2 May
2006
2 May
'06
8:33 a.m.
dwight elvey wrote:
Hi
The 499 one is on its second round, after not being sold for 499.
It is not likely that the 700 one will get much either. It seems like
I saw one of these get around 300 or so. Remember, these are
just asking prices.
Yup. *Fantasy* prices! :>
These were designed to work with the 8080 but as I
recall, they
were also used with a few others, like the 8085. When I worked
Yes, the mylar (?) overlay on the "keypad" is replaced -- along
with the pod (obviously) and the personality module (little
more than a ROM pack).
I'm not sure they can handle much other than the 8080 and 8085,
though.
at Intel, I'd gotten a centronics printer wired
for 220 50 cycle. I
used the transformer from one of these to use to step down. I
handled the 50 cycle with a gear change on the AC motor.
Dwight
From: "Gooijen, Henk" <henk.gooijen
at oce.com>
> Wow, $500 and $700 for that thing? I have one at home with
> the documentation, and I am sure never going to use it.
> Guess putting it on eBay will make some money to finance the
> PDP-11 stuff which is far more interesting than Intel *&@#~$%
> I will check bitsavers if the doc is available, else I will
> scan that first.
>
> - Henk.
>
>
> > On 5/1/06, Don Y <dgy at dakotacom.net> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Can anyone verify that this box (1976 vintage) also handles
> > 8080's?
> > > I'm *sure* I had an 8080 "personality module" for mine but I
can't
> > > seem to find it (nor the overlay or the pod).
> > >
> >
> > FWIW, these two uScope items are both pictured with 8080A probes.
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8802128045
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5227203002