They *are* taking over my computer room and garage though :)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sellam Ismail [mailto:foo@siconic.com]
> Sent: 26 August 2000 18:01
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: large collection of vintage machines on ebay
>
>
> On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Mike wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the sympathy, but dont let your posessions
> become your master.
>
> A good point.
>
> Sellam International Man of
> Intrigue and Danger
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------
> Looking for a six in a pile of nines...
>
> VCF 4.0 is September 30-October 1
> San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California
> See http://www.vintage.org for details!
>
>
Hi:
I don't know if anyone saw this on comp.sys.cbm, but it's an interesting
brochure. It's the auction notice brochure from 1994 for the Commodore
Semiconductor Group. I work for the asset-based financing division of the
sixth-largest bank in the US, and we've used Ross-Dove for our auctions and
liquidations. It's a nice brochure with detailed pictures.
Sad, none the less, but a great brochure.
http://archive.dovebid.com/company/archive/commodore.htm
Rich
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Hello, all:
I've made some significant progress on adding a virtual paper tape
punch/reader to Claus Guiloi's Altair Emulator. There are several other
things that I need to work on, such as the "punching" part of the punch,
console I/O (a virtual terminal), and port I/O. Any other feature
suggestions are welcome. I've made contact with Claus and he has agreed,
time permitting, to review my code. I've spent much of the time learning
Windows/C programming, so it's not pretty, but it works.
There is also another individual at MS who worked on several other
additions to the emulator, but I haven't spoken with him yet. He's made some
other enhancements, particularly to the core emulation code.
What I'd like to do is to test the file loading/saving code with some live
code so that I can see it actually work. So, I'd like to ask the audience
for some sample Altair programs based on the following specs:
- the image files need to be in both Intel HEX and/or straight binary
format.
- program samples should include both front-panel and VDT oriented
programs.
- I'd like to get a range of application and system programs, including
BASIC and a monitor program.
- I'd like to get a range of file sizes and load locations, too.
That's all for now. If anyone has any suggestions, let me know.
Rich
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From: The Basement <swolfe1(a)mail.gcnet.net>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>;
classiccmp-digest(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp-digest(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Monday, August 28, 2000 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: CP/M for HP 87?
>The 86's and 89's and 92's ( I think the 92 may also have a Z80, though)
are
Are you saying the TI86 is or is not z80? Some of the web sites
I've looked at since posting seem to make a strong point that it is.
Allison
ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
> Incidentally, the CPU in the Thinkjet printer also seems to be a Saturn.
> It's a 48 pin package containing the CPU, I/O ports, some of the ROM
> (there's an external ROM and RAM hooked up to it), and an HPIL interface.
Even in the non-HP-IL Thinkjets? I really don't know, I've never taken
screwdrivers to Thinkjets to compare their internal architectures.
-Frank McConnell
The 86's and 89's and 92's ( I think the 92 may also have a Z80, though) are
powerd by a cmos version of the Motorolla 68000, the same processor as the
68k Macs. The 82, 83 and 85 are powered by Z80's. HP48g's use a processor
called the Saturn that was made for the calc, which I think is far superior
to the TI Calcs. The HP48gx has a card slot to upgrade the ram, add
functions, printers, etc. It also has an IR port.
Found the following on usenet. If interested, reply directly, not to
me.
- don
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I have an old 1186, one of the early lisp machines from Xerox, which I
have had in a warehouse for too long, awaiting my move to a larger
apartment. Well, I live in NYC, and larger apartments still cost more
than I'm willing to spend.
So the long and the short of it is, if you want this machine, you may
have it. The monitor is a greyscale, of the huge, Startrek variety, I
have forgotten which release of the OS I have, possibly Koto, quite a
few of the original manuals, loads of fonts, contrib disks, etc.
It worked well when I warehoused it, and I assume it would still work,
modulo reseating some of the chips, and reloading the OS, natch.
So if you are in the NYC area, and want it, drop me a note.
Best,
sdb
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Hello Collecting friends.
I am currently on 'inactive' status as far as classic computer
collecting goes, so my participation on the List has been mostly in R/O
mode.
My old (+7 years!) ISP has seen fit to discontinue all it's Unix Shell
accounts effective Sept 30 of this year. I have therefore signed up with
another old-line ISP, panix.com in New York.
Should any of you on the list be considering changing your ISP for any
reason, especially if you are primarily a telnet user.. I can highly
recomend them. Their customer service has been a) excellent and
b) proactive; a state of affairs unheard-of in my years on the Net.
Since I am now living and working in Southern India, I have bestowed my
collection en masse to a couple of Listmembers and will not be actively
pursuing the hobby for a year or two. Getting a full-blown 11/44 system
thru checked baggage is one thing, but dealing with Indian customs.....
