> From: Jay Jaeger
> I would not be terribly surprised if that auction result flushed out
> one or two more.
Well, auctions like this are hopefully getting the word out that many of
these old computers are worth a lot more than scrap value.
Yes, it will cause some people to ask unrealistic amounts for them, but
better that than the other way: someone's who's asking too much can always
come down to reasonability, but someone who's scrapped a machine, well, it's
gone forever...
Noel
> From: Holm Tiffe
>> Not reading the list much, are we? :-)
> Huh? Have I missed something in the near past?
That would be the implication, yes... :-)
But yes, you're in luck. I'm scanning them as we speak.
Noel
Here's a new picture of "George" -- aka the Philbrick analog computer
that MARCH rescued two months ago. It was used at M.I.T. from 1958-1970.
http://snarc.net/george.jpg
> From: David Gesswein
> I have a working one on an 8. It took a lot of work to get it to that
> state.
>
> http://www.pdp8online.com/tu10/tu10-repair.shtml
Wow. That is a really awesome repair job you did there. My hat is off...
Noel
I'm looking into a road trip from Champaign to Maine via Indy, Detroit,
Windsor, Niagra Falls, Buffalo or 1000 Islands, Syracuse to Boston area,
and up to Maine. Not sure about the return Route.
I'll be leaving late Sep or early Oct.
I have talked to a few list members about dropping off/picking up items. If
anyone wishes to buy/ sell/ trade along the route, please contact me off
list. I have a good size minivan and am trying to keep things down to a
BA11-K or FL02 size, but that can change.I do have a few 42 inch cabs with
q-bus boxes i could part with. I have a lot of 8A, 8E, qbus, unibus, VAX,
boxes and parts, and LAXX, VTxx and VR units and parts.
Thanks, Paul
Awhile ago, I offered some books for free to list members. Now I've got another list of books and other items I want to get rid of. Again, they are free to list members. All I ask it to pay shipping fees--most of this can be sent by media mail. First-come, first-serve. Happy to answer any questions about these items.
BOOKS
Analog Devices Analog-Digital Conversion Handbook (1972)
Artificial Reality (Krueger, Addison-Wesley, 1983
Basic Microprocessors and the 6800 (Bishop/Motorola, Hayden Press, 1979)
Complexification: Explaining a paradoxical world through the science of surprise (Casti, Harper Collins, 1994)
Computer Selections: Reading in Data Processing and Computer Science (Benice, McGraw-Hill, 1971)
Cyberstates 2001: A State-by-State Overview of the High Technology Industry (NASDAQ and American Electronics Association)
Essential PC-DOS Second Edition (Shaw & Shaw, Sybex, 1985)
Externally Defined Body Parts (Body Part 15) Issues and Recommendations: A White Paper Prepared for the PRMD Operators Committee of the Electronic Mail Association (Banan, EMA, 1993)
Future Codes: Essays in Advanced Computer Technology and the Law (Karnow, Artech House,1994)
Guidelines for Evaluating Computerized Instructional Materials (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1981
High-Tech Espionage: How the KGB Smuggles NATO?s Strategic Secrets to Moscow (Tuck, St. Martins, 1986)
Hyper-G Now Hyperwave the Next Generation Web SOlution (Maurer, Addison-Wesley, 1996)
In Our Own Image: Building an Artificial Person (Caudill, Oxford Press, 1992)
Machine Beauty: Elegance and the Heart of COmputing (Gelernter, Harper Collins,1997) This is an uncorrected proof copy
Mastering Windows 98 (Cowart, Sybex, 1998)
Microman: Computers and the Evolution of Consciousness ( Pask, MacMillan, 1982)
Mind Tools: THe Five Levels of Mathematical Reality (Rucker, Houghton Mifflin, 1987)
NetResults: Integrating the Internet into Your Business, Fall Workshop Proceedings, MIT Enterprise Forum, 1997
Philips New Media Systems New Developments in Optical Media paper, 1990s
Philips New Media Systems Philips in the Age of Optical Disc Media paper, 1990s
Picture Perfect: Color Output for Computer Graphics (Tektronix, 1991)
Science Technology and the First Amendment Special Report (US Congress Office of Technology Assessment, 1988)
Solid State Circuit Guidebook (Ward, Tab Books, 1974)
Tandy Corporation: Start on a Shoestring (West, 1968)
Teach Yourself the Internet and WOrld Wide Web Visually (maranGraphics, IDG Books, 1997)
The Fifth Generation: Artificial Intelligence and Japan?s Computer Challenge to the World, Fiegenbaum & McCorduck, Addison-Wesley, 1983)
The Future Does Not Compute: Transcending the Machines in Our Midst (Talbott, O?Reilly, 1995)
THe Playful World: How Technology is Transforming Our Imagination (Pesce, Ballantine Books, 2000)
The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit (Turkle, Simon & Schuster, 1984)
Using Supercalc 5 2nd Edition (Lateer, Que, 1989)
Using Wordperfect 3rd Edition (Beacham & Beacham, Que, 1987)
MANUALS
Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2.2 Reference
Transistor Manual, Light-Weight Edition (GE, 1969)
Voltage Regulator Handbook (National Semiconductor, 1975)
Westinghouse Series 100 Programmable Solid State Control Users Guide 1975
MISC.
80 Micro 1980-1981-1982 Permuted Index
Argonne National Laboratory Zero Gradient Synchotron folder. Contents are Argonne HR material, not about the Synchotron.
Cybertown online community presentation in folder with floppy of images, 1990s.
Instant Software 3-ring binder, plastic, empty
Jade Computer newsprint catalog winter 1988
POSTERS
Arche Technologies computer line, large format
Borland Turbo Lightning, unused
Borland Word Wizard, unused
SOFTWARE
Battery Disk 2.07. Untested 5.25? floppy, for PC
Qmodem, 1990s, 5.25? floppy and manual still in shrink wrap, for PC
I got lucky with a little trial & error. Setting the MSB of the SR (i.e.
7000) causes AJRLIA to report an error but then keep testing.
Not sure if this works for all the AJ**** diagnostics but hopefully DEC had
some kind of pseudo-standard for this...