I recently aquired a stack of c64's, these are the old brown type. Of (4),
One works fine, 1 boots, and can run catridges, initializes the floppy on
boot, but can never access it after boot, the other two have power but no
video. Any ideas on these folks?
Just did a couple minor updates to the web page, added scans of pics
of the Educator 64 and SuperPET (with the case opened so you can see
what makes em tick), some commodore calculators, and a scan of the cover
of Popular Science from Oct. 1977 which I believe is of one of the
prototype PETs (non-steel, rounded casing).
Oh, added a link to the Vintage computer faire too. ;)
Larry Anderson
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HI,
I have an IMSAI IMP48, it's a single board computer made around late 77-78
using an 8048/8035 micro controller chip. The board is operational but I
lack DOCs.
Any DOCs on this would be helpful as it has relay and opto isolated I/O
for control use. It also does audio cassette IO as well. I've used it for
simple tasks but more detailed info would allow me to copy it and use the
copy for the task and preserve the board.
Allison
There here the twin cities and no I have not seen a MAC portable there yet.
As for the Model 100's 6 of them went for 80 cent each about four weeks ago
and they had doc's, software and other items with them, I walked in 10
minutes too late. I'll keep my eyes open for you.
At 04:07 PM 9/7/97 -0300, you wrote:
>>20 of them just got trashed, but if you want a couple I'll be stopping in
>>the shop later this week and if they have a new batch in I will pick you up
>>a couple. We can settle up after I get them. They also have alot of SE's,
>>512's, and sometimes the 128's. There is also a thrift store here that
>>sells all computers for 80 cents including taxes. Everyone has started going
>>here and it's getting harder to catch any good machines there. If anyone
>>reading this is looking for HP stuff let me know as I passed on a complete
>>HP3000 for $10.
>
>Out of curiousity, where is this place? (That's the problem with a global
>network, one man's "down the road" is another's "across the continent".)
>
>If you ever see a Mac portable (yes, the big one) or a TRS-80 Model 100 at
>one of these places at a comparable price, then please grab one for me.
>
><<<john>>>
>
>
>
>
I may be able to get the drive mounts for you at the cost of shipping. I
will check with Ken next week and see if the parts box was shipped off to be
trashed yet.
At 05:28 PM 9/7/97 -0300, you wrote:
>>If you need the Sun monitor let me know as a load of them mono and color
>>were trashed a week ago. Several places here are dumoing them along with
>>3/50's, 3/60's and 3/80's.
>>I picked up a few for my collection but have no software are HD for any of
>>them. I picked a Sun HD unit for 5.00 but got home to find the HD was gone
>>from inside. Keep computing.
>
>I'd take you up on it, but I suspect that shipping an 19" Sun monitor from
>MN to NJ would be hideously cost ineffective. I might be up for another 3/80
>CPU, though. What I really need to find is one or two of the drive mounts for
>the 3/80.
>
>At work, they're waiting on the word from the government regarding some
>older PCs and Suns which were GFE for a previous contract. The hope is that
>they may just "abandon in place". If so, I may be able to find a monitor
>or possibly even an early Sparc 1.
>
>Keeping my fingers crossed... <<<John>>>
>
>
>
>
Thanks for the info !!
At 05:18 PM 9/7/97 -0300, you wrote:
>>Heatkit HTX-10 ni power supply was with it. anyone have info on this puppy?
>
>If that's the one I think it is, it was desgined as a cheap dial-up terminal.
>Everhting is in the KB, except for powersupply and composite monitor. I think
>it also had a built-in 300 (1200?) baud modem.
>
><<<John>>>
>
>
>
>
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Heatkit HTX-10 ni power supply was with it. anyone have info on this puppy?
Pet 2001-8 series with manuals, have tested this one yet.
HP 86 with ROM Drawer, 128k module, and 64k module.
VIC music composer and Forth cartridges.
Back to work now, keep computing
If you need the Sun monitor let me know as a load of them mono and color
were trashed a week ago. Several places here are dumoing them along with
3/50's, 3/60's and 3/80's.
I picked up a few for my collection but have no software are HD for any of
them. I picked a Sun HD unit for 5.00 but got home to find the HD was gone
>from inside. Keep computing.
At 04:22 PM 9/7/97 -0300, you wrote:
>
>> Although I wonder if anyone out there is actually going to
>>finish the Sun3x Linux port - it looks like the NetBSD Sun3x movement
>>is dead in the water.
