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by dm561＠torfree.net

Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:40:16 -0700 (PDT) From: David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu> Subject: Re: decent used laptops On Wed, 26 Sep 2007, Jim Leonard wrote: > Zane H. Healy wrote: > > $800 for a T40p or T42. > > You can get entirely new laptops for $800 so I'm not sure I'd recommend > that course of action. Yes, I love my T41, but I wouldn't consider it > worth $800. After three years, the battery is shot and the battery is > $130 right there. That brings me to the question of "do you buy a new battery or a new laptop?". My T42's batter is starting to get just a wee bit old. -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu ---------------------------------------------- Reply: If you're up for rebuilding the battery, there are lots of places that'll sell you replacement cells; should be able to get away with half the cost or a little more. Sometimes only one or two cells are bad, although the rest do usually follow unless the bad ones were reverse-charged or just duds. m

18 years, 7 months

Spares for IP11

by gtq57＠dial.pipex.com

Hello, Do you still have any IP11/IP300 modules or know where I can get some. Regards, Bill Rowan.

18 years, 7 months

calcomp 8" drive motors available

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

Two drive motors from Calcomp 8" floppy drives are available. If interested please email off-list. Jay

18 years, 7 months

calcomp floppy drive motors

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

Have been claimed... Jay

18 years, 7 months

HP75 computer

by silent700＠gmail.com

Here's my latest thrift score: http://flickr.com/photos/chiclassiccomp/1352040166/ Two questions: - Does anyone know the story with the AT&T rebadging? Was it sold this way? Internal use only? What was it used for there? - How the @!%# do you get it out of the docking pod? I'm beginning to think it's been bolted in somehow by AT&T.

18 years, 7 months

decent used laptops

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

A professor has asked me where one can find decent used laptops. That is, he needs something close enough to the bleeding edge where he can run current applications, but far enough away that he won't have to pay much. -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu

18 years, 7 months

Unknows S-100 System

by dkelvey＠hotmail.com

> From: cclist at sydex.com> > On 22 Sep 2007 at 19:35, Barry Watzman wrote:> > > It would have been extremely difficult to have done that with a Z-80,> > it was trivial with an 8085 (using a Z-80 would probably have taken an> > additional almost 2 dozen ICs ... the external hardware and bus> > interfaces and signals were just totally different). Further, the> > performance of the 8085 was (ok, arguably) higher > > Was using an NSC800 ever discussed?> Hi Chuck I saw someone mention the NSC800. I don't think it was mentioned that the NSC800 runs Z80 instructions but has the exact same pins and interface as the 8085. I don't recall if the NSC800 had the serial instructions of the 8085 but in this case, I don't think that is an issue. It was true that the 8085 had just about as fast an execution as the Z80, without the extra instructions of the Z80. This was true for all but the tightest loops using some of the special Z80 instructions. I recall when I was working at Intel, we looked at many of the Z80 instructions and found them to not be anything but code efficient with comparable speeds. I have a couple NSC800s but not as separate packages. They are in MA2000 modules. The NSC800 also has the advanges of being CMOS. This means lower power than either the 8085 or Z80. Dwight _________________________________________________________________ Gear up for Halo? 3 with free downloads and an exclusive offer. It?s our way of saying thanks for using Windows Live?. http://gethalo3gear.com?ocid=SeptemberWLHalo3_WLHMTxt_2

18 years, 7 months

decent used laptops

by ethan.dicks＠gmail.com

On 9/25/07, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote: > At 5:06 PM -0700 9/25/07, David Griffith wrote: > >A T41[p] is about close enough. The trick now is to find one without > >flakiness. > > $800 for a T40p or T42. > http://www.budcom.com/html/hi_end_laptops.html > > I'd just like to find a nice dirt cheap Thinkpad with a large screen > to run Linux or OpenBSD on. For me the screen is the most important > part. 3 months of fighting with a T42 and RedHat Enterprise WS 4 makes me want to never touch a Thinkpad again - a thoroughly painful experience (and that from someone who got Solaris 7 working perfectly on a P-133 Dell laptop). -ethan

18 years, 7 months

Old mini computer

by simca＠videotron.ca

To computer collector, Sir, The mini-computer I have is a B80 from Burroughs. It was bought in 1978 and I used It until 1989. In 1989 It was in working condition. The measurements in inch are: Mini-computer: W=70 D=29 H=30 ( Photo ) Disk drive cabinet: W=22 D=29 H=44 ( Photo ) Power supply: W=22 D=29 H=30 ( No Photo ) The measurements are with the wheels. I would GIVE these 3 articles, but your organisation will have to come to get it before October 5, 2007. Looking forward having news, Michel Courchesne 450-454-5631 simca at videotron.ca

