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by jimw＠agora.rdrop.com

At 06:33 PM 5/1/97 -0700, you wrote: > | >- Add: NorthStar model with built-in monitor (forget the >model, Tim > | >Shoppa has one) > > | The NorthStar "Advantage" (I have one too) > >Yeah, come to think of it, the one Tim has that I was thinking of was >actually a similar IMSAI with built-in monitor. The name was something >like "DPC-1" Well... letters and numbers anyway... The IMSAI VDP-80. (sold and serviced those too!) -jim --- jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com The Computer Garage - http://www.rdrop.com/~jimw Computer Garage Fax - (503) 646-0174

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by zmerch＠northernway.net

Whilst in a self-induced trance, Tim Shoppa happened to blather: >Well, when it comes down to it, vanilla CP/M never had >FORMAT. Didn't matter a whole lot on vanilla systems, as >8" floppies always come preformatted. Yes, but what about *chocolate* CP/M? Huh? How about that, Mr. Smart-Guy??? Everybody knows that chocolate is better than vanilla!!! ;^> I'm just joking... still working & it's been a long night! Anyone here have any experience with Unix NewsServer Daemons? That be me problem tonite, matey! See ya, "Merch" -- Roger Merchberger | If at first you don't succeed, Programmer, NorthernWay | nuclear warhead disarmament should *not* zmerch(a)northernway.net | be your first career choice.

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Atari prob, etc.

by BigLouS＠aol.com

In a message dated 97-04-30 03:16:50 EDT,idavis(a)comland.com (Isaac Davis) writes: > there is also a product called ape which is at http://www.nacs.net/~classics which allows you to connect your atari to a pc. They also have schematics <snip>. I use ape with my setup and it has worked just fine. I download Atari software to my PC and Ape does the rest. The cable is fairly easy to build if you have some soldering experience. Lou

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by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

| >- Add: MITS Altair 680, 68000, 1976 | Ummm... no. 6800 mpu (not 68000) Typo... thanks | >- Add: NorthStar model with built-in monitor (forget the model, Tim | >Shoppa has one) | The NorthStar "Advantage" (I have one too) Yeah, come to think of it, the one Tim has that I was thinking of was actually a similar IMSAI with built-in monitor. The name was something like "DPC-1" | >- Change: NorthStar Horizons primarily ran NSDOS | Interesting... Many I worked with ran OASIS. B^} I guess it would have been clearer to say "NorthStar Horizons shipped with NSDOS". I'm sure most of them "primarily ran" CP/M after the owners realized how obscure and limiting NSDOS was ("cd" to Copy Disk? Gee, a DOS user would never type that by accident!) Kai

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by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

