16 Oct
2016
16 Oct
'16
1:10 p.m.
I was jusy crawling ePay and found this one.
For who is interested, about one hour left, 1 bid $100,- at this moment.
I'm not the seller or affiliated with him or her.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-9826-Hewlett-Packard-With-Catalog-parts-Or-Repair
-Only-/172369586516
<http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-9826-Hewlett-Packard-With-Catalog-parts-Or-Repai
r-Only-/172369586516?hash=item2822072954:g:NPMAAOSwmLlX8XkP>
-Rik
16 Oct
16 Oct
3:16 p.m.
New subject: Altos system mislisted on Epay
48 min to go at 315 PDT
Bit thing not in listing is an SA-1004 disk. And I'm suspicious it is
an 8086, but who knows. Certainly has many serials on the back.
Moore-Business-Systems-Altos-ASC-8000-10A-Zilog-Z80-CP-M-Multi-user-Computer
http://www.ebay.com/itm/311713600878
3:38 p.m.
New subject: Altos system mislisted on Epay
On Oct 16, 2016 3:19 PM, "jim stephens" <jwsmail at jwsss.com> wrote:
Moore-Business-Systems-Altos-ASC-8000-10A-Zilog-Z80-CP-M-Multi-user-Computer
I had one of those that I gave to Josh. It was mostly working at the time.
It was Z80 based.
Has the one in the listing here had the hard drive platter brutally
removed? Didn't take a close look at all of the photos to be sure.
48 min to go at 315 PDT
Bit thing not in listing is an SA-1004 disk. And I'm suspicious it is an
8086,
but who knows. Certainly has many serials on the back.
6:38 p.m.
New subject: Altos system mislisted on Epay
On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 10:38 PM, Glen Slick <glen.slick at gmail.com> wrote:
On Oct 16, 2016 3:19 PM, "jim stephens"
<jwsmail at jwsss.com> wrote:
Moore-Business-Systems-Altos-ASC-8000-10A-Zilog-Z80-CP-M-
Multi-user-Computer
I had one of those that I gave to Josh. It was mostly working at the time.
It was Z80 based.
Has the one in the listing here had the hard drive platter brutally
removed? Didn't take a close look at all of the photos to be sure.
I think this is one page from the manual related to the 8500 board
vintagecomputer.net/altos/8000
48 min to go at 315 PDT
Bit thing not in listing is an SA-1004 disk. And I'm suspicious it is an
8086, but who knows. Certainly has many serials on the back.
7:06 p.m.
New subject: Altos system mislisted on Epay
On Mon, 17 Oct 2016 01:38:55 +0000
william degnan <billdegnan at gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 10:38 PM, Glen Slick
<glen.slick at gmail.com>
wrote:
My ACS8000-10 was a Z80 system with MP/M installed. Working condition,
but lost along with an ADDS Regent 25 terminal, a DS50 disk, the left
hand door to a DS990 rack, and other items, to the higher imperatives of
crackheads needing scrap to peddle, some time back.
Moral of the story is along the lines of "the squeaky wheel gets the
grease", or maybe "money talks but bs walks", when it comes to secure
storage or shop facilities, but then patronage always comes at a price,
too. C'est la guerre, er, vie.
Sorry to wax philosophical.
jbdigriz
On Oct 16, 2016 3:19 PM, "jim stephens"
<jwsmail at jwsss.com> wrote:
Moore-Business-Systems-Altos-ASC-8000-10A-Zilog-Z80-CP-M-
Multi-user-Computer
I had one of those that I gave to Josh. It was mostly working at
the time. It was Z80 based.
Has the one in the listing here had the hard drive platter brutally
removed? Didn't take a close look at all of the photos to be sure.
I think this is one page from the manual related to the 8500 board
vintagecomputer.net/altos/8000
48 min to go at 315 PDT
Bit thing not in listing is an SA-1004 disk. And I'm suspicious
it is an
8086, but who knows. Certainly has many serials on the back.
8:45 p.m.
New subject: Altos system mislisted on Epay
On 10/16/2016 15:38, Glen Slick wrote:
Has the one in the listing here had the hard drive platter brutally
removed? Didn't take a close look at all of the photos to be sure.
By my previous viewing of the pics in that auction - yes, somebody
ripped the platters out of the HDD, breaking the arms the R/W heads were
mounted on. Said heads were left dangling.
