25 May
1998
25 May
'98
11:44 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Uncle Roger <sinasohn(a)ricochet.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, 26 May 1998 3:16
Subject: Re: Original IBM PC (was Re: Prices to pay for old
I have one question , well I actually have two......
though, what software came on cassetes?
and what is the most common fault in the IBM full height floppy drives that
makes them die???
anyone??
At 01:46 PM 5/22/98 -0700, you wrote:
>> Your hopes are dashed. The only pricey IBM PCs are the ones that had
16K
>> installed at the factory and weren't
upgraded. The 64K ones are
relatively
That's absurd (bordering on perverse) -- what could you DO with a machine
like that? (Yes, run BASIC and use cassettes... I know.)
In my day, sonny, 16K was plenty of room. Back then, we knew how to
program. It was an art. Not like the kids today, with their megabytes and
Gooeys and write-once-read-many, magneto-optical, doohickies... (whups,
gotta go, time for maaaatttlooock!)
--------------------------------------------------------------------- O-
Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad
roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/
26 May
26 May
3:21 a.m.
At 06:44 PM 5/26/98 +1000, you wrote:
I have one question , well I actually have two......
though, what software came on cassetes?
and what is the most common fault in the IBM full height floppy drives that
makes them die???
I dunno about the FH drives. I've never seen one die! They seem to
last forever!
Joe
3:50 a.m.
[FH 5 1/4" drives never die...]
Not so. We had those in the XTs upstairs last year, and the animals would
shove all sorts of fun things (Whole pencils, 3 1/2" disks, papers, etc.)
inside to destroy them.
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3:51 a.m.
On Tue, 26 May 1998, Desie Hay wrote:
I have one question , well I actually have two......
though, what software came on cassetes?
and what is the most common fault in the IBM full height floppy drives that
makes them die???
Well, I have a couple "Diagostics" cassettes that seem to have come with
the original computer, but I don't actually know if it has programs on it
or is just an audio instructional of diagnosing the computer.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ever onward.
September 26 & 27...Vintage Computer Festival 2
See http://www.siconic.com/vcf for details!
[Last web page update: 05/11/98]
9:34 a.m.
On Tue, 26 May 1998, Sam Ismail wrote:
On Tue, 26 May 1998, Desie Hay wrote:
If you put it in a cassette player you will know, Sam. The screechy
warble will drive you up a wall!
- don
donm(a)cts.com
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Don Maslin - Keeper of the Dina-SIG CP/M System Disk Archives
Chairman, Dina-SIG of the San Diego Computer Society
Clinging tenaciously to the trailing edge of technology.
Sysop - Elephant's Graveyard (CP/M) - 619-454-8412
*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*
see old system support at http://www.psyber.com/~tcj
visit the "Unofficial" CP/M Web site at http://cdl.uta.edu/cpm
with Mirror at http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~cfs/cpm
I have one question , well I actually have
two......
though, what software came on cassetes?
and what is the most common fault in the IBM full height floppy drives that
makes them die???
Well, I have a couple "Diagostics" cassettes that seem to have come with
the original computer, but I don't actually know if it has programs on it
or is just an audio instructional of diagnosing the computer.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ever onward.
September 26 & 27...Vintage Computer Festival 2
See http://www.siconic.com/vcf for details!
[Last web page update: 05/11/98]
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6:35 a.m.
Desie Hay wrote:
I have one question , well I actually have two......
though, what software came on cassetes?
and what is the most common fault in the IBM full height floppy drives
that
makes them die???
Speaking only from my experience, alignment seems to be a very common
reason for all drives to "fail".
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9:28 a.m.
On Tue, 26 May 1998, Desie Hay wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: Uncle Roger <sinasohn(a)ricochet.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, 26 May 1998 3:16
Subject: Re: Original IBM PC (was Re: Prices to pay for old
I have one question , well I actually have two......
though, what software came on cassetes?
and what is the most common fault in the IBM full height floppy drives that
makes them die???
anyone??
Well, for one item, I am looking at a cassette from the IBM Personal
Computer Reference Library that is labled DIAGNOSTICS and is p/n #6081562.
It is version 1.02 and (C) 1981, 1982.
- don
donm(a)cts.com
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Don Maslin - Keeper of the Dina-SIG CP/M System Disk Archives
Chairman, Dina-SIG of the San Diego Computer Society
Clinging tenaciously to the trailing edge of technology.
Sysop - Elephant's Graveyard (CP/M) - 619-454-8412
*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*
see old system support at http://www.psyber.com/~tcj
visit the "Unofficial" CP/M Web site at http://cdl.uta.edu/cpm
with Mirror at http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~cfs/cpm
At 01:46 PM 5/22/98 -0700, you wrote:
>> Your hopes are dashed. The only pricey IBM PCs are the ones that had
16K
>> installed at the factory and weren't
upgraded. The 64K ones are
relatively
That's absurd (bordering on perverse) -- what could you DO with a machine
like that? (Yes, run BASIC and use cassettes... I know.)
In my day, sonny, 16K was plenty of room. Back then, we knew how to
program. It was an art. Not like the kids today, with their megabytes and
Gooeys and write-once-read-many, magneto-optical, doohickies... (whups,
gotta go, time for maaaatttlooock!)
--------------------------------------------------------------------- O-
Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad
roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/
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