21 Nov
2009
21 Nov
'09
9:46 p.m.
Today I became the proud owner of:
- Northstar Horizon w/ 2x 5.25" built-in drives + mucho software
Haven't had a chance to pop the cover and inventory the boards.
- Sony SMC-70 w/ 3 boxes of binders and software
A nice little CP/M system with built-in 3.5" diskette drives
- Morrow 8" external hard drive
This looks to be an MFM interface, or at least it has a 34-pin + 20-pin
header on the rear panel. Anyone familiar with it?
And the strangest one of all:
- OSM "Zeus"
I'm told this was a multi-user business computer from the early 80s, but
the person who gave it to me had no documentation or other information on
it.
Oh, and about 40 boxes of 8" SS/SD NOS diskettes still sealed in plastic
and about 10-20 boxes of 8" SS/SD hard-sectored diskettes, most still
sealed. I'm not sure I really need all the diskettes and may offer them
for the price of shipping - stay tuned.
Also, 4-5 large shelf bins full of 8" application master diskettes and the
entire CPM-UG collection.
This will all take a while to go through.
Steve
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22 Nov
22 Nov
1:25 a.m.
Oh my, that is a great haul!
-- Sent from my Palm Pr?
Steven Hirsch wrote:
Today I became the proud owner of:
- Northstar Horizon w/ 2x 5.25" built-in drives + mucho software
Haven't had a chance to pop the cover and inventory the boards.
- Sony SMC-70 w/ 3 boxes of binders and software
A nice little CP/M system with built-in 3.5" diskette drives
- Morrow 8" external hard drive
This looks to be an MFM interface, or at least it has a 34-pin + 20-pin
header on the rear panel. Anyone familiar with it?
And the strangest one of all:
- OSM "Zeus"
I'm told this was a multi-user business computer from the early 80s, but
the person who gave it to me had no documentation or other information on
it.
Oh, and about 40 boxes of 8" SS/SD NOS diskettes still sealed in plastic
and about 10-20 boxes of 8" SS/SD hard-sectored diskettes, most still
sealed. I'm not sure I really need all the diskettes and may offer them
for the price of shipping - stay tuned.
Also, 4-5 large shelf bins full of 8" application master diskettes and the
entire CPM-UG collection.
This will all take a while to go through.
Steve
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4:32 a.m.
New subject: Great haul! OMS Zues
-------------- Original message from "mdavidson1963 at gmail.com"
<mdavidson1963 at gmail.com>: --------------
Oh my, that is a great haul!
-- Sent from my Palm Pr?
Steven Hirsch wrote:
And the strangest one of all:
- OSM "Zeus"
I'm told this was a multi-user business computer from the early 80s, but
the person who gave it to me had no documentation or other information on
it.
If this is a small beige metal box with a wood top cover, it is a
Zeus 4. I have been looking for anything for the 1 I have for
years. mine has a bad hard drive. They where used in video stores
around here in the 1980's.
- Jerry
Steve
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3:05 p.m.
New subject: Great haul! OMS Zues
On Sun, 22 Nov 2009, g-wright at att.net wrote:
> And the strangest one of all:
>
> - OSM "Zeus"
>
> I'm told this was a multi-user business computer from the early 80s, but
> the person who gave it to me had no documentation or other information on
> it.
If this is a small beige metal box with a wood top
cover, it is a
Zeus 4. I have been looking for anything for the 1 I have for
years. mine has a bad hard drive. They where used in video stores
around here in the 1980's.
Yes, I believe this is a Zeus 4. The hard drive is missing from the unit,
so perhaps that's the reason it was trashed. I saw one remark on line
that claimed it used a "Z800" CPU, but suspect they really meant "Z80"
:-).
Steve
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