18 years, 7 months

Amdahl 1015 on ebay

by wdonzelli＠gmail.com

> Out of curiosity, am I correct that the three storagetek tape > libraries actually take up more space than the mainframe and drive > array? Probably - but that is not weird. Even in the old days the tape and disk farms were bigger than the processors. -- Will

18 years, 7 months

Compaq BIOS, sp0308.zip

by dpor02＠yahoo.com

Any chance someone has a copy of sp0308.zip for Compaq 386s? Tried link from http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctech/2005-August/048574.html at ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp0000-0500/sp0308.zip but no luck. DriverGuide also didn't have the correct link. Thanks. Dave --------------------------------- Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more!

18 years, 7 months

[SPAM(date)] Directory entry limit (OS/8)?

by charlesmorris＠hughes.net

Anyone know how many files can be stored on an RL02 under OS/8 before getting the "Directory Overflow Error"? thanks Charles

18 years, 7 months

Free Olivetti TES 501 one-line word processor (Concord, CA)

by legalize＠xmission.com

I received this today. Please contact the owner directly. Thanks! Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:20:02 -0700 From: Melvin Phillips <pcarmel at sbcglobal.net> --------- Dear Sirs: I have an antique one line display word processor. It is an Olivetti TES 501. I paid $9000.00 for it in the late 70's. I would like to give it to someone in the Concord California area. Can you help me? Mel Phillips -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>

18 years, 7 months

QMS Colorscript 100

by fire＠dls.net

I am not certain how to tell which model this is. It has square control box which sit under printer. Weighs a LOT. This is a thermal tranfer printer. I am putting it up. I played with it a little last week to verify that it works. Supplies will probably be difficult to get for it, but it does come with some. If no one wants it, I will recycle it. If there is interest I can give detailed listing of parts. Several paper trays, including 11 x 17. I live NW of Chicago, IL. Pick up is probably preferable to shipping. It weighs a LOT. Bradley

18 years, 7 months

decent used laptops

by Watzman＠neo.rr.com

I buy old laptops on E-Bay and refurbish them for resale, a few dozen per year. From your description, however, you professor friend should buy new. I just sold a couple of nice Pentium III laptops from 2002 (Toshiba 2805's), and they went for almost $200. But in my view, they are still too old to run most "current applications", and at $200 for those, a new laptop makes more sense than a used one. In July I bought a brand new Gateway MT6711 at Best Buy for $499, no rebates, straight out deal. This is a dual core Pentium laptop with a 15" widescreen display, a 160GB hard drive, a dual layer DVD burner and a Gigabyte of memory, with Vista Home Premium. There are a LOT of very good laptop deals this week. I think that the deals available for $499 to $649 are good enough to make buying an older used laptop not worthwhile in terms of value. I don't know for sure what he had in mind price wise, but he can get a pretty nice new machine for about $500, and anything that "will run current applications" in a way that you would want to run them will probably be $300-$350 or more for a used machine. A machine with no warranty and unknown history. Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:59:20 -0700 From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> Subject: Re: decent used laptops To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Message-ID: <p0624083ec31f49e8d526(a)[192.168.1.199]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" At 4:00 PM -0700 9/25/07, David Griffith wrote: >A professor has asked me where one can find decent used laptops. That is, >he needs something close enough to the bleeding edge where he can run >current applications, but far enough away that he won't have to pay much.

18 years, 7 months

Old mini computer (B80)

by aek＠bitsavers.org

> It's definitely an interesting beast. I > have no experiance with Burroughs machines, but still > I'm really tempted. I would be a good thing to save. I think RSC/RI has one as well (W.D. would know for sure) Also, no software has been archived for this machine, so any surviving copies would be a good thing.

18 years, 7 months

cctalk Digest, Vol 49, Issue 65

by dm561＠torfree.net

Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:26:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Roger Ivie <rivie at ridgenet.net> Subject: Re: Old mini computer >On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Mr Ian Primus wrote: >> I am about 200 miles away. I looked up the area code >> too, and I emailed her - she sent me some pictures of >> the machine. It's definitely an interesting beast. I >> have no experiance with Burroughs machines, but still >> - I'm really tempted. >I have no experience with the B80, but used a B800 for a couple >of years in high school. I think the B80 is a modernized, snazzy >B800. <snip> Ummm, not really; they were slightly different lines, the B800 being the smallest of the "real" computers (successor to the B700) with a separate processor cabinet and somewhat more power, more suited to running multiple terminals (although the console was essentially a B80/L9000 with no innards). The B80 (and later the B90) marked Burroughs' transition away from ledger cards to disks (either 8" floppies or 14" cartridges as used on the B800) and was essentially the successor and replacement of the L series single-user integrated accounting computers. The B80 and B800 were priced differently and aimed at slightly different markets, although they did share some peripherals and the system software (CMS, CANDE etc.) mike

