29 Mar
2004
29 Mar
'04
9:35 a.m.
I was out driving today and noticed a pile of stuff sitting under a
"Free" sign. One of the items caught my eye because of the dials, knobs
and round screen on the front.
It turned out to be a Heathkit OM-3 Oscilloscope (1958 vintage according
to my limited Googling - which DID turn up relevant results.)
It's missing a couple of the plastic caps to the banana jacks on the
front, but is otherwise complete. I powered it up and it seems to work
(An adjustable horizontal line appears on the CRT, anyway.)
Not bad for a street corner find.
So, does anyone have any info; docs or otherwise?
Erik Klein
www.vintage-computer.com
www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum
The Vintage Computer Forum
1:01 p.m.
On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, William Donzelli wrote:
Save a Heath Collector a heartache. If you don't want the item, list it
on VCFM, or (gasp!!) eBay.... and, there are several Heatkit collectors
groups, like ours... at least, you migt have the unit someone needs to
restore one....
And Bill, what would he do with the gutz, if he isn't really a
gear-slut, like us... ? "Hey, look! I have the CRT and knobs from an old
oscilloscope - will you marry me *now*???"
;}
Cheerz
John (who has four of the little beasties in storage)
So, does
anyone have any info; docs or otherwise?
Save yourself a headache. Open the scope, pull the tubes, pull the knobs,
and chuck the rest.
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org
1:16 p.m.
Save yourself
a headache. Open the scope, pull the tubes, pull the knobs,
and chuck the rest.
Save a Heath Collector a heartache. If you don't want the item, list it
on VCFM, or (gasp!!) eBay.... and, there are several Heatkit collectors
groups, like ours... at least, you migt have the unit someone needs to
restore one.... 
1:17 p.m.
Save a Heath Collector a heartache. If you don't
want the item, list it
on VCFM, or (gasp!!) eBay.... and, there are several Heatkit collectors
groups, like ours... at least, you migt have the unit someone needs to
restore one....
Every Heath collector out there probably has had ten of the
things. Certainly there are rare Heathkits out there - if Mr. Klein found
a CONELRAD monitor by Heath, I would have told him to guard it with his
life.
And Bill, what would he do with the gutz, if he
isn't really a
gear-slut, like us... ? "Hey, look! I have the CRT and knobs from an old
oscilloscope - will you marry me *now*???"
I just can't stand the sight of someone throwing away tubes. Unless I get
to pull them out of the dumpster five minutes after...
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org
30 Mar
30 Mar
5:22 a.m.
At 10:17 PM 3/29/04, William Donzelli wrote:
Certainly there are rare Heathkits out there - if Mr.
Klein found
a CONELRAD monitor by Heath, I would have told him to guard it with his
life.
Are they really that rare? I've got one you can read about at
http://www.signalharbor.com/heathkit-ca1.html
that showed up among a bunch of rescued Heathkit gear.
I didn't realize they were that uncommon.
Since we're still somewhat off-topic, I picked up the following
OpenVMS Alpha package recently but don't have much use
(no Alpha hardware) or interest (it's too recent). I know there
are OpenVMS fans on the list -- please contact me directly.
OVMS Alpha LP Q499 SEEDS KIT
(part number BR-03XAA-S8)
Contains three items:
1. OpenVMS Alpha Software Product Library, dated December 1999
Contains documentation and the following 21 CDs:
OpenVMS Alpha Software Product Library (16 discs) (Dec 99)
Compaq System Tools (Dec 99)
OpenVMS Management Tools Version 4.1a for Windows NT (Aug 99)
Digital Pathworks 32 Version 7.1A (Oct 98)
OpenVMS Year 2000 Readiness Kit (April 98)
OpenVMS Year 2000 Readiness Kit Supplementary Files (April 98)
2. OpenVMS Alpha Online Documentation Library, dated December 1999
This is still sealed in shrink-wrap.
3. OpenVMS Alpha Seed Pak Letter, dated May 1999
Contains license pak keys for each of the software products
I'm certainly open to trades, etc.
Sorry for continuing the off-topic discussion.
Cheers,
Dan
www.decodesystems.com/wanted.html
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