;)
I would like to take this small opportunity to publicly thank each and
everyone of you one the List who help to preserve these old beasts, and
also I would like to thank Allison, Megan, Tim, Sellam, Bruce, Marvin,
Tony Duell, Eric, Don Maslin, Hans Franke, Eliot Moore, and all the rest
who took time and effort to help me unravel DEC as it was meant to be.
I have unsubbed the netcom account and subscribed at the panix addrr,
and I'll continue to monitor the list, although it is doubtful I'll be
posting much. I have found one cache of more-than-ten-year-old stuff,
mostly Commie and Atari. I'll post more when I have a chance to check it
out. Don't get too excited. Buyer pays shipping...
Cheers
John
> John said:
>
> > My old (+7 years!) ISP has seen fit to discontinue all it's Unix
> > Shell accounts effective Sept 30 of this year. I have therefore
> > signed up with another old-line ISP, panix.com in New York.
>
> Excellent choice! While I hope that Panix isn't the last Unix shell
> ISP around, I'm very happy with it and I hope that people wanting more
> options from their ISP continue to find Panix.com.
>
> John A.
> allain(a)panix.com since 1994
They are dwindling, but not gone; IGLOU.COM (Internet Gateway of LOUisville)
has grown from a local to a regional provider, and without shell access I
don't know what I'd do...
-doug q
dougq(a)iglou.com since 1994 (or sooner)
Hello,
would anyone know where I could find the MS-DOS progam asgnpart.com,
which was part of some of the versions 3.x and 4.x, but not of all these
versions.
None of the versions in my possession have it, unfortunately, and some
application I want to run has to have it.
Thanks and regards
John G. Zabolitzky
>
>Say, this is Mike Dogas' collection. It's a shame he has to let
>everything go like this. It *is* an impressive collection.
>
Yep, and like everyone else here probably: I worked hard to find them all.
And then I worked hard to get some free time to play with it all, and I did,
and have been so there isn't much actually lost beyond the kinesthetics and
glow.
But I still have (many) more computers that will get maybe now more of my
attention and I sure can use the money.
Thanks for the sympathy, but dont let your posessions become your master.
Thanks
- Mike: dogas(a)leading.net
I'll definitely be looking at alternatives in the future. The other shoe in
this is that it appears the shipper didn't bother to insure the package,
despite my instructions to the contrary. Of course, those instructions were
over the phone, not via e-mail, so I'm getting the "you didn't tell me you
wanted me to insure it". Gee, now why wouldn't I want it insured? :-(
-- Tony
> ----------
> From: Bruce Lane[SMTP:kyrrin@bluefeathertech.com]
> Reply To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 10:02 AM
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: An alternative to UPS
>
> At 08:25 27-07-2000 -0500, Joe Rigdon wrote:
>
> >>If it's used (like an old computer) it's "personal
> >>effects" and as such any damage or loss claims will be denied.
> >
> > That's the most rediculous thing that I've ever heard! I hope they
> find
> >your computer lab. If not, then don't give up. Demand to talk to their
>
> <snip>
>
> Absolutely don't give up! UPS is easily the most snooty company I've
> ever
> dealt with on insurance claims. A colleague of mine back east had to
> hassle
> them for months before they finally paid up on a claim.
>
> Also, you may want to look at an alternative. I don't know if they
> do
> ground to Canada yet, but I've had outstanding service from FedEx Ground
> (formerly RPS). Nothing I've shipped so far has been lost, or damaged in
> the slightest degree, and their customer service is excellent.
>
> Perhaps the capper is that I've found they're actually less
> expensive than
> UPS. I've had a shipper account with them for months now. If I drop all my
> outgoing at their depot, they don't even charge me a monthly fee.
>
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies
> http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
> Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77
> "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..."
>
--- Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> What I/O port? The games port? There was rumoured to be a bit-banging
> routine to output serial data on one of the outputs there. But I never
> heard of it being in a PROM.
I don't know where my friend got it, but we rigged up a bit-banging-serial-
port between the joystick port of an Apple II and the User Port of a C-64
to transfer the data portion of an Infocom game from an Apple disk to a
C-64 disk (it all worked once we figured out the sector mapping).
> The bit-banging serial port is a pretty simple device. Single-bit in and
> out buffered to RS232 and current loop levels. And a program to shift
> data in and out in software.
We didn't even have level shifters - TTL on both sides, but RS-232 _is_
the more typical use.
> Believe me, after you've tried to use this card seriously you (a) wish
> for a real serial card with a 6850 or 6551 on it and (b) want to do
> unprintable things to the designers...
The C-64 comes with 1200-baud bit-banging in ROM. That's why we did it
that way. UARTS are much nicer (having later aquired a Super Serial Card),
but not all micros had them.
