22 Apr
2009
22 Apr
'09
9:43 p.m.
Seems reasonably priced at $99.99
item # 370191254420
I think this is a 680x0 based Apollo, right?
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22 Apr
22 Apr
9:55 p.m.
Richard wrote:
Seems reasonably priced at $99.99
On the plus side:
1) it's the cleanest looking 3000 I've ever seen,
2) the seller's mention of video connectors shouldn't be an issue; it
shouldn't prove a problem for any PC workstation display that supports SoG I
would think.
On the minus side:
1) hard disk and/or PSU and/or all manner of esoteric parts might be faulty,
2) I don't see any mention (surprise, surprise) of a Domain keyboard in the
auction listing - what a pain if the seller actually does have it ("re-PC"
suggests an equipment recycler) and have managed to lose it amongst a pile of
other non-Apollo keyboards! :-(
... my gut feeling is that $50 would be nearer the mark for something that's
untested and is missing its keyboard; it'd be good for someone who already had
a complete DN3000 and wanted to make up a nice, working example along with a
spares cache.
(wonder where the seller got it from if they are just a recycler? The machine
looks to have an ATR network board, and I bet it was rare anyway for a site to
just buy a single Apollo - wherever it came from probably had a few originally)
cheers
Jules
10:26 p.m.
I don't remember if this has been mentioned before, but what about
Domain/OS (is that what this machine runs)?
Mark
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Jules Richardson
<jules.richardson99 at gmail.com> wrote:
Richard wrote:
Seems reasonably priced at $99.99
On the plus side:
?1) it's the cleanest looking 3000 I've ever seen,
?2) the seller's mention of video connectors shouldn't be an issue; it
shouldn't prove a problem for any PC workstation display that supports SoG I
would think.
On the minus side:
?1) hard disk and/or PSU and/or all manner of esoteric parts might be
faulty,
?2) I don't see any mention (surprise, surprise) of a Domain keyboard in the
auction listing - what a pain if the seller actually does have it ("re-PC"
suggests an equipment recycler) and have managed to lose it amongst a pile
of other non-Apollo keyboards! :-(
... my gut feeling is that $50 would be nearer the mark for something that's
untested and is missing its keyboard; it'd be good for someone who already
had a complete DN3000 and wanted to make up a nice, working example along
with a spares cache.
(wonder where the seller got it from if they are just a recycler? The
machine looks to have an ATR network board, and I bet it was rare anyway for
a site to just buy a single Apollo - wherever it came from probably had a
few originally)
cheers
Jules
11:30 p.m.
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Jules Richardson
<jules.richardson99 at gmail.com> wrote:
?2) I don't see any mention (surprise, surprise) of a Domain keyboard in the
auction listing - what a pain if the seller actually does have it ("re-PC"
suggests an equipment recycler) and have managed to lose it amongst a pile
of other non-Apollo keyboards! :-(
RE-PC is a Seattle, WA area computer recycler. http://www.repc.com/
Last time I was there (a few months ago) I grabbed 2 or 3 LK201s for
$1 each from a big pile of keyboards. They do seem to have some
notion of the value of some vintage equipment and probably would have
tried to keep the the Apollo keyboard together with the system if they
came in together. But if they got separated it's a large enough
operation there that the two probably wouldn't be reunited unless
someone went there and looked around at their piles of keyboards.
23 Apr
23 Apr
7:43 a.m.
On Apr 22, 2009, at 2:43 PM, Richard wrote:
I think this is a 680x0 based Apollo, right?
12 MHz 68020.
The DN3000 was perhaps the best selling DOMAIN workstation Apollo ever
made, but for some reason it's not one of the models I already have in
my collection. Plus, it's local... so, I bid.
ok
bear
29 Apr
29 Apr
4:03 a.m.
r.stricklin wrote:
On Apr 22, 2009, at 2:43 PM, Richard wrote:
Did you (or anyone else from here) win ?
I bid on it... but it got 'too rich' for me (at this time anyway).
Despite being in Apollo's home state.... it is one vendor completely
missing in
my 'collection'.
-- Curt
I think this is a 680x0 based Apollo, right?
12 MHz 68020.
The DN3000 was perhaps the best selling DOMAIN workstation Apollo ever
made, but for some reason it's not one of the models I already have in
my collection. Plus, it's local... so, I bid.
ok
bear
4:19 a.m.
Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:
r.stricklin wrote:
It was me. (Sorry bear -- didn't see your mail or I (probably :))
wouldn't have bid against you). That was a bit more than I wanted to
pay, but I couldn't pass it up.
Seems to be complete (missing a few screws). Powers up and announces it
has failed the keyboard diagnostic (expected, since I have no
keyboard.) Hard drive is unfortunately a Micropolis 1325 (same as an
RD53) which means that it's got about a 90% chance of not working
without some fiddling, and even then... it does spin up, though.
Now I just need a Domain keyboard (there are 7 listed on eBay, but
they're $50 w/shipping -- ebay item 1402866261901). And maybe a mouse.
And some OS media...
Josh
On Apr 22, 2009, at 2:43 PM, Richard wrote:
Did you (or anyone else from here) win ?
I bid on it... but it got 'too rich' for me (at this time anyway).
Despite being in Apollo's home state.... it is one vendor completely
missing in
my 'collection'.
-- Curt
I think this is a 680x0 based Apollo, right?
12 MHz 68020.
The DN3000 was perhaps the best selling DOMAIN workstation Apollo
ever made, but for some reason it's not one of the models I already
have in my collection. Plus, it's local... so, I bid.
ok
bear
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