I got a PS/2 Model 60 and OS/2 2.0 (1992, but still classic)
PS/2:
a)How do I get rid of the mold inside?
b)What is the PSU pinout if I want to put in a regular motherboard?
c)Is there a way to upgrade the mb to 386 with <$10 and a 386 mb
OS/2:
a)I installed it on a 386 w/4 MB RAM (min. requirement). It CRAWLS.
Should I replace the MFM HDD w/ IDE?
b)Does anyone have os/2 1.x that they could send me?
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Although recent world-wide test results have proven otherwise, the
US board of education seems to think that calculators improve
students' minds (I feel that the insane amount of money that schools
put into technology these days is better spent on books and teachers).
Therefore, in our school most seniors and juniors either own or rent
a TI-8x. The TI-83 is the one that the school actually promotes, but
TI-85s are often stole...ahem....seen as well. My friend is probably
one of the few there to have a TI-92. I'll bet it could run System 1.0
with a few modifications ;)
>I wonder what the odds of finding a ti-85 are and cost? They are
hackable
>from what I gather.
>
>Allison
PS That OS I mentioned earlier is essentially Win3.1 for TI. It is a
concurrent windowing interface. Right now, he's trying to figure out the
concurrent part...
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<Assuming that this is electrically the same as the S100 version, then...
<
<The 8097 is the data buffer betwen the RAM and the S100 DI lines. It's
<used on reading only. I don't see how it would affect writing to the RAM
If the input is internally shorted to either rail. I've seen this mode
of failure on old chips.
<There are some 74LS08 AND gates that are used as buffers between the S100
<DO lines and the RAM inputs. It's possible that one of these has become
<faulty, I think.
Entirely possible.
<There is a 74LS175 latch (well, actually a pair of them) between the RAM
<outputs and the character generator. Now one bit of that chip could well
<be faulty (IC6 on the S100 card, I think).
Yes, also possible.
<Not so. One of the most common failure modes of old IC's is that the
<bondout wire between a pin and the silicon die breaks or comes adrift. If
<the A2 line (pin 12) of the character generator had failed in this way -
<or if the input buffer in the ROM had failed - we'd see exactly this
<pattern.
Also true but less likely.
Allison
Every time I've tried to post to this list, I've been getting it bounced
back with a 'Full Mailbag' error. I hope this one gets through...
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"Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our own
human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."
I have the same problem, but my mail still gets to the list. Most annoying,
though.
A
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From: Bruce Lane <kyrrin(a)jps.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Saturday, March 07, 1998 7:16 AM
Subject: Is this getting out?
> Every time I've tried to post to this list, I've been getting it bounced
>back with a 'Full Mailbag' error. I hope this one gets through...
>
>
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>Bruce Lane, Sysop, The Dragon's Cave BBS (Fidonet 1:343/272)
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>"Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our own
>human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."
>
In a message dated 3/6/98 1:00:49 AM Central Standard Time, dastar(a)wco.com
writes:
<< I believe there was an upgrade kit that came out a short while after the
//gs was introduced that allowed one to upgrade their //e to a //gs.
>>
Also, the original beta GS's were in //e cases. I've always wondered
what happened to the 2 our company had. I don't believe Apple wanted them
back.
Kelly
>Yes, you can diassemble the code, no problem. One thing to watch for is
>to make sure that you know how the address and data lines on the board
>are linked up. You see, all 8 data lines on an EPROM are equivalent. It
>may be conventional to assign a particular pin as D0, etc, but there's
>no reason that you have to. But obviously if you want to make sense of
>the code, you have to know how the bits in the word are connected to the
>8080.
Ummmmm.... I was stunned tonight to look under the motherboard of this
machine and find that it is totally wire-wrapped. Amazingly neat, but
wire-wrapped and socketed - every single chip. Finding paths in this thing
is going to be very very time consuming! This computer must have been
extremely expensive in its day - the amount of work involved is incredible -
not having made anything like it, I'm only guessing... but I'd guess many
tens of man-hours.
