22 Oct
2012
22 Oct
'12
10:39 p.m.
Good to hear. I'd feel bad if they go to a scrapper. From a quick message to the
seller they run off a normal power cable. I'd guess they're 120v systems. They
confirmed they don't have any manuals or software. I noticed the pic but didn't
mention the appearance of the hard drive either.
Seller didn't actually reply to pickup question but I rarely find anyone not willing
these days. Just some folks who feel the need to charge or make up a little loss with a
pickup fee but not accusing this seller. Itd cost me a tank of gas + auction to get but
again I'd only save it if there was a large need. Someone else would enjoy it better.
Though I do know a few texas museums that might be interested.
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From: Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>
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Subject: Re: Interesting ePay find...
I have a local friend (not on this list) who was thinking about it
when they first popped up, but I don't know if he's still considering it
or not. I will ask him.
-Dave
On 10/22/2012 08:26 PM, barythrin at gmail.com wrote:
Not sure if I could save them even if I wanted to.
Size/weight the wife may notice them.
Anyone here thinking about it? Without software or drives its not likely to make it off
my todo list if I went and got them so I'm not the best candidate other than not ever
scrapping anything.
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From: Brent Hilpert <hilpert at cs.ubc.ca>
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Subject: Re: Interesting ePay find...
On 2012 Oct 22, at 5:57 AM, Jonathan Katz wrote:
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
I was browsing on e-bay and found these TI-1500
systems. I have no
link to the seller. I never heard of these before.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TI-1500-unix-computers-/251167418839
After a lot of Google I found this:
http://www. home. unix- ag. org/ engel/ ti/ (which isn't working)
Bad characters in the url. Try this:
http://www.home.unix-ag.org/engel/ti/
68030/40-based machines with System-V-ish port from the mid 80's it
seems.
The software that's available for it is still
quite pricey:
http://www.csisoft.com/applications/ti.php
I don't see a NetBSD port for it, either.