Great list! Some additions & changes: - Add: Advanced Micro Devices AM-2900, AMD 2901, 1978 - Add: Apple I, 1976 - Add: Apple/Tempest TPI 863T milspec Macintosh, 68000, 1986 - Add: Apple/Honeywell "Black Apple" custom manufactured Apple II+ - Add: Atari 1040STE - 1989 (improved 1040ST) - Change: Atari Mega machines were the Mega ST (with 1, 2 or 4MB, 1987) and the Mega STE (improved, 1991). I've never heard of a "Mega 1" or "Mega 2" - Add: Atari ATW800 Transputer Workstation, 1988 - Add: AT&T 3B1, 68010, 2MB, 1985 - Add: Commodore KIM-1 singleboard, 6502, 1K, 1976 - Add: Commodore Amiga 2000/3000/4000 (Too new?) - Change: Commodore Executive 64 official designation was SX-64 - Change: Cromemco Z's were Z2, Z3, with & without a D for Disk drive, as in Z2D--don't think there was a Z1. The "System" line was separate. I think the only one was the System 3, aka "CS-3" (I've got one), Z80A, ~1978. - Add: Data General MicroNOVA series, and Data General portable - Add: Data Science XOR, Z80A, 64K, 1981 - Add: E&L MMD-1 Singleboard, 8080, 1977 - Add: Exidy Sorcerer, Z80, 1978 - Add: Heathkit H8, 8080, 1977 - Add: Heathkit H11, LSI-11, 1977 - Add: IBM 5100, no microprocessor, 1975 - Add: IMSAI 8080, 8080, 1977 - Add: Intecolor CompuColor II, 8080A, ~1979 - Add: Integrated Computer Systems (ICS) Suitcase Trainer, NEC 8255, 1978 - Add: Intel Intellec-8, 8008, 1973 - Add: Intersil Intercept Jr. singleboard, IM6100, 1976 - Change: Intertec Superbrain II was actually 2xZ80. There's also a Superbrain II Jr, don't know what the difference is - Add: Ithaca InterSystems DPS-1, Z80, ~1978 - Change: "Kaypro Corp" should be Non-Linear Systems - Add: Mattel Aquarius, Z80A, 4K, 1983 - Add: Micro Design Z80 Starter Kit singleboard, Z80, 1976 - Add: Micro Mint Z8 Basic/Micro, Z8, 1981 - Add: Micro Technology Unlimited (MTU) MTU-130, 6502, 80K, 1981 - Add: MITS Altair 680, 68000, 1976 - Add: MITS Altair 8800, 8080, 1975 - Add: MITS Altair 8800b, 8080, 1976 - Add: NEC PC8001, Z80, 1979 - Add: NorthStar model with built-in monitor (forget the model, Tim Shoppa has one) - Change: NorthStar Horizons primarily ran NSDOS - Add: Ohio Scientific (tons of other models, I'll have to look in a magazine) - Change: Onyx C8002 was Z8000, 256K, Unix, 1980 - Add: Panasonic JR200U, 6802, 32K - Add: Polymorphic Poly-88, 8080?, 1976 - Add: Processor Technology Sol-20, 8080A, 1976 - Add: RCA COSMAC ELF, RCA1802, 1977 - Add: RCA COSMAC VIP, RCA1802 - Add: Sanyo MBC-550 - Add: Scelbi 8H (kit), 8008, 1973 - Add: Southwest Technical Products (SWTPC) 6800 Computer System, 6800, 1977 - Add: Southwest Technical Products (SWTPC) other lineup (M6809, etc. need to look in a magazine) - Add: Spectravideo 318, Z80, 32K, 1983 - Add: Spectravideo 328, Z80, 64K, 1984 - Add: Sphere Corporation Sphere-1, 6800, 4K, 1975 - Add: Synertek SYM-1 singleboard, 6502, 1978 - Add: Tandy TRS-80 Model 4, Z80 - Change: Tandy "4D Micro" should be TRS-80 Model 4D, Z80 - Add: Tandy TRS-80 Model 1, Z80, 1978 - Change: Tandy TRS-80 Model 1/2/3/4 operating systems should be TRSDOS - Change: Tandy TRS-80 Model 16B operating system should be XENIX/TRSDOS - Change: Tandy TRS-80 Micro Color Computer RAM should be 4K - Add: Timex-Sinclair ZX80, NEC 780-1, 1K, 1980 - Add: Timex-Sinclair ZX81, Z80A, 1K, 1981 - Add: Timex-Sinclair ZX1000 - Add: Titus Mark-8 (plans only), 8008, 1974 - Add: Vector Graphic 1, 1977 - Add: Xerox Alto, 1974 - Add: Xerox Star, 1977 - Change: Zenith Z89 OS was CP/M 2.2 Kai > ---------- > From: Bill Whitson[SMTP:bill@booster.bothell.washington.edu] > Reply To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 1997 1:54 PM > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > Subject: The List! > > Hi all. > > After getting your numerous recommendations on the last > version ;) I updated the List of Classic Computers. It > now includes 83 more machines and notes as to CPU, base > RAM, Primary OS, and Class. I carry it with me when I > go hunting - hopefully it will be useful to you too. > > As always - I'd love to hear from you with additions or > corrections. This list is currently quite weak when it > comes to pre-'78 machines, minis and bigger computers. > I'm sure that just the DEC section should be three times > as long. My resources only go so far ;). > > --- > The Big List of Classic Computers > Last Rev: 4/30/97 > > This list is compiled from various sources: fliers, magazines, > ads, manuals, and price books. The information is as acurate as > the original sources. > > I have removed PCs and clones from this list - they were taking > up too much space. I may put together a separate PC list in the > future. This list does not include game consoles, calculators, > or word processors. > > If you have anything to add or revise, contact Bill Whitson > (e-mail bill(a)booster.u.washington.edu). > > MODEL is the manufacturers model number. > CPU indicates the type of CPU. > RAM is the amount of RAM installed in a base unit. > OS is the primary operating system or OS delivered with the unit. > ADOS 3.X = Apple II DOS v3.x > AMIGAOS = Amiga Operating System > AMOS = Alpha-Microsystems Operating System > ATRDOS = Atari Built-In OS > CBMOS = Commodore Built-In OS > CP/M = CP/M-80, CP/M-86, CP/M-68K, MP/M, etc... > CROMIX = Cromemco CROMIX > FLEX = FLEX > GS/OS = Apple IIgs Operating System > LOS = LISA Office System > MACOS = MacOS > OS/9 = OS/9 > PRODOS16 = Apple 16bit ProDOS > PRODOS8 = Apple 8bit ProDOS > SOS = Apple III DOS > TDOS = TurboDOS > TOS = Atari ST Operating System > UNIX = Any true UNIX variant > > TYPE is the class of computer > MAIN = Computers physically larger than 2m x 2m x 2m > MINI = Computers physically larger than 1m x 1m x 1m or which > are composed of separate subsystems. > MICRO = Single unit machines smaller than 1m x 1m x 1m > PORT. = Portable (Lugabble, Laptop, Notebook, Handheld) units. > YEAR is when the computer was first produced. > > ================================================================== > MANUFACTURER > MODEL CPU RAM OS TYPE > YR > ================================================================== > Acorn------------------------------------------------------------- > Atom 6502 4K ?? MICRO 80 > Bus. Comp. Model 100 6502 w/Z80 64K ?? MICRO 84 > Bus. Comp. Model 110 6502 w/Z80 64K ?? MICRO 84 > Bus. Comp. Model 200 6502 w/32016 512K ?? MICRO 84 > Bus. Comp. Model 210 6502 w/32016 4MB ?? MICRO 84 > Bus. Comp. Model 300 6502 w/80286 1MB ?? MICRO 84 > Bus. Comp. Model 310 6502 w/80286 1MB ?? MICRO 84 > Bus. Comp. Model PA 6502 64K ?? MICRO 84 > Bus. Comp. Terminal 6502 64K ?? MICRO 84 > Electron 6502 32K ?? MICRO 83 > Master 65C02 128K ?? MICRO > 86 > Model A 6502 16K ?? MICRO 81 > Model B 6502 32K ?? MICRO 82 > Model B+ 6502 64K ?? MICRO 84 > Proton 6502 16K ?? MICRO > 81 > System 1 6502 1K ?? MICRO 79 > System 2 6502 32k ?? MICRO 80 > Automated Computer Systems---------------------------------------- > 4040 MC 4040 64K CP/M MICRO 78 > 8080 MC 8080 64K CP/M MICRO 79 > 8080 MCS 8080 64K CP/M MICRO 79 > 8080 MPU 8080 64K CP/M MICRO 79 > 8080/Z80 8008 w/Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 80 > Z80 MCS Z80 128K TDOS MICRO 81 > Z80 MCS Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > Action Computer Enterprise, Inc.---------------------------------- > Discovery 500 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Discovery 1600 Z80 w/8086 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Actrix Computers-------------------------------------------------- > DSDD Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > SSDD Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Adra Systems------------------------------------------------------ > Model 1000 68020 2.5MB ?? MICRO 86 > Model 3000 68020 4MB ?? MICRO 86 > Advanced Digital Corporation-------------------------------------- > Super System II ?? ?? TDOS MICRO 84 > SuperStar ?? ?? TDOS MICRO 84 > Alcyon------------------------------------------------------------ > APS 68000 256K UNIX MINI 84 > APS/RMS 68000 256K UNIX MINI 84 > APX 68000 256K UNIX MINI 84 > Alpha Info Systems------------------------------------------------ > Model 100 8085 1MB ?? ?? > 77 > Model 100T 8085 1MB ?? ?? 79 > Alpha MicroSystems------------------------------------------------ > AM-680C 68000 128K AMOS MICRO 84 > AM-680M 68000 128K AMOS MICRO 84 > AM-1000 68000 128K AMOS MICRO 82 > AM-1000E 68000 256K AMOS MICRO 83 > AM-1000X 68000 128K AMOS MICRO 84 > ALSPA Computer---------------------------------------------------- > ACI-1 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > ACI-2 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > Zero Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > Altos Computer Systems-------------------------------------------- > 3068 68020 4MB ?? MICRO 88 > 3068 EP 68020 4MB ?? MICRO 88 > 580-2 Z80 192K CP/M MICRO > 83 > 580-20 Z80 192K CP/M MICRO > 83 > 680-40 68000 ?? ?? MICRO > 85 > 8000-10 Z80 208K ?? MICRO 78 > 8000-12 Z80 208K ?? MICRO 78 > 8000-14 Z80 208K ?? MICRO 78 > Advanced Micro Devices-------------------------------------------- > Model 96/4116 Z80 32K CP/M MICRO > 80 > Ampere, Inc.------------------------------------------------------ > WS1A 68000 64K ?? MICRO 85 > WS1B 68000 256K ?? MICRO 85 > Amstrad----------------------------------------------------------- > CPC464 Z80A 64K AMSDOS MICRO 84 > CPC664 Z80A 64K AMSDOS MICRO 85 > CPC6128 Z80A 128K AMSDOS MICRO 85 > PCW8256 Z80 256K ?? MICRO 85 > PCW8512 Z80 512K ?? MICRO 86 > PCW9512 Z80 512K ?? MICRO 87 > APF Electronics--------------------------------------------------- > IM1 6800 8K ?? MICRO 80 > Apollo Computer--------------------------------------------------- > 400/420 ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > Domain ?? ?? ?? ?? > 81 > Apple Computer, Inc.---------------------------------------------- > Apple II 6502 16K ADOS 3.X MICRO 77 > Apple II+ 6502 48K ADOS 3.X MICRO 81 > Apple IIc 65C02 128K PRODOS8 PORT. 85 > Apple IIc+ 65C02 128K PRODOS8 PORT. 86 > Apple IIe 6502 128K PRODOS8 MICRO 82 > Apple IIgs (ROM 01) 65C816 256K PRODOS16 MICRO 86 > Apple IIgs (ROM 02) 65C816 256K PRODOS16 MICRO 87 > Apple IIgs (ROM 03) 65C816 1.25MB GS/OS MICRO 88 > Apple III 6502 128K SOS MICRO 83 > Apple III+ 6502 256K SOS MICRO 84 > Lisa 1 68000 1MB LOS MICRO 83 > Lisa 2 68000 512K LOS MICRO 84 > Macintosh 128 68000 128K MACOS MICRO > 84 > Macintosh 512 68000 512K MACOS MICRO > 84 > Macintosh Plus 68010 1MB MACOS MICRO > 86 > Macintosh Plus Enh. 68010 512K MACOS MICRO 86 > Macintosh XL 68000 512K MACOS MICRO 84 > Applied Digital Data Systems-------------------------------------- > Multivision 1 8085 64k CP/M MICRO > 80 > Multivision 2 8085 64K CP/M MICRO > 81 > Multivision 3 8085 192K CP/M MICRO > 81 > Applied Electronics----------------------------------------------- > Model 10 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > Model 15 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > Applied Systems Corporation--------------------------------------- > ASC 68000 68000 64K ?? MICRO 83 > ASC Portable 8088 w/8085 32K ?? PORT. 83 > AT&T-------------------------------------------------------------- > 3704-040 ?? 1MB UNIX MICRO 86 > 3704-045 ?? 2MB UNIX MICRO 86 > 3704-065 ?? 2MB UNIX MICRO 86 > 3B2/300 WE32000 1MB UNIX MINI 86 > 3B2/400 WE32100 2MB UNIX MINI > 86 > 7300A1 ?? 512K UNIX MICRO > 86 > 7300A2 ?? 1MB UNIX MICRO > 86 > 7300B1 ?? 512K UNIX MICRO > 86 > 7300D1 ?? 512K UNIX MICRO > 86 > 7300E2 ?? 1MB UNIX MICRO > 86 > Atari------------------------------------------------------------- > 1040ST 68010 512K TOS MICRO 85 > 1200XL 6502C 64K ATRDOS MICRO 82 > 130XE 6502C 128K ATRDOS MICRO > 85 > 400 6502 16K ATRDOS MICRO 79 > 520ST 68000 512K TOS MICRO 85 > 600XL 6502C 16K ATRDOS MICRO 83 > 65XE 6502C 64K ATRDOS MICRO 85 > 800 6502 48K ATRDOS MICRO 79 > 800XL 6502C 64K ATRDOS MICRO 83 > Mega 2 68000 2MB ?? MICRO 87 > Mega 4 68000 4MB ?? MICRO 87 > XE Game System 6502C 64K ATRDOS MICRO > 87 > Auragen Systems Corporation--------------------------------------- > System 4000 68010 ?? ?? ?? 84 > Barreto Associates------------------------------------------------ > MicroMaster Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Barrington International------------------------------------------ > Elite Z80 256K CP/M MICRO 82 > Barrister Info Systems-------------------------------------------- > Law Office Manager Z80 ?? ?? ?? 75 > Basis------------------------------------------------------------- > Model 108 Z80 w/6502 64K CP/M MICRO 80 > BBN Computer Corp.------------------------------------------------ > C60 Z80 256K UNIX MINI 80 > C70 Z80 256K UNIX MINI 81 > Beehive Corp.----------------------------------------------------- > The Topper Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Bell Computer Systems--------------------------------------------- > Model 4 6502 64K ADOS 3.X MICRO 84 > Bell and Howell--------------------------------------------------- > Model 78400 6502 16K ?? MICRO 83 > Model 78401 6502 16K ?? MICRO 83 > Model 78402 6502 16K ?? MICRO 83 > Model 3016D 6502 16K ?? MICRO 83 > Model 3032D 6502 32K ?? MICRO 83 > Model 3048D 6502 48K ?? MICRO 83 > Berkel Systems---------------------------------------------------- > Model 4410 6502 16K ?? MICRO 74 > Billings Computer Corp.------------------------------------------- > System 500 II Z80 56K TDOS MICRO > 82 > System 6000B Z80 64K TDOS MICRO 82 > System 6000 II Z80 64K TDOS MICRO > 82 > System 6000 X Z80 64K TDOS MICRO > 82 > System 6000 XII Z80 64K TDOS MICRO 82 > BC-12FD Z80 64K TDOS MICRO 79 > BlackHawk Computers----------------------------------------------- > BlackHawk 3 8085 64K ?? MICRO 79 > BlackHawk 4 8085 64K ?? MICRO 79 > BMC, Inc.--------------------------------------------------------- > BMC-800 Model 20C Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > BMC-800 Model 20G Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > Bondwell Computers------------------------------------------------ > BW2 Z80C 64K CP/M MICRO 85 > BW12 Z80A 64K CP/M MICRO 85 > BW14 Z80A 128K CP/M MICRO 85 > BW16 Z80A 128K CP/M MICRO 85 > BOS Systems------------------------------------------------------- > BOS-M Z80 w/80186 64K TDOS MICRO 81 > Cyte 86 Z80 w/80186 64K TDOS MICRO 82 > BTI Computer Systems---------------------------------------------- > BTI 4800 Z80 w/8088 64K ?? ?? 84 > BTI 5000 Mark II Z80 w/80186 64K ?? ?? 83 > BTI 5000/ES Z80 w/80186 64K ?? ?? 83 > BTI 6000 Z80 W/8088 128K ?? ?? 84 > BTI 8000 BTI8000 24MB ?? ?? > 85 > Burroughs Corp.--------------------------------------------------- > B1800 Z80 w/80186 64K ?? MICRO 83 > B1910 Z80 w/80186 128K ?? MICRO 83 > B1913 Z80 w/80186 128K ?? MICRO > 83 > OW400 8085 64K ?? MICRO 82 > CADO Systems------------------------------------------------------ > CAT III 8085 64K ?? MICRO 82 > System 20/20 8085 48K ?? MICRO 78 > System 20/28 8085 96K ?? MICRO 83 > CCG--------------------------------------------------------------- > Micro 11 ?? ?? ?? MICRO 83 > Ultra 11/730 ?? ?? UNIX MINI 83 > Ultra 11/750 ?? ?? UNIX MINI 83 > Ultra PDP 11/44 ?? ?? UNIX MINI 83 > Ultra PDP 11/73 ?? ?? UNIX MINI 83 > Ultra PDP 11/23 ?? ?? UNIX MINI 83 > California Computer Systems--------------------------------------- > Model 1000 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 82 > Model 3000 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > System 200 Z80 32K CP/M MICRO 81 > System 300 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > System 400 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > System 410 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > System 420 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > Callan Data Systems----------------------------------------------- > CD 100 ?? ?? UNIX MINI 81 > CD 100M 68000 256K UNIX ?? 82 > UniStar 100 68000 512K UNIX ?? 84 > UniStar 200 68000 512K UNIX ?? 84 > UniStar 300 NS16032 512K UNIX ?? 84 > Canaan Computer Corp.--------------------------------------------- > 5410Z ?? ?? ?? ?? 85 > 5412-P1 68000 1MB ?? ?? 84 > 5412-P2 68000 1MB ?? ?? 84 > Canon, Inc.------------------------------------------------------- > TX-10/15 6809 16K ?? MICRO 80 > Casio, Inc.------------------------------------------------------- > FX-9000 6809 4K ?? MICRO 83 > Computer Consoles, Inc.------------------------------------------- > Power 5/20 68000 1MB ?? ?? 84 > Control Data Corp.------------------------------------------------ > Cyber 18 6809 16K ?? MICRO 76 > Model 110 6809 64K ?? MICRO 83 > Computer Enhancement Corp.---------------------------------------- > CE Micro 1 Z80 64K ?? MICRO 83 > Centurion Computer Corp.------------------------------------------ > Model 100 ?? ?? ?? ?? 79 > Model 200 ?? ?? ?? ?? 79 > Model 5200 ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > Model 5300 ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > Model 6100 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Model 6200 ?? ?? ?? ?? 79 > Model 6300 ?? ?? ?? ?? 79 > Model 6400 ?? ?? ?? ?? 79 > Model 6500 ?? ?? ?? ?? 79 > Model 7100 ?? ?? ?? ?? 84 > Model 9200 ?? ?? ?? ?? 84 > Micro Plus ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > Century Computer Corp.-------------------------------------------- > System 300 ?? ?? ?? ?? 75 > System 400 ?? ?? ?? ?? 75 > System 700 ?? ?? ?? ?? 75 > System 900 ?? ?? ?? ?? 75 > > Vanguard 8000 Z80 w/8085 128K CP/M MICRO 82 > Vanguard 8200 Z80 w/8085 128K CP/M MICRO 82 > Vanguard 8500 Z80 w/8085 128K CP/M MICRO 82 > X1000 ?? ?? ?? ?? 75 > X2000 ?? ?? ?? ?? 75 > Challenge Systems, Inc.------------------------------------------- > CS1000 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 82 > Charles River Data Systems---------------------------------------- > Universe 32/115T 68020 1MB ?? ?? 85 > Universe 32/137T 68020 1MB ?? ?? 85 > Universe 32/35 68020 1MB ?? ?? 85 > Universe 65/115T 68000 ?? ?? ?? 85 > Universe 68/05 68000 256K ?? ?? 82 > Universe 68/137T 68000 512K ?? ?? 84 > Universe 68/67 68000 512K ?? ?? > 83 > Universe 68/35 68000 512K ?? ?? 84 > Universe 2402 68000 ?? ?? ?? 85 > Universe 2403 68000 512K ?? ?? > 84 > Charter Information Corp.----------------------------------------- > System 4 Z80 64K TDOS MICRO 83 > CIE Systems, Inc.------------------------------------------------- > 680/20 68000 256K ?? ?? 83 > 680/30-10 68000 256K ?? ?? 83 > 680/35 68000 512K ?? ?? > 83 > 680/40 68000 512K ?? ?? 83 > 680/50 68020 1MB ?? ?? 87 > 680/100 68000 512K ?? ?? 84 > 680/150 68020 8MB ?? ?? 87 > 680/200 68000 512K ?? ?? 84 > CMC Systems------------------------------------------------------- > SuperSystem 1 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > SuperSystem 2 Z80 w/80186 128K CP/M MICRO 82 > Codex Corporation------------------------------------------------- > Model 268/21 68000 ?? ?? MICRO 83 > Model 268/24 6809 192K ?? MICRO 82 > Model 268/44 6809 192K ?? MICRO 82 > Colby Computer---------------------------------------------------- > MacColby 128 68000 128K MACOS MICRO 84 > MacColby 512 68000 512K MACOS MICRO 84 > Coleco Industries, Inc.------------------------------------------- > ADAM Z80 80K ?? MICRO 83 > Colonial Data Services-------------------------------------------- > SB80 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > Columbia Data Products-------------------------------------------- > Commander 500 Z80 32K CP/M MICRO 79 > Commander 964 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 79 > Commander F64 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO > 79 > Commander FX Z80 96K CP/M MICRO 79 > Commander M64 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO > 79 > Comark Corp.------------------------------------------------------ > Disktor M1 Z80 w/6502 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Disktor M3 8085 64K ?? MICRO 83 > Disktor Q ?? ?? ?? MICRO 83 > MB 85/285 ?? ?? CP/M MICRO 79 > Commodore--------------------------------------------------------- > 128C 8502 w/Z80 128K CBMOS MICRO 85 > 128D 8502 w/Z80 128K CBMOS MICRO 87 > 16 6510 16K ?? MICRO 84 > 64 6510 64K CBMOS MICRO 82 > 655 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Amiga 1000 68000 256K AMIGAOS MICRO 86 > Amiga 500 68000 512K AMIGAOS MICRO 86 > CBM 3008 6502 8K ?? MICRO ?? > CBM 3016 6502 16K ?? MICRO ?? > CBM 3032 6502 32K ?? MICRO ?? > CBM 4004 6502 4K ?? MICRO 79 > CBM 4008 6502 8K ?? MICRO 79 > CBM 4016 6502 16K ?? MICRO 79 > CBM 4032 6502 32K ?? MICRO 79 > CBM 8008 6502 8K ?? MICRO ?? > CBM 8016 6502 16K ?? MICRO ?? > CBM 8032 6502 32K ?? MICRO ?? > CBM 8032 6502 32K ?? MICRO 79 > CBM 8096 6502 ?? ?? MICRO ?? > CBM 8296 6502 ?? ?? MICRO ?? > CBM B128-40 ?? ?? ?? MICRO ?? > CBM B128-80HP ?? ?? ?? MICRO > ?? > CBM B128-80LP ?? ?? ?? MICRO > ?? > CBM B256-40 ?? ?? ?? MICRO ?? > CBM B256-80HP ?? ?? ?? MICRO > ?? > CBM B256-80LP ?? ?? ?? MICRO > ?? > CBM B500 ?? ?? ?? MICRO ?? > CBM SP9000 ?? ?? ?? MICRO ?? > Executive 64 6510 64K CBMOS PORT. 83 > PET 2001 6502 ?? ?? MICRO 79 > PET 2001B 6502 ?? ?? MICRO 79 > PET 2001N 6502 ?? ?? MICRO 79 > Plus 4 6510 64K ?? MICRO 84 > SuperPET 6502 w/6809 96K ?? MICRO 81 > VIC-20 6502 5K ?? MICRO 81 > Compal Computer Systems------------------------------------------- > 8200+ Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 81 > Electric Briefcase Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > EZ Type Z80 w/8088 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > CompTech---------------------------------------------------------- > EVE II 6502 w/Z80 64K ?? MICRO 85 > CompuCorp--------------------------------------------------------- > Model 745 Z80 192K CP/M MICRO 83 > Model 799 Z80 192K CP/M MICRO 83 > Compupro Systems-------------------------------------------------- > MP-10 Z80 w/8088 1MB CP/M MICRO > 83 > System 816/10 Z80 w/8088 1MB CP/M MICRO 84 > System 816/A 8085 w/8088 128K CP/M MICRO 82 > System 816/B 8085 w/8088 256K CP/M MICRO 82 > System 816/C 8085 w/8088 512K CP/M MICRO 82 > System 816/E 68000 256K CP/M MICRO 84 > System 816/G ?? 1MB CP/M MICRO 84 > System 816/GG Z80 w/68000 512K CP/M MICRO > 84 > System 816/Z Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 84 > The Computerist--------------------------------------------------- > Focus 6809 30K FLEX MICRO 82 > Covergent Technologies-------------------------------------------- > MiniFrame 68010 512K ?? MICRO 86 > MiniFrame Plus 68010 512K ?? MICRO 86 > MightyFrame 68020 1MB ?? MICRO 86 > Cortex Systems---------------------------------------------------- > Microdent 1 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 79 > Microdent 2 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 79 > Cromemco, Inc.---------------------------------------------------- > C10 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > CS-1 Z80 w/68000 256K CROMIX MICRO 82 > CS100 Z80 w/68010 2MB ?? MICRO 85 > CS110 Z80 w/68010 2MB ?? MICRO 86 > CS115 68020 2MB UNIX MICRO 87 > CS120 68020 4MB ?? MICRO 86 > CS200 68010 1MB ?? MINI 86 > CS220 68020 2MB ?? MINI 86 > CS300 Z80 w/68010 2MB ?? MINI 86 > CS400 Z80 w/68010 2MB ?? MINI 86 > CS420 68020 4MB ?? MINI 86 > D System 1 Z80 w/68000 512K ?? MICRO 82 > D System 100 68000 2MB UNIX ?? 84 > D System 3 Z80 w/68000 512K ?? MICRO 83 > D System 300 68000 2MB UNIX ?? 84 > Z System 0 Z80 1MB ?? MICRO 82 > Z System 1 Z80 256K ?? MICRO 82 > Z System 2 Z80 64K ?? MICRO 82 > Z System 3 Z80 64K ?? MICRO 82 > CYB Systems------------------------------------------------------- > MultiBox I 68000 256K UNIX ?? 82 > MultiBox II 68000 768K UNIX ?? 82 > Cyberchron-------------------------------------------------------- > C21 68000 4MB ?? ?? 83 > C41 68000 4MB ?? ?? 83 > C45 68000 4MB ?? ?? 83 > CDS-201 68000 64K ?? ?? 79 > CDS-231 68000 64K ?? ?? 83 > Data General Corp------------------------------------------------- > CB/50 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > CEO ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > CS/10 ?? ?? ?? ?? 80 > CS/100 ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > CS/20 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > CS/200 ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > CS/30 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > CS/40 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > CS/5 ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > CS/50 ?? ?? ?? ?? 80 > CS/60 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > CS/70 ?? ?? ?? ?? 80 > Eclipse C/150 ?? ?? ?? ?? 79 > Eclipse C/350 ?? ?? ?? ?? 78 > Eclipse MV/4000 ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > Eclipse S/120 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Eclipse S/130 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Eclipse S/140 ?? ?? ?? ?? 80 > Eclipse S/250 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Eclipse S/280 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Enterprise 1000 ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > Enterprise 3000 ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > MPT/100 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > MPT/80 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Nova 3 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Nova 4 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Datamac Computer Systems------------------------------------------ > Series 1200 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > Datapoint Corp.--------------------------------------------------- > Model 1560 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > Model 8600 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 81 > Model 8800 ?? ?? CP/M MICRO 81 > Series 1800 Z80 64K ?? MICRO 83 > Series 4000 Z80 64K ?? MICRO 83 > Series 6600 Z80 64K ?? MICRO 78 > Datavue Corp.----------------------------------------------------- > 80/100 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > 80/200 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > 80/300 Z80 w/80186 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > 80/400 Z80 w/80186 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > 3000 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 79 > DEC--------------------------------------------------------------- > Correspondent ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Datasystem 150 ?? ?? ?? ?? > 83 > Datasystem 208 ?? ?? ?? ?? 78 > Datasystem 300 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Datasystem 315 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Datasystem 320 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Datasystem 336 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Datasystem 356 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Datasystem 500 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Datasystem 512 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > DECMate II ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > Micro/PDP-11 ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > MicroVAX I ?? ?? ?? ?? 84 > PDP-11/23 ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > PDP-11/24 ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > PDP-11/34 ?? ?? ?? ?? 76 > PDP-11/44 ?? ?? ?? ?? 80 > PDP-11/70 ?? ?? ?? ?? 75 > Professional 300 ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > Professional 325 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Professional 350 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Professional 380 ?? ?? ?? ?? 84 > Rainbow 100 Z80 w/8088 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > Rainbow 100+ Z80 w/8088 128K CP/M MICRO 83 > Robin ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > VAX-11/730 ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > VAX-11/750 ?? ?? ?? ?? 80 > Deltadata Systems Corp.------------------------------------------- > D8000 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Micro Manager Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Delta Products Inc.----------------------------------------------- > Delta One Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Delta Two Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Delta Four Z80 256K CP/M MICRO 83 > DP/Net ?? ?? ?? MICRO 83 > DP/125 ?? ?? CP/M MICRO 83 > Digicomp Research------------------------------------------------- > System 100 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 81 > Digidyne---------------------------------------------------------- > 5832 Z80 32K ?? MICRO 77 > 5864 Z80 32K ?? MICRO 80 > Series 200 Z80 128K ?? MICRO 82 > Digital Microsystems---------------------------------------------- > DMS-3 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > DMS-4 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 80 > DMS-15 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > DMS-86 Z80 w/8086 256K CP/M MICRO 82 > DMS-1280 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > DMS-5080 Z80 w/8086 256K CP/M MICRO 82 > DMS-5086 Z80 w/8086 256K CP/M MICRO 82 > Digital Technology------------------------------------------------ > Model 580 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 79 > Digitex----------------------------------------------------------- > Model 7100 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 83 > Model 7200 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 83 > Model 7300 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 83 > Model 7500 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 83 > Model 8100 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 83 > Model 8200 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 83 > Model 8300 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 83 > Model 8500 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 83 > Dimension Computer Corp.------------------------------------------ > 1000 Z80 64K TDOS MICRO 82 > 1020 Z80 64K TDOS MICRO 82 > 2010 Z80 64K TDOS MICRO 82 > 3010 Z80 64K TDOS MICRO 83 > 3020 Z80 64K TDOS MICRO 83 > Direct, Inc.------------------------------------------------------ > Model 1000 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 81 > Model 1025 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > Model 1031 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Display Data Corp.------------------------------------------------ > Insight Z80 64K ?? ?? 74 > DMC Systems------------------------------------------------------- > Commfile Z80 16K CP/M MICRO 78 > Docutel----------------------------------------------------------- > BCS 2025 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 80 > BCS 2030 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 79 > DC-M18 68000 100K MS-DOS MICRO 84 > M10 8085 8K ?? PORT. 84 > M20 Z80 128K ?? MICRO 83 > P6060 Z80 48K ?? MICRO 77 > S6000 Z8000 64K ?? MICRO 81 > DTC--------------------------------------------------------------- > 710 8085 64K ?? MICRO 83 > A22 8085 256K UNIX MICRO 83 > B23 8085 256K UNIX MICRO 82 > Micro 210A 8085 64K ?? MICRO 81 > Micro 210B 8085 64K ?? MICRO 81 > Data Technology Industries---------------------------------------- > Associate Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 79 > Dual Systems Control Corp.---------------------------------------- > 83/20 68000 512K UNIX ?? 84 > 83/80 68000 512K UNIX ?? 84 > 83/500 68000 2MB UNIX ?? 84 > Durango Systems Inc.---------------------------------------------- > 800 8085 64K CP/M MICRO 79 > 800XR 8085 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > 900 8085 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > 910 8085 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Dynabyte Business Computers--------------------------------------- > 6600 Z80 w/8086 256K CP/M MICRO 82 > 6900 Z80 w/8086 256K CP/M MICRO 82 > Monarch 6000 Z80 w/8086 256K CP/M MICRO 82 > Eagle Computer Inc.----------------------------------------------- > Eagle IIE Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > Eagle III Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > Eagle IV Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > ECS Microsystems-------------------------------------------------- > ECS 4500 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > ECS 4650 Z80 80K CP/M MICRO 82 > EEC Systems, Inc.------------------------------------------------- > Micropower/23 ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > Micropower/W ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > Elan Computers---------------------------------------------------- > Enterprise 64 Z80 64K ?? MICRO 84 > Enterprise 128 Z80 128K ?? MICRO 84 > Epic Computers---------------------------------------------------- > Episode 2296 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > Epson, Inc.------------------------------------------------------- > Geneva PX-8 Z80 64K ?? MICRO 84 > HX-20 Z80 16K ?? PORT. 83 > QX-10 Z80 256K ?? MICRO 83 > QX-16 Z80 512K ?? MICRO 84 > Esprit Computer Products------------------------------------------ > Model S1000 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > Model S1016 Z80 w/80186 128K CP/M MICRO 83 > Model S1500 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > Model S1516 Z80 w/80186 128K CP/M MICRO 83 > Model S1800 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 82 > Model 900 Z80 64K TDOS MICRO 81 > ETR, Inc.--------------------------------------------------------- > Star System Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > Eve Computers----------------------------------------------------- > Eve II PC 6502 w/Z80 64K ADOS 3.X MICRO 84 > Eve Portable 6502 w/Z80 64K ADOS 3.X PORT. 84 > Evolution Computer Systems---------------------------------------- > Model 140 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Model 160 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Model 240 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Model 260 ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > Model 280 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Exo Systems------------------------------------------------------- > System 5 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > System 8 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > System 58 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Exxon Office Systems---------------------------------------------- > 510 Info. Processor Z80 64K ?? MICRO 81 > 520 Info. Processor Z80 64K ?? MICRO 81 > 530 Info. Processor Z80 64K ?? MICRO 83 > 8400 Series Z80 64K ?? MICRO 83 > Facit, Inc.------------------------------------------------------- > Model 6500 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > FI Electronics---------------------------------------------------- > Series 7240 Z80 32K ?? MICRO 81 > Financial Business Computers-------------------------------------- > FBC Z80 64K ?? MICRO 83 > Findex------------------------------------------------------------ > Model 0X1 Z80 48K CP/M MICRO 83 > Model 0X2 Z80 48K CP/M MICRO 83 > Model 9X1 Z80 48K CP/M MICRO 83 > Formation, Inc.--------------------------------------------------- > F/4000-101 AMD2900 1MB ?? ?? 81 > F/4000-201 AMD2900 1MB ?? ?? 81 > F/4000-301 AMD2900 1MB ?? ?? 81 > Fortune Systems Corp.--------------------------------------------- > 32:16 PS-10 68000 512K UNIX ?? 84 > 32:16 PS-20 68000 512K UNIX ?? 84 > 32:16 68000 128K UNIX ?? 81 > 32:16 XP-20 68000 512K UNIX ?? 84 > 32:16 XP-30 68000 512K UNIX ?? 84 > Fortune Formula 68020 ?? UNIX ?? 86 > SX45 68000 1MB ?? ?? 85 > SX45T 68000 1MB ?? ?? 85 > SX70 68000 1MB ?? ?? 85 > XP45 68000 512K ?? ?? 85 > Forward Technology------------------------------------------------ > Grpahics Workstation 68000 256K UNIX ?? 82 > Four-Phase Systems------------------------------------------------ > IV/40 ?? ?? ?? ?? 73 > IV/50 ?? ?? ?? ?? 76 > IV/70 ?? ?? ?? ?? 70 > IV/60 ?? ?? ?? ?? 77 > IV/65 ?? ?? ?? ?? 77 > IV/80 ?? ?? ?? ?? 77 > IV/90 ?? ?? ?? ?? 77 > IV/95 ?? ?? ?? ?? 77 > Franklin Computer Corp.------------------------------------------- > Ace 10 6502 ?? ADOS 3.X MICRO 82 > Ace 1100 6502 ?? ADOS 3.X MICRO 82 > Ace 1000 6502 64K ADOS 3.X MICRO 82 > Ace 1200 6502 w/Z80 128K ADOS 3.X MICRO 83 > Ace 500 6502 64K ADOS 3.X MICRO 83 > Fujitsu, Inc.----------------------------------------------------- > Micro 16S Z80 w/8086 128K ?? MICRO 83 > Garrett Computing Systems----------------------------------------- > GSC/440 ?? ?? ?? ?? 77 > GEAC Computers---------------------------------------------------- > System 2000 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > General Automation------------------------------------------------ > Model 930 Z80 128K ?? MICRO 83 > Model 940 Z80 128K ?? MICRO 83 > Model 950 Z80 128K ?? MICRO 83 > Zebra 700 68000 256K XENIX MICRO 84 > Zebra 750 68000 128K XENIX MICRO 84 > Zebra 1000 68000 256K XENIX MICRO 82 > Zebra 1500 68000 256K XENIX MICRO 82 > Zebra 2000 68000 1MB XENIX MICRO 82 > Zebra 2500 68000 256K XENIX MICRO 82 > Zebra 3000 68000 1MB XENIX MICRO 82 > Zebra 3500 68000 256K XENIX MICRO 82 > Zebra 5500 68000 1MB XENIX MICRO 82 > General Robotics-------------------------------------------------- > BA500 ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > BA800L ?? ?? ?? ?? 84 > Gemini 68000 64K ?? ?? 83 > Scorpio 68000 64K ?? ?? 81 > Super Gemini 68000 64K ?? ?? 81 > Super Pegasus 68000 64K ?? ?? 77 > Super Tristar 68000 64K ?? ?? 83 > Hagen Systems----------------------------------------------------- > Mark Ten ?? ?? ?? ?? 73 > Harris Corp.------------------------------------------------------ > H60 68000 768K ?? ?? 84 > H600 68000 1.5MB ?? ?? 83 > H700 68000 384K ?? ?? 82 > Model 1640 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Model 1650 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Heurikon Corp.---------------------------------------------------- > HK68 68000 128K UNIX ?? 84 > Minibox 68000 512K UNIX ?? 84 > MLZ Z80 16K ?? ?? 83 > Modular Box 68000 512K UNIX ?? 84 > Hon Computing Systems--------------------------------------------- > Hon IV ?? ?? ?? ?? 77 > Hon V ?? ?? ?? ?? 77 > Honeywell Bull, Inc.---------------------------------------------- > DPS 6/40 ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > DPS 6/45 ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > Level 6-23 ?? ?? ?? ?? 78 > Level 6-33 ?? ?? ?? ?? 76 > Level 6-37 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Level 6-43 ?? ?? ?? ?? 77 > Level 6-47 ?? ?? ?? ?? 78 > Level 6-53 ?? ?? ?? ?? 78 > Level 6-57 ?? ?? ?? ?? 78 > System XPS-100-10 68010 512K ?? ?? 86 > System XPS-100-20 68020 2MB ?? ?? 86 > System XPS-100-40 68020 4MB ?? ?? 86 > HP---------------------------------------------------------------- > HP 1000 Series ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > HP 300 Series ?? ?? ?? ?? 79 > HP 3000 Series ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > HP 85A ?? 16K ?? MICRO 82 > HP 85B ?? ?? ?? MICRO 86 > HP 86B Z80 128K ?? MICRO 83 > HP 87XM ?? 128K ?? MICRO 82 > HP 9825B ?? ?? ?? ?? 76 > HP 9845B ?? ?? ?? ?? 77 > HP 9915 ?? ?? ?? ?? 80 > Series 100 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > Series 200 68000 512K CP/M MICRO 82 > Integrated Business Computers------------------------------------- > C-1064R Z80B 64K ?? ?? 84 > Cadet Z80B 256K ?? MICRO 84 > Ensign 68010 1MB ?? ?? 84 > Ensign 386:100 68020 ?? ?? ?? 87 > Ensign 682:100 68020 ?? ?? ?? 87 > Ensign Oasis 68000 1MB ?? ?? 84 > Middi-Cadet Z80 256K ?? MICRO 79 > Middi-Cadet High Perf. Z80H 512K ?? MICRO 84 > Multi-Star I Z80B 256K ?? MICRO 84 > Multi-Star II Z80B 256K ?? MICRO 84 > Super Cadet Z80H 320K ?? MICRO 84 > System 68 68000 512K ?? MICRO 84 > IBM--------------------------------------------------------------- > 6/430 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > 5110 ?? ?? ?? ?? 76 > 5120 ?? ?? ?? ?? 78 > 8130 ?? ?? ?? ?? 79 > 8140 ?? ?? ?? ?? 79 > System 34 ?? ?? ?? ?? 77 > System 36 ?? ?? ?? ?? 84 > System 38 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > ICL, Inc.--------------------------------------------------------- > DRS20 8085 w/8088 150K ?? MICRO 82 > Immediate Business Systems---------------------------------------- > FS 2000 8085 w/8088 32K ?? ?? 83 > IMPC-------------------------------------------------------------- > Access Matrix Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Impelco----------------------------------------------------------- > IMP 800C Z80 64K ?? MICRO 84 > IMP 816C Z80 w/8086 256K ?? MICRO 84 > IMS International------------------------------------------------- > 5000IS Z80 w/80186 128K TDOS MICRO 82 > 5000SX Z80 w/80186 128K TDOS MICRO 81 > 8000S Z80 w/8088 128K TDOS MICRO 81 > 8000SX Z80 w/80186 128K TDOS MICRO 81 > Information Devices----------------------------------------------- > Micro Plus Z80 w/8086 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Infotecs, Inc.---------------------------------------------------- > Control Center 2 Z80 w/8086 64K CP/M MICRO 79 > Innotronics------------------------------------------------------- > Model 6100 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 79 > Intecolor Corporation--------------------------------------------- > 3651 8080 32K ?? MICRO 80 > 8052 8080 8K ?? MICRO 77 > 8352 8080 8K ?? MICRO 77 > Intelligent Systems----------------------------------------------- > Intecolor 8050 8080 8K ?? MICRO 77 > Intecolor 8064 8080 8K ?? MICRO 79 > Intelligent Graphics 8080 64K ?? MICRO 82 > Interphase Corp.-------------------------------------------------- > Baseboard SBC 68000 512K ?? MICRO 84 > Intersil Systems, Inc.-------------------------------------------- > 1SB-80/85 Z80 w/8085 64K ?? MICRO 83 > 1SB-809/85 Z80 w/8085 64K ?? MICRO 83 > Intertec Data Systems--------------------------------------------- > Compustar VPU 10 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 80 > Compustar VPU 20 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 80 > Compustar VPU 30 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 80 > Compustar VPU 40 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 80 > Headstart VPU 128 Z80 w/8086 128K CP/M MICRO 84 > Headstart VPU 512 Z80 w/8086 512K CP/M MICRO 84 > Headstart VPU 1000 Z80 w/8086 1MB CP/M MICRO 84 > Super Brain II Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Ithaca Intersystems----------------------------------------------- > Encore 580 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 83 > Encore 880 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 83 > Encore 58000 68000 256K XENIX MICRO 83 > Ithaca 525 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Jacquard, Inc.---------------------------------------------------- > J100 ?? ?? ?? MICRO 75 > J200 ?? ?? ?? MICRO 82 > J300 ?? ?? ?? MICRO 82 > J425 ?? ?? ?? MICRO 77 > J500 ?? ?? ?? MICRO 78 > J6000 ?? ?? ?? MICRO 87 > Jade Computer Products-------------------------------------------- > System III Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 79 > Jonos International----------------------------------------------- > C2000 Z80A 64K ?? MICRO 85 > C2100 Z80A w/8085 64K ?? MICRO 85 > C2150 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 84 > C2500 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 84 > C2550 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 84 > C2600 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 84 > Escort C2100 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > Escort C2500 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 83 > Kaypro Corp.------------------------------------------------------ > Kaypro 2x300 Z80 64K CP/M PORT. 84 > Kaypro 4 Z80 64K CP/M PORT. 83 > Kaypro 10 Z80 64K CP/M PORT. 83 > Kaypro II Z80 64K CP/M PORT. 82 > Kaypro II Plus 88 Z80 w/8088 256K CP/M PORT. 84 > Kaypro IV Plus 88 Z80 w/8088 256K CP/M PORT. 84 > Robie 300 Z80 64K CP/M PORT. 84 > Kontron Electronics----------------------------------------------- > PSI 80 Z80 32K CP/M MICRO 81 > Kowin Computer Corp.---------------------------------------------- > Kowin II 68000 3MB ?? ?? 87 > Kowin II Plus 68000 3MB ?? ?? 87 > Kowin III 68020 3MB ?? ?? 87 > Lanier Business Products------------------------------------------ > Computereze Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 81 > Shared System II ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > LMC--------------------------------------------------------------- > System I NS16032 512K ?? ?? 84 > System II NS16032 1MB ?? ?? 84 > System III NS16032 1MB ?? ?? 84 > LNW Corp.--------------------------------------------------------- > LNW 80-I Z80 48K CP/M MICRO 81 > LNW 80-II Z80 96K CP/M MICRO 81 > Lobo Systems, Inc.------------------------------------------------ > Max-80 Z80B 128K CP/M MICRO 82 > Logical Business Machines----------------------------------------- > Adam ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > David ?? ?? ?? ?? 80 > Goliath ?? ?? ?? ?? 80 > Tina ?? ?? ?? ?? 79 > MAI--------------------------------------------------------------- > Basic Four Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 82 > System 110 ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > System 210 ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > System 310 ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > System 510 ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > System 710 ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > System S/10 Z80 128K ?? ?? 82 > System S/80 ?? ?? ?? ?? 80 > Martec International---------------------------------------------- > IBEX 2000 Z80 32K CP/M MICRO 77 > IBEX 7000 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 77 > Matrox Electronic Systems----------------------------------------- > MACS-10 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 80 > Multitech Electronics, Inc.--------------------------------------- > MIC-501 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > MIC-504 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Memotech Corp.---------------------------------------------------- > MTX 512 Z80 64K ?? MICRO 84 > Microcomputer Technology------------------------------------------ > MOD III Z80 16K CP/M MICRO 80 > Personal Executive Z80 1MB CP/M MICRO 82 > Microcraft Corp.-------------------------------------------------- > Dimension 68000 512K ?? ?? 84 > Microdata Corp.--------------------------------------------------- > 7608 ?? ?? ?? ?? 84 > 7905 ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > 7907 ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > 7915 ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > 7917 ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > Reality 600 ?? ?? ?? ?? 73 > Reality 2000 ?? ?? ?? ?? 77 > Reality 4000 ?? ?? ?? ?? 73 > Reality 7000 ?? ?? ?? ?? 79 > Reality 8000 ?? ?? ?? ?? 79 > Sovereign 7920 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Sovereign 7930 ?? ?? ?? ?? 78 > Sovereign 7940 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Micro-Expander, Inc.---------------------------------------------- > Expander Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > Micromation, Inc.------------------------------------------------- > M/System Z80 w/8088 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > Mariner 9000 Z80 64K TDOS MICRO 81 > Microsystems International---------------------------------------- > Multinet Z80 w/8086 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Milwaukee Computers----------------------------------------------- > MC-100 Z80 w/6502 64K ?? MICRO 83 > Mini-Computer Systems--------------------------------------------- > Micos 100 ?? ?? ?? ?? 78 > Micos 200 ?? ?? ?? ?? 73 > Micos 300 ?? ?? ?? ?? 80 > Mohawk Data Sciences Corp.---------------------------------------- > Model 21/10 ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > Model 21/20 ?? ?? ?? ?? 77 > Model 21/40 ?? ?? ?? ?? 77 > Model 21/50 ?? ?? ?? ?? 77 > Model 21/60 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Model 21/70 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Momentum Computer Systems----------------------------------------- > Model 32 68000 512K UNIX MICRO 83 > Monroe Systems---------------------------------------------------- > EC 8800 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 81 > Microdecision 1 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > OC 8810 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 83 > OC 8820 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 81 > OC 8828 Z80 256K CP/M MICRO 81 > Morrow Designs, Inc.---------------------------------------------- > Decision 1 D120 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > Decision 1 D200 Z80 256K CP/M MICRO 82 > Decision 1 D210 Z80 256K CP/M MICRO 82 > Decision 1 D220 Z80 512K CP/M MICRO 82 > Microdecision MD 1 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > Microdecision MD 2 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > Microdecision MD 3 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > Microdecision MD 3P Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > Microdecision MD 5 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 84 > Microdecision MD 11 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 82 > Microdecision MD 16 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 82 > Microdecision MD 34 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 82 > Tricep 68000 256K UNIX MICRO 84 > Mostek Corp.------------------------------------------------------ > Matrix-80 Z80 64K ?? MICRO 82 > Motorola---------------------------------------------------------- > Exormacs 68000 512K UNIX MICRO 83 > Exorset 110 6809 56K ?? MICRO 83 > M-6809 6809 64K ?? MICRO 78 > VME/10 68000 384K UNIX MICRO 83 > MSI Data---------------------------------------------------------- > MSI/88S 68000 56K ?? MICRO 82 > Musys Corp.------------------------------------------------------- > NetWork 8816 Z80 128K TDOS MICRO 83 > NetWork 8820 Z80 128K TDOS MICRO 84 > Nabu Manufacturing------------------------------------------------ > Personal Computer Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > NBI, Inc.--------------------------------------------------------- > System 1 68000 ?? UNIX ?? 84 > Technical Workstation 68000 1MB UNIX ?? 84 > NCR Corp.--------------------------------------------------------- > Decision Mate V Z80 w/8088 64K ?? MICRO 83 > I-9010 ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > I-9020 ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > I-9040 ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > PC-8 Z80 64K ?? MICRO 82 > PC-8/16 Z80 w/8088 64K ?? MICRO 82 > NEC--------------------------------------------------------------- > PC6000 Z80 16K ?? MICRO 83 > PC6001A Z80 16K ?? MICRO 86 > PC8201A Z80 16K ?? MICRO 83 > PC8401A Z80 64K ?? MICRO 85 > PC8800 Z80 w/80086 64K ?? MICRO 83 > PC8801A Z80 w/8086 64K ?? MICRO 86 > Astra 200 ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > Astra 205 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Astra 210 ?? ?? ?? ?? 79 > Astra 230 ?? ?? ?? ?? 79 > Astra 250 ?? ?? ?? ?? 79 > Astra 270 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Astra 330 ?? ?? ?? ?? 84 > Astra 350 ?? ?? ?? ?? 84 > Astra 370 ?? ?? ?? ?? 84 > Nelma Data Corp.-------------------------------------------------- > Persona Z80 ?? ?? MICRO 82 > Persona II Z80 w/8088 192K ?? MICRO 83 > New England Digital----------------------------------------------- > A-40 Z80 32K ?? MICRO 77 > A-60 Z80 32K ?? MICRO 78 > Nixdorf Computer Corp.-------------------------------------------- > Model 80 ?? ?? ?? ?? 70 > Model 600 ?? ?? ?? ?? 76 > Model 8810 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Model 8845 ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > Model 8870/M15 ?? ?? ?? ?? 84 > Model 8870/1 ?? ?? ?? ?? 78 > Model 8870/3 ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > Model 8890/10 ?? ?? ?? ?? 84 > Model 8890/30 ?? ?? ?? ?? 84 > Model 8890/50 ?? ?? ?? ?? 84 > NNC Electronics--------------------------------------------------- > System 80 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 80 > System 80W Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 80 > NorthStar Computers----------------------------------------------- > Advantage 8/16 Z80 w/8088 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > Advantage Z80 w/80186 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > Horizon 8/16 Z80 w/8088 128K CP/M MICRO 83 > Horizon Z80 w/8088 128K CP/M MICRO 77 > Northern Telecom Terminal Sys.------------------------------------ > 405 ?? ?? ?? ?? 78 > 445 ?? ?? ?? ?? 78 > 503 8085 256K ?? MICRO 81 > M4120 68000 1MB ?? MICRO 86 > M4121 68000 1MB ?? MICRO 86 > M4122 68000 1MB ?? MICRO 86 > Ohio Scientific--------------------------------------------------- > MasterKey 220 6502 48K OS-65 MICRO 83 > MasterKey 230 6502 52K OS-65 MICRO 82 > MasterKey 250 ?? ?? ?? MICRO 82 > MasterKey 330 ?? ?? ?? MICRO 83 > MasterKey 350 ?? ?? ?? MICRO 82 > MasterKey 2301 ?? ?? ?? MICRO 83 > OSI-710 SuperMicro 68010 ?? ?? MICRO 85 > OSI-720 SuperMicro 68010 ?? ?? MICRO 85 > WorkSystem 200 ?? ?? ?? MICRO 84 > WorkSystem 300 ?? ?? ?? MICRO 84 > Olympia USA, Inc.------------------------------------------------- > OPC 6502 52K ?? MICRO 82 > Omni-Source------------------------------------------------------- > OS-26 Z80B 192K ?? MICRO 84 > OS-48 Z80B 192K ?? MICRO 84 > OS-526 Z80B 320K ?? MICRO 84 > OS-548 Z80B 320K ?? MICRO 84 > OS-826 Z80B 320K ?? MICRO 84 > OS-848 Z80B 320K ?? MICRO 84 > Ontel Corp.------------------------------------------------------- > 1505 Z80 w/6502 16K ?? MICRO 83 > 1507 Z80 w/6502 64K ?? MICRO 83 > Amigo Z80 w/6502 64K ?? MICRO 82 > Onyx Systems Inc.------------------------------------------------- > 6810 68000 1MB ?? MICRO 84 > C8001 Z80 256K ?? MICRO 79 > C8002 ?? ?? ?? ?? 80 > C8002A ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Sundance 16 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > Sundance ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > Sundance II ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > System 2000 ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > System 3000 ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > System 4000 ?? ?? ?? ?? 80 > Osborne Computer-------------------------------------------------- > Osborne 1 Z80 64K CP/M PORT. 81 > Osborne Executive Z80 128K CP/M PORT. 83 > Vixen Z80 64K CP/M PORT. 84 > OSM Computer Corp.------------------------------------------------ > Zeus 2 Z80 64K ?? MICRO 82 > Zeus 2-16 Z80 w/8088 320K ?? MICRO 83 > Zeus 3 ?? ?? ?? MICRO 82 > Zeus 3X ?? ?? ?? MICRO 85 > Zeus 4 Z80 w/8088 64K ?? MICRO 83 > Zeus 16 ?? ?? ?? MICRO 83 > Otrona Corp.------------------------------------------------------ > Attache Z80A 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > Panasonic--------------------------------------------------------- > Link HHC 6502 4K ?? MICRO 83 > RL-H 6502 8K ?? MICRO 81 > PCE Systems------------------------------------------------------- > Voyager I ?? ?? ?? MICRO 78 > Voyager II ?? ?? ?? MICRO 78 > Pegasus Data Systems---------------------------------------------- > Peanut Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > Pegasus Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > Personal Microcomputers, Inc.------------------------------------- > PMC Micromate Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 83 > PMC 80 Z80 16K ?? MICRO 80 > PMC 81 Z80 16K ?? MICRO 81 > PMC 101 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 83 > Pertec Computer Corp---------------------------------------------- > 2000 ?? ?? ?? ?? 78 > 3000 ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > 3200 ?? ?? ?? ?? 83 > XL50 ?? ?? ?? ?? 77 > Phoenix Digital Corp.--------------------------------------------- > CPW 09 6809 128K OS-9 MICRO 80 > Optoview 100 6809 128K OS-9 MICRO 80 > Plessy Peripheral Systems----------------------------------------- > System-24 ?? ?? ?? MINI 83 > System-44 ?? ?? ?? MINI 83 > Plexus Computers, Inc.-------------------------------------------- > P/25 68000 512K UNIX ?? 82 > P/35 68000 512K UNIX ?? 82 > Point Four Data--------------------------------------------------- > Mark 3 ?? ?? ?? ?? 81 > Mark 5 ?? ?? ?? ?? 79 > Mark 8 ?? ?? ?? ?? 82 > Polo Microsystems, Inc.------------------------------------------- > Polo System I Z80 w/80188 128K CP/M MICRO 84 > Polymorphic Systems----------------------------------------------- > Model 813 Z80 256K ?? MICRO 77 > Model 8810 Z80 w/80186 256K ?? MICRO 83 > Pragmatic Design-------------------------------------------------- > Inspector 200 Z80 w/80186 128K ?? MICRO 81 > Product Associates------------------------------------------------ > Z Disk I Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Z Disk II Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Z Disk III Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Q1 Corporation---------------------------------------------------- > Microlite II Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > Quasar Data Products---------------------------------------------- > QDP-100 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > QDP-200 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > QDP-300 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > Quasar Company---------------------------------------------------- > HHC 6502 2K ?? ?? 83 > Quasitronics------------------------------------------------------ > Q-5048 Z80 16K ?? MICRO 82 > Quay-------------------------------------------------------------- > 90 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 77 > 500 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > 900 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > 910M ?? ?? CP/M MICRO 82 > Rabbit Computer, Inc.--------------------------------------------- > Wrap Bit II Z80 80K ?? MICRO 83 > Rair Microcomputer Corp.------------------------------------------ > Black Box 3/30 8085 64K ?? MICRO 81 > Black Box 3/50 8085 256K ?? MICRO 82 > Business Computer 8085 w/8088 256K ?? MICRO 82 > Sage Computer Technology------------------------------------------ > Sage II 68000 128K ?? ?? 83 > Sage IV 68000 256K ?? ?? 83 > Sanyo Business Systems Corp.-------------------------------------- > MBC-1000 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > MBC-1100 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > MBC-1150 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 85 > MBC-1160 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 85 > MBC-1200 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > MBC-1250 Z80 (x2) 64K CP/M MICRO 85 > MBC-2000 8085 64K ?? MICRO 82 > MBC-3000 8085 64K ?? MICRO 82 > MBC-4050 Z80 w/8086 128K ?? MICRO 85 > PHC-20 8085 4K ?? ?? 83 > Scenic Computer Systems------------------------------------------- > Scenic 8085 70K ?? MICRO 81 > Scientific Data Systems------------------------------------------- > 420 6502 32K ?? MICRO 79 > Seattle Computer Products----------------------------------------- > Gazelle I 8086 128K CP/M MICRO 82 > Seequa Computer--------------------------------------------------- > Chameleon Z80 w/8088 128K ?? MICRO 83 > PC Z80 w/8088 128K ?? MICRO 84 > XT Z80 w/8088 256K ?? MICRO 84 > Sharp Electronics------------------------------------------------- > PC-1211 6809 2K ?? ?? 81 > PC-1250A 6809 ?? ?? ?? 84 > PC-1260 6809 4K ?? ?? 84 > PC-1261 6809 10K ?? ?? 84 > PC-1350 6809 5K ?? ?? 84 > PC-1500A 6809 8K ?? ?? 83 > System 100 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > System 200 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Sierra Computer Systems------------------------------------------- > CX Workstation 68020 2MB ?? ?? 86 > Sierra National--------------------------------------------------- > 3000 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 80 > 4000 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 80 > Sinclair Research, Ltd.------------------------------------------- > ZX81 Z80A 1K ?? MICRO 85 > SKS Computers----------------------------------------------------- > SKS 1000 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Solo Systems------------------------------------------------------ > 1116 Solostation 68000 1MB ?? ?? 84 > Sony Video Communications----------------------------------------- > SMC-70 Z80 w/8086 256K ?? MICRO 82 > Sord Computers, Inc.---------------------------------------------- > IS-11 Z80 64K ?? MICRO 84 > IS-11C Z80A 80K ?? MICRO 87 > M 23 Z80 128K ?? MICRO 83 > M 68 Z80 w/68000 256K ?? MICRO 83 > M 68MX 68000 512K ?? MICRO 87 > Southern Computer Systems----------------------------------------- > Series 8000 8088 w/8085 128K ?? MICRO 83 > Sperry Corporation------------------------------------------------ > BC/7-600 Z80 48K ?? MICRO 83 > Mapper 5 Z80 64K ?? MICRO 84 > Star Technologies, Inc.------------------------------------------- > M1 68000 512K ?? ?? 82 > Ministar 200 68000 512K ?? ?? 81 > Ministar 1200 68000 128K ?? ?? 83 > Nanostar 68000 512K ?? ?? 83 > Stride Micro------------------------------------------------------ > 420 68000 256K ?? ?? 84 > 440 68000 256K ?? ?? 84 > 460 68000 256K ?? ?? 84 > Sumicom, Inc.----------------------------------------------------- > 830 Z80 128K CP/M ?? 83 > Systems Group----------------------------------------------------- > 2900 Z80 128K ?? ?? 81 > ExpressLine 68000 768K ?? ?? 83 > Syzygy------------------------------------------------------------ > Syzygy Computer System Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > Tandy Corporation------------------------------------------------- > 4D Micro Z80A 64K ?? MICRO 85 > 102 80C85 32K ?? PORT. 86 > 200 80C85 24K ?? PORT. 85 > 6000 68000 512K ?? MICRO 84 > Color Computer 2 6809E 64K ?? MICRO 84 > Color Computer 3 6809E 128K ?? MICRO 86 > PC-4 Z80 ?? ?? PORT. 83 > PC-5 Z80 ?? ?? PORT. 85 > PC-6 Z80 8K ?? PORT. 86 > Color Computer 6809 16K ?? MICRO 84 > Micro Color Computer 6809 64K ?? MICRO 84 > TRS-80 Model 4P Z80 64K ?? MICRO 84 > TRS-80 Model 12 Z80 80K ?? MICRO 83 > TRS-80 Model 16B 68000 w/Z80 256K ?? MICRO 83 > TRS-80 Model 100 Z80 24K ?? MICRO 83 > TRS-80 Model 1000 8088 128K ?? MICRO 85 > TRS-80 Model II Z80 64K ?? MICRO 78 > TRS-80 Model III Z80 64K ?? MICRO 80 > TRS-80 PC-1 Z80 32K ?? MICRO 80 > TRS-80 PC-2 Z80 32K ?? MICRO 82 > Tano Corporation-------------------------------------------------- > AVT-2 6502 64K ?? MICRO 82 > Tarbell Electronics----------------------------------------------- > Empire Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > Rebel Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Televideo Systems, Inc.------------------------------------------- > TPC I Z80 64K CP/M ?? 83 > TS 800 Z80 64K CP/M ?? 86 > TS 802 Z80 64K CP/M ?? 82 > TS 803 Z80 64K CP/M ?? 83 > TS 804 Z80 64K CP/M ?? 83 > TS 806 Z80 64K CP/M ?? 81 > TS 816 Z80 128K CP/M ?? 82 > 3R Computer Products---------------------------------------------- > Avatar TC10 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82 > Avatar TC3278 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 > Texas Instruments------------------------------------------------- > 99/2 TMS9900 4K ?? MICRO 83 > 99/4A TMS9900 16K ?? MICRO 83 > 200 TMS9900 64K ?? ?? 83 > 300 TMS9900 128K ?? ?? 83 > 990 TMS9900 2MB ?? ?? 81 > CC 40 TMS9900 6K ?? ?? 83 > Timex Computer---------------------------------------------------- > TS 1000 Z80 1K ?? MICRO 83 > TS 2000 Z80 16K ?? MICRO 83 > Torch Computers--------------------------------------------------- > Model CF110 Z80 w/6502 96K ?? MICRO 82 > Toshiba, Inc.----------------------------------------------------- > EW100 Z80 w/6502 64K ?? MICRO 81 > T100 Z80 64K ?? MICRO 82 > T200 8085 64K ?? MICRO 81 > T250 8085 64K ?? MICRO 81 > Vector Graphic, Inc.---------------------------------------------- > Vector 4 Z80 w/8088 128K ?? MICRO 83 > Vector 5005E Z80 128K ?? MICRO 82 > Vector 5010E Z80 128K ?? MICRO 82 > Vector 5032E Z80 128K ?? MICRO 82 > Vector SX-2000 Z80 w/8086 128K ?? MICRO 84 > Vector SX-3000 Z80 w/8086 128K ?? MICRO 84 > Vector SX-5000 Z80 w/8086 128K ?? MICRO 84 > Video Technology Computers, Inc.---------------------------------- > Laser 50 Z80 2K ?? PORT. 84 > Laser 128 6502 128K PRODOS8 MICRO 87 > Laser 128EX 65C02 128K PRODOS8 MICRO 87 > Laser 200 6502 4K ?? ?? 83 > Laser 3000 6502 64K ?? ?? 83 > Wicat Systems, Inc.----------------------------------------------- > System 150 68000 512K ?? ?? 83 > System 155 68000 512K ?? ?? 83 > System 160 68000 512K ?? ?? 83 > System 200 68000 512K ?? ?? 83 > System 300 68000 2MB ?? ?? 83 > System 2200 68000 1MB ?? ?? 83 > Xerox Corporation------------------------------------------------- > System 744-I Z80 64K ?? MICRO 83 > System 744-II Z80 64K ?? MICRO 83 > 16/8 Z80 w/8086 192K ?? MICRO 83 > 820-II Z80 64K ?? MICRO 82 > Zeda Computers---------------------------------------------------- > 520 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 81 > 580A Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 79 > Zenith Data Systems----------------------------------------------- > Z-89 Z80 48K ?? MICRO 79 > Z-90 Z80 64K ?? MICRO 81 > Z-100 8088 w/8085 192K ?? MICRO 82 > Zilog, Inc.------------------------------------------------------- > System 8000/11 Z8000 512K ?? ?? 83 > System 8000/12 Z8001 512K ?? ?? 84 > System 8000/21 Z8000 512K ?? ?? 83 > System 8000/22 Z8001 512K ?? ?? 84 > System 8000/32 Z8001 512K ?? ?? 84 > ================================================================== >

