18 Apr
2005
18 Apr
'05
1:36 p.m.
While digging through a pile of PCs headed for the recycling/re-use
center, I found a couple neat items. One is a NEC Advanced Personal
Computer. Or at least I'm pretty sure that's what it said on the front.
It's an all-in-one case, dual 8" floppy drives mounted vertically on the
right side. Beige case, black trim. And the Keyboard to go with it. Is
this thing worth saving for a museum or something? Free, pickup in New
Haven, CT.
Also was in the pile, and IBM server type item. Small, about the size
of 2 Thinkpads stacked on top of each other. Has 3 1/2' floppy, twin-ax
connections on the back. Didn't notice any console (key/mouse/monitor)
connections on the back. And I believe there is a terminal server under
that also. Any interest? Free, pickup in New Haven, CT.
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--- Dave Woyciesjes
--- ICQ# 905818
18 Apr
18 Apr
2 p.m.
New subject: free printers in Spring Hill Florida - FREE
I have 4 printers to give away but you must pick them up in Spring Hill
Florida (40 miles north of Tampa).
The person who gave them to me a few years ago said that they all worked
the last time he tried them but I have no way to test them. Just the
printers, no cables.
Juki 6100
MPS 801
MPS 802 (2)
They are free with no strings (or cables) attached.
If you have any of the following that you don't need I would love to have
one or more of them in return.
Originals only (no copies)
Ami-Pro Word Processor
Atari 400/800 Computer Cartridges
Lotus Organizer 6.0
PFS First Choice
Professional Write
MS Word for DOS
Select Phone or other phone CD's
Symantec Q&A Database Software (any release)
TurboTax - any years, older the better
2 p.m.
Dave,
I have a NEC APC and they're pretty nice machines. They run MS-DOS
(tailored) or CPM. The one that I have works and also has the color CRT.
The APC is big and heavy as I'm sure you've discovered by now. I've had
people wanting to buy mine but it's too much trouble to pack and ship. If
you find any books, docs or software I'd love to get them.
Joe
At 01:36 PM 4/18/05 -0400, you wrote:
While digging through a pile of PCs headed for the
recycling/re-use
center, I found a couple neat items. One is a NEC Advanced Personal
Computer. Or at least I'm pretty sure that's what it said on the front.
It's an all-in-one case, dual 8" floppy drives mounted vertically on the
right side. Beige case, black trim. And the Keyboard to go with it. Is
this thing worth saving for a museum or something? Free, pickup in New
Haven, CT.
Also was in the pile, and IBM server type item. Small, about the size
of 2 Thinkpads stacked on top of each other. Has 3 1/2' floppy, twin-ax
connections on the back. Didn't notice any console (key/mouse/monitor)
connections on the back. And I believe there is a terminal server under
that also. Any interest? Free, pickup in New Haven, CT.
--
--- Dave Woyciesjes
--- ICQ# 905818
6:55 p.m.
On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, David Woyciesjes wrote:
While digging through a pile of PCs headed for the
recycling/re-use
center, I found a couple neat items. One is a NEC Advanced Personal
Computer. Or at least I'm pretty sure that's what it said on the front.
It's an all-in-one case, dual 8" floppy drives mounted vertically on the
right side. Beige case, black trim. And the Keyboard to go with it. Is
this thing worth saving for a museum or something? Free, pickup in New
Haven, CT.
It's a neat machine but nothing terribly special. Make's a really solid
CP'M machine for someone who wants to play with that and likes 8" floppy
drives.
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19 Apr
19 Apr
11:52 a.m.
New subject: NEC "Advanced Personal Computer"? & Secure data removal
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, David Woyciesjes wrote:
In that case then, I won't worry too much about it. But I will have to
fire it up, (and the IBM machine also) to make sure they are wiped
securely of any data. Ya know, that whole US HIPAA Act concerning
medical data. Of course, if these things don't have hard drives, that's
one less thing to worry about. :)
Which brings up another thought. how would one go about making sure
that data is securely wiped from a drive of a classic machine, without
physically destroying it? So it could be donated & reused?
--
--- Dave Woyciesjes
--- ICQ# 905818
While digging through a pile of PCs headed for
the recycling/re-use
center, I found a couple neat items. One is a NEC Advanced Personal
Computer. Or at least I'm pretty sure that's what it said on the front.
It's an all-in-one case, dual 8" floppy drives mounted vertically on the
right side. Beige case, black trim. And the Keyboard to go with it. Is
this thing worth saving for a museum or something? Free, pickup in New
Haven, CT.
It's a neat machine but nothing terribly special. Make's a really solid
CP'M machine for someone who wants to play with that and likes 8" floppy
drives.
12:10 p.m.
New subject: NEC "Advanced Personal Computer"? & Secure data removal
>>>> "David" == David Woyciesjes
<woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net> writes:
David> ... Which brings up another thought. how would one go
David> about making sure that data is securely wiped from a drive of
David> a classic machine, without physically destroying it? So it
David> could be donated & reused?
Repeat for each disk:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/<harddrive> bs=64k
or equivalent on whatever OS runs on the machine. Beware of the DOS
"format" utility, which typically doesn't do a sufficient job. My
inclination is to boot some suitable Unix and use that.
See also http://staff.washington.edu/jdlarios/autoclave/
paul
2:17 p.m.
I think it is a little more than that. I really like the original APC.
It was a very well made business computer. It was a crossover machine
that had both an 8085 CPU and an 8086 CPU. Can run 8 bit CPM and 16
bit CPM-86. You can also find MS-DOS 1.X and 2.X for it.
There were external 8 inch and or 5 1/4 inch hard drives available for it.
One of the first versions of Autocad ran on it. I have seen Autocad
1.0 on 8 inch floppy with one.
I would save a color one but not the monochrome. The keyboard might
have value to a collector as they were often lost or damaged.
I wish I was close enough to collect it. I think I still have a set of
books for one.
--
Paxton Hoag
Astoria, OR
USA
9:03 p.m.
Paxton,
I'd like to have the books to go with my APC. (hint, hint!)
Joe
At 11:17 AM 4/19/05 -0700, you wrote:
I think it is a little more than that. I really like
the original APC.
It was a very well made business computer. It was a crossover machine
that had both an 8085 CPU and an 8086 CPU. Can run 8 bit CPM and 16
bit CPM-86. You can also find MS-DOS 1.X and 2.X for it.
There were external 8 inch and or 5 1/4 inch hard drives available for it.
One of the first versions of Autocad ran on it. I have seen Autocad
1.0 on 8 inch floppy with one.
I would save a color one but not the monochrome. The keyboard might
have value to a collector as they were often lost or damaged.
I wish I was close enough to collect it. I think I still have a set of
books for one.
--
Paxton Hoag
Astoria, OR
USA
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