-ethan
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>Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> wrote:
>> I recently picked up a nice Intel paper tape reader (model Intellec
>> 8-90?) to go with my Intellec MDS system. The only problem is that the
>> light pipe in it is broken. However both parts are still there. Does
>> anyone have any suggestions about how to fix the pipe or where I can
get
>> another one?
I'd check the plastic to see if it's suitable for solvent weld. Epoxies
tend to build
an optical discontinuitys as they are very different form the actual
plastic.
Allison
I have an Intel PPDS-100. Sounds the same. No docs or software but it will
boot from bubble memory to Isis ver 1.0. There is also a pod slot on the
side and holder accessable from the top. I have the EMV-51A poddy thing.
I'd like some software for it too
Cheers
- Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com>
To: Classic Computers Mailing List <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Saturday, August 26, 2000 2:59 AM
Subject: Intel iPDS-100 boot disk/docs?
>
>Does anyone have the boot disk and/or docs for the Intel iPDS-100? It's a
>portable (like the Osborn) circa 1982, 8085-based (it actually has three
>8085's inside).
>
>Sellam International Man of Intrigue and
Danger
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
>Looking for a six in a pile of nines...
>
> VCF 4.0 is September 30-October 1
> San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California
> See http://www.vintage.org for details!
>
I recently picked up a nice Intel paper tape reader (model Intellec
8-90?) to go with my Intellec MDS system. The only problem is that the
light pipe in it is broken. However both parts are still there. Does
anyone have any suggestions about how to fix the pipe or where I can get
another one?
Joe
No, but if you describe them and tell us what else that they fit then we
might be able to find some.
Joe
At 07:27 PM 8/24/00 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Does anyone have a stash of these?
>
>--
>Aaron Nabil
>
>
I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction with this one...
I recently picked up this beast at a local yard sale. The owner said it
had been sitting in his attic for the past seven or eight years; when I
powered it on, all I could get was the blinking question mark in a disk
graphic, indicating that the machine couldn't find an operating system (I
believe).
After a few hours of net-research, I learned that the internal battery
needed to be charged up before the hard drive (Conner 40M drive) would spin
up. So, after charging for several hours, I tried again, only to be
greeted almost immediately with the 'Sad Mac' icon and the following code
below it:
0010 1B10
0000 1FFA
A visit to Apple's Tech Info Library turned up an article on the codes
(number 7748 for those interested), but was clearly meant as a general
overview rather than to address specific failures.
Once the internal battery charged, I could hear the whine of the Connor
spinning up, but that's as far as it gets.
/mpm
The speakers currently lined up for VCF 4.0 are:
Bill Godbout (S-100 Legend)
Jim Warren (Found of the West Coast Computer Faire)
Larry Tesler (Xerox PARC and Apple Computer Demigod)
Paul Freiberger & Michael Swaine (authors of _Fire in the Valley_)
Christine Finn (Computer Archaeologist)
Curt Vendel (Atari Historical Society Founder)
Jim Willing (Official VCF Celebrity!)
Dwight Elvey (Reviver of the Nicolet-1080)
Additional speakers will be announced in the coming weeks before the
event!
Brief bios of each speaker can be found at:
http://www.vintage.org/2000/speakers.html
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Looking for a six in a pile of nines...
VCF 4.0 is September 30-October 1
San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California
See http://www.vintage.org for details!
Who was it that started the "Want list for VCF" thread? I forget.
At any rate, thanks for sparking the idea to finally create a VCF message
board.
The VCF Message Board is now up at:
http://www.vintage.org/2000/messages.html
Post your buy/sell/trade or want lists for VCF 4.0 there. You can also
use it to make shared travel arrangements, see who else is coming and what
they're bringing, etc. Use it and abuse it.
It's not very rich, but it's functional. If you find any bugs, or have
any suggestions for improving it, please e-mail me. I will continue to
develop the message board over time to make it easier to navigate
messages, as well as provide multiple discussion areas.
Before you suggest using <insert some webtool for doing messaging here>
please know that I prefer to host all my services myself, as well as
program them, mostly for the experience of programming this stuff (it's
done with very straight-forward Perl scripts on the back end).
Enjoy!
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Looking for a six in a pile of nines...
VCF 4.0 is September 30-October 1
San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California
See http://www.vintage.org for details!
Can anyone help this guy?
Reply-to: blingvall(a)swipnet.se
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 19:16:00 +0200
From: "[iso-8859-1] Björn Lingvall" <blingvall(a)swipnet.se>
To: vcf(a)vintage.org
Subject: driver-request
Hi!
I´ve have an old Fujitsu matrix-printer model M3349B, but I can´t find any driver.
My question is, do you know anyone who`ve got drivers for that printer?
I would be very happy.
blingvall(a)swipnet.se
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Looking for a six in a pile of nines...
VCF 4.0 is September 30-October 1
San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California
See http://www.vintage.org for details!
--- Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> The P500 has a real serial port (6551, RS232 level shifters, DB25
> connector), but few other CBM machines do :-(
I've got a PET internal serial port... it sits in a ROM socket with some
clip leads to pick up missing signals (Phi/2 and R/W, I expect) Got it in
a box and have never had the opportunity to use it (no, it's not for
sale/trade)
-ethan
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--- Gary Hildebrand <ghldbrd(a)ccp.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Finally found a good Commodore 128 for yours truly there. Is there in our
> midst a person who might have the cp/m boot disk for one? Or point me in
> the right direction?
I have an original C-128 CP/M boot disk in a box somewhere. How would I
go about making an image with it? I've never had a working C-128, nor
have I ever run CP/M from a Commodore (Kaypros, mostly), so I don't know
what the low-level format of the disk is. If it's a standard format,
something like 22DISK should be able to digest it, yes?
Is there already a copy of this on funet?
-ethan
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I picked up one of these in apparently decent condition - needs a few new
switches whose handles got broken off. At the end of a cable is a spring
loaded clip which attaches to an in-circuit 8080 (as in my beloved Sol <g>).
It appears that you can read the status, data, etc. and even single-step
through programs. But without a manual I am not sure. Jim Willing has one
on his website, but email to him has gone unanswered for the past few days.
Anyone out there have a manual (or really good recall)?
Bob Stek
Saver of Lost Sols
bit banging was most common to the 6502 world, most of the other
systems used real UART/USARTs. I think it was the idea of software
was cheaper than hardware. Most of the bit bashers seems to live on the
low end of the performance spectrum for their time.
Allison
-----Original Message-----
From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Thursday, August 24, 2000 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: Original Apple II (not + or e or other)
>> > Believe me, after you've tried to use this card seriously you (a)
wish
>> > for a real serial card with a 6850 or 6551 on it and (b) want to do
>> > unprintable things to the designers...
>>
>> The C-64 comes with 1200-baud bit-banging in ROM. That's why we did
it
>> that way. UARTS are much nicer (having later aquired a Super Serial
Card),
>> but not all micros had them.
>
>I always found that one of the dumbest ideas Commodore came up with
>(emulating the 6551 in software). It's not like it couldn't have been
>built into the computer; the Plus/4 has a real live 6551 driving its
>user port and it does fabulously well.
>
>--
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> Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University *
ckaiser(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu
>-- Those are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -- G.
Marx -
> Picked this up for $10. No monitor or keyboard. 2 Floppies. No cracks or
> scratches but "yellowed" case. Very little info on net about this one.
> Seems that was one of the rare computers to use an actual 80186 chip.
At the time this came out, Microsoft was flying ads in magazines showing
a Windows alpha (i.e. pre-1.0) on Tandy 2000s, and I was in the market
for a system to replace the Sol, and the CP/M-based systems looked like
their days were numbered.
<short digression>
But one day, I was on my way to buy tickets at the local Ticketron
for some concert, and the Ticketron was was in a local department
store (Lazarus? No, L.S. Ayres, I think), and that store also had
a computer department. While walking by, I saw a Macintosh. The shirts
who were selling them were talking to each other and ignoring me, so
I spent some time drawing in MacPaint, ending up painting a picture
that as best as I could reproduce from memory was "There's a hole
in the bottom of the sea, there's a hole in the bottom of the sea".
Anyway, it came down to decision time, and I decided that the Tandy
2000 was too geeky, and too much like the CP/M systems at work. I
was sure I would bring work home with me, while if I bought the Mac,
I'd have a computer to use for the things *normal* people use them
for.
Anyway, I too, just acquired a Tandy 2000, from a co-worker who
used it in his architectural firm years ago. It didn't look like
it had yellowed, he must have kept it out of the sun. It has a
10MB hard drive in a thematically-same-styled case, connected
by a ribbon cable.
Since he didn't deliver it to me with the original software
(DOS & BASIC), I was happy to pick these up cheap on E-Bay
the other day.
haven't fired it up yet, and in factm it may go into storage for
a while before I do so. But I recall liking the specs, the
graphics resolution was higher than most PC-alikes at the time
(IIRC).
regards,
-doug quebbeman
To repeat my previous message:
I just got a call from a gentleman I spoke to some time back who works
at a public television station. They have two PDP 11/23 CPU cards in
chassis, plus a full set of peripheral cards (not sure of details),
and two RL02 drives, probably with several disk packs. This is
basically one operational system plus a spare CPU and chassis. They
would like to get them out of there sometime this week. If you're
interested, let me know and I'll get you in touch with the right
person.
---
Located in South Dakota, 2 or 3 hours drive from me, I believe. These
are probably going to hit the dumpster unless someone rescues them.
I'm not into PDP stuff, but will do what I can to help if someone
wants these items. Act now - time is running out!
