4 Oct
2001
4 Oct
'01
1:20 a.m.
I have come across an Osborne model OCC1 Serial # 134033. This unit has the
300 baud modem. It also has 5 1/4 disk with it. (SuperCalc, WordStar,
Qbasic) The unit boots up and runs the software but after about 15 to 20
minutes it starts to overheat.(smoke)
My question is - What is the selling price for a unit like this and where
would be the best place to sell it?
Thanks for your help,
Steve Cochrane
Director of Information Technology
SGS Tool Company
PO Box 187
Munroe Falls, OH 44262
(330)686.4194
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4 Oct
4 Oct
5:19 a.m.
On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Steve Cochrane wrote:
I have come across an Osborne model OCC1 Serial #
134033. This unit has the
300 baud modem. It also has 5 1/4 disk with it. (SuperCalc, WordStar,
Qbasic) The unit boots up and runs the software but after about 15 to 20
minutes it starts to overheat.(smoke)
My question is - What is the selling price for a unit like this and where
would be the best place to sell it?
The usual selling price for anything that starts to smoke after being
turned on is $free.
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8:24 a.m.
On Thu, 4 Oct 2001 09:20:17 -0400, Steve Cochrane wrote:
#I have come across an Osborne model OCC1 Serial # 134033. This unit has the
#300 baud modem. It also has 5 1/4 disk with it. (SuperCalc, WordStar,
#Qbasic) The unit boots up and runs the software but after about 15 to 20
#minutes it starts to overheat.(smoke)
#My question is - What is the selling price for a unit like this and where
#would be the best place to sell it?
Well, I have a related question. I have an '86 Dodge that runs fine for 10 or 15
minutes, but then the
passenger compartment fills with smoke and flames shoot out of the grill.
What is the blue book on an "86 Dodge with flames and smoke?
Louis
9:24 a.m.
Louis Schulman wrote:
On Thu, 4 Oct 2001 09:20:17 -0400, Steve Cochrane wrote:
#I have come across an Osborne model OCC1 Serial # 134033. This unit has the
#300 baud modem. It also has 5 1/4 disk with it. (SuperCalc, WordStar,
#Qbasic) The unit boots up and runs the software but after about 15 to 20
#minutes it starts to overheat.(smoke)
#My question is - What is the selling price for a unit like this and where
#would be the best place to sell it?
Well, I have a related question. I have an '86 Dodge that runs fine for 10 or 15
minutes, but then the
passenger compartment fills with smoke and flames shoot out of the grill.
What is the blue book on an "86 Dodge with flames and smoke?
Louis
I bought my ozzie at a hamfest about 10 years ago for $50, which was a
bit high. I had to scrounge up the original system disks and book along
the way.
I think anything less than a Jackson ($20) would be about right. they
used to be fairly common, unless their owners used them for landfill
fodder
Gary Hildebrand
10:08 a.m.
FWIW I bought two Ozzies, an OCC-1 and an Osborne 1, for $40 last Febuary.
I also got a stack of docs and a binder full of disks with them. Both
Ozzies work. Let's see, that's either 5 or 6 of them that I now have!
The MODEM is sort of rare and it and the disks are worth a few bucks but
the smoking Oz is $5 item IMO.
Joe
At 04:24 PM 10/4/01 -0500, you wrote:
Louis Schulman wrote:
>
> On Thu, 4 Oct 2001 09:20:17 -0400, Steve Cochrane wrote:
>
> #I have come across an Osborne model OCC1 Serial # 134033. This unit
has the
> #300 baud modem. It also has 5 1/4 disk with it.
(SuperCalc, WordStar,
> #Qbasic) The unit boots up and runs the software but after about 15 to 20
> #minutes it starts to overheat.(smoke)
> #My question is - What is the selling price for a unit like this and where
> #would be the best place to sell it?
>
> Well, I have a related question. I have an '86 Dodge that runs fine for
10
or 15 minutes, but then the
passenger
compartment fills with smoke and flames shoot out of the grill.
What is the blue book on an "86 Dodge with flames and smoke?
Louis
I bought my ozzie at a hamfest about 10 years ago for $50, which was a
bit high. I had to scrounge up the original system disks and book along
the way.
I think anything less than a Jackson ($20) would be about right. they
used to be fairly common, unless their owners used them for landfill
fodder
Gary Hildebrand
12:55 p.m.
FWIW I bought two Ozzies, an OCC-1 and an Osborne 1,
for $40 last Febuary.
I also got a stack of docs and a binder full of disks with them. Both
Ozzies work. Let's see, that's either 5 or 6 of them that I now have!
The MODEM is sort of rare and it and the disks are worth a few bucks but
the smoking Oz is $5 item IMO.
The modem's kinda cool though. I've actually used mine to
call a BBS in the past, using Amcall from MicroCall.
Jeff
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1:44 p.m.
Hey Jeff,
As I recall the next systems we were to work on was these same O-1s. Man, I can't
wait. I have two and would like to get both working.
Eric
P.S. One boots, but only B drive. And that was after some serious work!
Jeff Hellige wrote:
FWIW I bought
two Ozzies, an OCC-1 and an Osborne 1, for $40 last Febuary.
I also got a stack of docs and a binder full of disks with them. Both
Ozzies work. Let's see, that's either 5 or 6 of them that I now have!
The MODEM is sort of rare and it and the disks are worth a few bucks but
the smoking Oz is $5 item IMO.
The modem's kinda cool though. I've actually used mine to
call a BBS in the past, using Amcall from MicroCall.
