16 Jul
2002
16 Jul
'02
8:13 p.m.
Well I finally got back to the salvage/surplus place to get a list of the HP
stuff they had and found they had another big room full of stuff they had
removed from a large government installation. This was in the attic of a large
building during one of the hottest days we've had up here and my sweat
was dripping on my notepad so please excuse my attempts to decipher my
notes. You must also realize that I'm a complete mini neophyte.
The original HP stuff I saw :
HP 12979A I/O expander
HP 96MX System controller
HP 7970B Tape Unit
HP 1000 w/ cybernex 1100 term
HP System 2748B
There were also several HP 2624 A, B, and Standard K-Bs and some
monitors or terminals on the skid.
The big room was dominated by about 50-60 Sybernex workstations
(which are similar to the Wyse ones so often tossed by thift stores),
heavy duty monitor arm stands, and metal desks. But then the goodies.
About 20 DEC VT420/320/220 terminals
A box of LK402 keyboards (20-30 of them)
An IBM 3278 terminal
A DEC VAX SA482 rack w/4 populated banks
About 10 Decwriter II's and III's
A DEC VAX 6310 in rack
2 very impressive-looking 5' MagTape racks
Honeywell CPUE 111
Morel DP S6/92
There were many other things. Honeywell equipment, large printers. etc.
that I didn't write down.
Do you think that the Gods are now demanding that I collect mini's, teasing
me first with the Pro 350's I rescued from the town dump recently?
And in the wilds of north central Manitoba.(Where in hell is that ?)
"Winnipegosis sounds like a disease."
Lawrence
lgwalker(a)mts.net
bigwalk_ca(a)yahoo.com
16 Jul
16 Jul
8:24 p.m.
On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Lawrence Walker wrote:
The big room was dominated by about 50-60 Sybernex workstations
(which are similar to the Wyse ones so often tossed by thift stores),
heavy duty monitor arm stands, and metal desks. But then the goodies.
About 20 DEC VT420/320/220 terminals
A box of LK402 keyboards (20-30 of them)
An IBM 3278 terminal
A DEC VAX SA482 rack w/4 populated banks
About 10 Decwriter II's and III's
A DEC VAX 6310 in rack
2 very impressive-looking 5' MagTape racks
Honeywell CPUE 111
Morel DP S6/92
There were many other things. Honeywell equipment, large printers. etc.
that I didn't write down.
Oh, drool. Oh, my. I would be begging if it were small enough to
ship. I may beg for the 6310 _anyway_. :)
Do you think that the Gods are now demanding that I
collect mini's, teasing
me first with the Pro 350's I rescued from the town dump recently?
Well, yes. Everybody gets around to Digital, eventually.
Doc
9:36 p.m.
On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Jay West wrote:
Doc wrote...
^^^^
You meant IBM, I'm sure. :)
Well, yes. Everybody gets around to Digital,
eventually.
Yup, they do. Usually after collecting the more interesting HP systems first, then they do go after the lesser systems like
DEC ;)
-- Pat
17 Jul
17 Jul
1:08 a.m.
I'm waiting for Joe to check in. Then you'll pay !! Infidel !!
Lawrence
Doc wrote...
lgwalker(a)mts.net
bigwalk_ca(a)yahoo.com
Well, yes. Everybody gets around to Digital,
eventually.
Yup, they do. Usually after collecting the more interesting HP systems
first, then they do go after the lesser systems like DEC ;)
<ducks & runs> Just Kidding!
Jay West
16 Jul
16 Jul
10:08 p.m.
--- Doc Shipley <doc(a)mdrconsult.com> wrote:
Well, yes. Everybody gets around to Digital,
eventually.
I more or less _started_ with DEC - c. 1982. My very first computer
was a PET (new), followed by an Elf (new, kit), followed by the first
of many PDP-8s (14-year-old PDP-8/L for $35 at Dayton). ISTR, a
clearance-sale VIC-20 was next, then a C-64 (new) and a PDP-8/a... all
before my freshman year of college.