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by MPritchard＠ensemble.net

> >Yeah, but then people realized a lot of computer geeks make a lot of > >money, and they stopped laughing at them. > > We do? Why wasn't I told???? > > > -Matt Pritchard >

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Basement (Was: Re: yo)

by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

> ---------- > From: Scott Walde[SMTP:scott@saskatoon.com] > | > Atari ST1024? | Getting warmer... Hmm, must be a 520. | BIG HINT... it's the first 386 built by the company | that, at the time was one of the biggest clone manufacturers around. | There are plenty other (non-clone) machines by the same company in | this picture. Aha - Tandy 4000, right? | There are four machines barely exposed in the lower right corner, | that I don't expect anyone to ID. I'm going out on a limb here... under the PCjr, an IBM PC? And under the Model III... would you have another Model III? Probably not... is it a Model IV? There's another Atari ST box, and something on its side by the Model III that could be a CoCo 1. | There are, however, two very | distinct original boxes. One under the atari, and one under the | middle commodore machine. Under the Atari, an Amiga 500. The box under the PET is an AST PC clone box... Premium 286?

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Contest

by scott＠saskatoon.com

In case you missed it, my basement can be viewed at: http://scott.cprompt.sk.ca/pics/basement.jpg or if you have a crappy old browser that doesn't send "Host:" in the request: http://www.cprompt.sk.ca/scott/pics/basement.jpg I can identify 20 machines (18 unique) in this picture. (Some are in boxes, and of course, I have the high-resolution version by walking around the corner and down the stairs... but anyway...) How many can you identify? For bonus marks if you can identify any peripherals. Email your answers to me at: scott(a)saskatoon.com ttfn srw ------------------------------------------------------------ Walde Techonology http://scott.cprompt.sk.ca Box 7284 finger: scott(a)cprompt.sk.ca Saskatoon, SK S7K 4J2 email: scott(a)cprompt.sk.ca CANADA email: walde(a)dlcwest.com -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d- s:+>: a- C++++$ UL++++$ !P L++ E- W+++$ N+ o? K? w$ O- M-- V PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP->++ t+ 5 X+ !R tv- b+ DI++++ D+ G e* h r++ y- ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

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Computers in shot (RE: yo)

by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

> ---------- > From: Sam Ismail[SMTP:dastar@crl.com] > Starting from the very back, that is either a Commodore 128, Amiga 500 > or > some newer Atari. > Atari ST, you can tell by the monitor. The Amiga 500 is in the box. > The moving on to the far end of the table: Apple ][+ > Or II > Apple //e > Very probable given the monitor > Commodore Pet > CBM 2001 specifically > Commodore CBM Professional Business Computer > Either a CBM 2001 full size keyboard or a 4000 series. > Commodore PET 2001 > Probably an 8000 series > Macintosh (128? 512?) > Impossible to tell the difference visually without looking at the back Plus, the two TRS-80 model I's with expansion interfaces on top of the first two PETs, and some kind of probable microprocessor trainer to the left of the Altair. Kai

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by scott＠saskatoon.com

> > Atari ST1024? Getting warmer... > >The moving on to the far end of the table: Apple ][+, > >Apple //e, Altair 680, Commodore Pet, Commodore CBM Professional Business > >Computer, Commodore PET 2001, Macintosh (128? 512?), IBM PCjr. Then > >below the table: TRS-80 Model III and an Atari box. You'll have to be more careful with the Commodore machines. (You should be able to be more accurate, even without seeing the nameplate.) > You forgot the two dual Commodore PET disk drive units, and the four TRS-80 > single mini-disk units holding up the scope... It's pretty hard to tell the models of drives, they're a 2040 and a 8250. > >Oh, and an oscilliscope (my guess is Tektronix). > > Heathkit? (or an older single channel Tek) There's nothing really classic about the scope. It's a two channel 20Mhz Iwatsu. (No, I've never heard of them before either.) > ...and the PCjr has the later model keyboard... No chicklets??? No, and the monitor doesn't vertical lock. You have to keep playing with the hold knob :-( > ...and one on its side near the left lower third of the pic that I can't > ID... (bad angle) I've never really considered that one a part of my collection, although I think it now officially qualifies for this list. (i.e. 10 years old.) BIG HINT... it's the first 386 built by the company that, at the time was one of the biggest clone manufacturers around. There are plenty other (non-clone) machines by the same company in this picture. There are four machines barely exposed in the lower right corner, that I don't expect anyone to ID. There are, however, two very distinct original boxes. One under the atari, and one under the middle commodore machine. There's also all the stuff sitting on top of the commodore machines. Super bonus marks to anyone who can ID the thing on top of the scope. (No, it's not really computer related.) ttfn srw ------------------------------------------------------------ Walde Techonology http://scott.cprompt.sk.ca Box 7284 finger: scott(a)cprompt.sk.ca Saskatoon, SK S7K 4J2 email: scott(a)saskatoon.com CANADA email: scott(a)cprompt.sk.ca -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d- s:+>: a- C++++$ UL++++$ !P L++ E- W+++$ N+ o? K? w$ O- M-- V PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP->++ t+ 5 X+ !R tv- b+ DI++++ D+ G e* h r++ y- ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

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Atari Power Supply

by gmast＠polymail.cpunix.calpoly.edu

Was someone looking for an Atari power supply? I have one for the 400/800. Output 9V AC, 31 VA. I don't have any Atari computers left so whoever wants it it's $7 including postage. Greg

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Osborne 1 prices (was: On Generations of People and Computers )

by ronaldm＠mars.ark.com

I have an Apple II Plus, with 4 (count 'em) 4, 128k disk drives, all operational. It also has a 256k RAM card, an 80 col card, and a Super Serial card along with a Microsoft Z80 CP/M card. I don't use it very much these days, except for a bit of record keeping on my video tape collection. Just out of sheer perversity, I'm using Appleworks, which loads itself into the RAM card and seems to operate from there. Also have something called the DAVEX shell, which provides a front end for a number of activities including running Appleworks. Once you get the <ESCAPE-DO THIS-DO-THAT> keys figured out, it works not half bad for my occasional record keeping. It's like most of the stuff I have around here. It came with a literal ton of software, most of which I haven't even taken the time to check out yet. Also has a voice recognition card, and an EPROM burner which are sadly stored away in my lockup. One of these days. So many computers, so little time! -Ron Mitchell ---------- > From: Tim Shoppa <shoppa(a)alph02.triumf.ca> > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> > Subject: Re: Osborne 1 prices (was: On Generations of People and Computers ) > Date: Saturday, April 26, 1997 12:52 PM > > > > I just swapped a bare II/E for a Bare II. Going price for a bare IIE is about > > > $20 on the Apple newsgroups. Apple II's don't seem to be valued very much in > > > the Apple II newsgroup or for sale group. Tim. (Balance of message snipped)

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by scott＠saskatoon.com

> > OOPS! I have a Motorola-based Altair... (Altair 680) > I recall the ads, now that you mention it -- don't recall ever seeing > one in person. How much are you asking? (Although the SWTPC bus was It's not for sale ;-) If you want to see it, I just put up a .jpg on my website. (No nice link to it yet though...) http://scott.cprompt.sk.ca/pics/altair680.jpg And for anyone's curiosity, one corner of my basement can be seen at: http://scott.cprompt.sk.ca/pics/basement.jpg (How many machines can you identify on this picture?) > considerably superior to the Altair bus -- life is too short to hold > humble opinions.) As far as I can tell, the 680 really didn't have much of a bus at all. (We are talking about an expansion bus, aren't we? Not the mandatory data & address busses.) There are no slots inside. The 680 is considerable smaller than the 8800s. ttfn srw ------------------------------------------------------------ Walde Techonology http://scott.cprompt.sk.ca Box 7284 finger: scott(a)cprompt.sk.ca Saskatoon, SK S7K 4J2 email: scott(a)cprompt.sk.ca CANADA email: walde(a)dlcwest.com -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d- s:+>: a- C++++$ UL++++$ !P L++ E- W+++$ N+ o? K? w$ O- M-- V PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP->++ t+ 5 X+ !R tv- b+ DI++++ D+ G e* h r++ y- ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

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Funky looking mouse and other TCF stuff...

by more＠camlaw.rutgers.edu

Hi guys, just wanted to say what I got at TCF. I managed to get there at 3:45 on Sunday (15 minutes before closing on the last day of the show.) Anyway here's what I got: 2 Seagate MFM Hard Drives *FREE* 1 Sysquest tape(?) drive *FREE* the tape drive is about the size of a CD-ROM, what is it? 1 Apple IIe Users Guide *FREE* (why? I dunno, it was in the trash) 1 CBM 8032 $5 (this things got some kind of memory board that plugs into the CPU socket and a parallel interface) 1 Funky Mouse *FREE* This last thing I need help with. It looks to be about 20+ years old but I could be wrong... It is bright red, almost perfectly round, has a steel ball as the roller, 3 black switches, and says "5271" and then "DEPRAZ - MOUSE" on the bottom. It has what looks likea standard serial cable. The guy said it was for a terminal right before he threw it out. Any ideas? More importantly.... do you think I could use it on my PeeCEE? 8) Les PS what'd everyone else get at TCF?

