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Intellec Series II Microcomputer Development System

by dastar＠ncal.verio.com

Well, I finally got to check out the Intel Development System (ISIS?) I got from Las Vegas. On first glance it looks like it had been exposed to the elements. All of the documentation was warped, had water stains, and most of the reference cards were stuck together. I was able to separate most of them without totally damaging the covers, so most of the information on them is still in tact, but some are just plum stuck. What was the method for separating water damaged pages again? Run it through a steamer at a certain humidity or something? Anyway, the main computer unit itself looks OK on the outside, but I couldn't pull any of the multi-bus cards out. They seemed extremely stuck. Its official model number is MDX 225A. The main unit incorporates the CRT, an 8-inch drive mouted vertically next to the CRT, and a 6-slot card cage mounted horizontally underneath the CRT. It has an external keyboard. I also got an MDX 761A1 hard drive sub-system which looks like it will need extensive restoration as it shows most evidence of exposure to moisture. I don't know if it will ever work again or if I'll ever get any data off the 8-inch hard drive but I'll eventually find out. Also included was a Universal Programmer (model IUP 201) with modules for just about every Intel microcontroller and EPROM and whatnot of the day. It was in fine shape. I also received a large grocery bag filled with 8-inch floppies with the system software circa 1981-82. Overall a nice system but it will require some moderate restoration. Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ever onward. September 26 & 27...Vintage Computer Festival 2 See http://www.siconic.com/vcf for details! [Last web page update: 06/11/98]

27 years, 10 months

The Beatles

by mallison＠konnections.com

Packard Bell had a reputation for making computers with pulled and otherwise used parts. They had a seemingly high failure rate. However, recently NEC bought out Packard Bell and the quality and support improved drastically. I, who would never buy one, bought one for my wife's CAD business. That's what I'm using at the time. No Complaints... Mike ---------- From: Jeff Kaneko Sent: Friday, June 26, 1998 8:50 AM To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Subject: Re: The Beatles > > I just found a discarded Packard Bell 486 (I almost left it because the > > case looked like a 286's). I don't know why you all dislike those things > > so much, this case is very good. Anyway, when the machine boots, the ROM > > displays a "Packard Bell" graphic, complete with a 3-second fade-in (if > > only people paid so much attention to _useful_ stuff). Underneath, it > > displays, "America grew up listening to us. It still does." Now, this is > > my question. What does this mean? When was this company founded, and > > what was their original product? > > Packard-Bell, as you see it, is simply not the company it used to be. As > with so many American company names, someone bought the name. <Some Defence-Related stuff PB did in the 1950's SNIPed> > I have no idea what happened to Packard-Bell. They may still be around, > doing defense work, or they may have been swallowed up. The Packard-Bells > at CompUSA, however, are simply not related. The way I seen it, P-B may have been a defence contractor during WWII and later, but their main claim to fame was that for decades, they were one of the biggest manufacturers of Broadcast radios, and Television Sets. I know for a fact they were making TV's (of the humongous console variety in vogue at the time) in the early 70's because I remember an inane TV commercial for it. In the 50's and 60's there were some other major players that manufactured TV's (they actually *made* the stuff): Admiral (my grandmother had one), Motorola, GE, RCA and Zenith. Others were: Pilot, Curtis-Mathes (still around, I think), Hofmann, Westinghouse and a whole bunch of other minor players. Then the Japanese arrived (en force) in the mid 70's, and the next thing we knew thousands of americans were out of work, and no Televisions (or Computer monitors, for that matter) were made domestically. Packard-Bell was one of these victims. I don't know who is behind the resurrection of the P-B brandname. I suspect they wanted to appeal to baby-boomers who fondly remember watching 'Hopalong', 'Cisco' or 'Bonanza' on their parents' Packard Bell console TV. Jeff > > By the way, Packard-Bell has nothing to do with HP. > > William Donzelli > william(a)ans.net > > > > +------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Disclaimer: | | | | These opinions are entirely my own, and in no way reflect the | | policies or opinions of my employer. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------+