Bill Richman
bill_r(a)inetnebr.com
http://incolor.inetnebr.com
Home of Fun with Molten Metal, technological
oddities, and the original COSMAC Elf
computer simulator!
Whoops! Premature ejection there...
It's not a PDP-10 or a PDP-6 or anything that cool, but some of you may
remember my mentioning a while back of some DEC equipment at a local Lucent
facility. I just got the word that they turned it off last week. I'm in
contact with a responsible party and he is talking with his boss about if
and how it's possible to keep them from exiting wheels up, bound for a
metals reclamation facility in Canton, OH.
We are talking about 6+ DEC racks, two or three PDP-11/44s, two or three
TC-11 controllers and between three and five TU-56 drives. Unless the media
police get there first, there are also several cabinet drawers full of tapes.
Fortunately, my boss at work (who is younger than much of my collection)
thinks this stuff is cool and is willing to help muscle it around. He'd
love to get a machine up against our glass wall at the data center, just to
watch the DECtape spin!
More news as the saga unfolds. Honestly, though, I'm not confident there's
a way to navigate the bureaucracy at this place. I worked there for three
years and unless people are personally vested in something, they point to
published procedures and sit on their hands. It's a 35-year-old factory
environment with lots of the original folks still there. Flexible thinking
is not rewarded.
-ethan
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--- Gary Hildebrand <ghldbrd(a)ccp.com> wrote:
> Hello Bill
>
> On 23-Aug-00, you wrote:
>
> > To repeat my previous message:
> >
> > I just got a call from a gentleman I spoke to some time back who works
> > at a public television station. They have two PDP 11/23 CPU cards in
> > chassis, plus a full set of peripheral cards (not sure of details),
> > and two RL02 drives, probably with several disk packs. This is
> > basically one operational system plus a spare CPU and chassis. They
> > would like to get them out of there sometime this week. If you're
> > interested, let me know and I'll get you in touch with the right
> > person.
> >
> > ---
> >
> > Located in South Dakota, 2 or 3 hours drive from me, I believe. These
> > are probably going to hit the dumpster unless someone rescues them.
> > I'm not into PDP stuff, but will do what I can to help if someone
> > wants these items. Act now - time is running out!
> >
> >
> > Bill Richman
>
> I know exactly what you are talking about -- 'cuz I used to work there.
>
> Vermillion, South Dakota, about 35 miles from Sioux City, IA.
>
> Regards
> --
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> St. Joseph, MO 64506-0184
>
> 816-662-2612
> or
>
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> To repeat my previous message:
>
> ...two PDP 11/23 CPU cards in chassis, plus a full set of
> peripheral cards...and two RL02 drives...
> Located in South Dakota, 2 or 3 hours drive from me, I believe. These
> are probably going to hit the dumpster unless someone rescues them.
> I'm not into PDP stuff, but will do what I can to help if someone
> wants these items. Act now - time is running out!
I _do_ collect PDP stuff, but I'm in Ohio and not likely to be able to
pick up any sort of equipment that far away. I wouldn't mind saving it,
but for stuff I already have multiples of, I can't justify a multi-state
rescue.
I hope _someone_ in your area wants them.
-ethan
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>
>Um... I have a vaxstation 3100 in need of a 10baseT transciever. I CAN
just
>use an ordinary aui-10bT transciever, right?
>
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Betraying my ignorance, but what's an ARC?
-- Tony
> ----------
> From: Will Jennings[SMTP:xds_sigma7@hotmail.com]
> Reply To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 2:46 PM
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: A reason to hit ARC, etc.
>
> At one ARC in Colorado Springs (prices in dollars in parenthesis):
> VAXstation 2000 (6)
> the TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 front end programs for the '11 in the system (3)
> An HP-150 (which I am kicking myself for not buying even though it was a
> year ago! 6)
>
> Will J
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Sellam, you wrote:
>Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 09:27:52 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Sellam Ismail <foo(a)siconic.com>
>Subject: Re: Goodwill Computerworks Museum is open
>
>On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Bill Bradford wrote:
>
>> Actually it does sell quite a bit of items, but they keep select stuff
>> as part of their vintage-items museum.
>
>Yeah, and that select stuff could probably be selling for a goodly sum of
>money that will go towards their primary mission of helping people get
>back on their feet.
>
>Someone should write to Goodwill corporate and let them know this is going
>on. I'm sure it's not in their charter and I would guess they would not
>approve of valuable stock being retained for the enjoyment of a couple
>employees.
>
>Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
Disclaimer: I live in Texas, was born in Austin, and probably have some
local-boy bias floating around here somewhere.
I agree with you in some ways. I certainly agree in that I'm very
jealous of those guys (GWCW museum). They have positioned themselves
squarely astride of the biggest, fastest-flowing stream of castaway (free)
antique computers in the state. Add to this the fact that they have the
cachet of a charitable organization to motivate donors (whereas I'm just a
grubby individual collector) and I turn green with envy.
