12 Jun
2001
12 Jun
'01
4:08 p.m.
Hi,
Passing this on for a friend...email him, not me!
There are two IBM 5110 computers (BASIC only) available from
bfrogel1(a)san.rr.com
They're in Chatanooga, TN, and are in running condition.
They include the large 8" floppy disk drives ... and, no "large"
isn't a reference to 8" vs. modern floppies (check the picture and see!)
Pictures at: http://www.sieler.com/ibm5110/
I'm not associated with Bernard, or the sale of the two computers...
I was thinking about buying them, and put the pictures on my web site
so a friend could look at them.
(The cabinet below each computer is *just* a dual 8" floppy drive...
a year later, IBM had shrunk the drive electronics to the point where
they could integrate the drives into the computer, and still have a
desktop computer!)
I think he's looking for $1500 for the pair, not including shipping.
He's the original purchaser, and used them in his business.
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Stan Sieler sieler(a)allegro.com
www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.html www.sieler.com
12 Jun
12 Jun
6:26 p.m.
New subject: Interest in UUCP?
I was talking with a friend at work today, telling him about the uucp
node I set up at my last job, and I got to thinking. (Always dangerous.)
Since most vintage machines can't run TCP/IP but CAN run uucp, would
there be any interest in a dialup uucp node for retrieving email, files, etc
specifically geared toward vintage machines?
Of course, it'd be a toll call to Des Moines, Iowa so that's an issue.
But, other than that, I have the hardware and know-how to set one up
and I'm sure list members would be either self-supporting or able to
support each other.
Just thinking and looking for reactions, ideas, etc.
Thanks...
Anthony Clifton
Des Moines, Iowa
6:47 p.m.
New subject: Interest in UUCP?
Since most vintage machines can't run TCP/IP but
CAN run uucp, would
there be any interest in a dialup uucp node for retrieving email, files, etc
specifically geared toward vintage machines?
This brings up a related point -- I've been toying with the idea of writing
a uucp client for the Commodore 64 for some time. Does anyone have
recommendations for a good, complete description of the uucp specification?
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13 Jun
13 Jun
2:53 a.m.
New subject: Interest in UUCP?
Since most
vintage machines can't run TCP/IP but CAN run uucp, would
there be any interest in a dialup uucp node for retrieving email, files, etc
specifically geared toward vintage machines?
This brings up a related point -- I've been toying with the idea of writing
a uucp client for the Commodore 64 for some time. Does anyone have
recommendations for a good, complete description of the uucp specification?
3:08 p.m.
New subject: hijacked domain name. (was: Re: IBM 5110 available (two))
Re:
Pictures at: http://www.sieler.com/ibm5110/
If you're having trouble seeing these, it's because someone
is trying to hijack my domain name (sieler.com). They managed
to change the technical contact, and the DNS servers.
I'm trying to get them changed back (via Network Solutions).
Stan Sieler sieler(a)allegro.com
www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.html www.allegro.com/sieler
3:42 p.m.
New subject: hijacked domain name. (was: Re: IBM 5110 available (two))
Pictures at: http://www.sieler.com/ibm5110/
I guess I had trouble typing in the words "Thanks for
showing this" Oh, if they only were a pair of 5100's.
With or without APL.
What is on all those floppies anyway?
John A.
4:03 p.m.
What is on all those floppies anyway?
The owner told me that he used the 5110 along with an unreliable
IBM 5265 POS system. The 5110 was very reliable and he
didn't have a service contract for it. Eventually, he bought a used
5110 as a spare ... both units still work.
The POS had an 8" floppy that recorded the sales and then
the data was moved to the 5110.
He wrote the software to process the inventory and merge the
information between the two machines.
(For 1978, this was pretty good!)
That's all I know.
Stan Sieler sieler(a)allegro.com
www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.html www.allegro.com/sieler
5:46 p.m.
I had a summer job in college (1978) working on an IBM 5110. It was all
BASIC, but was a pretty good BASIC as I recall.
The company was in Reston, Virginia, called the Community Management Corp.
They used to maintain condo complexes (hire grass cutters, do maintenance
work on the outsides of the units). They would charge the homeowners a
additional fee on top of their mortgages, etc.
Anyway, my claim to fame was rewriting a search program to do a bianry
search rather than a straight linear search. They sorted all the data using
IBM-supplied code sort algorithm, but then would use an inefficient
selection
search algorithm to do searches. Needless to say the binary search worked
much faster.
It was a decent job with good pay but was on the other side of the beltway.
I went back to school in the fall semester.
Eric
Stan Sieler wrote:
What is on all
those floppies anyway?
The owner told me that he used the 5110 along with an unreliable
IBM 5265 POS system. The 5110 was very reliable and he
didn't have a service contract for it. Eventually, he bought a used
5110 as a spare ... both units still work.
The POS had an 8" floppy that recorded the sales and then
the data was moved to the 5110.
He wrote the software to process the inventory and merge the
information between the two machines.
(For 1978, this was pretty good!)
That's all I know.
Stan Sieler sieler(a)allegro.com
www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.html www.allegro.com/sieler
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allain＠panix.com -
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pechter＠bg-tc-ppp1401.monmouth.com -
sieler＠allegro.com -
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