27 years, 10 months

Dead PSU

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

So how do I know which ones to replace? There are two fairly large cans, about a dozen smaller ones, and several mica caps. >First suggestion : Dried up capacitors. If you have an ESR meter (and I >don't either...) then test all the electrolytics in the unit. Replace any >that are defective. If you don't have an ESR meter, then you might try >replacing them anyway. > >-tony > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

27 years, 10 months

Dead PSU

by ddameron＠earthlink.net

At 08:23 AM 7/4/98 PDT, you wrote: >This is not quite on topic. I want to know if it's practical to repair a >Mac Quadra's PSU. The problem is that it runs fine, when not plugged >into anything. When some given amount of stuff is connected (just the >motherboard does it), the fan starts oscillationg back and forth. When I >plug in speakers they make a beating sound. I counted it to be about 120 >HZ. This seems to me like a single component, possibly a diode. >Suggestions? > Is it a switching PSU? I would guess so. Many do not regulate well under no load, as there is a minimum current and switching on time required. It may be also that a main high-voltage filter capacitor is bad, feeding more raw AC into the switching stage. The 120Hz points to this. Under light loads, the output low voltage filter capacitors are enough. Under heavier loads, the line AC ripple is seen in the outputs which now cannot hold the voltages. Use caution on the high voltage side. -Dave

27 years, 10 months

Please help identify this S-100 computer

by altair8800＠hotmail.com

I recently acquired this S-100 computer. It says "Micropolis" on one of the PC cards and on a nameplate on the front of the floppy drive. It carries a tag inside which says the manufacturer is INTEGRAND - Visalia, CA. and the model is 800D-4E. Can anyone please tell me more about it? Here is a link to photos I have uploaded... http://home.att.net/~rwood54741/Computer.jpg Thanks, Bob ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

27 years, 10 months

Please help identify this S-100 computer

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<> says the manufacturer is INTEGRAND - Visalia, CA. <> and the model is 800D-4E. Intergrand made boxes only. They made some of the best s100 crate in the industry. Rugged, well cooled and well thought out. Allison

27 years, 10 months

DECStation 3100 available

by emu＠ecubics.com

Hi Doug, if still have the DS3100, i would take it ;-)) cheers, emanuel ---------- > From: Doug Yowza <yowza(a)yowza.com> > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> > Subject: Re: DECStation 3100 available > Date: Thursday, July 02, 1998 6:25 PM > > On Thu, 2 Jul 1998, emanuel stiebler wrote: > > > THIS IS A VAXSTATION, NOT A DECSTATION. > > If anybody was disappointed, and really wants a DECStation 3100 > (MIPS-based unix box), I've got one that is free as long as you pick it up > from Santa Clara, Ca. > > -- Doug

27 years, 10 months

Im back

by lwalker＠mail.interlog.com

Hi ,my server had me down since june27 and deleted all my msgs. Was I pissed-off !@$#@!@!$ I'm up and running again now. Could anyone please resend any msgs you might have sent me during that time. Thank you. ciao larry lwalker(a)interlog.com

27 years, 10 months

Dead PSU

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

This is not quite on topic. I want to know if it's practical to repair a Mac Quadra's PSU. The problem is that it runs fine, when not plugged into anything. When some given amount of stuff is connected (just the motherboard does it), the fan starts oscillationg back and forth. When I plug in speakers they make a beating sound. I counted it to be about 120 HZ. This seems to me like a single component, possibly a diode. Suggestions? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

27 years, 10 months

DEC Bonanza! Anybody want a system??

