3 Mar
2013
3 Mar
'13
12:13 p.m.
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On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 11:37 AM PST Adrian Graham wrote:
On 02/03/2013 21:57, "Chris Tofu"
<rampaginggreenhulk at yahoo.com> wrote:
So fix it! What is wrong with it anyway? It's the only non-2000 TRS-80 that catches
my fancy these days.
Where have you been anyway? And where's Andrew ("aliensrcool")? Are those
of you with A's as their first letter too Aloof to hang out with us??
preferably not on the west coast.
Oh, therefore preferably not in the UK either? I have one 6 feet away from
me that's less than well... --
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
13 Mar
13 Mar
4:26 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Tofu <rampaginggreenhulk at yahoo.com>
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Cc:
Sent: Sunday, 3 March 2013, 20:13
Subject: Re: anyone got a TRS-80 model 4P for parts/repair?
Where have you been anyway? And where's Andrew ("aliensrcool")? Are those
of you with A's
as their first letter too Aloof to hang out with us??
I'm here, but I only send messages to the list if I need help with something, or have
something
worthwhile to add to a currently discussed topic. (Plus I currently have a backlog of 3000
emails
going back to around October 2012)
If you mean in real life, I'm too busy with work and other projects right now.
5:40 p.m.
New subject: An amazing looking Sun 3/280
In all my years of messing with Sun gear I have never seen such a clean
looking and neat 3/280. Even back in the early 90's. It looks like it
was just unboxed. I wouldn't pay $2k for it but, it is beautiful if your
into Sun 3 boxes. It's almost Sun 3 porn.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151011714493
8:11 p.m.
New subject: An amazing looking Sun 3/280
On 03/13/2013 08:40 PM, mc68010 wrote:
In all my years of messing with Sun gear I have never
seen such a clean
looking and neat 3/280. Even back in the early 90's. It looks like it
was just unboxed. I wouldn't pay $2k for it but, it is beautiful if your
into Sun 3 boxes. It's almost Sun 3 porn.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151011714493
Ohhhhhhhhmigod! If it were only on this coast!!
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
14 Mar
14 Mar
6:13 a.m.
New subject: An amazing looking Sun 3/280
On Wed, 13 Mar 2013, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 03/13/2013 08:40 PM, mc68010 wrote:
I do belive Mr. McGuire has himself a case of the vapors. :)
g.
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In all my years of messing with Sun gear I have
never seen such a clean
looking and neat 3/280. Even back in the early 90's. It looks like it
was just unboxed. I wouldn't pay $2k for it but, it is beautiful if your
into Sun 3 boxes. It's almost Sun 3 porn.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151011714493
Ohhhhhhhhmigod! If it were only on this coast!!
6:29 a.m.
New subject: An amazing looking Sun 3/280
On Mar 14, 2013, at 9:13 AM, geneb <geneb at deltasoft.com> wrote:
On Wed, 13 Mar 2013, Dave McGuire wrote:
Usually. ;)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 03/13/2013 08:40 PM, mc68010 wrote:
I do belive Mr. McGuire has himself a case of the vapors. :) In all my years of messing with Sun gear I have
never seen such a clean
looking and neat 3/280. Even back in the early 90's. It looks like it
was just unboxed. I wouldn't pay $2k for it but, it is beautiful if your
into Sun 3 boxes. It's almost Sun 3 porn.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151011714493
Ohhhhhhhhmigod! If it were only on this coast!!
13 Mar
13 Mar
8:26 p.m.
New subject: An amazing looking Sun 3/280
On 13/03/13 8:40 PM, mc68010 wrote:
In all my years of messing with Sun gear I have never
seen such a clean
looking and neat 3/280. Even back in the early 90's. It looks like it
was just unboxed. I wouldn't pay $2k for it but, it is beautiful if your
into Sun 3 boxes. It's almost Sun 3 porn.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151011714493
Oh hell yes. Lovely. Thanks for the link. Big fan of Sun 3 gear here, I
never saw a full size rack of it.
--T
8:34 p.m.
New subject: An amazing looking Sun 3/280
On Mar 13, 2013 8:05 PM, "mc68010" <mc68010 at gmail.com> wrote:
In all my years of messing with Sun gear I have never seen such a clean
looking and
neat 3/280. Even back in the early 90's. It looks like it was
just unboxed. I wouldn't pay $2k for it but, it is beautiful if your into
Sun 3 boxes. It's almost Sun 3 porn.
I've got a rack setup that looks almost identical except that it's a 4/280
instead of a 3/280. Same VME cube chassis, same Fujitsu 9-track tape drive,
and same pair of 8-inch SMD-E drives. I don't have those panels to close
up the rear of the rack.
I've only powered up mine a few times since I picked it up a couple of
years ago. I should really find a new home for it in the Seattle area.
-Glen
10:36 p.m.
New subject: An amazing looking Sun 3/280
On 3/13/2013 8:34 PM, Glen Slick wrote:
I don't have those panels to close up the rear of
the rack. I've only
powered up mine a few times since I picked it up a couple of years
ago. I should really find a new home for it in the Seattle area. -Glen
I have never even seen those rear panels before. I have seen so many 3/4
280 systems over the years but, they have always been uncovered in the
back. That's the cleanest 3/280 ever. I wonder if it was actually used.