Now let's consider what it is they are actually doing. Like it or
not, they are already astride that stream of computers, because they are
successful at their mission. Thank goodness they have the sense and
foresight and resources to preserve the classics mixed into that stream
(particularly the very interesting ones, like the Lisas and Crays) rather
than scrapping them as so many other computer dealers, etc. do.
Furthermore, they are doing with their preserved machines exactly what I'd
do if I had the resources. They are building a very comprehensive
collection, and putting it on display for everyone to enjoy.
Admittedly the choice of "do not touch" signs is a bit off-putting,
but honestly if my collection were on shelves with hundreds of people
walking by every hour, I'd have it behind glass. I love the idea of
teaching somebody to use my Rainbow, but *only* if I can spend the time to
teach them to turn on *both* of the kludged power switches (two SPST
replacing a single DPST) at the *same time*, always put the lower floppy
into the RX-50 *upside down*, etc. A working, hands-on museum is of course
the ideal but in a situation where the guest-to-curator ratio is above
about 5, it entails a very high risk of damage to the collection.
I'd also like to point out, from a more selfish point of view, that
there are no more than one of any specific machine type (that I know about,
anyway) in their collection. That means all the duplicates they get do hit
their classic-computer shelves and are available to us (me). Again, that's
at least as reasonable as I'd be myself and much better than most
organizations do. (Actually I'd be inclined to keep spares myself, but then
I don't have as good a supply channel as they do.)
The one complaint that you have with which I really can't argue is
that it's not obviously part of their company charter. However, I'd make
the reply that so it isn't, but that just means their charter is
inadequate. What they are doing benefits society, in that it is developing
and making available a great display of the history of computing. (This is
the right group to claim that's a worthy goal, right?) They also make that
collection visible to anyone, even folks of very limited means, and that's
something that no other organization in the state (region?) is doing.
Comparing these benefits to the relatively miniscule finacial benefit
they'd get by, how do we say, "whoring the collection on eBay", I find it
very attractive to hope they will persist and increase their collection. I
therefore hope that no-one complains to Goodwill Corporate about it.
I also should point out that it *is* effective advertising, and
benefits their chartered mission as such. I've not had a chance to visit
their store myself - but I will next time I'm in Austin.
- Mark
In a message dated Wed, 23 Aug 2000 1:12:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Lawrence Walker" <lgwalker(a)look.ca> writes:
<<
> >The machine being described does NOT sound like a PS/1!
> >It sounds like a PCJr.
>
> PCjr was 8088, early 80s and was very funky compared to the PS/2
> and later PS/1s.
>
> >Did the PS/1 have a 5.25" drive (other than external)?
>
> No external, it was internal.
>
> >Did the PS/1 have a "power cube"?
>
> No, internal PS.
>
> >Did the PS/1 have a chiclets keyboard?
>
> Nope, standard external PS2 (smaller din connector)
>
> >Did the PS/1 have joysticks?
>
> No, it was aimed at business users.
>
> Allison
> >
> >The PS/1 came after the PS/2, and may or may not be OT. Some thought
> that
> >it was IBM backing down from MCA.
The PS/1 was definitely aimed at the consumer market. :My
:2133-e11 has both 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 internal FDDs, a com :port, and a
:riser with provisions for 3 add-in cards, one of which :was an
:internal modem to use the Prodigy hookup in the shell :interface.
:Some of the earlier ones had a modem on the motherboard
:like the Kaypro did. Of course one could use joysticks :with
:a Sound-Blaster card. It also came with a HD and 2x :72-pin
:SIMM slots
: The PS/2s continued long after the PS/1 was phased out :for
:the Value-Point and later the Ambra which were also :aimed
:at the lower priced consumer market.
both the PS/1 and PS/2 series ended around 1994. the valuepoint was a more standard ISA bus machine announced in 1992-1993 and was designed for the corporate market like the PS/2. The valuepoints then gave way to the PC300 and PC700 series desktops of a few years ago.
Hi
1st time post.
Picked this up for $10. No monitor or keyboard. 2 Floppies. No cracks or
scratches but "yellowed" case. Very little info on net about this one.
Seems that was one of the rare computers to use an actual 80186 chip.
Seems to "wake up" fine after nice cleaning and checking all
connectors...
Tried to boot from some 360k flopies with 2.11 DOS on it. No luck.
Drives look alive but don't seek for long and stop. Suspect this needs
some sort of special DOS or disk format...???
DIN type connector for monitor. Anybody know the pinout or specs? What
about the keyboard? Most TRS-80 don't even mention this model
2000...Anybody wanna speculate on how rare this is?
Started collecting/restoring a few months back. 35, college degree in
electronics, worked all my life in electronics and computers. Had access
to several college systems when I was young as 14 - neighboor was
university teacher and gave me access to a bunch of systems like PLATO
(CDC) and several others at local university...