>
>Damn, I hope it's not dead. I just picked up a 3/80 (8mb, diskless) and a
>type 4 keyboard/mouse. (No monitor, but I have an old Hitachi that I hope
>may be
>compatible.)
>
>Anyway, as soon as I straighten out and "Invalid IDPROM" message, I was
>hoping to put up either SunOS or NetBSD.
>
>BTW, anyone have a suggestion as to which is better?
>
><<<John>>>
>
>
>
>
Heatkit HTX-10 ni power supply was with it. anyone have info on this puppy?
Pet 2001-8 series with manuals, have tested this one yet.
HP 86 with ROM Drawer, 128k module, and 64k module.
VIC music composer and Forth cartridges.
Back to work now, keep computing
At 06:36 PM 06/09/97 +0000, you wrote:
>stared, look, no cdrom. And I was told by her that her husband
>brought new system for her daughter at cool price of 8000 cdn and I
>wondered about that price because her daughter needs a pc for her law
>study at college, The typical use is WP use in that kind of area
>even a $500-1000 base pentium system would fit very well for that!
>Again with $8000, Easy to get 3 VERY decent P5 166/64mb/2.5GB/new
>complete systems with truck loads of legal software for each
>pc and a good laser printer or two to go with either two of them.
Sounds like a candidate for the "Most Inappropriate use of Computer
Hardware Award" to me. A WP, you could stick WP5.1 on an 8088 if it comes to
that.
Sounds like a member of the administration (who will remain nameless to
protect the moronic) at the university I waste money in. Just after
purchasing a spanking new Pentium 166 with 64mb and all the goodies,
including an ATI All in Wonder card (on our nickel I might add!), he asked
his secretary to scare up a new template for WP5.1, For this is all he used
it for! (where's my wailin' stick when I need it :)
>as well. I want none of that ideas that Mr. Gates and funny PnP,
>winmodems that came out. I do not understand this.
I stay away from anything that uses "win" as a prefix. What, no jumpers?
Basically if Win95 can't get it to work on whatever IRQ or port that the
device wants, your screwed.
>This win95 (blows) leads to other options which I am looking at
>linux. Linux is very promising and I am learning to use it, trying
>to upgrade my old 2 4+ yr old 386 portables first also currently
>learning on my other pentium 75 o/c'ed to 100 lunchbox. Then install
>it on main pc when I feel more confident to put it to real use. :)
Looking for a UNIX like OS for you 386? Why don't you get MINIX? A lot
less overhead and pretty easy to set up. (not much out for it yet, put the
list grows everyday) You could even get a version of Xwindows for it, and
MINIX will run on an XT! (two versions, i86 and 386)
Speaking of UNIX-like OS's, anybody remember Sundown drives which came
loaded with Venix86? I believe a company called Unisource sold them. I
wonder if there may be a 'virgin' drive somewhere just waiting to be used... ;)
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20 of them just got trashed, but if you want a couple I'll be stopping in
the shop later this week and if they have a new batch in I will pick you up
a couple. We can settle up after I get them. They also have alot of SE's,
512's, and sometimes the 128's. There is also a thrift store here that
sells all computers for 80 cents including taxes. Everyone has started going
here and it's getting harder to catch any good machines there. If anyone
reading this is looking for HP stuff let me know as I passed on a complete
HP3000 for $10.
At 04:45 AM 9/7/97 -0200, you wrote:
>At 05:53 PM 06/09/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>I can get MAC Plus's for $5.35 including tax. I've have 3 or 4 already so I
>>just walk by them now.
>
> $5.35 taxes in?!? Where? I live in a MAC deprived world. I would be very
>interested in getting a few MAC plus's to add to my collection (i would be
>interested in getting anything to add to my collection) Please let me know
>where I could get some of these MACs
>
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$300!? I know its not april fool's day. I must have got a deal of the century
when I got a mac ][cx and 3.5 drive for $25...
david
In a message dated 97-09-06 14:26:50 EDT, you write:
<< A friend (yes, Virginia, I do have a friend) has a Mac plus for sale. 80
MB
HDD (I think)...software includes Claris Works and some other stuff. He
wants $300 US, but will probably be willing to negotiate.
manney(a)nwohio.com >>
Hi,
My find of the day was a "Northstar Advantage" and as per my normal luck
with CP/M systems no OS. Still it seems to power on OK.
