Hi,
its me and my S8000 again ;)
One year ago I managed to get my hands on a S8000 which was in a kinda
bad shape. I made the repairs I was able to do (fixed all 3 PSUs, build a
complete new frontpanel, fixed cut wires). But I'm still looking for
parts which are missing in that sytem:
- harddisk
- a harddisk with a SA1000 interface as well as a so called "FINCH
adapter board" used by Zilog to attach this harddisk to the WDC
controler. It was probably called "FINCH" because the shipped SA1000
harddisk was probably a CDC 9410 Finch, 8", 32MB harddisk. Some
websites lists the 9410 drive as a SMD drive so I'm not sure about
this.
- a harddisk with a SMD interface - but then I would also need the SMD
interface adaptor for the S8000
- there was also a "mini-WDC" adapter which implemented a ST506 interface
for this I would have harddisks... This was used only in later S8000
Plus models.
- tape drive
- the original one was probably a DEI drive. It should have been a
QIC-02/36 type with four tracks and a fixed head (not like the 60MB
drives).
- tape cartridges
- still looking for the diagnostic and the OS cartridges....
- any other hardware ;)
- Paxton Hoag responded 2008 on the list that he saved a whole set of
S8000 boards when the original machine went to scrap - but
unfortunally he never responded back lately :(
If someone is interested in pics of my S8000 - they can be found here:
http://pics.pofo.de/gallery/v/S8000
--
Oliver Lehmann
http://www.pofo.de/
http://wishlist.ans-netz.de/