Coincidentally, I was on the hunt for another machine (Mattel Aquarius) and
the owner and I got into a discussion about S100 machines - he has a garage
of them, apparently (he used to design them) - and I told him about the
EPROMs (1702As) and how I was going to back mine up - and he said "I have
four of those things!!!" Yes, before you ask, I am going after those S100
machines :)
Cheers
A
< Seems like old hardware is more available than old software
<and documentation. I suppose copyrights still exist on this stuff,
<but it seems like the web is the perfect place for old tech reference
<manuals and schematics. Wasn't Allison involved with the TRS-80
<development? Know anyone at RS who might be able to sign off on
<putting this stuff into the public domain so our types can publish
<this documentation?
I have not been at shack for nearly 20 years. As far as I know the docs
for the TRS80 are still available from TANDY National Parts. Contact the
local shack and see. If that's true any effort to make them PD is
dubious.
Allison
It's getting out to ME. When you got the "full mailbag" error messages,
did they show up as "return e-mail" messages? That probably means that
one of the list-members who should have RECEIVED your message, had a "full
mailbag" and couldn't take another message. Everyone OTHER than that guy,
though, from whom you DIDN'T get an error message, probably DID get your
message.
Chris Chiesa "the new guy"
A few weeks back someone asked about Apple IIGS that looked like a IIe,
well a got one today at an auction for free. The guy that won the bid on
box of electronics gave it to me but he gave the color monitor to someone
else :-( It looks just like a IIe or II case except for the IIGS logo on
the lid next to the apple name. On the bottom it says Apple IIGS Upgrade
Model No. A2S6001 with a serial number following that. No date is on the
bottom but the mother board says Apple IIGS on it also and has 7 slots on
the rear another to the side with a memory expander in it right now. It
has the standard 15pin monitor hook-up like the Mac and round phono jack.
The rear looks like a Mac LC or IIci. No date mb either that I can find.
Have not fired it up yet. Also got a Tandy 1000RL for twenty with kb and
mouse. Got a number of manuals, tech ref's and other written goodies also
>from .05 to 3.00 each. Got a apple ext. 3.5 FDHD drive for free at the
scrap yard but have tested it yet. A IBM 8535-312 missing the memory for
$15 will fire it this weekend. Picked up a NeXt N4000B 17" monitor for 16
and a new NeXt software rel 08.30 chip with a date 1988 and serial number
of 000A81. Well that's it for I got more stuff this week than I can list
here for now. Keep Computing John
For quite a few years, one bit of folklore that has popped up on a regular
basis is that of old IBM dinosaurs running our air traffic control system.
Well, I was just wasting some (work)time now looking at some recent
threads on <bit.listserv.ibm-main>, and it is fairly clear that the 9020s
are now all gone after probably too many years of service.
The interesting thing is that the machines that replaced them, 3083s, are
also now considered classics.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net
I have a PCJr with a box (dimensions are same depth and height as
system unit but is about 2 1/2" wide) that is mounted on the right
hand side of the system unit and contains a parallel port. Is this
what you are describing?
Marty
On 1998-03-01 classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu said to lisard(a)zetnet.co.uk
:On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Captain Napalm wrote:
:> Writable control stores: Don't count these out just yet. The new
:>HP machines based upon the HP-PA stuff does have a writable
:>control store. My friend has one of these boxes at home and he's
:>been planning on playing around with this.
:I've heard that even Pentiums will let you patch their microcode,
yes? details...? *perk up noticeably*
:but the idea as a general theme seems to be dead. I don't know the
:reason for this except for speed and cost issues.
we suspect it has something to do with microcode in general going out of
fashion. these days even cisc machines are built with risc cores
surrounded by hardware-based translators. some of the pentium clones
even let you program them in their native languages.
also, it's a bit difficult to write to a control store that's hardwired
in silicon inside a plastic case... :< probably a better bet these days
is to write a little inner interpreter for a risc, and it probably
amounts to much the same thing.
