2 Mar
1998
2 Mar
'98
12:44 a.m.
Sam Ismail wrote:
On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Russ Blakeman wrote:
Hey me too on this one
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Anyway I finally powered it up after jumpering the broken power toggle and it works
as far as the monitor powering and giving me video garbage. The hard drive is a
Seagate 5 mb and the floppy is a Tandon 720k belt drive. It appears to have a
printer port as well and only one open connection in the card cage. Although a
little dirty and dusty she's in beautiful shape needing a good repair and
replacement of the antiglare mesh.
If Marvin doesn't raise his ugly head (so to speak) I'll have to grab him by the
trackball and see what he has to say about it.
Add to my collection? I think not as the dining room is no longer a dining room,
it's a computer docking bay.
Thanks a bunch for the info...
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Phone: (502) 756-1749 / Data/Fax:(502) 756-6991
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Anyone know of a museum/collection site with info
on this, or have info
on it themselves? I'd like to see what it is before I decide to gut it
for the drives or keep ot for my oddities collection.
Do NOT gut this baby. It is truly a classic. I hope Marvin
(marvin(a)raing.org) pipes up about this because he seems to be the resident
Vector guru around here, but I haven't seen a post from him in a little
while.
Add this one to your collection.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass 
2 Mar
2 Mar
1:31 a.m.
Well Sam, I don't think I am a Vector Graphic guru but I do have most of the
tech manuals (from a dumpster diving expedition a few years ago.) I can't
remember but I *think* there are probably three or four Vector 3's around
here, although none with hard disks. I have fired them up in the past, but
haven't used them for anything but curiositys. I have no idea at this time
how common/rare they might be although I rather *suspect* there were quite a
few made (10s of thousands.)
Russ Blakeman wrote:
Sam Ismail wrote:
resident
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On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Russ Blakeman wrote:
> Anyone know of a museum/collection site with info on this, or have
info
> on it themselves? I'd like to see what
it is before I decide to gut it
for the
drives or keep ot for my oddities collection.
Do NOT gut this baby. It is truly a classic. I hope Marvin
(marvin(a)raing.org) pipes up about this because he seems to be the Vector guru around here, but I haven't seen a
post from him in a little
while.
Add this one to your collection.
Sam Alternate e-mail:
dastar(a)siconic.com
Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician,
Philosopher, Athlete, Writer,
Jackass
Hey me too on this one
--------------------------------------------------------------^^^^
Anyway I finally powered it up after jumpering the broken power toggle and
it works
as far as the monitor powering and giving me video garbage. The hard drive
is a
Seagate 5 mb and the floppy is a Tandon 720k belt drive. It appears to
have a
printer port as well and only one open connection in the card cage.
Although a
little dirty and dusty she's in beautiful shape needing a good repair and
replacement of the antiglare mesh.
If Marvin doesn't raise his ugly head (so to speak) I'll have to grab him
by the
trackball and see what he has to say about it.
Add to my collection? I think not as the dining room is no longer a dining
room,
it's a computer docking bay.
Thanks a bunch for the info...
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Russ Blakeman
RB Custom Services / Rt. 1 Box 62E / Harned, KY USA 40144
Phone: (502) 756-1749 / Data/Fax:(502) 756-6991
Email: rhblake(a)bbtel.com or rhblake(a)bigfoot.com
Website: http://members.tripod.com/~RHBLAKE/
* Parts/Service/Upgrades and more for MOST Computers*
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7:26 a.m.
Marvin wrote:
Well Sam, I don't think I am a Vector Graphic guru
but I do have most of the
tech manuals (from a dumpster diving expedition a few years ago.) I can't
remember but I *think* there are probably three or four Vector 3's around
here, although none with hard disks. I have fired them up in the past, but
haven't used them for anything but curiositys. I have no idea at this time
how common/rare they might be although I rather *suspect* there were quite a
few made (10s of thousands.)
10's of thousands in computers is nothing, you know that. When they get in the
millions and billions like the PS, XT and AT they become commonplace. What operating
system does the Vector 3 run? Do you have any idea if it was made for a specific
purpose such as a graphics workstation (in black and white)? I'd like to know a
little more about it before I spend the time delving into it more or even trying to
locate a new home for it (heavy beast).
The external case is probably the same for ones with or without a hard disk but with
added MFM type cabling. If you have the controller card and cabling already then I'm
sure you could easily add a 506 interface drive.
I appreciate any info you can provide and if you have multiple copies of the manuals
and may want to part with one, let me know.
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Russ Blakeman
RB Custom Services / Rt. 1 Box 62E / Harned, KY USA 40144
Phone: (502) 756-1749 / Data/Fax:(502) 756-6991
Email: rhblake(a)bbtel.com or rhblake(a)bigfoot.com
Website: http://members.tripod.com/~RHBLAKE/
* Parts/Service/Upgrades and more for MOST Computers*
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7:52 p.m.
Russ Blakeman wrote:
Marvin wrote:
Commonplace is a relative term. With the Lobo Max-80 having a production
total of 5000 computers and the Sol-20 production being 10,000, well, I
think you see what I mean.
haven't used them for anything but
curiositys. I have no idea at this
time
how common/rare they might be although I rather
*suspect* there were
quite a
few made (10s of thousands.)
10's of thousands in computers is nothing, you know that. When they get in
the
millions and billions like the PS, XT and AT they become commonplace. What
operating system does the Vector 3 run? Do you have any idea if
it was made for a
specific
purpose such as a graphics workstation (in black and white)? I'd like to
know a
little more about it before I spend the time delving into it more or even
trying to
locate a new home for it (heavy beast).
It runs CP/M and was intended as a business machine. Sorry, but I don't
recall much more than that off the top of my head. They are fairly easy to
work on and a friend of mine used his (now mine!) to do quite a bit of
commercial programming.
The external case is probably the same for ones with
or without a hard
disk but with
added MFM type cabling. If you have the controller card and cabling
already then I'm
sure you could easily add a 506 interface drive.
I appreciate any info you can provide and if you have multiple copies of
the manuals
and may want to part with one, let me know.
I do have multiple copies of some manuals, but except for the Vector 4, I am
not sure of the others. When I get a chance to dig back to where they are
stored, I'll take a look and see what I can find.
1:13 p.m.
On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Marvin wrote:
Well Sam, I don't think I am a Vector Graphic guru
but I do have most of the
tech manuals (from a dumpster diving expedition a few years ago.) I can't
remember but I *think* there are probably three or four Vector 3's around
here, although none with hard disks. I have fired them up in the past, but
haven't used them for anything but curiositys. I have no idea at this time
how common/rare they might be although I rather *suspect* there were quite a
few made (10s of thousands.)
Is the Vector 3 also a hard sectored disk machine? Did it use 100tpi
drives?
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3 Mar
3 Mar
1:39 a.m.
Marvin wrote:
Don Maslin wrote:
This one, the Vector 3, has a Seagate FH 5.25" Seagate ST-506 5 mb hard drive
and a Tandon FH 5.25" 720k floppy in the external case.
Thanks for the info in the other message as well Marv.
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Russ Blakeman
RB Custom Services / Rt. 1 Box 62E / Harned, KY USA 40144
Phone: (502) 756-1749 / Data/Fax:(502) 756-6991
Email: rhblake(a)bbtel.com or rhblake(a)bigfoot.com
Website: http://members.tripod.com/~RHBLAKE/
* Parts/Service/Upgrades and more for MOST Computers*
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Is the Vector 3 also a hard sectored disk
machine? Did it use 100tpi
drives?
Yes to both questions. I believe Micropolis drives were used but I don't
know off hand what other drives were used in the computers.
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