1 Mar
2012
1 Mar
'12
1:42 p.m.
On ebay, item 230754098992. The seller is somewhat clueless about what he has (it's
an 80s machine, not 60s) and is probably missing a zero from his estimate of what the
thing weighs, but otherwise it looks complete and in good condition save for a couple of
rack filler panels that look like someone drove into them. From the photos it looks like
two 1600BPI drives, a couple of 8" Fuji SMD drives with some sort of emulating
controller and three IAC-16s or equivalent.
No affiliation with the seller, save for the fact that I'd be bidding on the thing if
I could figure out how to get it from VA to CA.
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Dr. Christian Kennedy
chris at mainecoon.com AF6AP
http://www.mainecoon.com PGP KeyID 108DAB97
PGP fingerprint: 4E99 10B6 7253 B048 6685 6CBC 55E1 20A3 108D AB97
"Mr. McKittrick, after careful consideration..."
1 Mar
1 Mar
3:18 p.m.
On 03/01/2012 01:42 PM, Christian Kennedy wrote:
On ebay, item 230754098992. The seller is somewhat
clueless about
what he has (it's an 80s machine, not 60s) and is probably missing a
zero from his estimate of what the thing weighs, but otherwise it
looks complete and in good condition save for a couple of rack filler
panels that look like someone drove into them. From the photos it
looks like two 1600BPI drives, a couple of 8" Fuji SMD drives with
some sort of emulating controller and three IAC-16s or equivalent.
No affiliation with the seller, save for the fact that I'd be bidding
on the thing if I could figure out how to get it from VA to CA. --
Wow! I'm going to try to grab that.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
5:13 p.m.
On 1 Mar 2012, at 12:18 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
Wow! I'm going to try to grab that.
Sweet! Looks like there's supporting media and some docs as well; should boot to
perfectly serviceable AOS.
--
Dr. Christian Kennedy
chris at mainecoon.com AF6AP
http://www.mainecoon.com PGP KeyID 108DAB97
PGP fingerprint: 4E99 10B6 7253 B048 6685 6CBC 55E1 20A3 108D AB97
"Mr. McKittrick, after careful consideration..."
4 Mar
4 Mar
12:17 a.m.
So does anyone know what happened to this auction?
Thanks,
Rob
On Mar 1, 2012, at 3:18 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 03/01/2012 01:42 PM, Christian Kennedy wrote:
Robert Borsuk
rborsuk at colourfull.com
Colourfull Creations
http://www.colourfull.com
On ebay, item 230754098992. The seller is
somewhat clueless about
what he has (it's an 80s machine, not 60s) and is probably missing a
zero from his estimate of what the thing weighs, but otherwise it
looks complete and in good condition save for a couple of rack filler
panels that look like someone drove into them. From the photos it
looks like two 1600BPI drives, a couple of 8" Fuji SMD drives with
some sort of emulating controller and three IAC-16s or equivalent.
No affiliation with the seller, save for the fact that I'd be bidding
on the thing if I could figure out how to get it from VA to CA. --
Wow! I'm going to try to grab that.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
12:54 a.m.
On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Robert Borsuk <rborsuk at colourfull.com> wrote:
So does anyone know what happened to this auction?
Hmm, maybe they got a local or private offer they couldn't refuse?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/230754098992
Bidder i***i Cancelled: US $565.64
Explanation: The seller ended the listing early and cancelled all bids.
Bid: Mar-01-12 12:17:44 PST
Cancelled: Mar-02-12 06:05:19 PST
Bidder i***i Cancelled: US $275.00
Explanation: The seller ended the listing early and cancelled all bids.
Bid: Mar-01-12 15:01:11 PST
Cancelled: Mar-02-12 06:05:19 PST
15 Mar
15 Mar
5:54 p.m.