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by jeffh＠eleventh.com

On 02-May-97, classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu wrote: >> This was actually the first machine produced with the name >> TANDY instead of TRS-80. The Model 2000 was the last of >> the TRS-80 line. >No. The Tandy 2000 never had a TRS-80 logo. The 4D was the last >TRS-80 much later on. All of the MS-DOS machines were Tandy, not >TRS-80. Ward, The Model 2000 did carry the TRS-80 logo. The black/silver badge on the front of the machine, which was rotatable in case you put the 2000 upright on it's nifty floor stand, said 'Tandy' on the first line, in a black band, 'TRS-80' on the second in a silver band, and 'Model 2000 Personal Computer' in the third on another black band. This is clearly shown on the front of the 'Tandy Service Manual: Tandy Model 2000 Personal Computer'. I owned one of these machines for a number of years, but sold it when I got caught in the clone upgrade mania. Now I'm working on purchasing another. Also, I aquired an Atari XE System today, with the optional keyboard, along with two 1050 disk drives. Cute little machine, and includes the light gun. Anyone in need of a 1050 disk drive for an Atari 8bit? I don't need both, and don't have a PSU to test either out with. Jeff jeffh(a)eleventh.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from an Amiga 3000..the computer for the creative mind! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Collector of classic home computers: Amiga 1000, Atari 800, 800XL, and Mega-ST/2, Commodore C-128D, Plus/4 and VIC-20, IBM 5155, Kaypro 2X, Osbourne Executive Radofin Aquarius, Sinclair ZX-81, TI-99/4A, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80 Color Computer-3 and Model 4, plus Atari Superpong and 2600VCS game consoles.

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Atari prob, etc.

by idavis＠comland.com

At 04:01 PM 4/29/97 -0400, Roger Merchberger wrote: >Nope. Sorry about this, but I used to work for RS and I have an Atari >800... (sorry... no spare power supplies) and I can honestly say that I >doubt you will find any power supply from there that puts out AC. The only >machine that I can remember (and I remember most) from RS that took an AC >wart was the Tandy MC-10 (micro color computer), which took 8VAC at 1A >IIRC. You can't even get this PS from RS anymore, and it was for their own >computer! > >Sadly, if it ain't DC, RS won't have one... > >One thing I would be willing to do (when I have time, which won't be for at >least a month) is to open one of my PS's for an exact schematic & parts >list to build your own. I do know all the parts to build an AC PS are >available at the Shack... not sure of cost, of course. > >Lemme know if you want me to do this, and remind me in a couple of months >that I volunteered to perform said surgery. > That's a shocker for me. I think I need to learn a little more about electronics, and if you tear yours apart, I would love to have a copy of the schematics. It might be a good learners project for me, and useful as well. >On this note... I do know that there is a *lot* of software on the Web for >8-bits, but does anyone know where I can find a utility to read/write SSSD >Atari disks on my IBM? I do know that the extended density stuff is just >not possible on PeeCee's, but SD should be possible. At http://www.emulators.com the now have the schematics for their xformer cable on the web site, which should work with their xformer software, there is also a product called ape which is at http://www.nacs.net/~classics which allows you to connect your atari to a pc. They also have schematics and a program to run an atari disk with a pc, to copy and create disks. I have read a lot of flap about incompatibilities writing disks back and forth between the two types of drives. Of course, you could get a black box or an atr8000 and I think that would allow you to use a pc floppy with your atari. I have actually never tried any of these, I just use a null modem cable and transfer the software back and forth. Isaac Davis idavis(a)comland.com indavis(a)juno.com

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ethernet and apple2GS

by jim＠calico.litterbox.com

As those of you who follow the comp.sys.apple2 groups know, there never was an ethernet board for the apple2, and the one that apple designed for the 2gs never went into large scale production. This annoys me, since the gs is certainly capable of running network applications - it comes >from the factory with appletalk/localtalk. So I've been thinking about this problem for a while. Before I go into my "solution", I should mention that I'm in no way an electronic engineer, and the odds of my even attempting to do this on my own, let alone succeeding, aren't very good. But it seemed like an idea at least worth sharing, on the grounds that maybe one of you who IS an engineer could make some bucks inventing this thing. My idea is this: build an ethernet board for the apple2 series with the following parameters: 1. it looks to the system exactly like a localtalk board, only faster. 2. it has enough brains to analyze outgoing frames to see if, in fact, what is being sent is ip encapsulated in appletalk. If so, de-encapsulate it and transmit it as straight IP. - this is a software issue, really, but it needs to happen in the firmware of the ethernet board, so... 3. It has enough brains to analyze incoming frames and determine if in fact the frame is an IP frame. If so, encapsulate it in appletalk and feed it to the system. 4. It has a way of turning all this brainpower off and being driven with a normal ethernet driver running on the host system. 5. It can do any translation between appletalk and ethertalk so the machine can talk to it's Macintosh kin. My reasoning for all the shenanigans with appletalk and ip is this: no standard mechanism exists for talking to an ethernet board in an apple2. However, the GS comes with atalk drivers in rom, and you can get them for earlier apples, and a lot of software does do tcp-ip over appletalk, assuming it's going to be talking to an appletalk/IP router downstream. Caviets: I haven't looked at the appletalk/ethertalk/localtalk protocol to make sure what I'm suggesting is sane. Same goes for tcp-ip over appletalk. There's a standard for this stuff, but I haven't looked it up yet. Anyway, that's my idea. Feedback will be greatly appreciated. -- Jim Strickland jim(a)calico.litterbox.com -- By Caffeine alone my mind is set in motion. Through beans of java thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes. The shakes become a warning - I am in control of my addiction! By Caffeine alone my mind is set in motion. Adapted from the Mentat chant of _Dune_

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Non-micro classics

by carl.friend＠stoneweb.com

In the lengthy "Re: yo" thread, Mr. Ismail mentions: [double-quote from Mr. Donzelli] > > PDP-8, PDP-11, IBM S/3xx, Nova, etc. Computers were not invented in 1974, > > guys. > > Yes, I realized that. The PDP-8 and PDP-11 are definitely worthy of > mention, but did they really make the impact and have significance equal > to the Altair and the others? I'm sure you could argue to that effect. > Care to? It's probably fair to say the the minicomputer actually made more of an impact in society than the micro has. It was the minicomputer which was first affordable to smaller companies and operations; the mini was also the first class of machine available to schools of modest means. You'll find that almost every microcomputer designer was, at some point in time, touched by a mini, and sometimes their designs reflect that. One of the original Apple's designers actually held the DG Nova in such high esteem it's rumoured that he kept a picture of one taped to his bedroom wall. Billy Gates did the original work on his BASIC interpreter with stolen time on a PDP-10 (though, that can't really be termed a mini). Most of the impact, though, of the mini is behind the scenes; they made manufacturing more efficient through the increased use of CNC, made scientific experimentation more prodcutive through more accurate experiment monitoring, and found their way into all manner of hospital equipment. This isn't meant to downplay the changes brought forth by the microcomputer, which with the advent of the Internet are enormous, but merely to place the minicomputer in the light of day. The changes were different from the micro, but certainly not unimportant. ______________________________________________________________________ | | | | Carl Richard Friend (UNIX Sysadmin) | West Boylston | | Minicomputer Collector / Enthusiast | Massachusetts, USA | | mailto:carl.friend@stoneweb.com | | | http://www.ultranet.com/~engelbrt/carl/museum/ | ICBM: N42:21 W71:46 | |________________________________________________|_____________________|

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Questions about this mailling list

by mhop＠snip.net

How do I change back to the way I had it before where the mail would arrive separately rather than 40 in one message? Are they really the same messages? When I subscribed to the weekly thing, it seemed that the message thread had completely changed. mhop(a)snip.net

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Atari prob, etc.

by idavis＠comland.com

At 09:07 PM 4/27/97 -0800, Larry Anderson & Diane Hare wrote: >The 1200XL is a different matter, Powered up, got the logo, went to >diagnostics, sound O.K., Memory looks good, but keyboard... I can get >the top row (reset,start,select,option, & help) working but the other >keys seem dead. The strange thing is I gboot up BASIC and I press a >letter and the computer responds with it's 'click' sound but no key >(maybe something in the decoding logic???) Any Atarians got a clue? > >Since I only have the one power supply I had to power up the 1050 as a >standalone the head did a quick back-fourth motion and the activity >light stopped so that seems to be a promising sign. Second request: >When I get a second supply I gonna kinda need a disk to run on this >thing, can anyone help set me up with some essential disks (DOS, >utilities, maybe some common games, etc.) I can trade for some fine >Commodore Programs and such. (=)) > I can't really tell you about the 1200XL, but it might have a connector loose or not making a good connection inside. You might take it apart and reseat the keyboard connector or ribbon whichever it may be. As for power supplies, you should be able to get an equivalent power supply at radio shack. Just bring the atari one in, and they should be able to match it. I can ship off a couple of disks to you with DOS, and a few games. I will check out your web page for your address, but if it's not there, just let me know where to send the disks. There is a guy here in Austin, that has a lot of atari software for sale at really great prices. His name is Rick Detlefsen and his email address is 74766.1561(a)CompuServe.COM I have bought some software and an 850 interface from him, and his prices are great. I think I paid $0.60 for a Robotron cart from him, and it even had the box and manual. I will put together a few disks with some stuff on it, and send them to you. Hope this helps. Isaac Davis idavis(a)comland.com indavis(a)juno.com

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by scott＠saskatoon.com

> > How about Chuck Peddle? > > Who? (please explain!) Chuck Peddle, while working at Motorola, was on the design team for the 6800. He and a number of other engineers on the team had a number of enhancements that they wanted to make to the chip, but the higher-ups wouldn't let them. They left Motorola to form MOS Technology, and developed the 6502 line of CPUS. When Commodore decided to get into the Personal Computer market, they bought MOS. One theory is that they primarily wanted Peddle. Chuck went on to design the early Commodore machines. (I'm not sure how involved he was in the Kim-1, but he almost singlehandedly designed the first PETs.) This is mostly off the top of my head. If I made any glaring errors (or minor ones, for that matter), please let me know. (If you do an Alta-vista search for +commodore +"chuck peddle" you will get around 40 pages with info on him.) > Sam ttfn srw ------------------------------------------------------------ Walde Techonology http://scott.cprompt.sk.ca Box 7284 finger: scott(a)cprompt.sk.ca Saskatoon, SK S7K 4J2 email: scott(a)cprompt.sk.ca CANADA email: walde(a)dlcwest.com -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d- s:+>: a- C++++$ UL++++$ !P L++ E- W+++$ N+ o? K? w$ O- M-- V PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP->++ t+ 5 X+ !R tv- b+ DI++++ D+ G e* h r++ y- ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

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TI 99 & a good weekend

by BigLouS＠aol.com

I managed to pick up a beige, all plastic TI 99/A this weekend and if I remember prior posts this is an uncommon version of this machine. I also saw what looked like the standard black and chrome machine except that it had no chrome at all. Did TI ever make such a machine or is it a standard machine that was mutilated by some brute? I also picked up a Commodore SX64 and a Franklin Ace 1000 (a sentimental favorite of mine) as well as a CoCo floppy drive and interface cartridge. It was a great weekend. Lou

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Sharp MZ-800

by walgen＠do.isst.fhg.de

-----Original Message----- From: Krzysztof Strzecha [SMTP:strzecha@kis.p.lodz.pl] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 1997 12:29 PM To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Subject: Sharp MZ-800 >Hi all ! > > I recently bought SHARP MZ-800 with no documentation, either programs etc. > Could anyone help me find any information & programs for it ? I have a MZ-800 with 2x5.25"-Disk, manual and service-docs. I also have a working boot-disk. Tell me what you need ... You can also contact: Nobuaki Ohishi at GFB00551(a)niftyserve.or.jp he knows everything about MZs. There are some WWW-pages at http://may.csse.muroran-it.ac.jp/~ogawa/MZMuseum/

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Sharp MZ-800

by strzecha＠kis.p.lodz.pl

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PET to S100 bus interface

by ds_spenc＠alcor.concordia.ca

I'd just like to make an update for all who may be interested in that potential PET to S100 bus device that I had sitting in storage. I pulled it out tonight instead of studying for exams, and it is indeed what was suspected. The "motherboard" (if that is the correct term) is a Vector Graphic Inc. S100 bus board. The RAM board that was being used for the PET, is a Vector Graphic Inc. 16K Static RAM board with a date of 1977 on it. The power supply says "KIMSI-PLUS Power Supply" on the back, 1977 from Forethought Products. This is all very wild, because I had no idea there was S100 stuff in this house. Anyway, the really interesting piece of circuitry is the PET to S100 interface board. It's the same size as the RAM board, and of course plugs into the S100 bus. At the top of the board is a 50-pin connector that plugs into a cable, that in turn plugs into the side memory expansion connector on the PET 2001. In white lettering, it says .----------. |_| | | |_|| | | |_| | || (<-- my cheezy attempt at duplicating the company .----------' logo with ASCII, it's HUH surrounded by a question .ELECTRONICS mark.) S100 MPA and etched into the board it says "COPYRIGHT 1978 BY HUH" and "S100 MPA REV A". The board isn't very heavily populated, compared to the RAM board, and most of the chips are 74LSxx chips. Anyone out there know more than I do about this thing? Doug Spence ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca

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by scott＠saskatoon.com

> *** Preliminary Announcement *** > > First Annual Classic Computer Collector Conference Sounds like fun. > Classic Computer Pioneer - every year an > Nominees: Gary Kildall, creator of > CP/M; Steve Wozniak; ??? How about Chuck Peddle? ------------------------------------------------------------ Walde Techonology http://scott.cprompt.sk.ca Box 7284 finger: scott(a)cprompt.sk.ca Saskatoon, SK S7K 4J2 email: scott(a)cprompt.sk.ca CANADA email: walde(a)dlcwest.com -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d- s:+>: a- C++++$ UL++++$ !P L++ E- W+++$ N+ o? K? w$ O- M-- V PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP->++ t+ 5 X+ !R tv- b+ DI++++ D+ G e* h r++ y- ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

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BBSes on old hardware and SuperVIC

by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

| ---------- | From: Doug Spence[SMTP:ds_spenc@alcor.concordia.ca] | Actually, I also want to build a kind of "SuperVIC" machine. I want it to | ba a luggable like my TeleVideo or Kaypro II Um, isn't that a Commodore SX-64? Kai

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emulator board help

by zmerch＠northernway.net

Whilst in a self-induced trance, hellige happened to blather: >On 28-Apr-97, classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu wrote: > >>I seem to recall that Definicon made coprocessor boards (68000 series, and >>maybe 32016 series as well) for PC's. You rean special language compilers >>on the PC that converted your high-level source into machine code for the >>68000 or whatever, and ran it on the coprocessor board > > What would be the point in doing this though, if the board didn't emulate a >specific 68000 series computer? Jeff, It's way past my bedtime, but I just had to comment on this post... Believe it or not, the board doesn't have to emulate a specific 68K computer... it *is* a specific 68K computer! The board quite possibly was a system that would just use the PeeCee's hard/floppy/parallel/serial (etc.) ports and would run OS-9/68K or another viable 68K operating system of the day (Xenix?). This in itself is not new... shortly after the IBM-PC came out there was a 68000 board for it that ran OS-9. Remember, the 68K was first, and by then already had several super-powerful (compared to MS-Dog) OS's available for the platform. I have a review of one in an old copy of Byte laying around somewhere around here. BTW, put away the asbestos... it's not a flame! I'm just tired (& cranky) and don't have a bad case of run-on fingers like usual! See ya, "Merch" -- Roger Merchberger | If at first you don't succeed, Programmer, NorthernWay | nuclear warhead disarmament should *not* zmerch(a)northernway.net | be your first career choice.

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Software database for you collector-types

by marcw＠lightside.com

Howdy, I just thought of something. Are any of you using a database to catalogue what software you use/have for these old machines? I've got a database that came on a Big Blue Disk back around '88 called Software Indexer. It's small and all but has some nice features including cascading menus with a lot of pre-defined categories. These can be edited/deleted/added to. There's not much data entry because of the menus/pick-lists. Once you type in the name of the program everything else is a matter of choosing what's there except for the comments field. Here's examples that may interest you (jeez I sound like I'm spamming a new product here). Example/sample of menu selections: System Macintosh MFS (Old format) HFS (Current format) Lisa Office System Apple II Series Apple ProDOS 8 Apple ProDOS 16 Apple DOS 3.3 Apple DOS 3.2 Apple CP/M Apple Pascal Apple GEOS Apple /// (SOS) CP/M CP/M-80 CP/M-86 CP/M-68K Orphan Machines Timex/Sinclair TI 99/4 TI Professional Osborne Exidy Sorcerer CompuColor 2 SOL-20 Ohio Scientific Altair Cromemco Mainframes DecSystem-10/PDP-10 DecSystem-20 RSTS Multics Minicomputers IBM System 34/36 DEC VAX (VMS) PDP-11 Video Game Systems Atari VCS (2600) Atari 5200 Atari 7800 ColecoVision Magnavox Odyssey 2 Sega Master System (more) Medium 5.25" floppy Double-density High-density Single-sided "Flippy" 8" floppy "Twiggy" (old Lisa) And all the other stuff. Atari's, Amiga's, Commodore's, Intel x86, etc. Other categories/menus are Distribution & Category. All customizable 'til you run out of menu space (easy to do). Anyhind, if anyone's interested I can zip it up and send it to whoever's interested. It is/was shareware. I used to get Big Blue Disk but don't remember if I got this from there or from a BBS way back when. Marc -- >> ANIME SENSHI << Marc D. Williams marcw(a)lightside.com (finger at: marcw(a)mail.lightside.com) marc.williams(a)mb.fidonet.org http://www.agate.net/~tvdog/internet.html

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Osborne 1 prices (was: On Generations of People and Computers )

by BigLouS＠aol.com

> A guy at my > work is supposed to give me his, which he says is a ][, but he's not > always all there, so it could just be a ][+. But I would say a ][ is > probably worth about $100 with some accessories, like a disk drive and > monitor and the language card. I just swapped a bare II/E for a Bare II. Going price for a bare IIE is about $20 on the Apple newsgroups. Apple II's don't seem to be valued very much in the Apple II newsgroup or for sale group. Lou

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Osborne 1 prices (was: On Generations of People and Computers )

by BigLouS＠aol.com

In a message dated 97-04-26 20:44:04 EDT, you write: > I also remember seeing Apple III's and Atari 800's on sale at Weinstock's. > There was a strange time for a while in the late 70's and early 80's when > many department stores had a "computer department". This was the case > in Sacramento, was it like that in other cities? > > --pec > Yes Macy's in New York had a computer section in its electronic's department. Lou

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Regular Posting: FAQ

by bill＠booster.bothell.washington.edu

ClassicCmp - The Classic Computers Discussion List FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) v1.0 1.1 What is ClassicCmp? 1.2 Why is ClassicCmp? 1.3 What's a Classic Computer? 1.4 Who runs this thing? 1.5 Don't you know you're duplicating what others have done? 2.1 What can I talk about? 2.2 Can I talk about PCs? 2.3 Can I talk about Mini/MainFrames? 2.4 Can I post advertisments? 2.5 Can I ask people to give me their computers? 2.6 Can I ask for help fixing item x? 2.7 Where should I look before posting a dumb question? 3.1 How many subscribers are there? 3.2 How many subscribers use machine x? 4.1 Does ClassicCmp have a Web Site? 4.2 How come the Web Site is so ugly? 5.1 Where can I find Classic Computers? 5.2 How much is machine x worth? 5.3 Will 1000's of innocent machines be scrapped if I don't save them? 1.1 What is ClassicCmp? It's a mailing list for the discussion of classic computers. Topics center on collection (just hoarding), restoration, and operation. It is also an appropriate place for stories and reminiscences of classic computers. 1.2 Why is ClassicCmp? Uh, why not? There are lots of people who love these old machines and it seems like a fun idea to get together and talk about them. 1.3 What is a Classic Computer? Any computer that has not been manufactured for 10 years is a classic. This definition is one I made up and it's entirely arbitrary. It seems to work OK, so I've kept it. 1.4 Who runs this thing? That would be me, Bill Whitson. I'm a network administrator at the University of Washington. This is one of my hobbies and I got tired of waiting for someone else to create a list like this. I can be reached at bcw(a)u.washington.edu. 1.5 Do you know you're just duplicating work other people have done. Damn straight. That's what the internet's all about. 2.1 What can I talk about? Anything related to classic computers as defined above. There are many people on this list that really know what they're talking about, so you might want to check facts before you start shooting off messages. 2.2 Can I talk about PCs? Yes. PCs which haven't been manufactured for 10 years. Even then be aware that in many cases you would get a better response posting to PC newsgroups. 2.3 Can I talk about Minis/MainFrames? Yep. Lots of bulky computer folks here. 2.4 Can I post advertisements? Sure. As long as they're related to _classic_ computers. And, of course, use your brain - don't post repeatedly. 2.5 Can I ask people to sell/give me their computers? Sure. But you're not likely to get a very nice response. Mine, for example, would be: Get your own f***ing computer! There are several people on usenet who will vouch for this. 2.6 Can I ask for help fixing item x. Yes. Be aware that it may be difficult to help you fix things if you don't have much knowledge of how computers work or of how to use basic electronics tools (DMM, soldering iron, EPROM burner, etc). 2.7 Where can I look before posting a dumb question? It might be a good idea to take a look at what's available in the Archive section of the ClassicCmp web site (see below). 3.1 How many subscribers are there? Around 200, fluxing daily. 3.2 How many subscribers use machine x? Don't bother asking me. If you really want to know go ahead and post to the list. I really don't know what having a number will do for you... 4.1 Does ClassicCmp have a web site? Yep. http://weber.u.washington.edu/~bcw/ccl.html 4.2 How come the web site is so ugly? How come a PET is so ugly? Who cares as long as it works? 5.1 Where can I find classic computers? The best places seem to be thrift stores and swap meets. These are closely followed by pawn shops and mom and pop computer stores. The holy grails are electronics scrap yards - but they tend to be wary of individual pick-and-choosers. Oh yeah - garage sales! 5.2 How much is machine x worth? Precisely as much as you'll pay for it. Oh, you're selling it? Then , precisely as much as I'll pay for it. 5.3 Will 1000's of innocent machines be scrapped if I don't save them? Yes. This is the impetus behind every collectors tireless and selfless effort. Each machine we fail to save has it's gold parts mercilessly hacked off and sold (just like rhino horns - and look at the rhinos). The remainder is then sent to China to be made into bicycle spokes. Save a computer! Act now! Remind you wife of the rhino and cuter, furrier animals. It might work.