IIRC the auction copy indicated something had been done to the PSU as
well. There was a close-up of some wires soldered to some spade lugs,
but I don't recall seeing a good photo of the PSU itself.
It didn't sell, so there's a good chance it'll be listed again in a few
days. They tend to give things a few shots before they stop relisting.
--S.
17 Oct
17 Oct
7:20 a.m.
New subject: Altos system mislisted on Epay
On Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:45:35 -0700
Steven M Jones <classiccmp at crash.com> wrote:
IIRC the auction copy indicated something had been
done to the PSU as
well. There was a close-up of some wires soldered to some spade lugs,
but I don't recall seeing a good photo of the PSU itself.
IIRC, mine had a big, heavy transformer for the linear power supply.
The pictures showing the innards seem to be gone now, but that
would be low-hanging fruit. Fe, Cu, Al.
I hope the seller merely received the unit in this condition, and
didn't gut it themselves. C'est la guerre, though, in either case.
jbdigriz
9:23 a.m.
New subject: Altos system mislisted on Epay
The back label says 8000-10A, which should indeed be a Z80 system with a
hard disk. I have an Altos 1004 disk for the thing (and experience with
its power supply ;) ), but when I bought mine, my seller (not the same
as this one) mis-listed the CPU unit as having the disk controller,
which was not actually present - he used a stock photo to sell multiple
units. (I did receive some compensation for that). The disk controller
on this unit looks to be correct.
On 10/16/2016 5:16 PM, jim stephens wrote:
48 min to go at 315 PDT
Bit thing not in listing is an SA-1004 disk. And I'm suspicious it is
an 8086, but who knows. Certainly has many serials on the back.
Moore-Business-Systems-Altos-ASC-8000-10A-Zilog-Z80-CP-M-Multi-user-Computer
http://www.ebay.com/itm/311713600878
8 Nov
8 Nov
8:09 a.m.
New subject: Altos system mislisted on Epay
On 10/17/2016 11:23 AM, Jay Jaeger wrote:
The back label says 8000-10A, which should indeed be a
Z80 system with a
hard disk. I have an Altos 1004 disk for the thing (and experience with
its power supply ;) ), but when I bought mine, my seller (not the same
as this one) mis-listed the CPU unit as having the disk controller,
which was not actually present - he used a stock photo to sell multiple
units. (I did receive some compensation for that). The disk controller
on this unit looks to be correct.
On 10/16/2016 5:16 PM, jim stephens wrote:
As a follow up, I did end up purchasing the thing, in order to get the
prerequisite Altos 8200 system board and hard disk controller to mate
with my existing Altos disk. (My disk is the larger sized SA-4008,
contrary to the 1004 I cited earlier). It is indeed a 8000-10 system,
with a Z80 processor.
It is an all-in one unit - the SA-1004 is on the right hand side of the
case, under the system board, and the floppy on the left side. Thus
quite heavy (shipping weight was apparently 72 lbs). I have not yet
disassembled it to check to see if the scrape on the transformer
requires further attention, to deal with the filter capacitors, remove
the useless SA-1004, etc.
So, if anyone needs SA-1004 electronics or other pieces/parts let me
know. :)
JRJ
48 min to go at 315 PDT
Bit thing not in listing is an SA-1004 disk. And I'm suspicious it is
an 8086, but who knows. Certainly has many serials on the back.
Moore-Business-Systems-Altos-ASC-8000-10A-Zilog-Z80-CP-M-Multi-user-Computer
http://www.ebay.com/itm/311713600878
8:29 a.m.
New subject: Altos system mislisted on Epay
As a follow up, I did end up purchasing the thing, in order to get the
prerequisite Altos 8200 system board and hard disk controller to mate
with my existing Altos disk. (My disk is the larger sized SA-4008,
contrary to the 1004 I cited earlier). It is indeed a 8000-10 system,
with a Z80 processor.
It is an all-in one unit - the SA-1004 is on the right hand side of the
case, under the system board, and the floppy on the left side. Thus
quite heavy (shipping weight was apparently 72 lbs). I have not yet
disassembled it to check to see if the scrape on the transformer
requires further attention, to deal with the filter capacitors, remove
the useless SA-1004, etc.
So, if anyone needs SA-1004 electronics or other pieces/parts let me
know. :)
JRJ
Did I send you this link?
http://vintagecomputer.net/altos/8000/Altos-8000-pt2_8500_board.pdf
I have the 8000 manual, someone had in the past ask me to scan this part of
it.
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