Claude
How can you tell about the original ROMs and 13 sector disk?
Francois
>
>While thousands of them were produced, in my experience they are very
>uncommon in the wild and not easy to come by.
>
>I'd say an original one with original ROMs (Integer BASIC, etc), and
>original motherboard, is worth about $100.
>
>A little more if it comes with the original Apple ][ Reference manual (the
>Red book) and the BASIC programming manual (the Blue book).
>
>If it has a 13-sector disk controller, a little more.
>
>Sellam International Man of Intrigue and
Danger
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---
>Looking for a six in a pile of nines...
>
> VCF 4.0 is September 30-October 1
> San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California
> See http://www.vintage.org for details!
>
>
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Monday, August 21, 2000 1:14 PM
Subject: RE: Goodwill Computerworks Museum is open - *
>The machine being described does NOT sound like a PS/1!
>It sounds like a PCJr.
PCjr was 8088, early 80s and was very funky compared to the PS/2
and later PS/1s.
>Did the PS/1 have a 5.25" drive (other than external)?
No external, it was internal.
>Did the PS/1 have a "power cube"?
No, internal PS.
>Did the PS/1 have a chiclets keyboard?
Nope, standard external PS2 (smaller din connector)
>Did the PS/1 have joysticks?
No, it was aimed at business users.
Allison
>
>The PS/1 came after the PS/2, and may or may not be OT. Some thought
that
>it was IBM backing down from MCA.
>
>
>Anybody in the SF bay area who would like some PCJrs? PS/2s? Don't
make
>me bring a big pile of stuff to VCF!
>
>--
>Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
>
"FBA" <fauradon(a)mn.mediaone.net> wrote:
> How can you tell about the original ROMs and 13 sector disk?
Integer BASIC leaves the D0 and D8 ROM sockets empty; Applesoft BASIC
fills all the ROM sockets. In Integer BASIC systems, D0 may be filled
with the Programmer's Aid #1 ROM.
The difference between 13-sector and 16-sector Disk ][ controllers is
the two ROMs on the card -- I believe the 13-sector ROMs are called
"P5" and "P6" while the 16-sector ROMs are called "P5A" and "P6A". I
can't remember whether the ICs are stamped with this however.
-Frank McConnell
From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
>> Just how frequent ARE fatalities from computers?
>
>Very, Very rare. Injuries are rare as well (especially if the case isn't
>open). I think we can discount RSI-type problems for a machine that will
>only be used for a few minutes at a time.
While they are rare they are not unheard of. The most common is small
cuts from unborken metal edges, doors closing on parts of anatomy due
to gravity, next is gears and wheels that grab or cut. Some systems that
have hgh power (voltage or current) have caused burns. Of course there
is
the ever present screwdriver slipped and hand caught it.
Allison
While I was at Weirdstuff Warehouse in Sunnyvale, CA, this afternoon,
I noticed that they had two boxes full of these docs:
"Introduction to The Instructor 50 (tm) Desktop Computer"
and
"The Instructor 50 (tm) Desktop Computer Users' Guide"
both are copyright 1978. The first is, oh, about 100 pages long,
and the second is 200 pages. They were intended to be sold with
the Signetics Instructor 50 computer, which uses a 2650 processor.
Weirdstuff wants $1 apiece.
Here is a link to a picture of one:
http://www.zianet.com/kromeke/pastcomp/misc/signetic.htm
They go through some rudiments of computers, some particulars of
the 2650, some example programs, and then the usual description
of all the opcodes. Hey, it even has an S-100 expansion capability.
Schematics included.
Anyway, if you are in the area and are interested, check it out. There
are at least 20 of each, all completely unused (although a bit yellowed).
I'll try to describe where -- it is in the back section, pretty much as far
away from the entrance to the rear section as you can get. It is on
a bottom shelf along the rear aisle.
If you don't live in the area but are really interested, I'll consider filling
a limited number of requests. (eg, you have an instructor 50, or you
have a 2650-based computer but don't have any idea about its
instruction set). I'd rather not find, address, stuff, and mail 20 packages
for a bunch of tire kickers. ;-)
-----
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Hello all, im looking to trade alot of my classic stuff. Im looking for
Amiga and Atari ST Items, Here is what I have. Please email me
at jimoaks(a)one.net if interested.
Trade List
MAC:
Mac Performa 630CD w mouse/keyboard
Stylewriter 2
15" Multiscan Monitor
Quadra 660AV Video not working.
TANDY
TRS-80 COCO 3 Working
14" Monitor
4 cartridges
OFFTOPIC-
Act Labs Force RS
SEGA:
Saturn
Sega Saturn- Works- Controllers work in menus, but not in games.
