26 Jun
2010
26 Jun
'10
4:37 p.m.
everyone gather round. No hard woods, only wiffle ball bats :)
anyone own/used to own 1? In the rare event someone has one or more toasted units, and
willing to part with them, I'm interested. There's more then one way to skin a cat
(PERISH THE THOUGHT!).
28 Jun
28 Jun
5:04 a.m.
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Chris M <chrism3667 at yahoo.com> wrote:
everyone gather round. No hard woods, only wiffle ball
bats :)
anyone own/used to own 1? In the rare event someone has one or more toasted units, and
willing to part with them, I'm interested. There's more then one way to skin a cat
(PERISH THE THOUGHT!).
The last time I saw one of these on ebay. The price was insane. I
want to say $1000. I want one also. But I think this may be a
realistic candidate for emmulation.
Likewise, I'd like to have a Sharp 68000. I don't think that's going
to happen either. :-(
brian
3:15 p.m.
a Sharp something or other just ended IINM.
Of course it's a candidate for emulation. But that's so boring. What's even
more boring (and painful) is a dead Falcon I might say...
--- On Mon, 6/28/10, Brian Lanning <brianlanning at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Brian Lanning <brianlanning at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: I'm thinking of buying a Falcon (time for an intervention)
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
Date: Monday, June 28, 2010, 8:04 AM
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 6:37 PM,
Chris M <chrism3667 at yahoo.com>
wrote:
everyone gather round. No hard woods, only wiffle
ball
bats :)
anyone own/used to own 1? In the rare event someone
has one or more toasted units,
and willing to part with
them, I'm interested. There's more then one way to skin a
cat (PERISH THE THOUGHT!).
The last time I saw one of these on ebay. The price
was insane. I
want to say $1000. I want one also. But I think
this may be a
realistic candidate for emmulation.
Likewise, I'd like to have a Sharp 68000. I don't
think that's going
to happen either. :-(
brian
12:36 p.m.
everyone gather round. No hard woods, only wiffle ball bats :)
anyone own/used to own 1? In the rare event someone has one or more
toasted units, and willing to part with them, I'm interested. There's
I am going to appear dense, but what's a 'Falcon' (other than, I beleive,
an SBC/21 single-board Qbus machine using the T11 CPU).
more then one way to skin a cat (PERISH THE THOUGHT!).
I would much rather you didn't dismantle (working) cats :-)
-tony
1:01 p.m.
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
I am going to appear dense, but what's a
'Falcon' (other than, I beleive,
an SBC/21 single-board Qbus machine using the T11 CPU).
Actually, I jumped to conclusions. I assumed he was talking about the
last iteration of the Atari ST line of computers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Falcon
brian
1:04 p.m.
On 6/28/10, Brian Lanning <brianlanning at gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Tony Duell <ard at
p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> I am going to appear dense, but what's a 'Falcon' (other than, I
beleive,
> an SBC/21 single-board Qbus machine using the T11 CPU).
Tony, I'm with you - someone says "Falcon" in the context of classic
computers, and that's the one that leaps to mind.
Actually, I jumped to conclusions. I assumed he was
talking about the
last iteration of the Atari ST line of computers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Falcon
Ah... not being an Atari person, I had forgotten about that model.
-ethan
2:05 p.m.
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010, Ethan Dicks wrote:
Tony, I'm with you - someone says
"Falcon" in the context of classic
computers, and that's the one that leaps to mind.
In the 1960s, I had a Ford Falcon. Kinda the Packard-Bell of cars.
Apparently, I was the only employee at National Space Sciences Data
Center/Goddard Space Flight Center who had to hitchhike to work.
2:47 p.m.
On 28 Jun 2010 at 14:05, Fred Cisin wrote:
In the 1960s, I had a Ford Falcon. Kinda the
Packard-Bell of cars.
Apparently, I was the only employee at National Space Sciences Data
Center/Goddard Space Flight Center who had to hitchhike to work.