:True, some people are condemned to repeat history, but I'm willing
:to bet that hardware byte-code engines will be pulled back into the
:tar pit before they leave the cave at Sun (and other places). I
:listed to a talk given by a Sun engineer on why they should build
:these things, and the reasons he gave (such as byte-code is more
:compact than other code) are really hard to buy. Defintely a
:solution looking for a problem.
there's only one reason why sun could want to do this - cheap java-only
set-top boxes. it's a great way of locking out the competition (and
given their current legal activities, you'd think they'd learn...) but
whether it would make for the most efficient java platform is another
matter.
of course, there's also the proof-of-concept motive. "see? java *is*
efficient, we've even built a chip with it..."
:True again. p-Code made more sense then (when there was more than
:one dominant architecture) than Java does now, but if Sun ever buys
:into the idea of Java compiled to native code, there still may be
:more hope for Java than there was for UCSD Pascal.
well, if they do buy into that idea, let's hope it's at download time
rather than with these damned silly just-in-time thingies (which only
win if you execute a method more than once, and how do you know that
until it's too late...?) elate (was taos) shows the way to go if you
want platform independence these days, in our opinion.
-- Communa (together) we remember... we'll see you falling
you know soft spoken changes nothing to sing within her...
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On 6 Mar 98 at 10:44, J. Maynard Gelinas wrote:
> Well, I scored an Apple IIc with an external Floppy drive,
> Imagewriter printerer, and small composite green (maybe 9"?) monitor.
> $20 bucks.
The little white one from Apple that matches the IIc? If so, did you
get the stand?
> I also got some disks with it, but no games - mostly old
> nibble magazine disks. This thing has a serial port on it, anyone
> know what the pinout is and if these ports are compatible with
> Macintosh adapters?
For pinout information plus info on terminal emulators and DOS and
ProDOS, try (one of) the Apple II FAQs at
http://www.visi.com/~nathan/
The Nibble magazine disks were a good find too.
Phil
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Does anyone know if there is a tip for Linux? (The comm program?)
It had an option to go to another port if the one needed was busy.
Minicom can't do that.
I would like that ability, 'cause when I connect the 44 here, I'd like
to have people telnet to a port and get passed straight into the DH plug,
via pip, without having to have an account on the PC
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I am in the market for a Sol 20 and and/or an
Imsai 8080.
I would like to know what the "going" price is
so that I will know how much to pay for them if they
become available to me. Any opinions would be welcome.
Thanks,
Bob
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Hello. Several days ago, under the demography thread I briefly mentioned
the "VSchool" concept. So, for those interested, here's what I want to do.
Background info:
The VSchool idea came from two needs: my need to create a virtual community,
and, more importantly, the need for children (ages pretty much 6th
grade-12th grade) to be able to learn at their own rate. At the subjects
that they're interested in, or feel weak in. So, I then think of a place
where all this could take place, actively, and freely. Now, Bahrain is far
to remote to even begin to demonstrate something. Also, it's got limited
resources and views. The Internet. It's used by far more than the
population of any city, and equal to that of many countries.
How I plan to pull it off:
This is the area that I don't have to spend 50 lines telling you what CGI is
and does. So, I'll use CGI (anyone got info on this?) to put up forms, (I
can't program it... sorry...), and then we can make a chat room of some
sort, possibly a Javascript password form. (Ok, so I'll need lots of help)
So far, the best deal that I've seen in web hosting is digitalchainsaw (at
http://www.digitalchainsaw.net) Anyway, we'll have two functions: Students
will "enroll" (for free), and then they'll choose their area of expertise.
There, they will be considered a teacher. In other areas, they'll be
considered students. Teachers will work together to develop a curriculum.