by cfandt＠servtech.com

Okay gang, here's the story: A week ago on Wednesday I literally stumbled across a Usenet advertisement listing a VAX 11/750, PDP's, etc available for sale. It was *nearby*! (Well, 50 miles is 'close' compared to any other DEC classics I've seen for sale.) And it was in what is generally considered an even more backwater area in north-western Pennsylvania! I therefore humbly apologize for the rant a couple of weeks ago stating that virtually nothing of interest to me is available around me. To make a short story long, I contacted him regarding buying any RT-11 documentation he may have plus I made an offer on the hardware listed. He replied saying my offer was acceptable (Great! :-)). Plus, he said he had more stuff available. We talked on the phone and he mentioned another system available. Yet other hardware was put into my pile. When I got there, and after he had a chance to go thru a storage room, more hardware! Well, yesterday (3 July) I took a rental truck with a 15' x 7.5' box and my uncle, who's in town for the holiday, to pickup the gear. Only truck available in the area amongst 8 rental truck shops. I thought it might be more than large enough. I came back home with that thing actually *stuffed* full, all for my original bid. NOW there probably is nothing of interest left around my area <g>. We spent about 6.5 hours loading the stuff. Hauled down from second floor via elevator, through building and down a sidewalk to parking lot. Thank Heaven the truck had a hydraulic lift gate. Took 2.5 hours to offload into the garage. Now I have two problems: 1. My wife. She was not too happy with how the amount of equipment grew >from what was originally expected. Can you blame her? 2. My garage. It now is completely full! We've just moved into that house on 28 March. Beverly wants to park her Jeep in the garage. (See problem #1) Why did I take such a large amount of equipment? The person selling had no other persons seriously interested. Somebody wanted the uVAX but never followed through to close a deal. Recall I said that this was a really backwater area. Nobody like us types in ClassicCmp around there for sure even though he advertised the DEC stuff in the area newspapers, as I understand him saying, in addition to at least several newsgroups (pgh.forsale is the one I stumbled onto while searching DejaNews for anything about RT-11). He had to close out his offices because he's located in California now. Obviously could not take the DEC stuff with him as you'll understand from the list below. He and his wife are going back home to California Monday or Tuesday. Therefore, the dumpster would be the final location of this equipment. So, this has turned into one of those Classic Computer Rescues to which some of the members of this list dedicate themselves. Problem number 3: I cannot keep everything (again, check the length and content of the list below and problem #1 above). This is where you folks can help! So, please contact me to come and get some of this equipment for yourselves or others. This is urgent as I need to clear out the garage again. We got done unloading just before dark last night. Today, I made just a quick list of major pieces to post. Had NO time yet to look at stuff further. Here's the list. See notes below list. 1. VAX 11/750-CA 2. TU80 and RA81 in short rack, p/o the 750. 3. RA81 in short rack, p/o the 750. 4. PDP-11/24 with two RL02s in short rack. 5. PDP-11/34A 6. RK07 in short rack, p/o -11/34A. 7. RK07 in short rack, p/o -11/34A. 8 VAX 11/730-CA. Covers off chassis, may not work. 9. PDP-11/34 in 6'rack w/TS03 and RL01-A. 10. RK07 in short rack. 11. RK07-PA rack (rack only) 12. RK07 not in rack. Said to possibly not work. 13. RA60-AA in short rack. 14. BA-11 chassis, with several boards inside. 15. BA-11 chassis, with several boards inside. 16. BA-11 chassis, with several boards inside in a short rack. 17. 1-LP25 Band Printer 18. 3 units: Decwriter III (LA120? gotta check this) 19. 1-Decwriter II 20. 4 units: VT100 terminals 21. 1-VT220 terminal 23. 2-ADM 11 terminals 24. RL02, no rack. 25. RL02, no rack. 26. RL02, no rack. 27. RL02, no rack, marked "Bad?". 28. RL01-A, no rack. 29. RX02-BA, no rack. 30. RL02 in short rack w/some sort of Genigraphics chassis. 