28 Mar
1999
28 Mar
'99
8:08 p.m.
If you have to align an 8"drive, the alignment diskette is pretty essential,
i.e. you can't really do well without it. The 5.25" diskettes are about as
easy to manage with software and one of the "digital alignment diskettes" if
you can get them.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Sunday, March 28, 1999 6:46 PM
Subject: followup: Rinky dink hamfest
Today I went to see a couple of the people that I
meet at yesterday's
hamfest. One of them used to service XEROX computers. He told me that he
threw out three rooms full of old XEROX computers less than a year ago. :-(
He gave me part of the stuff that he had left, I have to take a Truck
(note capital) back to get the rest (estimated at two cubic yards but no
complete machines). So far I've found lots of docs and 8" flopppy disks
for the 820 and 16/8. The 16/8 looks pretty interesting, it ran CPM,
CPM-86 and MS-DOS. Does anyone have one of these? What's your opinion of
them?
He has a floppy disk drive control box to manual operate 3.5", 5.25" and
8" drives during alignment. Anyone have an idea of what one of these is
worth with the alignment disks and manuals?
Alos found a Lisa mouse to go with the Lisa that I got yesterday.
Joe
28 Mar
28 Mar
11:16 p.m.
On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, Richard Erlacher wrote:
If you have to align an 8"drive, the alignment
diskette is pretty essential,
i.e. you can't really do well without it. The 5.25" diskettes are about as
easy to manage with software and one of the "digital alignment diskettes" if
you can get them.
I am pretty sure that they are still available from:
Accurite Technologues, Inc.
231 Charcot Avenue
San Jose CA 95131-1107
- don
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Sunday, March 28, 1999 6:46 PM
Subject: followup: Rinky dink hamfest
Today I went to see a couple of the people that
I meet at yesterday's
hamfest. One of them used to service XEROX computers. He told me that he
threw out three rooms full of old XEROX computers less than a year ago. :-(
He gave me part of the stuff that he had left, I have to take a Truck
(note capital) back to get the rest (estimated at two cubic yards but no
complete machines). So far I've found lots of docs and 8" flopppy disks
for the 820 and 16/8. The 16/8 looks pretty interesting, it ran CPM,
CPM-86 and MS-DOS. Does anyone have one of these? What's your opinion of
them?
He has a floppy disk drive control box to manual operate 3.5", 5.25" and
8" drives during alignment. Anyone have an idea of what one of these is
worth with the alignment disks and manuals?
Alos found a Lisa mouse to go with the Lisa that I got yesterday.
Joe
29 Mar
29 Mar
12:07 a.m.
At 07:08 PM 3/28/99 -0700, you wrote:
If you have to align an 8"drive, the alignment
diskette is pretty essential,
i.e. you can't really do well without it.
Yes I know, I used to repair and alignment drives. What I wanted to
know is what the whole setup is worth and weather I should buy it. He
wants a couple of hundred bucks for it. He said it cost ~$3500 new.
The 5.25" diskettes are about as
easy to manage with software and one of the
"digital alignment diskettes" if
you can get them.
I doubt 5.25" drives are worth reapiring, even if you could get the parts.
Joe
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Sunday, March 28, 1999 6:46 PM
Subject: followup: Rinky dink hamfest
Today I went to see a couple of the people that
I meet at yesterday's
hamfest. One of them used to service XEROX computers. He told me that he
threw out three rooms full of old XEROX computers less than a year ago. :-(
He gave me part of the stuff that he had left, I have to take a Truck
(note capital) back to get the rest (estimated at two cubic yards but no
complete machines). So far I've found lots of docs and 8" flopppy disks
for the 820 and 16/8. The 16/8 looks pretty interesting, it ran CPM,
CPM-86 and MS-DOS. Does anyone have one of these? What's your opinion of
them?
He has a floppy disk drive control box to manual operate 3.5", 5.25" and
8" drives during alignment. Anyone have an idea of what one of these is
worth with the alignment disks and manuals?
Alos found a Lisa mouse to go with the Lisa that I got yesterday.
Joe
11:41 a.m.
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5:02 p.m.
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
Hmmm... Are new 5.25" drives still being made?
They're not that common in
I don't know about being made, but they are still in stock. You've
probably seen those 5.25" and 3.5" drives in a single half height unit (of
course, both work half as poorly as they would if they were full sized).
I'm pretty sure that normal half-height drives are available as well.
Either way, there are so many 5.25" drives out there, I think that we
could use the standard 'if you fill a train up with these, it could go
around the earth n times' phrase...
--Max Eskin (max82(a)surfree.com)
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