That was on alternate days. On the days you actually drove to work,
you gave lifts to owners of Corvairs,
--Chuck
29 Jun
29 Jun
9:50 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Fred Cisin
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 2:05 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: I'm thinking of buying a Falcon (time for an intervention)
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010, Ethan Dicks wrote:
A 1963 Ford Falcon was my first car, and it was great. It was the station wagon
model, a small but heavy vehicle made with real steel, and it still got 30mpg on the
highway! I have fond memories of that car. -- Ian
Tony, I'm with you - someone says
"Falcon" in the context of classic
computers, and that's the one that leaps to mind.
In the 1960s, I had a Ford Falcon. Kinda the Packard-Bell of cars.
Apparently, I was the only employee at National Space Sciences Data
Center/Goddard Space Flight Center who had to hitchhike to work.
28 Jun
28 Jun
1:08 p.m.
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Ah, of course... Now you meniton it, I do recall the name. I suspect
there are many rarer 68K boxes (PERQ AGW3300 anyone?)
The only Atari I would dream of finding is their transputer workstation,
though :-)
-tony
I am going to appear dense, but what's a
'Falcon' (other than, I beleive,
an SBC/21 single-board Qbus machine using the T11 CPU).
Actually, I jumped to conclusions. I assumed he was talking about the
last iteration of the Atari ST line of computers: 
1:12 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: I'm thinking of buying a Falcon (time for an intervention)
Atari Falcon 68030 with DSP is what came to mind, last model before the end.
I guess the older you are the older gear with the Falcon name you think
about.
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
Ah, of course... Now you meniton it, I do recall the name. I suspect
there are many rarer 68K boxes (PERQ AGW3300 anyone?)
The only Atari I would dream of finding is their transputer workstation,
though :-)
-tony I am going to appear dense, but what's a
'Falcon' (other than, I
beleive,
an SBC/21 single-board Qbus machine using the T11 CPU).
Actually, I jumped to conclusions. I assumed he was talking about the
last iteration of the Atari ST line of computers: 
2:06 p.m.
I am going to appear dense, but what's a
'Falcon' (other than, I beleive,
an SBC/21 single-board Qbus machine using the T11 CPU).
Actually, I jumped to conclusions. I assumed he was talking about the
last iteration of the Atari ST line of computers: 
1:35 p.m.
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010, Brian Lanning wrote:
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Tony Duell <ard at
p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
That is the one I was thinking about. I'd love one, but doubt I'll ever own
one. This reminds me, I need to start thinking seriously about determining
if my Atari TT030 still works after being stuck in storage for about a
decade.
Zane
I am going to appear dense, but what's a
'Falcon' (other than, I beleive,
an SBC/21 single-board Qbus machine using the T11 CPU).
Actually, I jumped to conclusions. I assumed he was talking about the
last iteration of the Atari ST line of computers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Falcon 
1:11 p.m.
On 06/28/2010 03:36 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
There are plenty of old RQDX1, 2 and 3 disk controllers with T11s
on them that have other problems. In my eyes shredding a RQDX1
for the cpu is a kindness.
Falcon cards were SBC11/21 and they were quite common for embedded
systems.
The T11 is a fine implementation of PDP11 in 40 pins and has some unique
features like scalable databus (8bit or 16bit wide) sequenced controlled
for Dram use or static signals for static ram use and programmable
startup address and cycle timing.
I managed to get some while at DEC off engineering junkbox boards.
Allison
everyone
gather round. No hard woods, only wiffle ball bats :)
anyone own/used to own 1? In the rare event someone has one or more
toasted units, and willing to part with them, I'm interested. There's
I am going to appear dense, but what's a 'Falcon' (other than, I
beleive,
an SBC/21 single-board Qbus machine using the T11 CPU).
more then one
way to skin a cat (PERISH THE THOUGHT!).
I would much rather you didn't dismantle (working) cats :-)
-tony
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