I've got a few questions on it. First and formost would be where can I get
an OS (would the Osbourne version of CP/M boot it)? Is there a "Monitor
ROM" that I can drop the machine into? I see from the list of computers on
the mailing lists web site, it's got a Z80 and a i80186 processors in it,
OK that's nice, what does that mean to me? Also are there any good info
resources for the "Northstar Advantage"?
The one I've got has a 1" x 6" strip of metal with two threaded posts near
the top sticking out (great for messing up arms), it's been stuck to the
side of the case with that thin sticky foam, is this stock, or an add on?
Any ideas what on earth it's for? I'm thinking a copy stand.
Pardon my probable stupidity when it comes to CP/M systems, I think I'm up
to four of them now, but only the Osbourne has disks and it won't boot, I
think it's got a bad A: drive, because the disks boot a friends Osbourne.
Thanks,
Zane
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Hey everybody!
Well just got back from a vacation in the (California) bay area...
(Petaluma/Santa Rosa area to be more exact) and had a pretty
dissapointing time in my rummaging for goodies at thrift shops... Of
what I saw that took my notice were a Commodore 1902a monitor ($49, no
thanks..) and an un-priced 800 XL keyboard unit. I balked at how much
one place wanted to sell TRON figures ($15-$25 yikes!); I did get a
certain Pac-Man lunch pail I had my eye on for a few years...
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Of course as it normally seems to go for me, my local stops prove more
fruitfull. Some of the recent finds include a long sought-after October
1977 issue of Popular Science magazine (I remember seeing it on the
newsstands) which displays what seems to be a prototype PET on the cover
(w/rounded plastic case, only seen in promotional literature as far as
I've seen, PS seems to have added wood-grain contact paper for an
enhanced 'homey' look). Have scanned it and hope to put it on the site
within the upcoming month or so. Also picked up the March '79 and May
'83 issues as they had some cool pics of other early computers and home
robots in them.
Another very unexpected magazine find was four issues of ANTIC
magazine (thier focus is Atari 8-bits), a couple notable articles were
on building a lie-dectector and rigging your dot-matrix printer into an
image scanner, both utilize the paddle port pins and other easy to get
components and also sould be adaptable to the Commodore 64/VIC-20/128.
:)
Also bought a Fast Load Cartridge and C-64 Dust Cover (with a Protecto
logo, remember them?) for a couple bucks. Stuff passed by were a few 64
units (overpriced if you ask me), a couple Plus/4s (one unbeleivably
overpriced), and a PET (3.0 ROMs, 32k, w/book) that one was very
tempting, but I know how little space I have after my last trip to the
storage unit... Also passed a low-profile datasette (I have 30+
datasettes already but can you ever have enough cassette program
recorders?)
Saw a pretty complete ADAM system too: cpu (one tape drive), printer,
controllers, carts, tapes, books (including a misplaced PET book), a
couple extra ribbons all for $130 (choke!) though on Staturdays and
Wednesdays they sell stuff for 1/2 price (still way too much to me....)
Mac 512 (with doumentation), Mac SE, Tandy Model 100, etc.. I could
go very broke quick If I started collecting everything, good thing I
have control (ok... limited control, which is better then none at all.)
One of these vacations I'll get corrdinated enough with one of my
friends and spend a couple days in the Palo Alto/Silicon Valley area
combing thrift shops, I think I might find some suprises there...
Larry Anderson
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At 05:53 PM 06/09/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I can get MAC Plus's for $5.35 including tax. I've have 3 or 4 already so I
>just walk by them now.
$5.35 taxes in?!? Where? I live in a MAC deprived world. I would be very
interested in getting a few MAC plus's to add to my collection (i would be
interested in getting anything to add to my collection) Please let me know
where I could get some of these MACs
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On Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 allisonp(a)world.std.com (Allison J Parent) wrote:
<Well, I got the RD52 external HD on my MicroVAX-I working tonight. I swapp
<the blown power supply with a new surplus one. Had to redrill the case, but
>>A microvax-1? Really? Are you sure of that?
Isn't a VAXstation-I considered a MicroVAX-I? One of the FAQs that I read
made this reference, and it's a lot faster to type "uVAX" then "VAXstation"
<g>
>>Most of them couldn't support enough memory to run netbsd or ultrix.
>>Generally in their day it was 2mb, sometimes 3mb. The reason was the >>CPU
was two boards and memory at the time was either 512k or 1mb per >>board and
there was only 8 slots in a ba23. so the typical line up was cpu, >>4 memory
cards, an rqdx2 disk and a DHV or DZV serial card. the problem >>was that
would put the power supply 20% over the top!