Then, they'll work together to teach others.
I want to have a copmputer history as well as a computer interest group.
I'm asking for your help. You would be considered a partner, if you wanted.
Thanks,
Tim D. Hotze
>>I'd rather not do this, not because I don't want to help you, but because
>>I'd be a little worried about sending 4 irreplaceable eraseable chips
>>through the post. I would hope somebody Stateside could help you.
>
> Trouble is, he's in Australia not in the US. The ROMs are going to have
>to be shipped unless someone in Au has a 1702 reader.
Yes. I am fairly comfortable with sending these overseas for preservation.
I expect to back the code up in several places; on the web, distributed to
whomever of you indicates interest, and also on duplicate EPROMS, on my
computer, tattooed in hex on my shoulder... that should just about do it.
:)
What sort of reliability does well made, but 23 year old, wire wrap
circuitry have? Is wire-wrap susceptible to "slip"?
Cheers
A
>>I expect to back the code up in several places; on the web, distributed
to
>>whomever of you indicates interest, and also on duplicate EPROMS, on my
>>computer, tattooed in hex on my shoulder... that should just about do it.
>>:)
>
> I think it would look better on your forehead. Be easier to read too.
:-)
*makes mental note* Don't do it whilst looking in a mirror!
> Is wire-wrap susceptible to "slip"?
> No, it's more like it welds itself on. Especially if it's good
>wirewrapping.
Oh, the quality looks superb. This is one well-made machine.
Cheers
A
Joachim Thiemann wrote:
> While we're at it (the buisness of veering grossly off-charter), who
> else here collects electronic music equipment of about the same vintage
> as the computers discussed here? I have a Korg Poly-800, Yamaha DX-7II,
> 2 FB-01's, CS-01, a Sequential SixTrack, 360 Systems MidiBass, and a
> homebrew MIDI interface to hook some of this to my Amiga. I have
Yes, but not very enthusiastically. I've never really got into
electronic music, preferring to do my composing (and most of my playing)
at the piano.
But, (getting a little closer to the topic) I do have a rather fun
device - a Bontempi organ with a number of built in rhythms implemented
in 74-series discrete gate TTL.
> BTW Any of you UK guys have collections of the old E&MM magazine? I'm
> missing 1 or 2 issues in the 84 (83?) season...
Sorry, not something I ever read.
> > > > sing and play Piano and Bassoon; I have recently taken up
> > photography.
> >
> > Eh, who'd have figured.. another bassoon player. Who is it? I missed
> > some
> > important attributions.
'Twas I, Philip Belben. For what it's worth. I don't think that
bassoonists are rare enough that two or three on this list is
statistically significant. Still, nice to hear from another one.
(On the other hand, there is probably a strong correlation between
bassoonists and eccentrics, and a stronger one between this list and
eccentrics.)
Philip.
I had a working CMB 8032, and one day a couple years ago, saw an ad in
the paper "Wanted: CBM 8032". A couple in their 70's placed it. The
wife is a writer, and not a computer user, and only knew how to use her
CBM 8032 which was 15 years old and failing. I brought my 8032 (which I
had set up in my office, after it fell from a high shelf and put a dent
in the hood of my car) to them, swapped it out, swapped roms (mine had
some sort of add-on board) and tore-down, cleaned, and re-assemble the
keyboard for them. and off they went. I think they did have all the
manuals and stuff for the computer, disk drives, and printers.
alas, I don't have any PET computers anymore.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ethan Dicks [SMTP:erd@infinet.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 1998 3:28 PM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: Re: Vacation Finds...
>
> >
> > Have been on vacation since Friday and still have a couple days to
> > go... From the thrift store outlook in the area things are
> improving
> > again (I guess people are starting their pre-spring cleaning)
> >
> > What I passed up on...
> > PET 8032, 4040 dual drive.