31. MicroPDP-11 32. MicroVAX II 33. Empty 6' rack from old -11/34, labeled Model H960-CF. 34. Empty 6' rack from something else, labeled Model SM-30LLA-LA. 35. Bunches of tapes for the various systems. I gotta sort through them first! 36. Bunches of RL01 and RL02 disc paks. Several RK07 paks. I gotta sort through them! 37. 7' tall tape storage rack. 38. About 10 to 15 shelf-feet of DEC documentation. 39. Bunch of spare Unibus and Q-bus boards. End. Notes: * I refer to 'short rack' or simply 'rack' as the one which is about 4' tall. Same styling as VAX cabinet, etc. as some of you already know. * The -11/34A, -11/24 and 750 booted okay the day before. * I'm still so tired. * Types of boards in BA-11's and assembled machines are not listed. Will do that when time available or opportunity offers a chance. * Same for the bunch of spare boards. Now before calling me, I must state the following for you to know up front: ** The uVAX and uPDP are staying here! Beverly thinks they are just fine (as in 'small' <g>). ** One OR two of the bigger systems I want to keep. Don't know which, but the 750, 11/24, 6-foot 11/34 and 11/34A are in the running for being my choice along with their appropriate peripherals. I'm asking for advice from the DEC gurus in the group on this by private email if you can. Don't clutter up the list with the advice unless you feel it is necessary to get opinions. **NO documentation will be let go unless it is redundant. That was the original reason for checking this sale out. I got the RT-11 docs I was hunting for anyway. ** I need to: first sort through the documentation; next organize the original systems and their spares; finally evaluate what I want to keep. There will be questions posted here as I've never owned DEC hardware up to now. I've just been aware of DEC for years and have listened to the many informative technical discussions here (but I never *retained* much of it in my mind since I never had any hardware/software to practice it on! Now there's suddenly a garage-full. Go figure!) Be aware that I'll need help and may unintentionally come across as a 'newbie', so be nice. I have to work quickly at resolving this but do not have very many DEC-related URLs or other reference sources lined up yet. (Send me yours!) ** Plan on taking the rest as soon as you can get one or more "Rescue Brigades" arranged. Just pitch-in a few bucks to help with part of my costs (only paid a little over 400 dollars for everything *including* truck rental and diesel fuel, ibuprofin, Coca Cola). Will consider horsetrading. ** _Please_ do not hesitate calling me at our home number below 09:00 to 21:30 this weekend. We have an answering machine if we are outside the house. We will not be traveling as we have relatives visiting. If you _really_ have to, you may call me at my office on workdays but I am often rather busy in other parts of the manufacturing areas. If you *really, really* have to call during the work day and need to talk to me, my wife works at the same company and can take the message. Ask for Beverly, phone 716.661.1843. But try to call the house and find me or leave message first. BTW: Don't let Bev tell you to come take _everything_ while I'm at work! <g> Email is okay too, but I will not be able to read it until sometime Monday or Tuesday. It all has to be out of the garage as soon as possible. Bev is very understandably kinda pissed off. It's payback time for me. I am not too happy with the garage either but I could NOT bear to see this stuff dumpstered. As it was, I had to leave one LP26 Band Printer behind. There was only exactly one to three inches of space, depending upon which point you checked, left for the truck door to be pulled down. Truck was piled up to my height (6', 0"), and even higher in spots. Forgive my long message. I'm rather tired and a bit sore yet which causes me to not be concise or able to organize my thinking well. Thanks for helping me rescue DEC equipment. --Chris -- -- ======================================================= Christian R. Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian 31 Houston Avenue, WE Phone: +716-488-1722 -Home Jamestown, New York +716-661-1832 -Office 14701-2627 USA Fax: +716-661-1888 -Office fax email: cfandt(a)servtech.com Member of Antique Wireless Association URL: http://www.ggw.org/freenet/a/awa/