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BBSes running on old computers...

by haleyk＠okstate.edu

The IEEE student group that I belong to here at Oklahoma State just ran across an old z-80 based machine called a paraDynamics PRONTO. It seems to be a CP/M machine (we have a box of floppies for the twin 8" drives, and some are marked CP/M 86 and Microsoft Basic, etc.) The guy who was gonna chunk it in the trash said it had a USRobotics 1200 Baud modem and a 20 Meg HD along with 64K or RAM. He threw in a VT and soon as we can jumper around the rusty keyswitch, we hope to get some type of neat program to run on it for the heck of it, we threw around the idea of a BBS (albeit a slow one) possibly written in the BASIC that came with the machine. Has anyone used such a machine? Lets definately keep up the thread on BBSes and if we write it in a 4gl language, maybe a second list can be set up for the distribution of source code. BTW: we also got an IBM 5130.... It boots on a READY prompt, but we have NO CLUE what to do with it! We think the printer could be used as a boat anchor. hasta scott

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PETS & Used Books

by foxnhare＠goldrush.com

> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 07:38:21 -0400 (EDT) > From: Doug Spence <ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca> > There used to be a copy of Osborne's "PET/CBM Personal Computer Guide" > around here someplace, but I suspect my brother took it with him when he > moved out, even though he's a C64 man. (Darn!) I really need to find a > good shop with old computer books in it. All of the second-hand > bookstores I've been to specifically state that they don't keep computer > books or magazines older than 5 years (or so) old. :/ The Osborne is a good reference, but there are more indepth books, such as Programming the PET/CBM and PET Revealed. Pity about the stores, I too have noticed that, and if the owners of said store don't have any clue about computers they usually opt not to take any computer books (they probably got burned with a bunch of punch-card computer text books years back...) > Interesting. I performed the piggyback RAM hack on my Amiga 1000 (back > when it was worth real money) and that seems to still be holding up. No this was not an expansion job, this was a direct piggy back of chips, no bending out pins here, like I said it was a pretty stupid thing, that never stopped him. > BTW: Who here thinks I'm crazy for wanting to run an "old-time BBS" off a > VIC-20? Who here thinks it's impossible? :) Heck I have been and still am sysop a Commodore 64 BBS for ten years now. If you want some BASIC BBS programs to start with (written for 64, but I'm sure can be easily modified for VIC) I know I have some archived here...somewhere. > (music program)in BASIC, based on the Cursor #4 tape's cover program. I found copies of these > things in my brother's cassette collection (I was still in elementary > school at the time the PETs were in use). Hey brother, could you spare a copy for a friend in need? <wink wink, nudge, nugde> I'll even supply you with a tape-to-disk program for the 64 that will make the transfer a snap! > Too bad I couldn't find the cassette with the > professional music software on it (I forget what it's called) that lets > you compose the music on the staff on the screen, and that scrolls the > music as it plays. It's really impressive for an 8K machine! I remember an ad about one that AB computers was selling I can't remember it's name either. (maestro maybe?) > ...the old 8K here with the miniature multicoloured > keyboard (love that thing!) Sure is nice, I got mine (original PET) from a friend including ALOT of the original documentation, an extra tape drive (Commodore was butchering SANYO tape recorders to begin with), some newsletters (that later turned into popular magazines) and tapes, a splendid addition! I worry about it though, I'm not sure whether it has ROMs or EPROMS, whatever they are they are the original (you know those thin white DIP packages.) >It was, after all, an abused school machine, and the lid wasn't screwed down. (The > sockets in that particular machine are so bad there's no point in screwing > the lid down! Having to re-seat chips is a regular occurrence.) Most of mine are school machines, they sure take a lickin though, the ROM seating problem is common. I have read of people sugessting to replace them with quality drilled sockets. (maybe one of these years...) > So I guess Commodore stopped drilling holes in motherboards to prevent > upgrade? :) Nope, Finally got one with a hole drilled (never heard about it before that) I think it was later in the line that they started. I guess they wanted to make darn sure that if someone bought a 4016 at a discount that was only what they were gonna get. > Assuming all these chips are the same, this was a 16K RAM board. This'd > be nice to get running. I would have thought it to be more. :/ > (How would one test a capacitor to see if it's OK?) No idea from me, anyone? (on possibility of it being a Visible Memory Board) > Oooh... I wish. :) I didn't think you could even get such a thing for a > 2001, I thought graphics boards were the domain of the 8032 and like > systems. No idea why I'd think there'd be such limitations on one PET and > not on another, though. :) Actually one of my PETs has one (I used it in high school), the graphics could overlay the PET character screen too! Unfortunately the PET had a mother board replacement and the jumpers are now wrong, and I'm without docs, so it is not fully functional. Pitty I got a great Space War done like Star Trek game for it. From an ad I still do have, the MTU Visible Mmory Board was deveoped for the KIM-1 and then adapted for the PET, so it's been around for a while. Same for the sound board, it mentions Hal Chamberlin developing it for the KIM originally too (want a copy of the ad for collection sake?) > BTW, there's also another piece of bizarre PET expansion around the house > somewhere... Another 16K of expansion, actually. That's what those large > music files were created with. But the thing is HUGE and it consists of > exposed circuit boards, so I didn't particularly want to use it in its > current state. [clip] > > This strange contraption wouldn't be some kind of interface between the > PET and an S100 bus, would it? (THAT would be cool!) How would I know an > S100 bus if I saw one? :) You never know, there was alot of neat things out for the PET, color boards, Hi-Res, Disk Drive Multiplexers, UPS systems, Networking units, etc. ---------- > Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 11:04:08 -0500 (CDT) > From: "Starling" <starling(a)umr.edu> > I've found that one of the best sources for old computer books and > magazines is often overlooked... the LIBRARY. Most public libraries have > a nice collection of books on old personal computers from the 1st wave of > PC popularity (early 80s). I remember donating a Peoples Computer Company Games Book to them after a few years they discarded it (probably sold it at a book sale), gosh, I wish I had gotten it back. :/ Not all libraries keep their older computer books. *sigh* > However, if you're looking to own the books or magazines, this doesn't > help. But if you're just looking for info or wanting to get some kicks > by reading old stuff, your local public or university library is a great > place to start. University microfilm - http://www.umi.com/ has several older (70s-80s, yeah, and 90s too...) computer magazines in film still available, prices are too steep for me presently but I may someday purchase some sets. --------- > Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 13:43:29 -0400 > From: Glenn Roberts <groberts(a)mitre.org> > so stop in at your local library's book > sale booth and you might pick up a classic or two. > Unfortunately for the local library the good books are almost all gone. :( Thrift store bookshelves and flea markets have been really good to me lately though. ------------------------------ > Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 05:38:35 +0500 > From: hellige <jeffh(a)eleventh.com> > Subject: Re: PETS & the Silly Game > There are 4 BBS's locally running on the C-64 using the 'Color-64' BBS > program. Of course, they're mainly geared towards the Commodore crowd and the > C-64, but they are quite interesting. One of them is the official board of > the local Commodore 64/128 user group. Many of them (commodore BBSs) are networked now, my board (which runs Image BBS) belongs to a network of 60 or so boards. In just a couple years the BBS program it runs will be eligible for discussion! ------------------------ > From: Sam Ismail <dastar(a)crl.com> > Subject: Re: PETS & the Silly Game > Don't worry. It just adds character to the machine. You can just say > some "unknown" hacker made the mod if anyone asks. And don't forget to > mention it adds character to the machine. I myself think you should take credit for the mod, since many of the 'card jockys' today don't know which end of a soldering iron is the business end. I've got a 64 with a second SID hack (not by me but paid by me), I am proud of that machine. Larry Anderson

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PETS & the Silly Game

by foxnhare＠goldrush.com

> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 07:21:01 -0400 (EDT) > From: Doug Spence <ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca> > To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu > Subject: PET stuff > Does anyone out there know much about the old PET 2001 machines? I know pretty much PET software & usage, and have a bunch of good books to help me on other aspects... ;) > I received a PET a couple of years ago, in which all of the 6550 SRAMs > were fried. I replaced them with the chips from another PET 2001 (one > with the miniature keyboard, from 1977) and the system worked fine. > Does anyone know how all of the memory chips could've been killed? > I tried them in various patterns in the sockets, and it does seem as if > all 16 of them are fried. Never heard of that, but I did have a friend who tried expanding PET memory by piggybacking RAM chips ; that fried his... (beware, he's still out there...) > Anyway, is it still possible to get 6550s anywhere? And if not, is there > a replacement that could be used? MOS technologies found out they wern't good RAM manufacturers, the comptible and available chip number you seek is 2114. Which I have found in a Jameco Catalog (415-592-8097) > Even better: Can I simply replace the 6550s with another type of chip and > get more RAM in the system? Most of my software works in 8K, but I do > have some music files that require more. (I have one of those external > music boards that plugs into the cassette2 and user ports, that delivers > four voices.) Wow! An MTU sound board! Got to hear a demonstration of it some 15 years ago, pretty nice sound! One of these days I might come across one of 'em for my own. Back to RAM, from the next paragraph I would say that you can add via that expansion board. But just in case I'm mistaken, here is something I found in Nick Hampshire's PET Revealed: ... The old 8K machines used 4K bit static RAMs, these were one of two types the 6550 and the 2114. Both these chips are functionally indentical in most respects since they are organised as 1K by 4 bits. The latest versions of the static RAM 8K machines used the 6550.... ... The new 32K and 16K dynamic RAM machines use the 4116 memory chip and the dynamic 8K the 4108. These two RAM chips are pin compatable, with the 4116 having 16K bits of memory and the 4108 8K bits. This is useful since it allows the same circuit board to be used for all sizes of machine. Memory on the 16 and 32K machines is organised as two banks each of 16K bytes, only one bank being implemented in the 16K.... > Now, another question. With that same PET, came an expansion board of > some kind. Its like a daughterboard, physically mounted on posts above > the motherboard, but connected via the memory expansion connector on the > side. > > It appears (yes) to be a memory board, with 16 RAM chips on it. At least, > they look like they could be RAM chips, judging by the traces on the > board. However, I've never seen RAM chips with gold contacts and gold > plates on their backs before, as six of these chips have, so I'm wondering > if this could be more than just a memory board. Sounds like an Expandamem or ExpandaPET to me, I have the docs for it, I think it has schematics and stuff. Mine have the same chips too, look like tiny ROMs or EPROMs.. > The board is dead, BTW. The PET won't operate with the board plugged in. > It just comes up with a screenful of garbage characters. [clip] > Both connectors on the cable that leads from the expansion board to the > motherboard are noticeably burnt. In both cases, the burn marks surround > the pin that connects to the black wire. OUCH!!!! That's gotta hurt... Hope you figure out what did that. > > The only identifying mark on the board is the text: > R 3014 > rev. > C > COPYRIGHT 1978 R.C.Factor My ExpandaPET book has (c) 1979 Computhink (yours could be an earlier version?), also my board has four breadboard (edgecard) sockets to add devices like disk drive controller cards and the like. > Does anyone have any better guesses than me as to its function? (Can the > edge connector on the side of the PET be used for anything other than RAM > expansion?) The only other thing I could think of it being (if it had a patch into the monitor connector) would be a Visible Memory (hi-res graphics) board. But I doubt that. Let me know If you want a copy of the documentation I have for my board to see if it will help. > Doug Spence > ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca > ------------------------------ > > On Thu, 17 Apr 1997, Sam Ismail wrote: > > > > > Hey, let's have a contest. Let's see who can score the best lot of > > > classic computers this weekend. We can score each other based on the > > > type and age of the computers/software/accessories we got, then tally up > > > the points and whoever has the highest score gets a pat on the back. > What I bought: Atari 1200 XL, 1050 Disk Drive, and Supra Atari 300 baud modem (all sans power supplies *sigh*) for $15 at a flea market (need power supplies to test them still), and a (working!) Apple ImageWriter II for $14.95 at a thrift shop. Software. What I passed up: 2 CoCo 3s (bare), one for $15 one unknown 1 CoCo dual 5.25" Disk Drive price unknown 1 black/silver TI 99/4a (bare) $10 1 Atari 800 (bare, but had BASIC cart inside) $10 Plus/4, C-64, an MPS 801, tons of IBM clones didn't bother pricing. Oh! Last week I happend upon a Panasonic MSX unit! Looked interesting, unfortunately the guy couldn't sell it cause 'they haven't decided how much to price it' (hence it would probably be expensive), sure looked neat, had alot of I/O and noted a switch to change tape baud rates. (they had the tape program/books already out on the floor just waiting for kids to tear them apart.) Larry Anderson -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Visit our web page at: http://www.goldrush.com/~foxnhare Call our BBS (Silicon Realms BBS 300-2400 baud) at: (209) 754-1363 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-

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PETS & the Silly Game

by jeffh＠eleventh.com

On 24-Apr-97, classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu wrote: >BTW: Who here thinks I'm crazy for wanting to run an "old-time BBS" off a >VIC-20? Who here thinks it's impossible? :) Doug, There are 4 BBS's locally running on the C-64 using the 'Color-64' BBS program. Of course, they're mainly geared towards the Commodore crowd and the C-64, but they are quite interesting. One of them is the official board of the local Commodore 64/128 user group. It still shows people are still running BBS's using the older hardware though! Jeff jeffh(a)eleventh.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from an Amiga 3000..the computer for the creative mind! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Collector of classic home computers: Amiga 1000, Atari 800, 800XL, and Mega-ST/2, Commodore C-128, C128D, Plus/4 and VIC-20, IBM 5155, Kaypro 2X, Osbourne Executive Radofin Aquarius, Sinclair ZX-81, TI-99/4A, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80 Color Computer-3 and Model 4, plus Atari Superpong and 2600VCS game consoles.

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emulator board help

by KFergason＠aol.com

In a message dated 97-04-27 21:51:43 EDT, you write: << What would be the point in doing this though, if the board didn't emulate a specific 68000 series computer? >> It was designed for number crunching. It was much faster than Microsoft Fortran on an 8088, or the 80286. Kelly

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Atari prob, etc.

by foxnhare＠goldrush.com

Had a huge success at a local thrift store this saturday, much of it is components < 10 years old. But I did find a Power Supply for an Atari Computer (Ihave aquired an 800, 1200xk and 1050 all sans Power Supplies). Soooo.. today I hooked the buggers in one by one: The 800, powered up like a champ! Got the Atari FAQs up and determined I have an 800 with a GITA and the BASIC cartridge is Revision A. The 1200XL is a different matter, Powered up, got the logo, went to diagnostics, sound O.K., Memory looks good, but keyboard... I can get the top row (reset,start,select,option, & help) working but the other keys seem dead. The strange thing is I gboot up BASIC and I press a letter and the computer responds with it's 'click' sound but no key (maybe something in the decoding logic???) Any Atarians got a clue? Since I only have the one power supply I had to power up the 1050 as a standalone the head did a quick back-fourth motion and the activity light stopped so that seems to be a promising sign. Second request: When I get a second supply I gonna kinda need a disk to run on this thing, can anyone help set me up with some essential disks (DOS, utilities, maybe some common games, etc.) I can trade for some fine Commodore Programs and such. (=)) One yard sale find was a batch of Radio Electronics Magazines, dated back in the 80s... Will have to scan through those closely. At first I thought I'd just weed out the ones I wanted and pass on the rest, but I've made that mistake once before.... They will go into storage. Yet another yard sale purchase was a 64 system (I dare not count how many I have), so far so good, the C64 and power supply are fully functional and the keyboard is amazingly clean (i.e. all the keys work, even though It looks like someone tracked mud on the computer). I still have to test the monitor and 1541, but I feel confident they will function. -- >From: Paul E Coad <pcoad(a)crl.com> >Subject: weekend additions >I picked up some good stuff today. Here is the haul: >One nearly mint copy of "More BASIC Computer Games" by David Ahl. >One "The Best of Creative Computing V.3" by Ahl and Green. >One boxed copy of Adventure for HP 150 and HP 110. (yes, THAT >adventure). >One boxed Commodore Plus/4. >One Sun type 4 keyboard and mouse (not yet classic, but good none the >>less). >Total: $11.00 Good haul! I would've paid that much for that Creative Computing book. >I have a few questions: >Can the Plus/4 run C64 software? BASIC, pretty much so, except if there are POKEs and SYS commands in it it may need some converting, some BASIC may not be easy or possible mainly if there is sprite or sound usage as those chips are VERY different then on the 64. There are some good FTP sites for the Plus/4, just make sure when you download games and demos they are NTSC and not PAL, (PAL graphics are unviewable on an NTSC Plus/4), there are game conversions available (Jim Hehl is probably the most noted for converting programs 64 and Plus/4 european to the American Plus/4 platform). This reminds me I really need to get the adapter pinouts of the Joysticks and the Cassette port on my web page. (whisper.. "if you write it they will browse...") >In the user's manual there is a picture of a 1541 disk drive which looked >black. It was a black and white picture, but the 1541s that I have seen >all match the color scheme of the C64. Has anyone seen a black 1541? Not me, though you can tell Commodore was toying with the idea (on the Plus/4, C-16, MPS-803, DPS-1101, and the 1531 datasette for the Plus/4/16) It could have been the rare Commodore 1551 disk drive. Commodore's attempt at a fast parallel drive. It was to hook into the parallel port of the Plus/4 and delivered a great speed improvement over the 1541 (not too hard of a feat.) I hear it was released in Europe but not in the states. >I now have volumes 1 and 3 of "The Best of Creative Computing", how many >volumes where published? I think they stopped with volume 3, I remember they closed out a bunch of their inventory to schools (which included vols 1-3) at about $100 or so, that was sometime in 1982. Gosh I wish I had all that stuff today: posters, computer music record, books, etc. >Happy hunting, ------------ >From: hellige <jeffh(a)eleventh.com> >Subject: Re: weekend additions > Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong, but the Plus/4 (like the C-16) was >intended as an upgrade, and total break, from the C-64 and is incompatible in >both hardware and software to the C-64. I've seen it said that this was one >of the main reasons the machine never caught on. As for the color scheme of >the 1541 though, the later 1541's were the ones that matched the brown color >of the C-64. The earlier 1541's, labled VIC-1541, matched the lighter color >of the VIC-20. It is the VIC-1541 that I have in my collection. The 1541 is VERY compatible with the Plus/4 and Commodore 16 (thank goodness!) You can adapt a datasette to use on the Plus/4 but Commodore decided to change the pitches at which the data is recorded thus making it impossible to interchange data via tape between other Commodore 8-bits. The format and timing are the same from what I understand. Larry Anderson -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Visit our web page at: http://www.goldrush.com/~foxnhare Call our BBS (Silicon Realms BBS 300-2400 baud) at: (209) 754-1363 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-

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emulator board help

by KFergason＠aol.com

In a message dated 97-04-27 14:49:28 EDT, you write: << Markings: "DSI-780" on the front, and "Rev B Copyright 1986 Definicon" on the rear >> The Definicon coprocessor board for the PC. You could basically compile and run Fortran programs in the coprocessor. Not Mac related. sorta dated now, but cool at the time. Mine seems to have a bad Simm, and would fail periodically. I haven't used it in years. Kelly

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emulator board help

by jeffh＠eleventh.com

This is likely not really the right place to ask this, but nobody else in other groups has a clue about a 16bit ISA board I have. It is as follows: 16bit ISA board for IBM compatiblle 16mhz MC68020RC16B and MC68881RC16A processors 16 30 pin memory modules soldered directly to the circuit board each module contains 9 41256-120 RAM chips (NEC 8608E621) 1 DB-9 and 1 DB-25 connector (both male) on the rear cover plate Markings: "DSI-780" on the front, and "Rev B Copyright 1986 Definicon" on the rear There is also an empty socket, the same size as the 68020 socket. I aquired this board from a pile of misc. circuit boards that was being tossed out a couple of years ago, and have not been able to find out any information on it. Any info at all would be most helpful. To me, it appears to be some kind of hardware emulator for an Apple or Mac. I know in the late 80's there were a number of Apple II emulator boards for the PC running around, as I recall seeing them for sale in the Radio Shack catalogs of the period. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Jeff jeffh(a)eleventh.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from an Amiga 3000..the computer for the creative mind! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Collector of classic home computers: Amiga 1000, Atari 800, 800XL, and Mega-ST/2, Commodore C-128D, Plus/4 and VIC-20, IBM 5155, Kaypro 2X, Osbourne Executive Radofin Aquarius, Sinclair ZX-81, TI-99/4A, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80 Color Computer-3 and Model 4, plus Atari Superpong and 2600VCS game consoles.

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Alignment Disks

by bill＠booster.bothell.washington.edu

Hi all. Anyone know where alignment disks can be purchased these days? Bill ---------------------------------------------------- Bill Whitson - Classic Computers ListOp bill(a)booster.u.washinton.edu or bcw(a)u.washington.edu http://weber.u.washington.edu/~bcw

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Atari prob, etc.

by jeffh＠eleventh.com

On 28-Apr-97, classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu wrote: >Since I only have the one power supply I had to power up the 1050 as a One thing about Atari 8bit stuff is a lot of it tended to use it's own power rating on the power supply, and not really interchangeable between most of it, it seems. Jeff jeffh(a)eleventh.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from an Amiga 3000..the computer for the creative mind! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Collector of classic home computers: Amiga 1000, Atari 800, 800XL, and Mega-ST/2, Commodore C-128D, Plus/4 and VIC-20, IBM 5155, Kaypro 2X, Osbourne Executive Radofin Aquarius, Sinclair ZX-81, TI-99/4A, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80 Color Computer-3 and Model 4, plus Atari Superpong and 2600VCS game consoles.

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emulator board help

by jeffh＠eleventh.com

On 28-Apr-97, classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu wrote: >The Definicon coprocessor board for the PC. You could basically >compile and run Fortran programs in the coprocessor. Not Mac >related. sorta dated now, but cool at the time. That's interesting. It makes sense considering where I got it as well...lots of engineers and R&D work. Looks like he board had a bit more memory on it than the average PC of the time. >Mine seems to have a bad Simm, and would fail periodically. I haven't used >it in years. Would you still have the disks for it? Do you know if there was any type of diagnostic on the disk to determine if this board is functional or not? Thanks. Jeff jeffh(a)eleventh.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from an Amiga 3000..the computer for the creative mind! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Collector of classic home computers: Amiga 1000, Atari 800, 800XL, and Mega-ST/2, Commodore C-128D, Plus/4 and VIC-20, IBM 5155, Kaypro 2X, Osbourne Executive Radofin Aquarius, Sinclair ZX-81, TI-99/4A, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80 Color Computer-3 and Model 4, plus Atari Superpong and 2600VCS game consoles.

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weekend additions

by jeffh＠eleventh.com

On 27-Apr-97, classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu wrote: >Can the Plus/4 run C64 software? >In the user's manual there is a picture of a 1541 disk drive which looked >black. It was a black and white picture, but the 1541s that I have seen >all match the color scheme of the C64. Has anyone seen a black 1541? Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong, but the Plus/4 (like the C-16) was intended as an upgrade, and total break, from the C-64 and is incompatible in both hardware and software to the C-64. I've seen it said that this was one of the main reasons the machine never caught on. As for the color scheme of the 1541 though, the later 1541's were the ones that matched the brown color of the C-64. The earlier 1541's, labled VIC-1541, matched the lighter color of the VIC-20. It is the VIC-1541 that I have in my collection. Jeff jeffh(a)eleventh.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from an Amiga 3000..the computer for the creative mind! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Collector of classic home computers: Amiga 1000, Atari 800, 800XL, and Mega-ST/2, Commodore C-128D, Plus/4 and VIC-20, IBM 5155, Kaypro 2X, Osbourne Executive Radofin Aquarius, Sinclair ZX-81, TI-99/4A, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80 Color Computer-3 and Model 4, plus Atari Superpong and 2600VCS game consoles.

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emulator board help

by jeffh＠eleventh.com

On 28-Apr-97, classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu wrote: >I seem to recall that Definicon made coprocessor boards (68000 series, and >maybe 32016 series as well) for PC's. You rean special language compilers >on the PC that converted your high-level source into machine code for the >68000 or whatever, and ran it on the coprocessor board What would be the point in doing this though, if the board didn't emulate a specific 68000 series computer? Jeff jeffh(a)eleventh.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from an Amiga 3000..the computer for the creative mind! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Collector of classic home computers: Amiga 1000, Atari 800, 800XL, and Mega-ST/2, Commodore C-128D, Plus/4 and VIC-20, IBM 5155, Kaypro 2X, Osbourne Executive Radofin Aquarius, Sinclair ZX-81, TI-99/4A, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80 Color Computer-3 and Model 4, plus Atari Superpong and 2600VCS game consoles.

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Freebie

by bm_pete＠ix.netcom.com

I have a printer which doesn't work and I don't know why. (And don't want to mess with it) Rather than junk it (saving parts) I'll offer it to anyone who'll pay shipping costs from zip code 73162. It's a Okidata 292 with a serial interface module (which might work) but minus the knob. The power led does come on but it does not self-test. You've got a week to rescue it. _______________ Barry Peterson bm_pete(a)ix.netcom.com Husband to Diane, Father to Doug, Grandfather to Zoe and Tegan.