Saturn- NHL97 Boxed
Saturn- FIFA 98 Boxed
Saturn- Daytona USA Loose
2 Controllers
RF Unit
Genesis
Sega Nomad- Works Great hardly used
RF Unit
1 Sega Controllers
Mortal Kombat
NHL 98
NBA Live 96
NBA Jam
Tony Larussa
Madden 94
NHL 94
Buck Rogers:CountDown to Doomsday
All Boxed, except Buck Rogers
GAME GEAR:
Game Gear Unit
AC Adapter
Sonic 2
NHL Allstar Hockey
Both games Boxed
NINTENDO:
SNES:
Snes Unit- Works Great
1 controllers
1 rf unit
Wing Commander
MLBPA 94
Super Empire Strikes Back
NES:
1 Loose NES Unit- Works at times
2 Boxed NES Units- Both work, have all connections
4 controllers
1 light gun
Baseball Sim 1.000
Destination EarthStar
Dragon Warrior
Home Alone
IronSword-WW2
Nightmare on Elm
RadRacer
Skate or Die
Super Mario 2
SuperMario/Duck Hunt
Tecmo Baseball
Teenage Mutant Turtles
Top Gun
Winter Games
All not Boxed
ATARI
5200:
5200 Unit
Power supply
Tv Unit
Controller
Unit Boxed works great, looks like rarely been played
Pole Position Loose
2600/7800
Six Switch 2600
Atari 7800
Atari Controller
4 Switch 2600
Atari Controllers
Atarti Paddle
BOXED-7800 Centipede
BOXED-7800 ROBOTRON
BOXED-Realsports Baseball
Asteroids
Baseball
Berzerk
Bowling
BOXED-Pitfall
Breakout
China Syndrome
Circus Atari
Combat
Defender
Demons to Diamonds
Dolphin
Donkey Kong
Dragonfire
Dragster
Empire Strikes Back
Enduro
Flash Gordon
Football
Gangster Alley
Golf
Gorf
Grand Prix
Indy 500
International Soccer
Jungle Hunt
Kangaroo
Laser Blast
Maze Craze
MegaMania
Missle Command
Moon Patrol
Night Driver
Omega Race
Pac Man
Pele's Soccor
Pitfall
Planet Patrol
Pole Position
Pong Sports
Private Eye
Q-Bert
Raiders of the Lost Ark
RealSports Baseball
RealSports Football
RealSports Volleyball
Riddle of the Sphinx
River Raid
Slot Racers
Solaris
Space Invaders
Space Shuttle
Speedway 2
Star Raiders
Star Voyager
Strawberry Shortcake
Street Racer
Summer Games-PAL
Super Breakout
Surround
TAZ
Tennis
Turmoil
Video Checkers
Video Olympics
Video Pinball
WarLords
Yars Revenge
INTELLIVISION:
Space Battle
Space Hawk
Astromash
All Boxed
ODYSSEY:
Las Vegas Black Jack
Football
Alien Invaders-Plus
All Boxed
http://www.classicmag.net
Preserving the Past for the Future
>The main console should be devices 03 and 04, if i recall correctly
>from 25 years ago...
Yup
>Does anyone have this information in a text file, or a better quality scan
>of the printset?
http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/pdp8/hard8e/kl8ja.html
If people have problems with the scans on my site, email me. Most of them
(this one included) are due to the quality of the original but I may have
scan problems with some. If anybody has a better copy they can scan or can
send me a copy I will put it on my site.
David Gesswein
http://www.pdp8.net/ -- Old computers with blinkenlights
I thought ARC was that compression format that descended
to obscurity after SEA sued Phil Katz (g,d & r).
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Will Jennings
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 3:36 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: A reason to hit ARC, etc.
Its umm American Retarded Citizens or something like that...
From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
>Yes, but most of those will only occur if you're working inside the
>machine. I've seen plenty of sharp edges on metal brackets _inside_
>computers (particularly cheap PCs), but none on the outside of the case
>when it's assembled fully. Moving parts are similarly enclosed (and are
>not really an issue for most micros anyway). All high voltage/current
>connections are enclosed. And you don't need a screwdriver to _use_ a
>computer.
Ok... cases in point... DEC LP27 gas springs for the cover fail... score
one scalp line cut for both FS AND Customer.
LP25, charaband hand stopped, fingers enter anyway... customer.
Oh, reason for opening, needed new ribbon.
Rack full of RLO2s, customer pulls one out after pushing in the
anti-tip foot... first one slides out, then two... Customer pinned
against wall. FS checking out what happend and why repeats event!
Customer leans against BA32 with MVII, said unit tips, customer
employee nets broken toe.
Shall I continue? iIt does happen even if only a few times a year.
When it come to anything harder or larger than dust someone will
find a way to hurt themselves with it.
Or the corollary, foolproof, isn't! Only fools believe it.
Allison