First thing I would probably have done back then is take off the rear
panels and toss them. What a pain to have to unscrew all that to get at
anything. Anyone know about the keylock on the front ? I've never seen a
keylock there before. Nothing really worth getting at on that side of a
x/280 case. If it only held the front panel on it would only protect the
backplane and tape drive.
11:12 p.m.
New subject: An amazing looking Sun 3/280
On Mar 13, 2013 11:06 PM, "mc68010" <mc68010 at gmail.com> wrote:
Anyone know about the keylock on the front ? I've
never seen a keylock
there before. Nothing really worth getting at on that side of a
x/280 case.
If it only held the front panel on it would only protect the backplane and
tape drive.
On the 4/280 rack I have I'm pretty sure that is a front panel key switch
which is wired to the power controller.
-Glen
14 Mar
14 Mar
12:11 a.m.
New subject: An amazing looking Sun 3/280
On 3/13/2013 11:12 PM, Glen Slick wrote:
On Mar 13, 2013 11:06 PM, "mc68010"
<mc68010 at gmail.com> wrote:
Hmm fuzzy memories coming back. Maybe I do remember them. It just went
to some header on the power distribution deal right ?
Anyone know about the keylock on the front ?
I've never seen a keylock
there before. Nothing really worth getting at on that
side of a x/280 case.
If it only held the front panel on it would only protect the backplane and
tape drive.
On the 4/280 rack I have I'm pretty sure that is a front panel key switch
which is wired to the power controller.
-Glen
3:15 a.m.
New subject: An amazing looking Sun 3/280
On 03/14/2013 03:11 AM, mc68010 wrote:
Hmm fuzzy memories coming back. Maybe I do remember them. It just went
to some header on the power distribution deal right ?
Yes, on the AC power controller, usually a Pulizzi unit or similar.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
Anyone know about the keylock on the front ? I've
never seen a keylock
there before. Nothing really worth getting at on that side of
a x/280
case.
If it only held the front panel on it would only protect the backplane
and
tape drive.
On the 4/280 rack I have I'm pretty sure that is a front panel key switch
which is wired to the power controller. 
13 Mar
13 Mar
9:52 p.m.
New subject: An amazing looking Sun 3/280
On 3/13/2013 5:40 PM, mc68010 wrote:
In all my years of messing with Sun gear I have never
seen such a
clean looking and neat 3/280. Even back in the early 90's. It looks
like it was just unboxed. I wouldn't pay $2k for it but, it is
beautiful if your into Sun 3 boxes. It's almost Sun 3 porn.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151011714493
I had two 4/280's like that, wish I could have held on to them. Also was
at an auction with 8 systems in a complex from a database development
company. Gorgeous hardware for them, crap execution on the s/w.
I fired up the systems and ran backups for the auctioneer and myself of
their development systems.
was pretty cool.
jim
10:56 p.m.
New subject: An amazing looking Sun 3/280
On 2013 Mar 13, at 9:52 PM, Jim Stephens wrote:
On 3/13/2013 5:40 PM, mc68010 wrote:
Ran across a nice racked Sun 2 system with open-reel 9-track in a
storage closet at a local U just a couple years ago (pretty sure it
was a 2). I don't know now what has happened to it.
In all my years of messing with Sun gear I have
never seen such a
clean looking and neat 3/280. Even back in the early 90's. It
looks like it was just unboxed. I wouldn't pay $2k for it but, it
is beautiful if your into Sun 3 boxes. It's almost Sun 3 porn.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151011714493
I had two 4/280's like that, wish I could have held on to them.
Also was at an auction with 8 systems in a complex from a database
development company. Gorgeous hardware for them, crap execution on
the s/w.
14 Mar
14 Mar
12:26 a.m.
New subject: An amazing looking Sun 3/280
On 3/13/2013 9:52 PM, Jim Stephens wrote:
I had two 4/280's like that, wish I could have
held on to them. Also
was at an auction with 8 systems in a complex from a database
development company. Gorgeous hardware for them, crap execution on
the s/w.
I fired up the systems and ran backups for the auctioneer and myself
of their development systems.
was pretty cool.
jim
I have had a few x/280 systems over the years but, nothing so original
as this one. They are hard to find places to keep. I got rid of all of
mine too. Back in the 90's people would beg you to take them away. The
racks they wanted to keep. I once built a stack out of 12 slot cases
3x2 on the bottom and 3 units tall. 18 in all. There was once a picture
of me standing on top that has been lost to the ages.
3:17 a.m.
New subject: An amazing looking Sun 3/280
On 03/14/2013 03:26 AM, mc68010 wrote:
I have had a few x/280 systems over the years but,
nothing so original
as this one. They are hard to find places to keep. I got rid of all of
mine too. Back in the 90's people would beg you to take them away. The
racks they wanted to keep. I once built a stack out of 12 slot cases
3x2 on the bottom and 3 units tall. 18 in all. There was once a picture
of me standing on top that has been lost to the ages.
I built *dozens* of such racks from early 1993 to late 1995, filled
with Sun 3/50 and 3/60 boards that were netbooted. This was a
progenitor of what we now call "blade systems". Of course Sun swore it
wouldn't work (nobody knows less about Sun computers than Sun...never
seen anything like it) and of course someone else took the credit, but
it's documented at least.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
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