A friend of mine has two systems that he needs to find info on.
1. Symbolics 3650 - this system boots into a wierd LISP command prompt, but complains durring boot
about not being able to find the rest of the "world." Any info to help admin the thing would be
groovy.
2. Fortune 32:16, formerly running ForPro. Unfortunately, the boot drive crashed. He has tapes,
floppies, but no HD (I think) - is this worthy to be kept?
Any help will be appreciated. I might end up adding these systems to my collection, right next to my
7 VAX systems.
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These hinges are metal, and there's no pointing device of any sort.
Do you know the pinout of the power connector or not?
>
>I have seen more broken hinges on Compaqs than any other machine. In
>fact, I challenge anybody to find a used Compaq Concerto that doesn't
have
>broken hinges. There's a thriving third-party industry in Compaq
Portable
>repair. As a result of this, it's fairly easy to find replacement
parts
>for them (but often at high prices).
>
>As far as ergonomics go, I give you 10 minutes of trying to use that
>screen-mounted track ball before you throw the machine across the room.
>
>> have to agree with. Unfortunatley, the docking station was being sold
>> for more than the portable. But, hey! You use one too! Hipocrite ;)
>
>I use Compaqs to practice my repair technique. I got a couple of them
>recently in which the hinges had become degreased and stiff, so the
owners
>broke the displays off trying to use their laptops. I haven't found a
>good replacement for the hinges yet, but re-greasing and reinforcing
the
>hinges with metal plates gives me working 486 laptops at around $10
each.
>I put them to work as dedicated controllers and linux servers since
their
>power consumption is lower than an old desktop.
>
>-- Doug
>
>
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At 11:08 AM 7/20/98 PDT, you wrote:
>
>Sorry to continue, but I don't currently have newsgroup access and
>I have serached on the newsgroups for my problem via Dejanews.
>I decided to attempt to recharge my battery using a PC power supply.
>Will this work? The battery is labelled to be 12V, 1.7 Ahr. It's a
>NiCd. The power supply is 12V 6Ah.
The power supply is probably rated at 6A, not 6Ah. 6 amps charging would be too
much for an 1.7Amp hour battery and would greatly shorten its life. 200 or
300 mA would be much better.
However, charging a 12 Volt battery off a 12 Volt regulated power supply
most likely will not completely charge it, as the float charging voltage is
closer
to 13.5 volts. You need something designed as a charger to get the full
capacity from the battery.
-Dave
Just want to brag, like the rest of you about this weeks' find. A
Compaq SLT 286!! Anyone know anything about it, how much it's worth??
Mike Sheflin
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Remember that Compaq is the first PC clone maker and the first
portable PC maker ever. I think that's not bad.
>Bragging about Compaqs -- that's an interesting concept. Kind of like
>being proud of pimples.
>
I doubt any of that is true. I mean, sure, they're not GRiDs, and I
don't think this one is unergonomic. The power connector bit, I'll
have to agree with. Unfortunatley, the docking station was being sold
for more than the portable. But, hey! You use one too! Hipocrite ;)
>Compaq is the leader in three areas of portable design: the world's
most
>fragile portables, the world's least ergonomic portables, and the
world's
>weirdest and largest variety of proprietary power connectors.
>
>The power adapter is pretty hard to find, compared to finding a
>thrown-away LTE Lite. I've never seen the connector available as a
>standard part. You can also power the thing from the proprietary bus
>connector, so you might have an easier time finding a cheap docking
>station to power/charge than finding/making an A/C adatper.
>
>Another alternative is a cool briefcase made for insurance adjusters
that
>was custom designed for the LTE Lite, and has an A/C plug in the
>briefcase. You can get them for around $30 from Halted:
> http://www.halted.com/
>
>BTW, I need the flex cable that connects to the display of an LTE Lite.
>I'll trade a battery for one.
>
>-- Doug
>
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At 04:06 PM 7/19/98 -0500, you wrote:
>On Sun, 19 Jul 1998, Max Eskin wrote:
>
>> I also want to brag that I got a Compaq Lite-25 486.
>
>Bragging about Compaqs -- that's an interesting concept. Kind of like
>being proud of pimples.
>
>> question: does anyone know what their power connector pinout is? It's
>> a weird little three-pin thing like the compaq monitor power
>> interface. Does anyone have plugs or know where to get them?
>
>Compaq is the leader in three areas of portable design: the world's most
>fragile portables, the world's least ergonomic portables, and the world's
>weirdest and largest variety of proprietary power connectors.
>
You forgot one category: Most difficult to open. The last LTE I tried to
open required the skill of a surgeon to dissassemble.
Jeff
>>OK, possibly the last entry in this thread. (Hey, I've been too busy to
>>keep up with this list!)
> Nope, I'm even slower at getting around to doing things...