This makes some sense. One of the first things that I had to fix was a melted
power supply cable between the power supply (375w) and the backplane. Here is
what I can see as the configuration: 4mb RAM, one DHV serial card, DEQNA
Ethernet, a M9047 board (??), M7512 buss extender, an RQDX1, MSV11-Q memory,
and 2 processor boards. I know that the MSV11 is only a 1mb board, but the
bootloader reports about 3.5mb of RAM. The model tag on the back lists
"610QK-XZ changed to VS20C-R2". It also has 2 internal floppy drives and one
internal RD52 hard drive.
<1. Since I don't know what is on the drive in the first place, how
< do I avoid a permanent destruction of the file system yet still
< correcting the problem?
>>Well you have to know whats on the drive first. I've never seen a MV-1
>>running ultrix though it may be possible.
<
<2. If <1> is not possible, how do I go about fixing the problem. I
< could not find a program named "fdisk", so either it had been
< deleted from the root partition, or it's under another name.
>>If it's ultrix then most unix conventions apply.
>>If you booted in single user mode you do not have full access to the
>>system.
Would I accomplish this by logging-in to the system? Unfortunately, I don't
have the root password. How can I get around this?
<3. The only way that I could get the drive to respond is to put
< the cable in the middle connector (J2). The drive did not
< respond at all in J1 or J3. There must be jumpers somewhere
< that govern this, like on the buss extender card, but I have
< no jumper map.
>>???? is this a ba23 or ba123? In a ba23 the rd52 disk is connected via
>>two cables to bulkhead J7 and J2. if its a ba123 with M9058 distribution
>>board then it's rd0(bottom most connector pair).
The "J2" refers to the J2 on the external RD52 drive case. The buss extender
is brought out to a DB50 to position "F" on the bulkhead. On the RD52 case,
there are three DB50 connectors, J1 to J3. The drive only responds when using
J2. Is this OK? How is this changed?
<4. {unrelated} Every time I restart the uVAX, it complains about
< the time needing to be reset. Do the uVAXen have internal
< clock batteries that have to be recharged/replaced?
<< TIA for any help!
>>Yes on the back of the console connector there is a battery pack of three
>>aaa sized nicads. pull them and charge them by hand. if they don't charge
>>you can find similar packs in many dec systems (rainbow, any ba23 or >>ba123
or vs2000 box). Also you can use any three cell pack for cordless >>phones
that fit.
Are you referring to the console connector on the bulkhead? On this unit,
there is no battery pack. It only has two ribbon cables going to the processor
boards.
With this additional info, what do you recommend to do now? Thanks again for
the help!
Rich Cini/WUGNET
rcini(a)msn.com
Rich
Does anyone where there more knowledgeable than I happen to know what
today's "going rate" is for old 8" diskettes. BLANK, and unlabeled...
otherwise in mint-condition with jackets. I am looking at buying some and
am curious as to how much they are usually sold for these days.
Thanks in advance,
CORD
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I can get MAC Plus's for $5.35 including tax. I've have 3 or 4 already so I
just walk by them now.
At 03:04 PM 9/5/97 -0400, you wrote:
>A friend (yes, Virginia, I do have a friend) has a Mac plus for sale. 80 MB
>HDD (I think)...software includes Claris Works and some other stuff. He
>wants $300 US, but will probably be willing to negotiate.
>
>manney(a)nwohio.com
>
>
>
Hello, all:
Well, I got the RD52 external HD on my MicroVAX-I working tonight. I swapped
the blown power supply with a new surplus one. Had to redrill the case, but oh
well. I also figured out that the VAX external drive cable is the same as a
DB50 SCSI cable.
So, the VAX now recognizes that there is an external drive device at
/dev/rra1h but it complains that it has a bad superblock and a wrong magic
number. It also once complained of a hard error "sn16". Sounds to me that it
needs to be reformatted, or whatever the Ultrix equivalent of "fdisk /mbr" is
to rebuild the boot block.
Here are a few questions:
1. Since I don't know what is on the drive in the first place, how
do I avoid a permanent destruction of the file system yet still
correcting the problem?
2. If <1> is not possible, how do I go about fixing the problem. I
could not find a program named "fdisk", so either it had been
deleted from the root partition, or it's under another name.
