21 Jul
2005
21 Jul
'05
2:49 p.m.
So yesterday (or was it the day before) I won the following Sage II computer on
ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5218919241
The seller wanted $35 for shipping, but being local, I knew I'd have an
advantage since I can just pick it up.
I never used one, but I recall them as being pretty sexy for the time. The
machine comes with no documentation. Fortunately, even though the auction
didn't mention disks, the the two floppy drives have whatever is necessary to
boot into UCSD p-system pascal.
I've written a fair amount of Pascal, including my own Modula subset compiler,
but it wasn't using the P-system. I've found some online references and I've
ordered a couple books on it.
Once I figure out how to, I'll make copies of my two very dusty and grimy, but
working, boot disks. If anybody else on this list needs the same, I'd be happy
to make a copy for you too. Just let me know.
EBay searches have not turned up any manuals for this machine. Other O/Ss other
than the p-System were used by this machine, eg, CP/M 68K. If anybody has docs,
software, or pointers to same, I'd appreciate references to it.
All in all, a good $22 ebay purchase.
Thanks.
21 Jul
21 Jul
3:28 p.m.
So yesterday (or was it the day before) I won the
following Sage
II computer on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5218919241
Sweet! I thought I had done well picking up those two Micro Complex
Sol upgrade boards, but you got a real bargain there.
Bill
4:14 p.m.
Bill Sudbrink wrote:
Bill, I have two Sols with the 80/64 video upgrade, and I have docs (I think
they are online already -- it is all such a blur what I've done or just thought
about doing). Anyway, when you get around to trying the 80/64 update, let me
know. I have no docs on the Z80 upgrade, though.
So yesterday
(or was it the day before) I won the following Sage
II computer on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5218919241
Sweet! I thought I had done well picking up those two Micro Complex
Sol upgrade boards, but you got a real bargain there.
Bill
5:30 p.m.
Bill, I have two Sols with the 80/64 video upgrade, and I have
docs (I think they are online already -- it is all such a blur
what I've done or just thought about doing).
Been there!
Anyway, when you get around to trying the 80/64
update, let me
know.
Sure! Always good to have help.
I have no docs on the Z80 upgrade, though.
I'm hoping it just drops into the 8080 socket. The picture kind of
looks that way.
By the way, are those two 50 pin connectors off the side of the Sage
for 8 inch floppy drives?
Bill
9:12 p.m.
Bill Sudbrink wrote:
A couple of the proteus newsletters (towards the end of the run) review the
product. I know the first review said that the beta version wasn't working
100%, but that the designer (bob hogg) was still working out the kinks.
Bill, I have
two Sols with the 80/64 video upgrade, and I have
docs (I think they are online already -- it is all such a blur
what I've done or just thought about doing).
Been there!
Anyway, when you get around to trying the 80/64
update, let me
know.
Sure! Always good to have help.
I have no docs on the Z80 upgrade, though.
I'm hoping it just drops into the 8080 socket. The picture kind of
looks that way. By the way, are those two 50 pin connectors off the
side of the Sage
for 8 inch floppy drives?
Without documentation it is hard to know for sure, but they are 50 pin
connectors. I'm not sure why there are two of them, as I would have expected
the usual daisy chain connection if there were two external drives. I suspect
that this machine was last used in the late 80s, and whatever hardware it was
paired with at the time is now long gone.
9:03 p.m.
By the way,
are those two 50 pin connectors off the side of the Sage
for 8 inch floppy drives?
Without documentation it is hard to know for sure, but they are 50 pin
connectors. I'm not sure why there are two of them, as I would have expected
4:10 p.m.
So yesterday (or was it the day before) I won the following Sage II computer on
ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5218919241
The seller wanted $35 for shipping, but being local, I knew I'd have an
advantage since I can just pick it up.
I never used one, but I recall them as being pretty sexy for the time. The
machine comes with no documentation. Fortunately, even though the auction
It's a reasonable 68000-based machine. It's got 2 serial ports (one of
which is used for the user's terminal), a parallel printer port and GPIB
as standard.
It's all on one PCB, right on top under the cover. Testing signals on IC
pins is _trivial_. All the ICs (anoe are custom, either) are in sockets.
The user manual, which I have, includes schematics.
Not a bad machine for hardware types :-)
-tony
4:49 p.m.
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, Jim Battle wrote:
EBay searches have not turned up any manuals for this
machine. Other
O/Ss other than the p-System were used by this machine, eg, CP/M 68K. If
anybody has docs, software, or pointers to same, I'd appreciate
references to it.
I've got one of these but I can't remember what documentation and software
I got with it (nor where they are currently). If they turn up I'll let
you know.
All in all, a good $22 ebay purchase.
It's nice to see a great deal amidst all the stupidity of late.
--
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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7:03 p.m.
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
It's nice to see a great deal amidst all the stupidity of late.
That was a good deal, but will not be using ebay with all
the stupid *eBay Fraud Mediation Request* mail I have been
getting. The stupid thing is the date is for January 21,2005
I think this was because of pay-pal hacking on my email address.
All the more reasons not to use ebay.
Ben alias woodelf
8:40 p.m.
At 05:03 PM 7/21/05 -0600, Ben alias woodelf wrote:
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
You shouldn't give up on E-bay just because PayPal is FULL of fraud.
You should DUMP PayPal and refuse to use them under ANY circumstance. See
<www.paypalwarning.com> and
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/07/02/anyone_ever_managed_to_claim/>.
Joe
It's nice to see a great deal amidst all the stupidity of late.
That was a good deal, but will not be using ebay with all
the stupid *eBay Fraud Mediation Request* mail I have been
getting. The stupid thing is the date is for January 21,2005
I think this was because of pay-pal hacking on my email address.
All the more reasons not to use ebay.
25 Jul
25 Jul
2:11 a.m.
Jim Battle wrote:
So yesterday (or was it the day before) I won the
following Sage II
computer on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5218919241
...
EBay searches have not turned up any manuals for this
machine. Other
O/Ss other than the p-System were used by this machine, eg, CP/M 68K.
If anybody has docs, software, or pointers to same, I'd appreciate
references to it.
...
I've put up a small web page on this machine since I couldn't find even this
much elsewhere on the web. Again, I solicit contributions of docs, disks, disk
images, etc for free/trade/$, so that I can learn more about the machine and
expand the web page:
http://www.thebattles.net/sage/sage.html
The page has a number of pictures of the machine inside & outside.
26 Jul
26 Jul
4:02 a.m.
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Jim Battle wrote:
I've put up a small web page on this machine since
I couldn't find even this
much elsewhere on the web. Again, I solicit contributions of docs, disks, disk
images, etc for free/trade/$, so that I can learn more about the machine and
expand the web page:
http://www.thebattles.net/sage/sage.html
The page has a number of pictures of the machine inside & outside.
Jim,
Thanks for this!
--
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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