New subject: Update, Re: Seemingly complete DG S/230 16 bit Eclipse system
Yes; I have the system, it arrived here a few hours ago. I apologize
for keeping mum about it, but the situation was somewhat delicate. Upon
speaking with the former owner, I learned that it was being pursued in
earnest by a scrapper who had grandiose (and inaccurate) ideas of how
much gold was in "the old mainframe". So I decided to do whatever was
necessary to get it off the market and into safe territory as
expeditiously as possible.
It is a beautiful system, in almost perfect condition except for a
ding or two. It came with several boxes of manuals and magtapes that I
haven't gone through yet, but there seem to be lots of AOS docs and
software. There are also two Dasher D2 keyboards, but the terminals
(about twenty of them) were trashed years ago.
My facility is still at least a year away from being open to the
public, but anyone here is of course more than welcome to come here to
ogle and/or hack on this machine on a private basis until then.
Actually, that's an open invitation any of the hardware here.
Countless PDP-8s, PDP-10s, PDP-11s and VAXen, even a PDP-14. Several
Cray vector supers, some IBM mainframe and mini systems (S/370, S/390,
S/36), Heath H1 tube analog machine...I can't (yet) offer crash space,
but there are hotels nearby, and hacking is always a good thing.
-Dave
On 03/04/2012 12:17 AM, Robert Borsuk wrote:
So does anyone know what happened to this auction?
Thanks,
Rob
On Mar 1, 2012, at 3:18 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 03/01/2012 01:42 PM, Christian Kennedy wrote:
Robert Borsuk
rborsuk at colourfull.com
Colourfull Creations
http://www.colourfull.com
On ebay, item 230754098992. The seller is
somewhat clueless about
what he has (it's an 80s machine, not 60s) and is probably missing a
zero from his estimate of what the thing weighs, but otherwise it
looks complete and in good condition save for a couple of rack filler
panels that look like someone drove into them. From the photos it
looks like two 1600BPI drives, a couple of 8" Fuji SMD drives with
some sort of emulating controller and three IAC-16s or equivalent.
No affiliation with the seller, save for the fact that I'd be bidding
on the thing if I could figure out how to get it from VA to CA. --
Wow! I'm going to try to grab that.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
7:51 p.m.
New subject: Update, Re: Seemingly complete DG S/230 16 bit Eclipse system
On Thursday (03/15/2012 at 05:54PM -0400), Dave McGuire wrote:
Actually, that's an open invitation any of the hardware here.
Countless PDP-8s, PDP-10s, PDP-11s and VAXen, even a PDP-14.
Several Cray vector supers, some IBM mainframe and mini systems
(S/370, S/390, S/36), Heath H1 tube analog machine...I can't (yet)
offer crash space, but there are hotels nearby, and hacking is
always a good thing.
Really... with all that stuff to play with, when would anyone sleep?
--
Chris Elmquist
8:30 p.m.
New subject: Update, Re: Seemingly complete DG S/230 16 bit Eclipse system
On 03/15/2012 06:51 PM, Chris Elmquist wrote:
On Thursday (03/15/2012 at 05:54PM -0400), Dave
McGuire wrote:
Plus some of those systems are the sort of thing where there's probably
room to sleep inside :-)
cheers
Jules
Actually, that's an open invitation any of the hardware here.
Countless PDP-8s, PDP-10s, PDP-11s and VAXen, even a PDP-14.
Several Cray vector supers, some IBM mainframe and mini systems
(S/370, S/390, S/36), Heath H1 tube analog machine...I can't (yet)
offer crash space, but there are hotels nearby, and hacking is
always a good thing.
Really... with all that stuff to play with, when would anyone sleep? 
9:01 p.m.
New subject: Update, Re: Seemingly complete DG S/230 16 bit Eclipse system
On 3/15/2012 6:30 PM, Jules Richardson wrote:
Plus some of those systems are the sort of thing where
there's probably
room to sleep inside :-)
Check for snoring before buying, as it may be occupied.
cheers
Jules
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