Jeff
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2:28 p.m.
At 09:44 PM 10/4/01 -0400, Eric wrote:
Hey Jeff,
As I recall the next systems we were to work on was these same O-1s. Man,
I
can't
wait. I have two and would like to get both working.
Eric
P.S. One boots, but only B drive. And that was after some serious work!
Let me know what you find. I need to work on a couple of mine. My
executive will ony boot about every 50 attempts (drive errors). I swapped
the drives but it didn't help. I haven't had time to trouble shoot it
beyond that.
Joe
7 Jan
7 Jan
2:02 p.m.
I'm back on them and have had great progress. One system had
a bad PS but both drives work fine. The other had bad drives
(one of them I did fix, though -a B: drive) but al else is fine.
I have since merged all the good parts.
Tommorrow I plan to put a 80 column monitor on it and run
the full diagnostics.
Eric
Joe wrote:
At 09:44 PM 10/4/01 -0400, Eric wrote:
Hey Jeff,
As I recall the next systems we were to work on was these same O-1s. Man,
I
can't
wait. I have two and would like to get both
working.
Eric
P.S. One boots, but only B drive. And that was after some serious work!
Let me know what you find. I need to work on a couple of mine. My
executive will ony boot about every 50 attempts (drive errors). I swapped
the drives but it didn't help. I haven't had time to trouble shoot it
beyond that.
Joe
4 Oct
4 Oct
1:49 p.m.
#> The MODEM is sort of rare and it and the disks are worth a few bucks but
#>the smoking Oz is $5 item IMO.
In fairness, the smoke is most likely coming from a burning resistor in the power supply
(I have had this
happen in several O1 computers in the past) and is a $.30 5-minute repair.
Louis
2:30 p.m.
At 09:49 PM 10/4/01 -0400, you wrote:
#> The MODEM is sort of rare and it and the disks
are worth a few bucks
but
#>the smoking Oz is $5 item IMO.
In fairness, the smoke is most likely coming from a burning resistor in
the power
supply (I have had this
happen in several O1 computers in the past) and is a
$.30 5-minute repair.
Louis
I would check the capacitors in the power supply. There's a good
chance that one of them is beginning to short out and is drawing excessive
current from the power supply and that is causing the current limiting
resistor to overheat.
Joe
5 Oct
5 Oct
11:46 a.m.
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7 Jan
7 Jan
1:58 p.m.
I dug up this post from a list that goes back over a year.
I am currently making one good OCC1 from two units.
I actually have a working system (thanks much to Don Maslin) as
of a couple of days ago.
Related to this post, though, is that the non-working system has a
power supply problem and I wonder if that resister is it. Which one
is it?
Eric
Louis Schulman wrote:
#> The MODEM is sort of rare and it and the
disks are worth a few bucks but
#>the smoking Oz is $5 item IMO.
In fairness, the smoke is most likely coming from a burning resistor in the power supply
(I have had this
happen in several O1 computers in the past) and is a $.30 5-minute repair.
Louis
10:47 p.m.
Erik,
I recently had an OCC-1 that blew something in the PSU. That odd thing was that it kept
working! I wasn't really intersted in it so I gave it to Glen Goodwin. I expect that
he'll troubleshoot/repair it soon.
The PSU in my BBC Acorn also blew a cap recently. I pulled a cap (0.1Mfd 250 VAC) from
a commercail PSU that I found in a scrap pile and I'm going to use it to replace the
one in the Acorn.
The good thing about working on switcher PSUs is that component failures are usually
obvious!
Joe
At 11:03 PM 1/7/03 -0500, you wrote:
I dug up this post from a list that goes back over a
year.
I am currently making one good OCC1 from two units.
I actually have a working system (thanks much to Don Maslin) as
of a couple of days ago.
Related to this post, though, is that the non-working system has a
power supply problem and I wonder if that resister is it. Which one
is it?
Eric
Louis Schulman wrote:
#> The MODEM is sort of rare and it and the
disks are worth a few bucks but
#>the smoking Oz is $5 item IMO.
In fairness, the smoke is most likely coming from a burning resistor in the power supply
(I have had this
happen in several O1 computers in the past) and is a $.30 5-minute repair.
Louis
4 Oct
4 Oct
2:15 p.m.
At 08:55 PM 10/4/01 -0400, you wrote:
One of mine has a MODEM but I've never tried to use it. Does anyone
still support 1200 baud?
Joe
The MODEM is sort of rare and it and the disks are worth a few bucks but
the smoking Oz is $5 item IMO.
The modem's kinda cool though. I've actually used mine to
call a BBS in the past, using Amcall from MicroCall.
Jeff 
3:46 p.m.
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From: "Joe" <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: Osborne OCC1
One of mine has a MODEM but I've never tried to use it. Does anyone
At 08:55 PM 10/4/01 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>> The MODEM is sort of rare and it and the disks are worth a few
bucks
but
the smoking Oz is $5 item IMO.
The modem's kinda cool though. I've actually used mine to
call a BBS in the past, using Amcall from MicroCall.
Jeff still support 1200 baud?
The National Capital Freenet in Ottawa still does. Can hang a modem
off the back of a VT100 and get usenet and email just fine.
(613) 520-1135 is the number to call, you can log in as guest.
9:18 p.m.
One of mine has a MODEM but I've never tried to
use it. Does anyone
still support 1200 baud?
The modem that slides into the cavity above the modem port is
just 300 baud.
Jeff
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