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by gareth.knight2＠which.net

Doug Spence wrote: >For another piece of Commodore software... would Mind Walker count? It >was (c)1986 Commodore-Amiga/Synapse IIRC (which I may not). I don't know >if the packaging, etc, was Commodore's or if it was Synapse. Commodore >had the trademark on the name, though, because Amiga Technologies used >Mind Walker as the name for a web browser during the ESCOM era. Mind Walker wasn't just the name of a browser (which, incidentally reverted to the original title of "Voyager"). It was the name given to a new Amiga that Amiga Technologies, the Escom subsidiary were releasing. The system was to include a 68030 processor, CD-ROM, and 500Mb+ hard drive as standard. Check out http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/7478/walker.html for more info. -- Gareth Knight Amiga Interactive Guide | ICQ No. 24185856 http://welcome.to/aig | "Shine on your star"

27 years, 9 months

Evans & Sutherland Y2K scrapyard heads-up

by cfandt＠netsync.net

At 18:20 12/21/98 -0600, you wrote: > >Here is another small addition to the list of interesting machines that >may be scrapyard-bound as January 1, 2000 approaches. > >Evans & Sutherland have recently sent a letter to the owners of ESV -- snip -- >SGI also does not certify any of their systems with 68K, R2000, or R3000 >processors to be Y2K compliant, presumably because they cannot run IRIX >6.5. Watch your local scrap dealer for IRIS 2000/3000, 4D series, and >Indigo R3000 systems. Don't forget Hamfests/Radio Rallys or computerfest flea markets. These have always turned up goodies for us in the past. Finding stuff like the above should be even more frequent because of the Y2K thing at least for the next several years. Good times comin' for us big iron or business computer collectors :) Regards, Chris -- -- 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/

27 years, 9 months

Saw one...what is that? TI printing terminal Silent 700.

by mtapley＠swri.edu

All, >> Jason asked: >> This, Ti terminal Silent 700 looks like a headless thick notebook > >Tony replied: >AFAIK it's a dumb printing terminal. ... >There was (I believe) also an ASR version of one >of the desktop models that had a box on top with 2 digital cassette >drives in it. You could copy from one tape to the other, insert >characters from the keyboard, copy the tape to the line or to the >printer, etc. Basically use the cassettes like the paper tape on most ASR >machines. >Then Sergei asked: >Do you have manuals for this version? Can it write data to tape as they >arrive? (If so, I could use this terminal as a log device.) At University of Texas Center for Space Research in the late 70's, there was one continually logging data to tape off a nasa communications line as the data arrived. One of my jobs there was to switch the logging to the other tape drive and dump the full tape to the PDP for data-processing. The tape drives were pretty reliable and pretty easy to use. Sorry for the late reply, I'm getting a bit snowed and behind on the *really* important things in life, like reading my classic-comp digests. Also, they did not let me keep the manual, and I do not remember how to operate the machine. :-) - Mark

27 years, 9 months

Pertec PCC-2000

by neil＠goodnet.com

Hi, Has anyone seen, heard of, or know any who has a Pertec-2000 machine? I would like to discuss documentation with them. Neil.

27 years, 9 months

Another ~1960 computer kit - Philips?

by jfoust＠threedee.com

At 06:06 PM 12/17/98 -0600, Doug Yowza wrote: > >Speaking of programming paradigms, one of the reasons I've always been so >found of the E&S PS-300 was that it used a dataflow language. I found >that a very compelling and completely different way to program. What a >guy that Sutherland was, eh? What does an E&S PS-300 look like? I saw one last Friday. Or part of one. It was a large monitor with the tag "Evans and Sutherland PS-300" and a digitizing tablet of some kind. There was a large cable coming from it with a round connector and a dozen or so conductors. I expected it to be connected to a large box containing the computer power, but didn't see that, nor any keyboard. It was for sale for about $20 at the UW-Madison surplus store. It was so large and appeared to be missing the main components, so I didn't buy it. There was a Sequent S27 parallel computer there, too. I don't know how many nodes it had. - John

27 years, 9 months

Linux or what?

by roblwill＠usaor.net

I don't think it is. It's not a browser. It's a search engine (http://www.webcrawler.com). The OS/2 browser may have been named that, though. I'm not sure. The only version I've ever worked with is 2.1. -- -Jason Willgruber (roblwill(a)usaor.net) ICQ#: 1730318 <http://members.tripod.com/general_1> -----Original Message----- From: Olminkhof <jolminkh(a)nsw.bigpond.net.au> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Monday, December 21, 1998 4:57 AM Subject: Re: Linux or what? >. >. >WebCrawler !!! Is that the original browser that came with OS/2 Warp? >You still use it? > >

27 years, 9 months

OT question for electronics wizards

by jim＠calico.litterbox.com

Hi. Just a quick question which is kind of off topic - with switched power supplies like those in modern PCs, when it says the input current is 7 amps at 115 volts, is that the constant no matter how much the computer itself draws, or the maximum, no matter what? If it's the latter my computer room is going to need more circuits in a big hurry... -- Jim Strickland jim(a)DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Vote Meadocrat! Bill and Opus in 2000 - Who ELSE is there? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

27 years, 9 months

(1960 kit) long and OT-ish.

by kurtkilg＠geocities.com

On Mon, 21 Dec 1998 cmcmanis(a)freegate.com wrote: > Further, there have been several studies that indicate excessive warning > stickers cause problems because they become "noise" and no one pays > attention to the ones that they need to. Great! Who do I sue for it? ---------------------------------------------------- Max Eskin | kurtkilgor(a)bigfoot.com | AOL: kurtkilgor

27 years, 9 months

Son-Of-Single Instance Machines

by dastar＠ncal.verio.com

Moving my pile into its new home, I came across the RAIR BlackBox computer. Looks like a PC but its not. It has a unique bus with various cards (hd interface, serial, parallel, etc). I have two that I got last year sometime. Anyone ever hear of these and have any information about them? Circa 1981. Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Always being hassled by the man. Coming in 1999: Vintage Computer Festival 3.0 See http://www.vintage.org/vcf for details! [Last web site update: 12/07/98]

27 years, 9 months

IBM DisplayWriter, 5360CPU, etc. avail, Raleigh NC

by aknight＠mindspring.com

Hi, Thought I'd let ya'll know that there is an IBM Display Writer, with monitor & Keyboard, available for $10 in Raleigh, NC. I also saw some other stuff, like a big IBM 5360 CPU (the size of a washer & dryer) for $1, an IBM 3174 server for $5, an IBM 3274/1C printer for $1, an IBM 5262 printer for $5, and an IBM 6360 dual 8" floppy drive unit for $5, all at the same place. Operating condition on all this stuff is unknown. Write me off-line at "aknight(a)mindspring.com" if you're interested in this stuff. It's all too big for me to mess with. Well, maybe I could snag the DisplayWriter to trade for a really interesting calculator ... Regards, Alex Calculator History & Technology Archive Web Page http://aknight.home.mindspring.com/calc.htm

27 years, 9 months

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