My first PDP-11 was a PDP-11/23, returned by a customer at work when
they stopped using it - $300 (BA11-N, KDF11, 4 x MSV11-D, RXV21, LPV11)
and another $100 for an RLV11 - I recycled the RL01s, the RX02, the VT220,
and the LA180 from the PDP-8/a and earned a living for a year, writing
MACRO software on contract under RT-11. The target system at the customer
site was a loaded 11/73 rack-mount with 4MB of RAM and a Fuji Eagle
running TSX-11 back when it all ran *many* thousands of dollars (1987).
The cost differential between the development and target systems always
made me happy.
I got bit by the DEC bug early; haven't found a cure for it yet. At
least I've been lucky enough to be paid to make them sing and dance.
It hasn't all been money _out_ the door. Wish I'd been able to claim
"pro" status for the PDP-8 - that's been strictly a hobby. Financially,
though, the VAX has been very, very good to me; much better than the
PeeCee.
-ethan
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9:41 p.m.
Honeywell CPUE 111
Morel DP S6/92
There were many other things. Honeywell equipment, large printers. etc.
that I didn't write down.
As much as I hate Honeywell computers, I'd say that whatever you found there
that's Honeywell related is probably the most worthy of being rescued. All
in all, it seems to be pretty rare for any collector to have Honeywell stuff
in their collection (I know Sellam has a DPS-6).
BTW, I'm wondering if that "Morel DP S6/92" isn't a Honeywell DPS-6/92.
Do you think that the Gods are now demanding that I
collect mini's, teasing
me first with the Pro 350's I rescued from the town dump recently?
And in the wilds of north central Manitoba.(Where in hell is that ?)
"Winnipegosis sounds like a disease."
Warning, collecting Mini's is a dangerous disease that will seriously effect
you mentally (what might be even worse is how it effects your amount of empty
storage space). I recommend avoiding it at all costs.
Zane
10:15 p.m.
--- "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh(a)aracnet.com> wrote:
Warning, collecting Mini's is a dangerous disease
that will seriously
effect you mentally (what might be even worse is how it effects your
amount of empty storage space).
True. I have mine spread amongst 4 locations (several thousand sq ft
total). I'm looking into buying a warehouse between my house and the
airport. The main building (of four) is 100' x 160'. The good news
is that it happens to already *be* one of my four locations (the owner
has been casually looking to sell for a couple of years and recently
asked me if I was interested; I'm crunching numbers ;-). One nice
thing is I'll finally be able to deploy my raised floor (rescued from
a former employer 10 years ago). If this doesn't work, I'll be putting
up a new (much smaller than that) building next to the quonset hut at
the farm.
I recommend avoiding it at all costs.
Zane
Absolutely. In fact, you should call one of us to save you from
the peril. :-)
-ethan
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17 Jul
17 Jul
12:20 a.m.
Honeywell CPUE
111
Morel DP S6/92
There were many other things. Honeywell equipment, large printers. etc.
that I didn't write down.
As much as I hate Honeywell computers, I'd say that whatever you found there
that's Honeywell related is probably the most worthy of being rescued. All in
all, it seems to be pretty rare for any collector to have Honeywell stuff in
their collection (I know Sellam has a DPS-6).
BTW, I'm wondering if that "Morel DP S6/92" isn't a Honeywell
DPS-6/92.
Do you think that the Gods are now demanding
that I collect mini's, teasing
me first with the Pro 350's I rescued from the town dump recently?
And in the wilds of north central Manitoba.(Where in hell is that ?)
"Winnipegosis sounds like a disease."
Warning, collecting Mini's is a dangerous disease that will seriously effect you
mentally (what might be even worse is how it effects your amount of empty
storage space). I recommend avoiding it at all costs.
Zane
12:20 a.m.
That's what I've always thought, but the sleek cabinets on the Mags are
VERY sexy. :^}
I was quite comforrtable with my new house with it's 3 BR space not quite
giving me enough room to free me to Micro heaven after years of cramming
my collection into 1 BR apartments in Toronto aand singing the lack of
space collectors blues . Should I succumb and sell off my first-born
computers ?