:) Not slower, courious before sending myself, but now:
Meeeeeeeeeeeee toooooooooooooooooo:
Computer:
KIM
PC 100 (OEM AIM 65 from SIEMENS)
PET (small and big Keyboard)
CBM 2001
CBM 3016
(and several 40xx and 80xx)
CBM SK 8296
CBM SK 8296D
CBM 610
CBM 720
Commodore B500
(and some printers and floppies)
VC-20
C64 (more than 10 - never counted)
C64-II (C64C)
C64G
(and some 1541, 1570,1571 floppies)
C128
C16
C116
Plus 4
Amiga 500
Amiga 1000
Amiga 2000
ITT MP-Experimerter
SC/MP II
EUROCOM I
APPLE ][euro+
APPLE //c
APPLE ///
Lisa 2
Macintosh 128K
Macintosh IIsi
Macintosh LC II
Macintosh Performa 630 DOS
Basis 108
Ohio Superboard II
TRS 80 Mod I Lv2 & Expansion
TRS 80 Mod III & Hard Disk
TRS 80 Model 4
Video-Genie
EG2002 Colour Genie
Olivetti M10
IBM-PC
IBM-PC/XT Clone
(And about 5 or 6 modern clones)
SIRIUS 1
OSBORNE 1DQD
Philips P2000C
Pascal Microengine
ATARI 400 (German and US)
ATARI 800 (German and US)
ATARI 600XL
ATARI 800XL
ATARI ST 520+
ATARI 1040 ST E
ORIC 1
ORIC ATMOS
Sinclair ZX80
Sinclair ZX81
Sinclair ZX Spectrum+
Sinclair Z88
Sinclair QL
Your Computer (8300)
Laser 50
Laser 2000
Dragon 32
Dragon 64
BBC Computer
Yashica YC-64 (MSX I)
Sony HiBit (MSX I)
Philips VG8010/00 (MSX)
S100-Bus Systems (several CPUs and so on)
Eltec 80
SANYO MB 1000
Sharp MZ80A
Sharp MZ80B
Sharp MZ80K
Sharp MZ811
Sharp MZ821
SWTP 6800
Motorola MEK6802D5
EXORterm (...), sowie ca. 15 weitere 6800, 6802 & 6809 Boards,
ENTERPRISE 128
TA Alphatronic
TA Alphatronic PC
TA Walkstation 286
Superbrain
HP 9121
Tatung TCS-4000
SIEMENS Mikroset 8080
SIEMENS 5521
SIEMENS PC 16-10
SIEMENS PC-D
SIEMENS PC-MX (9780)
SIEMENS PC-MX2
SIEMENS WS30-435(Apollo)
SIEMENS PCD-3T
SIEMENS PCD-4T
SIEMENS PCD-4G
486er Clone
Pentium.
Terminals:
TI Silent 700
TI Silent 709
Whisper Reader Mod 1951
SIEMENS 97801 (gruen && weis)
EECO D400
Heazeltine 1000
(and several other)
Taschenrechner:
Newton OMP (OS 1.3 upgraded)
Newton 120 (OS 1.3)
Newton MP2000
Ti 74S
SHARP PC 1211
SHARP PC 1241
SHARP PC 1250
SHARP PC 1251
SHARP PC 1261
SHARP PC 1430
SHARP PC 1500A
sowie 14 nicht-Basic Taschenrechner.
Videogames:
ATARI XE
ATARI Jaguar
ATARI Lynx
ATARI VCS
ATARI VCS 2600
Philips G7000
MEMO TEST
(and several early '80s junk :)
Maybe sone are missing ... I never did a listing :(
Gruss
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Christian Fandt <cfandt(a)servtech.com> wrote:
> Aha! Now I can connect QIC36/QIC02.... My HP 250 uses DC600 type tape carts.
Don't be too sure of that. If it's a 9144 drive or one integrated in
a 79xx disc drive, it uses tapes that are mechanically the same but
with a completely different format called HCD that predates the QIC
formats and cannot be completely recorded in the field. THe format
involves full-width block markers that can't be recorded by the heads
in the drives.
Bob Niland used to post something about this over in comp.sys.hp.*
when someone popped the question. Go do a search in DejaNews for
author rjn(a)csn.net in comp.sys.hp.hardware looking for the keywords
QIC and HCD and you will probably turn it up.
-Frank McConnell
>> Just want to brag, like the rest of you about this weeks' find. A
>> Compaq SLT 286!! Anyone know anything about it, how much it's worth??
hmm, was there sarcasm buried in there or not? :)
I've got one of those things somewhere... weighs about five tons and the
battery lasts for about five minutes. Still, they were pretty well built
machines, had mono VGA screens, the one I've got has a 42MB hard drive
in it (which I suppose was pretty damn good for a laptop of that time).
not really worth anything now (seem to remember they were over 4000 UK
pounds when new - isn't depreciation great? ;) but you may find a use
for it...
(I suppose it has some nostalgia value for me - it was my first exposure
to the world of PCs... I remember the hard drive on mine had been
partitioned into two, and I spent months marvelling at a whole 12MB of
space before I found the other 30MB ;*)
cheers
Jules
>
Wow... those were some really quick responses, thanks!
The gear I'm looking to unload is a PDP 11/35 and a VAX 750, both in the
Dayton, Ohio area. Fairly big stuff to move if you're familiar with.
I hate to barge in on a mailing list and ask newbie questions; But if
anyone could point me to, or provide info on subscribing, FAQs, etc I'd
appreciate it !
Me?? - - A 30ish hack, teeth cut on PDPs and Apples in the late 70's. Why
is my 45000000MHz windoze machine so @!#$ slow ?!?!?
-Wayne
