Where's the UNIVAC? Is there any possibility of a rescue on it?
-- Tony
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> From: Mike[SMTP:dogas@leading.net]
> Reply To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 7:48 PM
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: A classic classiccmp day...
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> What a cool day. I woke up to a beautiful Florida morning and hopped in
> the car and drove to Orlando and met Joe to 'hit the spots' (Thanks for
> comming out to play, Joe!)
>
> One stop yielded a Motorola EXORcisor chassis(woo hoo!), two ASR-32's
> with
> tape r/w er's , and a 20 slot crate based on a General Micro Systems
> 6502/6802/6809/z80 sbc/card (currently with the 6809 module installed. It
> has ports for pinter, i/o, rs232, and ieee-488) from circa 83
> maybe...with
> other cards including a Smoke Signal Broadcasting DCB-4E, a Digalog
> Systems
> 64k mem,. a Digalog Systems T Buss Controller, and a few other ufo's.
> Anyone know anything about this one?
>
> Also obtained on the trip: a pdp 11/05 that has the front panel, an ICE
> sytem for Intel's 960/20, several boards with memory and a few with some
> Am2901 processors, and a Fourth Cartridge (and entire setup) for a Commie
> 64.
>
> I saw alot of interesting things that didn't come home with me (...yet...
> ;)) letsee.... The coolest was probably the Univac 1540. Never seen one
> before, it had a lot of dings but *GREAT* front panallage and full
> headdress. Wish someone would save that one. Something else I almost
> picked up was an Intel GUIO MCS-51 thingy that I'm sure will cause regret
> in
> time.
>
> Well, guess I'll go play...
>
> ;)
> - Mike: dogas(a)leading.net
>
>
>
>
<Hmm, all this talk about anti-spam stuff and then suddenly "poof" I don't
<hear anything for hours. Wondering what happened....
<--Chuck
Donno.
Allison
>Stopped by the scrapper today and found this: IBM 3742 Dual Data Station.
>There's not much left of it, so I grabbed the little nametag off it for my
>archaic weird stuff to decorate the walls collection, but I'm curious what
>it is.
There may not be left of that particular unit, but the IBM 3740 series
(of which the 3742 is a variant) lives on today in every PC clone.
> The only thing I could find (in German, no less) was a mention from
>1975 about it having something to do with 8" disks and System/32.
In particular, every PC-clone uses a floppy disk format that's a very
direct descendant of the IBM 3740 format. Change the modulation from
FM to MFM, up the data rate, and that's all. And at least some of the
PC FDC's will read a IBM 3740 format floppy (see the discussions from
the past few years in comp.os.cpm about single-density capable
FDC's).
--
Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com
Trailing Edge Technology WWW: http://www.trailing-edge.com/
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Bethesda, MD, USA 20817 Fax: 301-767-5927
In a message dated 2/25/2000 1:10:07 AM Pacific Standard Time,
rhudson(a)ix.netcom.com writes:
> 1 CRT (which was
> displayed in two displays with a mirror arrangement). the two users would
> sit
> facing each other with the floppy drive on the right for each. Each with
> their
> own keyboard.
I stand corrected. This is true. One monitor with mirrors to two displays. It
has been a long time. It was made by IBM.
Paxton
In a message dated 2/24/2000 8:55:15 PM Pacific Standard Time,
xds_sigma7(a)hotmail.com writes:
> IBM 3742 Dual Data Station.
1975 about it having something to do with 8" disks and System/32.
A classic example of a huge plastic data entry workstation that resembled a
desk for two operators with a couple of small IBM boards in it. 150 pounds of
non recyclable plastic, IIRC. Two small 9"? mono monitors & two keyboards for
two operators to enter data. Two original IBM 8" disk drives. It has been 10
years since I have seen one so I hope my memory is correct.
It was a small business data entry station that could be better done with two
terminals. I believe it could be used with the System one besides the /32. I
also think you could hook up a printer directly.
