14 Dec
2001
14 Dec
'01
10:27 p.m.
Commodore built a "luggable" C64 with 5in colour CRT and 5.25in drive,
I've never seen one on ebay.
Chris Leyson
15 Dec
15 Dec
2:59 a.m.
Commodore built a "luggable" C64 with 5in
colour CRT and 5.25in drive,
I've never seen one on ebay.
Actually, the SX64 shows up on there all the time.
Jeff
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6:37 a.m.
> Commodore built a "luggable" C64 with
5in colour CRT and 5.25in drive,
> I've never seen one on ebay.
Actually, the SX64 shows up on there all the time.
And, despite their novelty, they aren't all that uncommon either. It was
an unusual thing for me to discover :-)
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6:24 a.m.
What I've not been able to find anywhere around here (middle of the USA)
are PDPs besides PDP-11s and PDP-8s.
I've found PDP-11s as early as a /34 around here, and newer BA23 boxen are
quite common. I do not have a PDP-8, but I saw an /I and an /S in a
collection near me, so they don't qualify, either.
I would like to find a PDP-10 or descendant, a -12, or even a -9 or -15.
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11:41 a.m.
The PDP-9 is fairly rare. There were 445 built, and we've been able to
locate 8 or 9 survivors. PDP-10's are a bit more common.
On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
What I've not been able to find anywhere around
here (middle of the USA)
are PDPs besides PDP-11s and PDP-8s.
I've found PDP-11s as early as a /34 around here, and newer BA23 boxen are
quite common. I do not have a PDP-8, but I saw an /I and an /S in a
collection near me, so they don't qualify, either.
I would like to find a PDP-10 or descendant, a -12, or even a -9 or -15.
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jss(a)subatomix.com
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
16 Dec
16 Dec
8:39 p.m.
On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Merle K. Peirce wrote:
On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
I'll call a PDP-10 common when I find one, and even then only if I have
the money to haul it away and store it.
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Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com
What I've not been able to find anywhere
around here (middle of the
USA) are PDPs besides PDP-11s and PDP-8s.
I would like to find a PDP-10 or descendant, a -12, or even a -9 or
-15.
The PDP-9 is fairly rare. There were 445 built, and we've been able
to locate 8 or 9 survivors. PDP-10's are a bit more common.
17 Dec
17 Dec
3:10 a.m.
We have 2 KS-10's at the mill. Retro in Providence had a KS-10 and a
KL-10 and now has another. Actually, I think one of the KL-10's might be
for sale. It needs a lot of work, but you might contact them.
osfn.org/rcs, I think.
On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Merle K. Peirce wrote:
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
I'll call a PDP-10 common when I find one, and even then only if I have
the money to haul it away and store it.
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com
What I've not been able to find anywhere
around here (middle of the
USA) are PDPs besides PDP-11s and PDP-8s.
I would like to find a PDP-10 or descendant, a -12, or even a -9 or
-15.
The PDP-9 is fairly rare. There were 445 built, and we've been able
to locate 8 or 9 survivors. PDP-10's are a bit more common. 
4:43 a.m.
We have 2 KS-10's at the mill. Retro in
Providence had a KS-10 and a
KL-10 and now has another. Actually, I think one of the KL-10's might be
for sale. It needs a lot of work, but you might contact them.
osfn.org/rcs, I think.
The fate of the DECSystem 2065 (the "project") is uncertain at this time,
as some want to keep it, some want to trade, sell, or give it away. We
already have one person on the list - and as far as I am concerned he has
dibs - but if others are interested, please contact me off list.
Frankly, we ran out of space when the Sikorsky DECSystem 1090 rolled thru
the door, as itis a complete system with lots of drives and lots of core
(1.5 MW of it in six MH10 cabinets). The machine is essentially pristine,
officially decommissioned by DEC. Sikorsky also treated the machine very
well during its working life. Because it needs almost no work to get
running, there is no point for RCS/RI to keep the "project", as the two
machines are quite similar.
These PDP-10s are interesting things - five years ago they were
unobtainium, but now a good 20 have popped out of the woodwork (mostly
KS10s).
