In a message dated 6/16/00 9:36:08 PM Central Daylight Time,
mgregory(a)vantageresearch.com writes:
<<
Any other examples of semi-official fixes like this one? The only other one
that comes to mind is the infamous "Atari ST twist", where you grasped both
sides of the case firmly, and twisted the ends in opposite directions. The
flexing of the motherboard supposedly reseated a chip that frequently came
loose, without, of course, requiring you to open the case, and thereby void
your warranty.
>>
wasnt there a similar issue with the TRS80 model 1's expansion interface? I
remember hearing that it had a dodgy connection and many people devised
methods of maintaining good contact.
D.B. Young Team OS/2
hurry, hurry, step right up! see the computers of yesteryear! come one, come
all!
http://members.aol.com/suprdave/classiccmp/museum.htm
> 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.?
So they wouldn't have to document their meaning for end-users.
"hello, Prime Technical Support, how may I help you?"
"My P400 front panel is blinking wildly, like I've never
seen before; what should I do?"
"We can sell you a VCP-based P650 that won't blink wildly
and generate extraneous service calls to us, for $125k and
your existing P400 system. How soon would you like delivery?"
-dq
> I've got an ADM-5. What a neat little terminal! I like it a lot.
>
> I think I want to get an iMac and set them side-by-side. :)
Could the reason for the iMac's popularity be racial memory of the
ADM-3 and 5 days?
:-)
I just picked up an IBM PC Convertible at a thrift shop. It has a battery
(dead), but no power supply. Does anyone know the power specifications for
it?
Thanks,
Owen
-----Original Message-----
From: John R. Keys Jr. <jrkeys(a)concentric.net>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 11:36 PM
Subject: New Finds
>Well the week back from vacation has been pretty good I hit 3 auction
>and came away with a few good deals.
>5. TI99 color monitor the size of a TV and looks just like an old 19"
>model.
John, do you mean a 9" monitor? AFAIK the only monitor produced by TI for
the 99/4(A) was a neat little silver composite monitor, with a vertical
dimension of 9" or 10". I believe they were bundled with the original 99/4
for the bargain price of $1,200 or thereabouts. They were later available
separately, but still way too expensive.
I'd be interested in more details (especially the TI part number, usually
PHP ####) if it is a TI badged 19" for the 99/4(A).
Regards,
Mark
In a message dated Tue, 20 Jun 2000 11:03:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks(a)yahoo.com> writes:
<<
I have a variety of Apple II machines (I used to make my living on them
long, long ago) and my little brother, an avid thrifter, found a IIgs
for me this week. ISTR there are multiple varieties; this one appears
to be fairly old. It has a memory card inside with 256K of RAM soldered
down, and spaces for another .75Mb. The ROM is version 1.0.
Just playing around, I figured out how to get into the config menu and
set background colors, 80 column, etc. I happened to have an external
5.25" Laser drive I got with my $15 IIc+ and was able to boot up the
only DOS 3.3 disk I could find - Zork I.
So... now that I have two machines that want to have 3.5" drives and
no copies of DOS 3.3 on that medium, is it possible to aquire it anywhere?
I have Macs, etc., so I can make a 3.5" disk from an Apple disk image
if that's what it takes.
Also, are there any ways I can expand this puppy? I happen to have a
couple of old Apple double disk drives (the kind that came with the IIe);
does anyone know of a diagram to make an adapter for the 19-pin connector
that the newer computers take?
>>
sounds like you have the original model GS with 256k. later ones such as mine have ROM 03 and 1 meg. My GS also had a memory expansion card that I filled up to the max by using an XT's memory dip chips so most likely you can do the same. Nibble magazine used to have a program called dos plus which gave you two 400k dos 3.3 volumes on a 800k floppy. you can expand that GS like you would any //e or + except you dont need an 80 column card of course. the disk ][ drives you speak of can be used with a standard //e controller card if you like, or the apple // newsgroup members should be able to provide a pinout to cable those 20pin connectors to the unidisk port on the back of the computer.
On June 20, Bill Sudbrink wrote:
> 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!?!?
Cool!
> 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?
I've got an ADM-5. What a neat little terminal! I like it a lot.
I think I want to get an iMac and set them side-by-side. :)
-Dave McGuire
From: Eric Smith <eric(a)brouhaha.com>
>In the early-to-mid 1980s, Infocom used to offer a bunch of their games
>for the PDP-11. Naturally I didn't get my first -11 until after that.
>If anyone has a copy of Zork (or the other games) for the -11, I'd
>certainly love to get a copy.
>
Amazon.com has witness for pdp-11 (64k) for only $69.95. I had
remembered running across this a while ago but though it was Zork. Either
they found a different one or (more likely) my memory is bad.
Hardcover Disk edition (April 1984)
Looks like it's their 828,139th best seller...
David Gesswein
-----Original Message-----
From: r. 'bear' stricklin <red(a)bears.org>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: Please confirm *old* Mac Rumors...
>
>It is true. The keyboard which shipped with the Mac 128k did not have
>cursor keys, and I'm fairly certain that there wasn't an option for same
>until the Plus (when it may have become standard issue).
>
>ok
>r.
>
Was this another "Steveism", like the lack of a fan, and the sealed,
appliance-style case?
I admire Jobs' vision (even if I don't necessarily agree with it), but his
reality distortion field has produced some notably un-user-friendly
decisions.
Mark.
>The Mac Plus on my desk right now has cursor keys. I've
>heard that the 128k Mac (the very first model) had >neither cursor keys nor
>the numeric keypad.
>
>I have an Apple /// at home which has special keys for
>cursor movement. They auto-repeat quite slowly when held
>down, but if you press a bit harder, the auto-repeat >speeds up. Rather a
>nice idea, I thought.
>
>--
>John Honniball
>Email: John.Honniball(a)uwe.ac.uk
>University of the West of England
John is right. The keyboards on the Mac 128 & 512 have no arrow keys. I even
have a "proper" keyboard (made by datadesk) that has arrow keys, but they
don't work.
So I suppose that the ROM has no support for the keys.
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Computer Collection:
"Triumph": Commodore 64C, 1802, 1541, FSD-1, GeoRAM 512, MPS-801.
"Leela": Macintosh 128 (Plus upgrade), Nova SCSI HDD, Imagewriter II.
"Delorean": TI-99/4A, TI Speech Synthesizer.
"Monolith": Apple Macintosh Portable.
"Spectrum": Tandy Color Computer 3.
"Boombox": Sharp PC-7000.
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