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Computer Books

by gmast＠polymail.cpunix.calpoly.edu

I'll have to agree on the library as a good source of books. I recently was looking in our library here at school and couldn't find a newer book on PC's. There were quite a few old programming/hardware books from the 70's and a complete set of an old computer magazine from the 60's to the present. Great fun to look at the prices and advertising. And they do sell them. My friend found a book on Volkswagens from the early 60's....$2. Just ask at the circulation desk. They don't have to be in the book sale, just old enough to be of no general value in their eyes. Another good place to look is the Goodwill, thrift sores, etc. Most of us probably already do that but I thought Id mention it. At our local store, customers trash whatever comes neatly in any box. (sad, the disks get thrown around and power supplies disappear too) When they clean up they just pile the manuals on the shelf next to the Danielle Steel novels. I found a complete set of manuals for an Apple III a while back. Tons of Commodore programming guides. Software carts and disks end up in the cassette tape section for some reason. If interested, I could grab whatever I find and sell to interested parties here for cost + shipping. Usually .50 a book + postage. I really don't have the room (or the time) to stockpile books. I just buy what matches the systems I have at the time or what seems rare. Greg

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A Few More Items on Auctionweb

by gmast＠polymail.cpunix.calpoly.edu

I put a few more items on Auctionweb. My apologies to those who aren't interested but I did receive quite a few positive responses to my last post. There are pictures of most of the items posted also. Tandy 1000 HX system, 3.5 FD (photo) Current bid: $15.50 Auction ends on: 04/29/97, 17:19:16 PDT http://www.ebay.com/aw/item.cgi?item=ruc07286 Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer I (photo) Current bid: $5.00 Auction ends on: 04/30/97, 00:22:16 PDT http://www.ebay.com/aw/item.cgi?item=diy3257 Radio Shack TRS-80 5 MB Ext. Hard Drive (pic) Bidding starts at: $3.00 Auction ends on: 04/30/97, 00:34:36 PDT http://www.ebay.com/aw/item.cgi?item=qhp59201 Lot of 2 Commodore 1541 Drives (white) Bidding starts at: $3.00 Auction ends on: 04/30/97, 00:41:24 PDT http://www.ebay.com/aw/item.cgi?item=gcr4972 Orig. Mouse for Macintosh 128/512/Plus (pic) Current bid: $3.00 Auction ends on: 04/30/97, 00:54:21 PDT http://www.ebay.com/aw/item.cgi?item=fgt955

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Shopper Wanted for Trenton Computer Fest

by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

Hi all, I'll pay a generous finder's fee & shipping for anyone who wants to keep an eye out at the TCF for the small list of machines I'm still looking for. If interested, please email for the list. thanks much, Kai

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Scrap Dealers (was Re: Collecting)

by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

Here's a list of scrap dealers who buy obsolete computer equipment: Windfield Alloy, Inc. Lawrence, MA 800-626-1230/508-689-2470 Local ComService Enterprises, Brooklyn, NY 718-332-2300/718-332-4471 Fax Silicon Salvage Inc, Anaheim, CA 714-523-2425/714-523-2552 Fax Texas Recycling & Refining, Houston, TX 713-443-2070/713-443-3973 Fax Iowa Electronic Recovery, 800-232-2591/319-337-9548 Fax Metaltech, 800-435-8636/603-524-2873 Fax EnviRoSYS, 800-PRO-JUNK, surplus(a)crazybob.com Someone should organize contact with these folks so they don't get our whole list calling and bothering them. Kai

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Trenton Computer [fair?]

by more＠camlaw.rutgers.edu

Hi, I ve never been to this Trenton Computer Fair. What can I expect for things such as parking? Will I have to walk a mile and a half to get there? What is it really? Is it like a giant flea market? Is there admission? It will still be there on Sunday right? What kind of stuff do they have there? Is it all old stuff? Is it all new stuff? Do these people try and "rip" you off? [Im asking because Id like to pick up a CP/M machine here and dont want to pay $100 for it] Sory for all the questions! Les PS Anyone know how to get there from the Philly area? :) [never been to Trenton]

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atari printers

by jim＠calico.litterbox.com

FYI: Alltronics is selling the Atari 1020 color printer for 15 dollars. www.alltronics.com - they're in San Jose, California. Thought you Atari fans might want to know. -- Jim Strickland jim(a)calico.litterbox.com -- By Caffeine alone my mind is set in motion. Through beans of java thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes. The shakes become a warning - I am in control of my addiction! By Caffeine alone my mind is set in motion. Adapted from the Mentat chant of _Dune_

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On Generations of People and Computers

by ronaldm＠mars.ark.com

>In a message dated 97-04-14 22:27:40 EDT, you write: > >> > >Is everyone else in their 20's and 30's? Anyone seriously outside of=20 >> > >this range? >> > >I'm seriously outside of =20. more like =20 +25(next week). > >Lou Just a young man are you. Last week I turned 53. -Ron Mitchell

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Extra Stuff

by BigLouS＠aol.com

I'll take the 1000. I have a 68000 chip sitting around from my old Amiga and the drives are pretty easy to find. If it's still available let me know what the shipping is. Regards, Lou

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Osborne 1 prices (was: On Generations of People and Computers )

by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

Turns out I was too quick to place the blame on an errant journalist. The article, excerpted below (not for profit, and do not forward, etc) actually does say "apple 1" -- it was some bozo on Usenet that made the mistake. The part about the Computer Bowl is correct though. Kai 02490420 60320 THE CUTTING EDGE A Byte of History Techies Taking a Scroll Down Memory Lane Los Angeles Times (LT) - MONDAY August 12, 1996 By: GREG MILLER; TIMES STAFF WRITER Edition: Home Edition Section: Business Page: 1 Pt. D Story Type: Main Story; Infobox Word Count: 1,797 TEXT: The nerds are getting nostalgic. Barely 20 years into the personal computer revolution, techies across the country are growing increasingly sentimental about the machines and programs that changed their lives and ushered in the Information Age. For them, booting up a vintage Commodore PET computer can conjure misty-eyed memories. Toggling the switches of an Altair 8800 is better than gripping the gearshift of a first car. And a shrink-wrapped copy of VisiCalc software beats a mint-condition Mickey Mantle baseball card any day. This is the memorabilia of the PC generation, and after spending much of the last decade or two collecting dust in suburban garages from Silicon Valley to Boston's Route 128, it's starting to make a comeback. Virtual museums of vintage hardware and software are sprouting up all over the Internet's World Wide Web, as are online classified ads placed by collectors desperate to reacquire the technological wonders of their youth. Some rare PCs are fetching much higher prices now than they did when they were brand-new, and even revered institutions such as the Smithsonian are bolstering their computer collections. "The amount of activity that I see is amazing," said Kip Crosby, president of the Computer History Assn. of California in Palo Alto. "People are always asking me: 'Can you find me an Altair? Can you find this or that?' I get 10 to 20 phone calls and e-mails a month, twice as many as a year ago." Most of these early machines and programs, which didn't work very well when they were new, are even more troublesome to maintain now--and have been rendered obsolete by wave after wave of new equipment. But like certain cars or baseball cards, high-tech relics are somehow enhanced by the passage of time. Collectors see them as the symbols of a more colorful computer age populated by legendary personalities who became billionaires--or, in some cases, went bust. "That's why I'm interested in computer history," said Co Ho, 30, an Internet administrator at Fullerton College. "Many people could have made it big, but they fell asleep and ended up having somebody else eating their cake." Ho collects vintage software, especially programs that changed the computing landscape but somehow faltered. One of his favorite pieces is CP/M, an early operating system created by Digital Research. CP/M might have become the operating system had Digital Research's founder, the late Gary Kildall, been more hospitable when IBM came calling to license his software. In a legendary blunder, Kildall and his wife refused to sign IBM's confidentiality agreement, and IBM executives took their business to a then-tiny company known as Microsoft. "CP/M missed the boat because of casual behavior," Ho said. "It's really a sad story." Ho is one of the few people who collect software. More collect hardware, and one of the most sought-after machines is the Altair 8800, introduced by MITS Inc. of Albuquerque in 1975. It didn't have a keyboard or a monitor, only rows of switches on the front of the box. The Altair kit sold for $395 when it was new, but one in good condition today can fetch as much as $1,500 because of the exalted position it holds in computer history. Widely regarded as the first mass-market personal computer, it launched a craze when it appeared on the cover of the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics. Bill Gates even dropped out of Harvard to develop an early version of the Basic programming language for the Altair. The Altair "established Bill Gates in business," said Gwen Bell, founder of the Computer Museum, a Boston mecca for computer lovers. "One of our prize treasures is the original Basic tape that Bill Gates developed on the Altair." Collectors tend to pass over some of the most popular early machines, such as the original IBM PC and the 1984 Apple Macintosh, because there are just too many of them. Scarcity counts, which helps explain why the most valuable collectible is the Apple I. Introduced by Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak in 1976, the Apple I was nothing more than a circuit board. It had no keyboard, no monitor, not even a case. It sold for $666, and only a few hundred were produced. A well-preserved Apple I can fetch as much as $12,000 today, sometimes more. An Apple I signed by Jobs and Wozniak sold for $22,000 at a fund-raiser auction for the Computer Museum several months ago, Bell said. That kind of appreciation has attracted the attention of even non-techie collectors. "I got a call from an investment advisor for a Wall Street banker," Bell said. "He asked: 'Should I get him into collecting old computers? Will they increase in value more than art?' I said, 'I don't know--I'm not a dealer.' " In fact, there aren't any prominent dealers of antique computers, at least not yet. But a few collectors are hoping to change that, including David Greelish, founder of the Historical Computer Society in Jacksonville, Fla. Greelish, a computer repairman, has spent about $2,600 in recent years building a collection of 35 computers, mostly by trolling for bargains on the Internet. He uses search engines such as Yahoo to root out online classified ads for Altairs and other vintage machines, and he keeps an eye on alt.folklore.computers, a newsgroup where history buffs hang out. "Ultimately, I would like to see (the Historical Computer Society) grow and publish magazines and books," he said. "I'd like to start displaying our collection and even restoring computers for sale." Greelish and others said would-be collectors should look for machines that look clean, have all the original equipment and documentation and still run. A number of guidebooks are available, including Stan Veit's "History of the Personal Computer," published by WorldComm in Asheville, N.C., and "A Collector's Guide to Personal Computers and Pocket Calculators," published by Krause Publications in Iola, Wis. Experts urge caution, however. There's no guarantee that old computers will grow in value, and they are very difficult to maintain. "If you've never opened up your computer and looked inside, this is probably not the collectible for you," Bell said. Instead, experts say, this is a hobby better left to people who were enthralled by the recent PBS documentary "Triumph of the Nerds," people who still have a soft spot for monochrome terminals, "Chiclet" keyboards and the odd shapes of the early machines. But even among techies, there are plenty of people who scoff at this new fad, including Kim Nelson, service manager at ACP Superstore in Santa Ana. Founded 20 years ago, ACP is one of the oldest computer stores in Southern California, holds swap meets that attract legions of collectors, and might be one of the region's best unofficial museums. The store's top shelves are crammed with artifacts of computer history, although Nelson calls it junk. "Isn't it amazing that we have computer folklore now," he said, walking with a reporter along rows of vintage Commodores, Imsais and Tandys. "That's kind of sad when you think about it. Seems to me there are things that are a lot more important." But as he uttered those words, service technician John Krill walked by and surveyed the line of creaky machines. Almost against his will, Nelson was sucked into an episode of technology reverie. "Look at that Kaypro," Krill said. "That company grew so fast they were warehousing their inventory in tents." "Weren't they the ones that had the fire too?" asked Nelson, perking up just a bit and eager to demonstrate his techno-trivia prowess. The conversation drifted from machine to machine. "When I was in college, I would just leave my Osborne up in the library," Krill said with a laugh, recalling the immobility of the first portable computer. "The damned thing weighed 27 pounds. I didn't want to lug it around." Fifteen minutes passed before the two realized that their walk down memory lane might have strained the attention span of their guest. "That's enough, John," Nelson finally said with an embarrassed grin. "You're boring him." Greg Miller can be reached via e-mail at greg.miller atimes.com (BEGIN TEXT OF INFOBOX / INFOGRAPHIC) Computer Collectibles Here are some of the PCs attracting the attention of nostalgic techies: Model: Apple I Year introduced: 1976 Original price: $666 Current value: $10,000-$12,000 * Model: Mark-8 Year introduced: 1974 Original price: $250 Current value: $3,500-$4,000 * Model: Scelbi 8H Year introduced: 1973 Original price: $440 Current value: $1,200-$1,500 * Model: Altair 8800 Year introduced: 1975 Original price: $395 Current value: $1,200-$1,500 * Model: Imsai 8080 Year introduced: 1975 Original price: $440 Current value: $400-$600 * Model: Apple II Year introduced: 1977 Original price: $1,195 Current value: $200-$400 * Model: Osborne I Year introduced: 1981 Original price: $1,795 Current value: $200-$300 Descriptions: Apple I: With no monitor, no keyboard and no case, the Apple I was little more than a circuit board. Only a few hundred were produced. Mark-8: A kit computer that was the subject of the first magazine article describing how to build a computer. The article appeared in Radio Electronics Magazine in 1974. Scelbi: Predated the Altair and was the first computer based on a microprocessor advertised for sale. Only a small number was made. Altair 8800: Programmed by switches, the Altair 8800 had no keyboard, no monitor and just 256 bytes of memory. But it is widely regarded as the first mass-market personal computer. The Altair, based on an Intel processor, started a craze when it appeared on the cover of Popular Electronics magazine in January 1975. Imsai 8080: Modeled on the Altair, the Imsai had several technological advances and a more polished look. Had no keyboard or monitor but was briefly the fastest-selling personal computer. Apple II: This is the machine that launched the company--and the personal computer industry. Apple II computers came with a keyboard, monitor and two disk drives. Most important, they ran VisiCalc, the original spreadsheet program that was the personal computer's "killer application." Osborne I: Considered the first portable computer, even though it weighed about 30 pounds and was the size of a suitcase. It had a 5-inch screen, two floppy disk drives and 64K of RAM. Sources: Stan Veit's "History of the Personal Computer," published by WorldComm, Asheville, N.C.; David Greelish, president, Historical Computer Society, Jacksonville, Fla.; "A Collector's Guide to Personal Computers and Pocket Calculators," published by Krause Publications in Iola, Wis. AL SCHABEN / Los Angeles Times > ---------- > From: Alexios Chouchoulas[SMTP:alexios@vennea.demon.co.uk] > Reply To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu > Sent: Monday, April 21, 1997 4:53 PM > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > Subject: Re: Osborne 1 prices (was: On Generations of People and > Computers) > > On Mon, 21 Apr 1997, Kai Kaltenbach wrote: > > > | Aha! You have a point! Anyone remember the time when > > Osborne-1s were > > | supposedly rare and were priced at around $1,000-$10,000? Ha > > ha. Nice joke. > > > > This stems from a California reporter who got confused when talking > to > > collectors and printed in the newspaper that an Osborne 1 sold for > over > > $10,000. The collectors were actually talking about an Apple I, not > an > > Osborne 1 (an easy confusion for a layman to make). > > Ok, that would make sense. It seems that this has become some sort > of > urban legend, though -- I remember posts in afc like "I have an > Osborne-1. > Make me an offer about $5000." :-) > > > --------------------------- ,o88,o888o,,o888o. > ------------------------------- > Alexios Chouchoulas '88 ,88' ,88' > alexios(a)vennea.demon.co.uk > The Unpronouncable One ,o88oooo88ooooo88oo, > axc(a)dcs.ed.ac.uk >

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by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

| I'm just curious - have any of you (with the possible exception of the | apple I) ever seen anyone selling these models at these prices much less | purchased one for so much? Do any of these warrant such a price for | you? $400 for an Apple II? $300 for an Osborne? I bought an Apple II+ | with 3 Disk IIs, color monitor, and box of accessories for $50 - | in 1988! Well... here are my thoughts: > > Here are some of the PCs attracting the attention of nostalgic > > techies: > > > > Model: Apple I > > Current value: $10,000-$12,000 > Unverified, the only high-dollar example I know of is the Computer Bowl auction unit. I know someone who actually has two Apple I's, and since I actually have more than one Altair, I'm trying to talk him into our becoming about the only two people with one of each. Wish me luck! > > Model: Mark-8 > > Current value: $3,500-$4,000 > Highly dubious, since I have never seen, and probably will never see, one of these for sale. Heck, it wasn't even a genuine production machine, it was mostly just instructions on how to build one from scratch. Who knows what it would even look like? Every one was different. Since most if not all of the period's TTL stuff is still available, you could build something today and call it a Mark 8. Most people looking for an Altair would say "A Mark what?" > > Model: Scelbi 8H > > Current value: $1,200-$1,500 > Why this should be lower priced than the Mark-8 considering that it came out earlier ('73 vs. '74, according to Byte), is beyond me. The same comment as for the Mark-8 applies. The Mark-8 and Scelbi are sort of like the guy who almost got credit for inventing the telephone. It's doubtful that history will ever be rewritten sufficiently for there to be a significant interest in these machines. Not that _I_ wouldn't buy one, mind you... not for these dollars of course, but for a goodly sum. > > > Model: Altair 8800 > > Current value: $1,200-$1,500 > This might actually be a bit low, considering the amount of 'Altair Fever' around today. You should see the number of 'Altair Wanted' posts on various sections of Usenet. Geez! Is it worth it? I'd say, sure it is! My dad's '57 fuelie 'Vette is just as primitive by today's standards, but just like the Altair, it looks fantastic and it's a piece of history. It darn well deserves its more-than-a-new-one price tag. Of course, my dad restored it himself, since he always wanted one when he was a kid... sure sounds like his son's relationship with antique computers! > > > Model: Imsai 8080 > > Current value: $400-$600 > This is accurate, perhaps a bit low as well. They're pretty rare (one less in circulation as of this weekend - thanks Tim!) > > > Model: Apple II > > Current value: $200-$400 > Well, we all know this is a joke. The highest price I've seen for a plain // is about $60. I'd probably pay $200+ for a pristine one in the original box with manuals, etc. but I don't think that's what they mean. Of course, I haven't been able to find a nice one myself, so... > > Model: Osborne I > > Current value: $200-$300 > Tough call. It's reasonably, but certainly not vanishingly, rare (I've owned three at various times) and I'm sure there are folks in the world that would pay this, but I generally see them going for around $100, and more like $15 at swap meets or thrift stores. Kai

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by dastar＠crl.com

I have an Atari 2600 carthridge question: I bought a couple at a swap meet that don't "boot" up. When I turn the unit on the screen either is black or has random vertical color bars on the screen. They are both Activision games. Any suggestions? I tried opening them but can't without ruining the label. I guess a working cart is worth more than a ruined label, but I'm hoping there's a better way if there is some way to fix them. Hey, let's have a contest. Let's see who can score the best lot of classic computers this weekend. We can score each other based on the type and age of the computers/software/accessories we got, then tally up the points and whoever has the highest score gets a pat on the back. The point to such a silly game is that it will promote the preservation of old computers. It will get us out there finding these lost souls and keeping them safe for future generations. And believe me, there's nothing more gratifying then a good weekend out hunting for good old computers! (Well, there are at least a few things more gratifying :) Sam ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass

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by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

| Aha! You have a point! Anyone remember the time when Osborne-1s were | supposedly rare and were priced at around $1,000-$10,000? Ha ha. Nice joke. This stems from a California reporter who got confused when talking to collectors and printed in the newspaper that an Osborne 1 sold for over $10,000. The collectors were actually talking about an Apple I, not an Osborne 1 (an easy confusion for a layman to make). An Apple I sold at the Computer Bowl charity auction (filled with billionaires) for that price, but even that doesn't mean that an Apple I is _worth_ $10K, just that someone made a nice charity donation in connection with one. Kai

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by jim＠calico.litterbox.com

I'm looking for an external scsi disk case, preferably set up for 2 5.25 inch 1/2 height devices. This is to attach to my second(!) apple2gs with a cdrom and a moderate sized hard disk. I'm told this kind of beast is common around SUN machines, and I know it's common around Digital Equipment machines as well. Anyone got an extra box lying around in their collection that they'd love to sell me? -- Jim Strickland jim(a)calico.litterbox.com -- By Caffeine alone my mind is set in motion. Through beans of java thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes. The shakes become a warning - I am in control of my addiction! By Caffeine alone my mind is set in motion. Adapted from the Mentat chant of _Dune_

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by marcw＠lightside.com

> I'm looking for an external scsi disk case, preferably set up for 2 > 5.25 inch 1/2 height devices. This is to attach to my second(!) apple2gs > with a cdrom and a moderate sized hard disk. I'm told this kind of beast > is common around SUN machines, and I know it's common around Digital > Equipment machines as well. Anyone got an extra box lying around in > their collection that they'd love to sell me? > -- > Jim Strickland > jim(a)calico.litterbox.com A few catalogues sell external SCSI cases in varying sizes. Not the cheapest things it seems. Sometimes more than PC tower cases. Anyhind Jameco (800-831-4242) and JDR Microdevices (800-538-5000) sell them. They all include power supplies. Marc -- >> ANIME SENSHI << Marc D. Williams marcw(a)lightside.com (finger at: marcw(a)mail.lightside.com) marc.williams(a)mb.fidonet.org

