A long time ago I used to repeatedly threaten to have the Vintage Computer
Super Sale of the Century.
That day has arrived.
The following units are up for offer. Assume all are in emminently
respectable condition unless specifically noted.
I am taking offers indefinitely and will select the best offer for each
based on no particular criteria, however, the higher offers will generally
be the ones I accept as I am parlaying my investment in vintage computers
into other pursuits. If you don't know what to offer let me know and I'll
give you what I think it's worth.
Sphere 1
Friden 132
Commodore PET 2001-8
Hazeltine 1500 terminal
Canon Cat
LNW Research LNW80 + System Expansion II
Osborne Vixen
Olivetti Programma 101
GRI 909
SWTPC 6800
Polymorphic Systems Poly-88 w/custom keyboard
Computer Power & Light Compal 80
Byt-8
Intel Intellec 4/40
Intel Intellec 8
Kennedy 1600 7-track tape drive
Xerox 8010 "Star" - complete system, fully functional, boots to desktop
Heathkit H11 + H27 dual 8" floppy
I am also offering the following big iron:
http://vintagetech.com/photos/bigiron/
Photos and details upon request. To those whom I've previously
communicated, you are still in queue, and I'll get those photos and
details to you. I appreciate your patience.
Please contact me directly through private e-mail as I do not read the
list.
More to come.
Thanks!
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As you may know, Radio Shack sold the Sharp PC1211 under the name 'Pocket
Computer 1' (or PC1). They also sold pre-recorded tapes of programs for
it (AFAIK, these were not Sharp products).
Anyway, I've got the rpgorams from the 4 'Engineering Math' tapes and the
'Electrical Engineering 1' tape as plain ASCII files (BASIC progam
source). Does anyone know of a website which archives such things, if so,
I would be happy to provide them.
Anyone interested?
-tony
> Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 20:16:09 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: HP IIISi "55 SERVICE"?
>
> I have an HP IIISi printer. It was working fine. Then it sat idle for
> quite a while (some small number of years, I think); then it was moved
> (the movers picked it, and a bunch of other stuff, up and held it for a
> few months before bringing it to the new place).
>
> Now, the printer doesn't work. I turn it on and the front panel does a
> brief lamp-test (each lamp in turn turns on briefly), the display says
> "05 SELF TEST", then "SWITCHING TO PS", then "55 SERVICE" with the 55
> flashing.
>
> I did a little noodling around and found hints that this indicates some
> kind of internal communication failure - and, indeed, I don't hear the
> brief motor-and-solenoid noises that (admittedly hazy) memory says
> normally accompany selftest; after the clunk of the power switch as I
> turn it on, the next sound is the clunk of the power switch as I turn
> it off in exasperation at seeing "55 SERVICE" again. (It's possible
> there are fan noises, but there are enough fans in the room that it
> would be had to tell unless they're fairly noisy fans.)
>
> I found a PDF on www.lbrty.com which purports to be a IIISi/4Si manual,
> probably a service manual from the context and the "sm" in the
> filename. But every page just gives me "**** ERROR: Unable to process
> JPXDecode data. Page will be missing data." and an empty page. I am
> looking into other possible ways to get its content, but, in the
> meantime, does anyone have anything to suggest? I'm not afraid of
> voltmeters and soldering irons, but my test equipment is limited - I
> don't, for example, have a 'scope or logic analyzer I can use here. I
> do have a pretty good multimeter - a Fluke 87 - though.
>
> I took the printer apart to some degree. I've had it apart before;
> there was a power filtering cap that went and arced enough to eat away
> some of the PC board under it. I cleaned it up and replaced it and
> it's worked fine ever since...until now.
>
> Any thoughts, anyone?
>
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The Service Manual at www.lbrty.com says:
"55 SERVICE" Initialization Error
The "55 Service" error indicates that the printer failed to initialize
correctly at power ON. This means that the Formatter cannot
communicate with the engine in order to establish the initial
condition of the engine. This problem can be caused by a bad
Formatter, bad cable, or by problems with the line voltage. Check and
reseat connectors J4 and J5 on the DC Power Supply, and J8, J9, and
JIO on the DC Controller PCA. Cycle the power several times to clear
the error or to get another error that may better indicate the cause
of the problem. If this clears the error, run an engine test print. If
the error persists, replace the Paper Pickup PCA, the DC Controller
PCA, the DC Power Supply PCA, the Formatter PCA. Finally, replace the
Paper Input Unit. If these fail to correct the problem, check all
associated cahles for damage and replace if required. Any 57.1 Main
Motor problem can also cause this error.