3. The only way that I could get the drive to respond is to put
the cable in the middle connector (J2). The drive did not
respond at all in J1 or J3. There must be jumpers somewhere
that govern this, like on the buss extender card, but I have
no jumper map.
4. {unrelated} Every time I restart the uVAX, it complains about
the time needing to be reset. Do the uVAXen have internal
clock batteries that have to be recharged/replaced?
TIA for any help!
+============================================+
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| <rcini(a)msn.com> |
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| collector of classic computers |
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<> Despite their possible historical significance, I've never been able
<> to justify keeping a Microvax I around. The 11/730 - which for most
<
<I suppose it'd be a relatively UN-power-sucking way to enjoy or learn
<VAX assembly language.
Microvax-I uses more power than a microvax-II. The lowest power VAXen of
the lot may be the vs2000 or the 3100m38s as they are in the PC power use
range and performance is good(maybe the best!) on a per watt basis.
The microvax-I was historically significant as the first q-bus vax and
smallest of the lot with the shortest production lifetime. Performance
wise it was the bottom of the barrel. Most uVAX-Is were upgraded to
uVAX-IIs (about 3x faster!) shortly after introduction. The uVAX-II
offered 1meg of ram on card, FPU and a faster memory interface(PMI)
along with denser 1mb, 2mb, and 4mb (and later 8/16mb) cards. This made
a 5mb microvax-II possible in two cards instead of 7 using uVAX-I! Typical
uVAX-IIs were 5 or 9mb with DEQNA, DHV11 and varying disk systems including
the RA60, RA80 and RA81. This forced the phaseout of the 730 in favor of a
smaller, lower cost, slightly better performing system with lower power
needs.
Allison
A friend (yes, Virginia, I do have a friend) has a Mac plus for sale. 80 MB
HDD (I think)...software includes Claris Works and some other stuff. He
wants $300 US, but will probably be willing to negotiate.
manney(a)nwohio.com
<Well, I got the RD52 external HD on my MicroVAX-I working tonight. I swapp
<the blown power supply with a new surplus one. Had to redrill the case, but
A microvax-1? Really? Are you sure of that?
Most of them couldn't support enough memory to run netbsd or ultrix.
Generally in their day it was 2mb, sometimes 3mb. The reason was the CPU
was two boards and memory at the time was either 512k or 1mb per board and
there was only 8 slots in a ba23. so the typical line up was cpu, 4 memory
cards, an rqdx2 disk and a DHV or DZV serial card. the problem was that
would put the power supply 20% over the top!
<1. Since I don't know what is on the drive in the first place, how
< do I avoid a permanent destruction of the file system yet still
< correcting the problem?
Well you have to know whats on the drive first. I've never seen a MV-1
running ultrix though it may be possible.
<
<2. If <1> is not possible, how do I go about fixing the problem. I
< could not find a program named "fdisk", so either it had been
< deleted from the root partition, or it's under another name.
If it's ultrix then most unix conventions apply.
If you booted in single user mode you do not have full access to the system.
<3. The only way that I could get the drive to respond is to put
< the cable in the middle connector (J2). The drive did not
< respond at all in J1 or J3. There must be jumpers somewhere
< that govern this, like on the buss extender card, but I have
< no jumper map.
???? is this a ba23 or ba123? In a ba23 the rd52 disk is connected via
two cables to bulkhead J7 and J2. if its a ba123 with M9058 distribution
board then it's rd0(bottom most connector pair).
A third possibility is a two box ba23 system using a RQDXE, though drive 0
is nominally in the main box and the rqdxe is only needed for 3 or more
drives (including the floppy).
<4. {unrelated} Every time I restart the uVAX, it complains about
< the time needing to be reset. Do the uVAXen have internal
< clock batteries that have to be recharged/replaced?
<< TIA for any help!
Yes on the back of the console connector there is a battery pack of three
aaa sized nicads. pull them and charge them by hand. if they don't charge
you can find similar packs in many dec systems (rainbow, any ba23 or ba123
or vs2000 box). Also you can use any three cell pack for cordless phones
that fit.
Allison
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Individual: $10.00
Family: $16.00
o Flea Market and Exhibition only
Individual: $5.00
Family: $10.00
Please note: "At-the-door" rate is for a one day pass
only and does not include parking.
For more information including the latest list of speakers and workshops
please check out:
http://www.siconic.com/vcf
or send e-mail to:
mailto:vcf@siconic.com
SEE YOU AT THE VINTAGE COMPUTER FESTIVAL!!!
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass