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Regular Posting: FAQ

by bill＠booster.bothell.washington.edu

============================================================================= ClassicCmp - The Classic Computers Discussion List FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) v1.2 Last Update: 4/16/97 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This FAQ is written with the primary purpose of making readily available answers to the more common questions appearing on ClassicCmp. It is Maintained by Bill Whitson <bill(a)booster.u.washington.edu>. The infor- mation in this document has been gathered from a variety of sources but, in general, the members of ClassicCmp should be credited for all contain- ed herein. I have, of course, endeavored to be as accurate as is possible and often failed ;). If you have questions, comments, or corrections (always welcome) please contact me at the address above. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This FAQ has jumped 2 updates because I've been lazy about posting it. Part 5.4 is new Sections 6-9 are new. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- About ClassicCmp ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. About the List ----------------- 1.1 What is ClassicCmp? 1.2 Why is ClassicCmp? 1.3 What's a Classic Computer? 1.4 Who runs this thing? 1.5 Don't you know you're duplicating what others have done? 2. Protocol and Etiquette ------------------------- 2.1 What can I talk about? 2.2 Can I talk about PCs? 2.3 Can I talk about Mini/MainFrames? 2.4 Can I post advertisements? 2.5 Can I ask people to give me their computers? 2.6 Can I ask for help fixing item x? 2.7 Where should I look before posting a dumb question? 3. Misc List Information ------------------------ 3.1 How many subscribers are there? 3.2 How many subscribers use machine x? 4. ClassicCmp Resources on the Net ---------------------------------- 4.1 Does ClassicCmp have a Web Site? 4.2 How come the Web Site is so ugly? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Collecting ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.1 Where can I find Classic Computers? 5.2 How much is machine x worth? 5.3 Will thousands of innocent machines be scrapped if I don't save them? 5.4 I just picked up a new machine. What should I do? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hardware and Media ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.1 What's the best way to clean these dingy tan boxes? 7. Media -------- 7.1 What's a hard sector disk? What's a soft sector disk? 7.2 What's SS/SD, DS/DD, DS/QD, DS/HD, etc. 7.3 Can these formats be interchanged? 7.4 What disk sizes are there? 7.5 How do I take care of old media? 8. Component Failure Issues --------------------------- 8.1 Do EPROM's go bad? 8.2 How about ROM's, other chips? 8.3 How about capacitors? 8.4 Anything else? 8.5 So how do I backup all this stuff like you suggest? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Software ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.1 Where can I get a system disk for platform X? 9.2 What's the best way to back up my software? ============================================================================= 1.1 What is ClassicCmp? It's a mailing list for the discussion of classic computers. Topics center on collection (just hoarding), restoration, and operation. It is also an appropriate place for stories and reminiscences of classic computers. 1.2 Why is ClassicCmp? Uh, why not? There are lots of people who love these old machines and it seems like a fun idea to get together and talk about them. 1.3 What is a Classic Computer? Any computer that has not been manufactured for 10 years is a classic. This definition is one I made up and it's entirely arbitrary. It seems to work OK, so I've kept it. 1.4 Who runs this thing? That would be me, Bill Whitson. I run this thing when I'm not busy being a network admin at the University of Washington, SCUBA diving, playing drums in punk rock bands, or drinking heavily. Oh yeah, I'm a 22 year old, unmarried, childless, white, male living in the state of Washington in the US. People ask you the strangest things when you run a listproc... 1.5 Do you know you're just duplicating work other people have done. Damn straight. That's what the internet's all about. OK, guess I have to update this too - I get a "reinventing the wheel" e-mail at least once a week. If you show me another group of computer collectors that claims a membership as large as this one I'll show you a group that must be very hard to find. Obviously there are other groups of collectors and I'm cheering them on - I don't see a problem with duplicating and reduplicating lore that's quickly disappearing anyway. 2.1 What can I talk about? Anything related to classic computers as defined above. There are many people on this list that really know what they're talking about, so you might want to check facts before you start shooting off messages (if you're easily embarrassed). 2.2 Can I talk about PCs? Yes. PCs which haven't been manufactured for 10 years. Even then be aware that in many cases you would get a better response posting to PC newsgroups. 2.3 Can I talk about Minis/MainFrames? There has apparently been some misconception that this is a list for micros only. You'll note I said "misconception". 2.4 Can I post advertisements? Sure. As long as they're related to _classic_ computers. And, of course, use your brain - don't spam. 2.5 Can I ask people to sell/give me their computers? Sure. But you're not likely to get a very nice response. Mine, for example, would be: Get your own f***ing computer! There are several people on usenet who will vouch for this. See section 5 for info on how to find your- self a computer. 2.6 Can I ask for help fixing item x. Yes. Be aware that it may be difficult to help you fix things if you don't have much knowledge of how computers work or of how to use basic electronics tools (DMM, soldering iron, EPROM burner, etc). I'm no whiz with this stuff and the little knowledge I have has come from asking questions and then buying books to find out what "Simple... Just check the voltage on the caps in the PS to make sure one of them isn't flaking out!" exactly means. 2.7 Where can I look before posting a dumb question? It might be a good idea to take a look at what's available in the Archive section of the ClassicCmp web site (see below). 3.1 How many subscribers are there? Around 230, fluxing daily. 3.2 How many subscribers use machine x? Don't bother asking me. If you really want to know go ahead and post to the list. I really don't know what having a number will do for you... 4.1 Does ClassicCmp have a web site? Yep. http://weber.u.washington.edu/~bcw/ccl.html 4.2 How come the web site is so ugly? How come a PET is so ugly? Who cares as long as it works? 5.1 Where can I find classic computers? The best places seem to be thrift stores and swap meets. These are closely followed by pawn shops and mom and pop computer stores. The holy grails are electronics scrap yards - but they tend to be wary of individual pick-and-choosers. Oh yeah - garage sales! 5.2 How much is machine x worth? Precisely as much as you'll pay for it. Oh, you're selling it? Then, precisely as much as I'll pay for it. Seriously, no one prices these any more. I have an old Computer Blue Book that lists many classic computers but the prices are just ridiculous. Some machines (Apple Lisa's, old old Mini's, and unreleased prototypes) are starting down the road toward their original selling prices. 5.3 Will 1000's of innocent machines be scrapped if I don't save them? Yes. This is the impetus behind every collector's tireless and selfless effort. Each machine we fail to save has it's gold parts mercilessly hacked off and sold (just like rhino horns - and look at the rhinos). The remainder is then sent to China to be made into bicycle spokes (you probably think I'm joking). Save a computer! Act now! Remind your wife of the rhino and cuter, furrier animals. It might work. In all seriousness - there are a large (and growing) number of so called "computer and electronics 'recyclers'" who take usable computers and recycle them into "reusable scrap". Small amounts of gold, silver, and platinum are extracted and the remainder of the material is generally just marketed to less wasteful countries. 5.4 I just picked up a new machine. What should I do? Don't power it up yet! All of the following should probably be done before that power switch gets flipped. Open the case - clean and visually inspect components. You're looking for traces of smoke, water, corrosion, loose screws, blown caps and resistors, etc. You can avoid a number of problems just by taking a peek inside. If you have the tools (and the machine is sufficiently rare) pull and dump backups of all EPROMs, ROMs, and PALs. Disconnect the power supply from the rest of the computer and start it up on a "dummy load". A six volt headlight bulb has been recommended as a convenient load. These should be available >from any decent Volkswagen shop. Hopefully this will prevent frying the rest of the machine with a flaky power supply. You may want to check the voltage output before you do this as it could be no where near the 5V average in micros. Even if you don't want to connect a load it's still probably a good idea to power it up separately from the computer for the first time. If you have a really rare beast it may be worth powering up some of the key capacitors out of circuit just to get them warmed up. Now you can power it up. Assuming it works, take a blank disk, format it, write some data to it, and read it back before using your precious software with it, as a bad disk drive could really ruin your day. 6.1 What's the best way to clean these dingy tan boxes? Cases: It seems best to start gently with such old equipment. Try soaking in a little water and dish soap and then scrubbing. This takes care of most jobs. For removing stickers try mineral oil or Goo-Gone (available at most hardware stores - in the US at least). If those don't work, acetone can be good but, if overused, can do more harm. For removing marker, almost any solvent is good (alcohol, naptha, etc) but will definitely discolor or dissolve plastic if not carefully applied. Lava soap is also good for removing marker but can smooth off textured plastic. For removing sun or tobacco discoloring a product called Purple Stuff available from auto parts stores (again, in the US at least) seems to do the job almost effortlessly. Connectors: For edge connectors a plain pink eraser seems good for removing corrosion. Make sure to wipe the connectors with a clean cloth after erasing on them though. There are a large number chemicals on the market that "magically" remove corrosion from comp- onents but I'm not anxious to promote any of them. For pin style connectors a toothbrush and some softscrub or other mildly abrasive cleaner do wonders. Keyboards: I find a cycle through the dishwasher does a really nice job on keyboards. Just be sure they're completely dry before you put any power to them. 7.1 What's a hard sectored disk? What's a soft sectored disk? We'll start with soft-sector since they're simpler to explain. On a soft-sector floppy disk the information that marks where a sector begins and ends is written to the disk by the computer (part of the formatting process). This means that various computers can use the same floppy disk types because the format of the disk is control- led by the operating system. Hard sector disks use a system of perforations in the media to mark the beginnings and ends of sectors. This means that computers which used hard sectored disks required the exact disk type they specified rather than a generic soft-sector floppy. A number of differently sectored disks were available - at least 10, 13, and 16 sector formats. 8 inch and 5.25 inch disks commonly used hard sectoring. To my knowledge it was never used with 3.5 inch disks. 7.2 What's SS/SD, DS/DD, DS/QD, DS/HD, etc. These all refer to the number of useable sides on a disk and it's density (how "efficiently" the magnetic bits are pushed together). SS/SD is a Single Sided - Single Density disk, the earliest available type I believe. The storage afforded by a single density disk was very small compared to today's standards. Single Sided disks were popular because they were cheaper than DS and could be easily modified with a hole punch into double sided disks. SD was followed by Double Density which, amazingly, doubled the amount of storage space. Double Density was followed by the extremely short-lived Quad Density which doubled a DD disk. QD was short lived because High Density was right on it's heels and nearly doubled disk capacity again. DS/HD was as sophisticated as 5.25" disks became. 3.5" disks have progressed as far as DS/EHD double-sided / extra-high density. 7.3 Can these formats be interchanged? Well, that may depend on what computer you are using, but in general the following substitutions may be made: Desired Format Substitute --------------------------------------------------- Single Density Double Density Double Density none reliably Quad Density High Density High Density none Other substitutions may be made, but due to physical differences in how the disks are made they are generally unreliable. It can almost be guaranteed that data written to a proper density disk of poor quality will last longer than data written to a good quality disk of the wrong density. 7.4 What disk sizes are there? Physically? There are 8 inch, 5.25 inch, and 3.5 inch as "standard" disks. There are also some unique and/or short-lived sizes such as 3 inch disks used by Amstrad and 2 inch disks which were pioneered for use in laptops and then quickly forgotten. 7.5 How do I take care of old media? Step one is Back It Up! After that, make sure it's kept in a clean, dry, temperature-controlled environment (I keep mine in a broken freezer). With disks it seems important to keep them standing on end rather than lying flat - the same goes for cassette tapes. I like to exercise disks and tapes at least once every six months although I have no real evidence that this has any positive effect. I have modified an old C64 floppy drive to simply spin when a disk is inserted and send large stacks of disks through it on a regular basis just to make sure they're not starting to stick up internally. An exciting and somewhat recent development is that availability of classic computer emulators that can make disk images of old media on PC's and Macs. This seems to be a very good way to backup disks since they will eventually go bad no matter how well we take care of them. The official line seems to be that floppy disks have a shelf-life of approximately 10 years. With proper care many are lasting a lot longer. 8.1 Do EPROM's go bad? Definitely. They apparently are considered to reliably contain data for (on the outside edge) 15 years. This amount can be considerably reduced if, for example, the sticker over the window has dried out and fallen off. Luckily EPROMs were not used too extensively but they're out there. An EPROM writer/reader is a relatively cheap investment and an easy fix. Even if an EPROM has "forgotten" it's data it is still fine for being "re-educated". 8.2 How about ROMs and other chips? Things wear out. It's likely that even components which have not been fried by catastrophic failure will simply start to die someday. ROMs can be dumped to a file and re-written if they die. Other custom chips which are all too common in micros will be far more difficult to replace. The best advice is to stockpile these chips when you can - but someday even unused chips will probably start to turn up bad. In this case the best defense is to stockpile information in the hope of being able to modify an existing component to meet your needs. 8.3 How about capacitors? This seems to be another large concern, but rather than being an unreplaceable component a capacitor will take your unreplaceable components with it when it goes. It's a good idea to check out all the caps in a system if you haven't fired it up in a while. Caps go bad with time (even tantalum caps, apparently - although they are more reliable) and should be replaced if they are suspect. It's unlikely that it will be impossible to find a replacement capacitor as they are much more standard electronic components. 8.4 Anything else? Documentation: If there's anything which is entirely unreplaceable its the docs for uncommon equipment. Once they're gone, they're gone. I regularly pick up docs I find for equipment I don't have just because I may someday. Paper will, of course. go bad over time but it will be obvious and they will be easily duplicated. Hard Disks: ST-251s, ST-502s, MFM, RLL... old hard disks are going to go bad. Then they'll be gone. Theoretically, I suppose it's possible to crack a hard drive and replace a dead bearing, realign, relaminate, etc... but I've never heard of anyone doing these things in their base- ment. Perhaps in another 5 or 10 years many of us will be experts at this. 8.5 So, how do I back up all this stuff like you suggest? This answer will undoubtedly get longer as I learn more. The best ways seem to be to dump the particular ROM (or whatever) using the approp- riate equipment to a floppy disk (which most of this equipment allows).

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Apple Lisa Power Supply...

by kevan＠motiv.co.uk

Hi, While I have the attention of Lisa owners with the other thread I thought I may make this request... I have owned a Lisa 2 for a number of years now, but unfortunately it has a mostly broken power supply unit. Over this time I seem to have got close to finding spares or schematics more times than I care to remember, only to be let down at the last minute. (Sorry, sob story over now.) It is a complex beast and I don't have the technical know how to fix the problem, but I do have friends, who are skilled electronic engineers, who say they can do it with the schematics. Has anybody got the schematics for a Lisa 2 power supply? Failing this has anybody got a working spare they are willing to part with? Or do you know of a cheap source of them? Many thanks... -- Kevan Old Computer Collector: <URL:http://staff.motiv.co.uk/~kevan/>

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Atari 2600

by alexios＠vennea.demon.co.uk

I remembered a message here about pricing and video games yesterday. Someone had an Atari 2600 (the new, revamped, black type) at the car boot sale in Edinburgh yesterday. He explained to me that this was a "games computer" with around 8 carts (<sarcasm>lemmesee, Pacman, Ms. Pacman, Pole Position, etc. -- ooh, rare</sarcasm>). The price: 20.00 UKP (around $30?). Surely, these people are joking. I didn't even want to haggle for a new VCS. Now, if it was the *OLD* type, I might have been interested (I don't normally collect this stuff, but the old VCS has sentimental value -- I played my first game of Space Invaders on one). Unfortunately, at another flea market, another time and another country (and anyway, the wench is dead), an original VCS was going for around $100, with extremely common carts selling for as much as $25. Amazing. Almost as expensive as the thing when it first came out. :-) My theory for this is that game machines haven't changed all that much in the last 20 years: still a box, still take carts (or CD-ROMs nowadays), still have joysticks. What the heck, it must be worth something, right? Whereas computers have changed so dramatically that your average car boot sale joe will sell an old `computer keyboard' (probably a ZX-80) for peanuts since it doesn't appear to have a monitor or a CD-ROM or Winblows installed. --------------------------- ,o88,o888o,,o888o. ------------------------------- Alexios Chouchoulas '88 ,88' ,88' alexios(a)vennea.demon.co.uk The Unpronouncable One ,o88oooo88ooooo88oo, axc(a)dcs.ed.ac.uk

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by zmerch＠northernway.net

Whilst in a self-induced trance, Sam Ismail happened to blather: >I think this would be a fun thing to do still. If anyone else is >interested, speak up, or write to me directly via e-mail. Then we don't >have to bother anyone else in the discussion with our silly little game. >We could pick a date (a weekend) and then assign some sparse rules and >then do it. It would be fun. Contact me if interested. Actually, I think this would be a fun "silly little game" except in my case the time frame needs to be improved *greatly*. Where I live, garage sales haven't even started yet! (Why, you may ask... for some reason, people don't want to set their "prized possesions" out in 2' of snow!) What would be fun for me is if the contest ran for a month, or even the whole summer... then those of use in the "boonies" might have a chance... 'cause for now, you win. Tough to enter a contest when they don't offer it in your area! Also, if it was over a month's span, then I might even be able to take a road trip to a larger (read: civilized) area to do some scrounging... and mebbe hit some thrift stores, as well. How's this sound, folks? "Merch" -- Roger Merchberger | If at first you don't succeed, Programmer, NorthernWay | nuclear warhead disarmament should *not* zmerch(a)northernway.net | be your first career choice.

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Collecting (was: On Generations of People and Computers)

by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

> ---------- > From: Alexios Chouchoulas[SMTP:alexios@vennea.demon.co.uk] > Reply To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu > Sent: Monday, April 21, 1997 5:44 AM > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > Subject: Re: Collecting (was: On Generations of People and > Computers) > | If mainstream Microsoft | droids start collecting, we'll have to rescue old hardware >from THEIR | filthy claws as well. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > Attention: > [ ] Clueless Newbie [ ] Lamer [ ] AOLer > [ ] Me-too-er [ ] Pervert [ ] Geek > [ ] Spammer [ ] Grade School Dropout [ ] Nerd > [ ] Fed [ ] Freak [ ] > Scientologist > [ ] Fool [ ] Jesus Krispy [ ] Anonymous > Coward > [ ] Rush Limbecile [X] Paranoid MS-Hater [ ] Ex-AOLer > > You are being contacted because: > [ ] You said "me too" to something > [ ] You posted a phone-sex ad > [ ] You posted a local message in an international conference > [ ] You posted a "test" in a newsgroup other than alt.test > [ ] You started an off-topic thread > [ ] You posted a "YOU ALL SUCK" message > [ ] You brag about things that never happened > [X] You posted a "Microsoft is out to get us" message > [ ] Your sig/alias/server sucks > [ ] Your writing skills do not even meet the low standards of Usenet > [ ] You posted a jail-bait message > [ ] You asked a ridiculous question > [ ] You posted a con/scam/pyramid scheme message > [ ] Your lack of a quote made your response incoherent > [ ] You posted to more than four newsgroups > [ ] You were imposing your religious beliefs on others > [ ] You posted something really stupid/depraved > [ ] You tried to blame others for your stupidity > [X] You incorrectly assumed unwarranted moral or intellectual > superiority > > To Repent, You Must: > [ ] Invest in a dictionary/spell-checker > [ ] Learn to correctly use your software/provider/bulletin board > [ ] Give up your AOL account > [ ] Try faking an interesting personality > [ ] Pretend you are Trent Reznor > [ ] Actually post something relevant > [X] Shave your head > [ ] Read the docs/FAQ > [ ] Post your tests to alt.test > [X] Limit yourself to 2 hours of WWF Wrestling per day > [ ] Print your home phone number in your adverts > [ ] Become a Satanist, sell your kids to Michael Jackson > [ ] Send Bill Gates a love letter > > In Closing, I'd Like to Say: > [ ] You're an idiot > [ ] Bite me > [X] Get a life > [ ] Never post again > [ ] I pity your dog > [ ] Go to hell > [ ] Your mother's so fat/stupid/ugly that etc... > [ ] Learn to post or sod off > [ ] Do us all a favor and crawl into some industrial machinery > [ ] See how far your tongue will fit into the electric outlet > [ ] All of the above > > end flame. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >

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FAQ

by dcoward＠pressstart.com

I was just reading the FAQ and thought that I should add my two cents. 6.1 What's the best way to clean these dingy tan boxes? Paper items: About a year ago, I found an Osborne Starter Kit in a thrift store. This is a ring bound manual and some audio cassettes to get a new user started, packaged in a flat cardboard box, the kind with a glossy surface. Well the box had been wrapped many times with that inch and a half clear packaging tape to prevent it from being opened. I knew that if I tried to remove the tape that I would remove most of the surface of the box too. Then I had an idea. I removed the manual and the tapes from the box by cutting the tape around the edge of the box. And then I put the box in the freezer for a few hours until it was nice and cold. I still had to be careful removing the tape but the tape didn't stick to the box as well as it did when it was warm. And it didn't leave any glue behind. The one that I havn't licked yet is how to remove crayon price marking from a paper diskette label or a book page without it smearing or bleeding into the paper. 7.4 What disk sizes are there? A floppy diskette is 8" in width. A mini floppy diskette is 5.25" in width. A micro floppy diskette is 3.5" in width. And computers like the Amstrad CPC6128 and the Sinclair ZX Spectrum+3 use a compact floppy diskette which is 3.15" or 8 cm in width. I also have diskettes made by Nintendo (the word Nintendo is embossed in the plastic) for the Nintendo Family Computer. I don't know what they're called and I haven't measured one yet, but as I remember they are just a little smaller than a micro floppy. ---------------------------------- My computer collection up on the web still needs a lot of work, but I'm looking for suggestions about: - the way it's laid out - are the pictures too big to download quickly - is there incorrect information If you can help me out, my collection is located at www.best.com/~dcoward/museum Thanks ---------------------------------- >>Is everyone else in their 20's and 30's? Anyone seriously outside of >>this range? I'm 210 years old in computer years. ======================================================= dcoward(a)pressstart.com Doug Coward Senior Software Engineer Press Start Inc. Sunnyvale CA =======================================================

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On Generations of People and Computers

by foxvideo＠mail.wincom.net

At 10:10 PM 4/18/97 -0700, you wrote: >>In a message dated 97-04-14 22:27:40 EDT, you write: >> >>> > >Is everyone else in their 20's and 30's? Anyone seriously outside of=20 >>> > >this range? >>> > >>I'm seriously outside of =20. more like =20 +25(next week). >> >>Lou > >Just a young man are you. > >Last week I turned 53. > > -Ron Mitchell > I turned seventy two about a month age! Charlie Fox

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PET stuff

by ds_spenc＠alcor.concordia.ca

Does anyone out there know much about the old PET 2001 machines? I received a PET a couple of years ago, in which all of the 6550 SRAMs were fried. I replaced them with the chips from another PET 2001 (one with the miniature keyboard, from 1977) and the system worked fine. Does anyone know how all of the memory chips could've been killed? I tried them in various patterns in the sockets, and it does seem as if all 16 of them are fried. Anyway, is it still possible to get 6550s anywhere? And if not, is there a replacement that could be used? Even better: Can I simply replace the 6550s with another type of chip and get more RAM in the system? Most of my software works in 8K, but I do have some music files that require more. (I have one of those external music boards that plugs into the cassette2 and user ports, that delivers four voices.) Now, another question. With that same PET, came an expansion board of some kind. Its like a daughterboard, physically mounted on posts above the motherboard, but connected via the memory expansion connector on the side. It appears (yes) to be a memory board, with 16 RAM chips on it. At least, they look like they could be RAM chips, judging by the traces on the board. However, I've never seen RAM chips with gold contacts and gold plates on their backs before, as six of these chips have, so I'm wondering if this could be more than just a memory board. The board is dead, BTW. The PET won't operate with the board plugged in. It just comes up with a screenful of garbage characters. The board plugs directly into the PETs power supply, and then a cable leads from it to the PET motherboard's power connector. There are three large 470uF capacitors and two things that I guess are voltage regulators (I don't know much about electronics :) ), so I'm guessing that this board has its own refresh circuitry on it and it uses DRAM, but that could be totally wrong. :) Both connectors on the cable that leads from the expansion board to the motherboard are noticeably burnt. In both cases, the burn marks surround the pin that connects to the black wire. The only identifying mark on the board is the text: R 3014 rev. C COPYRIGHT 1978 R.C.Factor Does anyone have any better guesses than me as to its function? (Can the edge connector on the side of the PET be used for anything other than RAM expansion?) Doug Spence ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca

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FAQ

by zmerch＠northernway.net

Whilst in a self-induced trance, dcoward happened to blather: > I was just reading the FAQ and thought that I should add my two cents. And I was just reading this post, and can add some wisdom as well... >7.4 What disk sizes are there? > > A floppy diskette is 8" in width. > A mini floppy diskette is 5.25" in width. > A micro floppy diskette is 3.5" in width. The *first* micro floppy was 3" in width. Yes, you heard me correctly. Amdek designed and built a SSDD 3" floppy drive around 1983-84 (or so... I'll have to look) that used it's own style of media (and it was flippy, unlike the 3.5" of today) and they interfaced it to and marketed it for two computers that I know of: The Radio Shack (Tandy) Color Computer, and The Atari 800. So far I've seen 2 Atari units for sale on the forsale newsgroups in the last 9 months or so, and altho I've never seen the CoCo version (on sale or anything) I have a color magazine ad advertising the system that I could scan in if I ever find the time... ================ Also, in the grand naming scheme above, just *what* would you call a 2" floppy? Yessireebob, a 2" floppy! I *own* one of these drives... they were used in the Zenith MiniSport 8088-based IBM/clone laptop. Cute little rascals... someday I'll take a pic or two and scan 'em in... Specs: 2" floppy, 80 Track, DSDD 720K formatted storage capacity. (I don't know the TPI or anything... may look into that if possible...) I hope this helps to enlighten folks just a little bit more... Have a Golfy Day! "Merch" -- Roger Merchberger | If at first you don't succeed, Programmer, NorthernWay | nuclear warhead disarmament should *not* zmerch(a)northernway.net | be your first career choice.

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Seeking.... (this week)

by jimw＠agora.rdrop.com

To fill a gap in the Heathkit section of my collection: Heath (H10?) Paper Tape Reader/Punch unit. Any out there??? -jim --- jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com The Computer Garage - http://www.rdrop.com/~jimw Computer Garage Fax - (503) 646-0174

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Generations and Hard/Soft sectoring

by idavis＠comland.com

>WOW 1's and O's - you where lucky! I had to use l's and O's. >Of course I cheated and wrote out all my code long hand - that was when >I was back in Egypt. I am sure you've seen some of my code 8-) > You had 1's AND 0's? Back in my day, we only had 0's, and we liked it. I tried to get my parents to buy me some 1's, but they were just too much. Actually, I am 28, and learned to program in basic. I am just now taking the time to learn assembler on my atari 800. I have wanted to learn for the last 14 years, but I think that some of the latter experience that I have gotten has made it to where I think I can tackle assembly language. In the "old fart" category, I just helped my next door neighbor get his first computer, a classic of course, and he is in his early 60's. He's pretty excited, and so am I. While we are on the subject of disks, I got a bag of 5 1/4" disks from a friend, and they are mostly DSHD. I have been able to format most of them, but there are a select few that my Atari SSSD drive will not format. Do you think that I could format them with a different machine, or pass them under a magnet and get them to where my atari could format them? I hate to throw them away, and I'm not that technical when it comes to magnetic properties and such. Isaac Davis idavis(a)comland.com indavis(a)juno.com

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Aquisitions

by jeffh＠eleventh.com

Well, the weekend has just started, and I've made yet another haul of program tapes for the Timex-Sinclair, this time mostly business applications. This brings the total number of original T/S-1000 and ZX-81 tapes to 12, with a total of 20 original tapes of all types! Some of them will run on the 2k machine, while most require the 16k expansion. Jeff jeffh(a)eleventh.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from an Amiga 3000..the computer for the creative mind! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Collector of classic home computers: Amiga 1000, Atari 800, 800XL, and Mega-ST/2, Commodore C-128, C128D, Plus/4 and VIC-20, IBM 5155, Kaypro 2X, Osbourne Executive Radofin Aquarius, Sinclair ZX-81, TI-99/4A, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80 Color Computer-3 and Model 4, plus Atari Superpong and 2600VCS game consoles.