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org
4:44 a.m.
--- "Jeffrey S. Sharp" <jss(a)subatomix.com> wrote:
I'll call a PDP-10 common when I find one, and
even then only if I have
the money to haul it away and store it.
I have been told there's a KS-10 somewhere in this town (owned by a former
CompuServe employee who got it when CIS switched from DEC -10s to Systems
Concepts machines (SC-35 and SC-40 mostly) and 32-bit Intel/BSD hosts.
When I track him down, I'll at least get pictures. I'll also see if
he's bored with it and make an offer.
I'm also working on getting an SC box, but they are still in use at
CompuServe and WorldCom. I am _not_ first on anyone's list.
-ethan
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19 Dec
19 Dec
5:41 a.m.
--- "Merle K. Peirce" <at258(a)osfn.org> wrote:
> I've found PDP-11s as early as a /34 around
here, and newer BA23 boxen
> are quite common.
I agree. If you exclude F-11 and LSI-11 Qbus machines (pre-BA23), the
most common PDP-11 systems in my experience have been 11/34s followed
by 11/24s.
> I do not have a PDP-8, but I saw an /I and an /S
in a
> collection near me, so they don't qualify, either.
I would class the /S as rare, especially since I have examples of just
about every other model (missing an /S an /f and an /m, and VT-78 if
you count that). I at least have an example of each technological
variety (i.e., an /e, but no /f, etc.)
I wish I could have gotten the racks of -8/ms from the Ohio State Vet
Clinic - a buddy of mine used them (with Tek graphic tubes and printers)
with a mass spec for analyzing horse urine for drugs for the Ohio Racing
Commission. I used to go down and play on his machines when he had the
mass spec torn down for cleaning (removing carbon deposits, mostly).
It was a pair of CPUs, each with a controller for dual-ported Diablo
disks (RK05-like) - he would run the sample with one CPU, store the
results,
then analyze and print the results from the same drives/packs from
the other CPU.
I compiled my first RTS-8 executive on those machines.
-ethan
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3:29 p.m.
Commodore
built a "luggable" C64 with 5in colour CRT and
5.25in drive, I've never seen one on ebay.
Is this one? Keep trying.
"Commodore SX64 Executive Computer -Excellent!"
19 Dec
19 Dec
5:34 a.m.
--- John Allain <allain(a)panix.com> wrote:
No doubt. I wouldn't pay that much either (in fact, I didn't, in
the same year). ISTR paying between $50 and $75 plus S&H (but it
was a pick-up from SoCal, so no postage - got it on a visit to a
friend).
-ethan
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Commodore
built a "luggable" C64 with 5in colour CRT and
5.25in drive, I've never seen one on ebay.
Is this one? Keep trying.
"Commodore SX64 Executive Computer -Excellent!"
item#282977642 $119.00 Mar-13-00 Mar-23-00
(my bid was, uh, less) 
17 Dec
17 Dec
8:53 a.m.
On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 CLeyson(a)aol.com wrote:
Commodore built a "luggable" C64 with 5in
colour CRT and 5.25in drive,
I've never seen one on ebay....
...recently.
They used to come up all the time. They are not rare at all.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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19 Dec
19 Dec
5:31 a.m.
--- Sellam Ismail <foo(a)siconic.com> wrote:
On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 CLeyson(a)aol.com wrote:
I've managed to pick up a couple... one was cheap because the former
owner tried to repair the keyboard... with a soldering iron (for the
uninitiated, it has a flexible membrane, not a PCB inside, and is
prone to oxidation). Fortunately for me, I had just the keyboard in
a pile of stuff I got from the local C= dealer when they closed (the
principle of Classic Attraction at work again ;-)
They are around, but, like anything that's 15+ years old, not as
common as they used to be. I know another person in Columbus with
one; he might sell for the right price (he tried to sell it to me
once, but he wanted 2x what I was willing to pay, and I'm cheap
when it comes to not-so-uncommon things).
-ethan
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Commodore built a "luggable" C64 with
5in colour CRT and 5.25in drive,
I've never seen one on ebay....
...recently.
They used to come up all the time. They are not rare at all.
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