18 years, 7 months

Motorola S-record converter source for new project

by robertlp.mounier＠9online.fr

Hello, On internet I found a chat where you write about Lilbug.asm. Could you please help me to findinformation about it. Many years ago I used to work with 6801L1 coming with LILbug monitor. Today I still have few pieces, but I no longer have any documentation about the monitor. Could you help me to find an user manual of the LILbug or more simply the list and syntax for the commands and addresses of the routines (like conversion Hexa-Ascii and so.). In advance many thanks for your answer.

18 years, 7 months

decent used laptops

by feldman.r＠comcast.net

>Message: 13 >Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:23:51 -0700 >From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> >Subject: Re: decent used laptops <snip> >$800 for a T40p or T42. >http://www.budcom.com/html/hi_end_laptops.html <snip> > Zane Just got a new TigerDirect (www.tigerdirect.com) catalog -- refurbished T42 (512MB RAM & 40GB HD) $600, T40 $500. Bob

18 years, 7 months

TENEX MW705-D PS for Commodore 128

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

As luck would have it, after purchasing a repairable PS for my C64 on eBay on Sunday, then I was given a TENEX MW705-D PS for the Commodore 128 on Monday. I'm curious, it has two power cables on it, one is the 5-pin plug for the C128, the other is a 4-pin plug, what is the 4-pin plug for? Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

18 years, 7 months

decent used laptops

by evan＠snarc.net

Couple of years ago, I paid around $350 for a refurbished P3 Thinkpad, directly from IBM.com ... even came with a warranty. I think Acer, Dell, Gateway, HP, and Lenovo all do the same thing on their web sites.

18 years, 7 months

Olivetti TES 501 in Concord CA area

by billdeg＠degnanco.com

Please contact the person below if interested Subj: Date: 9/25/2007 8:31:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: pcarmel AT sbcglobal.net Dear Sirs: I have an antique one line display word processor. It is an Olivetti TES 501. I paid $9000.00 for it in the late 70's. I would like to give it to someone in the Concord California area. Can you help me? Mel

18 years, 7 months

Unknows S-100 System

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

> >Subject: Re: Unknows S-100 System > From: "Roy J. Tellason" <rtellason at verizon.net> > Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:44:57 -0400 > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > >On Saturday 22 September 2007 19:35, Barry Watzman wrote: >> All commercial software used 8080 instructions, > >Well, no. Two that I know of that did require a z80 were Turbo Pascal and >Mix C. > >-- What I wrote something similar I used the word "most" as I knew there was some CP/M software that required z80. However from a business user perspective most of the deireable and likely used software like word preocessors, spreadsheets and databases 8080 was just fine save for speed and the 8085 solved that. Also the 8085 was more of a bridge than the ultimate application cpu. Allison

18 years, 7 months

Does anyone have a SGI Onyx 10000 RealityEngine2?

by jplist2007＠kiwigeek.com

Greetings; I'm planning on moving an Onyx rack in the next two weeks and I'm probably going to have to be fairly agricultural with my tooling - pickup truck and flatbed trailer, no lift gate, no lovely enclosed box. I'm thinking that to safely transport this I'll tip it on its back and lay it flat on some 2x4s onto the flatbed trailer, but I'd love any advice >from listers who have moved one, or better yet, who have one and can tell me things like - how solid is the frame (after removal of the plastic skins)? Is it top heavy? Bottom heavy? (I'm guessing after removal of PSUs, top heavy, but unsure) Anything would be much appreciated. I found the below: http://www.futuretech.blinkenlights.nl/sgidepot/chalonyx.html Which gives a nice picture of a unit with open doors, but it's hard to tell how solid the frame rails are. The thing looks awfully deep to be a standard 19" rack, so I'm guessing it's custom, but... having never seen one... Many thanks for your time, JP Hindin

18 years, 7 months

VAXSERVER 3600 IN SEATTLE WA

by michaelgreen42＠comcast.net

I've got an old VAXSERVER 3600 taking up space in my house. I really don't know anything about it but was told it was functional from the guy I picked it up from about a year ago. I'm looking for the highest bid from someone that can pickup in the Seattle, WA area.

18 years, 7 months

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