Anyone tried the lastest DR-DOS by Caldera? Just curious how good it
actually is especially on older machines. Saw a write up proposing that
obsoletes may become viable resources again using DR-DOS but at present
I haven't had a chance to download the trial and run it on a 286. Im
sure someone here is deeply into it.-
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>I picked up a NeXtStation TurboColor box today at a hamfest. A kid had
>just bought 3 monitors, 4 boxes and a small stack of manuals and sold
>me the extra system box for $25. No memory or hard disk and (of course)
>no monitor, cable, keyboard, mouse or software.
What a coincidence! I just bought 3 monitors, 4 boxes, a small stack of
manuals and sold
somebody the extra system box for $25 at a hamfest in Timonium on Sunday.
Haven't had a chance to even look them over yet, not sure what's in them.
>Does anyone have experience with these systems?
Nope.
>Any tips on getting the pieces needed to get it running?
Same here. Anybody. And I'm in need of software and a monitor cable as
well.
Tom
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Sysop of Caesarville Online
Client software at: <http://home.earthlink.net/~tomowad/>
I'm in need of some stuff and also have some I want to get rid of. Email
me if interested.
I need:
Small internal SCSI HD's
ADB keyboards (especially NeXT)
ADB Mice (especially NeXT)
Old grayscale monitors with DB15 connectors (for use with Mac IIci/IIcx)
NeXT computer-to-NeXT monitor cable - top priority
Mac computer-to-NeXT monitor cable
Mac computer-to-Mac monitor cable
NeXT software - can it boot off disk?
I have:
IBM 5140 power supplies
Mac II 0/0
Mac IIcx 0/0
Data Systems 086-based laptop (as yet untested)
Apple IIe
2 Disk II drives
ImageWriter II
Please note that I will be unable to recevie email from July 30 to August
8 while I'm on vacation.
Tom Owad
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>If you were near me I'd tell you just to come by and I'd do a builddisk
>for you. Perhaps someone else will offer. $25 was a good deal- last time
>I checked they were still going for a couple hundred. Poor kid!
Hmm. Had no idea they were worth that much. I paid $120 for the four
computers, three monitors, and manuals. Had to sell one of them so that
I could afford more stuff! I also came home with 8 Mac IIci/IIcx's and
some old Data Systems laptops.
Tom
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>> What kind of boards? Was it single-board or backplane or what?
>> Also, what are the key differences between Hp and PC?
> Why not start with the key similarities, it's a shorter list.
> They both had 8088s and ran MS-DOS. OK, there you go.
> The original HP150 looks like a 9" CRT in a box, with a keyboard
> attached via coiled cord that goes to the back. Typically there would
> be an HP-IB disc drive of some sort (probably with a 91xx model
> number) around, most likely using 3.5" stiffies because HP was an
> early adopter of the Sony 90mm medium, but even without that the 150
> can be used as a terminal (it mostly looks like an HP2623A monochrome
> graphics terminal).
Thats the reason why a lot of people can't guess the processor - they
always open the Disk unit and can't find any x86 type chip :)
Gruss
H.
BTW: I'm looking for a set of System Disks for the 150.
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HRK
This is n response to your site asking if anyone has TRS-80 Model III
computers to sell. I have one I may be interested in selling. It has
never had the case open. Also have a wide carriage printer to go with
it. E-mail me at srayner(a)erols.com with an offer. Thanks. Steve
Rayner.
I've been tinkering with my Kaypro to try to eliminate the errors that drive B
has been giving me. Putting in a new floppy drive didn't seem to fix them;
I wonder if it's the cable? (As is, the Kaypro supports two drives (SA400 or
equivalent). The original owner bought a little hardware thingie that does
something to the drive-select signals to add support for four drives; he also
added a connector to the cable for drive C between A's and B's connectors.
I currently have no drive C, and only drive B is giving me problems -- that's
why I suspect the cable.)
So I bought a new cable. It has that stupid half-twist, so I'm wondering how
to coax my system into working with the new cable. I think I understand the
situation from the point of view of the drives (both drives are jumpered as
#1, and some pins are exchanged: 10 <-> 16, 11 <-> 15, 12 <-> 14).
But doesn't the computer have to cooperate in this farce? That is, would I
have to reprogram my BIOS to mess things up in the same way as the IBM PC's
hardware, so that the drive cable can do its part and thus it all ends up
(sort of) working?
It's worth trying the new cable (though it seems rather cheap, and there's a
break in the insulation, though that could be because I dropped it on a
concrete floor at the store). But if it's too much trouble, I'll skip it.
Incidentally: God damn IBM for cutting corners this way, and making people
think shenanigans like this are totally normal and to be expected, and messing
with a perfectly reasonable interface.
-- Derek
Further note, I pulled the drive out, it's an archive Corp 9020I
Any info would be appreciated
Karl
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Computer Engineering student at the University of Canberra, Australia
Email: k.maftoum(a)student.canberra.edu.au
At 11:16 PM 7/23/98 -0500, Doug Yowza wrote:
>Wow, it sounds like somebody just lost their GRiD-virginity. John H. took
>my 1535EXP, so I have to go from memory. It's a 386DX-33 (in a PGA, so
Yes, I actually flew across the country, broke into his house, grabbed the
mag-alloy 1535 out of his hands, repeatedly beat him over the head with it,
and took off. Doug, you're lucky to be alive after all that. :) Maybe
that's why I'm having problems with the sucker!
>you can upgrade it via Cyrix/TI/etc) with up to 8MB RAM (low-profile
>SIPs). I think it wants 16-18V DC, center neg. The empty hole will
>accomidate eithe battery or a power supply with an AC plug.
Yep, that sounds about right. It uses the same power brick my GRiDPad 1912
uses. BTW, if anyone needs a keyboard adapter cable for their GRiDPad, let
me know. I have 5 extras.
>The connector on the bottom of the machine plugs into a docking tray,
>which John H. also took and I think was trying to sell last time I
>checked. (John, are you there?)
I'd rather trade it to someone who can really use it. Even if it works, I
don't really have a use for it, and the 1535 w/8mb is a very usable machine
even without the tray.
GRiD 1535 BIOS Date: 1989, slightly under the 10 year mark, but these are
such extrordinary machines!
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