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Hard/Soft sectoring

by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

| What - you had an assembler? I have to toggle in ones and | zeroes. Before that we didn't even have zeroes and I had | to use the letter 'O'. Y'know, that's not far from the truth. I was looking at some of my old Teletype listings the other day and realized it had a line through the O instead of through the 0, therefore it really did look like we were using O's for zeroes! | Tim. (selling his last of seven IMSAI's to a museum next week...) Whew, I guess I just got under the wire there! See ya Sunday... Kai

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I wish I lived in MA.

by idavis＠comland.com

Just browsing through the newsgroup, and if anyone lives in or around Cambridge, MA. Here's a good deal for the weekend. Hope this helps someone. I really wished I lived there. I wonder if I could drive there >from Austin, TX and make it in time. Oh well, maybe next time. ======================================================== Subject: Atari 800 System/Software Giveaway at MIT From: remler(a)ll.mit.edu (Rick Ferranti) Date: 1997/04/18 Message-Id: <remler-1804970826170001(a)macferranti.atc.ll.mit.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit I have a complete Atari 800 system -- the 800 with 48K RAM, 810 disk drive, 1020 printer/plotter, P:R: Connection serial interface, joysticks, paddle controllers, cables, power supplies, and all original documentation. With this system comes many business programs and zillions of games, many still in their original boxes with documentation. Plus many indexed reference articles from the old 8-bit Atari magazines. The system is in excellent, working condition. I'm "selling" the package at the MIT Radio/Computer flea market on Sunday, April 20th, corner of Albany and Main Streets in Cambridge, MA. Doors open at 9:OO a.m. If you can tell me a good story on what you'd use this thing for, it's yours for the taking! Look for a beige '92 Camry. -- Rick ======================================================== With the diversity of people in this maillist, a good story should be pretty easy to come by. If anyone gets it, be sure and let us know "the story". Isaac Davis idavis(a)comland.com indavis(a)juno.com

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Extra Stuff

by jeffh＠eleventh.com

On 22-Apr-97, classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu wrote: >I'll take the 1000. I have a 68000 chip sitting around from my old Amiga and >the drives are pretty easy to find. If it's still available let me know what >the shipping is. Lou, Just email me your address, and I'll figure out what the postage will be. Jeff jeffh(a)eleventh.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from an Amiga 3000..the computer for the creative mind! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Collector of classic home computers: Amiga 1000, Atari 800, 800XL, and Mega-ST/2, Commodore C-128, C128D, Plus/4 and VIC-20, IBM 5155, Kaypro 2X, Osbourne Executive Radofin Aquarius, Sinclair ZX-81, TI-99/4A, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80 Color Computer-3 and Model 4, plus Atari Superpong and 2600VCS game consoles.

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Apple Lisa...?

by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

| - Has the copy protection on original system disks and program disks ever | been cracked? (for those that don't know, the first time an original | disk is used in a Lisa, it apparantly stamps the disk with its serial | number, preventing other Lisae from using it). You need to find someone with an un-installed set of Lisa diskettes and copy them with an Option Board. Kai

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Double-density floppy availability

by idavis＠comland.com

At 10:18 PM 4/17/97 -0800, you wrote: >> While we are on the subject of disks, I got a bag of 5 1/4" disks from a >> friend, and they are mostly DSHD. I have been able to format most of them, >> but there are a select few that my Atari SSSD drive will not format. > >Yeah, well, I wouldn't trust the HD ones you did manage to format. >It just isn't worth the risk when double-density floppies are >still readily available. > >Are people finding it hard to get double-density floppies? I have >access to several thousand new-sealed-in-boxes up here. If you've >been unable to find any, let me know and I'll ship ship out some >boxes. > >Tim. (shoppa(a)triumf.ca) > > I will try to find some locally. I definitely don't need more than a couple hundred, if that many. I have some old work of mine that I would hate to loose. I have had these disks since the early 80's, and they all seem to be in perfect condition, but you never know when they will go bad. Anyone have any suggestions, of places to go to get boxed SD or DD floppies in bulk? I will start looking around, and if I find a place, I will post it. Thanks for the advice about the HD floppies being different than DD or SD. I will definitely reserve those for scratch disks. That was exactly the answer I was looking for. Thanks for the help. Isaac Davis idavis(a)comland.com indavis(a)juno.com

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Hard/Soft sectoring

by carl.friend＠stoneweb.com

On Thu, 17 Apr 1997 20:02:43 -0800, Mr Shoppa graced us with these words of wisdom: > What - you had an assembler? I have to toggle in ones and > zeroes. Before that we didn't even have zeroes and I had > to use the letter 'O'. Ah, good lad! I understand that in some parts of the world the use of the numeral "0" (zero) is still regarded as heresy. You may have saved your life that way. ______________________________________________________________________ | | | | Carl Richard Friend (UNIX Sysadmin) | West Boylston | | Minicomputer Collector / Enthusiast | Massachusetts, USA | | mailto:carl.friend@stoneweb.com | | | http://www.ultranet.com/~engelbrt/carl/museum/ | ICBM: N42:21 W71:46 | |________________________________________________|_____________________|

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Hard/Soft sectoring

by carl.friend＠stoneweb.com

On Wed, 16 Apr 1997 22:23:30 -0400, this arrived on the list from the esteemed Mr. Allen Underdown: > In the olden days of magnetic floppy media, there was a sector hole > FOR EVERY SECTOR located around the hub of the floppy. All very well and good, but there's that one extra you forgot about. ;-) Yes, hard-sectored disks _do_ have a hole to denote the beginning of each sector, but to indicate the beginning of a _track_ they use two adjacent holes. In soft-sectored disks, the single hole serves to signal the beginning-of-track; the individual sectors are defined via headers recorded during the format operation. > God I love reading this list! With all due respects to Mr. Mel Brooks: "Ditto!" ______________________________________________________________________ | | | | Carl Richard Friend (UNIX Sysadmin) | West Boylston | | Minicomputer Collector / Enthusiast | Massachusetts, USA | | mailto:carl.friend@stoneweb.com | | | http://www.ultranet.com/~engelbrt/carl/museum | ICBM: N42:22 W71:47 | |________________________________________________|_____________________|

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On Generations of People and Computers

by David_A._Vandenbroucke＠hud.gov

>I'm seriously outside of =20. more like =20 +25(next week). Me too. I'll hit 43 in June. --Dav david_a._vandenbroucke(a)hud.gov

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Extra Stuff

by jeffh＠eleventh.com

Here are a few extra things I need to part with to make space: 1) TI-99/4A, silver/black, with power supply. No RF modulator. works great....$15 + shipping 2) Amiga 1000, main unit only..no keyboard. Bad floppy and missing the cover which goes over the RAM expansion on the front of the unit. Also is missing the 68000 CPU. This system is said to have worked ok, but I bought it for it's keyboard and it is just sitting here. I really hate to trash it, so anyone who is interested can have it for the cost of the shipping. An interesting thing about it is that it, like all A1000's, has the underside of the upper casing 'signed' by all it's designers, including Jay Miner. Jeff jeffh(a)eleventh.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from an Amiga 3000..the computer for the creative mind! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Collector of classic home computers: Amiga 1000, Atari 800, 800XL, and Mega-ST/2, Commodore C-128, C128D, Plus/4 and VIC-20, IBM 5155, Kaypro 2X, Osbourne Executive Radofin Aquarius, Sinclair ZX-81, TI-99/4A, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80 Color Computer-3 and Model 4, plus Atari Superpong and 2600VCS game consoles.

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FAQ

by jeffh＠eleventh.com

On 20-Apr-97, classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu wrote: >Interestingly enough, the article also mentions advances >in "vertical recording techniques." One of the companies >listed was supposed to be introducing a 5 1/4" disk that >could hold approximately 6.5 megs of data. Anything >ever come of this? Supra sold a 5-1/4" floppy drive for the Atari ST that would hold 10meg on a disk, though the drive used a laser to track the head position, and the disks were special and had special markings on them to allow the laser to track where it was on the disk. I had one of these drives at one point, but could never locate any disks for it. Jeff Jeffh(a)eleventh.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from an Amiga 3000..the computer for the creative mind! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Collector of classic home computers: Amiga 1000, Atari 800, 800XL, and Mega-ST/2, Commodore C-128, C128D, Plus/4 and VIC-20, IBM 5155, Kaypro 2X, Osbourne Executive Radofin Aquarius, Sinclair ZX-81, TI-99/4A, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80 Color Computer-3 and Model 4, plus Atari Superpong and 2600VCS game consoles.

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On Generations of People and Computers

by BigLouS＠aol.com

In a message dated 97-04-14 22:27:40 EDT, you write: > > >Is everyone else in their 20's and 30's? Anyone seriously outside of=20 > > >this range? > > I'm seriously outside of =20. more like =20 +25(next week). Lou

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[Fwd: old computer "junk"]

by prp＠ichips.intel.com

Here is an unfortunate opportunity - maybe someone here can help. Paul Pierce

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CLASSICCMP digest 25

by mhop＠snip.net

> I have a box (about 250-300) of hard-sector 5=BC" > disks. Anyone interested??? Sell/trade/??? What are "hard-sector" disks? Not the same as a 5.25 floppy? mhop(a)snip.net

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CLASSICCMP digest 25

by amsentry＠microweb.com

At 20:51 4/16/97 -0400, you wrote: >> I have a box (about 250-300) of hard-sector 5=BC" >> disks. Anyone interested??? Sell/trade/??? > >What are "hard-sector" disks? Not the same as a 5.25 floppy? > mhop(a)snip.net > > hard sewctore means that there are 13? holde in the disk for the drive led to read to determine where a sector starts. A soft sectore disk hs one hle (like the IBM type disks used today. A popular user of hard sector disks was NorthStar Computers. John ***************************** John R. Sowden ***************************** *American Sentry Systems, Inc. * * 1221 Andersen Drive * * San Rafael, CA 94901 * * Voice (415) 457-2622 * * FAX (415)457-2624 * * amsentry(a)microweb.com * *****************************

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CLASSICCMP vintage folk

by foxnhare＠goldrush.com

>>Is everyone else in their 20's and 30's? Anyone seriously outside of >>this range? Seriously? Your regular poster, Larry Anderson, was originally looked upon with suspician because he had an Amiga in addition to his C=64's and PET's. Time proved his sincere appreciation of classic models. HE's in his 30's, my age can't be taken seriously. Diane Hare/MS.HARE San Andreas, CA snotmyfault -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Visit our web page at: http://www.goldrush.com/~foxnhare Call our BBS (Silicon Realms BBS 300-2400 baud) at: (209) 754-1363 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-

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Hard-sector floppies

by bm_pete＠ix.netcom.com

I have a box (about 250-300) of hard-sector 5?" disks. Anyone interested??? Sell/trade/??? _______________ Barry Peterson bm_pete(a)ix.netcom.com Husband to Diane, Father to Doug, Grandfather to Zoe now and to Tegan at 10:23 a.m. on April 13th!!! (7lbs. 2oz., 19", lots of dark hair, and HEALTHY!)

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Anyone have any info on the Atari Microbox???

by davidv＠cs.mun.ca

I recently came across a picture of a Atari Microbox on a Classic Computing homepage and was wondering if anyone was lucky to come across any of the prototypes in their travels. Any info would be appreciated, Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Vincent davidv(a)ganymede.cs.mun.ca -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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pc jr keyboard codes

by jim＠calico.litterbox.com

When I first broached the idea of making my palmtop talk to a PC JR keyboard, someone on this list mentioned they knew where to find the keyboard codes the Peanut keyboard generates. Since I've had no luck finding this data in web searches, could that someone please let me know where to find this info? -Jim -- Jim Strickland jim(a)calico.litterbox.com -- By Caffeine alone my mind is set in motion. Through beans of java thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes. The shakes become a warning - I am in control of my addiction! By Caffeine alone my mind is set in motion. Adapted from the Mentat chant of _Dune_

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pc jr keyboard codes

by jeffh＠eleventh.com

On 14-Apr-97, classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu wrote: >When I first broached the idea of making my palmtop talk to a PC JR keyboard, >someone on this list mentioned they knew where to find the keyboard codes the >Peanut keyboard generates. Since I've had no luck finding this data in web >searches, could that someone please let me know where to find this info? Jim, What are you referring to as a 'peanut' keyboard? The only PC Jr. keyboard I've seen in use, and I have one here though no PC Jr., is the one that has the two IR leds on the rear, an RJ-11 type jack, and a space for 4 'AA' batteries. How many different keyboard types were there for the Jr.? Jeff jeffh(a)eleventh.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from an Amiga 3000..the computer for the creative mind! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Collector of classic home computers: Amiga 1000, Atari 800, Atari 800XL, Atari Mega-ST/2, Commodore C-128 & C128D, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore VIC-20, IBM 5155, Kayro 2X, Osbourne Executive, Radofin Aquarius, Sinclair ZX-81, TI-99/4A, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80 Color Computer-3, and a TRS-80 Model 4. Plus Atari Superpong and 2600VCS game consoles.

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pc jr keyboard codes

by marcw＠lightside.com

> When I first broached the idea of making my palmtop talk to a PC JR keyboard, > someone on this list mentioned they knew where to find the keyboard codes the > Peanut keyboard generates. Since I've had no luck finding this data in web > searches, could that someone please let me know where to find this info? > > -Jim > -- I've got a program that comes with NCSA Telnet called SCANCHEK so one can check the scan codes of their keyboard. I've had to use it a few times to get some programs to recognize my Tandy 1000's F11 & F12 keys which are different from IBM's. If you don't find the info I can send it to you or you can download all of NCSA Telnet from SimTel. Marc -- >> ANIME SENSHI << Marc D. Williams marcw(a)lightside.com (finger at: marcw(a)mail.lightside.com) marc.williams(a)mb.fidonet.org

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On Generations of People and Computers

by carl.friend＠stoneweb.com

On Fri, 11 Apr 1997 14:58:15 +0100, Kevan is rumoured to have said: > [On Fri, 11 Apr 1997 01:24:34, PEC wrote:] > > Is this a generational thing? My first computer exposure what to a > > mainframe in the late 70's, but my first computer was an 80's micro. > > Are people in the 40+ age group more likely to have fond memories > > of minis? > > I think there will be a strong corrolation here. Oh come on, guys. I'm not _that_ old :-) (36). One of the reasons that I cherish the minicomputer architectures is, admittedly, nostalgia, but the other reasons include the fact that they're very servicable (frequently with off-the-shelf components) and they provide a wonder tactile sense of the essence of computing. Few things compare to hand-assembling programs, entering them in binary via a front panel, and having them work. Also, the average minicomputer is simple enough to understand its' inner workings at a gate level; this makes minis admirable teaching tools. > I started my computing on my older brothers ZX80, I was 13 at the > time. Thus I was brought up on the home computer boom of the early > eighties. I was a bit of a "late bloomer" when it comes to computing. I was always interested in the machines, all the way from early childhood, and was lucky enough to have relatives with contacts at MIT and Harvard. I got to see some wonderful stuff then (even played Space- war on Harvard's PDP-1!) but never got to do any programming until my second year of secondary school in the late '70s. The first machine I programmed on was the Nova 840 I have in my collection now. The machine I "cut teeth" on in a hardware sense was an Inter- data Model 3, in my third year of ss. Although I bought a VIC-20 (for the princely sum of (US)$300) in 1980 (?), I never really "took to" the micro- architectures (it might also have been that they were so _slow_ compared to the PDP- 10s I was working on at the time). I think I still have the VIC around someplace. Cheers. ______________________________________________________________________ | | | | Carl Richard Friend (UNIX Sysadmin) | West Boylston | | Minicomputer Collector / Enthusiast | Massachusetts, USA | | mailto:carl.friend@stoneweb.com | | | http://www.ultranet.com/~engelbrt/carl/museum/ | ICBM: N42:21 W71:46 | |________________________________________________|_____________________|

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On Generations of People and Computers

by COAKLEY＠AC.GRIN.EDU

> >Is everyone else in their 20's and 30's? Anyone seriously outside of=20 > >this range? > > > >--pec > >------------------------------------------------------------------------= > -- > > > I'm outside that range, and I am serious! > _______________ > > Barry Peterson bm_pete(a)ix.netcom.com > Husband to Diane, Father to Doug, > Grandfather to Zoe now and to Tegan at 10:23 a.m. on April 13th!!! > (7lbs. 2oz., 19", lots of dark hair, and HEALTHY!) I've been watching that .sig for a while now. Congratulations! On topic: Well, I'm outside of that range too, but on the other end. -- Ben Coakley coakley(a)ac.grin.edu 530 User anonymous access denied. http://www.math.grin.edu/~coakley/classic for my classic game page!

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by dastar＠crl.com

Well, today was a rather good day out at the swap meet, my first excursion in a couple years. It started out slow. The first thing I found was one lowly Atari 2600 PacMan cart sitting amidst some guy's junk. For some reason I thought I would buy it (?) thinking maybe I didn't already have PacMan (whatever) and it went like this: Me: How about a quarter? Him: 1 dollar. Me: A quarter? Him: 1 dollar. Me: How about 50 cents? Him: ok. Anyway, it got way better. Walking along I found a beautiful little TimexSinclair 1000! At least I'm am darned sure it is, because the label is missing on the top but the bottom has a stamp which has "CEC8E4TS1000R1" in it. There is also a sticker with a serial number and "Model M330" on it. Anyway, I've never actually seen one, but have been looking for one for years! And finally its mine! MINE! Haven't tested it yet but I'm sure it works. Its in good condition. Could someone who has one describe theirs so I can figure out exactly what I have? I know there were different varieties of the TS1000. Mine has an Ear and Mic jack on the side. What the hell are those for? Oh, duh, just figured it out...data recorder. Never mind. You know how hard it is to find a 9V DC power source with a 1/8" headphone jack? I looked all over the meet for one, finally found one but the seller wanted three bucks for it so I passed. I can't encourage that kind of larceny :) So continuing on I found some more Atari 2600 carts I didn't have, and then I found an original IBM PC/XT. The guy wanted $50 but I promptly talked him down to $7. What a steal. Haven't tested it yet but it "looks" like it will work :) Now I want the Original IBM PC and a PC Jr. The funny thing is, I paid more for 9 Atari 2600 games ($11 in one case) than an entire PC. So moving forward, I found someone selling a Macintosh 512K. Cool, I'd been wanting to add a classic Mac to my collection for some time. But this one was missing the keyboard and mouse. They only wanted $20 for it. I tried talking them down but they didn't want to move. Later I found someone selling a complete Mac+. Now this one I know was hot. At first they wanted $50 but I talked them down to $15 (I used the "It's all the money I have right now" ruse, except in this case it was true). I really wanted to get the other Mac, because it was closer to the original Macintosh, but this one was more complete, so I got it instead. Now, I don't want to disparage the fine folks of Oakland, California, but as I said before, I'm most positive this system was hot. They were too willing to dump off a perfectly good Macintosh (at least I think its perfectly good, haven't tested it yet) for too little money. Later on when I was going through the software I got with it I found some BMUG disks (BMUG = BayArea Macintosh User's Group). So I'll be contacting BMUG to see if any of their members "lost" a macintosh within the last couple months, and if I find a match I'll sell it back to them for what I paid. (I'm such a nice guy, eh!?) Throughout the day I saw a LOT of Nintendo consoles, carthridges and accessories (not classic enough yet). I'm sure in 5-10 years when I inevitably start collecting Nintendo crap I'll be wishing I had picked up a lot of this stuff. Oh well, maybe when I have enough money to buy all the truly classic stuff I want and THEN some cash left over for the common tripe, I'll start collecting nintendo. So anyway, at the end of the day I ended up with an IBM PC/XT (original), a MacintoshPlus, a TimexSinclair 1000 (yeah!) and about 25 more atari 2600 carts, plus an intellivision cart and a TI/994a cart. Total bill: $45. Not bad. And I'm still under my budget of $100 per month for classic computer collecting (I just implemented that budget, but I think it may be too high. I tend to get carried away when collecting old computer stuff and, if left unchecked, would buy everything I came across. As it is I just may go back for that Mac512K.) Now I just need to keep my new booty hidden from my fiance. If I can offer any tip to would-be flea market bargain hunters: haggle. Start way low and work up. Some people don't even know what they're selling, and think just because it's a computer (computer = high tech) it must be worth big bucks. You have to slap them around a bit until they come to their senses. No common system console (ie. Vic20s, Atari 2600s, etc) should go for more than $10 ($15 at the VERY most). No game carthridge should go for more than $.50 (IMO, unless you REALLY want it, then NO more than $2.00 each). What do you all think? Sam ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass

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Aquisitions

by jeffh＠eleventh.com

On 13-Apr-97, classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu wrote: >The PSU is very similar electrically (although I think it's 114W, not >135W, or something). Mechanically it's very different. That's certainly not much to be running everything including the monitor off of. One would think that with the addition of that CRT that they'd have upped the power a little. >It's worth doing - 41256's are trivial to obtain (off old 286 memory >boards if nothing else!), and it takes about 5 minutes. I did it to my >portable the day I got it... What about the other chip you said needed to be put in...how hard is it to locate? It doesn't sound like the process would be terribly hard. >No idea, I'm afraid. Does CP/M 86 run on an XT? (I beleive a few things >wouldn't) - the portable is really an XT (and not a PC) system. I've since learned that no, CP/M-86 will not run on an XT! Which is too bad considering I have the full packages of both it and Concurrent CP/M sitting here and the 5155 is the only machine that's even close to what's needed to use it. Oh well! Jeff jeffh(a)eleventh.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from an Amiga 3000..the computer for the creative mind! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Collector of classic home computers: Amiga 1000, Atari 800, Atari 800XL, Atari Mega-ST/2, Commodore C-128 & C128D, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore VIC-20, IBM 5155, Kayro 2X, Osbourne Executive, Radofin Aquarius, Sinclair ZX-81, TI-99/4A, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80 Color Computer-3, and a TRS-80 Model 4. Plus Atari Superpong and 2600VCS game consoles.

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by jeffh＠eleventh.com

On 11-Apr-97, classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu wrote: >In case you've not spotted it, most of that machine is built from standard >IBM parts. Yes, I had noticed that it appeared to be made out of standard looking parts, though the PSU was different than the XT's, as I have an extra XT PSU here I was keeping around just in case I ever had a project, such as external drives or such, that needed one. I had forgotten how much the very early XT keyboards left to be desired though! >If you want 640K without wasting a slot, here's what to do : Thanks for the info on the MOD! It likely won't be done anytime soon, but it's a good thing to know about. About the only thing I plan on doing right away is adding a serial port to it. Since you seem rather knowledgable of the system, do you know why it won't boot into CP/M-86 ver 1.1, but continues into the BASIC ROM after it checks the drive? Jeff jeffh(a)eleventh.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- // Amiga: Today's Technology Ten Years Ago // ------------------------------------------------------- \// True 32bit pre-emptive multitasking GUI, plug&play hardware, \/ stereo sound, and 4096 color video modes since day #1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Collector of classic home computers: Amiga 1000, Atari 800, Atari 800XL, Atari Mega-ST/2, Commodore C-128 & C128D, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore VIC-20, Kaypro 2X, Mattel Aquarius, Osbourne Executive, Sinclair ZX-81, TI-99/4A, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80 Color Computer-3, and a TRS-80 Model 4. Plus Atari SuperPong and Atari 2600VCS game consoles.

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Hewlett-Packard HP125 Keyboards

by dcobley＠island.net

Hi all. I'm pleased to report that the Xerox 16/8 system I offered for adoption here, has started its lengthy journey to it's new home in North Carolina, and the Kaypro Service manual is on its way to Oregon. Now its my turn to ask for help. Some time ago, at our local Thrift store, I bought two Hewlett-Packard HP125 Display units. They contain the monitor and CPU for these CP/M units and I have a good collection of suitable peripheral drive units. I only paid $2:50 each for the Display units. And they seem to work OK but I really can't be sure until I get keyboards. I also have a set of boot disks for them. But I have no keyboards. I understand the same keyboard was used with the H-P 26xx series of Terminals. Does anyone have one or two suitable keyboards they'd be willing to sell to me? My e-mail address is listed below. Thanks and cheers, David Cobley. Fidonet on the ADAM, CP/M Tech and Hewlett-Packard Echoes. Internet-dcobley(a)island.net, or, davidc(a)macn.bc.ca

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pc jr keyboard codes

by jeffh＠eleventh.com

On 14-Apr-97, classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu wrote: > The "Chicklet" style keyboard (my friend had a PCjr with one) are very >rare, as IBM quickly realized its mistake in actually making that type of >keyboard (and was one of the worse keyboards (for touch typists) ever made >by IBM) and came out with the new style keyboards. Thanks for the info. The one I have appears to be the 'chicklet' one. Now I just have to get a PCjr to go along with it! Jeff jeffh(a)eleventh.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from an Amiga 3000..the computer for the creative mind! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Collector of classic home computers: Amiga 1000, Atari 800, Atari 800XL, Atari Mega-ST/2, Commodore C-128 & C128D, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore VIC-20, IBM 5155, Kayro 2X, Osbourne Executive, Radofin Aquarius, Sinclair ZX-81, TI-99/4A, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80 Color Computer-3, and a TRS-80 Model 4. Plus Atari Superpong and 2600VCS game consoles.

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by jeffh＠eleventh.com

Sam, The transformer with my TS-1000 shows an input (to the computer) of 9.75V DC. Both my TS-1000 and Sinclair ZX-81 seem to be picky about TV's and the shielding of the cable. As for identifying marks, from your previous post, the only thing my TS-1000 has on it is the FCC ID# CEC8E4TS1000R1. Otherwise, there's no mention of the number you mentioned...just the sticker on the top 'Timex-Sinclair 1000'. The box and such doesn't give any indications to other identifiers either. Hope this is of some help. Jeff Jeffh(a)eleventh.com P.S. the Aquarius went out to you today UPS -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from an Amiga 3000..the computer for the creative mind! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Collector of classic home computers: Amiga 1000, Atari 800, Atari 800XL, Atari Mega-ST/2, Commodore C-128 & C128D, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore VIC-20, IBM 5155, Kayro 2X, Osbourne Executive, Radofin Aquarius, Sinclair ZX-81, TI-99/4A, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80 Color Computer-3, and a TRS-80 Model 4. Plus Atari Superpong and 2600VCS game consoles.

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