Lawrence
lgwalker(a)mts.net
bigwalk_ca(a)yahoo.com
Honeywell CPUE
111
Morel DP S6/92
There were many other things. Honeywell equipment, large printers. etc.
that I didn't write down.
As much as I hate Honeywell computers, I'd say that whatever you found there
that's Honeywell related is probably the most worthy of being rescued. All in
all, it seems to be pretty rare for any collector to have Honeywell stuff in
their collection (I know Sellam has a DPS-6).
BTW, I'm wondering if that "Morel DP S6/92" isn't a Honeywell
DPS-6/92.
Do you think that the Gods are now demanding
that I collect mini's, teasing
me first with the Pro 350's I rescued from the town dump recently?
And in the wilds of north central Manitoba.(Where in hell is that ?)
"Winnipegosis sounds like a disease."
Warning, collecting Mini's is a dangerous disease that will seriously effect you
mentally (what might be even worse is how it effects your amount of empty
storage space). I recommend avoiding it at all costs.
Zane
4:34 a.m.
Which is part of why I avoided collecting minis for a long time,
Was it you that rented a 3-story building to house your mini collection ?
That's what finally scared me. There's serious collecting and then there's
SERIOUS collecting.
lgwalker(a)mts.net
bigwalk_ca(a)yahoo.com
Honeywell CPUE
111
Morel DP S6/92
There were many other things. Honeywell equipment, large printers. etc.
that I didn't write down.
As much as I hate Honeywell computers, I'd say that whatever you found there
that's Honeywell related is probably the most worthy of being rescued. All in
all, it seems to be pretty rare for any collector to have Honeywell stuff in
their collection (I know Sellam has a DPS-6).
BTW, I'm wondering if that "Morel DP S6/92" isn't a Honeywell
DPS-6/92.
Do you think that the Gods are now demanding
that I collect mini's, teasing
me first with the Pro 350's I rescued from the town dump recently?
And in the wilds of north central Manitoba.(Where in hell is that ?)
"Winnipegosis sounds like a disease."
Warning, collecting Mini's is a dangerous disease that will seriously effect you
mentally (what might be even worse is how it effects your amount of empty
storage space). I recommend avoiding it at all costs.
Zane
7:13 p.m.
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4:47 a.m.
As much as I enjoy the foreplay could some of you mini freaks do me a line
by line description of what each of these "boxens" are ? Again. I am a mini
neophyte. Neither I nor the "owners" have a clue.
Thanks
Lawrence
Well I finally got back to the salvage/surplus place
to get a list of the HP
stuff they had and found they had another big room full of stuff they had
removed from a large government installation. This was in the attic of a large
building during one of the hottest days we've had up here and my sweat was
dripping on my notepad so please excuse my attempts to decipher my notes. You
must also realize that I'm a complete mini neophyte.
The original HP stuff I saw :
HP 12979A I/O expander
HP 96MX System controller
HP 7970B Tape Unit
HP 1000 w/ cybernex 1100 term
HP System 2748B
There were also several HP 2624 A, B, and Standard K-Bs and some
monitors or terminals on the skid.
The big room was dominated by about 50-60 Sybernex workstations
(which are similar to the Wyse ones so often tossed by thift stores),
heavy duty monitor arm stands, and metal desks. But then the goodies.
About 20 DEC VT420/320/220 terminals
A box of LK402 keyboards (20-30 of them)
An IBM 3278 terminal
A DEC VAX SA482 rack w/4 populated banks
About 10 Decwriter II's and III's
A DEC VAX 6310 in rack
2 very impressive-looking 5' MagTape racks
Honeywell CPUE 111
Morel DP S6/92
There were many other things. Honeywell equipment, large printers. etc.
that I didn't write down.
Do you think that the Gods are now demanding that I collect mini's, teasing me
first with the Pro 350's I rescued from the town dump recently? And in the wilds
of north central Manitoba.(Where in hell is that ?) "Winnipegosis sounds like a
disease."
Lawrence
lgwalker(a)mts.net
bigwalk_ca(a)yahoo.com
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