An opportunity for someone in the Detroit area:
>From: "eaml" <eaml(a)ix.netcom.com>
>Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
>Subject: Vax equipment freely available
>Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 10:48:22 -0400
>
>We currently have the following equipment freely available to anyone
>interested:
>
>MicroVAX II
>Letter Writer 100
>VT240(broken)
>
>
>There is no warranty or maintenance on this equipment.This is a donation to
>the VMS community.
>The only thing we ask is that you pick it up from our premises at:
>
>
>Gallagher Kaiser Corp.
>13710 Mt Elliott
>Detroit MI 48212
>Phone (313) 368-3100
>
>Fax (313) 368-0415
>
>Attn: Emilio Moreno Ext. #123
>
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Replys/inquirys to the address shown in the message. I'm just forwarding
this along!
-jim
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Hi,
I've got an Apple-I that I'm going to take out of a box in the attic and
try to set back up for showing/playing.
I've seen several postings about what components "should" or "shouldn't"
be in a vintage system. What's the feeling on replacing TTL chips, voltage
regulators, etc? Should I scour the land to find "vintage" parts or can I
buy stuff from regular electronics stores? (I don't actually KNOW that I
need to replace anything yet, just asking)
On a similar note: The Apple-I was a kit. Mine's just a bare board mounted
inside a plain aluminum box. Was there ever a case made for these? Or did
everyone just do what the guy who put mine together did?
One last question:
The Apple-I has on-board voltage regulators, diodes etc. to be used with a
Do-it-yourself transformer setup. Can I just bypass all that and use a
power supply from a PC with leads connected to the regulated side of
things? The board uses the ususal +/-5V and +/-12V if I remember
correctly...
Thanks for any tips,
Bjorn Eng
AS a result of finding a tandy 1000 I also aquired (in said tandy) a
Diamond Computer Systems Trackstar-128.
What it is that I know of. It is a 128k apple][ board that resides in
a XT PC and can use the PC disks or external apple compatable disks
to run apple OS and programs. I have the borad and very thin installation
manual for it. it however is totally lacking in software. What makes it
interesting is there are two 65sc02p-1s on it. Any further data or software
for it would be of interest.
Also information on the 65SC02 would be of interest. I know it's basically
6502 but I've been told the later versions have extensions to the basic
instruction set.
Allison
> On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Allison J Parent wrote:
>
> > Also information on the 65SC02 would be of interest. I know it's basically
> > 6502 but I've been told the later versions have extensions to the basic
> > instruction set.
>
There was some discussion on chip differences recently in the Apple II
newsgroups so you may pick it up using something like DejaNews. The
65SC02 was apparently also used in the Franklin Ace 2200, an Apple
IIe-ish clone, and some games allegedly did not like the fact that it
wasn't a 65C02.
Phil
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Phil Beesley -- Computer Officer -- Distributed Systems Suppport
University of Leicester
Tel (0)116 252-2231
E-Mail pb14(a)le.ac.uk
Speaking of Ko0ky apple stuff, I got an Appletalk PC card. M2050. I have
the box and card and docs. Anyone have the darn software? What can this
thing do? I also got a complete TOPS set, with two isa cards and farralon
jacks.
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> From: Sam Ismail <dastar(a)crl.com>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: apple][ PC bus card
> Date: Thursday, September 25, 1997 11:38 AM
>
> On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Allison J Parent wrote:
>
> > Also information on the 65SC02 would be of interest. I know it's
basically
> > 6502 but I've been told the later versions have extensions to the basic
> > instruction set.
>
> The 65C02 runs slightly faster than the 6502 (1.1Mhz vs 1Mhz?) as well as
> having an expanded instruction set. I never got into using any 65C02
> instructions so I don't know what they'd be. Mostly it expanded the
> addressing modes of some existing operations as well as adding some
> addressing modes to instructions which didn't have any before (I think).
> I'm not the person to ask I guess :)
>
>
> Sam Alternate e-mail:
dastar(a)siconic.com
>
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it used to be historical(a)aol.com i checked the member profile for that name
but it doesnt mention anything about a historical computer society though.
you might want to email him directly and find out for sure.
In a message dated 97-09-24 20:22:07 EDT, you write:
<< If you can find out more about them let me know I sent a check to them for
their magazine and never got one issue.
At 07:12 PM 9/23/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Does anyone know if the Historical Computer Society is still going?
>If it is, how can I get in touch with them?
>
>Ken Harbit
>krh03(a)cvip.fresno.com >>
The previous message contained my employee's name and adress (WRONG), sorry.
>At 13.44 23/09/97 -0600, you wrote:
>>You have to keep in mind though, that this Thrift Store stuff is
>>strictly "as-is". If it dosen't work, or if it's flakey, tough luck
>>guy, you bought it.
>Ah, ok if it is "as is" (that here clearly mean "it's broken") 10 $ or
less are ok.
>
>
>>Having been burned numerous times by paying too
>>much for junk that flat out didn't work, I have resolved NEVER to pay
>>more than $10 for disk drives (of any sort).
>I FULLY AGREE (and been burned too).
>
>>
>>You know somebody who would pay $60 for a USED 1541? Hm, I wonder how
>>hard it is to get past Italian Customs . . .
>Yes, this is the real trouble.
>It depends how "expert" is the man in charge to controll stuff.
>If he recognize the stuff as used and "out-of-fashion" he will probably be
human; otherwise it will cost
>as gold.
Riccardo
Found this on the web today, don't know where he is located but whoever
is in that area might like to make contact with him....
> Attention: We are interested in purchasing your obsolete electronic
> equipment and other expendable assets. Since 1984, SGS Computer
> Corporation has been designing custom programs for those assets that no
> longer have value to your organization. We buy PC?s to mainframes,
> circuit boards to test equipment. We can pay on a per pound basis when
> approximate. We can remarket your items whenever possible for
> additional revenue.
>
> We take it all!! We don?t cherry pick. (Larger quantities are
> encouraged)
>
> Ask for: Joe Grimm
> SGS Computer Corporation
> www.sgsasset.com
> e-mail sgsasset(a)apk.net
> Call 800-348-1946 Fax (440) 786-8107
Regards,
Hans
Geez, you must not be on the west coast. Around here, VIC-20/C64/C128
hardware is like weeds. There isn't a thrift store in the entire
Seattle area without a Commodore piece for <=$5. Can't give 'em away --
literally.
Kai
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> From: Jeff Kaneko[SMTP:Jeff.Kaneko@ifrsys.com]
> Reply To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 1997 12:30 PM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: On the hunt at Goodwill . . . .
>
> Guys:
>
> I dredged this up from comp.sys.cbm. Alot of you guys out there have
> been talking about hunting down 'Heavy Iron'. Here's one who's struck
> the Mother Lode of 'Lite Plastic'. I sure wish I knew where this
> place was . . . .
>
>
> Jeff
>
> ------------>>>> Forewarded Message Follows<<<<---------------
>
At 18:00 12/31/70 -0500, you wrote:
>If you can find out more about them let me know I sent a check to them for
>their magazine and never got one issue.
Their last issue was #9 and I think it came out about eighteen months ago.
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Computer History Association of California