IBM made things large because it was expected of them. After all in 1975 it
couldn't be a real computer peripheral or worth big bucks if it wasn't large.
Very poor scrap. 60 Cubic feet of plastic garbage. It definitely is a
collectable if complete and you have space for it. I doubt many were saved.
The chassis stuck around because 4 of them would fill a dumpster.
Paxton
Hi,
Stopped by the scrapper today and found this: IBM 3742 Dual Data Station.
There's not much left of it, so I grabbed the little nametag off it for my
archaic weird stuff to decorate the walls collection, but I'm curious what
it is. The only thing I could find (in German, no less) was a mention from
1975 about it having something to do with 8" disks and System/32.
Will J
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so, the message is rejected. Thus not only are we not an open relay, but we
will refuse to accept or send mail that is from or to any system that is an
open relay. That is the function of RBL and RSS; DUL is a blacklist of
non-open relays that are however known originators of spam.
You can check the above URL for details, but the basic gist is that when
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As you may gather, this does open the possibility of "throwing the baby out
with the bath water". If your ISP has an open relay, we will not accept your
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of spam, it is somewhat possible your ISP will be blocked (which albeit
unfairly blocks you). This generally isn't much of a problem because most
ISP's are very responsive to requests from MAPS. After weighing these issues
we decided that there's no reason that our servers should have to converse
with other servers that are known to be insecure or frequent sources of
spam. We really really really dislike spam, and feel that this action is
wholly appropriate.
Regards,
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Here is someone with a bunch of classic to semi-classic software for sale.
Please reply to the original sender.
Reply-to: urdahl(a)telus.net
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 14:08:00 -0800
From: Hans and Sharon Urdahl <urdahl(a)telus.net>
To: vcf(a)vintage.org
Subject: Software for sale
Could you please let me know if there is a internet site where I could
list these items Thank you.
Inventory list of software: Quantity:
Packard Bell MS-Dos 4.0 OPERATING 3 1
Combase (c) 1987 Data base communications inc. 8 New
Tandy 1000 Cat.no.25-1504 technical referenc manual 1
Tandy 1000 Cat.no.25-1501 MS-Dos reference manual 5
Packard Bell MS-Dos 4.0 SHELL 1
SVGV-UTILITY (disk 1&2) 5" floppy 1
Racal Interlan, Diags and drives for ni 5210 ver 2.0
contains 158-0248-00 24 New
Poly-XFR CP/M Comms communications for Rainbow 100 2
VISI CALC.instantly calulates elec.work sheet
user's guide for APPLE II&II plus 48k 16 sector 3
AccPac. Accouts receivable 10
AccPac. Accounts payable 8
AccPac. General ledger and financing report 3
Zenith data systems Heath software 3
Olivetti software libary STK 286 5 new
Olivetti MS-Dos pc 286 10 new
Microsoft M Basic 86 basic interpreter for rainbow 100 4
Rainbow 100 cp/m-86/80 operating system 1
Rainbow 100 user kit 1
Diskette drive head cleaning kit FD-08 Series 2024 5 new
Irish 5" floppy 1
Micom Philips 8" floppy 380
Flexible disk caddy for 8" floppy 33
Come Base user guide communication program for IBM PC 2
Packard Bell Modem 2400 BPS reference manual 2
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
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<> with a seven deadly dirty words it was a risk to us as well. So it was a
<> condition of service or else...
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<If you were a Common Carrier, the material transmitted by your customers
<would not be your problem. If you had to police it, you were NOT a
<Common Carrier.
In the radio biz during the early 70s FCC was as powerful as IRS and
equally inclined to take actions as they saw fit. THe only one that
Had official common carrier back then was TPC (The Telephone Company)
Loosing a license for a repeater could mean a lot of lost business.
The profit was from service contracts on the users as the repeater was
not a profit mechanism. This may have changed in the last 20 years.
So no law said so but I did use the word civil penelty. Also other
customers hearing the bad stuff on the repeater (despite PL tone)
often did complain.
Allison
