I picked up three DEC memory cards at a surplus store. Can anyone tell me
what machine they're for and what size they are? They're marked
"54-19813-AT" and "ZGO4830455". They have about 78 1 Meg ICs on them. They
must be loaded!
Joe
I dug up a couple more spare PDP-11 references.
These are both small "paperback" books:
MICRO/PDP-11 Handbook, 1983-1984. EB 24944 18/83.
Microsystems Handbook (1985). EB 26085-41/85 04 04/43.
I'd give priority on a trade for a "recent" (~1985-86) Unibus
peripherals handbook (for 11/24, 11/44, 11/84 peripherals).
But let me know even if you don't have anything to trade.
Dave Jenner
djenner(a)halcyon.com
Not a great auction presentation, if you ask me. The same poor overhead
photo for both units, which gives us no idea of cosmetic condition.
Apparently no documentation. Sold "as is" ?!? How could a front-panel
computer be "untested"? And on top of all that, the seller has a (0) rating
(i.e. never sold anything on eBay before). Beware...
Kai
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From: Bob Wood [mailto:altair8800@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 1998 6:54 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: mucho Altairs on eBay
Looks like the Albuqurque Altairs are coming
out of the woodwork. There is now a 680 and
a 680b to go with the 8800bt.
If anyone was monitoring the auction of the
680 a couple of weeks ago which did not meet the reserve
price of $2500 - thought you might be interested
to know that it was bought by a buyer in Italy
after the auction. The purchaser bought it only
to trade for an original 8800 which he has done.
It will be interesting to see what happens with
these 680's currently up for auction. It appears
that the eBay bidders are not very aware of the
scarcity of the 680 and are consumed by the hype
surrounding the 8800.
Bob Wood
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There is a cute web site (www.netw.com/~drfcline then click on memory
screens) that refer to core memory planes as "memory screens". Perhaps the
word "screens" was used to describe core planes, but I've never seen it used
that way before. Anyway there might be a few of us who have not visited this
site and so now we can.
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> From: Doug Spence <ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca>
> Subject: Fairchild Channel F (was: Re: Corrections to trivia)
>
> On 6 Oct 1998, Eric Smith wrote:
>
> > I might, however, get out the old Fairchild Channel F video game system
> > tonight and play a few hands of blackjack on an F8.
>
> Speaking of which... how common are the Channel Fs? I picked up several
> cartridges for one some time ago, but I've never seen the actual unit.
> I've only seen ads for them in old magazines.
>
Well I recall they were sold by Montgomery Wards in the U.S. for a couple
years also the carts I had once bought had Macy's or some other retail chain's
tags on them, so they were well mechandised. But they are somewhat uncommon nowadays.
The Atari 2600 beat them out of business though, pitty, the Fairchild had
some of the coolest joysticks (controls were left, right, up, down, twist
left, twist right, fire (and I think push down))
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>Oy! I' *love* one of those. I have a couple of SMD disks now, and I am
>rescuing a couple more Fujistu Eagles from a 750 in Dayton. All of these
>are attached to VAXen via SI-9900 Massbus<->SMD adapters.
>I'd also love to lay my hands on some 8" or 5.25" SMD driver. Those 14"
>monsters are a bear to move and keep fed.
Actually, those Eagles you have are 10.5" drives. Earlier Fuji's, like
the 2281/82/83/84 series, were 14". (And also had nice transparent HDA
covers so you could see the heads seeking across the platters.)
Just look in any issue of _Processor_ and you'll find many minicomputer
dealers selling 8" SMD drives like the Fuji 2333's and the like. And
there's a dealer who posts to the Usenet PDP-11 newsgroups every couple
of months with 5.25" Hitachi SMD's for sale.
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>I just picked up a nifty little box at WeirdStuff Warehouse for $26
>(I probably paid too much...). It's a "Wilson Laboratories MWX-1000S
>SMD Disk Analyzer", and as far as I can tell seems to be in good
>working order. It has numerous diagnostic buttons, a Hex keypad,
>and a green LED display on the front, and connectors galore on the
>back, along with cables.
>Has anyone seen one of these? Are they very useful? At the moment
>I don't have any SMD disks, but I don't doubt I'll have some at some
>point in the future.
>If anyone knows more about this unit, I'd love to hear about it.
Wilson Labs advertises heavily in _Processor_ and other minicomputer
hardware rags to promote their modern drive systems that replace vintage
ones. In particular, they sell the electronics that will make a single
modern SCSI drive look like many RK05's, Diablos, Massbus disk, or
SMD disk. Thanks to their efforts, hundreds of classic
mid-60's IBM and DEC systems are still running at many sites doing
important work!
The Wilson Labs systems aren't cheap, though :-).
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Contact Joy if your interested in what appears to be a PS2/25 or 30
series machine
I have every reason to belive she would prefer pick up. I can't due to
problems with my truck and far too little space to store things at the
moment.
Allison
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From: Joy Favretti <joyf(a)neca.com>
Subject: Re: Antique Computer
Status: R
Thanks for posting it Allison. I'm not sure of make. It is an old one
which our son gave us in place of an even older IBM. PS/2 sounds right.
Otherwise, your guess is better than mine. I have no documentation for
it.
Joy FavrettiAt 12:48 PM 10/14/98 -0400, you wrote:
>< Please let me know if you are interested. I live in Storrs, Connecticu
>< which is within your two hour pick-up range. We are on Route 44, just
>< off the Mass Pike.
A 101 keyboard will not work at all. The special 8-pin plug is there for a
reason - If you do not have a Tandy 1000 keyboard, then the keboard will
not work.
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-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318
> I have a 1000sx buried under a bunch of other stuff and the KB is
different.
> In the Tandy 1000 FAQ it says:
> II.E.2. Can I replace my old 90-key Tandy keyboard with a 101-key
> keyboard?
> On the EX and HX, no. On other systems, yes, but it won't work
exactly
> like a standard 101-key keyboard since the Tandy keyboard BIOS is
> different. A special 101-key keyboard made for the 1000's must be
used.
> See section IV.G. (SL and later systems came with a 101-key
keyboard,
> and a compatible BIOS.)
>
> > THROWING the 1000's away?? You ought to b4e ashamed. <g>
> >
> Landfill for the 90s. Reminds me of all the rusting autoframes scattered
across
> the country. Can't help but think that coming generations will pay for
this
> some way.
>
> ciao larry
> lwalker(a)interlog.com