>
> Agggggh! I'd *love* to replace my long-lost 8032. It was one of the
> item
> burgled from my house a while back, along with an Amiga 500 and a rare
> A500
> to 8-bit ISA adapter from Canada called "The Wedge". I _really_ wish
> I
> had that... it was built for a WX-1 MFM controller (or a DTC 5160 RLL
> controller), but would work perfectly for an 8-bit Ethernet card.
>
> Anyway, rambling aside, where are you on vacation and is the PET still
> there?
>
> -ethan
>
> ObBIO: 31, Male, collect 1802/6502/68000/PDP-8/PDP-11/VAX/SPARC.
> Started
> with the PET and Elf in 1977. Have spare Apple ][, C-64, Amiga and
> SunSPARC
> parts/systems for trade. My rarest find is probably my tiny
> collection of
> 4004 CPUs and support chips.
>
Hello all... me again.
I apologize for writing twice in one day, but I've requested "Digest mode"
and am finding several topics I can respond to. I should've waited before
sending the previous message, but will now be aware of this and will cover
ALL current topics of my interest in this ONE note, to save you all the
pain of seeing SEVERAL messages from me. (If you'd RATHER have several
separate messages, someone just say so...)
1) Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> quotes a message quoted by someone else,
in which the original author says that "... it's the HP25 that I still
prefer..." Original author, whoever you are, I wanted to let you know
that I have a set of original manuals and -- if I can still FIND it --
the AC adapter, left over when my own HP25 was stolen from me one day
in high school -- circa 1978... If you're interested in these items,
e-mail me.
2) At a Hamfest last spring I acquired a TI calculator -- I forget the model
number right off; I wasn't expecting to talk about this today, but it's
the programmable one that reads-and-writes those magnetic cards -- along
with programming manual(s) and the external PRINTER, not to mention a
fistful of the magcards. The only trouble is, instructions stored in
program memory randomly get altered, i.e. the memory is no longer reli-
able (hmm, just like ME!). Is it "just old," and there nothing that can
be done? Or can it be repaired? Much obliged, for any info anyone can
provide.
3) At that same Hamfest last spring, some guy found out I was "into" calcu-
lators, HP in particular (notwithstanding that TI-whatever I'd just bought),
and talked my ear off about some "latest and greatest" HP calculator that
"did it all," allowing you to mix "ordinary" calculator statements, BASIC,
and C syntax "all on one program line," among many other things. I have
forgotten the model number, so if anyone recognizes this description and
can TELL me the model number, and of course where to find out more about
the thing, I'd really appreciate it.
4) My HP-33C battery doesn't hold a charge anymore; please advise. Joe Rig-
don...?
5) Re: that uVAX stuff I mentioned in my PREVIOUS message: I'd be MOST inter-
ested in anyone who could trade "my" stuff in London, for "his" set of the
"same" stuff in the US! I can provide a more detailed itemization of what
I have.
Chris Chiesa
Hi. I'm new. But enough chatter. I see Bruce Lane <kyrrin(a)jps.net> is
interested in uVAX II GPX video boards... That brings to mind the set
of VCB02 boards-cables-and-keyboards which I've got "stranded" in London
after a failed attempt to get them to Rochester, NY, from mid-Scotland
"on the cheap." I'd love to hear from anybody who a) can get them from
London to Rochester (or even just to the USA) cheap or free, or b) is IN
or NEAR London and has an interest in them and something to trade which
is already IN the USA... I know this is a long shot, but hey, I had to
make a grand, if weird, entrance...
Chris Chiesa
cchi(a)lle.rochester.edu
In a message dated 98-03-06 02:26:00 EST, you write:
<< In a message dated 3/6/98 1:00:49 AM Central Standard Time, dastar(a)wco.com
writes:
<< I believe there was an upgrade kit that came out a short while after the
//gs was introduced that allowed one to upgrade their //e to a //gs.
>> >>
yes, and the upgrade cost $500. i have a magazine article about it.
david