27 years, 10 months

IBM monochrome, was Wang Thang

by ddameron＠earthlink.net

Hi all, At 07:35 PM 7/3/98 +0100, Tony Duell wrote: ... >> The IBM Mono Emulator board is labeled "P C Emulator" and "WANG >> 9443-R2-M2" and has two 28-pin EPROMs on it labeled "HN482764G-2". There > >8K*8 EPROMS. >> are five 28-pin chips from Toshiba labeled "TC5565PC-15". There is also a > >RAM, I think. Possibly video RAM. > >> 40-pin chip labeled "HD46505SP/HD6845SP". The rest is TTL. > >6845 CRT controller (basically the timing chain for the video section). > >Is there another 24 pin chip (EPROM or ROM) on this board as a character >generator? I would have expected one. Unless one of the 5565s is used for >that and loaded from disk or something. > Did the early IBM mono boards have a character generator, like in serial terminals? I thought I had one, but it is a clone, still with a 6845 and 64k dynamic ram, 8 ic's. There is a 6116 2k byte ram on it, in a socket, which I assume is loaded from the BIOS with the character data. See no ROM. Newer boards with (almost) a single ASIC chip, I have no idea what they do. -Dave

27 years, 10 months

Back On Line

by lwalker＠mail.interlog.com

Hi ,my server had me down since june27 and deleted all my msgs. Was I pissed-off !@$#@!@!$ I'm up and running again now. Could anyone who might have sent me any msgs. during that time please resend . Thank you. ciao larry lwalker(a)interlog.com

27 years, 10 months

Terminals I need to get out of here

by fauradon＠pclink.com

>I need to hear from someone and get a firm answer by Friday July 5th or >they go the way of the dead TV - to the dump. Isn't the next fiday July 5th in 2006? Francois ------------------------------------------------------------- Visit the Sanctuary at: http://www.pclink.com/fauradon

27 years, 10 months

Wang Thang

by blindpete＠stratos.net

On 1998-07-03 classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu said: BP{> > The not so funy thing about the monotor is the power and BP{>data cords > coming out of it both had the same plug on the end BP{>of them, and pluging the > data plug in to the power socket on BP{the vidio card was a hasard. > BP{> Ouch! And if my machine is the same, this would disprove my BP{>theory about the plugs, unless the 8-pin connector that I think BP{>might be for the video actually just mated with a 5-pin connector. BP{A 5 pin DIN plug will mate with a 7 or 8 pin socket (!). Just what BP{you need to cause problems IMHO. BP{Which way round do you think the connectors are? BP{-tony Hi Tony Everyone I think the two cables coming from the monotor wore stuck togather like a two contuctor lamp cord would be stuck togather, you could separate the two cords by pulling apart. I think the power cable was the one on the left as you are looking at the monotor from the front, like you would to see what's on it. Sliding your hand along the under side fo the monotor from front to back you would find the cables entering the botom of the monotor case. Each cable had it's own round molded thingy whitch was fixec to the monotor case, so you could tel witch one was witch. I am not sure about the markings on the monotor case, it felt like smooth plastic to me around rhe place whrer the cables went into the monotor. The pie shaped symble stands for a cathode ray toob. The cable on the leftof the monotor looking from the front went into the whole on the left of the Wang computer looking at it also from the front. and the cable on the right went in to the whole on the right, I think that's the way it went togather. Pete Persuric Net-Tamer V 1.11 - Registered

27 years, 10 months

8" Disks Update

by billm＠teleport.com

Greetings, I finally went to the Storage Unit and this is what I have. All DYSAN 8" Disks 3740/1 Single Density Unformatted 3740/1D Single sided double Density Formatted as 128 Bytes/ 26 sectors 101/1D single Sided Double Density 32 HARD Sectors 3740/2D Double Sided Double Density Formatted 1024 bytes/8 sectors Many Boxes of Each all in Original Shrink wrapped Boxes $5 a box and we will haggle on the delivery The more you buy the cheaper they get! Also several Versions of the Dysan Alignment disks.. Make Offer all brand new <sigh Finally I kept something long enough that someone wants it> Bill Marx

27 years, 10 months

what cost profit? (philosophical rant but slightly on topic)

by peacock＠simconv.com

-----Original Message----- From: George Currie [mailto:g@kurico.com] > So let me get this straight, if you had an opportunity to buy an item that is potentially worth $30000+ for only $1000 you would all pass it up? Hard to believe. Well I guess everyone else on this list is so rich that the thought of making 30x profit is nothing. Me on the other hand, even if I _hated_ Apple, wouldn't pass up such a bargain. > Not everyone is in it for the money. This is a hobby, not a business. If I were a broker sure I'd take it, but that's not what I do. I write programs, I build controllers, I don't broker used equipment. I have a slot machine in my living room (and yes its legal, I live in Nevada). I could sell it for several times what I paid for it (even more if I sell it no questions asked), but it's there because I think the internal mechanisms are a work of art. I have some old radios from the 30's, again, I could sell them for more than I have invested, but the radios are there because they are works of engineering art too, for my enjoyment. And I enjoy owning them more than what the money I would get from them would bring me. The same with the computers. I'm sure I could get a good price for my '77 vintage IMSAI, in fact I got a few email offers the first time I mentioned it, but I'm not going to sell it. I bought it to own my own computer, I learned just about all I know about digital electronics from the years prototyping on it, and it still has a prominent place on my work table at home. It's a work of art too, even more because I put it together myself, I made it work, and I've kept it going all these years without help from anyone else. I put far more money into that machine than I ever got back in business, but that doesn't matter. Every dollar I spent on it paid off in other ways, personal satisfaction, knowledge, even entertainment at times. I don't buy equipment, be it computers, radios, or slot machines, because I think I'll make money on the deal. I do other things to make a living, I'll leave investing in antiquities and object d'art to the experts. Jack Peacock

