(I apologize if this breaks the 10-year rule; I *think* this
box is about as old as a SS1, or darn close to it - couldnt
find a date of mfg..)
I've got a barebones (no HD, no RAM, no kb/mouse)
HP/Apollo 715/33 available in Austin, Texas.
You can find specifics on it at
http://parisc.workstations.org/systems.html
and
http://parisc.workstations.org/systems/715_scorpio.html
Nice little PA-RISC box; however, I just have no use
at all for any HP stuff.
Will trade for anything DEC/VAX related (literally, anything -
make a halfway serious offer, you might be surprised) or will
even possibly give it away if someone has a good enough
need/reason why I should. I just need it out of the way.
I'm looking for VAXstation (3100, 4000-VLC, etc) machines and
hardware, BTW.
Bill
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| Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas |
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Is it possible to use a DECmate III from a terminal if one has no monitor
or keyboard for it? Since it's in the PDP-8 family, can it run OS/8?
BTW, Does anyone have any stories of favorite PDP-8 or Decmate hacks,
and, has anyone here used a DECmate for any music or sound synthesis
applications?
--
R. D. Davis
rdd(a)perqlogic.com
http://www.perqlogic.com/rdd
410-744-4900
I get an allowance. All of my computer-related purchases
come out of that, except if it's something for my wife's
machine, in which case it comes out of our general budget
(which doesn't really exist, but we pretend).
I'm not aquiring many systems these days; I'm trying to
concentrate on getting the systems I have now in some
decent shape-- so mostly parts and docs, and junk.
Since most of the systems I have are not considered
'investment grade', I can still get most of what I need
pretty cheaply (MFM drives-- $1, for example).
It gets expensive when I have to buy a part that's
still used alot in the 'mainstream' (SCSI CD-ROM's,
for example).
Almost all of my machines occupy my basement-- the rest
occupy a small corner of my otherwise full garage.
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On June 16, William Donzelli wrote:
> > Don't care about the 99% anyway, and what you're saying is, that I need
> > a 2 GHz Strontium, running Winblows to talk to this group tomorrow ?
>
> No, not at all. The question I posed is if anyone is writing mailers for
> the older systems so they can handle HTML properly.
Again, is this a blanket statement that anything that isn't an Intel
box running Windows is an "older system"?
As to the question...yes, many modern mailers for non-Windows
systems (old systems and new systems alike) deal with HTML just
fine. I think the animosity toward HTMLized email (at least for me)
comes from these points:
1) It's just not necessary for effective communications.
2) It's a waste of bandwidth and system resources.
3) Technical people generally want genuine functionality to
prevail over "flash"...which is why many (most) technical people
in the industry (Visual Basic programmers don't count) don't
have Windows boxes on their desks if they have anything to say
about it.
4) It's a clear outgrowth of the overcommercialization of the Internet,
in which uneducated users think the World Wide Web *IS* the
Internet, thus they try to cram the World Wide Web into
everything they do, and conversely, cram everything they do into
the World Wide Web.
-Dave McGuire
I don't really want to start another "ebay good/ebay bad" argument, but
did everybody see that an ADM-3A just sold on ebay for $355 US!?!?
I have two in good working and cosmetic condition that I got from a
bank some years ago, including the little panels and screws that cover
the option dip switches. I alos have docs. How many more are out there,
just on this list?
Something's been puzzling me: when I look at my CDC SMD drive, the NCR
applications processor, some smaller SMD drives, LEDs in my 11/44,
etc., there's something I just don't understand. Why did companies
begin hiding blinking lights, status displays, etc. behind covers, in
places behind the front panel that aren't obvious at first glance,
hidden in boards in a card cage, etc.?
--
R. D. Davis
rdd(a)perqlogic.com
http://www.perqlogic.com/rdd
410-744-4900
Greetings, is anyone here familiar with an NCR model 3401, class 5451
"application processor"? On a hand-written label on the front of the
machine there's a description of the memory in it: 8MB, 145ns. This
box has the following switches on the front panel, in addition to the
power switch:
Station ID (two thumbwheels)
Load options:
local/aux
disk/tape
primary OS/alt OS
BCD restart/system reset
diag port: on/off
mode: normal/diagnostic
ps margin: +5%/normal/-5%
On the back of the machine are the following connectors:
LS link (low speed link?): pos 0, pos1, pos2 (9-pin)
Diagostic port (25-pin - RS232 port?)
System bus: channel A, channel B (9-pin)
HS link (high speed linl?): pos 4, pos 5, pos6, pos7 (9-pin)
One interesting thing about this system is a board labeled "writeable
control store" - does anyone know it this is user microprogrammable?
On this board are about 45 AMD (I think) 8648 ICs and about 27 8651
ICs, in addition to what I think may be EEPROMs (Fairchild MB7142H),
as well as morotola 8644A, 8644B, 8648 and 8649 chips and a few other
ICs. Attached to this board is a other board that is apparently the
main part of the CPU with about 6 (from what I recall) square ICs,
about 1" square, with heat-sinks that I haven't figured out how to
remove yet to see the part numbers.
Did anyone here purchase the machine like this that was listed on
e-bay?
Another apparently related NCR box that appeas to connect to the SMD
drive only has the following indentification on it: "class
H6830-STD1-01-46." Coming out the back are three cables: one that
looks like it's got about 50 conductors in it, and two that appear to
have about 20 to 25 conductors (these are just my guesses, haven't
counted them). There are also two 50-pin connectors. I think this
connects to the hard disk, but I can't figure out how, or if, it
connects to the model 3401.
Is anyone here familiar with the above equipment?
--
R. D. Davis
rdd(a)perqlogic.com
http://www.perqlogic.com/rdd
410-744-4900
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R. D. Davis
rdd(a)perqlogic.com
http://www.perqlogic.com/rdd
410-744-4900
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