30 Jan
1999
30 Jan
'99
5:01 p.m.
On Sat, 30 Jan 1999, David Williams wrote:
I finally had a chance to get out and hit a few
thrifts again. I was
chained in a studio working on an anime, but I'm free again.
Anyway, I found a Xebec Sider harddrive. Was this for the Apple //?
Yes. 10MB. Mine is still running strong after 14+ years of usage (well,
it hasn't really seen much action in the past 5, but it did use to run on
a 24/7 BBS back in the 80s).
I hope you got the Xebex controller card with it. Its probably inside the
Apple //e that the drive was donated to the thrift store with.
what it is. Any ideas anyone? Also would like any
info on the
drive type, size interface, etc. It is a model 9710H. Looks like I
can pull the drive from the case and hook up a different PSU.
I believe its an ST-225 (or whatever the 10MB Seagate model is). I just
opened up my Sider ][ and its some sort of NEC half-height 5.25" drive.
On another note, anyone tell me anything about a
handheld unit, I
think it was an LK-3000 or some such, I'll have to go back and
check. The guy wants $50 for it and also has a Tandy Pocket
Computer for $40 I'm thinking of picking up.
$40? At a thift store? Sheesh. $15 tops. Is the LK-3000 truly handheld
or is it a portable like a Tandy M100?
Other things I grabbed:
Odyssey2 in box
Cool.
Coleco Adam in box (damn big box for a home console
system)
Cool. I passed on the chance to get two of these in the box for $20 about
5 years ago but balked at the shipping. Its not like they're Altairs but
people these days would want ebay dollars for something like that. The
printer came in the box too, right? That explains the size.
For those of you who were interested in the Mattel
Aquarius Data
Recorders, after two months of no replies to my query on where to
drop off the money and pick up the recorders, I have finally given up
on them. They said they accepted my offer but then they just fell
silent. Guess they found someone else with a better offer.
I forgot all about that. Were you in voice contact with them or e-mail?
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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