27 years, 10 months

Win98 on Compaq (and others)

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 98-07-03 22:22:55 EDT, you write: << Anyone that's having problems putting the ever-terrible Windows 98 on your Compaq machine should view: http://www.compaq.com/athome/win98/ Keep it real, only machines that 98 could run on, not the oldies. >> harrrumph, don't feel bad, it seems like almost 100% failure rate when end users are upgrading to windont98 on IBM aptiva models as well. seems to be that there's always something that is not working correctly. so much for backwards compatibility! most users dont also know about fat32. once you convert, you cant go back and you cannot do the best thing which is remove 98 altogether! david

27 years, 10 months

DEC Bonanza! Anybody want a system??

by blindpete＠stratos.net

Hi Every One This sounds really great! I am blind and do have a love for machinery mechanical as well as eletrical, What I know about computers is self learned, I always wanted to aquire a main frame computer, so I could learn about it. I am building a small net work of my own, could I use a main frame as a hub, I know it might be a dumb question, but you don't know unless you ask, right? I ran across the garage full of computer equiptment and thought here is my chance. But, I don't know about the equiptment and am looking for imput. What do you think? Can we get me setup? I'll found a speech synthasiser screenreader for unix based systems, here again do to lack of familarity I don't know what OS these machines are using. Any impute or coments would be fine! Write to: blindpete(a)stratos.net or: blndpete(a)raex.com Again thanks! Pete Persuric Net-Tamer V 1.11 - Registered

27 years, 10 months

Win98 on Compaq

by rhblake＠bbtel.com

Anyone that's having problems putting the ever-terrible Windows 98 on your Compaq machine should view: http://www.compaq.com/athome/win98/ Keep it real, only machines that 98 could run on, not the oldies. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Russ Blakeman RB Custom Services / Rt. 1 Box 62E / Harned, KY USA 40144 Phone: (502) 756-1749 Data/Fax:(502) 756-6991 Email: rhblake(a)bbtel.com or rhblake(a)bigfoot.com Website: http://members.tripod.com/~RHBLAKE/ ICQ UIN #1714857 AOL Instant Messenger "RHBLAKEMAN" * Parts/Service/Upgrades and more for MOST Computers* --------------------------------------------------------------------

27 years, 10 months

Making Profits (Was Re: LISA (fwd))

by H.Davies＠latrobe.edu.au

At 02:18 AM 03-07-98 -0700, Kevan Heydon wrote: >Saying this my collection could start making a profit soon because I have >one of my old machines out on loan to a company that is paying me. I >didn't ask for the money, they offered. I've loaned out bits of my PDP-8A via a friend to an organization that still uses them to drive some machinery (I've never asked, and no one has ever offered to tell me what they're used for - I just know that it's something in a government department. Perhaps it's being used for code breaking :-) I've never asked for money, but surprisingly, the bits always return in a box with a nice bottle (port or whisky). I feel happy to have helped and it's just a nice gesture to attach something on it's return. Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies(a)latrobe.edu.au Information Technology Services | Phone: +61 3 9479 1550 Fax: +61 3 9479 1999 La Trobe University | "If God had wanted soccer played in the Melbourne Australia 3083 | air, the sky would be painted green"

27 years, 10 months

c64 information

by CharlesII＠nwonline.net

CL>CharlesII(a)nwonline.net wrote: CL>> Do any of you folks know of any electronic recorces for teaching CL>> yourself how to program the c64? CL> Try Jim Brain's page at http://www.jbrain.com/ as there are many CL>C64/128 links there. I have a C64 BASIC 2 programming manual I never use CL>that I might sell. CL> -------------------------------------------------------------------- CL> Russ Blakeman CL> RB Custom Services / Rt. 1 Box 62E / Harned, KY USA 40144 CL> Phone: (502) 756-1749 Data/Fax:(502) 756-6991 CL> Email: rhblake(a)bbtel.com or rhblake(a)bigfoot.com CL> Website: http://members.tripod.com/~RHBLAKE/ CL> ICQ UIN #1714857 CL> AOL Instant Messenger "RHBLAKEMAN" CL> * Parts/Service/Upgrades and more for MOST Computers* CL> -------------------------------------------------------------------- There dosen't seem to be any links at the web page mentioned. Are you shure that is the right address?

