Will the DuoDisk work with an Apple //c?
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> From: Aaron Christopher Finney <aaron(a)wfi-inc.com>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Anyone need a duodisk?
> Date: Saturday, October 17, 1998 3:14 PM
>
> I picked up an Apple duodisk this morning for $1, unknown condition.
> Anyone want it?
>
> Aaron
>
>I assume that you mean it's a Unibus version of the 11/73. I can't imagine
>that it would be usable in a Q bus backplane. The pinouts are quite
>different!
That's what the special backplane wiring and the KTJ11-B Unibus
adapter take care of.
Tim.
Hi Again All:
In the same trip to the scrap place I bought an M7792 DEUNA card. From the
DEC Field Guide it's unclear whether this card is usable by itself, or
needs a companion card M7793, to bring Ethernet connectivity to a Unibus
machine.
Anybosy know anything further? I'd like to have Ethernet on my 11/45 once
I solve its (probable) power supply problem.
Thanks,
Kevin
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More precisely, what were the particulars of Apple's sales to schools?
>
>> What were the
>> particulars of Apple educational licensing?
>
>Um, what was there to license? You bought an Apple ][, you got Integer
>Basic. You bought an Apple ][+, you got Applesoft. You buy a Disk ][,
>you DOS 3.2 (and, later when it came out, DOS 3.3 free of charge.)
>
>Are you possibly asking about non-operating system hardware?
>
>Tim.
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I'm almost embarassed to say: I believe it was a site that compared
PCs and Macs. If it was a ruse, it was very sophisticated for a
person who writes an 'intelligent comparison' of PCs and Macs. Maybe
they were paid off by you-know-who ...
>> Slashdot.org has a story explaining that the UK school system can't
>> afford NT 5 and are considering another OS. In light of this, people
>> were bringing up Apple's success in schools in contrast to the
current
>> situation. However, I have heard that the only reason why Apples were
>> common in schools was that the gov't bore some of the price tag to
>> encourage use of Apples, and Apple didn't pay as much attention to
>> education as is generally thought. Is this true? What were the
>> particulars of Apple educational licensing?
>
>Well, I don't know about that. Every school I came up through had at
>least an Apple lab. In fact, all the schools I attended (Los Angeles
>Unified) had exclusively Apple ][s, and it wasn't until my senior year
of
>high school (1989) when I moved to northern California and attended a
>totally new school that the school had an IBM lab, but they still had
an
>Apple lab (which was barely used until I raised a stink about it, and
>encouraged the teachers to begin using it more to teach basic computer
>skills, which they did).
>
>Apple very actively marketed to schools, and as far as I know had
special
>deals in place to encourage wide-spread adoption in schools. If I'm
>not mistaken, the schools were Apple's biggest market, and continued to
>use Apple ][s well after they fell out of favor in the general
>marketplace.
>
>Where did you get your information from?
>
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>My board says simply "M8190", the etching says "M8190", part number is
>"5016017-01-D1-P3", etch also says "KDJ11-B CPU", there are 3x 28-pin ROM
>sockets on the left hand side, 1x 40-pin on the top right, all empty.
Without any rev letters after the M8190, what you've got is
almost certainly the old 15MHz non-FPA-capable KDJ11B. Probably
very similar to the CPU in the Micro-11/73 you got from SERF at UBC.
(Or, at least I think like the Micro-11/73 I seem to recall you
getting from SERF. There was a Micro-11/23 and a KA650 in a BA23
I also seem to recall...)
Tim.
>In the same trip to the scrap place I bought an M7792 DEUNA card. From the
>DEC Field Guide it's unclear whether this card is usable by itself, or
>needs a companion card M7793, to bring Ethernet connectivity to a Unibus
>machine.
You also need the M7793, in addition to a DEUNA cab kit.
If you get a chance, grab the DELUA instead - it's a single-board Unibus
Ethernet adapter.
Tim.
I have found a Morrow laptop without any obvious model identification.
While it is something of a wreck, I would at least like to know what it is.
I've never seen a Morrow in Australia before.
It is black, rather cheaply made with lots of wiring mods to the board.
The CPU is an 80C86
The board has a 1984 copyright and a sticker "PCT 6065"
It is unusual in that it opens with the keyboard flipping forward and the
bulk of the machine with the small LCD type screen standing up. It is
however quite stable like this.
The word "Morrow" is embossed on the case and there is a nameplate with
little on it but "Morrow Designs" and an indecipherable serial number.
It has 2 X 5.25" floppys only and a battery compartment.
This example obviously stopped working a long time ago and someone has
disassembled it leaving all the cables disconnected and all the screws
missing.
Anyone recognise this?
Hans Olminkhof
As if the H89 wasn't enough, I've also got the following available on
origanal DEC diskettes.
DM/WPS System Diskette, V2.0
DM/WPS Utility Diskette, V2.0
Spelling, (c) Houghton Mifflin, V2.0
CBI - Intro to WPS - Drive 0
CBI - Intro to WPS - Drive 1
And, finally, I have a DECMate III APU board in pretty darn good shape.
I'd like to move both the diskettes and the card as a set, though I will
consider selling the disk set in one lot and the card in another.
As with the H89 -- Make me an offer! Shipping would be cheap for these.
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