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by earl＠baugh.org

> > This is a laughable ask, I realize that- but I'd really like to find a > PERQ. > > Anywhere in the US and Canada is fair game. I am prepared to work on one in > any condition, and am okay with any model. > > I'm definitely not asking for a handout and would like to negotiate a > reasonable price. (I am aware of the rarity!) > > Please contact me off-list if this is a possibility. > > For reference, I am located in Seattle, WA. > > Cheers, > > - Ian > I know there are 4 or so in your area, but I don't think any are available. The newest one acquired is a PERQ-1 (and it is in good condition...boots just fine.... ..and just got the report that it booted about a week ago after the chassis with HD arrived) Only problem is we don't know the password for the user (and the guest account is disabled). I know about it, because I rescued it for him out here in Atlanta. And I only rescued it because I had knew Skeezics was a fan from some postings on sun-rescue years ago. I almost gave him a heart attack when I told I had picked it up and it was his, he just had to pay shipping... (it has an interesting history, I was able to contact the guy who orignally purchased it and used it at an architectural design firm he ran, some of the floppies with it are designs for jails... ) The guy who got it >from him picked it up at a garage sale he had and was able to squeeze chassis, monitor, etc. into a Smartcar and get it home (with his wife). When I called the original owner he said this was the last one he had (bummer) but he remembers them fondly (and I was even able to find a picture of one in the history part of his company web site... not sure if it's the actual unit I picked up, but could be... ) I don't believe Skeezics is on cctalk, but he has a number of them. Lots of good stories, his Dad worked at 3Rivers.... Skeezics I beleive also has the OS source and got the last machine that they had left when they closed down. He works on the emulator, etc. and has been chatting with Al about PERQs as well... If you want to see about visiting his collection let me know... Earl the Squirrel

10 years, 2 months

Anyone interested in old (PDP-8 driven) Radio Automation hardware?

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

our phx station had an 8E with one backplane in it and a single diablo hard drive. would be great to buy one of these for the museum . Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 12/9/2015 7:19:06 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, radiotest at juno.com writes: At 11:53 PM 12/8/2015, wulfman wrote: >The "carts" were 4 track tapes. They were not. They were either 2 track for mono or 3 track for stereo, and they were physically different from, and not interchangeable with, consumer tape cartridges. Radio carts were introduced in, IIRC, the early 1960s (I would have to check my broadcast equipment catalogs) and predate the Lear 8 track cartridges. Dale H. Cook, Radio Contract Engineer, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA http://plymouthcolony.net/starcityeng/index.html

10 years, 2 months

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by tulsamike3434＠gmail.com

Tihis is my first post to the group I just want to make sure that everyone can see this and that I have it setup right please reply if yall can see this.

10 years, 2 months

Looking for a PERQ

by ian.finder＠gmail.com

This is a laughable ask, I realize that- but I'd really like to find a PERQ. Anywhere in the US and Canada is fair game. I am prepared to work on one in any condition, and am okay with any model. I'm definitely not asking for a handout and would like to negotiate a reasonable price. (I am aware of the rarity!) Please contact me off-list if this is a possibility. For reference, I am located in Seattle, WA. Cheers, - Ian -- Ian Finder (206) 395-MIPS ian.finder at gmail.com

10 years, 2 months

R: Looking for AS/400

by supervinx＠libero.it

Can't help, since I live on the other side if the pond, but AS/400s are cool machines. I own a bunch of them (and some S/36s too) and I like them. OS/400 was and is a good OS (if you have clear in mind what it can and what it can't do). Meanwhile, you could request a free AS/400 access to the folks at pub1.rzkh.de and play with OS/400. It's fun to access such a beast from a... Smart Phone :) -------- Messaggio originale -------- Da: Brian Adams <fink at stenoweb.net> Data:07/12/2015 21:58 (GMT+01:00) A: cctalk at classiccmp.org Oggetto: Looking for AS/400 Hi there, Recently, I've been reading up into AS/400s.. They seem like really neat machines, and look really sharp with those matching block terminals. I remember retail stores using those, and I always wondered what kind of a system they were running on... I figured it was DOS! I've been having trouble locating one, however. Anybody have one lying around, or know of where to find one in the Toronto area? It needn't be a high spec machine, just something to play with OS/400 and a terminal. Thanks! -brian

10 years, 2 months

Anyone interested in old (PDP-8 driven) Radio Automation hardware?

by derschjo＠gmail.com

Hi all -- I have recently acquired a PDP-8/m system that was used to drive a radio automation rig (very very similar to this: http://www.bowkera.com/kcbs1.htm ). My understanding is that this system hooked to banks of what were essentially 8-track tape drives, each of which held a short loop of tape (containing a song, an ad, call info, etc.) and the 8/m was programmed with a playlist of sorts so that even in the early 70s you didn't need to have a real DJ on premises to run a radio station. (I had no idea this sort of thing went back that far!) This one was used at KRDU (Fresno's Christian Radio). At any rate, it's neat hardware. All I have is the 8/m, a custom front panel (as seen in the pictures on the site I linked above) and a bank of Omnibus backplanes holding cards that would drive the tapes and mix audio. I really have no use for the tape-control / audio mixing hardware since I don't have the tapes and I'm not *really* planning on running an automated radio station out of my basement (though it does sound fun). I'm not about to scrap the stuff (it's at least useful for parts) but I thought I'd see if anyone out there could actually make use of it for its intended purpose. - Josh

10 years, 2 months

Anyone interested in old (PDP-8 driven) Radio Automation hardware?

by radiotest＠juno.com

At 09:24 AM 12/9/2015, Mike Boyle wrote: >Do you have photos? I don't need photos - I worked with carts from the time I entered radio (1969) until the last of my clients abandoned them several years ago. I have installed, maintained and repaired hundreds of cart machines in the course of my career. If anyone is interested I can scan and post the 1976 edition of the NAB standard to tape cartridge systems. Dale H. Cook, Radio Contract Engineer, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA http://plymouthcolony.net/starcityeng/index.html

10 years, 2 months

List vs. community size

by wdonzelli＠gmail.com

> I've got 13,000 on RetroBattlestations and I doubt very many of them know about the cctalk mailing list. Wow, that is impressive. However, I suppose much of the PeeCee crowd really does not integrate well with cctalk, and that is fine. -- Will

10 years, 2 months

R: RE: Looking for AS/400

by supervinx＠libero.it

Yeah... the feeling of a real machine is different... AS/400s aren't retrocomputing cult machines so, waiting a bit, it's not hard to grab one at a decent price...

10 years, 2 months

Anyone interested in old (PDP-8 driven) Radio Automation hardware?

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

YES!! DOES IT STILL HAVE THE DIABLO DISC HARD DRIVE TOO!>!>?????opps caps.... ok yes one of the phx stations had one of these and it had the 8 and the diablo hard drive PRICE???? ed sharpe In a message dated 12/8/2015 8:56:51 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, derschjo at gmail.com writes: http://www.bowkera.com/kcbs1.htm

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