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Oops! Apology for misinformation about Altos donated to TCM

by joe＠barrera.org

>I am annoyed and depressed You are very much not alone. - Joe

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Handicapping competitions (was: Re: Alto II (was Re: PDP-8 prices

by Philip.Belben＠pgen.com

>> Hell, Sam, do a hard one. The main job is a piece of cake and I think >> Tony can do the extra-credit bit with _both_ hands tied behind his back. > > Well, I learnt to solder one-handed (very useful when you need the other > hand to hold something...), and no I don't mean pasting the solder on > with the iron.... > > But soldering without either hand? No thanks... I've never tried holding > a soldering iron between my toes... My usual method is to hold workpiece in left hand, iron in right hand and solder dispenser in mouth. I have also been known, when using solder straight from the reel, to make a fairly rigid structure from solder. Assuming a fixed workpiece, I suppose I could then hold the iron in my mouth... What about it, Tony? Philip.

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Oops! Apology for misinformation about Altos donated to TCM

by eric＠brouhaha.com

Sorry, it seems that I was mistaken. The Xerox Alto computers that were scrapped by The Computer Museum were not donated by Al Kossow, but apparently by MIT.

27 years, 8 months

Fwd: FS: Manuals for Heath/Zenith PC

by cfandt＠netsync.net

I'm passing this on from the Heath reflector. Reply to JPD <jdanter(a)I-AMERICA.NET>, not me. >X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (Win16; I) >Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:16:07 -0800 >Reply-To: JPD <jdanter(a)I-AMERICA.NET> >Sender: Heathkit Owners and Collectors List <HEATH(a)LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV> >From: JPD <jdanter(a)I-AMERICA.NET> >Subject: FS: Manuals for Heath/Zenith PC >To: HEATH(a)LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV > >I would like to sell these as a lot. >"Blue Moon" January special. ;) >Offers accepted until Feb 1. > >CP/M Software manual >H89A Heath manual, not a photocopy >Z100 Service volumes I + II >H88 H/WH89 Service Data manual >Z8911 I/O Card manual >Z8937 Disc Controller manual >H/WH19 Video Term. manual > Disc Diagnostic manual > >--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -- >To subscribe: listserv(a)listserv.tempe.gov >and in body: subscribe HEATH yourfirstname yourlastname >To unsubscribe: listserv(a)listserv.tempe.gov >and in body: signoff HEATH >Archives for HEATH: http://www.tempe.gov/archives >--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -- Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian Jamestown, NY USA cfandt(a)netsync.net Member of Antique Wireless Association URL: http://www.ggw.org/freenet/a/awa/

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free stuff

by jfoust＠threedee.com

At 10:55 AM 1/28/99 -0500, William Donzelli wrote: > >If anyone is really interested in trying to get Indy cams to work with >older systems, I can supply some of the funky Cisco 60-pin cables. These >are from some V.35 clone cables we had made up some time ago, but are now >obsolete. The IndyCam has a fixed cable that ends in this male connector. What we'd need are female sockets. On the other hand, if we're adapting excess cameras, given the thinness of the cable, I'm sure it would make more sense to cut and rewire the cable. They're not using all the pins. - John

27 years, 8 months

ID request

by edick＠idcomm.com

THis might very well be a Multibus-I motherboard. The Multibus-1 had two connectors, of which only the 86-pin one was defined. Naturally, Intel and others "extended" the bus bu means olf the secondary (dual 30-pin) connector, in some cases to interconnect two boards and in others to provide additional addresses, etc. -Dick- -----Original Message----- From: Mike <dogas(a)leading.net> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 5:31 PM Subject: ID request >Hi. > >The green and copper of a board caught my eye today at the local thrift. At >first, I thought it was a four slot s100 motherboard but on closer >inspection I find the four slots are 86pin and it has a block harness for >Gnd,+5, -12, and +12. > >On the back is has: LEE DATA, 60001460 Rev A, WL-10, 31/85. > >Anyone know what this is for? > >Thanks >- Mike: dogas(a)leading.net > >

27 years, 8 months

more info on Old DEC stuff

by mopar+＠pitt.edu

Some have asked for more info on the stuff I have, so here is the list: print sets: 11/730 field maintenance 11/750 pcs module ka750 mos memory array comet memory unit tu77 tu78 tu80 3x RA81 extra boards 2x m7819 m9313 4x m8750 l0008 l0002 l0003 l0004 2x l0016 11/750 w/14M l0001 e1 l0002 e l0003 k2 l0003 p2 l0008 ya l0028 b2 m7485 m 7486 ya m7792 m7793 11/750 w/14M l0001 e1 l0002 e l0003 k8 l0004 m1 l0008 ya l0006 l0007 l0022 m7819 00 m7521 aa m7528 m7485 m7486 h m7454 battery 11/730 w/4M chassis is not in a cabinet, this is the way I got it dual tu58 m8390 m8391 m8394 -- Jerome A. Marella University of Pittsburgh - CIS Systems & Networks 600 Epsilon Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238 mopar+(a)pitt.edu (412) 624-9139 Fax (412) 624-6436 http://www.pitt.edu/~mopar

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Bashe IBM Early Computer book

by Jgzabol＠aol.com

The book also can be ordered at amazon.com. They do not have it in stock, but they are able to obtain copies. John G. Zabolitzky

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Classic Computer Auctions List

by jfoust＠threedee.com

At 10:21 PM 1/26/99 -0800, Sam Ismail wrote: >To demonstrate that old >hardware that can be picked up for pennies can be combined to attain >amazing amounts of computing power. Amazing? How many orders of magnitude difference in horsepower between a C-64 and a $600 Best Buy Intel box? Perhaps I'm being unromantic, and I certainly have too many old computers of the XT/AT/486 variety, but I just don't "get" many of these distributed computing projects. (I do leave my spare contemporary computers working for the RC5 project at distributed.net, but that's another story.) Take 10 computers at 1 horse each, and they're still not equal to one contemporary (cheap) computer at 10 horses. Sure, there's hack value in doing it, but mostly for people with too much time on their hands, or for people who aren't paying for the electric bill or the room to put them in. Hack away, sure - but claim they're doing "useful" work? - John

27 years, 8 months

free stuff

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jan 28, 4:24, Pete Turnbull wrote: > On Jan 27, 15:11, Lawrence LeMay wrote: > > Subject: free stuff > > Documentation sets for the SGI Indigo R3000 computer. Drat, now I've done it too -- that wasn't meant to spam the list :-( -- Pete Peter Turnbull Dept. of Computer Science University of York

27 years, 8 months

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