27 Oct
2004
27 Oct
'04
9:45 a.m.
From: "Joe R." <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com>
I went to one of my favorite scrap sources today but I was just there a
few days ago so I didn't expect to find anything. But I was wrong! I found
a NICE F series HP 1000 along with the Floating Point Unit. I haven't
looked at it closely yet but all the card slots are full and it's in very
good condition. It was mounted in a short (desk height) HP cabinet marked
"HP 1000 System" along the top. Unfortunately I had to leave the cabinet,
it was just too big and heavy fit in the vehicle that I was in. I'll go
through the computer later and give a full list of all the stuff in it.
Joe
Hi Joe
You know that most racks can be flattened without too much effort.
Dwight
27 Oct
27 Oct
11:11 a.m.
Is that the lowboy rack with the formica top? Those are pretty nice - and
actually not really heavy.
Jay
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From: "Dwight K. Elvey" <dwight.elvey(a)amd.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: new find: another HP 1000!
From: "Joe
R." <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com>
I went to one of my favorite scrap sources today but I was just there a
few days ago so I didn't expect to find anything. But I was wrong! I found
a NICE F series HP 1000 along with the Floating Point Unit. I haven't
looked at it closely yet but all the card slots are full and it's in very
good condition. It was mounted in a short (desk height) HP cabinet marked
"HP 1000 System" along the top. Unfortunately I had to leave the cabinet,
it was just too big and heavy fit in the vehicle that I was in. I'll go
through the computer later and give a full list of all the stuff in it.
Joe
Hi Joe
You know that most racks can be flattened without too much effort.
Dwight
12:17 p.m.
I don't know. The top and front door were missing. It was made of steel
and >>appeared<< to be the same as their full height racks but shorter.
It's still there and I doubt anyone else will want it so I may get it yet.
It's a perfect size for a 1000 and the FP unit. They filled it completely
except for a blank 2" plate at the bottom. One unusual thing that I did
notice about it was that it had some AC outlets on one SIDE near the
bottom. I don't recall ever seeing that on any other rack. It also had the
typical HP AC outlet strip in the back at the bottom.
Joe
At 06:11 PM 10/27/04 -0500, Jay wrote:
Is that the lowboy rack with the formica top? Those are
pretty nice - and
actually not really heavy.
Jay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dwight K. Elvey" <dwight.elvey(a)amd.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: new find: another HP 1000!
From:
"Joe R." <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com>
I went to one of my favorite scrap sources today but I was just there a
few days ago so I didn't expect to find anything. But I was wrong! I found
a NICE F series HP 1000 along with the Floating Point Unit. I haven't
looked at it closely yet but all the card slots are full and it's in very
good condition. It was mounted in a short (desk height) HP cabinet marked
"HP 1000 System" along the top. Unfortunately I had to leave the cabinet,
it was just too big and heavy fit in the vehicle that I was in. I'll go
through the computer later and give a full list of all the stuff in it.
Joe
Hi Joe
You know that most racks can be flattened without too much effort.
Dwight
12:46 p.m.
The way several of my HP racks are configured, I'm right at the 15amp limit
for the PDU in the rack (and in one particular rack, that's without any hard
drives!).
The lowboy formica topped rack you speak of is perfect to put a disc drive
in, and then you can just wheel that from rack to rack to hook up a drive -
either giving a drive to a system that doesn't usually have one, or giving a
drive to a system that has a different type of drive. Yeah... I'm actually
saying that I use this lowboy rack with a 7906 drive and 13037 controller in
it... just like an Iomega portable zip drive. How quaint :)
Jay
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