppleShare 2.0.1 (supports AppleTalk Phase 2) for the PC. Requires PC ISA
AppleTalk card (not included).
- pcMACTERM II for the PC and Mac. Allows the Mac to take remote control
of a DOS PC over an AppleTalk network, and file exchange. Includes both
PC 5.25" and Mac 3.5" disks. Requires PC ISA AppleTalk card (not included).
Also posted to 68KMLA.
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Hi all,
I'm going to be moving house next month, so I've been slimming down my
collection a bit -- here's the first batch. If you'd like to give any of
it a home, let me know; offers from 0p and up accepted. I'm mostly just
after the space back, although if anyone'd like to swap me a Commodore
1541 or two...
This is located in Canterbury, Kent, UK. I'd prefer local collection or
delivery. I'm not going to be able to make it to VCF-UK (:(), but if you
know someone else from the south-east who's going, I could deliver bits
to them.
A box of assorted PET-related items (but no PETs), including:
- A few IEEE-488 cables, both 488-to-488 and PET-to-488
- Internal PET serial board that appears to piggyback on a ROM socket
- Small Systems Engineering B200 488-to-serial interface (boxed)
- Small Systems Engineering B300 488-to-serial interface (unboxed, dusty)
- User-port-attached 2716 EPROM programmer
- Mutek Sprinter 64K printer buffer
- A stack of assorted manuals and other paperwork, including manuals for most
of the bits above and PET schematics
- Commodore "Anatomy of a Microcomputer" poster (PET quick reference)
RM 480Z manuals:
- Link 480Z User's Guide
- Link 480Z Information File
- Extended Basic v5
- Extended Basic v5/6
A Signetics Instructor 50, with manuals, PSU and training tape.
This is a rather neat Signetics 2650 development kit.
Original ACT Apricot PC, with keyboard, the world's cutest monitor, and
some documentation.
This is an 8086 non-PC-compatible MS-DOS machine, with early 3.5" drives.
New-in-box Philips Z80 computer boards.
The outer box is labelled 8213 170 26550 Type VM 5020 -- so is this half
of a P5020?
- 8213 170 25810 Type VM 5022 - motherboard with Z80 and Z80CTC
(This has slots for various other boards to plug into, including the two
below, and RAM and graphics boards which I don't have)
- 8213 170 25840 Type VM 5023 - disk controller board with MMB8877A and Z80DMA
- 8213 170 27160 Type VM 6500/C - modem
- 8213 170 27601 Speaker
Radio Shack "Science Fair Digital Computer Kit".
This is really just a load of multiway switches and some creative
manual-writing -- but aside from the box being tatty, it appears to be
complete. I have separated the original batteries (which hadn't
leaked!).
The keyboard from a Tatung VT-4100 terminal.
This has been rewired as a keyboard for a ZX Spectrum at some point, so
it's cosmetically OK but there's no PCB inside, just the keyswitches.
Compaq dual Pentium Pro desktop PC.
I have more bits elsewhere (mostly newer Sun/SGI/PC stuff); I'll post
another lot once it's sorted out...
Thanks,
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