I can copy & paste the manuals info on any other error messages you
see if you'd like. Or convert the PDF to a TIFF file or similar if
that would help.
Bob
Does anyone here have an example of C code to play AIFF audio files in
16-bit DOS to a Soundblaster audio board?
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David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
Hi all --
Grabbed this as it triggered both my "interesting numerical display
device" and "old computer" reflexes:
http://yahozna.dyndns.org/scratch/misc/univac.jpg
It's labeled on the back (roughly, as things don't line up particularly
well):
Magtrol, Inc.
DYNAMOMETER HDE-500
MODEL HD-705
SERIAL NO 511B341
TACHOMETER 811E342
MODEL
SERIAL NO
And riveted to the back is a placard reading "SER 2U02-2"
Inside it's completely tube-based, no solid state electronics at all.
Not counting the Dekatrons, there are 9 tubes in this thing, one branded
"UNIVAC" on the base, the rest appear to be RCA. It looks like it
contains an electronic tachometer of some sort. I can't seem to find a
date code on anything. Any ideas on what this might have been used for,
and how it would relate to UNIVAC?
I can provide more pictures later if anyone's interested, once I get a
chance to disassemble it a bit...
Thanks,
Josh
it has the portfolio and softshell case with 3 memory cards, one has
games on it. Also the serial and parallel (with cable) interfaces.
Manuals for everything, even the warranty cards, not that they are any
good, but it's all in perfect shape, I'm the original owner. Make me an
offer.
Best,
Shawn
Includes the dock, case, a belt clip caes, the 'eyemodule' camera and
Targus folding keyboard. Still works perfectly, but missing the stylus.
Make me an offer.
Best,
Shawn
> From: wh.sudbrink at verizon.net
>
> dwight elvey wrote:
> > > From: bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca
> >
> > >
> > > On 10/30/2013 9:24 PM, dwight elvey wrote:
> > > > Hi
> > > > For those in the San Jose area.
> > > > I was by Anchor Electronics and they had some transformers in
> > > > their free box.
> > >
> > > Well better than some kittens for free?
> > > What do you plan to run with that?
> >
> > Not sure what.
>
> > > > They have outputs of 30VAC and 9.5VAC.
> > > > No C.T. Just the 6 wires.
> > > > Cores are 2.25 by 2.75 inches.
>
> Sounds to me like the beginnings of an S-100 linear PS. Maybe the
> 9.5 is a little low?
>
They are a little small for a S100. They have a 6 pins post molex connector.Anchor often finds old scrap from Atari. I'm thinking they may have beenused in a video game cabinet .Surely for a linear supply though.Tinker Dwight
I'm taking a quick weekend trip to the SF Bay Area to pick up a few things.
Hoping to make the most of the trip, anyone in the area have any IBM gear they'd like to trade for a 3B2/400 or money? :)
Also, they're not not exactly "classic", but I also have an HP blade chassis with 5 or so blades, a Google search appliance, and a near-complete set of Progress v9 manuals that I'd be willing to part with...
-Ben
I'm doing a bit of cleaning out of my collections (making space for a
Data Point 2200) and one thing I found was an early IDE interface. I
can't find out anything about where it came from and the silk screen
says "Rev 0.0" and the pal program version is V1.0
Date codes on the IC:s points to an early 1990 date for manufacturing.
I tried to find out some more about the development of the IDE interface
and the two dates I found was Compaq introduced the first computers with
IDE controllers in 1986 and the first standard was finalized in 1994,
putting my card in the middle of that span.
I put it on eBay to see if there is any interest for it and to show some
pictures of it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=111203086292
Any one recognizing it? Is it just a generic card or does it belong to a
specific computer?
/G?ran