27 years, 10 months

LISA (fwd)

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

OK, now so I know how much these things are worth besides how much the buyer wants to pay for it, would you people pay this much? >Respond directly to the seller, not to me, if you want his Lisa 2. If it >turns out to be a Lisa 1, don't tell me about it :-) > >-- Doug >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 17:27:07 +0000 >From: Rich Bull <rbull(a)post.cis.smu.edu> >Subject: LISA > >Mine has a 5 or 10 meg hard drive....Its a completed system with mouse and >keyboard and is in exceptional condition...neat little machine...If your >interested I need $200.00 and you pay shipping... > >Thanks >rbull(a)mail.smu.edu > >Richard E. Bull email: rbull(a)mail.smu.edu >Information Technology Services voice: (214)768-3450 >Southern Methodist University Fax: (214)768-9999 >Dallas, Texas 75275-0262 > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

27 years, 10 months

I think I'm going to be sick

by jimw＠agora.rdrop.com

At 08:07 AM 7/3/98 -0400, you wrote: > >I went back to the Salvation Army store where I picked up the Wang PC last >week, and was shocked to find that ALL of the computer junk had been >replaced by shelves full of lamp shades! > <snippage) > >I asked the employees what had happened to all that 'old computer junk', >and was told that it had all been THROWN OUT LAST WEEK. :( I was assured >that it was already gone, not just sitting in a dumpster outside. Sad, but be warned... If they are anything like the ones up here, while they will usually refuse to negociate even a little bit on a price, they also will not hesitate to call the police if they find someone 'dumpster diving', since they convieniently manage to rationalize it as 'theft'. (and no, it was not me in the dumpster...) An odd lot that... Even more annoying when I heard a story on the news yesterday that the 'Goodwill' stores are a $36 million per year business! When you consider that (nearly) all of the items they are selling are donated, one might think that they could afford to be a bit less militant. -jim --- jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com The Computer Garage - http://www.rdrop.com/~jimw Computer Garage Fax - (503) 646-0174

27 years, 10 months

Wang Thang

by ds_spenc＠alcor.concordia.ca

On Sun, 28 Jun 1998 blindpete(a)stratos.net wrote: > Hi > > I used to have an old wang whith a 8086 cpu in it, it had a monotor whith > two cords coming out of it. > one was power and the other one was for the data, they both pluged into > the card whith two plugs on it. > the one I had used the round ps2 stile plug maybe a little bigger, like a > keyboard plug. Humm, sounds like the monitor plugs into the IBM Mono Emulator card, then. It has a 5-pin DIN connector and an 8-pin DIN connector. I would suspect that the one labeled with the (+) might be the power, and the one labeled with the pie slice might be the video connector. The IBM Mono Emulator card din't look like it had parts on it that could handle supplying power to a monitor, though. I hope the Wang monitor isn't too specialized, else I'll NEVER get to see this thing work! I think I'll plug another machine into it today, using a null modem, to see if the Wang expects a terminal hanging off its serial port. Pray that nothing blows up. > Pete Doug Spence ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/

27 years, 10 months

LISA (fwd)

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<Agreed. I've not bought a new computer for over 10 years (!). The last <machine I bought was a Tandy CoCo3. Everything else (apart from my HP48SX <calculator, which came in the 'it's a neat toy that I just have to have' <category) is even older. The only machines I've purchased new are the Altair, NS* horizon and a complete TI99/4a when they were having the firesale. It's been a while since I've purchased new systems. Over the years I think the biggest purchase was memory and disks! Some of the most fun machines were free or just about that. Allison

27 years, 10 months

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